:wave: Good Morning Chickie's! :wave:

Sassy - :hug: Hope you are feeling better!!

Francie - I am sorry about the shore duty :hug: I could never be on a ship for long periods of time. I hope somehow/someway it can be fixed. :hug:

Mindee- Do you have a walking machine thingie that measures your steps?? :dizzy: I can't think of the name. I am just asking because once I was just counting the steps in my head :dizzy: and after a while it became rather cumbersome and lame. lol Anyway- hope you have a ticker thing! Awesome on the walking!! :carrot:

Cristina - I loved Scout, and the kids were as cute as can be, very enjoyable to read! Gaby still loves horses and dogs, she loves Momo, the kitty too. He sleeps up by her head, so he must like her in exchange. I hope I get an interview! It only pays $15 an hour but it would be back on site living so that would be a huge help, plus the stupid PGE bill included, so it would be a good job. Maybe with your chatter of mowing I can get Gab to help me weed around our place, it is a mess and the landlord is never around to maintain the yard. It would be fun, I like working outside.


I am just waiting to go get Gaby from school. Watched AI last night and was soooo glad to see jason finally leave and after that I watched the show on Barbara Walters, after that I went to bed. I didn't even read.....so tired. *wah....k- enough complaining. I need to get my butt in gear like you ladies and walk!! :)


:wave: Hi to Katy, Jules, and Sue!! And to anyone else passing by, you are welcome to join us!! :)

Omg Omg Omg Omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fonzo Just Called Me!!!!!!! He's Going To Shore Duty For Sure!!! We Just Got Our Orders To Annoplias Maryland!!!! I'm Soooooooo Happy Now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

popping in while I have the chance to! Brandon is the only one awake right now. so he is eating potato chips and watching Bob the Builder.

I do have to say that I like Tommy's boss! He was suppose to work six hours on Saturday. But he told his boss that it is his anniversary this weekend and if he missed it he would be in the doghouse for sure. His boss told him that he understood and he can have Saturday off!

Francie~ That is great news that Fonzo gets to go on shore duty! When do you guys have to move to Maryland?

Cristina~ Thanks for the nice words! I am hoping to continue on with all my walking at night. Yesterday it was nice, but thankfully Marissa stayed asleep when daddy went to bed. I am thinking of just going for a walk by myself if she doesn't wake up. But then on the other hand, I wish we had a dog so that I could have some kind of protection with me.

SusieQ~ Yup, I have a pedometer. I wouldn't know how many steps I take in a day unless I have one!

HI again...

FRANCIE...:yay: to the good news! Do you guys know when you will go?

MINDEE...forgot to say earlier...:bravo: to being at 232.8! Take a walking stick or stick with you when you walk. That's what I did last summer when I walked in the wee hours of the morn. It wasn't because I was scared of anyone attacking me...except for a dog. There were a few mornings a dog jumped out and scared the crap out of me...never had to use the stick though, lol.

SUSAN...well, hoping you get the job. Hey, offer to pay Gaby and I bet she will jump on helping with the weeds! I too like working outside...it's therapeutic for me.

HIYA everyone else :wave:

Had a little time so thought I would check back. I mowed the back already and man what a mess. It is still soaked from all the rain and there was a corner I couldn't do...not sure if running the lawn mower thru water would hurt it or not...didn't want to find out, lol. Can't believe how wet it still is, ugh! Anywho...

Have a great day!

Okay well..I'm not sure when we're moving. I know Fonzo is off the ship is Sept..so maybe then?? I really hope nothing changes. I'm so excited now. I hated not knowing where we would be going.

Uh oh..Fonzo just emailed me. Pray that its good..Okay n/m..it was just something silly, lol.

I'm gonna be looking at military housing there while I eat my lunch. I dunno if we'll living in base housing again..but its fun to look at pics and floor plans. My friend Elyse is like 2 hours away from there!! I havent seen her since 2004!!! This is a pic of me & her from high school (of course I made it all pretty, lol)

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Cristina~ Thanks for the bravo! I am more determined now then ever to continue on my exercise regimen that I have been doing! I will have to see if I can find a stick to take with me. The path that I take is usually well lit but there are a few spots that I just worry about someone popping out at me......even when I am pushing the stroller!

