Hey guys. Better late than never.

Anige I am so glad to see you in better spirits. I don't just weigh once a week. I have to know every morning. I keep track of it in fitday and then I look at a report of the trend. If it goes up I do a little journal of why I think it went up. I was doing good until today. I had Wendy's, I mean the bad stuff from there. I only ate cereal for dinner though so I feel a little better about it. I am going to drink tons of water tonight to see if it will keep me from gaining for the morning weigh in.

Julie now I am going to have to find something different to send you for Christmas. I have to admit that is some good stuff. The low salt kind isn't as good. We have some but I ended up throwing it away b/c we never even used it. When is your check up?

Noelle did you find that today is usually the day that everyone falls off the wagon. They said this morning on GMA that people usually don't make it past today with their resolutions. Maybe that is why I had that burger. They put something in my head about falling off. Darn media.

Cherie have you tried Zicam? Joe and I use it when we start to feel funky. I hope you feel better now that they work day is done.

Noelle that is so cool about your friend. My best friend from HS vanished and I still havn't heard from her. When I run into people from school I ask if they know anything about her. I wish I was able to get in touch with her. I bet she has changed so much, I probably wouldn't even know her.

Hello Girls,

I will be able to check more often this week. I went back to my dr today and she took me off work for the rest of the week. DARN

I had a bad weekend. Saturday night I had to go to the emergency room. I wasn't feeling well most of Saturday evening and by 10:30pm I was feeling sort of numb all over and the left side of my face was completely numb.
My blood pressure was 204/108; I have no idea why it shot up so high. They gave me an IV with a blood thinner to get the pressure down (it did finally go down about 4am to 145/75.) I was also having heart palpatations. ER Dr said I need to get lots of rest. (RIIIGGGHHHTTT!!!! I teach middle school!!! Sure, I can relax. )
Anyway, when I called my dr this morning she wanted to see me right away. One hour before my appointment, the school nurse took my bp (yes, I did go to school today) it was 164/82. At the dr's office an hour later it was 136/70. The dr is concerned that it is not regulating itself with the meds, so she upped the dosage to see if that might work.
All I know is that I have the rest of the week to really relax. Hubby is actually subbing for me; they called him about 20 minutes after I called in and said that I'd need a sub. I will be able to relax because now I'll know every day what is going on and I won't be worrying for the rest of week about what shape my classroom is in.

Hubby went to Walgreens last night and bought a home blood pressure monitor. He is still so worried that he calls me every hour. Nice to know he cares, but.....

Talked to a former co-worker from the school I taught at last year. She told me that one of the 8th graders (one of my 7th graders from last year) died last week. I was shocked. Seems she was standing on a corner near the school waiting to cross with her brother when a car went up on the sidewalk and hit her. They took her to the hospital, but she was DOA. I'm still in shock. I keep seeing her in my mind; a good kid. So sad.
Funeral is tomorrow, but I don't think I could take it. I will send something to her parents, though.


Cherie: I hope you are doing better. After all the pain I've been through, I can sure sympathize with you.

Angie: I look forward to pics of your bakery. I'm so excited for you.

Hello to Julie, Kempy, Noelle, Summer.

Cal

I almost forgot; Noelle and Kempy, I sent calendars to you--Arizona Highways; nice pics.

I wanted to send one to everyone, but first I didn't have the money and now I can't find the ones I liked. Also, I only have Angie's address right now. (Hint to Cherie, Julie, and Summer (wink, wink).

Cal

Well, I was thinking I would come one the site and have lots of reading to do. I am letting my snack go down b4 I do TaeBo. Seems that I am the first to be here today.

Cal I got the calendar. Thank you so much. Talk about a surprise. I have to find a spot for it now. I guess I never relaly knew how pretty it was out there. You know what it is like when you think you know a place. That is pretty scary about this weekend. You better take care of yourself. I wonder what is making your BP get so high?

Julie I bet you could lose those 10 by May. That is a good ways of. You just have to make sure that you are doing all of the right things.

Angie what is going on with the shop today?

Cherie do you feel better today?

Noelle how are you doing out in beautiful HI? We are having great weather today. I want to do something in the yard but I just know that as soon as I cute back some plants we will get another frost and then I will really kill them.

I don't know what I did but I lost another .5lbs. Hey, I will take all that I can get. My wonderful (said in a snide way) hubby has lost 14.5lbs What the **** is up with that. I love him and I am really proud of him but it is killing me. We went to his dads last weekend and his family was telling him that he looked so good. Hellooooooo, I was standing right there and had been working as hard as him but they didn't seem to notice. I told him when we got home that I love him and am proud of him but at the same time I was jealous. Is that normal? I am still waiting for someone to say, Wow, you look good, are you losing weight. I guess I will just have to work a little harder to get that from someone. I don't think you can see a 4.5lbs difference. (end rant)

Hey guys, where is everyone today? I need some girl chat. Please don't make me sit my butt down in front of the TV.

Oh, a girl from my town is on AI tonight. She used to babysit for one of the girls I work with. She made it through to CA. The girl I work with said that she has been in CA for a little while making commercials. How cool is that. Some one from Ponchatoula. Who would have thought that!?

Hello. I kinda slipped up last night. I have to make different recipes and I tried to recreate a cake I had a Seaworld so needless to say I ate some and some of the brownie recipe I tried. So today was so busy that I didnt get in any exercise but I did clean right through the house and got my numbers all done for my taxes. So at least that much is done. Tomorrow morning I have to go to the commercial equipment place and buy some sheetpans,dough roller etc. Busy busy busy.



