shad
I can sure understand that. I have just made sure my kids know they shouldn't let their rights be trampled all over. One never has to be overly aggressive to get ones point across. If you don't stand up for what you think is right you might as well be saying what you think is wrong is ok.

Shad - thanks for passing along the good vibes on the job front. It WAS a good day today. I come in later in the morning and stay later in the evening so when I show up at work, the parking lot is full. (Not so bad as I get an extra walk in but it does mean I have to walk again at lunch to move my car closer to the door since it's pretty deserted when I leave. And I'm not in the best part of town either). Anyway, drove up this morning and wow, right in front of the door - primo parking spot :D Someone apparently had to leave for an early meeting. :celebrate: Getting a bonzer parking spot always puts me in a good mood. Then I have been tearing my desk apart looking for a document I desperately needed to get a project done for my boss - due on Friday. I saw the stupid thing a few weeks ago. Where could it be? I even knew the spot where it was on my desk. Frantically searched the pile of papers there 8 times over. Ever keep looking at something expecting it to change right before your eyes? :dunno: Finally today I thought to myself, I wonder if I filed the stupid thing? :chin: Sure enough, there the silly thing was, filed and neatly labeled right in front of my nose for the last 3 days. I am a "pile" person and pile people should never become "file" people. I may have many piles on my desk but I can find whatever I need quite quickly. Once or twice a year I feel guilty and decide to clean up and file things and then they are gone forever :lol: So thank you Shad, today was a better day than I've had in a few weeks. Waving some good karma back to you. :wizard:

As far as the challenge, well maybe instead of chucking it into the closet, perhaps go back to basics. Pick one thing and just focus on it - vegetables, a bit of exercise, no eating after 7pm - something like it. C'mon - I'll do it with you. Ok? :yes: Sounds like you are quite busy at the moment and perhaps it's all a bit too much. Perhaps you could do laps around the office chasing after the roosters :lol:

Why is it universal that if you are called by your first / formal name then you are seriously in trouble? :yikes:

Time to cuddle up with the pillow. Goodnight ladies...

:wave:TO CEEJAY AS SHE PASSES US BY!
:hug: TO HOLLY AS SHE RACES BY!

RENNIE~ LAUGHING AT MAXINE...GOOD THING THEY ARE SHORT...I CAN'TLIFT MY LEG VEY HIGH! :rofl: NICE TO HAVE THE QUILT SHOP SO CLOSE BY. I ALWAYS ADMIRED QUILTERS. WE HAD A FEW IN OUR FAMILY BUT I WAS A CROCHETER. IS THAT A WORD? LOL AND I PROMISE FAITHFULLY NEVER TO HAVE SEX IN FRONT OF ANYONE!!:rofl: NOT THAT ANYONE HAS GIVEN ME A NOD....LOL

SHAD...MY POOR BLUE LITTLE SISTER. SENDING MANY :hug: AT LEAST THERE WAS A GOOD PART TO THE TEAM. MAYBE LIKE REALITY TV YOUR TEAM WILL FINISH FIRST! :cheer: YOU HAVE BEEN AWAY FROM HOME TOO MUCH. MISSING SUNDAY, THE GARDEN, THE GHECKO OR LIZARD...I FORGET WHICH, AND ALL THOSE NOISY BIRDS!!! AND QUITE POSSIBLY EVEN YOUR POWER TOOL TOYS!!:love: HANG IN THERE....WINTER IS ALMOST OVER!

HAPPY...MY SPUTHERN SISTER NEEDS A :hug: TOO AND I MUST HAVE MISSED IT. SORRY YOUR FILE GOT "LOST" IN THE FILE!! JEN IS A PILE PERSON AND I AM A FILE PERSON. SO GLAD YOU HELPED ME TO SEE THAT NOW...AND YES I HAVE LOOKED IN THE SAME SPOT OVER AND OVER...HOPING MAGICALLY THAT SOMETHING WOULD APPEAR WHERE I THOUGHT I HAD LEFT IT!! :rofl: IF YOU GET A CHAIR LIKE MINE YOU WON'T NEED A PARKING SPACE...JUST SCREW THEM AND DRIVE RIGHT THRU THE DOOR!!! :scooter: I AM GLAD THE NEXT DAY WAS BETTER AND HOPE YOUR WEEK ENDS ON A HAPPY NOTE! :dance: AND YOU CAN SING AND DANCE THRU SPAIN WITH YOUR CASTINETS....MAYBE A LITTLE FLAMENCO! OLE!! :hug: AND WHAT WERE YOU DOING UP SO LATE?? :rollpin:

I AM OFF TO THE OFFICE. GOT REPORTS TO MAKE FOR MAINTENANCE AND THEN MAYBE A WASH LOAD....MANY LOADS TO GO...LOL NOTHING NEW HERE. STILL HAMMERING AND BANGING AWAY ON THE ROOF...NOISY SODS!!
HAPPY THURSDAY :moped:

LOL!!! Shad -the kids and even hubby. Many loooong days away from home. I do the morning routine every day but have been working a lot of evenings with hair and Avon.Busy weekends too.

