Hey all!

Hope your all staying warm!!!!!!!!

Hi ladies...

MICHELLE...your tattoos sound pretty. Hoping the ultra sound went well and you don't have to take the pills. I've only know two people who took them and not sure, but I don't think I've seen a change in them. My mother has taken them for quite a few years now. Maybe it just depends on the person and how it affects each one. I don't know...I'm no doctor for sure.

Hiya SASSY! Trying to stay warm here...it is so cold here too. Supposed to warm up some later today and especially tomorrow.

Well, I have tons to do today to prepare for tomorrow. We are having our Christmas Dinner since Josh is home. Can't believe it is here already and Josh will be leaving Monday morning, early. I've got some prep work to do, took the turkey out (probably should have done that yesterday) and have a cake to make and a pumpkin pie as well. I don't look forward to all this cooking...seems like Thanksgiving was just yesterday and I think I am still tired from that, lol! Later on we are headed to Old Cowtown...hoping it's not a muddy mess and all the snow has melted. We still have a little left in the back by the fence and in the front close to the house.

Hi to everyone else! Hope you all are staying warm.

Take care and I hope everyone has a good weekend!

Michelle--I like your new avatar!! When I was 30 I had more severe TOM's than usual and even had pain in between times. They did the ultrasound and it showed nothing. I had the out patient procedure with the scope to see if maybe it was endometriosis (sp?). He told me that if there were problems he would take out up to one ovary but not do a hysterectomy without waking me up to talk about it. Well it turned out that what they had thought was just a large ovary was a cyst the size of a lemon wrapped around my ovary and they removed my right ovary and the cyst. The recovery time wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I had heard horror stories but because the incision is very small it isn't as bad as when they used to make a large one. I ended up with a few small incisions since they did remove the ovary. It did slow down my walking. I had been up to four miles a day and I just couldn't make it. I was tired longer than the 4-6 weeks but I was actually back to work in 4. They didn't have to remove everything so I didn't need any hormones. They did say if it was endometriosis that it would continue to be painful and there was not much they could do except remove everything. My dd has problems with cysts too. It is really painful for her, but she gets a lot of little ones that either disolve on their own or burst but don't grow large enough to have to remove.They do cause her alot of pain though.
I say do the procedure, it may be something easily fixed or at least you will know what is causing the pain and the recovery time was well worth it. The pain would double me over. I hope this relieves some of your worries. I will be thinking of you.

Cristina--enjoy Josh! We will be here for you when he goes back!!

Hi Sassy!!

Katy-I am knitting scarves and hoping DH goes and pays for my January knitting class soon, if not I am just going to take care of it myself!! We went with friends on Friday to the mall to hear their daughter sing. It was fun and brought back memories!!

Hey there Miss SuzyQ!! Hope you come back soon!!

gotta go--ds and his gf are coming out to eat today.

Michelle--I hope you start feeling better soon!! We had a great time today, though I probably ate more than I should have!!

Sassy--yes, I LOVE your avatar, Tinkerbell rocks!!

Hi Michelle and everyone else!!

Hi Everyone!
Ditto what everyone else said about Tink - cute!

I finished knitting the sweater- whew! Now I need to sew it up, knit a neckband, and block it......

Week's going pretty well foodwise - we'll see what happens when I weigh in on Thursday


Have a great day gals

Hi Katy!! Good luck with the weigh in!!

Hi!! I hope everyone is okay. I am doing some housework and then off to the gym!!

Hello ladies!

KATY...WTG on getting the sweater done! And glad the food is going well. How are you doing with the program? Are you liking it?

MICHELLE...ouch! sorry to hear you weren't feeling well and about DH's finger. Hope it wasn't broken and hope you are feeling better. How was the Christmas party? The potatoes and cookies sound yummy.

JULES...hope you got in a good workout!

MS SUZYQ...where the heck are ya? Hope all is well with you and Miss Gaby.

Is everyone ready for Christmas? I'm not, lol! Just wanting it to be over already, sort of. Wasn't really in the Christmas spirit this year.

I hadn't been to It Figures in three weeks now and I decide this morning I need to get my arse back in there and stop at the post office on the way first (thank goodness-they were horrible and even worse when I finally got out of there) so when I got to where I turn to go to It Figures Charlotte was going to her car to leave. What? This was at 10:30 and she is usually open until noon at which time she closes and comes back at 3:00. Kind of pissed me off because this is a business and she doesn't run as such. She went in with another lady and that woman has nothing to do with it now because she needs the money and has to work another job so when Charlotte has errands to run she tries to get someone to fill in for her or she closes whenever. Ummm, okay...I didn't know this was how she ran the place until I joined. Anyway...so much for that. I am just going to get a work out at home today I guess. Well...

HAPPY MONDAY LADIES! Hope everyone has a WONDERFUL day!