Francie~ That is still great news! I will say some prayers that nothing changes!

Too cute Francie! That's the one on your myspace isn't it? That will be great to be so close to your friend!

You are welcome for the bravo Mindee! You are doing a great job and I am proud of you! :hug:

Cristina~ thank you so much for those words of encouragement! I asked Tommy if he would be my back bone and to help keep the junk food out of the house and he said that he would. Plus, he told me that when my clothes get too loose......then we will go shopping for new ones!

Back again -

Mindee- Thank you dear. I couldn't think of pedometer, I am glad you aren't lame like me by just counting your steps the old fashion way. :) You will have so much fun shopping for new clothes as you lose!! Sweet that you have the support of Tommy, you are lucky .....a lot of husbands get wierd as their wife loses weight, at least mine did. Hey, did you ever decide on a bike??

Francie - Yeah on Maryland! That will be a nice place to be stationed,a lot of history in that area. Cute picture of you and Elyse! I am glad you aren't as stressed with the whole thing! :)

Cristina - I use to walk at 5am by myself....lol. Didn't carry nothing but my cell phone. Goes along w/ my leaving my windows and doors open , I guess. haha
I have always loved working in the yard, I miss that now. How are your gift boxes coming along? I keep thinking about that, wish I lived closer to help you. I don't know about the job. My benefits end mid July and I will have a good tax refund on top of that. I just really need a job. lol This month is good though because both fathers have paid child support, helps a ton! I like your new avatar!! :)

Going to have some red meat for dinner. Been working on Gaby's sweater for the longest time! Can't get that chocolate stain out for the life of me. I bleached her whites so that is ok......*sigh. I am 161 now.I have not hanged the ticker because I am hoping it will go back down soon. Just sooooo frustraing trying to get into the 150's! *&$^@%@*.

Thinking of what to do for the weekend. I can keep Gaby and not see McD or let Gab go w/ her dad and have a date night. What a toss up. I miss McD but I miss Gab too and it is Mothers Day weekend! Have to toss and turn on that some more, I guess.

Twisted my ankle today, felt stupid doing it. lol...Hurts now,,,,,poor me. :( I guess I can"t walk!!! Darn. :)

anyway- A HUGE hello to Sassy, Katy, Sue and Grandma Jules!!! We miss you ladies!! :)

Chat later.

Susan~OUch!!! Hope your ankle feels better!!!

SuzyQ--ouch about the ankle. I'd keep Gaby. I've got everyone home right now. We moved all Ry's stuff out of the apartment. I've got one more basket to wash up and then he is going to start going through everything. He has SO many clothes, I didn't realize. He is going to go though everything and figure out what he's taking on the plane and then figure out what I will be sending out later and he is even going to give some to Goodwill. He flies into Seattle on Tuesday night.

Mindee--wtg on the exercising. Glad Tommy is being so supportive. Jerry's not so much. He gets insecure when I start losing weight.

Francie--Annapolis is BEAUTIFUL!! It sits on the Chesapeake Bay. (You'll get to see the bridge that I hid under the cover for) The Naval Academy is there. You will be just a short drive from the Atlantic Ocean. Baltimore and Washington DC are both close too with lots of cool places to see. If Ry was staying we would have to meet you and go to DC together.

Cristina--we have had a terrible time getting grass to go in our yard that still thinks it is woods. I have to mow the patches of grass and the weeds though.

Sassy--the rain is headed our way too. Luckily Ry and I got his bed & dresser and tv and other big stuff moved in my brothers truck before it hit. Moved everything else in me and Teri's cars. My knees are achy with the rain and going up and down the stairs moving stuff.

Katy & Sue--hope everything is well with both of you!!

