You ok Francie? Worried about you now.:hug:

Nice to see you posting Tammy! We have missed you. :hug: Hope you get the mother/son dance taken care of ....just reading that pissed me off. lol I am sure it will be a beautiful wedding.

Mindee- How is Marissa?? Poor little thing. :hug:

Sassy - I think the whole holiday season will go quickly, just so much to do and sooooo little time!

Kristi - I really liked when my girls were in sports, they had fun playing basketball. Rach did real well til her temper got in the way. lol Gaby loved swimming but I hope to also get her into baseball. You almost have to indulge! I can only go so long. I have gotten in the habit lately of doing so good during the day and totally giving in at night and eating too much. It would probably be better just to indulge earlier in the day.

Jules - yay , Jules! Miss hearing from you. Hope your mom is feeling better. The Home Depot here has laid off all their part time employees and the full time employees are now part time.....I guess no one around here has the $$$ to be laying out for home repairs ,,,and the store just opened last spring. :yikes:

Cristina - You deserve to lay on the couch in front of a fire! I wanna do that too. lol Today is a day off fo rme so I am just spending it w/ Miss Gaby, we aren't going to make a trip into Portland this time. I do have a 3 days off (22.23.24) coming up so I will head in to see the R's at that time.
anyway, I am sooooo sore! I am also out of shape but the walking on the job will help.

:wave: to everyone else!! I better get going, sorry for another quickie..........Gaby is restless.

chat more later!

SuzyQ--should I be calling you Susan?? I am ok with you scrambling the names and letting us know who we get to send to...I think we will be ok as long as we send the gifts out that first week of December. Our carpet really needs to go. Ry and his friend Chris are going to help us lay the floor so things should go fast. Chris got laid off from the housing industry and can't find a job. Ry said that's why he went back to the food. My Mom is doing better--just a severe reaction from an antibiotic. She's not 100% but feeling alot better.

Mindee--Hot chocolate with mint or raspberry sounds pretty good. I haven't put anymore pics up--we really need to get an external harddrive or something to save pics on so our memory is not so full. I have been checking yours out. The Halloween party looked fun!!

Cristina--the little guy really is fun to be around. I miss him when he's not. We never made it for pics the other day..I was too sick and had no energy after the WIC appt. We are leaning towards bamboo--hubby is thinking "green"--he also wants a windmill.....

Sassy--do you still have that other boss?? Have fun on your double date!! And your day of beauty!! Christmas is coming WAY TOO FAST!!

Kristi--we are getting rid of the old carpet for the same reason--less allergies and with two dogs and a wood stove, it's too much. We looked at the laminate too but hubby wants wood. And since Mr Controlfreak is paying I will let him pick whatever he wants and not argue. We are pulling the carpet out of my dd's old room and putting in a remnant we got from a friend of berber carpet. I'll be painting some more. After complaining to the point I wanted to beat him with a paint can, hubby has finally decided it really looks good...sigh...after 20 years I still love hime on most days...

Hi to everyone else!!

well, the kids are sleeping, and I am back online to finish working on the calendar and to finish checking my email.

I made dinner, and of course the boys thought the ring bologna was hot dogs. so, I kept telling them to eat their yummy hot dogs. then they got some grapes after they ate their dinner.

SuzieQ~ Marissa is doing better, thanks for asking. She is still trying to cut her, I believe, one year molars. I am hoping that she is going to pop the other two through here soon.

Jules~ I loved the mint hot chocolate, but I only had one packet left. I then tried the raspberry one, and I actually had two packets of that one. Now, I am having a squirt so that I don't get hot chocolated out!

Just stopping by to say Hi. I have the effin flu :( I feel totally horrible. I slept alllllllllll day, woke up at 9, watching Law & Order, and I'm trying to stay awake to watch Leno, cuz I wanna see Ross the Intern, lol.

Other than that, nothing else is going on. I hope everyone feels better than I do.

Morning. :)

Well another night down and one more to go tonight then I am done! :p Today would have been my Grandmas bday..........Monday would have been my Step Dads, I sure miss them.......http://dl9.glitter-graphics.net/pub/...fjm3tcg78d.gif

Suzy Q -- Dec. 1st sounds fine, secret exchange is fine but does not matter to me...........;)

Jules -- What other boss? The boss from you know where that fired my DH? lol. No, we switched supervisors just in time otherwise I probably would have been fired as well because he hated us both. No now I have a pretty cool supervisor, TG! lol. Yes Christmas is coming WAY to fast!!!! I think there is talk of snow for here anyways this weekend.........

