It is Friday!
I have been to the gym everyday this week. Today I will try a rebounding class. I hope I don’t kill myself.
Dh is taking older man to the Sox game tonight. So I have little man Then they all go camping in the morning. Can you say FREE AT LAST? I think it will be the first time DH has taken both kids away and I have had the house to myself. I have been reading you posts and thinking about all of you. I wish I had more time to post but alsas my life is in the way. Have a great day!
Good morning! L, would your dh take my mom and dd with him too? I could really go for some relaxation time around here!
Off to see Dr. K (gp) this morning, to get a referrel to Dr. K (endo), since Dr. K (gyno) is scaring the daylights out of me. Maybe I need a doc without a K last name? Anyway, hopefully I won't have to grab his tie and refuse to let go, although I am prepared to do that! I will let you know what is said, ok?
Ya'll have a great day, talk to you this afternoon!
Happy Friday the 13th! And on this Lucky day I am being interviewed by the large company who is purchasing us. I know I can live with whatever outcome that faces me, but I am still jittery! Yes, I would be very happy to loose my job and be a sahm for a while, but raising two active little boys is very expensive and it is nice to have a good income. Why do companies have to buy others out, knowing that it will mean the loss of jobs for many. The company that has bought us is already the largest pharmaceutical company, they are just getting bigger. Oh well.
Boys are doing great we had open house last night and it was so much fun. The boys are so proud to show off their work. I am so proud.
The weekend will be full of soccer and house cleaning.
L, enjoy your weekend as a "free woman" I know you will miss your boys, but enjoy your time.
Sherrie, hope you get your water problem corrected, and soon.
Toryah, how did the interview go yesterday?
Annie, great to see you posting.
To everyone else
Yesterday was a busy Mom sort of day. Running errands for everyone else, making the son's birthday cake, which turned out great, even tho I forgot to put the coconut in. I didn't have any, but hubby and son raved about it. Their so easy!
Today is actually my middle son's birthday. He is 20, we celebrated yesterday, since Dad and I and little sister will be at the high school football game. He was okay with that, but he is trying to get me to do more for him today, since today is his REAL birthday. He is such a pain in the butt, but I love him to death.
I'm making my cookies for the drum-line bus as I post. I hope this will help keep the noise level down on the bus, we have a pretty long ride to the other school, it's on the north end of the county and we're on the south end. Friday night Atlanta traffic, YUCK! The game starts at 7:30 and we are scheduled to leave at 5:15.
Going to lunch with a couple of friends today. They are both band Mom's also, we enjoy our lunches, we trash the band directors, all in good fun of course Between the three of us we have figured out the best way to run EVERYTHING
Timer is going off, must run so the cookies don't burn.
L~~Good for you on hitting the gym this week. We should all take a lesson from you.
Sherri~~~Good luck at the dr's today. I hope you get the care that you need.
Jenny~~~Good luck on your interview today. I'm sure that you will do great. Stay confident, gal
Deb~~~Oh my God, I can smell those cookies from here Just a suggestion~~bake some valium into those cookies and the kids will be REAL QUIET on the bus (just joking) Are you loving this cooler weather??
All to come~~Have a safe and enjoyable Friday 13th.
Are yah scared yet its Friday the 13th.
You know that never bothered me, I'm not SUPIDSPICIOUS at all.
Hey did you guys hear what # came out in the New York Pick 3 Lottery on Wednesday, Sept 11th. Get this !!! 911
FREAKY OR WHAT There's no way they could righ those little balls. I've never met balls you could rig
Nothing much planned for the weekend except getting the shoes. She's gonna walk any time now and she needs a good pair to support her ankles.
Morning Everyone!! Hey 2 days in a row for me! Well, we made it through feeding the varsity last night. Picture if you will a school of piranhas, or locusts, or a pack of wolves and you will be close. Except they had better manners. Out of the 20lbs. of potatoes about a cup was left. Out of the 50 pork chops about 2 were left, corn casserole--gone, brownies with ice cream--gone--12 gallons of gatorade and 4 gallons of ice water--gone. It was an amazing thing to behold!!! The good thing was that there weren't any leftovers to be tempted by. I am hoping that Friday the 13th will not be unlucky for us---the boys play an extremely rough and tough team tonight. It is a home game at least. Afterwards they have a dance til 11:00 and some friends are carrying on the postgame party tradition so it will be a busy night. Tomorrow DS has a party and some friends are having DH and I over for "cocktails". I am hoping that Sunday will have nothing on the agenda--I am really craving some down time. I am not sleeping much at night as usual and the daytime pace is starting to fray my strings a bit!
