well, we had one crazy day on Friday! we went to his speech evaluation. it went well......I guess. the speech therapist stopped basically halfway through the first section of the test because he wasn't saying anything. so then she moved on to a different test, and again stopped after a little bit of that one because he wasn't saying anything. she tried him with a receptive test and he did great on that one! she then concluded that he should have been in a preschool program this past September. so she was going to have her secretary call the other schools in the school district to see if any of them have openings for him. I need to get back in contact with the lady from Early On to see about getting his hearing tested. in a way, it did shed some light, but in another way, we are still back at square one.
me and Tommy got our Valentine's Day gifts. we got matching tattoos on Friday while we were out (I will go post it as my avatar in a second). I got mine on my left upper calf on the side. I was going to get it on the back of my calf, but thankfully the tattoo artist talked me out of it! Tommy got his on his left arm under a previous tattoo he has. I do have to add though that I got a new workout dvd on Friday! It is the Biggest Loser workout....I am hoping to start it on Monday.
Jules~ The ph diet from what I remember Trish telling me is basically eating the foods that will help you to balance the ph that is in your body in order to lose weight! I agree with you 100%! I hate to see my kids in any kind of pain or even being sad. So, I would hate to see myself when they get older! Brandon was walking with me back to the tattoo booth when he fell on the cement floor and put his tooth or teeth through his bottom lip. I felt so bad because I told him that we had to hurry up because the lady was waiting for me.....so when he heard the words hurry up, he started to run to get there.
Sue~ I hope you can get all your concerns answered on Monday! I hope your mom starts to feel better soon!
Jane~ That is so exciting!!!! I can't wait to hear more details! Congratulations to them!!!!
Sassy~ Sounds to me like your boss is just trying to cover his own butt! But at least he is being nice about it!
Ellen~ that is great news!!! and look at all the exercise that you have banked!!!! I am dreading, but not really, cleaning out their toys! they have so many toys and people keep buying them more even when we ask them to get them clothes instead! the outcome of the evaluation is above.....but we will get a report on the mail from the speech therapist. I love having my hair cut to chin level.....and the only time I seem to do it is when the kids were learning how to reach for my hair and in the summer.....the rest of the time I tend to keep it long.
Mindee--Glad at least one og Brandon's test came ot good. Too bad he didn't want to do the other. Good luck on the hearing test.
Ellen--the colors sound pretty--with the whole situation with Dave, hubby and I didn't end up going on his birthday--he said maybe another time. We did go eat at the restaurant he wanted to go to. Teri and the baby came but Ry had to work so he is coming out here tomorrow. Little Nick is doing better with his cold.
Sassy--besides the boss being awful, how are you feeling??
Jane--congratulations!! I hope Katie doesn't regret not having a wedding later. Teri did--she said she wished she would have done something small with just a few close friends and family.
Cristina--Quit being grouchy!! I want to know how my little exercise queen is doing!!
Marti--hope you get feeling better soon!! Lots of flus and colds floating around!!
Sue--hugs to you--hope you get feeling better too, Glad your mom is doing ok!!
Trish--Nick and I are both feeling better thankfully. Teri is starting to feel bad-- think it's stress.I have several friends that are vegan or vegetarian and there is one guy that swears by juicing and another that disagreess saying you are losing some of the nutritional value and having to use so much of the vegetables to even get a glass of juice is a waste. He says it's better to eat them raw or steamed. Hope you get feeling better quick!!
Jane - Well the kids weren't waiting for Valentines Day after all. CONGRATULATIONS!!! I hope they will have man years of happiness. When will the reception be? How is your knee? Hope it is better.
Jules - I'm glad you and little Dominic are better. Sorry for all the stress Teri is going through. I agree with the man who says you waste a lot of veggies etc to juice. For one thing it seems to me that a lot of the nutrition goes down the disposal because we have learned that so much of our fiber and nutrition is on the skin of a lot of veggies and fruit. I think there something to be said in favor of chew power. Also, I had a very bad reaction to juicing to detox years ago. I had so much natural sugar that I developed and became diabetic 2. When I went on a normal diet and exercise, I was no longer diabetic. I guess I have a real fear of a diet of only juicing to detox.