Cristina -- Yeah she enjoyed it. :)

Mindee -- Awww that was cute......glad the kids enjoyed their "hotdogs" ;) I am going to be asking my DH to begin making me some "Winter Foods" to freeze so I can take to work with me, etc. So far on my list is: Meatloaf & Mashed Taters, Chili, and Potato Soup........:)

Francie -- hope you feel better! I know what you mean I was doing that last week! Big :hug: my friend.

Hello Everybody else out there!!! I hope you all are well!!!

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:hug: to you Sassy as you remember loved ones. Hope your night goes well and you enjoy the days off.

:hug: to Francie while you battle the flu bug. Get plenty of rest and drink your fluids. Feel better soon.

Hugs to everyone today...:hug:

I have been scurrying around trying to get the yard cleaned up before the weather turns frosty again. It is 50 degrees, but no wind, so not bad. I got all of the plants cut back and annuals pulled. Just need to get some straw for over the roses.

I then went up to the attic to get the Christmas bags I bought last year so I can get some things "wrapped." Want to have it done just in case we have to make a quick trip to Vegas. No, haven't gotten the condo yet, but if we do we will have to travel for closing. DH says if we don't get this one we will travel out and look again. Either way I think I will be flying. haha..

Finally came in, just as the rain started, so I can't take the bike ride I had planned. Maybe later. I did a load of dark clothes and just got them folded. Next I am going to make DH some cinnamon sugared pecans.
What a day, huh?

The good news....I lost the weight I had gained on our vacation. The 2 pounds are gone AGAIN..and hopefully for good. I would like to lose 2 more by Thanksgiving, but that is pushing it....and between Tday and Christmas I would like to lose 4. That would put me where I want to be at year's end. (well...not where I want to be, but where I realistically can be)

Okay...off to sugar some nuts. lol... Good thing I don't like them, they are for hubby.

Hello ladies...

Sue...had to laugh about the sugar nuts, lol. Not sure why but it struck me as funny. They sound good, never had any. Hoping you hear something soon about the condo...waiting is the pits!

Francie...feel better soon missy. :hug:

Susan...you are going to be a goal soon with all that walking. Hope you had a fun day with the Gabster. How are you liking the job so far? I am fine also with however you want to do the drawing of the names...can't wait to see who I get!

Mindee...what that heck is ring bologna?

Jules...cutie pie's BD will be here before you know it. Can't believe he will be one already! I love the bamboo flooring...wtg to the hubby for thinking/going green!

Hi Tammy, Katy, Asia, Kristi & Sassy :wave:

Nothing much going on today. Decided to do my grocery shopping today. Thinking of having the hubby take me to do a little Christmas shopping this evening. I have a couple of big things to get and need his help. Just want to be done with it but afraid that I won't be yet. That will get me almost done though.

Eating is not going so well today. I skipped breakfast which is a big no no for me. For some reason I woke up at 6:15 so thought I would read some. Of course reading makes me sleepy sometimes...so started dozing about 7:30 and went back to sleep. Got up at 10, got ready and left the house. Ended up grabbing something from Taco Bell...I didn't eat it all though, which is good. After getting home and putting the groceries up I grabbed the iPod and went out the door...did my 3 miles and am getting ready to do my 2 mile dvd and some weights. Working on the water too, have half of it down and working on the second 32 oz jug. Did I ever mention that we finally bought one of those reverse osmosis things for the faucet? Haven't bought any bottle water since. It actually makes the water taste just like the bottled so it is definitely paying for itself.

Take care ladies, and have a great day...what's left of it. :hug:

man today has been a busy one!

Brandon doesn't have school on Friday due to Parent teacher conferences, so I am going to try my hand at making an apple pie from scratch.....and if I don't have all the stuff for it, then I will just make the apple crisps again. Although, I am thinking that I do have all the stuff, so I will make both, as long as I get my butt moving when I put Brandon the bus to school on Thursday!

With that all being said, I made a spice cake today and put cream cheese icing on it. Good thing I don't like it! And, I made banana bread today as well!

Tonight we are having a crock pot meal, so that is supposed to be done now, but I am trying to hold it off as long as I can to let it cook some more and to give Tommy a chance to get back here from his cleaning and what have you.....so I am holding off on putting the potatoes in it until I know what/where he is!

The boys are watching Cars in the living room......Marissa is in the high chair next to me eating some crackers, and watching Cars.

Francie~ I hope you feel better soon!!!

