Afternoon -

Mindee- Hope the recheck goes well for the boys. When they watch videos's of the wedding do they know it is "mommy & daddy"?? Just curious bcause when Gab watches one of the R's she thinks one of the babies is her. lol Good for you on the cardio workout!!

Francie - Congrats on the 11 pounds!! Must feel great and with summer coming you'll have cute things to wear with the extra weight off!!

Cristina - Grapefruit,is the *in* smell. Don't ask me how I know this , I just do. lol My sister emails me all the time on *time sensitive* stuff. Like babysit her kids or she is having a melt down (since her son passed away in Sept she has had a horrid time of it) and she needs me to call. I have to keep reminding her I don't always see the email til the next day, if she needs something right away she should call. Sounds like you and Charlotte had fun, and YUM to Olive Garden!!!

Hi to everyone else.....:wave:

I had to run to DMV this morning and renew my DL. I added 5 pounds from my old one (because it said 145) and now I am 150....lol, and I am also 5'5....I am really 5'4. Anyway - it is all mixed up and I am a total mess. lol

Taking Gab swimming again.Rach is enjoying her time off and back to work tomorrow! Thank goodness.

I ate chicken garlic pizza last night, we didn't get cake. I did buy some ranch rice cakes (almost a cake, huh??) and some Merlot and proceeded to celebrate myself by watching Dancing w/ the stars and American Idol. lol

anyway - reading Swapping Lives and enjoying the book so far.

toodles,....better run!!

SuzyQ--did you have shoes on with 1 inch heels??? Glad you had a good bday!! Merlot sounds good. I watched American Idol too. Brooke is my fave though she probably won't win. I really liked the last guy that sang too. I think David Cook is his name.

Cristina--Olive Garden sounds yummy. We are trying to decide what to do for Ry's bday. With my neck and back out of whack I just don't know if I am up to going on a DC run for the museums. Hubby wants to spend time with him too before he goes to OR. Hubby doesn't like the metro or going to big cities.

Mindee--boys are hard on things. Dominic get his shots at 4 months, I hope he does better then last time.

Francie--WOOHOO on the 11 pounds!!

Well I am going to talk to my mom some...

Cristina~The whole blue team is just way too cocky. Its about time some of them started to leave. That whole thing with Dan & the cake was jus too funny. It was like the cake was his baby or something, lol.


Mindee~Yes, watch The Biggest Loser now!! Its getting really really good!!! I cannot wait until next week!!!


Susan~I plan on visiting Dh in San Diego this summer, so I totally wanna look cute. Well..cuter than I usually look ;) LoL!! J/k. How was the chicken garlic pizza? That sounds interesting..and I LOVE garlic!! LoL!! Glad you're enjoying Swapping Lives..I didnt like it very much. I'm thinking of rebuying Mr. Maybe (lost my copy somewhere).



Anyways..this day has been so boring. UPS never came with my ring :mad: I ended up taking a 20 min nap on the couch during the news, lol. I also washed my warm blanket because I've been freezing during the night. I did get an early Birthday card from Victoria's Secret!!!!! I'm sooooooooooo excited about that!!! I get 10% off any purchase during the month of my bday!! I also got The Aristocats from the Disney Movie Club and my new book!! Yay!! I'm gonna be reading tonight!! Woohoo!! Oh ya..I also signed up for The Biggest Loser challange. Not really sure how it works, but it sounds interesting. Well..I'm gonna go watch the rest of That 70's Show. America's Next Top Model comes on tonight!! Woohoo!!!

hello ladies....how are you all doing?

well, we did manage to find a new bed for Brandon. we went to Kmart after looking online and it said that they didn't have them instock to ship out, so we figured that we would check out the store. we did.....and according to the lady that works there, they only have the side rails, the slats, and the mattresses, but NOT the toddler beds themselves! So, as we were walking out, Tommy says "well, I guess the only thing that Kmart is good for is cheap backpacks!"

We then went to Meijers just to say what they had, and sure enough they had one toddler bed left! we picked it up and price checked it...it was $28 on clearance....which is $8 more then what Kmart was. BUT they at least had them in the store! so we bought it and brought it home. Brandon helped daddy put the bed together!

the recheck went well! Brandon is 36.5 lbs.....and 37.5 inches tall. Logan is 29 lbs. Brandon got his MMR and chicken pox shot also. he has two more to get, but he has to wait until after his birthday to get those ones! so he will get them at his next appointment on April 30th. the doctor did say that we have to really buckle down on him and the potty training since he is going to be 4 next month. I mentioned to Tommy that if we buy two of those potties that sit on the floor then both Brandon and Logan will get potty trained at the same time! so heres to hoping that we can get those potty seats this coming weekend!

I actually took Brandon and Logan over to play on the play structure here at the complex. They had a blast and then we went for a couple of walks around the complex while Tommy was here at the apartment with Marissa. It was nice to get them out and walking. They didn't give me any fights when it was time for bed, so I know the fresh air helped with that! So, I will be making it, or at least attempting to make it a daily occurrence once we get every thing back in order!

Cristina~ I agree with you on the guys getting so cocky since they saw all the ladies going home. But now that two of them are back, they don't know what to do with themselves!

SusieQ~ Yup, they do know that it is mommy and daddy on the video. And it is actually funny because it goes from our shower, to our wedding, and then to our reception. Brandon did try to say that he was there somewhere....but we had to explain to him that it was before he was born, and he eventually dropped it and let the subject go.

