Weekend Chat - July 2, 3 and 4 - Happy Holiday!
 

Good Morning Ladies,

I'm going to read up on y'all and brb :D




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Happy 4th of July To You All !!!!
Happy Canada Day To You All!!

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good afternoon gang! :wave:

i seem to have caught a stomach bug! i do not remember the last time i was this sick. not exactly what i had planned for today but oh well

leenie - what were you doing up so early on a saturday morning girlie?

cin - how ya feeling today?

hope everybody has a good day!

hugs,
cathy

Welcome back Cin !!!! :balloons:

Cathy sorry your not feeling well, its a good weekend to rest :) We are having a bbq tody so I am busier than a bee. Lots to do, so little time. TOM came this morning, isn't that lovely, just in time to make me sick an cranky lolol.

Hi all, I'm done with work for 5 weeks. I am just so happy. I love working for a school district. Where else can you get so much time off and still have a job. It's great.

Cathy, I answered your question on the Friday post. Thanks for the info, I do appreciate it. I hope you start feeling better right away.

Leenie, have a great time at your BBQ. Those are so much fun.

I've been knitting on my knitting machine today. I finished the 2nd sleeve and now need to work on the hood. I've never knitted a sweater with a hood and it makes me sort of nervous. I plan to take it on the trip so I hope it turns out okay.

I lost a pound this week. I was pretty surprised since a couple days ago it said I gained three. So seeing that I actually lost was quite a nice surprise.

I'm going to swim today and enjoy the pool. I was thinking of floating in the lounge chair for a while, but I don't like to apply sunscreen. I don't know why, it's just a weirdness that I have. It's such a nice day that I might grit my teeth and apply the sunscreen and go outside to relax. I have a book on MP3 player that I'm listening to so that would be great. Then later today I'm going to watch the Nascar race with DH and DS. It should be a nice day.

TTYL.
Marie

hey mmarie - i'm following you around (very slowly as i'm moving really slow hehe) but I posted a message to your post on the friday post - just want to be sure you see it.
hugs,
cathy

Hi Gals
Cathy.so sorry you are sick.are you having sympathy pains for me? :lol: Think it is a 24 hr bug? Get over it quick girl!

I think I overdid a bit yesterday so today I am moving at a snails place and resting in between. I did manage to pay some bills and catch up in that Department.hubby did ok bt I usually take care of all that!

For the 3rd night straight another friend is delivering supper................I am so blesed! We are covered with meal thru next week!

I baked some banana bread this morning, My appetite is good I just dont eat much when I do it.

I have 50 Get Well cards and keep looking at them over and over like a little old lady would!Ha! :lol: :lol: :lol:

I got to see my 4 grandchildren yesterday.I would let them see me with a tube down my nose and all those iv's in the hospital.they are precious and we equally glad to see me! ;)

Life is good! Count those blesings you all! ;) :D :D

BBL or tomorrow

Cin~

over look the typo's please
supposed to say would not let them see me

CIN, I was very concerned about you! I suspected that you were MIA cause of some health problem and we were all "Pacing the floors" waiting for word. Am so glad that you're home. Take it easy now and don't over-do.

Nothing too exciting happening here in the Country! Roger and I were just talking about the benefit that is being put on for a neighbor. He had a kidney transplant. What a story! His uncle knew he needed one so he said he'd donate one of his. Well, the doctors felt that he was too old. But, the uncle was in a motorcycle accident and there was no hope, so they used the kidney. What a situation for the family--losing one relative, but realizing that another one will live!

Well, am going to take a shower and eat our supper now. Have a safe and happy Fourth of July!

Hi everyone!
I hope you all are having a lovely weekend. It is going too fast, as usual.

I've been conscious of my food choices the past few days, which feels really good. I've stayed right around 1500 cals for each day. Today, I went for sushi and had a philadelphia roll and a bowl of miso soup and three pieces of another philly. That's a lot better than normal...normally, I would scarf down 2 1/2 rolls by myself!

cathyxxx...I answered your post on the other thread from yesterday...I didn't know if I'd see you on this one. :) No, you aren't bothering me...far from it!

Best wishes for good health,

Good Morning Ladies,

Cin glad to see your up and baking, thats always a good sign :yes:

Tippy thats so sad about your neighbor but I'm glad some good came out of such a tragic thing.

Chris good going on not scarfing down to much, it always feels good when we do well.

Marie BRAVO on the 1 lb down WTG !!!! hope you enjoyed your swimming yesterday.

