MarbleFlys, Ouuuuuuuuch! Pets are dangerous, I swear it! LOL! Well done you for doing exactly what your signature says! Just do it!!!! (oh, and I think we all have childish tendancies - it's what keeps us young!)

Arabella, we're going to a place called McMenamins Edgefield in Troutdale, OR. Supposed to be very active. But, being a SciFi Ghost Hunters buff, I'll go almost to see if it's something that can be explained - but totally hoping it's real! LOVE my dowsing rods - have to really focus though because I live over an aquifer and they tend to pick up that kind of energy. We're also bringing a voice activated recorder for EVPs. Soooooo excited!

Ok, off to help mom do some 'puter work. Hi ho, hi ho!

Terri

[color=orange][b]Booooo, Royal Ones!!!

Punkin, thanks for decoratin' the palace w' all the Halloweenie stuff 'n settin' up this Halloweenie challenge!!!

Huzzah!!! I'm in super brevity mode as me brain be not workin' ... think I need some rest, takin' a few days off ...

I sort of already set up my Halloween challenge: to reach my 130 goal, which I will accomplish (hopefully) by calorie averaging using the Fitday PC software, which says I can GET to 130 by October 30 at 1768 per day, which I take to mean A WEEKLY AVERAGE OF 1768 (I need to look at that figure again ... it may be somewhat off) ... anyhow, sometimes I eat more, sometimes less, I enter it all into the software and it figures it all out for me ... I love this software!!!

Gotta go, soryr ...

Hello all!

How long have I been gone?? WoW! the palace looks lovely... like the mall w/ the fall fashions....

And I love the Haloween Hustle... THANKS PUNKIN!!

Welcome Marbleflys!!
Glad to have you w/ us!

Frogger! Sydney is gorgeous!! Ocean City is only 2 hrs south of me... and you know what..... weather is heating up again, you 've picked a great week to be at the beach....

As for me, I want to get the water back up to where it used to be...
and the activity level.... get something in EARLY b/ 4 the heat.... I need it as much mentally as in the gut/butt area...

and I 'd be a lot more comfortable mentally if I was down a couple pounds ....

so.... I appreciate everyone's motivation.... its sinking in and feels good....

PS ... one resume 's been sent off and I am completing an appliaction for an opening w/in the company tomorrow am...


******Thought of the day :

"A diamond is a lump of coal that stuck with it"


Question of the day :

"Can you remember the last time you had gum stuck on you... shoe, hair,
etc....?"
******


Empress, spoke to a gent in Tempe today... and last week, someone else you're way.... that fella told me that its just practice for the afterlife....That's the first time I heard that one!

Got to hit the shower!

Yesterday I was going to take a break from visiting my dad in the hospital but after work decided at the last minute to go. He's on a lot of medication and not sleeping and was hallucinating and there's nothing to do but just play along. At least he was seeing cats [the animals, not the musical! ] so it could've been worse. He's not really sure where he is, but was sweet-natured at the time I saw him. My stepmom says that he can get angry and mean too and that would be really hard to see. Oh yeah, and my stepmom was watching her soap operas and he caught bits and pieces of it and was describing it to me like it was all real. Yikes!
After the visit, I just wanted to cry and when i finally got home [it's a long drive], I did just that and thouroughly enjoyed myself. I desperately wish there was somethign I could do, but there isn't.

Good Morning All!! Cube-mate is working from home today so I get a repreive!!!!

Kaylets-Come on down to the beach!!!! I'll buy you lunch (or dinner whatever you prefer)!

I still have to pack! I tried to do it last night, but was un-motivated.

Mornin' dahlings,

We've been speaking of youth, immaturity (chosen or otherwise) and age - I had a surreal experience at the Dr.'s yesterday - went in for my quarterly bc shot in the hiney and explained to the nice nurse-girl that I'd had some female issues in the last two months because of taking an herbal supplement (rhodiola rosea - don't take it if you have a uterus, I swear!) and she said "I don't know, how old are you, maybe it's the beginnings of menapause". WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!? She agreed at 35 I'm too young for "the Big M", but just that it was in the realm of her thinking made me think "huh, guess I'm not a kid anymore....". (hey, that looks like menapause to me!)