Jules~ I know what you mean! Brandon freaked when he got his thighs rubbed with an alcohol prep pad! Then when he saw the doctor pull out the first shot, he freaked again. He jumped when the doctor was getting ready to put the needle in his thigh, so in return he actually got stuck twice. He didn't like that one....but he was a little better with the second shot!

we did actually discuss on the way to get his new bed, that when we go places we will get into the habit of him walking and just using the double stroller for Marissa and Logan now. We shall see how that goes! He did well when we were in Kmart and Meijer's with walking with us. I just worry so much now that he will be walking with us that it is just that much easier for someone to just walk up and snatch him! am I wrong for thinking that? I know that I can't keep him in a bubble for his whole life.

Francie~ I will have to read up on the BL challenge! Jillian kicked my butt in her level two cardio part of my video! I will have to be a little bit quieter and not so jumpy when I get back to working out in the morning!

Hi Chicks.
 

Sassy~LoL @ the fridge. I totally need to do that too. I was having issues with the CW last night. It totally cut out in the middle of the America's Next Top Model. I missed them at the panel. All the other channels were working, so it wasnt our cable. It just sucked. We've had so much cable drama lately, I thought we were over it, lol.




So today is my day off, but it wasnt by choice. First of all, my needy animals woke me up at 6am again. I really need to start closing the door to the living room so they stop coming into the hallway and waking me up. I pretty much just read myself to sleep. I woke up like 20 mins ago..and ugh. I feel so sick. It feels like period pain, but its way too soon to even be having that. My inner thighs hurt so much too. I think I overdid it last night.


Whenever I'm hurting or sick, I always think of my mom. Cuz who is the one that can make you feel better?? Mama!! Even when I moved out, I still called up my mom when I was sick. Heck, she even called up her own mom when she was sick. I miss my mom so much right now. I'm listening to all the songs that make me think of my mom right now. I miss my grandparents too. I know I should call them, but I'm scared. :( I hate feeling like this.

Good Morning -

I just dropped Gab off at my mothers and left close to tears, my mother is so witchy. All you that have *normal* mothers are so lucky. lol
I didn't mean to but last night when Gaby's father called he asked if he could see Gab today and I said no , she was spending time w/ Grandma. When I got to my mothers house I thought I would warn her that he knew where Gab was today and I didn't want him calling her and being a bother.
So, my mom goes "now Susan, you just have to tell him everything?" and I hem and haw...will, no. She also pushes me out the door and I just sat for a second, I swear.
I said "you don't pms any more, do you?? "....Geepers.
Anway, I have a few hours to myself. - poor Gab, now I wish I hadn't taken her over. *sniff. lol

Francie - I like Swapping Lives, I think out of The Other Woman and Jemima J it was my favorite Jane Green so far. I finished it last night. I don't know anything about the cardio dvd's so no help there. Hope your thigh is feeling better!:hug::hug:

Sassy - I hope you have a good *weekend*!! :)

Mindee - Cute about Brandon wanting to be in the video too. Gab swears she is Rebecca, course they look nothing alike. When I went to Hawaii last year I bought a second hand stroller because Gab refused to walk, she wanted to be carried and we walked a lot. She always says her legs hurt and looks to be picked up. Not happening at 79 pounds - haha. Great about getting the bed for Brandon!

Jules - My 5'5 came 7 years ago when I renewed the license last time. I always thought I was 5'5 but when pregnant w/ Gab they(the doctor, not DMV - haha) said I was 5'4. So, yesterday when she said "is your weight still the same??" I added 5 pounds from 145 and she asked about my eyes and I said brown...she never asked about my height.....otherwise I would have said 5'4. So, no I wasn't wearing high heels...lmao.... did I get the answer right?? Is David Cook the one that sang Billie Jean?? Whoever did was sooooo good, I enjoyed his singing. I still am rooting for Carly.

Hi to Cristina, Katy , Sue and Michelle!

I still feel ill over my mother. I guess I will go and do something fun and get past the sick feeling.

Hope you all have a great day!

Hello ladies...

SUSAN...I wish I had amother who cared, lol. I say lol but it isn't funny. She totally pi$$es me off. She was coming to Josh's wedding...said she wouldn't miss it...now, it's she's making excuses...geez, it's a month away. I just told her not to bother about coming...sick of it. Whatever...I just gotta move on and forget about it. But I am not one who has a normal mother, darn it. Glad to hear you stood up to M! :yay: :hug: Funny that the woman at the DMV actually asked. They never ask me and thank goodness because if they looked at the weight on their they would roll on the floor laughing, :lol:

FRANCIE...I forgot yesterday to mention the scale/chart whatever it was...I saw it online somewhere, can't remember. But I don't put much stock into them. I don't need a chart to tell me how much I should weigh or if I am just overweight or obese, all I have to do is look in the mirror, lol. Sorry you didn't get your ring...hopefully today. I don't know about the BL tapes...I have heard they do go thru pretty hard workouts but haven't tried any of them. I am happy with my WATP and Denise Austin dvd's. Just gotta get back to doing them!

MINDEE...glad you guys found the bed :yay: I meant to tell you yesterday (don't know where my head is or has been, keep forgetting to say things) WTG on your exercise! :yay: You're doing great!

JULES...I think I am like your hubby...I don't hate big cities per se, but do prefer being out away from them...too much traffic. I think that's my biggest thing...dealing with the traffic. I laugh at people here when they talk about rush hour and all the traffic here...ha! Spend a day on the 405 in CA, or any other of the freeways there. or Houston or Dallas, ugh! Hope your back gets to feeling better soon.

SASSY...silly woman...I was going to say, OMG! You moved again! Geez, 2 cable boxes in 48 hours, yikes! I grew, or I should say we tired of the local cable company here...too many days of no t.v. and of course they are not going to give you a credit on your bill.

Nothing much going on. Went and bought groceries this morning and then had to take a wedding gift back. Glad I opened it and checked it before giving it to them...the wheel on it was broken. So got a refund and reordered it. I've got tons of laundry to get done and exercise too! Probably should cut this short and go do it! :lol:

Have a good Thursday!

Cristina - You sure we don't have the same mother??? I call mine *mom* what do you call yours???

lol - hmmm thought that was funny.

How far does your mom have to travel for the wedding?? I am sure she will make it maybe she just is fussing now because she wants the attention on her?? Just take care of yourself and to hoot w/ everyone else.

I have to do laundry too...also have to trek back across town for Gaby.

Did I tell you her father called last night and said he is taking a job on the coast?!?! Yippeeee, get him away from me..:fr: Now I have to tell him visitation still has to be at his fathers, I am not letting Gab go to the coast, he'll need to go into court and change the order for that. Tired of being a push over and letting him steam roll his way over me.

anyway - picking up "The Glass Castle; a memoir" from the library.

chat later!

Susan~I'm glad you're liking Swapping Lives. It reminded me a little too much of Wife Swap and this movie that I saw.


Cristina~I have a Denise Austin dvd and I just cant do it. Its way too fast. I dunno..maybe I'll give it another try. I just gotta find it in my giant pile of dvds, lol.


My ring came today, which made me feel better. Nothing says hope you feel well like jewelry, lol. So now I have 2 little blue boxes, yay!!! I'm probably a dork for saving them. My exercise ball dvd also came today, which is awesome. I'm gonna try it out after White Oleander (which btw, is a GREAT book!!) So ya..I'm gonna go try to eat some jello right now. BBL

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hello ladies....how are you all doing?

is it time for school again? Brandon and Logan are driving me bonkers since they don't get time apart! they will like it though....we are getting somewhat pounded by a spring snow storm....lovely let me tell ya! Logan has started this thing just recently where we think that he might have been an Indian dancer in a past life! He will stop what he is doing just to dance around in a circle and from the pow wow that we took them to last fall, I recognize some of the things. but he hasn't been to one, nor has he seen any other dances since then! so I mentioned to Tommy that I think he might have a kindred spirit.

Fancie~ I have TBL's Cardio Max dvd. I love it! It has three different levels on it. Bob takes you through level one cardio, which is for beginners. Jillian takes you through a level two cardio, which is for intermediates. And Kim takes you through a level three cardio, which is for advanced people, I guess. You can customize your own workout. I did the warm up, level one cardio, level two cardio, and then the cool down on Wednesday, and it kicked my butt! Or shall I say, Jillian kicked my butt! I have been doing Bob's warm up, level one, and cool down for two weeks like it suggests and then you work your way up! You can do the workouts with the instructor's giving you the instructions which is what I even still do. They are very fast paced and you can't even tell that you are doing 20 minutes of cardio with Bob! Jillian makes her ten minute stint worth it! I found my obliques today thanks to her! I think I over killed it a little too much on Wednesday, so I took it easy on Thursday. But I will be back into it!

On a side note, I think I am going to skip the Turbo Jam all together and just see what I can find at the local stores. I want something that is fast paced and won't make it seem like the work outs are dragging on and on. Does any one have any suggestions?

Sassy~ I know what you mean about getting up early to get things ready a head of time! Things should fall back into ship shape for me soon when Brandon goes back to school!

SusieQ~ That sucks about how your mom was to you. I still get unsolicited advice like that from my mom! (even after she picked a fight with Tommy when I was delivering Brandon and called him a few choice words...but that is a story for another day!) How was Gab's visit with grandma? Did Gab have fun? That is what I wonder about Brandon. I mean he did fine with the walking around the other day, even after getting shots. But I just wonder about if we go to the mall and what not! I mean, Tommy won't let him walk to the grocery store that is literally right behind us because he says it is too far for him to walk.....but yet he wants him to walk whenever we go someplace? that doesn't make any sense to me!

but then again, we are talking about the same person who has been telling me a lot lately that I need to stop coddling Brandon and to let him do things for himself. Ummmm.....hello! I don't coddle him.....he is very independent and has been since he could walk! the only time that we cuddle (which I know is different from coddling) is when he is getting ready to take a nap or go to bed. But I do have to say though, that he is getting better on going to bed on his own if he is still somewhat awake when I take him into his room!

Cristina~ Thanks for the nice comments! I took a break on Thursday, probably not a good thing to do, but hey I think I deserved it! Now, I need to get back on schedule with my regular routine come Monday morning!

we are also going to get both boys a potty chair that sits on the floor so that they can each go when they need to. I put the last package of diapers in the closet Thursday. I told Brandon "mommy just put the last package of diapers in the closet. how about we make that the last package of diapers that we buy for you and brother?" To which Tommy said "well, Logan still needs them." I said "not if we buy them each a new potty chair that will be their own and they can start to use them. and we can buy them the white cloud pull ups from now on. I want to get as many out of diapers as I can while the gettin' is good!"

Francie -- Lookie what I found!!!!!

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Have Fun with Hubby!!! :love:

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Mindee~Hmm...I really want to get those dvds now!!!! I think after payday I'll buy maybe the cardio max one. I'm also interested in TBL cookbook too. But I can just get that at the bookstore and not order it online. I can probably even buy the dvd from Walmart and not worry about shipping, lol. I'm just rambling now. Do you have any other dvds that you like?

