Hope -- Big :hug:

Pure -- I am from a small little town called Batesville. Sorry to hear about your accident. I can sympathize. About 14 years ago (wow its been that long?! lol) I was in a head on car accident and I not only got whip lash I also received a injury to my spine that I will have forever. All I can say is take it easy and keep in touch with your dr. I know it hurts a lot. Gentle :hug:

Ugh. So my sil and bil were supposed to meet us in Boston this weekend on sat. Instead now they are staying at our place. Sigh. The weekends with guests keep continuing.


Everyone seems to need one of these - :hug:

Hola
 

Good morning ladies. Not too much here.

Sassy - I understand the phenomenon of going through too many books. We bought a 2nd 5 tier bookshelf in April and ran out of room on it mid July. I haven’t even read everything, but books are something I just NEED to buys. It's quite... silly. Perhaps one day I'll be able to take a relaxing vacation by myself and catch up with my collection.

Hi ladies,

I will be out of town on friday through next friday visiting my mom and friend. I won't have internet access at my mom's so if I'm mia I'll catch up with you next week. Have a great and safe week everybody. I can't wait to get out of here for a few days!

hello Ladies... :wave:

So I completely fell off track on losing weight and exercising and everything else on top of that seems to be going wrong. That being said, I'm going to work on getting back on top of it.

My back is still hurting from the accident I was in. I'm trying to just deal with the pain now and get things down around the house. I haven't really did anything since Sunday. Which is driving me crazy.

Hope everyone has a good day... :hug:

Hi girls! :wave: Bye girls! :wave:

:lol3: For all of us struggling to get back on the wagon - a little reminder that we don't 'fall off the wagon' - we ARE DRIVING the wagon! Let's take those reins and ride it out!! :yes:

Thinking of you all -
Heather :D

Good Morning :)

Nice to see everyone. Gotta get some cleaning done today and then maybe a dip in the pool (if the sun comes out).

Have a great day ladies :hug:

Luv yah, Leenie

Hey ladies. I'm dead tired. I have a long weekend coming up this weekend free of guests and traveling, so hopefully next Monday I can return to being human. I hope everyone is has a great day.

:hug:

Originally Posted by marbear24:
Hey ladies. I'm dead tired. I have a long weekend coming up this weekend free of guests and traveling, so hopefully next Monday I can return to being human. I hope everyone is has a great day.

:hug:

Is has a great day? :?: Yeah - as I said - dead tired. ooof.

Its been a rough month. i am really trying to work on organizing stuff because I cant handle the constant mes and I hate spending 20 minutes looking for something stupid like nail clippers...LOL... So anyways pretty much cleaning all day!! ok well have a good day!!

Good morning.

Today is – meh.

My bunny died last night, which is very sad :(. He’s been lethargic the past couple of days, which we thought it was b/c of how hot it’s been. We’ve left the AC on for him all day the past day or two. Apparently that wasn’t it, and in hind sight I should have taken him to the vet. We only had him for about 3 years, which isn’t long for a bunny. We had my other bunny for 12 years (different breed, but still – big difference). It makes me think that I did something very wrong, and I feel horrible. Rationally I know it wasn’t my fault and that I didn’t do anything “wrong” – but… meh :(. I mean I had another rabbit for 12 years, and I’ve had one cat for 5 and another for 4. Both my cats are spoiled and totally healthy. So my guilt is not rational, but I still can’t shake it. I think my husband thinks I’m crazy. Maybe I am crazy. Ha – I was also convinced last night that he wasn’t really dead, he was just sleeping – so I was really freaked out after we buried him because I was convinced we buried him alive.

Guilt is a funny thing. I don’t like it. At all.

:hug: to all.

Awww Mar - I'm so sorry. :hug: There's nothing I can say to make you feel better, but it isn't your fault, and you know that. Hang in there.

SSDD here... trudgin' along. Weird weather, too. Harumph.

Big :grouphug: to everyone else!

Good Morning,

Marbear sorry to hear about your bunny, I know your heart must be broken. :hug:

How is everyone?

Leenie

Good Morning Ladies :wave:

Marbear ~ Sorry about you bunny.

