Okay, so I finally finished reading all the posts. I have to run and get a walk in on the treadmill that I've put off all day so I will be right back, promise...15-20 minutes for sure.

Hello ladies...

Did my walk on the treadmill and some weights. Totally off track yesterday with the little one and the hubby home. Did go for a walk around the neighborhood, only 1 1/2 miles...it is too humid here and I HATE being sticky. Planned on a 1 1/2 mile walk on the treadmill but that didn't happen, nor did I get a dvd done...was just too pooped and too hot! I know...no excuse. I did get 1/2 mile done making it a whopping 2 miles for yesterday...too sad :( Of course not doing much better today either, okay, so maybe today is a better day...did a little over 4 miles. I will add it tomorrow because now I am confused as to what I added and didn't add. Doesn't pay to miss a day or two here. Can't remember if I added Thursday so when I total the whole month and then the year I will get the numbers right. Can't believe it is August! Okay, so going to try and do individuals.

SUSAN...so what books did you get from the library? I read the Beach Road and liked it. Wasn't too crazy about Judge & Jury, or Honeymoon. But overall I like James Patterson. What, no dinner with McD? WTG on reaching the 140's! :woohoo: :bravo: I knew you would do it!

MINDEE...hoping Logan gets in Head Start. :crossed: And wtg on the pants! I didn't get in as much exercise/walking as I would have liked to but something is better than nothing.

ASIA...love the pics! You and Andrew make a nice/cute couple. :love: And you are doing great with the weight loss!

SUE...maybe you will find some shoes next time. How is your mom doing by the way? WTG on the miles...you are doing great! It's humid here and supposed to be up to 100 today, yuck!

FRANCIE...men! But I have to laugh because Fonzo sounds like me. I sear everytime I had to move, or we were moving hubby would remind me every day how many days were left to get packing. Guess I am just one of those last minute kind of people, :lol: I always got it done though and I think Fonzo will too, or you will kill him, lol. Hope you enjoyed your fun weekend. I took a look at your pictures, too cute! I think I am going to cut my hair too!

KATY...sounds like you had a busy day planned. The zumba looks like fun! I think we have had a virus for a while but just kept putting getting it fixed off until another day. Now we are starting from scratch, ugh! Thus, the reason for putting it off and dealing with stupid pop-ups. Oh well, it's fixed so.

SASSY...glad it was what the boss said, whew!

HIYA JULES & TAMMY :wave:

Hope everyone is having a great weekend, and staying cool!

I am tired.

*wah.

Asia - Cute pictures! Saw your profile one too, you are beautiful! Nice to see what you look like, congrats on the smaller jeans & the weight loss this week :bravo:

Mindee - You just need to TAKE the time and get away!! I am soooo stressed w/ Rach I am running away til Monday and heading to the coast. I might not come back - haha. She woke me up at midnight and I never did get back to sleep til 7am ZZzzzZZZZzzzzzzz. SO, as soon as I finish this I am going to bed & read.

Cristina - as I live and breathe, Miss Cristina!! You are so funny in your writing, like the confusin of your miles. lol It is like you are thinking as you are writing - cute :) I picked up Cross, Judge & Jury and another one, something about a cheating husband. I am going to get in bed early and read the Spider one tonight. No, to McD. He was thinking a bbq but I am tired and it is the only night I get without Gaby....and I don't feel a real need to see him every weekend. I mean if we ((me & you)) lived across the street from each other would you want to see me for dinner every Saturday ?? :dizzy:.... lol....

Thanks to you all for the congrats on my weight loss!! Appreciate it.

So, I am escaping tomorrow for the coast til Monday, probably just Gab and myself. I want to wake up Monday morning and take a walk on the beach....that is all I want to do. Oh, and go to Pig n Pancake and have a plate of pancakes. Yum.

so, off to enjoy my book and relax this evening with no kids in the house....or at least til Rach gets home later on. :yikes:

Well..Fonzo FINALLY took out the trash to the dumpster today..and he's gonna take out some more tomorrow. It's nice to see him off his butt and actually doing something. He went to his friend's house today..so that gave us some time apart. Thank God, lol. He was getting on my nerves.

