just popping in shortly before heading over to finish up the laundry....

Jules~ I am sorry to hear about your dad. I will keep him in my thoughts and prayers.

Hello all...

JULES...lots of hugs to you Sorry to hear about your dad...thinking of you, him and your mom today.

HIYA to everyone else

Nothing going on today...well, the rest of the day except reading, exercise and laundry. Had a doctors appt this morning...nothing like being probed, lol.

Have a good one...gonna go do an exercise dvd and some weights.

Good Monday afternoon......Okay Cristina, you inspired me. I won't get up at 5:30, but I did get up at 7 to ride before coffee. Got in 2 miles and feel pretty good. Cleaned bathrooms and I have laundry almost finished (bed changing day) and went out for brunch. I had Canadian bacon instead of crispy greasy bacon. AND I am wearing the pedometer mom got me. It talks and tells you every 50 calories burned.

Soooo, here I go again. This time I pray it sticks...lol. We've all been there, the beginning for the umpteenth time. My goal this week is to ride morning and evening. Or replace one ride with a walk.

Nothing else going on here. I re-planted some plants in the back yard. Chipmunks had eaten my coleus..so I moved in some of the lilies and ajuga. See how that looks. It is beautiful and breezy here today. Perfect weather for yard work and I have no more to do. I never have to pull weeds...so I kind of miss that. (nahhh, don't miss it)

I am just going to clean the laundry room and then read or play computer games.

Jules- You know my prayers are with your family. Keep us posted.

Mindee- Ouch on the sunburns..hate the peeling blistery stage. Itches!

Sassy- Cute new kitty. How has your other cat accepted (or not) so far?

Susan- Hope you get the new position...200 bucks is a lot of salad missy.

Everyone else...hope you are doing well.

Speaking of salad..I tried to copy one I had in a restaurant and it didn't taste like theirs, but was very good. I used dark mixed greens, onions,mushrooms and strawberries. Oh, pecans...and drizzled with balsamic vinagerette dressing..lite. Oh my was it good. Had a few crackers and a wedge of cheese and called it dinner Sat. night. Yummy.

Gotta scoot...DH needs me in the shop. He must have one of those jobs that takes 3 hands.

we are still doing good.....our sun burns are started to finish healing, which is nice! the weather is so wishy washy, so I will be having to come up with games to play in the house over the next couple of days because it is supposed to be rainy!

as for my status on FB, well, I wrote a letter to the higher up here at the complex. He read my letter, then read it to the head maintenance guy and then threw the letter out! He did call me to "discuss" the issues that I brought up in the letter. He ended up giving us $50 off July's rent, which is nice, but c'mon on now! the police are in here more lately than they have been in the almost 4 years that we have lived here! so my letter that I am sending out next, is going to the corporate office! we are so fed up with this place, that we are even thinking about trying to transfer our lease to another one of the properties that they own!

not to mention, our friend that works here, they are transferring him to another property because they claim that it is closer to his house. which is pure bull crap! they are transferring him because he doesn't get along with the head maintenance guy and the higher up! (which are somehow related we found out)

so, that is about it in a nut shell! I will let you all know how the letter writing process goes and what kind of results we get! I will also try to get on here at least once a day.

I need to get back into riding my bike.....I have only been on it once and that was the day that Tommy filled the tires with air!

Just dropping by to say HI...forgot to post my weight yesterday.

Have a good day

Cristina- Great weigh in. You are probably finished with your walk today and out mowing or something. How did the open house go Sunday? Good I hope.

Mindee- Doesn't sound too promising if they just throw the letter away. Hope the next letter does more to help.

I rode the bike 4 miles yesterday and did my "indoor" walking for 35 minutes. Food was so-so, but I am getting a handle on things. Haven't started actually counting calories..just cutting out junk.
This morning I rode the bike 2 miles. I ate a small banana and a small apple (very small) with an English muffin for brunch. I don't like to eat before I ride or for quite awhile after the ride, so I am having brunch instead of breakfast. Never did like an early breakfast. I will have a snack in the afternoon of rice cakes. The Quaker ones now have Sour cream and Onion so they satisfy my urge for chips...kinda. LOL

I didn't weigh yesterday...but today I was 173. Hate it since I was 165 last Fall. BUT...that is down from the 178 I was..soooo, I will take it. I vowed I would never get back to 180, and I came mighty darn close to getting back up there. Just hard to even worry about weight when you hurt all the time. Thank goodness I feel better and can get this under control AGAIN.

Hi to everyone,,,hope you day is as sunny and pleasant as mine.

Back again for a few...

Had to take the vehicle in and getting ready to head out the door again and then by the time we get back it will be time to go yet again, ugh! I like having things to do but not so many in one day. The next two days will be about the same as well, yuck. Anyway...

HIYA SUE...open house was fine, I guess...some people actually looked at the house so that is good...an offer would be better! You are doing well with your biking, and yes, we have all been there before. I know I have started over several times...but each time I lose some, gain some back but not all so all those start-overs add up to a lose at some point, lol. Enjoy your day!

