Core Board Chat #44
 

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Sandra, I use picturetrail. There is a free account that will allow you a small amount of pictures, and then a higher paid account. I use that one because it's only like $20 a year and I use it all the time. Meanwhile though, send me the picture and I'll post it, or you can go to the advanced feature and attach it. Your choice.

Thanks for making a new thread. I locked the other one to force everybody here.

did i cause #43 to close? i went back to tell ya'll i'd started this one and it was closed.

didn't know i was so powerful.

:lol: Tap the brakes on those powers, Wonder Woman. I locked it when I saw you had made this one.

thanks, kathy. i have used picturetrail before but had forgotten about it. i have an e in to our isp now asking if they have a free service for us. if not, i'll go to picture trail.

Attachment 22846

let's see if this works. are ya'll seeing a photo or a X

Neither. When I go to edit your post, I see [ attach ] some numbers [ /attach ]

Are you using the advanced feature to attach the picture?

my goodness, kathy. i thought i was a supreme being or something. now i know i didn't close anything and i can't post anything via advanced. lol.

here's what i did: i clicked "go advanced" then i clicked the paper clip and went to browse my puter. i clicked download and thought i'd downloaded the photo. then i clicked the paper clip and thought i was home free.

the photo shows up on my screen but isn't on anybody elses.

what did i miss? lol you must think you're working with lucy here for sure.

I'm not sure why it isn't working for you.

I see the picture. It's small, but I see it.

I'm still not on the wagon, but my eating has not been terrible. I'm still watching portion sizes, and trying to eat only when hungry.

You all remember that computer game I play all the time? World of Warcraft? Well, I think I may reach level 60 (the highest level) tonight. This represents about 7 months of work. :lol: Talk about a waste of time. Anyhoo, that's what's going on in my life now.

Sandra, I'm also trying out getting photos to show in my posts. Here's a recent one of me, we'll see if this works...

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/aghiow...cd.jpg&.src=ph

Hope we all have lovely, uneventful evenings. :grouphug:

Angela

Let me see.

Angela, that's a great picture!

Take that same URL and post it like:

[ img ] URL [ /img ] -- without the spaces.

Thanks, my 5 year old took it! I think she may have a future in photography. :lol:
But how do I get the picture to show in the body of my message? Hmmm.

Angela

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is it working now. i went to manage attachments and loaded the photo. then i came back to the paper clip. the window said "mother's day 2006 jpg". i clicked that and i see Attachment 22847 here where i'm typing.

Apparently those URLs aren't able to show the image except thru a link. When I use picturetrail, I get a different type of URL.

Maybe it's because it's on Yahoo photos...

Angela

angela, i saw your photo. i used your link to see it.

kathy, all i saw when i clicked google was a larger google. is that what i was supposed to see?

angela, i love it!!! enjoy your challenge tonight.

Sandra, I don't know. I don't use the paperclip, but use the button down below where it says manage attachments. I upload it there.

Yes, a bigger Google would be what you should see. I was making sure that it would attach right. Your picture should be in an attachment box like mine.

Sandra, that was better I was able to view it a little bigger, nice to put a face to a name. Nice looking Bunch :D

thanks, nikki. i'm glad it's showing up. i now know how large to make the photo. the attachment won't allow me to do a very big one.

it's time for ai. gotta run.

I must be crazy -- I still don't see a picture. Sandra, if you come down here this summer I'll show you how I attach a picture and finish off a potholder. How's that? :lol:

I have to say that Taylor is just awesome! He's MY MAN! He could sing the alphabet and phone book and I would stand in line to buy the CD.

I fell asleep around 8:30 and just now woke up. The pain is pretty bad tonight, I guess from being on it so much.

Judd's being a butthead and won't let me get him anything for his birthday because he said those golfclubs were supposed to be his gift. I'm going to go shopping after work tomorrow and buy him some shirts. He needs new clothes because of losing so much weight. Everything is loose; he wanted to wait a while until he had lost more but I think that's crazy, so I'm getting some things. I think I'll get Shaun some things too. He hasn't had new clothes in such a long time.