So heres some good news..we finally bought some of our travel stuff. We went to AAA yesterday, and got some car insurance. Then we picked up some travel books. And they had a sale going on..so we bought a 4 piece luggage set for $59!!!! SCORE!! LoL!! Then last night..I went to the Breaking Dawn release party. And it was boring, lol. Nothing but a bunch of teenage girls (well..it is a teen book)..and some of them were smelly & skanky!! I have never spent so much time in a bookstore before, lol. Me & Fonzo looked at EVERYTHING!! Even the really boring stuff. But all that mattered was that I got my book at midnight. I was number 48..so I was out of there in 7 mins, lol. Well..2 hours and 7 mins, lol. I'm about halfway through the book, lol. I'm gonna save some reading for tonight. And for some bad news..The Renaissance Fair was cancelled cuz they couldnt get all the permits in time. That blows big time!!!!!!!!! :mad: We were really looking forward to going..but oh well. I guess we'll just clean some more tomorrow, lol.

Anyhoo..thats pretty much it for right now. OH..and ya..Fonzo does do everything at the last possible min. But I used to be the same way. I remember back in the 10th grade..we had a history class together..and we got paired up to do a report about France..and we waited until the day before to start working on it, LOL. It was so crappy. But we got a B on it, lol. Our teacher was really old, so I doubt she even read it. Fonzo even spilled food on our paper..lmao!! Ever since I went on these meds, I've been really into doing things right away, lol. OH..thats another thing. We're gonna leave the state before I can pick up my last presciption. I dunno what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna see if they can give it to me early. I do NOT wanna be having endless panic attacks while on the road. And I especially do not wanna fall back into my depression. UNLESS..I just set up my medical as soon as I get to Annapolis. But still..who knows how long it'll take to get an appointment? Ugh..and now I'm stressed out, lol. I'm such a loser. :lol:

ANYHOO..I should be going. Fonzo is bringing me some spanish rice for dinner. YAY!!

Had a good day today. Nothing spectacular, just nice. I rode 3 miles tonight, so feeling good about that. Funny that all the "older" neighbors are riding bikes now. I started something.
I was looking for leather mules. I have had 2 pair of canvas ones, like tennis shoes with no back. I want leather ones that just slip on and will stay nicer looking than the canvas. All I could find were nurse type clogs..not! Found Keds and of course, not in my size. I think everyone wears 7 1/2 because they are always sold out.
Going for breakfast in the morning and then nothing planned...again. We never plan. :)

I hate to weigh this week...I ate spaghetti today...yikes!

Off to bed here. Indies tomorrow, I swear.

Wedding Dress Alert: In the new US mag, there are 2 pics of DeAnna trying on wedding dresses. I personally like the first one she's in. I wanna get married again..lol.

:wave: Morning

Heading for the coast in a second. Wanted to bump our butts back up to the top before we end up on the second page :yikes:

Francie - I would never get married again. lol Glad to hear Fonzo is getting some fire under him. :)

Sue - Ya, 7.5 is a popular size, Beck wears that. Rach and I are 9.5, German feet :) Good luck on the weigh in!

Cristina - ok, I thought about it and I would come over every Saturday to eat dinner w/ you. :) lol

ok, I need to eat my breakfast too - yogurt and a banana. Dont look forward to eating out today and tomorrow but no choice , I am sure it will be ok. Just watching the carbs this week and I will aim for 146 and might even drop my goal weight to 140, maybe. We'll see.....

hi to everyone! Chat tomorrow.

Susan~Well..I dont wanna marry anyone else, I just wanna have another wedding again, lol. I wanna wear the dress, and have the celebration. That day went by so fast!! Plus, I only had one freakin bite of my own wedding cake.

I hear ya Francie , trying on wedding dresses would be fun. (No really) Back in the day, there weren't many wedding dresses that weren't big puffy nightmares..this was pre-Vera Wang. Dresses today are much prettier...not enough to want to go through the rest of the wedding stuff, mind you!

Susan- Have fun at the beach - yay for being in the 140s! I wear size 9..and I'm not a tall gal.

Sue -Sometimes Simple has nice leather mules..have you looked at zappos.com. It's a good place to check out shoes - they carry everything. I want to get some Dansko clogs, but need to save my pennies for those.

Ugh - another night of little sleep. We skipped church this morning because I was so tired. I'm going to go lay down and see if I can recharge and have some energy to get something accomplished today. Hope you are all having a great weekend....and getting enough sleep ;)

just popping in today......

not sure what we are doing today....it is 3:11 in the afternoon, and there is laundry in the laundry room, so we will probably be sticking around here today!

