MMm, ribs. Sigh. I want ribs. I should probably clean my showers as well.. especially since I've only cleaned them like twice, since we moved in. They don't look dingy at all but I can imagine the germs. Eh. I will just splash some bleach around and let it sit. I have been utilizing that Flylady site you gave me the link to, and I have been very obsessive about making sure my sink looks shiny... though I'm gonna pour that boric acid roach prufe in it at night, cause now that Baby Girl is gone, the other cats don't really get on the counter...

I need to go through bf's MOUNTAIN of clothes and throw crap away or put in bags to give to the salvation army... but last time I did that, I came up with like 6 bags of stuff (literally), and he still had probably 100 shirts and pants... (I have never known a man to have SO MANY CLOTHES, he will not get rid of stuff he's had for years, particularly if it's a "hot" brand name, or so he thinks)... and he became angry and ripped open the bags to go through everything and was like, "oh **** no, **** no! This stuff's going back!" And then, the bags dwindled from 6 to like, 1... it's not necessary to have THIS MUCH STUFF because on his side of the bed, there's another huge mountain of dirty clothes he just throws there and refuses to let me wash them because he doesn't like the way I will wash pants and shirts together (sooo whaaaaaaaat!).... but then, doesn't wash them himself. So I got tired of it and threw a big load of his crap, pants and shirts and all, in the washing machine. Since he's not here, I could get rid of some stuff, but he seems to know every piece of clothing he has down to the thread...

"where's my izod shirt? Where's my izod shirt?? I need it!"

I'm like, "umm, it's ugly, it's old, and it's GOING!"

"No, it's an IZOD...!"

"No, it's UGLY!"

"I don't care, it's an IZOD!"

It's just weird and creepy to have such an emotional attachment to one's clothes. Hmm. Just another issue upon a big hill of issues, I suppose.

My BF thinks I'm being lame for joining a diet website and actually conversing with people he refers to as "internet people"... like none of you guys actually exist... He thinks it's geeky. And I used to agree a coupla years ago, but now EVERYBODY DOES IT!! Everybody is online and connected, jeez. I think it's fun. There is probably not a person in the world who doesn't get online and talks with people they don't know. I'm rambling, because I'm bored and have nothing to doooo!

Don't feel bad Melanie - most of the people I know worry about the fact that I think all of you are real

So I am procrastinating already. I picked 8 pints of raspberries (way more work than blueberries!), made 3 trays of blueberry yogurt leather and two trays of peach slices, and put the first tray pf raspberries in the freezer to start freezing. Now I'm about to vacuum seal the zucchini chips I made earlier this week. All I really want to do is get my hammock up and pretend to read

Schmoodle - Sounds like a wonderful beach trip Can't wait to see pictures

Weezle - I had to go back and reread some of your old posts - you have the same rash Julie has! I never heard of it before and now two people in one week.

Zeffryn - Sounds like everyone needs a nap today! Hope tonight is quieter.

Heather - great choices Sounds like a fun weekend ahead

Melanie - How is it we all end up spending half our weekends cleaning?! Hmmmm

Barb, Cat

Okay, I really have to get back to the list cuz it's not getting any shorter.

LOL!

Well I don't think you are real, CyndiM.. you're merely an advanced net bot, whose capabilities extend to deciphering the information I plug in, and then spitting back a response based on logics. Or so BF would think.

I technically should be spending half of my weekend cleaning.. . although I have not yet budged from this chair. I also have a list to complete. Sigh! I just wanna have fuh-unnn.

Cyndi - Do you have your own raspberry plants? Or do you buy them? I wish I could find a place to pick raspberries around here....I looooove them and hardly ever buy them at the supermarket because they are not good for how much they cost.

Mel - DH is the same way...he keeps everything...he has been getting better though, slowly but surely he is picking through clothes that he hasn't worn in years and getting rid of it. Thankfully he doesn't mind me washing his clothes though. DS has the biggest laundry piles of all of us....such little clothes but so many of them!

Glad to hear that Flylady is helping you....it took me a long time to get all the routines down (close to a year)...but when you get them down, it becomes second nature. I've found that my life is so much smoother when my sink and kitchen is clean in the morning. It doesn't seem like such a big thing, but it really makes a difference.

