Hey Gang!

Well, after doing well for a week with my exercise, I was a bad girl for 5 days. Excuses, excuses. First a migraine kept me away from working out, then I hurt my back lifting DS. Anyway, I stuck the DVD in today and did my workout. I've still gotta work on getting in enough fruit and veggies, but the eating isn't too bad. Water is going good.

We've had rotten weather--a lot colder than it should be. My inlaws keep complaining and wish they were back in Florida. Today was nice and I was in shorts. Mind you the cool weather is nice for sleeping.

BOB--I hope someone will give you an answer and you can get all better soon. I like the WATP tapes. Good for you for doing it.

QUILTER--Sorry to hear about Maddie. WTG for doing extra exercise. I will try to remember to post on the exercise board. Your reunion sounds like it will be lots of fun.

CATHLAUR--Whoohoo! Another Canuk! Where in Ontario are you? I'm just outside Toronto (by one street!!!) in Thornhill. I have an underactive thyroid I take meds for. Sounds like you're doing great and if you have good habits before surgery, you'll bounce back right after.

JACKK--Sorry you aren't feeling so well. And I'm sorry to hear about your dad. I'll keep you and your family in my thoughts.

PANCHO--Glad you're feeling better. Not a nice way to lose, but I hope the scale stays down for you.

JEC--Congrats on getting into the smaller sizes. Keep up the good work

JENN--The lasagna sounds yummy. Is the recipe from the boards?

DEB--WTG in doing that exercise. Now just keep it up! That's wonderful news about Michael. I'm sure you are very proud.

HELLO to all newbies!

Ok, I gotta go. Have a great SB evening all.

Hello, from Spa Monet!

I felt pretty tired by the time I got home, and hour later than I was supposed to. Laura made me take a nap while she made me a BLT and a salad. Then she intended to drag me off shopping, but I instead called the doctor's office and made an appointment for her. The rest of the day went from bad to worse. The doctor was running over two hours behind. Our three o'clock appointment turned into 6pm, and Laura had wanted to meet a friend of hers for dinner at five. She got worse and worse, and I would dearly like to forget the whole situation. My older daughter, Ruth, was along with us. What a day! Then tonight, Tom wanted to plan vacation, and no one was agreeing on anything. I wanted to scream!

My job this morning was fun. I got a good bit done, even if I was wiped out by the time I got home. I can see why they needed me. This store is three times as busy as the store I worked in before. The one decorator who was supposed to be showing me where things were is very nice, but spacey. I think I flustered her a good bit by rushing ahead on things. I like to accomplish a lot when I work...makes me feel good to get a lot done. Tomorrow will be interesting.

Eating today was interesting. I have to leave so early, I don't get much breakfast. I was starving by 10am. Not sure how to solve that, but I am going to think about it. I may carry a protein bar to nibble on when I take a break. For dinner, I went to Moe's Southwestern deli with Ruth- her treat. I got a salad, which was pretty good, but I did eat the tortilla bowl it was served in. I was rather hungry... I never had any chance to snack inbetween meals today, which was probably a good thing!

Time for me to climb in bed! Sweet dreams you all! I hope I can spend a more quiet afternoon tomorrow, and will have some time to catch up on posts. I did skim them today, and thanks for the well wishes!

Welcome to Cathlaur! Glad you joined us!

DEB: We may spend some time in south Florida in Fort Myers Beach in July. Is that too far for us to get together? We will have Laura with us, and don't have firm plans yet.

Having one of THOSE nights!

Went to sleep, exhausted, but feeling a little barfy. THEN ELI started up with his RLS. Finally around 1:30 or so he shifted and things seemed to be better there but I still was getting these little waves of nauseau. So here I am sleeping and I'm having some really weird dream that I'm at work at some place that has old Xmas trees and it's summer and all of a sudden people are buying these dried out, brown, half needle gone trees. So in my dream I go take a walk and then I have something coming out of my mouth. Wake up just in time to run to the bathroom and be sick Have to sit up for a few because it feels like something is in the wrong pipe and I keep clearing my throat. Hoping not to stay up but figured I'd come on the computer and say hello til I get on here later this morning to post. Yep, it's going to be one of THOSE nights!

Deb

We were about one mile into our walk last night and I got the call that my dad has passed away. So that was the end of our walk. It was a long night. We headed to Lexington and didn't get home until 12:30.

Thank you all for all your prayers and warm thoughts. It really means alot to me.

I probably won't be back on the board until Friday or even Monday.

Everybody stay on track and post on that exercise board or Kim will come and get you.

Jackie

JACKIE--I'm sorry to hear of your dad's passing. I know you wanted him to be at peace and now he's not suffering. Thoughts are still with you and your family.

