I haven't heard of the Flood Run. I'll have to check it out.

Everyone needs a lazy evening sometimes. Enjoy it! You gals all work so hard on your bodies to look good! Don't forget to relax once in a while just because you are deserving of some "me time" too!

DH is wiped out, and been sleeping on the couch for a few hours. About time to wake him up and go to bed! He'll be up bright and early in the morning--I'll be wanting to sleep in!

Hope you all have a good weekend! Take care.

Colleen

Colleen I forgot to answer about the salad dressing question..I really haven't found one that is just as good as regular. If I remember I try to do the dip method - measure out just one or two Tablespoons of the dressing in a little cup, dip your fork tines in it, then spear your salad. It helps to get the salad dressing flavor without using quite so much. I do appreciate the salad dressings that have the tiny hole opening and you squeeze thin lines out, as opposed to the whole bottle openings that GLURT a big blob, LOL!

Good Morning ladies. How are you? I am doing okay.

CC, I am glad you are getting to be lazy this weekend. You have been on the go since before the holidays.

Holly, I am that you beat that ole cookie . I agree with CC. I would much rather be busy than to sit around.

Colleen, When will you know if those people got financing for your house? Have you heard from fish tank creep? Did your DH find it funny that all us sissies were giving you home defense advise?

My DH took me out for an early V-day dinner. Japanese of course. I loved it. I had a rough day yesteray. Remember the leather corset I ordered? Well, I got it in and it was TOO BIG! Way too big. I went by their size charts and I figured that b/c leather ran small they were right, well they were not. It was delivered at work and my coworkers had their input about it and my weight and how they think (here we go on a rant) I need to "talk" to someone about my body image disorder and possible eating disorder. Okay, remember earlier in this post, I told you I ate Japanese.... I did not puke, I did not take laxitives...... but since I did 2 boot camps this AM and I am trying to get the last 10 pounds off, and I ordered a corset too bit, they think I have an eating/body disorder. The day got even better..... I went to the ATM and got some cash. I was counting the cash and forgot my card. Well, when I drove down the road about 5 minutes and realized what I did, I called the bank. She said she heard the card retract and drop and she logged it. I told her I would be there in a minute. NOPE.... since it was logged it had to be destroyed. She had it in her hand...... and it was policy to destroy it. Now, I am glad the bank has good security measures so if it does get stolen that is great..... but the card has my freaking picture on it..... I had my ID, why could I not just had my card back? The big deal is that was just a tiny branch of the bank. I had to go back to Jonesboro (15-20 miles) and get another card made! Anyway, I hate it when common sense is overrulled by stupid policies. I enjoyed the gesture that DH made and I enjoyed the peaceful dinner with him.

The house is very peaceful (except Jake wants to take a walk), so I am going to finish the housework. Cook breakfast, then DH and I will have our normal Saturday AM coffee date..... Almond Joy Latte here I come.... y'all know, since I have an eating disorder.

Good Morning

Well I am trying really hard to stick to being lazy today but the laundry is hollaring at me and just plain cleaning the house so more than likely I will start cleaning house soon

Oh ya I totally missed the salad dressing to- you know I love the Hidden Valley Ranch Light dressing more so then regular but that could be because that is all I have had for years, I have tried the fat free but that is no good .......

Colleen you should check it out not exactly sure where you are at but if you live along the MN border the run probably goes right through your town

Tammy your dinner sounds so good I think we will probably go out tonight before bowling for VDAY dinner as well- We both love HuHot and it is 30 miles away but I am bowling there tonight so there you go stuffing the face it will be

Whoo Hoo on the corset being to big that is a great sign I can't believe your co-workers are acting the way they are - you have lost alot of weight and everyone knows in order to do that you have to watch what you eat and exercise - they are just jealous that you got it figured out and are a HAWT

Good Morning

Well I am trying really hard to stick to being lazy today but the laundry is hollaring at me and just plain cleaning the house so more than likely I will start cleaning house soon

Oh ya I totally missed the salad dressing to- you know I love the Hidden Valley Ranch Light dressing more so then regular but that could be because that is all I have had for years, I have tried the fat free but that is no good .......

Colleen you should check it out not exactly sure where you are at but if you live along the MN border the run probably goes right through your town

Tammy your dinner sounds so good I think we will probably go out tonight before bowling for VDAY dinner as well- We both love HuHot and it is 30 miles away but I am bowling there tonight so there you go stuffing the face it will be

Whoo Hoo on the corset being to big that is a great sign I can't believe your co-workers are acting the way they are - you have lost alot of weight and everyone knows in order to do that you have to watch what you eat and exercise - they are just jealous that you got it figured out and are a HAWT mommma Wow sorry about the debit card but they don't waste any time on keeping the cards around but geez if you called right away and it was in hand they should have just gave it back to you
So what site did you order your corset through- or was it ebay? Can you return it for a SMALLER size???

