Popping in for those indies... while watching DWTS.

Mindee- Wow, I bet the alfredo will be wonderful. Sounds like you had a nice time out with your friend too. Those "mommy-breaks" are much needed sometimes. Way to go on the weight loss.

Susan- You always seem so busy. I couldn't keep up with you. Good luck on the rehab job interview. *fingers crossed* Do you have someone near who can help with the Gabster if you work past school time? I hope it all works out for you. Hey, just an editorial comment....turn that t.v. at work to Fox News. haha...My bd is Oct. 7th...the big birthday, 60.

Francie- That book does sound good. I will have to look it up. My sis-in-law just gave me a stack of Sue Grafton books. I have wanted to read them for awhile, so now I have no excuse.

Cristina- Yeah, I enjoy the 166, but it has come slow. Then Mom who said last week she was back up to 130 told me today she had lost back down to 124. I said "Mom, you sneeze or poo and lose 6 pounds and I beat myself to death for months to lose a couple pounds." What is wrong with this picture?? Hope your hip gets feeling better. I am still using the darn mouthrinse for those sores, but at least the infection is, or seems to be gone from my sinuses and ears.

Jules- Sorry for the computer probs. No fun! Hope you are doing okay.

Sassy- Hope you (and everyone around you) feels better. Must be sickies going around. Ugh! Hope you can look for a new place to live before cold weather, if that is what you want.

Katy- Miss you.

Asia and Tammy- You are missed too. Pop in and let us know you are okay.

Mom and I did go shopping for a short while. I was able to find a long sleeve shirt to wear with my exercise pants, 2 tank tops on clearance, some kitchen towels and undergarments. Real exciting, huh? I am sure I will go again before long...bd money burns a hole in my pocket.

I made beef stew for dinner, but wasn't very hungry. Now it is too late to eat and I am wanting to nibble. yikes... Tomorrow is lunch with my fam. Then Fri. lunch with DH's fam. I have to go find the menues from the places and plan my meals.

So long....

Mindee~What are your ideas for dinner?? I'm always looking for new stuff to make. And I'm gonna be a vampire, lol. Fonzo still has no idea what he's gonna be. We were gonna do a theme..but he changed his mind.

Susan~Did they have pies?? Mmmm pie. I usually look the other way when I know I'm gonna pass by the bakery, lol. I did go to bed, lol. So thanks Doc.

Sue~OMG!!!! I LOVE Sue Grafton!!!! I've read them all. She takes FoReVeR to release another book though. She must be a slow writer or something, lol. They are so addicting. You will speed right through them, cuz you wont ever want to put them down, lol.




Well..like I told the Doc (Susan) I went to sleep..and had some weird dreams. But my little Lucky thought I had slept too much and so she woke me up at 9:30, lol. Anyways, I'm so hungry right now, so I'm gonna go find something to eat.

Hiya ladies

Susan...I would definitely meet you in Arkansas...should have done that the last time you went. I do plan on going back every year so that wouldn't be a problem at all to change my route and go thru NW Ar. I have gone thru there before just to change things up on the trip before...going thru Joplin, MO. Not out of the way at all...just a different route and about the same amount of time. Plus I could visit with my brother too! Going to go look up the book as soon as I sign off here. I've got so many books in a stack waiting to read I may hold off on buying any for a while until I read what I have. WHAT?! You've never read any Janet Evanovich? I love her number series...grandma and Lula are so freakin funny! Grandma is a horndog, lol.

Francie...hope you are feeling better. Sorry to hear about your trip to the ER. I went to check out your book you are reading...it sounds good but then I saw it was one of a series. I hate how all the writers, well, a lot have started the series thing. I've got the Janet Evanovich ones i just alked about to read and then I want to read all the Little House on The Prairie books. DS had them and loaned them to me. Although, I will always read JE, James Pattersons Alex Cross series and Catherine Coulter...I think those are my three favs right now.

Okay...just came by to say Hi not write a mini-novel. Will write more tomorrow!

Nighty, night all

Cristina~Ya..but theres only like 3 books, so its not seriously long or anything. It is very good!!! I'm reading like a couple series too, lol.

well, dinner was great! and I had a small piece of cheesecake.....I really need to stop giving in to temptations!

Francie~ We have a lot of dinner options. we have pork chops with different sides, taco salad, a taco bake that I got from off here, hamburger helpers, chicken fried rice....and I am sure there are more but I can't think of it right now.

