Good Saturday afternoon.

Got up and got my nails done this morning. Had to run to the liquor store and get a gift for a friend and some gift bags for the kids gifts. Got Chinese for lunch. It had a little taste. Bet thing so far. No legal, but at this point I am starving and not much in this house to eat or want to eat.

Dh is taking a nap so I am trying to be quiet so he can get some rest. Had to work at 6:00 this morning.

Nothing much going on here.

Monet, glad you got a night off of cooking. I can't ever go w/o shoes. Even in my house I wear little slippers. I can't believe Tom jogs barefoot. I would step on everything. Good idea getting the girls to pick the tomatoes.

Toni, have a great weekend and get some rest.

Bob, 2 weeks of laundry? I wouldn't have enough panties. I don't think it will be the Cat's year either. Guess it might be the bulldogs. Ilove your by-line. how funny.

Teensy, Congrats on the winnings. That always makes it more fun.

Rosalie, have fun watching those critters. I would make sure they stayed in their cages. They do tend to play at night. Hey, we have to fight the dog for everything. He is a begger. i guess he knows he is at grandmas. Hope the meds help your neck.

Sef, I take the celebrex twice a day too, or did. It seems to help. Some days you just have to rest and say the heck with things. They will wait.


Have a great weekend.

Good Saturday Afternoon!

It's quiet here, but I have a lot of work to do today, so not much playing for me. Oh well.

Jackie--Hang in there, the treatments are almost over. Just take care of yourself--ok?

Monet--I'll let you know. I think it will be closer to the time we go to NYC in the hopes that I can loose a few more lbs before then!

Toni--You have a good weekend too!

BOB--I heard you lound and clear!!!!! LOL! Good heavens, it will be an interesting fall with the two of us scrapping over football AND politics! Enjoy the movies. I've watched exactly one movie since I got my DVD player--hmmm, maybe tonight! Are you sticking your tongue out at me?????

Teensy--Sounds like you were a big winner! WTG!

Marie--Have a good weekend!

SEF--Hope you are feeling better soon!!

It seems like a quiet weekend on the board. Hope everyone is doing well!

Susan

Jackie--we were posting at the same time. I have a question--how often do you get a new set of nails????? Are yours acrylic, gel or something else?

Susan

Good Saturday:

I had a few minutes to pop on and say hello. I got a lot accomplished today. I hit a few garage sales, went to Wal-Mart, got the oil changed on the truck, went to Whole Foods & Fry's..... all by myself. It's amazing how fast you can get errands done when you aren't dragging the little ones along.

Thanks for all the well wishes and information. I really hope it's nothing. BUT, in a way I wish they would find a little something that wasn't serious. I hate having something like that happen and no answers. Does anyone know if a burst cyst would show up on the Ultrasound or not? I have also read that endometriosis can cause pain like that. I have had really painful menstrual cycles since I've given birth to Lane (some that double me over). We will see how it all plays out.

I have been eating well, pretty much. I plan to try some new recipes this coming week. I have some in my low-carb recipe book, and some I've found on some sites. I have to start sitting down on the weekends and planning some meals for the week ahead instead of playing it by ear every night. I've gotten so disorganized lately. I am going to make some legal desserts too; it's been awhile since I've done that.

Well, I gotta go!

Have a great rest of the weekend!

Nat

everyone! So sorry I have been MIA again. I did go back to work & had not had a day off since.

I am sooooo disgusted with myself, which is probably the biggest reason I have not been here. I have gained another 10 lbs since my sinus surgery last month. I just can't seem to get a grip. I've been doing sweets, eating in hiding, stress eating, & just plain over-eating. What is wrong with me? I had lost a total of 60 lbs & doing great. Now I've gained back 30 & clothes don't fit. I'm uncomfortable doing things that I use to be able to do like bending over to tie my shoes. I know what I need to do, it's just a matter of doing it!

I feel lousy and tired too. Just blahhhh!! I have caught the cold from dd, not sure if it is going to get worst yet but right now, I am feeling okay, just slight runny nose and tiredness. "Tom" is here, so that doesn't help. DD is feeling extra emotional as well but she is feeling much better, just runny nose and a little cough. Her fever diminished since yesterday.

My eating has been okay...don't really have the appetite though. Anyway, I had illegal 2 small pieces of illegal thin crust pizza and a mixed green salad for lunch. Breakfast was 2 medium pancakes and 1.5 scrambled eggs. Dinner will be leftover stir-fry noddles with veges and shrimps. Oh, I also have a leftover small fish fillet so will eat that as well.

Some replies :

COUNTRY : Happy Anniversary to you and dh tomorrow.

PANCHO : I am glad you get yourself checked out. Hopefully it is nothing serious. Waiting for results can be so nerve-wrecking!! Keep us posted. Glad the dinner with your dad went well. If I go to Carabbas, I will definitely try the Chicken Marsala.

FILLISE : Thanks for Savannah updates. I am so happy for her and her family. That sure make my day

MONET : Oh, what a small world. Glad you enjoyed the food in "Penang" restaurant. I haven't been there in ages, especially now that I am on SB. Have you tried chinese "dim sum" before. Not far from Penang is a chinese restaurant called, Canton House and they serve a decent Dim Sum (little appetizers). Not the best but I can live with it...lol. My dh and I loves all kind of food. We try different foods all the time. I love satay too but not terribly crazy about it. Satay is a street food and very cheap as well. I have never make them before. I saw this satay recipe at one of the malaysian website, you can check it out. However, the recipe seems quite difficult but definitely seems very authentic. Will love to exchange recipes anytime. Monet, I loveeeeeee Publix fried chicken and their chicken wings especially Mardi Gras and Sweet and Sour chicken Wings. I want to make their sweet and sour chicken wings using Agave but cannot figure out their recipe. Do you by any chance knows the recipe?? *wink*...lol.

TONI : Sounds like you had a great shopping day. Would love to hear what bargains you found

ROSALIE : Hope your neck feels better soon. I prefer to make chicken curry as well. I like to use the drumstick (cut into 2 pieces) and then stew them until they are tender. The bones gave the dish so much flavor. Yum, nothing like some curry on weekends

TEENSY : Wow, congrats on you and dh winning at the casino. You sure did well at the buffet. I am not so sure I will be as behave as you did Have you smell curry powder before? But then again, not all the curry powder smells good I love the smell of curry powder, it smells very aromatic. Curries are not necessary spicy but it gives the dish a certain depth. If you like strong flavor food, you should like curry. The only way to tell if you like curry is to try it. Beware, you might get hooked 10 lbs to your goal? Well done! I have seen your pics before and you looked great and purrrfect!! lol. The last 10 lbs will take a while. I think as long as you are eating enough that you don't feel hungry after most meals, I believe you should be eating enough. If you feel that you do not eat enough, go ahead and eat a little more and see what happens. Have you measure yourself? I recently realized that I have lost inches again during those months that the scale didn't move.

Got to stop here. DD is doing something. She just told me "good bye, see you" and then closed my room's door. I think she is going somewhere...pretending though...lol. Got to check on that little piglet! Will check in later!

Julia





http://www.malaysianfood.net/Malayfood.html

Oops, Monet the link at the bottom of my post is for you (satay recipe)...somehow it get pushed down to the bottom of the post...lol.

Julia

The deck party was kind of slow and small. They got almost nothing done. Tom is dinkering with his design of the stairs and is being obsessive compulsive about the measurements. sigh. If he had done them the way they were before, he would be done with the whole project by now! Men!

Eating has not been stellar today. I had a half of a sub on Publix ww sub roll, which is not 100% ww. It sure was good! I even ate a handful of Cape Cod potato chips. I did get to Curves this morning, so I felt good about that. An old friend of mine was there, and came home with me for a cup of coffee after our workout. It was nice to catch up with her. My son came over to help do some moving of stuff to get ready for him to move in. I have a ton to do to get the room ready for him, but thankfully, I can give him jobs to do and he will do them!

I got on the scale this morning. BIG mistake. I am up 16 pounds from my low two months ago. I realize some of it is my fault for the little cheats that add up, but I do know a good bit is due to my thyroid going wacky on me. Its very discouraging!

KENG: Thanks for the link! Gonna go and check it out. I LOVE Dim Sum. I make the steamed buns, and the shrimp dumplings, and a few others. I love bean curd rolls, and the little packets of glutinous rice with all the 'stuff' in it. I have not been to Canton House, but I will check it out. We got to Oriental Pearl, and First China for dim sum. I have not been in ages, but this afternoon, my daughter was telling me that Oriental Pearl serves it until 3 daily. I think I am going to go there for lunch one day, and splurge!

Good Morning! er, afternoon, actually. Got up late, and I am spending some time chilling, drinking coffee and reading.

Tom has finally cut out the stringer for the stairs for the deck!! woo hoo! In another two or three days, we may have stairs down from the deck again. The rest of the project is not difficult, just grunt work that will take a bit of time to complete, but doesn't require a lot of brain power. I know he is relieved.

The weather is HOT and muggy. I am enjoying laying on the bed with the ceiling fan stirring the air over me, while I read. Dang, I am lazy!

Good morning all--

Dh took off first thing this morning to go down and go fishing with his nephew. He will be gone until at least Tuesday night. Depends oh how the fishing is. They are only allowed a two day limit in their possession. But that is 50 fish each. Last year when he went he was only gone overnight. I love him dearly.....but it will be nice to be alone for a couple of days with just the dogs. (Neither one of us works outside the home anymore......so we are always together.)

I have already got the lawn mowed. And been down to the garden for some lettuce and tomatoes. I am planning on a big Crab salad for lunch. Fresh lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes!! Yum. Done 2 loads of laundry too. I usually get soooo much more done in a day when he is gone.

