Hello Everyone,

I'm stuck here at work on this Friday. Like Lynn, we're having yucky weather. I wish it would just rain already.
My yard is already getting brown from lack of rain.

Lynn - Did you take your trip to Disney this Spring? How was it? DH and I are taking our kids at the end of August. My Father in Law turns 75 Sept. 3rd. So we'll hit the In-Laws who live in Boynton Beach, FL and then go to Disney. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I CAN'T spend all week with the In-Laws without going crazy! FIL might not make it to 76! LOL

Theresa - Do the molars come in before the front teeth fall out? I always had trouble with my teeth so I don't know what is typical.

Cindy - do you know what your schedule looks like yet while you're in the DC area? Think you can fit me and Lynn in ?

What's the status with CAB? Her baby isn't too far from being a year old already

When is Viv due back? I missed the postings re: why she had to go to CA. Her Father is having an operation or something? Hope he is all right.

Well, I better get back to work. Take care everyone.

Laurie

Boy I was surprised to see that I am the last one to write anything.

Hope you all had a good weekend. We finally got some rain in the DC area. My grass and plants are happy.

I should take a poll. For anyone who has moved in the last 5 years, how long did it take you to unpack? We've been here 5 wks and we're still bringing a few things back from my friend's house. Maybe she won't notice the stuff is there so I don't have to go get it. LOL

Jessica (6 yr old) had a big weekend. She learned how to do the hoola hoop. She has already moved on to doing hops and spins as she is swinging her little hips. Maybe I'll do it with her so I can get my waistline back.

Well, I better sign off and get to bed. Have a good Monday.

Laurie

Good Morning,

I've been MIA for a few days, was sick last thursday and part of friday. Had daughters college graduation on saturday, a HUGE party for her on Saturday night, a hangover on sunday, and yesterday was back to work. BUT on the BRIGHT side-----I have ONLY 8 days left>

Laurie-yes, I will be in DC in early June, I get there late on saturday the 2nd, for a family reunion, and I leave to come home on wednesday afternoon. I'm hoping that we can all meet on tuesday evening for lunch.

Robin-you sure don't look like you have 50 pounds to lose, are you following the health chart for weight?

Lynn-actually I would love to meet kids that do bomb threats, would love to slap the cra* out of them and their parents. Are you the realator for your mom's house? Hope you get a commission. LOL

Theresa-how does it feel to be OVER THE HILL ???? LOL

Cindy

Hey Girls, I'm back.

The operation went well, incredibly well for an 80 yo man in not such great shape. AFter the surgery we had to deal with the pain, the moaning, the hallucinations from the drugs, the crabbiness, etc.....BUT I have to say the hospital was amazing - and it was like the UN, as it is a teaching hospital and there are students and doctors there from all over the world. I thought that was cool. My fave doctor is Ethiopian - I wanted to take him home with me!

Anyway, I survivied it and have to say I did learn a few things about myself. I learned I ammuch stronger than I thought, first of all. And I also learned this profound thing: "Being a parent prepares you for being a child". Now think about that one and tell me if you get it!

The food in SF was awesome and so cheap and fun. I had lost another 4 before the trip and gained back two, but I am totally back OP on Sugarbusters and psyched to be there. I have a big birthday party to go to in July so my mini goal is 6 more lbs by then.

How is everyone doing on their plan?

YOu know, I love the SB board but there is one "chick" there who is really offending me and has done so on several occasions, with the way she speaks to people. This gal is in her 20s, unmarried, no kids, unattached, and speaks like she is the all-knowing, all-wisest person ever. Today she really upset me by being very judgemental to a new member who is going through the heartbreak of invitro. So I am emailing her my feelings, OFF the board, becasue it's a great board, but my goodness, enough already. Then she has a website about dieting where she yaps some more, and this is one of the lines from the site: I was trying to get Chris' email address off this website she has, and look what I found. I for one did not know Jews and cripples were similar. I am one step away from reporting her to the 3fc police. This woman is dangerous.


"Having been a fat chick all my life, I understand what it's like to be overweight. Yes, I realize that life is unfair for Entities of Color, cripples and Jews. But there is a special torment reserved for fat people." Now how offensive is that to Jews and "Entities of Color"? I didn't know we had the same handicaps as some poor crippled people!!!! Oy vey!

Anyway....

laurie - welcome back. you moved? I must have missed something....fill me in. Dad had lung cancer surgery and they have gotten the whole tumor.

Lynn -= did the house sell? Wow! How is Barry doing at the new school?

Ellie - are you doing SB?

Hi to Theresa, Cindy, Linn, Jill - WHAT IS UP WITH CAB??? Harry sent an email to her daughter like a month ago and they never answered! I hope all is okay.....


More soon,
Hugs,
viv

Hi All!

Just a quicky to say HI!!!

