Another cold and snowy morning. The "girls" came in covered with little snowballs - reverse Dalmatians! It's hard to be down in the dumps about weather when those two are so completely happy and enthused about just going outside for a pee!

Coffee is on and DH bought some Canadian bacon yesterday so breakfast is on the way. COme join us!

Morning Ladies,

Finally feeling a bit better this morning. Still sniffly and coughing, but my head does not seem so plugged. Had a rollar coaster ride on the scale this week I had gottend down to 201, from 205 last week, but that was due to a bit of dehydration, although, today I did land on 203.5, still a loss for the week!

Ruth, Kudo has the same effect on me, even at his age I love to see him get so excited just to go out to pee, even in this cold!

Hey Tippy, hope you are feeling better today.

Hi Chickadee, hope those Rockies can pull off a respectible season for you, but watch out for those Yanks!

Hi Leens, this cold thing hangs in for 3 weeks,

Pooky, congrats on moving down a dress size.

Jenni, Wow sunshine, sounds like a great trip. Your friend sounds very special.

Jif, I know it may be difficult, but please be patient.

Sherrie, I am a bit GREEN with envy here, you actually have sun, singing birds, bugs, pollen, oh you lucky girl!

Peachie, thanks for the chicken soup, it really helped. And congrats on the .6 pound loss.

Have an op day!

Having a quick coffee this morning and then I am off at to the hairdresser for a long overdue crop. Gouing to my brother's surprise 30th birthday party tomorrow but first I am going to my grandma's house to help her put up wallpaper in her dining room. I wish she would have consulted me first before buying something but hey, what can you do? I certainly would not have put up wall paper, I would have painted with a lovely faux finish instead. The good news is that M gets to spend time with grandma this weekend and that ALWAYS makes her happy!

Ruth, hope you're keeping off that wing!

Jenny--I hear you on the scale issues, I have decided that when I get on at the same time every week that is what is happening to me becasue if I measured every day I know that the numbers wouldn't be the same. Congrats on the loss!

Have a great Friday everyone!

Quick hello!

Dh and I are off to BJ's because I need more orange roughy...I am really having a love affair with that!

Jenny!!!! YOU are so close...I am routing in a big way for you!!!! Glad you are feeling a bit better!

Got GREAT news last night! The big kid's little league coach called and it is the same coach who had him his first year of baseball. LOVE this man...he is so good with the kids!

So, Chickadee, what's the topic for today?

peach who is vowing not to nibble today!

Morning Chicks!

The SUN is SHINING! We may have a springy like day! Woohoo!

Today & yesterday were BIG days in our house! Dh left this unit of the Coast Guard (an ice breaker - with exceptionally long deployments from 6-8 months at a time) after 3 years! I am SO pleased (it's been ****). They gave him such a warm send off and said so many kind things to him that I think that after all the incessant complaining that he is actually a little sad. BUT, it's time to move on.........his next job is his last with CG and the deployments are only a couple weeks at a time! I am VERY pleased and so excited about our future!

Yesterday we received a very kind gift from my FIL. He sent some wonderful gourmet coffee and an apple/pecan crumb cake. I looked at the nutrition label and it ONLY has 64 grams of carbs per slice! Whew! Not quite sure it that one is going to be worth it! But, it was very nice to be thought of!

Jenny, so glad you are feeling better! And, a big WAHOO on the loss! I am so happy for you! Obviously you haven't been eating the above mentioned crumb cake!

That's about it from Sunny Washington today. Time to eat. Dh has cooked!

Have a great Friday, Ladies! Catch you tomorrow!

happy friday all you wonderful, hard-working chickies!!!

mom has on some of her new duds, but she picked out a shirt that CLASHES!!!!! and i DO MEAN CLASHES!!! oh well. she's happy. comfy. can't ask for much more.

more job hunt today. more wrangling with disability and unemployment. i'll be so very very glad to finally get back to work. it's been a long haul.

hope to see peachie and da boyz this weekend. we'll see what happens in her busy busy life. see??? she actually HAS one. i want one, too!!!!!!

raul did kick boxing this morning... no way could i keep up!!! i had to wait for the next half hour he was on, and thank goodness he returned to something i could handle!! and denise austin was no help, either!!

Am still feeling like something the cat dragged in! Even my ear lobes ache! I slept well last night but I had the wierdest dreams. Me thinks I had a fever! I want to feel better NOW since the weekend is upon us!

God bless and have a safe and happy weekend everyone!

I've been busy and lurking some.

Just wanted to take a minute to tell everybody "hi"

And also to wish everybody a nice weekend!

hugs, cathy

Dear Ruth,

Thank you for this invaluable help. On occasion I feel reasonably adept at SOME things. Getting the hang of computer technology is NOT one of them. Sooooo, please accept this as my public and official request to provide that delightful Peach of a girl-friend with my e-mail address.

Hope this works Peach. As for whose name is used on the important stuff, mine is in my DH's too but THAT is because when we married, I had credit and he didn't! So, now that everything IS in his name, I retired early! It is the least he could do to pay me back, wouldn't you say?
ST

Just emailed ST and Peach. Now behave! Peachie, do NOT send that porn stuff to ST - she is relatively new and innocent!

