Welcome back Sandra and congratulations. Yep, go for the next competition...give it a try. What have you got to lose???

Paula, we love the Sarah stories!

Vickie, I'm coming over to go swimming, that's for sure.

Have you heard about all those storms in Texas and elsewhere?! Wow....Vickie, are they reaching you yet?

I have to spend the next two days in meetings, learning how to be an administrator, so I won't be on much. I'll check in in the evenings.

Work the program Chickies!

Rhonda

Not one single solitary drop of rain in Tinley Park today! It rained everywhere else. I'm hoping to get in the pool tomorrow because after that it's only going to be in the mid 70's for about 3 days. Bummer.

Morning Ladies.Very early morning indeed.Woke up at 430 Went to bed early though.Sorry Ive been MIA ive been so consumed with looking for a job(btw got the call i was hoping for on the second interview,I have to call someone back today and my recuirter with a staffing firm got my in interview.im prteey over qualified for the job but since it contracting work the pay is really nice,plus i will get some skills in recruiting myself,I'm in the HR field mainly compensation and benefits)
Then to top it all off I had wisdom tooth surgery yesterday on two very impacted teeth.Was so nervous but they gave me something to relax and next think I knew it the Dr was telling me he was almost done.Still have some numbness due to one tooth being on top of a nerve do hope its goes away the pain is under control..i find taking a 600mg motrin along with half of the painkiller does the drink with the pain .I really cant handle pain medication that makes me all loopy.Eating have been the best it can be,I had a milkshake from mcdonalds yesterday,weight loss shake,half egg salad sanwich and attmepted to eat watermelon but just couldnt handle it or the egg salad really.the surgery was quite more difficult than they thought would be and ended up being around 1hr 15min than the orginal 40 that they thought.Busy weekend,hosting my youngest 1st birthday party.Where on earth does the time go??
Paula- Glad you were able to sneak out.I dread hosting Sheridan's party coming up in sept.most of the mom's at the preschool with an exception of 4 or 5 are complete snobs,barely say hi and just above everyone.Sheridan would be tickled pink if one child showed up lol
Sandra- looks like you had a great time and won again! your amazing!have a fun safe trip this thursday
Rhonda- I'm so glad you are able to be there for your friend.Im sure she is too.I understand about your friends pet too.My old gal Misty which Ive had since 8grade passed away in novemeber.She had cancer 15yr old.It was heartbreaking for me..a year or so before that my dogs all 3 of them.they were all so old tho.I still have two old bittys left.lol 11 and 12, cats.And dont want to think about their time at all.
Vickie- I think its great your going back to meetings! and look at you go with the exercising!! You go girl! Is your treadmill fixed yet? or have you been hitting the pave? With this weather we now wished we opened our pool lol its just so expensive to maintain and its fenced in but with the kids so young we got nervous.Not like we let them play outside unsuprvised since our yard isnt even fenced in and watch them like a hawk but we figured we both grew up without a pool,we wont know what were missing now we look at it and say..hmm maybe next year lolol
Patti- good for you for signing up for that class! i hear its great.I was thinking of when signing up with the Y to join one..But I would def need to wear swim shorts over my swimsuit since Im so self consious-dont even know if thats allowed.

Well im off to lay down again dont know why im awake lol

Good Morning Chicks! I'm just rushing through here. The pup woke us both up at 4:45 this morning. Jim is on the treadmill and I'm about to go eat breakfast. Then it will be my turn. I haven't had any water yet; just coffee. I don't want to load up before the treadmill. We did some adjustments to it with help over the phone and it might be working properly now. I'll know once I get off.

More watering for us today. It really does tie us down to the house. It's still worth it for the sod.

I'll be back later. I have to make a grocery list for Honey Lamb. TOM is looming and all I want is for it never to come again. And.....I'm craving chocolate. Sigh.

Vickie, we were watching WGN for a bit last night, and saw a piece on some pretty intense flooding happening in the Chicago area. They were saying that the sewers couldn't handle the large amount of rain?

I was toying with the idea of popping up to Chicago today to see a favorite musician of mine performing at a restaurant/pub, but I couldn't find anyone to go with me and I wouldn't go alone.

And news...dh didn't get the permanant job like we hoped. :( But it looks like there may be a long-term contract on the horizon so we're hoping that will pan out. Sigh, I'm really tired of the uncertainty.

