Hey!

Well, today wasn’t as wonderful at school – I guess they were just scared yesterday! It’s so hard to get those little ones in YOUR routine! Then at that age they still want to nap and pee all the time! They were very talkative today – so we had “the talk” and hopefully tomorrow will be better! It better be! I’m gonna start rewarding the **** out of the good kids that way the others will want to be good too. We’ll see!

THIN: I’m glad you found something you love to do that’s good exercise. My favorite is volleyball but obviously I can’t do that anymore – too fat! I would love to lose weight and play a league or something. When I was in high school – I was big time into athletics and I used to work out with weights all the time….oh the pain after the first few workouts! I couldn’t sit down to pee!!! Keep on steppin – sounds like you are making some tracks!!

MONET: Never heard of Usborne books – is it real popular? You’ve got me worried over here – are you feeling ok?

SOLLY: Make that 2 OP DAYS!! Whoop Whoop!! Hopefully, like I said, the judge sticks to his guns…after all….he’s the one that pressed for termination in the first place. The parents do have their 3 visits a month – they are at their house but they are supervised by the social worker. They just haven’t done much else. And – when Alexis goes there, she shows no emotion, makes no noises, etc. – she just sits and plays. The social worker was actually worried that something was wrong with her – but when she saw how she interacted at our house – she wasn’t worried a bit. I just think that she doesn’t know them and she’s uncomfortable there. As for the endo – mine came back every 2 or 3 years. So, hopefully your DD won’t have to suffer with it over and over like me – it is not fun! $280 at the grocery?!?! Oh my!

KAYEC: I can always find the hamburger buns but I usually just use sliced bread because we waste buns!

BETH: Glad to see you are still around. What kind of surgery did you have? What grade are the kids in now?

Well, I’m off to bed! Have a great evening and day tomorrow!

Missy

I promised to let you all know what was going on.

This morning, at 5:44, Kaeleb D'Artagnan Walsh was born. He weighed 9 lb 7 oz, and was 21 inches long.


I AM A GRANDMOTHER!




Mother and baby are doing well.

Congrats Monet!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS Monet!! I'm sure you all are thrilled! Glad Mom and Babe are both well!

I am not as sore today as I was yesterday, but that could change as the day goes on. dh, Buddy and I went for a walk last night. I estimated it was about 1.5 miles then I cleaned the bathroom and that is a workout I ended up with over 14000 steps yesterday! I don't think I'll have that many today, but we'll see. I think my problem is going to be getting a lot of steps on the weekend. I may have to do some creative planning. I was back down within three pounds of my ticker this morning and I'm sure it is water weight, but I like it anyway!

Everyone have a great day!

Happy Thursday ladies,

Sort of quiet here today, boss is out of town. Got 45 minutes of wt training in last night and a 1/2 mile walk with the dog. Not a good walk, he stops to pee too much. I have a dr appt today so I should get home in time to get to the gym, before dinner and DH has to sub on his work's ball team. That will be interesting, he hasn't played in years. But they are in a "D" league and not very good, so he should be ok. Unless he gets hurt, heaven forbid.

Beth, management should have hired a temp or something while you were gone. Sure hope they treat you nice. Use the time DH is gone to work out or eat really, really good in lieu of stressing out. I know, easy for me to say. My DH used to go hunting for a week once a year, and I was a wreck the whole time. We do everything together, even the grocery.

Fruit, 2 days is great :clap: now keep it going. I bet you whip those kiddies into shape in no time. The first few days are hard. Mine cried for a week at least.

Monet, how wonderful. He is such an angel. Looks like his grandma too. I am so jealous. I know you will love and spoil him rotten.

Thin, good job on the exercise. Yes, bathrooms are a workout. Wanna come clean mine?

Have a great day.

GRANDMA!!!!!

Glad to hear everyone is doing well and I have to say, the Kaleb is a handsome little fellow.

Missy--great to see you back! I pop in every now and then and can tell you that your presence has been missed greatly.

Solly--crosing my fingers that DH doesn't hurt himself playing ball!!! Sound like you are doing great with the weight training and workouts.

Thin--14,000 is a lot of steps! WTG!

Beth--tell me about Curves, I'm serisouly thinking about it.