Mindee - I'm sorry about Brandon's accident. Hope he is better. I hope you find out what his problem is. I know it must be frustrating. I'm not into tatoos, but yours is very nice. My DD has a butterfly on her lower back that shows only when she wears certain types of clothes. She got it when her ex left her. I think it was an independence thing for her. DH and I went shopping last night. He kept trying to get me to pick out something for Valentines Day, but I didn't see anything I wanted. Eveything he showed me I could only see the word "work" they were nice things that I would have to dust. I told him I would have to think about what I want because I really don't have anything I need or want right now.
Cristina, Ellen, Francie, Sue, Marti, Sassy and anyone else I missed hello and I hope everything is good for y'all this week end.
Sassy - glad we made you feel better. You always cheer us up, too, when we need it. I don't believe I'd trust the little weasel, either, with his track record.
Ellen - wow, you've been one busy lady! I bet everything looks so nice and clean.
Mindee - when will you know if there's an opening somewhere for Brandon?
Jules - I hope since we're having a huge reception for the newlyweds in March, she won't regret eloping. She's planning to wear the wedding gown, etc. and her dad will walk her into the pavilion on his arm. Hope all is going well for you and yours.
Trish - no, they said a lot of people marry on Valentine's Day, and they wanted to be different, lol. You sound like me about the V day gift. Neal asked me, too, but I don't need or want anything, either. When you reach a certain point in life, things change. I'd just as soon spend the extra money on the grandkids when we get to Disney World in 3 weeks.
Hi to everyone else!
Thank you for congratulating the newlyweds. They ended up getting married by the mayor - his first wedding since he took office - because all 3 judges in Vincennes were gone to a district meeting. I went to high school with the mayor, and Neal was his college science teacher back in the day. Anyway, it went off w/o a hitch, and she called when they got to Indianapolis. The Embassy Suites upgraded the kids to a huge corner suite since they just got married. They were still even wearing their wedding clothes, lol. She sounded so happy! I just can't believe my baby is married.
I am down 3 more pounds today! Before you get too proud of me, though, that's weight I gained around the holidays, and also after Christmas when I went on a huge Cheeto's binge. Still, at least I'm on the right path now, right?
Jane--Marshall wanted to get married on the cruise ship but Teri wanted to wait and I went with them to the courthouse when they got back. The reception sounds like it will be nice. It's neat how you and Neal both knew the mayor!! WTG on the three pounds even if it is recycled weight like I do--at least they are gone and not more added!! I keep saying I get tired of gaining and losing the same 20 pounds!! Unfortunately it stays more than it goes!!
Trish--The chewing makes more sense to me--liquid diets just leave you with that need to chew.
Well here we go again with the crazy weather. Its been in the 50's or so and now the next few days down in the 20's and a chance of snow on Tuesday. Totally crazy. My DH woke up with his throat sore and his ears hurt.......UGH I hope he isn't getting what everybody else has gotten.......I sent him to work with Halls and he is stopping at Walmart on his break to get some honey to have tea and I told him to get some soup. I hope he isn't sick and I hope more importantly I do not get it. Because I absolutely cannot miss any more work.
My cat totally spazed out before I have no idea why. I know who can ever tell with Cats, right? lol. But we were watching the Animal Planet -- his favorite channel, yes my cat is a total couch potato. lol. Anyways, usually he loves watching animal shows, seems like ever since we bought our new tv, I dunno if its just clearer since its HD or what, but he is totally into it now. lol. Well anyways, we was watching Funniest Pets and there was a bear cub on there, and the cub walked toward the camera and at that point my cat totally spazed out. So I have no idea. The bear cub came on at the end of the program and then my cat was totally fine. He is now behind our chairs, so I dunno. Weird. lol.