The pain pills must be making me nuts. :rofl:

Hi ladies, if I am correct I remember seeing people eating Dr. Praegers (sp?) veggie Burgers & Tex Mex Burgers. Well on the News last night they had a special about how they were supposed to be pulled off the shelves because the nutritional information is incorrect, they have more than double the fat labeled. Whwn you microwave them on a paper plate, the plate is almost transparent from all the oil. They interviewed the Dr. and he seemed to have alot of excuses. :o

Lovely pics! Sandra you and your bunch look awesome....and Angela - a serious gaming picture of you by the computer (I agree 5 yr old is a natural). Good luck at reaching that highest level - we know you can do it!!!

Kathy - I'm sure Judd will appreciate some new golf shirts to go with the new clubs? Any other bday celebration happening? How is work coming along? and more importantly how are you feeling and how is your foot?

I am at work today but feeling so blue still? Am I depressed? Is this some sort of mid-life crisis? Feel like I have no purpose in life, nothing to look forward too. I am lethargic and overwhelmed by everything and of course this is reflected in my eating. I just don't seem to care about anything anymore? What's up with that? (and it's a gloomy/rainy day out there which matches my mood exactly!)

I saw a bumper sticker this morning tho and it did seem to affect me (and I"m not really a hugely religious person): "why worry? God's in control." Well I thought, that's a great idea! I shall stop worrying and let God control things!! maybe that will help?

Need to go downstairs and use payphone and try to locate new york city child - has not called home and I want to make sure he is okay.

Oh ya - my ex says he wants to take dd for the month of July - we are both thinking this might be good for her - but get this - he of course wants her 'share' of the child support payment for the month, HOWEVER does not want to pay for her camp that month and wants me to 'help out'? I don't think so!!!

I use that $$ for all of her activities (dancing, movies, parties, gifts), some of her needs (makeup, hair, toiletries, clothing, shoes) and in the summer obviously for camps and such. If he is taking her for the month of July AND he is getting the monthly payment should he not be paying for camp? Am I crazy??? (he was always a cheap @#$#@).

Have a therapist appt w/dd - seems she wants to see me and dd for the next 3 weeks together (decided to stop working on relationship w/dd and my dh and I'm not sure why? probably cuz it was fruitless - claims working on her relationship w/me will help that of dh?????? I am of course skeptical)...so we'll see how that goes.

Dh playing tonight at local restaurant/bar place with his 'cuban' band (playing conga drums) - can't go see him unless I take little ds with me (as big ds is away and dd at art class). Not sure it's worth the trip cuz if I take the little guy I will probably only stay from 8-9 pm? Besides Amazing Race finale is on tonight and I don't want to miss it!

Later,

Good Morning Chicks! I had a great rest last night after sleeping so badly the night before. I actually got 9 hours last night. Today is looking sunny with blue skies, something we haven't had around here lately. I'm looking forward to walking on the treadmill with the blinds and windows open. I shall pretend I'm outside.

Cassie's Vet report wasn't great but it wasn't horrible either so Jim, I, and the Vet have decided not to completely over react. Her level of concentration is less than it was last time and not as high as it needs to be. But her bloodwork looks good. So the plan is to periodically measure her water intake to make sure it hasn't increased hugely and, of course, if she starts to show signs of UTI we'll go in immediately. Aside from that, she'll have another complete bloodwork and urinalysis in September when her vaccines are due. So I guess I just need to relax awhile about her. The test that the Vet last talked about doing sounds extreme and horrible. It's some kind of 18 hour deprivation test where she is not allowed to eat, drink, and maybe even urinate to see if when deprived she can concentrate her urine. I know this is WAY too much information but it sort of explains why I've been a little freaky about her. She and the cat are like my children!

Great News about Baby Sarah! For those of you who don't know, she is my preemie Great Niece who was born on April 20th at 4 pounds 5 ounces. She dropped to 3 pounds 15 ounces after birth. At her recent Doctor visit she now weighs 5 pounds 7 ounces!!!!! Yay. Bright and happy news. I'm going to go try to visit her this week when I'm sure that my respiratory thingy is gone.

