THURSDAY CHICK CHAT- September 8
 

Good Morning Chicks - looks like me to start us off again today :)

Well, yesterday the dining room furniture delivery was cancelled - the store called- the driver's mother was taken seriously ill and rushed to hosp. and so they put it back until Friday. At least my dining room is now gleaming and all lovely looking awaiting its new furniture :D

Today I have a haircut and colouring scheduled . My hair has been grey for about 10 years and so every 5 weeks I have to go and get my roots touched up - it gets pretty expensive - but I love the time in the salon. Its a chance to drink their gorgeous coffee and just relax and read magazines and people watch.

Only two weeks now to my holiday - I am really looking forward to it and to relaxing and spending some time with DH. :beach:
Ok, time for my shower and off into town for my hair appt.

Have a beautiful day on the Beach!

Good morning. As usual you are five hours ahead of me, Artemis. :) Too bad the furniture didn't arrive as planned. At least there will be no last minute scurrying around.

I have orange fingernails this morning from processing those red peppers. In case anyone needs to know, there are 87 Shepherd peppers in a case which is 28 pounds. I've roasted and peeled half of them. The rest I'll tackle for the freezer this morning and maybe nake some red pepper jelly this afternoon. The roasted ones will be packed in jars with some olive oil, lemon juice and rosemary and stashed at the back of the fridge.

Other than that, not much going on except a doctor appointment at noon today to get my knee meds renewed or changed.

What's happening on your part of The Beach?

Ruth - what do you do with the preserved peppers? I think someone asked already but I either skipped over or didn't see an answer

Artemis - yah for a clean house!

Our social worker came yesterday and everything went well. She said our homestudy will be written in about a week and all we need to do it find the boy we want to adopt. That's the hard part, finding a child that fits our family.

I have stayed OP!! DH was making dinner the other night and said something about me not eating the pasta he was making. I told him I felt like he wasn't supporting my weight loss efforts since he was temping me with something he knows I shouldn't be eating. The past 2 nights he has made me awesome OP dinners! He likes to cook and he really is good at it. I love him :love: hehe

That's all for me, off to do my zone with the youngest.
Angela

Flying by until lunch. I'm exhausted. Got our butts handed to us at volleyball and I got pretty beat up. Woke up with a sore throat, too, and strept throat is going around the school. Sigh. Talk to you later.

Good morning ladies!

I did pretty good last night. I had a stressful afternoon and passing the fast food joints proved to be difficult, but I made it. I was so glad to get home away from temtation. :)

I had to pick up DS from daycare b/c they said he had a fever. She said it was 99 under the arm and then of course you add a point. But, when I got there he didn't even feel warm to me. He was happily eating his snack and was in a great mood. I took him to the dentist (just to pick up a mothpiece for my teeth grinding at night) and grocery store with me. He was a nightmare. He was a busy little guy. I was so tired when I got home. I fixed 2 taco bakes and froze one of them in serving sizes. Then, I just collapsed on the couch. I got my second wind bathed the boy and got him to bed early.

According to the rules, I can't take him back to daycare until he is fever free for 24 hours. :dizzy: I know he is fine. He has had a cough, but is on antibiotics. So, I am making today errand day for the regular things at the shop. So, everyone wish me luck! I am going to the accountants, post office, license place and Sam's with a 3 year old! :fr:

Artemis -- a clean room is so wonderful! Sorry you have to wait on your furniture though. I hope the drivers mom was ok -- after I read your post earlier that really stuck in my mind for some reason. Go figure.

Ruth -- that is a LOT of peppers!!! Whew :D! With all that in your fridge will you have room for much else? Have a great day!! Hope the doc appointment goes smoothly.

Fl Mom -- Wow! I would fall out on the floor if my dh cooked for us :D. Congrats for doing do well OP. Did you get much rain yet? I spoke with a friend of mine in Orange Park and she didn't say how it was there but said that there was so much in St. Augustine that she didn't go down to work. Hope you have a great day!!

Well, I am going to take our 2 1/2 year old to the dentist for the first time today and I am so unbelieveably nervous. You'd think I was the one going in! Hopefully all will go well and I won't get too stressed when we go in. I don't want to trigger any chocolate cravings :(. I have been back OP quite well this week and I'm feeling so much better. I will try to check in later... baby crying... Hugs to all!!

