I ended up going back to sleep for about an hour but got everyone up and at em.

Cat- Enjoy your gardening today even if it's soggy banana trees sorry that cracked me up.

Heidi- So glad to hear that your dad is being released from the hospital today. Congratulations on another lb lost.

Debbie- I am glad you had fun skiing, it's been a long time for me as well I didn't go with the kids when we went to Colorado because I felt bad about leaving FIL and MIL and DD2 alone by themselves in the Chale.

Karen- not sure why they start so soon here he just start practicing about two weeks ago. Have fun dehydrating and watching basketball today.

Schmoodle- If I had a rental car during conference, I would say let's you, me and Ruth try to meet up for lunch but everything is happening at place we are going. Glad you heard from DH too bad you can't skype.

Chelby- T-ball starts early for ya'll. We have haircuts scheduled for Monday, can't style my hair anymore.

Kara- good for you for booking your trip, have fun with bowling.

Quickie for me, as long as Jake doesn't catch me sitting down!

We were up and out the door shortly after 6 for a big, healthy breakfast and some grocery shopping before our day of demolition got started. I also took a detour to the nursery on the way home to pick up a flat of pansies for the pots on the front porch. I'm dying to see some color after our snowy winter, and the weekend is supposed to be mild and sunny.

Gotta run! Catch you all later!

Morning, all!

I'm starvin so I'm gonna skip the personals for now... gotta go make breakfast and then walk my roomie's dog. It's gorgeous out.

Have a wonderful on plan day!

Y'all have been busy! I slept for almost 15hrs! I am refreshed! I'm still chugging along on Phase 1.5.

Why were you all up SOOOO early!??? Didn't anyone ever tell you Saturdays are for sleeping -IN-??!!

I ate breakfast and am going to finish here then pop into the shower before heading to World Market! Going to get the Torani Syrup (and maybe a bottle of wine) and make Kara's bean brownies today! Trying to get my D{Drepressed}W out of the house and into the world of the living. I thought WM would be fun.

I went to Whole Foods last night and "only" spent $90 (Our weekly grocery budget, including any eating out, is $125 for the two of us - high but she likes name brands and I like fresh items!) and bought my lovely salmon!! I baked it last night with some OO, Mrs. Dash and a drizzle of Agave and it was fab! Even DW liked it. Of course, I made rutabaga (my new fav veg) and brussel sprouts to go with it so it was like a musical chorus in our hour last night

I did very well and stayed away from straying. I did buy an Amy's brand pizza with pesto and whole wheat crust -- they didn't have a selection of Kashi which I found odd. I guess since Kashi is getting so mainstream, they aren't carrying it? I will let you know how it is!

OK, enough babbling. Everyone have a good day. I am off--like a prom dress!

Sardinia, Kara, you lucky girl! Congrats. on the weight loss! You'll be at goal in no time flat!

Linda, good luck with your clean-up today. I wish I could wave a magic wand and make it all disappear for you!

Kari, hope your breakfast is good!

Okie, at least one of us got to sleep in! Thanks for the congrats. For some reason, the stars are aligning and my scale is moving now. Two pounds this week - that's unheard of for me! Actually, I started counting calories this week and I think that is what I finally needed to do. I am planning on doing that until Tom gets home and then have a treat day the day after he gets back, and then get back on track and see if I can knock out this goal in the next couple months.

Jenn, have a great time at the market! I've never been to World Market but I've driven past them before. Enjoy the brownies! I need to make a new batch because mine are G-O-N-E. We have a high grocery budget, too, usually about $300 a month, and that doesn't include Tom's lunches, which run probably about $30 a week. I refuse to compromise on quality ingredients and I can rarely find coupons for the products I buy. All the coupons are for junk around here. I used to pay for our newspaper subscription with the coupon savings I got from the Sunday paper, but I can't do that any more.

We had a lot of fun bowling and I'm glad we had the chance to go. The kids really enjoyed themselves. They're eating dinner now (I was so hungry when we got home that I made a veggie burger and some beans really quickly, so I'll eat something else later) and then we'll do teeth and PJs and spend some time reading Harry Potter before bed.

