We all are jealous of your bunny Sassy - lol pretty little bunny, and the snow is falling all around.
Mindee- Gab was trying to cut the hair dryer cord this morning when I was drying her hair. I don't her "no, you are going to get hurt!"....she goes "no, I not"....hey (!!) congrats on the weight loss :)

hmmm, I am disgusted about my car. It started making this nose like a hollow drum. I know what that means! Another 5 to 6 hundred dollar repair bill. Like I can't afford that now with my salary ending in a couple weeks. Makes me ill.

I did walk 3.5 miles today, I guess that is the good news.

Course I can't track down Rach for school tomorrow, more stressful news.

*sigh.....

k- I think Gab and I are headed to bed early, maybe tomorrow will bring some answers.

nothing new here.....I was able (with Tommy's help) to get some pics of the kids for Christmas Card purposes. here is the link to check them out:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v2...07%20pictures/ (you will be asked for a guest password.....type in brandon)

SuzyQ~ That sounds like Brandon! He would have told me the same. Although, his latest is making a puking sound when he sees something gross. We had gotten some mini pizzas from our neighbor who works at a pizza place. Brandon got one that had spinach in it.....when he noticed the spinach he points to it, and then makes his puking noise. It took Tommy telling him that if he eats it then he will get big muscles like daddy. he ate some of it, but not as much as I thought he would. (a little is better then none, right?)

Hello ladies.

I am new to this forum, but was given a heads up about it through Susan (thanks for the PM!)

Anyway, here I am yet again at the beginning of this rollercoaster. Hopefully this time will be the last time. I know I always say that this time will be the last time but... I guess I don't have to tell you ladies how it ends.

I guess over the years I have been struggling with the same 75 pounds. I l've lost and gained the same weight over and over and I am tired.

I'm tired and quite often resentful. Resentful because my husband can eat whatever he pleases without worry. I get resentful because I have to bust my butt to lose even just a few pounds. I've been on starvation diets, diet pills, injectable vitamins. The list is never ending and completely worthless.

I am so tired of fighting this. I am so tired of this being the only thing I ever seem to focus on. And Yet, when I don't focus on it. When I just try to be, I always gain weight.

So here I am yet again. Hoping that this time it's for keeps.

If you got this far. Thanks.
Anita

Hello ladies...

Feeling overwhelmed with all the posts, but I will do my best to catch up.

ANITA...glad Susan invited you here! :welcome: I hear ya about the weight loss. If I had kept off all the weight I lost and gained over the years I would have made my goal a couple of times already, if not more. I think most of us can relate though and we are here for you missy for support and encouragement. And yes...MEN, ugh! My hubby is the same way. He needs to lose a few pounds but when he starts to the weight just freaking falls off. Just hang in there. :hug:

SUSAN... hoping you found Rach and she made it to school today. Sorry to hear about your car. :hug: WTG on your walking! :carrot: You're doing great!

MINDEE...I will take a gander at your pictures later. I tried to and it was coming up slow...don't have a lot of time right now. so don't take the link down, I want to see those pretty babies of yours! And WTG on the loss! :woohoo:

SASSY...I love your bunny too! We actually had a bunny years ago. The kids wanted one for Easter so they got one...she was so pretty, her name was Katie. My DD had a friend named Katie at the time and we loved the name so that's what we went with. The bunny didn't like any of us though except DH, lol. Hope you get Christmas off :crossed:

KATY...HAPPY BIRTHDAY to JAMES! :hb: Hope he had a fun 11th! And you do look GREAT in those pictures! Bet DH was having fun decorating with the lights.

JULES...glad Teri got some sleep. That's some long hours for a pregnant woman to work.

SUE...let us know how the doc appt goes today...thinking of you and your mother. :hug:

MICHELLE...hiya! Hoping all is well with you and you come back and post again...miss you!

