Michelle- I just tried to join the mom's losing weight site, but for some reason it used my husbands info. He has a hotmail account. I don't know who runs the site, but if you get an email from a screenname"thebaldgod" that's my husbands.

Okay I think I got it now. Just waiting on an email confirmation

I';m back for a few minutes!

Well plan changed today of course. Ended up following dh in to get new tires on the back of the truck, front ones will be next week, went to Walmart and got deer hunting tags and snacks for scouts this afternoon, dh took Abby home and I went to Curves, got Abby ready for preschool, they canceled the trip to the library because it's raining, had to go back to Walmart because I forgot I needed to get a tote bag for Saturday, they didn't have any I like so I got material to sew one and line it then paint the outside, stopped to get my glasses fixed and he wasn't in so I left them til tomorrow, got home and have to leave again in 30 minutes ot get Abby and scouts. Geesh and it's only 2 in the afternoon!

Spryng: Curves it great! The workout is so quick. The machines are hard to describe all of. There is a mat between al of the machines and they play a tape that tells you every 30 seconds to changes stations. Then every 10 minutes it tells you to step away from the station and check your heartrate for 10 seconds. You do the rotation 3 times in 30 minutes and it goes so fast. Today I found out the only way you can get the t-shirts, tote bags, mugs, etc is to earn Curves Bucks. I got 2 today for answering trivia questions. I'll get another one tomorrow for working out 3 times this week. T-shirts are 28 Bucks and she wasn't sure on the other things. As far as the other women, everyone comes in and out when they want, you just join in wherever. The only ladies I have seen have all been over 50....LOL! The lady that works there in the afternoons is 80!!! So I am working toward a t-shirt. Glad Bubba is feeling better and you are feeling good too.

Sherry: on the plan you choose!

Kristin: Put the broom away and stop in here for a while

Roxy: No, we don't butcher them, they just lay eggs, brown ones. So sorry you have sick kiddos! Sorry dd had to miss with perfect attendance. Mine all have it so far and I hope they don't get sick and have to miss any.

Chris: WTG on the workout this morning!

Michelle: WTG on your workout today! Go downstairs and show dh what you're made of with that new workout toy .

Steph: Birthdays here are: DH-8/14, DS#1-8/17, DS#2-12/29, DS#3-3/24, DD-1/8, me-11/13.

YEAH BUSH!!! We also got the governor, sheriff, lt. gov, and treasurer we wanted in there. Not to mention the congressmen and representatives.

I'll be back after dh leaves for work.

TTYL

Hey girls, just got back from a meeting with my teacher for my research paper class. I have been stressed about it so was excited to go in and get a little help and a point in the right direction however, that's not what I got. He told me SH*T you need to change your topic!!! I couldn't believe it! I felt like I was going to throw up! I mean I'm not against changing my topic but the rough draft is due week after next and it's 15-20 pages!! So anyway he's a really nice guy and is kind of a friend so I know he will give me a break but I still have to do it. He's going to call me at lunch to talk about it more cuz we were only scheduled to have a 10 minute meeting. I called my bf Heather who is one step ahead of me in terms of our school goals and has had the class before and she and I brainstormed and decided I should do my paper on proxemics which is how your surroundings affect your mood,ex: clutter, colors, warmth, cool etc. So I hope my teacher goes for it. Ok well enough about that, I feel better now that I told you all. I think I just needed to get that out. I know I can do it!!

As far as being OP I was pretty good yesterday and only 1.5 up with TOM here so I think that's ok. I haven't been very good the last couple weeks and all I can say is that I was going through a slum with my diet but I have finally realized that just because I had a couple hard weeks doesn't mean I should just give up all together. So I gained a couple pounds, I've lost 12 for crying out loud that is great! So anyway I am back OP today with water and food and think I can really do it now. I feel like I am back in control.

Ok I can tell this might be a long one, sorry. I'll get personal now so that I don't take up an entire thread page!! LOL

Crystal so sorry about Andrew's fingers!! Ahhh I know Bayley will do something like that soon and it scares me. However I do know that it's part of growing up and learning so I will try not to freak out too much. I'm glad Bush won too. I have been a little skeptical of him just because education in Oregon has been so screwed up but I think he will try to make it better these next 4 years I hope. I know with the war on terror it just makes other things less of a priority but I have to focus on that kind of stuff being a teacher and all I don't know about you but all the media seemed to lead me to think that Kerry was going to win this election. Seemed like everywhere I turned it was pro Kerry anti Bush talk. Did you find this too? Kind of funny how he won it in the end! LOL Makes you wonder about the media huh?

Mel sorry you are not feeling good. Good for you for going to the gym anyway. I can't go till Bayley feels better since they don't allow sick kids in the daycare. It's a good rule though, I wouldn't want them there if they were sick and Bayley was well. I hope to be back at it full force next week.

Deana how do you even have time to post?!! You are one busy lady. So glad you are going to curves! That will really help your weight loss efforts. I'm just so proud of you! You have been going strong for 2 months now right? You really found something that works for you, that's great! Sorry about the chickens. That kind of stinks that they took a lot of them when you did all the work, definitely buy them next year.

Hi Spryng glad Bubba is feeling better. Fevers are scary! Glad you are feeling better too. I am def. going to try that Zycam if I feel a cold coming on. I know that stuff I got for the flu works awesome but I don't think they have anything for colds. Oh man I was looking up meals on BK and McD websites last night and OMG!!!! The whopper with cheese king size meal has 1830 cal, 79 fat, 237 carbs, 117 sugar and 42 protein!!! I thought I was going to die!!! I don't eat that stuff but dh tries to. He doesn't eat is as often now because I make sure he always has things to take in his lunch and dinner is always made but if he had his choice he would eat it everyday!!! 30 grams of fat a day is supposed to maintain your weight and that meal was almost triple!! Anyway makes me never want to eat ANY fast food again! On a good note though the BK fire grilled chicken salad with a diet coke is only 250 cal, 7 fat, 20 carb, 5 sugar and 26 protein and that's with ff ranch. So there are some good choices out there you just have to research. Sorry about the book but I just thought these facts were interesting and you did ask didn't you?

Sherry don't even get me started on internet games!! Now I'm really in for it! LOL I'll have to check it out now, darn it!! I'll be playing those instead of doing my paper like I am supposed to!! CORE is a great program and I have found that I don't crave starches if I don't get to eat them for a day. If I can refrain from eating them for the first few hours of the day my body doesn't tell me that I need them. However as soon as give in I can't have just one, it's all over! LOL You should give it an honest try and see what you think.

HI Kristin!!!! Have fun with your errands. Bayley looked so cute in the costume I forgot to tell you. I will post pics later. I will try and get it out by next week so I don't forget! THanks so much for letting be borrow it!!

Michelle thanks for chatting with me last night! And also for that great site, and now it has chat!? That is so cool! Also, spoiled much? DH does laundry? Geez! Well my dh will do it if he has to but that's only if he has nothing to wear and then he does a super huge load that is too big for our washer and screws things up, I think he does it on purpose LOL Good job on the workout!

Roxy, hmmmmm cigarrettes and whisky? I'll have to try that! LOL I thought I was going to faint when I thought of you doing 12 peoples laundry. I would have to have like 4 washers and dryers to keep up with that. How do you do it? Oh ya I forgot your crazy!! Just kidding! LOL Hope you are getting some of it done!

Steph mmmmm apple muffins sound good! I'm assuming their low cal right? LOL Most of our birthdays and such are on the MSN site under important dates. You can check them out there and add yours to it. Hope you are getting a lot done!

Oh man Oik I think I am done. I need to get going on some more research and also start my other paper that is due tomorrow night. Does my life ever slow down? NO!! Ok have a great day girls I will TTYL!

Hi!
Just gonna blitz in for a sec. before picking up skadiddles from school. Have to pick up bias tape for DD, her apron is due Friday (home Ec). Grab some groceries, get a Little screw thingy for DS's glasses and make that window of opportunity inbetween feedings for #10. Since DD is home I don't have to take three with to pick up Five more. I will be alone in the car! Whoa! Jill's right, I am crazy! BTW isn't that organizational thing related to mood and positive energy called "feng shui"? Now, I can think of something to make for supper while I'm ALONE in the car. No, I didn't catch up on the LAUNDRY, I could only get six loads done cause DH, was home too. Nuf said.

