Good morning, darlings! Ruth and Sil, thank you so much for the hugs and prayers.

Geez, Sil, maybe you should go shopping every day. :lol3:

Sflake, I'm so glad your brother is getting it together. Still saying prayers for the little one and all of your family. Including your sweet sister. :grouphug:

Bamie, have a good time with your Mom!

I've got to run... a friend is taking me out for lunch for my birthday. (the celebrations are going on forever...) I'm wearing my new size 16 jeans (good luck with the jeans today, Clovey!), and they're comfortable, but don't look great. I think it's the huge bulge in the front that is detracting from the look I want. God, it's big. No matter. My friend weighs less than I do, but I think she looks more matronly. This is much better than going out with my SKINNY friends. :D

love to all... :grouphug:
back later...

MORNING! I'm back!! :wave:

My, my my!! Everyone's been busy, huh? Us, too. :dizzy: I forgot about all the ground work that goes into building a business. I thought since I had done it before, it would be easier. :rofl:

Ruth- we're getting windows, too... :tired: The first sleezeball that gave us an estimate was just that. We got our first two windows (which actually is 6 because they're the big ones in the front of the house) The workmanship is CRAP. Jorge put it on the credit card, so we may have to dispute the charges, etc. etc. :headache: We're getting two more estimates next week, but the first one was $5K less than the original, so we may end up getting a door and maybe even a deck, who knows.... We have WWII track housing, so there are MANY things to be done.... At least you got a cute salesman... our last one didn't have all of his teeth intact...

SFlake- My boss's son got electroshock and the outcome wasn't great, but he's still here. I didn't think they did that sort of thing anymore either. Makes me shudder just thinking about it... I'll send good vibes! :goodvibes

MomPen- Thanks for the inspiration!! We all need it!!

LittleChick-I've never been skiiing, it sounds like a blast. We'll NOT do the rain dance!!

Bamie- Have fun with your mom! I've got to pencil my own mom in! (She only lives about 10 miles away, but it's IMPOSSIBLE to get out there, it seems!)

Jodi- I know EXACTLY what you mean! I would rather come to work this weekend! :lol:

January- Recipe sounds great! I can't wait to try that... I think I'll use almond butter... Yummmmm :yes:

Clovey- I'm not a cat person... Good luck with the clothes!!

Everyone else, HELLO! Have a phenom of an OP day. I've got to get some work done here so I don't have to add it to my mile long list of things to do this weekend (including helping our friend who SWORE we wouldn't have to help them move... :rolleyes: )

Missed you guys, but I'm back!! (hence the REDICULOUSLY long post...)

OH! And I found out this morning that we get a visitor next week at our house! FARLEY!!!! He's a Brussels Griffon and if he had a little waste band to put his paw into whilst he watched TV and drank a beer, he would. The FUNNIEST little mandog ever, and he's coming on St. Paddy's day!! :lucky:

Oh, yeah, I meant to tell LittleChick to check out Fly Lady. She writes about cleaning and de-junking, etc. Great tips in her book. I think she's at www.flylady.com but I don't remember!

Omggggg!!!!
 

Alright girls...
I am definitely NOT cut out for the LIQUID lunch! :D
I went out to lunhc with the purchasing manager & some sales reps..and stayed OP...2 meatballs & a green salad & 2 (yes 2) glasses of chianti....
Now at the office..somewhat toasted...and feeling fine.....
I'll be aslpeep by 7pm!
Jan

Good afternoon everyone! I didn't set my alarm and my phone didn't ring even once this morning, so I slept straight up until my boyfriend came home at noon. I feel fantastic. :D

I need to clean my house either today or this weekend since I'm actually in town. Fortunately, I don't have to do a clean sweep since I do that every time I move and I've moved 5 times in the last 3 years. I do have to go through my closet. I've been putting that off for way too long. I just need to try everything on and see what fits, what will fit soon, and what will never fit again. I have a strict rule with shoes, every time I buy a pair, I have to get rid of a pair. So now the 10-12 pairs I have are all beautiful, comfortable, and high quality. If I could only be that diligent with clothes. I usually buy everything on sale so when I do consign things, I usually make more than I originally bought them for. Now I'm on a mission. :dizzy:

I better go get my grocery shopping done now before I get caught up in cleaning. Have a great Friday!

Oh Clovey, Don't worry about the rabbit!! He is just doing what nature tells him to do. We really don't 'enjoy' his little 'episodes', we just go with the flow...no pun intended! :rofl:

Anyway, off program today, had a family funeral and the pickins were slim at the luncheon afterwards.


Will do better tomorrow!!

Hi Chicks! I hope everyone had a fabulous day! :twirly:

I just woke up from a very rare afternoon nap and my brain is not functioning too well. :dizzy: I'll try to write more later when it is!

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Traci

Hey everyone--

Sorry, I left for work before the first post of the day. Hope you all had a good one. I'll try and pop in tomorrow am.

Spent the greater part of the afternoon waiting at...where else? A doctor's office. :headache: The doc wasn't expecting a trauma emergency when they scheduled all the appointments. The one thing that really hacked me off was that someone moved my chart from the front of the line to the back of the line. :mad:

So, off we go for 6 weeks of physical therapy for the old spine. Ugh!

Had a reasonably good day on the beach, had a low carb supplement drink for breakfast, a low carb Lean Cuisine for lunch and haven't had anything for supper....yet. I'm ravenous...what to eat, hmmm.... Well, gotta go find hubby and figure out what's for supper.

HAGN~~

Mamacita