WEDNESDAY: Today is Wednesday's woes. Get all your gripes out girls! Sort of a purge!

Looks like Peek got a jump on me!

Peek: Hang in there. Everything will pass including troubles with mil. Though all 4 of our parents are deceased, I surely know the trouble you can have. You are right, she is probably having some meds problems and maybe they will right themselves. Can't do a thing about Flo bothering you. She tends to leave at her own time! As for food, you will be fine. Summers are murder on programs I think. Just take a deep breath and hop back on program and exercise!

I guess my woe this week is this employment thing. I guess I tend to feel sorry for myself sometimes and that is ridiculous. We can live perfectly fine on dh's salary and military retirement, but besides being bored, it would be nice to have the extra money. Now, forget I said that because so many of you HAVE to work and would love to change places with me. We also have to have nearly a $1000 worth of electrical work done on the condo to bring it up to code and a job would sure make a difference there right now. My last woe is my cat. I am gonna go nuts with him right now! He is in his get into everything and drive everyone nuts mode and on top of that jumps up on the bed and attacks your feet etc. He is still really a kitten and hasn't been neutered or declawed so that is part of it, but there again, a job would help with that expense too! I take my food problems all in stride so I don't have a complaint there and exercise is fabo for me so I am thankful there.

I would like to see all you lurkers post some more! We miss you!

Faye

Woes Weds, let me see.... first off I guess I too am getting a visit from Aunt Flo, and that sucks, because cramps are pretty bad today...
My biggest woe? Housework...it is getting way out of hand! Laundry is piled a foot deep in master closet and house needs dusting, dishes need to be done...etc...I work all day just like my husband and I am expected to do all of the housework...it really gets me down because I cannot work 40 hours a week and keep up on all of it...he says that if I want him to help I just need to ask, and when I ask he does it, but I should not have to ask when he hasnt had clean underwear in 3 or 4 days, take the hint!
Laundry needs to be done....ugghhhhh I love the man but c'mon!

so anyhow...went to dentist yesterday and had no cavities, so that was good...

Peek...sorry that you missed Big Brother 4, it was great!!!! I have
waited all summer for it, but it is coming on again tonight, you didnt miss too much, just getting to know them....
Have a good one all, Carri

Hello girls,

Lets see...woe #1 my legs feel a little heavy this am..picking em up and putting em down yesterday during WATP tape. That's okay, cause I am going to do it again this morning. Pulling myself up by the proverbial boot straps, sore muscles and all, muscles, there are really muscles underneath all that fat???? amazing!

woe # 2....well, it is early, I cant think of woe # 2, just give me a while I will think of something. Right now have to go eat my breakfast, I am feeling hunger pains, a novel idea huh? In my other life I was so "sedated by food" all of the time, I couldn't tell when I was hungry, ha, ha, tee hee!!!

ck back in later...have a good morning

Pam

Satine: Ask Peek, I am the QUEEN of clean so here goes! I am going to try and help you get a handle on everything and then keep it up without killing yourself. Now as for the laundry, you will have to spend the weekend playing catchup then it is simple, one load in before work and into dryer after work. Except for things that bleed, I have found I can wash pretty much everything together anymore, but even separating, you can still do one load a day. Get yourself some cheap baskets and separate into them each day (ie whites in one, colors in another, etc) then just do one basket a day! I do a load a day except on the days I do the sheets for the week. Ok, here is what you should do to keep from being overwhelmed. It is what I did when I worked. I don't know how big a home you have, but I took a room a day and cleaned it when I got home. Leave stuff like the kitchen or things that take longer to the weekend. I have a 3 bedroom, 3 bath, living room, den, eat in kitchen, and 2 big hallways. Since it is a 2 floor condo, I put supplies on both floors in fact, I put supplies for cleaning in each bathroom. I then take the vacuum upstairs on Sunday after doing whatever are my Sunday chores. I leave vacuum upstairs until the last room is done for the week then take it downstairs. I cleaned our bedroom one day, dh office and mine another (these were super simple because I DO NOT fool with anything but trash and vacuuming in dh office. That is HIS responsibility), both baths upstairs the third day, then took vacuum downstairs and did each room with the laundry room, half bath and kitchen on Saturday or Sunday leaving one day where I did nothing. (I never spent more than an hour having to clean each night, usually 1/2 hour at the most because it stayed clean) As for dh USE HIM for gosh sakes. My dh and I have been married nearly 31 years and he still needs to be "asked" to do chores so instead of getting mad because he doesn't just DO them, come home in the evening and say, "George, would you please unload the dishwasher, or whatever." I pretty much "assigned" chores to hubby. When I wanted help, I would always use him where he couldn't screw up like vacuuming, trash out, put away dishes etc. Hope that might relieve one woe, as to Flo, you are on your own. Just chased her out of my house, so I don't plan on having her back again for awhile anyway!


