Jana - saying a little prayer for Caylin- hope she's alright.

Marti - Missed you - must have got online right after you posted. I am going to try to drop in on chat tonight. Kind of depends on the guys, they are working in earnest on this fort and I have to keep the rugrats out of their way. They're kind of funny about kids around the power tools - geez
I also want to catch Kerry's speech, which may conflict.

TJ - Sorry about your lack of sleep. My DD is 2.5 and not a great sleeper. Her 7.5 y/o brother was way worse though. I figure, well, they are babies only once, and its over so fast. Need to appreciate all the great stuff....and just block out the peed-out bed sheets and no-sleep nights. I drink alot of I get migraines once in a rare while, but they are debilitating. I just saw a bit on the news where docs were saying they think there is a possibility that weather can trigger migraines. Hmmm, very interesting.

Re: cookies. Cookies are put onto your computer by the websites you visit, including this one. They help track what you do on the site....They also can give the owners of the website information about you that they can use to target you with advertising. They aren't totally bad, but can lead to annoying stuff popping up when you try to surf the internet. This is why people get pop-up blockers and stuff like Spybot...to get rid of this stuff. You can delete cookies in Windows by by going into the Tools menu, then Internet Options. It will wipe out info like your passwords and where you left off as far as unread posts, but should help with the other garbage. I just read that Windows is coming out with a new service pack for XP that is supposed to block adware - yippee! My explanation is probably a little too simple, so someone with more computer expertise ought to chime in here.....

Hope everyone is having a great day
RK

Hello:

Jana- Caylin is in my prayers and I have also asked a good friend in Minneapolis that has a prayer chain to include her in their prayers.

Marti- Since the only pets I have allowed to enter my house are fish... and I do not think if they truly qualify as pets... I cannot relate to your cat situation... Although I do have a very good friend that has three cats and they are her children.. so I hope she gets better soon and it's not too mad at you!

TJ- Your story brought back a few memories of nights were I had to go through the same thing... I still cannot understand how we can function with so little sleep. Hope you have a great night tonight.. with no surprises.

Dolphin- My mother suffers from Migraines, she tried everything and finally started taking relaxation therapy and she has controlled them to once or twice a year. Maybe you could ask your doctor.

I have decided to wait until tomorrow for my weight in because I know there are going to be BAD NEWS!. I have been trying to be good these past few days but my weekend was no good at all.

Our General Manager resigned, and the office has been in a turmoil. They just promoted our Brand Manager for the position, but we have been in so many meetings that my behind is NUMB. Also, I have been looking for a job for a few months and I have attented 3 interviews with the same company. Today they called me and asked for a detail of my compensation and the salary I am wishing for, because they are going to make an offer.

Now, I do not know what to do.. one of the main reasons I wanted to leave was because the relationship with our General Manager had deteriorated so much that I just could not stand her... Now that she is finally leaving, and that the person promoted is a good business partner the reasons aren't so clear.

She already met with me and told me that she needed my help and that she could not promise me anything at the moment but that there was an opportunity in a few months I would be perfect for.

The new job, is about 7thousands more in pay but it is a new place and I do not know what I will find..

What do you think???

Well girls, I brought her home....and she's just relieved to be home. She is so loving and sweet right now, that I'm almost tempted to call the vet and ask them if they gave me the right kitty!! She is an outdoor cat, but for a week she will have the luxury of living in my office. She has already taken over the dogs tent for her sleeping quarters. Yep....you heard right, the dogs have a tent. Let me tell you how much James spoils his babies!!

Anyway...wanted to update you all.

BBL....I will try to make chat

Marti

Thank you so much to everyone who has been praying for Caylin. I am very, very appreciative of them all!! Here's what the doc said - he thinks it is probably nothing worth worrying about, since she has had the virus, but to be on the safe side, they are doing a stool culture. Not sure when we will get the results of that. I am still anxious about the results, but he is a good doctor and since he didn't put her in the hospital and start a whole battery of testing, it gives me hope that it is something not too serious.

I'll try to be in chat tonight. And I'll do individuals tomorrow.

Hello ladies--

Another quick moment while I have the chance...but I had to share my experience I just had when I got back from Wal-mart.

I went and bought the cat some indoor "bathroom" priveledges and when I got home I hopped out of my car and looked at the all the neighbors enjoying the weather...sitting in their lawn chairs chatting....there were people walking around, and riding their bikes..... when all of a sudden I noticed a breeze........

OMG!!!! My blouse was unbuttoned all the way to my belly....I was exposing to my neighbors my girls!! I was connected by only ONE button!!!! I was immediately embarrassed hoping no one saw that and kind of bent down and leaned into the back seat of my car to retrieve my purchases and managed to button up. That got me to thinking......how much of it was unbuttoned at Wal-mart!!!!

