[KO]

BRB to Post got to humanize

[Grace, Grace]

Hey Kieri! Good morning to you.

I am actually having a good morning. Dh convinced me to sleep in a bit and come in at 9. Mmm I love sleeping in so it didn't take much to convince me.

Not much going on here. I didn't stick to my goals yesterday. I didn't eat badly but I didn't exercise or drink water either. I cannot wait to sleep in tomorrow. I am debating about what I want to do. I am excited to watch Dr. Phil and Oprah I know I am a weirdo but I think it is the psych major in me that enjoys these 2 shows so much and I never get to watch them b/c I am working.

Jayne~ I am cracking up about your post from last night "honey, I think your icky" So TRUE! I go through this when I cook. I am like "honey do you REALLY like it?" (his answer) "I wouldn't eat it if I didn't" But you know what I STILL think he would eat it just to be nice. We are such silly women!

Ok I hope a lot of people post today b/c I am going to need some breaks from my hectic day. I use posting here as a rewards system. I am serious! I say "if I accomplish ...... I will go check out 3FC's.

Have amazingly wonderful days!!!!!

[KO]

Morning Girls
I still have yet too humanize I showered last night so all I really have to do is throw on clothes I'm pondering feeding the natives first tho. Not much going on really just FINALLY A GORGEOUS DAY
Becky Good Morning Darlin Girl I slept in too its LUXURY!! i never do unless I'm sick
bbiab
Love
Kier

[WinterGirl]

Kier - if you went off to humanize - what species do you normally wake-up as?

Becky - Dr. Phil cracks me up! I love watching that show on the rare weekday off. Glad you slept in.

Jayne - thanks girly - you always have the perfect words. I actually knew my thoughts on the subject weren't based in reality but I just couldn't get it out of my head yesterday.

I'm feeling a bit better about things today - I know that I either have to accept myself where I am or put in the effort to make the change if I want to be happy in my own skin.

Have a good recipe I thought I'd share but am too lazy to go to the last page of the recipe thread.

1 can sweet corn - rinsed
1/4 cup green pepper diced small
1/4 cup red pepper diced small
1/4 cup cucumber diced small
1/4 cup tomato diced small
1/4 cup or so tiny pickled onions or 1/4 diced sweet onion
2 TBSP apple cider vinegar

Mix all ingredients in bowl. Best if refrigerate to marinate about 1 hour but can serve immediately.

The cool thing about this recipe (other than that it is healthy and yummy and quick and easy) is that you can easily increase serving size by just adding more of any of the veggies.

BBL

Laura

[JessIsOK]

Hello, everyone!! Sorry I didn't get on to post yesterday, besides the DBD Challenge thread. Yesterday was an exciting day. I had an appointment to donate blood at 10, but didn't end up actually donating until closer to 11:15, by which time, I was starving. After the little bag was filled, the lady said "You're done" and I said "Good, because I'm going to be sick". The second I said that, it turned into an episode of ER. They hurried and laid me back, had like 4 different nurses taking out the needle and doing whatever it is they do when you're done. They hooked a barf bag over my face, had me cough (although I have no idea why), mopped the sweat with a cold, wet paper towel... It was very dramatic. More than anything, though, I'm embarassed, because there were 5 people that I work with in there who saw the entire thing. It was also exhausting, so even though I napped yesterday, I still slept great last night. Of course, I used my nearly passing out as an excuse to get a footlong from Subway with chips and 3 cookies.

But, today is a new day, I'm tired of taking one step forward and two steps back. I'm going to get myself under control. I will no longer do the "McFlurry Diet" (which means that I eat a large McFlurry from McDonald's nearly every day). I have my meals planned for today, I'm going to jot down a plan for tomorrow, and I'm going to keep it under control for the weekend. Besides, I have so much stamping to get finished that I won't have much time to eat.

Since I didn't get to post yesterday, there are a couple of things I have to respond to:

First, Tonya, congratulations!! I'm very happy for you. (I'm also wondering if the pregnancy thing is contagiuos, because that's a bug I don't want to catch right now).

Secondly, Laura, sweetheart, Jayne is 100% right about CB. Guys are programmed (or maybe just aren't smart enough) to do things in the hopes that it will cause you to do something. If they want something, they tell you. Not only that, I can tell you from experience that CB will want you no matter what you weigh. Aaron and I talked on the phone for hours before we met in person and he knew me for my personality. I can honestly say that I could have weighed even more than I did, and Aaron still would have fallen head over heels because of how we got along. I guarantee it's the same with you and CB. He knows your for your heart, your sense of humor, your intelligence, your kindness, everything that makes you you. Great bodies are easy to find, but personalities like yours are a precious rare thing.

Stepping off the soapbox...

