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

man were we busy on Saturday and Sunday! Saturday we took the kids to Tommy's oldest brother's church for an Easter Egg hunt for the kids. There were so many kids there, that each one got to get 35 eggs for themselves. Brandon had Tommy helping him, Logan had me holding his bag while his vacuum hands grabbed every thing in sight that he could! And Tommy had Marissa's bag while my BIL had her. We then walked around the church and checked it out with my BIL and his family. We mentioned something about wishing that we had a church like it close to us and got invited to come back on Sunday for their Easter service. We also met the pastors of the church, and Brandon really took a liking to the youth pastor. She invited my BIL and his family, as well as us, to come back in the afternoon for the bigger kids Easter Egg hunt. She told my BIL and us that the kids could go again to get some more eggs. This time, since there were fewer kids.....they got to get 95 eggs a piece! We only took Brandon and Logan on this one. Tommy had Brandon, who after a while got bored with it, so Tommy was picking them up. And I had Logan, who didn't have any gloves but seemed to find ALL the ones that were buried in the snow or just sitting in the snow! His poor little hands were ice cubes by the time we caught up with Tommy and Brandon!

After that we then went back to my in-law's house and proceeded to get every thing and every body ready for Easter dinner. The kids all had a blast and I got some cute pictures of Marissa with my FIL and Brandon with my FIL. Logan was too busy running around doing something every minute we were there so I was unable to get a picture of him at all! then we ate and had some cake and ice cream for my other BIL's birthday. we left there at 9pm and at that point in time, Marissa had already been passed out for about 45 minutes or so! The boys followed shortly in the van.....we got home, put them to bed and were able to spend some time on the couch together before we both crashed!

Sunday, we had every intention of making it to church, but we were all just so dog gone tired that we slept in! We then went over to Tommy's oldest brother's house for Easter dinner. The kids all had a blast playing with Tommy's brother's boys. We hung out for a little bit and then came home so that we could relax. On the way home, we stopped by the NEW Wal-Mart Supercenter to pick up some stuff.....and then to Krogers......and then home!

So, that was our chaotic weekend in a nut shell! Now, I get to try and find time to squeeze in my workout before getting the kids up or after every body goes to bed since Brandon is on Spring Break this week. Tommy told him that he was out of school this week and he almost started crying! He kept telling us that he had school, and we had to keep telling him that he is on vacation this week.

Francie~ How are you feeling? I am feeling you on the teeth pain. I think I am getting a couple of canker sores, so that explains all that!

Cristina~ I don't usually weigh myself after breakfast and working out. Generally I do it right when I get up and before I work out and eat breakfast. That day I forgot to, so I decided to do it after and that is what I got! nope, we didn't go to my mom's for Easter. She is in Brazil finalizing the adoption of my little brother Gabe. She was suppose to be coming back this coming Tuesday, but things got screwed up, and now she won't be coming home until April 1st. were you able to catch I can make you thin? I dvr'd it....but like usual lately, I fell asleep while watching it! So, I will catch it on Monday when I watch it.

SusieQ~ I agree on the snow! It was so nice on Sunday that is has melted some of the snow that we got! it was rumored that we were suppose to be getting more, but I never saw any more! we were going to take the dyed eggs over to my in-law's house when we went, but we forgot them....so I have roughly a dozen and a half hard boiled eggs in my fridge! Tommy said "looks like you will be having a lot of egg salad this coming week!"

Francie~ Great job on the goal! Your birthday is not that long after Brandon and Marissa's! Brandon's is on April 23rd, and Marissa's is April 24th. Funny tid bit.....we got engaged on April 25th, 2001, my cousin got married on April 26th, 2003, and my sister Katy got married on April 29th, 2000. I want to get my tongue pierced as well.....I am more or less just waiting for money to pan out. I was freaked out at first, but now I can't wait to get it done!

Sassy~ How are you doing???

Hello to every one else that I might have missed!!!! I hope you all had a great Easter and that you will have a great week!