Tomorrow, Jim and I are going to the gambling boats to play video poker. Gambling is only legal in Illinois on the water and we have about 6 boats near the Chicago Area. We'll be going to one of the ones in Joliet (less than 10 miles from where Prison Break is filmed). We are REALLY looking forward to it. We make a day of it. We go out early for breakfast and then get there when the place opens at 8:00. We play until lunch time and then go to the buffet (Danger, Danger Will Robinson!) and then go back and play some more. Cassie will get two visits from the pet sitters while we are out. They come and take her out and play with her for 30 minutes each time. Pretty good deal.

I don't have a great plan for the buffet yet but I'll try to eat as Core as possible. I've gone before and it isn't horrible. There is at least a salad bar and at least one brothy soup. I could be really bad if I wanted to. Jim says their fried chicken is pretty darned good.

Jim and I went for eye exams yesterday and are having 4 pairs of glasses made (all trifocals...are we old or what?). The cost staggered me since we have no vision coverage. Oh Well.....better win on Thursday!

Ok, I've been pretty chatty about my little life. So now I'll go and see what's up with all of you.

Niki, I had read about the Dr. Praegger's california burgers this morning and was praying it isn't true. I'm eating them every day for lunch and just bought two boxes. I'm thinking they are still Core. I cannot believe that there are more than 2 teaspoons of Canola in them. I won't buy anymore until I hear the outcome. Here's an article I found on Hungry Girl. I have NO idea if it's true. It figures though since I like them!

Burger Bummer!
HG ALERT!!! Problems for Praeger...

It's a very sad day here at Hungry Girl. We recently learned that Dr. Praeger's California Veggie Burger, a patty very near and dear to our hearts, may in fact contain more fat and calories than the nutrition label claims. In two independent tests, the burgers were found to have approximately twice the fat, and a significant number of calories (20-30%) more than the doc's label states. Since the discovery was made, the company has been ordered to remove their American Heart Association endorsement from all boxes. Dr. Praeger's says the fat content has gone up temporarily due to the water levels in the vegetables. So what steps will be taken next? The burgers will be re-formulated and re-tested. Our advice? Know what you're getting into...and when dealing with any of Doc P's products, play it safe and blot the excess oil off of the item before eating (we've noticed the greasiness and fear that some of their other products may have more fat than what's listed, too). More details on this as they become available...

Sandra, you make me laugh! You are just like me trying to get the picture thing down. I could see all of your pictures except for the first one but it wasn't big enough for me to get a good look. When you "attach" like Kathy is explaining you have to make them 500 x 500 pixels or they are too big. I'd love to know how Kathy, Melissa and some of the others get the picture to be right in the message.....not attached....and so big. Every once in a while I experiment and I cannot do anything but the attached thumbnail. At least with picturetrail or webshots, you'd have a link to insert in your message and we could see a big picture. I'm thinking you are the cute short one in the hot black dress. I think your hair looks really nice longer.

Kathy, how does it feel to be surrounded by the computer impaired?! :D :o I knew you'd be thrilled about Taylor. For me, he's much better when I don't look at him. :o Anyway, I voted for Elliott non-stop for 2 hours. I got through 6 times. I just do NOT like Katherine and wanted to give Elliott my Chris vote. I really don't care who wins anymore now that Chris is off the show. I'm sorry you're hurting but not surprised with all you did yesterday. It's nice that you are buying Judd and Shaun some new clothes. I need some too! ;)

Angela, I know you'll get back on the wagon. You look so adorable and wholesome in your picture. Everytime I see one of you I think Ivory Girl! Your 5 year old took that picture? Pretty darned amazing and much better than my pictures!