Okay, so don't have much time on the computer right now. I've got to get in the shower at noon, have a drs appt myself at 1:20...just the yearly, no biggee. Trying to get some laundry done so I have something to wear. Does anyone get in the habit of wearing just the same 2 or 3 same outifts over and over and over? I am not sure why I do this, comfort I guess. I have a closet full of clothes but I just bought these really warm pants that are like sweats and shirts that are like sweats and have been wearing the same three over and over. I do this every year. Then when I go to church it takes me forever to find something to wear because that is what I want to wear. Of course I should...there were a couple of people in work out suits last week. Anyway, was just curious.

Getting back on track with my water, eating and exercise today! I felt myself falling into a slump, the same ole routine I go thru and I need to nip it in the bud NOW! I do good and then all of a sudden I just don't want to do anything. Going to walk before I jump in the shower and then walk when I get back...the treadmill bores me so I break up my walks. I refuse to gain more than a pound or two during the holidays, I refuse to! I've worked to hard to f-up. Better get going...lots to do. Will be back after the doc.

Have a great Monday ladies! :hug:

Oh my gosh!! On the fly too!!

Anita :wave::welcome3: to our little corner of the site!! It is great to have you here!! I will have to think about you wrote and get back in a bit!!

Cristina - Ugh....I will go walk! My legs feel like lead.

Mindee - Cute pictures!!! I posted some Hawaii ones in my myspace on my 1st meet w/ Rocky. I have some cute ones of the second trip with Gab that I need to scan. Kids grow up way to fast!!

Hi to everyone else!!

k- off for my walk. Day is going by too fast!! 1 pound down on WI!!!!

I'm home today after going to title and tag and inspect the 2000 Honda Civic hubby got going for us and boy was it a pain. I knew there was going to be a problem Friday when I talked to Allstate and the vin number on the title didn't match a year 2000 car--I went out to the car and sure enough one letter was wrong on the tittle. DMV was closed on Friday so I couldn't do anything then. I went at 8:30 this morning to the WV DMV and pointed out the error and was told that MD would have to straighten it out first and that I may have to actually take the car to the state police barracks and have them fill out some kind of form. SO I drove the 1/2 hour to MD DMV--first they told me that I would have to track down the previous owner that was on the title--(mind you this person gave the title to a tow company so she wouldn't have to pay their bill & I have know idea who she even is)--I thought I was going to cry right then and there. Then the girl talked to her supervisor and they said if I called WV DMV in Charleston and they said they would accept it, MD DMV would type a letter to fix THEIR mistake. I was on the phone with WV DMV on hold and then transferred around 20 minutes before they said yes they would accept it--then I waited another 30-40 minutes for them to give me the filled out form. Then back to WV I went. Since I had the name of the person at the main DMV title office in the capitol of WV they ladies finally gave me my tags and temporaty title after debating whether or not they would send me to the WV state police for the vin verification. I drove 10 minutes home to have hubby put on the tag and take the car to get inspected. I finally made it home at 2:00...I called in and told the girls I wasn't driving the 1/2 hour back to Hagerstown to work 3 hours--I took a vacation day!!

I'll try my indy post again..computer kicked me off...

SuzyQ--cute pics--we need to see one of that quiet little middle child....Gab, Rach and you are all beautiful!!

Cristina--I keep saying I am going to do a mini "what not to wear" overhaul on my clothes--there are the comfy clothes I know hubby hates and the things i haven't worn for YEARS!! The few standard peices I always wear to work or church or special occasions that I have had forever cause I hate to go shopping for clothes at my size....

Anita--I am still working on losing the weight I gained with my 20 year old daughter!! I was doing good and then I let stress and life get the better of me and gained back the almost 20 pounds I lost!!

Mindee--the kids are adorable like their Mom!!

Sassy--Dave's mom apparently goes all out, he do the tree, some odds and ends around the house and the stockings and maybe a wreath on the front door. At work I put out alot of snowmen and join in on the annual decorating in our area--I am taking my camera in tomorrow.

