Jay - CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Um, YES! What is UP with that?!?! My poor digestive system.

Bargoo, yeah, I've tried both ways, but I think - right now - it's banished again.

:congrat: :bravo: on your engagement!

And some would see it as quite a romantic thing to do, packing a ring along on what clearly was a day filled with activities you like to do together. The whales would be the "icing on the wedding cake" :lol:

Dagmar :dizzy:

JayZeeJay - congratulations!

Kitty - high five on the half! Woo!

Jen & Krampus - I didn't overdo this weekend and still feel bloated and uncomfortable. I feel somewhat cheated by that.

:wave: everyone!

Congratulations Jay! That sounds very memorable!!

Jay - a MAJOR congrats!!!!

I am so jealous - sounds like a DREAM proposal to me!!!!

Much different then what happened when I got "engaged".

Jen

That is so cool, Jay!!! Congratulations!

A friend's daughter is currently in Hawaii with her boyfriend. My friend and her husband expect their daughter to come home engaged as well.

JayZeeJay, you're gonna have a great story to tell now for years and years, what with the bear, the whales, the sweat, the blood and the engagement ring. Look, it's up to each of us to define what our relationships are going to be about, and what "romantic" means -- and if your guy doesn't think that the cliches that are routinely foisted upon us to sell us stuff mean anything, and thinks a coastal bike ride and mountain climb are a truer setting for declaring himself, then good for you: You found one of the good ones.

Kitty, only people who don't really understand what anorexia is really like apply it carelessly when they see a woman who's thinner than they are, or who makes mindful choices about food in their presence. Probably you just made them uncomfortable with themselves and their choices, and they turned judgmental and went for a cheap shot, so they could kind of bond for a couple seconds with each other over their shared discomfort. Wasn't Jen/CherryPie coping with that the other day, too?

JenMusic, you know, it's never good when I find myself in the kitchen, standing up, with a spoon in one hand and a container of something in the other hand. I always have a moment of, "Oh, s%$#t, not again!" Then there's this moment when I decide to stop or proceed. Mostly I'm able to stop it. The other day, I was not. Oh, and stevia, eaten by the spoonful? Is not worth it and is not satisfying, and is not even food. Why did I want an incredible jolt of sweetness? Did I really think it would beam me up out of my life and into a soothing heavenly place?

Doing better today, because that 9 AM call that I'd dreaded turned out to be nonconfrontational. Now if I can talk myself into getting to bed early and getting a good night's sleep, I'll be doing even better tomorrow. I am carrying around this slight edge of anxiety and can't quite get a handle on it. Like I'm braced for something painful or punitive. Figuring that out is what I've got to work on. Eating will not solve it.

Jay, congratulations !

On the peanut butter topic: each and every morning for the past 3 or 4 months, I've had to make a PB&J for DS to take to school because the lunch lines are too long and once he gets his food, there is no time to eat it. I can't even imagine how many kids go to his school--over 400 in the senior class alone! Anyway, I have to fight with my dogs as to who gets to lick the knife with PB residue! So, out of every 5 days, I get at least one lick--maybe two, but that's it. A lick. The other days one of the two dogs gets the lick.

i have a mental image of you standing in your kitchen Allison, with a labrador on either side, drooling and staring at you with pleading eyes as you get your turn at the PB knife. :rofl:

Dgmar :tired:

I don't even buy dog treats; I just give Ginny a little pb from my finger instead. She'll do anything when she sees that jar come out. :p

Yep, me. too !

Yes, Dagmar, that's about what it looks like! Too funny when one of the cats joins in, too.

Blueberries and plain fat free Greek yogurt. It's what't for breakfast. Yummy!!!! Love that Costco had huge packages of fresh blueberries for like $4.50! I should have bought two!!

CONGRATULATIONS JayZeeJay! That's the best way to get engaged - none of this hokey "baseball game scoreboard" business.

JenMusic - hope you feel better, I am 90% better today, only up a pound or so from normal.

CherryPieJen - how did you get "engaged?"

alinnell - I hope she comes home engaged! Good to have dogs around so we don't end up eating ALL the peanut butter.

saef - Glad your meeting was nonconfrontational and you are feeling a bit better.

Oh, geez. DH and I met right before my 17th b-day. We moved in together after I graduated college. We never felt the need to get married. We didn't want kids, DH hates attention, and is actually kind of opposed to marriage as far as the "state sanctioned" thing, so we just never bothered.

Fast forward to 2005 - We'd lived together for years. DH had health insurance through this special deal for small business owners. I had it through work. DH gets a letter saying that his premiums are going up OUTRAGEOUSLY. So he is all stressed out.

Him "What am I going to do? I need health insurance in case something happens!"

Me: "Well, if we were married, I could put you on my policy."

Him: "What are you saying?"

Me: "Exactly what I said - so I guess if you want health insurance we need to get married."

Him: "Well then, I guess we should get married..."

Me: "Awwww...the proposal of my dreams...."

That was Sunday. We got married that Thursday in the courthouse where I work by the Judge that I work with on a daily basis.

Romantic, huh?