Ellen -- Wow you got a lot accomplished, WTG! The only reason I have to do the FMLA thing is because well #1 as you all already know, my boss is an a$$, #2 our co. is very very strict on attendance, we go by a point system, well it says, or so my boss says that HR says, that if you miss more than a week, you have to take FMLA. Now that may be just the standard policy, I don't know all the ins and outs of it. But our co. is very strict. But I had a drs note, so that means I only had one point instead of 4 (1 point per day) and you have a max of 5, well I was down to 2. You get your points back in 6 mos and 2 are about to come back to me this month. I know very confusing, but that is how it is. Anyways, basically our boss says that he was doing it to "save" me from getting fired, it could be, but I still don't trust the little weasel. lol. Wow sorry for the long explanation, but figured I had to explain our attendance policy for everybody to understand. lol.
Mindee -- Glad the speech test went well, I hope he gets into school and has fun. The only reason my boss is ever nice is because he is up to something, I do not trust him at all!!
Jules -- Hey Chica. I am doing fine, for now. I hope and pray that my DH is not getting what everybody has at work. It is NASTY. People have been out for a week or more!!! I CANNOT miss anymore work!!! So If I get it, I will have to just go to work and suffer and spread more germs!!! lol. Can u believe my boss has even made comments to other coworkers about the coworkers who were out SICK? Saying he was p.o.ed that they were out. I am like WTF do you expect? If he is ever sick, he keeps his behind at home!!! ARGH!! He is just so frustrating!!! How R U? How is the little one? Teri? I hope all is well.
Hi Trish
Jane -- You all keep my sane, well as sane as I can be. lol. Yes my boss definitely is a weasel, no doubt about it. lol. Glad the newlyweds had a great wedding and wow a corner suite -- sweet! lol. WTG on the 3 pounds. I don't care if it was from the holidays, a loss is a loss!!!
Cristina -- you feeling any better?? Get Well Vibes!!!
Hi to Everybody else out there, I hope you are doing well!!!
I am so frustrated--I have gained 3lbs and although I know I blew it on Super Bowl, I had done pretty well eating (apparently not well enough:-) I walked 2 days-which for me was pretty good. At least it was a beginning. I am also hungrier more --not sure what is going on??
3LBS--I have been so tired an now I am so discouraged. I am wondering if the Hysterctomy has impacted this metabolic change. I won't give up--I will just have try harder I guess! This getting older is not fun!!
Christina--Given my current weigh in, I will be taking a trip to Target to look for the DVD's TODAY!! :-) thanks again for sharing the tip!
Sassy--Glad you are back working- and I too hate those questionairres. I do many of them in my job (not sure what they are trying to find out) But I usually don't try and analyze too much. I just answer the 1st thing that come to mind and then it is over--good luck
Mindee- Congrats!! I am getting fatter by the week. Not sure what is going on with me!
Jane--Thanks for all your support and all you do for everyone here. At least you aren't gaining. It is amazing to me how much better I feel with a little less weight --My hips quit hurting...you know...AND Congrats to Clint and Katie!!!!!!
Jules- So sorry to hear about Dave- I have a lot of experience with Alcohol addiction and the people that it impacts around them. It is so hard watching someone you care about choose certain men. I will say a prayer for you all!
Ellen -WOW you have been busy. I would love to see the finished product. I am sure the rooms are beautiful!
Marti- How are you?
Sue--I have friends to dinner last night that are from Vegas. It was really neat hearing about the town and all the different things there are too--besides the casinos!
Vann - I am sorry about the gain. I had the same thing this week. I did so well the first part of the week and blew it the last few days. It is difficult when we get older, but I am beginning to think some of that is because we are conditioned to think it is and so we believe that it is and then it does become hard for us. But we cannot give up. My DGM always taught me you can do what ever you believe you can do and to always thing positive. And I have always had a good positive attitude about other areas in my life, but not weight loss. I am beginning to think that I need to learn to be more positive about weight loss especially at this age or it will never happen for me.
