Just popping in to say hello

Got to get the exercise done then it's bed time.

Cee
I like to exercise before bed. Exercise, nice shower, lay and watch tv. Perfect ending to a day.

Shad
The world isn't set up for short people it also isn't set up for left handed people.

Carla
At least no one makes fun of your ticker. They make fun of my egg lol.

Happy
Remodeling can be incredibly fun and incredibly frustrating. I do understand. Have been working on my house for 8 years lol. Have another 8 years to go lol.

Melody
Please don't lower the floors. I can't reach the top two shelfs in my cupboards as it is lol.

Mad
Hello

Actually I think the apartment I have now was made for Goliaths - or is that Grabber bars - I can only just reach the second shelf in the overhead cupboards. The other two are stepladder stuff.

CARLA....IF THE BAR FITS THEN WEAR IT! ONLY YOU COULD THING UP SUCH A THING

SHAD~ WHY THE 21 DAYS? IS THAT TO MAKE SURE THE PROJECT IS UP AND RUNNING?????? DO WE NEED A NEW COUNT DOWN LATER?? THE SOPRANOS ARE FAR REACHING HUH??? WONDER WHEN THEY WERE CREATED IF THEY EVER DREAMPT THEY WOULD GO ALL THE WAY TO OZ?!?! I HAD A STATE INSPECTOR ONCE ASK ME WHAT USE ALL THE HIGH CABINETS WERE TO ME...I SAID IT'S GOOD FOR ALL MY DAUGHTER'S EXTRA STUFF THAT DOESN'T FIT IN HER OWN APARTMENT!!

HELLO CEEJAY JUST POPPING IN!

RENNIE~ I'LL SEND GRABBER BARS OUT TO ALL!


WELL OUR SNOW STORM WAS A BUST!! IT'S WET AND ICY OUT BUT NO SNOW. MAYBE TODAY'S STORM WILL BRING SOME FLUFFY STUFF. I WENT TO BED AND ALL THE FORECASTERS SAID WE'D WAKE UP TO A MINIMUM
OF 5" NOW I WANT A REFUND!!
I HAVE SOME ANNOYING CALLS TO MAKE. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME AN AGENCY IS TELLING ME I DIDN'T SEND IN THE PROPER PAPERS FOR MY ELECTIC AID. I HAVE SENT THE SAME PAPERS TWICE ALREADY I WISH THE PEOPLE THAT THE GOVERNMENT HIRE IN MY AREA COULD ACTUALLY PASS SOME KIND OF INTELLIGENT TEST.
SO I AM OFF TO COLLECT PAPERS AND SEE IF THIS ONE WILL LET ME FAX THEM INSTEAD!!!!!
HAPPY MONDAY/TUESDAY

:WAVE: TO MISS HAPPY!!!

Mornin' chicks,

And a chilly one at that. Brrr....

back at you Mel. Glad you didn't get a ton of snow. Very frustrating on the paperwork. I think they do that on purpose because the papers pass through so many hands including the one person whose job it is would be to LOSE the carefully filled in paperwork.

Shad - I think the newer the building, the higher the ceiling and therefore the higher the cabinets. Got me one of those one step stepstools which gives just the right amount of extra height to reach things. As for the hall floor, we have ugly 1970's terra cotta tile in there now. It's not laid even so if you walk with bare feet you run the risk of bruising your heel if you catch it on an edge. Ugly AND painful. Actually all the floors in this house are hideous. Must have been a special on ugly tile with the builder Hope you last few weeks on the job cruise by quickly.

Shy - I think remodeling is like housework - you've NEVER quite done. LOL

Mornin' Ceejay - did you get the exercise in?

We'd better be nice to Carla or she will sneak into our houses in the middle of the nights and rearrange all our cabinets putting the frequently used stuff on the top - out of reach shelves.

Quick post for me today. to the rest of the chicks. Happy Monday.

RUTH
Happy birthday to you


Happy
Yes ma'am got in the exercise. I have to have a 2 step ladder to get in the second shelf at home. It's a different story when I'm at my uncles. They are both tall.

Mel
To bad on the snow. I'm epecting it to snow here on the 17th. My predictions
come because each year my sister has snow on her birthday. It's the 17th.