I take Dominic to the cariologist for a checkup tomorrow. Well I am really tired so I will get off here!!

just popping in before heading to bed! my little princess has decided that it is a tradition now to go for our nightly walk. she refused to go to bed tonight until we went for a walk.....and then she basically passed out while I was walking with her! I went for my same distance this time, but added another trip that was a little bit less around the complex.

Susie Q~ Ouch! I hope your ankle feels better. Alternate between ice and heat and keep it up as much as possible! Nope, I haven't really thought any more about getting a bike. But I know that Sassy was talking about getting one.

Francie~ How are you doing? I have been meaning to ask if Fonzo knows about your workout schedule and losing weight. Or were you keeping it as a surprise for him?

Jules~ It is good to hear from you! I haven't really lost that much weight, but I have noticed that it doesn't really bother him IF I get any glances from other men. But then again, he doesn't really have a say since he constantly gets ogled at by other women....so all I have to say to him is fair is fair and then he laughs!

Jules..Just popping in quickly and saw your post. We also are having trouble getting a yard to grow. This used to be woods. And they had run cows in here also. You would think with all the cow s**t the yard would grow. :) Our back looks pretty good except where several trees have roots at the top of the dirt. We are going to mulch some more and take care of that. The front is what is driving us crazy. The builder had it done (poorly) and then he fixed part of it. (again poorly) Now DH put a Spring application on it and it didn't stop any weeds...looks terrible. So we are about to decide to pay a professional and get it done with a guarantee. On a positive note, all 7 of the trees we planted are doing beautifully, ferns all came back and things are looking good. I do want pretty grass though.
Hope Dominic gets a good check-up. What a doll baby.

Hi to everyone else...Glad to see you all posting. I am having a family lunch and visit tomorrow so cooked all day. I am pretty tired so be back tomorrow night.

Sue~ Have fun at your family lunch!

Jules~I think Fonzo will be working at the Naval Academy (he is not an officer though). Everyone keeps telling me how pretty it is there. I'm just so excited!!!! :carrot: I wish we could leave now, lol. I'm getting tired of this boring place, lol. I'm exciting to be visiting DC and all the places..especially NYC!!!

Mindee~Oh Fonzo knows. He's even been working out on the ship!! We wanna get hot for each other, like how we were before we got married, lol. Being married has made us extra soft, lol.

So its 1:30am right now..and I'm so bored. I'm chatting with my friend..and downloading Lowrider Oldies, lol. I love the song I'm listening to right now. Its called "Angel Baby." I used to play it all the time when me & Fonzo started going out, lol. I miss him..

Francie- So glad your bad news turned into good news! Maryland will be such and adventure for you two...so sorry you have to be apart from Fonzo right now. Did you ever get some sleep?

Mindee- wtg on your loss...and the daily walks. Those are gonna make you feel so good, and its good for Marissa, too.

Susan- How's the ankle today..hope its feeling better. Good luck on the job application! You'll be in the 150s before you know it.

Sue - Have fun with your family today. Your yard sounds lovely. I would love to live in the woods, but we settle for visiting my mother who has a nice wooded property.

Jules - Is Ry getting excited to move? How did Dominic's checkup go?

Cristina - Did the rain let up? Hopefully you can get your walk in without getting poured on.

Well, L got over whatever it was and went back to school yesterday. DH came home and puked on Wednesday, but he managed to rally and also was back at work yesterday. Crossing my fingers that no one else gets it. Today I hit the gym, then it's off to my spinning class! I maintained last week...not too bad considering I couldn't get out to the gym much. I did work in the yard and get some walking in. I'm getting in gear this week, tho', because I am real close to changing the ticker.

Brandon did the ACES (All Children Exercising Simultaneously) walk for the American Cancer Society on Wednesday. He came home from school today with a t-shirt in his bag (that he had to put on immediately), a little certificate thanking him for walking and raising money for the ACS, and also a $5 gift card to Meijer.

I will have to take a picture of him with all his goodies he got. He also made me a "bouquet" of flowers for Mother's day, which I will also have to take a picture of here in a second.

