Welcome Jessica!

Did you have to have your thyroid surgicully removed?

Jen, when I read your post I wanted to post that it only gets worse...........but I didn't have a heart. My suggestion is to talk through these things completely and work something out now because you still have a lot of years with a child who needs supervision. I think even the most enlightened man doesn't think of what the mom is doing.

I find I register a vehicle in both of our names, while my husband will use only his. The kicker is we each have different last names so it does take a bit of work to do. I also open bank account in both of our names. It is simply a mans world out there.

Barb

Thanks for the welcome. :wave:
My doctor found a small lump on my thyroid and after a needle biopsy it was determined that it would have to be surgically removed to figure out what it was. It turned out to be benign but while they were operating they found a small bit of cancerous tissue on my thyroid. So they had to remove it completely. It's not as serious as it sounds. I'm perfectly healthy now. I just need to take thyroid hormone for the rest of my life since I no longer produce it. I did put on 14 pounds between the surgery and my follow up treatment. I was off of my hormone replacement for three and a half weeks and had absolutely no energy. My husband took off from work to take care fo the kids for me. I'm back on my medication and we're still fine-tuning it. I feel 100% better than I did after surgery. :)

Barb-I'd love to hear more about your soapmaking!

Jessica, I can talk soapmaking until everyone has closed their eyes and succumed to sleep, I will welcome the chance to talk to another soap maker! How was your first farmers market? I am envious because I think if I lived in a different area I too would have been selling this weekend. :( that is ok though. E-mail me privately if you want to talk soap (it will save the other moms :)

I too take thyroid replacement drugs (what do we call these?) because my thyroid is underactive. I have a couple of friends who also take them, some because they had to get them removed and others becasue they have an underactive thyroid. I never know if my lack of initiative is just being lazy or thyroid related. I guess I am more apt to go for the former..........but I would love to blame the later.

Had my bookclub at my house today. It was nice to sit with a group of women talking. I do have an issue with one of the husbands (only in my mind) he wants to join us, but I really like the group of WOMEN. I don't think he is particularly a reader as much as he likes the company of us all. :s:





Barb
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I'd be happy to talk soap,books...anything in fact. But top vote goes to *****ing about the men in my life :lol: :lol: !
Can you guys make olive oil soap? My friend bought me a big block on my birthday and it's fantastic.
I don't think it's possible to register a car in joint names here.
About the proposed diet thing...I was wondering if we might all take a look at the recipes pages here and try cooking them together...you know to make it a bit more interesting. I'm an OK cook, not great at baking cakes etc, love spicy food but would be willing to try anything (apart from offal). And besides it would be interesting to see if we all lose weight eating the same things.Can I interest you in trying it? I'm off for a weeks holiday soon, which might put a spanner in the works, but if you guys siggest recipes I could put together some kind of plan using the WW CD I have. We could do points or calorie counting and those of us who need more points could add extra bits.
Happy Sundays......
Geneve

Geneve, Olive oil soap is pretty easy. You just use olive oil for the oils. I usually add some coconut or castor oil to make a better lather. It is commenly called Castile soap. It is very nice and a gentle soap.

I am thinking about the eating/cooking plan. I woudnt' mind trying out some different recipes, however my kids and husband are picky so I might find myself cooking two meals. I am also not very good at following menu plans. That is one thing I always liked about WW I could make my own plan as long as I kept track.

My biggest stumbling block right now is not documenting my food intake and NOT using my Precor! I need to use them as goals.





Barb

Barb, sorry to hear about your misfortune with the farmers market organizer. Sounds like maybe the other soap seller has some sort of in with her.

Jen, I could really relate to your post, I've had my car, but Brad works really long hours and is gone a LOT. And then he calls and tells me he's going out with the guys from the office and I just want to say what am I chopped liver? Not that I begrudge him guy time... I just wish he were home more.

I love being home with Mya, and wish that I didn't have to go back to work, but I do wish that Brad and I could spend more time together or that I could get out to talk to another adult. Also we just have too many bills for us to be a one income family at the moment -- maybe after baby #2 we will have a handle on things and Brad's salary will be back up so we won't need mine. Oh well. At least work will give me some adult time... even if I will be surrounded by rugrats (I teach preschool/kindergarten combo class).

Lara
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Well, Mya started trying to sit up last weekend, she almost has it down this weekend. she's just not quite steady on the side to side bit but she's getting there. Between that and trying to crawl (she gets her feet under her and then pushes her face along the floor/bed/couch cushion etc) she really wears herself out... to the point that my daughter who hasn't slept more than 45 minutes during the day has slept all but a few hours of the day the last couple of days. And slept through most of the night too. When she's awake she's happy and alert and doesn't want to even recline at all. She's consistantly holding up her head the entire time and it doesn't even do that little bobble thing anymore unless she's fighting sleep. I think by some time next week I'll have a mobile baby. I give her about 10 days til she gets the crawling down. She's growing so fast!