I have been doing a lot of reading and re-evaluating myself and my attitude with food and diets. I never finished reading the (IE) Intuitive Eating book I bought and I am now finishing it and applying it to my eating. I am not even going to discuss with anyone too much about what I am doing except that I am going to eat healthy and use the IE principles to my eating of "eat what I want, when I want it and learn to eat only until satistied and no more". I'm not going to eat unless I am hungry. One of the main things is for me to learn how to eat what I like and still lose weight and be healthy. I think this is what I have to do if I am ever going to succeed.
Jane - I am so sorry I forgot to say CONGRATULATIONS on your weightloss. Kind of got caught up in the marriage of your baby. But "Hey" a loss is a loss even recycled ones. Be good to yourself and give yourself some credit, girl. You lost; you did not keep gaining. You are so good about encouraging all of us here. I think you should do the same for yourself and it is okay to be proud of yourself. I think we have to be careful not to under estimate any progress we make. That is what we do to ourselves. It is almost like we think we don't deserve to feel good about the loss because they are recycle lbs. You did a good thing and I applaud you. I hope to be able to join you and get rid of the recycled ones. I have lost weight down to 150 lbs before and the last time got down to 176 lbs about 4years ago. A lot of us have probably done that which means they are all recyced weight loss. LOL
Jules - I noticed the new picture of Dominic. He is a doll.
Sassy - Sorry DH is sick and I pray you don't get it and he gets to feeling better really soon.
Cristina, Francie, Ellen, Sue, Mindee, Marti and anyone else I missed.
Have a great Sunday everbody.
Hugs,
Trish
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Just a quick one here...busy, but relaxing day. Went to church, then to MIL's house for dinner...She made so much that she sent the leftovers with us, so now I won't even have to cook tomorrow. Good thing because I need to do all the housework I negelcted last week and I have to get back to the gym...hoping everyone stays well, so I can go in the morning. I am going to run later chicas!!!
Sorry I've been MIA but I've had a lot going on. My mother was hospitalized with severe Parkinson's symptoms that required her being sent to a short term rehab center because it was apparent that she was not able to take care of herself at the present time. Now the family is all in an uproar trying to decide what the next step will be. Do we put her in assisted living or try to get someone in to care for her. I don't think we can afford the 24 hr in home care that she wants. I'm a little overwhelmed at the moment. My mother put my brother as her medical power of attorney but he is expecting me to make all the decisions. I didn't even make it to WW this morning although my scale says that I'm down another lb or two. On an upnote...I did get my office furniture delivered and between running to see my mother and looking at senior care facilities for her, I'm trying to put the room together and sort through tons of paperwork organizing my files. It certainly has kept me away from nibbling on the wrong foods. Oh.....one more thing.....my future DIL came over Sat morning in the middle of all this chaos and gave me a workout that would put Jillian (from Biggest Loser) to shame. My DIL is a personal trainer but lives about 4 hrs away. I swear, every muscle in my body aches right now. I actually got nauseated in the middle of the workout. When I looked up from my nausea I think I called her Jillian!!! But seriously, she did give me a wonderful plan to work on and now all I have to do is find the time. Sorry for no indy's. I see that Jane had an elopment, Mindy got tatoos, and poor Jules' Terri is having her share of FOB (father of baby) problems. Just don't forget me ladies. I'll be here when I can. Take care and Hugs!!
Had a busy weekend. Went and spent some time w/my sisters and her kids yesterday, then came home to do a thorough cleaning of the house....ended up being..."ahh. that looks good enough" kind of cleaning.
Today hubby and I went to visit DD & her dad for a bit and then headed out to look at paintings from the "Starving Artist" sale. We bought three paintings and I have to say they look lovely in my living room. Now.....to paint the walls and redo our living room! (I think I'll need some money first!)
