Hello Mindee, Good to see you here. Of course, I haven't been here much lately. Hope all your kiddos are well after so much illness.

Jules, I hope everything goes well with the move. Your dad sounds a bit like mine was. We were estranged for awhile, then I decided he needed to know his grandkids. That went okay, but the kids don't remember too much about him. He lived out of state and passed away in 2004. He mainly liked to get me arguing politics and how "uppity" I had become. Grrr...

Cristina, You are doing good chickie, keep with it. I have not had a great winter, but at least I am not gaining a lot.

Susan, Did you go out for Chinese? Hope you had fun. I am going to play cards with family for FUN again this week-end. Oh, we are soooo exciting!!

Sassy, Good luck on the job hunt. Did you learn any more about going back to school?

Katy & Francie..hope the exercise efforts are going well.

I have had a crummy week healthwise, just feel draggy and "out of sorts." Like you feel when you are coming down with a head cold, but it never quite materializes. Yucky.
Monday we took mom to the heart Dr. and it was a good visit. He is so thrilled with her progress and her EKG that he doesn't want to see her for a year. We followed that up with meeting family for granddaughter's 19th birthday lunch. We had a nice time and once again I decided I have the sweetest "grands." My kids are pretty special too.
Yesterday DH and I went to see friends from our old neighborhood. He also picked up wood from the sawmill for his next project.
Today...I made a pan of biscuits and a pan of cinnamon rolls for breakfast and fixed DH some eggs. Dinner is gonna be "clean out the fridge night." ha Ham and beans tomorrow.
Oh, the excitement of my life!!
Anyway, I have not been exercising much, but have been watching what I eat. Two family get togethers this week-end, so I am looking for healthy dishes to fix to take. Thinking of a cauliflower salad which I can healthy up with lo-cal fixings. And maybe a fruit salad too.

Nothing else planned for my boring life...I don't know what I would do without family, be realllll bored. LOL

just thought I would pop back in here to see how every one is doing......Tommy called me this morning and said that he was going out to a celebratory breakfast. I asked him what he was celebrating and he said that he got the line leader/supervisor position. He gets his 50 cent raise next month at his evaluation, and then he will go another 3 months I think as that....his former line leader went back to the tape company that he was laid off from and told Tommy that when he gets in there, he will give them Tommy's information to get him in there. So, he has an option there as well. He would start at $14 and then get a dollar raise until he is up to $18 or so......not sure what the top amount is.

Sue~ They are doing well! Marissa still has a little bit of a cough, but nothing we can't handle!

I am soooo tired...was suppossed to help Dad tonoght but he used all the boxes with his AA helpers today, will have to emoty some out and come get more stuff or get more boxes. He doesn't listen to me. I stayed and worked late instead. I am sooo tired. got an email my elliptical came in so I am going to go get it tomorrow...so excited!!

Sue--Dad called today and was pissy with my coworker cause I was on the phone after getting back from a meeting. She was shocked at how rude he was. Glad your mom is doing good. Mine is responding well to the treatment so it's ggod for now...I will take it for as long as I can!!

Mindee--thats great news about Tommy's raise!!

I need to get off here and get to bed!!

just thought I would pop in to see how every one is doing.....

the boys broke the ladder on their new bunk beds.....so now Brandon is basically stuck on his bed until I come in to help him down. unless, he tries to scale it down the end of his bed. we were going to separate the beds, but then there would only be about 14 inches in between the beds...and for fire safety we can't do that.

Sassy..Hope you get feeling better soon. Congrats on going to school. May it be just the thing you need to help with a wonderful job. As for the X Y controversy, are you asking if it is fishy for him to want others around when she meets his son? I would say maybe he doesn't want the son (although he is young) to know this is Daddy's friend as opposed to "just a few of Daddy's friends." Or, maybe he has other reasons, but she should just come out and ask WHY he wants to do it that way. A lot of single parents don't want to involve the children in the mix too early..you know, see how things are going before introducing the kids. But I would just ask him.

Jules- Excited for you getting the elliptical. Good luck. Hope your dad gets moved, maybe his friends will do it all.

Going to the grocery stores today and it is cold out there.

Hi Sue.

Thanks I am hoping school will take me in the right direction. Yeah we are wondering because I can understand the whole wanting people around thing, but he has already met her daughter. We were wondering why he wants to meet at our place rather than at her place? Did I leave that out? lmao....Yeah he wants to bring his son to our house and then have my friend stop by with her daughter. We thought that was fishy. We also do not see why we (DH and I) are in the mix at all. It should be between them two. or am I wrong? So we are seeing if he would want to meet up at a public (kid friendly) place versus our place, a non-kid friendly, boring place (for kids at least) lol. So if he refuses that, then I am not sure what is up. Confused and just so darn happy that I am MARRIED! lmao!

She is going to ask him, I am just getting your all's expert advise here. lol.

Thanks!

Big

Sassy - maybe he (Y) promised his ex that he wouldn't take the child to a girlfriends home? Good luck on the unemployment and classes


MIndee- Good to see you back and congrats on Tommy's raises

hi to everyone else!!

sorry, I am sooooo dam_ lazy these days.

wi was 154.2, so not too bad, don't think I will ever get it below 149. Rach gave me a loooooong lecture on toning......*eyes roll*.....guess I am going to have to give in and do weights and exercise.....blech.

work 6 days in a row, next day off will be Monday!


chat later.

