Okay One pic is me on my B-day, The second one is me and my dad and the group photo is (From left to right) My mother, My cousin, Me My uncle in the back and My aunt. Enjoy!!

The first one is me and my friend. The second is me and My cousin.

Good Morning girls!! Dips, You are looking great girl!!! I love the pics.

Red, I am so happy to hear that the kitty is doing well. I was worried about her. Have you named her yet? Are you keeping her? It is so nice to hear that there are people out there who really care about animals.

Not much happening here today. I gotta work so that should be fun. I found a Ragdoll kitten for sale near my house but I am not sure I really have the money to get her right now. She is the cutest thing in the world though and she is my dream cat. They got their names because they go totally limp (like a ragdoll) when you pick them up. She is a seal bicolor female. She has the coloring of Meanie Beanie my himmy/maine coon mix. The kittens would love to play with her I bet. They tear through this house so fast. Last night in bed Teddy kept attacking my feet. He was trying to bite my toe.

I'm still alive and well. At least I'm better now. Still have a wicked cough, but it shouldn't hang on too much longer.
Back to school tomorrow. I don't mind. The sooner it starts, the sooner it'll be over and we'll be on our way to Paris!!! So far, I've booked our apartment for 5 days in Paris, the rental car, and hotels (3 is all). My BIL goes home on Wed. and though it was nice to have him here, it will be nice to be alone again.
The house looks great. I love the colors he put in here. I'll post some pics soon. He painted every room except the two bathrooms upstairs. I feel like I have a new house again.
Last week we went up north to Monument Valley. It was absolutely gorgeous. I'll post some pics from there soon as well. We also went over to Four Corners.
I've already got this week's lesson plans done, but I'll still need to go in early tomorrow because I've got to make some copies and I'm sure I won't be the only one.

Red: I echo what everyone else has said; that is, that kitty was so lucky that you found her. You are an angel.

Dips: My daughter saw your pics when I was looking at them. She said you are a 'hot girl'. You look beautiful and you have a very lovely family as well.

Angie: I'm so glad you are doing so well. You have been and will always be an inspiration to me.

Noelle: How is your knee? I don't remember when you said you start therapy, but I'm sure you will do great. Michael is such a cutey; his gingerbread house was adorable.

Cherie: It really sounds like you had a great time skiing. I've never been skiing, but I have hung out at a ski resort here in AZ once.

Kempy: I think for awhile your temps there in LA were warmer than they were here. We're above normal now (in the mid 70's), but we're supposed to be around the mid 60's. I does get cold at night, but so far no dew or frost.

Julie: I'm so glad you're back; you were missed greatly. I hope everything is going well for you. Here's some AZ sun.

Have a great week everyone.

Cal

Cal- Give your girl a big kiss for me and tell her I said thanks for the compliment. it tickled me to death I never did make it to Paris. I bet it's beautiful there! Have fun when you go. Meanwhile my friend and I are planning a tropical getaway around spring break time! Yeah Sun!

J- How are you, love. I been thinking about you a lot lately. When you're not your bubbly self I'm short a few bubbles myself so let us get our bubbles back soon, okay YAY bubbles.

Angie- You should just open up a zoo. You are crazy about animals. God bless you for it. Even though I love Niko to pieces, he is a handfull. I can't imagine a whole housefull plus kids!?! You are a saint.

Red- I cannot imagine one with a spirit as lovely as yours looking like a dork. You are so silly! But you do wonders for my ego. Thanks

Noelle I know you'll do well in therapy. I'm rooting for you, girl.

Hi Kempy- How's everything going in sunny louisianna? BTW I may be hitting you up soon for som more of that mix. Mom LOVED it

Okay, I gotta find some new sneakers for when I start running again. TTYL!

Hi Girls!
I am totally back on track, had a healthy breakfast-oatmeal and a banana. I even took a walk on Saturday and on Sunday about two miles each! I went with the dog one time but she kept wanting to smell and stop so the other time she stayed home and I used both arms to power walk. Although holding on to her uses some upper body strength. Got lots of fruits and veggies from the grocery store this weekend so I should be set with that. Yesterday I baked a ham and made a glaze with brown sugar. So now I can make some healthy leftovers with it for a couple of days.