Pam: Wahoo for you and getting going on the exercise. The more you do it, the less the muscles are going to complain. And just wait until it starts showing. You will be so jazzed you won't want to stop! When I got to where I could actually bend over and tie my shoes and paint my toenails, I thought I had died and gone to hog heaven and it is mainly from my daily exercise. Though saggyfrom all that extra skin, my tummy is remarkably smaller and a lot is the exercise I do everyday.

Ok guys, I want to get 30 lbs off by the end of Sept for my birthday so I have to be strong and not give in to temptation! I am doing really well this morning and am going out in just a few to the pool and then it is clean the upstairs day! Whoopee! I even had such a burst of energy I emptied all my canisters and put them in the dishwasher. They get so grubby from grease etc and I can only seem to keep them clean by sticking them in the dishwasher. I think I am going to start on closets and cupboards to keep me busy this week. Should do the trick!

Well, have a great day ladies. Hope I was a little help Satine!

Faye

Faye,

Thanks for words of support and encouragement! I appreciate it.

I did my 2nd day of the tape just a little while ago, I enjoyed, never thought that would come out of my mouth again in this lifetime, but, I am having a good time at it.

Have a good afternoon all

Wednesday Woes...hmmm, let's see....

Oh yes..Moron Neighbors were weed whacking and lawn mowing at 7:30 this morning. State inspectors coming today to look at apartments to make sure they are up to code, so just as well as I wanted to be dressed and decent anyway, in case mine is chosen at random. Otherwise, methinks Moron Neighbors would have been DEAD NEIGHBORS Mother Nature got revenge for me nevertheless, though...it is now raining.

I lost an inch off my hips. You know it is going to be a good day when that happens

HHHHHUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMM! Woes???????? I guess that my biggest one is that I found out that our health ins is goin to take a 20$ increase a week. To me that is alot of money. The bad thing is that I need it becasue of the meds and the fact the I am going to be having more surgery next year. That is the biggest woe. The next one is that I wish like heck this lower tummey would tighten up. Have been doing exercise for it but I guess that I am a slow mover on the tummy thing.

Went out to dinner with the gentleman I was talking about. We had a good dinner and great conversation and that was it. I didn't know how to feel talking to someone who doesn't have a mind set that my way is the only way. Felt good actually. I only get that sort of conversation with some of my girlfriends. The other good news is that I went to the doctor today(both bad and good) the scale in his office read 176. I was so thrilled. Haven't seen that # in ages. The bad is that I have a killer yeast infection and a bladder infection. WOnderul fun here. I thought that I got rid of the yeast no itching or anything but I guess that I was wrong. Got to go back to him in a month so by that time I would love to see the scale read 170. Time to get my rear in grear.

For all of y'all having TOM, I feel for each and every one fo you. I just hope that everyone will be feeling better in a few days.

Lori, I am with ya on the neighbors. I got them too. Maybe they are related to each other.

sandy

Sandy: Did the doc tell you to eat yogurt? It does a number on a yeast infection from what I understand and drink cranberry juice for the bladder infection. My sister swears by the yogurt as she has to take antibiotics for dentistry and always gets a yeast infection and the yogurt puts a kabosh on it. I am a big fan of cranberry juice for bladder and kidney! I would certainly try them both, it can't hurt and it certainly might help! I know you feel bad about the insurance and I sympathize with you!

Hey to everyone else. Just peeking in. It sure has been slow the last couple weeks here!

Faye

Good Day Gals,

Today was tape # 3! I made it all the way to the end with just a 30 second break to get drink of water, and to sit for a sec!

Feeling Fine! I am off till probably tomorrow am. Take care all!