Sassy~LoL!! Thanks!! I dont have that one yet. I found these ones for you!! The monkey one cracks me up!!
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Sooooooo I woke up early this morning. But its okay, because when I looked out the window, I saw that it was SNOWING!! I love love love love love the snow!!!!!

Well, I'm gonna go workout now. I'll BBL!! :wave:

Good morning, ladies!

Aaaahhhh, Friday...more like ugh, Friday! I think this weather is making me grumpy, oh no wait...I think it is a thing called mother and another called son! :lol:

SUSAN....yeah, I believe that is the word I call her too, lol. Okay, so it's an eight hour drive but for once she can suck it up and just deal with it. She has driven to North Carolina by herself I don't know how many times when my brother was living there. She went to Florida a few times when my Aunt was staying there for almost two years for her job. She drives to NW AR a lot to see my nephew, her absolute fav for some reason and she has yet to come here once. I've been here a little over 10 years and she has not come here once. We are about 3 1/2 maybe 4 hours from my nephew so...I just don't want her to come...it's always something so whatever. I would rather her not come, and she won't, believe me she won't if there's one thing I do know, it is her. Anywho...sorry for the rant, lol...feels good getting it out. Sounds like the coast job is/will be a good thing and yeah, I wouldn't let him take Gaby to the coast either especially if there is a court order. Will have to go see what the Glass Castle is about...sounds good. I NEED to finish up with what I am reading, lol.

FRANCIE...I agree...the cardio part of the Denise Austin's DVD is kind of fast but I think if I did it enough I would get the hang of it, it's basically dancing. But, I don't do it often enough. It has the custom workouts for you to do and you can do whatever you want. I mostly do the warm-up, strength and cool down because I get a full body workout with it. OMG! My body hurts so bad after...but in a good way, lol. I am going to have to check out some of the TBL dvd's. Glad you received your ring...and hey, I would keep the boxes too! Do you have anything special planned for DH's homecoming? Did you say snow :yikes: We are supposed to be getting some rain, which it is dry here so we need it. We had quite the wet winter though...too much snow and I don't care if I ever see another snowflake! :lol:

MINDEE...once I made the decision to potty train the kids when the last diaper was gone there was no more. Everyone told me that they would put underwear on their kids during the day and then diapers at night but I thought that would just confuse them. I figured they would think it would be okay to go in their pants (diaper) at night but not during the day...so just nixed the diapers all together. it wasn't easy either, ugh! Josh was stubborn, still is, lol. Carrie was the easiest thank goodness. Anyway...good luck with the potty training. Turbo Jam goes pretty fast and she makes it fun, or I think she does...can't think of too many dvds. I do a lot of the WATP ones. I like the ones that don't have the mile markers...seems to go by faster when you don't see that. Richard Simmons Sweatin to the Oldies seems to go by fast for me...I think for me it looks more fun and I get into it and before you know it, it is done! I know the WATP ones are all basically the same but having different ones makes it seem different, lol. Of course they are all different people in them too so...except for the Jog & Walk & the 3 Mile one. There's a woman, Mary Kay that is in both and I think she is in another, possibly more. I have to have different ones so as not to get bored.

SASSY...so I don't have to do crunches ever again? Lol, like I can anyway. I do do that though...of course getting my belly button to the spine is quite funny, lol. Denise Austin says that in her dvd. I like her though...except when I am doing the dvd...I alway say "You are killing me Denise!" Yes, I talk to the t.v. Anyway, thanks for sharing the article...I kind of skimmed it I must say but I did watch the video...pretty simple if you ask me or so it seems.

HIYA JULES, KATY, SUE...why do I always feel like I am forgetting someone? Hello to anyone reading this too! Feel free to jump on in...the more the merrier! :wave:

So...nothing going on today. Doing more laundry. Geez, I skipped a day and had four loads yesterday and will do one today as well. Going to go exercise in just a few minutes and then about noon'ish take the recyclables to the dumping ground, lol. Other than that not much else going on. I lead a very exciting life :lol: I'll be back later.

Have a wonderful day!

Cristina~I can find her dvd. I'm guessing its in the hall closet, which should just considered lost, lol. There too many boxes in there (been here 3 years and never unpacked those boxes, lol). Do you have any other dvds that you like? I'm making a list of all the ones I want to try. Not doing anything special for dh's homecoming (if you wanna call it that, lol). He's probably just gonna catch up on his sleep. He's taking leave on April 10th, so I wanna start going to the gym with him once he's on leave. We'll see if he can keep up with me now, lol. Yes, it snowed!!!!!! Talk about crazy weather!! LoL!! Last time it snowed was in December. It snowed in other parts of WA a few days ago, and I kept wishing it would snow here, and it did!! YAY!! LoL!!


I just got done doing 3 miles w/WATP. I feel sooooooooo good, but yet so tired. LoL!! I wanna do more!!!!! I wasnt even paying much attention to what mile I was at. Normally I do and I keep pushing myself to reach that 3 miles. But today I just sailed through it. My arms & thighs hurt right now..but its a good kind of hurt, know what I mean?


Oh ya..I posted a bulletin on Myspace that has videos of dh's ship!! So anyone who has me on myspace, please check it out!! The homecoming vid has this totally beautiful song. I was bawling when I watched the video. We were in Az when the ship pulled in for homecoming, dh got to come home like a week or so before the ship did. So watching the video was really emotional for me. Anyways..check it out!!

Back again for a few minutes...

