Wow, I must be extra tired, that workout really took it out of me. I'm beat!!

Glad to see you went to WA Sandra. It still sounds like a lot of fun to me. You know what I'd love to find? A line-dancing class. I think that would be so fun, plus burn calories. I can't find one though!! (well, except for the one they have at church for senior adults...and I would probably try to go except it's during the day! )

Off to clean the kitchen...

I would also love line dancing - or any kind of 'dancey' exercise - and actually I dusted off an old richard simmons tape tonight and have just completed 1 hour of exercise - some of it was floor work and WEIGHTS - which I hate. Yes little ds found the 3 lb weights and I just about died heaving those things around - sure hope I"m not too sore tomorrow!

Had 1/2 steak, 1/2 sweet potato and some brocolli and cauliflower for dinner - I am really trying to watch my portions - I think I am even a bit hungry when I leave the table so have to judge a bit better. I am now drinking 500 ml of water which means I'll be in the bathroom half the night!

Melissa and Sandra - good for you on 'moving your bods' as well - and Rhonda I can barely do any Pilates moves! I am impressed.

Kathy - how are you feeling? Should you check out the high blood sugar w/the dr?

dh gone to get gas for his car (price is a bit down tonight) and pick up dd from dancing! I am awaiting a call from Ray from Vegas for more cruise talk...I guess there's a 3 hr time difference?? But I do hope to be in bed by 11 at the latest.

More crises at work of course as I discovered yet MORE glitches on my database - I can't believe it is so bad.....and of course we paid big bucks for the development!

Can't wait for the weekend to begin!

Froufie

melissa, i'd love line dancing, too. have you looked in the paper for another class? i'm back from w a. it was a great workout. i am pooped but feeling good.

frouf, you're doing great. your dinner sounds really tasty. i had a chicken sandwich and some sf/ff pudding. not very exciting, eh?

Anybody awake out there?

Why is this? I went to bed over an hour ago and cannot turn off my mind

It is not as if I'm bringing world peace or ending world poverty while I lie there with my mind churning!!
Why is it that DH puts his head on the pillow and is asleep in 10 seconds flat?

Oh well, I've tried the hot milk routine again and it ought to work.

Frouf, I LOVE Pilates. I can do most moves but I cannot do a full sit up from a prone position. My teacher said it took her YEARS to be able to do it and there are some days when she still can't. The other four women in the class do it with almost no problem

All of Frouf's cruise talk motivated me to get the Alaska cruise brochures from my travel agent. Oh, I would love to do that one. Maybe in 2008; it's a pricey one.

Talk to you all tomorrow.

Rhonda

ps: Sandra, your private email is bouncing back!

Isn't there a prize for being the last and the first to post?

I had a very restless night, even after the hot milk. I know that we presumably need less sleep after we age, but I don't think our bodies are wired for our ridiculous organization of work! Oh well, that is the way it is.

I'm having a yogurt shake for breakfast, followed by an apple. Lunch will be with a colleague and I'm pretty sure it won't be too hard to stay OP. Not sure about dinner. But, what I do know is that I really need motivation for aerobics these days. It will come I'm sure.

Have a great OP day today!

Rhonda

Absolutely! You win the prize!! I hope you sleep better tonight. I know exactly what you're talking about with the DHs though. Are their heads really that empty that they have NOTHING to think about when they close their eyes?

I'm not sure what's going on, but I'm having a really hard time with the site and our firewall at work. It's setting some weird tracking cookies and I've been contacted by IT about it, so I might not be on much during the day. It also won't load the pages but thinks it has ... so I have to refresh 7-8 times to see the page. Crazy stuff. Anyway, don't worry if I'm not here until evenings.

I haven't looked out so I'm not sure if it's raining or not but it's supposed to start soon and continue for a few days. Judd and two of his friends are going out for their Third Annual Boys Night Out in Sundance Square. All I have to say about it is goodbye, have fun, stay out of trouble, and take your umbrella. I'm glad for the night alone but I sure could get in trouble with dinner because the sky's the limit! There's no telling what sort of junky comfort food I'll end up with, but right now Grandy's country steak dinner with mashed potatoes, gravy, fried okra, and a big ol' roll with honey sounds pretty good.

I guess I'd better get my tail to work. All of today's time will be added to next week's hours so actually I'm just getting ahead. I have a dr. appt. on Thursday (mammogram) so this will make up for it with plenty left over.

Have a great day!

Yum - I would like to join you for that 'comfort' food dinner Kathy - where and when? Sounds like fun to have a night 'off'- anything else exciting planned?

Actually dh is out tonight jamming - dd going to her dad's and I"m sure big ds will be out - so just the little guy and me? Will see how I feel but maybe we can do something instead of staying home?? And it's gloomy and raining here now with temps dropping so we shall be all frozen in this weekend! Only major plan is my hair appt tomorrow afternoon and little ds has a bday party on sunday (hey maybe we can go out shopping for the present tonight?)

Rhonda- sorry about the sleep issues - I have absolutely had the same problem - so hard to turn off the brain sometimes. And even worse is music running thru your head! I have been 'addicted' to my Wicked soundtrack (each week I find a new 'favorite' song which I replay) and will wake up and have the song going thru my head over and over again - nice but really a frouf needs her beauty sleep!

I am very excited at your possibilty of an alaskan cruise - it is supposed to be gorgeous - lots of nice scenery and animals too! Make sure you choose a ship that is not too big so you can get into the 'tighter' spots where the large ships can't go!

Melissa - how's the 'turbo jamming' going? I have still not made the purchase! I did an old richard simmons tape last night - and found another BRAND NEW ONE I don't think I have ever done - so I might crack that one open today or tomorrow. Scale is hovering around 211.2-211.4 so hope to see a 'new number' by the end of the weekend!

Okay I can't stomach eating my steak/potato lunch today so I shall go hunt out something else downstairs???

Later,

Frouf

Hi All:

I'm at the union office, waiting for my next appointment. My lunch got cancelled so I just had an apple. The are calling me so I thought I'd come here instead!

I'm going to leave a little early and we're going to try for that movie. At least, that's the plan for this minute; we'll see what actually happens.

Cold and wet here too! Not freezing though. Maybe I'll join Kathy and Frouf for dinner tonight at Grandy's. I'll just have a salad though

Rhonda

Howdy, goils! It is raining so hard I can barely hear Judge Judy!!

I worked 5 hours (which will be added to next week's time), went to the grocery store for food and firewood, and then came home. I'm staying here until Monday morning, no matter what. It is going to be MY KIND OF WEEKEND! YAHOOTY!!!

You know what though? I'm sorry to stand you guys up, Frouf and Rhonda, but I went by Chili's and got a salad. I ordered it from a few blocks away and it was barely sprinkling. The guy said it would be ready in two minutes and I said great -- I'm just right around the corner! By the time I got there, the bottom had fallen out of the sky and it was pouring. The total was $3.26 and I gave him $10. He said "Change?" and I said "No, the rest is hazard pay!" I got a new bottle of FF Italian at the store so I am good to go with my dinner!

Now the bad thing (and *I'm* the bad one for saying this) about tonight is that Erin is off work and is home. I was so looking forward to a very quiet night with nobody else here. I will deal with it though; she's sedate and will probably stay in her room most of the time.

I bought glucose monitoring strips from ebay today. At the drugstore, it's $50 for 50 strips. I got the same 50 strips for $10 plus $5 shipping. They aren't expired and I've already talked to the seller. I might have to do this on a routine basis because even though I only test once per day, $1 each time will add up! The insurance hasn't decided yet whether they will reimburse; I think the doctor will have to send them a letter. If they decide yes, then I'll of course buy them retail.

