HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR JULES
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YYYYOOOUUUU.
I sing in my best Martina Mcbride voice.

I am homebound today due to icy roads. Not what I had planned for today. Ugh!

DH made his peanut brittle, now I have to wash dishes. Didn't I tell you? The brittle looks good, but my one sample stuck to my teeth, so that's a good thing...I will pass.

I forgot to get our stockings out and hung, so need to do that. Otherwise I haven't got a thing to do. Sounds like an afternoon of reading to me...I finished Sue Grafton's A, B and C novels. Anyone else read all of hers? I have a long way to go and the only other one I have is S. SIL said you don't have to read them in order, but I am anal that way. Need to hit the used book store or library.

Okay...off to do those dishes and then read.

Hiya, back again, lol.

SUE...I don't think you have to read them in order either, lol...someone got on to me and thought I was goofy for starting at C or was it D :dunno: I still skipped around...read whatever sounded good to me that day...still have a few to read and want to get T. REad and have A thru K and then P thru S...don't ask why I skipped the others, lol. Stay warm!

SUSAN...soup sounds good right now! But I have exercising to get done. I decided I will do a 30 dvd later after the news and right now do a bunch of little walks on the treadmill. Alreayd did two 15 minute ones. I miss my walking outside and while I love the dvd's I am not getting much walking in and I want that. Don't work too hard! What did I say that was funny? Can't remember and don't want to go back an dlook, lol! The one shot is out the front door and the other two were driving thru the neighborhood(s), this one and then over by the post office.

Okay, I am outta here again...keep doing a little and then taking a break. I seem to get more done that way and want to actually keep going. When I think of doing it all at once it overwhelmes me.

Have a good one all! :hug:

just thought that I would pop in to see how every one is doing.....

nothing really new here......just waiting to hear what the surgeon says tomorrow afternoon.

happy belated birthday Jules!

Oh yeah, I was 227 last week.......I weighed in this morning and I was 224.8! Yeehaw!!!! My goal is to ring in the new year being under 220 pounds.......so I am getting there!

Omg, I am so far behind in reading, I have tried though. I felt panic though in trying to hurry up. lol

Kathy - My R's had braces and didn't follow up too well on wearing their retainers so Becks are a little out of line. It is kind of cute though, makes her look more natural. Course why spend thousands of dollars for that look. lol:dizzy:

Mindee- wow, :hug: to Tommy. Hope you guys get some word on how to proceed regarding the gallbladder. Congrats on the weightloss! I'll have to get over to myspace to see your pic's.

Katy - Oh, you too and reaching 171!

Cristina - I think it is just mainly how you write and that one about running away - coming this [] close....I don't know, I thought that was funny. Sorry about the dil and the drama. Great about being there for Cambrie and helping her prepare for K, what a great Nana! I do like the hospital soups but they can be expensive and add up. It might be better to just fix a chicken salad at home to take w/ me. I am use to eating my main meal at lunch time and when I get home I am always starving.

Jules - Awww, thanks! Aren't the R's cute? I love Beck's shade of red hair...all she wants for Christmas is a cell phone and some weed...she laughed at that, she better be joking. $8 to $10 more an hour is great for Teri! I wish I had the chance to make that kind of money, good for her, hope it all works out for her on that.

Sue - Yum to peanut brittle!! My first Christmas memory (probably at 5)is riding around w/ my mom and her best friend looking at Chrismas lights and eating peanut brittle in the back seat of the car.

Tammy - Yikes! You are busy. I like working at the hospital, I kind of like the idea of seeing what kind of schooling it would take to be a lab tech, either that or something in imaging. Glad you like the calendar/photo thingie....

Francie - Beautiful picture of you! Cranberry volka sounds like it would taste rather sinful, I want some! lol I only drink when I go see the ex, being drunk is required when around him. haha, jk. I just thought you sounded more bored in WA, being around friends helps a lot. :hug:

Sassy - Feel better! And sending baby vibes to you and Francie. :)

Asia - Where are you? Hope all is well.

Argh, Gab is wanting to go, took forever to read........how did I get so far behind? It is 4pm, almost bedtime. lol......actually we go to bed around 7pm and I get up at 5:30pm. I have a 3 day weekend so looking forward to that.

k- :wave: hope you all have a good Thursday.

Hi all--thanks for the birthday wishes, got an extra evening with grandson!!
BB for indys later!!

Quick hi, goodbye. I made pork, cabbage, carrots and mashed potatoes for dinner. For some reason I have not been hungry so I am able to fix one plate with proper or smaller portions and not go back for more. I just got a glass of Crystal Light and I am good to go.

