Good morning Blue'ers!

Anna, thanks for asking ...work on Monday night was good. It was a long time to just stand there and I am not used to that (5 hours) I do have arthritis so I am a little worried that I wont be able to physically handle it but I am going to try! Other then the standing it was really good. The people were nice and easy to get along with. I work again tomorrow and friday night.

Ok, since we are posting pics of our fur babies, here is one of my kitty named Callie. She is just over a year old and I wub her.

beautiful!!

I'm sure you will have no problems once he's bigger with the added help!

sweet!!

lovely babies!!

I'm sorry to hear about your uncle Vixjean

Tawnya, I have to agree with Tee here. I can't imagine how hard it must be, but you have to take care of YOU as well.

WOW. OK. So I get up at 4.30 and you are up at 4 exercising now??? Or are you just getting up w/your DH and exercising later? How do you do it??? and what time do you go to bed?


beautiful kitties!!!

OMG that bear!!! love your doggie!

congrats on the new ride! you can always learn a manual

so pretty!!

love all your photos!

this is great Kim! great eating, great running! so proud of you!!

so precious!!

Oh my! He's never come down when we were cooking, or even when we were outside. I really think he's afraid of people, he was tagged as a nuscience (sp) bear for being in town and they brought him up here and dumped him off. Usually they don't stay where they are dumped, but for some reason he has.

Funny thing about ham... I was cooking ham steaks on the grill the other day and a huge ospray came flying by.. really close, I think he wanted to steal my ham!

wow Francie. I'm sorry about this. Some people have such a nerve!!!!

Ooh I love your kitty too! I'm such a sucker for beautiful animals!!




So... it's morning for me... well already afternoon really, but we have two days off (Queen's Day and Labour Day/ Ascension Day) so I'm completely relaxed, still in my pajamas and catching up on 3FC

I hope you all have a great day!!!

haha.. I ended up falling back to sleep watching the news. Then I didn't get back up when my alarm went off... oh well time to teach the kids to leave mommy alone while she exercises.

As far as hubby's lunches, he packs up his food the night before. I always make extra dinner so he can have it for 2 breaks. All I really have to do is throw the containers, his cans of diet soda, and his bottles of frozen water into a lunch pail. Now breakfast.. that can be a different story. Usually he's happy with some sugary kids cereal, but other days he asks for eggs and toast.. so I make them. I also make extra waffles and pancakes every time I make them and throw them in the freezer, so we always have some "toaster waffles" on hand. I didn't used to do it, but I really don't mind taking care of him, after all he does allow me to stay at home and sit on the computer all day.. errrr raise the kids

Morning Everyone!

Angie - That is an adorable kitty picture!

Renee~~ Wanna borrow the bear? I just saw 3 deer in my yard, I'm not so sure they will co exist too well.. and I'd rather have the deer! It's the first I've seen them up here! They were having trouble with the population going too low on our mountain. A few years of no doe hunting must be helping.

Hi everyone.

I haven't read any of the posts since I was last on but just thought I would check in. I'm between sleeps right now. Had a nasty 84 hrs of insomnia that culminated in some interesting hallucinations. I just had 6 hrs sleep, woke up randomly, got something to eat, checked in, and now I think I'll go back to bed. Night... or morning... whatever.

[QUOTE=Faerie;2176319]And all these adorable pictures of fur babies makes me want a Chinchilla so bad![QUOTE]

We have a chinchilla, my son named him "Chinny" I know a really unique name, but he was only 5. We have had him for 3 years now.

Mornin' Fae!!


uh. well. That's OK, I'll pass But I do hope your little deers are ok with the big guy around!

Oh dear. Good Sleepy Vibes coming your way!

Just a quick hello and thank you for all of your kind words and prayers. My BIL is still critical and the next few days are crucial. Most of my family has arrived and best of all....ERICA IS COMING HOME TODAY!!! She is being sent home on emergency leave for 2 weeks and her plane lands at 5pm. Erica's commander (or whatever you call the person in charge in the NAVY) was standing next to Erica when she got my message and he said he would help her make arrangements to get home quickly. He was flying back to the states today himself and was able to arrange for her to fly with him. I wish the circumstances for her coming home were different, but I am so grateful to finally see my daughter and grateful to the U.S. NAVY for helping her get home so quick.

Hope everyone is doing great on the challenge. I'm still OP, just not going to the gym. I know I need to stay healthy in order to help my sister, so I will definitely be sticking to my healthy diet. The exercise I will fit in when I can, but I'm not stressing about it.

Again, thanks for your friendship...it means so much to come on here and feel your support.

p.s. For those of you that mentioned dealing with your own family members who are ill, I am praying for them as well.

Good morning, Bluesers!

I have a confession....I'm a poser. I've not been 100% committed to this weight loss journey for quite a while. I managed to maintain my losses and I've stuck around 3FC and kept posting each day, but my committment has been non-existent. After much soul searching last night, I've decided to stop playing around and get serious again. No more making excuses for going off-plan and not exercising. Face it....life is hard! There is always some kind of stress in the life of a Mom/Wife/Daughter/Friend/Citizen. I can learn from these stressors or I can crawl into my hole (ie.comfort food) and pretend that everything is okay. I've decided to get real with myself. It's time to let my internal drill sergeant come out to play! I've tried the "just do something each week" thing and it just doesn't work for me. Just like when I quit smoking...cold turkey...I need to just jump in with both feet and get going.

Today's plan:
1) Every single calorie gets logged onto my spreadsheet. Today's calorie goal is 1600.
2) I will walk for one hour today...with or without Hubby.
3) I will be in bed by 11:00. My body/mind just doesn't function well on too little sleep.

I now have 5 days until my next weigh-in. I can't wait to see what this old body can really do when challenged.

Hope everyone has a great on-plan day. I'll check back in again later.

GO BLUE!

Lisa, I am so glad that you get to see your daughter. I know it's a difficult time, but I hope you get some quality moments with her.

Elizabeth, I hope you get caught up on your rest. Sleep deprivation is rough stuff.

Chellez.....We need an exercise challenge! Pretty please.

I'm sorry to hear that BIL is still critical, but how wonderful that your daughter will be home!! I'm very happy for you!!

You're not a poser. You are just human. We all have to get to this point to do something. You are ready. You had the hard talk with yourself. You are committed NOW. That's most important!

Come on Rhonda, I KNOW you can do this!!!!!

Wednesday: Question of the Day

What would your Biggest Loser goal shirt say?


My shirt would say "To experience life to the fullest."
(Dee, you've answered this one for us in your signature, so maybe you can have two shirts!)