Just a quick fly-by today chicks. We were on the ball this morning, up early, chores done, sent the kids out the door to the bus stop, got ready to exercise, and here they come back again! School is delayed 2 hours today and I have no idea why. All I see out my window is a little rain.
Anyway, I got my exercise done, and am showered, dressed, and ready to start the day. That's more than I can say usually! I've got a crock pot of chai tea going and I can't wait to sample it this afternoon. The house smells wonderful. It's 8:59 and I've got to get to work, but just wanted to say hello and that I am thinking of Jenn today. good luck, chickie. :hug:
Yikes, just remembered, the architect comes tomorrow, and the summer kitchen is piled full of recycling. We haven't had a pickup for over a month now. I'll have to spend some time cleaning out so he can walk back there to get measurements. funfunfun.

:wave: Hi Diane...the scent of chai tea sounds wonderful.

Yes, special thoughts to Jenn today.

Good morning and happy (wicked) Wednesday to all!

FoodO - Oh joyous sleep! :D Sometimes I sleep 10+ hours and still take a nap during the day. Just because I can. If you feel tired, your body obviously needs it. :)

Twynn - Countdown to Vacation! wahoo! *snoopy dance*

Cyndi - very, very cool about DD. It warms my heart to know there are still people out there who care enough to do something and that "our youth" (I say that with quotes since I'm only 31) still have hope of making a difference.

Ruthxxx - oh please get better soon! Bronchitis has been the bane of my existance... I feel your pain. The last bout I had, I pulled muscles and was sore for 6 weeks.

Tomandkara - You remind me of how important it is to NOT rely only on scale. Don't get discouraged... you're doin great!! p.s. Yay for sleeping in on Saturday! lol

Maryjaneld - Congrats on a downward moving scale! May you be blessed with more lost lbs!

Heidi - I hope you are able to be peaceful and calm as you run around like a chicken today!

Cottage - here's to a calmer day.... and have fun goin through the girls clothes and planning a shopping trip!

Waistingtime - what kind of exercises do you do at home?

Chelby - bwahahahaha you nearly made me spit my coffee!

Weezle - whoah. holy medicine cabinet! Gotta stock up, though! mmm.. taco bake....

Lexxiss - yummo pumpkin pie! Sounds like you have a lot goin on today. I'm sure you'll be glad once you have that truck out of your hair, too.

Schmoodle - you're on the ball today! you give me strength to get my butt in gear too! ... after my coffee. lol

Today is grocery shopping day for me as tomorrow is back to phase 1!! I will be on phase 1 for at least 1 month... I have lots to lose and lost very slowly last time, if you recall. I never got OVERLY discouraged... but did run into financial problems that lead me back to mac n cheese days. Hopefully, that is all worked out now.

Have a wonderfully wicked good day!

Morning everyone!

FoodO- Happy shopping! I love food shopping, probably because I leave all the kids home with my husband or my oldest, so it's the only free time I get!

Twynn- That vacation is close! What a great thing to look forward to. Did you mention before where you are going?

Cyndi- I'm glad the retreat went well. I know you must be relieved it's over with! Your daughter sounds like an amazing woman. It's nice to hear "success" stories of snotty teens turning into decent people! I worry about mine all the time! :)

Ruth- Sorry your cough is still hanging on. I hope you get to see a little glimpse of spring in your garden today. I am starting to see bare patches here again and hoping that we have seen the last of snow for this year. Probably an optimistic thought, but I am so sick of winter!

Kara- There you go being productive again! I'm sorry your scale is stuck again. Mine was up 2 pounds yesterday but is back down 1 again today. Maybe we both need to put the scales away for a while! I am not sure I could function without it though! Congrats to your son on the super smiley face! He must have been very proud to show you that!

Maryj- Congrats on the scale success this morning! What a great way to start the day!

Heidi- That does sound like a busy day! I hope you can squeeze in a walk tomorrow if it's nice out!

Cottage- Sounds like you got a lot done despite oversleeping!

Karen- I hope things settle down for you so you can get back to your workout routine!

Chelby- I Hope you made it to the gas station! I loved your phone conversation- it must have been hard not to burst out laughing!

Lisa- My morning flew away from me too!

Debbie- Enjoy your nice day and your pumpkin pie!!

Schmoodle- How frustrating that you had your kids ready to go not realizing there was a delay! My kids were hoping for a delay this morning too but thankfully they didn't get one! It was snowing lightly when we dropped them off at school but the roads were just fine. I am intrigued by your crock pot chai tea. Is there a recipe on here?

Not much to report here. I am enjoying my last several minutes of quiet before my youngest gets home from preschool. We will be running the rest of the afternoon, speech for her and after school activities for the older kids. Somehow I have to fit in cooking dinner and cleaning the house. I should have been more productive with my free time this morning but I spent it having breakfast out with my husband (2nd time this week!) I like to take advantage of the times he is able to take the morning off from work to spend with me, so I will try not to feel guilty about my lack of productivity this morning.

Hope everyone has a great Wednesday! Halfway to the weekend already!

K

Cyn- good for DD!!!
Ruth-feel better!
Debbie- have 'fun' heh. Junk trunk makes me laugh...
Chelby- :lol3:

Thanks to you all. I head out in about an hour. I haven't eaten anything since 5pyesterday -- and even then my menu was 4 hard boiled eggs, NSA milkshake, SF jello and SF pudding! Looking forward to a homemade quesedilla :)

Morning everyone:)

Mind if I join you? I am new here & this is day 2 of phase 1 for me.

I have had my coffee & cottage cheese and am dressed. Next I need to shoot off shoot some resumes & hopefully do some laundry before the rain starts. I have bible study tonite and I'm planning to go to Traders on the way there.

Wow everyone is so productive. I can't believe how much cottage & schmoodle got done.

Ruth hope you feel better soon, so many peeps have had the bronchitis this year & it is a pain.

Chelby I think I would've died :lol: if I had gotten that call...too funny.

Jenn, good luck today on your test.

Anybody else, Hi & hope you have a great day!! Don't mean to ignore you there are just a lot of new names to learn.

Sue

Welcome Sue! We have a lot of room for all!

Jenn-glad you got a laugh-haha-cause I'm not. If it were a trunk, I'd be very happy. It's a F-150 full size truck full of s**t! It doesn't run, so we're having to backhaul all the "junk" to our beautiful SUV in order to get it cleaned out...ugg.

Hi Gothik, I didn't get to :wave: yesterday. Yes, I remember how hard you worked SBD last time. I don't recall your ever getting discouraged.

KS, glad you enjoyed your time with DH this AM.

Sue, :welcome2: Thanks for joining in. We're extra chatty so far this year and you'll learn about everyone day by day. Have a great day!

OK, off to the darn truck!

Good morning, everyone! Just a fly-by to let you all know that preliminary totals show that our preferred candidates were elected in all contested races out here! :carrot: The tension in the office is gone as we're all breathing a sigh of relief that our jobs are secure and will run as smoothly as they have been until the legislature meets again in 2011. Phew!

Hello quick flyby for me, didn't realize I hadn't posted yesterday, it was crazy busy.

Anyway tonight is DD2 dance and day 14 of Phase 1, the scale was down a lb today finally so hopefully it will trend down.

Good luck Jenn today
Debbie uggh I feel for you having to clean out the truck.

Have a great day everyone.

Just popping back while waiting for the kids' bus so I can go back out.

Gothik- Happy shopping and good luck with phase 1! I am not sure I could handle a month...you are stronger than me for sure!

Jenn- I hope your test went smoothly and relatively painlessly. I know you will enjoy that quesadilla when you get home!

Sue- Welcome and good luck with SB!

Kim- Glad your job is secure! What a relief!

Pearl- Congrats on the downward scale motion!

Well I'm back from grocery shopping... 115 bucks later... I have food for 2 weeks. Some of it may carry over into week 3 but when I was SB'ing last time I spent about 50-60 a week so thats about right.

Today I'm eating as much crap out of the house as I can. There isn't much... but I have to get rid of the goulash leftovers. Last night I got rid of the ice cream LOL

I hate to waste food. But at least the majority of whats left in the cupboards I can eat on ph2. I always buy whole grain pasta and brown rice so even though i can't have those things right now... they'll keep and they are legal.

Feel very accomplished today.. and it's only 1 pm! i'm thinking ... book, nap, walk, dinner. :)

Hope everyone's day is going well!

Chelby - Darn... I could use a glimpse into my future:)

Lisa - I was telling someone how you would never know the mushrooms are in there! I like it a lot too.

Debbie - I hope the weather holds too! It looks like the 50s here later this week so I maybe DH and I will ride outdoors, finally. Happy birthday Kirk.

Schmoodle - I have never heard of Chai in the crockpot. I bet it does smell amazing! Sniff, sniff.

Kari - I am not great at exercising at home and used to just do the elliptical. But DH just got a new treadmill and I wanted to work harder so I added some intervals on that. I much prefer my classes at the gym... they are more motivating for me. I did get to go today so it was cycling followed by pilates. Happy PH1:)

K - Thank you; me too! Hubby time sounds well worth the lack of productivity.

Jenn - I hope you finally learn something!!!!!!

Sue - :welcome2: It took me a long time to begin to keep everyone straight and I still can't get it all!

Kim - Woo hoo. :cb:

Rose - Phase 2 here you come!

I made it to two classes at the gym today! I realized I had not been able to get to cycling in over a week. Hopefully things are settling down now. We may have news soon about the next step for my mom's husband, probably inpatient rehab for a while. His daughter came in town for a few days so I am giving her space with her day. Which is nice for me...I even got to the grocery store!

Tonight we have a boring parent meeting for my son's track team. Then DH will go to the hospital to watch basketball with my stepfather. So I am sure I will be back here later.

Peep
Hi Ladies
I've been on a seemingly neverending fibro flare for days so would you like some carbs with your carbs? how bout some carbs? DH has been taking care of me and taht's all he knows how to cook!
I feel like a Macys day float
I'm going to Peapod some groceries and Do Ph 1 much to his consternation

Also book an appt with a rheumatologist and a WLS friendly dietician I need to feel good and burn some flab without sending my sugar off the deepend
I'm just heading out of work will bb tomorrow!
Kierie

Evening chicks

I know I have been missing. I guess not much is new but I have been stressing out because tomorrow I go for a physical and I hate, hate, hate it so much. Its been almost two years since the last one and for some reason they have phoned me 3 times and I gave in the third time and said yes. You would think that a woman my age would be a bit more mature about it.
take care
Sophie