DH said we will go out for dinner tomorrow night if the weather permits. I plan to go to the mall if it is above freezing......so that is the plan for Thurs. How about you???

Hey ya Ladies!!

Just got in from my usual Wed dance nite. We exchanged gifts and I swear if I get one more Christmas decorative thingy, I'll scream. I just re-gift them. I'm into disposable, edible, usable stuff ie, nuts, candles, lotions etc...you know the stuff that you can eat, use and toss away when you are through with it. I gave everyone a gift box of Paula Deen spices. When they are gone....they are gone. One gal keeps giving everyone those light up village houses. My ex-MIL loves them and I just give them to my kids to give to her and she is thrilled. I have a whole shelf in my basement of things to re-gift. I just send the kids (they are 22 and 24 but still call them kids) to the basement and let them shop!

Anyhoo....I am done. No more shopping, wrapping, decorating. I made 5 different kinds of cookie dough today and will bake on Sat when dh goes to pick up his mother. House gets cleaned tomorrow :carrot:, guest rooms are all freshened up. Whew!

Kathy--Yes, I get along well with my MIL. She is a little heavy handed with things around my house and messy. But I can live with it for a week. I just wait till she goes to bed (and hope she doesn't rip my garland off the staircase while walking up the stairs) and clean up after her.

Cristina--Today on The View, there was a guy giving traveling tips and he said that Wichita, Kansas was the most economical place to live! Interesting!! As for the lady at WW with the weight remark. I would love to lose 6-7 lbs a month. Who wouldn't!

Sassy--feel better hon!

Jules--Happy Belated Birthday!!! I hope you had a wonderful day.

Sue--I love peanut brittle. MIL usually makes it but we will probably just get her annual fruit cake ;)

Mindee--Tell Tommy good luck on his appt tomorrow.

Hugs :hug: to all I missed. Back to work tomorrow and Friday. Gotta stop by Best Buy on my way home from work tomorrow and get some money back on a printer that we bought for DD. It's on sale for $50 cheaper this week :D I was also soo excited that Michelle won on the BL last night. I rooted for her from the beginning. Well, gotta jump in the shower, take the boys outside to pee and head to bed. 5 a.m. will be here before I know it.

Night nite!!

Yes, I am back again, lol :D

Just love you guys so much I can't stay away!

SUSAN...yeah, I laughed at that too but I was serious when I wrote it. But I have to have a sense of humor with everything...otherwise I would be crazy, oh wait, I am. There's been a couple of incidents the last month that I almost just 'F' everything, ugh! No Cambrie anymore...they've taken my baby away from me, lol, haven't seen her since Friday. Whatever, if they want to be arses that is their business, I am done bending over backwards for that girl...nothing pleases her and frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn! :lol: I love that line, I know corny. Anyway...back to you. Bet it is hard with the schedule you have. But you are doing great and back down to 147 so you are doing great. Is Gaby excited about Christmas? Can't believe it is next week!

TAMMY...I have regifted a couple of times myself but mainly because someone gave me something that I already had. If I thought someone else would want it and could use it...then I gave it to them. Only did that twice though. I thought of you tonight. Was watching the White House decorating show on HGTV and they showed Marylands ornament for the White House tree...crabs!

MINDEE...hugs to Tommy tomorrow. Let us know how that goes.

SUE...good job on not going for seconds! Nothing special planned for me tomorrow. I did my grocery shopping today because the weather is supposed to be icy tomorrow morning. So tomorrow will be a sort of lazy day for me...nothing to do except exercise. Maybe I will get some reading done. Peanut brittle sounds good. How is your mom doing in FL? Bet she is loving the weather there.

Okay, just checking in for a few minutes. Nothing on t.v. so I ended up on the computer. Can't get on the 'puter and not drop by and say Hi! :wave: But I am getting a little sleepy now. Going to try and stay up for the news and then go call it a night.

Oh...I did get my exercise done today...was wondering if I would. Waited to late and I really hate that. Tomorrow I am getting back on track with my schedule and not getting on the computer until I do part of my workout-get back to splitting it up thru-out the day.

Nighty, night all!

Hi from the Sickie -- Yes I am among the living, just barely. lol.

I slept like 12 hrs! :faint: I guess I needed it!! I am feeling a bit better but still feel crappy. I am making me some noodle soup that my mom used to make me when I was a kid and was sick. All you do is boil the noodles in broth. Thats it. lol. But it is so good, esp when your sick, at least I think so.

