HELLOOOOOO (is there an echo in here?)

Hello All,
Noelle, I sure hope your surgery went real well today and you are up and feeling great in no time at all. :)

Kempyd, I also am a stay at home wife. I have 2 grown sons and 4 grandkids AND 2 pomeranians!! SNICKER:) They are my kids now! And I love spoiling them!!

I just took these pictures yesterday morning of the front of our house. So needless to say I haven't been able to get the stroller out at all! Right now in town they barely have room for cars on the road and most of sidewalks are still covered! But I did walk the 3 miles Super Fat Burning work out this morning. And I want to get the 1 mile Get up and get started and the 2 mile High Calorie burn done this afternoon. When I get that done I will have done 6 miles today!

We do have about 50 degrees here today and that is supposed to continue for hte next couple days when we have another storm coming in! At this rate it will be June before all the snow melts here!

Well, you all have a good day and I'll check back later to see what's going on with everyone! Karen

Noelle: I, too, hope the surgery went well. Post when you are able and let us know how you are doing.

Karen: The pics were great. I couldn't imagine having snow like that. It was 83 here today; a bit warm, but very nice.

Kempy: I hope your check up shows what you want.

I think I'm beginning to count down to Spring break. I was so exhausted today and I don't know why....just tired.

Cal

OMG Karen that is alot of snow. There are pics from when I was little standing in front of 6' of snow but I don't remember it. It looks so pretty though. My 2 dogs (labs) are my kids too. Although they runn all over me sometimes. I soemtimes wonder if they think I am another dog and not momma.

Cal our high today is 70 and I am really looking oforward to it. Yesterday I sat outside in the sun and read for a bit. I just loved it. I love to open all of the windows too so this is my kind of weather. I don't blame you for counting down. I woudl be too. Are you going anywhere for it?

Noelle I hope you are doing ok and they gave you some good meds!

Not to scare you but back in my hometown they foudn teh chied of police dead Sunday. He had back surgury not to long ago and was addicted to pain pills. Well, he had been drinking and they found him in his bathroom on the floor. They think he chocked on his own vomit (tmi sorry). What a terrible way to go.

I am supposed to go to the gym this morning for my evaluation. I am not going to stay to work out though. I am still nto feeling 100% and I don't want to agravate my system by doing the elliptical. Karen you make me think I should get those DVD's for days like today.

Good Morning!!!:coffee: I'm so excited this morning! We have sunshine :sunny: and it is already up to 30 degrees and it is only 7:45 am!! :cheer2: We are supposed to get into the 50's today and that will feel so good!! But then tomorrow night -- more cold is supposed to come in and probably be here just in time to give us more snow for the weekend! That will make 8 weekends in a row!! :(

Kempyd, My cousin who lives in Aurora has "Labradoodles" She just had a litter of puppies born and ready to leave now. They are so cute. I went ahead and put her website here so you can look and see how cute the puppies are if you want.
http://www.adhonayslabradoodles.com/
She started with a standard poodle male and 2 labradoodle puppies females. I guess they make excellent service dogs since they are strong and smart and don't shed! :)
I really like the WATP videos. I planned on doing the 2 mile high calorie burn and the 1 mile get up and get started vidoes yesterday afternoon but yesterday was the first time that I had done the 3 mile super fat burn one and my legs were really feeling it. I'm hoping to do it today though. :) :dust:

Hi Cal, my hubby and I have talked about moving to Arizona someday. We have a 5th wheel trailer and right now our vacations are spent visiting his Dad in PA. and my Dad in MO. Which is the way it should be for now-- they are both 87 and 88 years old. Both our Mom's passed away about 5 years ago. But we plan to go to Arizona when we can and see just how things are down there. Way back in 1976 we went to NM for his sisters wedding and we kind of "breezed" through Flagstaff and it looked very pretty. But we barely had enough time to go to the wedding so really didn't get to see much. :dizzy: We did go to the Grand Canyon!:cp:

Well, guess I'd better get busy this morning. You all have a good day and I'll check back later. Karen

Well crap, now I am in a bad mood. I don't know if the guy who did my test the first time did the calipers wrong but I have gottne FATTER and I have really been working hard. At least I though so. Now I am in a bad mood. Maybe I shoudl stay home today so I am not barking at people. BLAH!!!

Hi Kempyd, Don't let that get you down.. Who knows about those mechanical things and the HUMANS that use them!! I know not to long ago I went in and had a yearly exam and I've always had blood pressure on the low normal side--- well this time it was way high!! Of course the dr. then had me come in twice a week just for a blood pressure check! And it never read that high again. Last week when my hubby went in (he does have high blood pressure) but it was sky high even with the meds... he made them go to a second machine and it read perfect! So don't take what they told you as gospel!
Just keep working hard and you will really feel good for you----
Karen

Thanks Karen. My hubby said the same thing. It is just amazing to me how I let what she said affect my day. She made me feel that everything I do in the gym is a waste b/c I don't do what they want people to follow. I kept telling her that I was doing things old school and she just kept throwing things at me that I am not doing. I feel that my hubby and I have lifted wieghts for long enough to know what we are doing but after leaving there I felt like an idiot.