Dips you are looking GREAT! Where are thinking about taking your Spring Break? Fun!

Noelle I hope therapy goes well today. I hope it helps!

Cal your Paris trip sounds like it is going to be wonderful. I like the idea of the apratment rental. Glad you are happy with the house, can't wait to see the pictures.

Angie did you get the kitty?

Cherie did you have a nice weekend? How was Harry Potter?

Hi Kempy! 25 degrees? Almost like here.

Hi Red!

Gotta run, late for an appointment, LOL. Check back later

Sorry I didn't post yesterday. It was beautiful outside so I worked in the yard all day. I am so sore now. I guess I never realized how much I worked in the yard. Well even though it isn't official I have lost 5.5lbs so far on WW. It may be water weight but it is weight. I don't care. I go for the weight in Wednesday morning. Joe just doesn't see how I am losing weight with all of the food I am eating. I just eat LOTS more veggies and that fills me up. At least for a little while.

Dips you look great. I bet you guys had a blast. I can't wait until I can wear shirts that cute.

Julie don't think we are as cold as you guys now. It is in the 70's right now and wont get colder for the next week. BLAH! I know I say I hate the cold weather but I would like to have somewhat of a winter. It is like a summer day today. When I walk with the girls they are always wanting to stop too so I am canstantly dragging them forward.

Red I would never think you guys would get that cold. We have people freezing pipes here too. We really aren't prepared for winter down here so if it gets bad people have a hard time with it.

Cal I can't wait to see your house. I am so jealous too, Paris! Is it me our are we not really having a winter this year. Do you guys usually stay this warm?

Angie what's up in the kitty department? I would love to have another cat but Spart would hate me even more. He is still mad at me about the dogs and we have had them for 4 years. He holds a grudge.

Noelle do tell about the therapy. I wonder if I will have to do that for all of the weight lifting I have done. I am sure I have done some sort of damage to my knees. I was just trying to squat as much as I could thinking it was cool.

Hi girls, I'm just back from PT and am having my lunch: Subway 6" sub-club on roasted garlic w/baked BBQ Lays potato chips and a diet coke .

First things first! Dips, you are so fly! I'm not afraid to tell you so. Girlfriend, you look great! Your dad and mom make a good combination I can't get over how young they are and look too. So where is this tropical getaway you're heading too? Down south to the Bahamas?

Kempy, that is a great 1st week--and hey, water weight is weight too, it affects the scale so it definitely counts. Isn't it great how you can eat a lot and still lose? There are some weeks where I felt I didn't do so good, but when I weighed in I lost more than I expected--those are the weeks when I say "how the heck did that happen?

Julie, I think we will all be able to keep each other on track with this positive vibe flowing through everyone You are very sweet sharing your pup with your FIL. How are your kiddos doing? Are they back in school?

Angie, your kittens must be so big by now. Are they still crazy rambunctious like before? I miss that with my cats. All of ours are getting old...except Leppy, but he doesn't really like to play with humans He bugs the heck out of Whiskas though (his adopted mom). I went to the Humane Society yesterday and I swear I wanted to bring home this 20+ lb black and white fluffy cat. She was huge and such a big baby. I pet her on my lap for a good 30 minutes while she drooled down my leg.

Red did you name your new cat? I'm happy to hear that despite her injuries she seems happy enough. At least with you she has regular food and water and a place to call home. As far as my knee injury, i fell off a chair back in Sept. and landed on my right knee/hip but never went to a dr. for it. That's on top of some previous problems with my foot . When I started walking regularly for exercise in Nov. I guess it aggravated the injury.

Cherie, how was your weekend? If you saw Harry Potter, what did you think? I am a huge HP geek so I must've saw Goblet of Fire about 5X (3X in the theater, the rest on a pirate DVD )

OK, so my PT guy is kinda cute, that should make therapy a little more bareable. I have to see him 3x a week and he said I can still go walking, just not as much. I have to lessen the time to 30 minutes then ice my knee down afterwards, then if everything feels ok, I can increase my walk 15 minutes, icing it down after I'm done. He gave me a knee (jumpers?) strap so I can see if that helps. I'm gonna really have to watch what I eat and journal my food if I can't walk like I normally do. I'm not gonna let this derail me

Rick is planning another trip to Vegas for next month. The neighbor boxer kid Brian Viloria is having a bout at the Aladdin President's Day weekend so Rick and my BIL and maybe some other friends are going up to watch. I am a little envious, but that's ok....my sis will be going for a dental convention in October so i'm planning on going there with her--without him. I should be a size or two smaller by then so I can do some more clothes shopping Anyways....I should start on getting some work done around here--it's only 1:30 p.m.! Chat later.