Sue~ Great job on all that you have been doing! I hope the rain lets up so that you can go for your bike ride!

Cristina~ Ring bologna is just that......bologna in a ring shape. When you go to the grocery store next, look near the hot dogs and lunch meat and I am sure that you will find it!

Sassy~ I am sorry to hear that you are missing your loved one. I was like that around Logan's birthday. He shares the same birthday as one of my younger brothers that has passed, and then the next day is my two other siblings that have passed birthday. so I look at it as he has three guardian angels that will always make sure that he is safe, even if me and Tommy can't do it.

Oh yeah........I finished our calendar last night, but I was going over some dates from the calendar and was going to look and see if I have pictures of them to put on the dates. I can't wait to finish it up and then I can get Tommy to see it and then we can order it so that we can have it here for the first of the year!!!

Just stopping by since I was on the computer.

Mindee...geez, woman, lots of baking going on at your house. Are you talking about the bologna that is in like a roll in a deli or meat market before it is sliced? Guess I am confused as I've not heard it called ring :dunno: I forgot to mention earlier about Brandon's report card...:woohoo: to him! :bravo:

Getting ready to get on the treadmill and get in a 20-30 minute walk. Went to put the dvd in a few minutes ago and the stupid dvd player is not working for some reason. Don't want to take the walkblaster upstairs because I've just about worn the carpet down up there, lol. Thought I would start down here in the family room, lol. I didn't get to it earlier...got sidetracked on the computer and then V came home. We went to Target and found exactly what I was looking for, yay! Then he wanted to go out to dinner, ugh. But I must say I did good. Out of 5 chicken strips I had two, ate half the carrots and two bites of the mashed potatoes. All in all, not so bad. For some reason I wasn't hungry. I did bring the leftovers home but I do not want them. Anyway...going to go get that walk in!

Nighty, night, ladies!

Cristina- The nuts were better than I thought...and I do like them, but not too tempted. They are half pecans and the recipe is called Holiday nuts. LOL... You just use egg white, sugar, cinnamon and a little melted butter..then bake them and when they cool they are sweet and cinnamon flavored. DH was happy.

Mindee- I know what ring bologna is, but wonder how you fix it? We have had it sliced on crackers with cheese. Do you cook with it? I love bologna...darn it. I also made a spice cake with cream cheese frosting today. Mom and DH loved it after dinner. I passed. I do like it, but I was holding out for a cup of hot chocolate tonight. Had that and it was good.

We had pork and cabbage for dinner, so I ate my veggies and as I said passed on the cake. I had a biscuit and fruit salad for breakfast, so didn't do badly today. From baking biscuits this a.m. to the nuts, cake and dinner, I spent a good portion of the day in the kitchen. So why did I forget to eat lunch? I always try to have an apple or something and I just forgot.

Okay off to watch the rest of the CMA's or whatever I can find. Going shopping tomorrow and it is supposed to rain all day. Yuck.

well, I am finally getting some time to sit and relax again!

I want to make an apple pie but we don't have the right oats to make it. then I asked Tommy if we had a pie tin to cook in and he asked to see what I was wanting to make next. He then told me that we don't have the right oats, and then said to wait until they eat the stuff that I made yesterday before we end up with a counter full of stuff! then he asked if I was trying to fatten him up for the winter.

Cristina~ Let me see if I can find a picture of ring bologna for you. Nope, it is not the stuff in the roll in the deli counter. Thanks for the comments on Brandon's report card! We have his parent teacher conference on Thursday night.....I can't wait to hear what she has to say! And then he doesn't have school on Friday due to more parent teacher conferences.

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this isn't the brand that I used, but it is the same thing that I made the other day.

Sue~ Sorry about not answering your question. I make it with cream of mushroom soup. I made it with three small cans this last time, and then cut up the ring bologna and tossed it in a pot to get nice and cooked. Then I served it over some toast. but of course the toast got really soggy when I put the stuff on it, so it wasn't making the crunch sound I was going for.

Mindee - all that food sounds good. I was wondering about the ring bologna, too...We usually call it smoked sausage or kielbasa, haven't seen it in bologna here, but haven't really looked either. I do like kielbasa with veggies over rice. Sometimes, I throw some in pea or lentil soup. :carrot::carrot:for Brandon's report card!

Sue - your cake sounded yummy, too. First everybody is sick, now everybody is cooking, lol! I'd better get busy

Cristina - good job at the restaurant! It's hard not to eat all the chicken fingers..they just seem to disappear! How's the house-hunting going?

