frouf, congratulations to big ds. have fun with little ds at the park. wish you could come here and hot tub.

Frouf, congrats to big ds! What a great honor! I hope it all works out that he can go pick up the award, and that Emily's issues get worked out too. It's hot here but cloudy so I was happy to sit most of the day inside. I just went back to the store though for bread and Dr. Pepper for Erin.

I talked to Kate last night and she was feeling better; got her Rx filled and was off work yesterday and today so that was more opportunity to rest and get better. I have no idea what Judd ate yesterday -- all I know of for sure is meatballs and cake, which the others (not me) also ate. He's puzzled but maybe it was just a little bug. He was still in bed when I got home just now but was at least talking.

My baked beans and potato salad are both made; now it's a matter of getting outside to grill chicken, burgers and portabellos. "Soon" is the only answer I can give myself at the time. I am starting to wind down and get a little droopy.

Hey everyone,
Hope your all having a great Memorial day.. just a regular day here for us canadians. I didnt make my goal for this challenge but Im not getting discouraged. I need to buckle down and get serious..... I was in the city on friday. We had a great day buying flowers and pond plants, clothes, groceries..my kind of day. Didnt get home till real late (midnight) then spent saturday potting everything up. Im tempted to put them outside (in greenhouse now) but there is still a risk of frost here,,even though we hit 80 here today. Off to a jewellery party tonight at my SIL house. Planning on picking something up for my Dd's....
Saundra,,your lunch sounds delish! Going to try that soon. I like cottage cheese with fruit.
Kathy Im so jealous of that pool......your so lucky. Our summers arnt long enough to justify one here.
Frouf, remember the newspaper trick,,,,before you plant!
Vickie, glad you got a good night sleep last night, have fun today.
Sandra Ive made that dip with regular sour cream and mayo....its good with the knorrs veggie soup. Its great heated too...just wrap in tin foil and heat thru
Rose did you get to your cottage this weekend??
Well I better get ready for tonight....get some cash so I dont overspend haha
have a great one everyone!!
waving to everyone else.....

Patti -- that's what we say about winter. We don't have enough of a winter to even justify buying a coat. We have summer from March thru October or November. Heck, there have been lots of years where we were wearing shorts and tank tops at Christmas.

Well, darn it, it's back to work tomorrow. Judd said I might have drive him; he says he needs to go but still doesn't feel well. This is how bad he feels -- I made some jello and he said I might have to feed it to him because he didn't feel like holding the spoon. That is NOT like him at all.

I had to do the grilling myself so I nixed the hotdogs and mushrooms, and just made the hamburger patties and chicken breasts. I made another cake even though it isn't time yet (they ate the last one in two days). This one is devils food with white icing. Anyway, at least dinner is cooked for tomorrow night except that I'm going to throw a piece of fish in the oven for myself.

I have lost my favorite pair of denim capris and am starting to get a little ticked. I swear they must be upstairs but everyone says they aren't. I've thoroughly searched my room, dresser drawers, closet, dirty clothes closet, the washer and dryer, utility room hanging area, and everywhere in between. I guess we've had a recent visit from the pants fairy.

Oh and speaking of fairies, Judd says that baby is due sometime in the next two weeks so I have decided to step it up and do my deliveries every day instead of every other. I bought a hanging plant today while at Home Depot buying my own flowers that I'll take over in the morning, and then I'll have to get creative. I still have hair stuff and a candle but after that, I'll be looking (and begging??) for ideas. HELP! I have decided to take dinner over to them after she gets home from the hospital and will tell her at that time that it was me. That is, if I'm not found out beforehand.

I hope you're all having big fun today and stayed cool. It was cloudy here today and I don't think it even got over 90. Rain is forecast for the next few days, but only a slight chance.

Time to go check on my dear sickie. I'll be back later to see if anyone else has surfaced!

Hope you fed Judd some jello? That sure sounds sick to me!!! But at least you got some grilling done. Is there anyway Judd can stay home if he's not well?

As for the baby surprises - is she laid up in bed? How about some books or magazines or word puzzles? Maybe a blank journal w/stickers and fancy pens? She can 'write' to the baby and/or keep a diary or something?

I have stuffed myself w/pizza tonight and am not proud of it - I just don't seem to care much anymore - but I know this has got to stop! (before nothing fits me!). Need to get a grip on myself and get serious (just like Melissa).

