Cristi - just have to say thank you for the card, and you'll never guess what?? I bought the exact same ones, lol, and they are in the mail! Great minds think alike, right? LOL!! Thanks again, Cristi! Btw, you've lost more weight! Good for you!!

Susan - you can just click on anyone else's ticker to get there.... you for sure need one with all the weight you've lost!

Marti - I thoroughly enjoyed our phone conversation today! Hope you had a good day at work. TGIF, right?

Mindee - so glad you are open-minded about the things I mentioned about your MIL. But she really should get the shot for FIL!!

Julie - well at least now you know what's going on with the baby thing! What a relief, huh? And you are a very good friend to do all that baking!

If I make 75 pounds lost tomorrow, I'll post a pic of what I'm rewarding myself with... a little bling-bling! Well, I picked it out, but my sweetie picked up the tab. He has been so very supportive!

See you tomorrow!

Hello Ladies
Ahhh another week down for football...are you all sick of me saying football? Cause Im sick of saying it. My friends said they felt like football widows,,,told them we would have had to been married and well since Im already married that wouldn't of worked...lol
I love the tickers you all have,,,gonna have to go and get me a ticker...*grin

Julie, I had the beginning stages of endro, which I guess is what you now have, and the pill does help. But last year I had an abalation, and omg has changed my life around. But since you are wanting to children you really can't, even thou some r. out there will say you can still get pregnant after. But after youve had your children and are still having heavy periods think about an abalation. If this tells you how much Ive changed, in the first 10 months after surgery I have used the same amount of pads as I would of used in one periods before surgery. I can't use tampons,,,not heavy enough...ahhhh I have to go for blood work to check my iron, and will find out how much higher its gone up.
Cristi thank you for the card,,,tomorrow I plan to do some errands, was going to go yesterday but we had a snowy slippery icy day,,,great day for a movie and a nap which is what I did.....*smile So I am hoping I find myself at Hallmark and then Linen and Things to buy more *fresh picked cotton and fresh cut flowers* for my mom and me.
Well need to get some sleep, this cold weather is killing me, Im cold and tired all the time....
Angie

Good morning ladies!

Angie - no, I never get sick of anything you say! I love to know what's going on in your and the kids' lives. I had no idea your weather was so severe! When you mentioned snow, I was thinking some softly falling flakes that didn't really stick, and ice never entered the picture! Come visit me in Indiana where the nights are 50ish, and the days are 70ish. Good sleeping weather!

Well, as you can see, I already ditched my ticker. I lost 2 1/4 pounds this week (and last), and the darn thing rounded it up to 77 pounds gone! I like accuracy too much to do that..... Anyway, peek in at the thread where I posted a picture of my 75 pound reward, if you have a minute.

Hope all the Jaded Ladies have a good day! BBL,

Jane - Thanks for the postcard...so sweet to take the time when I know you were having sucha great time. Congrats on the loss and you reward looks very bling bling, dahling.....Got me thinking of setting some kind of reward for myself to motivate me to get to the next level. Maybe a massage.....love those. Didn't know you were Lutheran - weren't you checking out new churches awhile back? Our church is ELCA Lutheran - a little different than Missoui Synod. I was raised and baptised in a Regular Baptist congregation, but had a rather ugly parting of the ways when I was a teen and my parents divorced. Went unaffiliated for 25 years, but now am very happy to be in a church family again


Cristi - Thanks for the Halloween card - so sweet, really getting me into the spirit here - DD turns 3 on Halloween and we are going to be busy. Glad you got your truck. Thought about you as I was researching Honda Pilots...though I know you were looking at different SUVS. I'm not much of an SUV person, but I am even less of a minivan person so when we have to move up to something with more seats, the Pilot looks really good. I think it is really wonderful of you to support your DS by going to Mass.

Julie - You are going to be so happy you looked into this while you were young. What you have sounds like what I had and it took around 2 years to get pregnant with DS. I wanted my first by the time I was 30, and was almost 32 when he was born - so we weren't too far off. But infertility sucks - there's no two ways around that one. The good news - the laparoscopy fixed it and it wasn't too terrible procedure, The other good news - carrying and giving birth to my son apparently "re-set" my system and after I recovered from it all, the problems went away. Getting pregnant with DD was a piece of cake. Whoever heard of a woman's fertility improving as she got older?! Well, there you go -

Wish I had more time for individuals but you are all in my thoughts - Have a great weekend
Katy

Morning everyone!!

Hey...did you see???? I'm Marti now! Not MNJ! (which wasn't too bad since it stood for Marti-N-James!)

