Good Morning Ladies...Had a good weigh-in at WW yesterday. I'm down another 1.6 lbs. Got a couple laps in at the mall with my friends before WW started. I want to continue to do that every Wednesday.

Have a few things I need to get done before I have to pick the FD up from school and take her to a couple of appointments this afternoon. Wish I could just stay home, cold and very windy today. At least we have had no new snow to contend with.:D

Going to put another load in the washer and go up and finish putting a border on two quilts. Have a good day.:hug:

Cheryl

TGIF, Well I think. Just listened to the weekend forecast on the radio:tantrum:
we will go into a winter storm watch tomorrow pm for 6+ inches of snow
tomorrow night and into Sunday. Every weekend we've had snow, just getting the streets cleaned off so they aren't so rough. It is suppose to get up to 32 today,so that should take a little more off, the wind is blowing too.

OK enough whinning, but I'm ready for spring. I have kept up my exercises this week, I'm so proud of myself.

CHERYL, congrats on another weight loss!:carrot: you are doing great. Did you get your borders on those quilts ? Are these ones we haven't seen yet?

HY and CAROL hope you gals are doing ok.

Plan on going shopping in the morning, hope the snow waits till I get home. Time to stock the pantry again.

OOOPs the washer just shut off so had better get them in the dryer, then it will be time for a patient in the gym. Talk to all of you next week, have a great weekend. DONNA

:lol: Cheryl, when I read this, the first thing I thought was Fancy Feast (a cat food brand!) and that just didn't seem right - lol!! Fat-Free, right? You can see I spend a lot of time with pets ;)


Hy

Well thanks for the well wishes, but PHX has been SO cold and we had several days of a killing frost - not good as the plants/trees die, not just go dormant :(


I'm working on my program and having "eeh" kind of success, so I guess it's time to reassess again and decide how to proceed. Made some homemade chicken soup this morning as my DH feels a cold or flu coming on (again!)- I tell you, he's been sick all winter with one thing or another. I've done a lot better and haven't had any of that stuff - keeping my fingers crossed! :crossed:


The one thing I did tell him was that he was going to have to not just sit around and read the paper 24/7 unless he was REALLY sick because I'm starting to wear down with all the extra work I've had to do as a result of his various ailments the past 2 months. I am going to get sick too if I have to continue burning both ends of the candle here....


BTW, my chicken soup turned out very good as far as taste, but I didn't cook the celery long enough I guess as it's kind of crunchy!!! I "simmered" for about an hour in the stock, with the onions and used the little food processor to finely chop the celery, so I can't figure why it's still crunchy! Guess we will just have to have Crunchy Celery Chicken Soup - I wonder if Paula or Emril or anyone else on the Food Channel would approve? :p


I am keeping track and eating all the recommended (and more) amount of fruits and veggies each day - I think that helps alot with your immune system and maybe getting to skip some of the colds and flu going around - hope so!!


Glad to hear that Cheryl has recovered from her flu - poor girl, that's so miserable to have to go through :hug:


And hope everyone else is hanging in there and having some success with their programs :hug:



Hy

WTG Donna!!!!!!:carrot:


When the weather is so terrible, it makes it even harder to get movitated so you should be very proud of yourself!!!


Hy

Morning Ladies...Busy, busy weekend for us. My Hubby is on his days off since friday, and he goes back to work tomorrow night. Went to Bismarck Friday to see how our 57 was coming along. I don't think it will be done by June the way the guy is working on it, so it will probably be next summer before we can show it. :(

My Hubby put a second coat of paint on his walls, and we should be ready to start getting the room set up the way he wants it with his computer and all his other stuff. Also have to set up a cot somewhere in there. We are doing respite care starting next weekend for an 8 year old girl for a week.

Donna...Did you get hit with more snow? After such a hot dry summer I said I wouldn't whine when winter came. I lied!!! I'm whinning!! We are going to be in the mid 20's this week, with a chance of snow on Wednesday. I just want spring and in the 50's or higher to get here.

Hy...Fancy feast...Gave me a chuckle!! Yes, Fat Free, but I'm sure my cat would love it. I hate seeing all this frost/ice hitting the southern area. Fruits and veggies are already on the rise here. At least gas prices have dropped, we are $2.09.:carrot:

Yesterday I got a couple duffle bags embroidered for a customer. Also got the first boarder on my grandson's quilt and the final boarder on my granddaughter's quilt. You haven't seen these, but once they are finsihed, I'll post a picture. They are both Triple Irish Chains. My grandson's is WWII airplanes and in the colors of dusty blue, dark green, red and yellow. My granddaughter's is funky bugs and in the colors of bright purple, limegreen, yellow and tourqoise. Have another quilt cut out for my sister-in-law, and it's Laurel Burch Mythical Horses, and the other colors will be sage green, tourqoise, magenta, and apricot.