Frouf, you and I are, I believe, in the same perimenopause boat! I have exactly the same feelings. I just told Jim yesterday that I feel SO blue and I have the same feelings of being overwhelmed. Not a darn thing is bad in my life right now. I think it's our hormones. I never thought I'd say this but it's been a little better for me since I got back on Core and started exercising again. I'm not saying I feel great, but better. I think bouncing around and eating bad food here and there was affecting me as well. I'm about 2 weeks from my TOM and figure the hormones are just raging. As for your Ex....he's nuts....and cheap! If he gets her July portion back then he should foot the whole bill for her. I would not give him an extra dime and welcome him to your world! I do think it would be great for all of you if she was gone for a month. She might have a better appreciation for you and DH when she returns. Give the therapist a chance. Maybe Emily has led her to make this adjustment. Maybe Emily wants to work on her relationship with you. That would be exciting. I hope you feel less blue soon. I'm going to see if I can find some books about perimenopause. I have a great one but it's kind of old now. It is by Dr. Suan Love and it's called the Hormone Book, Making Informed Choices About Menopause. It's not completely alternative but gives great explanations about what we are going through. I felt much relieved when I looked at the page full of symptoms. Suddenly, I didn't feel so weird or alone!

Time for breakfast!

Morning chickies,,,
the sun is trying to come out..we'll see. Off to work here shortly..ususally Im there already but I have so many banked hours I took the morning off and relaxed. I dug out some summer clothes this morning hoping this warm weather will stick around now...(I tried on a shirt from last year and it fits very well....when I tried it in march it was tight) I heading to the city in two weeks to replenish my wardrobe. It really sucks not having clothing stores around here.
Vickie glad you got a good nights sleep last night. Those burgers may solve the mystery of your recent weight gain,,,,,,, maybe they arnt core after all?? Great news about baby Sarah!!
Frouf seeing as how you are feeling these days...I think a visit to Dd's therapist would be a good thing for you.......maybe it would be a good time to tell her how you are feeling lately...stress does funny things to your body and mind. You need someone to talk to. Go with an open mind
Hi Niki,,,welcome to the core board!!
Hey Sandra,,,,that was too funny with your pics...lol
ok i better get going here...have to have some soup before I head out...
have a great day everyone! ttyl

Patti, I wish I could blame it on the burgers but I didn't have any last week. I just had one yesterday for the first time in a long time since I was out of them. I'm counting it as my healthy oil and then any more that day has to come out of points. I think I'll be ok. It's great that you had the morning to yourself. Huge congratulations on making that blouse fit better!

Froufie and Vickie, I'd blame hormones too. At least once a month, I feel that way, and I felt that way for weeks after all my children were born. Of course, I also felt panicky and cried for no apparent reason excessively after all my kids too, so who knows. I think I had some kind of post-partum depression thing going on. You know, if it weren't for that horrible month or two after the baby is born, I would love to have more kiddos. But it's got me so scared and freaked out, I think we're done at 3.

So as long as we're all being introspective here, I'm going to jump in. Just in the last day or two I've been feeling like I'm incredibly naive. I expect people to be decent, good people, and I'm always shocked when they aren't. Am I just that out of touch with society that I haven't figured that out about people? Some of my good gaming friends have recently turned out to be not at all what I thought they were. Anyhoo, that's my thoughts of the day.

We planted peas and lettuce in the greenhouse today. It's starting to look really "greenhousey" in there now. :) It's still too wet to plant directly in the garden yet. It's been a really wet, warm spring here.

Later,
Angela

Oh Angela, how sad that your friends misrepresented themselves! You must feel betrayed. I'd be crushed if my cyber friends turned out to not be what I though. Hormones are powerful things, aren't they?! I'm so jealous of your greenhouse. Veggies are SO much easier to eat when they are freshly grown and picked.

My goodness lots of posts since yesterday, no way I can respond to them all but I want to say I read them and feel for you gals that are getting close to Menopause. You know girls don't expect it to be bad, it doesn't have to be. I remember my face getting so hot and my night school students used to say Mrs. B. have you been to Florida lately. I would just laugh and go outside for a min. and cool off. Other then that I sailed through it. In fact I felt much better, no more monthly blues etc. Dh also says I am much easier to live with now so it is something to look forward to.

