Hello ladies. I think I've got my head screwed on straight now since going grocery shopping for good things to eat. I actually hit my points allowance dead on yesterday, and earned a few activity points which I didn't use. Today is going good so far although I had a late breakfast which means I'll have a late lunch... I went to Starbucks this morning (thanks for the gift card Angie!) and grabbed an Americano (0 pts!) but before walking in, I went into Borders where they had a lot of CD's on sale for $9.99 and DVD's for $13.99? or 14.99? Anyway, I picked up 4 different CD's--and I didn't even intend to walk into Border's in the first place, but it's connected to Starbucks and I just walked right through.... so anyway, I've got Ky-Mani Marley (Radio); Mariah Carey (#1's); Pearl Jam (rearview mirror, greatest hits 1991-2003) and Eric Clapton (Complete Clapton), which was $19.99, not 9.99 but worth it! There were a lot more that I would've gotten but I'd already spent over $50 so I had to stop myself. What a great sale! I guess the CD business is losing money due to people w/Ipods and Mp3's? I still don't own one and don't know how to use one anyway... :blah: boy I can ramble can't I? :lol:

Cherie, I like eggplant usually. What was the recipe like?

Cal, how are you? Any plans to go to the Super Bowl? I'm not much of a football fan but if the Super Bowl was going to be played in my town I'd definitely be there.

Hi Karen, Angie, Kempy, cw, Dips and everyone... :wave:

Hello everyone!
Noelle, Way to go on your points! I'm back to trying slimfast/combination points this time. I had to laugh this morning when I checked out the site. . Your Temperature was 61 and mine was 16!! Quite a difference!! Plus we have about 7 inches of snow on the ground and more to come tomorrow! It sounds like you got some good deals on CD's... I don't have an ipod either.. although I got the grandkids mp3 players for Christmas. I'll bet they know how to use it!

Hello to everyone else and I will try to get back to everyone soon. Still have a few things to get done and I want to watch the "Biggest Loser Couples" tonight.

Take care and have a good night!

Hello ladies. I just got back from my morning walk. Lucky is such a scaredy cat dog... there's a homeless guy that lives near a park and he has a Golden Retriever/mix dog that follows him where ever he goes without a leash. We were passing the park and they were walking in the opposite direction. The "homeless" dog just stopped and looked at Lucky, not even making an attempt to smell her or anything, he kind of just stopped because we were coming along. Then Lucky jumps about 3 feet in the air and yelps like someone's trying to kill her. They were a good 5 feet away! So crazy my dog I tell you. I have a WI today and am hoping to have lost those 2 lbs I won in Vegas :lol:

Hi Karen, how was the BL couples show? I haven't watched in so long, I should though, it's so inspiring isn't it?

I gotta run and eat some breakfast. Have a good one.

OK.. I have a moment to check in... payroll is ran. Yesterday morning, I think after I logged on here, I got a call from Hannah, she was sick and wanted me to come pick her up from school. Little stomach bug I think. Anyway.. I got home, checked on her and tried to work a little.

My MOH's dress came in yesterday, and it was the wrong color... so I had to take it back to Ann Taylor's and reorder it again. Hopefully they will get the color right this time!

Noelle.. the eggplant really wasn't a recipe. I sliced it up, salt and peppered it... added some olive oil into a pan and tried to fry them up with some added italian seasoning. Well... since I am totally clueless about eggplant.. I didn't realize it would be a sponge and soak up all the oil... so that experiment turned out not so well. Last night we had stir fry which turned out better.

I finally got my Christmas tree down last night .... its all stacked up in the garage now.

Tonight, a sewing machine repair guy is supposed to drop by and service my machine. I've had it for years.. and haven't ever had it serviced.. and now the reverse won't work. That's what I get.

Anyway.. back to work... talk to you all soon!

Hello Everyone! Just a quick fly by here--- I just got home from having a bone density test (never had one before) and the good news it is all in the normal range! YAY!!! The bad news ---- I always thought that I was 5' tall but now I'm 4'11" short!!

When we left here about 11:30 this morning it was nice ouside, blue skies and sunshine. Coming back up the mountain 2 hours later we were traveling in a blizzard!! Always glad to get back home when it is snowing so much!

Noelle, I really like the Biggest Loser Couples but it is a bit different this time since there are couples. I imagine there is going to be some drama here before too long!

Anyway, need to get some supper started and just kick back for a little while. Take care.

Hey everyone, just had to share my joy. Back from my weigh in and lost 3.8 lbs--so the 2 lbs I brought home from the Vegas buffets have gone and taken 1.8 with them :dance: I have entered the 180's! :belly:

Karen, glad you got home safely! Stay warm! My sister watched BL couples yesterday and told me about the room with the food.... I dunno if I could handle it. :lol:

Good Morning! I finally got around last night to watch the Biggest Loser - Couples first episode.. and it cut it OFF right at the weigh ins. I am not sure what happened.... but I was cursing my DVR. I guess I will try and see if I can find it online or something.

Karen.. I heard it snowed a lot in Colorado yesterday... wow... your weather changes about as quickly as mine does here. Thankfully, we don't have to deal with snow very often. Today.... it looks nice outside.. but we have a strong wind and the wind chill makes it so much colder.

Noelle.. CONGRATS... you are the losing machine! That is great!

So far, the South Beach diet is going OK.. I am having a slight headache.. but that may be because I have stopped the diet coke... well, I am having one a day... everything else is water. Last night, the girls and I went to the Y, and Hannah got to work out along with me. They have a children's area next to the regular area that have weight machines set up (almost as main as in the main area) and bikes set up that are attached to a video game... so they have to pedal to play the game.. it's pretty cool. Anyway.. she is wanting to go back this afternoon... I guess I have a workout buddy now... she will make me go!

I got my MOH's dress in last night. It first came in on Tuesday, but they had ordered the wrong color... so they sent me out a new one.. and it looks great with the shirts the guys will be wearing!

Anyway... I need to get off here ... talk to you ladies soon!

Good morning ladies. I just had an impromptu meeting with an old boss of mine... he offered me a position back with his company in another department since the gal in the position is leaving to take care of her elderly parents. It is a tempting offer and it is not credit and collections so it is definitely a plus. I'm gonna give it a go in a month or so. Now I have to go and train someone to take over for me here... should be an interesting month or two.

Cherie, thanks for the cheers! It is great that Hannah wants to work out with you. My sis gave me a one-month trial certificate for the Y right near my house and I may go check it out with her this evening. Whew, the dress coming back so quickly must be a relief for you.

Hey Karen, are you having to dig out from under the snow to get on here? Just kidding around.

How's everyone else doing? Angie? cw? Cal? Kempy? Hope to see more of you around.

I invited a gal from Hawaii to join us here, hope she takes a peek in. :wave: Gotta get back to work.

Hi everyone! Well, we didn't get as much snow as I thought we were going to get. We just ended up with a couple inches but it was sure snowing hard when we were driving up the pass yeserday!

Noelle, Congrats on your weight loss!! :bravo: That is awesome! :) I know you must be doing the :dance: for sure! Tomorrow is my weigh in and I hope I can be as happy as you! Got to get that ticker moving in the downward direction again!

Cherie, I changed to Diet Rite Pure Zero which you still probably aren't supposed to have on SB but after the first couple ones I had I have ended up liking it better than diet coke.

Angie, I hope you are feeling better now. Food poisoning is no fun for sure! Be sure to let us know how you are.

Hello to everyone else-- sure hope everyone is fine. Take care.

Good Morning!!! TGIF!! I am so excited its Friday!!!! Boy I am sore today. Hannah and I went to the Y last night, and I had a great workout. I am trying to get Alan to come with me, and I think he will starting this weekend. I booked a condo for us for Feb 1st in Pagosa again so that we can go skiing.. and after our last trip, and him realizing how out of shape he was, I think he is ready to use the next three weeks wisely.

Oh.. I got my shoes in for the wedding.. wanna see??? They are the green shoes. I wanted something fun, so I am going to dye my crinoline a green color to match the shoes... this is going to match my daughter's dresses and Alan's shirt.. so I am very excited! :-) Right now, the UPS guy has them.. and he is outside the building, so I am waiting for him to bring them to me!!!!

Busy weekend planned... girls go to Parent's Night Out at the YMCA tonight... that means a date night for me and Alan, the sewing machine repair guy comes tonight to fix my machine. Tomorrow, I get to pick up the fabric for the girls dresses... working out at the Y, and meeting some coworkers for sushi tomorrow night. Sunday... working out and laundry!!!!!

OK.. update.. shoes just came in, I just opened them.. and OMG.. I LOVE THESE SHOES!!!!!!! Perfect for the wedding!!!!!

OK.. that is my rant for today! Talk to you later!

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That was the wrong shoe.. I got those too.. and they are much cuter in person.. but THESE are the real shoe!!!!

Va-va-Voom!!! Sexxxxxxyyyy shoes Cherie! I love the flats too, so cute.

I have a shoe story. I went to an indoor swap meet in Las Vegas and found a cute little Filipino lady with a booth selling the coolest platform shoes and sandals. I just wanted a rather plain slip-on sandal with a twisted leather strap across the stop. She had me try on 6 different pairs of sandals and these outrageously high platform shoes--think Kiss in their hair and makeup heyday... anyway, I declined all of the super high shoes because there's no way I could handle those with my funky knees. So I finally decide on the one pair that I really wanted, she tries to cajole me into buying two pairs to get a "good price". I declined. I show her the one I really want and she says OK. I pay her and leave. I go back to my hotel and later in the evening I go to open the box and there are TWO DIFFERENT SHOES. The right side was the style I wanted, the left was the other one she was trying to sell me. I am pissed! :mad: I can't call her because the "store" is only open on Fri/Sat/Sun and it is late Sunday night. There is no option to leave a message and I was flying home in a day and a half. I had to bring the two different shoes home and send her an email-thank God she gave me a business card. After a couple of days, I get several phone calls from the lady and her husband who own the store, all apologizing and saying they will send the correct shoe to me and can I send the wrong one back? Anyway, it all worked out in the end and I got my correct left shoe on the following Monday. I really love these sandals because they give me about 2.5" in height without being really bulky and heavy. I've worn them 3 days in a row and love love love them. :lol: That was long and boring wasn't it? :lol: Sorry.

Oh yeah, I didn't get to go to the Y yesterday since there was a Parent/Teacher guild meeting. I'm going to work it in for Monday. :strong:

Karen, good luck on your WI tomorrow. Let us know how it goes.

Angie, how ya feeling? I emailed Kempy again, just asking to pick her brain for ideas while I'm her old neck of the woods.

Gotta go and pick up the boy from school. Chat later! Have a great weekend.

Hello Ladies!! Well, I got on the scales this morning and I lost 1 pound this week. Not much but it is a start in the right direction!! I'm sure that I will keep that ticker moving downwards now! In fact I refuse to gain anymore!! :)

Cherie--- Loved those shoes!! The flats are really cute and the others ---- well they are just plain sexy!!!

Noelle, That shoe story sounds like something that would happen to me!! I'll bet you were beginning to wonder if you had 2 half pair of shoes!! ;) It's probably funny now but I can imagine how mad you were. And I would have been too!

Well, I just wanted to pop in and say Hello to everyone. Noelle, I'd like to have some of your temperature here!!! ;) I'm tired of the cold!

Take care everyone!

Noelle & Karen:carrot::cb::bravo::cp::dancer::dance: on the weight loss.

Cherie, cute shoes. When's the wedding?

Just thought I'd stop buy and say hi. I have to go next door and watch the grandbabies now. Hope you're all having a great weekend .

Good Morning Ladies, Just thought that I would say Hello! They are predicting lots of cold weather and snow for us starting tomorrow night! Like the high temp. of 7 and a low temp of -10!! Too cold to do anything outside.
I did pretty good on exercise the last couple days. I started out with 15 minutes on the ab lounge (300 crunches) and then did 15 minutes on the treadmill and then 20 minutes on the Gazelle. Then I tried the elliptical again and did just 5 minutes! But at least I kept moving! Just want to keep it up and keep adding more time!

Everybody Have A Great Day!!