I got the book You on a diet. I just got to the part about what to eat and how to exercise. I think it is written really well. It has taken alot of coplicated things and made them easy to understand. I will have to let you guys know what I think about the food part. I am sure that once I put Joe and myself on it he will drop 20 lbs. :rolleyes:

Good morning. I don't have muuch panned for today. I need to run to Target but that is it. I have some curtains in our sparroom that need to be taken up. I had them at the old house and they are way to long. I am going to cheat though, I bought stich witchery. I love that stuff. If you mess up you can pull it right out and do it again. Well, Joe has been on me about fixing them and I guess I will do it today.

I do feel a bit better today. I think I am going to stay out of the gym for the rest of the week and do things here. I think I just need to be away from there to get my mind right.

Karen did any of your snow melt?

Ok guys. Please don't let this turn into my own personal journal. I am getting kind of lonely here.

I am waiting for the furniture people to come. We are having an ottoman delivered. It is so pretty. It is round this time and I am really ready for it. We are going to use it as a coffe table.

Someone come out and play, please.

Good Morning Kempyd,
We still have plenty of snow but it has been up in the 50's for the last 3 days so that is good!! I finally went this morning to have the backside of Sissy's rabies tag engraved with our name, address and phone number. It was BEAUTIFUL outside and both the girls loved being out in their carseats! :) It has been a long time since they have even got to go for a ride. I also ran on in to town and picked up a few things at the store. BUT now I have to get myself motivated and do my WATP's video. :D I like to do it first thing in the morning but decided I wanted to go to town early before the snow was melting and making a mess out of our dirt roads!! :rolleyes: It really gets messy.

Did your furnture get there yet? It is always nice to get something new! What style of furniture is it?

Well, guess I'd better get going and get stuff done or it is just going to be harder to get started!!
Take care, Karen

I just can't even imagine what it is like to have that much snow. I am sure it sucks though.

I like to workout first thing too. That way if I have anything to do I don't have to rush to the gym later.

They came with the ottoman and it looks great. Our style is pretty traditional. I have a good bit of antiques from my parents and that has kind of dictated which way we go. It is amazing that I am turnign into my mom. :lol: In fact, the dining room set we bought has ball and claw feet. That is just screaming my mother!

I am heading to Lowe's to by some paint. I still have the bug and the spare room is in my sights.

Hi There,

I just got the progress reports out for the kiddos. A lot of whining and asking how they can bring up their grades. I told them to do the work that's assigned and turn it in. (What a concept!!)

Karen: I'll bet the girls just loved being outside and going somewhere. They'll be looking to do that again real soon.

Kempy: Once your furniture gets there, try to post a picture for us. We love to look and dream.

I hope Noelle is doing ok.

Cal

Hi ladies, just a quickie. My surgery went well on Monday...outpatient basis and I don't remember a thing about it except the anesthesiologist saying he was giving me something to "take the edge off". I was wheeled into the OR and next thing I know I'm waking up in recovery. I have some 350 mg Percodan pills which are WONDERFUL :dizzy:. Actually, I'm starting to wean myself off them today, after taking 2 pills every 4 hours for 2 days. The pain was excruciating the first night but that's because I went to sleep and the pain meds wore off. OUCH!!!! :cry: But after that I got smart and set my alarm to wake me just before the 4 hour mark each time. I am walking on crutches but will be starting P/T on Monday. Hopefully that will be less painfull and help me get moving. I haven't been able to get on the computer because it is downstairs and I haven't been able to do the stairs yet. That means I'm sleeping on the couch upstairs and Rick is in my bed all by his lonesome--the lucky b@stard :lol:

I am in the office tying up some deposits but hopefully should be back online by Monday. I love you guys. I can't drive yet because if Im still on pain meds they make me delirious :dizzy:. Anywho, thinking of you guys. Stay warm and keep chatting. I'll be back! :grouphug:

Good Morning Everyone!
This morning I am doing the :dance: I got on the scales and I lost 3 pounds this week!! :goodscale YEA!!! I am really loving those WATP's videos now!! :cheer: This past week I have been counting calories and doing the videos and I'm really happy with the loss.

Noelle, it was good to hear from you. So happy that things went good for you. I know you will be feeling better in no time! :) Just take it easy and don't try to over do!

Kempyd, we would all love to see pictures of your furniture. I know what you mean about becoming your mother! :) I've done the same thing! Sometmes good, sometimes bad!! :lol:

Cal, we have had some really nice weather this week-- but I don't think it will last. They are saying it is going to get cold over the weekend but they arent' saying much snow. But the high for Valentine's Day is only going to be about 20!! It always seems to be cold for my birthday! :shrug:

Well, guess I'd better get in there and do my "walking" I never got to it yesterday after going in to town. I just couldn't get motivated to get up and get moving after I got home:nono:

Take care and I'll check back later. Karen