I'm another pound down! It's 21 pounds!
I wasn't going to weigh today because my TOM is about to start but I had to see. I was pleasantly surprised.

Marti~ My house was also built in the 50's and it has a flat roof. I should take a picture for you to see. Mine resembles a Frank Lloyd Wright house. And we had his grandson draw up plans for an addition but never built the addition because we ended up putting in a pool and ran out of funds. And really now that the kids are getting so big the house is becoming perfect in size.

Sassy ~ I love your NEW signiture. That was very sweet of your co-worker to do that. We had a kitty a few years ago but we live on a busy street and sammy would cross that street all the time and on my birthday...well he didn't make it across. So we stick to doggies.

Jodie ~ I love your new picture! You look so cute!
Sue and Jodie ~ I used to drive out my walks. I had my 4 mile walk and I had a 2 mile walk that I would take if I didn't have the time to walk the 4 miles. But I'm not able to walk very far anymore because of my foot. I'm going to try to break out the treadmill here today and at least go a mile. I need to start upping my exercise. I also have a recumbant bike and this other machine called a orbitrek, which is kinda like riding a bike standing up.


Everyone else~ You all have a wonderful day today alright? I'll have to get a personalized picture here soon. I still am not crazy about the way I look in pictures. haha! It was a picture of me that got me started on this journey in the first place. My daughter had taken one without me knowing it and I freaked! I looked 20 years older than I am.

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New smilies....and I like this one!

Just poppin in (once again....) I'm in the middle of cleaning (surprise!) before our landlord stops by later this evening.

I will try to pop in once I've finally slowed down a bit.

Until then, Hugs to all!

I'm on my way out, but wanted to tell you all hello first.

Marti - love the house!!

Cristina - thank you so much for starting the new thread.

Hello to everyone else.

DS's kids kept me busy, that's for sure, and I have to say I enjoyed the peace and quiet after they left yesterday, lol. Neal and I are headed to Lowe's and a local nursery to check out the perennials. It's a little early yet for most of them, but hey, I can look, right?

I will try to be back today, but tomorrow for sure!

Jane- I am trying to get DH to head to the nursery with me. I guess it will be later in the week as he has his projects all lined out. Very methodical man! I also just want to get some ideas....

Marti- Love, love, love the house and the yard is beee-u-ti-ful. I am happy for you guys. Can't wait to hear more. But, moving= UGH!

Tina- Way to go. I was going to weigh today, but decided to wait till tomorrow. I am not feeling good about it..even though I have walked alot. I know what I think is alot of exercise is really not much. haha

Sassy- Nice signature. Glad to see you, and hope you continue to get feeling better.

Jules- Those routes you used to have sound really nice. Our little circle is very private, no through traffic, so just the occupants driving in and out. Once all the trees leaf out it will be very shady also. I love it. One of the neighbors actually measured off the mileage and painted it on the street. I know I NEED to pick up the pace and walk longer...and I will. When I walk with DH he wants to walk slower and longer while I want to go faster and stop at 2 miles. Oh, I bet the museum was great fun!

Vann- Niko is a cute name. And he sure is a cute kitty. I wish my DH were more cat friendly. *sigh* I think I also OVER estimate my exercise other than the walking. Then maybe I UNDER estimate my calories. Somethings gotta give so I can lose more. Doesn't help that I take a beta blocker and hormones...both which impede weight loss.

Mindee- Sounds like Marissa will be well dressed.

Hi to all the other chickies....

I did get 2 miles in walking with DH earlier. Too windy for the bike today, but I told him I plan to walk at least another mile this evening. I don't know why but I prefer evening walks and he is always ready during the afternoon. He likes to take a break from his shop...so I usually drop my housework (big sacrifice) and walk when he wants.
Mom and I took a quick drive to the store and out to see the progress on the farm house my DD and DSiL are re-doing. It is a mess right now, but will be so nice when they finish.

Hope everyone is having a nice sunny Sunday afternoon.

Sue & Cristina--I read were you are both looking for bar stools. I purchased my through a local furniture store that carried Canadel furniture. They are out of Canada and do all custom furniture. I got my kitchen set with two additonal bar stools for my island. They have seven pages of stools. I've added the website. If it doesn't work...just go to canadel.ca then click on workshop and then on to the stools. I'm sure you can find someone in your area that carries their line of furniture. It is solid wood and the options to chose from are endless, ie, color, stain, backs, swivels etc.

http://www.canadel.ca/workshop.php?l...bourets&page=1

Just got back from a long day at the Orioles staduim for Fanfest and was just catching up on some post. No time for individuals but will check in a little later. Got to do some laundry, do my Avon order, and get some other paper work done before starting dinner. See ya'll in a bit!

Hello ladies...

JANE...glad you guys had a nice visit with the girls.

MARTI...I LOVE your new home! Glad you are closer to work too! Love the 50's style. We had one in CA years ago and I loved the charm of it. We kept a lot of the rounded ceilings and cabinets in the kitchen because I love the old style. Anywho...love the color of your house too and the backyard especially! Looks very private. You guys are going to have fun putting your touches to it. I love your new avatar as well...so cute! Didn't realize we had new smilies...gonna have to check them out, lol.

SASSY...I like the new picture in your siggy! That was sweet of your co-worker to do that for you. Going to have to figure out how to do one of Josh. Not a memorial one of course but just different images of him.

JODI...I think I forgot to mention that I love your new avatar as well! I saw it yesterday and meant to say something, duh!

SUE...yeppers. I think I may have gone a little high on my goal for the week but if I don't then I won't do as much as I should. I've got to get back to exercising. You are doing great with all yours! I think Jodi has a good idea with the minutes too. Before I started going to the park I went by a high mile walk which for me was 20 minutes and went for time rather than miles. But since the park is measured for you I go by that now. My pedometer broke and even though it was a cheapie...it was pretty accurate.

TAMMY...thanks for the link to the site! Took a quick look and right away found what I was looking for. We are planning on getting a new dinette set as well so wanting it to match...this may be the way to go.

VANN...good to see you back and glad you enjoyed your vacation! Hey, what's a pound when you're having fun? It could have been worse. I am scared to get on the scales tomorrow morning. This last week was a bad one for me. But I am getting back on track tomorrow so whatever tha damage I will be back to losing again soon. Trying to stay positive. I will share some pictures once we paint...which will be soon. But I will post some tomorrow once I add them to yahoo or shutterfly. I do love my kitchen the best I think. I love the whole house but the kitchen and living room are my favorite.

TINA...your bathroom sounds really nice! And I love Bed, Bath & Beyond! WTG on the 1 pound loss!

JULES...glad you guys had a nice time at the museum! And I love that crib! Would have loved to have had a corner one when the kids were babies! Things are so different now days and I love all the new stuff for babies.

HI to everyone else

Need to go get my laundry finished. Heard the dryer and washer both stopped so...watched V put the garage door opener up this morning. He had to go into work for a few hours and will wire it up when he gets home in 2 hours. So much to do, so little time. Glad he does stuff like that though...sure saves us a lot of money...instead of hiring people to do it. Anyway...gotta go and fold some laundry and then get some boxes ready for the troops to mail tomorrow. Time got away from me and I did not realize that Easter is next Sunday! Already!
Didn't realize we had so many new smilies...look at the dancing broccoli, lol!

Take care ladies and have a wonderful day!

Marti- I love the pictures of the yard!

Mindee-Sounds like you are getting everything ready for Marissa. Love that name- can't wait for you to post her picture. Won't be long now.

Vann- Niko is a cool name!

Tina- I think driving out your walks is a good idea. I think I am going to do that.

Sassy-your friend did a good job on the siggy!

Sue- You are lucky to have a nice safe place to walk. Our here, people drive really fast and they don't slow down even if you are on the road. Can't get down in the ditch right now cause of all the water. There are sections that are more like one lane and it scares me cause my husband refuses to move to the grass when cars are coming. I just know that one of these times he is going to be hit. He says I will do more damage to their car than they will to me. Which might be true if there were going slow, but they are probably going upwards to 75 mph!
I kid you not, every morning we had someone going by that sounded like a rocket going by. So someone finally got a county cop to come out here and sit cause the guy would go by the same time every morning. So the cop was sitting there and looked at his clock and thought well the guy must not be coming and at that moment his radar went off. He said he never even saw the car go by! It took him almost a mile to get the car pulled over and he had clocked it at almost 100 mph!
So now you know why I like to go into town and walk even if I do have to drive 10 miles to get there!

Hi to everyone else that I missed!

