hello ladies....how are you all doing?

nothing new on this end.....Tommy started yet another new job today. His last job he was making $8 an hour, and this one is for $9 an hour. I will be a lot happier when we find out more about the job here at the complex! I will, as well as Tommy, be breathing a lot easier then. This job that he started today is driving a hi-lo around loading trucks and unloading trucks. The only thing that is worrying him is that since the job works with the Big 3, and they shut down for two weeks around Christmas, he is worried about that.

I made some banana nut muffins and apple cinnamon muffins today. I took the office manager some of the apple cinnamon ones because she took her dog to the vet today to get a growth taken off the back of his leg. So, I took some over to her (with Brandon's help of course).

Katy~ The other day Brandon was eating some bologna and I had told him to let me know when he was done so that I could get him his medicine. When I thought he was done, I started to give him his medicine. What he neglected to tell me was that he had shoved a whole piece of bologna in his mouth just to get out of taking his medicine. I was giving him his medicine, and he decided to fight so long story short......I ended up with some half chewed bologna in my hand and he didn't stop fighting there.

Cristina~ I just noticed your ticker, you are almost at your goal! Great job!! Can you send some of that major motivation my way please?

Susan...I forgot...it's not normal temps for here this time of year. Usually colder. But it is supposed to return to normal Thursday and be 42.

Mindee...thank you! But that is just my first 20 pound goal. I have quite a few more pounds to lose. I'm not sure what my UG will be but I am thinking between 150-160...I won't know until I get there and am at a comfortable weight for me. It may even be 170. Sorry Tommy can't find a good job. Hoping he gets that job at the complex. I will try to send some motivation your way! I don't know what happened, but something just hit me and I started walking and there haven't been many days that I haven't done some kind of exercise.

Ciao for now ladies...time for Jeopardy, lol!

Cristina--Missed Jeopardy tonight--it's one of the few shows hubby & I can watch together. We like Cash Cab too. It's cold but not as cold as usual and it has been a really weird fall. There are still leaves on the trees adn they are usually long gone by now. My mom was laughing today that she is usually done raking leaves by Thanksgiving but it looks like she will be raking until Xmas this year.

Mindee--Glad Tommy found something that paid better. My kids were good at taking medicine--well Teri was--Ryan rarely got sick.

Katy--I love going to the museums. Ry does to which makes it nice since hubby & Teri aren't really interested--well hubby is interested in car & old farm equipment museums!!

SuzyQ--I think you are wonderful and I found you on myspace!! I might make some potato soup myself this weekend--I am sure I will be tired of turkey!!

Sassy--Teri has to go to work at 10 pm on Thanksgiving and the doors to her store open up at midnight, she works until 6 am on Black Friday and then back in from 4 pm to 10 pm that same say--I asked if they forgot that she only has 5 weeks until she pops that baby out and preganat women need to sleep!!

Dave came home broke of course--Teri told him that next paycheck he is going start giving her $100 a week plus gas money until he gets his car back on the road and then she doesn't care what he does with the rest. In January he will have to pay her 1/3 of all the bills along with his 1/3--she said she has been paying his way and it's time for him to repay.

And I'm back again, lol!

JULES...good for Teri! He (Dave) needs to step up to the plate and be responsible. I can't believe she is haivn got work those ungodly hours, yikes! Well, the leaves on most of the trees around here are gone but this is strange weather for sure. I thought it was Thursday the low temps were to return but it's Wed. so one more nice walking day outdoors for me.

Hello to everyone else

Was trying to watch Night at the Museum, whatever it's called and the dvd is bad. Watched a little over half of it and then it just went bonkers...I wanted to see the end darn it. And there is NOTHING on tv...not even a good rerun. So here I sit in front of this screen. Will probably go to bed about 10'ish and read for a couple of hours. Anywho...

WI is tomorrow and I was looking forward to it, now, ugh. I've been doing well and would just like to see this weight come off faster. Oh well, eventually it will...slow and steady.

Take care ladies, nighty, night.

My goodness, I think you all get a brownie badge today for finding me!! Thank you so much for adding me too as a friend. I was sweating that out! lol

I just wanted to say good night. I am taking Gab home, tuck her in bed and watch The Bachelor! Go DeAnna....

I had a horrible day with Rachel - ended up at the er for 4 hours and leaving us both exhuasted. She is fine and spending the night at my sisters. She had gotten very angry because I wouldn't buy her a jacket and threatened herself and me and grabbed the steering wheel while I was driving, punched me in the arm......blah - blah. The staff at the hospital were total morans. The social worker had the nerve to say Rach doesn't seem violent.....hmm, will she has a pretty good temper. Anyway - it was horrid and Rach wailed all the way to my sisters wanting to go to her friends for the night. Kabash on that. Her tears don't move me, I must have come off like a total *itch to the staff.

anyway - going home!!! Craving pink lemonade.....

hello ladies......well, Tommy tried the new job. He heard them talking on his last break about at Christmas time when they close down for 2 weeks. Tommy told me that he was thinking ahead and said to himself "we can't afford for the two week shut down. I need a job that I know will be there for the pay check." So, he went back to his $8 an hour job for now. Hopefully (keep your fingers crossed) we hear word on the job here at the complex!

Jules~ Good for Teri! It is about time he steps up to the plate.

Susan~ My goodness! I hope you can get some sleep. How is Rach doing now?

Brandon took a three hour nap, which is odd for him, and when he woke up Tommy made pancakes for dinner. While he was eating, he looked at me and said "mom" and then pointed to his forehead. I said "what is it buddy? do you have a head ache?" He then told me that he did, so I gave him some tylenol and he didn't say he had one any more after that.

