Good morning and happy Hump Day!

The coffee and tea are ready but no deck sitting again this morning. Ellis must have hung out her laundry because it's frassing raining again!

Lucy's haircut looks great although she was one dozy pup for the rest of yesterday from the tranqs. Holly and I have agreed not to use them on her anymore as she still wants to play with the comb and gets very wobbly legs. Anyhow, she is two today and I expect instant maturity!

Poop! Harry is up and dressed so I need to get into wifey mode. I'll be back.

What's happening at your house this morning?

Ruth its Frassing raining here too. What a shame we can't send it to California. I am going back into work today for a half day. Should be a mountain of work piled up since I've been out with my back. I cheated last night and had a ciggie. What in the world is wrong with me? I was doing so well. Honestly it is the hardest thing I have ever done in my entire life. Dealing with food issues is a picnic (no pun intended) compared to quitting smoking.

Anyway I am back on the wagon today and feeling and in control.

Have a sunny day chickies

Good morning, chickies! Not raining here, but plenty gray and ugly. Fall has not been the pretty season I enjoy so much! No sunshine, just gray.

So Ruth, will there be a birthday party today? he he!

Sflake, glad you're back in control today! Good for you! I understand how hard it is...boy, do I understand! I switched from the 4mg nicotine lozenges to the 2mg...not sure that was such a great idea. Yesterday was rough for me, too. I made it through but my diet sure suffered. Today I have got to get back on plan. I am glad your back is finally getting better! Ouch!

Thanks for the coffee and chat, girls. But I have an appointment...with myself to work out! Then I get to clean house! Yippee!

Good Morning Beauties!

No rain here today.....worse......we are predicted to get up to 3 inches of snow by the end of the day. To borrow a term from Ruth...FRASS!!! Once winter is here, I don't mind it for the MOST part (you can remind me of this statement when I'm complaining in January), but for some reason I really struggle with the change from fall to winter weather. Ah well, it's coming no matter what I say or do.....

I'll take a nice cup of peppermint tea this morning Ruth, thanks for getting up early and making it! Give Lucy a nice pat and tell her how beautiful she looks after her day at the salon.

Sflake and franny, I am so proud of you both for your goal to quit smoking. Never having smoked myself, I can't speak from personal experience about how hard I know it is to quit, but I did watch my Mom struggle to quit for many years. She finally did it, several years ago, and I was so proud of her!! Now she can't even stand the smell of smoke, and is the first to pick up the smoke smell on others. I'm so glad she quit when she did, she now has COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) and emphysemia (not trying to lecture you about the dangers of smoking, I'm sure you already know all of that), but I'm sure her health would be lot worse if she were still smoking.

Well, better get my butt moving and on the road to work. Will check in later.

Have a great Hump Day!!

Kids at school...going back to sleep......

We are going to break records on this day. Then SNOW!!

We went yp to Colorado City, 20 miles from here and ate lunch at Max's.

Had a Buffalo Burger.

We then went to a gift shop where I bought my mom a wood carving of a bear cradling a squirrel.

I also got some Pewter and stainless steel jewerly for Christmas gifts.

It was a nice change of pace.

Wishing you all a great day.

Off to mom's and to eat.

Well, I will get dressed first!!

Marcie

Snowing and Snowing and Snowing! Yuck! I forgot to cover my wood pile, so I had to run around this morning and cover it. We need to build a shed or something for it, but never get around to it. We should have up to 6" by tonight and I believe it...it is very white.

Actually, it is very pretty because it is not sooo cold and windy yet.

You girls that are quitting smoking...keep up the good work. I quite about 15 years ago (smoked 3 packs a day) I thought I was going to die! but....I didn't. I am very glad I stuck with it.

Good Luck! Have a great day everyone! Time to grab a cup of coffee and go through some paperwork!

Sorry... can't keep my eyes open long enough to read your posts. Going to have a nap... back later.
hugs to all...

guess I am up. Congrats to the newly NON smokers and the ones who have stopped long ago.

I am one of those PITA 's that cannot be around it. Makes me ill. Off soapbox time.

Too much to think about that I need to so. And I am sooooo tired.

