Good Evening (said with my best Dracula voice)

I'm doing really well it seems until the kids get home from school then all I want to think about is eating. I have been very good though. I think its just the way I have always dealt with stress and I'm adjusting to a new way of thinking so far its working for me but its not easy. The littlest man in the house has the belly bug, and thats not fun. I have to take the oldest to TN tomorrow for a test at the college he'll be going to next year, thats a 4 hr drive one way. I'm hoping the belly bug doesn't decide to ride along with me tomorrow that would not be pleasant for me to drive and be sick. The big boy doesn't know his way yet so I can't send him on his own. The rain just stopped and the sun came out, its been raining for the past two days, phooey! I hope it stays away, I have a lot to do outside.

I noticed gas here had gone up to 3.79 yesterday and was told it will be up to 3.89 tomorrow. My kids are gonna have to start walking to school. We live 5 min from the school theres no good reason to drive, except of course that walking is totally not cool.

Well I'm off, gotta go hop on the bike and then get dinner started. Have a good one!!

trish

Hi Gals ~

Well the knucklehead nephew finally got his second evaluation from the NAVY and he is in! He will be here until Sept. so that gives him a good 3 months with no work to do after high school...like he did much this year anyway! This year I left him on his own...he will pass...but not by much. There comes a point where you just have to allow them to suffer the consequences of their "laziness"....I finally got tired of fighting it last summer and promised him I would allow him to do it "his way"...instead of "my way"...since according to him "that" was the problem. Well he managed to get mostly D's and low C's this year...oh, he will pass...but what a wasted year! On the other hand he is a good kid...a lot of fun and I really think the NAVY is a place for kids like him. Like he said, when I asked him why he wanted to join.."Uncle Gary, they will make me do it!"...I won't get the job done on my own and even though you punish me, I know you still love me and I have food and a place to stay...just maybe no TV or phone." Love 'em to pieces!

I got in 7.5 miles today with dog walks and treadmill work. My eating is pretty good for portion size and my alcohol intake is way down...almost to nothing! this makes Angie very happy

And I am down to 174.0 as of this morning...from 178.8 ten days ago

well Angie is calling dinner...Bless You All!

Gary - congrats on the 4.8 lbs. Your support thread seems to be working for you

trish - of course you hit the nail on the head - walking isn't cool. And WHAT does that teach our kids about life-long weight maintenance? One of our elementary schools actually got a grant to improve the sidewalks and aesthetics on the major arteries to the school. It was then followed by a whole campaign to get the kids walking to school on a daily basis.

We also have GOTR (Girls on the Run) after school in our elementaries. Teachers take the girls from the school on a walk/run around the neighborhood blocks.

I really hope these types of programs can catch on and that we can get our kids walking again

I love to walk on the path from our City park to the junior high (where I have an office) - it is one of my favorite places to walk.

Counting, that is a beautiful place, who wouldn't want to go walking there. I have a good friend that really needs to get out and get some exercise, she would feel so much better and clear headed not to mention sleep, right now she only sleeps a few hours a night if she's lucky. I love when we go on trips and I get to find a place to walk or run, its almost like a secret thing between me and God. He shows me the spot and we go there together. Anyway, I'm rambling tonight, its gorgeous, you are lucky to have such a place near work.

Gary, glad to hear the nephew is going to find a place that he knows will turn him into the man he wants to be. Sometimes they have to learn the hard way, I told mine 2 years ago they better plan to go to college or else it would be the military, cause I'm not carrying a bunch of mooches on my back for the rest of my life. They didn't like the military idea, so we have a whole new appreciation for school. You're doing great, you inspire me to work harder. Trish

Finally getting in here to catch up; have been busy the last two days with stuff around here. We actually had some *** but it melted as soon as it hit the ground, so that OK. Later we had some sunshine; hope it sticks around awhile.

CAR UPDATE ~ we finally get to go pick up our new(er) car tomorrow; none too soon, as we have to take my friend, PIERRETTE, to the city to see some specialists on Monday. She called tonight to say that something happened a couple of nights ago; she turned over in bed an had a stabbing pain in her side. Next day, she went to the hospital and they gave her pain killers and anti-inflammitories; and she is feeling much better. They are now wondering if that cyst burst; so they did a blood work-up today and will likely do the test again to see if it is still there. We are still praying that it will go away; that would be great if she didn't have to have surgery after all. I'll keep you posted as we learn more. Thanks so much for your prayers ...

GARY ~ almost there; only .? and you'll have your five pounds; all that walking and working and worrying about nephew is what did it, I'm sure!!! LOL!!! There's a saying ~ you can lead a horse to water, but you can't always make him drink ...

Our town is building a park by our lake in the center of town; it is going to be beautiful when its all finished. It will be a great place to walk for sure. I think that the kids should walk to school too; we did. The only ones in our day that had buses were the country kids and the very young ones.

CC ~ glad things are OK with your thyroid for now; had a friend with that and she's quite alright now. They eventually went away. Hope you and your son have a great trip to the college.

