Hello Chickies!!!

Gasp! I know! I am here! I am just catching up with even a little of the posts! Wow, you guys have been busy! Mom....awww...so sorry hon...big hugs to you!

I only have a minute, I have to run out and do some errands. I just wanted to give you a brief rundown. DH had a clean MRI done on Oct 30! (Happy Dance!) I have a new doggie client that I am LOVING! He is Duke, an american bulldog, and I love love love him! DD just had her 18th bday! I have decided to try Progesterone cream for my hormonal problems...bought a book on a drs. advice and it has only been a couple of days but I already feel better. (not sure if that is in my head though?) I had some bad times food wise, stress possibly, had went back on sugar for a bit, my symptoms got really bad, now I am back to being cut down, I haven't even been drinking coffee the past couple of days... Back to exercising full strength again, going to power pump weight training class twice a week, and DH is meeting with a personal trainer tomorrow...I am tagging along... I am so proud of him!

I am sorry I don't have more time for personals...Hello to all the new faces (new to me anyway!) and all of you that could use a hug, you have it!

Raven! Yay! So good to see you. I've wondered how the hubby was doing. So happy for you both. Sugar is evil, that's why it tastes so good. It's true though, the more bad stuff you eat the more you want. Take today for example, one thing just kept leading to another...

Vermont, I'm glad your down time was short. We finally had a sunny day here in VA, the first in about 5 days.

Buddly, you doing ok?

I really need to change my life, I mean my weight, but why can't I even get started, maybe even half-heartedly do anything? I see the success stories on here and I know how much things can change for the better yet I just don't do anything. Why?

Well, I'm going to clip my coupons from the Sunday paper and finish watching the Colts game. I actually have no choice since that is df's team.

well tom came today....I was feeling crappy this morning and just off but after church I went to the grocery store. When I was leaving the parking lot there was this lady with a cart full of groceries and she had pushed the cart thru the grass to the street and was trying to go up a HUGE hill but the cart kept going the wrong way and she was having a heck of a time. At first I kinda chuckled because it was a site to behold the cart was doing its own thing then I was like i need to see if she wants a ride for real that has got to suck. So i went over and she looked at the cart and then was like yeah I guess i can. so we loaded her groceries and I am telling you it wasnt a lite cart she had like 4 big jugs of hawian punch 4 or 5 things of soda tons of meat, can stuff. well she lived up the big hill then turn on a street and up another hill....when i was helping unload i felt tom come thundering in like a hurricane...UCKKK i hate that feeling...but I shoulda guessed two nights before i bought fudge rounds...the only time i buy fudge rounds is close to tom i dont ever want them any other time..
So am getting better dealing with all this..right now i am scrubbing carpets doing laundry and decluttering as i go and getting ready to start the dishes...yeah it sucks cause im probably only going to get a few hours sleep but you know what it will be all worth it when I get up in the morning with NO DISHES, Carpets not only swept but scrubbed, laundry all washed just needs put away, everything all nice and tidy....what more could a mom ask for on a MONDAY morning...like hello....then I can just work on the boys school.

Ok a side note I know a lot of people dont care for the biggest loser but....i filled an app out once two seasons ago and then threw it out and was like no I am doing a diet and I can do this here....well almost a year later here I am weighing slightly more than I did then and got no where. I think I just might go crazy and fill out another app and make a video this time...I am thinking if I do it this once then it wont bug me cause i have this nagging voice in the back of my head to do it...so if I do it that will go away...They always have a mom with tons of kids on there...LOL...I am not only a mom with several kids but a foster mom, a youth pastor, a childrens church teacher, a drama teacher....clearly I have put everyone else ahead of me and cant seem to get the order straightened out....oh who knows its a shot..atleast that voice with stop nagging me to send in an app....HAHA...Ok please dont you all think I am crazy or atleast if you do keep it to yourself...LOL

Yeah i have had 5 mt. dews in less than 24 hours and I hadnt drank any in like almost 2 weeks...AHHHHHH

ok those dishes arent going to do themselves!!!

Hi everyone
Sorry I haven't been around much, been riding that emotional roller coaster, but doing alright. Its snowing again, so a little concerned about driving first thing in the morning. As is DdA. She and her dad put her snow tires on this afternoon so she should be good if she takes it slow and easy. Good advice that I will have to heed myself.
I went and saw the ear, nose and throat specialist yesterday and he wants me to do a sleep study to see if I have sleep apnea. But at least after the exam he did say the tonsils can be removed, should be interesting to see where this all goes.

Hope you and me both on that change thing. I have to get back exercising, but I keep saying "tomorrow"

Raven great to see you. I'm so glad to hear your hubby had another clean MRI, that is such wonderful news.

Mom wow you sure got a lot done today. So sorry about your foster daughter.

Vermont, Havisham, Leenie, Sassy, Kathy, Liz,Marbear, Heather, Hydra, Purefire, and everyone else

Take care everyone,
K

good morning everyone momof4, yes you should go ahead and apply! With all that you put ahead of yourself, i sure hope they see that you are a candidate. You know we would cheer you on

I hope everyone has a great day, or at least a good day

Hi Kids

Love you all

gotta run........

lol thanks vermont!! I filled the app out last night and my friend is bringin her camcorder cause mine is not working right at the moment!

so i got to bed at 5 n back up at 9...but everything is soooo nice and clean...still have living room and entry way carpet to scrub but everything is clean and ready to just run the scrubber!! decluttered and reorganized stuff...i LOVE sitting in a nice freshly cleaned house!!! EVEN my computer desk is cleaned...my husband actually made fun of it last night cause there was a pill on it that fell off and I put it back on and he was like here put a toy on it to hold the stuff down...lol...its clean now!!!
ok boys schoool, lunch, then some reading and NAP!!! YA....love nap time!!