Cal and Cherie, I hope you guys feel better soon. Cal, do they have any idea of what could be wrong? I hope it isnt anything serious. I had Bells Palsy once and it made the left side of my face go totally numb. I had to take medicine so it didnt do permanent damage. Your hubby sounds like a total sweetheart.

Kempy, YEAH on your loss!!!

Angie your day sounds busy but fun. I remeber what it was like when I was getting everything ready for the shop. Of course now I am ready for my tax return so I can pay off all of the money I spent to get the stuff. Did you find anything else to decorate with? That is the one thing I wish that I would ahve been able to do more of. I only have my room so I had to stick to decorating that. I bet your place is going to look great.

I dont know what to do for decorations. The whole front is plate glass windows floor to ceiling. I may try to find some cafe curtains but we are pinching pennies trying to get it open for now. We are going to be closed on Tuesdays. Those are the slowest days and we really need one day to keep up with our homelife. I hope I can make it cute though. I bought some frozen bread dough from my wholesaler and cooked a loaf this afternoon and it looks and tastes as good as My MIL and hers is from scratch. We are trying to talk her into using that instead so she doesnt have to kill herself all summer.

Hi girls watching AI I will check back later!! I am sorry I got here so late today!! Busy all day.

Hi girls

Kempy Joe is losing so well, what are his secrets? You look damn good I am sure of it. They know it girl!! Some people just don't give compliments. My in-laws . I just saw the girl from your town, she was so good.

Angie, I slipped up tonight, I made homemade pizza caserole and corn muffins and sundaes. Someone....slap me! Good luck with the decorations! How fun!

Cherie and Cal get well soon sweeties.

Noelle, hello there you HI beauty!

Going to get back to AI, check back later girls.

Besides that fact that I am here to bump us up from the 2nd page, I have to tell you thing. I got on the evil scale this morning and itwas down 1.5lbs from yesterday. That makes 6lbs!!!!! GOOOOOOO ME!!!!

Sorry for so much cheer but I have been stuck in the .5lbs a day club for three weeks. I have been dancing around the house all morning. I know you arn't supposed to weigh everyday but I was just waiting for some sort of break in the clouds.

OK, I need to head to the store. We are out of fresh veggies.

Hey girls. hack hack cough cough sniff sniff....I came down with some kind of flu or something. My throat is killing me, my head is all stuffed up and i just have this general ache. I stayed in bed for a good portion of the day yesterday. I'm moving around today and have to go in to the office to do some paperwork but am only staying until my medication wears off

Go Kempy, go Kempy !! Nothing like a boost like that to keep you on that OP road. Hey i thought that girl on AI from Ponchatoula was pretty darn good. She wasn't too cutesy and whiny either, I liked her. That other guy from Alabama though, I was with Simon--I couldn't understand a word he said. It was too funny when they put captions up for him at the end segment.

Cal, I got the calendar you sent yesterday. Thank you so much. Wow, those are some beautiful spots! I'd love to just drive around and take some pics of your beautiful state. So what are you doing to relax these days? I hope you're not doing stuff like housework .

Angie I'm sure your store will be nice a cozy like, you did a great job decorating your home I'm sure your store will be beautiful too. Has it warmed up any over there?

Julie, I found a WI cheese sampler pack at Sam's Club over the weekend. I didn't buy it though, because it was more of a party size, like to put on crackers? I didn't think i would be able to eat that much cheese before it would go bad. I think I'll pick it up the next time we have something going on at our house, I'm sure my NY BIL would enjoy it, he's a cheese and cracker sort of guy

Cherie, how are you holding up? It's hump day if that's any consolation. Just a few more days to the weekend.

I gotta get ready to roll, the sooner I leave, the faster I can come home

Good Morning Girls

Kempy, woohoo....its coming off. I hope you find some good things at the store. Are you following a certain plan or just watching it?

Noelle I hope you feel better soon. I am a cheese and cracker girl. I am trying to cut down though. Take your medicine curl up on the couch or in bed. Wasn't that last guy funny on AI last night? I think he was on something for sure! Or if that is personality I would love his metabolism !

Angie, I think Noelle is right your store will be cozy and beautifully decorated just like your home. How are the new samples going? Make the kids try them. But I know you have to taste them to see what they are going to be like to sell. Just try small pieces . I don't know if I could do it.

Cherie and Cal hope you are both feeling better.

Check back later.

Kempy wanted to ask you since you work with hair stylists, what is in now for hair? I am getting mine trimmed or I don't know what yet. I am still growing this disaster haircut out since the beginning of August. That will teach me not to go to someone new again. This lady has been cutting my hair for almost 14 years. I can not believe I have been having to grow it out since then. Are shags in, perms, or one length styles? I usually go with one style, a layered trim but my side are still kind of short so I do not know what in the heck she is going to do with me. Well just thought I would ask? Do you still have layers and highlights like from your florida pictures? It was so cute and stylish in those pics. Thanks

Anyone here . Just kidding I know everyone has stuff going on. I just had lunch and I have a minute to check in. I had a blueberry smoothie. Well I am off to hopefully get some excercise in. Have any of you seen that excercise ball on tv? The kids have a couple of big play balls like that. But I don't know if they are strong enough as the one on tv to do some sit-ups. It is suppose to be easier on your back. Maybe I will give it a try. I don't like the floor ones anyway. Check back later