Hi chicks, I'm pooped. Shopped, washed and vacuumed the cars, and cut the grass. I'm taking a little break, then going to windex the car interior - visibility was becoming an issue. Then I'll get the kids to take me to the pool for a swim. I'm so hot I can't wait to jump in. The farmer's market was a disappointment this morning - I went to a different one than usual, won't make that mistake again. Long lines and more expensive. Altho Cat, the pattypans were $1.59/lb. Wish I could send you some. BTW, got my mosquito barrier, but I need to get a sprayer. Any application tips?

I was obsessive about flylady before I became obsessive about 3fc. Some of it stuck. My sink is not always shiny, but I kept some of the routines, and still de-clutter 15 minutes a day and keep my hot spots cleared. I have been working my way through my office 15 mins/day, and it's a vast improvement. I still get those 5 million e-mails a day from her.

I can vouch that Nessa is real because I've seen her. Not sure about the rest of you though.

I had some nice raspberry canes in the yard that had grown over from the neighbor's patch. He had somebody cut them down a couple of years ago (including the ones in MY yard), and they never have grown back. They were sooo good. I really miss them.

Zeff - the raspberries are pick your own. It's the same orchard I get peaches and apples from, but not blueberries because they don't offer a flat price and we go through a lot.

Melanie - Could you tweak my program cuz I could use a little more energy today

Schmoodle - Will we get a review once you've used the barrier for awhile? I'm tempted...

Sounds like I should check out flylady. I looked at it a few years back but never got anywhere with it. Right now I'm reorganizing my food storage closet so my vacuum sealed jars are in the cupboard least likely to get opened (better to store them in a dark space).

I know hardly anyone else will be impressed but I just sealed zucchini chips in an old salsa jar. I was excited. I think I need to get out of the house

I'm not real (but my spots are....)

Zeffryn, I have come to the conclusion it must be a man thing! All those dirty clothes. I decided I will sneakily do all of his laundry this weekend, without his knowledge... since he is home now, cutting the grass. When said laundry is clean, I will throw the entire (non-damaged) heap on the bed and present it to him to be folded or hung up. When he sees that his laundry is fine, despite having been washed pants-and-shirts together, he will probably not complain if I do his laundry. I don't really want to have to wash his laundry, but I want a bedroom floor that I can actually SEE... and possibly VACCUUM... I haven't gotten the Flylady routines down pat by any means, but slowly but surely... and learning to take 15 mins here and there to pick stuff up, plus pick stuff up as I go along before it can build up into a hideous pile (something BF has not yet learned and I doubt ever will at 27... maybe 'cause he's a male and a slob, heh heh.) I've been trying to wash the dishes as they become dirty, rather than allow them to accumulate to a big heaping pile. That reminds me, I need to do a few dishes. It's so much nicer to do them when there's not that much in the sink and the sink doesn't stink... it's been helpful. The only thing I don't do but wish I did do, per advice of the flylady site, is get showered and dressed with shoes & makeup up first thing. I would feel much better answering the door when I looked nice with my makeup on and dressed decently with my shoes on, but sometimes mornings are hectic with baby boy and all. Pathetically, I am still in my pajamas as we speak. Must take shower and get dressed.... sometime.

Schmoodle, I have been getting those 5 million a day emails as well and I'm considering canceling the emails because it takes up a lot of space in my box and is rather annoying. I can always just go read the actual website of the yahoogroup page, which would be preferable. As for reality, I am not real, I am a computer bot like CyndiM! I am super advanced. Hehe. I need to lose 50 lbs of gigabytes.

CyndiM, I'm not sure how to tweak your bot program but I'll bet the BF can. He isn't a fan at all of bulletin boards and instant messaging and whatnot but does he ever love the inside workings of a computer and its programs. He's a contrasting mix; a computer geek who dresses like a 21 year old hip hop fan... NY cap and baggy jeans and all... so most people "in real life" (as he calls it) are generally surprised to discover what he is. He is a licensed computer and network tech. He does this on the side currently, his current main job is doing road construction, bluh. Which brings me to my next little posting....

