HEART : We must be posting around the same time. I am trying hard not to follow the news too closely on the disaster, it is way too overwhelming. Life in those countries before the disaster was very difficult but now it is just undescribeable :( As far as tuna fish, I am not exactly sure how often we can eat it without being poison. I will have to do some research on it.

Julia

heart: i wouldnt worry about the tuna...there is a rumor that a can of tuna a day for a year causes mental ******ation but i used to eat it everyday like that for almost 2 years straight and im fine (at least I think i am :rofl: )

Monet: im soooooo glad you sleeping better...my sleeping sucks lately..im staying up till 3 or 4am no matter what i try :cry:

my evil new scale still hasnt told me i lost any weight...but then again i havent been eating very legal :( i had some sugar free ready made choco chip cookies from pilsburry...they were acctually preatty good....

i got a sewing table for christmas...acctually i got money for one and managed to find a really nice one at walmart for only $80!!! i get to sew again...im so excited about it....i went out today and spent the rest of my xmas money on craft stuff hehe...ill be going to michael's on saturday to do some more shopping for craft stuff....its been years since i have been able to do any sewing/crafting...


well need to feed my children hope everyone has a great day :)

BOB: You poor thing! It would drive me crazy to have a new car and not be able to drive! How long will you be unable to drive??? :hug:

Just finished dinner...leftover pork roast, and broccoli with cheese sauce. I ate a sliver of ww crust, chocolate pecan pie made with fructose and therefore somewhat legal. I feel rather stuffed! I am going to go play with my scanner and stuff. Be back later, or tomorrow! :wave:

Monet-- Yes, I collect snowmen. They are all kinds of figurines, and some are stuffed. Many are candle holders too. They are all just so cute. Can't wait each year to see the new ones they have.

Heart-- How about the canned chicken, it would work just like the tuna wouldn't it?? I too think that you would have to eat an awful lot to get mercury poison.

Keng-- Playdoh.....boy does that bring back memories. I can remember the smell of it so well.

BOB-- I am so sorry about your accident. Praying for a speedy recovery. Speaking of knee caps....I am taking my little black dog in for surgery Thursday. He has dislocated his knee cap. (Happened on one of our walks when he got loose and was chasing the deer.) I had him checked out in Nov. and Dr thought then it was just muscle but it has never healed. I took him back in and had some X rays done. Poor baby.

Morning! I am excited! Got an email that one of the first two books I listed on Half.com sold! I have to go get tape and bubble envelopes to mail stuff in, then I am going to list a bunch of books. I have tons, and its just time to clean them out some! I can keep my favorites, but gosh, I have SO many, I can use the moola more than the books. Maybe I can earn enough money to pay for all the stuff I buy! :lol:

I need to mosey down and get some coffee, or hot tea. I am also starving. I slept pretty well last night, so I am feeling pretty good. :)

Will be back in a bit....

Hi guys,
GatorGal has been sick, sick, sick! :( I started coughing on Dec. 23 and woke up on the 24th with a chest cold. No sniffles, no stuffiness, just a hard packed chest cold with cough and fever. I called my dr. on Monday and am now on antibiotics. Am feeling better but am still really "fuzzy". I have zero energy and have to lay down to rest up after I do anything, like take a shower, eat breakfast, etc. I am supposed to go to work today, and am gonna give it a try since the other girl is on vacation and they need me there. Maybe this will help me get back on my feet. We are having a NY party Friday night, so I HAVE to get going so I can get stuff done. I've lost a couple of pounds with all this, but it's probably not the permanent kind of weight loss.

My DH also is sick. He has a regular cold, with bad cough and also a gastro-intestinal infection for which he is taking a powerful antibiotic. Poor guy. He has been feeling like s--- also. So, together, we make a sorry pair.

BOB--I'm so sorry to hear about your injuries. Get better soon. I didn't read the whole board. In fact, I haven't even been on my computer in several days. Too tired. Take care, everyone. Have a great weekend.

Good morning...

Jess is watching Winnie The Pooh so I better take the opportunity to check in here. Oh, I almost forgot to tell you gals about my stupidity on Monday. I left my big bag with my purse, cell, etc etc at the store when I went shopping there. I didn't even realize I lost my BIG bag until someone at the store called my home (dh picked up...yikes!) in the evening. Can't you believe it??? Argh! This is not the first time I have done such thing. The last time I lost my purse was when I took Jess to the restroom at the store and while I helped her pulled up her pants, I sat my purse on the toilet roll and then walked out without remembering that I left it there. Since that incident, I decided to put my purse in a big bag so it is harder to lose a big bag or easy to remember a big bag but now this happened. I am sure my dh is bitting his lips not to say anything about it to me although I know he probably wants to...lol. The good news is, some nice people found my bag in the shopping cart outside the store and returned it to Publix. Everything was there. I checked my credit cards and they were no illegal transactions (not counting those from me...LOL) so that helped to ease my dh's mind. Any ideas on how to NOT be so forgetful?

REPLIES :

BOB : I am sorry about your accident. I can feel your pain just by reading your post. Ouch! I hope you get some good relief while waiting for them to heal. Oh, you have plenty of time to drive your new car, now just concentrate on healing yourself. {{{hugs}}}

MONET : Congrats on your first sale!! I am sure many more will come :) I didn't sleep well last night for some reason and kept waking up. I am feeling okay now but can't say the same for later :) Glad you had another goodnight sleep.

GATOR : My goodness...you sounds so sicked. Please rest and try to eat as well as you can and that will help you get back on track soon. Hope your dh get well soon. {{hugs}}

HEART : I found some info on can tuna at fda website. As for can tuna, here is what fda website says ;

Five of the most commonly eaten fish that are low in mercury are shrimp, canned light tuna, salmon, pollock, and catfish.

Another commonly eaten fish, albacore ("white") tuna has more mercury than canned light tuna. So, when choosing your two meals of fish and shellfish, you may eat up to 6 ounces (one average meal) of albacore tuna per week.

If you want to read the whole story, here's the link :

http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopi...kgrounder.html


Julia

Got my shipping supplies, and got my first sale ready to go! I will have to run over to the post office a bit later. I am going through some of my books and finding ones to sell. :) I have some rare paperbacks I might sell. I do like rereading books, but I want and need to concentrate on other things now.

KENG: I hate that albacore tuna is high in mercury. That is the kind I like! I get salmon for my hubby, who loves it. I don't, so I make shrimp and/or scallops for me. I am not sure if I trust the FDA totally....other web sites like Mercola, are not as easy about the mercury levels in fish. Because of what we read, Tom started using a canned salmon that is farm raised, instead of tuna for his lunch.

HEART: Do try canned chicken. If you can get to a Costco or Sams, they sell it cheaper than in the grocery store. I get it at Costco and its reasonable there. The texture is like tuna when it is canned, and the flavor is good.

GATOR: I sure hope you feel better soon! Don't over do it too much...you don't want to relapse!

Oh my gosh I got on the scale this morning and it moo'd. I've gained so much weight between Thanksgiving and Christmas. But that part is over and its onward I go. I still have a house full of unhealthy food but tomorrow I'm going out of town to grocery shop. So I'll have vegetables and salad stuff. And lots of good healthy things in. I have a small boneless rib roast to cook for New Years day. I think I might try it out in my new rotissare, I'm dying to use it.

Techwife- Well we have a brand new year coming up and we can do this. Christmas is over now and its time to get down to business!

Teensy- Sounds like you had a really nice Christmas. I'm kind of sorry its all over. But am loving the new computer. I think you did allot better than me in the eating dept. I can't believe how much candy and sweet gifts people gave us. And of course I had to eat them.

heartmom- You're an inspiration, right back to exercise. My ugly old treadmill is just staring at me waiting for me to hop on.

Julia- Your food sounds sooooo good. I've never had Basa fish, what is it like. I don't even think they sell it around here. I'm so glad you got your big bag with your purse in it. EEEEKKKK!

sebray- What a nice gift a sewing table. Sounds like you'll be using the heck out of it. Whats your first project?

Bob- Oh no I'm so sorry gal! You've had some of the worst luck this year. Maybe 2005 will be better. I hope you're not in to much pain. I'll be thinking about you.

Monet- Congrads on the sell. Thats such a good way to get rid of books you don't want anymore. I love half.com.

Gatorgal- Hope you get to feeling better soon. Don't push it to fast. Its awful to be sick this time of year when things are so busy.

Have a great day everyone. I'm off to sweep around the wood stove.

I have just finished having lunch and love how I feel when I do not overeat and when I eat the healthy foods. My menu for today :)

Breakfast : 1 fried egg and 1 ww waffle. Water.

Lunch : Sweet and sour jumbo shrimp (Made them with a little Agave and ketchup. I got these shrimps when they were on sale, what a treat), sauteed pasta with veggies and herbs and a green mixed salad.

Snack : Fruit salad and maybe some cheese and lean smoked sausage.

Dinner : Not exactly sure what yet but should be legal.


MONET : I do not trust FDA totally as well but use their info as guidelines. The was an article I read a while back about farm raised salmon that was actually not good for regular consumption. I think it has to do with the food that the farmers fed the fish but I am not sure. Either way, you don't win. I just eat in a reasonable quantity but I also think I am also more likely to die of something else other than seafood poisoning...lol.

TONI : I haven't weight myself for the last few days plus I know my period is about to visit so I am going to live the scale alone...lol. I didn't do too bad but still more illegal than I should have eaten. That is over now but we can both do better with the support and encouragement of everyone here. The extra lbs gained will melt off soon...just make those great decisions and the rest will follow. How far do you have to go to get your grocery? I am so lucky that I live in semi-woody area and still get to enjoy the amenities closeby which is 5 mins away. Basa fish is my absolute fav fish after tilapia. It is a white fish farm-raised in Vietnam, very flaky and light. No smell whatsoever. I was first introduced to it by a lady who worked in the seafood department in Publix. I was getting tired of the salmon and tilapia that I was eating at a regular basis and decided to ask her for recommendation. Since then, I have never looked back and some friends who have tried it loved the texture too. I have seen basa in other grocery stores as well. If there are 2 seafoods that i must have, they will be shrimps and my basa fish. I actually crave for them...lol. Rib roast in rottiserie sounds yummy. I am sure it will turn out great.

SEBRAY : You must be good at crafts. I am totally opposite...lol. I have a friend who loves craft and she has a date with "Michael's" every Wed on her day off. She said she can spend hours in there everytime although she practically know what things in what aisle...lol. Enjoy your sewing machine and your masterpieces that you are going to create :)

Got to check on Jess and then clean my kitchen. Goo d day everyone!

Julia

toni: ill prob make a small pillow for my nephew as my first project..he is 2 and loves tractors and horses, i found a small square of fabric remenent at walmart that has a john deer tractor print on it that is the perfect size for his head...also found some spiderman fabric for a pillow for the little one :)

im really not that good at sewing but i try to teach myself something new each time i sit down so im learning bit by bit :)

Keng: i LOVE Michael's.....i seriously could get lost there all day and be perfectly ok with it lol.....i cant wait to go on saturday, i havent been there on a serious shopping trip in a couple years

well kids are throwing up all over...gotta run....

staying steady at 180 :/

Good afternoon strangers:

It is quiet around here right now. DH went to work for a few hours, Britt is at a friend's house, playing and Lane is down for a nap. And, I am still putting off taking my x-mas decorations down. I love to pull them all out and put them all up, but I don't like having to take them all down and pack them back up. I will have to get it done this weekend though. Britt suggested we just leave them all up until next year (LOL)...not a bad idea.

I went to the gym Monday, and will go tomorrow and Friday. The gym is closed on Saturday, and I skipped this morning because it was pouring when I woke up to go. Next week, I will get my 4 days in.

WIW...I weighed 121# this morning, which is not bad considering that it is that TOM, and that I intentionally took last week off from working out. I was getting burned out from exercise and thought I needed a break; it was great to have the time off and now I'm ready to get back to it. I will eat what I want this week, and exercise, and then next week I'll get serious about both eating and exercise. I bought some tamales today that we will have on New Year's, as well as a lot of other finger food type things. I don't like to cook; we just snack all day/evening.

The kids have been playing so well together during Britt's school break; Lane will be sad to see her go back to school.

Monet: Thanks for starting the boards; better late than never, eh? Glad you got some much needed sleep; I hope it is the start of many more good nights. You can donate any of your "junk food" to a local shelter. Some of them (Waste Not) will even come by and pick it all up for you. Glad you sold your first book; I hope you are able to sell all that you no longer want/need.

Toni: Way to get that crap out of the house. You cracked me up....a scale mooing....I would have liked to have heard that (ha).

Ken: Britt loves to have hot chocolate when we have our first "fire" of the year in the fireplace. It officially marks the Fall/Winter season. We also have it on Chrismas Eve when we open our gifts from family/friends. It sounds as if you have some generous neighbors. When Britt was little, I'd pack up some of her toys and put them in boxes, and then when she got bored with her current toys, I'd pull out the boxes and let her have that stuff and pack up the stuff she was bored with, and then pull those out a few months down the road, and switch off. It always felt like she had something "new" to play with. I really do spoil the crap out of my kids for Christmas, but the magic doesn't last too long. The first few years, they could care less what's going on, and then when they start getting excited about it, they only have a few years of "believing in the magic" before they learn the truth. Britt knows the real meaning of Christmas, and says her prayer every Christmas morning before coming out of her room. She told Lane the other day (before Christmas) that if Jesus hadn't been born, we wouldn't get any gifts because they represent the gifts that the wisemen brought to Jesus when he was a baby. Can I just tell you how many times I've lost my wallet/purse? Thank God for honest people. I wasn't a scatterbrain until I had kids. I had a lady approach me in the store the other day, and asked it I was driving the Tahoe...she told me that I had left my back tailgate up....yep, that would be me.

I'll be back in another post...I don't want to lose this one.

Nat

I'm back.....

Fillise: I hear ya...my DH always waits until the 23rd/24th to do his shopping. It sounds as if you had a fabulous time.

Heart: Good luck getting back on track; It's not always easy. I'm sure you will drop those extra pounds soon enough. I didn't think that canned tuna had as high of a mercury count as the fresh stuff. Costco sells Kirkland canned chicken that is really good; I definately prefer it to tuna. Maybe if you had tuna once or twice a week and then the chicken once or twice a week, it would be a good trade-off. You'd still be getting those Omega fatty acids, but not too much mercury. I found that when I do have a diet soda (I usually have 3-4 week) that it does trigger my sweet tooth and I do get sweet cravings. I try to stick to unsweetened iced tea as much as possible.

Tech: It sounds like a beautiful white Christmas. I hope you are able to get right back on track when Monday rolls around. I swear I'd be as big as a house if I lived where it was so cold. I'd be eating hot food, and baking non-stop.

Teensy: Sounds like Santa spoiled you good this year. I would have liked to have gotten some new workout clothes; mine are getting worn.

Sebray: Glad you got a new sewing machine; enjoy it. I hope that stubborn scale gives you some good news soon.

BOB: OH MY GOSH, woman! Slow down! As if you didn't have enough going on, eh? I love Whole Foods. The one I have here is about 45 minutes from my home. Next time you are able to drive yourself there, they have those Dr. Kracker crackers; you should try them..they are good. I also get the Shelton's canned tortilla soup; it's got a great flavor. Take care of that body of yours!

Gator: So sorry that crud caught up to you. I hope you feel better soon. You may have lost that weight for good; it's hard to say. I was sick last year, and dropped three pounds, and never put it back on. Enjoy your NY party.

Gheez, don't know when I'll be able to get back on and do another post like this one. I do get on and read when I can, and I think of you all lots...just know that.

I'll check in when I can. AND, if I am not on before Saturday....HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! Let's make 2005 the best year yet!

God Bless!
Nat

Just finished dinner....Tom had sauteed salmon, and I had sauteed shrimp and scallops. I made steamed veggies to go along with it. I wish I could like salmon, but I just don't!

Not much else is going on. I am dying to have a cup of decaf and some cookies... shame on me! Its too late for anything though. We are dinner way too late. Good thing it was a light meal.

PANCHO: Where do they have that Shelton's tortilla soup at Whole Foods? I would love to try it. I have not seen it though. Also, I have not seen the Dr. Krackers...will have to ask my friend who works there.

SEBRAY: Did I read that right? Your kids are sick? I sure hope they are better fast! Have fun at Michaels! I love that place! We have Hobby Lobby here, too, and I love it as well. I go for the art supplies.

TONI: Did you get a rotisserie oven for Christmas? What kind? I have a George Foreman and like it. The screw needed replacing and they were supposed to send it and never did....I should have written them again sooner. Now its out of warranty! Drat! I love it, but have not used it as much as I thought I would.

KENG: Now that the holidays are almost over, and you have your license, when are you going to be making a shopping run to the Buford Hwy Farmer's Market? Its so close to me, we ought to meet for lunch....