My eating is not stellar, but not terrible either. I had kohlrabi (sp?) for the first time yesterday. It's really not too bad. :D

The garden is producing peas now. My 8 year old is delighted. She loves them straight from the garden, and when she's around, the rest of us barely get any peas. :)

I'm going to pick up the entire house today, pay the bills, and maybe make some banana bread. Sounds super fun, huh?

Later,
Angela

Froufie Update:

Is it possible for someone to have an epiphany/a eureka moment and change overnight? Will the change be permanent?

Dh is all of a sudden matured 10 years in a few days and I am confused and befuddled and amazed at this turn of events. Sat me down the other day to talk - said he realized he was the problem - when he looked back at all his other failed relationships it was always the same issue (physical) and that it could not be all these women with the same problem - but him!

He realized that we are 'friends' and he doesn't want to lose me - there are many things he likes about me - and that it's not just the physical that keeps us going - and the he loves what's inside and that's what's important!!!

Now not to say things are perfect - and the kids are still pushing some of his buttons (and mine too no doubt) but he has been just wonderful lately - when I get home making me snacks with my diet pepsi and helping out around the house more. Of course I am a bit leery of this sudden and stupendous change.

We have an appt w/new therapist next week (altho dh was wondering if we still needed to go?) - I still want to get her opinion on things and see if there is anything she can help us with to ensure this new 'environment' continues! But to be honest I am much happier now seeing how committed he seems to be and if the counselling goes well I will be suggesting to my dr that I try and get off the anti-depressants - wouldn't that be wonderful?

Hope everyone is safe from the storms and taking care of themselves. It is supremely hot here - like a sauna (over 100 w/the humidity) and we are hoping for some thunderstorms this evening to cool things down. I can't imagine how those w/out AC are surviving this heat!

Frouf

Hey Chicks! I'll be back later to check in. I'm in the middle of cooking dinner. I got into the pool today for two hours. It won't be warm enough to swim again until next week. I was active the whole time but actually walked in there for 45 minutes. This was after my 30 minutes on the treadmill! I'm so proud I could pop the buttons off my shirt!

I'm making buffalo baked chicken and oven fries and broccoli. Jim likes it better than I do but sometimes I do things just for him.

Hope you are all well. I have to get some more water in.

hi there. the photos arrived today. i'm going to see if i can post some of them here.

we shot the NAA National Field Championship in Spokane last sat/sun. those 2 days we hiked and shot for over 6 hours each over extremely rough, tough, steep terrain. the photos don't do justice. believe me--it was scary. sat i had 3 men helping me. sunday i had 2. i felt spoiled.

this first photo is me on top of a very high/steep place.

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the second photo is one of the men helping me. footing was difficult--especially for this old gal.

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this photo is erika aya la brie and me shooting side by side. we totally bonded. by the end of the day she was calling me mom and i was calling her daughter. aya is the current world indoor champion holding world records. she's on the u. s. national team and will be shooting in england next month.

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we are going to keep in touch. i was shocked at how we clicked. she's wanting me to come to colo springs the first of august to compete at the national target competition. she's coming back from an injury. i coached and motivated her throughout the tournament. she said she would like to pack me in with her gear and take me to all the tournaments. i told her i'd love to go to china with her if she makes the olympic team. (but i couldn't afford to go) i just love her to death.

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this final photo is jim getting in place to set up a target. jim's one of the 3 men who helped me saturday. he came by to help me with a couple of targets sunday. i had promised him i would not climb down into the canyon sunday since i wouldn't have enough help. i knew he needed to do other things. he was in charge of the whole event.
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anyway, that's the story and these are the photos.

Good Grief Cousin!! Get down from there before you fall down girl!!!

Just joking, of course....we're all really proud to know 'ya!
How exciting for you and Curtis. I'm just delighted that you're having fun and lookin' good there too!

Vickie..good for you for getting the exercise. I've set July 3rd as my "start again" date. Got to do it! Got to :exercise:

Frouf, since you asked....I don't believe that anyone can maintain a radical change without some assistance for a significant time period...at least 6 months. So, let's hope DH gets the help and support he needs.