I'm excited you guys, because when BF got back from doing his 3rd job with his friend who owns the repair and roofing and whatever-ya-call-it business, he had some pretty incredible news that means some pretty good things for our little family. He & his 'bud' were doing some work for a bail bondsmen who serves two counties, who is a pretty rich guy, owns several houses and etc. Well, the man generally goes all the way to another city to have his computer worked on... a city which is about 3 hours away. There is a shop in this county and several in the next, but he preferred to go to what he thought was the best. Well, my bf is a very social talkative person, and he and the man got to talking about computers a few weeks ago, the last time they did a project for the man. The man had my BF do the work and of course paid him, and liked him a lot because he knows his stuff. So today while they were doing work on the man's house, the man had him look at some other stuff, which my BF fixed right there for him (stuff that the other shop screwed up on.) So the man, (who my BF actually knew before this, on an acquaintance level), asks him if he really likes doing that road construction crap, because someone with his tech license and skills shouldn't be doing such mediocre work... BF tells him no, he doesn't really like it but can't afford to literally open his own shop, hence why he does computer work on the side (and he does have a lot of customers!) Well... to make a long story short, cause I'm aware of how I ramble, the man told him that he wants to open a shop for my boyfriend, pay 6 months rent, telephone and DSL line, business cards and other things he will need... so he can get started up to have a real true business. All in exchange for getting free computer work for life, seriously, that's all. The man's bail bondsmen business was started off by someone when he didn't have the funds so he wants to help someone else.. I told BF he would be a damn fool to waste this opportunity, GO FOR IT. He's gonna do it... they are gonna talk business tomorrow. The man already knows a ton of people who need a person who astually knows what they're doing to work on their computers, and BF already has a lot of customers and repeat customers who would spread the word. This is pretty amazing news, at least for us anyway... it may not be some big corporation job or anything or being a lawyer or doctor, but it's definitely something.... I'm excited! Things are finally looking up at last!

weezle, I am spotty too. I developed several different rashes while we were away this week, one on my side that is very itchy and red and one on my forearm that looks different. It may be bug bites of some sort, looks yucky.

cyndi, I will give you a review. I was just out in the backyard reading my book and a storm is coming up. Once the sun went behind the clouds the mosquitoes really came out. I looked up at one point and there was a black cloud of them flying around me and landing on me. Weird though, because they don't bite me. They would land, sit for a few seconds, then fly off. I rarely get bit, but DH and DD get eaten alive out there. I tell them they should try not to be so delicious. It's a little insulting really, I must taste disgusting. My dad's family is from Minnesota, so I guess there is some natural resistance in the genes?

Congrats on the business opportunity, Mel!

Mel - DH will be 30 in Oct. and still hasn't learned.....they never do.
I asked him to clean the lint trap the other day and he just looked at me blankly...and then when I finally showed him how to do it, he was amazed at the lint! He rubbed it on his face and remarked at how soft it was. Freak.

I cancelled the Flylady emails - although I only got one a day....every Monday, I check the website and write down my schedule for the week....although I still don't get dressed to shoes in the morning. ****, I still haven't showered today....but I've been cleaning, so that is an excuse! I guess there are just some parts of my routine that I don't change.

Schmoo - haha! Better to taste disgusting than to get bitten up...really. My family is from MN as well, yet I get eaten alive. I'm really allergic to the bites and they get huge. I try to get bit as little as possible to not look like I have leprosy.

Good evening all,

Sounds like we all have been all of the same things, woke up this morning and cleaned the house and then went grocery shopping, preparing to have 9 teenage girls invade the house in about 30 minutes for DD b/d sleepover celebration. We are going to have them sleep in the RV outback instead of in the house so that should help some.

I started Phase 1 today really needed to do it, have to get rid of some cravings and get back on track- I am doing food logs again so that should help as well.

Have a good evening Ladies

Pearl - you are a brave woman....

I just made an apple pie. I haven't made a from scratch pie in ages....but it smells so good! Unfortunately I've been having a bit of nausea all day today, so it may just be DH and DS that eat it

Good evening everyone....Morning for me...I just decorated a 1 ft tall elephant statue... that was a fun project with my first cup of coffee...Today is my mothers birthday, and she want's to go to an elephant trainer school to become a "Mahoot" ( trainer) next time she goes to Thailand, so unbeknown to the other, my father and I both got her elephant statues! I really wanted to hire an elephant for the day, but no temple elephants, or circuses in the area.

I'm fixing dinner for her tonight, she wanted a small family dinner... My father invited 10 more people to show up for ice cream afterwards! "She didn't say anything about a small dessert!"

Today's my weigh day... ooh I hope I'm down. I'll report in later with my numbers!

Oh and Melanie, Sometimes I think I'm a figment of my own imagination, so
I'm probably a figment of yours too!

I thought so!!! :P

You have elephants where you live? Are you just getting up for the day? (It's so cool to talk to people from other countries, it really is. I love it.) I see your location says rural India... awesome! It makes sense about the elephants now. I have read many amazing things about elephants such as how intelligent and sweet they can be, but then also ill tempered. Is this true?

Hope your weigh in goes good.