Ruth, it's not the porn we have to worry about. It's her baseball inspired viruses that are the problem. Today when I got on my computer all I could see was little Yankee players flitting across the screen, dressed in their pinstripes, riding on flying baseballs while sticking their tongues out at me! It was shocking!

Just kidding ST - or maybe not! Hmmm.....

Have a good one y'all (that was for you southern girls). I'm running around like a mad woman trying to get ready to go tomorrow. I'll check in from sunny, baseball-filled Tucson.

Chickadee

Hey Ruth, then what's the point? I only TRIED to sound new and innocent so that you guys would accept me...
Peachie, don't listen to her, hit me with your best stuff!
Chickadee, if it is baseball ANYTHING she is sending, about that I really AM innocent. I'm still trying to figure out what the ahhh, ahem, hmmm, "public adjustment" is all about Can't the management afford a couple of more inches of fabric?

ST

My dearest Pooky, you have rubbed off on me. I have determined to paint my bathroom and maybe do some stenciling on the horrible floor around the commode. Maybe some texture on the walls?? What if I do some wallpaper border instead?? Help!!!!

By the way, Dondar ~don't be too envious over our weather. It was 34 last night and expected to be 26 tonight. Dang it! Now I'll get a cold on top of my allergies!! It really is spring though, all the bradford pear trees have bloomed and now are sprouting little green leaves. I love the flowers! Too bad my thumb turned from brown to a nice sickly black.

Dd is gone to spend the night (read until 9:00 p.m.) with her little friend from the babysitter. Heck, she practically lives there. I should pay that woman more!!

I agree on the extra fabric in the uniforms. And what's with the bulging cheeks? Let's be role models for kids and spit on each other. Who am I to talk?

Jiff, if you think your mom is bad, we have to travel practically all over the state to find my mom's pants. She still wears (and refuses to stop) double knit polyester pants. You know the kind with the seam on the outside where the crease would be on some nice looking NORMAL pants? Where are the fashion police??

Peach and Chickadee and StillTrying and Cathy and Jennie and Tippy and all the other loves I forgot to address, please forgive me! Ya'll have a lovely weekend, and I'll check in with decorating woes later!

Hi ya, LC buddies!!!!! Hows things?

See, Ruthie????? I just KNEW those Xs weren't for kisses!!!!!

Jiff! Good luck on the job search - its great that you can do that on the internet. And don't fret about the small loss - its leaps and bounds sometimes and at a snail's pace other times

Peachie-keen! Glad you are liking that Orange Roughy! I need to get some - we haven't had it for a while.

Chickadee (AKA the E-Bay Tractor Manual Queen)! "Baseball is life! The rest is just details." I like to watch the 'big boys' play too but its those products-of-my-womb boys that I just LOVE to watch mostly!!!! Bry is on a regular Ponyball team, a traveling tournament team and Cody is on a regular Ponyball team so with 3 teams to follow, I should get my fill this year!

Janice! Gosh - that was scary! Glad that no one was seriously hurt! Take care sweetie - this too shall pass.

Pooky! Scary weather you have there! Wow - us 'sunny' Cali gals wouldn't know how to act in that stuff!

Well wishes and healing vibes going out to all those under the weather.

'I' want to go to Disneyland too!!!!! I've just been CRAVING that Indiana Jones ride lately!!!!

I'm still working out at Curves, have lost 3 lbs. and my back bra bulge (you know that lumpy spot that you see there when you put on a sweater and kinda turn around and look at your back/side in the mirror and say "What the HECK is that?") is ACTUALLY kinda gone! The saddlebag area is also a bit smoother but my clothes still fit the same- darn it! (Way to go to who was it? that lost a dress size!) But I am feeling better so I won't give up. And maybe 'someday' I will get my eating under control!!!! I have hope!!!!!

Love ya guys - I may not post often but I do read everyday!

Kel

I want bother you all with my hectic life .. but to put it mildly, I am physically & emotionally drained!

At this point in time .. I have way too much stress .. I don't think I have ever felt THIS horrible I have quite a few pets .. and two are very ill. My one 12 year old cat Tuppie, has fluid around her lungs, which if the vet is correct, will kill her . They think she has FIP and I may possibly lose all 6 of my furry feline children
One of the hamsters is looking pretty ragged also so he will be off to the vets tomorrow too. My MIL is back in the hospital .. she has terminal lung & brain cancer. They have to restrain her now and has to wear a diaper We live about five hours away from her and I know just not knowing on a daily basis what is going on is adding to my husbands wicked mood swings .. he doesnt show much emotions so its hard to figure him out sometimes. Top all of this off with the foster kids and more .. and you have one stressed out Goomba!! I hate waiting for the other shoe to drop .. and I know it is going to .. I just don't know who's foot it is going to fall off of Ever feel like you would just like to be checked into a hospital just to get away from it all?? Pretty bad eh?? But if ya think about it .. lying around all day in bed .. no responsibilities .. someone waiting on you .. no meals to prepare and lots of visitors .. but the kicker would be that it is all free ( at least here in Canada it is) I am pretty warped to be thinking this way .. but its kinda funny and humor is good isnt it?? Just think these few things are only the tip of the iceburg

Needless to say .. I am struggling to remain OP .. and hey if I fall off the wagon .. another one will be along any moment to pick me up again!!

Hope to post again tomorrow .. and keep your fingers crossed that the vet is wrong .. I am going to pray my little heart out!!!