Welcome back to us, Saundra! It sounds like you've had a busy few weeks -- and isn't your aunt due to come visit soon too? I have also discovered jewel trimmed tops; in fact I'm wearing a turquoise rib-knit tank right now that has them all over. I've been at work for 30 minutes and already several people have said "cute top." Must be! I'll also have to go find some brown stuff now.

I just stopped in before getting started. I will be back soon though. Promise.

Hi ladies, sorry I haven't posted, my dd has been sick,her adnoids are swollen so I have her on nasonex, now she has a terrible cough. I have a feeling both my kids are going to need their tonsils out soon

I was flipping back & forth between AI and Lost after 9pm so I didn't get to see Toni Braxton, she was freaky? I also didn't see Clay.

Melissa, Live is a band that was around in the early - mid 90's I believe, I do have one of their cd's which is great, I will look for it and tell you the title.
24 was soooo good, I knew it would be sooner or later that the Chinese would get him, now I can't wait till next season.

Kathy I heard your woohoo's all the way here in NY

Everyone else hello, I will be back, I am being paiged, I hear my dughter screaming mommiiiiiieeeeee!!

OHMYGOD - WHAT A SPREAD! Dare I go into the boardroom? (I already had to eat a broken oatmeal cookie!). I can't believe the amount of food (sugar) in there. The table is LADEN with platters of cookies, muffins, nanaimo bars, cake/squares, 2 cheesecakes, fruit platters, veggies and dip, salsa and chips, potato chips, pretzels and in the corner a magnificent CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN - w/fresh fruit and cookies for dipping. (can you tell I do a good inventory?)

So I have just finished lunch so I am not really hungry - but my eyes sure are! I might nibble on some fruit or veggies to be sociable - but the temptation to eat something bad may become overwhelming (people are still streaming by my office w/their food contributions!). YIKES!!

I do have more work to do so don't plan on partying too much but as my office is right on the path to the party boardroom I presume I will have many visitors?

Niki - hope dd is feeling better soon! My little guy has been coughing a bit last night and this morning so may need to dose him with something as well?

Saundra - welcome back - we missed you - sounds like you have a wonderful time w/your family - those events are so much fun! Of course we had crappy weather here as well but at least the past couple of days have been a bit warmer and sunnier!

Spoke w/dh about what he was preparing/defrosting for dinner - ha ha ha - says we're going out for dinner - ya right! Looks like no babysitter so will take little ds w/us after we drop dd off dancing? Not sure what the plan is.

Not looking forward to dragging dd to therapist - hope we are not too traumatized after this!

Later,

P.S. Despite popular belief FROUFS do not wear brown! I am definitely a 'winter' frouf and brown does nothing for my complexion (altho I am a big fan of BLACK AND WHITE!).

Its probable *9 inch nails* Niki... I liked that group too...
I agree with the Toni Braxton thing too Vickie, Im sure she was on something. my god that was awful. And I have to point out as good as Mary J Blidge is she totally took over poor Elliots last performance..he didtn get a chance to sing ...and their voices did not go together at all...... you would think as a *singing* show they would realize that ...hello?? Now I love Meatloaf.....he has been on of my favourite performers from way........... back (and Im talking over 25 years) but didnt you think Katherine looked a little scared of him??? haha...too funny. I loved Prince though and Im not sure how the heck they got him to perform on AI but kudos for them.
ok just had to add my two cents gals...I love music as you can see..haha

hi there. i went to ww today instead of tomorrow. i was up .4 lb. that's all right. i weighed without taking my daily diuretic heart meds so i think i had really lost at least a pound.

melissa, i'm glad you're putting your foot down. you'll be getting both feet into those capris soon. today's meeting was about "lapses vs collapses." example: lapse--eating 6 cookies instead of 2 . collapse--eating whole bag of cookies. gist of the meeting was to realize lapses occur. just don't let them evolve into collapses.

vickie, i'm glad you got some good rest last night. i guess there was hollering all around, don't you? lol

angela, i hope you get to see lost. it was weird (as usual)

frouf, you sound very determined. makes me smile.

saundra, welcome back. we've missed you. sounds like you had a good time and are getting back in your groove again.

nikki, take care of those kiddos. you didn't miss a thing not seeing braxton. she was freakish.

patti, i agree with what you said about the singers, too. things just didn't mesh that well, did they? i did enjoy dionne warwick and prince. and clay, too. do you get the feeling that the idol contestants are a lot better than some of the "stars"?

Hi friends, just checking in before leaving work. I'm so completely and utterly brain-dead right now that I can't even respond to posts! Today has been a heck of a day and I just want to go through a drive-thru...but I won't. I'm going to go home and find something healthy to eat!

way to go, melissa. i'm sorry your brain died.

i have a "sort of" nsv. today i put on a pair of button/zip ladies' size 14 shorts that had been too little till now. they felt so good that i didn't change before working in the rosebeds. i crawled all over the yard on my knees pulling weeds. now i normally wear very big/loose fitting elastic shorts for yardwork. i'm feeling pretty cocky right now.

Yeyyy! I was admited into tthe internet ww program!! I just need to figure how it all works and do some reading (all the links and stuff), but I already started my Core diet (actually since tuesday I decided to switch from South Beach (it was too much for me to stay away from all carbs for two whole weeks: it`s mango season in Mexico, and I just love them!!) to Core, even if I did not have the whole information yet... I`m very happy with the program, and yes, it may be a little harder with not so many fat free, sugar free options in the market, but since I`m not used to having them anyway, I won`t miss them so much.
I have earned my activities points (about 3 of them, but well, every little bit helps...): I`m a little concerned about using them plus the 35 bonus points in a week... still, I noticed that a lot of the seasonings I use (like season all and nature season have some sugar added, should I discount points when using them? Maybe I should set aside, say 5 points a week for seasoning purposes?

Well, just wanted to let you know that I`ll be around: thanks for having me and I`ll keep in touch.

Maggie

Maggie, where in Mexico do you live? I'm in Texas and so I'm interested as that's where we usually vacation. We have good friends in Cozumel that we visit every year. The husband was our divemaster for many years and although his wife speaks no English, we still go to their house for dinner when we are in the area. We love visiting them.

I spent my 30 minutes in the little pool and am ready to see what sort of dinner needs to be made. I will be back in a while, but right now I should try and cool off.

Oh and no, don't count any of those seasonings. Spices are freebies.

maggie, enjoy those mangos, girl. i couldn't do sb either. it's almost time for cherries up here and i couldn't stand to miss them.

I was filling my profile... We live in the volcano`'s valley, about 2 hours from Mexico city (I grew up in Acapulco and my family still lives there, but my mother was from the border, so we always spend our summers vacationing in San Antonio, Texas, and I absolutelly loved it there, We just came back last week and bought lotto tickets, so maybe we`ll be lucky and win the megamillions and will buy a ranch there: lol)

Mangos, cherries, it sounds oh so good.

Sandra, I'm so glad that you're doing so well. Bravo on your shorts!

When I was at the reception desk tonight, a new member came in and told me how thin I am. She said that was just what she needed for motivation. Things like that are what's keeping me from quitting.

Melissa, so glad that you are loving your new home. Good girl to skip the fast food.

Vicky, I know what you mean about the humidity. I'm originally from Windsor (across from Detroit), and it has to be the worst humidity of all. I had a terrible sinus condition as a kid, combination of car plant polution and weather.

Kathy, we'll have to exchange pic's of our outfits. I've got to stop going to the stores, enough in enough.

Okay, time to relax, glad that nothing is planned for tomorrow.

Saundra, Windsor is the only place in Canada that I've ever been! Judd and I were yanked up and sent to Detroit (actually Troy) to work on a UAW project once. We had only been married for about six months, and our boss was told to find someone. She called me in one morning and said "I need you and Judd to go fix a problem in Troy" and I said, "Sure thing, when do you need it?" Imagine my shock when she said, "This afternoon." We scrambled and found someone to watch Kate, who was in elementary school, and left town in a hurry. We had a little bit of down time while there, though, so we went across the border into Windsor. I have a Christmas ornament that I bought in the casino gift shop and every year when we put it on the tree, we talk about what a great trip that was.

Hi all: Just got back from Ottawa, what a BEAUTIFUL City, I have travelled lots and I do not think you can beat it. I find it is so clean, every time I go I remark on the clean streets. Our son is moving from C. Bay to Kanada and it is very nice also. He is going to miss being on the water but he will get up to our cottage often I would think. He works in Ottawa and it was getting a drag to get to work, especially in the winter.
We took our son and grandson out to dinner to Tuckers Market Place downtown. It was very nice and of course the grandson loved all the food.
Well I must go read all about your goings and comings.
Blue skies.
Rose