Hello all...


First off thanks for the compliments, you guys. You all make my days brighter Hopefully by the time spring break rolls around I'll be bearing my midriff.

In an effort to bust my goal wide open I went to discoveryhealth.com and registered for the 2006 weight loss challenge! YAY. Along with the free registration comes a free 8-week membership to Bally's. So my goal is to drop the last of my excess weight at no cost to me I THINK ICAN I THINK I CAN.

I'm so silly TTYL

Hey girls. I just finished my measly 30 minute walk. I parked my car in the outlet mall and walked around the neighborhood there. 30 minutes! Sheesh, I feel like I'm depriving myself! I wanna go longer... but I have to follow drs. orders. I came home and iced my knee down so now I'm sitting on my butt saying hi to you guys

Dips, you go girl! I know you will get that goal by summer. 8 weeks with access to some good eqiupment can work miracles. We don't even have a Bally's here in Hawaii, so that sucks. I am sort of wrapping my mind around the idea of joining a gym for working out. I have to tend to my old knees first though. Did ya get that email I sent ya about Home Depot? Gross huh?

So where are the rest of ya hiding? come out and chat!

I have to weigh in today and I'm praying for a maintain and not a gain. My scale at home says I'm the same as I was last week so that's good Will post results later.

why is my signature line missing? is anyone elses?

edit: OK, that's just weird... check out my above post, no siggie. This one has one.

I am here. I had to go sit at the salon for a little bit this morning. I brougth a few cookbooks though so I could find something to have for dinner. I am going to make Teriyaki pork stif-fry. I got it out of a Pampered Chef cookbook that has lite meals so I am good in the points department. Ok, I know you aren't supposed to get on the scale everyday but I couldn't help it. I am up 1.5lbs now. What is up with that. I stayed below the points yesterday so I was feeling pretty good until I stepped on. Not certain what that means but I hope it is gone by the morning. I have to weight in first thing.

Dips did you ever say where you are going for Spring Break? Joe and I are going on a cruise in April, maybe we will be in the same place. Then you will be able to get one of your new years resolutions.

Angie what's up girl? You have been kind of quiet latly.

Red how is the little kitty doing?

Noelle so I guess now that the PT is cute you have to make sure your legs are shaved.

Hi to everyone else. I need to have my snack or I will binge at dinner so I will be back.

Kempy, (re: shaving my legs) WORD! Ugh, last night after karate lessons Rick, Michael and I were eating at a local sushi joint. I was enjoying my dinner when this trashy looking girl comes in and heads straight to Rick and plants a kiss on his cheek,then rushes away. I turn toward him and ask, who's that? (This chick was dressed real skimpy like, w/overprocessed hair, and a big old tattoo on her left boob)...he said it was a bartender from some place he used to go, then he makes sure to say that he doesn't think she works there anymore (wherever "there" is)... anyway, I told him, "maybe you should tell her you won't be seeing her anymore"--did i tell you guys he got caught for DUI? So he's supposed to be trying to quit drinking (again). But I told him not to worry about me being jealous about 'her' since earlier that day I had a cute guy feeling up my legs

Hey, regarding the scale? Don't you worry about it. You may find that the WW center's scale is different than yours at home. For example, my scale said I had a maintain since last week. Butwhen I weighed in today, the center's scale said I was down 2.2 lbs! I am totally amazed because I had such a hard time this past week, not being able to walk as much and all...I was having a little pity party for myself about how my body's been falling apart, and giving in to the munchies a little once too often--BUT! For the most part, I stayed OP and I guess those WW points works. I absolutely love it! I am sooo close to my 1st short-term goal I just know I'm gonna get there and then some.

Angie, yeah what Kempy said. Hope you're doing alright out there. Hope your computer didn't die on ya.

Hope the rest of you can come out and shoot the bull with us