Hi ladies,

Sue - Spanx is a type of spandex that is all the rage to wear as a smoother under clothes. I'll let you know how I like it. We're supposed to get snow here, too. Believe it or not, I'm tired of it! Hurry Spring!!!!

Sassy - yay for your renewed willpower.

Mindee - yay, you're smiling! I like Diego, and have a plastic placemat for Jackson of Diego. The DGDs have princess ones, lol.

Marti - hope your back/butt is better today.

Francie - let us know how the PCOS test goes, ok?

Ellen - I hope you aren't getting the flu.

Trish - I feel the same way about my cell phone - what did I do w/o it? I've even been known to wake up a friend by calling too early, lol.


Neal didn't stay better very long. He's in the hospital, and long story short, has had a spinal epidural for pain. Hopefully, the pain will go away, or at least lessen. I'm totally worn out. I'll be at the hospital most of tomorrow. Take care.

I am back again.....

Jane~ I will be waiting to hear how you like the Spanx. I have thought about buying some but I keep forgetting to check and see if any of the local shops/stores here sell them. I know a couple of stores at the local mall sell them, but for close to $30. Is that the going rate for them? I like Diego as well! I like all the shows on Nick Jr. actually. Brandon is trying to talk even more just from watching them, so we are getting some where! Marissa had guava as her fruit tonight, and I was telling Brandon what she was having, and he was really close to saying it, but he was trying to use a w sound instead.

I am off here to make Tommy some chocolate chip cookies. He has been asking me to make some and I keep telling him that I will and just get side tracked and don't get a chance to. So, I told him I would make him some, and then some peanut butter cookies for me and the boys to enjoy. (they get too crazy with any amount of chocolate!)

Did any body get a chance to check out the lunar eclipse? I just happened to remember when American Idol went to commercial and I was trying to get Brandon to sleep. So, I had him get his jacket on really quickly, and I took him outside to see it. He liked it, and I explained to him why it looked brown like it did (we went out there before it was completely covered).

eta: I forgot to tell Jane that I hope things with Neal's back start to get better. How long are they saying that Neal will be in the hospital?

well, no need to go to the doctor's office or prompt care with Marissa. I have identified the culprit that has invaded the house of sickies. Marissa woke herself up out of a nice sleep with.....dum dum dum.......the barking seal cough! My little princess has croup! I gave her a breathing treatment using the albuterol for the breathing machine and her face got all blotchy. So, I am going to call the pediatrician's office in the morning to see if we can possibly get her an appointment on Thursday night. (thankfully Tommy doesn't work on Friday!)

Thanks for all the support! I am still feeling somewhat funky...I woke up ok, but started feeling nauseated while getting the kids ready. Otherwise not feeling too bad, getting tired of laying around...but being on my feet seems to make it worse.

Jane~I will be praying for Neal...I hope they can help!

Mindee~I didn't get to see the eclipse...I thought about going out, but it was too cold!

Trish and Martie~ &

Gotta go lay down again.

Mindee~The book sounds interesting!! I'm gonna have to check it out soon.


I havent been able to get a doc appt. They're all booked up. But everyone is telling me that I can just go in and have it done. So we'll see. Anyways, I'm so tired, but I havent been able to have a good sleep in 2 days!! I have so much on my mind its not even funny. I woke up at 3am again today so it sucks so much. But when I woke up, there was so much light in my room I thought it was 7am!! LoL!! The moon was soooooooo bright!! It was kinda pretty though. Anyways, I'm gonna go lay down and watch some more Sex & The City.

Jane--Big Big hugs for you and Neal!! I'm so sorry that he's in so much pain. Hopefully he'll get the help he needs while in the hospital.

quicky here for me today.....need to rush, trying to get to work early if I can and I had a bad night of sleeping. It was 4:00 the last time I stared at the darn clock!

I'll catch up w/you all later!

Morning chickies... Cold here and more bad weather coming. We did not go on our overnight due to predicted ice/sleet down south. We thought we might not be able to get back home. So, we plan to go Sunday, weather permitting.

Today we went to pick up mom's script. at her Drs. and stopped for breakfast. Now we are just settling in to await ice and snow here. I have plans to work on some sewing after my load of laundry is finished. I was going to play "Susie Homemaker" and bake DH a cake and pie for the next week's consumption. Trouble is he hasn't eaten all the cookies I made him and he just got fudge out of the freezer. So, I told him he doesn't need anything else right now. I don't care for the fudge or the cookies...so I am safe. I was even going to make a cake that I didn't care for. Earlier this week I baked him cornbread and biscuits both, which he has been eating on now. I usually like to bake a few things when I get started. lol

Guess I will go and get my chores done so I can curl up and read when the snow hits.

Hi to everyone and hope you are warm and safe where you are.

hello ladies......how are you doing?

nothing new on this end.....just dealing with a sick munchkin, and two boys that don't want to listen! right now I am watching Oprah and she has on the Dancing with the Stars winners and the new cast. I can't wait for the new season!

Just a quick note to say hello. Nothing new happening here.

