Good Morning, Beauty Queens!
RNMom, I hope you are having a lovely sleep right now. What a late night!
Ruth: Now
that's a show..."The Stripping Victorian"
So glad it went well! Are you seeing a doctor today for the wrist? I know my friends who were trying to breed their female beagle showed her the stud book and found her in heat a week later. You never know...
Little Chick, of course you were missed! I'm so glad you had a wonderful time and that your Dad surprised you! How nice that he's staying for a visit! Your picture wouldn't pop open for me, but from what I can see, you look gorgeous! Love those curls!
Mamacita, I'm so sorry this is so hard!
I have found that it comes down to just standing firm and being totally honest with people. Don't give in, even once. People will take you by what you do, not what you say, so if you keep going to for pizza and ice cream, they will figure you don't mind cheating on your diet. Suggest something else, like Ruby Tuesday or Dairy Queen (SF/FF Fudgsicle), where they can get their junk food and you can get healthy food, invite them to your house to eat, or don't go with them. If they like your company, they'll get their junk food fix at other times. You can do this, girl!
Teach your DH how to make the pie so you don't have to deal with it, or ask a friend to make it for him. Tell him how much his support means to you.
Clovey, love your humor
and can't wait to see your cottage!
Kiko, WELCOME BACK!!!
I'm so glad that you had a nice trip! Your DD is my kind of girl...I love the beach, too.
: You'll be in good company, it seems, in getting back on the wagon, so I'm sure you'll do great!
Jodi, I know you can do this!
Good job bringing your lunch to work!
Ellis, sorry about that gain...but if I went away for some peace and quite and solitude and someone came out to witness to me all the way in the middle of nowhere, I'd be eating more bridge mix than you could carry in a canoe!
That is crazy! Maybe you'll get the same chuckle that DH and I did when we saw a sign with the Spanish name for Jehovah's Witnesses: Testiculos de Jehovah.
Are we the only twisted ones that think of male body parts when we see that? I do hope I'm not offending anyone of that faith...I doubt any of you would trek out in the woods to testify to others!
HistoryChick: I'm with you on the weather, it's grey and overcast and gloomy here, but no rain yet. Very humid. Let's be fuzzy hair twins today, 'kay?
Hope you are able to take your best friend out for a great celebration soon. Sometimes it's nice when it's just the two of you! Feel you on the waking up early thing...tried to get up at 5:30 to get to the gym early, but my head was swimming and I went back to sleep until 6:00. Still got my 1/2 hour of elliptical and some leg weights in.
Well, somehow I blew it yesterday and gained two pounds...I had a taco salad with no chips but with full fat sour cream and cheese (and meat, probably) yesterday for lunch and then rottisserie chicken for dinner...have a feeling I had too much fat or something. Hope it falls back off today...but I'm still 50 pounds down!!!
: What a good thing!!! I tried on the dress I wore for our rehearsal dinner and the bridesmaid dress I wore for my friend's wedding the fall after ours, and both fit fine! Even a little extra room! So I'm back to my wedding weight of five years ago! Whoopee!
My DH spent yesterday telling me how pretty I was and even went with me to face the scary salespeople at Dick's so I could get new exercise shoes. Thankfully, it happened to be a girl, and I got some great shoes for a bit less than I had thought. Good, all around.
We're eating out of the original SBD book this week...haven't delved in there since starting Phase 2, and there are several yummy things to try. We're doing the Chicken, Apple, and Walnut salad tonight on rolls. Were going to have bean salad with it, but my DH threw it out. He thought I didn't like it, but I had grown to enjoy it. Might make more at lunch today if I have enough cans of beans. I'm grilling up a hamburger with no bun for lunch. Should be good.
I'm working at the Vacation Bible School at church all week in the evenings. I'm running the craft center. Hope it goes well...would love your prayers that I can do a good job and help these kiddos have a great time and learn new things about their faith.
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Have a great day, Chicks!