Mindee - hope Logan gets a spot...two kids off to school! What will you do with all that spare time? (jk - I hear this all the time since my DD started kindergarten) wtg on the pants..you'll be in 22 in no time

Francie - what Susan said...what is it with men and procrastination? Hang in there - moving is such a pain, but you have that great new apartment to look forward to!

Susan..mmm green beans. I am waiting patiently for my garden to produce some. The vines look really good, but no beans yet. My kids just went to the dentist ,too...we need have a little "no cavity"party However, the dentist thinks they are both going to need ortho at some point - yuck.

Sue - too bad about the shoes..hope the weather cools off for you soon.


Cristina - Hope you didn't have computer problems.... Yikes - August already! I keep updating my ticker, but it's going to be a close one for me. You are kicking way more a$$ than me, lol!

HI to everyone else!


I went to a Zumba class last night...lots of fun! This morning, I'm of to hi/lo aerobics, then knitting group this afternoon. Our neighbor is throwing potlluck party this evening but we are on the fence about going. The kids were up late last night watching the Princess Bride at the Art Center, and they are going swimming today...I think they are going to be wiped out. Have a great day everyone!

Saturday, the dreaded weekend is here. ......lol

Yee Haw, scale jumped down to 148.4 , so I changed the ticker and ready to get my a$$ to maintenance this month. I finally see the light. Out of banana's this morning so I had a bowl of oatmeal. Passing on a McD evening because I don't want to mess up with his cooking, seriously. lol

Mindee- Yay, to the pants! Men. wait til you start trying on tops, he will never leave. haha.

Katy - My girls catched the Shrek3 last night in the park. I don't know why they scheduled both movies the same night?? I loved Princess Bride. Yay to all the kids and no cavities! I think Gab will need ortho to eventually, I did and her father should have had braces....also her bite is kind of off, but it feels good to have dental again.

Sue - what kind fo shoes are you looking for?? I noticed I always buy the same kind, black loafers.lol If I had $$ though I could seriously be a shoeaholic, there are some really cute shoes out there. Good luck the next time you go out!

Just wanted to say hi. I tried on this cute blouse and it almost fits comfy. I wore it back in 11/04 when I went to Hawaii ((I think I was like 142)) and haven't worn it since, so that was exciting...motivated to get into it before summer is over.

Need to go wash my car and get some groceries in the house, start on the water and do something w/ this hair. Ugh. It is like this Poof. making my way through Along came a Spider.....hope to finish it today.

Hi to Cristina , Jules, Sassy, Asia, Francie, and Tammy.

k- chat tomorrow.

doing my daily pop in......

I, I mean we, are in serious need of a vacation AWAY from the kids. I put Logan down for a nap, and forgot to put pajamas on him, so I had to go borrow the simple green and clean the room.

Kate~ I really hope that they still have openings in the program for him! I would love to get a break from both boys during the day. It would be a lot easier to get some things done, like laundry with just Marissa being home. So, here is to hoping that they still have openings!

SuzieQ~ LOL......I told him that and he started laughing! I have noticed a difference already in how my shirts are fitting. I was wearing a shirt yesterday, that is a nice polo shirt (with some set in stains from the kids), but it was looser on me, and I have lost my belly that it used to get hung up on!

Hello ladies....I went shopping yesterday becasue my pants were too big and jc penny was haveing a really good sale. I got a pair of jeans for 3 bucks. 2.97!!! They were the brand I already had and love. I was suprised shen I made it to the check out line. The bigger suprise was that they were a 13!!!! I used to be a really tight 15 comfortable 17. I squealled in the dressing room. I love them. I got 2 pairs of jeans a shirt and a whole set of jewlry (necklace, bracelet, earings) for 20 bucks. I was very happy. Then I got on the scale and I was 167. That is a 2 pound loss for the week. I am very pleased.

Moving on to indys-

Susan- wtg on leaving the 150's. That is awesome!!!! I am not a big acorn squash fan but I love yellow squash.

Francie- Ihope all of the cleaning stuff is going good. Your guy sounds just like mine. He loves video games. Haha.

Mindee- You go girl!!!!!! That is really awesome about your pants!!

Katy- What is a zumba class? If yall go to the pot luck have fun!!!!

And for my hiking pictures.....

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We were so sweaty but it was so much fun!

Asia~ You are doing great!!!! Great job on the deals!!!! Why is it that now I have no money and all the deals are going on? those are great pics!

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! I knew you would do it!

MINDEE...hoping Logan gets in Head Start. 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. 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, 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

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

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 ?? .... 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.

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!!!!!!!!! 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.

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.

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

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.