Bet Buzz was a cute costume Jules. Glad you are feeling better.
Cristina, sorry you are not feeling well. Hope it passes soon.
Hope your little ones enjoyed their costumes Mindee. