Happy Thursday All,
Going to be a real test today! We have a going away get-together for a co-worker at 11, a lunch meeting at 12:30, a long-term service award presentation to our boss at 3. There will be loooooooooots of food at all of these. Then I work at the pub tonight and it's fish and chip night. Not feeling too worried now, haven't even craved sweets since I started but let's see what happens when they're right there in front of me.
Wish me luck. :-)
Hope everyone has a beautiful sunny day like we are having here in Kamloops.
Will check in later
155
I've been very busy, thinking I was taking off Friday, but that has changed. we are expecting some very bad weather tonight and tomorrow so we were going to wait and see, but DH says he is to busy at work so let's forget it. We were going to the race track in Lexington for the day with my sister and some friends. Oh well, Derby will be here soon and we will have lots of horse racing.
I'm happy to report the scale is moving down, slowly, but down. Hope it has inspired me to have a legal weekend and keep it going down.
Toni, hear you are expecting some tornadic weather today and sending it my way. Be safe. Funny, we are having taco salad tonight. I made the meat with seasoning, will put it on a bed of lettuce, top with tomatoes, jalepenos, cheese, and sour cream (not for me) and enjoy. I am looking forward to it.
Monet, how did those handles come out?
TNT; This is a great group. Ask away, someone will be able to help.
Country, hope that tooth is better. That is a long time to have to suffer with a toothache.
Chris, Think positve today and pass on those goodies. Hope you made it.
Peggy, we had baked fish (cod) on the grill last night too. It was delish.
155, Good job passiing up the goodies.
Beth, good to see your post. Congrats on the 2 lbs.
Gym, thanks for the good eating thoughts. I hope they continue to work.
I'm kinda running through the forum today. Like Jackie, I've been busy and it doesn't let up when I come home.
TIPPY is better and almost back to normal. She's still taking her medicine and I'm still putting drops in her ears, and will continue to do so until it's all gone. This was a bad one and I just can't understand why she didn't show any signs prior to when she did.
I'm fixing fish for supper, and I've got to get started on that. I bought FRESH COD the other day for $6.99 lb !!!! I bought about 3lbs and it's in the freezer. Usually sells for $14.99 lb....
Gosh, Busy doesn't even define my life this week. HAHA With my sister away I have been so busy cooking and cleaning and working 3 jobs. I worked both my days off, and I had to skip the gym today because I had to grocery shop and cook. Geesh. I better get my act together when I move out or I dunno.
If I get a chance I'll catch up with everyone tomorrow--but for tonight Im to tired. Hope everyone is doing well. I weigh in tomorrow am--Never made it to the gym this week after SUN so this should be interesting.
Evening all,
I did it. I made it through the day without having sugar!!!!!!
At the co-worker going away office party I had a coffee, lunch meeting a grilled chicken salad, the awards a glass of water, at the pub (on fish & chip night) a green salad with grilled shrimp.
Yiiiiiiiiiiiiiiipeeeeeeeeeeee!! I did it and now I'm going to bed before I can get into trouble.
Night all, hope everyone's day went well too.
155l
Hi everybody. Just a quick check in between kids going off to school. So, I decided to change my hours at the shop to 10-3 with after school hours by appointment. I spend so much of my time just sitting there, especially after school when the kids want to be home prowling the neighborhood playing outside...I'm telling my customers to just give me a call during the day if they're planning on coming in and I'll stay, it's just that I hate sitting there if nobody's coming in, just watching Ellen and Dr. Phil after a long day of watching court tv shows. I've been loving it! Yesterday I got my front yard raked and Kyle brought the big limbs from the back yard. We FINALLY got the giant glacier in our front yard melted. Everything's brown and packed, but little sprigs of green are starting to show through. I don't know the total snowfall for the year, but we had MASSIVE amounts of snowfall this winter. The bank along the road in front of our house was, easily, up to my chest at his highest point. I didn't think it would ever melt.
