cottage - Congrats on the weight loss!

jana - I don't resist donuts well either. I just have to avoid them.

Ruth - Wow! Bulls-eyes!

Schatzi - Would you believed I got paged last night too? At least I wasn't doing anything but watching TV and it didn't take more than a half hour to take care of it. Carrying the pager is part of why I get the big bucks so I can't complain too much. I'll get a break in a few weeks when I got camping - no internet connection there!

weezle - I'll hope that no one gets any severe storms. We're supposed to get some tonight but we worry more about hail than anything else.

tar675 - She has my prayers. Good thing it is being taken care of.

chipper - I've needed to replace some of my fogged up windows every since we bought the house 9 years ago. I guess I'm in no rush to spend the money.

sunlit - Stay warm. The tacos sound good. I'm making eggplant parmesan with angelhair pasta tonight. One of my favorites.

batmomm - Do you think you could post that taco seasoning recipe in the recipe section? I cannot tell you how many times through the years that people have asked about this and it would be great to have something to point them to. :)

Morning, everyone else! Working from home today and then supposed to go talk to more boys tonight about camp. I was supposed to talk to this group on Tuesday night but they moved their meeting and didn't tell me.

Good morning! I'm down 1 1/2 pounds!!!:encore:
Just thought I'd pop in and update my ticker.
I've been slacking a little bit on my exercise lately (I've been sick, but not as sick as I've let myself believe). I have a tip to get anyone motivated (especially myself) - Last night, I tried on a couple of my swimsuits & oh boy, let me tell you, I still have a long way to go. I'm going to need to get my cardio in gear!!! I was losing 2 pounds per week now I'm at like 1. Something needs to be done! Time's a wasting!:ebike:

Morning everyone...I agree Weezle, not a fan of day light savings. I recieved an invite to my friends' party, but I think I have to work - ugh! Why do people wait until the week before to send out invites? Maybe I can work something out - who knows?
Sorry no time for individual replies - I over slept & I have to get to curves! See ya later!

Tara, I'll definitely say some prayers. :hug:

Jana, I hope that it's not so bad where you are. So far today just a lot of noise and heavy rain. Possible hail today and tonight, but they're activating the spotters tonight as we're probably going severe then. Macon County (where my dad works) already has a flash flood warning. I hope the power doesn't go out, because ever since the F2's came through here a few weeks ago, it's been really hard to get the power back on. Hope and pray that you'll be safe over there. OK I take it back, I guess another county around here has a Severe Thunderstorm Warning now. (Weather radio justwent off.)

Chipper, good for you running too. It's definitely not an easy work out, but I rather enjoy it. Hope to do some more today!

Dare, BAD BAD BAD! NOOOO COOKIES!!!! I'm just kidding, I fall off the wagon all the time. Just be good today to make up for it!

Batmom, I loathe donuts. Knowing how much lard and crap is in them just makes me sick to think about eating them.

Barb, see hail is nothing. I don't worry about hail at all because it can't kill you unless it's like, bowling ball sized and you're standing outside when it comes down. Doesn't look like we'll get anything severe until tonight, so we're ok for right now.

So today is my boss Frank's birthday, my friend Karen's birthday, and my Chicago Molly's birthday. We're broke so everyone gets cards this year. I am going with Karen after work to get her a giant ("Fishbowl") free birthday drink from one of the local restaurants here. I will be very tempted because it's my Irish food place, but I think I'll be able to resist temptation. Afterwards, I'm going home and changing and going to the Y to run on the treadmill.

I don't know what my deal is today. I'm not hungry, but I just want to eat. I'm trying to stay on my "every 2-3 hours" plan, but I just ate 15 minutes ago and am thinking about lunch already. Not good.

Well back to work. Just thought I'd pop in and say hi to everyone. Have a great day!

Lisa

Morning!

Quick type-by. Hope you all have a fantastic Thursday!

Weezle, man what did you guys in Illinois do to tick off mother nature? :s: Hopefully you guys catch a break and the bad weather misses you this time around. Is is weather usually this bad? I should be paying more attention to my Illinois neighbors. Here in Racine, we seem to be close enough to the lake to avoid most damage, although last summer we watched a tornado literally come straight down a highway. Somewhat strange that it stuck to the road, but disastrous none the less. We were getting debree (not sure how to spell that) from the middle of the state, and we're on the southeastern tip, about a half hour from the Illinois border. Weather sure is crazy lately. Kinda scares me to think big picture - what's going on in the atmosphere ya know?

Ya, I know I was naughty with the cookies. But they were nummy and have killed my chocolate craving that I usually get when TOM arrives. DB just informed me we're going out to dinner with another couple tomorrow night, which is fine, but we're going to a fish place and I despise grilled fish, so I will most likely be getting baked perch - with breading of course. Oh well. I'll get a ton of veggies on the side, so it'll be kinda healthy right??? LoL Maybe I should look into some type of carb blockers on the market...just for those occasions where carbs simply cannot be avoided. Anyone heard of a good one?

Hi everyone! Good afternoon, since it's now 12:23 here. I have had one of those days when I have a million errands to run. I finally got my taxes in the mail. I did them a month ago but was dreading sending them off (I owed them money). But it's done. WHEW! I also got a lot of law school paperwork done. A big hassle but well worth it.

Not much else to say but I hope you all have a great day! :sunny:

OK, I'm back from Curves....& I won't be going when no one else is there again. Sue (my friend that works there) was doing an advance workout since no one was there & Barb the manager was keeping track of her reps/heart rate, etc. Guess who got to join along....me. I couldn't keep up, she kicked my behind!!

Tara - you & your family are in my prayers!
dare to2 love - you are so pretty....love the pic!
Weezle - when are you going to key west? We are going at the end of May - will I see you there? Wait a minute...if you're going to be 115 & I'm going to be 199.....& in swimsuits...yikes never mind! =)

Dare, it's really "hit or miss" with the weather here. Last year it seemed we didn't have more than 1 or 2 severe storms. This year we're just getting nailed. I have a feeling it has something to do with the fact that we didn't get much of a winter. It was pretty warm all winter long except for 2 snows. Otherwise it was 35-50 all winter long. That's why we got the blizzard 2 weeks ago. Like they say, you don't like the weather in Central Illinois, wait an hour (or go back where you came from, as I like to say.)

Soon, we're just going to miss each other! :( DH, Molly, and I have a condo two blocks off of Duval from June 10-18. Where are you staying? I am SO excited!!!! It will have been 3 years since I've been because of that whole stupid "getting married" and "taking a honeymoon someplace we've never been before" thing. Molly's never been before though, and DH has only been once, so I'm excited. This used to be a yearly trip for me, and my parents go several times a year. In fact, they're leaving May 30 for the condo. I AM SO READY!!!! Well, except I'm not 115 lbs yet. We'll see if that happens. I'm trying though! And you can hit 199 girlie, I know you can! The way you're hitting Curves, it should be no problem!

Well, it's time for some lunch. (food food food food food) Talk to you all soon!

Sorry I haven't been around much ladies. My cousin was involved in a very bad accident earlier this week at his job, he works construction. He is okay now but it was a harrowing week. My family has spent much of our time at the hospital (try finding Phase I food in a vending machine! ;) )I've been under so much stress (so much that TOM decided to drop in a week early and that wrecked my cravings all up as well). Tomorrow I am going to continue with Phase I and try and do another week (maybe two if I can stand it, :lol:) and try to de-stress myself. It's nice to be back in my own bed though and not a chair in a bright waiting room!

Sorry to vent, chickies. I hope all is well on your patch of sand. :carrot: