wowowowowowowowo!!!!!!!!!!!THIS IS SO EXCITING PEACHERS!!!!!!!!!!!!I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!! NOW YOU MUST DESCRIBE IT ALL TO US,TAKE A DIGITAL PHOTO AND EMAIL IT TO US AND THEN START LISTING WHAT YOU NEED AS HOUSEWARMING GIFTS!!! THIS IS WONDERFUL!!! DID GRAMPIE HELP OUT??

My mom went to high school with the father in MBFGW. His real name is Gus Efstration(phonetically). They all thought he was "pink" in high school. Once he was famous he never came to reunions. Ha, ha on them.

OOOOHHHH, and congratulation on the abode, Sissy. Details, please.

Hello Cows!

I have had success for my first two weeks. I've eaten a nice, healthy, high-fiber breakfast of Kashi every morning and have eaten healthy lunches. This week's diet change is to eat a piece of fruit for my morning snack.

I worked out twice with my tapes, but walked 30-40 minutes each weekday. I'm getting a new workout DVD (woo!) this week, so that will be my new routine. Weights three times a week and cardio three times a week. And walks.

I'm getting used to my new schedule. I should be in bed by now, but I flipped my schedule this weekend and now have to get back to the right schedule. I have to get up in about four hours for work.

Kiwi, sorry about the mill news. Sounds like your DH will be able to land on his feet, though.

I'd better go. Hi to everyone!

Hi babes! Started getting really depressed last night (watching that movie with Michael Caine and Toby McGuire and the orphanage did *not* help) and realized that it was because I hadn't been on here for at least two days. Real life got in the way, can you believe it.

Would love to reply personally to each and every one of you, but I have to go out and buy groceries, so I'll just say YAHOO!, WOOHOO! and BOOHOO! and you can take the one that applies to your particular life situation at this point in time.

Guess what I'm FINALLY reading - only how many years late?
The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood! I'm so out of it. It's very entertaining and highly depressing at the same time. Just like me.

I'm trying enhanced mode because I want to experience complex nesting of tags. Let's try this.Now I am complexly nesting my tags. Isn't this attractive? This is so much fun because I LOVE to be up ALL NIGHT due to obvious MSG in the no MSG Chinese food I had for dinner.
Sugar, it is always a mistake to allow your 3-D life to intrude on your true, cyber life. I love that movie, and I'm just re-reading the YaYa's. I finished The Lovely Bones which was very good. It is hard to read when you have a daughter.[B]
I loved Chicago. It's unusual to see a musical on screen that works. This was very good. [/I]

I'm going to go get in the shower to get moving. Have a great day everyone.

i want to read the lovely bones but i have five daughters and it is true---IT IS SO HARD TO READ SUCH THINGS WHEN THERE ALREADY ARE ENOUGH REAL THINGS TO DEPRESS YOU----PEACHBUTT---GET OVER HERE AND DESCRIBE YOUR NEW HOME!!!!!!!

Lushy, I just *loooove* what you've done with your tags! They make you look 10 years younger.

Peachy, can we sing the "Found a House" song to the tune of "Found a Peanut"?

Gotta go to bed. I promise I'll commiserate with all of yous and y'all tomorrow.

Hi! Kiwi, what DVDs do you have? I'm getting Cathe Friedrich's Pure Strength series. Yay!

Today I did Cross Train Express Step and Intervals. I tried to start the week with my least favorite, but that wasn't it. I think it's actually 10-10-10, and the only reason I don't like it as much is because I'm so bad at floor cardio. I also did weight-lifting for chest. I also walked for a total of 40 minutes. I also ate breakfast, ate snack, ate lunch, and ate another snack. I have been ravenous today! I'm hungry right now.

I also cleaned.

How long will this last?

Peachie, congrats on your new house! Do tell, do tell!

See? Cherry is perfect. Did you see Kiwi's tags? I'm so impressed. Did you guys here over on the other thread that Wabby went to work????? She is TOO perfect. I'm not perfect at all. But my dog is adorable.
I've tried to attach a pic. It isn't really my actual dog, since I don't have a scanner or any technical ability, but it is a dog that looks amazingly like my dog.
I started a boring journal. I've been putting my lists there. Sorry, if you guys want special permission to see the list, just ask.
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You have a dog? I thought you hated all shedding (live) things. That is an adorable dog.

The house is small, purple (not my fault) and has new laminate floors, a glasstop stove, 3b/2b, carport, yard, trees and .....

Herbie, I think, is having this ego thing but I don't know. I am so helpless here. This man I work with, we'll call him Ed, printed off for me the listings in the area I wanted. Eight of them.

