Hi all...haven't been around since last week...DH and I went away, kidless, this past weekend...for the first time ever! :D Lots of fun...and I wasn't even too bad sticking w/my SBD. I do seem to be stuck though and am a bit bummed over this...haven't lost anything else?? I keep telling myself to just stick with it, that it'll eventually rekick back into losing....anyone else have these times where the weight just seems to stop coming off for a period of time? :(

Barbara: Still looking for a song?? Do you know the one about the Bear? I did songs last night with my Girl Scouts and this was in the book. They repeat after you. 'The other day.... I saw a bear... a great big bear... oh way up there.' Then you sing it all together. I have a Funny Song Book from the Lilbrary - I could scan it and send it to you. There is also "Going on a Bear Hunt"


Hello to all who checked in after me!

SweetTooth - thanks for the warning. I'll try to get an appt. for Thursday when DS goes back to school. Would it be an optholomologist or could and optomotrist look at it? Our insurance won't cover a visit to the optho if it's something the opto could do!!! My daughter's orthopedic dr. wanted her to go to an optho. to look for a certain eye problem, but ins. wouldn't cover it. We have a good opto. and she knew what to look for. She also said she could refer us to the optho. if the problem was there - then ins would cover it! Just jumping through hoops!!!

It's a lazy day - I feel like I'm the one home sick! I could be doing more, but enjoying hanging out with DS on the couch watching cartoons! I should do laundry though..... :fr:

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Just a quick plop on the beach. My hubby is out of town so I'm going to paint my bedroom. Sage green with a faux finish. I have a friend coming by at 4:00 to help with the faux part because I haven't a clue. She swears it's easy.

Struggling to resist temptation............I do so much better when I drink the water I'm supposed to drink....sooooooooooooo, I've got my container out on the counter and gonna down it............my bedroom is right next to the bathroom, thank goodness. :lol:

Have a great!

Thanks for the offer but I found It's To the Woods We Go which is to the tune of It's Off to Work We Go. That should work and they can even sing it at the pack meeting during campout this weekend. I get a lot of scouting songs from the internet as well as the books I get from the monthly cub scout roundtable.

As far as your eye, I see an optometrist. He has treated me for eye irritation that turned out to be a corneal ulcer as well as for eye infections. Mine is in a practice with an opthamologist so it makes it easy if one is needed but he has always been able to handle my eye problems himself. Don't let it go untreated.

Hey Everyone!

I've been a bad, bad girl the past few weeks. Let me just say that my life has been CRAZY! :dizzy: I guess the last time I checked in was right before my vacation which was great. I went to 2 Buffett concerts and Laughlin all in one week. I had a great time until we got a phone call that my grandmother had fallen in the parking lot of the store and broke her hip. She's in rehab now but we are scrambling around trying to find an assisted living place that will take her. She's not exactly the nicest lady in the world and people are having a lot of problems with her at the care center (and when she was in the hospital).

I've also been dealing with the craziest wedding I've ever done. This was the one where we had to wear corsets and a camera crew from HBO was out taping everything. Dealing with these people have been hard on me emotionally because they are so uncooperative (the bride and groom...not the camera crew). Let's just say that they're not in their right mind at any time (lotsa drugs involved with them). It's over now and the wedding actually went off well (other than having to keep picking up the bride because she kept falling down). It's one for the books!

I've also been dealing with my kitchen. All that's in my kitchen at the moment is a fridge. No counters, no sink, no microwave, NOTHING! I haven't been able to stay on any kind of eating plan at all and won't dare to even get back on the scale. My ticker is definitely not correct! I really want to get back OP soon as I feel terrible. My jeans that were loose are not anymore. :( The good news is that cabinets are going in next week finally! We're scrambling trying to get everything else done before then. DH put in all the recessed lighting and hung sheet rock where we've had to demo things. A drywall guy came over the weekend and finished the walls and ceiling for us (no more cottage cheese). Now it's onto painting! This has really become a remodel of the entire downstairs and I can't wait until it's done. If I get a chance later, I'll attach a pic as to what it looks like now. I need to unload my digital camera.

That's pretty much what I've been up to! I've been thinking of all of you and hope to get done with everything soon and back OP. I miss hearing what all of you are up to!!!

I've got to get going for now but will try to check in when I can! :)

Hey CJ - I grew up in Ventura (Oak View really, but went to Ventua High) Just saw you were in Oxnard and thought, Cool!

Sounds like some time you've been having! Do you get to be on TV now? Let us know! LOL!

I would take a few days to feel settled and start eating normal... then work your way back into the plan.

Hope all goes well with your grandma - I understand what you are talking about.

Talk to you later :) Christy

CJ.....It's sooooo gooood to see you back! I've been wondering about you. I finally posted pics of my kitchen last week sometime. Actually I posted a link to go to a page to look at them and my yard. Hope all goes well with Dear Grandma. Let us know when that is gonna be on HBO! I can't wait to see it!

Well DD must have left her head in the car when she went to soccer practice yesterday because I find out this morning that their game has been changed to tomorrow night!UGh! These chittlins of today! lol So no game but practice still. Well I better get her bag together or she won't even do that! lol Looks like all is well on the beach today. No waves have over taken me! lol Check y'all later!

Christy-I just went through Oak View over the weekend up to The Ranch House in Ojai for my wedding (I'm a wedding planner) I did! I grew up in Newbury Park and went to high school there! That's great to know you grew up around here!

I believe the wedding will eventually be on HBO and will be called "Outlaws in Love." I'll let everyone know when it's going to be on.

I will eventually ease back into the diet but not yet. I'm attempting to stay somewhat OP, but I've eaten enough FRASSING FRANKENFOOD to make poor Ruth's head spin!!! :lol:

Bamie-I went back through the posts and looked at your pics. I love your house!!! It has such southern charm and the trees....OMG....it's like living in a forest. I wish I had a yard like yours!!!! My in-laws live in Minnesota in a tiny little town. Their nearest neighbor is a few miles away so it kind of looks like your yard....just colder I'm sure! I love the colors you have in your house!

Here's a pic of what my kitchen looks like now:

Hey ladies, just checking in for a quick hello. Looks like I'm moving one of my stores back to it's old location. Busy Busy. CJ- that wedding sounds insane! I would probably lose it. !!!

Anyway, hello to all and have a lovely day!

CJ...You poor thing! OMG I so don't envy you. I'm sure that is what my bedroom and bathroom will look like if DH ever gets started on it. I think he is waitin to see how much we are goin to have to fork over for DD's Australia trip before he spends any cash! lol Looks like y'all have your hands full! Thank you! Yes we have lots of trees...tooooo many trees! Alot of the flowers and bushes will not bloom like they should because of all the shade. But it is nice to just go out and walk around the yard and feel like your in the country with the city close by! haha Don't sweat the eatin you'll get back on track. I'm still recoverin from my week and a half at Mom's while she was sick. Glad you had a good time bein a parrot head! lol

Well I just roped DH in to pickin up DD on his way home so that saves me another trip out that way! lol Y'all chicks take it easy and have a good evening. I'll be glued to the tube...American Idol, The Amazing Race and then Judging Amy! lol

i feel like a big couch potato (and computer potato!) DS's cold is wearing on me. I'll be watching AI too (I record it and watch later - but I want to vote tonight! Make sure who I like stays and others GO AWAY!!!)

I feel like soaking in a big tub right now... maybe I will after I pick up DD from the bus.

later all!