Our bbq was wonderful yesterday. The weather was perfect and the fireworks we watched from our back yard were amazing. But the most amazing thing was I didn't eat much b/c I was busy running around :D Ill need strength today with all the pressure gone and all these left overs laying around :lol3: better call the neighbors over to finish up huh ;)

Today we are painting DD's bedroom, pink, purple and blue, kinda like a rainbow theme with birds and butterflys, ohh and you can't forget the glitter...little girls love glitter :D

HUGS EvERYONE !!!

Wow Leenie, you have more energy than I do....marathon cleaning, entertaining and PAINTING on top of it??? Come to my house girlie, I am still at the tip of the ice-berg...but making slow progress (kind of like my weight loss)

and while we are at it...throw a pity-party my way...I have to work today...(my mantra is atleasttheyarepayingme atleasttheyarepayingme)

AND I did NOT extend my self-sympathy with a "food-reward"....no quiznos, no burgers and fries....I got a lovely salad and tuna with fat-free dressing and lemon and I could only eat 1/2 of it....(I feel so virtuous until I look in the mirror with my clothes off)

BBL....

good afternoon gang :wave:

I think the stomach bug has passed - I do feel better but my stomach is still sore.

I lost 3 lbs yesterday - scale says 189 this morning! I could have jumped for joy if I had the energy LOL but I know the loss won't last - it's just from being so sick yesterday. but that would have given me the 20 lb loss i have been working towards.

and hey - it is really nice to know that my scale does go down into the 180's
I wasn't sure those numbers were even on my scale anymore haha

Tippy - what an amazing story about your neighbor and his uncle! goodness!

Cin - I hope you are taking it easy today!

Leenie - I'm dizzy just keeping up with what all are you are doing this weekend! wow! glad your bbq went well!

Chris - I'm being conscious of my food choices too. not too much sounds good to me today but I did eat a cup of honey nut cheerios for breakfast and that seemed to settle ok with my tummy. yesterday I had a couple of crackers and some 7 up.

Marbles - I am so sorry you are having to work on a Sunday! will you be off tomorrow?

Now that we have found Cin - where in the world is Liz? anybody know? it's been awhile since she posted. hope she is ok

later gaters

hugs,
cathy

yes, I'm "off" tomorrow....but it ain't too bad, doing set-up for the first class today, versus getting in at 5AM on Tuesday to set up for 7AM start of classes.

cathy, glad you are feeling better, drink lots and eat "light".

.......grrrrr, I'd have to get up at 3AM to be presentable, in full dress, heels, make-up and blow-dryed/flat-ironed (we are old-school doctor-conservative dress code.....no open-toe shoes, nailpolish, etc for the female students)...in 90 degree heat or zub-zero temps. I have to drink an awful lot of STRONG COFFEE...to be parading around in heels giving my "speech" and writing something that makes sense on a blackboard.

and before I come to work I have to do my farm-woman "chores"....Feed the cats, scoop the box, fresh water for everyone, clean pet dishes, walk the dog and pick up after him...(large dogs need exercise or they get fat too)...of course the minute I walk out the door, all the animals go back to sleep and wake up when I come home....

Bought the cats this scratchy thing infused with CATNIP yesterday......they were more than ecstatic.....they rub against it (it catches loose hair), fought over it, slept on it, drooled on it.....knocked it over (loose catnip on the rug to roll in---good thing I bought extra)...there was a big slapping match, so I guess I should go get another one. I also bought a big rubber-bristle brush to remove hair from the furniture and pets...

I'm on a cleaning MISSION....it's like I'm just seeing what I've not done for 2+ years...I've been shredding old bills for weeks! There is some improvement, but boyohboyoboy! do I have a lot of *stuff*....WHY?

My next project is to organize the storage closets...they are huge and deep with many shelves....there may be bodies back there.

SueMarie, thanks for the info on Calorieking.....Hey Carla, you are doing great with the exercise, it is snowballing into better physical/mental health!

seeyall on Tuesday.....I have to go home and cook dinner for a neighbor who had surgery...just a salmon pinwheel (with crabmeat) and broccoli. She's lost over 140 lbs. since she had weightloss surgery 14 mos. ago, but tore her rotator badly.

Enjoy the 4th and somebody eat cheeseburgers and ice-cream for me....bar-b-q chix. with that sweet messy sauce, ribs, corn, pie...... don't I wish? but it's not an option for me at this point.

Hi everyone!

