Good morning ladies,

It's September 18. Looks like I still have time to prepare for the upcoming holiday festivities that Mel outlined for the month :rofl:

The back and shoulders are doing better. Thanks for asking Shad. I am just under alot of duress it seems lately. I came home from work last night (on the late side) giving off a big old rant to the DH. Why is it I have to spend 3 times longer doing something (not that I have the time mind you) so that I can continually catch and point out the sloppiness that others seem to get away with until it's pointed out to them. I guess my frustation is at starting the day behind and getting more behind as the day rolls by instead of making headway. And being stressed stiffens things up so the body hurts and being stressed keeps you fat. :tantrum::tantrum::tantrum: It is not so easy to say - well just let it roll off your back.

Ewww Mel - diesel fumes. I know what you're talking about. Ick, ick, stinky. Stay inside and protect those nostrils. I'm sure the roof work will drag out for days on end. I made meatloaf last night and some rice - thought of you. :D

Shad - hope the weather holds up for you so that you can get outside for a walk or run. You should be entering the change of seasons too, no? Wish you could come work over here too but you'd get frustrated too with the state of things tho it sounds like the frustration is universal.

Ceejay - I never thought about a beef sensitivity. Like most people I've cut back to only eating it once a week for dinner. You bring up an interesting point. Beef too is more fatty than poultry or fish - do you think it might be the fat that is bothering you?

Rennie - you iron the sheets? :yikes: God luv yah woman. I had to drag the ironing board out the other day to press the wrinkles out of a new pair of pants. I even washed them 3 times hoping to get the wrinkles out that way but no luck. Never was fond of ironing - maybe because I'm left handed and it's awkward. I would like to bow gently and tip my hat at you as a parent. I cheer any one who is a bit stern with their kids. Stern but with love because after all, once you grow up life still isn't fair and you don't get everything you want, right? Too many over priviledged kids today - I applaud those who are trying to do the right thing. :cp:

Madcat - hope the diagnosis isn't diabetes. Perhaps you should try the WW core plan for a while. I should do that myself. I have found the sugars to be an issue too - not just the sweet stuff but the carby things that make sugar spikes seem to be a preference of mine. Maybe we're just drawn to stuff that's not good for us? Anyway, hope youfind out what's going on soon. As the others have said those :censored: doctors like to diddle with us all the time.

:wave: & :hug: to Carla, Painter, Holly, Ruth, Meadow and the rest of the crew. I should be on my way. Have a good one today.

OMG Mel :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: THAT'S HYSTERICAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Morning everyone

Not with my daughter. If she doesn't want to do something with me she says so lol.

Am feeling a bit better, didn't try to cough a lung up last night.

Holly
Hello, thank you for the welcome

Melody
I have always loved to cook. Doesn't seem like that big a deal to me. Even when I had this stupid job that I worked 10 hours a day mon-fri and 12 on sat. I still had full meals on the table at dinner time. Was pretty lucky I started work at 5:30 am was still home as the kids were getting off the school bus. Baking on the other hand I have never been thrilled with. I do bake bread every weekend but other than that, cookies and things like that take to much time. I don't have time to stand around until a cookie is done lol. What is wrong with you yum mm diesel fuel and the smell of eggs cooking in the morning. Isn't that your favorite lol.

Happy2bme

Of course I iron sheets and curtains too lol can't stand a wrinkle. I use both hands equally well. Well, almost equally well, since I broke my left hand years ago I can't write with it as well as the right hand now. Other than that I use both of them equally well. My husband laughs, I have everything set up for a left handed person and that makes it hard for anyone to do anything but me. Ummmm dear, turn the iron board around the other way lolol the iron doesn't care which hand you use lol. About my kids, I am their mother not their friend lol. We can be friends again once they have had children lol. Thank you. it means a lot when someone lets you know it is ok to tell your kids no. So many these days have never taught their children that word.

Reenie--I'd have more wrinkles in the sheets if I ironed them. The chili sounds good.