Can't do individuals at the moment.....but I wanted to congratulate Jane for losing another 2 1/4 pounds!! Amazing!

I didn't do the weight loss on the ticker...I have it only as my weight. It seemed better that way.

Ok....must get my errands done. I will try to pop in later when I more time.

Enjoy your Saturday!!

Good morning ladies,
Congrats Jane, so tomorrow you can bring back the ticker when you have officially lost 77 lbs?
I was so tired last night I didn't take the time to wash Tan's fish skins ( really thin material that keeps the warmth in and the sweat out, and he wears this under his equipment) And of course part of it is black the other part is white so,,,,the timing is bad. Tanner is standing by the washer waiting,,,,lol ooo great time to teach him how to do laundry...ahhh gotta love that!
Tanner's agent contacted us to say she entered him in a audition for a western. Great another thing to add to my weekend...*sigh

house is a mess,,,arghhhh
on a happy note I joined the gym nearby.
gotta run Brandon has a open house at the college he wants to attend next year and has to email his buddy....
talk with you all later
Angie

Hi Ladies~

Angie~for some reason I was thinking Brandon was younger-didn't realize he would be attending college next year. I too didn't realize you were having such bad weather. I can deal with the snow but I hate the ice-really scares me to drive on it. Although, for the most part the city keeps the main streets clear, even through our subdivision. I dread the winter. WTG on joining the gym! I would love to but am a little shy about doing so by myself. Oh, and I too never tire or get sick of anything you say. I enjoy hearing about you and the kids.

Jane~well, CONGRATULATION'S on your loss and your reward! They are gorgeous and you totally deserve it! To be honest I don't know if I lost weight or not. I actually lost track of it and hadn't weighed in I don't know how long. Just haven't been motivated.

Katy~that must be fun (Leigh's BD on Halloween). Always thought it would be cool to have a BD fall on a holiday. The Honda Pilots are nice, our realtor had one and they are nice.

Marti~gee, all you ladies changing your names. I kind of wish I would have just left mine at Cristi04-may ask them to change it again but since asking already I don't know. Cristi04 was easier than the one now and I was used to it and still type it in. Hope you are getting all your errands done. Is Jhanai's party tonight? Can't remember I hope she has/had a good time.

Mindee~love your new avatar! So CUTE!!!

Julie~hope you are not exhausted from all that baking!

Hi to everyone else!

Busy day today for me. Got up early to go take DS to get his truck and sign the final papers. Had to return a book to the library, which was overdue, oops! Then me and Vince went to a Log Cabin/Home Show and had lunch. It was just nice to spend some time with him. It was a little different than the last one we went to which was a Garden/Home Show and had more landscaping stuff. Of course we walked through the mobile homes, not sure what they call them now days, Modular Homes??? Anyway, they were really nice. Then home to get the laundry done, oh joy. Didn't get much of anything done this morning before leaving. Anywhooooooo...hope everyone is having a great Saturday. Take care ladies and have a good weekend! See ya

In the midst of a blizzard Tanner played his game....it was big fluffy snowflakes that tickled the nose....
Brandon even came and watched the game. Then they both auditioned for Going West.
Not much else is happening,,,just thawing out.
ttfn
Angie

Happy Saturday night Jaded Ladies! I hope you all had a wonderful day today. I did a load of laundry and cleaned 2 bathrooms, fixed dinner and cleaned up after that. Other than that I was pretty lazy as it was rainy and dreary most of the day. I finished the book I was reading but didn't start the next one yet. Thought I better get up and move some first so DH and I went out for a walk when the rain stopped. It really was quite warm after the wind died down.
I am still in the process of getting clothes ready for winter and have a huge bag for Goodwill in my trunk. I need to weed out the shoes now and I will be done.
Someone asked about me mentioning our traveling.(was it you Marti?) We have a winter place in Las Vegas and will be going out there in Nov. We will come home for 2 weeks in Dec. and then go back out until April. Fun,fun,fun. I do have a computer there, so I can still keep up on the Jaded Ladies!
Okay you guys changing your names or "handles." Don't confuse me..I am getting old you know. j/k I can't change my name...I am just Sue and not creative enough to come up with anything clever.
Don't mention snow! Oh no. I am hoping to get away from here before it snows as I hate being cold.
Sorry I haven't done individuals lately. I am so lazy.

BUT..Jane, thanks for the postcard that was so thoughtful of you. I am glad you had a wonderful family time. I think family is the most important thing in life. All types of families, may be a huge tribe or a family of two, but equally important.

Good Sunday morning Ladies,

I almost slept around the clock last night, crawled into my warm bed around 8 watched Standing Tall (The Rock) and after that crashed,,,woke up 9 am,,,and Im still yawning! It looks ccccold outside...lol I have theatre today and will have to leave my snug lil nest...

Something Monte asked me,,,Do you only get hot flashes during menopause? I answer yes,,,his reply darn can't wait for you to keep us both warm at night...cause our husky here (points to Skittles) isn't doing the job.

I watched my next play on dvd the other morning, Iolanthe.
I promised my friend Becky I would go over and chunk up her hair, large streaks.

Here we go with the football stuff now, Tanner's team lost 32 to 49 yesterday to the Kodiaks, hes a Colt. It got pretty nasty, Brandon (his first time watching a game) looks at me and asks when the brawling actually starts. I do believe in fair play and yesterday the other team were doing some not so fair playing, ok whatever. But the parents on our team just wigged out, screaming at the refs, yelling out you loser, and other pretty bad stuff. I was appalled. I felt that the coaches were the only ones who should address the refs in their own way. Well the Kodiak parents then started yelling back at our Colts parents and if you can just imagine. Some of the other Colt parents looked over at me to see what we should do, I was Shut up and watch your child play a GAME. if the Kodiak feel the need to do some bad moves it shows we are a threat to them, it will eventually catch up to them. Brandon was "well said mom", I thought so too.


Well I should get showered and out the house...brrrrr
Angie

Good morning ladies~

Not much going on of course since the day has barely gotten started. Didn't make it to Mass just feeling a little crappy. Okay, not feeling crappy, actually had a good night. Just have a kink in my left should that I can't seem to pop out on my own or with V's help-just a little bit irritating. Oh well that is what the chiro is for. Today is just going to be a lazy day for me, to an extent anyway. Will do a couple loads of laundry and get that finished up. Started yesterday when we got home but didn't get too much done. Two loads were washed & dried but not folded. V is working in the kitchen on another project so trying to stay out of there because he is using some stinky crap on the counter. Always working on something...next project is putting in wood floors on the whole main floor. Will probably wait till after Christmas for that though. speaking of Christmas...has anyone started Christmas shopping yet? DS started and I don't want to think about it but know I need to. Have been looking outside to see how we will decorate. Will be going to have our Christmas portrait done soon, with in the next week or so-need to make an appointment. Wish I could get the kids in it but they quit being in it a couple of years ago.. Anyhoo...think I will start The Notebook later, sounds like a good read.

Sue~that would be so cool to divide time between two places, especially Las Vegas!

Angie~I hated that when DS's played sports. I swear the parents were the worst especially this one guy and he didn't care who's kid it was. Of course he yelled more at his own kid which was horrible. Of course everyone wants to win but I think they forget that it is a game and it is supposed to be fun also. Soccer was the worst!

Jane~about the cards, I actually bought a bunch of different ones. I think I got two of several kinds.

Marti~hope you got all your errands done yesterday. I saw that you and Jane both were on when I was on yesterday, at different times of course but no one posted. Thought about going to the chat room but not sure if anyone goes there anymore.

Anyway ladies...hope everyone is having a nice Sunday. See ya

Hello girls

Hope you all are enjoying your weekend!!
I did make it through the baking, took me all night friday and from 6am til 3 yesterday to finish it all up... Luckily most of it got eaten , so it was worth all the baking!! Everyone seemed to enjoy it , so that made it worth me while a bit. Didnt step on the scale today because I know I havent been staying on track lately and I dont want to discourage myself anymore than I already am!!

Hopefully this week, I can get back into the swing of things!!! Just trying to spend today catching up on some schoolwork, because it really got neglected this week, with all my problems going on...

Jane: HOORAY on the loss, I know you are working hard on that!!! It's nice that DH supports your goal!!

Hello to Everyone else!!!

Julie

Good Morning ladies--

How is everyone doing today? Well Jhanai had her little Halloween Party last night, she had lots of fun. I wanted to get some pictures but she didn't have her costume before we left (the woman having the party made it) and when I picked her up, her face was all smeared from bobbing for apples! She didn't want anything done to her hair (what!?) and so she was a simple vampire.

While Jhanai was at the party, James and I had 3-4hrs to spare so we went to the mall where JCPennys is...and went shopping. I bought myself a couple tops and a sweater and James.....well, lets say, he loves to shop and seeing a bunch of 50% off items went crazy! But at least now he has lots of shirts! Time to go back next sale and get him some pants! We spent over $100 on just shirts.....and the woman at the counter said we saved $140! So it was all good.

