Good Morning -

A fly by because I have limited time at the moment but I wanted to say good morning and wish you all a great Saturday. Suppose to be 96 here today

Francie - what kind of cookies??

I know. I am food obsessed. I think I will take the R's to Home Town Buffet for lunch. I am craving fish and they have fish and veggies...lets see if I can stay away from the mac and cheese and all the other goodies!

Back up to 155 so I better go change my numbers. I am annoyed w/ that but can't beat myself up too bad. Roll w/ the numbers, I guess.

bbl when I have more time

Sue~Mmm..grilled burgers and hot dogs sound soooooooo good. I think me & Fonzo will have a little cookout before the 4th of July. We have to watch Independence Day of course. It's a yearly tradition, lol.

Mindee~I really wanna go swimming right now. I would just like to jump in the pool and feel the nice cool water. It's so hot in here right now.

Susan~I'm baking Fonzo's fave cookies..peanut butter. They're yummy. I had one..to you know, make sure it didnt taste bad, lol.


Alrighty...nothing new with me today. I cleaned up a little bit. And of course made the cookies. I'm waiting for the eggs to finish boiling so I can make my egg sandwich. Then I'm gonna chill out while watching SATC. Tonight, I'll be watching a movie on Lifetime, lol. So ya..thats pretty much my day.

It's so hot right now. It like 85* outside and 84 inside. I opened all the windows and the back door..but its not helping. Right now I have 3 fans pointing at me. That helps a little bit, but not much. My cats are all hot too. I had to refill their water bowl twice this morning. I think I'm gonna put some extra water bowls out for them. They're all trying to keep cool right now.

Anyhoo..I shall go now. Hope you're all having a nice saturday!!!

mmmmm, of course Francie, you HAVE to taste the cookie to make sure it isn't....ummm, too peanut buttery and such. haha
It is hot here too. My apt is staying cool though and the dang cat keeps sneaking outside. If he wants to be in the heat, fine w/ me.
My lunch was fish, veggies, itty bitty mac and cheese and itty bitty slice of carrot cake and itty bitty lemon cake......mmm, what else?? That is the problem w/ a buffett, so many choices. I did have a spinach salad too, tried to fill up on bulk *snicker*....anyway - figure the rest of the weekend is for fasting and detoxing. lol


to everyone!! chat later.

Well, I had another cookie. I just wasnt convinced enough that Fonzo would like them, so I had to try another, lol.

Hiya ladies...

SUSAN..stay away from the mac and cheese and the buffets! Funny, since it was just me and DD I fixed hot dogs & mac & cheese...one of our favorite meals and one we hadn't had in ages! Chicken is on the menu for dinner but not really feeling like cooking now, lol. Got lazy from taking too long a nap!

FRANCIE...peanut butter cookies had never been a fav of mine but the last time I made them specifically for the hubby me and dd ate most of them, lol! And of course you have to taste them, lol. I was watching lifetime earlier...The Pilots Wife just happened to be on and later I want to watch the new movie, can't think of what it is called...with Kelly Preston in it.

MINDEE...good for you for using the stairs! Glad things have calmed down at the homestead.

SUE...I test drove a HHR, an orange one and OMG! I loved it! Figured we didn't need a new vehicle and wasn't sure why we were there, lol. Good luck whatever you guys decide on. Will keep you in my thoughts.

Well, I couldn't do it. I broke down and did 3 miles yesterday, lol. It was killing me not having any kind of exercise done, killing me! Got up early this morning and went for my walk and man, got home just in time...right before the storm hit. It was kind of dark when I left so couldn't really tell the weather...but man, I didn't think I was going to make it home dry.

Couldn't sleep last night because of a dilema, sort of. Some idiot got a hold of V's debit card numbers and decided to spend about $900...made me crazy! What's stupid is they paid their bills...Cox Cable and some utility bills...now how stupid is that? He went and took care of that this morning...I swear if it's not one thing it's another.

Trying to get laundry done but not getting too far with it...been a crappy day, sort of. Just went to bed too late and was up too early. I did finish my book and started another, finally! Woohoo!

As far as the weight, I am up 2 pounds Of course the way I have been eating it's a wonder it wasn't more, and it was expected. So going to go change the old tickers...add the exercise as well.

Take care ladies, and I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!

Have a cookie for me Francie!

just popping in while I have a chance to do so.

tommy and the boys are outside while Tommy is grilling. Marissa is sleeping, and I am making the side to go with dinner.

we are going to play monopoly tonight after the kids all go to bed.

gotta run, Brandon touched the grill while it was still on....and plus dinner is done.

Hello Everyone!!

Wow, I really have been gone long....I almost didn't find the thread!! I know that I've only posted on here a few times but was invited by Christina a few months back. They really condensed the groups here. I've had an extremely busy few months with a step-d grad school graduation in NC. Then traveling back and forth to NC for a very sick FIL. We thought he was a gonner a few weeks back but he's mighty strong for 85 yrs. Now trying to concentrate on two weddings (ds in Nov, dd next June) preparing for Myrtle Beach trip in two weeks and trying to make the right food choices. The baseball size crabcake that I just devoured surely wasn't a good choice but it was delicious I've recovered nicely from all my plastic surgery. My eyes look great and I look 10 lbs lighter just having the fat sucked out of my chin and neck (notice I said "look" not that I am 10 lbs lighter) but I still need to exercise and firm up the areas where I had the bra fat lipoed. No more surgery for me......I just really need to lose these last lbs and exercise. Easily said than done.

Christina--I friend of mine had her card stolen once and they caught them when the fool tried to pay his taxes when getting them done at a Sears' H & R Block!

Francie--When are you coming to Annapolis? I hope you like seafood! You'll never find any better than what we have to offer.

Sue--So sorry to hear about your melanoma. You'll be in my T & P's. You've talked me into upping my SPF when we go to the beach.

Mindee--How are the kiddo's?



Anyhoo girls....I'll try to stay a little more in touch. I've got so much more reading to do to catch up. Take care and ya'll have a wonderful weekend!!

It is great that you found us again Tammy! Look forward to getting to know you like the other ladies do

Mindee- Ouch, I hope Brandon is ok w/ touching the grill.

Francie - So, how many sample cookies have you had?? lol I LOVE peanut butter cookies, my favorite. In my first marriage (when I was 25 to 27) I use to bake a lot, I really liked it.

Cristina - I can almost hear you say "back away from the buffet Susan"...haha. I know, buffet's are a killer but I soooooo wanted fish. I will just watch it for the next few days w/ my eating. I seem to eat after 6pm now and I have tried not to do that. I figure it has been a 1,500 tp 1,700 calorie day. Ugh. I aim for 1,200. Yikes about the debit card, that is scary. I am glad it all worked out though. It is the bank that paid, right??
Wonderful on your walking!!

It is just too hot here, I think it has reached 100, miserable and just waiting for the sun to go down and hope it cools off. Gab came home at 6pm because I wanted her rested and she sleeps best at home. Next 4th of Jult weekend she will go w/ her dad. Anyway just drinking ice water and dreaming of mac and cheese and peanut butter cookies. lol

omg - hi to Sue , Katy , Jules , Sassy, Carla and wildthing!! You all are missed, come and chat w/ us!

Cristina~OoO..I would've loved to seen the Pilots Wife..I loved that book!!! The movie you're thinking about is..The 10th Circle..or something like that. Thats the one I'm gonna watch tonight. I just gotta find something to watch before then. I have like an hour and a half left. I'm so bored, lol.

Mindee~I hope Brandon is okay!!

Tammy~Good to finally hear from you. I think we'll be moving sometime between Aug 12 to Sept 21st. I'll let you know the official date once Fonzo tells me, lol. Me & Him have a lot to talk about...I love seafood, but Fonzo doesnt.

Susan~I've only had 2 cookies..but since Cristina asked me to have one for her, I gotta be nice and do that for her, lol. It's pretty hot here too. I think its hotter now than it was this afternoon.

So last night I went to a slumber party. It was with my church. I gave the devotion on the last chapter of Proverbs. I realized when I gave that devotion I was loosing weight for the wrong reasons. I am so excited now that I have my mind in the right focus. There were several girls there that wanted to get in shape too. They were ever wight like me. So I told I was going walking and that they could join me. We ended up walking 6 miles!!! We just got carried away and didnt realize how far we made it. It was awesome!! I am so ready.

I have good and bad news.

The good..Fonzo will be home tomorrow. The bad..it wont be until the evening. It takes everyone awhile to get off the ship. So ya..this sucks.

Francie - hooray! enjoy your reunion...preferably someplace with air conditioning! those cookies sounded so good...we don't have them anymore sue to DS peanut allergy.

Cristina - what a pain; glad you two caught it early...guess it wasn't too hard to figure out who did it, huh? stupid criminals. I get so spooked about id theft, I hardly pay for anything with my debit anymore..only where I absolutely have to.

Susan- hot enough for ya - bleh. We have the kiddie pool set up, but may head over to the community center today - to hot for me, I'll say!

wildthing- great job on the miles! I like how you convinced your friends to join you...makes it easier to walk farther, doesn't it?

Sue - ((((big hugs))))) I have had many many biopsies (all benign) and I'm so glad they found yours early. tg it wasn't melanoma! hope they get it off soon and you can get on with your life.

Hi Tammy, Jules, Sassy, Mindee

Well, VBS kept me very busy last week...100 kids a day! I was pretty tired. yesterday I spent just trying to get the house under control, because it was really messy. I still need to dust and clean bathrooms and mop..ugh it never ends. Upside to VBS is that I walked alot...racked up some miles on the pedometer which is a good thing as I didn't make it to the gym until yesterday.

I did get those camping pounds off - thank goodness. However, I'm still fluctuating abit. The good news is that the scale said 172.5 this morning. If it stays stable over the next few days..I'm changing the ticker. Wahoo! I'm back down to what i weighed when I was married 18 years ago, and where I was at when I got pregnant with DD.

I've been skimming You: On a Diet....anyone else read that? It has some interesting information and it certainly makes healthy eating and weight management sound like a reasonable goal. After working on this for so many years, I often feel like I will never reach this goal of mine; it is just taking so long. This book did make me feel better about my approach I have to say.

Have a great Sunday everyone! Stay Cool!

Happy Sunday!

Katy - MISERABLE, I say. I couldn't get to sleep til 3am and I evern took 2 herbal sleep aid pills to help but no go. So, I was in that half asleep half awake state. Kind of a slow death. lol I never have heard of You: On a diet. I did see one mentioned in Women's World that I was going to look up. When I check the title again I will let you know. I am glad VBS went well, they had the volleyball net set up this morning when I drove by, is that for the teens? Yay, on the 172.5!! I have been going up and down too, I need to go add another pound (up) as soon as I am done here. I guess there is no such thing as itty bitty slices of cake. lol

Franice - Good gawd girl, did you tell the people in charge you have homemade peanut butter cookies??? Ugh, on having to wait all day, I hope it is cooling off down there!!! Don't forget pictures

wildthing- awesome on the 6 miles, how long did that take you all??

Mindee- How is Brandon??

to everyone else. I might get back on later, just need to go spend time with the girls before it gets too hot. Also, I need to go change the weight. I am frustrated w/ the up and down...I kind of stepped on the scale wrong and it showed 145, it kind of got me excited til it went up to 155 ((this was the other day, before it went to 156 - lol))........I haven't been in the 140's for years now. I need to get some motivation and just get this over with, driving me bonkers.

k- adios....bbl

I'm hot and miserable. I'm gonna take a nap and hopefully that will pass a lot of time!!!!!!!