Mel--This is the second good laugh I have had today. Thanks. I've been wanting open my windows, but around here the farmers are polluting the air with their defoliants for the cotton and beans. It really bothers my sinuses when they do this. I got a good whiff of the stuff this morning going to the car.

Happy--I'm not sure why the beef did me this way. Yes,stress does cause one to be fat, the cortisol hormone. I know the feeling that you are under now. Everyone seems to get away with it other than me.

Shad--You're co-worker must be on maternity leave!

Hope every one has heard about the lettuce that Dole's is having to recall. It has E-coli.

My first laugh came this morning. I ran a computer virus scan last night and low and behold there was a trojan virus. I called my boss to inform him.
This morning he asked asked me who had been on the trojan web page. Yep he's thinking "the trojans". I told him this was a virus. He doesn't work on computers enough to know better. MEN!

Hi to Holly, Meadow, Carla, Madcat. :wave:

Searching for a song for today
 

Then I read Ceejay's post. She does live in the middle of cotton country - those cotton bushes are cool looking from the side of the road driving by but not so nice to have to pick.

In the style of Creedence Clearwater Revival...

Cotton Fields

When I was a little bitty baby
My mama would rock me in the cradle,
In them old cotton fields back home;

CHORUS2:
It was down in Louisiana,
Just about a mile from Texarkana,
In them old cotton fields back home.

CHORUS3:
Oh, when them cotton bolls get rotten
You can't pick very much cotton,
In them old cotton fields back home.

Oh no Ceejay - boss man didn't think they were THOSE Trojans, did he? :o :o :o :lol3: What is a defoilant used for?

Yes Rennie - I do know about flipping the ironing board around - but the cord still drags over the item and smushes it up. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!

I find that I use my right hand when I need strength - like in bowling or holding the bag of groceries and use my left for dexterity - like unlocking the door while balancing groceries on the right hip.

I love my hubby but when he starts his pool/billiards league it's like having 3 hours to myself to do whatever I please. Guess who's doing the happy dance right now? :dance: Eat what I want. Watch whatever I want on TV. Yak on the phone all night long. Too bad I am almost at the limit of my WW points today so we're sticking to the food plan, there's nothing on TV that I want to see and I brought a big pile of work home with me tonight. But I have the option and that's what matters :D

Shad, I am heartbroken. :cry: I seem to have lost the necklace you gave me. I don't understand it. It could not have slipped off of my neck and it had a pretty tight hook on it. I wore it last week with a new blouse which went absolutely perfect with it. I was meeting a friend for lunch and I stopped in the restroom before I left and I had it on there because it flipped over and I adjusted it. I met my friend and she's in the middle of this engrossing story at the table when I realize my necklace is no longer on my neck. Must have been rather odd from her perspective as I am listening to her when all of a sudden I looked startled, reached for my neck, started furiously patting my boobs, pulled my shirt away and looked down my bra and then leaned over and looked under the table. She is used to me being odd so she never missed a beat and kept talking. It wasn't until I excused myself and walked to the front door that she stopped talking. I retraced all of my steps but didn't find it. Was hoping that I lost it at work but no sign of it. Now I'll just have to eagle eye the women at work and if I see someone with my necklace on... :chin: anyway I am upset and it was really different and I liked it alot. Something told me that morning not to wear it but as I said it went so nicely with the new shirt. Aw well, at least I have the nice smelling soaps :D

Going to get something for dinner and then a short chat with the Mom before I hit the paper wall. See yah :wave:

Morning all,

Yeah Ceejay and if you checked with him, he would say, I KNOW that, I was just testing you. You need firewalls and detectors that will tell you when things are coming your way. My one at home is very cock of the hoop. It tells me about spyware, virus, worms and other nasties and the computer is not even plugged into the internet. I haven't got round to getting the phone line in yet. I have checked. It's telling lies.
My co-worker will be on Paternity leave - yes they do have it here. However you only get paid for 2 weeks off, so they all save to have the month off.

