aaarrrrggggghhhh
 

OH this weekend NEVER ends! So I call my mom to see if I can borrow her truck to go to lunch...(she works about a block and a half from here)..
So I'm thinking I will walk to her office and grab the truck and go to wally world for some SB saavy products and pay on my CC....then I look in my purse and NO WALLET! :shrug: I think back to yesterday and recall that I brought my wallet into the movie store to get movies and put it in the bag. Here's the real kicker. My house key was bent in half by the :devil: lawnmower. I locked the deadbolt in the front door and left by the back door with the turn knob lock. My wallet is in the house. The house is locked. I have no key. The locksmith is coming at 2:30 and I have no checkbook, no ATM card, no CASH....and I can't withdraw from my bank without showing ID...ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!! I don't want to pay him to open my house TOO!!!
Can this get any worse? CALGON>>>>take me AWAY!!!! :(

Adaja ~ Here's what I use when I have days like that:

God Grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change
The courage to change the things I can
and
The wisdom to know the difference.

It really works. I also use:

I cannot control what other people do, think, say, and feel. I can only control the way I react to it or act on it.

Smile girl, things could always be MUCH MUCH worse.

Laurie - Start hunting garage sales! I found three shirts, a pair of cub scout leader shorts, three things for my son and a bunch of shirts for my husband for $3 this weekend. It was everything you could cram in a bag for $3.

For me it is almost noon.

So take some time this afternoon and say to yourself:
I like the person that is here sitting with me.
She is learning, growing and smiling.
Tell her that you are proud of her.
She IS you afterall and aren't you SPECIAL?

Have a great day on the beach.

Marcie Elaine=ME

This weekend....
 

I hope you all had a great weekend! My weekend was good. I met some wonderful women and had a blast! I was the ad sales winner at the pageant, which means that I sold the most ads in the program book. The prize was a pair of diamond and sapphire earrings. So, I guess I didn't walk away empty handed. I didn't win the title, but it was a great experience. It was a positive experience for me. For once, I look at the pictures from the event and think that I looked beautiful. I felt wonderful and looked wonderful. It takes a lot for me to say that. I am usually very insecure! I have posted two pictures. One is of me and my husband during my onstage question (Mrs. WV International 04 was the emcee) and the other is the picture of all the contestants and Miss Teen International 2004 right before the preliminary interviews on Friday (I am on the second from the right in the green suit.)

SunnyBunny (Michael Ann) and her mom came to support me! I was so excited that so many people came to support me. I had more people cheering than anyone! The contestants told me that if there was a prize for the biggest crowd, that I would have won it! ;)

Thanks for all of your support! Even though the pageant is over, I am sticking with SB and with all the gals on the beach/3fc. Thanks again!

Adaja - I hope you have a better day tomorrow!

Hey Ladies!

Don't have much time today, it's my short day. Just wanted to pop in and say hello. I should be able to catch up tomorrow!

BTW, got my weigh in on Saturday and I lost 9 pounds during Phase I! :dancer: :dancer: :dancer: :dancer: :cloud9: SO EXCITED!

Have a great day ladies!

Good morning everyone. It's the start of a new week and sunshiny and bright here. I will enjoy while we have it cause it's suppose to get nasty toward the end of the week.

Lady - I know what you mean about different breakfast choices. I seem to get in a rut there, cause it is fast and easy to make the same thing everyday - doesn't interfere with my schedule. I try to have something different every now and then and enjoy the changes, but can seem to incorporate the change into everyday life. I must try harder.

Ruth - Have fun in the garden and with your brother. Most importantly, enjoy the dinner veggies. :lol:

lc - Have a great day and hope the weather hangs in for your. Can't wait for the pics of the porch.

Bamie - Good to have you back. Have a really restful day...you deserve it.

cottagebythesea - Sounds like you had a wonderful weekend. Don't worry about Jake, the noise eventually goes away. :D

Rayneysmom - Cleaning house doesn't sound like a quiet weekend to me. Course, I hate cleaning, so it is a BIG event here. Do hope that you logged it as exercise. :D

anchor - Glad to have you back from vacation. Sorry to hear about the weight, but as long as you had a great time, it was worth it, AND as long as you are back to Phase 1 to do something about it before it is too late. Keep it up.

soon2Bfab - Sorry to hear about DBF's grandfather. Take care. The shower will turn out just fine. I think when we organize stuff like that we worry too much about the small things. By the way, what does a diaper wreath look like?

adaja - Don't worry about the weight not moving downwards. It will move eventually. If you are losing inches, then you may just be putting on muscle. Take the decrease in size any which way you can get it. If you go to the truck dealership, they should be able to cut a key for your truck by the serial number. I have a locksmith working for me and he can code a vehicle key by the serial number of the vehicle...I don't know how, but it can be done.

Barb - Congrats on the the Size 8. WTG. Have a great time planting the garden...and enjoying the crop.

Me - I thought the weekend was going well for the most part. I did a bit of cleaning Saturday morning, then hubby and the boys went to the hockey game in the afternoon and left me alone to 'nap.' Sunday we took the dog for a walk and discovered when we came back that one of the pins in her knee was sticking out of the skin...sooooo off to the vet this morning. He just phoned to say that he needs to take X-Rays and get a better look, but we are probably looking at more knee surgery. I feel so sorry for the little thing. She loves the summers and being able to get out into the yard to run. This is her 4th - the first summer she was just born and lived in the kennel with her mama, the second she was kenneled most of the time cause she had just had knee surgery, last summer she was out running around so much we could never get her to stay in the house, and this summer it looks like more knee surgery and spending the summer in her kennel again. Hopefully, it won't be 4 months recovery this time. Waiting to hear from the vet, still.

I started typing this message this morning when there were 9 posts, so have probably missed a bunch. Sending you all good wishes for the day. Take care.

Happy Monday all!


Adaja: girl, you are 130 pounds! the smaller you are, the slower it seems to come off...it will though, just be glad you don't have 50 to lose instead of 5, trust me on this :lol: I hope your week gets better...sorry about all the trouble you're having! :(

Barb: Gratz on the size 8's!! :cheer:

Mrscharlston: Gratz hun on all of your accomplishments...no biggee that you didn't actually win the title, I'm sure you did wonderfully and you looked beautiful!! :)

Beachgal: you inspire me girl, you've done an awesome job...good for you buying yourself some new clothing, you SO deserve it!! :D

Sweet tooth: so sorry about your dog...I hope the recovery won't be so hard, or long, this time around. :(

Me:...don't even ask, :lol: I decided to throw away my old scale and purchase a new one. Ahem...I SHOULD have just kept the older, kinder scale, :lol: Apparently my old one was at least a good 9 pounds lower than it should have been, I think. I will weigh myself tomorrow morning and fix my ticker accordingly then...but I am WAY bummed about this :( and a bit :bomb: . I feel like :sumo: !!!!! but, I have lost I think about 8 pounds thus far and thats nothing to be upset about...so, I shall just focus on the positives!! :)

Everyone have a great evening!

Well, my day is getting better. I finished my diaper wreath!! It's a wreath form from Michales & I took diapers (these are huggies sz 1 w/ pooh on them) & put them around the wreath form. I tied the closed with blue ribbon. I also tied on powder, lotion, pooh pacifers and there's a stuffed animal eyore in the middle. It's very cute. The invites are out! Now I just have lifesaver pacifers to make - it's impossible to find blue jelly beans!!
MrsCharelston - you are beautiful - congrats on winning the most ads!!
Gotta do laundry..be back later

PH1 Day 3 x2
 

Hi ladies... Work was closed due to a blizzard. Love this spring weather. :p Im on PH1 Day 3 and I feel llike a million bucks. My face is clearing up after my 2 wk eating binge on everything white, fattening and comes in a little paper sack. :mcd:
Anyway, I walked to the store today to and felt good. (this was fluke 2 day blizzard and stopped at 6a) I have class tonight and have to give a 2 minute report on what Ihave done to release worry in my life. UMMM I don't know what I want to share. So Im doing my homework and class is in 1hr.. Oh Well! shrimp and cocktail sauce for lunch, YUM> cramming the veggies here. HUGS! :queen:

Mrs. Charleston - You are beautiful! Congrats on your win for the most sales.

Sweetooth - yes I'm sugar crashing right now. I had to take DS to the orthodontist and because he hasn't done his exercises they can't put his wires on :rolleyes: so we got home early. I was so ready to crash I laid on the couch and went to sleep! :lol: I just got up and could really lay back down and crash again. :lol: Sugar - who knew it was the first drug we become addicted to?

Adaja - Hang in there! You are doing great!

I can't wait to have my salad and chicken tonight! I'm starving! :lol:

Well I took a nice long nap this morning! I felt so lazy! I have most everything hung up in the kitchen now. All I have left to do is figure out how to post pics! I am up 3 lbs from my week of eatin junk while stayin at the hospital. My DS brought a big ol basket of JUNK and i was eatin away at all the M&M's. UGH! No self control during that time! I told the kids lastnight I am so tired of eating fastfood! I am ready for some good stuff. DH has decided he wants to buy the groceries now so I was tryin to make a list but he got in a hurry to go so I will not get everything but enough to be SB friendly until he goes again. I am not changin my ticker yet. I am hopin a lot of it goes away this week if not then I will change it. I'm off to finish the kitchen decor. Have a great evening all!