I am about ready for this month to be over. I have been dealing with phone calls from the accident for the last few days and I am seriously tired of answering questions. Both my mom's insurance (since I had borrowed her car) and the other drivers insurance have been calling. I think I've talked to 3 different people from both insurances. Now I am just waiting for the adjuster to look at the car. Once they look at the tires on the car they will determine who is at fault. So far the way it looks the other driver is at fault. My friend who was in the car with me at the time wants to go after the other driver. He lied to the police officer and the fact that we're both still in alot of pain. I don't know what I want to do.

Other than that things are actually going good. I enrolled to go back to school. The program I applied for is only a nine month course but at the end of the nine months I will have my degree. It is for a Professional Medical Assistant. Its a foot in the door to nursing and its a start. I just went this morning to do my financial aid and got approved. So I am happy about that. Classes start September 14th. Trying not to think to much about it yet. I am really nervous.

Today is day three on getting back on plan and exercising. I've actually lost 5 lbs. I've been walking on the treadmill slowly. Trying to see how much I can do with my back still hurting. If I take a motrin 600 before I can stay on for 45 minutes but I get tired really quick. Not use to exercising again yet. I hadn't planned on it but I have been eating but somehow it has been very high protein and low carbs I've been eating alot of meat well not meat basically chicken. So far it seems to be working so I don't think I'm going to change it. I just have to go buy a potassium vitamin or I will start getting leg cramps. I did the atkins diet along time ago and if I didn't take them, I would get cramps. So that is a plus. :carrot:

Going to go get on the treadmill and see what I can do today. I am going to take my son to the movies this afternoon.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day.

:hug:

Popping in to say hi and that we are managing.. still lots and lots of down days, but our daughter moved home for a few months and we've been really good for each other, I think.

Son crashed & burned 9 days ago. He's in psych ward now, hopefully getting the help he needs. This has been coming for a few years, but got really bad around Easter. They hope to keep him 2-3 weeks to do a complete assessment, but we know we are looking at a major diagnosis.. quite possibly schiz or bi-polar.

I've gained back about 7 of my hard fought 30 pound loss, but I also feel like I'm coming out of the fog I've been in since my husband suddenly passed in May. 2 more weeks and I'm back to work after summer break. I know the routine will help with the eating.

Can't say it's been a stellar summer break, but there's always always a new day.

having a girls sleep over tonight all my youth girls...I think I might be crazy...LOL

Hi everybody,

I finally have internet access. I've missed you guys this week. I will be driving home tomorrow. I'm spending the night with a friend tonight who lives an hour closer to home. I really needed this time off but the week just flew by. I'm not ready for it to be over. I wish I had another week to spend at home so I could get a few things done. I've had no interest in cleaning my own house for a month or two now.

See you girls when I get back tomorrow!

Good Morning,

Judo its good to see you... my stars when it rains it pours huh. I'm so sorry to hear about DS. You all are in my prayers :hug: You are so strong. Take care of yourself sweetie and we love having you here with us.

Hope its good to have you back.. :hug: we missed you too.

Mom.. crazy, yeah... I feel your pain LOL enjoy the kiddies.

Pure.. congrats for enrolling in school, I think thats amazing..you go girl. 5 lbs :bravo:

The rest of you Chickies.. :hug: love yah.

Leenie

Good Morning and Happy Saturday

Its a wet day... thanks hurricane bill ;)

Hope you all are having a great day.

Leenie

Hello Ladies. :wave:

Marbear ~ How are you doing hun? My boyfriend ended up giving away one of our kittens without asking me and I was really upset with him over it. It feels like he gave away one of our kids. I love all the kittens and I can still tell she is not here. I got attached to all of them. :cry:

Mom ~ How was your sleepover?

Hope ~ How was your trip? Glad to see your back. Coming back from vacation is never fun and you always want it to be longer especially when you go away. I hope you had a good time :)

Judo ~ Hang in there.

Leenie ~ Hurricane's very rarely make it this far north. It keeps saying that it's going to rain her but it doesn't. I really wish it would though. The humidity has been terrible.


:yawn::coffee: Trying to get moving today but until now I felt like I was in slow motion. I think I finally managed to catch up on some sleep (Last night I fell asleep at 7pm and then woke up at 1am. My bf and I went for a walk to the store and then I fell asleep at 2am and woke up at 11am) but my body hasn't caught up with being awake yet, but I'm working on getting moving now.