Patti - hope you had fun at the jewellery party - what did you get for your dds?

Pretty quiet here - dh drumming, dd actually kinda CLEANED her room (at least I can see carpet) so she got some of her avon goodies - and is now prancing around the house with a chocolate toning mask on her face (it smells good enuf to eat!). Big ds at work so can't get more details on the award thing yet!

Exciting news is little ds and his class going to parliament hill to sing for the Prime Minister tomorrow - he is very excited (told me I need to wish him 'good luck' before I go to work tomorrow!). Seems they are bringing their lunches with them which is a problem as my fussy little one does not like sandwiches - they have a microwave at school so he generally eats hot lunches and LO. He has agreed to a 'small' turkey sandwich (no lettuce) - I sure hope he eats something!

Hope not to stay up too late? Have to make it for 9 am meeting w/my Director.

Oh yay! The journal and pen thing is a great idea!!

Poor Judd is on the couch covered up with a blanket, feeling cold but he doesn't have fever. He is moaning though and I don't like this one bit.

Good luck to baby ds tomorrow -- it sounds like a very good time! I'm sure it's something he'll remember for a long while. Is school out soon there? Ours were out last week except for colleges, which were out the week before.

Go drink some water and flush that pizza out! Tomorrow's a new day.

You're right - I am thirsty and throat is dry!

Judd sounds like he's in a bad way? Do you think if he's not better maybe you should go see a dr? Is he able to drink water?

Little ds is very thrilled and I'm sure I'll hear all about it tomorrow! School here does not let out til end of June (23rd I think?) and we start right after Labour day in september. Which reminds me I MUST get all summer camp stuff in order - need to coordinate w/babysitter and dd's leadership training and all camps ds wants to attend (tennis, golf and aviation camp for our future astronaut - they actually go up in a cessna I think!) - and yes this will break the bank I'm sure (no summer vacation for this frouf )

nitey nite

haha no winter jacker.........that would be a dream for me Kathy!! There is a nasty virus going around here...putting people inthe hospital! Hope Judd is ok!
Frouf do what I did when my dd's went thru that stage...close their door!! If thats how they wanted to keep their rooms then I refused to clean them. I would make them clean them out every so often but I didnt stress about it. Now that they are on thier own...they clean thier rooms all the time!!!! There is some hope...sometimes you just have to pick your battles. ((hugs))
I bought all of us a new necklace...I can take pics but I dont know how to upload them here....I have to figure that out one day.

Judd now says he's going to the doctor in the morning, so this must be serious.

I am increasingly ticked about my missing pants. How the heck does a pair of pants just walk away??? GRRR! Tomorrow I will either go to Kohl's and buy another pair or will order some.

I'm getting very excited about my lunch tomorrow! I just made the guac and it is sooo good. I put extra onions and tomatoes in it so it's quite chunky.

just a quick report. the family get together was fabulous!!!!!! life is good.

i'm glad judd's going to the doctor. i hope he's all right.

Good Morning chicks! I had a bad night. I had bad nightmares about getting lost. I ALWAYS dream about getting lost or being abandoned. I think I have issues because I've had these dreams all my life. I woke up at 3:15 and couldn't go back to sleep. I told myself I'd get up at 4:15 if I was stil awake but I wasn't. I woke up when Jim got up at 5:30, so I got up with him. I've had PMS and cramps for a week. Time for TOM to come already or the cramps need to go away. I've been hungry and cranky. Is this menopause? Harumpf!

The party was GREAT! We had fabulous food and the last of the corn was on the grill when the sky opened up and poured! Rain blew from every direction and there was hail and lightening and thunder! The power stayed on and Niece and Nephew were quite smug that they planned their party for noon and not 3:00 like we usually do. Most everyone had to work or go to school today which is why they did it early. We got lucky! I ate Core all day. They even made a sweet potato for me on the grill. This was a nice treat because I'm not a huge fan of baked potatoes. They're just ok.

I'm going to post my menu and see what was up with all of you.

Frouf, those are some pretty sweet memories of Emily's dance years. I know you miss that sweet little girl. She'll be back someday, I promise! Sounds like DH has been working hard if you garden is now ready to plant. Have fun picking your plants. Congratulations to big DS for his awards! You must be very proud of him. I'm also glad that Emily actually cooperated a bit with the cleaning. Too bad it had to take bribery. I watched my 5 year old Great Niece give my Niece a hard time yesterday. It's only going to get less pretty! Ok GF, let's all get back on the wagon together. No more pizza for either of us! It's the time of wonderful fresh fruits and veggies. Let's all embrace the Core way of life and get skinny together. Rah Rah!