Ok..........I need a break. I even went to town to get away from the mess and chaos! Grabbed a coffee on my way back home.

It's looking much better now and we'll be donating tons of stuff that may be useful for someone else. I'm not a garage saler at all.....I don't mind going to them, just don't like having them.

Thank you all for the comments of the house. I'm liking it too.

Let's see if I can catch up a little bit here.

Cristina--We'll be painting the house this summer. I'm not to keen on the trim color. Not sure what we'll paint it, but something different. The house we're in now is the same color w/grey trim....so something different will be good.

Tammy--Those are nice barstools. I've talked about getting barstool for here a couple years ago...never did get any. This house we're trying to get have a funky bar attached to the wall....and it's going as soon as we can get it out!

Sue--For some reason, my hubby thinks we can move it all in one day. Hmmm.....I hope he realizes he is an on call worker and if he gets called in the middle of moving...that's not gonna happen!

Jane--Of coarse you can look! And I bet if you smile sweetly to Neil.....he'll even let you buy some. Enjoy your "window" shopping!

Tina--Congratulations on 21lbs gone so far! That is fantastic and truly inspiring. Keep up the great work!! I'm the same w/you on photo taking. I hate my photo taken. I've been messing around w/my advatar and had my photo up for a minute. Then decided to change it because it was taken a couple years ago. If I'm going to put one up, I need an updated one. May do that later on in the week.

Jules--I'm not going to miss the drive to and from work everyday that's for sure! That's an hour out of my day that I could be relaxing! (or actually....exercising!) I love that crib! That has got to be the prettiest crib I've seen in a long time! Lucky baby! Wonder if I can talk my husband in finding a corner bed for us?!

Vann--You should be very proud that you've only gained a pound. Vacation is for fun and relaxation. And for me...it's anything goes and suffer the consequences later (I know that's bad...but that's what I do) And I think a pound is nothing...it could be so much worse. You did great!

Sassy--Very sweet of your friend to help you w/the signature. It's nice. I would like to know how she did it too! I like the movement. Did she do it w/Photobucket?

Mindee--Are you off having that baby yet??

Jodi--I record my miles on the treadmill. I've worn my pedometer while on it one time and the mileage was pretty much the same. Maybe a few steps ahead, but not by much. But I'm like you...I like to record how long I've walked. Love your advatar! You're so cute!


Hello to everyone else out there. I'm sorry if I missed ya...I will catch you next time.

Ok...I think my break should be over. It's time to tackle my bedroom. The really BIG cleaning will be when we go through our sheds. Now there is a headache if I ever saw one!

Hugs to you all!!

Marti--Sue's hubby could probably build you a corner bed which does sound neat!!

Cristina--when they bought their cute little two bedroom stone house the had plans, the house itself 1st, they put wood floors in the kitchen and new carpet and painted trim, step 2 is the one room stone cabin with fireplace which they are now working on and then step three was to go up and put a second floor addition for the master bedroom and second bath. They are hoping to have the addition done by the time the baby needs his own room but until then they are sharing so space was definitely an issue--she looked at round cribs and then found this one.

Tammy--my sons friends family has season passes to both the Orioles and the Redskins. His friend keeps trying to get him to go but he has never ever been into sports.

Sue--I mis my walking routes. Our property is beautiful but it has been to snowy and/or muddy to walk some of the hills the trails are on. The road is out of the question--people drive it way to fast.

Tina--my mom and son went to see FLW's Falling Water in PA a few summers ago--they said it was beautiful.

Hi to everyone else!!

Thanks for the picture comments. I bought some new clothes and felt particularly thin that day because of them- haha. My husband saw that on his myspace page and he seriously was going to delete it cause he didn't know who it was- lol

Hey all,

Thanks and I just ADORE my signature, she did it with Adobe Photoshop, she is kind of a self taught Photoshop "Guru". She did give us a website that has tutorials on it, that may be of some help to you too:

http://www.worth1000.com/galleries.asp?display=

I hope you all are doing well!

Tammy- Very cool site..Thank you. I will show it to DH tomorrow and see what he thinks.

No time for more individuals...but hi to everyone. I did walk a little more tonight, but it was windy and damp, so I didn't get quite a mile. Thank goodness I got the 2 miles earlier.

Tomorrow is weigh in and measurments...not to mention the first day of my walking tracker. Ugh all the way round! *fingers crossed*

hello everyone!