Cristi--I was on last night a few times...I had PM'd Suzanne about my password. I had no idea what it was and we have computers at the hospital that we can use and I thought maybe if no one was usisng one I could post.....but then I thought "What's my password?" So I kept checking in to see if she got my PM....she did and now I finally know my password again! Anyone else forget theirs? I was intending to start my Christmas shopping last night before James and I hit JCPennys....I kind of want to shop when I do'nt have to pick up Jhanai afterwards...that way she won't see the bags! Next weekend though. Oh---Thank you for the card! I got it yesterday in the mail. Jhanai is alway liking it when I get any mail from you girls.

Angie--Wrap yourself up warm girl! I had forgotten that Canada gets snow earlier than we do! Actually, for Oregon, we're lucky to get snow every year. It's always rain. But we do get snow every now and then, last year we had some. James and I went for a walk in it and the whole neighborhood was out as though we all had never seen the stuff......this was around 10:30 at night...so it was a bit bizarre to see everyone that late.

Sue--Yep, it was me asking about the traveling....so you're flying south for the winter?? My grandparents have neigbors who leave every winter for Arizona....they right after the holidays and come back in the Spring. The woman gets severe depression in the winter and doing this has made a huge difference. I'm glad that you have a computer there so you can keep in touch!! When do you leave?

Jane--I got your postcard yesterday. Jhanai got the mail and was excited that it came from Disney World. When do you get your 75lbs reward? That is such a lovely gift. Now, was this something you have wanted and thought of yourself or did your Honey say he would like to get your something and had you pick it out? It's beautiful! If I were to lose my 50lbs total, I will have to figure out what I would like to get myself!


Hello to the rest of the girls out there! I better get myself dressed. I have some more errands to run......I forgot to buy cat food yesterday! And I need to make a late breakfast.

You all have a great Sunday Morning!

Julie--You snuck in a little post during my long novel! I'm glad that everyone enjoyed your desserts!!
Hope you get to have some time today to relax a little before you hit the books studying!

Good Afternoon, ladies!!

Katy - yep, I was shopping for a church where the whole family could go to communion, since the Lutherans don't allow that. But when I did find a place, they didn't go anyway, so I said heck with it, and went back, lol.

Marti - yay!! So glad you've got your name, although, like you said, MNJ was special, too. Glad Jhanai had fun at the party! In past years, Neal and I have dressed up, but not for awhile. Now I wish I'd planned something!

Angie - wow, I'm so proud that you've joined a gym! I know I should do that, but think I wouldn't follow through! Hope one or both of your boys gets a part in the new play. When will they find out? Glad you took the high road at the game! I hate to see parents acting like idiots at any kids' sports events..... Btw, I never had hot flashes when I went through menopause. Your sweetie may be SOL!

Cristi - the Log Cabin/home show sounds like lots of fun! Yep, I've started my shopping, and really don't have that much more to go, since I'm only getting most of the family 1 gift and filling in with cash. Katie is the exception since she is still at home. And Neal, too, of course.

Sue - I've finally found someone to ask if they want all my too-big clothes. I approached a woman at church who I though they would fit, and said "I know my old clothes would be too big for you, but do you happen to know anyone who could use them?" She said they would fit her, and is happy about it, and so am I! I'm going to have a whole lot more storage in the shed, now that all those cantainers will be empty!

Julie - you gotta be so glad all the baking is over with! Was the shower nice? Get some rest this weekend, ok?

Jen - where are you???????

Hi to Susan, Shanna, Mindee, Kathy, Katiecat, Ellen, and anyone else reading this!

Thanks to everyone for the congrats for me reaching 75 pounds gone! I am wearing the bracelet and earrings now, with an emerald green top, gray slacks and gray dress shoes, for church today. Remember how I got the charms to represent different things for losing 50 pounds? And I got the gold and ruby bracelet for losing... was it 25? Anyway, different people have asked me what would be my reward for 75 pounds gone, within Neal's hearing. So then, in private, he asked what did I want for that goal... I told him I wasn't sure. So when we were shopping the other day, I saw these, and fell in love with them, so he ponied up the $$, and told me how proud he is of me! I am a lucky woman, because he has always bought me nice gifts, not just now that I am losing weight. He has been known to hide gifts in different places, such as under my pillow and even in the crisper drawer in the fridge, lol.

We're going to DS's in a few minutes to celebrate his birthday. Lots of birthdays in a row....

BBL,