Good morning, Chickas~~:coffee:

My usual fly-by. I have a sick child. All that gadding about in Florida caused her EBV to flare up. She's got a fever, chills, the whole enchilada. :rolleyes: Thankfully, she's doing the smart thing and staying home today and getting some rest. I DO wish someone would come up with a vaccine for mono. ~~sigh~~

Got kinda-sorta beat up by a 98 pound woman this morning at the nursing home. What a pistol. Apparently she's lived there for the past dozen years and has given them **** the whole time. I tried to roll up her sleeve and she clouted me a good one. I shoulda known better!

Artemis, enjoy your day at the salon. Nothing like a little pampering to make a woman feel reborn! (that's a line from my book!)

Ruth, the peppers sound yummy! I like to roast them along with eggplant, onions and zucchini, sprinkle with a little balsamic vinegar and pile them on a slice of toasted whole grain bread. YUM!

Angela, your dh sounds like a winner. Keeping toes crossed you find a baby that will be a perfect fit for your family. Are you holding out for a boy or would you consider a girl if one came along? I have friends who have adopted from Korea and a friend whose sister adopted 3 siblings from Russia. All of them just beautiful kids! :)

Okay, gotta fly!

Hope everyone has a great day on the Beach!

Hey chicks! Uuughh! So tired today. I couldn't sleep at all last night. Today will be another long one!!

Artemis: Up with before the sun, I see :) ! Well, at least on this part of the world you are.

Ruth: Wow, lots of peppers. I would have no patience for that at all. WHat do youdo with them?

Mamacita: I know how your daughter feels. I have chronic mono myself. I used to get flare ups every few months but now it's down to about once or twice a year for the past few years. Rest and fluids is the best therapy. Hope she gets well soon.

Everyone else: :wave: ! Have a great day..... :nono: no straying off the beach today :D! Catch you all later.

Dana - :( @ the daycare! I know they have their rules but ugh!

Sara - My dh loves to cook LOL He doesn't do it all the time because of his job but he can whip up some amazing meals. He never uses a cookbook, makes me a little jealous that I am not creative like him.

We have a lake behind our house, well kind of a lake, it's some man made subdivision thing. Anyway, it's soooo full! It is deinfitely a few feet higher than when we moved here a few months ago. Right now the sun is shining, you would never know that yesterday is was like a flood coming from the sky. (we are in jax)

Good luck at the dentist! My 6yo loves the dentist since he likes having his teeth cleaned lol he says it tickles. God help him if he ever needs "work" done, the honeymoon will be over.

Mamacita - DH will not agree to adopt a girl, he feels that since we don't have a girl (and he wants 2) that he wouldn't treat them the same if were to have a biological girl after adopting. I understand his feelings and even though I would love to adopt a girl, we are only looking for a boy younger than our 6yo.

Now I know I will miss someone so .. :wave:

Angela

Morning ladies
 

Howdy to all. Early for me, anyway 0630 is early, but I'm in the ER. Came on to a mess, but it's settled down now.

fl mom, sounds like your place is gorgeous. Sun shining already, it's pitch black out here!

pearshape, you reallllllly need to get some sleep!!!!

Mama, is that epstein-barr? Yuck. I was so sick a few years ago I could hardly walk. Finally had some bloodwork done, liver enzymes through the roof. I had epstien in the past (antibodies showed up or something) but I was in the acute phase of CMV. How the heck did I get all that jazz? Anyway, only 1 flair up since then. Sending your daughter good vibes :grouphug:

sweet tea, hope your dentist visit goes OK, be calm so your little one will be too.

djett, bummer about the daycare rules. Hope your little one is better. Enjoy your day with him.

weezle, sorry about your trash being kicked. Volleyball is such a blast!

Ruth, orange nails, sounds lovely. I bet your house smells good too.

artemis, cool to have your house clean. Sorry about the no furniture. Enjoy your day at the salon. I was a hairdresser and so I color my own hair, LOTS of gray in this head.

