Cristina~Ya, I saw it last night..And I'm see it AGAIN tonight, lol. And I love snow!! Snow snow snow snow..LoL!!!

popping in here while I have a chance!

I put Brandon on the bus, and finally got to meet his girlfriend Alexis. He had to sit next to her and when his bus driver mentioned her name, I asked if she was the Lexi in the class or if she was the Alexis in the class. I looked at Brandon and he immediately became really shy and was hiding his face, so I knew that she was the Alexis in the class.

I came back to come into the house, and Logan locked the screen door on me! I had to get our friend that works here to open the door for me so that I could get in. I gave Logan the option of going to take a nap or going with me to the office and then to the dumpster. He gave me an attitude, so off to take a nap her went, and off to the office and dumpster I went. he still isn't napping, but at least now he isn't screaming!

Tommy has to help a guy from our complex finish moving his stuff tomorrow, and then we will be home bound since we don't have any money to do anything.

Hello..........

Francie -- I am making Chocolate Chip.......

Cristina -- That is great. I was just sharing because I like the song and thought it had a good message, esp with Thanksgiving coming up......:hug:

Mindee -- Aww that was cute with Brandon and his gf. lol. Glad you were able to get into your house!

:hug: everybody!!!

Back again for a few...

Francie...no snow, no snow, no snow, lol. Enjoy the movie again!

Mindee...too cute about Brandon & Alexis.

Okay, didn't really have anything to say...just procrastinating.

Have a good day/weekend!

Hola All :wave:

How is everybody this fine Friday Evening??? :D I hope you are well!!! ;) My DH is taking me out. :) So I am just waiting for him to get home........

I didn't get to the cookies, but they won't take long at all..........I got sucked into watching a movie.........lol. Ah well. Life moves on, right? :lol:

Well I hope you all enjoy your Friday Evening/Night and have a Wonderful Weekend!!!! :D

:hug:

nothing new around here......Tommy went to a friend from works house to hang out and basically blow off some steam from work. Marissa is trying to avoid going to sleep, which isn't any thing new.

I told Tommy that I got to meet Alexis today. He then asked Brandon if I embarrassed him and Brandon told him that I did. I told Tommy that all I did was ask their bus driver which Alexis she was, and then it went from there.

I ended up making some peanut butter cookies this afternoon, and surprisingly they are still mostly there. I think Brandon was the only one that had one so far.

Tommy is helping a guy from the complex finish moving out his stuff tomorrow. so it will be me and the kids around here again. I almost had to push Tommy out of the house tonight to go spend time with his friends from work. He kept saying that he wanted to stay home and spend time with me. I told him that since I see him every day, granted he sees them every day, but here is a chance to go out and enjoy himself and not have to buy any thing in order to have fun.

Like Mindee I pushed my DH into going to "play" tonight. He never goes out much, but they were playing cards at the Legion and I told him he needed to go see his cronies. Actually, I didn't want to cook and just wanted to chill out, so that was my ulterior motive. LOL.

Nothing else new here. Haven't heard about the offer yet. :( It is cold and has been spitting snow. UGH....

Sue~ I really did have an ulterior motive for him going out......but like your DH, Tommy never goes out that often by himself to hang out. So, I felt like I was having to shove him out the door. Eventually he got convinced enough to go out and have some fun, and he apparently is, since he isn't home yet.

Not much going for me today...I'm off to the gym soon, then the kids go to haircuts this afternoon. We are having a bday dinner at the IL's tonight so I don't have to cook dinner - yay!

Working on a new knit-for-hire...so I'll probably load up my ipod and work on that this afternoon. I also need to bake cupcakes for DS. He's taking a birthday treat to robotics tomorrow. He's turning 12 on Monday---already !?

Have a great day, everyone!

Oh Katy...I remember when my DS turned 12. Enjoy every minute of it. They do grow up so quickly.

Mindee- My DH got home rather early...around 10ish. I was surprised. He doesn't drink much, and not at all when driving, so I guess the other guys went into the bar after cards and he came home. Man, not like the days when we were young and partying. LOL..

Sassy- Hope you and your DH had a nice night out. I also love that song. It always makes me think of when my girls left home for some reason...and now they have grown kids.

Cristina- How is the house hunting? I was just in a model home here this morning to a bazaar. Our neighbor/developer built a Thomas Kinkade type house and it is so neat inside. Lots of details. Not what I would want, I'm more traditional. But it is charming. I hope you are able to find what you are looking for.