Jane - I am so sorry Neal had to go into the hospital. Hope he will be back to himself and feeling better real soon.

Mindee - I hope your little Munchkin is well soon. Good luck with the little fellows who don't want to listen. LOL Do I remember those days.

Ellen, Francie and Marti - Hope y'all are feeling better soon.

Sue and all those in for cold, sleet and snow stay safe and warm. We are suppose to have cold and rain. Not low enough for a freeze that I know of.

Everybody else -Hello and have a good evening.

Hugs,
Trish

Trish~ thanks for those nice words. the boys did better with listening when daddy got home. Brandon even went with daddy to get dinner. Marissa is doing better, but like any other time we have dealt with croupy kids, they get their bad parts at night. so she has her moments at night when she ends up waking herself up because she can't breath through her nose.

My power just went out. I hate it when they have scheduled power outages!!! I have about 15 mins of power left on my labtop, and I dunno how much longer I'm gonna have a connection. I'm actually sitting out on the balcony, cuz I get a better connection out here, lol. Its raining and soooooooooooooooooooo cold!!!!!!!!!!!! I have about 2 sweatshirts on and socks on my hands cuz my gloves are on the car, lmao!!! Can you say internet junkie?!?! LOL!! Anyways, I'm gonna go check Perez Hilton before my labtop dies. Goodnight ladies.


thank God theres no bugs out here!!

Another quicky by flyby Marti!

Last day this week and it's going to be a long one! Then I have 4 days off next week but have to go to work for a couple hours for a 2hr meeting.

Such chaos. But in the end....it should all work out.

I have DD this weekend, so computer time will be limited.

Will check in when I can.

Talk to you all soon.

Neal came home but is still in pain. He's going to a neurosurgeon in Evansville Monday.

I don't have much time for the computer, but I'll be back when I can.

Have a good weekend.

Jane- Thinking of you and hoping Neal is going to get some help for his pain. Nothing worse I'm sure. Also hoping that you get some rest during this trying time. OIC about the Spanx. Where do you get them?

Marti- Have a nice week-end with DD. Good luck on getting the computer away from a youngun'. Have fun on your 4 days off.

Francie- Wow, hope your power doesn't stay off long. Raining and cold in WA.? Ahhh, isn't that a given? I have never been up that way, but always hear about the rainy weather. Hope you get results from your Dr. soon.

Mindee- I remember those nights of "stuffy" noses and no sleep. I know one time I was rocking my DD, who was sick, she was crying and I was crying from exhaustion. It is a rough time for all. Hope things are better today.

Trish- Hope you don't get the cold weather we are having. It has snowed and sleeted all day and is around 25*. Luckily we don't have to go out, but I do need groceries tomorrow. Hope it clears up.

Ellen- Hope you are feeling better today also chickie. Is it the flu? Take care of yourself.

Cristina- Where oh where have you gone? Hope things are okay at your house and you are warm and cozy.

Sassy- Everything alright at your house? How are you doing?

I have been keeping warm and just puttering around the house. No big projects. Also reading and doing crossword puzzles. Eating has been pretty good...except for some sweets. I need to stay away from those. I am making quiche for dinner.
Exercise is going to get better. I talked to my BFF who has exercise equipment. She is over her illness and ready for us to start working out together. Soooo, I told her as soon as it clears up I will be over. She is about 3 minutes from me so no big drive. I am thinking we can start next week, maybe 3 days and as many minutes on each machine as we can stand. Then when the weather gets warm we can add a walk. I will try to ride the bike or do the stepper on the days I don't use her machines. Let's hope with us helping each other to get some momentum we will succeed. We have been friends since 6th grade...so we don't worry about exercising in front of each other and can gab for hours. (6th grade was a long time ago for us...1960.)

Wishing a great week-end to all you fine ladies.

Good Afternoon Ladies!!

Finally feeling a little better. I have never missed an entire week of work before due to being sick and definitely getting cabin fever. I have been spending too much time on ebay and just doing overall on-line shopping. I am in love with my new office. I'll see if I can post some pics soon. It's so cozy and warm in here and it keeps me out of the kitchen. My computer used to be set up at the kitchen at the built in desk area. I might get a lap top later to put there because I like to look up recipies and have it handy. The other day, I had to run back and forth to the kitchen and office with my mac & cheese recipie and then finally just wrote the dang recipie down.

Invited to a wine and cheese neighborhood party tomorrow night and hopefully will be feeling well enough to go. Just about killed my dh while he was home for 3 days with flu-like symptoms. Men just can't handle it. Now, I'm not talking about poor Neal......Jane he does have an excuse to complain, poor guy. My heart goes out to him. I can't imagine having that kind of back pain. Hugs to both of you.

Not doing well with staying OP. I've only wanted comfort foods all week. The steriods are making me mad with hunger so I'm trying to drink a lot. Hopefully we can go out to eat tonight so I can get out of this house and see how I feel. The weather has been nasty with icy rain and a bit a snow so we'll stay close to home. Hope everyone is doing well!!