Oh boy....only me would that happen too.......I think I may have to sew my shirt to keep that from happening again!

Nothing like entertaining the neighbors eh???

BBL

Marti

oops

Good evening! As I sit here and type, my little kitten is on top of the monitor supervising my work. As soon as she hears my hit they keys, she is all over. Strangest thing! My other girls are still well. I'm so over protective of them. And I'm so paranoid that something else will go wrong. UGH. I can't imagine what it is like with kids!

Marti - What a show you must have given today! You wild little exhibitionist! Well, what are they chances that you will ever see any of those people again! Glad to hear that your mama cat is doing well! And yes, my cats used to have a teepee. Until they destroyed it!

Jana - Glad to hear Caylin is doing ok. That is so scary when a little one gets sick. It just doesn't seem fair.

Jo - I am going to start doing my yoga again. I used to do it all the time. I bought a new DVD, it has 45 workouts on it.

RK - I too am looking forward to Kerry's speech. I watched Edwards last night. I was pleasantly surprised. But look who we are comparing them too!! A baboon and a flamingo would look good!

TJ - Wow, 5 lb loss! What was that time frame?

Squeak - I know what you mean about the cats! I have 9 total, but 5 are within 1 1/2 years of each other. When they get old, it's going to kill me. My oldest cat (only 11) has autoimmune gingivitis. She gets prednisone and an antibiotic for the rest of her life. And my dog is on arthritis meds. And my 2 surgical patients are on profilactic antibiotics for a few more days. Sheesh!

Well, I need to go read the local news website. I just heard a news piece where a local woman in my town was stabbed several times in her home and they don't have the suspect yet. Hope it wasn't near me!

Jen

Hello again--

I'm finished be-boppin around and now I can sit and do some individuals.

Shanna--You are more than welcome to come and do some scrapbooking when you want. That trick is very easy to do. I think you'll like it and maybe even use it for your next page! I have to say.....that page I've been pondering on of Jhanai....I finished it today. And it looks nothing like what I started. It's more floral than I had originally. And it was fun. It was like somehow a light bulb went on in my head and the idea just flowed.....now to come up with another one.

TJ--Sorry to hear about your poor baby! How old is he/she?? Excellent on the 5lbs. gone!!! You're doing great!! How often do you weigh yourself? I've lost 4lbs. in the last two weeks. I hope to either see another pound gone on Sat. or at least maintain. I haven't lost more than a pound or two is so long that I'm afraid that I'll gain it all back!!

Rk--I will try to come and chat later on...depends on what time James comes home. He says he may get to come home tonight and I'm truly looking forward to that!! (I sound like a highschool girl don't I?) thanks for the information on the cookies. I thought maybe I was going crazy trying to explain something that I have no idea about!

Angie--Thanks for the input on passports. So are you saying that you DON'T need them to just cross the border? Or that you do? I have an identification card of my own for when I travel......it's not a passport...but it's something I have to carry with me always.

Jana--Glad to hear that Caylin isn't as bad as we thought. Good to know that the doctors still want to keep an eye on her. Also glad that you were entertained by my flashing experience. I'm still red in the face about that.

Jen--These people I saw were neighbors. They live in the senior housing that's behind my house. They sit in the yard everyday.......but there is a distance so they couldn't see too much....it was the guys on the bikes riding around that I was worried about!! Oh well.....they may start riding around more often!

Hello to the rest of you girls!!!

Well the dogs aren't too thrilled that I have the office door shut. But my boy want's to pounce on the cat any chance he gets and she doesn't need that right now. She doesn't have stitches....she has adhesive bandages....it looks better than what my dog Cocoa had when she was spayed. No wonder James switched vets' at the time!!! So for now....the room is all hers.....ok....part of it is...the rest is mine!

Ok...time for me to go kick back on the couch and let the fat roll around!!

Talk to you all later
Marti

good evening:

what is it with JL's and their clothing??? First, the capri pants and then the blouse. LOL
I am in stitches as we speak.

The baby that wet the bed is a boy 20 mos, my oldest son is 4 and he is to start speech therapy in a couple of weeks, my daughter is 9 and shes the one we call the sickling. bless her heart.

I lost 5# in one week. but i worked hard. a minimum of 40 min exercise 6 days and lots of water and no junk food except my one binge on crackers and cheese in a can. LOL

I love how Marti is so in love with her husband. it is very refreshing. and i love hearing about it. she feels like a school girl and i feel like we all are at a sleep over hearing about her crush. its neat.

the reason i am writing this post strangely and not to individuals is because im in a hurry. sorry if i lost any one.

gotta go,
see ya in the morning,
tj

Just wanted to say hello.