Francie- Hope you enjoyed the movie for the second time. :) No snow NO snow NO snow.... :hug:

SusyQ where are you? Are you like car 54? Hope all is well and good.

It was 18 degrees this a.m. and I hate it. Mom and I walked to the model home for a bazaar at 10. Just wanted to be neighborly. Nothing going on today for me. Just some picking up and cleaning a little. I might bake a pie for mom and DH. I don't like fruit pies, so no temptation.

DH is in the shop building a dining table for us to take to Vegas...when we get a condo. He already built 2 end tables and started on nightstands too. Our van will be loaded to the max. :)

I am staying around the same 2 pounds...up and down, as usual. If I would exercise I know I could go down, but I keep finding reasons not to...don't we all? (except our Cristina) Lots of stress right now in the family, and I hate that it happens around the holidays. And I hate that it is beyond my control...I like to have a handle on things, and this is not mine to handle. Grrr.
My bad habit then is eating too much, then not eating at all....ugh.

Okay, enough of me whining. I am going to go back a pie.

Hello ladies...

Again, nothing going on...same old stuff, different day.

Haven't exercised today but I WILL eventually before the day is over, for sure! I didnt yesterday. Unless of course you count climbing up and down the stairs about 20 or so times.

Almost done with the christmas decorating...just have the big tree to do and then of course some outside. Not doing much outside at all...nothing like last year.

Sue...that is great that your hubby is so handy with building furniture. You must be one pride wifey. He does quality work for sure and it will last forever...and it's nice too!

Katy...12 already eh? They do grow up fast don't they? Have a nice dinner with the il's. Love the new avatar!

Mindee...funny how we have to almost push the guys out the door, lol. Forgot to say :bravo: on the loss! That is great news!

Susan...hoping all is well with you missy.

Francie...how was the movie last night?

Tammy, Kristi, Jules, Asia...thinking of you ladies and hoping all is well with you all.

Hiya Sassy :wave:

Guess I will so lurk a little and get to doing something. V is going to work about 2'ish and I will get some exercise in then. I never seem to get anything done when he is home for some reason.

Almost forgot...today was WI and I am up a pound to 184. Knew it wouldn't be good, but not so bad...not as bad as I thought with the stress eating I've been doing. Did much better yesterday and today started off good. Getting my water in too. And...

I have decided to back out of the challenge. I always set myself up for failure when I put a time limit/frame on losing. And with the holidays, ugh! Too much stuff going on. Not saying that I am going to just forget everything and pig out every day...I will be watching what I eat and getting the exercise, I just won't be concentrating on the numbers on the scale. Okay, going to change my stats.

Have a great day/weekend all! :hug:

Sue- what is car 54?? Never heard of that.....
I like the enough of my whining, I am going to make a pie...lol brrrrrrr to the 18 degree weather!

Cristina - I love the new avatar! You alwyas pick some of the cutest ones. I am up on the scale to 145, just can't seem to get it down further, always wants to creep back up *sigh.

Katy - I like the new picture of you! Did you hold the camera out and snap yourself?? You are so smart. I am *hoping* to get some new ones on line this week w/ a disc when I develop the film. I am probably the last person on earth who doesn't have a digital camera,,,haha.
I sooo cannot believe your son is 12 already....wow, times flies.

Mindee- Did Tommy ever come home? I think it is good for both of you to get out among your peers, you should get a girls night out now!

Sassy - So did you and DH go out and have fun??

Francie - Rebecca went and saw Twilight the other night. I guess her and her best friend stood in line for 5 hours to be the first ones in the theatre....something crazy like that. She has been reading the books but didn't say anything about the movie. She went and saw some Bond one tonight.

k- bb in a bit.

I am back.

Had to go find out what car 54 meant,,,lol...didn't think it was some nasty slang ((not coming from Sue :) ) but was curious. So, Car 54, where are you? was some early 60's sitcom. One of the first shows I remember is Adam-12......or was that Dragnet?? Anyway , some police show.

So, the scale is back up. If I can just maintain I will be happy. It just feels hard w a new job and schedule to get in a routine, plus added stress doesn't help. Course life is always going to be like that. Not sure what the answer is but to keep trying everyday to eat healthy.

I worked Thursday and Friday. I won't go back to work now til Tuesday. Gaby and I drove in this morning and are staying at the ex's tonight. It is his birthday so Gaby whined for a cake (he wanted pie) and to decorate everything in pink (we ended up w/ blue and green colors).

I did take Gaby and Rach to see Bolt, which was a cute movie.

Also took the car in for a oil change to JiffyLube. I stuck to the $19.99 sale.....they wanted to sell me an air filter and transmission fluid. I just said...."that's ok, my boyfriend can do that stuff"........I told that to Rach and she said "you have a boyfriend???"
She is so slow......no I don't have a boyfriend.....but if the men in these auto places think you have a guy around they back off,,,, ...something like that......anyway, whatever......course Mr Jiffylube was kind of cute....I should have said "air filter??......like what is that for?? can't I just wash it myself and stick it back in??"
Actually........why can't I do that? duh -lol

There is an opening in the central supply dept at work.....I was thinking of applying,,,,,or should I wait for my 90 day probation period to be over with? It pays alittle more and is full time....the housekeeping position is 72 hours a pay period.

anyway, I might tinker around on the computer for a bit and go to bed.

You all have a good night!

Good BBBBBRRRR Morning!!!
 

Good, Sunday morning, ladies :wave:

Was up early to get some exercise in before heading out in a little bit. Got in 40 minutes so far. Want to spread it out instead of doing it all like I did last night. Decided I am not going to kill myself trying to get 90-100 minutes in...whatever I get in, I get in. Anything is better than nothing so...I went and walked a few minutes on the treadmill after I had been out picking up poo. Thought it wasn't so cold I should go for a walk outdoors, so I did. Did half of my usual since it was about 4'ish and was cooling off. Then came home and did the 2 mile WATP and another short walk on the treadmill. Got in a total of 80 minutes with that and did some weights & bike too! Thought about doing another 10 to make the 90 mns. but I had other things to do so called it good.

Went to decorate the stupid tree and half the lights on it were out. Had to run to Target and get two strands. Tried to weave them in like they had them on the tree when we bought it a hundred years ago, lol. Needed another strand of 100, ugh! V tried new fuses and nothing so rather than go thru every bulb to see what wasn't working I just added more lights. So will finish it off today and I am done with all that crap.

Better go jump in the shower...need to be out the door at 9:30 to look at two houses this morning. Will be back to do individuals.

Have a wonderful Sunday! :hug:

Happy Sunday!!! :carrot:

I am drinking my venti, la la la. On a coffee rush.....I'll come crashing down around noon, for the moment though I am happy! la la.....

Cristina - You really need a break from all that exercising, be a slacker like the rest of us....or at least me. I figure w/ the 5+ miles I am suppose to be walking at work that is enough, I am still sore in places that have not moved in years. Hope you get some luck in finding a house that you and V like, I think that would be fun. I don't even know why you bother w/ the stupid tree and all that crap. lol....you crack me up :)

Sassy - See, husbands are good for something, I guess.....if they can help in shopping they make themselves useful. lol
On the plastic bags just lick your finger, that helps get the bag open. :D

Katy - Went to the village for my morning coffee (7am) and thought of you. It is a charming area and looked so pretty w/ the lights on.

:wave: to everyone!

I need to go get a shower and make plans w/ the girls on what we want to do. Thinking of spending the night again and having Gabster play hookie from school, see how the day goes.

Had oatmeal and some ham for breakfast, so think that is ok :yikes:

I'm back

The wedding went really well. The mother of the bride barely made it through the ceremony without having a stroke. The women sobbed so hard walking up the aisle that you would have thought she was walking up to view a casket. Not that I wasn't teary eyed numerous times throughout the evening, but OMG, she was falling apart. Justin looked so handsome in his dress uniform. I looked like the 10 lbs that I didn't loose prior to the wedding in my dress. :mad: The food was good, the music great, the photographer sucked. Rehearsal went very well and the Sunday morning breakfast was a hit. Whew....I'm so glad it is over. Took me all week to recover. Oh, and I forgot....DD and I did cake tasting for her wedding in June 09, two hrs after we got home from DS's wedding weekend. Now the planning for her wedding is on!!

Cristina--Moving again??? Seems like you just moved. What's up? What have I missed? I can't seem to get into Christmas yet. My dd has invited her fiance's parents to Thanksgiving dinner at my house. I was planning to drag out the tree and decorate it that eve after dinner since I was only planning on having dd and her honey and possibly my Mom for dinner. But now with the fiance's parents coming (and they don't celebrate xmas, I think they are Johovah Witness), it might be a bit uncomfortable to pull out the decorations. Damn....I wanted the help while I had everyone home. :(

Francie--How'd you like that snow on Fri? It's rare to have snow this early in the season. And we are having incredibly colder weather than usual. Hope this isn't any indication of how bad the weather might be this year.

Just got a loaf of pumpkin bread out of the oven :D and need to head to the Hallmark store to pick up a few things before they close. Dh is folding laundry and watching football that I'm not the least bit interested in.

How are we handling the address for the gift exchange? PM'ing each other?
Have a wonderful Sunday ladies!!

oops, thanks for the reminder Tammy, I need your address!!!!

I also need Sue's and Francie's, I think I have most everyone else for holiday cards.

anyway , pumpkin bread sounds good. Nice to have you back after the big wedding. My Becky is excited because her best friends sister is getting married in a few months. Just the idea of a wedding, I guess. lol

So, I took 4 loads of the girls laundry to the laudromat to get done. Seems the drill is to wait til Sunday evening and *itch at each other who gets the machines at home. *sigh.......I think they really do need me, lol. I cleaned Rachel's bathroom after the big hair cutting she did a few days ago, I guess she never heard of a broom. Anyway, trying to help the ex because he is .....ummm, old. lol

Going to have some lima bean soup and head out for the coast, going to come back on Wednesday & Thursday for the holiday. I guess that makes more sense. I really want to get Gaby's school pictures back this week, seems to be taking forever. I also need to get some more shots of me and the girls .....so better get off my tush!

Okay, back again for a few minutes...

Susan...lol, yeah, I was all excited a couple of weeks ago about decorating but now that I've started, ugh, don't want to finish. Thinking among other things, this sort of cold is making me pissy again...can't even stand to hear anyone breathe...poor hubby, he gets the brunt of everything. One house we liked, one we didn't. Too much work to bring up to our standards, or just about anyones. It's kind of nice looking but then I get in my moods and tire of it quickly. Sounds like you had a nice weekend with the girls. And thank you, I do need a break from all that exercise, lol. Except...my body disagrees.

Tammy...good to see ya back. Somewhere in the thread Susan has posted how the gift exchange is. Sounds like the mil is a drama queen, lol. Glad the wedding was nice. Whew, just get done with one and have to start another though. Yeah, moving again, eventually. Don't really want to talk about it, I think I did somewhere at some point...not wanting to that is for sure. Just soooo freakin' tired of moving. I told the hubby this will be the last time for sure! He might have to carry me out of this one.

Sassy...guess I was lost for a minute...I take it you have to bag your own groceries at Wal-Mart? :shrug:

Hiya to everyone else :wave: Hoping everyone is enjoying the weekend, what's left of it.

I am going to go get a dvd (exercise) in and then finish the tree. When we got home V decided to do some outside so was helping him with that. He'll be home tomorrow to finish it up in the morning. Anyway...chow for now :D

Good evening ladies...What a cold day here. I went out to take Mom to get her perm this morning and went back to pick her up. Had to go out back and fill the bird feeders, and those were my forays to the great outdoors today. I actually would be quite content to stay indoors for weeks at a time. But, tomorrow is another day and I have to take Mom to her Dr. appt. in the a.m. It is supposed to rain and turn to snow, so I hope we go and get back before that happens.

I truly feel like all I am doing lately is cooking, baking and eating. Yikes!!! Cold weather just does me in I guess. I have to snap out of this funk. Family stress and all...I can not gain weight!!! Some days I wish I was still smoking.

Susan- Yes, the reference was to the show Car 54 Where are you? Sorry, I forget that you are "kids" on here and not familiar with shows from the 60's. haha

Tammy- Welcome back. I am sure you looked lovely for the wedding. Glad it went well, and know you are glad it is over. :)

Cristina- Yikes, you are way ahead of me with exercise...and now the decorating too. You are a dynamo!!

Gotta scoot...so hi to all the rest of you ladies and I will check in tomorrow.

we had a nice relaxing weekend.....we hit a couple rough patches, but we are better now.

Tommy ended up getting home just after I posted my last message on here, so he wasn't gone that long, but it was nice to have a night out among his friends.

Katy~ Happy Birthday to your son!!!

Sue~ Like I mentioned above, he came home just after I posted my last post. He had fun while he was out, so that was a good thing.