For those of you with beef problems try this and let me know if it does anything for you. This is from our Change Manager:

My naturopath gave me this recipe and it is awesome!

Mix together:

Olive oil
Soy sauce
Fresh garlic, peeled and chopped
Fresh ginger, peeled and chopped
Rosemary (I just use dried, although I've bought some fresh stuff and am growing it at present)
Turmeric

Marinate meat for about 30 mins-1 hour before pan frying. I sometimes don't even wait for 30 mins and just leave it for 5 mins and it seems to be just as good. I usually add the marinade to the pan when cooking and this makes a yummy sauce.

Very tasty and apparently it takes away all the carcinogens in red meat.

Happy eating!

There ya go. Recipe from a naturopath down under. Might I also suggest that you look out for Organic beef or even the Free range stuff. No it's not eggs Shad, you've got the wrong end of the stick again. It's called something like that and it doesn't come from a feed lot. I saw feed lots in Arizona and they aint no better than the ones over here. I feel like going up and shooting the cattle just to put them out of their misery. Miserable animals make for miserable meat.

Happy - It's no problem asking and also, I have the same problem from time to time. It's stress and I am living it as you are. And the frustration of finishing the day more behind than you started must be one of the greatest frustrations of all time. I really don't think I did a stitch of work yesterday apart from bringing the Statisticians bible up to date. They don't care about the problems only the percentages and for my sins I jack them up somewhat to look a bit better than they are. Then I take the whip (I use your whipcracking smilie) and deliver a broadside to my team. The Fijian NZer, laughs and settles back under the tree, the Malaysian girl frets and worries she is not doing well enough, the South African packs her bags and goes down to her other job and I stare out the window at the view, think of you lot and internally giggle myself to sane again. Life's like that.

Rennie - you're not Martha Stewart in another life are you? I hope you don't take offence at us poking a bit of fun. Ironing sheets sounds like my Mother. She was also a demon on the vaccuum cleaner (I can never spell that word) I am in awe of your ironing and cooking skills. Also I must pass on my congrats for the mothering. If more people instilled some loving discipline then we would not be at the place we are now. I was watching an item on the Today Tonight show last night. It was about high school teachers being beaten up in school and the kids behaviour. I was totally disgusted. And then to top all, the mother of a 13yr old boy had the gall to stand there and plead with the school to take her son back - he's done nothing wrong (apart from ride over several kids in the school yard and terrorise the primary school kids next door and swear at the teachers and duck school as often as possible and when he can't, disrupt class continually. No he hasn't done much wrong.) She only wants him at school so he isn't beating her up - well that's my guess. I brought my kids up with the mantra that for every right they had, they had a responsibility not to abuse the right or the rights of others. I've lived by it as well and it doesn't seem to have done any of us any harm. Okay - off my :soapbox:
I'm so glad you are feeling better.

Mel - that's pretty funny about the dog. Don't know where you find all these pictures or dream up the words. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Wonder what Ruth has got to say about that one!
I've been looking on websites for work in Canada or the States - well you never know. Life is sometimes like that. It comes around, things happen and goes around. Put out a few feelers here and there, grab hold of some of my contacts. Anything can happen. We could be neighbours!!!!! It can be frustrating work - as Happy well knows - but I like the lightbulb effect (which usually only comes seconds before the trainers mind snaps and murder is done).

With that, I'm sure I've got other things to do. I will have to kick the father-to-be and wipe up the tears from others, but we must do what we must do.

See ya

I see some lights aglowing from Happy. Morning luv

My little egg is not lit. :cry:

I WAS SO BUSY WITH DOGGIES THAT I FORGOT ABOUT YOUR BACK AND SHOULDERS MISS HAPPY!! I SEE YOU JUST POSTED TOO!! :wave: GLAD YOU GOT A CHUCKLE OUT OF IT TOO. :rofl: :rofl: FIRST SOUPS AND NOW MEATLOAF???I'M ON MY WAY CHICA!!! :scooter: I'LL PICK UP SHADDIE AND BE RIGHT THERE!!!

