Evenin' Ladies!
I do love my airconditioning but yesterday was a LOOOOONG hot day with 8
kids coming and going. I was feeling sick from the heat outside but the
kids wanted to play in the sprinkler.
All I ate all day was a piece of chicken and an orange. By suppertime I
was famished. Dashed into London for McD's( we go like 2x's a year),
gymnastics and new shoes for ds. He has outgrown the new ones from
march!!!! Dashed home and people started to arrive for S's party. Dh
entertained outside while I tidied and cleaned the upstairs bathroom.
A guy friend brought fireworks and sparklers.
The kids had a pop and chip party in the house.We set off a few fireworks
for them at dusk and they pleasantly went to bed. Then the real partying
started.Much booze, dancing , good music and laughter ensued for many hours.
I dragged myself to bed at 3am. DH fell in at 5am.The stragglers went for
a swim at a neighbours in town!! weeheeeeee!!! This was a wonderful
celebration for S's 30th bday.Feels like a new beginning for her after
losing her hubby and twin bro in car accidents within a few years. It was
joyful!
Up at 8am and the kids and i went out yardsaleing! Our whole town has a yardsale once a year. DS got a golf bag for his clubs,$2.
DD got some new sandals. I found some old window frames for $1 ea that I
will paint up and put mirror in!!!!! Very excited about that!
From 1-5 we swam and R and T's , their son is in
DD's class.I went and picked up pizza. Soon it will be baths and bed for
all of us!
Feeling sunkissed and blessed!!!

Lmao i could use some.. mines flat!

girlie can u walk in your neighborhood in the evenings when the sun goes down? I try to go later in the evening @ 8ish when the sun isnt so intense

Hello Everyone,
I've been missing for a few weeks. Life, school, work..it just got all out of hand. I didn't do to badly I'm up 2 lbs, but I'm working hard (starting today) to get those off and get moving again.

They have hired a new claims person at work for the West so hopefully in 6 weeks or so, I'll have that territory off my hands. I've been working 10-12 hour days to keep up with both territories.

I finished my final tonight for my Accounting class. I'm handing it in tomorrow. I can't believe I survived 3 quarters of it. It's so good to be off for the summer.

The other thing I did while I was gone was turn 40! Yep...it finally happened. I don't feel bad about it, just sort of strange. I have been thinking though that the next 40 years are for me. For the first 40 years I've always done what others want, or what I thought I should do...no more..I"m doing what I want! It's about time don't you think?

I thought about attempting to read all the old posts but you ladies have been busy on the board so it's hard to catch up. I"ll just jump in and keep moving right along with all of you ok?

I have my own challenge going with myself. There are 13 weeks from today until the Sunday before Labor Day. My challenge is to loose 10-13 lbs and/or show a loss at each weigh-in.

I'm calling it Susie's Super Summer SlimDown and Shape Up. Feel free to join me!

By the way..I love the Sisterhood of the Shrinking Pants!
I'm so glad to be back!

It's so good to be back!
Susie

Good morning,
I'm having trouble waking up. Stayed up and watched "Into the west". Messed around and missed the earlier show. I'm still tired from the weekend. LOTS AND LOTS!!!
of walking and climbing stairs. We went fri night and didn't get home til 11:45. and was back up at 4:30 and at the track by 7:45 we stayed all day. At noon we went back to my van to refill little cooler from big cooler and found I had locked keys inside. Dh had to work so I call him and he was fairly close. We walk 1 1/2 miles to main road so he wouldn't have to drive his truck in that crowd. When He got there he wouldn't have it any other way but to take us back in. It was 91f and we had been walking all morning. It was a very full day. They had a couple of pracitices and 3 races. But my favorite event was Orange County Choppers unveiled a bike for learjet. They had apx 1000 beautiful bikes ride a lap around the track with them.
All three were there Sr,Jr and Mikey.
When the introduced Sr and Jr the crowd
cheered but when it came to Mikey they went wild, you would have thought they had introduced Elvis. He stoled the show.
I had a great time.
I didn't do to bad on food. Way too expensive.
I plan to go to curves this am. then I have a bunch of catching up to do.

Susie: HAPPY BELATED B-DAY!! We've missed you. We have a June challenge of 5lb and exercise 3x a week. I'm sure we will all make that. Welcome home.

Judy: Congrates on the new job. Leaving your friends can be really hard.

Girlie: Glad to hear from you. I also have trouble posting from work. I'm outside away from my desk most of the day. My desk is in a very busy open area, so everytime I look up someone is looking over my shoulder. It's funny, one of the men thought 3fc was a porn site. I set him straight fast. What a knuckle head.


Holley: I think everyone must name their turtles Speedy. Ds has a pet turtle about
12 years old. He is quick on smooth floors.


EVERYONE HAVE A BLESSED DAY

SUSIE!!!!! HELLOOOOOOOOO!!!!! I have missed you!!!!!! Those are loooong days at the office my dear. So glad they hired someone to take part of the load. LOVE
Susie's Super Summer SlimDown and Shape Up !!!!!!!!!
40 doesn't seem like a big deal to me. 25 invloved many bolltles of wine sitting alone on my front porch sobbing for hours. 30 was alife affirming celebration.Very empowering!! 40 kinda feels trhe same. More peace and contentment!!! I feel less driven . Time to ride the wave. I will let you know for sure July 21st.
Deb~ your weekend sound hot but wondeful!!!!!!!!!!
Curly~HI!!!!!
Slept in!!! Power snooze!! Went to bed at 10, fell asleep reading in minutes,woke at 5 when DH was getting up, dozed off, woke for my alarm, dozed off, scrambled outa bed at 8 to dress&feed kids,pack lunches and toss them on the bus. I am HOT and sitting for a moment.
3 little people today. My Avon order arrived. 4 big boxes. Feels like Christmas. BTW ~194 days til Christmas!!
Yesterday was delightful. I went for groceries and errands all alone. it was nice to putter and browze.Kids splashed in the wading pool all aft. I whipped up a quick supper.DH’s cuz stopped in with kids in tow. Squirt gun wars ensued!! Fun!
Today I really must tidy. Sort Avon!!!!!! Collect my $$$. I am going to save all my profits and use it for something big and exciting someday.

Be cool, dear chicks!!!!!

Hello All,
I'm still putting in some long days. Today it was 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., but I did take lunch..so that felt like a break. I really have the motivation to get the new gal trained!

Hubby has made dinner. Meatloaf, corn on the cob, baked potatoes. I'm so glad to get something that isn't fast food!

I've done well with the food today and I'm headed for my workout. I can't wait to get my body to moving again.

Debbie: Thank you for the Welcome Home. I can't believe you were somewhere you got to see the OCC guys. My husband flipped when I just told him. He's so into those shows! What were you doing there, where was this? Fill me in on the details.

Holly: I hear you on being less driven at 40. I've made up my mind that for the first 40 years I've done a lot of "should haves, and haveto's" and the next 40 are for me! Watch out world, Susie's going to start taking care of Susie! I gather from your post that you are an Avon lady now? Way cool! They have such neat things...things to pamper ourselves with.

How's everyone else doing? I see Girlie got a new job!!
How's everyone doing with their "race".

It's so good to be back!!
Susie

Just a quick howdy, hoping everyone is starting the week off on a good foot--and if not, hey, you have the whole rest of the week to straighten up and fly right!

I know that drywallers and other guys from the management company have been making a mess of my apartment today, so I splurged on a larger-than-usual Thai lunch and will have a very small dinner (I'm still feelng a bit full after 7PM!).

Time to go home and assess the damage--why are workmen so messy?

jugy

Judy~ they may be messy but incredibly sexy! well at least mine is, makes up for all the mess, LOL!!!
Susie~ two days in a row, how nice!!! Yup,I am a new Avon rep. First Campaign went very well!!

Good morning,
Hope everyone is well this morning. I'm just having my iced coffee and trying to get my wits about me.
I did fair yesterday on food. I had my yogurt for b-fast. I made stuffed manicotti for dinner. I use the meat stuffing, the guys like it better than the cheese stuffing. I ate med sized portion with a salad.
I made it to curves but I was sluggish, and a bit sore from all the walking and climbing this w-end. Maybe I'll do better today.
I've got to get some of my tomatos in the freezer today. I have lots ripe and even
more that will be ready in the next couple of days. I made some salsa yesterday. We moved the garden and it did much much better this year.

Judy: Construction work amazes me, I can watch it for hours especially when its being done by hunks in tight jeans. lol

Holly: GOOD MORNING I think being a avon rep would be fun. Glad it's going well and you're enjoying it

Susie: The race was the IRL's Bombardier/Lear Jet 500 and OCC had built a bike for Lear Jet and did the unveiling there. They sold 1000 tickets to bikers to get to ride a couple of laps around the track with OCC. It was a sight.
Sr rode the new bike. Jr was on the black widow bike and Mikey was on his Blues bike As usual Mikey stole the show. He sang "Deep in the heart of Texas". The crowd loved it.

I had my sons when I was young, so life before 40 was just kids and housework. For mothers day the year I turned 40 I got my first Harley and learned to ride that summer. At 42 I learned to drive a truck and spend 6 1/2 years traveling. So turning 40 was great. Now that I'm 50 I'm trying to loose the weight I gained having all that fun.

Spores: Where are you? Hope you are well.

Sandi: What part of ND do you live in?

Curly: GOOD MORNING

Good Morning All.....

Sorry about the week long absence. We had a move here at work. All of one side of the floor swapped with the other side. I was the move queen. Coordination thru completion, only had one phone out of 89 associates, that didn't work the next day, and it was fixed in about 10 minutes.

Susie....I, too celebrated a birthday while gone. June 12, I turned 45. I decided when I turned 40, that from then on, it was going to be all about me. I didn't really apply that till I was about 43, I have never been happier. HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, SUSIE!

Everyone sounds great and cheerful and doing well.

Going to TOPS tonight, it will be my "re-start", as I have not gone in a few weeks and feel as tho I may be up a few pounds. Will try to check in tomorrow and let you know the damage.

Got to get to work, everyone have a glorious day!

Annie

Annie,
HAPPY BELATED B-DAY!!!
Good to hear from you. Glad everthing is well. Good luck at TOPS. You might be in store for a treat and be down instead.

Hello All,
Just got home from the movies. DH and I went to see Mr & Mrs. Smith. Brad Pitt is so hunky! I don't usually like blondes but he's cute and who wouldn't want a body like Angelina. I kept thinking, I bet she doesn't give in to sugar cravings. Got to start doing that "self talk" thing when I want to give in. Ask myself which do I want more...to be able to put on anything and look and feel great in it or do I want the sweet.

I did pretty good today except I had 3 more vanillia sandwhich creme cookies than I was going to allow myself. I had them at lunch (when I was home by myself, or course), so I left my DH a note to not let me have anymore when I got home because I had already "spent" those calories for the day.

I am happy to report that I haven't had anymore and I'm headed to bed here in a little while, so I know I won't be having anymore tonight.

Debbie: I don't know if I want to drive a Harley...but I sure would love to be on the back of a bike with my arms wrapped around Billy Lane! I met him at a bike show in Ohio this past spring...very, very sexy man.

Annie: Happy Belated Birthday. Turning 40 didn't really bother me because everyone always tells me they think I look 28 or 29. I do feel more confident in myself these days..that's a nice plus to aging!

Holly: Is there anything you don't do that's not an success? Girl you have so much drive and ambition! Congrats on your first successful campaign.

Ladies, I'm head off to bed. Have a great evening.

Susie

Good morning,
I had a good day yesterday. I stayed op except... DANG there is always an except.
I ate a piece of toast with syrup.
I made it to curves and worked in the garden. I tried to stay busy.
I work today, its suppose to get to 95f with a level red ozone alert. I absolutely hate our summers. Years ago my brother inlaw tried to get us to move to Dayton,
I didn't want to move that far from my family. I really wish now I would have listened. Their all gone, and now its the dgs I wouldn't move away from.. Oh, enough of my whinning.

Susie: I love the front seat. We sold my bike when downsized after we came home off the road. Our income really dropped. We still have dh's. So I can either solo or go with him....Ditto on Billy Lane.

Holly: Girl, I hope all is well. You almost never miss a day.

EVERYONE HAVE A BLESSED DAY

Hi everyone!

yep this is my year to turn 45 also... sure seems like it came fast! Ive always wanted a baby but now at 44 I am startin to re think that idea! well let me say i have re thought that idea lol

its hot and humid and nasty here in maryland... I have the day off .. so i am thinking i may go wander around the 2nd hand stores and have a look...

then my next project: we just got a ladies workout express where i live so i wanna check that out, i think its like curves.. hopefully it will be afordable and i can start going...

have a great day !