Cafe - If the event is something special to you take that day off. If not choose the other day. My opinion only, that's what I'd do anyways. I'm sorta half doing Atkins, half not. Technically no I guess........right? Still struggling with making a decision even though I think it's a pretty good plan.

Uh Oh, gotta go.........boss back from out of town.

Later,

LJ

Cafe, Monday! Sometimes you just need a day all to yourself.

Better yet ... BOTH!!! :devil: Hm, guess not?

Regarding the new young frenchman, sorry no digital camera available. He's very quiet, doesn't speak much english. Yeah, I know - Who Cares!?!? Seriously, he was just a pleasant surprise. :D

Tiger, I'm with you on the home improvements. Last Valentine's Day, Rich bought me a new kitchen sink. Ooooh. Ahhhhh. :lol: Everyone was teasing him but I thought it was great!

Huntress, good to see you. Sorry to hear about the heater. :( This weather has indeed been weird. Temperatures are not just below normal; they're something like 15-20 degrees below normal!!! Yuck.

DNW, come up for air soon!!! Want me to give them a call and tell them off? I'm feelin' feisty.

Spent most of the morning on the phone with Air France (officially my new "most hated airline"). :mad: Our french visitors wanted to do some flight changing and asked me to handle it. Boy what an ordeal. I guess it has a lot to do with new security measures but really! Anyway, I finally got everything figured out and got them on the flights they needed. And I was able to give them the information right there in front of the company president. Score one for ME!! :queen:

Hm, and yet as strong and brave as I'm feeling right now, I still have to contend with that big bowl of malted milk Easter eggs sitting entirely too close to me. :eek:

Now I'm frightened....

Hello All, sort of feeling hohumm today, don't know why either. I had been spotting for over a month so I decided to quit taking my HRM. BIG MISTAKE.... Even one of the fellows here said, you sure are touchy lately (funny I thought I was FINE) and been having hot flashes. I thought I had power surges before, no, no I was wrong. Now, I truely know what a hot flash is! Needless to say after beening off the pills for a couple of weeks, I'm back on them as of this morning. I did this last year and after coughing up $500 out of pocket expenses and all the trips back and forth to the dr for test, nothing was wrong. Just needed to change medications..........

Well, I'm heading out for lunch, maybe some fresh air will help.....anything is better than all this SMOKE! Wish, they would BAN the smokers from doing it inside.............. Okay, I feel better, I'm sure you wanted to hear my :censored: :censored: day.

:D Really it's not that bad.......

Later Tater!

Hunt, you sound like me - I think I've been putting off decisions about WHAT plan because I don't really want to be ON a plan. But I decided that the motivation isn't going to make itself. So I'm going to fake it, pick something, and then maybe as I move forward it will come?

Jello, Score one for you! Believe me, if you can take on Air France you can stand proof against the power of the Easter Eggs. Besides, they don't taste that good anyway.

You're really disappointing me with no pictures, though.

Well, the verdict is in... because I had one Monday, one Wednesday and one BOTH (the most tempting but not possible, alas) I called DH to ask him and he said WEDNESDAY because then we can do something together. My jaw dropped, and I quickly made arrangements to be out that day. He's so busy lately, it will be fun to hang out with him (even though I'm sure that noon onward will be devoted to homework.) The nice thing is, if he was too busy he would have just told me to take Monday off, LOL. Plus the evening will be less hectic.

~Eating my nuked Lean Cuisine, and LIKING it. (I am strong, I am strong).

edited to say:

Semo! I can't believe they smoke near you! That should be illegal in the workplace. Make them buy you a filter, pronto. Stuff is downright dangerous.

Have you tried evening primrose oil? Supposed to help balance the hormones a bit during that time of life and ALSO is one of those Omega-rich sources. You should try this as a supplement and you don't need to count the fat grams. Hang in there!

Cafe, I'll make it even worse....

He smells sooooooo good!!! :cloud9:

One of the secretaries is calling his cologne "Orgasm in a Can". :o

Oops. Sorry if I offended with that. :sorry: BTW, he's married.

Annnnyhoo....

Semo, our building banned smoking years ago!! Tell them to get on the ball there. You shouldn't have to breathe that poison! :mad: Now my only problem here is finding one of the phone gals on the rare day that they bother to show up for work. Oh yeah, they're out back having a smoke ... every hour ... on the hour .... :rolleyes:

Hi Gals!
The guy that is suppose to put the door in is late. It's always something, isn't it?

You know, I don't have to tell you all how I feel about smoking. My Dad's lung cancer is surely caused by it. He quit two weeks before finding out he had cancer. When I see someone buying smokes, I want to shake them. :soap: I could really climb up on one. Who was the little smoker in our group? quit!

On hot flashes...my mother has them now and their house is always freezing! Dad is scared to say anything, he just puts on another layer. :lol:

I'm still reading my Atkins for Life book. Giving up regular coffee will be my biggest challenge, but I can do it. I might sleep through, but I can do it. :smug:

later taters!

I miss you all!
 

Semo: I now take "Activella", which is an a prescription hormone and a low dose, plant-based estrogen...no horse urine for me!

Once it a while I have occiasional spotting, but it's not anything I can't live with. Also the same thing happened to me when I went cold turkey off the HRT pills....major, like I never had them before so bad, hot flashes. I now know that you are supposed to wean yourself off hormones, but very few docs tell you that. As for the ho-hums...still waiting to have the Prozac kick in...

Cafe: I agree with you on faking it til you make it....my movitation hasn't been around for a while...but I, out of habit,have not been overeating and it has paid off...down to 256 again....I am on my way down!!!!!!!

Tiger: I hear you on the cancer....my cousin just died from it last year and only stopped smoking 2 months before he died....I quit 7 years ago because it wasn't worth it anymore...wish my DH would realize that too!!

Jello: Orgasm in a can...you are too funny....now what shelf did you say that was on ;)

Huntress: Half Atkins sounds respectable....if it works for you why not??

Brighter, Quilter, Tiffany, and all other lurkers...come back :(

Smoochies!!!!!!!!

TGIF!!!! TGIF!!!! TGIF!!!!! :dancer: Yeah, I know I wasn't even in all week but it's still been a long one. And if this rain doesn't stop soon, I'm going to have to go insane. I want sunshine. I NNNNNEEEEEEEDDDDDD sunshine! :flow1:

Oh please excuse me. I'm feelin' feisty again. Just kinda' jumpy but in a good way. Does that make any sense? Probably not. But it's not such a bad feeling and I'm going to stick with it while I can. :D

Last night I hopped on my treadmill and put the Evita soundtrack on the portable CD player. Next thing I knew, I was almost completely through Act 1 and had done over 2 miles!! I was a-sweatin' and a-pantin' and feelin' soooo good! Completely (I hope :rolleyes: ) undid the fettucini alfredo I had for dinner. :o Oops. Well, I didn't eat as much as I would have before and I skipped dessert and ... well, all the other excuses. And I enjoyed the heck out of it! ;) Eating light today and can't wait to get back on the treadmill tonight for Act 2.

Interesting, I got into a conversation about smoking with a store clerk yesterday. Don't know why it came up?? Anyway, I was talking about how I used to smoke 20-something years ago and how I quit because the price of a pack of cigarettes went up to a whopping 45 cents and I thought it was too expensive!! What are they now? 5 bucks or something? Man, even if it wasn't for the health reasons, people should quit just to save all that money!

Now if I could only quit Burger King and save all THAT money! :lol:

Gotta run. Work to do. Hope you all have a great day!

I'm joining in :dance: :dance: Five o'clock can not get here fast enough.

Jello, you sound really good, psssst..... is it the exercise.... Great job!


DNW, good to hear from ya kid-o. Have you bought a new key board yet? We are LIKE missing you!

Nothing exciting to report, so you guys have a great weekend.

YIKES where has all the time gone?
 

Man oh man, is it great to be back here. Of course so much has happened since I left. Let's start with the fact that I've gained back over 20 pounds :eek: :cry: , but it's no surprise since I haven't been even attempting to start on any type of program.

So it turns out that the guy I've ben working for is a total con-artist. I never got paid, none of us did!! There was never any funding and this guy is a true scum sucking :censored: who needs to be in jail. Myself along with others that have been with this company since January have gone to the D.A. and are trying to get this guy off the street. We have since found the he has pulled this scam in Mexico, the U.K. and a few other states!! We realize that we will never see one red cent owed to us, but we really don't want this man to ruin other people's lives. A few people quit there good paying jobs to work for this rat ******* and it's terrible. We are having problems jus trying to pay our rent, so you can see why I'm just a little bitter! :s:

On to other things.....We are still planning on moving to Utah. I have already started packing!! I want out of here so bad...I can taste it. We talked to a loan guy out there and he's in the process of trying to get us qualified, so keep your :crossed: . The only catch is that we have to have jobs first. DH has an interview next week and I'm going along so that i can go to some agencies and get the ball moving on my end. I talked to one recruiter back in November and she said to come and see her when we where out there again. So I'm going to give her a call. According to the loan guy, I need to find a permenant job, which I will also be working on.