Me? Well, I was sooooo cranky after I got home from work last night. I made a roast with carrots and potatoes. Then I made chocolate chip cookies to have treats for lunches.....that only made the crankiness worse. Cookie dough just looked so yummy. My poor hubby didn't quite know what to do with me. I ended up going for a run and felt much better when I got home. Today I'm here in the ER for 12 long hours and then I have 5 days off YIPPEEEE!!!!

You all have a great day on the beach!

Morning, all! I'm WFH again today and really hoping the cable modem stays working. Comcast is supposed to have someone here at 5 to figure out why it keeps failing but it we have a big outage before then, I would have to drive a half hour into the office and I really don't want to do that. I took advantage of not having that drive this morning and went for a half hour walk before work. It is so nice and cool in the mornings (low 70's).

Tonight I have the Cub Scout Roundtable at 7 so I need to make sure Brian is done with homework and has studied for his spelling test before I leave.

Hi girls. Figured id jump in today. Me and Wyatt (DS) are just getting up. I feel horrible though since he didnt sleep a lot lastnight cause hes teething.Im cooking him pancakes right now and boy are they smelling good. Im not eating them though, im already losing wight from watching what im eating, i can only imagine how i will be when im really on south beach. Im relaxing all day since i dont have classes. Talk to u soon

Good Morning Chickie Babies!

It's virtual Friday for me! I have tomorrow off, and have a ton of things to do! I have to drop the boys at school, stop by the dry cleaners and see if they can alter some of my clothes (yes! they're too big!), stop at the scout shop for books and patrol patches, get my hair cut and get to a soccer game.

Artemis~Enjoy your "me" time! You deserve to splurge a little on yourself! Salons can be so much fun...from stylists to customers...you can see such a huge array of people! Have fun! Sorry your furniture didn't get delivered. At least you are ready for it when it comes!

Ruth~Those peppers sound great! Are you tired of smelling, peeling and packing them yet?

Angela~Glad to hear everything went well with the Social Worker yesterday. Sounds like your hubby is supporting your efforts (after a little nudge from you). It makes a big difference, doesn't it?

Weezle~Hope you are feeling better! Take care and try to rest a little.

Dana~Remember the old saying: Patience is a virtue. I'm just not very virtuous I guess, but I kept trying to remember that! Those 3 year olds have so much energy...they can wear you out in nothing flat! Good Luck!

Sweet Tea~I bet your 2 1/2 year old will do just fine as long as you are there! It will be an adventure!

Mamacita~Hope your DD is feeling better soon! I can't believe that a patient pistol whipped you! That must have been a scary experience!

Pearshape~You are getting sleepy...sleepy...sleepy... After a while, coffee just doesn't help! Hope you get some sleep soon.

RNMOM~I know exactly how you felt last night! Sometimes you just can't help but be angry @ the world because you can't have (shouldn't have) choc. chip cookie dough or whatever! You get over it, but sometimes you just need to get the frustration worked out. I'm happy you went for a run and felt better.

Barb~It sounds like perfect weather on your beach for a walk! Much more enjoyable than driving to work...more benficial too! Hope you don't have to go in.

Wyatsmomee~Way to Go! Congrats on the pound lost! Is Wyatt too young for tylenol? That always helped my kids.

Have a great SB day all!

Good morning beach surfers,

Wish those who are sick a speedy recovery. There's enough stress in life with an illness on top of it. Hope you feel better soon, Weezle.

I feel for you busy ladies with small children. It's funny how it was so much work back when mine were babies and I was always sooo tired, but now I wish they were little again. :bb: If they would give me some more grandchildren -- and keep them close by -- I could play with them instead. :flow2:

Ruth, you are really worked those orange fingers right off! Roasting and peeling all those pepper!

Artemis, new dining room furniture just begs for dinner company! We got a new table last year and all i could think of was all the dinner parties we should have. :hat:

All you gals at work have a good day, too.

I don't have classes today. I am studying Spanish, to add to my English teaching credential. I might go back to teaching English to adults. I really like it. In the meantime, I'm studying away. But today I will be trying to get some organizing done at home.

I'll probably end up knitting as much as possible. I'm trying to finish up a prayer shawl before a birthday -- and get it out of the way so I can start something new. :D

Tonight our dance lessons start again. We take ballroom dance and this session is cha-cha. I've been anxiously waiting for this class. So far I'm stayin OP. I'm feeling good but don't have lots of energy yet.