Maybe this story will give you a laugh girls (sorry Sandra you have heard it)
I took my grandson shopping at Christmas. It was very busy, lots of people.
I told him to hold my hand (he was 10) I went into Gap and was looking at clothes for my granddaughter. I let go of his hand for just a min. and told him to stay with me. Well, I went to leave, grabbed his hand and started to walk. All of a sudden I thought to myself, my grandson's hand is not that big. I had grabbed a teen age boy by the hand and was dragging him along. lol The look on the teens face was priceless. I darn near flipped but I had to laugh. The poor boy must have thought I was some nut. lol There was my grandson laughing, he was almost doubled up.

Sandra, the picture that came through my computer was very small and I could not see any faces.

Angela, it is a shock to find out people that you thought were so nice are not. I remember thinking that everyone that went to Church had to be real nice, well I found out differently.

Talking about the Church, it has become very important in my life the last four years. For years, I did not go, and one day I woke up out of a sleep and I heard a voice saying go back to the Church. I did and have been so happy since. It has filled a void in my life. I found it real hard when my children left the nest. I am taking so many Studies in the Church. Right now I am studying "Revelation" and also "The Da Vinci Code", and how some people are believing it, rather then a story. I want to go see the Movie.

I will come back later and read take care all.
Blue skies,
Rose

Rose, I'm really not expecting it to be horrible but the blues and the mood swings that I can't control are pretty darned hard to take. I'm getting the hot flashes already and they are bearable. I'm just hoping it doesn't get any worse than this. Your story about you shopping expedition is hilarious! That would have won you money on Funniest Home Videos! Jim and I are planning to see the Da Vinci Code too, depending on the reviews it gets.

I'm off to the treadmill!

Hey, girlies. I'm back from my meeting. I was able to eat enough this morning to get my weight up -- weighed in at 147.2. Then they set my 10% for 14 pounds, which would be 133.2, so I've reset trackers, etc. I know I don't have to hit the 10% but over the next 12 weeks at least it'll give me something to work towards. Since the meetings are at 12:30 I'll have two meals and half my water in, which adds quite a bit to my "empty and nekkid" morning weights. This morning it was 142.8.

Okay enough of that. I'll be leaving here around 3:30 or so to go shopping. Judd has bowling tonight so he won't be home until 9:00. I'll be able to get back on here and update. Meanwhile though, thanks for all the well wishes on my return to work. I'm making it okay but have decided (again) that I can't take pain pills at night. I'm just too sleepy in the morning. I thought last week I had gotten to where I wasn't going to have to take them, but the last few nights I've needed them. Too bad though; I'll take Advil or something and hope they work well enough to get me to sleep.

Be back later!

Welcome back into the world of the official WW weigh ins!

I'm in the middle of scheduling Jim's shoulder surgery. It could be happening as early as May 24th. I'm freaked.

kathy, we won't be coming this summer, but will you show me this winter? taylor's my man, too. as soon as i figured out his # i started voting last night. (before he sang #1 song)

just had grilled ocean perch for lunch. yummy! we're getting excited about going to a shoot near townsend, mt this weekend. should be fun. at that tournament they will group me with all women. i don't get to shoot with women often.

frouf and vickie, i hope your mood's lifting. you know what? one of your purposes is to be our friend. (and that's just 1 of the numerous purposes you have for us alone)

vickie, that's great news about sarah. i am so happy to hear that she's doing well. you and jim definitely deserve your outing tomorrow. you two have a blast! i don't know if i should give you eating advice but here goes: eat what you want. this is a very special occasion. i would like to know how to post larger photos, too.

i'm using print house magic to reduce my photos. it lets me reduce them in inches. i found that w=3.85" and l=2.89" worked for me. now i'd like to know how to post them so folks could click on them to enlarge them. any ideas, anybody?

i am the one in the back with the black dress on. (first time i've had a dress on in months. can you believe it?) thanks for the comment about my hair. i have decided to let it keep growing for awhile. i have an appt fri to get it shaped and my bangs trimmed.

patti, what a great nsv (are those the initials?) on being back better into your clothes. i am very, very happy for you.

angela, i'm almost 60 and am naive about folks, too. it's a plus that we tend to look for the good. it's just a shame that sometimes it ain't there.

rose, i didn't remember that story. at my age i think you could tell me the same story a dozen times and it would always be new to me. lol

kathy, i was pleasantly surprised to see that you're going to meetings. girl, you are on the right track for sure.

vickie, a few years ago curtis had both shoulders replaced in a 3 month time period. if you need to talk, i'm here anytime.

