Lori, it sounds like you're doing real well. Great Job on 2 miles in 20 minutes. I forgot about the dr. suess books. I love to read them to DD too. There fun!

Penny, have a great day. HOpe Hunter's school things goes well.

Good monring all,
Wow, you all posted a lot yesterday. My computer really screwed itself up, so I wasn't able to post again.
I weighed myself this morning, and am down 1 lb. I was suppossed to take the boys to a swimming pool for play group this morning, but its only in the low 50's, so we are going to the park instead. My boys really like the park when they get to wear their sweat pants, it makes them shoot down the slides really fast.
Jill, I love my crockpot. My MIL bought me one last year that has a timer, and after the times up, it keeps itself warm. I saw at wal mart the other day that you can buy the timer for $5, and plug a regular crock pot into it. I will defineatley be using mine alot this winter since I won't be home to cook. That way dh will just have to serve whatevers in it, and not much clean up.
Welcome back, Melinda.
For those of you on the east coast, I hope the weather doesn't get too bad for you the next few days. Hi to everyone. Have a good day.

Hi all, I've been MIA since early yesterday. Long story. I've had a terrible week and I'm glad it's Friday. I'll talk longer later, now I'm gonna go take a nap. I'm having one of those feeling sorry for myself days. I'll explain that later too. So I'm gonna nap and when Andrew gets up and we have lunch, tv is off, radio is on and I am going to clean, organize and rearrange until I don't even think about feeling sorry for myself.
Hope everyone is having a great day.

QOTD: It depends on the child. When we started reading to Alisa, her favorite was The Foot Book and me and dh had it memorized so I loved reading that one. When Ally started to read with us, she loved one of those books with buttons and nursery rhyme songs on each page, she LOVED it, so I loved reading that with her. Now it's just whatever book they pick out. Andrew likes to sit and look at books, but he doesn't care to have them read to him yet.

TTYL

Good morning all!

Ok, first my WI-- didn't gain or lose. Still at 125.5, so I am happy with that. Next week won't be too great since TOM will be hitting soon after but o-well... I get like one good WI a month, lol.

Next QOTD-- I love books! My fav to read the kids are-- Fox in Socks (great tongue twister!) A House is a House for me, and No more Monsters for Me, a very cute book. I'm sure there are more but those came to mine first. I still have all the books I had growing up that I read them too, I treasure those.

OK, guess I don't get to see Dh today. He has to be in Colorado tonight so he'll have to be driving all day. Sucks. O-well.. I knew it was only a chance of getting to see him. But he will be home next friday so that is good! So instead I'll be doing my grocery shopping today and Ava has 30 stars now so she gets a new toy from walmart so we'll be doing that too.

And I have a dilemma, Dh worked his butt off this last week and we'll have some extra money to play with this upcoming week... so I am torn... we can buy a new computer (which we need) or I can get a new dinnette set and a entertainment center for my living room... which would you get?? or DH wants to get a hotel room in KC and go to the huge fair there ... so there are our options... what would you pick???

Ricci, congrats on the #1 down!!! That is great! Are you still enjoying ww? Have fun at the park! I'm debating taking the kids to ours too but I know it will be crawling with people... when school starts here I will take them more.

Penny, hope Hunter has a great day of school? Is this kindergarten?

Lori, congrats on your hard work at the gym!! Sounds great!

Mel, can't wait for your wi!! and I am the same, I never weigh as soon as I get up. I get up and wake up a little, use the bathroom a couple time, lol, and then take a deep breath and get on, lol.

Michelle, hope everything goes well with dh's surgery! And I can agree that part of you is torn about it, but you know it's for your health! My dh made a comment the other day about having it done and I wasn't ready to hear it, lol. I just don't know if I am done, I mean I'm only 24 so maybe by age 30 I'll be ready to talk permanent birth control. You know? And all that remodling sounds tiring!! LOL.. but I'm sure it's going to be so great when it's done! Take lots of before and after pics! OK?