Kara-Glad someone else feels the same way! We're a family of two (though we do have three cats) and it seems high but we do NOTHING else so we might as well eat right!

Hey Kara! Aren't u dying waiting for Part I of the seventh book already! We gotta wait till nearly Thanksgiving Day! At least the last chapter of the book comes out in July of next year!

Hi ladies
I'm going to respond to all the ones I can remember!
Kara I think the scale is moving b/c you're scorching that px90! I'm curious to try it
Jen that's not bad budgetwise! Mine is usually 115 ish but I buy Generic and stock up on different stuff when on sale and that's not including outside food
Kari Hi!! I love that pic
cottage ooh Pansies! I WANT COLOR
Pearl glad you got back to sleep
Schmoo Yay for DH contact What is it with Cats in the am?
Ruth that's great about the table
Heidi so glad about your dad
Waisting I want a dehydrator! I hope your snacks and your busy day go well
Cyn Enjoy the birding!
Cat Let us know how you like the Zumba!
Debbie have fun
Chelb! I just pictured your little guy as a Jonas LOL! I'll keep a good thought for him at TBall

Me after a really long hard week I started to feel good today groceries arrived at 7:55 AM so I made DH wake up and get to the door i was still throwing on work clothes ended up knocking $9 off my bill b/c my marinade leaked in the bag nothing damaged but hey $9 is $9
I did Cardioke and Dance your A** off hiphop So fun! I'm going to make the bean muffins and get some cleaning done DH is working still

not going to start official Ph 1 till my box of all bran is gone not trying to waste food!
ok I better hustle!
Kierie

Do any of you have *that* friend who just will NOT leave your house??? Our friend Justin came over tonight at 6:30 and got the kids ALL riled up and then I tried to hint that it was time for him to go by getting the kids' teeth brushed and flossed and putting them in bed (it was their bedtime) and he still stuck around! I was starving! I had been cooking my dinner when he got to our house and I had to wait an entire hour to eat it. Argh. I just needed to vent.

Lol, my friends are pretty savvy about stuff like that. Were u afraid that he'd wanna partake in your dinner, LMFAO! I'm sorry Kara, I feel your pain! When are u going to Sardinia?

DS's team won game number one so we move on to number two in a few hours. He played with his ankle brace and ended up mildly twisting the other one! Now he has an ace bandage on that side. Sigh. No time to ride outside between games but will try to take advantage of the weather and walk if I can drag DH away from college bball games.

Schmoodle - Glad an email finally got through. Technology is great when it works!

Kara - what is TDY?

Chelby - My teen lets his hair go about 4 months then gets a buzz then lets it grow. Fortunately he has nice hair and takes good care of it. Maybe the tryouts are to prepare them for future years? Have a nice weekend with your guests.

Ruth - The question I have is if anyone would recognize the other if you pass by?

Linda - You sound busy. Have a great weekend.

Kari - Did you have a nice walk? That is on my agenda to for today. No dog here though.

Okie - 15 hours!

Jenne - I never thought to look at WM for syrups. I just need blinders for the other off program stuff. LOL... over you know which part. I hope that is not true for prom dresses! I had always heard "newlywed's nightie."

Kara - Guess what?! Track practice yesterday did PX90! A workout and abs. My son was worn out!

Kierie - That hip hop sounds fun even to uncoordinated me!

haha my roommates told me I make them look bad because I've been so productive today!

Job search, breakfast, walk, shower, goodwill browsing and now lunch. Doesn't seem like that much to me... though for me, it IS a lot by 12:30.

On to an hour or so of tv, maybe a nap... gotta try to sew my underwire back into like 6 bras. Le sigh. lol

I'm thinking Salsa Chicken for dinner... and then ? What to do with my free Saturday night? That doesn't happen often.

Stay sunny!

Karen it's on Exercisetv.tv or on comcast on demand if you have it believe me if I can do it I'm all thumbs and 2 left feet you can!