Gator--you are always so helpful. Are AU and UF playing this year? I'm remiss in that I have not yet memorized the schedule, but I seem to think that UF comes back to Auburn this fall or next. . .

And Speaking of Football--BOB--It's coming! The season is less than a month away. Sept 2 is kick-off on the Plains and I I have my tickets!

Thunder--I can't believe she is ready to start school either-they grow up sooooo fast!

Talitha--Hope you are holding up well and all the kiddies are behaving so you can heal! Thinking about you.

If I missed anyone--HELLO! I've got to get to work now. Have a great OP day!

Susan

Hey, everyone. Man, I'm feeling kinda groggy today. I had enough sleep, so dunno. I got up at 5 and weighed. I'm down 5 from Monday but still 2 above my ticker weight and several away from my low. But I'll get there. I did my workout this AM and it was all I could "muster" to do it. I wanted to quit the entire time, but I made it thru. Hubby and I are doing okay at the moment. Here's my menu for the day:

Post-workout: scoop of whey protein and water(110 cals)
BF- 4 egg whites scrambled with spinach and 1 tsp mac. nut oil
Lunch- made a wrap- 1 whole grain LC tortilla filled with pepper jack cheese, turkey, tomato, onion, spinach, and cukes...sf yogurt
Snack- yogurt
Supper- 3 chicken legs, green beans(mac n cheese for them)

Monet- Congrats, Grandma! I thought he looked adorable, not like a yard gnome,lol.

Monet congrats grannnie!!!!! Hes so cute. That makes 2 handsome boys with in weeks of each other for the board. Lookout girls the boys are in town!!!

Everyone have a wonderful day!!!!!!

I have a quick question for you...I have a veggie quiche that I'm going to try this weekend, crustless of course. Do I just cut it into squares and refrigerate? how long will it keep?

Also, I added a mini-goal ticker. We'll see how it goes or if I'm able to stay on the wagon. Hear me BOB? We have reservations to go to PCB with my brother in law and his wife during Fall break. It should be fun!!

THIN: I make quiche and freeze it in slices in ziplock baggies. The guys then pop it in the microwave to warm it up for breakfast. Works well...

Thanks!

Gramma: What a beautiful baby!! Very lucky baby to have YOU for a gramma!! I bet the cookies in YOUR cookie jar are gonna be top shelf!!

Solly: How'd the ball game go? Any insurance claims?

Hello to everyone!!

We had story hour today and arts & crafts, so we were out from about 9-1. Kyle loves being around the kids. I heard from the rumor mill that the teacher's assistant posistion is requiring a certified teacher. Funny thing is that I heard this from one of the parents in Kyle's class and she said she heard it from the Kindergarden teacher. Funnier thing is that she also said the teacher said that there are 23 kids in the K class and 24 kids in the first grade class...but that they are splitting the first grade class (here's the funny part) because there are some kids that don't get along in first grade, so they want them to be separated. Here's the funnier part, that she heard this tidbit from the K teacher! This is the same teacher that, when I sent him an e-mail about what is done with a child that is far advanced from the rest of the class (such as in reading, like Kyle) , he wouldn't even answer, but forwarded the note directly to the principal...so why would he say something like this to one kid's mom? So...the kid parent politics is already starting to give me a rash. I told this same parent, jokingly, that I might homeschool Kyle so he's not just shoved off to the corner while the other kids catch up and she, very seriously, told me I should. She also gives me dirty looks when she hears me telling someone, like the librarian, aobut how well Kyle reads. I can see her roll her eyes and walk away. I hate this. Some people drive me nuts...and...homeschooling is ALWAYS an option.

Anyhow...I think I'm going to make a smoothie and sit in my lounge chair and take Kyle out to chalk up the sidewalk. I need to cool down (not temperature....attitude)

Susan--Yes! The Gators play at Auburn, and we are happy to get the Tigers back on our schedule. That was always such a great game and good rivalry. The date is Oct. 14, and we have tickets, so we will be there. We are flying to Atlanta with friends and then staying at Callaway Gardens in one of their 2 bedroom cabins. Is your church selling parking places again? If so, reserve us one and send me directions on how to get there. When we parked there last time we got to see the cute downtown, which was the first time we were able to do so. Normally we parked quite a ways away and missed the good experience of seeing Auburn.

Congratulations, Monet.