Back In Kindergarten #49
 

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"I feel like I am back in kindergarten in many ways... personal, sometimes at work and now with the weight loss. I have done so many things wrong over the years.....emotional eating, pills for weight loss, eating the wrong things, failed diets, etc.
Now it's time to start fresh, kinda like back in kindergarten......"

You are welcome to join us in our chatter about life and our weight loss journey! So please grab your coffee/water/diet coke or whatever your drink of choice is, and pull up a chair and join us! :cofdate:

Good morning, ladies!

Okay Susan...with the link you sent me that is what came up...hoe did you get the picture.graphic full size? Ugh, what do I know, lol...I tried. :)

SUSAN...you're a sweetie! And thank you for the Dora graphic, too cute! I've not heard of that book but sounds inspirational. I am hoping to get some inspiration from the Biggest Loser Books I just got. Not sure if I mentioned it but I had ordered them a while ago an just received them last week...the cookbook, calorie counter book, can't remember what else but there are two others. I NEED to get back on track. And was thinking about that on my walk this morning. When I lost this last little bit of weight my focus was on getting and being healthy and the weight was coming off. Somewhere along the way it turned into "I have to lose!" and gues what...I'm not! But I hear ya about going away alone...thinking that's what I need. And a beach trip? I am jealous lady!

FRANCIE...glad you and Fonzo are enjoying being back together! :love: The comment made me want cupcakes too! I remembered talking about them not too long ago :lol: That movie is coming on again tonight, yay! I am making a note so I don't forget to watch it and must cook dinner early, lol. I tried the link to the game but it didn't come up. Of course I thought it might not...we've been having problems with this stupid computer...hubby is thinking about calling the computer geeks to come out. Waaahhh! I want Fealess 14! Now don't be a spoiler when you read it, lol.

SUE...fingers crosse for the new car :crossed: And WTG on the biking and walking. I'm thinking about going for a bike ride later...not taken it out for a while. Have fun at the casino if you go.

MINDEE...glad Brandon is okay and sounds like you guys had fun at the pool!

WILDTHING...WTG on the walking!

Hello to JULES, KATY, SASSY, TAMMY, CLARA and anyone reading this...feel free to join us!

As much as I didn't want to get up early this morning I did. Happy to say I actually have all my walking done, feels good too! Now I can concentrate on laundry and straightening the house...like I wan to :lol: Finished my book and getting ready to start another. Disappointed with just having read 4 books this month, ugh!

What's everyone's plan for 4th of July? Anything special going on?

Well, I better get going. Want to get something done today. I'll be back later.

Have a good day, all!

Hi All!! You have been busy little posters. Nothing much new here.

Teri really likes Patrick (who is a REALLY) nice guy, but is still in love with Dave (who fails everytime she gives him another chance) Why is it sometimes it seems we have to go for the bad guy who is gonna screw up when the great guy is there ready to treat us the way we should be treated??

Ry LOVES Washington, he has found his little niche. He's having fun on Sunday nights signing at a karaoke (sp?) bar, he was going to sing Tom Petty last night. Today he is going kayaking on the bay with some people from work. He is seriously thinking of going to cooking school. The display of the food gives taps into his creative side and he loves people and actually enjoys cooking.

Jerry & I are on vacation this week. Don't get too excited we aren't going anywhere. He's cutting wood and I'm painting and getting stuff ready to take to Goodwill and paperbacks to a local book sale, all the things we can't do when baby is here. Fun..huh...

Well back to work before hubby acts like I am not....I told him if he keeps being grumbly that I will go to work this week and take my vacation next week without him!!

Good morning all!!

Cristina~Don't forget to watch the movie!! It's really good!!! I wanna read the book now. I read My Sister's Keeper and just loved it. Of course, I cried the entire time I read it too, lol. I haven't started Fearless Fourteen yet. I think I might start today or tomorrow. It sounds pretty good.

Jules~Thats sounds like a nice vacation to me. Except..I'd be buying the books and not selling them, lol. I'm glad Ry likes WA, because I do not. LoL!! It's too hot and miserable here right now.


Anyways..I went to bed kinda late (3:30am) and I woke up too early (8am). Fonzo kept moving around too much. Probably not used to sleeping on a comfy bed, lol. Then all 3 cats slept in the room with us. Which was a first. Only 2 of them slept with me while he was gone. I'm starting to feel unloved by my Sassy. She slept on his side, cuddled with him..then stepped over me to get off the bed, little traitor. And she was the one that never liked him, lol.

Anyways..I'm gonna have some breakfast and watch Army Wives. Hope you all have a nice day!!

PS--Dominic will be 6 months old on the 4th--so hard to believe, I really need to post more pics, he has 5 teeth and has mastered rolling and what Teri calls the bunny hop top move himself where he wants to go.

Francie--sounds like little Sassy was missing Fonzo too!! Ry says that it's been hot in WA but the humidity is what he hates about the east coast. Something you will have to get used too--some days it's so high you actually can feel the moisture in the air. Most apartment complexes here have central air to combat it. Hubby wabts to retire to AZ to not have the rhe humidity. The crowd Ry has gotten into like the outdoors--hiking & kayaking. They also like to drink which all are his favorite things.

Cristina--I am still trying to get through "Girls Like Us" it's a 500 pager, like I mentioned before, it's interesting but I really don't like her style of way too much extra info. The lives of the three, Carole King, Joni Mitchell & Carly SImon do all end up intertwining. I am 2/3rds of the way through and I am going to make myself finish it this week, then I want something light, fun & a fast read. I just don't have the time any more to read like I used too, between baby and work being busy, switched allergy meds and the Zyrtec makes me sleepy!!

Well, my walls are all washed and ready for painting, just have to spackle some nail holes. Hubby is picking on me for jamming out to the 70"s on XM radio on Direct TV--I told him it's the decade I'm in in the book I am reading making me do it!! . I have to run to Lowes now....hoping everyone is having have a great day...

oh...KC & the Sunshine band is playing...."please don't go"....

Jules- My kind of music also...oldies. Any oldies. OMGosh your grandbaby is growing up fast. Time flies, doesn't it? I am so glad Ry is settling in and happy. DH always wanted one of our kids to go to culinary school. Now my DGS is cooking for a restaurant and loving it, talking of going to school. He won't though...he hated school. :)

Cristina- You are doing great on your walking AND reading. I have only read two books this month and can't get started on another...just ready to do something else I guess. What that is, I don't know. Like you and Susan I am ready to get away! Doubt that happens since Mom needs me.

Francie- Did you get to go to Homecoming, or did Fonzo just pop up at home? Either way I am sure you were glad to be with each other. Ahhh..young love. :) J/K with you.... I bet he loved the cookies too.

Susan- I am so glad my teen-age child raising years are over. With the two girls it was way too hormonal in the house. Then with "baby boy" I had lots of help until he was an angst ridden teen, then the girls were grown and gone. And DH worked nights, so DS and I were the ones clashing. We were/are pretty close, for those reasons though...in spite of the hard times.

Mindee- Good for you swimming laps. I hear that is one of the best exercises and with little stress on your joints. Maybe Tommy would watch the kids and give you some time to go do that more often. My DS is trying to get healthy and I told him to go to the pool at their apt. He did and loves it..although he got burned the second time out there and had to lay off for a few days. (He hadn't gotten my public service announcement about sunscreen...BUT he has gotten it now!)

Katy- The other book I read was You:Your Body, by Drs. Oz and Rozien. It was very informative also. Hope you are enjoying your Mon.

Sassy- Where are you chicky? Hope you are rested!

Marti- How is WW going? I wish I had the will power to do that or South Beach. Ugh...I am such a loser...and not in a good way! :)

Wild- Wow...good job on the walking. I have found I walk more and longer if I have company walking with me. I used to walk with a neighbor (before we moved) and sometimes we would get talking and lose track of the time.

Waiting for the car dealer to call and let us know if they found the car we are looking for. I drove an HHR, but the colors they had left were not to my liking. I am just not a black or white car person. I told DH I wish the car companies would take my advice on colors...they are so blah anymore. If they find a good color we can do business. :)


I rode a mile this morning, but the wind killed me, so I hope to ride later. Don't know about walking yet...will see. I am doing a huge pile of laundry, changing beds, cleaning bathrooms...you all know the drill. The life of a Susie Homemaker. LOL
DD and DGS will be here Fri. from Cali for a week and I want everything done so I can just chill and hug/bug the DGS.

Okay..off to put on a pot of green beans to cook.

Hope you are all having a lovely Monday.

Jules~I didn't think about the humidity. Ugh, my hair is gonna fizz like none other, lol. It used to frizz here too, but not so much anymore, I dunno why. Az is a great place to retire to..but there is that dry heat problem they have there, lol. You can handle it if you have central air and not a swamp cooler. Oh..watch out for monsoon season. The storms are horrible!!

Sue~Fonzo just showed up, lol. He knocked on the door while I was eating ice cream..I thought it was my annoying neighbors coming to tell me to turn the tv down lower (I had the sliding door open). But nope..it was my Fonzo :) And yes..we are young and in love, lol. Proud of it too :D Although..he'll be hitting his mid 20s next year..and I'll be 24. Scary. We're almost 30. Even more scary..LOL!!!

You are not almost 30 Francie!! lol. You are still closer to 20 silly young woman in love. You make me nervous because at 44 I am not almost 50, I am still close to 39....*wah.

My anxiety level went up when I read that. lol

wow, chatty bunch!! I don't know about the picture Cristina, I like it small, it looks good! Good for you for starting a new thread :carrot:

I will just do a ramble because I feel overwhelmed with all the poasting. lol - that is probably why I post a lot and keep up that way. I know, what a basket case I am.

Great to see you Jules!!! I am glad Ry loves Washington, it is beautiful up north. And little Dominic is growing up way too fast! 6 months, wasn't he just born?? Enjoy the time off, just puttering around the house is nice. I have done it for a year now. lol.

Hi to Sue, Mindee (so glad B is ok), wildthing (you can call me susan!!:D) and Katy and Tammy....and ya, everyone.

oh Francie - glad Fonzo made it back safe!!

Sue - What kind of car are you thinking about getting?? The teen years are a killer. I think w/ Rach though she has ADD or something. We were touching up her hair last night and she jumps from one thing to another.....she wants a nose ring, piano lessons, kickboxing..on and on.....I just really want to eat when she does that. Seriously.....I just can't take how intense she is.....:(

Cristina - You are welcome for the Dora, ain't she cute?? Doesn't Dora live in Hawaii??

sorry, time is up! bbl when I have more time. I have to get some errands done and pay my rent so I can budget this month. Stayed up til 1am and watched Bridezilla, it was kind of funny.

:wave: anyway - you all have a good day!

just popping in while the kids are all in their proper corners.....j/k! Marissa and Logan are in their rooms, and Brandon is sleeping on the couch.

the boys already wanted to go swimming this morning! I had to tell them that it rained and it wasn't warm enough for them to go into the pool.

Francie~ You are not anywhere near 30! I am closer to 30 then you are. I will hit 26 in August.

SuzieQ~ How are you doing? How is Gabster doing in school?

Sue~ That is an option of having him watch the kids here at the apartment, but I am not seeing it since they have to go with me if I am just grabbing something out of the van! But it is nice to take them to the pool as well, since it tires them out as well.

hello to every one else...I am trying to get some things done before the kids wake up.

Back again! :D

SUSAN...OMG! Bridezilla is so funny but annoying sometimes to me. I don't care if you are the bride some of those women are just nasty and it's uncalled for. Of course too, I know probably some of it is scripted, I think. Anyway...no idea where Dora is from...I don't know anything about Dora period except she's cute and Cambrie loves her, lol.

Did anyone catch the Baby Borrowers last week? I thought that was funny, but a little annoying. Those girls wanting to have a baby and then spent one day with one and didn't want any part of it, some of them. And all the crying, geez...what would they do for real? Now I don't normally watch reality t.v. with the exception of a few shows Bridezilla, Super Nanny, Miami Ink, & Wife Swap, and I guess HGTV, okay, so I guess I do watch reality t.v., lol. Just can't stomach most of them.

FRANCIE...I made a note, lol. I was wanting to read that book, My Sister's Keeper...almost bought it but passed it up at the grocery store and haven't seen it since. May have to go to the bookstore or Amazon. Glad to know it is good because it is on my to read book list. Fonzo sounds like Josh when he came home before we moved. I knew it was supposed to be the weekend before Thanksgiving and was waiting and waiting on his call and thought they changed the date once again. Was cleaning house on that Sat. and someone was laying on the doorbell pi$$ing me off. I said out loud...this better be good and not someone trying to sell something, :lol: The turd...it was good, lol. Almost 30, lol...silly girl! I would love to see 30 again, well, maybe not.

SUE...hoping they find the color you want. I'm not a black or white car person either. Enjoy your 4th and the week after with DD & the DGD's...bet you can't wait! Your green beans sound delicious!

JULES...there you are...thought we were going to have to come and hunt you down. So what color are you painting and what room are you painting? Try not to work too hard on your vacation week. Glad Ry is liking WA...that would be great him going to cooking school. Well, maybe Teri will wake up sooner rather than later and realize Dave isn't going to change. I LOVE the 70's!!! I was having a hard time with Under The Banner of Heaven...it was a decent book but for some reason I could not get into reading it and didn't think I would ever finish it.

Well, my washer just went off and I don't want to listen to the thing beep, beep, beeping...very annoying. Can you tell I am a little agitated today, lol. I got up too early...not that it was too early, just felt like I didn't get enough sleep. Not really in the mood to go over to Char's later either but I will. I have some things we are giving her & Josh...thinking I will just take the wedding presents too...ha! never gave them to her...was waiting for Josh to come home and who knows when that will happen. Just glad to have gotten my exercise done and out of the way early otherwise I would be suffering right now. I think I need a nap. :dizzy:

Have a GREAT day everyone!

P.S. HIYA MINDEE...you snuck in there while I was posting! Hope ya get the things done before the kiddos wake up.

SO do we post in this one now? Why did the number change? Anyhwho it works for me. Today I got up and walked my 5 miles. It was pretty easy. I was so sleepy today though. I ended up taking a nap that was a hour and a half. More than planned but I do feel better. I had eggs and grits for breakfast. For lunch I am eating chicken vegetable and barley soup. It so good. And really healthy with all the fiber. Continuing on.....

Shopaholic- that is really funny about your cat. Our dogs are like that sometimes too. I am really glad to hear about your man being home. That is just wonderful.

Jules- that baby is beautiful. This has no relevance but I saw a lady at the track I walk at who had a little boy. She had the most beautiful calves. They were big like mine but they were in really good shape. I am gonna have those.

Sue- good job on your mile riding. I used to ride alot. I should pick it back up. I love walking more and I was in the morning. The afternoons are really hot. I usually work during the daylight part of the evening. I might pick it up on the nights I am not at work. What color are you looking for with your car?

Susan- my poor mother just nodded here head when I got like that. I am a huge talker and bless her heart she tried to listen.

FrouFrou- at least you got your exersicing done!!! Usually on days like that if I dont get it done first thing it doesnt get done. Thats something I got to work on.

It was really good hearing from you ladies but I will have to go to work tonight and my boyfriend just got back in town after being gone for 3 weeks and we havnt really hung out. We might tonight so I dont know if I will get back on. If not I will talk to yall tomorrow!!! Oh and my name is Asia.

I loved the Baby Borrowers. I can't wait to see how they handle the next couple of stages. I don't understand why they are making them take care of teens and elderly people since they are just trying to scare them out of having kids. but all in all, it was a good show that I enjoyed.

Tommy is making ribs for dinner......

back for a sec,,,,,,,exhausting but I am getting some things done, so I feel good about that!

Cristina - One little girl is from Hawaii, I was just curious because ......for no reason. lol
I have watched the 1st season of Brides and the lady from Japan made me so mad. She wouldn't let her husband kiss her and every time he tried to help w/ her dress she glared at him. I almost cried when she refused to get on the his scooter and ride off into the sunset w/ him. lol. anyway - onward to season 2! I have never watched Baby Borrowers. As for plans for the 4th I don't know.....Gab is going w/ her father Friday and I hope Rach has plans to DO something - lol. I will just work in the yard if the weather isn't too hot, go visit my mom and step dad or something.

Asia - Nice to have a name! We just change the thread # when we get at or just over 100 post.
I made some chicken soup for lunch figure the calories at 40 for the broth (low sodium, low fat) 100 for the veggies and I put in 1/2 an onion and 3 chicken tenderloins. It turned out really good , I think the whole pot is around 300 /350 calories.
Have fun w/ the boyfriend!

Mindee- mmm, ribs. I am ok, I checked in for medical for Gaby today. I have to go back tomorrow. Gab is tired at the end of the day. Otherwise she is a trooper. She is doing the library reading thing and earned her 1st prize of a free bowling session.

Jules -Missed hearing from you. Was D really a 4th of July baby?? My grandmother always said my uncle was born St Patricks day but that wasn't true, she was just really Irish, lol....... he was a Patrick though. And my other uncle was born (so we are told) on the 4th of July. So, is Dominic close to walking?? I think all my girls were close to or at 12 months of age. You'll be hopping :) :hug:...

Sassy and Katy - where are you ladies?

anyway - going to clean the place and just relax this afternoon and fill out applications I picked up.

chat later...

omg- I forgot all about The Bacherolette tonight!! And here I thought I had to do job applications. :carrot: yay...and Rach is over spending the night and her friends and Gaby is exhausted from school so we hope she will just go right to bed at 7pm (ya right). So, it will be me, my bag of carrots and the bacherolette.

ok, that is a tad sad......lol

Oh, if you are using corners for the kids you can have 1 more Mindee!!:carrot:

Susan- Good job on your soup. It sounds delicious. Me and Andrew actually didnt do anything. He is taking golf for a PE credit. He fell of a golf cart today and hurt his back. He just wanted to rest. So I went to a freinds house and worked out. SO it ended up good anyways.

doing my nightly pop in.......

my mom called me on Monday and asked what we were doing for the holiday. I said that I have no idea what we are doing. she suggested us going up there, and I told her that if we have the gas money we will be up there. she said that one of my other sisters will be up there, plus another sisters daughters will be up there.

then one of the kids' godfathers called and asked us what we are doing. he works at the race track that Tommy used to work at, and they are shooting fireworks off on Friday.

then Tommy is talking to him, and finds out that they are going to Vegas in August. which didn't seem odd to me, until he said "well, how long are you going to be there?" our friend told him that they will be gone from August 5th to the 10th. Which again, didn't seem odd to me.....what did seem odd to me was that he kept glancing over at me every two seconds. then Tommy finally says "well, I was thinking of doing a little birthday BBQ for somebody here." he hung with our friend and I said "so, were you actually going to throw it as a surprise party for me?" he said "yeah, but then I figured you would start asking a lot of questions when I go shopping and start coming home with all this stuff for it." he said that he came up with the idea on Saturday or Sunday.

we are making more time for the two of us after the kids go to bed. we sat down one night last week, and said that we had to have a mandatory time for just us, weekly massages, and some other things that have escaped my mind right now. but after every thing that has gone on in the past couple of months, it is all really needed!

Good Morning!! (only 11:40 here!)

Mindee- you will appreciate this , there is a male POUNDING on the keyboard next to me and talking to himself, how %$#@$%^ annoying is that?? lol

Asia - Ya, the soup was good, I was surprised the broth had so much flavor, I think I will make another pot today :) Great you were able to get a wrok out in last night!!

k- this is a quickie!! I went down a pound, it is a recycle pound but I am happy about it. Chat later when I have more time.