DH and I decided back in Feb., that we would like to have one more child. I know....What the heck are we thnking?! :yikes: , with a 4 yr old, a 2 yr old and a 1 yr old. Ladies, it's kinda hard to explain. My mind says "Are you off your freakin' nut? you can't afford another kid". My body is saying "You don't even have enough energy to keep up with the 3 you already have", but my heart is saying "Your supposed to have one more". I don't want to look back and regret it, I don't want to also think....what if.....plus, I believe that I wouldn't feel complete. So now that SIL had her baby in March, and my sister is preggars again (after a miscarriage in Sept.) and my other SIL is due next month, we decided that it was okay to start trying again. Well ladies I took a H.P.T. seven hours ago and I am in shock!! Right before I took it, and the reason I took it was because I decided that right now probably wouldn't be the best time to get pregnant. Not with trying to get stuff packed and trying to find a job. So I was having mixed emotions and I guess I'm still trying to sort them out, as I haven't been able to sleep. Ah Screw it!!!! I"M HAPPY AS A CLAM!!! :cb: :cb: we're having a baby!!!!

Dyanm, let me the first to say I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU POSTED! It's a shame about the scam guy, you just have to chalk it up to one of those life learning experences and not let it eat at you. So many changes you are and will be going through, you're a tough lady and will come out on high ground. Pregrant! :faint: We love ya! :chockiss: :chockiss:

HEHE, Your Killing me SEMO :D , and thanks for the support. Yeah, another one of life's lessons........:shrug:

I am still hoping to lose some weightt during this pregnancy. i have a feeling that the Doc will put me on a strict diet since I had pregnancy induced diabetes during my last pregnancy.

Well my oldest and youngest are up, so I gotta jet!

SEMO, I *order* you to have a good weekend too. :)

I like that, I think I want to make "psssssst . . . it's the exercise!" my sig line - but I guess I have to exercise first. :lol:

Well heck, I strolled around enjoying MY sunshine for my entire lunch hour yesterday. That should count for something.

But not like Jello! WTG girl! Sweat'n and panting! Keep up the good work.

You know, I was reviewing my bus schedule today and I realized - duh - my hours at work changed by 15 minutes...and looking at the schedule I could make it through the workout and shower and get to the office - and not have to wake up before 6:00. Don't know about you guys but 6:00 a.m. sounds... doable where anything in the 5's sounds awful. So I'm a little excited about that - I feel like I can do it!

Yep, I *know* from experience that it I can maintain (or gain and lose the same 3 lbs) indefinitely with diet OR exercise, but I can't lose consistently unless I have BOTH. This is my challenge with this latest new beginning. Don't fool around with one thinking I'll "add" the other when I'm "comfortable" but learn to do both at the same time - finally.

Jello- your mission: go to the nearest department store this weekend and sniff cards until you find that cologne - and then post the REAL name so I can go buy some.

Tig - give up real coffee? :eek:

DNW- Yep, I don't care how I feel about it, I'm just going to move forward. Actually, as I force myself to get involved, the enthusiasm really WILL follow. I think it might be already.

I have to say, it's Friday, it's Friday! And we're supposed to be in the 60's and sunny all weekend!

Edited to say: OMG it's Dyan! wait a sec... I'll just make another post.

OMG Dyan's PREGNANT! :lol:

I'm so happy to see your smiling face. Glad you're out of that nasty job situation (which was obviously preventing you from being here...) ;) but I'm just sad that he stole your work. 'What SEMO said.'

And I'm very excited about your 4th. :bb:

Thanks Cafe!!

I've been trying to decide how to tell the families. I think for Easter they'll get a letter from the Easter Bunny telling them that Santa will be delivering their present! Since I'm due December 19th. Man.....it's really starting to sink in! you ladies are the only ones who know, besides Dh & myelf :sssh: .

It sounds like everyone is doing pretty well. I am WAy too behind to go back and read everything that everyon'e written, and I know you've heard this before, but i give my solem oath to try to check in everynight. I pinky swear!! :s:

We are heading to Utah next week, for the job interviews. So that's kinda what I'm concentrating on right now. I even forgot about Easter!! Bad mommy!! Had to go "shopping" at my mom's for Easter baskets and what not. You guys just don't know! My mom is the type to go out the day after a Holiday and stock up for the next year, and she usually forgets how stuff she actually has! According to my sister, Kyrssie, my mom could open her own Target :hyper: .

Gotta get ready to go to lunch w/ an old co-worker. If I don't get back today, I hope everyone has a great weekend!