OMG we just came home from a Major League Soccer game: The LA Galaxy vs. the Sydney FC...... David Beckham :love: plays for the Galaxy Team, he is so HOT!!! :lol:

Good Morning everyone! Yesterday was my payroll processing day, and we were short staffed here at work... so I just didn't make it online yesterday!

Noelle.. great job on the lost pounds! You are doing fantastic! I've never been to a soccer game, but it sure sounds fun!!!

Thank you so much for checking up on those boxes! I really appreciate it!! :-) It is funny that they are made somewhere else... but they are soooo "Hawaiian"! :-)

Karen.. I am keeping my fingers crossed for you to sell your house. We had an open house for Alan's house this past Sunday.. and got two couples to come look at it.. We are discussing about lowering the price some more.... I know how frustrating it can be...

Well, I need to get back on track this week. I have three months til the wedding, and for the month of February, I have just basically maintained my weight... I got my slip in yeterday (the crinoline) and I have a couple of inches in my waist I need to lose for it to fit right.

This Sunday... I get to go see Rob Thomas and Alanis Morresette!!! Matchbox 20 is coming to town.... she is opening for them. I think that will be a great concert! :-)

OK.. I need to get back to work! I'll check back in later!

Hi everybody! Cherie, I know so well how frustrating that trying to sell a house is! I hope that we both get them sold and are able to move where we want to be soon! We haven't heard anymore from the people that looked at it on Friday. I just hate the waiting game!

Noelle, It sounds like you are doing really good! I'm still working with Slimfast and counting calories. I think I did pretty good last week with my eating and this week I've made a promise to myself to get in the exercise. Yesterday and today I did 300 crunches on the ab lounge (about 15 minutes) and also 30 minutes each day on the Gazelle! My legs are really sore tonight but I think it is a good sore! I'm hoping to be able to do that each day. I have the Gazelle in front of the TV so I just watch TV while I'm doing it. I really like it more than the treadmill. And it is really quiet since it isn't electric or anything. I think I got a pretty good deal when I bought it off craigslist! I will be anxious to see what my weight is on Friday.

Well, guess that is about all the news from here. Catch you all tomorrow. Have a good night!

I'm still here. Things are just getting very busy at school; we only have 2 weeks left until Spring break. I'm also tutoring a 7th grade ELL student 3 times a week, take Ashley to pom and cheer practice, and I have therapy 3 days a week.
I'm sooooo ready for Spring break.

Cal

Hey ladies :wave: I can't believe I finally get a minute to get online! I'm really tired but I just had to pop on and say hi to y'all. It's been an interesting week and I'm sure at the end of next week I'll see what I'm really made of. The gal whose place I'm taking is leaving tomorrow... she's been in to "train" me only for half-days and sometimes not even that. We'll see how much I can actually "do" from what I've seen done. I've got some mighty big shoes to fill, she's been with the company for over 20 years...my confidence is wavering but I do like a challenge. I guess I am a glutton for punishment. :shrug:

Hi Cal :hug: I know you're ready for a break. How's the therapy going? Is it giving you any relief? I know some days may seem like torture, but it's worth it after it's done. I hope you're back on your feet like before. Say hi to Ashley for me.

Karen, you're doing great on the exercise. I hope you have a great weigh in tomorrow! :cheer2: Still sending good vibes your way for your house to sell!

OMG Cherie, I just love Alannis! Rob Thomas is pretty good looking huh? Have a great time! Hmmm, I need to go and bug the guy again about the boxes. If not, I may just go to the swap meet this weekend. It would be easier for me to get them from him, because they would already be boxed up and he could probably ship them from his warehouse, which is two doors away from mine. Oh well, I can always enjoy a walk around the swap meet in the sunshine.

Speaking of which, Cal, did your BIL come out here yet?

I gotta go and get Michael in bed. Good night ladies. :grouphug:

TGIF Ladies!!!! I am so glad this week is about to come to a close.....

Noelle.. thanks again for trying to get those boxes for me.. I really do appreciate it.... going to the Aloha swap meet sounds like so much fun right now... I wish I could do that with you!

I am excited about the concert.. it should be a great on!

Cal.. hey there! Sounds like you are really busy.. glad you could check in with us! Hope to see you before spring break!

Karen.. how are you doing? Weather getting any better? We are supposed to have a nice weekend, but then the rain comes on Sunday night and a possibility for snow on Monday. Its time for it to move on.. it will be March already!

I am starting back on track tomorrow. I totally screwed February off... Three months til the wedding. YIKES!

This weekend, in addition to the concert, we have an open house for Alan's house on Sunday, and I haven't done laundry in two weeks, so this is the weekend for it, and I need to start on the girls dresses.... so.. I will be pretty busy... hopefully I won't turn lazy and not get anything done.

OK.. I am getting out of here... almost time to go.. have a great weekend everyone!

Hey ladies, I went to my WI tonight and lost 1.4 lbs this week :cb:. I'm .6 lbs away from 40 lbs lost....... so close yet so far :( I will keep on chugging through it though. Oh! I finally reached that "mini goal" of 15 lbs lost, so hooray for me. My next goal is another 15... hopefully I will do it faster than the 3 mos. it took me this time, at least it's coming off right? Work today was stressful but in a different way. I think I will be OK :lol: I will be going into Rick's office in a few minutes, but just for some paperwork that can't wait. I want to be home tomorrow for laundry as well, so I might as well get the work over with.


Cherie and Karen, I wish you both good luck on getting some buyers for the homes. :crossed: You all have a wonderful weekend ya hear? :hug:

Hello Ladies,

Noelle, Congrats on your weight loss this week! :congrat: WOW! I guess I didn't relalize that you had lost almost 40 pounds so far!! That is awesome! :bravo: Great job!! You are doing really great!

I lost that nasty pound this week! :):carrot: So that feels pretty good! That puts me back at 25 pounds lost and 39 to go! I know I can get there! I really am loving the Gazelle and since it has no motor (just me!;) ) it is really quiet and I can do it while I'm watching a TV show without having the volume up loud enough so the neighbors hear it!! I did get the 20th anniversary edition of the Richard Simmons Sweatin' to the Oldies too. I put one of the DVD's in the other day and just watched it while I was doign the Gazelle. I like to watch them through once before I try to do any new workout DVD. I really like the muisc on them!! Gosh! I'm old!!!

Cherie, hope things go well for you tomorrow with the Open House. The realtor told us that the people that looked at our house last Friday are probably going to want to come back and see it again! I'm thinking that it may be this weekend so I am going to make sure I have the house all ready to show today for sure!

We are supposed to get up to almost 60 degrees today and then back to the 20's tomorrow!! They are also talking about another couple inches of snow for us! :( Maybe most of what we have left will all melt today so that it isn't so much tomorrow!

Cal-- good to hear from you! You sound like things are really pretty busy for you. Let us hear from you when you get a few minutes here and there!

Well, guess I'd better get busy before the mornign completely gets away from me. Take care.

Hello Ladies,
This is a quick pop in for this afternoon. Sure hope everyone has had a good weekend.

I found out something today that is kind of funny, only because no one was hurt. But my younger brother is over at the United Arab Emirates right now. He is a college professor at MSSU in Joplin. And I guess there is a school over there that wanted to get their accreditiation (SP) so they asked if he would want to go. There are 5 others that went too. But anyway, in Frankfort, Germany yesterday his plane was hit by a bus!! Now my first thought was, "What was a bus doing up that high?" ;) Only someone in our family could be on a plane and get hit by a bus!! :rofl: I guess they were on the tarmac when it happend and like I said no one was hurt. But I'll bet there were some pretty tense moments! He should be home on the 7th and I imagine he will have some very interesting stories.

Ok, got to go and fix some grilled chicken for supper!! Catch you later.

Good Morning! It's MONDAY.... not my favorite day of the week. Especially today. Saturday, we got highs in the 70's. Beautiful Day... yesterday, the winds started blowing.... and we had highs in the lower 60's. Last night, a cold front moved through, we had torrental rain and tornados. All night long we had WIND. This morning, it's still raining, and snowing. We should get about 2 to 3 inches today. However, high tomorrow will be in the 40's.. and by the end of the week, back up to the 60's and 70's. And I wonder WHY I can't beat this cold I've had for the past month.

:-) Alanis Morrisette and Matchbox Twenty were awesome last night... even with the storms and tornados. Two of my favorite artists in one night... it was great!

I started working on the girls dresses this weekend.. not sure if I like it.. I had to cut the fabric in the wrong direction because of how big the skirt is, so I am not liking how the nap is showing. :-( I will make Megan's dress since it's the smallest, and see how it turns out... and if I just can't stand it, I will reorder the fabric.... but at $15.00 a yard, I am not too excited about that. I will need probably 4 yards. I also started hot fixing crystals onto my veil this weekend, however due to the hot fix tip not being the correct size (or the crystals not being the correct size) they kept falling off the gun and making me crazy. I have ordered the correct tip, so hopefully that will come in this week and I can finish my veil project this next weekend.

Alan had the open house yesterday. Had three groups show up. One seemed pretty interested.. was going today to try to get prequalified. We will see. I really need to get that house sold! :-)

Other than all that and cleaning the house.. not much more happened this weekend.... I need to get started back today on my workouts. But I just realized that today at lunch, we are meeting the cake lady at La Baguette, so I guess I will be having lunch out instead of running on the treadmill. Thursday, we are meeting with the caterer.... getting the food taken care of this week. I can't believe it's March already! I WILL get on the ellipitcal tonight. I have to.

OK.. I need to get busy here at work.. hope you guys are doing great!!!! I'll talk to you soon...

BTW... Noelle.. GREAT JOB on the weight loss! You are so inspiring! 40 pounds! WOW ..... you are going to be rockin out this summer!!!

Karen... that is so scary about your brother!!! I am glad he is OK! I bet he will have some pretty interesting stories when he comes back!

OK.. now I am going to go work.... :-) I am leaving early today because of the weather to go pick the girls up from school, so I have lots to do today before I leave! I'll check in later!

This week has been busy.... I am supposed to meet with my caterer in an hour, but I can't get ahold of her. Alan can't make it, and I want him at the meeting. :-( I guess I'll go meet her myself and try to reschedule.

How is everyone doing? I am OK... I ran during lunch yesterday and got on the elliptical last night for 30 minutes. I really need to get myself back on track. Today, since I am meeting said caterer I can't run at lunch, but I will try to make up for it at home and do the elliptical for an hour.

I've gained back 5 pounds... from where I was at the end of January.. so I am not happy... actually, this 5 pound gain has come in the past two weeks.. so I really need to reign it in.

How is everyone doing?????? Come check in! Noelle... I am just waiting for you to start the new thread! :-) OK.. back to work here.. bbl!

Ugh... it's Thursday. I used to like Thursdays, but for the time being, these are my long days. After work, I have my PHR class, and I won't get home until after 9 PM... soooo..... I am not liking today much... AND it's supposed to sleet or snow.... or something.... it's cold outside. Good thing I brought my lunch today and will be running on the treadmill.

Wedding plans are coming along. I think I'll be working on my invites this weekend. My paper should be in. Last night I bejewelled my veil... I ran out of crystals and had to order some more today.... I got some extra and some patterns so that I can make something for my daughters.

I got on the elliptical last night for 30 minutes.... that would have been great, however, I then went and proceeded to have italian food with garlic bread and wine... it was good.. but not helping me at all.

How is everyone doing? OK.. I better get back to work.. hope everyone gets a chance to come check in.... getting a little lonely here! :-)

Hello there!
Cherie, it sounds like you have been really busy with your wedding plans. But I know that is a "fun" busy! Did you get any good bites on Alan's house? We're still just in the waiting mode! I sure wish something would happen soon.

I talked to my sister yesterday and my Dad is going to have a pacemaker put in next Wednesday. I'm really going back and forth as to whether I should go back there or not. He is 88 and had the quadruple bypass about a year and a half ago and he has diabetes. I know the pacemaker surgery isn't supposed to be a big surgery but I guess I just like to worry! Sure wish we were already back there. It just seems that things are so tight here since Tim hasn't worked in almost a year. Guess I just need to figure out what I want to do and then just do it!

Noelle-- Where are you? How is the new job coming? I hope it hasn't swallowed you up!!

I've been really doing better with exercise this week. Been doing 45 minutes on the Gazelle and also 15 minutes on the ab lounge. Still haven't added a Sweatin' to the Oldies DVD yet. But hoping to.

Well, I just wanted to pop in and say Hi and hope you all have a good day.

arggggghhhh! I am at the tail end of my lunch break and had a nice post typed up then it went POOF! I will catch up with you ladies tonight and maybe even start a new thread OK? Love ya!