Ok I havnt been on in a few days and you all have posted so much. I am trying to catch up but goodness.

Jules- Love love love your bathroom!!! I am a huge fan of unusual colors in bathrooms. Someday when I have my own it will probably be teal. I am glad to hear that he does like the paint after all. Also Dominic is also one on the cutest things I have ever seen!!!

Francie- Calm down for cats. Its 9.99 but I dont know if every petsmart has it. Also you can get NaturVet Quiet Moments. Its for both cats and dogs so it might be in the dog section. I am glad that you had fun at at your cookout. We had a cook out last night. Yum! I am really hate spiders. They make me cry.

Mindee- I take the aplle cider vinegar for alot of things. I take it for weightloss. Its supposed to do something with your metabolism and it makes you feel full longer. It also really helps with my eczema. All you do is drink 2 ts in 8 oz 3 times daily. You can use any liquid. I used juice. It actually doesnt taste that bad. You have to get unfiltered. I use Braggs. You can get it on line too. There are other health things it helps with to. I just dont remember. I also hope you had fun at your parents house too.

Susan- good job on your walk!!!! I love animal planet. Iwatch it all the time. Compared to some of the things I have seen on those shows 60 cat is nothing. Isnt that sad? The reason why guys spend so much on the 4th is because it is an opportunity to prove their masculinity. Baha. To bad it doesnt really work.

Sassy- I am glad to here that you are feeling better physically. When I feel like I am loosing hope I alway remember that there are people that always have a bigger struggle than you. I was pouting yesterday to my self and I thought man I just whish I was there already. I have 40 lbs to losse. But I saw my best friends cousin yesterday and she struggles so much with here weight. She has so many health issues. She doesnt have just a 100 to loose but double. There is always sombody worse. I see people who were like 400 lbs who got healthy. If they can do it then I have no right to complain about 40 lbs. That my tip. Good luck on your bike riding. I think it would be awesome if you rode to work. I might try that. I dont work at far away but it would still be fun. I really hope you get some sort of motivation soon. You can do it. You just have to realize it for your self.

Tammy- Very nice on the king size. I love big beds. I really hope you get motivated too. It is never fun to try to be healthy without motivation.


So I was telling Andrew I had a certain goal to have by the time he got back. He said if I reach my goal he will take me shopping for a new outfit for our one year anniversary. He doenst know what my goal is. He just knows I have one. I have def got to stick with it now!!! I love to go shopping!!! Yesterday was my cheat day. I only cheated at supper. It wasnt to bad. I really needed it though. My truck broke so i cant go to the park and I cant walk in this neighborhood y my self. I have been doing taebo. I am officially hooked. I needed to find soemthing to tone my muscles. I absolutely love it. My truck will be getting fixed real soon so I will be back on the walking path. I got my new walking shoesin the mail today so I am all set. My last tennis shoes were leaving sores on the back of my left ankle and plus they were just regular shoes. They were new balance but I think the may of been running? These are special walking shoes that are supposed to help with form and they do!!!! They are so comfy to. I got them for 30 off of ebay but originally they are like 80 dollars!. I love good deals. Anyways back to cleaning. I cant wait to hear from yall.

thank goodness for Saturday!


Good news, bad news....

Good news
I am down .10 a pound, can you imagine?? I am not going to complain, just frustrated how slow this is all going and about to slam my scale against the wall.
Bad news
oh, just that it isn't .20 of a pound. lol
bbl to do indi's.....

I don't know if this will help anyone or not but it helped me back in 2000 when I lost 110 pounds.
It is Charles Swindoll on Attitude.This came from a special friend who I met on a weight board. His name was Brian and he lost 100 + pounds, he was young (in his mid 30's) and a single father.

You meet some people and they change your life, he was it for me. He died right ater Gaby was born in 2001 (of an asthma attack)) and I think of him a lot, he loved life so much and lived to the fullest every day. He was the Walking Postive Attitude.

I have lost 110 pounds twice in my life, once when I was in my early 20's and once when I was 36. I have started and stopped not even wanting to change my eating habits for a week. Food was more important to me and the comfort it brought.
I think the key (for me) is to disconnect how I think of food. That food is nothing but fuel for the body, it keeps us healthy mentally and physically. It isn't suppose to be a friend.

I also read this book that heped where it writes about how you should take care of yourself like a child. I mean would we allow our child to eat too much sweets or fast food? Would we make sure they got out to the park or would we sit them inside all day w/ a bag of chips? Are we going to give them soda or are we going to make sure they get water? So, it basically says to treat yourself like a child, treat yourself with the love you deserve.

I think when you get tired enough of being tired, you will change. At least that is how it went down for me. And being 36 years and not even able to climb a flight of stairs ((at 245))was finally becoming totally unacceptable. I deserved better, I deserved to live the life I wanted to live.

anyway - my thoughts......and if it helps anyone, great. I needed the reminder myself as I typed it.

oh, the Attitude saying.....

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.

Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It will make or break a company ... a church ... a home.

The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable.

The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude ... I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me, and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you ... we are in charge of our Attitudes.

oops, forgot to do indi's....ha.

Sassy - Men like things that explode for some reason. I don't know. I didn't even miss the fireworks and I am the type of person to go to bed at 11:55 on News Year Eve. lol Anyway, you will get motivated when you are suppose to. I don't think we can force ourselves. I think there will be a moment and time when it all comes together and you will take off like speed of lightening. Don't give up hope on that!

Tammy - what beach are you going to?? The east coast is so pretty, always read about Martha's Vineyard or Cape Cod...have fun!

Asia - Petsmart must be a fun store to work at, how long have you been there? Sounds like you have a very sweet, supportive boyfriend. Great price on the shoes! I spent around $40 for some NB shoes at the store , on sale of course.

Francie - hope you are feeling better

to Sue, Mindee, Katy, Grandma Jules, Cristina, and Carla!!

I had this chicken / rice dish for lunch, feel so full I think I better get out for a walk now. Miss my Gaby, what a loooong weekend. lol ....all missed up w/ the holiday yeseday.

anyway - chat later.

Hi everyone!
I've been out of town, visiting my mom for the 4th. I have way too many posts to catch up on, so I'm not even going to try to do individuals now, but will try to check in over the next few days and get caught up with everyone.

We had a great time with Mom in Goldendale. She gave us a new mattress for our bed (desperately needed), and some antique furniture that I grew up with. I love getting this kind of stuff, and my mom has good taste, so I am happy to bring it into the house. It also reminds me of my childhood and that makes me happy, too.


BTW Susan, I think it was me you saw in the Village..as I was walking at that time. I think I was wearing a light blue tee...

Oh..another BTW...while in Goldendale, we were checking out all the July 4th festivities, which they had today instead of yesterday ( and no fireworks...weird).. Anyway, we checked out the used book sale at the library and I bought my first Shopaholic book! Better late the the party than never, right? I think it's called Shopaholic and Sister. I am finishing up a good book called Bread Alone about a recently ditched L.A. trophy wife who starts her life over again in Seattle as a baker's apprentice..it's really good summer reading.

TTFN ladies...hope you are all enjoying your holiday weekend...

Katy~Shopaholic & Sister is the 4th book. It wasnt really one of my faves. You should read the first book..Confessions of a Shopaholic. That way you can better understand Becky and her craziness, lol.

Sassy - You have every right to your feelings. I feel bad if you ever have to think you need to buck up and stop whining. We all need to be heard and our feelings validated, that is NOT whining.
I only write of my motivation and my feelings, it wasn't addressed to anyone. It helped me though to write it.
At the moment I have this wave of depression over me and I am just waiting for it to pass. I certainly can't buck up to that,but if I look for some postitive in my life it helps me survive another day until I can actually feel happy again.....because this weekend I am so miserable and close to tears.
So, many hugs to you!!

Katy - I agree w/ Francie. I could not stand Becky's sister, she was way bossy. It is funny though. Was that you in the village?? Your hair is long??

Cristina - on the pound! And thanks so much

k- out of here......

Sorry...no indies tonight and I promised. Just super busy day and really tired.
Saw DD and DGS..yay! He has grown so much and it just makes me sad that I can't see him more often. So smart for his age...(grandma speaking here) Of course, it goes without saying that I wish I could see DD more.

TAH DAH...we bought a new car and will pick it up Monday. I can't wait...will post a picture if I remember. It is an HHR after all!

Good morning!

Sassy- your dinner sounds absolutely yummy! I love lamb, particularly grilled with some rosemary..mmmm, I might have to make some of that soon. I 'm so glad to see that your DH will go to the same shift as you..I can't imagine how hard it has been for you two to be on opposite schedules. Sounds like your job is perking up

Sue - I can't open the attachment for some reason, but I do want to see your beautiful new car. Hope you and hubby can ( or did) sneak off. I really want to do that, but we are ba--roke! Hub just spent $$ on car repairs so the only sneaking off we are going to get to do is to the back yard, lol!

I'll bbl for some more chat..meanwhile, I took some pics of my flowers that I thought I'd share, so let's see if I can get it to upload properly

Well, I was able to get one of them in the post. Here's the other one...


PS - thanks for the heads up on Shopaholic..I think I may check out the first one from the library before I read the one I bought. Fortunately, the kids' school has a used book sale every spring and I can unload books I don't want or like there and pass them on the someone else.

just popping in to let you all know that we made it back home from my parents house. my mom basically held us hostage on Friday night and said that we couldn't go home. so we stayed the night and came home yesterday afternoon. we hung out for a little bit and then took my sister to another sisters house. then went out to see some fireworks. we were all so exhausted last night! I fell asleep while trying to get Brandon to sleep. Tommy was falling asleep at the computer.

Francie~ Thanks for that guys name! I will have to look online and see if I can find it!

I got a couple of books from my mom's house to read. One is called "Wasted" by Marya Hornbacher. It is a memoir about anorexia and bulimia. And the other one is called "90 minutes in heaven" by Don Piper.

Other then that nothing really new going on. Oh yeah......we got some pediasure from my mom for Logan. He has been drinking it and eating all his meals that we put in front of him. so, I am happy with that. And he is getting his belly back!

Inching down the scale to 153.4, yay. Had oatmeal for breakfast and a chicken salad for lunch. I have to get started on my water. Gaby comes home in a few hours, thank goodness!

bbl w/ indi's - hope you all are having a good day.