Lara
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Lara - wow, sounds like Mya is doing so well!! How old is she? I think Drake is behind her and I think he's older. Oh well, all babies develop at different rates. He is almost sitting up by himself. He'll sit up for awhile and then topple over and not be able to get himself back up. I though too that he would be crawling at any time but he just can't seem to figure out how to get his knees underneath him and his bum in the air. Actually it is okay as I am sure that once he is crawling all over and getting into everything that I'll wish he was still stationary. I have a feeling he'll be one of these babies who walks before they crawl.

The market went pretty well. I gave myself a low goal and came in way over it. I was directly across from some other guys selling soap.
Geneve, I make an unscented 100% calendula-infused olive oil soap. I make it mostly for babies or people with sensitive skin.

Just for fun today I started counting points to see how much my 2 year was eating. So far today...11 points! (Me=6) He weighs 32 pounds, I don't know where he puts it but he is, as they say on the Simpsons, "a remorseless eating machine."

Mya was 11 weeks on Friday. She still topples a lot when she sits unassisted, but can sit pretty well in her "boppy". She also needs help getting into a seated position, but it you let her hold your fingers that's enough. I'm hoping to have a bit longer before she crawls, as my house is nowhere near babyproofed enough for a mobile infant.

We had our first and last (for a while) swim lesson tonight. Mya loved it, but the powwers that be decided that even though they told me okay and my Dr says it's ok, she is too young. It was very disappointing as this is the only indoor pool that I can find in the area and that was Mya's Dr's only requirement. I never tried to hide her age from them and asked repeatedly and was told yes it was fine right up until we got to the water and then all of a sudden they are treating me as if I tried to fool them into thinking she was older. Even when she is old enoough for them I probably won't take her back there.

I hope everyone and all their families are well.

Lara
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That soap sounds divine! I'm going to look on the net and see if I can find out how to make some...
I'm amazed to hear about the swimming pool Lara, I can tell yuo that here kids are allowed in an indoor pool at any age (after all, many of them are born in one now) although many doctors advise against letting them in before their polio vaccination, and for a little while afterwards. This is mainly to protect other young babies who are not immunised and older members of the community who may never have been immunised. I think swimming the the bestthing for little kids, it's so good for them to be able to move about in the water and here by the sea learning to swim is a big deal...and the earlier they start the better.
At 4 yrs Ted can swim 10m no trouble, and at least 5m under water. Many kids can swim more than that.
I envy Myas sleeping. Leo sleeps when his dad looks after him, but only managed 1.5 hours in the day for me, leaving him grumpy and me exhausted.
In fact I can hear him now which means his 20 mins for the morning is over.
Geneve
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geneve... I was very surprised by the pool's attitude as well. I know that the younger you start the easier it is for them to learn naturally. As for the sleeping, I have little hope of it continuing, but I'm going to enjoy every minute of it while it lasts :) Up to now she has only been sleeping a combined total of about 45 minutes all day.

Jessica, the soap sounds fabulous.

Lara
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Thanks.
If you're interested in learning how to make soap, I'd recommend going to www.soapnuts.com . They have a Yahoogroup which is a great community of soapmakers but the homepage has loads of good information on making soap. It's terribly organized but worth looking through.

I just got my first delivery of organic produce. I get a small sized box every other week. I got spinach, cauliflower, zucchini, strawberries, bananas, plums, peaches, tomatoes, lettuce...there's more but I forget. I'll be making a big salad for lunch. Ira, my 4 yr. old, already ate all the strawberries and had me make him a peach smoothie. Jared, my 2 yr old, is playign with and smooshing all the tomatoes. Oh well.

Jessica, I live on the coast, behind us is miles of downland, much of which is farmed....but can I get ANYONE to deliver us a box of organic produce? NO. I can't even get the milkman to deliver organic milk. There is a farmers market once a fortnight in the next little town, but having been once I was disappointed at the lack of organic goods...lots of organic meat, but not much veg...and before you ask, NO SOAP:lol:
When Leo is a bot bigger (next summer probably) I'm going to get an allotment and grow my own. Will keep me out of the kitchen anayway.
Leo is MUCH better today, smiling and slept 3 hours in total. I love him again, he didn't bite me once. I take this to mean the back toothe will be apperaing shortly. I will just be praying he gets a rest now.
ANyone dieting out there? Am still thinking about goals etc. WIll go off and think baout it in the bath now!
Geneve
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I'm very hard at work on my diet. I'm doing WW 123 but on my own (too cheap to go to meetings). I've been doing the program to the letter for the last 2 weeks and my weight is finally moving! I've been going to the gym 2x a week and walking/jogging on the treadmill. Plus weight lifting at home 2x a week. Managed to get to the gym today too. Yay! In seven weeks, I've lost seven pounds. :D Plus my doctor called yesterday to let me know that he's increasing my thyroid medication again. Hopefully that will help too.