Ok well house work is calling me so maybe I will get alittle done today because of course it doesn't get itself done, as we all know that

good evening chicks!

Tammy I would also have been exasperated at the debit card thing..like you said when people doggedly stick to THE RULES instead of common sense. And also WOO HOO at a leather corset, too bad you're too small for it but yeah I hope you can exchange it easily. And Reda is right..you got smaller by eating right and exercising, what the heck, why don't people see that, and realize that someone who has done that needs to be vigilant about eating and exercising forever!

Reda I hope you enjoyed your Saturday!

DH and I got the creep taken care of. Gave him $20 for his troubles (against by better judgement--DH said I had to). I will sleep much better tonight!

I did overdo the eating a little today. It started out good with a pear. Harmless enough...then a donut at an open house thing, then Taco Bell, then supper--steak and taters. I really enjoyed the steak, and I made my taters with a little olive oil and baked them with seasonings. The worst part was Taco Bell--always a weakness! Tomorrow, I'll be good. Promise!

Tammy, I know you are disappointed in not getting the size leathers that fit, but what a nice feeling huh!? I wonder why it is only the people that have lost weight that get blamed for their "eating disorders", instead of the ones that can't quit eating...isn't that just about as big of a "disorder", with some pretty serious health consequences as well? Invite those coworkers to work out with you a few times! That would teach them!

Reda, I do not have to TRY to be lazy. That happens all by itself! It stuck me funny that you were trying! LOL!

Holly, still stepping? Pretend you're stomping cookies!

We checked out the Flood Run. It's quite a ways from us too. Not planning on going anywhere at this point. Thanks for bringing it up though. We live about 75 miles from LaCrosse (southeast).

I have about 15 different salad dressings in the fridge. All of them are nasty. I like the FULL flavor ranch! I also have margarine, the "I can't believe it's not butter" kind. That will die of old age before I eat it! OMG that stuff is horrible! Is there any that is better for us that actually tastes okay?

1 angel fish gone. Poor thing swimming sideways, upside down, backwards...finally I flushed him to put him out of his misery. I wish I could be flushed when it's my time to go...hate to see the suffering.

Chin up...have a happy Valentines Day with your sweeties! Stay out of all the chocolatey goodness!

Colleen

Ok well I was typing message last night when computer just went black but working this morning now ???

Anyways I did clean yesterday but thats ok I do feel rested up today as I am up at 3am and on the computer

Colleen that is great news that you got rid of that guy
I was wondering how far you were from the flood run, this is our first year going, there is a couple that have been going for more then 5 years and they invited us to go so I figured ya lets go - anxiously wanting riding season to start I know we are going to freeze our tushies off but again anxiously wanting riding season to start

Oh darn as far as the chocolate goodies,, I just gave in and ate a reeses peanut butter cup, so naughty I know

Well I suppose I will see if there is anything productive for me to do at 3am without waking up DH-

Have a Great Valentines Day

good morning! Colleen I am glad also the creep is gone. Too bad it took $20 but I guess it's well spent. Karma, karma...and I'm sorry about the angel fish. But you have a hilarious way of describing things, LOL!

Reda, wow did you stay up after getting up at 3 am when you didn't have to?!

HI Tammy

It has been a killer busy President's weekend at work..we broke the sales record yesterday. Only 1 or 2 stupid people. AND NO COOKIES FOR ME GOING ON 5 DAYS I did have 5 Valentine's chocolates yesterday..but I had to DH gave me 3 cards, two bunches of flowers and the small box of chocolates (about 8 or 9 in the box) I gave him a card and a receipit that shows I am getting his FIFTH wedding ring repaired, lol. I still have my original!

Sat. I did the Karen Voigt tape (strength/step) but only 2/3 of it. Yesterday was Biggest Loser Cardio, warm up and Bob, 25 minutes. Today was Fat Burning for Dummies, hadn't done that in like a year! but I chose the High Impact when possible, and held one pound soft weights for the whole thing.

have a great day!!!

Wow, Holly, Your DH sounds as rough on wedding rings as mine! We finally gave up and bought him one made out of titanium. He's REALLY hard on glasses and on cell phones! The last pair of glasses he lost were a month old, top of the line, name brand, bifocal, transition lenses, and he watched them go down a hill in a stream of water from the road, in the rain, and into a creek! I told him he should have been AFTER them! I could care less if he got wet in the process! I would have gone after them! Of course, I can swim though, he can't! (might have made a difference) The last cell phone he ran over with the semi-tractor!

Ran out of time to write. more later.

Colleen

good evening chicks, survived another day of President's weekend retail Heck. And no cookies today either!!! I am pretty hungry now but its almost ten. I should just get to bed.

Colleen LOL @ the DH's glasses! I would have said 'go after them!' also I think funny you mentioned titanium because that is exactly what the jeweler said to me about husbands breaking wedding rings.

Hi Tammy and Reda hope your day was good both of you!

