Pool lost. I was working on that plan, then started sneezing and thought "no, this cold CANNOT get started up again", then came down wi/some stomach cramps. So hope I'm not working on the other thing going around. Sigh.....Spring, hurry up!!!

anagram-take it easy! hope the stomach distress is already a thing of the past.

and to all royal ones, hello. have this stupid cold which everyone else has, so have been in bed a lot, and not journaling my food as diligently as i need to. have to do better with that, because when i stop journaling, i tend into get into trouble. well, just wanted to stop in briefly to say hi. thinking of you all. take care.

Sorry to hear you have that "cold" thing, wsw. Seems to be a particularly nasty one this year. Rest well.

Hello all....

Just a really fast note this morning.....


Well, the houseguest thought we wouldnt notice the computer history deleted nor that the stove had been used... ( eggshells on the floor and wet fry pan were my first clues)....Two items not to be used ( if you remember the stove burining a pot while asleep sitting upright not but 10 ft away)....

Yes, food had been left and the microwave was available too.....
anyway.....

As of 6 am, the houseguest is out until DH returns home.... and this is a week of very long hours for DH so the houseguest might be a bit inconvenienced.....

Job still looking good.....

Found out my "boombox" WILL pick up my favorite station ( some steel girdered buildings have bad radio reception) so now I have a back up to the Ipod.....
Did some research yesterday, a real favorite of mine....

Today the big boss comes back from vacation so we'll see how the tone of the office changes....

Stomach virus seems to be hitting the old office as well as the new.... I told the boss I showed up when it had ended .... The NJ highschool where nearly 1200 kids got so sick is now back up and running..... From what every one says, its awful for about 24 hrs and then you feel much, much better....

But the cold thing does seem to drag on and on..... and then just when you think you have to get better now, it becomes bronchitis or worse.....

Pass the vitamins please.....

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Thought and question of the day :
>
> "The past does not equal the future.
> Because you may have failed a moment ago,
> all day today,
> or for the last six months,
> or for the last sixteen years,
> or for the last fifty years of your life
> doesn't mean anything.
> All that matters is
> what are you going to do now?"
> ~Tony Robbins
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Lots of love to all!

So sorry your feeling not so good. This has been a tough winter with colds, flu and virus. Boy once it has you its hard to get rid of it all. Rest, drink lots and feel better soon.
I am hopefully going to get in a workout today. Depends on my schedule for work and I can't remember it right now. Other than an 8:30 appt. which hopefully my client hasn't forgotten. Oh well we shall see.
I had kind of a wierd eating day yesterday. Just mixed up not my normal but not really too bad. I even ate cereal as a snack.
What the heck!
Anyways I can't wait til spring and to get rid of this cold front we are in. It was so cold with the wind yesterday that it makes you just wiped out. I had to go out of the office in the afternoon. It was so fridgid cold I came back had a bit over an hour to work and did nothing. Just sat around chatting with the girls. Hopefully today I can accomplish a few reports that need to be done before my trip. The new sec. hasn't had a chance to learn them yet and has enough from others on her plate. My boss wasn't so nice to her yesterday. I felt bad for her why do people think that they can be so rude to someone? Oh well I bet she doesn't stay long and I don't blame her if she doesn't. No one should have to put up with that nonsense.
Hopefully today is a better one in the office.

LOL-ing fly-by. I've got to work before I linger but couldn't resist all the "Canada" questions, Ceara. In fact, Canada is, of course, much like our neighbor to the south. If you get way off in the woods there might be bear and etc. but also there cities and towns that are not blanketed with snow year-round and we do not, for the most part, live in igloos.

On the other hand, my brother is indeed in the northern hinterlands, where there might be the odd bear or moose rambling the streets occasionally. Did anyone ever watch "Northern Exposure"? It's probably a bit like that.

I did live in Newfoundland for a year. There, now, there are few towns. St. John's is a fantastic place, but perched in the middle of wilderness like other places in the province. The year before I moved there, they'd had a moose shamble up to the electronic doors of the biggest supermarket in a major shopping area. The doors, of course, opened and the moose strolled into the produce area and began some of the best grazing ever!

Oh, more news -- my brother's got a job and is staying in a hostel for the mo. so is OKAY!!!

By all means, Kaylet -- send DS to Northern Alberta!!! There are jobs jobs jobs and sometimes they'll pay people's way out (one-way, too ). I'm so happy to hear your job's working out as advertised!

Ok, did Wildfire have another visit lined up that I didn't remember? Where is that girl?

Anagram, hope tummy trouble was false alarm.