Hope everyone has a great day on the beach!

A Cha-Cha class? That sounds like so much fun...I wanna do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quick fly-by for me today...too tired to stay up this morning and slept in...made it to yoga five minutes late! :rolleyes:

Ruth, love all that pepper stuff! You are amazing, girlie! How do you seal the jars for the fridge (or do you have to?)? DH is making pickles with our cucumbers and he's been sealing the jars by boiling them in water in a kettle, then taking them out...the lids get sucked in as the cool. Interesting!

Sweet Tea, :goodluck: at the dentist! My experiences at the dentist were always good as a kid--I loved going to him. :) Hope your kiddo feels the same!

Mama, you're having a time of it, eh? So sorry that you were attacked in the nursing home...hope she didn't have a good fist! :yikes: Tell me more about your daughter's EBV...I was diagnosed with it a year ago and I'm totally confused as to what it means. My doctors think it's an indication of Chronic Fatigue syndrome. They say that you should take it easy when it flares up and do as much as you can when you feel good. I have a hard time ever 'taking it easy' so I'm not sure what they're taking about! :s: Hope DD feels much better soon!

Me:
Yoga was really nice today in spite of my arriving late. Have to get to my quilting today and play catch up with errands I was supposed to run yesterday. I got involved with the computer and with making chicken soup (it turned out gorgeous!) Popped the soup in the freezer...will make homemade WW/egg noodles for it for next week or later when I'm done with Phase 1.

So, back to ONEderland today...doing Phase 1 during TOM might not have been the best decision in terms of numbers on the scale, but I think it's working...my cravings are fading away, thank God! :cloud9:

Getting stressed out about all the things I need to do before I leave next week...I have a weekend trip planned, then the day after I get back, I'm leaving for CA for three weeks. I haven't been gone from home for so long in a very long time! DH will be here manning the fort, but there are so many things to have to think about... yikes!

Better get to my shower and quilting. Have a great day, chickies! :sunny:

barb- hes not too young but it makes him drowsy so then hes cranky from teething and being tired..LOL we use teething tablets, but hes just extra cranky lately. I think its about to pop through. Heres a pic to show u girls my lil man
http://img314.imageshack.us/img314/7820/im0010112xj.jpg

chickita- that sound so neat about the classes. I wish i could find something around here like that. To small of a town.


I better be running. Wyatts heading under his daddys computer desk to get to all the things piledup there.. ttfn!!

Wyattsmomee - what a cutie!!! :love:
Ruth - love red peppers, but not sure I would go through all that.....you're amazing!!
Beach gal - I posted pics of my before & after hair!! Big improvement!!!

OK, so I worked until 4am this morning - I'm tired so I'm going back to bed!! I hate working over nights....lose sleep & it kills my skin....MAJOR breakouts!!
Chat with you later!!!

Wyattsmom- What a cute boy!!

Hello girlies. Eating lunch now. I feel like poop. Headache, body aches, tired, sore throat. No fever though, so no strept. 98.3 (I'm the school "nurse" too.) I took some ibuprophin and am hoping that I'll start to feel a bit better soon. It's all I can do to eat anything. I have to go shopping for piano books after work. YUCK.

On top of that, I am SOOOOO sore. Tore my knee up really good last night. It's only a little swollen, but it hurts like a you-know-what.

Ya know, I need to rant about work really quick here. Yesterday, on my LUNCH, I was on here posting and the pastor of the church walked by. He later came up to my boss, the Principal, and told him that I was playing on the internet on my lunch, and that I shouldn't be using school property for personal matters, etc. My boss said "Whatever" and that it's not a big deal since it was my lunch "hour" (30 minutes,) but Pastor isn't going to let it go.

Now. I have logged every single day that I have worked through my lunch. I don't get to leave my desk at lunch time. I have to be here in case parents need anything, the phone rings, there are sick/injured children, the lunch people need anything, the principal or pastor need anything, and I am to work through my UNPAID 30 minute lunch. According to the law, I'm required a 30 minute lunch break if I work 4-8 hours (and we won't even recognize the fact that I work longer than that most days.) At my previous job, I wasn't even allowed to answer the phone during my lunch because of the law.