Went to my Grandma's yesterday. Had a very small group, only 4 of us. Everyone else had other plans......I missed the last lwo weekends so figured I had better put in an appearance. Eating was good all day. I probably had one too many starches though. I found a spicy hot Trail Mix, that is mostly legal......it does have some corn syrup in it, but the sugar grams are only 1 per serving. It is really good, though I think it could become habit forming!!

Peaches are ready. So I am just waiting to hear from a friend to find out when she wants to go pick. Then I think I will can some and make some jam too. Boy, my relatives are really going to get an assortment of jams in their Goody Bags this year. So maybe I won't have to do so much baking and candy making. Yeah!!

Well, I am going to get busy........see you all this evening.

Dh is putting Jess to sleep so I have free time on hand. Hmmm....actually, it's Jessica putting daddy to sleep. I can hear daddy's snoring from the baby monitor in my room...LOL.

My eating was lousy today, not balance especially the veges's part. I had no appetite to eat and didn't feel like cooking. My menu for today :

Breakfast : Leftover pancakes from yesteday (2 pieces). No protein!

No snack

Lunch : 1/2 ham and cheese sandwich. No veges.

No snack

Dinner : Publix buffalo chicken wings and baked sweet potatoes. I was lazy in putting together some salad. Oh, a small piece of dh's birthday cake (Boston Yellow Creme Cake). We delayed his blowing candle until today.

Whenever I don't eat balance especially no veges, I do not feel "healthy" inside. Got to get my veges in tomorrow. Tomorrow, we invited our next door neighbor over for dinner. Dh will be grilling his specialty, steaks!! He grills the best steaks I ever eaten and I am truly spoilt because I won't eat steaks anywhere else...hmmm...unless a upscale restaurant that is famous for their steaks I am planning on making some sweet potatoes and some roasted grill veges with the steaks. We will have dh's birthday cake for dessert.

I am feeling better, no runny nose now. Not as tired as this morning. I don't know if it has to do with a combination of "Tom" and full moon, I wasn't a nice person to be around the last few days. I seemed so impatient, so easily overwhelmed and so short-temper. Sighhh...my poor dd still say that I am "the best mama she ever had". What a sweet little piglet I have. She says things like "you are a good cook", "you are the best", "such a nice day", "that is the best lunch/dinner I ever had and thank you mama". She makes me feel so guilty when she says things like this. I screwed up all the time but yet she thinks I am the best I learn a lot from her attitude because she doesn't take things or anyone for granted. She thinks that everyone and everything is the best! No just good but the best!! She taught me to see things thru her eyes and that everything is beautiful. One day we were at the neighbor's pool and she said she wanted to go swimming. I took her to the basement to use the 1/3 finished bathroom with only a usable toilet and a sink that hasn't be plucked in yet. The basement is totally unfinished except you can see a toilet there...lol. She looked at my neighbor's toilet and commented, "wow, what a beautiful toilet and then I like the machine (tools) table over there" LOL. I told my neighbor that she need not finish her toilet or basement as my daughter thinks that her toiler is purrrrrfect!! LOL.

On to some replies :

MONET : I am sorry for your weight gain. I know 16 lbs sounds very discouraging but it could be worst if you are not on SB right? {{{hugs}}} Where is Oriental Pearl? Is it in Buford Highway as well? I have been to First China as a friend took us there. Not bad at all. I remember they have a special crab dish which was messy but good. I love Dim sum and used to pig out whenever we had it. I love the shrimps dim sum better than the pork and beef ones and I LOVE the glutinous rice wrapped in lotus leaf, oh so good. That is really high for me now but if I am there, I will definitely have a bite...lol. Hmmm...all these food conversations are making me hungry and homesick...lol.

ROSALIE : I really need to clean my whole fridge not just my freezer. Now, did I tell you my whole house as well??? LOL. Gosh, those cleaning will never be done

MONET : Sounds like you had a great day today. I loved lazy days...those days ahhh...lol.

TEENSY : 2 days to yourself sounds heavenly. I agree as much as I love dh, I do treasure an ocassional days when he is away.

SEF : I am glad the phone call brought good news instead of bad news. My family is a strange family of its own...just in a different way

Alright, got to check on daddy and Jess. The room sounds quiet except that I heard dh's snoring...lol. I better go wake him up so he can come sleep on his own bed

Night all.

Julia

I took a long nap this afternoon, and just nibbled. I made scrambled eggs with cheese, and low fat sausage for breakfast, with a piece of cinnamon toast. Lunch was a piece of bread with salami, and a cuke. Dinner was at the Chinese restaurant a group from church likes. We always go out to dinner after church. I had chicken wings, sizzling rice soup, and moo shu beef. None of that was particularly legal! Tomorrow, I am going to start doing Atkins induction again to get the insulin levels down and get rid of cravings. Of course, I will probably have to cave, due to what I am fixing for my daughters belated birthday dinner tomorrow night: Pon Pon chicken (chicken in a peanut sauce) hot and sour soup, Lion's Head (pork meatballs with nappa cabbage) and spring rolls. I will make about 50 spring rolls and they will eat them all! Pigs! ink:

I need to go fill the vitamin cases for the week! Sweet dreams!