Francie - hope you are feeling better, sweetie..get well soon

Jules - I would love to pull up my carpet and put down some wood floors. Just cant swing it now...but some day...

Susan- how's the new job going?

Sassy - glad you are feeling better, also gald to hear your job is going better..glad you got a new supervisor.

Hi to everyone I missed!

Well, back up to 172..bouncing around as usual - bleh. Now that I'm over this yucky cold, I hope to get some more exercise.. This last week was a bust. Today is my 2 year anniversary at the weight loss research study. I've lost 26 pounds since I started, so I'll pat myself on the back for that. I just have to remember that i lose weight slowly, with lots of bouncing around. As long as the general trend is downward I am not going to get too stressed. Would be nice to kick into gear a little for our holiday challenge...oh well

Have a great day everyone!

Hi all. :wave:

Well its FINALLY over! lol. I didn't think it was ever gonna end! lol. Now I am gonna go to bed early so I can get up early so then I can go back to bed tonight so that I can get up early tomorrow for my "day of beautification" ;)

I have to admit I am kinda looking forward to it. Its been a long time since I've had time like that for me and also spending it with a friend, who is a woman and not a guy! lol. :p

So anyways, take care everybody!

It is rainy and dreary here, but not too cold. But its great sleeping weather, so that is good for me! lol.

G'night! lol.

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OMG this is exactly how I am feeling lol:

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nighty-night, Sassy :)

nap time is our household! of course, neither one is napping, but that isn't the point! I had to play mom the builder this morning.....let me tell you it was a lot of fun! I had to fix a drawer on the boys dresser and the top part of the dresser. While I was fixing it, I was really noticing that it needs a new paint job, so when we go to WalMart next, I am going to look and see how much it will cost, and try and figure out a color or colors to paint it. Right now, it is blue and white.

Katy~ I am cut off from making anything more until the stuff I made gets eaten! so, in other words, it will probably be next week when I am able to make anything. I love to bake, so sitting here not doing anything is driving me crazy. thanks for the nice comments on Brandon's report card! I can't wait for his parent teacher conference tonight!

Sassy~ How are you doing? I hope you are feeling better! enjoy your day of beautification tomorrow! I wish I was having one!

we were posting at the same time Cristina!

we have been working with him more on the getting phrases out.....since that is one of the things his speech therapist is working with him on. Today I was getting him to say "I am Brandon." I tried the same thing with Logan, but all I got from him was "I am me" which is what he calls himself.

Mindee...too cute...love that, I am me! Hope you are having a great day!

I am outta here for now...I've got exercising to do!

We had Brandon's parent teacher conference tonight.

It went really well. The teacher said nothing but good things about him. She was kind of wondering about our take on having the school "team" give him some basic tests to see if he is ready to go into kindergarten next year, or if he will need another year of the class he is in now. We gave her the permission to let them do their testing and then we will go from there.

She wanted to bring it up now, that way it would give us some time to sit and ponder about where he will go into next year. So, once we get the results from all of that we will know more. She said that she is a little concerned about the academic aspect of his schooling, but she made an amendment on his current IEP.

Good Morning All!!!
 

Good morning!

Decided rather than lay around in bed (I was actually reading though) I would just get up and start the day. Going to do a dvd and then I have some errands to run. Another windy day here in Oz so probably won't get a walk outdoors...thinking the outdoor walking is going to be out for a while. Not supposed to get very warm today and woke up to a cloudy sky. Supposedl it rained (maybe that's why I slept so good) but it passing us. Anyway...the plan, and here I go with plans again, lol. The 'plan' is to do the slim & thin as soon as I get off here, run my errands, come back and do the sculpt & burn and then later jump on the treadmill.

Sassy...enjoy your day of pampering!

Mindee...glad to hear about all the postive remarks about Brandon :yay:

Hiya to everyone else :wave:

I'll be back later.

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It is Friday!!


Ok,lets just make the name exchange easy because if don't we will never get it done. :cp:

Ladies who are taking part are: :mrsclaus:

Asia
Cristina
Jules
Sassy
Susan
Tammy

Notice they are in alphabetical order?? If you don't notice that it is because we still are in kindergarten but trust me they are in order in the ABC form. :dizzy:

Working our way from top to bottom (isn't this exciting??)

:hohoho::present::hohoho::present::hohoho: :present::hohoho::present:

Asia will send a gift to Cristina
Cristina will send a gift to Jules
Jules will send a gift to Sassy
Sassy will send a gift to Susan
Susan will send a gift to Tammy
Tammy will send a gift to Asia

I hope that makes sense!!!:elf:

I am back.

I have a day off, need to go and get a flu shot. I also have a tiny cold sore and I am trying to zap the gawd awful thing. I don't wanna be seen in public with soom bumpy thing forming on my lower lip!! :yikes:

That's a pretty racy avatar Cristina! lol I like the old 40's avatars too.

Katy - Yay on the 26 pounds! 2 years sure went by fast, good for you. How much longer for the study?

Sassy- I get to go into OB on my runs and I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw 2 little new borns sleeping at the nurses station, they were so beautiful and tiny. Hope your back feels better.

Mindee- You would probably make a great volunteer in the classroom, does Brandon school have parent volunteers helping out? I need to do that w/ Gaby now that I have some sort of schedule in place. I bet your home smells good w/ all that baking!

Sue - I love cabbage and the pork sounds good too. The hospital has some yummy soups and can you belive the salad bar is .39 cents an ounce! I get a little bowl and that is expensive...soups are $2 dollars a bowl. I guess I will just have to take my lunch like the other workers. Sorry for the vent. lol

A huge hello to Jules, Franice, Tammy, Kristi, and Miss Asia! Hope you ladies have some exciting plans for the weekend.

I need to go and get some medicine for this cold sore. As far as the job I love it so far! I have been busy with getting trained on something called Area3. Basically trash/linen and bio hazard runs all day long through out the hospital. Bio hazard kind of freaks me out - lol .....so, I was really praying that I just had a cold sore and not some fungus crap growing on my face. lmbo.

So, I do area3 solo this weekend and next week I get trained for Late Discharges, which will be cleaning patients rooms after they leave, duh. I like the shifts that I work (every other weekend - area 3 & LD 11am to 7:30 on weekdays) because I get a shift differential of a couple $$$, so that is nice. Area3 though has to respond to LifeFlight (helping them get into the hospital) and cleaning up spills in the ER......, so that kind of has me on edge.

Otherwise the co workers are very nice and I like the working enviroment a lot.

k- better do some errands, bbl.

Went to ww this morning and was down a 1/2 pound, last week it was 2, but I hadn't been there for two weeks so I figured that was a pound a week. Hopefully I can keep up through this season of food and eating....

Dominic is hilarious, he has such a cute little personality, he loves music and "dancing". He's taking about 6 - 10 steps at a time before falling and he laughs when he falls. Too funny!!


Susan--that's a great way to figure the exchange!! You are so smart!! (and skinny and a great sense of humor...what a combo!!!) I just got rid of a nasty cold sore myself...didn't catch it soon enough--it was really bad!!!

Cristina--it's been rainy and damp..perfect laying bed weather!!!

Sassy--my kness are achy with the dampness and of course hubby is hurting and being an arse...I try to take his pain into consideration but it makes me mad that he won't go to the doctors to see if they can give him something. What are you doing for you beautification??? Have fub whatever you are doing...

Mindee--hope Brandon's testing goes well...it's great that he does like school. Too cute with the whole "i am me" from Logan

Katy--Hubby got a notice he could "skip" a motorcycle payment, so he is using that and just paying a minimum on his two credit cards which all three things should be paid off by next April or close to it. He says this is our Christmas so we aren't buying anything for each other.

Sue--can you pm me with the exact recipe for your nuts. Sounds like something my mom would like.

Well little D is ready for his nap!!! gotta go--hi to all I missed!!!

popping in here while I can..........

the boys are watching Calliou on tv, since Brandon didn't have school today. I got some laundry done today. I got the sheets, Marissa's three "loveys," Brandon's pajamas, and all their socks done. So, next will be getting the rest of their laundry done and our laundry as well.

I am still working on our calendar but I am going to try and get it done by the end of this weekend! No plans this weekend, so that is how I know that I will be able to get it done! Tommy is helping a guy from our complex move tomorrow, so I will be here with all the kids from 8am until who knows. then on Sunday he wants to drive up to my parents house but it is supposed to snow, and I honestly don't like driving up there when/after it snows. So we might go to Frankenmuth maybe.

I am back, oh joy.

