Oh my, shopping? I haven't even thought about shopping. I can't even get my act together to shop for the normal things...like the rest of my curtains. Seems I have been tardy or lazy about so many things since Mom got sick. That's even when my biking went down the tubes. I have to pull myself together I know.
It is nice to see you here Angelia...hope Tanner gets well soon.
Marti, I have Reebok walking shoes right now and have had Avia in the past. I find that I need a good arch and a rather stiff leather shoe to be comfortable. I always manage to find a good pair for around $30.00 on sale. (normally around $50.) Usually at Kohl's, if you have that store.
Katie, My aunt from Florida was staying here from last Sat. until Fri. She stayed with Mom so we could get away for a few days. My two aunts from PA. are staying with my uncle and his wife who live about 10 minutes from us. They were all here for a while today, but everyone is going home tomorrow. My DS flies in from San Diego tomorrow and I am excited. He will be here until the following Wed., which is longer than I thought. My DD is coming from Santa Rosa Thurs. night, but goes back Monday. DD will stay here most of the time with us while DD usually stays with her sister about 5 minutes down the road. They are close and my DGD is really close with DD also. Anyway, we will all be here off and on and lots of coming and going for sure. So glad to hear from you and I love grandbaby stories. Mine are growing up too quickly.
Sassy, I will loan you a hammer to bop the neighbor. I almost used it on the builders next door a few times this year. They can get mighty loud at an early hour. When my DH worked 3rd shift he had a terrible time sleeping during the day. Seems like they always put him on that shift when the kids were out of school though, and it was the kids who bothered him. LOL
Mindee, So glad the rug rats are starting to feel better. I bet they will get all revved up in another month thinking of Santa. My niece was here Fri. with her baby girl, 2 months old, and I got a "sweet baby smell" fix. And a "rubbing that tiny little head" fix. Ha
Cristina, Yes, ty, I did get that walk in. Didn't get one today, but worked hard, so that should count. I plan to eat carefully, but not weigh until after the holidays. Still need to ramp up the exercise and I am drinking plenty of fluids. You, on the other hand are just continually doing the right thing. I am proud of you.
Jules, Like everyone else has said, I am sorry about the BF being such a stinker. I hope Teri can talk him into staying there so she will at least have you and her family for support. He doesn't sound like much help! Baby days soon...yay!

Talked to DH earlier and made a few plans for the week. He sounds very anxious to get home. Should be a good week.
I am going to get tires or a tire on my car tomorrow..depending on what DH decides. A set of tires if we are keeping the car, a tire if we are getting a new car. Stay tuned. haha
I laugh about DH not deciding and here I am trying to figure out if I want to grow my hair out or just go get it cut tomorrow. It was way short all summer and I would like a bob again, but takes so long to grow and goes through such terrible stages to get there..........but I loved it all one length as it cut down on the curly wavy look. But short it is wash and wear since it has the curls and body. Ugh, decisions. At least I DID decide to color it again after letting my gray show for over a year. I do like the color.

Okay...I am off to bed. My arm is giving me fits again and Tues. my pills run out. Gotta decide if I want to go for an MRI or just put up with it.

Hello ladies….how are you all doing?

Nothing new on this end…..just taking each day one at a time! I need to get back into the swing of exercising every day, and drinking my water! I do good with both, and then something comes up and I slip on either one or both. So, I really need to keep my booty in gear…..I am able to get a size 24 jeans on…..I just can’t button/zip them up yet. BUT I can at least get them up and on!

We ended up going over and hanging out with a friend of mine that I graduated with. Her and her husband have been thinking about moving to Mississippi, so we figured that we would get together with them before they move. They want us to move down there with them, which the way the economy is going, it is an idea. I am okay with the idea of moving out of the state, but moving all the way down to Mississippi is a whole other issue!

Sassy~ I haven’t seen it yet except for the commercials. Was it a good movie?

MaryKate~ I hear ya on the sick kiddos! Winter has always been the worst time of year for the kids since Brandon was a baby. It seemed like as soon as November hit, we were constantly either in the pediatrician’s office, the prompt care, or in some cases the ER. I am just hoping that now that we have three, that it isn’t going to be worse now since the past one or two winters have been some what mild.