Kathy, that is REALLY scarey about Judd. I hope he goes to the Doctor this morning and finds out that it's nothing serious. I've heard of people getting seriously dehydrated with food posioning and viruses. I had an employee who needed to be on IV fluids! Thank goodness that Kate is feeling better. Those UTI's can be just viscious. You have such a great food plan that I'm sure you'll do great. Time for all of us to get the darn scales moving downward! I'm sorry that you can't find the Marzetti's. Darn....I forgot about it. I could have brought it with me yesterday. I was STARVING by the time they fed us. Have you tried talking to your store managers yet? I don't remember what you already bought for coworker. Would she enjoy giving herself a manicure? How about an audio book? Or a regular book....maybe something about babies? Have you checked out Erin's room for those capris? Maybe you should give Kate a call?

Sandra, how is Curtis feeling? You said the BBQ was good so maybe MIL kept a low profile? It's easier to stay away from the toxic people when they aren't related to us. How did the dip taste? It sounded great. I'd add waterchestnuts to it since they have them in the one from Dominick's and I love the crunch. And....they're Core!

Saundra, wow! You get creative with your FF cottage cheese. All I ever throw in there is fruit. My Sister warms it with noodles but when I tried that it got all runny and nasty. I hope you are making the cornmeal chicken on the George Foreman grill. That's great but the baked oatmeal was NOT good. I should take that recipe off of our board. I'm glad that you had fun with Natan despite the weather. I'm sure I have some bubble blowing in my future this summer.

Patti, we know winter coats here too! Usually from November until April. Uploading isn't hard. Poop you know us girls love to see pictures!

Yum, Kathy, made me have a taste for guacamole. I think we'll have Chipotle tonight. I'm off to do some other stuff. I'm sure to be back later.

Good morning ladies! Well, after this weekend of crazy fun, it's back to real life. I'm glad...I love a schedule. I did not eat well at all yesterday, despite my half-hearted efforts. When I weighed myself this morning, I was 130! I know some of that was water retention, etc, but this is ridiculous! Today, like many of you, will be my "get serious" day. I simply cannot let the weight back on.

So, here's my plan:
100% Core - if it ain't Core, I ain't eating it.
Exercise - I will go walk on my mom's treadmill each day while my girls are over there for piano lessons. I will shoot for 1/2 hour a day.
Fruits/Veggies - if I'm hungry and need a snack, a fruit or vegetable will be the first thing to cross my lips.

It's an ambitious plan for me, but it needs to be done. It's hard right now, because TOM is looming, but I will perservere.

Angela

Angela, you sound scared but you can do it. You just might have encouraged me to get on the treadmill too. I need to figure out what my Fourth of July exercise goal will be. I know I cannot do 200 minutes a week like Sandra is planning!

Good morning! Well, I was hoping my pants would have resurfaced overnight but no such luck. Erin swears she doesn't have them, Kate hasn't been over in more than a week (and I had them just 2-3 days ago) and Shaun says he hasn't touched laundry in a while ... which I believe. I'll just keep waiting.

Judd was able to get an appointment for 9:45 this morning, so I'll let you know after he gets back. He had a bad night which translates to *I* had a bad night. I don't think either of us slept more than an hour. I'm just working my regular 9 hours today and going home. It might rain later.

Sounds like everybody had good family times yesterday, so that's nice. Vickie, it's a good thing they planned an earlier party! I would SO love some rain right now but it should wait until around 5:30 so I can at least see it. That's one thing that stinks about being in a classifed area -- no windows. It sounds like you had a good eating day as well. Congratulations on that! As for the menopause thing, if cranky and hungry are signs of it I wouldn't know. More like cranky and hot! I've messed with it for 20 years and all I know is that if my hormones are off, I'm very uncomfortable and make sure everyone knows it.

Oh and I got dressed in the dark so that Judd wouldn't be disturbed. I was so proud of myself -- I decided to wear regular shoes today. All would have been fine except I got to work, looked down, and see one black shoe and one brown shoe. I think it's going to be a looooong 9 hours.