Have been extremely busy and this is the first time I've been able to sit here and type something in days. Between DH (being a S***!), Barry and Rachel (acting like little S***s!) and my parents (my mom especially, but that's a whole nother subject LOL), I feel like I've been in a maze and will never get out.
I'm just so tired!!!!!

Viv - Barry will start the new school next year. Didn't think it would be wise to move him with less than a month left. I think I made the right move. Have heard now that at least 12 teachers are transfering out and the Principal has asked for a transfer out. All because the BOE redistricted the school last year. Real shame, it was a great place when Rachel went there.

Cindy - Stand in line girlfriend! I want at those kids and parents first for sure. This is just plain rediculous. These kids have to much time on their hands and no parental stability behind them to be able to do this kind of crap.

Oh well, gotta get ready to run again. Off to pick up the little ...........

Later,
Lynn

Hi Guys,

well I'm officially "over the hill" as of Sunday boo hoo!

DH gave me a surprise party Sat night. went to a friends Bat Mitzvah came home around 10 pm to a house FULL of friends and family! I kinda knew something was up, dh isn't very good at lying. lol I swear if you ever had an affair I know immediatly.....he's like a kid, I can read his face! but anyways....my mom and both sisters were here. got tons of great gifts, including a book on menopause! LOL DH gave me an emerald/diamond ring (that's my birthstone)--It's just beautiful! also a book on getting a salt water aquarium started.....just need to read the book and go buy it.

oh yeah, I did go to WW Sat morning and I was down 1.4 so that was good news.

It's flat cold here today. I've got shorts on, but I'm about ready to go put on something warm, like sweats! and it's rainy again......ick! geez, hope it doesn't SNOW! ROFL

Viv, I'm glad your dad did well with surgery. poor guy, it's very painful surgery. how'd your kids manage without you? ----- sorry to hear someone isn't being so nice on the other thread. that usually happens with very large groups. you end up with someone being a jerk. did he/she respond to your email?

Cindy/aka "smarty pants" lol just you wait, and don't forget you're coming to my house this summer.....so you'd better be NICE! lol

oh Gosh, Laurie, I've got things packed from when I got married! I've been in this house 4 yrs.......still not unpacked. I'm not sure it's possible! lol

Lynn, I'm sending some more rain your way......should be arriving tomorrow. I'm glad you're switching schools. isn't school a pain in the tush! I get sooooo sick of it at times. ---- how's your dh feeling? did he ever join a gym?

ok, gotta go close the kitchen window, it's REALLY cold in here!

Robin

see ya,
Theresa

Evening Everybody!

Had a rotten day! Really feeling lost and depressed. Barry went out of here yelling his head off because he bent his glasses again. Like I did it for him. Then I took a look around the house and got sick looking at the mess. Then I started thinking about DH and what a jerk he is being lately. Oh well you get the picture. Lots of tears and now the day is just about over. Really did me alot of good.

WOW THERESA!!!! I bet you had a great time at your party and what a wonderful DH you have. If mine ever gave me something like that without me asking, I think I'd faint. By the way he hasn't joined a gym as of yet. He is still going to Rehab and will be for the next I think it's about 7 weeks yet. So he gets his exercise there for now. And by the way.... KEEP THE RAIN. LOL As of right now we arn't supposed to see it until Friday. But then we have it all weekend. Just what I need. Two teens, a husband and three dogs stuck in the house.
H E L P!!!!!

Where is everyone else today????? I figured I wouldn't post again before the rest of you. Come out from hiding.

Later,
Lynn

Hi,

Viv-glad to see that your dad made it through surgery OK. Keep us posted on his condition.
Whats up with you and SB thread----did you hear from that woman?

Lynn-Keep your chin up girl. THings will get better.

Theresa-what a sweet DH you have for getting your family and friends together for your party. I know what you mean about knowing something is up. My DH can't lie either. Oh well, at least we know we will catch them if they ever decide to cheat. LOL

cindy

Morning Ladies –

Dad was moved from the hospital yesterday to a rehab facility that is in his own city. Altho he had to leave the doctor I was madly in love with, I Think this will be much better for him – or at least we get a day or two reprieve until the complaining starts, LOL. It is amazing, tho – 8 days ago he was on a table having part of his lung taken out. We live in a great age, don’t we?

Our major newspaper interviewed me yesterday about Sugarbusters. She called yesterday and interviewed me for ˝ hour – I made sure she knew I was not the total expert at this plan, but I wanted to clear up the Atkins-like confusion and talk about how the plan works for me and how much easier it is than people think, and how much less restrictive. The article will be in the paper next Wednesday, so after I screen it and make sure I didn’t sound like an idiot, LOL, I will post the link for their online version. BTW I asked for anonymity, I really don’t need everyone in town getting details of my gestational diabetes, struggles with WW, etc. So I hope I have helped some people by clearing a little up!