Wouldn't this honk you off? I don't get a real break. I'm stuck at my desk (or running back and forth through the school) all day long with no time for me, and here comes Pastor (with his 5 weeks paid vacation and $100,000/year salary) who doesn't do anything ANYWAY and comes and goes as he pleases, trying to tell me that I can't check my email/forums on my lunch hour.

ROAR.

Anywho, I can be a :censored: if he decides he's going to try to play hardball. One of my closest friends is an excellent lawyer and doesn't charge me for legal advice. What would it be like to OWN a church and school, I wonder?

Hope you girls have a good afternoon. I'll be on this evening.

Hi Chicks:)

Not feeling well today my back is out again.Had to zip the exercising,and I feel so guilty :o not doing so.

We're going to have 2 plain lots of refergees from the Katrina, at Edwards Military base. The people are elderly of the group,according to our local newspaper. Churchs here are going to adopt 1 family,and in my town(town of churchs) we have 6 so 6 familys will be help by us.Hope that other communities will do the same.

Sweet Pea & Djetta-Good :lucky: Luck with the dentist. Yikes!! :yikes: I hate :devil: going to them even today as adult.

Mamacita-Sorry:sorry: to hear you little one is sick.That what happens when the children go back to school. I know my DGC are going to be in the same boat.Gee!! Little Old Woman are Getting Violent in Nursing Homes!! I can read the headlines now. :lol: :lol:

Pearshape- Hope you find your :yawn: ZZZZZZZ's I hate :devil: that when it happens to me.

Fl_mom-That sounds beautiful :cloud9: a made made lake.. Hope it doesn't overflow,and flood everything.

RNMOM-have a wonderful :cb: 5 day off,you need it after all you went though.

:wave: Hi Wyattsmommee-,glad to have you aboard, your little boy is so cute. I looks alot like my DGS. mine is 18 mouths old.

Have a nice day and I'll see you tomorrow. Hugs :) BB

Not much on today. Cramping too badly to even eat much the past 18 hours or so. DS is all I can cope with and more today. No daycare til next week, either, it turns out. Have a good day all.

HI chicks....

Drive by. I am alive. Working on Hurricane Katrina relief. Diet is out the window, for now...

Hope all are well. Hug your family and your pets tonight.

Jenne - I missed it if you posted it, so sorry it this is asking you to repeat, but how was Maine? I want to hear all about your trip, when you have time to post about it! If you have already, I'll try to find it; maybe you posted it while I was sick a while back.

Heather, check out Jenn's Everything Journal. Full report there.

I just had a nice long nap and ignored the remaining red peppers! i am hoping Lucy will steal a few more! Actually, I'm going to freeze them tonight.

The doc visit went OK and he did tell me I could increase my meds. It's been a nice relaxing day and the rain has cleared off. I just may watch a movie after dinner of red peppers and something else! :lol:

Have a great evening.

Thanks, Ruth - I will take a look right now.

One of my favorite salads is made with roasted red pepper, feta cheese, and basil - alternate wide strips of the pepper, thin slices of feta, and basil leaves and repeat, then make a dressing of minced garlic, minced gingerroot, olive oil, sesame oil, and freshly ground pepper - saute the garlic and ginger in the two oils and let it cool to room temp, drizzle over the salad and squeeze some lime juice on top. This is out of a cookbook called "Chopstix" which I've had for years.

Klutz
 

So, my husband married into the "Davis" family and is carrying out the Davis Family Curse pretty well. Fell off of something at work and rolled his ankle. I just spent 2 and a half hours at "Express Care" with him. Fortunately, nothing's broken, nothing snapped, just a good sprain. He's to wear his air cast for 12 days and stay off of it for 4, so I'll be waiting on him hand and foot while I'm home.

He thinks it's a good reason to break the diet. I said "HA!" Gotta go get him some cauliflower now. :D

Later chicks.

Wyattsmomee: Man is he a cutie! I hope you and he get some sleep tonight!

Weezle: Way to keep the DH on the straight and narrow! Now that he has to stay off it, looks like you are in control!