I never did go looking for recipes yesterday, so I really need to do that on Tuesday! I have roughly seven more slots to fill in our month long calendar....so wish me luck in doing that!

LAZY CROCK POT CHICKEN 1 pkg. boneless chicken breasts
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/4 c. flour
1 jar sliced mushrooms
Salt, pepper and paprika
Rinse chicken breasts. Put salt, pepper and paprika on BOTH sides. Place in crock pot. Mix other ingredients together. Add to crock pot. Cook on LOW all day. Serve over noodles or mashed potatoes.

CROCK POT CHICKEN 1 (8 oz.) can tomato sauce
1 sm. pkg. spaghetti sauce mix
1 c. water
4 oz. mushrooms, undrained
Chicken to fill crock pot
Mix tomato sauce, spaghetti sauce mix, water, mushrooms. Mix in crock pot with chicken. Simmer 4-5 hours.


Two quick crock pot recipes for Mindee and Francie.
http://www.cooks.com/rec/search?q=crock+pot

Good morning...Nothing going on here this morning. I am taking the day off. Just piddling around with computer stuff and recipes and then I am off to lunch.

Weight is steady at 166, so that is my official BD weight. Not as low as I hoped, but better than before.

Have a good day all!

Mindee~I have a couple boxes of hamburger helper. But I dont use beef with it, I use turkey meat. Fonzo doesnt like pork chops..lol. I do have salmon, chicken and steak and a couple different sides to make with it.

Sue~I dont have a crock pot..lol. I should really get one.



Well..my friend and I have been talking about Thanksgiving lately. We're gonna have it together along with her in laws. So I've volunteered to make the pumpkin pie. Except I'm gonna make pumpkin pie cheesecake. So I'm looking for the right recipe. I dunno why people add nuts to it? Thats just weird to me. I'm gonna have a pratice run next week, cuz I do not wanna mess this up. Plus..it gives me an excuse to have some cheesecake, lol. I'm gonna have to fight Fonzo off for it.

Anyhoo...I'm gonna go and clean up the house. Gotta look like a proper housewife, lol.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUE!!!!!

eeek, it is your birthday Sue!??!?!? back in a second....

I know, you are a classy lady Sue but I thought this was funny! lol

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you!!

oops, HAVE to get to work in 10 minutes!!

FOX news, huh?? I will try it. Scale has been creeping up...UGH....

No pies, I did look. Had pretzels instead and am retaining water now.

back later...

Hope your day is a special one!

Hello, hello...

A chilly, windy day here in the land of oz. Got in half my walk and getting ready to do the other half at 1 p.m., or as soon as I finish up here, lol. Then will do a dvd and some weights. The hubby finally did my little carpet squares in the exercise room and hooked up the dvd player so yay...now I am set to work out below. And I even found my big ball and he blew that up as well. No more wearing down the carpet in the living room. You don't know how excited that makes me.

Nothing much going on...did make a run to the po, Target and Wal-mart. Saw some pumpkin shirts at Wal-Mart for $5 so bought one, and a lighted pumpkin necklace, lol. I know, lame but hey, some lame excuse for a costume is better than nothing

Sue...hoping you have a wonderful day today. I know the recipes were for Mindee & Francie but I copied them as well, lol. Sound good to me and I DO have a crockpot!

Susan...you mentioned the tootsie rolls...DS bought me a giant bag of the midgets for my trip to AR...always have to have something to snack on when driving a long distance for some reason. Still have 1/2 the bag left...they are a good, lo-cal treat.

Francie...three books are not so bad. The ones I started, JE..."Full" series I think there is 6, ugh! I feel trapped I like Sue Grafton as well and started with "B", don't ask me why...it just sounded good, lol. But someone said why didn't you start with 'A'? Doesn't really matter with those, or JE numbers because they both give a little history with them. But I have since gone back and read A and hope to start with Number 1 with the Janet Evanovich...started with 7, lol. What can I say, I like to be different, lol. Hoping you are feeling better today. And I love the pumpkin cheesecake and with nuts!

Sassy...what kind of call center do you work for, if you don't mind me asking? I was just curious because of the hours you work and wondering who the heck you guys would be calling after 10 p.m. Anyway, glad you started the new hours and liking it.

Okay, Hi to everyone else

It's 12:54 and I have 6 mns till my walk or I will turn into a pumpkin! Okay, gotta run...be back later.