Linda, I am so glad the Fat Flush is working for you--I still have the stuff--just need to get my "stuff" together.
L, enjoy your free weekend.
Sherrie, good luck with your doctor visit.
Jenny, fingers crossed for your interview!
Debkay, Happy Birthday to your DS--enjoy your game tonight.
Leens, my DS told me about that lottery number--I thought he was kidding me at first--that was tooooo strange!
Good Afternoon! I hope everyone's day is going better than mine. We're in for a Tropical Storm/Hurricane tonight, and this morning on the way to work I lost the transmission in my car. I was in the worst part of town, on the interstate and I've been waiting all morning for the tow truck co. to call me to meet them. It's been 4 hours. Grr. Everytime I call them it's "going to be about 20 minutes". I don't even know if it's worth it to fix this car. It's 24 years old. But it only had 80K miles, so I'll at least have it looked at. The good news of the day is, while I was standing around at the gas station I was asked if I was "looking for a date". Like I was a hooker. OMG! At least I know I can always make a living at that if I need to. LOL
Sherrie~How're the water repairs coming along? Our well went out a couple of years ago! What a pain in the @rss! How's Betty?
L~I love my down time!! Altho my kids are much older than yours - being mom is still being mom! Hope you enjoy every last second of your time !!
DebKay~Thanks so much for the cyberhugs. I need them much more than I've been able to share! Cookies? No nibbling!!
Annie~It's great to see you again! Hope your Sunday works out for you! You stay sooooo busy you definately deserve it!!
Leenie~You are such a character! Corn dogs?????? Now I think that's about as low carb as the carrot cake you love! lol
dyan~ lmao !! How funny! You go girl cause you must be looking fine !!
2BeFit~Sure wish you lived closer and do some magic landscape desginging on my flower beds! They're dreadful this year! Hope you have a good weekend!
Jenny~Good luck with your "interviewing" process! When I was in property management I was part of the "takeover team". It always hit on the first Tuesday of the month and we referred to it as Takeover Tuesday. I felt so sorry for the existing staff. Unfortunately as intimidating as it is, it really was done in an effort for familiarity with the staff and proper placement or replacement. Let us know how it goes!
Ok~If I've missed anyway, my apologies! But a big Texan Howdy to ya'll !!
Life here continues on with me counting the Blessings in my life and trying to keep a stiff upper lip in dealing with the negative issues. Been difficult, I must admit. I'm beginning to think that all dh's are really shdh's in disguise! God knows I've married enough of them to know! lol Guess the bottom line is, my shdh married a size 7 woman with long blonde hair 7.5 yrs ago and wants her back. If he could, he'd have me dolled up and primpered "proper" every waking minute, standing by awaiting his beck and call. He wants me to go out to breakfast and lunch with him everyday - well gee honey, who's going to do the paperwork and open the ice house? Because I can't in the real world, it's my fault that he takes other women out to lunch! Hmmmm, something wrong with this picture. Me thinks so - he thinks not! He keeps telling me (whiney, defensive voice here -) "Baby, I'm not doing anything wrong!!" Ok, (I reply in a p'd off voice) "You are home every evening and weekend, so you may not be sleeping with them - but if there's nothing to hide, why hide it????? Sounds to me like you want a mistress for a wife and have permission to be flirty!" So, it's my fault. Yea, right! Oh, who knows, maybe it's a second childhood - no wait, - this would be his third! Afterall, six months ago he bought a spanking new truck, and three months ago, a Harley Davidson! And he had never even ridden on one before! Geesh, men!
As a result of our "discussion" (now you can input the type of discussion that might've resulted at your house - lol) I've committed to making arrangements once a month for us to have a weekend away alone. He committed to doing something for me that same weekend. His "committment" cannot include lingerie!
So, I booked us a condo in Galveston for the weekend. Chad (oldest ds) is house sitting as last time we left town we got robbed blind.
Good news regarding Friday the 13th (my good luck day!) - There was a major explosion at one of the refineries here - Thank dear God - there were no fatalities! That in itself makes it a great day!
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and I'll check back in with you Sunday or Monday!
MamaJ I just sent you a private message. Glad you're getting some time on your own. Sounds like you need it.
Dyan WOW! I can't remember the last time anybody thought I was "on the job". LOL You must be one hot babe. The diet is working.
AddoAnnie Still not sleeping well? Have you tried Melatonin (sp?). Some people say it really helps. I never have trouble nodding off. In fact I fell asleep over my breakfast this morning.
Leens I hadn't heard that about the lottery. It gave me goosebumps. Wooooooeeeeeeeee!:hypno2: BTW, do you really think a baby just starting to walk has to have support shoes? I know they used to tell us that but I've always thought that they developed stronger ankles when they had to use them to support themselves rather than having them artificially supported. I can't help thinking natural is best but then I'm an old bat and don't know much about anything.
