Good Morning all you Chickies,
In reading over posts I realized I wasn't there. Yesterday was just one of those days at work. I'm not going to dwell on it. When I got home the Family wanted to go out. They wanted to go to the Outback. So we grabbed Dad and off we went. Except for a few bites of Bloomin Onion I did great. Salad, no cheese or croutons with ff dressing, steak, steamed veggies. I have some steak left for lunch today.

Sandra, those roses are gorgeous. The woman who owned our house before us was into gardening. I'm sorry to say that is not my strongpoint having lived in an apartment my whole life. Cross stitch, crochet, knitting and puzzles and I'm there. My friend said she'll start helping me. I'm more focused on the inside of the house still.

Vickie - That is awesome news about your hubby.

I haven't had coffee yet and I need to get ready for work YUCK!
I'll stop by later.
Stacey

Vickie, I should've come on here with you last night. Dd #1 has succumbed to the illness...fever, vomiting, etc. No school for her today, and she's sad because she has gym today. Anyway, I was up with her a few times last night, although it's not bad because she's old enough (7) to know what to do.

I made a blanket yesterday for dd#2 for Kindergarten rest time. I found a very cute flannel for the back, purple with monkeys...monkeys are her favorite. As I predicted, she loves it. Yay. It's the ugliest, sloppiest job, but for a 5 year old, perfect. :D

I may make another today, as it seems I won't be going anywhere.

My eating is all over the place...I just can't deal with sick kids, stress, and all that, as we all know.

Later,
Angela

Good morning Chickies, I also had a bad night, I was having nightmares, kept waking myself up and having a hard time falling back to sleep. I also had to use the bathroom about 3x also, which is annoying but at least I know I am getting enough water. I finally weighed myself this morning and my weight is down a nice amount, I won't reveal it till the 2x2 challenge results :D Four of my auctions ended yesterday two of them were huge lots, one had over 50 pieces, one over 30, one had 14 pieces the other just one item that was new, combined they sold for $230.00. I still have 10 items listed that end today & tomorrow, so far so good.

Stacey I have never been to Outback, I hear the food is good. Sounds like you did real well with your food choices.

Angela I feel for you, I hate the stomach bug, my kids had it in March and it really takes a toll on them. Hope they feel better soon.

Oh yeah Stacey, I know exactly what you are saying about not being a gardner,I also grew up in an apartment in the City. I have lived here for 7 years and I am still learning.

Good morning, chickadees! I'm finally at work -- took me long enough to get here! :lol:

For some reason I don't think I'm going to do well in the challenge but will just wait and see. I've gone up instead of down but I know why, so I'll try to do better and that's all I have to say about THAT!

Hope everyone has a great day. We hit 104 yesterday but today is only going to be 101, so maybe it'll feel a bit cooler. The heat is really getting on my nerves.

Good Morning Chicks! I've been back up since 8:30. Cassie decided to alert the neighborhood about the meter reader in our yard. She did NOT like that! I'm tired but ok. The anxiety attack finally ended.

Oops...gotta go. Talking to GF on phone to get update!

Hehe ... I hear you about the hormonal issues! After 20 years of taking estrogen, I'm going off of it and starting on Black Cohosh. My doctor told me that occasionally if I wanted to, I could stop the HRT.

I just feel like I've gained (am up a little over 2 from this time last week) but it's not from eating ... thank goodness I'm not an emotional eater or it would be more like 20 pounds! It's from not drinking water, not sleeping, and being nervous. It'll pass soon I'm sure. You didn't miss anything though; I was just thinking out loud.

I hope your anxiety issues resolve soon. Maybe you should look into the Black Cohosh too. It's what the doctors recommend for herbal hormone replacement if someone doesn't want to take the conventional drug. Evening Primrose Oil is good too, but mainly for PMS symptoms. Anyhoo...

On with the day. I'm supposed to be off today but am working to get ahead for next week because I *might* try to go to the doctor. Still deciding...

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I'm definitely making a doctor appointment for myself. I need to get a referral to a gynie who specializes in menopause. In the meantime, I need to talk to Internist. I'll ask him about alternative therapy since he is so adverse to pills anyhow.

Kathy, maybe it was the beer? You'll get it off. You always do. Just keep plugging away at it. Any word from Shaun?

Niki, that's great about your Ebay earnings. You make me want to dig around my house.

Ok, I'm officially alarmed about Froufy. It isn't like her to be gone so long. I hope nothing bad has happened.

I talked to a Navy guy (coworker) yesterday and he said he thinks it was maybe week 3 or 4 before he got to call home. I suppose I won't worry for a while, but I'd like to have an address so I can start sending letters.

Yes, that night when we went to the movie tavern, I had fried pickles and some beer. Salty pickles, who-knows-WHAT-kind-of-oil, and beer ... all combined to conspire against me. Now Judd says he wants to go downtown Fort Worth tonight to Razzoos (more salt and fried stuff) and I am asking him, why on earth are you trying to sabotage me? What's up with that? I think it's because he isn't losing, so he doesn't want me to maintain or lose more. That seems awfully mean to me, but maybe I'm just imagining it.

Froufy better get her tail back in here before we call out the Mounties!

hi, chickies. i'm home from ww. i lost 2.4 lbs this week. that makes 23.2 since june 16. i'm a happy camper. i have a gf going with me to w a today. we'll just be doing our own thing as there's no official class. should be fun, though.

kathy, sometimes challenges backfire on me especially if they are long term. that's why i didn't join the christmas one. remember how i used to never meet my challenges? i'm trying to keep any challenge i'm in now easier to attain. (like the exercise) i have had a bad habit of self-destructing with the long term ones. razzoos! i love that place but i understand your wanting to stay away. i don't know of anything point friendly there at all.

vickie, how's your day today? do you have those anxiety attacks very often? you're smart to go to the doctor to get some help.

stacey, outback sounds good--and you did very well making healthy choices. i love working in the yard. i have over 100 rosebushes. next year i'm going to do some landscaping. right now, my beds are just roses except for one. i'm going to add some other flowers and plants.

angela, i hope you're having a better day today. is dd#1 feeling better?

niki, what's up with everyone's bad night? maybe there's something coming through cyberspace zapping each of us. thanks for the hicks fix. what a hoot!

frouf!!! where are you?

Hi friends! I hate being so behind!!

Vickie, I hope that you managed to get some rest today and are feeling more chipper. Not being able to sleep takes such a toll on you.

Kathy, I wish I wasn't an emotional eater! :p Fried pickles sound awesome. Maybe Judd isn't trying to sabotage you conciously, but just wants someone to be off the wagon with him. ;)

Sandra, :bravo: CONGRATS!!!! :cp: :hb: Oh wait, no cake for you! :D I'm so proud of you podner!!! You're doing awesome!! I'm so impressed. Seriously, you're inspiring.

Angela, I hope that the kiddos are feeling okay. You're such a great mom, making dd her very own personalized blanket!

Niki, wow, congrats on making so much on your ebay sales!

Alright gals, I need to get going. DH and I are supposed to work on the garage tonight (it's still in the same condition as when we moved in....you can't walk through it) but that requires a trip to Lowe's and whatnot. :p Oh well!! I'll talk to you all more later tonight or tomorrow.

Oh and Kathy I just remembered your message...no, I don't think it's :preg:!!

thank you, melissa. hey, pod, i'm missing you here. just found out we might be able to take a low fare trip via nw airlines. i need to go have a powwow with curtis. you and aaron remind me of hgtv. i love that channel. i can just see you two fixing things up.

darn! i'm ready to be a cyber aunt.