Hi everyone, I wanted to share something that I did this weekend.

I went to a workshop called Yoga to manage your mood. The leader of the workshop is named Amy Weintraub, she was incredible! I bought her book - Yoga for Deppression and it was like she was talking directly to me.
She talks about breathing to help with anixety and deppression. I'm going to try a CD she has called Breathing to beat the blues. Especially at this time of year, every little bit helps!

Have a good day everyone!

I'm completely, entirely sick of closing shifts at work. I hate getting home at 9:30pm. OK, moving on.

I've been a bottomless pit the past couple of days. I ate so much yesterday I'm surprised I didn't get sick. Tomorrow I'm having lunch with a friend and dinner with a few co-workers so that shouldn't be much better. I know how to make good choices out but I don't think I will.

Buddly, glad you posted, I've been wondering how you were. I cant believe you are getting snow but I guess it is November. I know a few people with sleep apnea and after they got a cpap machine they feel SO much better, much less tired during the day.

Beth, the yoga for depression sounds interesting. Every little thing helps, especially anything physical.

Mom, yes, a clean house is wonderful to wake up to. Nothing makes you feel better when you get up in the morning. It was great of you to help that lady. I'm sure she was most grateful, and surprised. I'm totally supportive of you applying to TBL. I'm a faithful watcher. I don't like everything they do but that's true of anything. I'll be tuning in tomorrow night though. It would be cool to see one of our own on there!

Vermont, how did the hubby's interviews go? for both of you. Thank you for posting daily. I'm so glad when log in and see people in here faithfully. I really count you guys every day.

Leenie, I know you've been busy. Any word on any more layoffs? Hope not.

good morning everyone

I forgot to comment upon momof4's VERY nice act of helping that lady. It is a sign of a compassionate and aware person to first notice something like that, then make the decision to help, especially if it takes you out of your schedule, time, effort, etc. Kudos to you ! After my grandma passed away, I became very aware of older folks and try to be there to open doors for them, be especially patient with them at the store, etc.

thanks for asking about DH's interviews, hope4me! He just has to wait to hear from them (2 in particular) so another week or so. Having him jobless is not the horrible thing I thought it would be at first. The UI is about $300 a week less than what he was making...but about $100 of that was put into health insurance, so it 'seems' that it's 'just' about $200 less. So if I try to forget that we don't have health insurance now, it isn't that bad. And he has been doing home improvement stuff which is great.

sorry that you've been 'a bottomless pit' I think we all go through times like that. I hope you have a nice lunch with your friend.

BethC, sure hope that CD is good for you!

momof4, will you come to my house and do your magic??

I have been working out every day but been eating BAD stuff to negate it

hello to everyone else and have a great day

Hey all - it's been a few days since I've stopped in as I've been working 12 and 14 hour days. There is nothing as sucky as being on the phone with work at 10pm on a Saturday! I'm finally taking a 'me' minute now because otherwise i'm going to go insane.

Sooo fed up - the weight is coming off in tiny, tiny increments. Like creeping down - depressing when I'm sticking to plan. But I'm hanging in and trying to look at what I'm eating again to see where it is. I confess last night I had a crispy crunch blizzard - and man, it was good!!

Mom - you make me ashamed about every complaint I ever make about being overworked! But I do understand the LOVE of being in a clean house - ah, the peace.

Vermont - glad you're over your little down session. And I'm keeping everything crossed for DH.

BethC - I love yoga - I need to get back in to it, as it's definitely very centering. I've got a yoga for weightloss DVD that I need to tackle. Keep us posted on how it's going.

Buddly - glad to see you back!

Hope - I'm so sorry you're down - that pit just feels endless, doesn't it? Just hang in there - this, too, shall pass.

Raven and Leenie -

Anyone heard from Lost?

to all!

If brownies are the devil , and they are, then french silk pie is definitely a first cousin. Just sayin...

Hi everyone,
Looks like everyone is keeping busy. I'm actually working four days this week as well as next, its different when you are use to only one or two days a week.
We got quite a dump of snow yesterday, thankfully things were better today. Between the shoveling and scraping the grill at work my arms are getting a bit of a work out.
It's 12:30am, so I better head off to the land of Nod. I'm going to try and attach a couple photos of my front yard from this morning. I took them with my cell phone and they are oddly blue, but I think they look interesting.
Take care everyone.

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Oh, Buddly - that is a horrific site - although beautiful!! Please, please keep it at that side of the country - here in Ontario, I can wait for another month or two - really, I don't mind!

Gorgeous pics, though!

buddly, thank your for those pics, they are both beautiful and also to me at the same time Is this about the time of year for you to expect a dump of snow like that? We are VERY lucky that we are still having daytime temps in the high 40s to low 50's (um, I guess that's 9.4 to 11.11 C )

Well as my DH was terminated, our health insurance was also lost, so now I have to pay for my Wellbutrin XL...I had to fill my prescription yesterday, and wrote a check for $135.99 and that is for a generic substitution!! I am trying to keep positive, that at least I have a job to pay for it but it seems that just when you think you have a handle on things, something else comes up. Guess that is Life, huh

Hello to all you great chicks and hope you have a good, manageable day