I discussed them with Herbie and decided to look at this one and Herbie says "call the realtor and if I can meet you there, I will." Of course, Herbie and Ed are realtors also.

So Herbie and I and the realtor, Bathsheba, looked at the house and Herbie decided to go home and take a nap and leave me alone to dothe contract. But he wrote stuff down to go in the contract. The realtor didn't put the stuff in the contract like he wrote it. For instance, he wrote the fridge stays and she said it doesn't and didn't write it.

Herbie is p*****d. Herbie says it wasn't her decision and it was MY offer to buy the house with the fridge, etc. He says she tooka dvantage of me and I'm sure she did. But HERBIE WENT HOME TO TAKE A NAP and now I'm left all uneasy feeling about the whole thing.

Plus she got all the commission instead of Ed getting any or Herbie.

Rant, rave, rant, rave.

What did he expect when he went home and took a nap? After all, some people were born with negotiating skills and some people weren't. They can't leave someone like you or me alone with a salesperson and expect stellar results. This is why we let them come along in the first place.

So, that simply isn't your fault, Peaches dear. If I'd had to go out and buy my own car, I think I would have resurrected the sad little snow-covered Saab pile out in the yard and paid a fortune to get that going again rather than deal with a salesperson. Have you ever noticed that you can flirt with mechanics, but not salesmen? Well, of course in a social situation you can flirt with anyone, but on the job, it's much easier to flirt with mechanics. Plus you know they wouldn't dare touch you because their hands are all greasy, while you never know with salesmen.

So glad Wabbit is feeling better. At least she had better be feeling better or she should not be working, even if the place is becoming romper room and needs a den mother.

Cherry, my DVD is from BeachBody.com, but it is also alternating 3 days cardio/3 days weights, so it is similar. You know a lot more about these things than I do--what is 10-10-10? I have a step video which I did once and never looked at again. Maybe when I get in better shape with these, I can add in some variety like step and yoga.

Lush, that is one cute dog. Looks like a stuffed animal almost. I miss having a big furry dog around. If I stick my face in the cats' fur, I just sneeze.

Kiwi

You've all been over here posting while I was on to the next thread.

Kiwi, I like navy blue on an Explorer. It goes good w/ my jeans that I squeeze myself into. Actually I seem to have broken the jeans and a sweater rut I was into. Now I wear slacks and a sweater. I'm such a fashion adventuress.

All this talk of exercise is wearing me out. I have another couple weeks before I'm supposed to go Curving. They were so sweet. They sent me a get well card from Curves. I think they just want to remind me I owe them for this month, but they didn't say so. One of our glass vendors sent me the most extravagant floral arrangement that I have ever received. It has all these tropical flowers like the kind that grow in Peaches yard, and lilies and roses too. It is almost as tall as I am and had 2 get well balloons tied to it. Now I feel like I should stay off work longer to justify all this attention.

Lushy, your dog is adorable!!!! Even Frappe's dog would be jealous. And the best part is, he matches your carpet. No body will know when he sheds all over things. I made the mistake of getting a light colored dog when my sofa is navy blue. Not that she's supposed to be on the sofa, but she's sneaky.

I used to sell real estate, Peaches, and there's always some big controversy over who gets the commission. Just handing you a list of properties doesn't earn a commission, maybe just a courtesy thank you gift from the agent who actually showed the property and wrote it up. And tell Herbie to get over it, if he wanted to make sure things were written into the contract, he should have stuck around. Don't let his grousing ruin your new house euphoria.

I've really got to go get something done. I just can't be shchlumping around in my robe all day. Or can I?????

So, Wabby, you broke the jeans and sweater routine, didn't you? I think you still deserve credit, even if you did break it by shchlumping around in a robe all day.

I napped, for two hours. Now I am ready to hit it. I mean it. I really do.

Yes my dog is adorable. She is a Maltese. She doesn't shed. She weighs 5 lbs. I washed her with Johnson's baby shampoo yesterday. She smells like a baby, but she is housebroken. It's wonderful.
My journal has had 27 views. That is SO SAD. I don't really write anything in my journal, I just keep my lists. Thank you for your message, Wabby, I'll write the story of the accountant and the spinach pie in my new romance novel.
Peachie, Herbie TOTALLY let you down. Want me to smack him?
I am still VERY excited about your house. It will be wonderful. Do you have a decorating scheme, yet?

OK, I'm going to go make something of this day. DH will not be home till six, I prefer that. When he is working close, he is home earlier and he disrupts my day.
How can I be lazy when he is so active?
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