Hi all! Had a lunch out for mom's 82nd birthday yesterday. She is doing so well.
I did all the laundry yesterday and the ironing today. Guess I will do bathrooms tomorrow and sweep floors. Always something to do.
I weighed in yesterday and was as high as ever. SO, today I have done real well..started a 3 day fast track diet..just to get back to it. I will at least get my portions under control.
My son in San Diego had a really bad flu the week after we left out there. He said he told himself when he got well he would take better care of his body. SO he is on a mission to buy and fix healthy food. He is quitting smoking and bought himself a bicycle. I am soooo hoping he follows through. He is a big 6'4" dude. Not obese by any means for his height, but overweight. He is having trouble cooking for 1 quick and healthy meals so has had chicken breast almost every day. If you have a good recipe for 1 or 2 people/healthy/ send it my way. He likes anything, but doesn't know where to begin. He is reading labels and no MSG or HFCS.

I hope to get out and walk as our weather is going to be nicer tomorrow and through the week-end.

Hello all...

Sorry for being MIA...didn't think it was as long as it has been, oops! Just been running so much with Lily being sick and going back and forth to ER and then she was admitted and...ugh, tired. They admitted her Sunday evening and she was horrible, not sure why they didn't admit her Saturday night after the second visit there. But took her and Charlotte home yesterday and she's not 100% back to normal but she is doing fine so far. Just feel like I've been going for weeks! Anyway...today I am trying to play catchup with laundry and cleaning the house. Will be watching her again tomorrow...it's been a while since she's been over here. And...tonight is the Elton John/Billy Joel concert. I was looking forward to it for so long and now that it's here I don't even feel like going, lol. To top it off daughter is sick so...hoping she didn't get anything from one of the many trips to the ER. Anywho...

MINDEE...glad to see you back lady! And yay to Tommy!

JULES...my dad was the same way, if not worse. Don't get me wrong, I loved my dad but he was nicer to total strangers than he was to his own kids. Hope you are enjoying your elliptical!

SUSAN...lots of prayers and hugs to you and yours.

HIYA SUE...glad your mom is well and a HAPPY 82nd to her!

SASSY...I have no clue. You never know what one is thinking when it comes to stuff like that. I thought Charlotte was weird because within a month of meeting Josh, shoot I think it was more like 2 or 3 weeks she had her kids calling him dad, yikes! Me on the other hand when I was dating I never wanted my kids to meet the guys I dated. Didn't want them to get attached to someone if there was nothing there so. But I don't think they should have you and the hubby involved...it has nothing to do with you guys like you said so...who knows, sorry I am no help, lol. Yay to going to school! School is ALWAYS good!

HI to everyone else

I better get going, have lots to do today before the concert tonight. Not sure if we can take a camera but I am, lol. Hope they don't take the batteries or the camera...this is a once in a lifetime thing for me and I want pictures! I LOVE Elton John and Billy Joel!!! Okay...take care everyone, love ya.

Hi girls...I have been scouring the internet for recipes and, boy, have I found lots of good ones. Yum. I have also researched lots of diets and "ways of life." Interesting.

Not a lot else going on..same old, same old. Went to the bank and the Dollar store, ran past DD'S with a delivery for her kitchen. Still eating right on target..have not put one crumb in my mouth that was not on my plan. Not one crumb. Now, if I don't lose some weight this week I am going to be very disappointed. I have been using the trampoline daily and plan to walk as soon as it warms up a little more.

I am really on a mission this time...I have challenged myself to eat NO french fries and/or fried foods during March. It is a challenge to fix meals for the two not dieting...but I am determined. And they are okay with about anything I fix. DH fixed himself some gravy yesterday and I had baked him biscuits the day before...so he was happy. I do think it would be easier dieting if you lived alone...but maybe not.

Going to the grocery store tomorrow...nothing exciting!

Edited to add that today is day 3 of the fast track diet...if I lose I will do it again next week. My weight was back up to 180...yikes! Reason for my determination!!

Four days of eating really, really right. I feel good, but I know the 5 pounds I lost on the fast track will probably be water weight and be back by Monday's WI. All I can do is continue to be on target.

Talk to you all later...Have a super good week-end.

I hope you are all out having fun somewhere! I am NOT...

Laundry, 3 different grocery stores and helping wash my car...my exciting Saturday.

On the up side...kept within my calories yesterday and today. AND..after sneaking a peek at the scales I am still happy.

Not a thing going on here...just looking at seed catalogs and dreaming of Spring!

Hello

Nothing much going on here. I just got my ellipitcal today!! I'm so excited to finally try it. We're not really sure where to put it yet, LOL!! We saw Alice in Wonderland in 3D at the midnight showing. Omfg..we LOVED it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wanna watch it again. Johnny Depp is GREAT as the Mad Hatter, I totally loved him in that role. Oh, it was so funny...they showed a preview for Tron, and Fonzo turned into a 5 year old. LOL!! He was practically bouncing in his seat, it was so cute, lol!! So it looks like I'm gonna have to watch the original, because this is like Tron 2 or something. I'm gonna have to watch the original Clash of the Titans too, because he wants to see the remake as well. They both look really cool..but I dont want to see Clash of the Titans in 3D. Too scary, lol!!

Anyways..I should be going now. I hope you're all well. Oh ya..I'm back on goodreads.com. So add me if you're on it.