HELLO TO EVERYONE ELSE AND ALL OUR MIA'S ~ take good care everyone, your fellow encourager ROSEBUD

I seem to always be behind these days, trying to catch up... I am doing well, had a client home w/ shingles so had to work alot last week or so, hopefully things level out soon. Rosebud- Prayers for your dear friend that she heals and makes a full recovery.. and congrats on new car...
Lauren- I didnt know DC Talk went to school at Liberty but could be, beautiful college.
Shy/Counting- I been toying with the idea of a moped to go to work and back, but I don't finish work most nights till 12 M. and not sure I would want to drive it home as 14 miles, so still thinking about it, but enjoy...
Counting- that was a beautiful pic of park, nice to walk in and relax.
Welcome to Hannah, Julia, Caitlin- Prayers for abdominal surgery to go well.
Trish- Prayers that thyroid issue works out well.
Wilma- prayers for less stress at work, E.Z. - awesome job with nephew, I remember when He came to live w/ ya, he trully has come so far, what a mess your girls made...
Prayers to anyone I missed as well, I am doing well, busy busy busy.. Taking the youth group on another excursion next weekend to a church near Rochester, they come to ours to enjoy the adirondacks, and our youth groups have become pretty close consider the wonder of technology today. So our youth is going to take over their services this weekend, Junior church, nursery, sunday school, ect. Should be fun... I have to work this weekend, have business meeting at church tonight, I will be done as secretary, there is another lady that wants the position, so I will not have to do minutes after tonight. Overall doing well, did a bunch of landscaping, gardening stuff yesterday, discovered muscles that I didn't know I had, hurt all over, should do it more often and would be in great shape. Well as allways gotta run.. Prayers to all, have an awesome weekend....

Hi all, a quick flyby to check in. We walked the lake after work and stopped a a favorite haunt for a veggie sub and a beer - gotta love Fridays after work! We will probably build a fire in the pit and enjoy our beautiful spring weather for the rest of the night.

Prayers continuing for everyone - Rosebud - especially for PIERRETTE!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Blessings, and prayers ascending!

Hi Gals ~ Just sitting here catching up on posts and watching a Laker game on TV and catching the scores of my Dodgers on the internet. Beats the old days of jumping up switching channels...before remote...and listening to the radio too! But that was many years ago, we have progressed since then...or have we?

Angie and I had Mexican food for dinner at one of our favorites then she took off to spend the week-end up at her mom's. She will run a half marathon relay with her sister tomorrow and then spend Mother's Day with her mom. My kids will be going over to spend time with their mom on Sunday. For the newbies here, my mom passed away late last year so this will be my first one without her after 54 years

WILMA ~ I am sorry you had a stressful week I know you will miss your niece, is she living close? Is your younger son still at home? How is he by the way? I hope your flower bed grows awesome flowers

CCmom of 5 I bet you'll be busy on Sunday! we don't carry mooches around here either I think that's why my nephew joined the service! I think he knew he wouldn't get the job done in college...although he is way smart enough, he was accepted at every school he applied to.

ROSEBUD ~ Continued prayers for Pierrette. I hope the sun sticks around for you and the newer car runs smooth! The park sounds awesome. How's that mutt treatin' ya today

AUNT SUE ~ Wow you have been busy! Gardening? do tell The kids will put on a good show for your church on Sunday! Enjoy your trip with them next week.

SHY ~ I paid $3.97 for gas today...ouch! Low fat pepperoni?...I'm interested Keep workin' Leslie until she drops!

LAUREN and DORA I hope all is well ~ HELLO to all the MIA's

HAVE A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY LADIES!

Worship where and when you can!

I am having a great day. I went through my closet and purged clothes I hadn't worn for a while. I tried on last summer's clothes and was pleasantly surprised that a lot of the still fit. Now I'm making a sausage/potato soup for my guys for lunch. It's still cool outside and they're cleaning up the back yard getting it ready for the new garage.

Later, I might go shopping. We'll see.

Gary: Thanks for asking about my son. He is still living at home. He's doing so well. Praise God!! He loves his job and is starting to make friends here in the city. I think he realized that with his brother moving so far away that he had better get out a bit more. We're very thankful!!

I do miss my niece. She lives just 10 minutes away and we do talk a bit. She's just loving her apartment with all it's hand me down furniture!

My week got better as it went along. We're going through some serious issues with staff and because I'm the supervisor I have to deal with them.

You've done awesome with your weight loss. I'm still glad I've maintained but with summer coming I should be able to shed some more pounds.

CountingDown: That firepit sounds so nice. We plan on adding one when we get the landscaping done.

Sue: Good to see you here and that you're doing well. I know the muscle pain of working in the yard. At least we're accomplishing something while we're working so hard - in the yard and in our bodies.

Rosebud: My prayers are with Pierette. Glad to hear you're getting your new car. We need reliable vehicles these days. AND fuel efficient ones too!

Counting: What a lovely place to walk! I'd get out more often if I had that. I have a new house construction area to walk through. The neat thing is watching the houses go up but no natural beauty.


Soups almost ready so better go get those guys in for a break.

Tomorrow being Mother's Day I don't have to cook. Hubby is bbqing pork chops and baked potatoes with grilled veggies. I get to choose the dessert. Better get thinkin on that!

Happy Mother's day to all you mothers out there!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Don't have much time, I just wanted to check in real quick. I have 3 down for the count with the yuckies. My house smells REALLY BAD! I'm not happy, and I'm exhausted. Not a good combo, no not at all.

I am praying for everyone, and I appreciate all of your prayers.

Happy Mothers Day!

trish

HELLO EVERYONE ~ that sun did stick around and we had 65F temps all day, so we just had to get out there and tour in our new car; DH needs to get used to all the buttons and gadgets and so on too.

THANKS TO EVERYONE for praying for PIERRETTE ~ she will be seeing two specialist on Monday, but they are going to do the tests again because they don't want to go ahead with the surgery for nothing.

CCMOMOF5 ~ seems your family has caught one of those stomach flus. Someone said in the grocery market last week, that everyone in our town is sick!!! Will pray for those kiddies and that it leaves your home as soon as is possible.

We went to pick something up today and the man's wife told DH to stay away from her as she was frightfully sick with a terrible flu; probably the one I had recently (one of the worst I've had in my life). It's so nice to breathe clearly again; thanks for all the prayers!!!

UNCLE TOM ~ finished round six on Friday, must have been OK as I didn't get any messages from my Aunt. They had originally planned on eight rounds. They are waiting to hear about the tests they did about 2 weeks ago; they are checking to see if the chemo is helping, but I haven't heard anything yet.

HAVE A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY LADIES!!! Hope you all have a great day! NO COOKING NOW; get someone else to cook for you or go out for dinner if you can!

HERE'S a link to some pictures of NIKO and our new car ...

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/show...74#post2195374

I seldom get to this thread, but today I finally got my housework caught up and even accomplished a few other things I've been putting off and actually have nothing much to do this evening! Of course it is right before we leave for a trip (Mon) so that's probably why...I work better under pressure.

I was reading about Joshua and Jericho and thinking about my own "jerichos."
One of mine is my eating behavior. I simply eat too much too often! Yet I know God's Word says Greater is He who is in me than he who is in the world, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me, and The battle is the Lords and I am seeking to understand how to realize this in my life esp in the area of food. Please pray for me.

Mary - you are in my prayers, girl! It is so much easier to take on the weight battle when you do it with prayer. I can't imagine doing this on my own!

Rosebud - thanks for posting the pictures. I'm so glad that you have a new car, and NIKO is just adorable. What a blessing that you adopted him!
Prayers continuing for PIERRETTE and TOM (thanks for the update on how he is doing).

Trish- your family is in my prayers too! I just HATED when my kids got sick. It is worse than being sick yourself. I hope that it passes soon. This flu has been a nasty one!

Wilma - congrats on the closet cleaning - it feels GREAT to find clothes that fit

Gary - my thoughts and prayers are with you too! It is hard to celebrate those events in our lives that remind us of the loved ones we have lost. And it is rare that Angie and the kids aren't around to keep you hopping. I hope you enjoyed your day and stayed OP

A good day here - called my Mom and chatted for several hours. The kids will be calling tonight (most likely). We walked to church this morning and only had to dodge a few raindrops. I think we will have a late supper and enjoy a fire (and some wine) on the patio until the kids call.

I hope everyone has a GREAT week!

Prayers continuing!

HI Gals ~

Well I was busy today after church cleaning house. I scrubbed the floors, sinks, toilets and showers/tubs, vacuumed and dusted for Angie's Mother's Day present. She will be home soon after spending the week-end in a race with her sister and the week-end with her mom.

Thanks C-D actually my daughter came by to see me for an hour after I got home from church. She and her husband, my son and daughter in law went to late service with Brenda. I was going to go, we usually do go to the same service if the kids are all coming...and we know they are...but I wanted to get the chores done for Angie. Actually, unless we are having a family get together or party, it is pretty quiet around her now with my kids off and married. My step-daughter lives at her dad's, she just got home for the summer this week, and usually doesn't stay long when she comes by. Knucklehead nephew is with his mom today, but usually, when he is here, he is outside with his friends or they are in his room. Part of me enjoys the peace and quiet and part of me misses the noise Sounds like a nice evening headed your way.

ROSEBUD ~ Love the picture of NIKO! Great looking car, I hope it has many miles in it for you! Glad you had some sunshine too. Continued prayers for Tom and Pierrette.

TRISH... for all those sick kids. I remember those days and they were not fun! I hope you had a nice Mother's Day in spite of the "smell"

WILMA I am glad your youngest is doing well. I hope work is kind to you next week. Soup sounds awesome. Enjoy your Mother's Day BBQ!

MARY

Have a great week ladies!

Just wanted to say hello to everyone. Hope all the lovely ladies here had a wonderful mothers day. Sure glad the weekend is over. Will tell you about it tomorrow.