Wow! Sheesh, Kath....do you know a little bit about everything. Thanks, cause I was sure too tired to look it up tonight. It sure makes sense give that they believe she is a hearbeat away from full leukemia.

Google is my best friend. I put in a few key words and came up with that.

I hope she's much, much better each day and continues to improve. And by the way, I believe in miracles.

Ok....ya got me crying now. She told me that she had her husband bring my healing angel to her in the hospital. She said the angel is sitting on her nightstand beside her bed. Every morning she sees the angel and her wings are all glittery and beautiful. She says the angel is working and she's sure that's why she is recovering. She believes too.

How else could we get thru life without our beliefs? I don't know how non-believers do it. I'd be so lost.

I told her tonight how much I admire her strength and her beliefs. That's one of the times she cried. I'm so scared for her.

On a program related note, this is a dangerous time for me. I'm trying really, really, hard not to stress eat. Tomorrow I'm going to walk on the treadmill and try to stay Core. Even if I eat a bit too much, at least it will be Core. All I really want to do is go to Culver's and eat a double butter burger, with fries and a turtle sundae. Not good, huh?

vickie, i'm looking forward to reading your longer posts. hurry up, please. we need you.

melissa, you're a steel magnolia for sure.

frouf, curves folks used to tell us to go every other day. that way you give your muscles time to mend. when you're doing the weights, i think you're tearing down your muscles. but what do i know?

i did go to w a tonight. we played with a small ball using it as a weight under water. that club sounds like it has really good food. your post made me hungry.

nikki, we'll need photos of the pirate costume, too. sounds like a fun party.

kathy, sounds like you're getting excited about your trip. makes me smile. i'm glad you're leaving earlier. there used to be a bbq place in amarillo that brought out biscuits in a cast iron skillet. of course that was in the 1960's. your plan sounds good. we'll all be watching your successes. you'll be our own private (well, guess this is a public board) guinea pig.

vickie, that's good news about your gf. be strong tomorrow. if not, get right back op afterwards. let it be only one day.

Good morning ladies, yes I am up bright & early, dd got me up at 6am.

Sandra here is the pirates costume.

http://cgi.ebay.com/PIRATE-COSTUME-B...QQcmdZViewItem

Good Morning Chicks! So far so good. It's storming here pretty bad and they expect it to last through late morning. So may be no pool for me. I'm going to try to get myself on the treadmill but I'll see how time holds out.

Jim has PT today and I'm going to do a short trip to Walmart. I'm trying to go more often than once a month expecially since I have to do it myself. I guess I'll go make my list and eat breakfast. Yesterday I got pretty messed up by sleeping through breakfast.

I hope you all have a great on program day. I'll try to be back later.

Nikki, your kids will be just adorable. I must admit, when I see the princess dress, I sure would love to have a little girl to buy one for. Glad you got to the beach yesterday.

Melissa, your posts get so much better after you leave work. It seems to be the source of your stress, time to think about a change? Have a wonderful day sweetie.

Vickie, you are such a wonderful friend. I think of my best friend, and shudder at the thought of illness. I remember when Adam had strong steroids for his MS bladder shut down, and that's what got him back to normal. They can do great things now, and it's so much better to be optomistic. Good for you to be thinking of core eating on top of everything else that is goin on.

Frouf, how nice to get along with your manager. Ds seems to have lucked out at Agriculture. He's going into French training soon, and is very happy about that. Last time at East Side Marios's I got the chicken cattiatore with ww pasta and it was really good. I find that I eat half and take the other half home. I also ask for the romaine salad with oil and vinegar. Hope you have a fun time.

Kathy, your count down begins. I hope you get your very well deserved rest and have a good time. I'm sure that just getting into the car will be a relief. When will Shaun be taking off? It sounds good. Btw, I don't know what we did before google.

Sandra, you're sure into a routine gal. Good for you. The lecture the other night sounds interesting. We rarely have things like that around here, but then we don't look hard either.

Time to get ready for designer. I'll let you know what she said. The painter came for estimate yesterday, and will call me soon with price. I think it's going to be more than we originally thought.

Lunch time checkin - but need to eat too cuz I have a meeting at 1 pm!!! In another building!

Vickie - just hang in there - one meal at a time - you can do it! Hope you get a chance to walk on your treadmill too!

Niki - love the pirate princess thing you have going on - very creative!

Kathy - definitely you MUST STAY CONNECTED - who else will be monitoring and fixing up all our thread mistakes? ha ha ha Hope Shaun ships out early - that would be amazing!

So decided NOT to go to gym today (altho gym stuff in the car) - I agree with you Sandra - I think my muscles need a little time off? Also made a hair appt for sat (very spur of the moment) - I counted off the weeks to the cruise - want to go around 2 weeks before for final color/cut so need to go now as well so I will not be off schedule - decided to get my highlights redone now rather than closer to cruise (so they can settle down and hair won't be as fragile?)

No pub for us - turns out it's 'rockin' thursday' at the pub - some musician - very good of course - but I think we want a more quiet atmosphere. Andrea is calling the two east side mario's to find out if they both have the 'trivia game thing' going on - we are now decided whether to go straight from work? or go home and meet up afterwards - at least I can get something semi-healthy there? (they do have whole wheat pasta! and roast chicken).

Dd coming home after lunch? (now?) and will start messing up the place I"m sure.

Dh and I had a TERRIBLE NIGHT and big ds is in big trouble. He is fond of cooking very late at night - which we don't like to begin with (lots of pots/pans banging around) - anyhow seems he really burnt something last night - so we wake up to this horrible burning smell wafting into our bedroom - NOT GOOD. Of course dh goes to investigate - big ds asleep in the 'smokeless'basement - and we suffer all night and are up from 3-4:30 am trying to air the place out - opened all the upstairs windows.

In fact this morning I noticed my water bottle and work bag which are usually by the front door also have a horrible smokey burnt smell to them YUCK!!!!

New rule about to be instituted - NO COOKING AFTER 10 PM (microwave/toaster only and THAT'S IT!)

Time to heat up my lunch!

Later,

Frouf

Thought I would make myself known here. Was on the new members bit but its a bit lonely up there.

I'm Lauren, I'm 21 from a place called Kirkcaldy in Fife, Scotland. I've not long graduated from university with a BA in Stage Management and theatre production. Was great fun. Just started the WW No Count (british version of Core) and had my first weigh in losing 4lbs.

Not sure how I will do this week as TOTM is approaching I'm sure. Feeling not quite right.

Oh well.....ONWARD!!!

Loz x

nikki, the pirate costume is awesome!!

the grands are here. i'm still going to w a in a few minutes. grandpa will be in charge. tomorrow we're going to see pirates of the caribbean. (after i go to ww) i'm trying to stay in my routine. the girls are big enough to leave with grandpa. they like to play with the lincoln logs. i hear them in the living room now.

vickie, i guess you had fun at walmart. i need to go to costco for a few things.

saundra, how did it go with the designer?

frouf, burnt smells are awful. i can imagine how tired you and dh must be from dealing with it. when is your cruise? i can't remember for sure.

sorry this is so short. i need to get off the puter and be grandma. i'll talk to ya'll later.

hugme. it's good to see you here. congratulations on losing those 4 lbs. i am very proud of you. i am really glad you decided to post here and look forward to reading your messages.

Geezalou! I'm finally home from work and Zuki is gone! Judd's dad came and picked him up. While I'm happy for Zuki getting to go to "camp", we're really going to miss him. I know that MIL/FIL will take good care of him though.

The motorcycle is loaded in the back of the truck, and all snacks and drinks are ready to go. FIL brought over a case of wine each for Judd's brother/SIL, and sister/BIL. We're supposed to deliver it all to them. She also brought candy bags for the grandkids and we have to watch them so they don't melt. Sigh ...

Now I'm doing laundry (what else is new, huh?) and getting ready to pack all my stuff up. I'll get to work at 6 and probably stay until 12, then will come home and finish packing, go to the grocery store to get food for kids while we're gone, to the bank to get money for us and them, and then we'll be off!

Gotta go do some stuff but I'll be back in a while.

Hi everyone. Another long day here. After work I did my volunteer time at the food bank. I got home, ate, put away laundry, loaded the dishwasher, etc. and now I just want to go to bed. Dirty Dancing (a fav, of course) is on tv and I'm thinking about lying in bed and watching it until I fall asleep. Of course I have it on dvd, but for some reason it's fun to watch it on tv.

Saundra, you are right of course. And trust me, I have tried and tried to find another job, but it's just not been happening.

Loz, welcome to our little chat thread. Congratulations on the 4 pounds lost! That's great. We hope you'll join us often here.

Vickie, I hope that you've had a good day. I'm thinking about and praying for your friend.

Sorry to be short, but I'm so tired. I hope that you all have wonderful evenings.