Thanks, Sandra. I hate to be a baby and make this all about me but.....I just don't know how I'm going to do everything around here. I guess I'll just have to take a deep breath and lower my standards. Jim does SO much around here including taking most of the care of both animals. I'm the brains.....

Plus, I'll have to be driving him to all the PT appointments. Ok, I'm done whining for now. I MUST go plan since the 24th is a week from today.

Gosh, I do well a couple of days and then I go off program, I get so mad at myself. I marvel at people like Kathy, you sure have done well. I just made some corn bread for supper and guess what, I just had to try some. ugh

Vicki, you will get though it all, I know how you must feel though as my husband does most of the work around here. I do house work (well he vacuums ) but since he has retired he does a lot of the work that has to be done.
Oh I hear thunder must get off, will be on later.
blue Skies,
Rose

I'm finally home from work. Rose, could you send some of that thunder this way? We have temps in the 90s forecast for all week. Starting tomorrow afternoon, I'll be back in the yard trying to get more sun on this pasty skin.

All you who get help from your DHs, count your blessings. I'm fortunate that mine flushes the toilet after himself. LOL! I do it all in addition to working as many hours as he does. But whatever ... life goes on.

I went to Kohl's and got him two shirts and a pair of shorts, and got Shaun a shirt. I didn't want to get Shaun much without him making sure this one fits. If it does, I'll get a few more if he wants them.

I'm so ready for AI tonight. This is getting my BP up, that's for sure! I didn't get to vote because I fell asleep right after we watched it.

Judd's having LOs when he gets home from bowling. I'm not sure if the bowlers will be taking him out afterward or not, so I didn't want to make a big dinner and have it go to waste. Nobody else is here.

vickie, i have to admit i did some whining, too, when curtis had his surgery. he had it while we were down south as there weren't any shoulder specialists here then. we were living in a motorhome. there was a huge ice storm while he was in the hospital (20 miles from the rv park) so i just stayed at the hospital with him till he was able to ride home.

nobody came to sit with me in the waiting room. he went into surgery early am and i got to see him around 7 pm. i was in the waiting room all that time. nobody drove in cuz of the ice.

i was overwhelmed to the point that i passed out at the hospital and they rushed me to emergency. cost $1500 as our insurance wouldn't pay cuz i was all right. at least i'm thinking that was the reason. they thought i was having a heart attack but it was just an anxiety attack. i don't know why but i totally lost it when the pt was showing me how to help move his arm. i'm just telling you this so you'll know i wasn't as brave as i try to be. i lost it to the point that i "hit the floor". :lol:

then i was the driver. folks working at the rv park were helpful helping me refill propane, etc. it was an experience. three months later he had the other shoulder done--same place--same motorhome.

rose, i have cornbread sometimes. just count those points. i don't mean to sound like a "know it all" but i'd like to tell you what our ww leader said the other day. "if you spill a little milk, you don't pour out the rest of the gallon." interesting, eh?

kathy, i'm pumped, too. i feel confident taylor is all right, but with ai you never know, do you?

Sandra, thanks for the tip, it sure makes sense. I find if I go wrong I think oh well and take more. I can hardly wait until tonight but I hate to see Elliott go and I am sure he will. I know you and Kathy like Taylor, the dancing he does gets me.
I just came back from Costco, got some goodies for the kids tomorrow night when we have them. We only get our son's kids once or maybe twice if we are lucky, a month. Our daughters kids we see every week.
thanks again for the tip and pass any on to me please that you find helps.
Blue Skies,
Rose