Arabella, you've probably nailed it right on the head - I've heard that when you sleep your brain tries to make sense of seemingly senseless things, and deal with things you just don't want to deal with while awake.... I have something called hypnogogic hallucinations (from stress mostly) that occur *right* when I fall asleep and wake me back up - apparently they're pretty common. Ususally it's thinking I heard a crash (and there's nothing), smell smoke (again, nothing) or think there's someone in the house. Meditation has been helping - but there is NOTHING worse than waking up and feeling something is very wrong - for no reason! Our brains are pretty amazing though when you realize all the strange things they can do to make you realize what's going on - whether you want to or not!

Eydie, I'm so sorry you're having to experience these things with your dad. What kind of drugs do they have him on????? Sounds like some sort of opiate - they sound pretty harsh! I agree with everyone else, sometimes you HAVE to just get it out and have a good cry. It's healthy.

Ceara, I'm sorry you're having problems with the new person. I feel ya.... I was out of the office for 30 minutes yesterday and my mom scheduled stuff that made absolutely no sense. And she's been doing this for YEARS (not so much in the last 5 years though). But it was like "jeez, can I even go to the bathroom without something getting screwed up!?!?!?!?". I say we find a couple towelboys and head to the spa!

I will hopefully spare any of you wondering if those new monster Reese's peanut butter cups are any good. I am the biggest fan of the chocolate/peanut butter combo, but they are NASTY! Seriously, I threw one out (bought 2). Good to know!

Well, must call pregnant CA friend and see how the little blob is doing. Haven't spoken in almost a week....

Later gators,
Terri

SLAP that silly nurse-girl, she's off the wall to open her mouth like that.....(or stuff her bra in her big mouth.....perhaps)

I like that Arabella, one can remain immature forever......will file it away for future use.

I'm taking this challenge seriously, I am being very disciplined with the exercise every morning, no matter how tired I am....I've been in my office past 7PM every night, it's a tough week....(medical school goes all year long, no breaks). Today, I did some hard FIRM cardio and wts. lasted for 35 mins, sweated out some toxins I hope....

I still have hope that I can recover my waist....

I sat down last night at 9 and thought about dinner....just had a salad with a few olives and tomatoes from my garden, promptly fell asleep....today I spent an hour with the contractor who is rewiring my house deciding where to put cable boxes, switches, fixtures, etc....then the race to work.....now the decisions of what students will work with what doc.....

I want to go home and veg...but there is no place to, the contractor is all over the place.

Oh and I'm NOT having the big M either at my advanced age of 48, I'm just plain
b itchy......

BBL, punkin, please detail your interests, thanks!

I'm back on for a bit. What a screwed up place this is. The cube mate is responscible for the weekly reports. Well, he's 'working' from home and apparently cannot do it (so what is this 'working' then?) So I start on them (I have NEVER done one). Then he says oh nevermind I'll do it. It was due at noon to the person they get sent to; she hasn't seen it yet. I should have just done it. It would have taken like 10 minutes tops. He started on it at 9am.

Anyway...
I keep reminding myself I just have to stay awake long enough at work for today and tomorrow. Then VACATION!!!! Found out DH is getting paid for vacation (they were going to be boobs about not paying him his one week
he was owed from the company they aquired). So that's good news.

Other than that...same old same old...

HI Everyone:

Nice attitude Arabella! I do like your direction of thinking (imitation is the highest form of flattery) I should do 1/2 of that.....including FUN which I never seem to have.

OK, I'm on DAY 11 of consistent exercise, put in 36 mins of hard cardio and interval training with weights....my reward is not looking as pudgyish in my clothes today.....

oh if I could only melt at the rate of those infomercials!

Good morning all and HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!

So far, the seat belts on the Halloween wagon are pretty snug! I've got to do some grocery shopping after work tonight, but I'm going with my mom (to help Ms. Gimpy) so it'll be tough to buy a bunch of crap when I have someone with me - hmmm, maybe that's how I should *always* shop!

Frogger, have an awesome, fun, safe vacation! I hope it refreshes and recharges you! And it's a PAID vacation for DH - even better!

MarbleFlys, well, said nurse confided in me a few months ago that she's going through a divorce, so I was kind and didn't throw her over the exam table, though my red-headed temper wanted me to... I'm actually liking getting older - I like the wisdom (real or implied) that comes with age. I will probably not be one for cosmetic surgery, more like one of those shriveled up little ladies you see on a porch rocker, crocheting and recalling "back in the day".... yup, that'll be me!
You asked me to detail my interests? You mean the ghostie stuff? A friend has always wanted to start a paranormal investigating business so we're going to go see what we can do at this hotel. I'm a believer that leans on the skeptical side, I need proof, not just "someone said....". Other interests, actually most of them, minus my crocheting, tend to lean towards the semi-otherworldly.... energy work, psychic communication (mostly with animal or Earth energy), rune reading, etc. (cue Twilight Zone music)

Arabella, I've been finding that on the days I meditate, I sleep deeper and uninterrupted. Have you found that? I'm pretty new to regular meditation and don't know if this is just a good side effect or coincedence.... Either way, I love the brain clearing sensation, the "all is good with the world" feelings and sense of calm. I think I'm hooked!

Well all, must away to work. An iced coffee is calling my name, and since lunch is light I just may give in to the temptation....

Have a wonderful weekend!

Terri

Hello all--

Well, good news and bad news...

I got myself in a white sweat lather yesterday trying to fill an internal job posting application on line at my job and then " discreetly" going to HR during lunch to deliver. Turned out must be faxed to another HR dept so the intrigue included one whisphered desk phone call and then finding an empty office for a cell phone call when the first fax # didnt work....and nevermind the drama at the fax machine.....

but, the position has not been filled so that is a defnite plus... and since that makes officially 2 resumes out to the universe, I feel like I've made that mental shift.

Interesting, when I came back to my desk after successfully faxing, a coworker who is new but fast as lightening shared that she had just given her notice.... she is brillant, speaks 4 languages ( 2 of them Chinese) and is the "fast learning" new employee.... she's been w/ the company less than a year and she is leaving to move aprx 45 minutes away w/ her boyfriend. She will find a job when she's ready but I could tell what she was really saying was... " Too much!"
All of this reinforced my own belief that no matter how hard you try, the current answer phones/ processing time cannot work as they think. You have to be doing two things at once to keep up.
But its very difficult to have the accuracy level they want with the contstant interruptions. You wind up looking at the same thing 1/2 a dozen times and meanwhile you're thinking "Hurry up!!!"

Bad news, found out the VP has chocolate in his office. Thought he only had hard candies...
I ate far too much. And today am in MORE MORE MORE mode... but am slugging tea hoping to hang tough and detox....

I definitely see where my STRESS = SUGAR equation needs a big defense plan.....

hmmmm


Frogger, too bad I couldnt meet you for lunch.... But I have time off in 2 weeks so the next weesks are full bore, pedal to the metal....

Eydie, crying is a good thing.... I would too. This is a tough thing for anyone to watch helplessly. And you ARE doing something. You went to be w/ him and he is constantly in your thoughts. Yes, I realize, that's not enough. That's the toughest part. (((((((((((((((((((((HUG)))))))))))))))))))))))))) ))))

Empress, hope you are able to rest, relax, enjoy......

WoodNymph-- You are an inspiration!

Marbleflys: I'm in Delaware, are you in South or North of NJ??

Punkin: How's your mom feeling??

I need to go and get a haircut....
guess I should just go and do it.