Marti~ That is great news about Jhanai!!! We have figured out that Logan is going to be our biggest trouble maker. We also figured out that since he is the middle child and supposed to be the “forgotten” child, he isn’t giving us a chance to forget him because we are constantly saying “Logan, don’t do that” or “Logan stop it!”

Angie~ My shopping….for Christmas? Well, we haven’t even started! Have you gotten any snow yet up there?

Sue~ I hope things are going well on your end! They are already on the Santa kick. In fact, Tommy has had to “call” Santa twice because the boys weren’t listening.

I have missed you gals !!

Computer fixed/ over the flu.

Had to get a new mouse too.... you know... get over one thing find another thats wrong. lol

I'm just happy its all better now & I can get back to my jaded ladies.
You don't realize how much you miss it until you can't really get to it.

Well, lots of stresses and strife BUT.. one good thing is found out my scales have been 5 pounds over all this time !
SO I didn't actually lose any more weight but found out I am 5 pounds lighter than I thought. That helped my attitude.

Things have been crazy, and well.. isn't that the way it goes for everyone lol.

I have fallen off the wagon... back to drinking mt.dew & nothing else (no water)... eatting everything, etc.
BUT... today is a NEW day !!
Gosh have missed you all, and so glad to be back.
Now you'll never get rids of me....unless....someone gives my computer the hard-drive flu .

Hugs to all & even some big, wet, sloppy kisses too lol

ok i'll shut up for now

Good Morning ladies!!

Kelton--We missed you! Glad to see you back. Oohh...viruses are awful. Glad to know it's all fixed. Looking forward to chatting w/you again and hearing more stuff about the grand baby! Welcome back!

Mindee--I was the oldest in the family. Of five. Eventually, we become the forgotten one. I figured, as long as you spend the same amount of time w/each child, all should be ok. This coming from a mom w/only one child! But from what I've learned w/my siblings, things seem to have worked that way.

Sue--We do have a Kohls and they're just like JCPenny's...always have a sale going on! I'll have to look into that this week since we will be doing majority of our Christmas shopping this week.

Sassy--Dinner was good and I may just move my WI day for this week to Thursday morning since we'll be pigging out on Turkey later that day. Not sure what to expect on the scale...dinner was fabulous so I'm bracing myself for a gain. But I'm still exercising and the rest of these days I'm watching what I eat. Guess I'm trying to be extra good.

Angie--Did you get all you needed at Costco? I haven't even really started on my shopping yet. Time seems to be slipping by awfully fast. I'm thankful for getting this week off to catch up some.

Good morning to the rest of you gals out there.

I need to get ready to head out in an hour. James has an appointment today so that calls for an early day.

Hope you all have a good Monday. It's wet and rainy here in Oregon.....should be some sun by tomorrow. I'm hoping so since I have leaves just covering my backyard that needs to be raked up.

Alright then...I better get a move on.

Hugs to each of you!

Hello ladies...

KELTON...glad to have you back!

MARTI...WTG to Jhanai! And dinner did sound good! And woohoo to having a whole week off!

SUE...I like you new avatar, so cute! I had the dreaded MRI and they said it was a touch of arthritis that I had in my right arm/shoulder. Funny thing...since then the pain moved to my left arm/shoulder...weird. But I must say since I have been exercising I've not had many problems, knock on wood. Once in a while it acts up and for the most part the tylenol arthritis works for me. But there have been days where nothing helps...I just deal with the pain. WTG on your walking!

KATIE...nice to see you posting here and glad you will be with the family. I am very thankful to have Josh home this year, and a gf to boot! She is a sweetie.

SASSY...yeah, take that hammer and go bop him on the head with it, lol!

MINDEE...but don't ya just love the kiddoes? Of course you do but what I mean is everythng they do is a memory...something you will look back on later in life and laugh and say I can't believe you guys did that, lol. I know I do anyway, lol.

JANE...hoping all is well with you today.

TAMMY...can't remember if you are back fom your trip or going to be gone this whole week...I'm lost, lol.

JULES...hope you are having a good day!

Hiya TRISH!

Nothing much going on with me today. THe weather is sooooo stinking nice. Supposed to be 79, yikes! Isn't it fall? I think someone forgot to tell mother nature. Anyway...getting ready to go do my 3 miles in the neighborhood and then do a mile on the treadmill when I get back. I am actually looking forward to WI tomorrow, not sure why.

Have a good day ladies!