Anyway...Derek is OFFICIALLY working again, this time for Rite Aid. So nice to have him working for a giant company again, instead of the lazy Australians he was working for. Derek's been gone all week to Maine...Madawaska Maine. Mapquest it...it's on the northernmost tip of the state. Thing is that he would have cut his travel time in half if he could go through Canada, but he can't find his birth certificate and you need both that and your driver's license to travel by land in and out of Canada. So we have to get him a replacement. Anyhow...it was a 16 hour drive for him to get there, but at least he's working again.
With him gone, now I can clean my house. I did a total re-vamp on my front porch on Tuesday. It was so embarassingly cluttered and when the cat barfed on the carpet, I said, 'That's it!!' It looks so nice now and I'm no longer embarassed to have anyone come to my front door.
I do miss Derek home, though. Although it is nice regaining control of the remote!
Anyhow...things are feeling a little more normal around here, which is nice. Derek started his job with exactly one more week of overtime left available to him. Talk about cutting it close!! The Good Lord does provide!! Just like I knew he would.
Hey Tech--Nice to here from you. Glad things are doing better, and Im happy Derek is working again. I bet your a whole lot less stressed.
So Again, not much time but even with out many gym days this week, I lost--Last week was TOM so Im sure I had some water gain, Im going to guess it was something like 178..But this am I was 173.5 So not too bad. If I could get to my last goal, of 165 before my 26th Birthday id be so Happy. It's not until June so it's so dooable.
Hope everyone has a good day. Im off to work and hopefully the gym!!
Hello all. We were out enjoying the beautiful weather yesterday so I didn't get online to post. The weather has been fabulous here for the past week however there are storms coming today and then a cold front...at least they took the snow out of the forcast. I hope it doesn't freeze my blueberry plants.
Gym- congrats on the wt. loss!!
Tech- glad the new hours are working out for you. It's nice to be able to send the kids outside after a long day at school.
155- Way to go on passing up the sugar! I would like to think that I could be that strong but I didn't do that well yesterday. Last night I got so hungry and just ate what I could find in the kitchen. Needless to say most of it wasn't legal stuff. I am determined to do better today. I'm excited for you and your success!
BOB- That cod sounds wonderful! You can't beat fresh fish..especially on sale!
Solly- Stay safe in the bad weather. Thanks for the warm welcome. It's nice to have a support group!
Ellen- I am about 1.5-2 hours northeast of ATL in the beautiful Blue Ridge mtns. I go down to "the big city" about once a month for dr. appointments or to shop.
CountryMom- Glad to hear your tooth will be out soon. That's the worst pain ever imho. When your mouth hurts your whole body hurts.
Peggy- Thanks for the warm welcome. I'm excited about the support.
Beth- Congrats on the wt loss. I too am getting close to being under 200. It's such a huge milestone and motivator. Good luck!
Wow this has become a long post...I hope everyone has a wonderful day! Happy Healthy Eating!!
Morning! Today I must unload the kiln, glaze and reload. But that is going to wait until after I do a belly cast of my very pregnant friend! Ought to be pretty fun. She is HUGE!
I did not make it to water aerobics today. Just out of it, I guess. Did not even think about it until it was too late.
TNT: Lucky you living in the mountains! My daughter lives near Oakwood, just south of Gainesville, and I have a friend in Clarkesville just off 985/365 above Cornelia. I love the area she is in, but I just can't convince my husband to move up there. He loves to go camping along the Appalachian trail, Blood Mountain, Lake Winfield Scott...Are your dogwoods and azaleas blooming? Ours are in full swing...and gorgeous!
TECH: That is great that Derek started before the monies ran out! When you finish cleaning out your house, come on down! Mine is a mess! Good idea on the shop hours too. I hope it picks back up some for you. I hope you will be in here a bit more now...we miss you, ya know.
