Good morning, ladies...

KRISTI...good to see ya! Sounds like you are one busy wife & momma. I think we all fall off the wagon, some of us (me) more than once. But you are back on track and that's all that matters. Good job on the 4 mile walk and have fun with the 5 miles today!

MINDEE...I am the same, can't get too far from the fam. Okay, as cute as your kids are, I will have to pass, lol. I don't think I could handle three...shoot, when Cambrie is over she is more than a handful. So what was on the menu for dinner? Something good I am sure.

SUE...yeah, this time change has got me all mixed up. My body refuses to acknowledge it, lol. I have to remember it gets dark sooner! Mmm, potato salad, baked beans and pie, eh? Sounds good to me!

HIYA KATY, SUSAN, JULES, ASIA, SASSY & FRANCIE!

I was up early...wanted to get an early start to the day so I can get things done. Have a few errands to run...get tags, find some shrubs (2), take something to Penneys (they forgot to take that theft thing off the collar of a hoodie i bought for Josh for Christmas), and pick up a few things from the grocery store. But...I want to start the day off with my walk. Thinking I will only do half of it and then half later...or jump on the treadmill. I did get in some more exercise time last night and feeling good about that...sort of, lol. My neck and shoulders are a little sore. I haven't done the weights in a few days and if nothing else I need to do at least 5 minutes a day so I don't have the soreness. Have to stay on top of this exercise, moving or not. Yesterday I think I did get a great workout fighting the wind while walking...it was pretty bad. A little windy today as well and looks like rain so...better get before it starts, if it does. BBL

Have a great morning!

Just dropping by to say Hi

Welcome Kristy..hope you like it here!!!

Sassy or whoever is in charge now, I think I'm going to drop out of the gift exchange.

Good Morning,


Welcome Kristi! Falling off the wagon so to speak seems to be popular in trying to lose weight. Getting back on is the most important thing! Anyway, a huge welcome and we are doing a Christmas exchange so if you would like to be a part of that just let us know!

So, sure I will take do the Christmas exchange .........the list I have of late was
Cristina
Asia
Jules
Sassy
Susan

I am not sure about Katy,Mindee,Kristi, or Tammy???
Thinking Sue and Francie were passing??

Ya, this is how I take a test, I guess. lol Trust me you don't want me doing CPR on you. haha

anyway, we will scramble the names by Monday and go from there..........how does that sound?

Sassy - sorry you aren't feeling well!

Mindee - yikes girl....I always can shove a vacuum in somewhere. lol You are a very good mom, I don't know how you do it (besides yelling - lol -jk), my hats off to you.

Cristina - I love the wind but ya...walking in it is tough but you probably burn more calories that way? Anyway, hope the soreness goes away.

Sue - hoping the dentist visit goes ok for you. I always come home from vacations exhausted. lol

Hi to Jules, Tammy, Katy, and Asia!

I have to get to work, hope I don't have to deep clean....that means moving the beds and furniture to clean under and behind and defrosting the fridge....which if it is real bad you get a hair dryer. blah - blah

k- chat more later.

Susan- You always start my day with a smile. And I need one today...lol.

Took forever to wake up since I was up late. I had a bowl of cereal and half banana. Trying to get on track. Rode 2 miles and then talked on the phone to DD for awhile. (DGD just got her wisdom teeth out last week, then got the flu. Now DD has the flu and probably brought it over here yesterday. ugh. Hope not)

As for the rest of the day, I am up to my ears in ironing...and need to get in gear.

Welcome Kristi! Hi to everyone! Happy hump day....

Cristina, You're lucky you got out of Penney's!!! Great job on the exercise. Hope the soreness goes away soon. Thanks for the welcome.

Sassy, Hope you're feeling better soon.

shopaholic, thanks for the welcome. Loved your halloween costume!

mom2gaby, Thanks for the welcome. I'll decline on the gift exchange for this year. Thanks for asking me though. That's very nice. Hope work went well today.

suetalks, Great job on getting the ride done and having a healthy brkfst. Thanks for the welcome.

My food choices have been good, dishes are "mostly" done, my confirmation lesson is prepared and I will soon be heading out for my hike. The sun is shining. It's a good day, hope your's is too.

Kristi

Back again...

KRISTI...DD asked me how I managed to get out of the store too! This was the second time this happened. Bought the hubby a pair of jeans a while back and they didn't take the thingy off. I won't try to take those things off. Have a nice hike!

SUSAN...I am still in for the Christmas exchange, nothing will change that. Oh yeah, yesterday I am sure I burned lots of cals due to the wind...it was really bad. They had wind advisories out. Was surprised I didn't see any kids, cows or dogs flying thru the air, lol. Used a lot of gas yesterday too, in the vehicle that is, lol. Hope you don't have to deep clean today!

SUE...good job on the 2 miles! And hope you guys don't get the flu. Sorry about all the ironing...hey, it's good exercise, or at least you are burning some cals.

FRANCIE...hi, bye

SASSY...gets some rest! Try and enjoy your days off.

Hello again JULES, KATY, TAMMY, ASIA and MINDEE

I am trying to realx before either heading out the door for a walk, or work on J's room. After getting off the computer this morning, I went to get dressed and the rain beat me to my walk. Rained off and on all morning. The sun is shining now so may go get in half at least. Then the plan is to do a dvd and walk on the treadmill Getting lazy again for some reason. I can't quit though...too close to my 1,500 mile goal by January 1. And have to work on the 7 pound goal by Christmas, 6 now.