Yesterday ended up being my cheat day, but I didn't do to bad. I took my son, his friend and my step mother out to pub 99 and then we end to see GI Joe (which was a really good movie) and then we hit an arcade and played games. I had thought I would end up gaining but I ended up losing .6lbs (which is not great but it's still a loss). :carrot:

Today I have some cleaning to do. (what a surprise) and I plan to spend time with my son. :cb:

Have a wonderful Saturday Ladies. :hug:

Good Afternoon.. wow the morning went fast.

Purefire sounds like you had a great day yesterday :D

Nothing happening here, sosdd ;)

Have a great day chickies.

Leenie

Hello Ladies.. :wave:

Just popping in. Nothing going on today except a little cleaning.

Hope everyone has a good day. :hug:

Mornin'

Not too much here. Took a long weekend to mellow out after a hectic summer. It was enjoyable. I'm a little off kilter b/c my sleep schedule got messed up. At 2am I was still WIDE awake so I took allergy medicin (it knocks me out in about 20 min). I'm still a little out of it from the meds, but better than I would have been if I fell asleep at 5 and had to wake up at 7.

I'm drinking my coffee with Spelnda and lite coffee-mate today instead of cream adn sugar. Bleck. Cutting back calorie everywhere I can. I can't cut out coffee so I tried to make it do the least damage possible. If I drank it for the taste and not soley because it makes me human, I'd be doinging without it tasting as it does today!

My therapist got going on something this weekend that was un story related. Still have yet to go through that hassel.

The printer at work just took a crap. I hate that thing. It's amazing how a printer can ruin an entire work day.

Mom - Hope you had fun with the S.O.

Hope - Hope you had a good trip. We missed you too :)

Judo - :hug:

Pure - I'm ok, thanks. Sorry about the Kittens :(. Pets do have an odd way of making you get WAY too attached to them...

Everyone else :wave:

:wave: Hi everyone

SOS, DD

I'm actually kind of excited today (because I'm a total dork). One of my favorite authors, Patricia Briggs, has her new book coming out today. I'm that kind of nerd who has new books on thier calendar as exciting events. Seriously, it's just... sad. Anyway - after work I'm hitting up Borders to pick up an online order I had delivered to the store and the new book. Then, I will go home and read it. All. :book2:


Hope everyone has a great day...:grouphug:

Hi all :wave:

I'm just winding down into the end of summer - back to school next week!

Back soon!

Happy Tuesday,

Back to work for me today. I can't believe the kids start school in 2 weeks.. where the heck did the summer go? Amazing how the winter is slow and the summer just zooms by :( Oh well lol

Got lots to be thankful for :D

:hug:

Hi Everyone.. :wave:

Marbear ~ Your not the only one. :) I do the exact same thing. I have a favorite author. (Christine Feehan) I always know when her new books are going to be in stores. The day they come out, I am at the store buying them. I have 2 totes full of books in my attic that I can't put out yet, because I don't have the space here. Everytime I go to a book store I always end up leaving with 2 or 3 books. Its a nice hobby.

Heather ~ My daughter is already back in school and my son starts next week.

Leenie ~ Its always like that. With the summer going by so fast and the winter dragging. We have so few months of nice weather.

I've hit a plateau already and I've only been back at it for a week. I've been at the same weight for three days and it's driving me nut. This is normally about the time I give up. But I am trying to figure out what I am doing wrong and fix it.

Going to take my son to the movies again today. I want to see Harry Potter.

Purefire, I don't think you are necessarily doing anything wrong. You won't lose weight everyday. That would mean you are losing at least 7 lbs a week. Unless you are on a very extremely unhealthy diet 1-2 lbs a week is normal. That may mean you don't lose a pound for 2 weeks and then lose 3 lbs on the third week. Just keep doing what you are supposed to and the scale will move, just not usually when we want it to. ;)

I haven't been doing so well on my eating and exercise since I've been home. I hope to change that. My class starts this weekend and I'm a little nervous. I really need a good grade.

I don't have much to tell. sosdd. Work has really been getting on my nerves lately. I just don't want to be there. What a waste of time.

I'm off tomorrow but I have pool tomorrow night. My house is mess so I should clean. Should is the key word.

See you tomorrow. :hug:

:hug:

Hi all..

Heather ~ I normally have a Special k Meal Bar or Special K cereal for breakfast. A salad with tomatoes for lunch with lite dressing or my low fat/cal pasta salad and Chicken with Broccoli for Dinner. I've been obsessed with the chicken and broccoli. and I have an apple or grapes for snacks. and I walk between a half hour to 2 hours a day.

Other than that things are going ok. I went to see my therapist today. She said that she's proud of me because I'm doing so much better than I was a month ago. But she thinks I need to go to my doctor and do something about my meds. I'm working on getting insurance so I can go to see him.

On a funny note my kittens are driving me nuts. They keep climbing on my chair.. playing with my hair, waiting to be pet, and meowing if I don't. I was playing a dice game on facebook and the male kitten decided she would try to go after the dice. The screen got in his way.

Hope everyone has a good day...

g'day ladies

Pure - Awww, they love you :)

hope - don't be nervous, I'm sure you'll be fabulous.

As for me, nothing to report in. I need to get my 24 oz cup of coffee in drinking shape (aka: find cream) and I should be good to go for the day.

Have a great Thursday! Almost Friday!

hello ladies..

Its been a long night :P Meaning Ive been up for 28 hours. I couldn't sleep last night. I just got home from a walk and now I'm exhausted and I have so much to do today. Going to try and take a 2/3 hour nap and then get things done.

hope everyone has a wonderful Thursday.

Hi everyone :wave:

Not to much new around here. It is so hard to believe that school starts so soon. I guess I really should do that back to school shopping thing. Its DdC's last year and she is taking a lot of woodworking courses so we really don't need many supplies as such, but she will need some new jeans and that takes forever. :dizzy:

Haven't been eating to much but getting my walks in so the scale is moving down, don't know how healthy it all is tho. Got put back on the celexa as I've spent the last two-three weeks crying. So now I'm not sleeping, but not crying. A vicious circle.

Anyway a daughter has asked for chicken thighs "in the sauce that sounds funny but tastes good" have no idea what sauce that is, but know I have to go to Costco to buy thighs. At least one of them gave me an idea for dinner. :)

Have a great day everyone and take care,
K

Hi ladies,

It's been really slow in here for the last week or so huh? I miss everybody.
Having said that I really don't have anything to say. :lol: I lead a boring life however, what is your excuse? ;)

Dh's back went out yesterday and he spent the day today in bed. I came home tonight and mowed the front yard and now mine is hurting. What a pair we are. My lack of exercise is catching up to me I think.

Buddly, what was the mystery sauce? Did you figure it out?

Good Morning,

Summer is winding down, this is the last week of camp for the kids by me. Funny, ... the summer is ending like it came in, rainy and cold :( Oh well.

Hope everyone has a great Weekend.. any plans? Nothing here cept a rainy saturday, it'll be nice to stay in and snuggle ;)

:wave:

Oh good, somewhere where I can run my gab! I am one chatty chick, lol! I de-lurked yesterday (I'd been hanging around the main 3FC site for like a month), and loooove it here already! 3FC helped me break my plateau :3

I have a 5 day weekend wooo! So today my plans are to do a quick morning ballet workout (the free one on ExerciseTV.tv that I adore so much), then I'm taking my dog for a walk, and then I'm off to swim for the day at my best friends pool! What are everyone's exercise plans for today?

Plat - Hi! Welcome and 'yay!' for de-lurking.

Hope - my life is quite boring now too, but I kind of like it! I'm doing an independent study this semester so I have no idea when my classes start - but I'm enjoying the down time until then. Well, as down as a fidgety over-anxious girl can be :)

I really want a bodybugg, but they are so damn expensive. We need a new laptop, and I need a camera to shoot my BIL’s wedding with so there goes close to if not over $3000. I love money. 40 hours a week to make, 30 seconds to give away.

Part of my whole “therapy” thing is to not flip a sh*t if someone sees my artwork. So I’m taking small steps… like my avatar for example. Hey, I’m showing people my work right? *Sigh* Very small steps…

Hope everyone has a good weekend!

marbear24, I LOVE that piece!! Is it water color? Or prisma marker? It's stunning. My art skill is limited to graphic design on the computer lol.