Leenie, it sounds like you've got a busy weekend. Yes, girls do love glitter! Congrats on being good for your bbq...I'm afraid I wouldn't have done so well. There is just something about BBQs that says, "Eat as much as you possibly can, you won't eat again ever!" :)

Marbleflys, good job for you, too! I always hated working on holidays. I have a friend that works at a grocery store and she has to work tomorrow, but at least she is getting 2 1/2 time pay. It sounds like your cat post was a real hit. I bought my cat a kitty condo because he was scratching the couch and he doesn't really scratch the condo but he lays on it a lot...and he isn't scratching the couch anymore, so I guess he must be scratching that condo up. We have this catnip spray that we spray on the condo and he loves to roll around in it and rub his face on it.

Cathyxxx, I'm glad you are feeling better. Stomach flus are horrible.

Well, I'm off to drink some coffee and play some video games with my hunny!

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happy 4th of july!
 

:) Happy :) 4th :) of :) July!

hope everybody is having a good day!

my oldest son apparently caught my stomach bug! poor guy! and he says he has got to get to feeling better so he can work the 2 to 10 shift tonight at the movie store. don't know how we are gonna do that - but I've given him a dose of Imodium Advanced and a motion sickness pill for the nausea. He is sleeping for now.

where do these stomach bugs come from anyway?

I hope everyone has a bug free & happy day!

hugs,
cathy

Our community is simply reeling! One of our neighbors just got the word that he is cancer free BUT his DD has been diagnosed with Hodkins disease. My goodness! She is in her twenties and has a five-month-old baby! I saw her in church yesterday and she has cut her hair very short. She had waist long hair that was naturally curly and a wonderful blond/coppery combo. She looks just darling with short-short hair too though and I doubt that her hair is her main concern right now.

Roger is woodworking today. I'm in the kitchen, about to put some chicken in the crockpot and make some bread with the bread machine.

Did I tell yu all about my food addiction? Actually, its a beverage addiction! I lovelovelove that spicy hot V8. I could easily drink a quart of it a day. I ration it. So silly! I guess I could be addicited to worse things.

I weighed in this morning and the ticker moved! So I'm pretty pumped right now. So far I've resisited the urge to celebrate with wine and bonbons. :lol: And I got some exercise over the weekend while the weather was a little less steamy. I've made a one-week commitment to exercise every day and keep to a healthy diet.

No stomach bug, but I think I've got a summer cold, which I'm trying to ignore. But I don't intend to use it as an excuse this time!

Carla



Tippy: sorry about your neighbour's daughter. At least I think Hodgkins is treatable these days? But still sad news,

Hi Gals
I am happy to report I wore clothes today for the first time since June 16th when I enetered the e.r. in my nightgown! :lol: My daughters said they knew I was ill if I went in slippers & gown! :( :( no joke I was!

We watched the Bluegrass 10K for about a half an hour.the sun & outdoors felt great! I proudly wore my t-shirt.since I was trained and ready for the 10K bu unable to participate!

Kids coming over in a few :D :D Makes Mama happy!

Later taters!

Happy 4th of July to all my American friends!!

Tippy - goodness sorry about your neighbor's daughter! but what awesome news that your neighbor is cancer free!

ok you are gonna make me try the spicy hot V8 - it must be good!

Carla -congrats on that ticker moving downwards! :cp:

Cin - so glad you were able to get dressed and that you were able to watch some of the 10K. I am so sorry you did not get to walk in it this year - but I'm thinking you will make it next time!

Hey Judomom - been wondering about ya - where ya been and what ya up to?

hugs,
cathy

Hey JudoMom, good to see you !!!

Cin, I'm glad your up and at it. Take it easy though don't do to much to soon.

Tippy so sorry about the neighbor, yikes :( Poor Roger, I can just imagine him walking around with a clothes pin on his nose b/c your addicted to spicy veggie juice :lol3:

Cathy, sorry DS has the bug, sounds like its gonna make its round in your home.

Carla good going on the WL !!!!

I'm being a lazy slug today :D

Hi all,
Fairly good weekend here. DH was home all weekend so that was nice (He had been gone for 10 days) Weather didn't cooperate so we didn't get much work done outside, but it was nice with us all at home. Found with some of the heavy rains that our addition roof is leaking. I thought it only did that with the snow melting. So I guess we will be reroofing that sometime this summer, thank goodness its only a small portion and not the whole roof.
Took my girls to the library in town today and we walked up the stairs. We took the inside stairs that feel like they just keep on going. Boy are we out of shape!! :o Only dd13 who is in judo wasn't huffing a bit. Good sign that the four of us will have to get out a do things this summer :D
Tippy - so sorry about your neighbour's family.
Neph - hope things are getting better. Have your gotten your resume ready?
CIN - so great to "see" you again, glad you are on the mend.
Hope everyone south of the border has a safe and happy 4th of July!
Take care all, K