Hi, little chick - my sympathies on the "lonely male" syndrome! Hope you get some rest in today - it sounds like you need it, with your busy life!

Holy hoodeehoo! All these posts and I've been gone only an hour! Three of us were posting at the same time.

I'm not even going to think about catching up but need to explain that the "water taxi" is just my cousin Ian and his boat! We're pretty low-tech here!

The blueberry pie is in the oven, I'm dressed and ready to vacuum the downstairs while it bakes. I sure miss Gail! Damn her for getting a real job!

Super long weekend wishes to all!

Holy hoodeehoo indeed! GEEZ people. Good morning everyone!

I didn't sleep in, just so you all know. I was out walking/running because my HUSBAND wanted to go. (Did you all hear that? My HUSBAND!) I think he might actually be turning over a new leaf! Nobody faint.

I was planning on working out later on today when he's gone, and I still can, so I'll have extra minutes today! Wahoo!

Gas dropped to $2.99/gal for the cheap stuff here yesterday, after being up to $3.33/gal the day before. Sheeeesh. It would be more cost-efficient to hoof it everywhere, but Springfield is pretty spread out. It takes me 20 minutes to DRIVE to work, and I walk a mile in about 20 minutes on average. It would probably take me an hour and 45 minutes to get to work, and it's not necessarily safe for me to go walking in my neighborhood.

Glad all is well for most of you this morning. I'll pop on later to check in and see how your days are going.

Good morning ladies! (morning on my edge of the pond) Busy day in the ER so far.....
some lady with severe abdominal pain after eating a huge dinner last night......

some guy that has chest pain but doesn't want the FAA to know, he's a pilot....

I love the ER, but I do like REAL stuff.

I've behaved this week on phase 1 and have been rewarded with a 4 pound weight loss!!!! I think I'll stick out phase one for 1 more week for the full two weeks. Then I'm going to have a bowl of oatmeal!

Mama, congrats on your weight loss! Wow! Thanks for the tips.

Weezle, congrats on your extra workout! Be glad the dh wants to go!

Ruth send a little pie my way............mmmmmmm blueberry!

H-ko, hope you're feeling better! Take it easy today!

little chick, take the phone off the hook! It's Saturday morning, sleep in day!!!

Marianna, a spring harvest festival sounds wonderful, especially since I'm staring winter in the face.

Ellis, you are certainly ambitious! I feel the same way. I was cleaning out my fridge at 10:00 PM last night, that felt so good I cleaned out the cupboards. Finally at midnight I decided to get to bed since 0500 comes dang early! There were a few things I didn't get done, do you think you could come over?

Artemis, the fruit trees sound lovely! Enjoy your fall day!

Oops, gotta go give some pain med.....be right back!

Good morning!

Ellis We will be joining you on the cleaning today. DH is actually off for the enitre weekend, so we are going to bet this house functioning again.

Ruth Yum! Blueberry pie.....

Gas here is about $3.09- it is a killer on the already suffering budget. Bush really needs to step in and take some action.

Me- Eating is crappy and need to get my act back together. A weekend sticking close to home and some meal planning should get me back together. TOM finally came after being pregnant and nursing for a combined year, so I felt fat and very bloated.

Have a super weekend all!

Wow! Chatty Cathy's here today ! And it started up so early, too! I've got a day of lab work ahead so I can go out to the field tomorrow and Monday. I plan to be back early enough on Monday to go to my friends house for a bbq in the afternoon.

I finally answered my bf's calls last night. His side of the story is that I put him on the defensive and didn't let him explain everything. I'm slightly skeptical since I'm a big believer in what comes out of your mouth is what is in your heart, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt since he is a good guy, really. I talked to a friend in the psych dept. here and he said that sometimes a persons first reaction to a bad situation is anger and to blame someone because they have feelings they don't know how to deal with. My bf was right smack in the epicenter of the big '94 Northridge earthquake and was without power, food, or water for about 4 days so maybe this disaster hit him in a way different than me. I'm more of a "OK, what can we do to help, and let's do it...now!!" type of person but I guess everyone is different.