Katy--Happy belated bday to James!!

Hope everyone is doing well!!

Geez, louis JULES...what a pain in the arse! Glad you finally got it taken care of though.

SUSAN...I will have to check out the pics on myspace...I forget to check others for pics, duh.

MINDEE...the pics are GREAT! The kids are growing too fast! Can't believe how big Marissa is already. Thanks for sharing them!

Drs visit was pretty routine. I think at one point she forgot about me, lol. Have to go back Dec 19th and have a mole taken off. It's on my forehead and my bangs cover it but it's just ugly to me and I want it removed! Anywho...need to go walk.

Hope everyone is having a good day!

Hello all....I will post a link to my family pictures. Hope you can see them. My camera is not a very good one, so there are some blurs and bad colors. Of course, I think all my kids and dear grands are lovely and I hate my picture. But, don't we all?

http://s221.photobucket.com/albums/dd72/suetalks/

I was all set to have another picture taken of me today as I was all "dolled" up to take Mom to the Dr. Then I went out in the rain with the dog....lmao.
No news from the Dr. as Mom has to go to a gastro. Dr. for more results. She actually felt pretty decent today.

Gotta go look at Mindee's pictures and then try to figure out MY Space....what the heck do I do to see your sites there? HELP??

Our sweet Sue!! We missed you!! I am not sure about explaining myspace. It certainly takes a lot of time! lol I can't believe it. I will have to see your pictures tomorrow at the library.
Jules - I know!! I have tons of pic's that include Rebecca. I just need to scan them at my sisters.
Ok, it is Dancing with the Stars tonight so I need to go......lol......and back to myspace to do a blog.
I only walked 1.5 miles......it was freezing outside today! Cristina , did you get a walk in??
ok, exhausted......chat tomorrow!

Hello again ladies...

SUE..GREAT pictures! You all look so lovely and it's nice seeing you! Bet you are enjoying the company! Well, I hope they find out something soon with you momma. Glad she had a good day today. :hug: Susan is right about myspace...I will pm you my link and unmark the private setting so you can see...you do have to open an account to be able to see and read certain things, and ask others to be your friend...sounds so grade school'ish doesn't it? Will you be my friend, lol.

SUSAN...good job with the 1 1/2 miles! I did get in a walk, woohoo! # miles...that was pushing it too! But I HAVE to stay focused...ain't gonna let nothing bring me down.

Hiya SASSY, KATY, MICHELLE, JULES, ANITA, and MINDEE! :wave:

Anyone seen any Christmas movies yet? Over the weekend I saw my favs...A Christmas Story, Home Alone, Christmas Vacation and Elf...will probably watch them again when they come on.

Like I said to Susan...I did get a walk in and 3 bottles of water. Got on the treadmill and it was like I never missed a day. I didn't want to WI at the docs, ugh...but then it was the middle of the day so it wasn't so bad. And of course I was fully clothed. I don't pay attention to it there anyway. Anywho...was keeping DD company for a little while and thought I would get on the computer and drop in and say HI.

See you ladies tomorrow. :wave:

Hello ladies….how are you all doing?

Nothing new on this end…..just trying to get through my email like usual! We did get some snow on Monday night. Leave it to my little Indians and their snow dancing! Although, we were due for some snow anyways, but they like the think that they caused it!

Anita~ Welcome to the group and the forums! I know what you mean about sometimes being resentful. My husband is the same way! He can eat just about anything and it won’t show up on the scale! Although, now it is catching up on him since our neighbor brings us pizza from his work. (sometimes it is a blessing when he brings stuff that I don’t like because I know that I won’t be tempted to eat it!)

Cristina~ I won’t take the link down. I will leave it up there so that you all can see the pictures. Thanks for the wtg! I thought I was the only one that wore the same things over and over again! I got a bag of clothes from my mom that my aunt sent her, and I just went threw it about a month or two ago. I found pants (size 22) and shirts that fit me even better now then they did when I first got the bag. So, I keep going for those, but then I get Tommy saying “what is wrong with the clothes in the closet? There goes more laundry for me to do.” And when he pulls that on me, I look at him and say “you know, you were the one that told me that I needed to get some more things to wear so that I wasn’t wearing the same things over and over again. Now that I have the extra options, you are complaining because I am wearing them.” After I said that, I haven’t heard any more out of him about it. (I just here the “why is the laundry still sitting here unfolded and it has been a week since it was washed” kind of thing.) I am jumping back on the water, eating, and exercise wagon again! I went all of Monday without one ounce of pop. I drank iced tea all day! Are you sure that we are not twins? I am the same way…..I go for a while where I am doing very good, and then I get into a slump and it changes.

Katy~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JAMES!!!

SuzyQ~ I will have to head over there and check out your pictures! Thanks for the nice comments about my pictures.

Jules~ My goodness you went through a lot!!! I agree, I would have taken a vacation day as well! Thanks for the nice comments. I was trying at all costs to avoid being in the shots, but Logan didn’t want to get his picture taken, so I really didn’t have a choice.

Sue~ You look great! I love the pictures! I hope that you guys are given some answers about your mom. I am glad that she was feeling decent the other day. I hope that she has plenty more days like that one!

Christmas movies that I have seen so far: Home Alone, Home Alone 2, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Dr. Suess’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas (cartoon), Santa Claus, and Santa Claus 2.

Thanks for all the good wishes for J's birthday - he had a good one. We gave him some computer games and then didn't hear a peep out of him for the rest of the day ;) I haven't been watching any Christmas shows yet. I've been hunkered down, plowing through the DVD of the first season of
Saturday Night Live. Back in the day, we did not have a tv in our house, so I didn't see any SNL until the 80's when the first cast was all gone. I've seen bits and pieces over the years, but it's fun to watch it all in one place. I've been knitting away on gifts, and it's perfect for that. There's some weird Muppet sketch on every episode called Dregs and Vestiges. I think a person is supposed to be stoned to appreciate it--- it's very strange. Anyhoo...

Been off on the exercise..in fact I'm skipping yoga (again) as I type this. I worked out in the yard for an hour yesterday, but I really need to workout. I'm going to go the water aerobics this a.m. to make up for it. Just going to get back on track in general today after a few off days.

Anita - welcome! I can definitely relate to the rollercoaster. I'm glad you joined us.

Susan- so who did you like on DWTS? In general, I like Mel the best, but Helio is a close second. Marie is a trip - that doll dance was so bad it was good...

Cristina - yay for keeping up your exercise through all the holiday festivities - wish I could say the same...but today is a new day!

Jules- ugh - car stuff always wears me out...you have the patience of a saint to go through all that for an old Honda! You won't regret it, though. If they are maintained properly, Hondas last forever. Bet you and your dh know that one already. We had an 81 Civic that we sold 7 years ago to a soccer coach as we needed a bigger car. We still see it being driven around the high school now and then.

Sue - Thanks for the pics..I really enjoyed looking at them and seeing what you look like after all this time. What a beautiful happy family. Hope your mother is feeling better today. As far as my space goes you should be able to see my page at myspace.com/rosiekate. I'm pretty sure you have to sign up to leave comments. It can be kind of overwhelming at first, but once I put my age and marital status in my profile...strangely enough I stopped getting a bunch of annoying "friend" request, lol! It's a nice way to keep up with friends, and their blogs.

Mindee - I enjoyed your pics as well - your kids are growing so fast! I could tell you were all having a grand old time with those photo shoot.

I hope I got to everyone - Hi to anyone I missed or who may be reading this!

I'll get everyone off to school, then go to water aerobics. After L is home from school, I need to make a bunch of phone calls, and then take DS to piano. Not a very exciting day, granted. Good day to get back on track with food and exercise.

Good afternoon, ladies!

KATY...I love the old SNL! Remember watching it in the 70's and not really getting it and now I love it. Okay, I love it from the 70's-90's...all my favorites left and I don't watch it anymore.

MINDEE...funny about Tommy. I find myself like getting in a rut. Don't want to fix myself up at all. And comfort is big for me...I am more the comfort than style person. I did see all the pictures, thank you...loved them all! And I am glad you got in the pictures. It's always nice to see all you ladies.

SUSAN...how are you doing today? Hoping your car is holding up.

Hi everyone else :wave:

I had to run a couple of errands this a.m. about the time I signed in on the computer the Orkin guy came. I love that he is friendly...but man that guy LOVES to talk. Today was a day that I wished he would have just done his job and left, lol. I know mean...not really because I chatted with him...makes his day.

I did my 2 mile WATP video before getting started with the day, and 25 mns with the weights and bike. I have no idea how much on each one because the computer died on my bike. So I set a timer and ride the bike, do weights, ride the bike, do weights and ride the bike. I think I am doing 10 mns with the weights...all this old arm can take. I've got to be careful with the left arm/shoulder. Now I am getting ready to do a mile on the treadmill. I am slowly working my way back up to 1 1/2 hours of exercise. And the water and food are good today, right now anyway. Going out to eat later and have no idea what this place has, or the calories and such. Going to go look it up in a few...Johnny Carinos...anyone heard of that? I think it's italian. Taking Josh's GF out for a BD dinner. Her BD is tomorrow but she has plans with her parents so. Speaking of Josh...just talked with him too, a few minutes ago. He called while I was out with the orkin guy and I called him back, missed him and then he called, lol. Oh, to be in Hawaii right now. He decided not to keep up with the exercise and running and is paying for it. Had to run 5 miles yesterday and he said that almost killed him. he thinks there is a 10 mile run tomorrow-yikes! Anyway...

Take care ladies, and I hope everyone has a great day!

Ah, I forgot...today was WI and I am sad to say I am up 2 pounds. :( Of course I kind of thought that, with the way I've been eating and not exercising, and...not drinking of the water. That's what happens. Hoping those two pounds are gone by next WI. Going to go change my ticker.

Good Morning!

I FINALLY got my thanksgiving turkey in the oven!! I will be celebarting Christmas around Easter time.....haha.

Anita- Ok, thought about it some....when I was in grade school I was resentful of the pretty thin girls. I wish I could be like them and hated them for not being overweight. I don't think I ever resented my husband for being thin. I have (at times) resented others who seem to be able to lose weight with ease. But no, no resentment towards my partner. Though I think my ex was very resentful that I was losing weight........does that make sense?? lol

Katy - Isn't Marie a kick?? I think she is so fun to watch. I hope she wins - lol. I don't like Mel's partner, he is kind of snotty in his comments towards the others in the press and when he was on Larry King. I LOVE Julianne (Helio's partner).....she is such a good dancer. hmm, I want Marie. I know she is the weakest dancer but always fun to watch.
btw - how much for your piano lessons?? I went to Mult Arts and it is $200 for about 3 months. Beck wants to learn.

Mindee- My fave movie is Miracle of 34th Street. I love Natalie Wood. How are the kids today?

Cristina- Hey, great on the water! I forget all about that some days. It does help a lot!! Myspace is ...ugh..lol.....it is kind of fun though. I have all of Rachel's friends wanting to be my friend.....lol. I always weigh backwards when I am at the doctors office.....I even ask the nurse not to write it down in the notes. lol

Jules, Sassy and Sue......how are you ladies today?? I still need to make a trip to another computer for your pictures Sue!! Can't wait.

Wasn't it Ellen who decorated her home so lovely??? I remember her pictures....very pretty.

anyway - late in getting started......chat later after I get some things done!!