Jill, I enjoyed beating... I mean playing you last night too! LOL... We'll definitely do it again soon!! And I think monday's will be great to do our flylady challenge on. So maybe monday's around 2 pm central?? or 6 pm central? Somewhere in there, lol. Let me know!

Ok, I got to get the kids dressed and us out the door. I'm debating if I want to just go grocery shopping here in my town and hit the small walmart for Ava or just drive to the next town and do it all at a super center.Hmm... not sure. TTYL!

Crystal, you snuck in on me, lol. So sorry you have been having a rough time! I am here for you!! And I am so glad to see that lilipie thingy in your signature!!! I'm always wondering week to week how far along you are and I know you get tired of me asking, lol. Now I can see it for myself!! Take a good nap and I truly hope your day gets better for you. How did your mom's kitchen come out? Or is that part of the problem? If you ever need to talk you can call or pm me or whatever you like. I am here!

HI Ladies! I am hating to do this too...but I really have to do a quick hi how are ya to everyone! I think that I am going to fall asleep if I sit here too long, it took me forever to read what I missed yesterday all afternoon! I will try and get back this afternoon , when dd is down for her nap, but I really need to get all my errands done todya! bank, grocery store, bed,bath and beyond, etc, etc......always running!

okay - i hope ya all havea great day !!! Hopefuly I Will be back later!

Good morning

Julie- I'm also addicted to all the true crime shows - my fav of all is City Confidential on A&E! Hope you had a good evening.

Mel- hope today is better for you and there are no storms or power outages! Yes, DH is covering the hurricane in FL. I used to live in Tampa, so I'm curious to see what happens.

Jill- I've never had a crock pot, but since the baby wonder if that would come in handy. I know what you mean about wanting to be home. A lot of my friends/collegues from grad school don't understand what the heck I'm doing - like why in the world I'm not working or "using" my degree - but I am working! Motherhood is much harder and more demanding than grad school, but more rewarding too.

Angel- I haven't exercised for a while either - this week because of my cold So, how do you feel today? Is this the start over day? The dentist - I haven't been for a while either

Jaymi-losing 60 lbs is awesome!!! So I am confident that you can reach you're goal Glad DH liked the gifts.

Melinda- I LOVE the new pic of the cutie!!!! Thanks, but I've only been doing a medium job lately . . . the past three weeks I have been bad, bad, bad! So another baby may be soon on the way? Fun!

Penny- is Hunter excited about school?

Spryng- do you get to see DH today?

Michelle- sorry about the little loss of no more pregnancies . . . I know ya'll made the decision that's right for you, but know what you mean about the "loss."

Lori- it sounds like you have an excellent support system on the exercise - good for you!

Cindi- on the loss!!!!

Crystal- oh no - hope your today treats you better than the rest of the week.
If the rest of your week was anything like that day at the doctor's office, I can only imagine. I'm thinking of you and sending my prayers!

Spryng- great on maintaining - especially with TOM on the horizon! As for your dilemma- that's hard. All three sound like good options . . . is there a way you can weigh the pros/cons of each and come up with what you want to do?

QOTD: Barnyard Boogie and I Know the Moon.

Well, the in-laws are evacuating Sarasota. DH and his crew are trying to determine where they should stay- they have to be in the storm . . . they may go stay at the in-laws house. I wonder where the eye will hit and what will happen. Liam just fell asleep, so once he's deeply sleeping I'm going to get a shower in (imagine that!).

Hi, Kristin - missed your post! Hope you have a good day.

QOTD: Yesterday: my favorite job was a cashier at wal mart. I really enjoyed the discount. My favorite books to read to my kids: Any Little critter book, Bear snores on, Dr. Suess, Love you forever, and if I could find it from my childhood, Rocks in my Socks.

Ricci, Yippie on the pound down!!!!!!!

Kristin, I hope you day gets a bit better! I'll be thinkin about ya.

SPryng. Well, here's my idea. Have someone piggy back your current hard drive with a new one. You will have a clean slate on the computer for about 100.00 and still be able to access information from the old hard drive. You probably don't need a new screen or keyboard. Then get your dinette or wall unit too. Maybe you can squeez in all three than....Just a thought.

Leigh, what is your husbands name again? My parents were on VACA in the Florida Keys and got evacuated yesterday and are now in Miami. They probably won't get a flight home for a while. Hope you are feeling better!

My weigh in yesterday was 205.5, but today it was 207. I did have alot of salt yesterday, so i'll check in tomorrow and see what happens. I'm sure I didn't gain 1.5 since yesterday, I had about 1300 calories and did a two mile walk.

Just quick from me since I slept in and need to get to the gym. I am another pound down! I'm so excited! I just wanted to share my excitement and I will come back and get personal when I get back fromt the gym. Hope you all are having a good day!!

Okay, I'm so sorry for that last post. I just wanted to say Hi and that I was still here.

Melinda, it was good to see you back. I've wondered about you. Your little boy is sooooo cute.

Ricci, great on the pound down.

Leigh, thanks for the concern. To tell you the truth the day at the doc was about the worst, but on top of that with Andrew sick and simply not feeling good, he's been a pain all week. When does dh come back home? How is your cold?

Spryng, sorry you're not going to get to see dh today. You have gotten to see him alot more lately, that's a good thing. And after he finds out about that job, you may even get tired of seeing him, LOL. Thanks for your concern too. I tell you, I guess when it rains it pours. And you know my day may not sound all that bad, but I don't know if it's the pregnancy or the older I get, things tend to get to me more than they used to. And I thought that ticker was a good thing, even I tend to forget how far along I am sometimes. Spryng, about your situation of what to buy, I don't know what to tell you. What does dh think? That's right, he wants to go to that fair. Well, let the kids vote too, maybe they'll have some thouhts, who knows.

Hi to Jill, Penny, Cindi, Angel, Julie, Geri, Jaymi, Mindee, and anyone else I missed.

Okay, here's how bad it was. Yesterday I was at mom's all day. The floor guy was suppose to be there by 9 am and I made sure me and all 3 kids got up and ready to be there. He didn't show until 1030, so that bothered me. Then they said it shouldn't take more than a couple of hours, he left at 330. So this whole time I had to keep the kids away from him and his work. When you're not at home that's hard. Andrew was getting cranky since we weren't at home. The only place for him to nap is in a playpen and he's just getting too big for that, but he eventually did nap. I finally got out of there at like 5 or so. Came home after not being here all day and I was so tired and the kids were getting cranky and fighting and picking. Well, my dh had called and told me that the hay bales next to our house, behind my fil's house were on fire. The volunteer fire dept. was out here and several guys with tractors trying to contain it. There were still blazes but they were under control but that smoke was terrible. At first, it wasn't blowing to our house. Then all of the sudden, I started smelling it in our house. We have such an old home with drafts and cracks so it was coming in. Andrew was sleeping in his bed, which is directly where it was coming in first. And with his asthma, I worried about his breathing. I waited for a bit and I could tell it was getting to me. So dh said we may need to leave a take a bag in case we stay all night at my mom's. So after being home for like 30 minutes, I pack a bag, wake up Ally and Andrew and we go BACK to mom's. I packed a quick lunchable to feed my kids there. Then mom got home from work late at 740 or so and she is kind of cranky when she works late and coming home to kids isn't what she wants. She works in a daycare, LOL! So every little thing that my kids did, she had to say something to them. Keep in mind her stupid dog is sooooooo hiper and jumps ALL over my kids, but it was mostly my kids she would say something to instead of that dog. So staying there is NOT what I wanted to do, but I didn't have a choice and I didn't what the situation was at home. Finally 900 came around and I got the girls in their bed and then Andrew and I had to sleep on the sleeper sofa. Sleeping wasn't too bad, but wouldv'e been better at home. I woke up at 515 this morning and Andrew soon followed which made for a REALLY cranky baby. We got to come home at about 900 this morning. So it was just a bad time and I was getting tired of my mom, but I knew she was letting us stay there so I didn't really say anything that wasn't nice. I just kept it all in.
Now as to why I'm feeling sorry for myself. As I was fixing breakfast for the kids this morning in my mom's kitchen. Because she had to go to work early. I was thinking about how wasted her new kitchen is. She hardly EVER cooks. And I mean hardly ever. I thought I would USE this kitchen for my mom, it's more of a show for people to see. Then I thought her whole house is a waste. It's just her and my dad and there is a livingroom, a tv room, a sunroom, a guestroom, a playroom and her room, the bathroom and kitchen/dining. Her guest bed is all dressed up and it gets used sometimes, when the kids spend the night, but mostly the door just stays shut and it starts smelling musty in there. The playroom is great when the kids are there, but if it's not SPOTLESS when they're done, she gets irate, and I mean it's a PLAYROOM, for crying out loud. She'll even tell them to start cleaning when their still playing. The livingroom is just there because its the first room you walk in to, but she doesn't really need it or even have company that much. So for her and my dad they have a sectional couch in the tv room, a couch and loveseat and rocking chair in the tv room, a dining table with 2 leaves and six chairs and a bench table in the tv room too. So I just think to myself, they have so much for show and just to have, and I need some of that. I know, I know, they've worked for it and they deserve to have what they want, yadda yadda yadda, but still. I live in an OLD, OLD, 2 bedroom1 bath house. A loveseat and 2 recliners, the loveseat is torn and the stuffing is coming out. I'm just feeling sorry for myself wishing I had more rooms, a bigger house, some nicer things. And I know there are people wishing and praying that had what I have. And I know, it's actually a ten commandment to not want what others have. But you can't help yourself when you feel these ways.
So that's what's been going on with me and now I'm gonna make a few phone calls then start cleaning. I thought that if I cleaned my house then that might make me feel alittle better.

Quick Hello from me we started painting and now we are getting ready to go to the Doctors appt. I'll check in when everyone is in bed later tonight

Love to all
michelle

Good Afternoon all

I hope you are all having a good Friday. TGIF!! For the question of the day, Love You Forever, Rainbow Fish, The Moose and the Muffin, and The Mouse and the Cookie. I love children's books, I would love it if more adults read them because they teach, love, value, and common sense! And I know alot of adults who should read them .

Leigh is hubby going to be home this weekend? I hope so. He sounds like a great helper with Liam. How are you feeling?

Spryng, about spending the money if it was me I would spend it on something for the house. I love buying new furniture. But do what your heart tells ya, I don't want to tell you what to do. I am sorry dh is not coming home today. I know you and the kids miss him like crazy. Your menus sound great. Did you ever think of becoming a chef, lol!!??

Penny, I have been outing the carbs all week but my stomach is kind of upset so I might start phase two. I mean I have stuck with it since Monday. I might have to take some tums or maylox. I might try those new citrucel caplets.

Crystal hope your day today is better. Prayers for the little one Andrew. Thats gotta be hard. I hope everything works out for you.

Ricci congrats on the 1lb. thats great!

Jill I love my crockpot too. I have not used it in awhile but planned to in the winter.

Well Hi everyone, I know I am leaving people out but Hello. Julie

Hello again!