Cristina~ thanks for the bravo on the weight loss. He was, is generally is hesitant on going out with friends. I have to usually push him to go. Apparently he doesn't think that he deserves time out with friends.

SuzieQ~ Yup, he came home. He even came home barring gifts......his friend gave him an OCC mug that she bought for her ex husband, some milk, some doritos, and some funyons. I think there might have been something else, but I forgot.

Tammy~ It is so good to hear from you!!!!! I am glad to hear that your son's wedding went well! I loved planning our wedding! We didn't do any cake testing because my hubby already knew that he wanted banana nut cake as our anniversary layer and one of the lower layers.

well, I have to go catch up on my email and such, but I will be back on Monday as usual!

Hey everyone. Sorry I've been MIA. My friend spent the night on friday. We all saw Twilight again..and then we spent the day at the mall on sat. I've been trying to recover ever since, lol. Slumber parties just arent like what they were when we were teens, lol.

Today is my mom's birthday :( She would've been 55. So to do something special for her..I'm going to have a star named after my mom. Then I'm going to get the coordinates tattooed somewhere (maybe down my neck or on my other leg. Okay, I kinda stole that idea from Angelina Jolie, but its pretty cool, lol). That way I'll always know where my mom is, ya know? I can look up to the sky and be like..theres my mom.

Anyways..I hope you all had a good weekend!!! YAY for Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!

Francie~ That is a great idea to get a star named after your mom. And I love the idea of getting the coordinates tattooed on you.

Mindee~Ya..I found this pretty cool site too!! And the package I want comes with a pic of the star, a cd rom, and some other stuff I can't remember, lol.

Cristina~I think I know what song you're talking about. That sounds like a cool tat!! And you know..I was a little sad..but when I woke up..I just feel truly blessed to have had her in my life. Ya know? It's a day of happiness instead of sadness.

I have some errands to do so I will be back when I have more time to chat. Scale is up but that is no surprise, I ate waaaaaaay too much ham over the weekend. Maybe it is just sodium?? lol

Sue- I remember Romper Room, that is probably the real first show I remember, my dad liked the police shows so I remember all those for sure.

k- better scat, chat in a bit!




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Quick hi...Mom's Dr. was pleased and doesn't need to see her for 6 months. Last year she was going every month..so this is a treat. Her weight was up another 4 pounds. It was a good visit.

It spit rain the whole morning, ugly to drive in with the fog. I decided to stop and get milk, coffee and some fruit...just in case the roads ice up. Then we stopped at the Dollar Store for mom some more puzzle books. She does word search and can do one or two a week...so we go for the cheapie ones. I bought some gift bags so I can finish packaging the neighbors gifts..and that was about it.

Gotta go finish up the laundry and think of something for dinner. BBL

Hi everyone

Just popping in to say hello. It has been a long time since I really had any computer time after fighting with everyone else. Hope that everyone is doing great.

SuzyQ - too funny I remember Romper Room also. and Mr. Dressup.

Cristina - I can already imagine how beautiful your house looks all decorated. You do such a fantastic job with your decorating.

Katy I love your picture on your avatar.

Sue - that is great about your mom, sorry you were stuck driving in such awful weather.

Mindee - that is nice that Tommy likes to be home with you and the kids. How old are your kids now?

Sassy I am still busy laughing from your last post. I hate the plastic bags at the grocery store. I have been known to fight with them also, and lose the battle.

Hello to everyone else, I must run and get some kids into bed!

it has been a busy day around here.......and doesn't look like it is going to get any calmer until maybe Friday!

Brandon has school tomorrow, but then is off Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and goes back on Monday. Logan has been protesting against diapers.....he has had to have a pull up on like Brandon. He freaks out if I pull out a diaper for Marissa......so I am hoping that this time off for Brandon will help get the potty training train back on the track and staying there!

Marissa has been a little mama! Tommy got her a little baby doll on Saturday. She will carry the baby around the house, and then she will put the doll up to her shoulder and say hi baby. and then she has to go to bed with her. she will even try to feed her her bottle. Although Marissa tries to drink out of it!

Francie~ That sounds really cool! I have always loved astronomy.

Cristina~ I will take a night at home, with some alcohol (maybe.....depends on the mood), and the kids at a sitter's house!

SuzieQ~ How are you doing? You must be busy!

Sue~ That is great to hear about your mom's appointment! I am the same way with the word search, fill it in, and other books like that!