Well, I don't think I'll ever clean the WHOLE house...I was most disgusted with the front porch as that's the first impression people have of my house...and if I have my way, the ONLY impression. I hate having people at my house unless they are a very good friend that won't judge me by how cluttered it is. BTW...when did you change your name?
Well it's Friday and am I ever so happy for that. I've had an exhausting week and plan on doing just a little tidying up and then reading a good book. No luck so far with the job applications I sent in,but I continue to look online everyday. One bright spot is that my older daughter who lives in Manhattan just started a great job working for a high end plastic surgeon and she is selling his lotions and potions (as I call them) at Saks 5th Avenue. It's just a part time job because she is a full time student at FIT, but he pays her $20.00 an hour plus 5% commission on everything she sells, and believe me when I tell you the cheapest thing he sells is over $100.00! She sold $1,100 worth of product the other day. Go Krista It's sad when your child is pulling in more money that you!! On the plus side, now I only have to come up with $700.00 towards her rent, she picks up the rest.
Congratulations to everyone that lost this week. I'm down half a pound. Scale reads 174.5. Have a wonderful weekend everyone and I'll check in again on Monday.
TGIF.
I'm sure glad it's Friday. I hate doing someone else's job, especiallyw hen it invovles other peoples money. Someone shorted a guy so I have to do a check for him and hopefully that's it.
We did not get the bad storms as they predicted, what else is new. It is raining now. At least with it raining I am not feeling bad about not going to the track and working.
Tomorrrow we have to put our bricks in around our shrubs and roses and get mulch and cut the grass. It will be cool here, around 50, so back to sweatshirts. I have to get my hair done inthe morning. I sure wish I could find a cut I really like. I took Rudy on a walk to Dress Barn and the Dollar store last night so I could pay my bill. Everyone was making over him. Of course half way there he freezes and won't go any further. I don't think he is tired, just wants to go another way. He is so stubborn. So I carried him for a bit and then he made it the rest of the day.
Bob, Cod runs about $6.99 to $7.99/lb here. It was $5.99 this week and I got some that was already packaged for a lot less. It was really good. Have a great weekend.
Monet, (will always be Monet to me), This is funny about your cast for your friend. What a good sport. Our azaleas ar blooming and my peach tree is simply beautiful.
Gym, You will develop a schedule once you are on your own. It is hard to get to the gym after a few days off. Sore all over again.
155, You go Girl! I am so proud of you. Keep on going now.
Tech, I am so happy Derreck likes his job. That is a long drive. Hope you get that birth certificate soon. Will he come home on weekends? Good idea changing your hours. You can always stay later if you need to. And now you can come here more often.
TNT, today is a new day and a new start. You can do this, get some things legal in your fridge so you won't be tempted. Get rid of the bad stuff.
Chris, maybe you could get a job with your DD. That sounds pretty good. Hope something turns up soon. Congrats on your loss. Anything is a good loss.
Got to get busy. It is pouring rain. Yeah!. Have a great weekend.
Just a fly by. My pregnant friend left a few minutes ago. Her belly cast is drying on the floor of my bedroom behind me with a fan blowing on it. Turned out pretty good! I had forgotten how messy that plaster casting strip stuff is, so we made quite a mess!
I went to get Kaeleb up this morning and found him butt nekkid! He loves pulling his diaper off. Good thing I checked him as soon as he started making noises. I took him into his parents room and his mom looked rather shocked. They may need to safety pin him into his clothing.
I hope everyone has a great weekend! I plan to glaze, fire and clean the garagio this weekend.
This is a great group. Ask away, someone will be able to help.
How is Tippy doing?
Glad things are doing better, and Im happy Derek is working again. I bet your a whole lot less stressed.
Mine is a mess! Good idea on the shop hours too. I hope it picks back up some for you. I hope you will be in here a bit more now...we miss you, ya know. 
It's sad when your child is pulling in more money that you!! On the plus side, now I only have to come up with $700.00 towards her rent, she picks up the rest.