Well I got home around noon, went through taco bell for lunch, and that was good! Love those flex! LOL The kids had fun picking out their new toys. Bubba was 3 stars behind this morning but when I told him Ava would be picking her new toy out he busted his behind to catch up! LOL. So he did. Ava picked out a new barbie and some outfits and Bubba picked out a cute police car chase thingy... it makes all these noises and it like a game. I also bought them a new cartoon dvd, Sinbad. I taped it for them last month but I accidentally taped over it and Bubba was heart broken, he loved that cartoon. So I bought it today for them and they are watching it now.
Anyway, grocery shopping didn't take long because I had some stuff already. I still need to go after nap time to get one more thing.
And dh and I decided to go with the new entertainment center and dinette set! I'm so excited! Can't wait for next week now. I think I will just put a notebook computer on layaway somewhere today. But I'm still looking into it. I want a computer I can use anywhere in the house so if I'm doing a flylady challenge or something I don't have to be stuck in my room where I can't see the kids.
Is anyone near that hurricane?? Sounds so dangerous! I hope everyone stays safe today!

Julie, we have that If you give a Moose a Muffin book too, it's very cute! And I agree about buying something for this house. I want to re-arrange the living room so badly but can't with the current entertainment center I have. It's too big and only fits on one wall.. the new one I want is an armoire that closes up so it will look nice and I can close it all up when guests are over. And being a chef sounds like fun but I would have to know a lot more about cooking, lol. I do great with recipes but I am not a person that can just go throw stuff together and make a great meal, lol. But I do love to cook. It relaxes me.

Michelle, let us know how everything goes when you get a chance!

Crystal, I have felt the same way you do. In fact, just this week I was feeling bad about things. My in-laws have their own dump truck business... and it drives me so crazy because they are always behind on all their bills and sometimes the truck never makes money, and then there are times they make 3 grand in two days and blow it and it makes me upset because when we want something nice we have to save and budget for it and they just go blow money and then a month later they are selling it because they can't pay a bill or something. They have 4 vehicles. When we had our car it was dying on us and at times I couldn't get it to start at all so I would call them to see if someone could come look at my car or if I could borrow one of theirs until DH got in and they would whine about letting me use a vehicle!! Like it was their only one! And then they went car shopping and found two new vans they wanted and they almost bought them both but I was furious!! Here we were in dire need of a better car and they were so selfish with their 4 cars (2 vans, a truck and car) and wanted 2 more!!!! I about lost it! But thankfully they couldn't afford them that week so they didn't buy them, and then later the truck wasn't driveable due to bad wiring and the car died and one van's transmission went out and I was secretly happy... I know, terrible! But you don't know them! But then they understood how I felt with a unreliable car and I had 3 kids to drive around. So when we bought our new van and they continued to have money problems and car problems I was content. The tables turned a little. But we get along fine now but there are times I am so jealous of what they can buy and such when we can't. But in reality, they can't afford any of it either and the nice thing is we pay all of our bills and keep money in savings so when we buy something we can keep it and not return it a few weeks later because we need that money back, lol. So it's a catch 22 for them. But I totally understand how you feel.

Jill congrats on another lb down!! That is sooo great! Enjoy the gym!

melissa, I'm sure your body is just retaining water from the workout and salt. It will be gone tomorrow! And the hard drive idea is great except dh has decided he wants me to get a notebook, which I agree. I just have to get a wireless router too. So I'm looking into all that.

Michelle, where did you buy your laptop?? What kind is it and do you like it more than a desktop??

leigh, no I don't get to see dh today. He is on his way to colorado and didn't have time for me to meet him for lunch or anything. but that is ok.. I was hoping but I knew better than to get my hopes too high, lol. Are you back OP today?

kristin, hope you get all your errands ran today! Come back and post again soon!

Well, I guess I should round the kids up for their naps. Oh I did rent 3 movies for this weekend. 13 going on 30, secret window, and The Big Bounce... anyone watch any of these yet? I know Jill saw 13 going on 30 and she liked it, I know I will too, my kind if movie. OK, dinner tonight will be that white bean and sausage pasta. It's actually pretty high in pts (17 per serving!) so that is why I'm having it today so I can use flex on it. It sounds good though. Ok, TTYL!