Kathy~ It is good to hear from you! The kids are getting big. Brandon is 4.5 years old, Logan just turned 3, and Marissa is 1.5 years old.

Just stopping by to say Hola!!!

I'm gonna be doing the dishes in like a second. So I better go now!!! TTFN

I am about to take some cookies over to the office, and then Brandon wants me to make some sugar cookies. but I might hold off and make those tonight after they are all asleep. although, it is looking like Brandon might be the only one ready for bed early tonight. It is quiet on this end, so I am taking that as both Marissa and Logan are napping!

Hi ladies...I had an interesting day. Mostly on the phone and computer with our Realtor...fun. At least we should have news soon. :)
I managed to stay OP and also do a WATP and 7 minutes of Jillian's exercise on cable. Whew...should have tried hers before the WATP. Now wanting to get the tone belt from WATP.
Watching the finale of DWTS so gotta run.
Hope you all had a good day and Happy Hump day tomorrow.

popping back in before going to bed.....

Sue~ I hope you guys find out soon! Jillian has a way of kicking your butt in her videos!

Hello All. :wave:

Well 3 nights down and one more to go!!! (tonight) My coworker and I are having ourselves a "mini" pre-thanksgiving dinner since we are working into Thanksgiving Morning. ;) DH is cooking most of it I just have to haul it all in. lol. Then sometime I have to make an apple pie per special request from my FIL. lol. He actually told my MIL that he wanted me to make the apple pie this year as he does not like hers! :rofl: I just thought that was funny. lol.

Anywho, I hope you are all doing well and keeping warm! It is down to 31 degrees here and at work they are repaving the parking lot! I thought they only did that sort of thing in the summer??? They had a cone in front of my car and I managed to get out without even touching it or another car! :woohoo: I am good! lol.

Kathy -- OMG I almost lost it with those dang bags! lol. At least now I can look back and laugh at it!!! :lol3:

I wish you all and all of your loved ones a Very Happy Thanksgiving!!!

BIG :hug:

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Good afternoon. I just put my famous (well to us) apple cake in the oven and the house smells scrumpdelicious. I will follow up with some macaroons for my sis-in-law. Can't believe I am not cooking a bird or fixings this year. Seems strange. But I am sure I will enjoy tomorrow.

Condo update: We will know for sure after the inspection, but if it goes well we have bought a winter home. Now is when things will get hectic as we have to go out there for the closing, then we want to drive the van out (packed with household goods) sometime. We haven't figured out the logistics yet. DH is furiously building furniture. He finished a sofa table and 2 end tables. Now working on a dining table. He would like to make 3 headboards and 3 nightstands, but might run out of time. :)

Mindee- Yes, I barely got through Jillian's warm up. She went into push ups and I do not do push ups well. I am going to try again today however.

Sassy- Enjoy the pre-meal. Sounds like fun. Good luck with the apple pie. It is 41 degrees here right now and sunny.

Kathy- Good to have you back. I know sometimes computer time is precious. I am going to miss my computer when we go West..don't care for DH's laptop.

Francie- Hope you enjoy your winter in the East. Any more snow? Love the idea of naming a star.

Cristina- I bet your house looks great. Now is when the realtor should have an open house. Make people wish to live there for next Holidays. Did you like the wallpaper house??

Susan- What's up chickie? Enjoy your turkey day with the girls.

Katy- I am sure you are having a family day tomorrow also. Have fun.

Lots of stress here, still and I am not losing any pounds. If I can just hold steady until we get through this......
My youngest DD is leaving her DH this week-end and being she is in CA, there is not much I can do for her. That is just one among several stresses right now. CALGON...take me away!!

It is just a fast check in!!

I have to run and pay for next weeks day care for Gaby, you have to do it before Friday and the office will be closed.......so......

It is wonderful to have you back Kathy!!! yay :carrot:

Getting Gaby at noon and heading for Portland to be w/ the girls. I will have more time on the ex's computer to catch up. I can even sit there and drink wine and write up a storm! Sounds like a plan. lol

Life is stressful here w/ Gaby's father so send some major good vibes my way. I just wanna kick him in the shins sometime (among other places).

Job is going well, last week of training, thank goodness. I need more time in the OB though because they have 3 different beds and they are all made different. yada, yada....

It is beautiful here on the coast though.

*sigh.........anyway, no rest for the wicked.....haha

catch you all tonight at happy hour!:carrot:

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I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!

Hello ladies...