Sassy~As a former Girl Scout..I will admit that they probably put something in the cookies to make them so addicting, LOL!! Nah, I'm just kidding, I dont really know why they're so addicting, lol. The only 70s fashion I dont like is bell bottoms. Like seriously, what is up with those pants?!?! LOL!!! I had goucho (spl?) pants..and omg, I lived in them for so long. But I wore them with this 80's style backless top..it was hot. I have a few 40's style tops too (I think they're 40s style). I dunno..I just love clothes in general. The bunny sounds so cute. I love candy necklaces!! I have that People mag too. Its so sad about him. I LOVE Dirty Dancing (people used to call me Baby because her real name was Frances, like meeee:D). Thanks for the hug :hug:

Mindee~My teeth hurt off and on. Fonzo thinks its my wisdom teeth during the hurtin. He also thinks they're the causes of my horrible headaches. :( Wow..April is a very active month for you isnt it?? LoL!! So your kids are Taurases?? That is so awesome!!! :D:D I cannot wait to get my tongue pierced!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Omg, I'm like so nervous, but excited about it. I still want a tattoo..but since we cant make up our minds about what to get, I'm just gonna get my tongue pierced. Your sister got married on my birthday!! :carrot:






I watched Antonment tonight..and omg, it was soooooooo good!!! They skipped a few things that were in the book, but I guess you cant fit everything into a 2 hour movie. I really loved the movie though.

I FINALLY found some tops to buy from Torrid. But I forgot to ask Fonzo if I could get them, so now I'm just waiting for a email saying I can. They are so cute!! Here are the links..http://www.torrid.com/torrid/store/p...=1206339752424 and http://www.torrid.com/torrid/store/p...=1206341128152


Well anyhoo..I'm gonna go now. :wave: to everyone and Good night!!

A quickie for me--lunch time at work!! Wow, it's been a day here...both for me and hubby. I need a vacation!! At least I leave today to go get my massage!!

BBL for indys--you all were busy posters!!

Good Morning Ladies!!!!


I am not chatty at the moment, I will come back when I don't have a Gabster sharing my seat. Makes for writing close to impossible!!

Funny Cristina but M doesn't know anything about McD. M is just naturally obsessed. lol

k- off we go to do something a 6 year old wants to do. *sigh. Some weird reason she smells like butter and keeps tugging on my sweater, bout to go bonkers.

toodles!!

Cristina~What is your book goal for this month? What # are you on now?? I think I'm like on book #22. I pre-ordered a book a few days ago and its coming in on the 28th. So yay!! I'm having a hard time finding books to read. But my fave authors new books are coming out in April & May, so that should keep me busy for a day, lol. Dh wouldnt have ever eaten the 100 cal snacks. He bought fudge rounds and the whole thing was gone on friday. He ate them all in a day!!! But thats okay, because he used to look like a stick figure and now he's filling out, lol. I love the Beatles!!! Have you seen Across the Universe?? Its an awesome movie!! I highly recommend it if you havent seen it.




Anyhoo..nothing much going on with me. I did my workout this morning. Woohoo. I have my workouts planned for the week too. So that should keep me busy. Well..I'm gonna get off here and make some lunch. Its almost time for the Lifetime movie, exciting, LOL!!


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Ok, I am back!!

I am still not overly chatty. I need to go change my ticker and am annoyed w/ that at the moment, went up 2 pounds! Gads, talk about the munchies.

We had a nice Easter w/ my mother and step dad. Gab came later and had a bite to eat from being at her fathers. Rach has been working and will get tomorrow off, her feet are killing her!

Almost done w/ The Other Woman, I do not like Ellie. I hope that doesn't spoil it for you Cristina. I just don't like her, kind of mean to her mother in law.
Anyway - going to take Gaby swimming for a few hours and read. She will come out like a prune. Annoyed w/ an email that came in from her father. I guess I really need to be more assertive and give him a chat about boundaries. hmmmm, the last time I was assertive I was banned. haha.

Franice - Enjoy your Lifetime movie!! I would love to get a nose ring. I don't think I could ever do the tongue. Never seen the Atonment, was it good?? There was a review in the paper for Dog's Day Afternoon from the 70's - Al Pacino, have you seen that??? I thought it was funny, I might pick it up again.

Jules- Enjoy the massage!!