"Remember, housework done properly, can kill you!" can't remember who said it, but it's true!
TTYL
~Roxy

Roxy,
I like the term parent/torture conferences better. I found out so far that my little Kayla is a chatterbox in school. At least she's doing really good though. Smart little cookie! I have Tiana's conference in an hour. I dread that one. She struggles in school on some things. Her report card was good though. Her only low grade was in Social Studies.

Jill-try that slingo.com. I signed up for it today too. Another addictive website. I have it bookmarked in my favorites right along with pogo.com

Hi all to the rest of you. We got some nasty weather rolling in again. The house is getting cold. I'm going to have to turn up the heat a bit.

~chris

Hi all, got about an hour and a half nap in. That was great, I felt sooo tired. Dh didn't get to work on the house today. Hasn't rained, but been cloudy and gloomy all day so no sun to dry anything. Now we're looking towards Monday to pour and I think that will work because it shows sun for the next 5 days, we'll cross our fingers.
Anyways,
Spryng, what did you send my way??? Andrew woke up from his nap with a slight fever. 101 to be exact. Not bad but along with his crankiness it's enough. I gave him some Tylenol. It could be his teething, I think he's working on molars and he chews on his fingers until he is literally dripping in spit.
Jill, so glad Bush won. I didn't find the media was leaning towards Kerry, I just knew it was going to be tight, but I knew that Bush was a better man and like I said, I felt like God put him there for a reason. I hope he fixes education all around, but education is also a state thing and Bush was governor here before he became Pres and I don't know as much about public education, but Texas is THE easiest state to homeschool in. That's great for me. Thats' who you need to focus on is the governor.
Anyways ladies, I still have no idea what dinner is going to be and with Andrew cranky I don't have time to make anything too big and time consuming.
Sorry to blab, I'm gonna go clean up the kitchen, ttyl.

my slingo name is hurley1751 if anyone is looking for me! LOL ya I am doing homework at the same time so it's ok, right?

I am having a rotten day. My kids are all just awful today. I'm still upset and still shaking. I had Tiana's parent/torture conferenced (Roxy's lingo) and went to pick up the kids from my mil's house. I get there and all of a sudden the fight is on. They are hitting each other, screaming and tantrum throwing. The worst was Nicole. Kayla kept screaming at me and slamming off to the bathroom. Her and Nicole took my MIL's lotion and smeared it all over the bathroom sink. Nicole got mad because I said no to the popsicle and it got really ugly from there. Kayla tackled Nicole and slammed her to the ground for playing with her stuff. I have never been so embarrassed and humiliated in my life. After I fought Nicole to change her diaper and put her clothes back on...I left crying. I was so upset. I have never had them act like that...esp. in public.
Makes me wonder why I just didn't stay working full-time. I just cannot handle days like this. They seem to be getting bossier and snottier. Where are my angels? I know I'm not the only one with kids who act up...but show me someone else who's gone through this and what happened. My frustration level is at an all time high. I hate telling them 4-5 times to do things they should have done. And I can just feel that "giving up on it all" feeling hitting me right in the face. Oh well, thanks for letting me vent.

~chris

Hi ladies.