Here I am...should be at yoga, but oh well. Decided I needed a cup of tea more

Susan - Sorry you had such a bad night...i don't think you were being a b*tch; you were being firm, because you had to be. When she's older, she'll look back on all this and know you were doing the right thing.

Jules - yay for Teri standing her ground, it's good for her to get these boundaries set before the baby comes. I can't believe those working hours! But then again, I'm not much of a Black Friday shopper - in fact I never shop on Black Friday, lol. It seems like stores open earlier and earlier every year.

Mindee - sounds like Tommy made a good decision :fingerscrossed: on the job at your apartment complex

Sassy - Glad you got a good night's sleep and the neighbor is staying quiet for the time being.

Cristina - I admire your get-up-and-go...I've been slacking on exercise since the kids and I have been sick and I really need to get moving again. Hopefully I'll get a walk in today..or I can cathc the evening yoga class.

Had my visit to the naturopath, which went well. We looked over my food diaries and figured that going wheat free was not really doing much for me - kind of pointless. I really need to keep all grains to a minimum to lose weight. I lost 2-ish pounds in the last month, and my calories are always in an acceptable range. 1-2 pounds a month is pretty slow, but it's better than 0 pounds a month, lol! I loved her approach as she said that basically I have a really healthy diet and if I want to lose faster I just need to decide what I'm willing to tighten up on - I guess I kind of knew that already, but it's easy to forget as baked goods are absolutely everywhere. She's also trying out some different herb combinations throughout my cycle to see if I can get some decent sleep.

Today we are off to the kids' parent-teacher conferences. Hopefully there will be no surprises....

Hello ladies...

SUSAN...lots of hugs to you and Rach. Ditto what Katy said. And you are not being a *itch. Hope you got some rest/sleep.

KATY...good luck at the conferences today. I am sure there will be no surprises, well, maybe some good ones. And thank you. I can't tell you how many times I just did not want to walk or exercise, just force myself to do it.

SASSY...yikes woman, 12 hours?! I know there have been days I would like to sleep that long but my body aches/hurts if I stay in bed too long. Supposed to be 72 today and then take a nose dive tomorrow...normal fall temps, getting spoiled with these warm days.

MINDEE...I agree with Tommy. V has a shut down with his job too, used to be 2 weeks but think they cut it back to one. Terrible that I can't remember when they do this every year. They did it in January once, right after Christmas and a lot of people complained...not a good time to not get paid. I do hope he gets word about the complex job soon.

SUE...hoping all is well with you and yours. I know this is a busy week for you with all the company coming. Take care and Have a Happy Thanksgiving.

KATHY...hope you are enjoying that grandbaby, give her lots of hugs and kisses from me!

JULES...hoping you are having a good day.

Well, I am a little disappointed in WI. I am down the .8 to make it an even 187 but I was hoping to see 186. Will just have to work harder this week and not go overboard on TG. Of course I'll have a few days to get it off if I do, lol.

Nothing going on today. Thought I would get on the computer first thing and then get things done. Will go for a walk about noon/12:30...not sure how far I will get. The wind is blowing like crazy! It's hard walking in it, just get a better workout though, I guess. I've got to change the sheets and get laundry done too! Tomorrow will be a busy day with baking, cleaning and shopping, ugh.

Take care ladies, and have a good day!

Christian--187 is pretty darn good lady!! I am going to bake my pies tomorrow. We worked Sunday and have off Wenesday until next Monday!! I have a doctors appt on Friday here in town so I may come in and organize my stuff some--It's starting to slow down to the point I can get caught up again

Katy--I went out Black Friday shopping with Teri last year so she could experience it--she wasn't impressed and doesn't look forward to her first one working a retail store--I rarely do the Black Friday thing...

Sassy--I can't believe it either

Mindee--how's Brandon feeling??

SuzyQ--I hate to tell you but it doesn't get better until their 20's and there is still issues even then!!

Hope everyone has a good night!!

Good Afternoon Ladies

I need to rush and pick Gab up fom her after school program. I felt guilty taking her today because I hardly saw her yesterday but I needed errands done asap!

Gab likes to twirl her hair and yesterday she must have been twirling overtime because this morning it took me 30 plus minutes to detangle.

*sigh.........ok, lets chit chat about weight before someone thinks we are not being serious......I didn't budge this week......there. Nada.....maybe this week!! Always hopeful.

Cristina - You are doing GREAT! I am impressed and so is everyone else - especially on your marathon walks! .....btw - I love Linus!!! He is so cute and the xmas bulbs too! Where do you get all the avatars at??

Mindee- Hope the kids are well! Rach is fine, thanks

Sassy - So if not Chinese, what did you have?? We HAVE to know!! lol

Katy - I go meet w/ Gaby's teacher tonight at 7. Any surprises with your 2? I love the school they go to, wish Gab could go there. Seems more homey to me.

Jules - Go Teri! Praying for her. Ya, I am bunkered down for a few more years....lol

Sue - we are missing you!!!

K- I did get some sleep last night. Tossed and turned over DeAnna.....I can't believe the bachelor didn't fall in love with either of the ladies. Bummed over that. Gab went right to bed. Rach stayed at my sisters and I picked her up this morning. She has counseling appts tomorrow and Friday.

better get Gab.......

SuzyQ--one of my coworkers was bummed the Bachelor didn't pick anyone too. Is the After the Rose reunion show tonight or tommorrow night?? Hope the counseling helps Rach. Teri is going to a counselor my friend Becky went to. They both say he is great. I have an appointment on Friday with him.

Well, I am off to relax and watch Cristina's Jeopardy!!

Back for a sec......

After the Rose is tonight @ 10. I am thinking the results show for dancing is too (????) I hope Marie hangs in there, I missed last nights show.

I hope the counseling helps, I am sure it will if she lets it. We were in family for a while but that was really tough. lol

k- back to making dinner!