Cristina - What is the dead crap on the grass?? lol

Mindee- Going to have to come back to you chickie - you have way too much activity to catch up on ....lol - wow on 95 eggs a piece, that is a lot of egg salad :)

Hello to Sue, Katy, and Sassy!!

Better run!! Catch you all later.

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

nothing new on this end.....just the first day of Spring Break....and I am happy to report no issues between the boys! They were even laying together nicely on Logan's bed when I opened up their bedroom door this morning! I think Marissa is trying to cut either more teeth in the front or her nasty one year molars! She was a little miss pain in the butt last night. I tried to feed her her solid foods last night and she didn't want them. So, I mixed her dinner with some baby cereal today at lunch time and she ate a good amount of it! I then tried her with some fruit, and she took a couple of bites and was ready for bed. So, I will mix her food with baby cereal for now until I can get her to want to eat it without it.

Francie~ Not that much longer and you will be sitting in the dentist's office getting your teeth checked out and fixed! April really isn't that crazy on a month for birthday's for our family. August is our crazy month! In August we have birthdays or anniversaries on: August 4th (my mil), 5th (my dad), 6th (my uncle), 7th (my oldest BIL), 9th (my grandma - dad's mom), 13th (my other uncle/aunt-in-law), 14th (our dating anniversary - 9 years!/my sister Beth and her hubby's one year wedding anniversary), 15th (my oldest bil's wedding anniversary), 16th (a friend of our's birthday) 17th (my birthday), 20th (our niece Koryn's birthday), 22nd (one of my younger sister's birthdays), and 23rd (Tommy's friend Tony's birthday). Yup, we have two Taurus' in this house hold! We have one Aquarius (Tommy), two Taurus' (Brandon and Marissa), one Leo (me) and one Scorpio (Logan). So, we have all four seasons covered with birthdays! I love those shirts!!! I will have to poke around the website to see what I can find on there!

Cristina~ Nope, not deviled eggs. Those plastic ones that you can fill up with candy and such! They had some filled with money and some filled with slips of paper saying that they won a prize of some kind! They didn't get money or prizes.....but plenty of candy! I believe they do replay it during the week. I would check right now, but the kids just started watching Eight Below that I dvr'd for them a little bit ago. I will check in a little bit and let you know! You can go on tlc and check if I am not mistaken.

I will make it back here later to check in with every one!

Katie--to answer your pickled egg question???? Maybe they are called something different in OR--Ry will be disappointed (or have to make them himself) when he gets out there if he can't have one once in a while. He loves them. You take hard boiled eggs and soak them in beet juice till they get pink all through. How was your massage??

Mindee--we are wondering if our baby boy is starting to cut teeth. He is showing some of the signs...

SuzyQ--the ex needs a woman--anyone you don't like that you can set him up with?? You are just so irressitable.

Francie--my son turns 23 on April 1. He's the one moving to OR.

Cristina---in the summer I tease hubby that I have to go out and mow the weeds.

Sassy--it's still cold here--it's suppossed to get in the 50's this week though but it will be cloudy and maybe rain--I want spring already!! I do the emotional eating too.

Sue--hey lady!!

Well I got my massage today--she told me that c3, 4 & 5 were out--I told her it was worse before I went to the chiro last Friday and she says to get back there. SHe was able to get the neck muscles to relax enough for c-5 to go back in. I go to the chiro next Friday morning again and then back for another massage in 2 weeks. I told her once I get everything back in line I want to just make a standing once a month appt with her.

Saturday night, Teri, me & baby went up and took hubby's psycho mom out to eat for her bday which was Sunday. SIL and my niece and her baby boy came too. I can't believe little Blair turns a year old next month and then Little Henry is 1 in May. MIL is still a little crazy but I feel bad for her. I am just a softie.

Baby is so much fun. The house gets quiet when they go home. Ry is still moving as soon as Adam and Lauren find a place in Portland. They fly out April 2 and will stay at her sisters while they look. Ry was told he could go but he wants to wait for the apartment and not sleep on the floor indefinitely at the sisters house.

Well, I am tired--I am going to play a little on the pc and then go to bed.
Hope everyone has a good night!!