I have done great all weekend on my eating. I'm looking forward to weigh-in day on Wednesday. Well I need to get busy, so have a good day.

cheryl

Good morning ladies,
Yes Cheryl,we did get more snow!!!! Right now the sun is shining but it is only 3 degrees and I'm looking out the window at 8 inches of new snow. That is 4 weekends in a row now. I'm with you, 50 would feel so good, I just want to see my grass again ;) and so does my little dog. She went out yesterday morning and it was past her belly, she didn't know quite how to get through it ,looked like a rabbit out there hopping around.DH got a spot cleared off for her though. Glad you had a good weekend and I will think of you on Wednesday :hug: know you will do good again. Your quilts sound so pretty, look forward to the pictures. What will you do for this 8 year old girl ? I'm not sure just what respite care is. Too bad about the '57,know you were looking forward to showing it off this summer

HY did I hear right, you have snow there too, or was it somewhere near there? It will be sad to lose trees and plants due to this crazy weather this year. Fruit has gone up already here too. Hope you warm up soon and stay well. We have been pretty lucky this year not to be too sick. Seems like lots of folks around here have been sick most of the winter too,feel good for a few days and then it comes back. Thought the cold would maybe kill off some of the germs but guess not.

The street dept. is out in front of the office with their big snow blower getting the streets cleared again. Sounds like it is having some problems.
Guess I had better get busy, am having patients cancel that live in the country due to the roads.

Talk to you gals later, I too had a good weekend, got me lots of veggies, fruits and yogurt so have no excuse to eat well and I even did my strength training exercises, now I'd better jump on the treadmill and make it sing.
Have a great day, DONNA

Evening Ladies.:hug:

Donna...Hope you don't see any of the white stuff this weekend. We are in the mid 20's for highs, but suppose to be back below zero by Sunday.:( Respite care is giving the foster parents a break from the child they are caring for, or this case the child they are in the process of adopting and can't take out of the country while they go on vacation. So she will come and stay with us for a week.

Hy and Carol...Hope you are having a good week.

Had a great day and had my weigh-in at weight watchers. I'm down another 1.7 pounds by their scale. Yipeeeeeeee!!! Got a 40 minute walk in at the mall, so I feel good about that as well. Really feel in my heart that I will see 299 by June.

Till later,

Cheryl

CHERYL: I knew you would lose again this week :hug: Keep going girl you are doing so well. You will be 299 or less by June.
Thanks for explaining respite care, you and your hubby are so kind to take care of these kids. It must be very rewarding.
We aren't suppose to get any more snow this weekend, temps in the 20's,so I can live with that,but someone said we are suppose to get a real dusey of a storm the next weekend. Sure hope they are crazy !!!!
I'm not going to weigh again until the 30th. I have been doing pretty well on the eating side and really well on the exercise, just hope I can see that scale go down a little. I can feel my stomach tightening up a bit.

HY and CAROL: You gals must be working really hard, haven't heard from you in a little while. Hope all is well with you.

Check in again tomorrow. DONNA

Wow Cheryl, you are really doing great!!! Congrats on that loss!


LOL Donna I'm fine, just very busy (too busy really) with DH sick yet again and several of my pets needing to be taken to the vet - thank goodness at least I'm not sick! Tommorrow I have a massage scheduled and I think that will be a good way to end the week :-)


I'm doing what I'm "supposed" to be doing and not much news on that front at present. Seems like recently my attention has necessarily been elsewhere, but that happens, right? I like significant calendar dates, so I think since a new month is rapidly approaching, I may do a mini goal for Feb. Details to follow...lol!!


Hugs :hug:
Hy

Good morning ladies, Well today is the 30th and I had to step on the scale this morning. I bought a new digital scale Friday.
:D I lost 1 pound in the last two weeks. Guess I'm not working as hard as I need to be, but hey, 1 lost is better than 1 gained.

Just running through,later, DONNA

Donna that's great! Don't worry about the "shoulds" - you lost a pound - woohoo!!:carrot:


Hy

One of my dogs has been ill so my posting has been hit and miss :(


Lots of stuff going on at home too - nothing serious - more just annoying like item's delivered damaged, wrong finishes, etc, but it did put me into a funk last night. Oh well, today's a new day :-) I found a really pertinent quote last night as I was going through books I want to donate to the library:


LOL - so true although I sure hate to fess up to it! :D


As to my program, I'm working intently on getting more fiber into my diet - I've done ALL the recommended stuff, btw. Hope it's been a good week so far for everyone here...:hug:


Hy

Donna...WHOOHOO for one gone!!!:carrot: :carrot: We all know that we work very hard for each and every pound we loose, and as we get older it get's harder.

Hy...Hope your little dog is well soon and it's nothing serious.

I've had the munchies all weekend, so don't know how I will do tomorrow. Old man winter finally came in with a blast this weekend. Got some more snow, but don't know how much with the wind blowing it around. My Hubby left for work lastnight and didn't check the north driveway and got the car stuck. He has worked almost all day trying to dig it out and even hooked it up to our surburban to pull it out and couldn't. Finally got it out at 4PM, but we can't drive out the north side till we either buy a snowblower or have a neighbor plow us out. The joys of winter in the upper midwest.
Let you know what the scales have to say tomorrow.

Cheryl

Hi...Just a quick fly-by for tonight. Went to WW yesterday and I stayed the same. Very happy about that.:D Better than a gain any day.:carrot: :carrot:

We are in a deep freeze and I'm trying real hard to stay warm. Our power was out for 4 hours this afternoon, and I can't believe how fast the house cooled down. Ozzy and I cuddled up in a couple of blankets and took a nap. In my book, that's a nice way to spend a very cold afternoon.:hug:

Have a great evening!

Cheryl