FRANCIE...I will check out the videos as soon as I sign off from here. My favorite work out dvd's are:
1 mile WATP...I use this a lot as a warm-up before doing weights or walking on the treadmill or outoors.
2 mile WATP
3 mile Walk Away Your Waistlin
4 Fast Miles Walk Slim
2.5 Mile WATP Walk & Jog
Denise Austin Burn Fat Fast
Turbo Jam
Those I use on a regular basis and the Richard Simmons just once in a while when I want something different.

Lol, I will call it that...he is coming home right? So it's a homecoming :lol: I know whatever you guys do you will just be happy to have him home!

Good job on doing the 3 miles! :woohoo:

I just did, well, about 30 minutes ago, 45 minutes...will do another 45 minutes after Jeopardy.

MS SUZYQ...where you be? :D

Well, ladies I am going to go do some surfing. See ya's :wave:

Have a wonderful day!

Cristina~Thanks, I'll look them up on Amazon and add them to my ever growing Wish List, lol. I usually think of a homecoming after being gone for more than a week, lol. But to be honest, before I entered this military world, I thought of a homecoming as just something that was in high school, lol. Woohoo on 45 mins!! LoL about Jeopardy though. That show hurts my head. I'm better at Rock & Roll Jeopardy & Wheel of Fortune :lol:

I'm ffffffrrrrreeeeezzzzziiiinnnngggggg my bootay off right now!!!!!!! If dh didnt have duty today, then he'd be here warming me up. But noooo he has duty today and I'm stuck at home freezing my bootay off, lol. Curse him for taking all his warmth with him, lol. I'm gonna go turn the heater on in the bedroom and finish reading my book. I hope the heat will knock me out so I can nap. I'm sooooooo tired. I also hope all 3 of my cats sleep around me too. Even though they are tiny lean animals, they sure do give off a lot of heat when they sleep, lol. Be back laters.

Omg omg omg!! I was looking at my ring and I noticed that one of the diamonds are pink!!! And its not supposed to be. But I dunno..maybe its my bad eyes or something..but can anyone see the difference?????


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I am here..........*sigh. Had to get rid of Gaby before I was *allowed* computer time. Anyway - she is gone w/ her father til Sunday - yay.

Francie & Sassy - You guys are funny, I like the avatars but some I can't download (?? )

Francie - I will have to look at the ring in a sec. I hope it isn't pink...what does that mean if it is?? Someone changed the stone? I pawned the rings from my first marriage and tossed my wedding ring from my second marriage off the Astoria bridge when we were driving over it and having a fight. I showed him,,,:D So, he never replaced it. Swapping Lives is a lot like Wife Swap, the next one I have is Second Chance. Anyway - hope you hare getting warm!

Mindee- I always carried Gaby, I talked for her too.. no wonder she has a speech delay. lol Spoiled little girl but who cares, we only get one childhood. I am sooo ready to get these kids back in school too! Anyway - good luck on the potty training :) I know we have mentioned this before but I think Ballroom dancing is excellent exercise, I love Dancing w/ the Stars. I wish I could dance like the ladies do on the show.

Sassy - Ick, you are going to make us look at links to better abs??? lol Ok, after the diamonds :) How are your days off going??

Cristina - Hi, how old is mom?? Where do you get all your laundry from?? lol Is it just you and V at home? I can do 1 load a day easy. I use Tide Bleach, what about you?? :)

I LOVE The Glass Castle, has anyone else read it?? I finished it last night, stayed up til 4am reading it and bawled when I read the last page. She writes of a horrible poverty striken childhood but the love she has for her family is on every page, even though her parents were rather irresponsible w/ drinking and such. It was actually very humorous.......anyway - I will have to read it again before I have to return it, it's that good.

Hi to Katy - Jules, Sue and Michelle...and I hope I am not forgetting anyone!!

Oh ya ....I second Cristina .....if you are cruising through stop and say hello, we're a friendly bunch!

Going to buy some sushi and take a hot bath and do my nails tonight. McD is going to dinner w/ a boring co worker male friend. They usually get together once a month but haven't since we have been dating, so I might trek over there later after he gets home and say *Boo*,,,among other things - lol

k- chat later!!

Francie - It does look pink in the picture. It is a beautiful ring, and are those your nails? lol..Goofy on diet pepsi...anyway - I need to go paint mine now, yours look so nice!

Susan~I think someone put the wrong color stone on my ring. It sucks, but after talking to dh (he called, yay)..I decided to just leave it. It looks kinda pretty with a pink diamond in the middle. But I WILL be going back to the store to complain (maybe they'll give me a discount, lol. you never know. my bday is coming up and Francie loves Tiffany's, lol). Omg..I loved Second Chance. That was a really good book!!! Its kinda sad though. Ya, those were my nails. Not sure I get the "goofy on diet pepsi" remark, lol.



Anyways..its dinnertime..so I'm gonna go eat. BBL

HI ladies...

V is watching his basketball so I thought I would jump on the computer for a few minutes. Then i am going to tackle my reading...must finish that book tomorrow. May prove to be hard since Cambrie is coming over to spend the night and I will have to entertain her, sort of. She took a liking to DD and if she is around she loves her better, lol. When her and Char were over Wednesday she wanted to stay but didn't have clothes so...tomorrow she is coming.

Me and V made a trip to Sams and stocked up on water. One day he is going to get a water osmosis thingy for the faucet and we will drink faucet...not sure why he hasn't yet.

