i typed a long post but i guess it's floating in cyberspace. this will have to be short. my sil is coming in a minute. she wants get her hair styled like mine. now is that a good compliment or what?

i'll be back tomorrow. i hope everyone has a good evening.

Hi All:

I'm just saying "hi." It was a loonngg day at work today. I am helping people with some serious career-threatening grievances at work. It distresses me that people who are so smart can be so mean to one another at times.

It's nice to see the supportive words to everyone here.

Rhonda

I need love ... can't even talk about it right now. All I can say is that I'm having a bad time and am very tired of crying and worrying and being in pain.

I'll be back Sunday afternoon. Everybody take care. :hug:

Oh Kathy!! :hug: :hug: :hug:
I hope that you're okay. Be safe and I hope that it's a great weekend.

kathy, i'm sending you :hug: :hug: :hug: i hope everything gets better. have a good weekend.

rhonda, i hope your day is better, too. don't let things get you stressed.

melissa, it's good to see you here. how's your halloween goal going, podna?

vickie, i'm glad you have your sister's birthday to focus on. you need family around to help you smile and feel better.

paula, thank you for noticing my tracker. i'll probably have to make an adjustment on it today after i get home from the doctor. i don't want to step on his scales but i'll have to do it. i may wear jeans so i can blame part of my problem on them.

last night i ate a big plate of cheese nachos. other than that, i did very well opwise yesterday. we had a huge meal spread before us after the service. i probably had about 300 calories. now why did i eat those nachos? was it reward? was it habit? was it stupidity what with going to the doctor for my monthly wi with him? it was probably all 3.

frouf, everybody loves my hair but curtis. he keeps telling everyone he likes it 3 or 4 days after i get it cut. i guess it should make me happy that he likes it better when i comb it. men!

my sil got hers styled almost the same as mine. she looks younger and perkier. she was in a bit of a depression and needed a lift. we had a good time at the salon last night. it was just my friend who does my hair, my 2 sil's and me. we told my friend that this was the first time we'd ever called anyone to make a hair appointment from a funeral. actually, we called from the funeral home right after we finished the reception after the service. last night was the first time we 3 sil's had ever gone anywhere and done anything together with just the 3 of us. it was a good bonding experience. we live in 3 different states so we don't all get together much.

it's about 10 minutes till time to start getting ready to go to the doctor. i've been awake 3 hours already. our nephew/niece are flying out early afternoon. i'm going to head back to w a today. i need it desperately.

wish me luck at the doctor's. i hope he can whip me back into shape with my losing. i'm not ready to stop. i want to lose at least 20 more pounds.

Sandra - hang in there - one plate of cheese nachos does not end the battle! You are doing so well - you will bounce right back - remember you are living thru a very stressful situation right now!

Kathy - I hope you are feeling better today? And that you can relax and enjoy the weekend! Sending frouf hugs your way :hug: :hug: - try and have good time!

Vickie - how are you and Jim doing? I know you have some very fond memories of Cameo to see you thru - I think the memory box is a great idea!

Rhonda - you sound like you are very supportive too - glad you can be of help to your friends in need!

Paula - congrats on your fabulous loss - way to go!:carrot: :carrot: Bet you are feeling great!

Dh and I went out for dinner last night and I sure overindulged - and paid for it all night! I woke up around 4:30 am - of course started worrying and thinking about things and could not fall back asleep - until around 7:30 of course which was the time to get up! Managed to get to work tho for 9 am meeting but it was close!

Awaiting call from hospital/ex-husband for pickup after surgery. I believe the surgery went well (yesterday morning) but he can't seem to be able to pee (not good!). So not sure if he is getting out as scheduled (10:30 am today?). Will call hospital soon if I don't hear from him. His sister and brother and driving in from Montreal and leaving shortly - she will be spending a couple of nights with him.