Debbie you sure do keep busy with that band don't you? I don't know about baking cookies for kids on a bus though. Don't you think the sugar rush might make them even more hyper? I think the valium idea is pretty good actually.
Ruth where the heck are you?
I went to the pool this morning and was surprised to find a couple of friends there which made it nice but I tend to slow down and yack too much when I have company. I did eventually manage four slow lengths doing the crawl which is pretty good for me. Also some rapid deep water jogging and some shallow water weight lifting. Trying to tone these flabby upper arms of mine.
Gorgeous day here on the not so Wet Coast. Even too warm to work in the garden until later. Trouble is, the days are so much shorter now that I can't go out after dinner anymore. I try to get in an hour or two between 4 and 6.
Weighed myself this morning with high hopes but I stayed the same. But, I have to remember that last weekend I really, REALLY blew it big time so I've only been back OP since Monday. Can't expect too much in such a short time. But darn it all, one of the MEN on the Fat Flush forum lost 14 lb in the first 5 days. Darn those men and their metabolisms. Still, he has health problems so it's a good thing. I know I'd never get MY dh to eat this way though. No bread. No butter. No cheese. No potatoes. He would not be a happy camper, even though he could stand to lose about 30 or 40 lb I think. In his own mind he's still a young hunk.
A big hello to those I missed and those yet to stop in. Have a wonderful weekend.
It's Friday night, and the week is over~! It was kind of rough here, and I think there is a lot of emotion still around from the 9-11 memories and sadness and fears. It was all day on tv and radio and everything felt somber. I felt very tearful over and over again all day Wed, the then kind of moody yesterday and today. Very stressful. But I'm glad the anniversary is over and nothing bad happpened.
the only bad thing that happened to me is the carb bender I've been on since my visit to my friend's house in Maine. They are big "low-fat" eaters, almost no meat and only fat free salad dressing, skim milk(yuk!) for the coffee and cereal for breakfast! I was craving everthing that's not pinned down for the past few days, plus how emotional I"ve been, so this weekend I will calm down and get myself back together.
So, I'll go read the old posts and get caught up with all of you- it's always a treat on the weekend to be able to come here!
Sheesh! I posted just after L144S this morning and got a message that the server was down! Oh well - it was a quickie
as this one will be.
I went for my perm this morning at 9 and it took ages! dan usually does me in 2 hours and I was still there at 11:45. I looked all glamorous and went straight to work a Bingo when I left! I did not work the office this time but walked the floor for three hours selling cards and delivering winnings. That has to count as exercise, right? Got home just shortly after 5 - it felt like I'd been at work all day!
Have to go give the girls and DH some quality time before dinner. I'm sorry to not have time for a word with everyone.
Hi ladies! The dr. visit today was not encouraging! No endo in my future, he wants to defer to the gyno for now. He wants a couple more things done to make certain I have PCOS. I've been telling him for 9 years, he never believed me. At any rate, I need another ultrasound and a hysteroscope. Wonder how much that hurts??? Anyway, he says it absolutely cannot be hormonal, that all my levels were within the normal range. So there must be something physically wrong with my uterus. Watch them not find anything! At any rate, I'm disappointed but still looking for answers, so off to the gyno I go next week.
Gotta find dinner, I can finally wash dishes BOO HISS!!!!!!!! Guess I better feed the troops before it becomes a midnight snack!
Today was my planned cheat day, and cheat I did. But I thouroghy enjoyed it. The Italian food was fabulous.
Have any of you received the email about Primary Peritoneal Cancer? I found it very interesting. If anyone would like to see it I will either email it to you, or post it.
Life must be really boring around here, I can't think of a thing to talk about.
Finally Friday, September 13
Between the three of us we have figured out the best way to run EVERYTHING 
Just a suggestion~~bake some valium into those cookies and the kids will be REAL QUIET on the bus (just joking) 
at all. 
shoes. She's gonna walk any time now and she needs a good pair to support her ankles. 
T.G.I.F. Everyone !!
But, I have to remember that last weekend I really, REALLY blew it big time so I've only been back OP since Monday. Can't expect too much in such a short time. But darn it all, one of the MEN on the Fat Flush forum lost 14 lb in the first 5 days. Darn those men and their metabolisms. Still, he has health problems so it's a good thing. I know I'd never get MY dh to eat this way though. No bread. No butter. No cheese. No potatoes. He would not be a happy camper, even though he could stand to lose about 30 or 40 lb I think. In his own mind he's still a young hunk. 