I had a long day at a training session, but I've got to say it was a very good session. Of course, there was too much delicious food around also! I'll try to do better tomorrow and avoid the sweet table. There was fruit for an alternative, so I'll have just that.

Have a good night all..I'm headed for sleepy bye!

Rhonda

Sandra - loved the pics. Looks like too much work for me.

Frouf - I hate to say it but I agree w/Tejas. Real change doesn't usually happen over night, although epiphany moments do. So if he can stick with the work hopefully it'll help. :hug:

Tejas - good luck with the sweet table. Is the 3rd when you start your new job?

Vicki - Yea on the exercise. I can't believe you think it'll be too cool to swim it's still going to be in the mid 70's but then I am a cool weather girl. Hence the UP for college.

Time for bed. Have a great day tomorrow everyone.

-Tech

i just now am getting caught up reading. i got on here earlier to post but didn't read. i apologize. we've been super busy getting everything ready to fly to texas tomorrow. i am still watering. my neighbor is going to keep an eye on the plants on the back deck. i think everything else will make it fine especially if we get some rain up here this weekend. but who can bet on that?

paula, i love your sara story. what an adorable princess story. that's something she'll remember forever--so will you.


rhonda, i don't envy your being in meetings. you could probably conduct them yourself. you're already a stellar administrator.

tiki, congratulations on the new job. sounds good. :hugs: on the toothache. makes me cringe. i hope you aren't in much pain.

angela, your day actually sounds good to me. i hope you can get to chicago soon to see the performance. how far away is it from where you live? my eating's not been good at all this week. life goes on.

vickie, i've been watering almost all day, too. i'll give everthing some magna grow tomorrow am. that should give it a good boost till we get home tuesday night.

frouf, that's good news. i hope all continues to get better and better for all of you. life's too short to be unhappy.

rhonda, i know i wouldn't choose fruit over sweets right now. i'm in a funk--but it's a happy funk.

donna, it was a lot of work. we were all exhausted. seems every time i compete in a tournament i deep end eatingwise looking for energy. curtis is off program, too. i don't know if we'll make it to ww in the am or not. i have several excuses lined up but curtis will probably shoot them all down.

i have to tell ya'll i know i'm not anywhere near goal, but i felt confident enough not to let the cameras bother me. there were times i had 2 cameras on me at once. i know they were aimed at me because i was the only one shooting at the time. of course, there were other people photographing other shooters. this was just a first for me.

the lady who took and e'd me these photos told me that she was glad she had chosen me for her model. model! i was shocked. like i said, i'm not used to being in the limelight. in the past i would coach students and they performed. life has changed.

my plan now is to go to texas. when we get home, i'm going to dedicate myself to getting to goal. like curtis says, "we need to just do it and get it overwith."

i guess the cameras have given me the incentive i need.

if i don't get back here before we leave, (i prob will) ya'll have a wonderful weekend.

Miserable stinkin' rain! I'm sure everyone has read the news about our floods ... well, tonight we went to dinner for our anniversary and came home to see the new neighbors in their driveway! Sweet!!!! ... we go over there and talk and talk and talk. And all of a sudden, the sky lights up and we hear a huge boom! The transformer on a pole behind us had blown out. They had power, but we didn't. The three houses on our other side didn't either. I called the electric company and they said someone would be out around 3 a.m. I was so tired from getting to work early this morning but we still stayed up to wait for them. They came (a little earlier than anticipated), fixed it, and now I'm ready for bed.

I'll try to get back on tomorrow to read it all and respond. Meanwhile, I'm falling asleep on the keyboard.

Good Morning Chicks! I finally got to read all the posts this morning but I've no time right now to catch up. The cleaning lady will be here in an hour. I've got to go shower and eat breakfast before she gets here. Jim is on the treadmill now. I'll just have to get on after dinner. It's the only time I'll have time. I've got errands to run after she leaves. Thank God we aren't working.

We got no rain last night so Jim will have to water all the sod/patching this morning while the cleaning lady is here. We'll be glad when we don't have to water every day.

The scale is up this morning which is surprising to me. I suppose the hot sauce is very salty and probably is making me bloated. Well that and impending TOM. I know I was good so the only thing to do is push on AND drink my water!

I'll be back later to respond to posts.

good morning. i just have a sec here. we're going to ww. i admit i'd rather take a beating, but curtis insists we go. life is good.