[elizabecca]

Just popping in quickly to get us started...

Angi -- Glad you're back, hon. We missed you!

Jennelle -- Hurray for calling your sponsor! Don't you feel so much better now?

Kat -- Your chips sound yummy. We don't have "travel drugs" around here , but I have all kinds of other tricks for traveling kids up my sleeves when you need them. Sorry Angi, they won't be of any use to a little guy!

I'll try to check back in late tonight after class. Y'all be good to yourselves today!

Love ya,
Christy

[ellis]

Good morning, darlings!

I WAS joking about the travel drugs, you know. Our DD HATED travelling, and we used to have to sing to her at the top of our lungs to distract her. Both of our children suffer from travel sickness, and we give them ginger pills before going on a trip of any length.
Isn't this interesting. We're having an entire conversation based on Kat's, as yet, non-existent children.
Kat, those chips sound yummy!

Jennelle, congratulations on calling your sponser!! I hope things go smoothly for you. Don't stress, sweetie... it'll all be fine.

I wish you girls would stop bragging about your big breasts. By the time I lose the 60 pounds I'm aiming for, my 36 B's will be down to something like a 32 AA.

Christy, how's the headache? Still there? Remember to drink lots of water. And definitely have some planned snacks available. The turkey roll-ups are good.
The trainer is short, dark, and slight. Cute, but looks mean nothing to me. It's all about personality. Althought if you could see my hot-looking DH, you'd question that one.
Listen, you don't need a bra... just use duct tape.

Angi, I'm glad you're still here! Post when you can... I can imagine how very hectic your life must be with little Elijah.
My workout? I HATE exercising, Angi. I really have to push myself to do it. We belong to the Y, and I like to use the weight machines called ummm... Life Cycle. (I think that's what they're called) They're easy to set up weight-wise. They're computerized, so there's no having to move weights into place. You just sit down, punch in your program, and started lifting/pushing/whatever.
And I use the treadmill (fast walking, occasional running), the bicycles, and sometimes the stairmaster thingys.
I really want to learn how to use one of those "ball thingys". I think I'll ask my trainer if we can work that in.

Tracy, congratulations on the workout!! What do you do to workout?

I LOVED breastfeeding, but I know it's not for everyone. I nursed my DD for a year exclusively (no food at all), and it worked out really well. My DS was a nightmare. I was depressed throughout the entire pregnancy (did NOT want another child), and felt so guilty for not wanting him and so full of love for him when he was born that I nursed him for two years.
He was twice the size of our DD, though, and for the first few months insisted on being nursed every hour. Oh... my poor nipples. I'd scream and stomp my foot with the pain every time he'd latch on. DH tried to insist on picking up a case of formula, but I was NOT going to deprive my formerly unwanted child.

Chris, how are you doing, hon? Is everything going okay? Maybe I should check your journal... I promise not to yell at anyone.

We're getting a new fridge and stove delivered today for the apartment. Fortunately DH is off this week. I hate dealing with some of those surly delivery people. The last time they came, they couldn't get my new, deluxe, stainless steel fridge through the door. One of the men was rude, and told me I'd have to buy a different kind of fridge. Yeah, right. Think again, buddy. I took off the doorframe and got that sucker into the house MYSELF!

Have a wonderful day, dear girls. I love you all. Y'all.

[rochemist]

Morning Ladies,

I am doing ok. It's been a morning at work (sudden power shutdown) trying to catch up right now. I will check on ya'll after lunch!

Love ya!
Miss Chris

[treasaigh]

Yeah, way to confuse the new girl. I'm thinking, 'Does Kat have kids or not?' Okay, so we're talking about drugging her hypothetical kids? I'm all for it.

Angi - Elijah is adorable! I feel you on the hectic schedule. Don't know if you're working or not, either way it's hard. My DS is just to the point where he'll play by himself for a few minutes while I have lunch and type. My brother and his wife recently adopted a girl from China, by the way. They had to go through so much during the process, but they're over the Moon now.

Ellis - I just stopped nursing DD a few weeks ago. She was a clingy, marathon feeding baby (sounds like your DS) and it just worked for us. I didn't intend to end up tandem nursing, but I chose the path of least trauma. Matthew isn't showing much interest in solids, so I'm thinking he may go a long time, too. I guess I'll be hanging on to these DDs for a while. Pretty soon, I'll be able to tuck them into my pants.

Oh, and the exercise - I have a step and some weights and many tapes that I enjoy. I shoot for so many strength/cardio workouts per week, and give myself variety. It's become almost fun to have that time for myself, even if Sarah is dancing right along beside me or crawling under me during floor work.

If my DH is off Saturday, I'm going to try and make an OA meeting here in town. The more I read about the program, the more I like it. I definitely need a life altering experience.

Take care, everyone!

[Jennelle]

Angi - Elijah will do fine on the car ride. When mine were that little, they would sleep the whole way on long trips.

Ellis - I also am not a member of the humongous hooters club. Right now, I'm about a 38C. At my smallest, I'm a 36B. My boobs are the first thing to go.

I am off to Knoxville in a few hours with DS to look at University of Tennessee. He is ****-bent on not staying in Mississippi for college.

[AngiKL]

Tracy,
I am working - but I have an office at home. I work about 23 hours/week. It's really hard to do with an adorable baby to pay attention to. I take Elijah to my mom's once or twice a week, so that helps a lot. He's there today. We adopted Elijah from Korea and traveled there to get him in October. We looked at China first, though. I married a much younger man, though, and he wasn't old enough to adopt from China last year! (He is now though -just - both parents have to be at least 30.)

[KatSLP]

Christy: How was class?

Ellis: I knew you were joking, you goober! Did the delivery turn out OK?

Chris: Hey, where are you, hun?

Tracy: Sorry to confuse! DH and I will be TTC in a few months, so we have baby on the brain.

Jennelle: Good luck with the college search!

Angi: That's nice that your mom lives near. Our families are both 3000 miles away (although my mom is thinking about moving out our way in the next few years). We have a lot of close friends here but it will be hard not having family near. I plan to create a website pretty soon, to help keep in touch even better (and post photos, etc... to share our lives easier).

Today was a decent day. I had a poor night's sleep. I am getting to be a lighter sleeper the older I get. Hopefully tonight I'll get a whole night's sleep since I am so zonked right now.

DH and I got our taxes done today. Since he was out of work and freelancing for a big chunk of 2003, we didn't get much back. But we didn't owe and that's what coounted for me.

Weight Watchers is going well as a food plan. So far no obsession. HP is guiding me along.

Have a good night!