Kathy...so good to see you posting, missed ya! :hug:

Susan...glad the training is almost over for you. And be careful driving to Portland. I'll kick the ex for ya! Sending good vibes :goodvibes: :goodvibes:

Sue...glad the doc visit went well for your momma. Glad to hear about the condo, keeping my fingers crossed that the inspection passes with flying colors! :crossed: We do like the wallpaper house, just don't care for all the wallpaper, lol. It's an old house (built in 1905) something I have wanted for many, many years. I love the character and charm of the old houses over teh cookie cutter ones they are building now days. We are thinking we are going to put an offer on it once we figure out what, lol. Sorry to hear about your DD, lots of hugs to her and you. :hug:

Francie...glad you are feeling better and remembering your mom happily.

Sassy...have a nice mini-pre-thanksgiving dinner.

Hiya Katy, Asia, Tammy, Jules, Kristi and anyone reading this. Always, feel like I am missing someone, sorry if I do/did, definitely not intentional.

I have been busy the last two days and I am afraid it won't stop until Friday. I will get to rest then, I think.

The dh was home Monday & Tuesday...went to look at that house, and to Cambrie's little Thanksgiving, sort of mini-dinner...mainly just snacks...crackers w/cheese, deviled eggs...stuff like that. But she was so cute singing her Thanksgiving songs. Tuesday...did my grocery shopping and glad I did. It was a little crazy that morning so I can only imagine how it was later, and is today. Although, I did hit the mall this morning. Was trying to get an idea for Charlotte for Christmas...something for her, actually something else for her to finish her off. next year I am going to have them make a list of about 10 things they would like and go from there. Then had to run to the bookstore, Target to get a couple of things the bank and on and on. Oh, and my interview, if you want to call it that, was this morning. Pretty sure I didn't get the job and that's okay. I actually didn't figure I would get it...I get too nervous during those things, why , I don't know. But it was like she had a certain amount of time to spit the questions out and get me outta there...she was rambling like a wild turkey gobbling-serious, lol. Anyway...today I have some baking to get done and some preparing to do so I don't have as much to do tomorrow. Already made the pumpkin pie and have some brownies to make and a cheesecake. And I am trying to get some laundry done in between. So...I probably should get going...already tired thinking about all I have to do...going to try and not get stressed. Okay, now I am babbling...

Take care ladies, and...

:turkey: Happy Thanksgiving :turkey:

Whew....busy all day. Had my nails done early this am then off to Annapolis to pick up a few things at Bed Bath and Beyond. Went to the Amish Market for a few goodies. Back home and I've made pumpkin pies, all my side dishes for tomorrow and a breakfast cassarole for the morning. I've got to run to put in an IV at a doc's office at 9:30 a.m. I'm involved in helping with some peds patients that have been newly diagnosed with diabetes. The kids get infusions for 14 days and one starts tomorrow. It pays great, but I'm not thrilled to go there tomorrow. I'll charge him double and it should only take me about an hour round trip. I'll leave a list for dh and my dd while I'm gone. :D We will probably drag out the christmas tree after dinner. DD's finance's parents will not be coming to dinner after all. They've had three deaths in one week in their family and are skipping out of town for some R&R. I'll be heading out with the crazies for black friday shopping in the am. I love it. Don't know what I'm shopping for, but I'll find some good bargains.

I hope everyone one has a wonderful Thanksgiving day!!!

We did make it to Portland! I don't know why but we headed out at 2pm, I just HAD to wash my car and clean the apt first. I hate coming back to a mess.

Now Gab and I are baking a cake :dizzy: - don't ask. Gaby spied a cake mix and insisted that is what she wanted for dinner.....so, ya.....being the horrible mother that I am I told her "get 3 eggs out of the fridge"...so, it is almost done. Did a half butt effort so I doubt anyone will eat it....though I was thinking of going to buy a can of frosting...lmbo.

The R's are off to their friends for the night,...I know, so much for daughter/mommy time but whatever, I'll see them tomorrow.

anyway, going to the store and get some items for my stuffing that I want to make tomorrow. Turkey & Stuffing...that is all I care about.....hmm, and pumpkin pie. I am going to be in control though, I am not going to be ok with letting myself overeat, it isn't worth it to me.

Hope to see my mom tomorrow and get up to see my fathers grave and put some flowers there. And I might make the ex's family gathering but otherwise I want to be home by 9pm tomorrow night.

k- bbl :)