Did get most of the stuff on my list done...couldn't do the shrubs because I wasn't going to a nursery in the rain. Then spent about a hour at the tag office, ugh!!!! They really, and I mean really need to get some people in there that know what they are doing. Left that place with a big bad attitude and a frown on my face. I still don't think they got it right...going to have V take a look at the stuff. I think a walk will calm me some more and put this upside down frown upright. Just really put me in a mood. Anyway...better get to doing something...I have to get some exercise in and daughter is going to help me with J's room and some family room stuff. Having to get a storage unit again...but not near as much moving as last time.

Take care, ladies and have a wonderful Wednesday!

Kristy - Welcome! I am very familiar with "one-step-forward-two-steps-back" - ugh. glad you are here

Susan- I am not going to do the swap this year...but y'all have fun now!

I just found a big bag of m&ms and I am trying mightily not to put my whole face in it. I have a little sore throat and I am feeling a bit worn out, so it's hard to resist cravings in that state. Send me "stay-out-of-the-candy" vibes chickies!

See, M&M's don't do a thing for me, give me a Baby Ruth and I have no well power....or a butter finger or a Kit Kat or a ...haha. jk.

Hope you throw the m&m's out Katy! I think I will take the rest of my Halloween (ok, Gaby's) to the motel tomorrow.....like, what??? 5 days after the fact.....after I have eaten all the good chocolates. haha

Update on the X-Mas exchange

Cristina
Asia
Jules
Sassy
Susan

I am not sure about Mindee, or Tammy???

Sue,Katy,Kristi, and Francie are passing on the exchange.

Sue - I always just iron as I go...so every morning I iron something.lol I hate wrinkles. My mom use to actually have an ironing board but I just throw a towel on a dresser and iron that way. blah - anyway, to your DGD, thanks for the reminder on the flu shot, I really need to get that done for Gaby and myself.

Kristi - oh, you can call me Susan! I have 3 daughters (6.5,17,and almost 16) , I don't know why I made my ID only mom2gaby...maybe because she is the youngest and the one that minds. lol Interested in what kind of dishes you prepare for the day? Glad the sun is shining in your part of the country, cloudy here on the northern Oregon coast.

Cristina - I don't know anything about plants....these are plants you are going to put in where you live?? I only ask because my sister was actually pulling up plants to take w/ her to her new place. I guess w/ the price of nice plants she was just budgeting. lol I didn't have to deep clean, thank goodness. I only put in 3 hours and the manager was finally back after taking time off so I was able to tell her my last day is Friday. lol She was very nice about it and I will make Tuesday my last day at the motel....so, I think my next full day off will be Friday the 14th.

to Jules, Mindee, Sassy, Francie, Asia and Tammy!

I have a few errands to do before I get Gaby from school, so I better get going. We woke up late this morning because I stayed up for the elections results and I am now addicted to CNN. Gaby was cute she made her lunch of a peanut butter sandwish last night but 1/2 to school she said she didn't want to take it. I might go munch on that for my lunch, starving.

k- chat more later.

popping in here quickly......

I am going to have to pass on the gift exchange too.

I have to go outside and wrangle the boys.......I will make it back here later on!

Ironing is done...until next wash day. Ugh! J wears nothing but cotton shirts...and they need ironing. I must admit, I iron most of my things too. Just "old" and that is what we always did/do. If I could find quality knit shirts for J that have a pocket for his glasses I would stock him up and never iron again. haha..

Okay...my day was short it seems. I went to the grocery after dinner, cut my night right down to nothing. So, I am off to shower and bed. LAter chickies!

Sassy- We passed in the night.... Get your butt down in front of the t.v. and relax. Get feeling better!

TY SUE -- heading there now!!!! Ya know I never iron anything. I know that is probably weird, but I don't. My mom never did neither.......I guess just different strokes for different folks! lol. First time I learned how to iron was in home ec. class!

Nightie night!!!!

and so the issues of boyfriends and girlfriends have arrived in this house.............already!

After the majority of the guests from Logan's party left this past Saturday, there were still some that were hanging out some more. All of a sudden Logan, who was standing by our front door, screams "Ben!" and then a friend of ours, Jen, says "who is dirty gerty?" I was in the process of telling Logan that Ben (one of our friends, who works here at the complex) wasn't coming over, when he screamed it again, after our friend Jen asked that question. I then stepped to the door, and saw our friend Ben jumping out of the vehicle and said out loud "just when I was about to say that they weren't coming over, they show up."

He came with his wife, their son, and two of their nieces. All the kids were playing nicely in the boys room since that is where all the toys were. Towards the end of the night, Marissa was hanging around Ben's son, Little Ben. Well, Marissa kept closing the bedroom door, and when I would open it up, it would just be her and Little Ben. So, the last time I opened the door, I saw Little Ben hugging Marissa. (and I wish I had gotten a picture of it since it was so cute) So, I then walked back out into the living room where Ben and his wife were sitting and I said "I think my daughter just claimed your son as her boyfriend." Ben's wife laughed and Ben said "they are too young for that."

Fast forward to today and I sent Brandon's teacher an email about his school pictures. She then sent me an email back about the pictures, and then added that Brandon has been a real sweetie to Alexis since they were outside on the playground, and that when she was writing me the email, they were at the puzzle table together. We get him off the bus, and Brandon's bus driver Pam tells us that Brandon had to hold Alexis' hand all the way out of school and in the line to get on the bus. Brandon even more or less kicked Christian (the little boy that normally sits next to him) off the bench so that Alexis could sit next to him.

As for Logan, his little girlfriend Shanna lives around the corner from us. She is just his height and has a full head of blond hair! They were holding hands one day this past summer on the way to the pool. I didn't get a picture of it, but Shanna's mom did.

So, that is what we have been dealing with in this past week!

Sassy~ I hope you start to feel better soon!