Trying to eat better and still getting my walking in. Haven't WI in who knows how long, a few weeks.....so not sure where I'm at. I definitely gained during the holidays just don't know how much. Will have to find out soon though now won't I?
A lot to catch up on:
Jane--I am SO happy to hear about Katie! Sorry I didn't see this sooner and congratulate her! Please give her a big strong hug from me in congratulations. I bet she looked beautiful!
Mindee--Interesting tattoo. I would like to get another one someday,......but probably won't, I can never figure out what I want permanent on me.
Jules--I'm sorry to hear about Terri's man. I send hugs to her and hope the stress doesn't make her ill.
Vann--Don't worry about a thing on those 3lbs. You'll get it off soon enough. I understand your frustrations of it though, I think that's why I've been leary of weighing myself.......know I gained, but just how much?
Tammy--Send your DIL to me and have her put me through a rigorous training! I think I need it! And don't think we'll forget you.....you pop in when you can and that's good for us!
Trish--I don't like to discuss my "dieting" to anyone either. Just do it and if I get any comments.....that's all good! I need to start finding meals that are tasty and healthy and cook them myself. I tend to let hubby to all the cooking....I'm thinking that can't be fair! (but I do like being spoiled there!)
Sassy--A job I used to work at had the points system too. They eventually got rid of it and started using the MTO (managed time off) system. That worked so much better. Working four days on and having four days off......it was easy.
Ellen--Where are you getting all this energy?! Our bathroom is still unfinished. Actually haven't worked on it much....waiting until hubby is on vacation again. Only a couple weeks and then our bathroom will be done. Can't wait.
Sue--I've been fighting the ick for over a week now. Not getting down right sick where I'm bed ridden, but not feeling like myself. I'm finally getting better. I hope you start feeling better soon too. Hugs to you!
Francie--I'm sorry that you lost your workout buddy. Maybe give her a call and see if she's still interested? She may need someone to just help motivate her?
Cristina--Your tracker is moving on down isn't it? You're doing fabulous! Keep up the good work!
Hello to anyone I have missed.
I better get the kitchen clean. One of my least favorite cleanups! If we didn't have to eat everyday, it wouldn't be so bad!
What a very very cold night/morning whatever it is!!! Its only 11 degrees here and they say with the windchill it feels more like 3 degrees!!! Schools were closing already at 11 pm!!! And our heat is acting up again. I don't know if its because it is so cold or what, but I am definitely going to have DH call the apt. office in the morning. I have the emergency heat on now.
Just had a conversation with DH on the phone about losing weight, seriously this time.........and he's all for it. Not sure how he wants to do it, Calorie Counting, WW's, or what, but he said he'd do it along with me.
I have a goal now, its kind of a high one too. Not sure if its even doable. See what you ladies think. I want to lose 100 lbs by the end of September, on our 10 yr Anniversary. Do you think it is possible if I really really really get serious? Be honest, I know I haven't done well at all in the past, but I am serious now. I think it was my last adventure with my back that did it. I am not doing it now for looks, I am doing it for my health and to live longer. I don't want to end up in a wheelchair in my 30's if I can help it.
So that is my plan. DH does the grocery shopping so he said he will stop buying the crap. He said we can have 1 small treat a week. I wanted 1 meal a week, but he said one treat is better..........So we'll have to work out the details.
I just feel awful that I have done this to myself. It totally disgusts me. I feel like a drug addict, only with food. There is an article in one of my magazines about emotional eating and it says that you need to discover why it is you eat emotionally so you can move on and deal with it in a different way. I haven't read it all completely yet, but that is the gist of it. I agree. I think, no I know my eating started out of boredom. I won't go into all the details, but I know that is where it all began, when I was a kid and I think I still do it to this day and its gotta stop.
I can substitute it for exercise or something else. Maybe take a class or something.
Anywho, that is that.