Nothing really new here…..just taking things one day at a time. My next appointment is set for this coming Tuesday. I am anxious to go to it cause I want to know how things are. I highly doubt that I am dilated that much, but it is exciting to know that I will find out in a couple of days.

We have figured out every thing for Brandon’s birthday party. We have it set, as of right now, for the day before his birthday. But the date is subject to change depending on little Marissa. We had started out with Cars as the theme, then he changed it to Thomas the tank engine, and as of Sunday, he changed it yet again to Happy Feet. He is stuck with Happy Feet because that is what is on the invitations, and I don’t feel like changing it again.

Vann~ That is great to hear about Sunny. I like the name Niko for a cat. I have been scouring for information on the latest products that have been recalled. We went to my sister’s house on Saturday for her husband’s birthday party and I noticed that they had Alpo canned food on top of their fridge for their two dogs. Sure enough when I got home and was watching the news, they were saying that Purina was recalling some of it’s Alpo canned wet food. I have been trying to find something that has the types that they are recalling in order to send it to her so she can check the cans that they have.

Jules~ That is a neat crib! I have seen the round ones, but that is the first time I have seen a corner crib.

Marti~ I love the pics of your hopefully new home! It does remind me of the “Brady Bunch” house. Nope, I am still here!

Tina~ Congrats on another pound! Your are on a roll now!!!

Sue~ She is going to be well dressed and well protected between daddy and her two older brothers! I gave in and bought myself a pair of sandals since my feet are starting to feel cramped in my tennis shoes. Same thing that happened when I was pregnant with Brandon. And before you knew it, I had big marshmallow feet from all the swelling!

I have to cut this short……Brandon is awake in his room and the radio is down, volume wise. Which means that he is trying to wake Logan up!

Good morning, ladies!

Marti - once again, I LOVE your house! How soon before you can close? Btw, I really like the photo of Cocoa in your avatar, too. I really should update my avatar, too, but Mickey might cry, lol.

Cristina - omg, those curtains are breathtaking! What color are the walls? I notice they are 100% cotton, but need drycleaned. Wonder why. I'd love to see a montage of Josh in your signature.

Julie - I like what you said to Jodi about realizing that we just can't eat what we want when we want it w/o consequenses. Sad, but true. Something I've been telling myself is "Yes, you can have 2nds. But you have to eat it tomorrow, lol." Silly, but it works. Glad you had so much fun with your DS. I like it when Terry is here and it's just him and me. We have our best talks then.

Mary Kate - how's the arm? I miss seeing posts by you.

Sassy - the photos of Puddy are so sweet, and as everyone else has said, it was real sweet of your friend to do that.

Sue - Neal didn't end up going with me. He stayed home and tilled my cut-flower garden area again. Did you see the article in the magazine supplement that comes with the Sunday paper? It was all about a cutting garden, and I thought that was pretty cool, since that's what I'm up to.

Tammy - the Fanfest sounds like loads of fun! What else is going on in your life? Enjoying a few days off?

Tina - did you mention what's wrong with your foot? Ah, your bath room sounds very nice. Changing just a couple of things can make a big difference.

Vann - Niko's a good name. What's up with you this week? Busy as usual?

Jodi - I love the new avatar! New clothes do make us feel so much better, don't they? You look pretty in red.

Mindee - Happy Feet theme will make a nice party. I think I'm the only person in America that hasn't seen that movie yet.

Hello to Jen, Michelle, Kim, Pink Jane, and anyone else I may have missed.


I found out that my favorite nursery doesn't open until Thursday. They are locally owned, and have a limited supply of plants and flowers, but they are of a superior quality, so that's where I like to shop. I did get some dahlia bulbs and a couple of butterfly bushes yesterday at Lowe's. We had a beautiful butterfly bush, but when they dug the ground for our new house, it got destroyed by a backhoe.

My health news is that I'm still OP and feeling great! I went ahead and bought some new vitamins, so that's good. And I've been getting all the water I need. The exercise is so-so, and I vow to step that up this week.

I'll try to bbl,

Hi all,

Just a quick pop in to say hello to everyone! Sorry have been too busy to check in and post anything. This week coming up should be better! Have read all that is going on, and there is too much to comment!! But it looks like most are doing well and making progress!

Will try to come back later... Have a great Monday!

-Karin