I hope tkglen is okay. I'll feel better when we hear from her. In Dallas the rain just started a bit ago and is still light. It's coming this way but I think it will pass just to the east of us. I can't get over how huge Ike is. 600 miles across. Wow! My work has been sending updates every couple of hours giving the status of all the employees and companies we support in the affected areas. I hadn't realized how much we had in the area.

I'm hoping that my assistant scribe, Grace, and her family will still be able to come over this afternoon so we can get some work done. We'll play it by ear on the weather though. I'm going to try to finish up some of the printing this morning in case we lose power.

morning.... busy day today for me....

already did 30 minutes on the bike and 30 minutes wii fit

last night i ate evil wheat.... a roll some pretzels and birthday cake. should have skipped the cake
oh and wasabi peas... evil me.

off to shower go to the CRAB FEAST (no one ever got FAT eating CRABS) and play bingo.

Ruthie, the interview is Monday night to be the (only) Administrative Assistant at a Chiropractic office. The doctor is the one interviewing me. I do enjoy buying smaller sizes, just not the whole "spending money" thing.

Pearl, Tom just wants me to wear something form-fitting, which in the career clothes area, I don't have. He thinks that since it's a 30-something man that's doing the hiring, it'll help to flaunt what I got. I don't know how to feel about it. I guess there's nothing wrong with dressing to show off the parts God over-blessed me with, as long as those parts aren't falling out of a shirt, right?

I'm thinking of running to Kohl's this weekend and just buying 1 nice top for the interview. They're always having sales. What do you think about this top?

Weezle, that top is stylish and professional yet sexy at the same time. Just my 2 cents. It's nice!

Hope the chicks in the way of the storm are okay.

That's a cute top, Lisa. It would go great with a nice pair of dress slacks! Good luck on the interview!

I hope the hurricane doesn't affect you, Barb! We've been watching the reports on TWC off and on all morning. I hope TKGlenn and her family are safe and we hear from her soon. Let's hope this is the last of the hurricanes this year.

We just got back from running some errands and a stop at Trader Joe's. The sun is trying to poke through the clouds, and it's making it awfully humid. I had plans to make some chicken salad with grapes, cranberries, apricots and pecans for lunch on ww pitas, but now I sat down and don't feel like doing a darned thing. I can hear the bands gearing up over in the park, so after lunch we may walk over to see what's happening. They usually have a big used book sale, so I'm eager to see what I can find.

I just ate an egg "muffin"... and feel aweful, and yesterday got the same feeling afterward. I think I'm switching this week to cold cereal (Kashi go lean) this week, with a banana and v8.

Mel, that's kind of what I was thinking. I may pick that one up at Kohl's.

Thanks Cottage! Keep me in your prayers!

Lisa, I may go get one myself!!!!!!!!!

Hey! Happy Saturday! Hope everyone is doing well in spite of the storm. Keep watching coverage on TV, scary stuff!

Can you cook steel cut oatmeal in the microwave? If so, how long?
I added 2TBS to my breakfast, along with my veggie packed eggs this morning. Felt good to eat a warm cereal again!! I tried cooking them in the microwave for 5 minutes, not all of them cooked, so it was still a bit crunchy, or is that normal??

Cute shirt! I say go with that one!!

it looks like most of Houston is w/o power...I think they said 3 mil. residents in the Houston area are without power.

We just got back from a little hurricane party. It was fun, although the people who hosted have a bratty 4 year old who is really mean to our 2 year old. She is just not a nice child whatsoever. I love the family to death, but she makes it really hard to be with them.

DH is passed out on the sofa, DS is lying with him and watching a snoopy movie.

Looks like it's going to be a low-key day. I might do some baking - I've been eying an orange marmalade yogurt bread lately. Also, I need to start figuring out what I'm making for Thanksgiving. I know that it's more than 2 months away, but I compile recipes for almost a month and then test recipes for about a month. I broke out every last old Bon Appetite and Epicurious magazine that I had.

I've never tried cooking it in the microwave...but I would think it would take more than 5 minutes. It takes about 25 on the stove.

Heads up to everyone out there, DH's uncle runs one of the local gas stations here in town, we just got a call saying they have a truck coming in with half a load of fuel and when it goes in price is jumping to 4.89!!!! Thank gosh we filled up lastnight at 3.75. I have been hearing about big prices in AK and FL but looks like even here in IN we are going to feel the pain. Fill up now if you haven't chicks!

Stay safe Barb, I am watching the Dallas area close, bosses mother is there and I am sure he is worried about her.

There goes the dryer, gotta run, hope eveyones day is going well.

pacer, post that in the gas thread in general chat! They'd want to hear it from you, not me!

Anyone experiencing that high of a gas price is experiencing a gouge. Google search an agency that deals with gouging. I have a friend who works in oil who said that the main reason why gas prices were going higher was speculation that the storm was going to destroy the rigs....it didn't. They are offline right now and will miss a few days of production, but nothing that would cause a spike that fast.

Stations that gouge during a time like this can be met with a hefty fine.....and they should be. It's horrible to take advantage of people like this.

I wouldn't be surprised to see gas prices go sky high. At a gas station on the way to Trader Joe's this morning, gas was $3.47 for regular, on the way back home less than 2 hours later it was $3.59 already!

Jensskihere, you can microwave steelcut oats. Just mix it as you normally would, and cook it in the microwave for 2 minutes, stir, then cook a further 2 minutes. I like to make a big pot of it on the stovetop, then take out what I need and heat it in the micowave each morning.

Zeff, I'm with you and that is why I came back to edit my post (I didn't want anyone to think I was trying to start a panic) LOL. I agree this is price gouging at it finest. It will be interesting to keep an eye on the rest of the area and see what happens. We had a few stations here that got in big trouble for gouging after 9/11, you would think they would learn. Of course DH's uncle is just the manager and following orders.