Thunder, Happy Birthday to you also.

Hello all,

Remember me?? lol. Sorry for my long absence. Being a mother of 2 is exhausting...lol but load of fun. Anyway, I can't type much this time since Chris is awake and I should be going in to get him shortly.

I just want to wish Monet and Thunder (hi...nice to meet you ) ....HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

I finally figure out my password and the correct username so I am able to log in again. Will write again soon with my updates Miss you gals and hope everyone is doing wonderfully.

Love,
Julia

Welcome back kengjw!!!!

JULIA!!! I always knew we'd see you again once the dust settled around your new addition. Looking forward to updates and PICTURES!!!

So, yesterday, I went into the bathroom to pee and there sat Kyle, five years old, cutting out pictures of women in bras from the Penney's catalogue... I calmly asked him why he was cutting out these pictures and he said he wanted them to tape to his bedroom wall because he 'loves them'. My husband assures me that the lingerie section of the penney's catalogue has long been a place for little boys to fall in love for the first time. I'm, naturally, mortified because I didn't think that, at five, little boys liked 'ladies' (as Kyle calls them) that way. So...at least we don't have to worry about him NOT liking girls.

Anyhow...

I'll be back later on. I just read Bunnicula to Kyle while Shelley was at play practice. My throat is sore...I need some hot tea.

Many happy returns both Thunder and Monet. Hope your day was extra special and beautiful.

Sure didn't feel like Spring here today, it was cold!! And still is tonight.

Velveeta....my favorite even if it is processed and I do eat a lot of wonderful cheeses besides that. Velveeta always used to be legal on SB and I never stopped to check if that had changed. Maybe you'd be interested to hear that about 7 years ago my GD won a Kraft Mac & Cheese contest which was a great thrill for us. Her little face was printed on millions of Kraft Mac & Cheese boxes, so me being a proud grammy would stand in the supermarket and point it out to everyone passing by And I was one of the lucky ones who got to go to Disney with them. That was another thrill.

No weight loss this week but no gain either, so I'm ok with that. Kind of a stressful weekend.....finally got my hall flooring fixed and out of the way. I've had to wait for many weeks as my co-worker who was doing it for me had hand surgery and we had to wait until he was better. I had several families come through this weekend and got a couple of offers on my condo. Keeping my fingers crossed that I'll get a buyer. So far two offers have not made it through to closing, so I'm a bit leery. I don't like having people poke through my places and I don't like having to keep the place clean....I'm a bit of a messy housekeeper but heck the cats never minded that

Carole

ETA: Today I saw a post on another forum about having strawberrries with balsamic vinegar. When I did a Google search, lots of recipes came up. Has anyone here tried that? Everyone says it's wonderful and I'm definitely putting strawberries on my shopping list this week.

Tech-Loved the story! I let dh read it, but he says the way he remembers it, it was a Sears catalog!!

We had baked chicken, stuffed zucchini and veggie, parmasan couscous. I'm not sure that is totally legal, but man it was good and I'm stuffed!!

Happy birthday Monet and Thunder!! I hope you both had a fantastic day.

Weigh in this week was horrible because of all my poor eating. I'm up 2 pounds. But even more than the 2 pounds I feel all bloated and icky.

Julia!!! Good to see you. ((hugzz))

(((Everybody)))

Love and hugs,
Crystle

Country: Hiya!! I didn't even go to the scale this week. I've been horrible. I've been getting tripped up by trigger foods...cookies and empty carbs...all weekend.

BOB: Saved the orange for ya!

Thin...well, Kyle is stuck with Penney's because we don't have a Sears catalogue. Dinner sounds lovely...I've never had couscous.

Carole: It's cold here, too. But I managed to put my quilt on the clothesline yesterday and it managed to dry before it froze! It smelled lovely, too. Nothing beats things dried on the line...the sun is blazing up here this morning. So nice to see it again!!

So, I've been thinking of ways to avoid trigger foods. LIke cookies and leftovers of the kids plates (waffles, mac n cheese). For I cannot handle having just a smidge because then it give me license to trash the rest of the day, in the back of my mind. So, if I go without that cookie at preschool, then cheating at dinner will not make going without the cookie worth it. Does that make sense? Like when I quit smoking...my reasoning was that if I smoke one little one now, then all the suffering of going without the last few days is for nothing. So, I'm thinking of changing pace a bit and going with a smoothie for breakfast and lunch and having a nice meal at dinner. Or maybe a smoothie for breakfast and dinner and a nice lunch or something. Kind of like slimfast without the slimfast (and the painful and embarassing gas that goes with it for me - don't know what's in it, but it doesn NOT agree with me). I don't know why I think this will work, but I'm thinking it will steer me more in the opposite direction of bad foods. Know what I mean?

Anyhow...Shelley has dress rehearsal for the big school play and I'm doing the children's hair. The play is the King and I and they all are getting buns on top of their hair and then getting sprayed down black to look like they are Siamese. This should be good on the tow-headed twin boys with brush cuts. I don't know if I'll be able to make them look Siamese more than like they'll look like Devo! Wish me luck!!

Off to make my breakfast smoothie...

Kris

Edit: In case you read this before I corrected my error...the boys in the play are TOW-headed, not two-headed

Monet and Talitha- I just read an article in the AJC that Trader Joe's is coming to Atlanta this year! We'll have to check it out, I've never been to one!

Monet-According to the article, the location has not been disclosed. They are being very hush, hush about it!