FRANCIE...it definitely looks pink to me. Someone made a booboo but I love it! Makes it unique for sure, and I agree...your wedding band is very pretty. Lol about the homecoming conversation...I never went to homecoming and yeah...usually a homecoming is after someone has been gone for a while but what the heck...who cares if it's a few months, or a few days, lol. I finally found the ship videos *slaps forehead* :lol: Very cool! I bet it is weird to be gone for months on a ship...what exactly does your hubby do? Tell him THANK YOU for his service! We appreciate all him and all he does!

SUSAN...I still can't believe you threw the ring off the bridge, lol. I haven't read that book but will definitely see what it's about. I have quite the stack of books to read otherwise I would get some new ones, lol. Thank you for the ones you sent! :thanks: :hug: I've not read them yet but look forward to getting to them after the one I am reading and then another. Kind of put The Kite Runner on the backburner, lol. Sometimes I wish it was just me and V home...but there is DD & DS#1. Jason does his own laundry though and I do the rest. If I do at least one load a day it's good, sometimes I do two but if I miss a day watch out! Of course V takes two showers a day and he changes twice a day, so makes for a lot of clothes. I use Tide too, the stuff that smells...can't remember the scent...it smells soooo good! My mother is 64, 66...lol, I don't even know. Wow, Gaby is going have a long weekend with her dad...what will you do with yourself missy? Whatever it is...enjoy!

Hiya everyone else :wave:

I did a total of 90 minutes on the exercise, woohoo to me! :lol: It was like I never missed a day. I took a couple of days off and have been lazy about it but won't let myself go too far. I know if I go too many days without exercise I will be in trouble! Gotta keep on movin'...

Nighty, night ladies!

Cristina~Omg 90 mins!! :bravo::cheer: Thats so awesome!!!!! :carrot: Thanks, I'm gonna keep my ring as it is..but still complain to the store, lol. They should know that they messed up. Dh thought it was funny how I wished all the diamonds were pink now, lol. Glad you liked the ship vids. That Rod Stewart song gets to me everytime, lol. I'll tell dh :hug: He's an EN (engineman) in the Navy. Basically thats like being a mechanic in the navy, lol.



Okay...now I'm really gonna go eat dinner now, LOL!! I need to step away from the computer.

Yeah, I liked the song too...and love Rod Stewart! As a matter of fact I just bought his Greatest Hits CD and I have some others. It was weird looking at the ship and seeing all the people from the distance they took it...they looked like a bunch of ants...soo tiny! Doesn't matter what they do in the service...I think all the jobs are important ones! I imagine he is a fine EN! I was just curious cause I couldn't remember if you mentioned before or not. Have you guys found out where you will be going yet?

GO eat dinner missy! I forget about the time difference...it's 9:30 here!

Have a good night!

LoL!! That ship is sooooooooooooo HUGE!! And dh works near the bottom too. Insane. I hate going on there. And its so scary to be on the very top. I looked down once and it felt like I was going to fall. Actually..before the last deployment, some dude jumped from the top and broke his ribs. No..we havent found out where we're going yet. The last list they gave us was HORRIBLE!! Everything was for VA or FL. :mad:


Anyways..I'm gonna go back to doing my nails and watching Amnesia, lol.

well, it is safe to say that the race is on and so far Brandon is in first place! and by race, I mean the race to potty training!

we went to Wal-Mart tonight and got them each their own potty chair that sits on the floor. we have been attempting to use the one that goes over the big toilet, and neither one of them have been two enthused with it lately. so, I figured that if we got them each their own potty, then they would want to go on it more often, and that way we can kill two birds with one stone and get them both potty trained at the same time!

well, we got home, and they both instantly wanted to sit on it after daddy got them put together. Brandon for some reason had to strip all the way down to being naked to sit on his, so of course Logan had to follow suit. Sure enough, Brandon went potty on the potty. So, he got to put two stickers on his almost filled potty chart. Logan wanted to put some on his, but we had to tell him that he had to go potty on his potty in order to get them. Tommy came in with the stickers and asked if Logan had gone, and I said "well, if farting counts, then yeah he did!"

So, now we are on the path to getting them potty trained! we picked them up some pull ups. Logan will get pull ups during the day and a diaper at night time. we are even going to cut back on them getting their cups right before bed, since like Tommy pointed out, that is why they go potty so much at night!

It felt weird walking through Wal-Mart with a basket full of potty training supplies, lunch meat, bread, and stuff for dinner for Saturday night! But, it felt even weirder walking through the store with a notebook of paper and a thermometer for temping!

for the past couple of months, things have been getting so chaotic around here, that we have had a couple of months with the thought in our heads of "is she going to come this month? are we that percentage that a tubal doesn't work for?" and this is now going to put an end to all those guessing games! Tommy kept telling me "why do we need to buy that? when you had the surgery for a reason." I kept telling him all through Wal-Mart that I don't want to play the "is she going to come? is she not going to show?" every month! I want to know for a fact that I can go back to knowing exactly when she is going to show up so I won't have to get that inkling that we might have another baby. (I know I know.....I am getting way ahead of myself....but after I had signed the papers to get the procedure done, I did check to see what the percentages were!) so I will be starting that all over again in the morning! I need to get back into the habit of getting up early to get Brandon ready for school anyways.....so why not start with taking my temp first, and then going about my day!

Francie~ Yup that does look pink to me! But I think it would look cool, and that way you can say that you have a unique ring! Tommy's wedding band was a goof up on account of the jewelry store.....and now they MAKE the rings! let me see if I can find a link on their website......

As for the work out dvd's I have to have something that will keep me interested and not sitting there staring at the counter! I have a catalog as they call it from a place online that is nothing BUT workout dvd's! I got it a couple weeks ago, but just now had the time to sit and look through it!