MINDEE...hoping the letter gets some results.

JULES...thinking of you and your mom today. How did things go with your dad yesterday? Lots of hugs to you

And a big HELLO to everyone else too! Miss you all

I did get in my walk and as soon as I post here I will be doing the Biggest Loser sculpt dvd, ugh...it is a killer. And then later on when I return from second outing I will do the LS slim and thin and call it good. Going out to dinner tonight with the hubby's dad, and his SIL, sis and bil. We took his dad out for fathers day and he wanted to get together tonight with V's sis & BIL since they couldn't do FD. Well, that in turn turned into his dad saying "Hey, it's June's (his SIL) BD so maybe I will ask her to come" After a LOT of scheduling and figuring out where to meet it finally happened and it has now turned into June's BD dinner, lol...I don't even know the lady. I have met her twice I believe, maybe 3 times but she helps V's dad out a lot since their wife/sis passed in Jan so. Of course it's at a place I have never eaten before(recently opened), nor would I want to ever I will make it I guess...can't ruin a salad, or can they? Anyway...gotta go exercise before I sit here and fall asleep. Some days these 5:30 mornings kill me!

Have a good day everyone

just a quick update...I really can't think to post tonight...

Mom's surgery is the 23rd of July at John Hopkins, you can visually see the tumors are growing back....Dad has a tumor the size of a golf ball on his lung....

Jules- Lots of love and prayers to you and your family.

After my 2 mile ride this morning..ate under calories today due to just not feeling hungry. Had the rice cake snack and later shaved turkey on small wheat bun.

I got to watch the great grandson for 5 hours....what fun. He is so sweet and really smiling a lot now. He tries so hard to coo then when he does it startles him. So cute. But...he is the reason I didn't get another bike ride tonight. I did however get a 30 minute "indoor" walk. SO...I am doing okay.

Tired though and ready to hit the sack. ....see you all tomorrow.

We were on the front porch and DH was holding Mason. I got a couple grins...but you know they are biggest right BEFORE or AFTER the flash.



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Hi Ladies.

I am sorry that I haven't been around. I wanted to give everyone a big I will try and get on here tomorrow and catch up.

if you go to the website daybreak creations (a photography website out of Camrose) click on the learning together graduation link on the homepage and look at picture #15 and 16 that is my baby all grown up.

Be back tomorrow

Hello all...

JULES...lots of hugs and prayers

KATHY...your daughter is so pretty, just like her momma. Love her hair and dress, and the horse! Thanks for sharing with us.

SUE...such a pretty baby Mason is. Hey a bike ride and video is good! But I can understand not riding again because of baby Mason...that would get me out of exercise too!

Anyway...got my walk in, did my BL and have a dvd to get done before 4 which will be no problemo. Got my groceries bought this morning also.

Decided to surprise Josh and Charlotte and I plan to buy them something every week. Figure when I give her the baby shower they will be in for one BIG surprise with lots and lots of goodies! Actually looking forward to it.

Tomorrow have to go to the hospital to have a sonigram, ugh! Not so bad having it just a pain of having to go. Anyway, that's about all I have...hoping all is wellwith everyone. Take care, lots of hugs.

Hola!

TY all for your comments on the cat. She is doing fine. Our other cat is adapting to her quite well. He hardly hisses at her and plays with her on "his" terms, but she is still trying really hard to become better friends with him!!!

As for WL, well I kinda have gotten off track...........with me being sick last week and all that, I haven't gotten back on yet. Plus DH is now riding his motorcycle to work now so I have the car and that is bad......lol. I think I will start parking at the opposite end of the parking lot that way I have to walk into work, out to the car for lunch, then back in from lunch, then out for the day, so that way I should get some walking in!

Sue -- Mason is really cute!

to all!

not really a whole lot going on around here....Tommy is off work tomorrow for the holiday, so I am not sure what we are doing! we have to be here between noon and 3 because Comcast is coming out to hook us back up! Then tomorrow night we will go to the race track that Tommy used to work at and watch their fire works.

Saturday we might go up to the campground for the day and then to Algonac's fireworks on Saturday night. Sunday, not really sure about that day! we have to do some grocery shopping at one point or another!

I am looking for ideas for my new tattoo that I want to get! our friends are having another tattoo party on the 8th of August. I mentioned it to our friend that works here and I am not sure if he is going to go or not. I am looking at getting something on my lower back....and something that goes along with being a Leo, Irish/Celtic, and German. So, I am going to try and get my ideas into a folder somewhere that I can keep track of them all.....so look on facebook and myspace for them!

I shipped out my letter to the corporate office today in the mail! so, they should get it early next week! our friend told me that his last day is the 15th of this month.....I am hoping that my letter (all 7 or 8 pages) gets something done about the way this place is run! and maybe even getting rid of the two people that are running this place into the ground!

Walk is done and getting ready to do a dvd. Nothing planned for the day/weekend.

Have a good day, and a Happy 4th whatever you do!