It was VERY WEIRD calling her and speaking with her after no contact for almost 12 years!! When she was my sil we were fairly close and we had a good relationship. I have seen my bil since then - altho we are not close. I think I am actually stressed out about actully seeing her in person (when I drop dh off at his apt - they should be there!). I am much fatter and older than she can possibly remember and feel bad about that! Wonder what she looks like now! (probably had a face lift and tummy tuck? altho she was never heavy). The worse is I have FORGOTTEN the names of the kids (my 'former' nephews and niece - I remember Joseph (the eldest) and Laura (the only girl) but 2 more boys and for the life of me their names escape me! Oh well - I'll fake it! (e.g. so how are the boys?)

Computers down at work so very little to be done! Ya - I should have stayed in bed and slept some more!

Frouf

Good Morning Chicks. I'm off to a day of Doctor appointments and errands. I'll try to be back later.

Hello! Where is everyone? I guess its another quiet day. I've been swamped at work today. I did have lunch with a couple of friends, got antipasto from Bertruccis - very yummy, mostly grilled veggies, a few motzerella balls and proscuto (ok, I know I just spelled alot wrong:D ). I did have one roll. It was a nice break to the day and good to get caught up with the office gossip.

Frouf, how did you make out with your ex and his family? Did you remember the boys' names??

Sandra, how are you doing today? I hope the time with your sil's lifted your spirits a bit. MMMM cheese nachos. OK, back on the wagon you! How did you make out at the dr? I hope things are going well. Are you still on diet pills?

Kathy, I hope you have a good weekend and things go well for Shaun. Sorry you are down, check in when you can.

Vickie, how are you doing? Did you get your memory box?

Melissa, Rhonda and Angela -- HELLO!

Gotta run.

hi, girls. we're home from the airport. our nephew/wife are on their way back to texas. we enjoyed our company but are glad to have things back to normal. know what i mean?

the doctor's visit went better than expected. i weighed 171.0 on his scales. that meant i lost 2 lbs this month. that's better than gaining. the only thing he was not happy about was that i only went to ww once. he told me to go every week even when we're down south. he said, "that's part of the contract." so guess i'd best go to meetings.

it is quiet here today. i hope everyone's okay. does it feel like friday to any of you? it does to me. i guess i'm "off kilter."

frouf, i commend you for helping your ex. you're a better woman than i. don't worry about your one meal. tell yourself the same thing you told me about my nachos. you're in a stressful situation, too, what with ex-dh needing help and present dh probably not really understanding. if that's not the case, then just remember that life in general is stressful. guess that is what keeps us going.

paula, i'm on the wagon waving my hand off. it feels so good, too. i just had 2 skinny cows. that's my treat for today. i'll go to w a a bit later. that'll be another treat. lunch out with friends sounds good to me. i did enjoy the sil's last night. i hope we can get together again like that soon. my other sil (curtis' sister) didn't go with us but she told me today that she's going to make an appointment and change to the same stylist. now do i have a good stylist or what? i wish i could take her with us to tx. i won't be back here to her till either late dec or early jan.

So here I am eating chocolate after a McDonald's lunch - can we say STRESSED OUT FROUFIE??? Geesh - running behind the wagon (hey I see Sandra up there waving!) - trying to leap on!

Paula - sounds like you did okay for lunch - and it does sound super yummy.

Kathy - hope you are feeling better today wherever you are!

Vickie - how are you doing today?

So I did my good deeds for the day. Ex-dh was released and picked him up around 10:30 am - he had a dr appt w/pain dr downtown at 11:40 - took him to Subway and bought him some breakfast - he was starving - no food really provided at hospital - very pathetic how little care/service is provided these days. Then off to the dr appt - luckily I had my library book with me. Then to the pharmacy where I PAID FOR his $200 worth of meds (yes he will pay me back!)....then finally drove him home for 1 pm!

As for his family - I did help him upstairs and carried his backpack for him - he has a 6 inch incision in his hip so his walking is slow and he is wearing a surgical collar on his neck (supposedly for the next 4 weeks!). His sister was THRILLED to see me - gave me the hugest hug - had tears in her eyes - and kept thanking me for helping him out!

His brother was waving down the hall when he saw me too - kisses and hugs - but as mentioned we have seen each other over the years (dd's bat mitzvah etc). His sister was thrilled with his current 'state' so I guess she thought he would look worse off than he was - kept telling him he was a 'fighter' and a 'trooper' - wow I'm thinking - guess I forgot about her 'positive attitude" - nice to be around! Also she is a former nurse (like 25 years ago) so a good person to be there for the next couple of days (leaving sat morning).

So no talk of the family or boys - I made a phone call home, then left moments later - back to work! I guess I didn't realize how stressed out this whole situation has made me feel. As for my dh - of course he is not that supportive of me helping him out - but frankly my ex has no one else - he is the father of my children - and I have known him ever since I was 17 yrs old so there is some history there? (dated for 5 years - married for 14) The big joke was of course if we ever get divorced he expects the same level of kindness and service from me - ha ha ha!

I am so tired now - I just want to go home and go to bed - but dd dances yet again - so I shall be chauffeuring her around. Dh supposedly going to his mom's place to fix the remote/cable for her tv - no they have not completely made up since the thanksgiving seating fiasco - I understand 'words' were exchanged today and she hung up on him - so not sure how this will work out?

Later chickies!

Frouf

I'll be back in the morning chicks to catch up. I'm still feeling very sad. I got my errands done but there was no time to go look for the memory box.

Hi All:

I'm just checking in to read the posts....whew, what a lot of news and emotions.

I'm dog tired and going to bed even though it's barely after 9PM. I did just fine with eating fewer than 1000 calories today. I ate lots of fruit and drank lots of water. But, I really wanted to graze tonight so I had a bit of popcorn to satisfy the munchies.

Til tomorrow...

Rhonda

I'm sorry that I'm not a very supportive friend lately. I hope that all of you are doing great. I'll be catching up over the weekend (I'm saying this a lot lately!).
I'm actually sort of looking forward to "work" tomorrow--it's staff appreciation day and we are going to Keeneland (horse races) for the afternoon. Well, I'll probably go for lunch and walk around a bit and then come home. But it will be a nice break from the usual crap at the office. And no, things aren't better, they're probably worse. I'm just :crossed: for a change.
Sandra, I have no idea how my goal is going. I haven't weighed myself in weeks. A bad sign? Yes!! I have been trying to control how MUCH I eat during the day but I haven't made the healthiest choices. I'll try to remember to get on the scale tomorrow morning.
Well I'm off to bed. I have a cough that is making my chest hurt very badly. I have a ton that I should be doing but I'm just too tired.
Love to you all! :hug:

WHOA! What's going on? No one has posted since me?!?!
I hope that you're all okay! :cheer2:

So you get the prize - yay - yippee!!!

And yes there are some days I dare not get on the scale - too scary!

Rhonda - are you starving? I would be!!

Vickie - hope you are doing okay - it's understandable to be sad for awhile!

A gloomy rainy dark and cold day here. Just want to go home! (altho I did sleep thru the night). Had a meeting w/my boss this am - supposed to be a 1 hr update meeting - got in at 9:30 and was in there till noon - seems she wanted feedback on her managerial skills - and wondered if I was planning to leave? How motivated I was feeling, etc - very interesting chat as we have no $$ right now to do anything with - and there are rumours of restructuring/reorg going on which does not bode well for our little group.

Told her I am watching the atmosphere - don't want to jump ship yet - altho it does seem to be sinking a bit? ONly time will tell?

Good news for dh's job situation - the company he is 'designing' for has agreed to provide a 'subsistence' payment for his work ($2500US month!!) until such time as profits appear - THIS IS A VERY VERY VERY GOOD THING - as it relieves some of the financial pressure felt by wage earning froufs! Sure hope this works out - keeping fingers and toes crossed! (ya okay so I also bought a couple of lottery tickets - so shoot me!)

Tomorrow is 'me' day - manicure scheduled for 11 am - hair appt at 2 pm. Need to drop dd off at dad's as she is the designated 'weekend nurse'. Have to pick big ds up at airport 10 am tomorrow - flying home from Toronto. Other than that the usual stuff - groceries, errands, etc. Getting ready for my big gala dinner event monday night - must check sequined black blazer to make sure it is okay (and get dh to iron it for me???:D)

So what is everyone else up to this weekend?

Frouf