Congrats to Marti and TJ on their weight loss.

Sorry, I never said anything before Marti. I saw where you lost 4 pounds? YAY -good for you!

Very interesting on your computer knowledge RK. I was looking in the PCC class schedule that came at and am looking at something to take , perhapes Excel, since we use that a lot.

Glad Caylin is going to be ok- Jana.

Shanna- sure I will meet in Florence.
RK, Katie, Marti, Me.........who else is in this neck of the woods??


Best get!

ttfn

ok, so there i was getting ready for bed when my DD says to me "who fluffed?" and i said maybe your bro but not me. then the sink started gurgling. so i jumped up and ran to the bathroom to find that my floor was covered in water. (not contaminated but potty water non the less) so i went towards the tool box to get the channel locks to go take the cap off outside when there was a knock at the door. it was my neighbor saying that sewer had came up in her place and that she had taken the cap off between our houses. so i borrowed her channel locks and took the two caps off that are between me and the road. oh there is sewer all over my front and back yards. yuk!!! so i called the landlord and told him that somethings got to be done or when my house gets flooded, i am sewing his _______!!! he promised to do something about it over the weekend. you see i own my mobile home but i have it in a mhp on a rented lot and it is his responsibility to keep up the sewer, water, etc on the outside and my resposibility for the inside and i just dont think i could go through that again. well, thanks for listening i guess ill go try to lay down again.

see ya in the morning
tj

Yep, it's late ...

Shanna - you're eggs are coming down using walkers, eh? lol... So glad you didn't lose your post! Just for the record, with WW, there's nothing you can't have... maybe you don't get much though, lol.

Jen - so glad your cats are better. Did they catch the murderer in your town?? Or, did the woman make it out alive?? How awful!

Jo - hmmmm.... that's a toughie.... maybe you could level with the new Supervisor and tell her you need to know what's in store.

TJ - 5# in one week!! YAY for you!! So sorry about the sewer....hopefully the landlord can get it fixed soon.

Susan - would your company pay for the class if you take one?

Saw people popping in and out tonight ... peek-a-boo .... but no one in chat... just "invisible", lol.

TTFN,

hello all
what a day...I laughed I cried I cringed was angry,,,scared....
Skittles got spayed today..I went to bed early last night so I could be up early to iron some shirts and hang out with Skittles before surgery. Monte didn't set my alarm, we have a dual alarm thing...so I got up at 8:35 Skittles had to be at the vets at 9 am,,,I work at 9:30 it was a horror... I had a horrible customer on the phone swearing and I firmly told him off. without swear words...thats the kicker...lol yes I do have a potty mouth when angered. Told my boss,,,she said she would back me up since we have had complaints from him before. cool
went to pick Skittles up after work...I think of it now and get weepy...how could I have gotten so attached to her? She looked so messed up, standing there swaying,,,eyes all crossed from the pain killers...I need a bunting bag for her now, to carry her easier.
ok enough about me being weepy...lol

Marti, since you don't know if your buttons where undone at Wallys,,,I am guessing if you go back next and find the guys that work there fighting to carry your purchases to your car you were flashing them...lol Going over the board to Canada you wouldn't need a passport, just picture id...drivers license

Well hate to say this the cheesecake thing was delicous. And I don't like cheesecake! I have been a berry berry bad JL..lol

Jana,,,Im glad the doctor took some of the tension away,,,and once the results come in from the stool sample the rest will dispate also.

TJ Ah man girl I feel for you,,,we lived throu a horrible flooding in our old house,,,infact most of Sylvan was under emergency red. Of course Monte's mom had just passed on that winter and some of her beautiful wood antiques were down there.

MIGRAINES yuck! Brandon had horrible migrains when he was younger,,,6-10ish his allergist told us to eliminate all processed meats, sandwich meats, hotdogs,,deli things,,,no cheese, red dyes and wine (dang that was hard to dry him out, he was a two bottle a day kid)
I have migrains on occassion when my period is coming and when there is a severe weather change coming. Fall and spring are horrible.

well I should get to bed...this has been one of them days...
night all
Angie

Hello gals....

I've been off and on tonight it seems.....I keep having the dogs bark at something and it's driving me crazy!! (they don't like not being in the office!)

So I keep going out there and yelling at them to shut up. So mean aren't I? Now......if someone was at the door ok no big deal thanks for letting me know...but just for someone to walk by?? I mean come on!!

Anyway...I've popped in the chat a few times and no one was there! I was just a lonely soul in there........"La la la la la....." (to quote Jana)

Ok, going to browse.

Marti

me too, ive beenn there few times...