Okay that's it for me. I hope everybody's having the best day ever! Happy weekend to us all!

hi there. i'm home from ww and the cardiologist with lots of good news. 1. i just gained .2 lbs. again, i credit w a with a lot of that. 2. my echocardiogram shows good news. 3. my cardiologist was thrilled at my weightloss since he'd seen me in january 06. 4. he told me "i'm as healthy as a horse." (same as i got last week from my pcp.) 5. he took me off lassix and potassium!!!!! i'd been taking them 10 years. he said i don't need then any more as the valves are not leaking much at all now.

rhonda, i think you do get a prize for being last/first. i'm needing more motivation to go to w a, too. do you think our getting out of the habit when we were traveling's what's gotten us out of the habit? i've been averaging 2 days a week now instead of 4 or 5. i hope you can get some rest tonight. i haven't had to take a tylenol pm since i put that heated mattress pad on the bed. an alaskan cruise sounds heavenly. are you thinking of it as a retirement celebration?

kathy, enjoy your comfort food tonight. stay warm and cozy this weekend.

frouf, curious minds want to know what you had for lunch today.

rhonda, have fun at the movies.

vickie, i miss you.

melissa, how goes it pod?

we're going to traditional league tonight. that should be fun. my gf and her dh will be there. lots of laughs planned.

kathy, i know what you mean about wanting time alone in the house. i'm actually excited curtis is going to the olympic center for several days in march. i know i'll miss him after a few hours but right now i'm looking forward to being alone. i'm going to see "broke back mountain" for one thing.

Hi All:

It's so yucky, wet and rainy outside that we had movies at home. We watched "A Good Woman." What a sweet movie. DH loved it then laughed "That was almost a 'chick flick.'" Ah, he's man enough to handle it.

On the way home I was thinking that I would come home and throw chili fixins' in the pressure cooker since Kathy stood me and Frouf up. I got home and the chili was already made Hmmm....dinner made, chick flick on the DVD......

Kathy, you have no apologies to make about wanting to be alone. It's a delight to be alone, when it's a choice. We'll send "stay in your room" "stay in your room" vibes to dd.

Yes, Sandra, I'm sure it was the travelling that got me out of the aerobics habit. But I made choices; I could have done more. I did walk a lot though so I wasn't completely sedentary. I think I have to wake up in the morning with a new attitude and behavior set! that will last more than a day! AND that's wonderful news about your health. It's so good to be able to get off of medications. I'm proud of you and happy for you.

Rhonda

Yes, Sandra! You are doing so well to have those medications discontinued! I hope you continue to improve (the CHF really worries me) ... but having the doctor say you're healthy as a horse is quite a good thing!

Well, Erin is "keeping me company". You know, there could be so many things that are much worse than having your 23 y/o staying home on a rainy Friday night. At least she's not out getting in trouble ... not like she would, because she's not that kind. I'd still like to have some "me" time but looks like it won't be tonight!

So before Christmas, Judd sold his guitar. He shipped it to this lady in the middle of December. Tonight I got a call from our local UPS store where he shipped it from, and they said the lady has filed a claim saying she never got it. We haven't heard from her saying it was never received ... it was a gift, for goodness sakes, and you'd think she would have said SOMETHING to him. We have to take a lot of paperwork to UPS tomorrow, thank goodness it was insured ... and then we'll get the check from them. He'll have to contact her and find out what's up, and then send her the money back. I just think it's crazy that a month has passed and she's just now filing a claim with UPS.

Happy night to you all!

Good Morning Everyone:

There was no problem with sleeping last night. And, I have put my exercise DVDs on my placemat at the table. Won't be able to say I didn't see them that way. Now, to move them to the DVD player and move my body!

I had an interesting work experience yesterday. I am being considered as a candidate for an administrative position and I was given a second interview. I don't want to describe it on open forum and it is tentative of course. It wouldn't likely bring me into direct conflict with my union and it's in an area that I really like.

It would likely mean a substantial salary increase AND a substantial lifestyle change. That means more temptations around eating, less time to exercise, more time sitting in meetings...in other words it's a risk. Of course, all change is.

I'm spending my weekend working on a report I'm doing and...yes, getting that aerobics thing done.

I haven't even thought about food yet, but a crock pot roast might happen. And, there's chili

Rhonda

Good morning, Rhonda and everyone! I'm glad you slept well last night and hopefully are rested now. That's pretty interesting news about the interview! Good luck and I hope it turns out exactly like you hope.

I'm also making a roast in the crockpot today. It is raining and I'm so excited about it that I'm nearly giddy. I LOVE rain, especially on the weekend when I can stay home and watch it.

I'm off to find some breakfast! Happy Saturday to you all!