Susan~The movie was good. It was based on a true story, so I looked it up online, lol. Atonement was really good!! I wanna watch it again. The book was really good too. No, I havent seen that movie. I'm not really into Al Pacino, he kinda scares me, lol. I didnt really like The Other Woman. Nor did I care much for Swapping Lives or Babyville. Well..one of the girls got on my nerves in Babyville...

Mindee~I cannot wait to go to the dentist. I'm thinking of waiting until dh is on leave to go though. When he gets back, he has to take me to the doc on April 7th..and I'd feel really bad if he got out of work early again to take me to the effin dentist. I dunno..thats just how I feel..but he feels differently about it. I just dont want to hurt his career with my medical dramas, lol. And WOW!! Aug really is a crazy month for your fam!! Geez..November & December is usually crazy for us. But nothing like that, lol.

Jules~Did you add me on myspace???



Well..my day has been okay so far. I did the one mile walk this morning (i'm gonna be hitting the 3 miles on Wed). Then about a half hour ago, I did some firming exercises. Omg, my "abs" and thighs are killing me right now, lol. Thats pretty much it. Tonight, I'm gonna use my exercise ball while watching my show. Is there any dvds that are based around the exersice ball??

Back for a sec

Mindee- oops, thought they were *real* eggs too! Sorry. The kids were lucky to get so many candy filled eggs! Gab stands where she is and is not very aggressive in her *hunt* - I tell her to knock everyone else down or kick em. lol - jk.

Jules - Of course men adore me *snicker*...he does need a gf. I don't know anyone to set him up with. Hugs to you!!

Sassy - How are you??

Francie - Al Pacino is a doll, I must be old. When he was younger he was a cutie, I know he is pushing 60's now (??) I loved the movie though.

Cristina - Thank you sooooo much for the cards and gift!! Starbucks to perfect!! I almost was teary because I spent my last $1.75 on a grande with no money until Wednesday....lol...now I have coffee money for my birthday!! Yippeeeeee. You are a sweetie!! Thank you again!

k- NOW I am taking Gab swimming we have been sidetracked all day!!

Hugs to you all,,,,and the Bachelor is on tonight!! How exciting. lol

Susan~Oh I agree..I think he was pretty good looking when he was younger, especially in The Godfather!! He just scared me in The Devil's Advocate. LoL!!

just popping back in here....I am finishing up watching DWTS and then I will be doing my workout! I am debating if I want to attempt to do my other 30 minute work out dvd as well.

If any of my words are misspelled or anything....please forgive it! Logan decided to sit and just pick off key after key on the laptop. I got them to go back on, but you have to push them really hard just to get them to show up on the screen. Tommy said "if I get fed up enough, I will just go and grab the USB keyboard."

Francie~ Good luck with which ever you decide. I am going to be getting my work out in here shortly! Tommy showed me the oreos that I have been doing so well with avoiding.......until now! So, I have to work extra hard to get rid of those!

SusieQ~ I guess I should have been a little more specific on those! oops! How did the swimming go?

Jules~ I hope little Nick isn't too miserable with the teething! How are things with Dave and Teri? How is he doing? Has he heard any thing more about how long he will be in for?

Francie--yes that was me adding you--Ry wanted me to check out a girl he just met. Teri said she met her at the apartment and the girl is really polite & really cute. Hope you get to the dentist soon. I hate a sore tooth. Hubby just had his wisdom teeth pulled. Never gave him trouble until a few months ago.

SuzyQ--Teri was like Gaby so shy when she was little then she went to school and by her teenage years she became like Becky--a little bit of a smartmouth. Ry is more like Rachel with the teenage angst--glad they both grew out of it--you have hope yet. Ex seems to be getting a little creepy--when Ry moves to Portland I will have to introduce you so he be your body guard!!

Mindee--hey there-Dominic isn't too bad--it seems to have stopped but not any teeth through yet. Dave finds out in Aaril whats going on. Teri is on pins and needles waiting. She goes back and forth whether she is going to stay with him. She feels torn--he has lied so much and she has found out a lot of crap and most of it not good, if she waits and he doesn't change she will be upset but then if he really has changed and she doesn't wait she will be upset too. I am trying to stay out of it cause I have never liked him and neither does Ry, but if she loves him we will accept it.