Food Obssessed Good Morning. Sounds like you have some great goals. You can achieve them.

Litar- Kids do grow so fast.

Morning Debbie- sewing machine sounds like fun. Speaking of which I need to get some things altered.

Cyndi Oh yuck about the 12 hour day. Hope the "big announcement" goes well for you.

Heide Happy Anniversary

Cottage- Sorry about the tummy thing. What about a UTI or somehting along those lines. They would make you lower back ache too. Or kidney infection.

Tammy- WoW on the walk with the dogs.

Jenn your so funny!!! LOL about he sky falling.

Morning MMC- Have a great day. I had to really think about bfh too. I haven't had coffee yet so my brain is a little slow. HAHA

Hoping the other two girls in the office are not sick and back at work. I am up early too. I am NOT a morning person, but I got up early to get some work done in the house. I have a midterm in my Macroeconomics class this week. I have from Wed till Thurs next week to take it. Hope you all have a great day.

Tammie

So sorry, Ruth:(

Ruth oh sorry about the neighbors house. Glad noone was hurt. And yuck about the basement. I'd love to help.

Tammie

Jenn- How did the meeting go yesterday? Congratulations on all the moving and shaking :)

Heidi - It's an ice rink around here too but I think the roads are okay. I can't believe it's going to be so cold Friday. I really hate the huge temperature shifts.
Hope your long day breezes by. Glad to hear you now have snacks you can eat! Oh, and happy anniversary whenever you celebrate it :)

Linda - Hope your tummy feels better and the kids didn't breath on you too much. I was thinking of you this morning as that stupid game told me over and over and over that my legs were a little shaky and my balance was unstable. Like I wasn't trying to stabilize my back and legs! And we do this for fun?!

Twynn- I love cannelini bean soup with escarole. It's one of my absolute favorite winter comfort foods. Funny story - I'd never seen the actual word until I was an adult. I actually didn't recognize it because I was used to hearing it in Italian :) Happy hubby birthday.

Mmc - It's not so subtle ;) Hope your day is a breeze.

Ruth - Have you tried threatening it? That's what I do with the household appliances (but not the car, we talk very gently to the car). I'll clean for bean soup :)

Tammie - Hope everything falls into place today.

Off I go :)

Good morning gals. I'm later than usual because I was making breakfast cheesecake today:) I hope it cooks and cools in time to eat.

FoodO - So great that you are happy - that is the most important thing, after all, isn't it? BTW - I am married to my first serious boyfriend... good things come to those who wait:)

Lisa - They do grow up too fast! Enjoy them!

Debbie - What do you sew? (Just saw that answer. This is a long thread.)

Cyndi - I hope you day goes quickly and the announcement is better than you expected.

Heidi - Happy anniversary!!!! 30 years... wow. I think that says much more than gifts and celebrations ever could.

Linda - (I remembered!) Sorry you don't feel well. On a positive side... maybe you will drop an extra pound with the tummy troubles:)

Twynn - I find DH's birthday harder than my own... I won't dictate a diet menu for him. Last year DH was kind enough to let me buy him just one slice of cake so I didn't have to drool over a home-baked whole cake for days. That recipe sounds interesting.

Jenn - Not me... I am a morning person for sure. Glad to hear the Wii is working for you.

Mmc - Happy Tuesday.

Ruth - OMG you sound like me - flood in basement, wonky PC. Yikes!

Tammie - I hated economics. Good luck on your test.

Wow - I hope I didn't miss anybody. I am going back to my early post time tomorrow - this is hard! DS has to go in early today... well, that means for the regular schools start time instead of his new second hour start time. So off to be sure he actually is awake now that I tried to wake him once.

Have a great day all.

Argh. The computer ate my first post with personals. Luckily, I finished my cleaning (except for folding that pesky laundry) and all after school activities were cancelled today because there's ice everywhere, so I have time to do it again.

Okie, congrats on the new goals! What's "GVPT"?

Lisa, my oldest two are 8 and 5. They have so much personality and always keep me on my toes.

Debbie, my grandmother just recently got a serger and then she taught me how to use it so she can pass it on to me. I'm the only grandchild who sews and I love to sit with her and pick up all her little tricks and tips. She made my wedding dress and it was just beautiful.

Cyndi, I hope the announcement is that they're honoring you for all the great work you do!

Happy Anniversary, Heidi! It's good to celebrate, even if it's just with cards and memories!

Linda, I hope you feel better soon!

Jenn, that Wii is addictive, isn't it? I can't wait to get on tonight!

Mmckellen, we should start an I-have-a-five-year-old club!

Oh Ruth! I'm so sorry to hear about your basement. What a mess! If we were an ocean closer, I'd be there in a heartbeat.

Tammie, good luck in your midterm!!!

Karen, isn't waking kids a half hour long adventure? Sometimes I want to use a bucket of cold water!

I'd better get to folding that laundry. Isn't life exciting?! I might get a head start on tomorrow's cleaning so I can get to the gym in the morning instead of spending all of my free time dusting and sweeping. It's cold cold cold out today so I don't mind being stuck inside.

Goodness, it's early for so much chatter!
Quiet Tuesday, I think. Day 1 of Phase 1 Detox went well, but not looking forward to day 3. I hit the grocery store last night to load up on all my secret weapons. I'm determined on a clean 2 weeks of Phase I. I really think I need it. I've got to take the cats to the vet later. Chloe is not looking forward to it, as the vet always tells her she is too fat. I know the feeling. I was not able to ditch the Charleston trip, still undecided about Dallas. I'll let you know, Barb!

Good Morning lisa, glad you joined the chat!
Okie, I see you are in Bowie. I am from Annapolis. Congrats on grad school!
Good luck getting through your long day, Cyndi.
New sewing machine, Debbie? I've been wanting a new one - what did you get?
Happy Anniversary, Heidi!
Feel better cottage.
Tammy, hope DH has a happy birthday. Your recipe sounds yummy.
jenn, I am also curious about your meeting. I can figure out if I'm a morning person or a night person. I think I'm actually neither. Early to bed and late to rise makes a chick healthy, wealthy, and well-rested!
Good morning Mmc
Ruth, I have the same job today, I've got the basement pumped out, now to turn on the fans and dry everything out. Ick! That's so sad about your neighbor's house. Do they know what started the fire?
Hello Tammie! Good luck with your exam. I've always hated any kind of economics. I'll stick to the sciences, thank you!
Waisting, I love that breakfast cheesecake. It's best after chilling.
Kara, enjoy your stuck-at-home day. It's nice when you are used to running running!

Maybe I should give Wii Fit another try. We have it and I've used it ... once. Didn't seem like much of a workout, but maybe I didn't try the right stuff, or give it enough of a chance.
Hope I didn't miss anyone! Have a great day all. I've got to run some stuff DD forgot to school and then get to work. Argg.

Schmoo, I don't think the Wii Fit is as intense as my normal workout routine, but it is a good way to keep me off of the couch in the evening. I've been obsessing about my chocolate chip cookie craving the last couple nights, but last night I wasn't even thinking about it because I was having so much fun! There's even a setting where you can run in place and watch regular TV and the remote tells you when your time is up!

Schmoodle - I really did LOL about you having empathy for your cat's weigh in:) My DS forgot something for school today too... DH just ran it up there.

Kara - I worried about my oldest going to college because he never was able to wake up to an alarm at home. I could hear it going off in my room down the hall from behind two closed doors, and he'd be sleeping away! But somehow me manages to get up for lots of 8:00am college classes. (Poor guy - engineers start early.)

Still waiting for my cheesecakes to cool. Good thing it is a late class at the gym today.

Kara- How do you run in place and watch tv. I didn't know that. Will have to investigate. LOL I only like certain shows on Mon, Tues, and Thurs night. But it would be great to get exercise in while I watch.

Thanks everyone for the encouragment for my exam. I am somewhat worried. I think I understand the concepts, but I really want an A in this class. I had a c last term in one of my classes and I want to bring my gpa back up. LOL Man I wish I had finished school 15 yrs ago when I first started it is so much harder going back now iwht full time job, being full time mom and wife.

The meeting was fine - she pretended as though it never happened. One of the men in her "clique" (these are 40-65 year olds I'm talking about, BTW) started off a meeting yesterday morning really poorly and I was dealing with that. I feel like the tattle tale but at least I express my displeasure to their faces first :)

Ruth, sorry to hear about the flooding and the neighbor's house.

Yes McM, thanks for noticing. Down another pound. Have to fix the other ticker. DW weighed in for the first time in 2 weeks and she was down 5. Too bad we had a fight thereafter....

Off to start the work day...

Tammie, it was called "Free Run". I'll investigate more when I do it later.

Jenn Great job on the other pound down. Tell DW woohoo on her loss too. Sorry bout the fight.

Wish I had time to reply but I can only steal a couple of minutes from work.

I'm slowly working my way through all the new tasks I have for my job. And I'm slowly getting some of my uncle's issues resolved. I almost have access to his accounts now so I can pay some of the trust's bills. The Court of Honor last night was nice. Brian got one merit badge. He would have gotten his Star rank except he couldn't think of what to say when his Scoutmaster asked him how he has been living the scout Oath and Law in his daily life. I can think of lots of things but he needs to do it on his own. It's hard letting a kid grow up and be responsible for his own actions but that is the only way he will learn.

WOW- we are a chatty bunch this morning!!! Hopefully I will have time later this afternoon to see what everyone is up to but as of now, I am pressed for time.... Mostly the stuff I have to do before my trip this morning, laundry, cleaning, errands, etc... then this afternoon we will be taking the dogs to my moms so the person who will be house sitting for us only has to take care of the kitties... and I have 3 hair appointments I have to do this evening as well. Its going to be a busy busy day! I can't seem to get myself to stay on my plan that I make for the day- I have been eating OP but not the plan that I made in advance... so next week when we get back I am going to make out a meal plan and only buy for it. that should help with my grocery budget as well!
Anywho- hope you chickies have a great OP day!!!