Oh DH said going into work tonight he saw our boss pulled over by a cop in the parking lot next to our co. Come to find out he was in a car accident (he is ok) and it MAY be his fault, we aren't 100% sure on that part yet.
Well that is about all for me. Sorry I didn't do Indies, maybe I will do them later.............
nothing new on this end. we "rented" SC3 off of On Demand on Sunday. The boys were really into it while they were watching it with daddy. I was putting their new dresser together. I sat down and watched it a little bit ago, and I thought it was cute.
As far as Brandon's evaluation, I was hoping for better results, but I just want to know what is the cause of his lack of speech. He was doing so well, and then we hit a bump in the road and he got derailed.
Jane~ The speech therapist told us that we should know by the middle of this week. She told me that if I don't hear from them by Wednesday or Thursday, that I should call them and see what is going on.
sorry for cutting this short, but I am trying to get through my email. get a couple of emails sent, read, and then off to bed! it has been really cold outside (last I saw it was 0 degrees), so our furnace is trying to keep up with the coldness.....but a little bit ago I noticed that the Filter button is flashing, so we need yet another new filter! (this is the third one so far this winter)
I really can't take much more. I am in such a horrible mood because of this weight loss issue!! I should say this NO weight loss issue. I have been conciosly changing the way I eat, and I have been exercising my rear off, but nothing seems to do anything! I have been to see the dr and everything, And after multiple tests and dr visits there is nothing preventing me form losing...I just can't do it!! I am so ready to just stop trying and come to terms that I will me morbidly obese for the rest of my life. After three years I don't know what else to do!
Can't even go to the gym to feel better today DS is home sick. I will just have to drown my sorrows in my mountain of laundry from last week.
Sorry for the pity party, but it feels better getting it out there.
OK, I guess I overreacted...I still havent lost weight, butI found my old measurements and I re measured myself. I Am down in all of them so I guess I feel a little better. I am going to re work my workouts to include more cardio. I Am thinking of trying to do 4 days a week 2 pure cardio and two just weights...sorry again for my pity party. YOu ladies keep me inspired!
When you reach a certain point in life, things change. I'd just as soon spend the extra money on the grandkids when we get to Disney World in 3 weeks.
Still, at least I'm on the right path now, right? 
Hey Chicks
My DH woke up with his throat sore and his ears hurt.......UGH I hope he isn't getting what everybody else has gotten.......I sent him to work with Halls and he is stopping at Walmart on his break to get some honey to have tea and I told him to get some soup. I hope he isn't sick and I hope more importantly I do not get it. Because I absolutely cannot miss any more work.
The only reason I have to do the FMLA thing is because well #1 as you all already know, my boss is an a$$, #2 our co. is very very strict on attendance, we go by a point system, well it says, or so my boss says that HR says, that if you miss more than a week, you have to take FMLA. Now that may be just the standard policy, I don't know all the ins and outs of it. But our co. is very strict. But I had a drs note, so that means I only had one point instead of 4 (1 point per day) and you have a max of 5, well I was down to 2. You get your points back in 6 mos and 2 are about to come back to me this month. I know very confusing, but that is how it is. Anyways, basically our boss says that he was doing it to "save" me from getting fired, it could be, but I still don't trust the little weasel. lol. Wow sorry for the long explanation, but figured I had to explain our attendance policy for everybody to understand. lol. 
The only reason my boss is ever nice is because he is up to something, I do not trust him at all!!
I need to start finding meals that are tasty and healthy and cook them myself. I tend to let hubby to all the cooking....I'm thinking that can't be fair! (but I do like being spoiled there!)
There is an article in one of my magazines about emotional eating and it says that you need to discover why it is you eat emotionally so you can move on and deal with it in a different way. I haven't read it all completely yet, but that is the gist of it. I agree. I think, no I know my eating started out of boredom. I won't go into all the details, but I know that is where it all began, when I was a kid and I think I still do it to this day and its gotta stop. 
Don't know why I am still trying