Chris: Sorry you had a bad day . I am with you honey! I have had a horrible day as well. Actually it got bad at scouts. Our leader has had it! She told the boys today that there won't be any more scouts because she quits. There are so many issues I don't want to bore anyone. But I honestly don't know how she has done it this long. But 75% of it is her son too. He is kind of an only child as her daughters are grown and gone and he is just fine with any of the boys one-on-one....get them all together and he wants to be king of the hill. Gets the attitude that it's his mom, his house and he doesn't have to obey the rules. I hope it didn't make her mad but I had to get on him today for hitting another boy. I told him if he couldn't keep his hands to himself I would send him to his room. Then when I get home, I have a phone call, kids asking when is supper, I'm trying to fix dh's supper and lunch and get him out the door and I lost it. I got dh's stuff done then when the microwave went off with my diet meal in it, dd came in to ask if hers was ready. I yelled at her, went to the pantry to find I only had one box of mac n cheese left to feed 4 kids and I got pissed and threw it at the stove. Needless to say it broke all over my stove and the floor. So then I had a mess to clean up, hungry whining kids and a dh ready to live at work.....like he doesn't already! Then my mood got even worse when he came and started making excuses for dd. I just told him I deal with it all the time because she makes me so mad asking for food, eating a few bites and being done then 10 minutes later she's hungry again! Drives me crazy. I don't know what's wrong with me. I feel like they think I'm a miracle worker and I can just snap my fingers and make whatever they want appear. I even told dh that I will just stop dieting and working out because it's selfish and everything else around here has gone to **** since I decided to do something for myself and that I'm not only doing it for me, I'm doing it for everyone else around here. He told me he appreciates it....pishawwww! Sorry.....I'm crying now. I just needed to vent. And to top things off today I found out that a guy I knew a few years ago and still know his mother, was found burned beyond recognition last night in his car and they don't know what happened yet. I am very worried about her because family is everything to this woman and she's not handling it well at all. And there is another woman I know who found out she had 2 brain tumors and lung cancer, she's never smoked a day in her life, and when she went for biopsy they found out it was spread all thru her. She is now in the hospital and not expected to make it to the end of the week. Man my day sucked! It will be better tomorrow I hope. One thing came of it though, ds#2 came in and I asked him "may I help you?" and he looked at me and said the same thing. Then he helped me clean up the macaroni and make something else for them to eat. Then ds#1 came in and gave me a hug and asked me to cheer up. I just told him I would if everyone would leave me alone to cool off. Maybe I am doing something right. I have wondered if any of my boys have any compassion. Maybe they are figuring it out. Needless to say it's pretty quiet here now. They don't want me mad again. I hope I don't sound like a terrible mother, but I get so angry when everythign piles up and they won't help me around here. Everything I do is for them. Is a little help too much to ask? Ok I think I'm done. Thank you ladies!

Jill: on your paper. Actually I have been going at it for about 2 and a half months now and am down 22 pounds and a total of 5 inches. Thank you.

I am going to pogo to play and try to calm down. I am resisting the temptation to go to slingo..... .

TTYL

P.S. Anyone going to chat tonight. I will check in about 10 to see if anyone is there.

Thanks for all the support during my pre employment meltdown. I am a little better today!!

Spryng...Glad I am not the only one going through this craziness. All of my kids are in school except Christian and he will be going with me to work. He will be in the class above mine. The older boys will care for the younger ones after school and Hope will be going to a friend's house or staying afterschool at her preschool. I have decided to just relax and remember that I do have teens that will just have to help! I may also have to relax my standards just a bit for the time being until we get into a flow from the huge change about to take place. But you have to do it all on your own with your dh gone all week, so what the heck am I complaining about???

Chris, my kids acted up at the doc's office today...when they finally called my ds, I accidentally shouted "Praise God!!!"



I was so ready to get out of that place by the time it was time to leave. I have been in tears on some days like today before, so I know how you feel. Just try to get away on your own for a little while to regroup! Maybe you just aren't taking any time for yourself and you really need that! Not that I practice what I preach enough, but I am sure it would work if we tried it

WTG on Curves, Deana! I am waiting to join the gym until I see what my life is really like! I imagine the first couple of weeks I will be worn out until I get a routine going. I hope you get alot out of it. I don't know anyone who has done the curves thing around here, so I hipe it's a good program! Most of them are when you actually follow the program.

Time for some kid time, be back later!

Love yas!!

Hey ladies!

Well I just got done reading your posts on the kids being naughty and they really made me feel better because Taylor has been a Terror lately. So don't feel bad and I don't think any of us can "handle" them on those days I was thinking of locking Taylor in the closet (hey its big closet ) I even asked Spryng if she thought I could do it without getting trouble.

So hang in there girlies I'm sending hugs out to you

Okay I've gotta get ready for work now I'll try and post while I'm at work.
Love to you!
Michelle

Hi Y'all,

Chris and Deana, I'm so sorry to hear of your rotten day. I can surely feel your pain. Isn't something odd though, see if this isn't true. I do not have half the trouble raising my DS(s) that I am having with my lil' honeys. I'm not talking about cats in the refrigerator either. Really happened. Girls are harder, sorry to say but true. Wish you a better day tomorrow. Tomorrows a new day with no mistakes in it yet. Take care!

~Roxy

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