Cristina~ I am kind of dreading the training of both of them at the same time, but Logan was really excited that Brandon went on the potty and he say the excitement that went along with it. So, I am hoping that he takes suit and follows right along with him! I did mention above, though that he is getting diapers only at bedtime, which I am sure is a big time no no.....but we have a full pack of them that I just put in the closet and I am sure that it will take him some time to pick up on things. (now watch that since I said that they will both be potty trained by B and M's birthday party next month!)

SusieQ~ Tommy says that I coddle Brandon....and that I don't let him do things on his own. The only thing that I really only help him do is get his cup, and then when it comes time for naps and bedtime. But I think that is more so because that gives me some time with him. And since he is in school now, I really don't have that much time with him. I love watching DWTS! I just wish I had HIPS like the girls on there! (they have to be able to move like that or I will not accept them!)

Mindee~Interesting..what is the mag?? Wow, I wanna see Tommy's ring now. Fonzo's ring is all scratched up because he doesnt take it off while working, lol. I'm getting used to the pink diamond. I keep looking at it though. I wish I had one of those jewelry magnifiers or whatever its called so I can see it close up, lol. The diamond is even a tiny bit bigger than the other ones, lol.



Anyhoo...I'm kinda tired right now. I wanna go to bed, but Fonzo is emailing me right now. Thank God he's back in WA and not on some crazy schedule like last year. When he was on the other side of the world..I would wait up until 6am just to "chat" with him in emails, lol. But he'll be coming home in a few hours-woohoo!!! I cant wait. I wanna stay up and wait for him..but I'm sure I'll be awake by the time he gets home in the morning.

Francie~ It is actually a site online that I had then send me the magazine.....not sure if it will work on here.....but search for Collage Video.

and as for Tommy's ring, let me see if I can find it.....

hopefully this works....

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v2...rrent=b857.jpg

and here is another shot of it.....

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v2...rrent=f9cc.jpg

I meant to post to that because they screwed up on his ring, they told us that he would have a one of a kind ring.....then come to find out after we had gotten married that they started to make the rings to sell! tommy was bummed and when we went back to get my ring inspected and cleaned, he asked if he could get some loyalties since his is the original....and you can see how far that went!

oh man..that sucks. they totally stole his idea then. my engagement ring is one of kind. Fonzo designed it himself..I keep looking for it at the jewelry store he bought it from, but I've never seen one like it. I'd feel pretty bummed too.


btw, the first pic was beautiful!!! me & dh didnt even take pics with our rings, because he had just gotten back from deployment a month before we got married. and he had lost so much weight, that his ring didnt fit him. its probably too late to do it now, lol. although, my bouquet was dried and is in a beautiful shadow box, so hmm..maybe we could pull it off? LoL!!

Good morning starshines!!


Just wanted to pop in really fast. Fonzo came home at 5am and woke me up, lol. I'm debating whether or not to work out right now. I mean, I'm really really sleepy and enjoying my Us mag right now, lol (my other husband is on the cover with Fonzo's other wife, lol). I know that tomorrow I wont work out at all, lol. I dunno..either way, on monday I'm gonna be busting my butt big time!!! (btw, I'm seriously craving a pastelitos right now!! Anyone ever have one of those before? Mmm I want one so bad I can taste it and smell it, lol.)

Anyways..I shall go now. Have a great weekend everyone!!!

Good Morning -

Sassy How is your weekend?

Katy - Hey Beach Bum, you ever coming home from the coast!? Miss you.

Jules - It is FREEZING here! Snowed yesterday and this morning. Can't wait for your son to get here in Portland, hope he likes it :) Hugs to you and Teri.

Francie - Who is your other husband?? Because my boyfriend is always on the mags w/ the ugly chick Angelina Jolie. Brad feels sorry for her so I can understand, I guess so much so he keeps having babies w/ her. lol

*goofy on diet pepsi* because normally I wouldn't have asked if those were your nails and I wouldn't have asked Crsitina what soap she used in washing. Just that my mind is racing and I HAVE to chatter about something.

anyway - the ring is beautiful regardless of the pink in there, makes it special!

Mindee- What is w/ the temp thing?? Do I have to go back and read?? You thinking of another baby or something else?? lol:dizzy: Those lady dancers have bodies I could only dream to have....I love looking at their toned backs....

Cristina - I didn't know you still had a full house! Awesome on the exercise and cute on Cambrie coming for a sleep over!!
Yes, Gab is gone for the looooong weekend. It should be a Saturday pick up time but I had her all week and she was starting to say "you're mean" because I want her her brushed and refuse to be at the pool 24/7. When her father picked her up she had packed her suit and goggles and said "I want to go swimming!" and he said no and she ran behind the couch and said she wanted to stay w/ mommy.
Geepers........so, we got her in the car. I missed her last night though.

So, what do I do w/ my time on the weekends?? I sleep. lol I have been staying up til 4am all week and I fell asleep last night at 9pm.
I did my toe nails but not my finger nails because I couldn't find the clipper. I played w/ the kitties and chatted w/ McD on the phone. Decided just to wait and see him tonight because he had to get up early for a Saturday @ work. Just as will because I was pooped and not in the mood to be social. Rach came in at 10pm from her friends up the street and was a BEAR to wake up this morning for work at 6:30am.
I clean the apt on weekends and catch up on laundry, might go look at the second hand stores for a bargain....just meander and try to stay out of trouble. Weekends go fast though!!!! I will meet Gab at the pool tomorrow and let her swim for a bit and come home and get her ready for school on Monday.
My mom did call this morning saying what time we were going out for my birthday dinner and I called back saying I had a date tonight. She goes "your life is so complicated as it is"...she is not happy that I date - ever.
I suppose I should just be a spinster and play w/ my kitties on a Friday night (which I did do last night , come to think of it :dizzy:) . I have a 46 year old sister that never dates, doesn't drive and is boring as **** but if Sis was dating that would be ok...just because I have EX's I have had my chance?? hmmm, no wonder I feel guilty dating.....and forget about having SEX.....omyyyygod.....that would make *mom* come unglued. lol

k- Adios.....I am going to meander now :D

Susan~My other hubby is Jake Gyllenhaal..and he is dating Fonzo's other wife, Reese Witherspoon. LoL!! Brad is my other husband too. I actually have like 5 other husbands. Jake, Brad, Johnny, Orlando, & Shia (but he's more like my lover since he's a younger than me, lol).




Well..I did get in my walk this morning. I only did 1 mile and then I passed out until 11am. Then we went for Arby's. And I'm proud of myself because I only ate what I ordered and nothing more. I didnt get the shake, even though I wanted to. Then we watched the Aristocats. So right now, we're both gonna be WATP. LoL!! It should be interesting because he's never done it before. Lets see if McSailor can keep up with me. BBL..

Quick hello..Hope you are all enjoying the week-end. I am just getting ready to read until I fall asleep. Real exciting aren't I? My DH thinks so...lol. ZZZZZZZZ

Have a happy Sunday.

Ughhhhh I've been bad this whole weekend!!!!! I ate the Arby's (which was like heaven in a bag, lol) Then dh & I tried to do WATP together, and he was making me laugh so hard I could only make it to mile 2, lol.

Then last night we were watching Superbad for the millionth time, Fonzo was all "Lets drink!!" And at first, I was like.."nooo we cant drink its almost midnight" But then I remembered that I hadnt had a drink in MONTHS and I'm not an alcoholic or anything, I just like to have fun. So ya..we started taking shots of mostly everything liquor we had. I'm such a lightweight, I was pretty wasted pretty quickly. Then dh made me a pina colada, which has 170 calories!! WTF!! Not to mention the moijos has like 80. Geez..I didnt even know that. I checked the other bottles, and they didnt have any nutrition labels on them. So I thought that was kinda weird, lol. I'm so lucky I'm not hungover today. I woke up at 4am and I was STILL drunk, LOL!!! I dunno how Fonzo is right now. He's still asleep. He's a really bad influence on me. LoL!!

So between the Arby's and the drinking..I'm gonna have to really really work my butt off today and tomorrow. But the thing is..I havent gained or lost anything. Weird. I hate maintaining, but I guess its better than gaining. Fonzo owes me a major walk around the base today!!!

OH and another thing..I cant use the lactose milk in my cereal anymore. I cant use regular milk, and I cant use lactose milk. BOTH make me really sick!!!! This sucks!!!!!!!!

Afternoon -

I drank wine Francie last night, kind of on the tipsy side myself. I don't know why I do that, wine is not water - I can't chug it like it is...ha. I am sure you will get right back on track! :)

Hi Sue - :wave:

So, had a wonderful time w/ McDreamy last night. He made a chicken pasta dish and we chatted. He called at 8am this morning and said come over for pancakes, so I ran. I LOVE pancakes!! He has nifty gadgets in his kitchen, it is fun to watch him cook. I did the dishes, so I was pulling my own weight. Last night though I sat and drank wine and was totally blitzed. Made it home and sipped ice water, I couldn't sleep and by 8am the room had slowed from spinng around. lol Geepers.

Was close to 163 yesterday, didn't weigh today, too scared. lol Maybe I will try Tuesday and see if it hit 163.

Gab is coming home in a bit, missssss her sooooo much.

Just wanted to say hello and catch you all later!!

hello ladies...how are you all doing?

nothing really interesting on this end! I did manage to make it through the kids toys. I threw out three bags of toys that are either broken or they don't play with anymore!!! I am so happy about that! I folded and put away our laundry. I still have to fold and put away the kids' laundry. I have one empty tote that I am going to try and put all the bigger clothes for Brandon in and then that will go down into the basement! I missed him being in school.....I was able to get so much done that way!

I did however do really well with potty training the boys over the weekend. Brandon went a couple of times on the potty. Logan went next to the potty and in the bath tub, so I guess that counts for something! Now, I just need to get back on track with my eating and water drinking as well as my exercising! I am not sure if I will get my work out in after I ship Brandon off to school in the morning. One of the maintenace guys will be coming over to replace our bathroom floor! It is starting to dip near the bath tub, and before it gets too bad we are going to have them fix it! The guy that is going to do it, told the office manager that he might as well just replace the whole floor instead of just the one area. Our office manager did tell us that we could use her shower if it takes longer then a day to fix it!

I need to cut this short and get into the shower!

Francie~ Sounds like you had a great weekend! I haven't had a legal drink since before I got pregnant with Brandon! I found out I was pregnant with him the day after I turned 21, so I wasn't able to drink. Tommy owes me a night of me being drunk and him taking care of the kids! He always says "that won't take but one drink, and you will be drunk."

SusieQ~ Nope, we are not planning on any more kids. I want to get back into temping so that I don't have to guess at when AF is coming into town, I will know when she will be here. I used to do it when we got pregnant with Brandon and Logan, but then life turned upside down and things got too chaotic! I sat down a couple months ago and actually figured out that I have been pregnant every year since 2003! (excluding this year)