CEEJAY~ OH MY GOD CJ I AM CRACKING UP OVER HERE. GOOD THING I WENT POTTY BEFORE I GOT ON HERE!! YOUR BOSS IS TOO FUNNY!! TRUST A MAN TO THINK OF TROJANS!! ROFLMAO :lol3: :Lol3: THAT'S EVEN BETTER THAN THE DOG!!! :rofl: :rofl: GUESS YOU'L HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THE FARMER'S TOXIC FUMES OR WE'LL HAVE ROTTEN BOLLS OF COTTON...AND YA KNOW YOU CAN'T PIC THEM THEN!! :rofl: BETWEEN YOU AND NOW HAPPY'S SONG TEARS OF LAUGHTER ARE ROLLING DOWN MY FACE!! TOO FUNNY!!

RENNIE~ MY GRANDMOTHER IRONED EVERYTHING IN SIGHT ALSO. MY EX HUSBAND IRONED HIS UNDERWEAR BOTH TOPS AND BOTTOMS!! :rofl: THE ONLY WAY MY STUFF WILL GET PRESSED IS IF I THROW IT ON THE FLOOR AND ROLL OVER IT!! :rofl:

SHADDIE~ WHERE ARE YOU???????? I KNOW YOU'RE AWAKE!!! HOPE THE DAY AT WORK IS A GOOD ONE. WE HAVE GIVEN YOU SOME LAUGHS HERE TO TIDE YOU OVER AND CARRY YOU THRU THE DAY!! :lol3: :lol3: :lol3:

OK I GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE. WANT TO SET THE VCR FOR THE BIGGEST LOSER SO I CAN WATCH MY TRAVEL SHOW TONITE!! LOL
BTW....MUST HAVE BEEN OVER 2 DOZEN MEN HERE TODAY AND HARDLY A LOOKER IN THE BUNCH!! :faint: WTF!!! JUST MY LUCK!!! 2 WERE CUTE BUT COLLEGE TYPES. NOT THE ROUGH AND TOUGH HE-MAN!

THERE YOU ARE SHAD! I AM ABOUT TO PEE MY OWN PANTS AT YOUR POST NOW!!! OMG TOO FUNNY!! TRY NOT TO MAKE TOO MANY GROWN MEN CRY TODAY!! THEY ARE GROWN RIGHT?? ROFL I WILL TRY THE MARINADE CAUSE I HATE TO GIVE UP BEEF ALL TOGETHER. FUNNY I NEVER EVEN THOUGHT OF THIS!! GOOD ON YA!!! LOL THANKS:hug: MAYBE MADCAT AND CARLA CAN FIND YOU WORK :lol3:

ps to shad~ these thoughts and ideas just "come" to me from far away places in the regions of my mind! :crazy:

Martha Stewart lolol I am more like Maxine look thru my posts and read the one that is titled something about just because we are Christians doesn't mean we cant have fun.

I'm at work and it is now 9.00am and the Malaysian young lady hasn't yet shown. Her time keeping is worse than the roosters ever were.

Mel - you certainly have some far away places in your mind :lol3: :lol3: Go and look at the wildflowers of Perth and get some peace into your tortured mind. It's quite often disappointing looking out the window at the local uniformed mob of builders. Fat, bald, bandy legged, cigarettes dangling from the lip, hard hat askew. They should just pull it down over the face and be done with it.

And I quite enjoy Maxine. She's good for the soul

With that I'm gone :genie:

Happy - I'm sorry if you have lost the necklet. But not to worry, better than losing the friendship I'd say. And it can be replaced, well not the exact one, but similar one. I can't remember the colours in it, but I will look out for one in the markets here.
Talking of soaps, I found a place in Fremantle last week. It's not cheap, but is so clever. Here's the website. Go and have a look at the products/ luscious cakes and remember that they are soap.
http://www.cakeofsoap.com.au

Melody
Sometimes your mind is scary lolol.