15 days, 1 hour, 8 minutes, 16 seconds til I leave for my Thanksgiving road trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good morning chicks,

Mel, I want a motorized scooter thing. I keep pointing them out to DH when I see the commercials on TV. I'll put a flag on the back, a bike bell on the front, decorate the baskets with flowers and off we will go. I'll ride ahead of you and we can have our own parade :scooter: oh wait, looks like that would be getting exhaust in your face, can't have that now. Must make sure DH gets me the electric kind, that way we can time it so we run out of "juice" at the same time.

I agree Shad - you need some at home time. Cripes you were barely unpacked from your vacation before you had to turn around, hop a plane and leave it all behind. I also find as the seasons transition that it reeks havoc on the old system.

Found you a nice souvenier - how'd you like this while having your morning "aigs". Elvis doesn't look too happy about being on this monstrosity.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e6...lvisEggCup.jpg

And with that, I'm off to work hoping to still ride a bit on the good vibes leftover from yesterday. Have a great day all...

SHAD~ I FORGOT TO SAY...EAT PRUNES!!! I8 WAS JUST EATING MINE AND THOUGHT OF YOUR PLUMBING!!! WHEN THE ARSE CAN'T SPEAK IT GETS EVEN WITH US AND MAKE PEOPLE MISERABLE!!!

HAPPY~ GOOD MORNING LOVE...THE ELVIS EGG CUP?? WHAT WILL THEY THINK OF NEXT??? :faint: that's the best part about electric scooters....no gas, no exhaust, no oil changes!! :rofl: ride those good vibes for all they're worth!!

MELODY
I am glad they aren't very high. I am not very tall. The hubby just laughs and says I shouldn't laugh they say the same thing about me lol.

Shad--Feel better soon. Mel is right about the prunes. Just think of them as dried plums.

Happy--Glad you found the lost file. I've done this many times. I have a bad habit of leaving things in the copy machine also.
The Elvis aigs dish is cute.

Goodness Holly is already counting down to Thankgsgiving. Howbeit the Canadians celebrate on a different day.

Mel--The no exhaust, gas fumes is one of the reasons I bought the electric lawn mower this spring. Take it easy on the eye's paper work should be a no no.

The challenge is going pretty good for me, But I'm like Happy I've taken a couple of things and tried to focus on this. One being exercise. I've been trying to get a mile in every day by the use of pedometer. The other is staying on schedule. Weigh in this morning is 181.8.

I should be at a district water meeting today but I just couldn't bring myself to go. I am, however, going to a concert tonight in Jonesboro, AR. The Gaither's are preforming. I'll be back home tomorrow morning by 11 a.m. for a safety meeting. To much to close together for me to handle.

If you can't stomach the prunes - sliced pears work well too. Chill them and give them a sprinkle of cinnamon for a nice treat.

Morning all,
Happy, your little aig is glowing with rich golden yolk.

Okay, I feel much better today and thank you for all the suggestions a la prunes and pears. Actually I quite like prunes and eat them regularly. I think the problems are simply me putting too much pressure on myself to perform. And as if that wasn't enough, I pressure myself because others are not performing properly. Time to calm down and smell the roses - which because it is spring are starting to bloom on Parliament Hill. Speaking of Spring - we have had 2 fine days in a row (no rain) and it looks like another perfect morning coming up. Okay so having put the kaibosh on the weather, what else should I go stuff up?

Happy - That aigcup makes Mels little bag with the hounddog *** sticking out look a little less tacky - but not quite in the same league as the gates fireplace or the gates book ends or the wall and gates that didn't seem to have a purpose. Not a lot will beat that Christmas ornament though or the clock with the pendulum legs.
Seasons never used to worry me in the tropical north - however when you think about it, they don't really have seasons. It's either hot and wet and sticky, or warm and delightful. Here they have the lot and often all in one day.
As for the pile versus file. I'm a bit of both and bloody lax on both of them. But what annoys me most is searching for the bit of paper I KNEW I put just there (and put bits on/ over/ in front of/ behind (cross out that not applicable) and can't find it. I go through the pile/ file again. I go through the pile/ file again. Swear mightily and go put on another load of washing or whatever and return to find the piece of paper has miraculously manifested itself on the top of the pile. Where it had been before is a total mystery. I'm becoming sure I need the lease on the room next door to my Mothers in the Home.