I have been keeping up with all my exercising and my water drinking, so that has been a plus! I am wearing a shirt today that the last time I wore it, it was skin tight, now I have some breathing room AND THEN SOME in it!

I would love to go wedding dress shopping! I never did get a chance to do so. I found a dress that I loved online, and my aunt (who is my godmother) made it for me. So, I didn't get the chance to go and try on dresses.

I would love to try on wedding dresses again!!! I picked mine out right away, so I didnt have all that time to think about dresses, lol. OoO..and reading Bridal mags are so much fun too. I always like to peak at them, but Fonzo gives me weird looks, lol. Men dont understand, lol. Fonzo was on the other side of the world when I was planning our wedding. Plus..he picked out his tux in like 2 mins, so what does he know, lol.

Happy Sunday, ladies...

SUSAN...I think I was thinking as I was typing, lol...seem to do that a lot. I would enjoy your company for dinner every saturday! :D Hope you enjoy your walk on the beach, stay a few extra minutes for me! I miss the beach so much.

KATY...Hope you get some rest today.

SUE...wtg on the biking and the neighbors biking as well!

FRANCIE...boy, I must say I am confused :dizzy: I thought the pictures were from the book thing...guess someone needs to really read posts more careful ;) My head has been swirling, can't seem to concentrate lately. Another one here that LOVES, and I do mean LOVES to look at the wedding magazines! Glad Fonzo is helping now.

MINDEE...WTG on the shirt being loose! And getting your water and exercise in.

Nothing special going on today. Slept in 'til about 8:30 and then went out on the deck to enjoy the morning before it got too hot. It is so nice sitting out back. Anywho...hoping everyone is enjoying the weekend!

back for a quickie..I snoozed a little and worked out in the yard a little, so I am feeling a bit more human.

Asia - I meant to tell you that your pics are great! You and your bf look so healthy and happy :) I remember feeling like that after my DH and I climbed to the top of Black Butte ( a VERY long time ago)

Here's a link with a video of what zumba looks like...it's lots of fun!

Hi to everyone else! I have to go help my dd clean up the playroom and she is quite insistent so I'll bbl ( hopefully)

http://www.people.com/people/article...216352,00.html Check out Brad & Angelina's twins. They are soooooooooo cute!!!! I cant wait to have my own little babies!!

Oh and Cristina..the pics were from the book thing...

Boy, this was a lazy day for us. We went to breakfast and later went out to DD's farm house project. Otherwise didn't do a thing. I read papers and drank coffee. I did walk and rode the bike 3 miles. Feeling good about that. DH and I sat out in the pergola most of the afternoon and enjoyed the breeze. It wasn't humid today, so the heat was bearable.

Francie- Awwww, the twins are adorable. I wanted twins when I had my first DD, but what did I know, I was so young. :) Hope you and Fonzo are agreeing on HOW to go about the cleaning and moving.

Katy- The Zappos site was interesting...I found several pairs of shoes I want. Who knew you could get washable leather mules? What is Simple? Hope you get back into a good sleep routine. I hate having sleepless nights.

Susan- Have a good time at the beach. I am so looking forward to our Oct. trip to San Diego for the beach. Now, I'll have you know my German feet are size 7.5.....haha. Mom wears 8.5 and I always thought my feet looked just like hers, but for some reason they never got as large. Hmmm, curious.

Cristina- Hi to you. Mom is doing quite a bit better, thanks for asking. She is gaining back her weight and feeling more like eating and walking. The physical therapy helped a lot. She hopes to go out of state with her brother over Labor Day. *fingers crossed* that she doesn't get sick before then.

Mindee- You are doing so well with the water and exercising. Hope the scales move down for you this week. Way to go on the shirt being looser. I always love when that happens.

Asia- I loved the pictures...ya...you look like you worked hard on that hike. You are both so cute. Wow..you did find some good deals. I found a nice pair of slacks last week for $6.99 and was happy with that. :)

Sassy- Where are you? Hope you had a nice week-end and that DH is not too stressed out. :hug:

Okay...I know I am forgetting some of you, sorry...I will do better next time.

Going to lunch with DD tomorrow and to Wal-Mart to pick up a few things with DH. Nothing and no appointments this week...yay!

I thought this was cute:
A tourist from New York was hiking through the mountains of North Georgia
when he came upon the tiniest cabin he had ever seen in his life.
Intrigued, he went up and knocked on the door.
'Anybody home?' he asked.
'Yep,' came a kid's voice through the door.
'Is your father there?' asked the tourist.
'Pa? Nope, he left afore Ma came in,' said the kid.
'Well, is your mother here? No, she left before I got here,' said the kid.
'But,' protested the city slicker, 'are you never together as a family?'
'Sure, but not here,' said the kid through the door. 'This is the outhouse!'

Hi All
 

we took the kids to the park on Sunday afternoon with some neighbors that we are friends with. we played volley ball, horse shoes, and just hung out. the office manager, who is a friend of ours, watched the kids so that we could play volley ball.

when we got done playing volley ball, she asked me where Logan got the lump on the back of his head from. I said what lump? and she showed me. he has this HUGE lump on the back of his head. I put some rubbing alcohol on it in case he got stung by a bee or something. but I am going to keep an eye on it on Monday, and if it doesn't go down, then we will be off the Prompt care when Tommy gets home from work!

HAPPY MONDAY, LADIES! :wave: :carrot:

Not sure why I say that because what is so happy about Monday's? :lol:

Had some errands to run and have most of my exercise done. This weather is the pits and really messing up my walking, lol. I've only been getting half of my outdoor walk because by then it is too icky, or I should say sticky. So finishing it up on the treadmill and I have 15 minutes left. Other than that nothing much going on. Staying inside out of the 100+ degree weather. So will do some laundry, finish up the exercise and do my laundry.

FRANCIE...gotcha! I was wondering if I was losing my mind or what, lol. Okay, so even though I am boycotting Bradgelina...whatever they call them, lol...I did look at the twins and they are adorable, so tiny.

SUE...you are doing great with your walking and biking! :carrot: Glad your momma is doing well. Enjoy your outing with DD. That was a cute joke, lol.

KATY...now that is the kind of exercise I should be doing, looks like a lot of fun.

JULES...hoping all is well with you and the fam.

SUSAN...hope you are enjoying the beach for me! :D

TAMMY...are we going to have to come drag you off the beach? I wouldn't want to leave either. Hoping all is well with you.

MINDEE...hoping nothing is wrong with Logan. Maybe he fell and just didn't tell you, or bumped his head on something. Speaking of bug bites...DD was picking weeds and was bit by some mosquitoes and man you would not believe how big it got. It swelled up fast. Her and DS#1 have always had allergic reactions to the bites.

Hello to everyone else :wave:

Well, I need to get over to shutterfly and finish up my walk so I can come back and add it.

Take care ladies, and have a great day!

well, we had an adventure like usual!

we called and were able to get Logan into the pediatrician's office, but he would be seen by another doctor because their pediatrician is out of the country. which isn't a problem at all, but the appointment wasn't until 5:30!

so we take him in there, and he steps on the scale. a little short one standing tall, in his shirt and shorts.........weighing in at 28 pounds even.

so we go into the room...(Tommy sat in the waiting room with Marissa and Brandon) so Logan was getting into every thing! he ran out of the room three times.....on the last time I told Tommy that the only way to keep him in the room was for them to come in there.

The doctor comes in and asks us some questions. she asked how old Brandon was and about his speech. to which we said that he is already been seen about that and that he will be seeing the ENT sometime next month. then we get back to the holy terror, I mean Logan.

It took me holding him down on the table, just for her to listen to his heart and lungs....then to look in his ears and mouth. Come to find out, this kid has an ear infection! and the bump on his head, is just that, a bump from falling. but there was another little spot that she said looked like a bite.

so we take him back on September 3rd for a recheck on his ear. and hopefully by then, we can get the pediatrician to get the ball rolling with Brandon and the ENT. (since by the calendar on the school districts website, that is the same day that school starts!)

which brings me to my next thing........I am going to call about getting Logan into a local head start program. I told Tommy "knowing my luck, if I can get him into the program, one will go in the morning and the other one will go in the afternoon." he said "so, is that such a bad thing?" so, I will be calling on Tuesday to see about that! which us luck that he can get into the program!

Good afternoon ladies... We had storms and lots of rain overnight. I sure didn't sleep much. Once it stopped this morning I decided to go ride, just in case it storms later. So I got in 2 miles last night and 3 this morn. I had a typo on my counting and went from 73 to 72 instead of 75. It is correct now with today's 3. :)

Nothing going on the rest of the day except computer things. Realtor sent us several listings from LV to look over. That plus planning the trip.
Then I am trying to re-group some photos I have on cd's. They go back to 2003, so quite a chore. When I first got my camera I wasn't aware of the labeling and making files...I just put them on cd. Yikes. So, that's gonna be my day. (probably take a lot more time than a day)

I am determined to eat right today..... I had a bowl of cereal and melon for breakfast. It is dinner time where I fall apart. Wish I could skip it and go right back in to breakfast. LOL

What are you all up to today?

Good Morning!

The beach was beautiful and so peaceful, I love the sound of the ocean waves. It was just Gaby and myself and we might go back Thursday/Friday. It is so hot here ((in Portland)) today (mid 90') I should have never come back.

Bad news is I am back up a bit to 149.6. Argh, I tried but I couldn't refuse some bagels. So, I guess overall it wasn't too bad and I am back on track today.....so, ya. I am in denial, huh?? lol

Sue - Maybe it is the Hispanic side that gives me the 9.5 feet?? I always blamed the German in me..lol

anyway - I will have to catch up in a bit I have way too many errands this morning.

Just wanted to say hello! :wave:

hello ladies.........

nothing really new on this end.....

Tommy was suppose to go to a job interview this afternoon, but has decided against it because he was told that he is coming up for a promotion at the job he is at now. PLUS, we will get insurance next month, so it really isn't all that bad!

A lady that just moved in over the weekend asked me if I wanted a table and chairs set for the kids. I went and looked at it, and she helped me bring it back home. It is just like a card table and chairs but kid sized. Then her son came over with some puzzles. Brandon has been having fun doing the state puzzle that was in the box.

I am going to say screw it and take the kids to the pool right now. I had the air on already, but the house is cool enough so I opened it up to see if it was still as sticky as it was earlier. so, I will have to come back later........

Hi Susan...Good to have you back. I envy you the beach trip. I would love to take a walk in the sand.

Have fun at the pool Mindee.

Just dropping by to say HI...nothing really going on and nothing really to say...same old stuff.

I am w/ you Cristina, another day , same ole stuff *bahumbug*...however you spell that. :dizzy: I think the heat for me just makes me so miserable, I am not motivated at all....lets hope it cools down tomorrow!

I just ate some Hawaiian sweet bread, it is so good. I need to stop though or I will eat the whole thing.

Mindee- Poor little Logan and the lump! Ouch. I always had a little tykes picnic table for the girls, they loved eating at it. I bought one for Gay too.

Sue - I miss the beach , I miss the water , I hadn't been to that area in at least 2 years so it was nice to visit. I drove Gaby by the place I lived w/ her sisters and she got to see the sea lions on the docks in Astoria, plus the beach in Seaside at sunset was beautiful. I would love to move back.

Sassy - How you feeling today?

Francie - I wore a denim mini & t-shirt to my wedding w / the R's father, it was at the courthouse. I thought I would dress up. lol I picked up the People mag, amazing how such homely people like Angelina & Brad can have such awesome looking babies. haha......they are cuties. I wish A & B would get married now. How is the packing coming??

Hi to everyone.....Katy, Jules, Asia, and Tammy! I will try and catch up more tomorrow.

I feel full on the bread, need to go let it pass and not get upset for eating it. Argh........k - g'night :wave:

Well...I rode another 2 miles tonight, for 5 today. That was after a steak dinner. I didn't do too poorly, ate as light as I could...lol. No snacking today anyway. Tomorrow is another day. Would like to ride 5 miles without the steak dinner. Ha...

we went to the pool, and then came home to get Tommy and went back to the pool. it was a lot of fun, just ask Marissa. she tried to get away from us and go out on her own.

we came home, ate dinner, then went to the park for their music in the park which wasn't happening for some reason. so we did our normal thing, and then came home. now I have a monster of a head ache so I will be going to bed here shortly.

Good morning...

Again, same old, same old...exercise done, grocery shopping done and nothing to do the rest of the day except bit*h at V, lol.

Have a good day!

Same old stuff here too Cristina. I have a bit of an upset stomach this a.m. so just ate toast to try to see what's going on. Planned to run errands after a bike ride, but nothing is going to happen until I feel more like myself.

Hope you are all having a Happy Hump Day!

STOP, do NOT post!!

Ok, sounds like we all need a new thread!!! Lets hop over to BIK #53 and get some motivation behind our butt's!!:carrot::scooter::moped::scooter: