Good morning Semo, Patty, Jen, Lauri and Barb.
HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY TO YOU ALL


AN IRISH BLESSING

May the Irish hills carress you
May her lakes and rivers bless you
May the luck of the Irish enfold you
May the blessings of St. Patrick behold you


Hope you girls are all having a good weekend. I didn't get doing any Tae Bo yesterday as two of my kids are home from university and it is impossible to get near the video and I would rather do it when the house is quiet. But I went for a 2 mile walk instead
Foodwise The kids always look for 'something nice to eat' when they are home so I usually buy some fresh cream donuts (for them ) you understand but sometimes they don't eat them all and so you can guess the rest.
Well I must go now but I will call back later on.
Anne

Happy St Patrick's Day to one and all!!! I love Irish Blessings. Mooz, the post you sent before that one was very moving. Thank you for sharing it.
Where the heck is everyone else?
Oh, I want to share this yummy snack with you guys. I got it on the WW support newsgroup:
Honey Maid Lowfat Graham Crackers (I used the cinnamon)
and Fat Free Cool Whip
Spread 2 tbsp of cool whip on a grahm cracker square and top with another square. Freeze until hard. These are only 1 WW point for those of you on Weight Watchers. And they are actually quite good. I have several wrapped in plastic in the freezer right now.
Mooz,
is St Patricks Day actually celebrated in Ireland? I was just wondering.
Also, I am hip to wanting to exercise while nobody is around. Yesterday I was going to do my aerobics but my son and his friend were out goofing around and I *knew* they would decide to come downstairs while I was bouncing all over the place LOL!
I hope Patty is having fun in San Antonio. I sure miss her posts though, don't you guys?
Hi to Jen and Barb and Semo!!
See you all later! Happy St Patrick's Day!!
Lauri

Hello again girls.
Lauri it seems that today so far it is only you and me but I'm sure the others will call in before long

What exactly is cool whip Lauri? We don't have it here nor do we have Graham crackers but we do have crackers. It sounds delicious and I would love to try it if I could find similar ingredients.

Strange you should ask if St Patrick's Day is celebrated here in Ireland because I think it is a much bigger celebration in America than here. I live in a small town and you would not know any difference from any other Sunday. No doubt the pubs will do well - any excuse for a celebration

Will not be able to get any Tae Bo done today either as my son is watching football on TV and my brother usually calls to visit today and there is no way I will be doing Tae Bo in front of them. They would have a right laugh at my expense
I have been for a two mile walk though and I hope to go for another later on.
As for the eating - well I am definately doing that I need a good kick up the butt.

Well gotta go now.
Will hopefully get calling later if none of the kids are on the net.
Anne

Hello..I am here, but not for long as I have to go to bed..have to work tonight.

I am on a WW supp. group also and heard of those graham treats with the coolwhip. I have not made them yet though.

I am so bad this weekend. I havent exercised..AND yesterday was a total pig out day. I feel just awful.

Tonight I will get in my possession the instructional TaeBo...so my plan is to do it tomorrow morning when I get home.

I hope everyone is doing great and having a wonderful weekend.

I'll call in tomorrow!

~Bobbi

Happy St Patty's Day! I'm having a lazy Sunday, should be up and getting things done but I'm not. Planning a trip to Nashville, TN next weekend to see the kids. We are going by to see the house that they bought. (The son that is getting married in May) Our son has hockey tickets so that will be a treat, I went to my first game last year and liked it. I've exercised both days this weekend and done better on eating so far.

Well Hubby is expecting a phone call and we only have one line so guess I had better get off here, see ya tomorrow.

I think everywhere celebrates St Paddy's more than the Irish in Ireland do!

I'm in Cheltenham, UK. The Gold Cup (a week long horse racing festival) has just finished. For this week we are inundated with VERY VERY drunken Irishmen who have saved up for a whole year to be able to come here for the racing and the craic (for the sheer **** of it, and a good time).

Most racegoers remain for an extra couple of days and do St Paddy's here too! We have green beer, green food, 'de diddly de' music, the whole thing! It can be quite exhausting if you need to shop, visit friends, drive to and from work, breathe!!!!!

My Irish sister in law has admitted that her family in Dublin don't do much, they come here and go wild!!!!!!

So Happy St Paddy's wherever you are. Please don't come visit me, I'm all Irished out! See the race crowd next year!!!!! Stef

Hello Ladies...
I had a wonderful weekend. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. We ended up with 12 total, female cousins the ages were from 26 to 45. I ended up going off my points, but sat. night we danced the night away, so i'm hoping i burned a few calories. It a weekend that has been long awaited. We have vowed to try and do this twice a year. So now i'm going to get back on track.

Semo - a road trip to Nashville, that sounds like fun. I lived there for 2 years when I was young. Has your other son returned from his trip to Florida? Keep up the exercise, your doing great.

Anne - I saw in the news here were we had a St. Patrick's day parade both sat & sunday. The saturday one gets pretty wild here. The street they have it on is lined up with bars.. more of a single scene. The one on sunday is for families. Thanks for the Irish blesssing. I just love to hear people speak with Irish accents. When I went to London several years ago, we went to this Irish bar, my friend had to drag me out of there because I wanted to stay & just listen to everyone talk

Lauri - that sounds like a good snack. Kinda of sounds like the skinny cows.. I think i'll whip up some tomorrow, cause I gave up Ice cream for lent & I can't have any skinny cows right now. I try & do my meal planning for the week too. I find I stay more OP when I do that.

Jen - I hope you back is feeling better. Have you ever tried Hypnosis for your smoking? I have a friend who bought a tape & she listened to it everynight when she went to sleep & believe it or not she did quite smoking. She said sometimes when she gets the urge, she'll listen to the tape for about a week & it goes away.

Bobbi - tomorrow is a new day... just get back on track you can do it...

we'll I think i'm going to hit the sack... It's been a very long weekend... talk to you all tomorrow...

Good Morning ladies. It is a lovely morning here in Ireland today and I really need to be back on track with my food and exercise as I weigh in at WW on Tuesday night


Patty - sounds as if you had a fantastic weekend. It does you good to let your hair down once in a while and then get right back on track once it is over.

Semo - I would love to go to Nashville someday - that sounds like a brilliant trip. What date in May does your son get married? That won't be long now. Are you all prepared for the big day?

Bobbi - Hope you get on well with your first attempt at Tae Bo. I have only started myself last week and am just trying to get the moves right I noticed yesterday that the instructional bit was on at the end of either the Tae Bo 1 or 2 tapes so maybe it is on at the end of one of the tapes you have.

Lauri - I was talking to you earlier and don't forget to explain to me what this cool whip is.

Jen - How are you? Are you getting a good nights sleep or are your kids waking you up very early How is your back?

Stef - Aren't you the fitness expert who gives out very good advice - maybe you will stay with us and answer all our questions and tell us when we are doing right :strong
or wrong
For a start what do you think of Tae Bo? Have you ever done it?

Will call later on tonight.
Anne

Good Morning All! The weather here in Missouri is dreary, once again rain is headed this way and the temp is about 51. (feels cooler)

I tried a couple of the FIRM tapes that I received last week, and all I can say is OMGoodness, thought I was gonna DIE. My stomach still hurts from Saturday's exercises. I made it through one 35 min tape then the next day started a 65 min and didn't EVEN make it half way. But I will one day and when I do I'll be looking good.

My oldest son is getting married May 25th, and frankly I'll be glad when it's over. They are having a huge wedding (8 attendants) I'm not much of a social butterfly and perfer small groups so I hate to say it but I'm really dreading it. They both are very outgoing people and have friends from all over the US that will be attending.

My youngest got to Florida last night about 6:30pm and will be returning on Friday. There is about 20 in his group that are all staying at the same resort. Guess this will be his last college Rahoo before he gets out into the working world.

Well I must do payroll, believe me I don't want these burly guys coming to me for their checks if I didn't get their hours in.

I am sooo mad !! My back STILL hurts!! I thought I would try some light aerobics today and I still couldn't even do that. I was just kind of stepping around for about 10 minutes, but couldn't even work up a sweat so I just gave up. For ONCE in my life I am motivated to do this and CAN'T! ARGH!!! It's driving me nuts !

There are so many posts to reply to. I guess that's what happens when I miss posting for a day.

1Day: Yep. Been there done that on the hypnosis. I've tried everything short of the Zyban. People say that sometimes it just depends on the hypnotist, but for as much as they cost, I wasn't willing to try it again.

Barb: Don't feel bad. I think weekends are the worst for most of us. I almost always blow it on the weekends, but I'm getting a bit better weekend by weekend.

And a HELLO to SEMO, Stef, Anne, and Lauri!!

I bought yet 2 more videos at amazon.com this weekend. They are CRUNCH body sculpting videos that should be here Wednesday. Everybody cross your fingers that my back is better by the time they get here cuz I can't wait to try them!

Anyhoo, I guess I'll talk at ya all later,
Jen

Hello Semo, Jen, Lauri, Mooz, Stef & Patty

Last night and today was much better....however I havent written a thing down in the journal since Friday.

Today after a nap, I did the TaeBo Live instructional....kind of boring..that was an hour. Then I did tape one of the basic workout. I am so uncoordinated and my balance isnt so great...but I guess in time! I hate those back kicks!

I love the way I feel so energetic after exercising. I hope to get addicted to it! Noone told me yet how long it takes to get to that point.

Have a great day everyone...have to figure out what I am going to make for dinner.

~Barbara

Hi Barb, I think that your doing great if you did both tapes in one day. Keep your sense of humor and the balance will come, I am a number one Klutz and as the time goes by I get better. I am now working harder at squeezing the muscles and kicking higher each time I do the tape. So just hang in there. I can't really tell you how long it will be before you start to look forward to exercising. Sometimes I don't know if it's wanting to exercise or kowing that I would be feeling guilty because I didn't. Regardless I will make you feel so much better.

Mooz, don't think anyone answered your question about the CoolWhip. It's a non-dairy product that is similar to whipping cream. We buy it frozen then thaw before use and it also comes in low fat and lite varieties. I really don't know what else to compare it to, very light and airy. Very good on jello and pumpkin pie, heck it's good right out of the carton. I use the low fat Cool Whip with fat free yogurt, mixed together, very good when you want something sweet.

Better get back to work before they realize that they CAN get along without me.

Well, this ticks me off! I just posted a nice long post and then I lost it! The server said I wasn't logged in here!
arrrgh!
I need to go to work, but I will write later!
Lauri, mad as heck LOL

Oh Laurie, dont you hate it when stuff like that happens? I know how you feel.

I did TaeBo this morning right when I got up...feel a little sore from yesterday, but nothing too bad. I am sure once I get the hang of some of the kicks and moves, I will like it much better!

Have a good day everybody! I have lots of errands to do...I will check in later.

~Barbara

Good Morning Ladies
I'm at home this morning, feeling kind of yuckie. My gallbadder has been bothering me for some time, so I think it time to go see the doctor.

Barbara - I don't think i'll ever get use to exercising. I just know when i do exercise, i feel better about my self after. But the getting use to.... no... I have to make myself do it...

Semo - I saw where Tennessee is getting lots of floods. Is your son's home ok?

I better run... I'm trying to get a appointment with the doctor today...