Jules - why thanks for the skinny,smart and humor comment....now only if you were a male saying that. lol There are some cute male workers at the hospital.....the Oxygen Guy is kind of snobby though, he never looks me in the eye and seems bored w/ my question of ...."do you have trash??"
There is a cute young doctor though that tilts his head to the left and wears his surgerical cap thingie kind of in a floppy way.....hmmm, he kind of looks like a chef actually......I am pretty sure he is a doctor:dizzy:

Hugs to little Dominic! And a :congrat: for the weight loss!! Hope you all have a relaxing weekend.

Mindee- what is the calendar?

Cristina - where are you?? Hope you and V are having a good day :)

Hello :wave: again to everyone!

I wasn't able to get the flu shot. I did get a tst skin test shot and the first of the series in the Hep-B shots though. I paid for next weeks child care and now I need to iron and pack Gaby sleep over bag ....the plan is her father will take her in and she will spend the weekend w/ Rach & Rebecca,,,,really Rach because Beck has no interest. lol And pick her back up on Sunday and bring her home. So, I am just working and hauling the trash/linen and Bio out of the hospital. Yee Haw. I think I will run and get a big back of veggies at Cash & Carry, suppose to be real cheap and it has yellow squash in the bag.

yada, yada, yada.....I need to get out more. lol

k- chat over the weekend.

Good week-end BIK. Hope you have something fun planned. I don't think I am doing a thing. Maybe hair coloring. ha..

I am cleaning out my closet and getting rid of some clothes I have had for years. I bought 3 shirts yesterday and made myself get rid of 3. Funny, my closet seemed to be full of solid color shirts/tops, so I wanted a floral or something different. Ended up with 3 prints. I never know when to stop. When I was paying I looked down and said "oh good grief, these clash." Took me a sec to realize I wasn't planning to wear them together...but Mom got a kick out of it. :)

Okay, off to shower and bed. Have fun girlies.

Hola.

Well my day of beautification is done, finally. I say finally because it took FOOORRREVVEERRR! The lady who did my hair is going out of country for 3 months and so had to interview some chic to run her shop while she was gone, therefore our appointment got delayed.........:mad:

But it was worth the wait. She did a good job, everybody really likes it. Now I just have to keep up with it. lol. I got red highlights and my hair got chopped off. There was enough hair on the floor from me that I said, "some poor bald man could have a nice topee'. lol. I also got my eyebrows waxed......YOOOOUUUCCHHH! I had forgotten how badly that hurt! Last time I had it done was 10 years ago for my wedding! lol.

Then after DH and I went out to dinner with my friend (who I got my hair done with) and her significant other. Her guy kept saying over and over and over again how much he liked my hair.........so that was cool, cuz you know most guys don't say much about stuff like that.

Once again I didn't eat much at all. :no: Which is good, but I am beginning to wonder if there is something wrong with me that I never really feel "hungry"??? I eat because well I have too. But I honestly am never really hungry, except maybe once a day but I can't just eat once a day.........

I dunno. Anyways....................

My friends baby is adorable and a very very good baby, she didn't cry once! I said I will babysit her anytime! lol.

I will be posting my new "hair do" pics on my Myspace page probably tomorrow. I'm going to bed. Yes this coming from the "Vampire" I've been up since 5:30 am today.............Gonna be tough to get back on my "night schedule Sunday Night, but it has been fun..........

Tomorrow DH is taking me down to his work to get a flu shot, they offer employees family members free ones. I don't wanna shot. :( I have never ever had a flu shot and I am afraid it will make me sick. :barf: And I don't wanna be sick the day before I go back to work. But DH reassures me that I won't get sick. So we shall see.

Well g'night all.

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I am sneaking back on here before I head to bed......

I cheated and stepped on the scale Friday morning......it told me 227.0, so I treated myself to a slurpee and nachos. now I feel all yucky and regret eating it. but it didn't taste good to me at all.......so I know that I won't be doing that again!

The calendar is a calendar that I used some of our Coke rewards points to get. We can basically make our own calendar with our own pictures, birthdays, anniversaries and anything else we want to put on it. I have all the birthdays and such on there. Right now I am looking to see if I have pictures from some of the other events that I can add pictures to those days as well. The only thing that we have to pay on it is the shipping and handling, so I am excited about getting it done.

Morning all........:coffee:


I have no idea why I am up this early.

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Hello...nothing going on here. Watching a stupid Lifetime movie.

Jules...wtg on the pounds gone! :bravo:

Have a good weekend!

How is everyones Saturday going?!?!

I woke up at 5:30 and was out the door at 6:30. I stayed up late last night getting Gaby's bag packed and some of her clothes ironed. I miss her already. I called and she made it safely to her sisters and was watching a video and they were going to have pizza for dinner. Odd her father passed on spending time w/ her but whatever.

I made 2 chicken tenderloins last night and steamed some extra normandy blend veggies and took some of that for lunch today. I washed my meal ticket - great - it only had 5 or 6 more $$$ on it so I guess it could have been worse..........when you buy the ticket it is worth $20 (even though you are only charged $16 :dizzy:)......

I made it through the bio run, thank goodness. Blood spilled through a sharpes container ...freaked me out. Sheesh.

Mindee- Nacho and a slurpee??? Was this a 7-11 run?? Good for you on the 227 (!!!!) I am sure you will be fine even after eating what you did.

Sassy - I will head over to myspace and see the photo's. I was telling the nurse yesterday I had a bad reaction to a past flu shot, I am debating if it is worth getting after all myself. She gave me the lecture that it was...still hate the thought of getting ill from it though. Anyway.....let us know what you decide!

Cristina - What was the movie?

Sue - What shade of color are you going to do your hair? I need to do mine again...................to cover that paprika puke color I did yeeeeears ago. It is taking forever to grow out.

:wave: hello to Jules, Asia, Tammy, Kristi, Katy, and Francie. I hope I didn't forget anyone.

I guess it is an evening to myself tonight. What will I do??? Probably read, do wah and go to bed. lol

chat more tomorrow.

we went to Chuck E. Cheese for our niece and nephew's birthday today. the kids all had fun! I got a picture of each of them in the car with Chuck E. Cheese.....and then I got a sketch done of me and Marissa. Just before they took the picture, Marissa put the piece of pizza that she had in her hand in front of my face. so in the picture, you can see her face, but then you see her hand and a piece of pizza in front of mine. I wanted to get a picture of the boys together, but Brandon could never get Logan to follow him over there without Logan throwing a fit.

Then when we were leaving, I was asking the boys if they had fun while Tommy and Marissa went to go get the van. they both told me that yes they did and Brandon told me that he wanted to have his birthday party there. (good thing we have some time to research it!)

Shel~ Thanks for the good morning on myspace! I think I rolled over when you put it on there, although I did get up about an hour and a half later.

SuzieQ~ How did you know? Tommy had to run to the store last night and asked if I needed anything, which he should know is a loaded question because I can usually find something. And since I hadn't had anything from 7-11 in a loooooooong time, I thought it was a justified reward. yay for making it through a bio run! thanks for the nice comments on getting to 227. I am hoping that the scale continues to go down like it has been!

before I forgot, I sent away for some information from a local college about their online programs. I got that in the mail the other day, and I am going to sit down and look at it either tonight after Marissa goes to bed or sometime during this upcoming week when Brandon is in school. I am also going to look into a couple other schools that I know have online programs and see if they can send me some information on their programs. I am not sure what I would go for, but Tommy suggested that I go for Medical Billing.

Well I got my flu shot. Wasn't bad at all. It made me sleepy......:yawn: But that is about it. After that we went to Wally World got some things. I broke down and let DH go ahead and get his bday present early: an Ipod. A friend of ours suggested it as a bday gift for him as my husband walks A LOT at his job, so now he can listen to tunes while he is walking in between his calls. (my husband works on the hospitals machines so if they have an issue, they call him and he goes to wherever in the hospital it happens to be and it is a HUGE hospital)

Then we came home and I napped for a few hours, then we went out to eat with a friend. I splurged and split a piece of chocolate cake with DH. ;)

Thank you all who commented on my pictures on myspace! :D I have gotten SO many compliments on my hair. :) And I noticed a lot more people looking at me today, er um well I guess technically yesterday. And in a good way, not a bad way......it was very different. But as my friend said its going to happen now that I am changing my appearance, people notice and not just my appearance, but the confidence that goes along with it. ;)

Granted I know that I have a long ways to go, esp weight wise. It was a huge step for me to post those pictures on myspace, lemme tell ya. Because I have been very ashamed of my weight. But now I realize hey I'm doing something about it and to not be ashamed because if I feel that way about myself, it radiates out to others and I don't want that. I want people to feel like they can come and talk to me and I have noticed a huge change in that too.

Remember I told you all about that one lady at work who said bad things about me? She came over Thursday morning and not only talked to me, nicely, she even touched my shoulder!!! :faint: And another girl who hardly ever talks to me came over and sat down and talked to me too. It was about work stuff, but still its a step because usually they will just IM me, even though we only sit a few feet apart.

I even bought make-up and put some on tonight, er um lastnight. I found out that its very difficult putting on make-up now because I wear glasses now and not contacts, so I can't see what I am doing! lol. I did recieve a compliment from my friend who I had the day of beauty with, because I called her asking her advice on what make-up to buy (its been YEARS since I've worn it) and she said that I have a very good complection.

My mom called and told me that my family member who cheated on her husband with his brother? Yeah her husband took her back. :rolleyes: I was like she is family and I still love her, but I don't know what she is thinking and why he took her back, I have no idea. But its their lives, not mine!

I swear DH and my family are like a soap opera at times! lol. But it keeps life interesting! ;)

Lets see what else? Oh DH got all the stuff to make chili for me and my coworker. So that is what I will be having for lunch tonight (Sunday Night) at work!! ;) Perfect chili weather too! He is making a ton and freezing some.

I am soooo sleepy but I am trying to stay awake at least until 3 am, because I do have to work tonight................it is amazing how easy it is to go back to a "dayshift" sleep cycle. I guess our bodies naturally want that because I only started it on Friday really and in two days I was back. Now I have to go back to nights..........that is tough. I usually stay on my night shift schedule, but I had to break it to go and get my hair done Friday. On Saturdays when my DH is off, I usually just stay up as long as I can to spend time with him. But yesterday I was awake at 5:30 am.

Well I guess I have rambled on long enough! lol. :blah:

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hi everyone I would like to know if I can join your group? you all seem so fun and supportive.

Hey ladies!!!!

Sorry that I've been MIA. I'm finally better (sorta, lol). I have the sniffles still, and possibly an ear infection. Drag, lol. Also...I've fallen off the wagon big time. Some other stuff is going on as well..but I dont really wanna talk about it just yet.

OH..I dyed my hair the other day!! Yay!! I just got soooooo sick of my roots showing. Plus, I really missed my dark hair. My new color is called Chocolate Cherry!! OoO!! It's super pretty.

Anyways..hope everyone has been good!!!!

Only a week left before Thanksgiving..and 2 weeks until my 4 year wedding anniversary!! YAY!!!!!!!

Good Morning!

Francie - glad you are feeling better. Hope everything else is ok, or going to be soon. Love the new hair...at least from what I can see in your avatar..its very pretty.

Pippy - Welcome..the more the merrier:) We are a nice group, if I do say so myself...

Sassy -LOVE the new hair...such a pretty color. I'm so glad you put up pix on ms.. you and your hub are a cute couple

Mindee - we had a Chuck E. Cheese bday for my son's 7th. It is about as lo-stress as you can get. They do everything, cake, favors, pizza, yada yada. The food isn't that great imo, but the kids don't care. I like how they keep the kids secure, no one is allowed to leave unless they are with they person they came with...that's nice when you have lots of real young kids running around.

Susan- enjoying your quiet weekend? I guess it isn't that quiet, since you have to work...oh well. The new job sounds great...except the blood part, but I bet you will get the hang of that. I hear you about flu shots...I never get the flu, but the shots make me feel icky. I've been told we all need to get them because of Leigh's asthma.

Cristina - how was the movie? We watched the Wedding Crashers on network last night. It was ok.. I laughed a few times. I decided to knit my FIL a hat for his birthday...on Saturday. I got quite a bit done during the movie, but need to pick up the pace if it is going to get done in time.

Jules - WTG on the lost pounds!

Hi to Asia, Tammy, Sue and Kristy!

Well, my MIL is going in for an angiogram tomorrow. It could lead to either angioplasty or a bypass, we'll know more after the procedure. Please keep a good thought for her.

Other than that, it's looking like another busy week. At least I'm not sick...that was no fun.

Have a great day everyone!

Katy~Sorry for being out of the loop, and if you dont mind me asking. But whats wrong with your MIL? OH..the Wedding Crashers is one of me & Fonzo's fave movies. We've seen it too many times to count, lol.


Speaking of funny movies..we saw Zack & Miri Make a Porno the other day. It was pretty funny. OH..And we watched Get Smart last night. Omg, that movie was totally hilarious!!

Anyways..I'm gonna go back to waiting for Fonzo to wake up..

Hi Francie - you're not out of the loop, this all happened very fast. Her stress test indicated that she had a blockage, so the cardiologist wanted an angiogram to assess what's going on. Depending on what they find, it could mean different things, all of which seem to involve heart surgery. I dunno.. angioplasty might be less severe...I'm still learning what all these things mean.

Katy~she's in my thoughts and prayers!!!