Mel I don't get anything about Maxine - half the time I don't seem to see any attachments these days. Maybe the company firewall is blocking them out no tickers, no graphics. So what has Maxine been throwing in the air - laigs?? Mind you I did get Elvis' aigcups. Even the powers that be can't keep a good Elvis aigcup invisible.
Thanks for the vibes and tonic. I think there is just too much on my plate at the moment to worry about the challenge. It doesn't mean that I will go out and eat a huge bowl of spaghetti bolognaise chased down by good NZ Toppa icecream. It just means that I won't put pressure on myself to get up, get exercised, get to work, get to the shops, get the team sorted, do some more exercise etc.etc.etc. I'll just concentrate on smaller meals, and taking my fluid tablets. Something that if I don't do, weightgain will be guaranteed and I can carry up to 5Kg of water/ fluid in this body so I have found previously.
My team finish first!! :rofl: :lol3: :rofl: :lol3: :rofl: :lol3: :rofl: :lol3: :rofl: :lol3: :rofl: :lol3: :rofl: :lol3: That I have to live to see. The absolute miracle will be if any of us get finished in time.

Holly - the countdown has begun. You will get to meet The good witch Ruthxxx and the stately Hershey, and be run over by the irrepressible Lucy. I'm sure you will have a grand time. If you let Lucy take you for a run, you WILL lose weight.

Rennie - Now I am really wondering what we are talking about with Maxine. They aren't very high??? The mind boggles.

Okay, I had better go get ready for my team meeting this morning. I'm practising cracking the stock whip. (Not sure if anyone else other than the Aussies understand that crack - they have competitions here for cracking the whip). Since they haven't achieved objectives yet again - no dinner for them. I'll have to have a word or two.

See ya

Shad
lol Maxine is saying she loves leprechauns because you can kick them in the butt easily. They aren't very tall you don't have to raise your foot very high. My husband tells me not to laugh. The leprechauns say the same thing about me. They don't have to lift their foot very high to kick me in the butt.

Hey, I can see that one. I could have several teeshirts made of cat hair, the cat loses so much. I could have a black one, a ginger one, a white one, a tortoise shell one etc.

Better go sort out the masses yet again.

I want to see Mel's bag. Now you have me curious...

Gotta run. I'm going to actually try and get to work early. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Of course getting there early means I won't have to stay there until it's almost dark out.

HAPPY~ THE LITTLE ELVIS SHOPPING BAG WITH THE STUFFED HOUD DOG STICKING HIS HEAD....NOT HIS BUTT....OUT OF A HOLE IN THE FRONT!!! RIGHT NOW IT IS NEXT DOOR. MARY'S GRANDDAUGHTER IS SLEEPING WITH IT THIS WEEK. :cloud9: SHE IS A PETITE ELVIS FAN.

SHAD I AM GLAD THAT YOU ARE GETTING THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE. IT'S JUST ALL A BIT MUCH AND BECAME A MUCCLE. NOW YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK I WILL LEAVE YOU TO IT AND NOT USE THE PROD....I WAS CHARGING IT UP FOR JIC!! :rofl:
:cheer: ROOTING ON YOUR TEAM:cheer:
PS~ I THOUGHT YOU MEANT 9/26 AND NOW I SEE MY NOTE SAYS 10/26 FOR GOING HOME! :faint: JEN POINTED OUT THE ERROR OF MY WAYS WHEN SHE READ MY POST-IT AND SAYS HELLO!!! I GAVE HER YOUR MESSAGE AND SAYS YOU ARE TOO KIND. I SAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE WITH HER....BUT THEN SHE SAYS THAT ABOUT ME. SINCE WE LAST MAILED...MY PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN SOLVED. :dance: SENDING MANY :hug:

RENNIE~ YOU AND ME BOTH...5' 2 1/2" 0VER HERE :lol3: I LOOK TALL IN THE CHAIR CAUSE I HAVE A LONGER TORSO THAN LEGS!!! BUT AN ELF COULD KICK MY BUTT!!!

CEEJAY~ I WAS CAREFUL WITH THE PAPERWORK AND DID IT IN INCREMENTS. HOPE YOUR FUMELESS MOWER IS A JOY TO YOUR LUNGS!!!

I AM RUNNING OUT THE DOOR. WEATHER IS GOOD BUT HUMIDITY NIS ON IT'S WAY SO I WANT TO GET OUT EARLY. WAVING A HAND AT ALL THE CHICKS :wave:
HAPPY FRIDAY AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!:moped:

:wave: MADCAT..MEADOW..NAE..RUTH..PAINTER..HOLLY..SUZI..T IG..TEAL..LINUS..AND MISS CARLA I AM SENDING YOU :hug: AND :love: