[Ellen]

I am happy to report the stuff is glazed an the kiln is on. It ought to fire off by last this afternoon, early evening, then I can unload it tomorrow. I need to throw some stuff this afternoon.

I need to go eat something because my blood sugar is low. I forget to eat when I get working! (yeah, I ought to work more! )

[Ray of Light]

WOW! I am so glad I am not diabetic. A friend of mine is a 'new' diabetic and she is really depressed - I think she is still having a hard time accepting that she has 'it.' My heart goes out to you too Monet and Kate. If I don't look after myself I am sure I could easily get it because the way food is set-up it's hard to know which comes first the chicken or the egg.....do I binge because of the food and what it does to my physiology and psychology or is it my psycholgy that dives into food first?????

This weekend was tough - of course I swear to abstinence after my belly is full!!! I drank a bottle of Coke and ate ice cream....this is the 4th occasion since August 2 - this is not bad at all......but there was no reason except HABIT ON A SATURDAY NIGHT.....HABIT ..... AND NO WILLINGNESS TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT....blaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh arghghghghghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh (I'm screaming now) ekkkkkkkkkkkkkk ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
It's so frustrating. I am so frustrating. What a waste of precious life to keep doing this.

I am now insane.

Ray xo

[Ellen]

RAY: No reason to beat yourself up about it. You don't start 'over', you just go back to being on program. We are afterall, humans and fail. The key to success is to accept failures, and move on. Plan for ways to overcome them. Next time you want something like ice cream and high fructose corn syrup laden Coke, remind yourself how you are feeling now.

[Momoftwinboys]

Hi Everyone....

I did okay today until the headache set in and the stress of work set in...I went to my comfort....sugar. It was one moment and not the whole day, so I simply moved on. I need to come up with alternatives to stress eating. Anyone have any great ideas? Hope you all have a wonderful night!!!

Kate

[Toni48]

Hi Buster buddies. sorry I'm so late but today has been so hectic. I just got done with cleaning spaghetti mess up. I made a pot then when Steve comes home its easy to heat tonight at 10. I made it with legal spaghetti and sauce and some Italian sausage. I got most my Christmas stuff mailed today. Still haven't done my cards yet. I'm so behind. But with all the remodeling going on I can't help it. The carpet layer is supposed to be here this week.

Bob- Thanks for asking the shingles are almost all gone. I'm so glad. Still have a little aching in my leg but boy am I glad its over.

Monet- You're going to be all worked out by Christmas gal with all the work you're doing.

Mom- Yep its so good to get the sugar out of your system. I'm a sugar junkie and its been good for me.

tea- I thought it was 5 grams but couldn't remember for sure.

Mercee- What is South African food like? What did you make?

Ray- Week ends are super hard for me. Just take one hour at a time.

well guess I'll just set back and relax a bit. Have a good evening all.

[Solly]

Hi Ladies,

I am so excite with all the new members and lots of posts too
I am so far behind. Yesterday was non stop so I never got here.

The party was fine. I tend to forget they are 25 and don't act like wild kids any more. At least most of them. There was not much mess to clean up and the house was in good shape. Only broken item was a small reindeer, that can be fixed. I think it went on until 5:00 in the morning. At 2:00 there were just geting into the hot tub. My poor neighbors. We ended up leaving the dog at home. I think he was litteraly a "party animal". I asked my DD if he got her up during the night to go to the potty and she just laughed and said "we didn't go to bed until 5:00" But he hung in there with them. I'm sure he loved all the attention.

Eating has not been good this weekend. I already can't wait for the holidays to be over for that reason alone.

I'm gonna work backwards on the posts:

Toni, glad your shingles are healing up so well. What day will the carpet be laid? Is that the last thing to do?

Kate, :we;come: I am not here on the weekends. Glad to have you with us. When stress hits you, if you can, exercise. It not only lets that stress ease away, you get the benefit of exercise. No one is perfect. Most important is to jump right back on program.

Ray, if ice cream is your weekend habit, stock up on SF ice cream. It is pretty tasty.

Mercee, Do tell, what kind of dish did you make. I would have no idea. I do remember those days of science fairs, etc. Can't say I miss them either.

Monet, will James be back in time for Christmas? How did the kiln turn out?

Tea, even though the new book says 5grams of sugar, I would suggest sticking with 3 if you can.

Bob, I saw the first Shrek movie on the way to Germany. It was good. Haven't seen the rest. Did you see the Shrek Christmas show?

Donna, this is a great group. Some of us have been here over 6 years or more. Sugar is your enemy. Be prepared and plan ahead. I admire you for starting this at this time of year.

Hope I didn't miss anyone. Tonight we have to go to the Christmas party at the nursing home with my aunt. Not what I want to do, but sometimes you just have to do the right thing in life. Can you tell I was raised Catholic. I live on guilt. Anyway, they will have shrimp and meatballs, and desserts. The desserts aren't very good, so I don't have to worry. Probably have to stop at White Castle on the way home.

Have a great day. Talk to you later if I can or tomorrow.

[Ray of Light]

o.k. I'm back on track......whew!

Thanks for all your kind words.

Solly: Yes - I think holidays don't know they are holidays....so we can just eat like any other day that we need food !!

Kate: With the exception of my "whacko" moments - I'm learning this in Buddism that all thoughts, and literally ALL thoughts are impermanent - meaning all thoughts pass on. I have found that to be true.....all thoughts come and go and go and come.........when I am deeply immersed in my lunacy I forget this important thing - hence the growing pains of being a beginner......

All: I joined a gym almost 4 months ago and have been going 3 or 4 times per week. When a gym works man-o-man is it ever a powerful place to be. My goal is to feel strong........my underarm woggles have almost stopped now and I can actually do leg-bent push-ups!!! I love going. I guess you could say I get personal training because there are 2 trainers there and because it's a new club I get all this amazing fitness attention.

Ray xo

[Mercee]

Morning all!

Mom - Hang in there you can do it. Maybe you can try some nuts instead of the sugary food when you get stressed or cut up fruit.

Toni - I really enjoy making legal spaghtti too my sons and my husband they love it.

Solly - Well at least my oldest son graduates this year from high school. I hate the science fairs and all that stuff but I still help.

Well we made a dish call chutney chicken. My son said the kids and teacher loved it . He is a freshman in high school and it was for geography class.

Speaking of being behind, I haven'e even put my tree up we usually wait until the Friday before Christmas and we decorate the house because all of us are out of school and on vacation until Jan. (hubby and I are in education) I can't wait. I have picked up a free gifts though.

Well I hope all of you have a great day.

[Ellen]

I am trying to wait as long as possible to open the kiln. It is not good to open it when it is still hot...but it sure is hard! It is like Christmas morning when you open it.

I will check in later! Sorry to be so short here, but I am feeling a bit 'icky', probably from low blood sugar so I am off in search of something healthy to eat!

[Ray of Light]

Hi Monet,

Oh that sounds so exciting.......what are you making??

Ray xo

[Ellen]

RAY: I have a large bowl and six small bowls as a set, a fancy vase with 3-d roses, a large platter with 3-d calla lilies, two utensil crocks- one with daisies, one with lilies, and a half a dozen or so mugs. Most of the contents are Christmas presents for my husband's family. I am a potter, but I bet you figured that out, huh?

[Ray of Light]

Hi Monet - yes I figured you were a potter or ceramist or jeweller....unless you're using the kiln to melt nachos and cheese really really fast.

Your kiln-load sounds fabulous....your gift receivers will treasure what you make for them!!!

Ray xo

[Toni48]

Howdy everyone. Its good to see the board moving so fast. And its so good before Christmas to get a leg up on the eating. I'm struggling for some reason. I need some more veggies in the house. I'm just not eating enough of them. Not sure what I need to do today. Its so rainy and icky out it makes me want to sleep. LOL

Solly- We're waiting for the carpet layer to call the contractor we were hopeing maybe it would be tomorrow. Enjoy the party.

Ray- Thats so good that you go to a gym. I have a treadmill and thats my only exercise. But with the remoldling happening here I can't even dig my way to it.

Mercee-Thats a good way not to get sick of having the tree up to long. I'm happy to put it up and happy to take it down.

Monet- Your load sounds so beautiful. I can't imagine opening the kiln and all those beautiful pieces in there.

Well I'm off to finish my soap opera and then cook for Steve.

[Ellen]

I got the kiln unloaded. It all turned out pretty good. I had one casualty, but I expected it as it had a crack going in.

Here are a few pictures!

Talk to you all tomorrow!

[Toni48]

Oh wow Monet they're beautiful. The vase is to die for. Someone is going to be soooooo lucky.