Nessa hope all goes well today at the vet, many hugs and prayers.
Well I think we have found a new house, we have been calling for a couple of weeks trying to reach this guy and just happened to drive by and he was working on tearing off the roof to replace it. He let us look at it and I am about 95% sure we are going to take it. He is in the process of replacing the roof and putting in a new furnace (which will make the house total elec, thank goodness!) so it won't be ready for a couple of weeks which is fine because I will have a chance to sort and throw out stuff.
Laundry on tap today along with a bit of cleaning and some grocery shopping then I think I will start on the closets.
It's going to be a nasty hot, humid day today. I'm having coffee out on the sunporch, and I can feel it already. Too bad Jake closed the pool already.
We'll be watching Amber & Tyler this afternoon while DS & DIL go out to dinner to celebrate their anniversary. I want to get in a visit to Mom & Dad today, too, and the ever present laundry has to get done.
Oh, Nessa, so sorry to hear Bagel is not doing well. Having a baby sick is so horrible. My thoughts are with you at this very difficult time.
Thanks for the birthday wishes, all!! It ended up being an ok day! The workshop let out early since we skipped lunch to finish up. (7 hours without eating gave me indigestion something fierce, but a couple of tablets cleared that up) When I got home I worked on grading papers and posting grades. I had been given the wrong password and was finally given a good one, so I had weeks of grades to post. Got that done, then we went out to eat and I got my same sesame tuna salad, but was bad and got a dessert which I split with everyone. Then my husband reached under the table and pulled out a box with a gorgeous soft black gown. It is "ME"...he knows me so well. It is made of a very very soft "t-shirt" material, but sexy too.
I was surprised cause we had already decided on the gym membership for me. The gym opens at 5, so I can just go there before work....workout, steam, shower and get to work on time. Great way to start the day and won't have to take time in the evenings to work out which I hate.
Hoping TK is ok. She may be without power for a while. Found out my BIL, SIL and MIL's house is ok other than a fence down, blown out window and a few shingles..so that was great news. MIL will probably stay with us till they have power on...so may be at least a week or so. I'm so happy she is here, but not under these circumstances.
Good morning all, Feme, glad everything is alright with the il's houses!
So I'm starting to regret having my son take out the good A/C the other night, last night I was sweating so bad I hoped into the shower. This place heats up like a car does on a sunny day with all it's windows rolled up!
OK< off to church this morning, thinking to try Sunday School today.
We did go to the picnic yesterday and the kids had a blast, although it was hot as blazes and very humid and I was pretty beat by the end of the day. At least it was warm enough for them to enjoy the water park. On the way home we stopped and had dinner at Sakura, and I had the veggie dinner and ate most of the lobster tail from DD's dinner, which she didn't like with their sauce on it. Food at the picnic was not great. I knew from last year that most of it would not be on plan, so I ate a big breakfast and took some snacks for me, but I was counting on them having veggie burgers there - they did, but they were out by the time I got to them. So I ate a little pulled pork and brisket for the protein. Well, can't call it an on-plan day, but I did the best I could and this morning the scale is down some for my monthly post-TOM loss. I am going to wait a few days before I change the ticker and see what the real total is - I think I must be retaining some water from yesterday, and I'm hoping for more poundage.
Today I need to catch up on chores around here and make the kids do the same. Maybe dinner with friends, crabs if I can talk them into it (shouldn't take too much talking). That won't help with the water retention issue, but I'll drink it off over the next few days.
I booked the trip to Orlando, so I also need to work on organizing the details. It's only a month away. I'm excited, I love the parks!!
Cat, late Happy Birthday to you!!!
Nessa, thinking of you and poor Bagel this morning. I have been through that a couple of times and it is a very hard thing.
Cottage, hope you don't have to do too much running in the sticky heat today!
Cat, glad to hear you had a good birthday! What a wonderful surprise from DH!
Lori, enjoy church and SS. Let us know how it was.
Schmoodle, simulpost! Hope you have a great day!
The rain woke us today, around 4:45. After about 15 minutes, then both of us had to pee from listening to all the water coming down against the window. Tommy stayed up, but I went back to bed and now here I am.
Down another couple of pounds again. I'm surprised, but I'll take it. My body has transformed a LOT with the last 7 lbs I've lost. I need to start toning again, because the layer of fat that was always covering all my muscles is almost gone, at least in my mid-section. I think I'll always have saddle-bags, but I've never been too worried about what my legs/hips look like.
It's going to rain all day today. Ike has arrived! This is the first time I can remember that a hurricane has made it all the way up here (even if it is only a tropical depression now) still in its hurricane shape. Usually it's just occasional rain showers and that's it. Ike was a biggie!
All I plan to do today is finish my book, re-paint my toenails, give myself a mini-manicure, and run to get that top from Kohls. Think I'm going to make some tea. Even though I got up 2.5 hours after Tommy did, I'm still yawny and groggy.
The weekend was boring as usual, and spent yesterday night and this morning eating a whole jar of peanuts.. I may have to go back to Phase 1 for a couple days to make up for it.
Other than that, I've been depressed and bored and those two combos lead to binges for me. Hopefully I won't binge anymore today.
Weezle Ike has arrived here as well, there is a big limb blocking the alley way but I don't feel like going out and moving it yet.
I did Yoga this morning and am feeling relaxed, I decided to forgo going to church this morning since the wind is blowing so strong. We got videos last night to watch and it just going to be stay at home day.
Hope everyone is doing well. BF house no windows were broke, they do not have power but everyone is okay. Hope TK is okay as well.
Lady Nessa, I'm so sorry about poor Bagel. Poor puppy. I hope that when you get to the vet, the doc says it's treatable and you go home happily and Bagel with a doggy biscuit...
Price of gas thing: The past two days have been insane in my county. The word spread that everyone was raising their gas to nearly $5 whereas it has been 3.89 I think. (I'm not completely sure.) Anyway, one store stayed the same price, so people started lining up to get gas.
As a result, literal FIGHTS broke out and arrests were made. This is madness. Now the place where the fights broke out say they are nearly out of regular gas and this makes two days in a row. Huh?? It's crazy.
It's official, I am a SB dork.
I have been printing off recipes and trying them. The ones that I keep making over and over, the papers are getting very dirty, smudging, etc. So, I had a bright idea. I printed them off again, cut them out and taped them to 4X6 index cards. But I didn't stop there. I went to the dollar store, bought cute, bright pink mini photo albums that hold 4X6 pictures and put my recipe cards in there. Now I have a quick reference guide for my tried and tested recipes. I almost filled up the book, so I need to go back and get a few more! So, it's official, I have crossed the line into dork territory now.
to dorkiness! 