Nap later...snuggly blanket and hot tea...yummmm

hey there! i don't drink coffee or tea but i do enjoy the good company. thanks!

i am up early today as it was weigh-in day. i only gained 1lb so i guess it's not a major crisis... and thanks to all you good advice i am back with a vengeance on plan. thanks again!

sflake and franniemae-i broke down and had 2 last nite, so i fully understand myself. it's not an easy task. i find my environment is what causes the urges. last nite after work, i stopped to meet some friends after their dart league, had a diet soda, and those 2 dreaded cigs. today is another day and i wish us all luck.

ruth- happy bday to your poochie! sounds like she is as spoiled as mine. it is also "frassing" raining here too. but i have to head out to work (2nd shift) so i don't mind so much. if we didn't have rain then we wouldn't appreciate the sun so much. i just thank god it's not snowing yet.

have a great humpday to all!
kathy

Hi girls!! You people are making me cold!!! I guess I won't even tell you how nice it is in FL. I hate working on days like this -- it's torture. I'm on Day 5, Phase I. I can definately sense a major change in my hunger patterns. I still feel like munching a couple hours after lunch but so far it hasn't been sweet cravings (yet). After a stick of string cheese I'm fine. Last night I flattened a couple chicken breasts, seasoned them up, and rolled them with a slice of ham lunchmeat and swiss cheese. They were so good!!!! DH's eyes lit up when he saw dinner.

Those who are trying to quit smoking -- keep being strong. I've never smoked but my mom & dad lit one after the other. I know it's hard but your body (and pocketbook) will appreciate it.

BTW...a little info about me...I'm 36 and 3 years into my 2nd marriage (don't ask about the first one!). I don't have kids unless you count my little Abby (see avatar). I hate fad diets so this has been hard for me mentally but after reading the book it makes perfect sense. I've been hanging out in the 30's forum off and on for awhile now. I thought I'd get some inputs here as I'm gonna need support to give up high carb foods.

Thanks for the welcomes!

Your little Abby is pretty darn cute! And I am a real dog nut about my own two girls. Actually I think most dogs are just adorable although I've yet to meet every single breed. Are there Life Lists for dogs as there are for birds?

Whew! What a whizzing around day! I snuck Lucy in to the Adult Activity Programme this morning - wet paws and all. She is NOT a TheraPaws approved dog so I had to do it unofficially because the clients really wanted to meet Hershey's daughter. Home for a bit and did some napkin ironing. Then back to the Clinic with Hershey for the official visit. Then home to get Harry and off we went to the Lawyer to get our PA's done. I can't believe we never did that before. Now it's tea time and then I'll polish silver. Marinated chicken breasts for dinner tonight and turkey tomorrow. I'll be clucking!

Damned rain! I'm getting tired of it!

Sorry I misssed coffee again this a.m. but Wed. is my day from you know where. This is just q uick hello before we are off again. But will check back for some piano music and a glass of wine later this evening. So Ruthie, pick out your best song. Lizzie

Lizzard how did you cook the chicken? It sounds yummy. Maybe I can make something up

It is getting so hard to be here in So.California. Your eyes burn and your throat is raw. You can feel the smoke in your lungs. There are so many of us, including me have throbbing headaches. It takes a huge amount of energy to move through the day.

The local news is on 24/7 right now. With each change of the wind, each hour that passes, the fires are claiming more land, houses and lives. They are not expecting containment on some of these fires until the earliest, November 4th, that is only one fire, the rest of them they are not even releasing possible containment days.

The humidity is now going up, hydration in the air and the hope of rain teases us all. We are all praying that the wind will keep quiet. Watching people sit and wait to hear whether or not their homes and entire materials lives will disappear.

I know that it was impossible to understand the devastation of disasters, so it is mute to say that it is impossible to really tell you how awful this is, one of my favorite getaways is called Big Bear, and I have watched all day the valiant efforts of the firefighters to save the entire community.

In the middle of this we had a small earthquake, they couldn't properly track it because the equipment burned up. We are literally burning up, it feels like ****.

I am safe, but I am now begining to know people who are losing homes, and it feels too close, I just hope that this ends soon, it is just too much, and watching these brave souls, you can't tell if they are brave, or are just in so much shock that they cannot have their feelings....

Sorry for the soapbox, right now you can't really be with much else around here right now.....

Thanks for the good thoughts, please send rain thoughts our way.....any medicine men out there that can do a dance for us

rb