Thanks very much for the warm welcome I truly appreciate it. I think it is going to take me a couple of days or weeks to get used to the thread and to get to know you all. I am doing well I hope . I only weigh once a month so I will let you know on June 26th how I am doing.

Zanne and Rosalie. WOW more Canadians. I live in Rockwood which is near Guelph Ontario. I grew up in Caledon and Brampton if that helps at all. I work in Milton Ontario at the Big Super Jail. So we are not that far at all.

Okay I am off but will check back in later

katie

It's raining, it's pouring......am i ever going to ge4t a whole week of exercise in? i'm going to do lots of calisthenics and walk up and down my stairs at least 25 times today. that's all i can think to do. any suggestions? those of you with a TM should count your blessings. i would give anything to have a TM so i could walk when it rains, or to have the $$ to join a gym. My keyboard isn't working, so if there are a lot of typos and wrong punctuations it is because the keys are sticking and they are wired off or something. Travis is bringing me a new one today.

last night I was sooooo good. My sis-in-law came over for me to cut n color her hair, and she brought chololate and coke. I wasn't even tempted. and i drank 32 more oz of water while she was here. I think I'm going to float away!!!

So are we supposed to post our menu for the day? is that what you all mean by journaling? well, I cam do that at the end of the day when i know what i'm gonna eat

i'm having the hardest time with breakfast. i just forget to eat until about 10am every morning, and i just start with a fruit snack. is that ok?

Debbie- sorry you had such an aweful night. I hate it when i have funky dreams. i wake up exhausted as if inever even slept. TEll Michael congratulations. What a great acheivment!!

Katie - I'm pretty new, too. Everyone here is awesome, and it won't take you long to get to know us all. I keep a notebook next to my PC with a list of names and write little notes about people next to their names, just to remembe who has kids, who works etc...

Kim - Romanof suace is strained sour cream whipped with brown sugar and brandy poured over strawberries or any other fress fruit. IT's sooooooo gooooooodddddddd

Teensy - unfortunately, there where no fruits and veggies at the party sunday. if i had known, i would have brought some! The host, Nikki, is the Martha Stewart type, so I just assumed she would have some fruit or veggies. Won't assume that again!!

Jenn in MN - your names are great!!!! Have you ever heard of Baby Wise? It's a book that advocates scheduling your baby's feedings. It helped me so much. My mother always did 'on demand' feedings with my siblings, and it was a big hastle be cause she never knew when they would be hungry. I had Selah on Baby Wise schedule from 3 weeks old, and she was sleeping through the night at 9 weeks old, and sleeping from 9pm to 7am by 3 months old. It's great especially if you are breast feeding. A friend of mine had a baby the same day as Selah, and she bottle feeds, but also does Baby Wise scheduling, and her baby was sleeping throught the night at about the same time, too. Anyway, I tell everyone about it. You may want to check it out


So can anyone tell me how many posts I have to do to become a real member instead of just a junior membe

Hello everyone,

I'm still here, feeling okay at times, a little nauseous at others. I am not eating as much as I should, but I guess that's okay. I have plenty of weight as storage to feed the little one.

My husband's great-aunt passed away yesterday, so we're trying to see if he can go to her funeral in Chicago this weekend. I won't be able to go, but hopefully he can.

I had a bowl of Kashi Go Lean Crunch this morning. It's not strictly OP (too much honey) but it's loaded with protein and fiber. And DH sprinkled wheat germ on top. What a guy!

Katie, Welcome!

Kim, we are using family names for the middle names - for Colin George, my uncle's name is George. With Evelyn Estelle, my DH's grandmother is Grandma Estelle.

BOB, I'm sorry, but I had to at your descriptions! You are so funny! Glad you got the gas okay. That's not fun.

Zanne, I can't remember where I found the recipe, but I don't think it was here. I'll have to post it!

Marie, I haven't tried the Zucchini Pizza. It sounds good!

Teensy, as weird as it sounds, I am hoping for the morning sickness, just to prove to me things are going along as they should. I never got m/s with my miscarriage, so I guess I'm scared to think this is real unless my symptoms are stronger.

Deb, Sorry about your illness and what a dream! Hope you're doing/feeling better today.

Jack-K, My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family on the loss of your dad.

Talitha, thanks for the suggestion on Baby Wise! I'll have to add it to my Amazon Registry.

ttfn,

Jenn

Hello!

I'm back from the mountains and a little sore! Yesterday as we were loading the car in the rain, my shoe got caught in some mud and I went down on an asphalt driveway. No serious injuries, just skinned knees and elbows and stiff muscles this am. The worst part was that I had to ride home 3 hours in wet clothes! Ick!