Reenie
Exercise seems to get rid of the stress for the day. Follwed by a hot bath I'm good for 8 hours of sleep.




I'm up 2 pounds this morning but food was not good last week. This week shall be better.

189/184/135

Good Morning Ladies.........

I am hard to scare away and can laugh with the best. and sometimes I do feel like a giant, especially today, I have on my stiletto heal boots so am probably 6 ft tall. She's an amazon.....

Mel...Calmness in our Lives, absolutely love it. Rock on...as she finishes off the bottle...

Happy...thank you for the wonderful compliment. Woowee the tile project sounds like a doosy. Thank G you have some help.

Painter, yes Miss Belle does get excited when people come to the house, right when you walk in we start saying, "don't talk to the dog, don't talk to the dog" she will p-p. Once you are in the house, all is good. She does love to play ball and will drive you bonkers with it.

My DD and I start Zumba classes last week. We go on Monday nights for an hour. It is exercise to salsa dancing music. It was the longest hour last week, came out sweating like a dog. However it was so much fun. Going to hit it tonight too.

Hello to everyone....have a marvelous Monday, it is half over, yeehaaa.

Hugs

Annie

Krike, I forgot to answer Carla's questions about the WLS (weight loss surgery).

I am down 12 lbs more than my docs goal, however should level out soon. Your stomach does expand, very slowly. Problem is the more you eat the more you poo, so it is difficult to slow the role on losing. I have slowed down quite a bit. Doc gives tips on how to slow or stop the weightloss. Example: switch back from skim milk to whole milk, start eating a few carbs (bread, potatos) altho you feel too full once you eat starches. Stomach does expand little by little, in the beginning I could only hold about an ounce of food per sitting, now I am up to about 6 ozs. Doc would like for us to level out at about 8-10 oz meals. I have very little "hanging skin". My thoughts on that is, if you have been heavy all your life, likely you will have more than norm hanging skin, if you have only been heavy later in life, not so much hanging skin. My tummy is about like when I had kids, and I have a very little about under my arms. I am not vain about it, if I should hit the lottery some day I might have a tummy tuck, otherwise, like me or lump me as I am.

Thanks for asking, I don't mind talking about it at all.

Cheers!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR RUTHIE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!

HAPPY....GOOD IDEA!! I CAN JUST SEE CARLA STICKING MY COFFEE UP IN THE OVERHEADS!! HIDE!!!!!

CEEJAY~ IF YOU GET THE 17TH SNOW STORM THEN SEND IT UP NORTH!!

ANNIE~ NICE TO HAVE SOMEONE TO ZUMBA WITH!! HAVE FUN!! I THINK YOUR ATTITUDE AND GOAL ARE STUPENDOUS!!!! WTG!!!!

I HAVE LOTS OF GOOD NEWS:

1~ MY OZ PARCEL ARRIVED AND I WENT DOWN WITH MY FUZZY LILAC PONCHO AND SHOWED OFF!!! AND I WILL PEDAL TO THE DVD OF AUSTRALIA'S SPIRIT!!
I AM SOOO EXCITED....THANKS SHAD!!!

2~ THE AGENCY DID LOSE MY PAY STUBS... SO OUT THEY WENT FOR THE 3RD TIME. HOPEFULLY THEY WON'T MISPLACE THESE!! AND IT ONLY TOOK ME 2 HOURS TO GET THRU ON THE PHONE!!!!

3~ I CALLED THE PHARMACIST AND TOLD HIM WE HAD SEVERAL DEATHS HERE. HE LIKES TO UPDATE. ASKED ME HOW I WAS AND I TOLD HIM...HE IS SENDING THE DROPS FOR MY EYES FOR NOW AND HE HELPED ME GET AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE 28TH. HE CALLED FOR A REFILL, THEY SAID NO, HE SAID THEN GIVE ME A DATE FOR MY FRIEND TO SEE A DOCTOR. THEY GAVE HIM ONE FOR FEBRUARY 28TH, HE SAID IT WAS UNACCEPTABLE AND THEY SAID THE 28TH OF JANUARY THEN. WHAT A GUY HUH??? THE DROPS WILL BE EXPENSIVE BUT THEY ARE WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD AND I DON'T MIND PAYING FOR THEM IF THE DOCTOR DOESN'T WRITE OUT THE CORRECT SCRIPT IN 2 WEEKS.