Wsw, nice to see you! Yes, that stupid cold really hangs on. Mine's still not completely cleared up, but just minor symptoms now.

K -- really must work, but shall return! Actually, that was a fairly lingering fly-by after all, wasn't it Love to all -- let's make it a good one!

Hello everyone!
Just stopped by to wish you all a healthy and happy month of March!

Tummy trouble was false alarm but cold symptoms come and go still.

Nice out this afternoon so I did a very nice walk around the neighborhood. Have been getting so frustrated re paperwork and long menus to get to a person to ask questions and then being referred elsewhere. I'm getting tired of telling strangers my husband has died. It tends to bring down my otherwise improving days. But sooner or later, it will be all done (I hope).

In addition to the walk, I'm so far having a decent food day. TaDa! Less than three weeks until spring - less than three weeks of this challenge - I'd better get it in gear. The best I can say is I'd be worse if I weren't still checking in and getting inspiration here.

Managed a streak of ONE DAY - Can only go up.

Good morning and a healthy day to all s.

Good job, Anagram!

hello all!

I too, am trying for at least one good day in a row....
Found out my access card was updated to get into the Office Gym so took all my stuff w/ me Friday but got to the office too late Friday to use the machines in the gym...
I drove in in workout clothes, only had time to put on the office clothes --
lesson learned, leave earlier... better traffic flow (Yes, the love affair w/ me and the bus had to end... which it wasnt so but it would mean a transfer downtown and adding nearly another 45 minutes....
I can work out in that same time frame .... and get to meetings or whathaveyou that I couldnt do b/4... In fact, am making a point eveyday to see what else is on the same route to take advantage. For instance, Thursday, I stopped and paid a bill in cash and it instantly posted to my account... Tuesday, I went to the Goodwill at lunch to see if I could take advantage of $2 Tuesday.... Tried nearly a dozent things on, nothing fit or looked right when I had it on....

So far, VERY good at the new job... and I mean that in a very serious way.....
The biggest thing so far is most of the stomach churning of feeling like there was no way I could catch up is gone.....I have started real work as of Tuesday and except for their internal reports, I have already seen or done very similiar. So its a wonderful feeling to know the question I might have is coming from "last time I did something like this, the state regulation said...." rather than " I hate to ask but could you show me how what a license is again..."....

The gym is cleaned daily just like it was an office, which means the showers too.... there's only two showers (in the ladies lockerroom) but I figure as long as I don't show up covered in mud, if need be I can always wash up in the sink.... And .... if truth be told, the first couple of weeks I am only going to be doing short sprints and its been that long and I am needing to start from square one....
So, for awhile, I'll be in the showers longer than on the machines....

BUT>..... the point is ... I WILL BE DOING THEM....

and as petty as this sounds, guess what! There's a tv in the gym just like a real gym.... I am impressed considering this is the Company gym.....

So far, I got lucky and saw someone I know who is manager of our "sister unit"... I had no idea her connection till just a couple days ago. I think it made things a little easier landing .....I probably could've used her help getting the position but at least this way, she can let them know how wise they were to choose me.

How is everyone?

We could use a check in and see how everyone is.....

Let me go start some wash and put on a kettle....

And maybe look for Project Runway

Hello all....

Was just rereadiing my post from yesterday and saw a typo in the sentence about my love affair w/the bus... it should read "wish it wasnt so" instead of 'which".... sorry for the confusion....

So... I did very well food wise yesterday even though I was off schedule, ate 2 meals on my own, etc.... I remained flexible and didn't deal w/ stress by eating....
One thing about the houseguest sleeping in the living room recliner is that it kept me from "parking" in the living room myself .... Although I did spend time online, it was broken up w/ lots of trips up and down the stairs.....

Also got a black bean soup in the crockpot... in fact, it was in there all night... time to turn off the heat.

Very very windy here making it biting cold.

Dh and I are going to deliver some "test reports" to a place in PA about 1.5 hrs away.... He is being paid to drop them off only. That's why I am going along for the ride.

and then we'll see .....

anyone for Peppermint Decaf Tea??

Ceara! So glad to hear the robin's are sure spring is coming even though the weather screams winter....

Wonder if these incredible winds have anything to do w/ the Robins....
I know when they arrive here, they seem very very chubby to me compared to what I remember from Connecticut. My guess is they become more "fit" by flying the extra couple hundred miles or so.


Have to nail myself down to my vitamin/black cohosh routine. Somehow I am forgetting at night and then regret it in the early, early morning hours. And somehow yesterday, I didnt take any at all.... right this minute, I am "flashing" and feeling some other symptons too.

so, onward we go, progress not perfection.....

any one for more tea?