I just ate my lunch for breakfast. It looked so yummy I had to – cold cooked Kashi with rinsed black beans, onions and wishbone Italian. It was sooooo goooddddd – I have to make a list of some of these successful, quick alternatives when I’m in a hurry, which I always am.

DS #1 is still at camp in the rain. Can you imagine what his clothes/sleepingbag/towels, etc are going to smell like when he gets home? Ick! I hope they’re having fun, he is a fun-loving, outgoing kid who always makes the best of things. I miss him!

I seem to have miraculously GAINED 2 lbs since returning (now come on, it’s not the Fluff) so hopefully I can get off that junk and continue with the otherwise perfect OP. Now that I am this area’s SB posterchild, oy, the pressure!!

I had emailed that gal on SB a toned done version of my original – she removed the offensive stuff from her website, but also possibly at the suggestionof our moderator, whom I did not involve other than warning her I had sent this email just incase she got backlash. Looneygal did not acknowledge my email but that’s just fine – I notice on her post from this morning she did not wax poetic about her worldly knowledge, just stuck to the plan and exercise stuff. Hopefully I did some good and she is a little bit wiser (as you know I myself am incredibly wise, LOL)…..

Theresa – Happy Birthday, fellow May-baby! Your DH is a doll – he works a lot of hours but really does make the effort to show you he loves you. Sigh……can I borrow him for a bit? You deserve it coz you work hard too! You must be walking on air!

Lynn – re: cleaning. As someone who has lost another cleaning lady, I’m done, and I have found that it is worth the loss of aggravation NOT to have one that does a half as*ed job and then have to pay them for it. So, even with working, I clean something every day, and then on Fridays do maybe an hour total….I have the kids do 5 minutes in their rooms twice a week, harry does wall prints and Brendan does baseboards….Let me tell you, my house is cleaner than it was with a cleaning lady! Plus I save all that $$! If your kids are slobs, as so many are, I think you have to be sure NOT to let them get away with it! Tough! They live there and you are NOT their cleaning lady! The Flylady emails are a bit of a pain but really helped me see the housecleaning with a better perspective, let me know if you want more info on the link.

Robin – getting hot down there? Bumped into Colby yet?????

Cin – my friend (who is actually named Cindy, LOL) was just in New Orleans with the girls and had the best time. She is more of a party girl than me, but a vaca with the girls sounds like such fun….

Gonna get back to work now – have a great day! What is up with CAB??????

viv

Have a great day, all!

Viv
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Hello Everyone!

I suppose everyone is getting ready for the long weekend. I'm going to be in Patterson, NY this weekend. I don't think that is too far from Viv. I'm taking the family up to visit some friends who moved up there. I'm looking forward to getting away.

Viv - glad to hear about your Dad doing well. The last time I was a regular on this site you were following some other plan with some friends and a nutritionist. How do you like Sugarbusters? I've thought about following that. I am a definite sugar addict. Do you have the symptom that you want something sweet after you eat a meal? I do!

Lynn - What are you kids doing for the summer? Tell them to get a job LOL It will keep them out of your hair. Give me a call when you have set up plans with Cindy. (unless you have other plans)

Theresa - Happy Belated Birthday.

Well, work calls. I hope you all have a good weekend. I'll check back in tomorrow hopefully.

Laurie

i have been so busy with this whole end of school thing...chas still has one more day..tomorrow, and then it is all over...yeah!!!

i weighed on tuesday and managed to maintain my 14.5 loss...i am hoping to show a loss next weigh in...last week was just so hectic, it made me revert back to my bad ways.

viv - have you gotten the emails i sent you? so glad to hear your dad is doing well...i already treat my mother like a child, she does the goofiest stuff. it was hot here, then a cool front blew through...currently in the high 70's, very nice...but hafta heat the pool....nope, no colby yet..i will keep a close lookout.

theresa - your party sounds nice, and so does that ring!! dh got me an emerald and diamond ring last christmas..i love it, wear it everyday. MENOPAUSE!
congrats on your 1.4 loss!!!

cindy - losing 50 will put me at 185....when i was 185 pre-children..i could wear a size 10 in jeans...isn't that odd?? i have no hips or butt, that could be why...i am also 5'8", i think my high end wt is around 165? how is your knee? and what happened with your test results?

hi laurie and lynn....

i am waiting on evans new bed and chest to be delivered..he is going to the big boy bed tonight...the crib is still up just in case...they said between 1 and 5, it is now 6!!!!!

i volunteered to do my hoa's newsletter...what was i thinking! so far so good, just getting information from the board is killing me..

gotta run...oven is buzzing..

take care and have a wonderful weekend all!!!

robin

Hey Viv! "Go Geffords, GO!" ROFL woo hoo!

theresa

LETS MOVE UP ONE

CINDY