Nothing really new today. Busy at work. Computers not functioning like they were supposed to. Phone lines messed up--no long distance. Just stuff to make a busy day a little more difficult!

Saw my grandma at lunch in the nursing home. She was goofy. Said to paint her fingernails blue. She's 92!

Visited my mom tonight while step-dad was bowling. Had roast and taters for supper.

Kids both must be getting a good refund back from taxes--I hope so anyway 'cause they both decided to spend a pile of $ on furniture to get a "FREE" TV. I don't think it was really "free" by the time they were done! Kids are borrowing 1 week, and spending like crazy the next...guess I can't teach them... but they will learn the hard way like the rest of us have done I suppose. Hate to see them struggle, and hate even more, to see them make crazy decisions on a whim.

DH headed to Kansas. Usually he is in WI, MN, MI, IA, IL, IN, ND, and SD. Seldom south to MO, KS, OK, or TN. Boss going to Florida at the end of the week. They take a big vacation every season. No raises or bonus--they're broke. Uh-huh! Sure! They were busy looking at new boats today!

Hope you all got through your Monday. Tomorrow I'll start looking forward to the upcoming weekend. Nothing planned, just a weekend with DH. Think we are planning on moving stuff from the garage at the house we are selling to the garage where we live. We've been putting it off for months! It's time.

Tammy said: "My DH took me out for an early V-day dinner. Japanese of course. I loved it. I had a rough day yesterday." Why Japanese? I have had it once. It was good food, but I'm now deathly afraid of wasabi! The tiniest little bit made my lips go numb (for like an hour!)! It looked like guacamole--how bad can it be right?! Good thing I didn't smuck a big glob on my chicken! I'd be called "numb lips" yet. That stuff should come with a WARNING sign! "Eat at your own risk", and then instructions on how to put out the fire in your mouth! Of course they don't serve milk, they give you HOT tea! Oh yeah--like that will help...open those pores up a little more. Nose running, eyes tearing, choke a little...while considering maybe next time opting to just go to McDonald's!

Sleep tight. Bed time for me.

CA

good morning! Colleen, tell your Grandma that I think she rocks blue fingernail polish! Wow. your DH really travels. Is it that he is away during the week and home on weekends? sorry if I didn't figure it out before.

This morning did the Denise Austin "Sizzler" tape, its about 40 minutes of alternating aerobics and strength, and then an ab workout. Still no cookies! but today is DS #1's birthday (he's 27!) so that means cake and ice cream tonight, yum. Then back on track for me.

sun is shining so that is nice. Today is my Friday, woohoooooo I am so ready. 5 days of retail ****

Reda and Tammy and have a great day!!

Morning Ladies,

Sorry I have been MIA for a few days. I have been in a funk. I have decided that I am going to only do one boot camp and 5 miles a day and see what happens. I think I am burning out. So, we will see. This coupled with people sticking their nose in my diet business is wearing me down. Colleen, like you said in an earlier post, no one says hey you are obsessed or addicted with food..... maybe you should stop. But they sure don't care to tell you about your diet and exercise if it is not up to par with them. Okay, I am not going to rant about that.

As far as the Japanese..... I am not a true Japanese eater, I only get the veggies, fried rice (yum, yum), and chicken! Nothing crazy.

Colleen, tell your grandma I have hot pink for her nails that always gets comments when I wear it. Lol. I say Go Grandma!
I would have been telling DH to take a dive in after the glasses too! But, my 300+ pound DH would look funny diving in a ditch!

Holly, Good Job on no cookies! That is awesome! Are you baking your DS cake or ordering it? Most of the time my boys don't want the traditional cake, DS1 wants cheesecake, DS2 wants peach cobbler or lemon. DH doesn't care as long as it is food. Lol.

Hi Reda. I figure you are in the middle of your early AM thing..... hope all is well.

I think we finally have most of the snow GONE. I hope it stays gone!

I will gab at you later.

Hello girls

Sorry missed checking in yesterday but what a day I had- snow and wind started up Sunday so of course made the roads just awful Monday morning
but I made it to the store thank goodness because all the employees that worked before noon called in because of weather and a couple of them live 3 - 5 miles away and I am 60 miles away- go figure
Anyways on top of it being a monday and all the managers call me to keep me up to date and then I am also trying to run the store- and then I had to drive home in the crap o weather
so anyways that was my day yesterday

Colleen I would have sent DH in after the glasses as well - as for raises my DH hasn't had a raise in like 56 years saying it just isn't there but his boss just built his 19 yr old son a new home and his boss goes out to the hills 2-3 times a month to a cabin that he just built last summer- but hey no money and we look at it at least he does still have a good paying job

Great Job on the no cookies Holly you are doing great and tell DS Happy Birthday

Tammy you are doing a great job and stress and people's mind games will wear on you but you are strong and will get through it

Well girls I think I am going to go get on treadmil for a bit then try to take a quick 30 min pick me up nap

Talk to you later