Jackie--I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers this week. It is comforting to know that he is no longer suffering and is at peace. Know we all love you hear and will be here for you when you return.

JenninMN--If you are barfy it must be real--those hormones are surging! I can understand the fear though. I hear that you worry about everything when you are pregnant, so I guess you are getting a good start on things.

Talitha--It's raining here too--AGAIN! My flowers are loving it, but I'm not. Good for you for resisting your sister's evil temptations last night!

Cathlaur--Welcome! It's good to have you on the board and with us on the SB WOE.

BOB--Now why did you let that Dr. go out of town?????? He must be made to understand that football season is a mere 12 weeks away and BOB must be able to work those organge shakers by then!!!!!

Deb--Hope you are feeling better this am.

Sorry this is short--I've got to head over to the church this am. Will try to post a longer response later.

Eating was great this weekend--totally OP!

Susan

Hello everyone.

I haven't gotten my TM walk done yet today. I've been talking to my mom. I'm going to get my butt on there as soon as I get done with this post though.

I got back on the right track yesterday; not just the exercise, but eating as well. Eating wasn't going all that good since the move and all, but I finally got back to my senses yesterday.

Not a whole lot going on here. Hubby laughed at me yesterday. I went and bought a water hose and it was raining. I got the hose to wash my car with. The one we had got messed up and he had never replaced it.

Quilter, That TM isn't all that hard to do. I was shooting for an hour on there, but with the kids running through the house fighting and yelling at each other and putting their feet on there, by 40 min. I had had enough of their mess. Hopefully after a few times of me being on there they'll get used to it and leave each other and the TM alone so I can do an hour. I love it that school is out so I can get a little bit more sleep, but I also can't wait for it to start back so I won't have to hear all the fights; am I awful or what?

BOB, Shame on your Doc to leave when he knows you are waiting on some very important info.

Zanne, I know about headaches, I had one for about 2 months straight about 2 years ago. It was a fake tumor, and now when I get a headache I run for the med. cabinet! Hope your back gets better.

Rosalie, I would love to hide the keys from him, only problem is I would have to do it while he's sleeping because it's on his key ring, and it would probaby make him mad too.

Teensy, Rain rain rain, I know it's good for growing stuff outside, but I sure am sick of it, and I bet you are too. I have no idea what it's going to do here today, you can't trust the weather people either, plus I haven't even looked to see.

Deb, hope you are feeling better. I hate it when nausia hits.

Jack-k, Sorry to hear about your dad. We are all here for you, thinking of you and praying for you and your family.

Jenn, Morning sickness does suck, just hope you are one of the lucky ones that only has it during the first trimester instead of the whole 9 months. My second one I would get sick anytime I smelled food cooking, so I had to keep my kitchen window open all the time.

Ok, now I'm off to get on the TM, and clean up the messes in the house the kids made. Talk to y'all later.

Jenn

Okay, so I THOUGHT I'd have all the time this morning to get on here and catch up with all the posts

Didn't walk this morning, too pooped, so I figured, I'd climb back in bed and hit the hay to catch up on some beauty rest. The phone rings, it's my yoga teacher, she needed a favor and wanted me to type up something for her as she doesn't have a computer, of course, I said "SURE!" and about 20 minutes later she was here, and she just left. She wanted to look up some things on the computer as well and then we talked, fed her a pot pie for lunch, she wanted to find a magazine and I found it REALLY cheap for her, and she bid on an item on Ebay for herself. Anyhow, as I said, she just left and I have to run to the bank to make a deposit before the payments I sent out today bounce higher than a rubber ball.

I have that dinner tonight and I'm sure I won't be able to get on the computer before than, though I am hoping to be home by 9:00-9:30pm to see if anyone is in the chat room, but don't hold your breath for me guys, even if I do get home in time MICHAEL may be on the computer doing things for finals-next Wed. is the last day of school, it's crunch time!

Sorry, I really DID have all intentions of getting a post in after I woke up, which of course, THAT didn't get to happen either. Tomorrow, ELI is off, not sure what were going to do but I hope to get in a least a quickie if nothing else before we head out.

Oh yeah, AND, MICHAEL'S friend ALEX, he'll be staying with us for about a week or so it seems. His father called and asked me if he could since they are selling their house and the closing should be today or tomorrow I think and they're new place won't close til sometime next week. Of course, I couldn't say NO, but I did fail to mention his son won't be eating much over the next week!

I did want to mention to JACKK my condolences to you and your family. I'm sorry to hear about your Dad. Our thoughts and prayers are with you!!

Gotta run

{{{HUGS}}}

Deb