Becky--I am so jealous of you sleeping in!! Of course, I usually sleep a little later than I mean to, so getting up on time is more of a treat for me than sleeping in lately.

Kier--Good luck with the job!!

OK, I gotta get a little work done. I'll stop back in later!!

[star19600]

Good morning ladies --

I finally got to the gym last night. I swear, it takes forever to lose a couple pounds, but just one weekend to gain them back. I'm determined to get rid of them again before they have a chance to plant roots.

Becky -- i love sleeping in too! Luckily with my job I don't have to come in until 9:30 which is kind of nice...

Kier -- good morning!!

Laura -- I'm glad you're feeling better today. I know exactly what you mean about being happy in your own skin. Although I'm not done yet by a long shot, I am feeling so much better about myself this year than I ever have. And I got a couple compliments this weekend from aunts who haven't seen me in while. But I still don't have the confidence in situations I'm not used to. I've decided that it's more of a self-esteem thing, that I'd just prefer to fade off into the background than take the chance that I'll get .... not really made fun of, but i can't think of a better comparison... And I shouldn't worry about that, but it's been ingrained in me so long that I have to work to change my mindset.

Jess -- that story cracked me up! The first time I gave blood everything got a little hazy too, and they slapped my feel in the air, my head back and a cold cloth on my head. It was kind of nice because it was in high school and I got out of a couple classes!

And hello to everyone else about to post
... back to work...

[WinterGirl]

Angie - good for you going to the gym last night. Do you Strength Train or are you a Cardio Queen? On the fading into the background thing instead of risking humiliation - at the end of your life do you want to be thinking "well, no one teased me" or "well, I may have gotten laughed at a little along the way but look at everything I've done/become." Easier said than done I know but think about it a little.

Jess - "episode of ER", "McFlurry Diet" - you crack me up! Thanks for the pep talk - you're right of course - the man treats me like a princess but I'm not his usual "type" (size 2 with the hair, nail, make-up thing) and sometimes the voices in my head drowned out my common sense. Luckily - today isn't one of those days!

Laura

[Grace, Grace]

I'm back. I have accomplished little due to the constant phone calls from clients. Oh well there's always Monday I guess.

Laura-Thanks for the PM re WATP. I checked out the website briefly but I plan to go back.

Jess- I too had a similar blood giving experience except I was interning at a high school. I literally had a student feeding me (for lack of a better word) juice through a bendy straw while I lay on a gurney. Ya they are a bit dramatic

Angie- 9:30 that does sound nice. I actually have that option but since DH is a teacher I like to try and go in early so I can get home earlier.

Well off I go! I am sure I will be back!

Hey to Tonya, Kim, Rina, Jen(s), Jayne, Kirsty, Ali and everyone else that hasn't popped in yet.

[star19600]

Laura -- I do cardio at the gym. I have a set of 5 pound weights at home if I want to work on free weights... I know I should get more into strength training, but I'm more concerned with getting my heart rate up right now. And thanks for the pep talk - I'm working on it!

Becky -- It would be nice to pick your own hours! Also -- I've decided just this summer that I should've gone into teaching. After all, they get summers off! Or at least every year is different, not the same monotonous thing day after day.... Can you tell this is the first summer I've had to work a "real job!"

[WinterGirl]

Becky - don't you hate it when your job gets in the way of doing your job? I often feel that way about my "customers". I know that providing service to them is my job but so is the paperwork they interrupt! Oh well. At least I have a job.

Angie - I don't think teacher's actually have the summer off all that often. Most teacher's I know spend that time working a 2nd job because they aren't paid enough or going back to school to keep their liscense current. It would be nice to have a month off work though and not have a reduction in income wouldn't it?

Laura

[star19600]

Laura --
I think I'm just jealous of my mom! She's a first grade teacher and spends the summer not working... at school anyway. She works on the house, the garden, visits her sisters. She definitely stays busy ... BUT I couldn't deal with the kids! Not a whole class of them!
I do know what you mean though, I have friends who are teachers who end up working for the summer.

[JessIsOK]

OK, I have to take just one second and vent here... I was sitting here in my cubicle and one girl that I work with made a comment about an alarm going off and that it had gone off earlier in the week. I corrected her, nicely, informing her that it was a different alarm earlier this week. Silence. Then, I hear the girl next to me's phone ring (with an internal ring) and the two of them talking really quietly. Guess what they were talking about. They do it all the time and I try to just ignore it, but sometimes when it's blatantly obvious, it really angers me. They're just such children... The worst part is, they're both quite a bit older than me. Sometimes I just hate this place.

[WinterGirl]

Jess - you want that I should put the beatdown on them? Hang in there chickie - either a supervisor will realize how hard you work and you'll be promoted or some opportunity somewhere else will have your name on it.

Laura