So, anyway!!! Today I plan to resume P1 after my little indescretions with sugar the other day. I'll stay on for another week and then prob move to P2. I don't like to go too long without fruit because it is so important for your health. I had the mock french toast made with eggbeaters and tofu this AM, lunch will be the portobello w/ cheese and tom sauce and a salad, and dinner will prob be the taco bake with veggies on the side. Too much? Too little? What do you chicks think?? My confidence is shaken after my slip up so I want to make sure I'm doing this right, even though I did lose a lot this time on P1.

Have a great day, chicks! Enjoy the weekend!

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I spent the morning in the jungle backyard pruning, weeding, clearing deadthings and grappling with the most invasive trailing ivy I've ever encountered.. DH is taking down tree-lets, and raking ... The poor yard has been so neglected

DH is taking me to an eyetalian place for dinner tonight...the first time I will actually be dressed half way decent since we got here!

Weezle: Way to go with DH... Our own Annette Funnicello and Frankie Avalon.. (HEEEEHEEEE, I am showing My age! Go look it up Wezzie or catch one of those Beach Blanket movies on AMC )

RNMOM: One of my favorites was a one legged man with a three legged cat.. He couldnt fit in his artifical limb because he gained so much weight, so he tried to hop down the stairs..fell and dislocated his shoulder.. We were taking him out on a backboard cuz he couldnt fit in the stair chair...and what walks by... yep a fat 3 legged cat..Professionalism at its best..but did we laugh after that..HE HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EMS Gotta luv it! Way 2 go on your loss!!!

Everybuddy else! HAPPY WEEKEND

Hi Gals
I'm late posting again ,so I going to make this short Hope you all have a wonderful Labor Day Weekend and try to stay beached

Ellisworries are over for now about my son, until he pull the same stunt again.But I don't think hes going too,as he has a greater chance of advancement in this job then he did where he was before..

Mamamcita & the others who lost weight today Big Congrats. I maintained,after losing 3 lbs from last week so I happy and here to next week.

Hugs BB

Boy! this group gets up early! It doesn't help that I'm on the west coast, but I've been staying in bed late, too. I'm taking a medication that makes me sleepy and I don't like that one bit. At least I'm getting plenty of sleep!

Everyone is so busy! That's great! Congratulations on the pounds lost.

I am excited that my scale is going down already, even though I'm not 100% on phase I just yet -- and of course I shouldn't really be letting myself get on that *&$? scale. I'm 2 down, which I know is water, but I'll take anything right now. Hoping to get some good exercise in, too.

It's cloudy and chill here, but it's a great day on the beach!

Good Afternoon Ladies!

After 3 months of summer vacation from my job and I am ready to jump back into the water of South Beach. I unfortunatly have put back on about 10 pounds. I will set up my new ticker in a bit.

My hubby and I will begin Phase 1 again soon.

Nice to see some "old regulars" still on here. Can't wait to talk to all the newer folks as well.

Be Back soon

Jamie

Just a quick note, busy weekend! Hope you all have a great Labor day weekend!


Susi

Back from The Island. We had a terrible thunderstorm and I thought I might be stuck there for the night. However, it stopped and we came down the lake in the dark! I have a tree down in my lane right where the car is usually parked!

Got a voice mail telling me that Lucy is at peak right now! As there is no way to get her to her boyfriend over this holiday weekend, we will not be having fall puppies. Just bad timing all round!

Going to drink some water, read for a while and then turn in - Saturday night in Delta!

Awww....sorry about the lack of puppies, Ruth. What kind of dogs do you breed? I've always thought that would be so fun since I love dogs.

Well...I'm happy to say that I am still on the beach. Phew! So many temptations today, but I am holding on just fine.

I'm sorry Ruth - I know you were all set to make this happen. I doubt I'll ever breed dogs myself, but I've often thought that I'd like to show them in obedience trials or agility or some such. I'm keen on GSD's and similar breeds. Portuguese Water Dogs were originally bred to assist fishermen, is that right? Do you show yours, too?

Our trip to the Spring Festival was lovely.. it was a celebration of the diverse refugee communities in our city, with performances, food and crafts - very lovely indeed!!

Bought some plants as well to start the gardens off... cherry toms, beans, strawberries and yellow capsicum and bought a mushroom farm yesterday.. so we are in production!!!

We are getting a home gym as well to help with some muscle strength... it should be a nice help with the weight loss as well.