I also stepped on the scale this morning and it told me 231.4!!!!! So, those walks are doing me a LOT of good! I even stepped it up a notch last night and walked around another time, but just around the driveways and not my normal path! I was going to go around my normal path, but it was cold out last night and my hands were freezing and so were Marissa's.

Francie~ Yup........marriage will do that to you! I noticed that I put on more weight before we got married, when we lived with each other and I was baby sitting our nieces at the house. I did notice when I went to fill in at one of my sisters works for a week, that I needed to get into eating on a schedule and not just when I wanted to!

Katy~ I agree with you whole heartedly! I love how I feel after I get back from our walks, and she sleeps a lot better then before we went for the walks. I even sleep better!

Cristina~ I am really enjoying the mommy daughter time and I am sure that she is as well. We haven't really encountered too many people on our walks, but when we do she lets them know that she is a happy baby!

Katy~Thats what I've been saying..Maryland will be an adventure. I just hope I dont get sick of it, like I did here. LoL!! But theres a lot of drama here that I'm just ready to get away from. Ya..I finally did get to sleep. I had the hardest time though. First it was too warm in the room..then too cold..then too warm again. Finally I just turned up the fans, and pulled the warm blanket over me and fell asleep, lol. I'm so used to Fonzo's warm body, that I need that heavy blanket to help me fall asleep. OMG, I'm turning into my mother!!!

Cristina~Well..I havent seen much of the world. Fonzo has seen more of it than me. LoL!! But I'm secretly hoping we'll just stay in MD, so he can go to Europe and I can finally visit him at port, lol.

Mindee~I started packing on the pounds about a couple months after we got married, lol. I dunno what it was really. Maybe just from being too comfortable and more lazy. LoL!!

I don't know what causes it either, but I did notice that I was packing them on a lot easier after we had gotten married.

before we got married I was taking Metabalife and that helped me lose some weight, and then my grandpa died a week to the exact day and time before we got married. so we had his funeral on the Wednesday before we got married.

Oh I'm so sorry to hear that. That had to be hard getting married without him being there. I noticed that when my mom passed away, my weight went up a lot more. I think depression can do that to you. Then when Fonzo deployed, that just added more stress and more drama..so I just ate away the pain. After he came home though, I realized I had a problem..and needed to lose weight.

After the wedding and all that, my mom told me that my grandpa had been trying to hold on long enough to see me get married. And in fact, when we were taking pictures under the Cherry Blossom trees at the church, as I asked my grandpa and his grandpa (we got married on his grandpa's birthday) to bless our marriage. And right as we stepped out from under the cherry blossom trees, it started to sprinkle and then it rained for the rest of the day until we got to the hotel after the reception.

Aww..it was like he was there...

TGIF!! -

I did a WI and I was 160.2, I will take it. I bounced up as high as 163 this week after the wild weekend of gin and tonic and wine. What an alkie I am becoming - lol . Forget it, I want to lose weight, no more indulging!!!!


Did I not get any of my post right?? Yes, Sassy was thinking of a bike, sorry Mindee. And gift boxes seem more fancy Cristina - lol....I think last I read you had 15 done out of 100?? Something like that. I should pay more attention. lol

My ankle is less sore today, thanks!!! I was sitting yesterday and my foot had gone to sleep without me feeling/knowing it. So when I stood to walk it was like a spaghetti string dangling in the air ..couldn't do anything with it and almost fell on my arse to boot!

Jules - Hope Dominic's cariologiest check up went ok today. Tell Ry it is suppose to be nice weather next week, up in the 80's , at least in Portland.

Katy - I am glad L is feeling better. Like the avatar too of DH, hope he is felling better!

Sue - Hey Bike Chick!! We miss you. A family lunch sounds like fun! :)

Francie - I agree w/ everyone else , Maryland will be so much fun to explore..and you can always hop a plane for Florida to vacation.

Mindee- Congrats on the 231!! All that walking is paying off, good for you! Cute about Marissa and liking her walk in the evenings.

Cristina - Come and do my laundry!! Ugh, I seem to have a load every day now. I was going to work on that stain on Gab's purple sweater. It is almost faded, maybe scrub some more. :?: Still don't know about the weekend, I guess I owe McD some time since we really only get to see each other on the weekends. I don't know.

Hi to Sassy!!!! :wave:

I went to Freddies and picked up veggies for a salad this morning. I was in there yesterday at the deli and there was a Garden Delite for $4.99 a pound so I bought a little container for $2 which was ridiculous. I can make that, I thought. Duh. So, I did. Now I smell like low fat vinegar dressing. lol
I put cauliflower, yellow squash, zucchini, tomato, mushrooms. and cucumber in it....and you coat it w/ the dressing. I think an onion in in would add more taste. I might do that still since the girls won't eat it anyway. Also, I really don't like tomatoes but did that for color, but I could have used a red bell pepper. I just thought something different to eat over the weekend and I made 2 bowls of it so I might even give some to my mother (omg - for mothers day!! lol ). What a cheapie I am. haha.

Anyway - I better get my butt in gear. I bought cleanings supplies and plan an attack on my apt.My gift to myself for mothers day :)

just popping back in before going to eat dinner. we are taking the kids to a bike night at a local flea market tonight. then tomorrow night........DATE NIGHT!!!! we have a sitter for the kids, and we are going to dinner and bowling!

Francie~ I had a feeling like he was there, and then when it started to rain it solidified it for me!

SusieQ~ I hope your ankle is better! Did you ever decide if you were going to have date night or time with the Gabster? Great job on the 160! I am slowly working my way that way! My next step, which will be my biggest accomplishment so far, is to getting past 200!

Mindee- I remember getting out of the 200's, it will be a great feeling for you! Every step you are making is great, enjoy the ride because when you look back it will be a wonderful accomplishment in your life!!

We (McD) are doing a date day I guess. He has a place on Lake Merwin in WA and we were going up there to spend some time. Gab will go w/ her dad from 1pm Sat to 1pm Sunday. So, I will get her some of Mothers Day and try and not feel too guilty. haha

K- been cleaning and staying busy today. If I get my second wind I am going to take Gab to Target and get some shorts and shirts w/ the warm weather coming up she will need it.

Hope you all have a great Friday evening! :)

well, we had a great night last night! we took the kids to the bike night at the local flea market. we walked all over the place but because it was cold not that many bikes showed up. but it was still a good time had by all! then we had to go to walmart to get some stuff!

Tommy was asking me what he gets for our anniversary, since I get two holidays in one! for our anniversary, I get dinner and bowling. For mother's day, I get a new purse and some flowers!

SuzieQ~ I am inching closer and closer to that number and I am so excited about it! Have fun with McD!

Hiya Chickies...

MINDEE...:carrot: :bravo: :woohoo: WTG on being at 231!! Sounds like you guys have a nice weekend planned, enjoy your date night! Bowling sounds like loads of fun. Sounds like Brandon made out like a bandit!

SUSAN...when you are finished with your house cleaning, you can come do mine! Actually, DD is going to do it sometime today. Enjoy your day with McD! And WTG on being at 160!

FRANCIE...okay, so you're seeing the U.S....it's part of the world, lol. Hoping you guys get to stay there so you can get to Europe.

Another gloomy day here in Oz. Supposed to get more rain today and it looks like it is moving in. Woke up to the sun shining in the window and now it is getting dark. Nothing special planned today...aiming to finish Mary, Mary which I think I will. V is working, J is working and DD is cleaning the house for me and it is a good book that I don't want to put down. Was dozing last night or I would have had most of it done.

Did the Leslie Sansone's Trim & Slim and the Firming dvd and will do the sculpt & burn later. The first two are 30 minutes long and the last one 40 minutes.

That's about all I have. Most likely won't be back to post until Tuesday so I will wish you ladies a wonderful weekend and a very Happy Momma's Day!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, LADIES!