Hope you all are having a good day!

doing my daily pop in for now.....

SuzieQ~ That is hilarious! what was he so mad about?

Asia~ Sorry to hear about Andrew's back. Great job on getting the work out in!

Just stopping by real quick because I'm supposed to be getting dressed, lol. We're going to the mall & Old Navy today. $1 flip flops!! Score!! LoL!! Anyhoo..I finally have a new cell phone, and I need numbers!! So if you wanna exchange numbers..PM, email or contact me on myspace!!!

Okay..gonna go now. Hope you're all doing great!!! :wave:

Howdy Chickies! :wave:

SUSAN...hoping Gaby will fall asleep early so you can enjoy your bag of carrots and The Bachelorette...can't even spell it :lol: The soup sounds delicious!

ASIA...sorry to hear of Andrews back, hope it gets better soon! You ladies are making me want soup!

MINDEE...Tommy is a good husband! It is hard to pull off a surprise party for your spouse for sure. Yeah, I don't understand throwing the teens & seniors in there as well. It is supposed to be about having and raising a baby :dunno:

FRANCIE...I'll send you a message thru myspace with my number...I'm not much of a phone talker though so it may be a short conversation, lol. I didn't know Old Navy had $1 fip flops...gonna have to check it out. I saw the movie last night, finally! I thought the dad did it...now I want to read the book, bet it is better. I've been wanting to read a few of her books just haven't yet.

Hi to SUE, SASSY, JULES, KATY, TAMMY & CLARA!

Nothing much going on with me. V & I went and mowed and weed eated for Charlotte yesterday. Not sure if I mentioned that she had hurt her back at work and can't do a lot of things that she did before...mowing being one of them. Her old lawn mower had quit on her and we gave her our old one...not even sure why we still had it. Don't think Chase can start it so looks like me an V will be doing her yard which isn't a problem.

Today, had some errands to run this morning and even though I slept in, I still got it done before leaving, yay! Other than that nothing going on...going to finish my book today and then start another...trying to get back on track with it.

We are not doing anything special on the 4th, never do. Will hang around the house and probably do some yard work. May BBQ some burgers and dogs for dinner but nothing special.

Hope everyone is having a great day!

Hi everyone!

yay - Jeremy is GONE! There are some great spoilers on the thread over at Survivor Sucks..I'm not going to post them here, but they are GOOD. PM me for the short version. So that's what I did yesterday. I caught up on Swingtown episodes online, did laundry, mopped floors and watched the Bachelorette. Ho hum.

DS has a friend over and everyone is screaming bloody murder in the backyard, so I'd better go see what's up.

BBL

:dance::dance::dance: I forgot all about Jeremy!! Thank goodness he is gone Katy! Something about him that was odd. Maybe his "need" for DeAnna or his trying so hard to win her over. Jesse & D (cute how he has a nickname for her:o ) were all over each other, I was kind of surprised. Also he went from not knowing if he was ready for marriage w/ his talk with "Dad" now he is all ready to tie the knot.
It was nice to see Jason chill out and have some fun.
Not sure who she will pick, I guess I like Jason. I mean I LOVE Jesse but I am not sure Deanna will pick him since his future seems more unsettled -jobwise.
What was wrong in the backyard?? Hope no one is hurt!!

Cristina - Gaby crawled in bed at 6:40 and we read books, she finally was snoring at 7:55, with 5 minutes to spare til The B came on. :carrot:
That is nice that you guys can help out w/ Char's yard. The soup is good, I made some more today and it is so low calorie and fills me up, I kind of feel guilty. lol I put in a zuccheni, yellow squash, carrots and onion plus the tenderloin. Today I only had 1 can of broth so I just added water, not as much flavor but still good, and I put in a whole onion, because I love onions and only takes 20 or so mintues. I also cut up 2 cucumbers and tossed w/ low fat Italian dressing as something to nimble on.

Mindee- Who knows about the guy, what a nut. Probably on his single dating site and some lady was telling him what a loser he was.....lol
Ok, I am mean. He swung his backpack over my head when he was leaving and I finally exploded and said "geeeeeezus, what it."

Franice :dance::dance: Yay $1 flip flops! I will have to tell the girls, I can't wear them, hurt my feet. I did paint my toe nails black last night to match my black sandals:D

k- on the run! I have to go get Gaby from school now.

No exercise today...I feel like a slug. Just out of sorts for some reason.

I went to the bank and then to the Home Improvement Store. Mopped floors, cleaned baths and hung curtains. Tomorrow is grocery day after I take Mom to the heart Dr.
Somewhere in there I am hoping the car dealer calls and has found me an HHR. According to the internet search I did they are getting hard to find. Might have to wait for a 2009 model.

Hope you are all enjoying the sunshine and planning a nice Holiday. :)

doing my nightly pop in........carefully! I am repainting my nails, and so I am trying not to screw them up!

we decided to go up north to see my parents on Friday. not staying over night, just going up for the day. so it should be nice, my mom just sent Tommy an email and said to bring every body's suits because the pool is open.

we are going to pick up some of those nutrition supplemental drinks for Logan. He hasn't really had that big of an appetite lately, and Tommy was cleaning him up after his bath, and said that he could see and feel his ribs. not that long ago he had a gut on him, so I am hoping for a growth spurt!

Francie~ That is a score on the flip flops! that reminds me, I need a new pair!

SuzieQ~ LMAO....that is a good possibility. Maybe he finally got dealt some reality and didn't want to accept it.

Cristina~ I wanted to throw him a surprise party last year since he turned 30....but couldn't pull it off with him! it was a nice thought for him to try and pull it off, but he was right, I probably would have blown it for myself when he started buying the stuff!

Katy~Thank God Jeremy is gone!! Her dates with Jesse & Jason seemed a lot more fun than her time spent with Jeremy. Whats with the 3 J's? LoL!! I bet she'll pick Jason though. Jesse will be my side lover ;)

Cristina~Myspace is being stupid right now..But I did get your 2nd message, lol. I laughed cuz you forgot your number, lol. But then when I was adding you to my phone, I just typed in your name and clicked save, LOL!! Ya..total airhead moment, lol.

Mindee~There was NO flip flops..they were all sold out. I was sooooooooo mad!!!!

Anyhoo..We had a pretty busy day. We went to Target and bought some games and I bought the new Jane Green book. Then we went to Petsmart and bought some toys for the cats. After that we stopped by Old Navy, but that was a huge waste of time. I did find a cute top though, but Fonzo looked like he wanted to poke his eye out, lol..so we left. At Barnes & Noble, I reseved a copy of Breaking Dawn (the last one in the Twilight series). I also bought some Maryland travel books!! At the mall..I bought 3 pairs of shoes!! Fonzo only bought 1 pair, lol. Afterwards..we went to see Wall-E..and omg..that was such a cute movie!!!!!!!!!!! I totally cried at the end, it just really touched me. And it was the 3rd Pixar movie to touch me like that too. The other 2 are Finding Nemo & Monster's Inc. We had dinner at Famous Daves and shared some hella yummy dessert. Mmmm!! I wanna go back tomorrow, but that would be a bad idea, LoL!! So ya..now we're home. We're gonna watch some movies after ****'s Kitchen. I'm dying to know who won. Tomorrow we're gonna go see Kung Fu Panda. LoL!!

Did I mention that I'm totally lovin Fonzo being home?? It was like he never left!!

I only have time for a quick update. I went to Shara's house which is the friend from last night and we went walking. We walked 3 miles. I got to go to the movies with Andrew tonight. It was fun. I snuck in popcorn from home. We saw wanted. I was very good. There were a few parts that were kinda iffy. My eating has been really good today. I did some leg exercises while I did the dishes. I didnt weigh my self. I am trying to hold off untill Monday. I obsess about it so much. Anyways I have gotta get up and be at the park by 6 so I can walk with Shara. Adios!!!

sassy~ I hope your headache goes away soon!

francie~ sounds like you guys had a lot of fun! the last movie that we saw in the movie theater was "Dukes of Hazzard" and I guess I should clarify that Tommy saw the whole movie.......I was pregnant with Logan when we saw it, so I had to take Brandon out and walk the halls when he got restless.

Asia~ Yay on getting in the exercise and the movie!

Checking in since I was up and wanted something to do. Am reading The Pearl and I know I read it before, or thought I did but I'm not really liking it so kinda hard to get thru it. I think I need another James Patterson book, lol. he always keeps me going.

FRANCIE...talk about airhead :lol: I told DD about a hour after I sent you a message that I think I forgot to actually put my #, lol. We got a laugh out of that one, geez. Sounds like you and Fonzo had quite the day. I heard that movie was cute & good! Might have to take the kids to see it, lol. I'm not a fan of Angelina Jolie or I would have gone with the guys to see Kung Fu Panda...heard it is cute too! Is Famous Daves a BBQ place? I'm thinking that is the name of the place here and if it is the same dessert I am thinking, well, all I can say is OMG! The hubby wanted to go there for his BD.

SUSAN...sweet little Gaby. Glad you got to watch the B and she went to sleep early, bet she was pooped! The soup sounds too good!

KATY...hope all was well with the boys.

MINDEE...it's hard to plan a surprise party for sure. Spending the 4th at your moms sounds like lots of fun!

SUE...hoping all goes well at the docs today, was going to say tomorrow and realized it is! Hoping too that they find you a HHR in the color you want. Sounds like we are doing almost the same thing tomorrow. I decided to buy groceries tomorrow figuring they would be busy Thursday.

SASSY...sorry you have a headache, hoping it goes away so you can enjoy your time off. :hug:

Well, I think I am ready for bed. Getting up early to get my walk in before heading out and running errands.

Almost forgot...with it being the first of the month I took my measurements and am very happy with a NSV. I am down an inch in my chest, and waist, a 1/2 inch in my hips and arm so am very happy with that. I am feeling now that the weights are doing their job! :woohoo: Now to get the pounds off! Oh, and I put on another pair of capri's today that don't fit. While I am happy about that I am frustrated as well...I am getting down to having nothing to wear! :yikes: Anyway...

Nighty, night ladies...I am sleepy.

Good grief...:lol: One of those nights for me...stupid computer! It wasn't doing anything when I hit post so kept hitting it, lol...it posted my post 4 times, geez!

ASIA...good job on the walking! Can't even remember that movie, what was it about?

HIYA MINDEE!

Okay, now I am outta here...tired of this stupid computer!

Cristina~ I have a feeling that they will try and talk us into staying over night, but we have a lot of things around here that we need to do! like going through Logan's clothes and passing on the smaller clothes to our friend that works here at the complex. his younger son will be 2 this month sometime, so they will go to him. and his girlfriend or wife, is pregnant with his third child, so if they have a girl this time, I will just pass on Marissa's clothes when she out grows them.

that is great about your NSV!

Tommy has been weighing himself daily at work. he told me before he went to bed that he is shooting for 180.....I said "I wish I was at that number...but I am getting there! and we will get through this all together."

Asia~Good job on the walking. I walked so much today my feet are killing me, lol. I really wanna see Wanted!!! I love Angelina Jolie.

Mindee~Wall-E is a pretty cute kids movie..so they'd probably like it. You didnt miss much with Dukes of Hazzard, lol. Great job on getting there together!!!! :carrot:

Cristina~Famous Daves is a BBQ place. The dessert we had was this huge brownie w/ice cream, and whipped cream.. We were gonna take half of it home..but it was just too good, lol. I haven't had a good dessert like that in awhile. I'm totally off my diet..but I weighed myself (after eating, lol) and I still weigh the same. So go figure, lol. I keep telling myself that I make up for it by doing a lot of walking, lol.


Okay so ****'s Kitchen was a bust. I seriously thought it was the season finale. But nooooo it's next week!!! Grrrr!!!!!! I dont wanna wait another week!!!!!!! :tantrum: LoL!!

Anyways..I think we might watch a movie or go to bed. I dunno. I'm feeling kinda tired right now, lol.

OH..we bought the cats a laser pen!!! LOL!! We haven't opened it up yet..but when we had one before, it was when Lucky was a tiny kitten. She went totally crazy with it, LOL!! She tried climbing the walls. I'm gonna go open it in a few mins to drive all 3 of them crazy. Ohhhh ya...at Petsmart today..they had a bunch of kittens and this pretty tabby cat that reminded me of my Toby. I totally wanted one of the kittens...but seeing the tabby cat broke my heart. :cry: After we packed up my mom's house..we had to leave behind her 2 cats (Toby & Little...although they were my cats too) with one of her friends. It was heartbreaking. I miss those cats so much. We just didnt have room for 5 cats.

Well..I hear Fonzo, so I better go..

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Happy Wednesday :dance:

Katy - Thanks for the PM! Was that you walking this morning in the village?? I was driving home and it looked like you but not sure because this lady had longer hair from what I remeber. :dizzy:

Mindee- How far a trip to your parents?

Sue - what is a HHR?? :dizzy: You are in a cleaning frenzy! I have tons of cleaning to get done myself. I cleaned out a closet this morning and found a school library book, thank goodness, it would have cost a $20 dollar fine if I didn't.

Asia, yay on the walking!

Francie - How long will Fonzo be home? Lazer pen sounds like fun, I think my cat is too lazy to get too excited over anything. lol

Sassy - wow, glad to hear about the change of hours for DH! I like your signature a lot, very pretty. :)

Cristina - Great about the NSV's!! I never had measured myself, go try the 2nd hand stores for the inbetween clothes. Do you have a Value Village back east?? They have cute clothes. Love the avatar! :)

Jules - Miss you!! :)

I have some job things to get done. Scale is down a bit to 153.8, credit the clean eating because I certainly have a lazy butt in the exercise dept....also, I do ok in the water.

bbl if I get a chance!

just doing my daily pop in......

Tommy is going to pick up some more swimmers, and we will more then likely take the kids to the pool at some point in time today.

Francie~ I am no where near 180......yet. but we will get there without any problems. Tommy is shooting to hit 180 pounds before we start SBD.

Sassy~ That is great news!!!!!

SuzieQ~ My parents live about an hour and a half away from us. so, it isn't that much for us to make in one day.

Hey ladies...

Feeling pooped and kind of sick to my stomach for some reason, thinking it is the heat. Supposed to get close to 100 today, ugh! Glad I did my errands early.

SUSAN...never heard of the place...but thinking about checking out the Goodwill, have to do something because I don't want to buy any new clothes and then buy more. I am getting rid of the bigger sizes too...don't want to leave myself open to gain this back. I try to remember to measure at the beginning of each month...key word, try. How's Gaby holding up with summer school? WTG on the loss! :carrot: Every little bit adds up!

MINDEE...for a while I was weighing every day and it was driving me crazy. But...at the same time, it kept me on track. Wondering if that is something I need to start doing again. Shoot, I miss my parents were just 1 1/2 hours from me...I'de be there every weekend! You wouldn't think an 8 hour drive was so far but it is...a little homesick here.

FRANCIE...my friend had one of those and it was so funny to watch the cats. I was thinking of the other dessert...can't remember what it was called, some kind of bread pudding...OMG! That stuff is awesome!

SASSY...yay for the good news! Even though you guys won't work on the same floor at least you will be home at the same time now! :carrot:

Hello to everyone else :wave:

I stayed up way too late last night and did not want to get up and now I am in a crappy mood...have been all day.

I made a mistake on my miles too...geez, couldn't do anything yesterday! I was off by 4.14 so adjusted it today. Did 7 today...was trying to walk off my frustrations...anyway, it's correct now. I think I didn't want to look at the calendar when we started this and thought I walked more than I did the first few days of the month, or I just don't know how to add, lol.

Getting some laundry done right now and hoping to finish The Pearl today and start Size 12 is Not Fat in between reading my Biggest Loser books.

May be back later to chat, not sure. Hope everyone is having a great day!

Happy Wednesday Ya'll

Popping in for a few minutes. Just got back from Annapolis where I had my hair dyed and cut. My dd gave me a total hair makeover on Mother's Day 07 and I've been stuck with the same salon ever since. They are very expensive but do a wonderful job. Working on wedding stuff for both weddings. My dd wants to do a candy buffet at the reception and spending tons of time searching for glass candy dishes, canisters, apothecary jars etc to hold the candy, ideas for candy, boxes and such. They I had to switch gears and call the Omni in VA (where ds is having his wedding) and make arrangements for a farewell breakfast for all those staying at the hotel. I'm also looking for ideas to put in "Welcome Bags" for all the out of town guest coming to both weddings. The list goes on and on......

Has anyone tried Ali here. I haven't been to WW in over 2 months and will start back when I return from the beach in two weeks. I was seriously considering trying Ali to kick start staying OP. Kinda scared of the "oily seepage" side effects :o but most say that the fear of that side effect is what keeps them on their diet and limiting fat intake. I don't know......what I really need is a personal trainer, private chef and an angel sitting on my shoulder to help me make the right choices instead of listening to that little devil :devil: sitting on the other side. ;)

DH has had jury duty all week and not sure he will make it home tonight in time to go dancing with me because he said that they have to start deliberations at 2 today and it might take all evening. He can't tell me any more obviously :mad: I'll just go meet up with friends myself and get some exercise.

Well, I'm gonna catch up with Days of our Lives that I've taped and walk the dogs. Have a wonderful evening!!

I am back (and they all said Oh, joy -lol)

Tammy - I haven't tried Alli, my 16 year old wanted too, but with the price and the side affects I think there are other alternatives to jump starting. You are doing good. I know if I mess up I just continue on what I am doing. Sometimes I think I will "fast" for a few days but as long as the weight comes off what does it matter??? Also I like food too much to fast , haha.

Cristina - wow, 7 miles, what were you thinking about? I was awake til 2 watching the first disc of season 2 of Bridezilla. The ladies have sure gotten nastier since the 1st season and I kind of miss the New York feel but it was good. Gab is ok, just tired. I was thinking of taking her to see that American Girl movie this afternoon.

Mindee- Oh, I am sure I have asked you in the past about the distance to your parents (or maybe it was the zoo??). 90 minutes is about how long it takes for me to get to the coast. btw - your husband is kind of cute! ...I was going to say that before but didn't but w/ the new avatar I am....lol

k- need to go get Gaby. Not sure what we are doing this afternoon , see how she feels.

toodles for now!

I am too tired for indys...

The bathroom is painted (wanted periwonkle blue but it is more purple, hubby hates it..Teri told him at least it's not Barney purple and she loves it and it's her bathroom anyway..) , stacked wood (found a really, really big spider..I will post pics later...yes it was that big I took pics..), kitchen is all taped up and half the room is completely done...the other half I will finish tomorrow...it's the half with the fridge and stove that needs to be pulled out and painted behind...the apricot lily paint I had was no good...so I made hubby go to Lowes with me to pick the color after witching about the color in the kids old bathroom...he picked a blue..I really didn't want a blue kitchen but anything to not hear him @itch....started painting...he hated it and somehow it became my fault...I could have hit him in the head with a full paint can at this point...so I will use the blue for Teri's old room (just NOT this week) and I went BACK to Lowes and I got a creamy/peachy color called something about dawn ( I am too tired to go see the real name)..but when I saw it after staring at all the paint colors and trying to pick one the arse wouldn't absolutely hate, I thought of my favorite Judas Priest song..Before the Dawn..so I picked it and thought the heck with him...it's my kitchen!!

as you can see by that ramble...I am way really too tired to type indys..am starting to get a little delirious...going to bed...be back tomorrow....

LOVE you all...