Suzy Q -- Thank for the Christmas card and Love the Pics!!!

Happy Belated Bday Jules!!! I sure hope it was a very special day because you are a very special person!!!

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Big :hug: to all and hope you are all well!!!

Good morning chickies!

No school yesterday - 2 hour delay today. But yes, everyone will be going to school today - yay now I can clean up around here and get some super secret Christmas stuff taken care of.

WI day for me..170!:carrot::carrot: NP upped my gui pi wan, then told me that it's helping my "spleen chi" whatever that means. I guess it means that I have more energy in general and it can boost my metabolism. I do know that I am sleeping much better and I am not dragging myself around to get things done every day. Kept the carbs to an avg of 140 a day last week. I'm getting there. I think I was craving them with the cold weather. Organics2you comes today so we will have a pile of produce to plow through and that will help me get the carbs closer to 100. Poor DH is supposed to keep his to 80 to try to get his blood glucose lowered. According to my dad, we are "no fun" at all anymore, lol!


Sassy - feel better soon, ya hear! Noodle soup sounds delicious and my son has been asking for it. It is definitely hot soup weather, so I may make some when the veggies arrive later.

Cristina - well, it's either laugh or cry, isn't it...may as well laugh and let them have their foibles. Dollars to donuts they'll be back with Cambrie when they are in a pinch. You are such a good Nana, and they have to see that.

Tammy - we can start the Regifters Anonymous group , lol! I don't have much use for knick-knacky type stuff and we have ornaments coming out our ears...so I have to confess that I am a closet regifter as well. I just hate clutter, so I try to keep a lid on accumulating things we don't need. Shh - don't tell anyone :)

Sue - be careful driving out there...enjoy your dinner out!

Jules- Happy Belated birthday...see, I wished you a hb too soon and too late..maybe next year I'll get it on the right day :dizzy:

Susan- I'm so glad the hospital is working out, it sounds like such a good job. I bet you could get lab tech training pretty easily.. Have you had anymore snow..we just had a little yesterday - so much for the predicted 3-5 inches! Have you moved yet? Hope you find ( or found) a cute place in Astoria.


Mindee - hope Tommy gets good news at the doc today.

Hi Francie! got any snow yet? You can have some of ours....

Kathy - Hiya - have a great day!

Well - I'm off to go wake up the DH and break the bad news that he has to go to work today - wish me luck :devil: jk - I'll try to be nice...

Oh- pics on the blog of our snow!

Well, so much for that :( They just canceled school AGAIN. At the last minute. Yeesh. At least I can drive so I will get my few errands done today and I can work on DH's present because he did have to go to school today... all is not lost...

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Sorry, cant chat. I'm really out of it right now....

nothing new on this end........Tommy's appointment is in an hour and I am so anxious to hear what they say. Brandon's Christmas party starts right now, and I am so bummed that we are missing it.....but thankfully my MIL was able to go.

I will come on here later and update you all on how his appointment goes. I got an offer from a friend of mine to go to the Wings game tonight, but I told her I would call her after I hear from Tommy.

oh yeah, if I have your email, then I will be sending you a Christmas card. I have my list going, so it might take me a day or two to get them done, but I will be working on them here shortly and if I don't get to them tonight, I will hopefully get to them tomorrow. I have a feeling that Brandon won't have school tomorrow. Starting at about midnight tonight, we are to get 6 to 10 inches of snow all day tomorrow......

Hiya Chickies :wave:

FRANCIE...the baby minnie & mickey are too cute!

MINDEE...thinking of you and Tommy today. Hoping all goes well at the docs. I think I forgot to say :bravo: to you on your weight loss, sorry. That is GREAT! And I bet you will be at or under 220. :carrot::carrot:

KATY...love your pix! The snow and icicles were beautiful! Looked like the kids were having fun sledding. And...you are such the great knitter! Love the slippers, elephant and your scarf! Sorry school was cancelled afterall. We are having some weird weather...woke up to freezing rain then it warmed up some and the stuff was melting and now it lookes weird because it is foggy. WTG on the 170! :woohoo: :bravo: :yay:

SASSY...yikes! 12 hours of sleep...you must have been very tired! Chicken soup is always good!

Hiya everyone else :wave:

Nothing going on today...speaking of sleeping I didn't get up until 11, lol. I woke up at 9 something and then 10 and got up to let the dog out but then went back to bed and watched the Price is Right, lol. So much for getting things done early, lol.

I did get the laundry folded and exercise done so not like I've not done anything. But I am being lazy for sure!

Have a good day! :)