SO ALL IN ALL IT HAS BEEN A GREAT DAY!!

Since I can't spin with Carla, I want to Zumba with Annie But my days of stilletto heels are long gone. At this weight I think I exert about 87 megatons of pressure on my poor tootsies Can you salsa dance in a slinky dress and orthopedic -- umm I mean "comfortable" shoes

So Mel - did Shad send you an Australia DVD or a lilac poncho or both??? Just make sure you put some skivvies on UNDER the poncho - don't go Brittney on us Wanna see my poncho Oh my - can't believe I just said that

Annie - thanks for answering the questions. That's the first I heard of long term post surgical stuff. I think it's very interesting.

Ceejay - no snow, no snow NO SNOW. DH said they were talking on the news about snow here soon. Nothing on the weather channel TV. The internet says maybe next Wed. Accuweather says it should be bright and sunny if not just cool. What do they know??? I am ready for spring and temps in the 60's. Lots of household projects this year. I'm sure you'll get those 2 pounds off in no time. Just a temporary blip.


Happy Birthday Ruth Is it finally the RIGHT day?? Hope you have a lovely day

Happy Birthday to Ruthxxx
Happy Birthday to Ruthxxx
Happy Birthday dear Ruthxxx
Happy Birthday to you



And lots of singing and dancing to come.

Mel - 20 days now and 9 days of work. Since I am only working weekdays I have four days of this week and 5 of the next.
The 20 days includes the following week as well since I have to get the cleaning finished, the carpet cleaned in the flat, have inspection done, have the gas and electricity read etc. I decided I would have the next week doing all those things and take a flight home on Monday 4th at midday. The weekend before the flight I will probably rent a car, drive around the state a bit and see a few things before I go home - that way I don't get to mess up the flat or dirty the carpet. Actually they had wanted to do an inspection today (Tuesday) and I rang them and told them I was vacating. They said they would cancel it and do the Thursday before I left which was fine by me. I hope they did cancel it, because the place looks less than wholesome at the moment. I've cleared all the cupboards and drawers and the stuff is sitting on tables and chairs and benches until I either pack it or heave it. They will be less than impressed if they go today. I had better ring them and confirm I guess.
Glad to hear the parcel arrived before the given time and that you like the stuff. Don't wear the box on your head!!!!

So Happy - is the tile stuck down? or do you just lift it?? I'm thinking of the poor DH's back and knees here! Or is there a way to get the buzzards up without all the muscle power apart from a jack hammer?
Yeah I sent Mel an Aussie DVD and a Poncho. Unfortunately she can't use the DVD since it is on a PAL system and not the normal. Poop. I'll now go down and sink my teeth into the person at the ABC shop!! I won't ask about the skivvies and poncho statement!!!!

Annie, I didn't realise you had had surgery - was it the stomach staple? It has certainly worked for you. Have fun with the Zumba. I wish we had classes like that here. Probably do, but you have to know where to go or know someone who goes. Sometimes this town is like a secret society. You have to know the password to get in with the crowd. Or be gay!

Okay - well I've been here too long already and haven't said half of the things I wanted to say but I'll be back as time permits. This lot haven't seen the last of me yet, I have a few opportunities to make my presence felt some more and as I said to Ruthxxx, they will live with me for many years to come since my name is all over their documentation and short of re-writing it, they will have to live with me for a while yet! Such power.

Hi ladies, I just popped in to say hello, happy and shad you are such lovely ladies to still be around all this time, I was a worldy girl some 4 years ago and fell off the world travelling path only to find my weary way back again !!

I am going to read a bit of the thread so I can catch up (yeah right!) on some of the news and things.. is summer here as well, like Shad, I take it you are still in Ozzie - so I am off out to enjoy the sun.

I did a rejoin on ww last week or so and have had my first weigh-in which was great.. anyway I hope to talk on a more regular basis these days!!.. hi to all the others that I hope I will get to know as well.. ka-kite ano...

Cee
I was able to do my first 3 mile walking/video today. I have never been able to do more than 2 miles my lungs have always given out. I am still smiling I am so proud of myself. You just stick with what you know works. That weight will come right back off and then more.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUTH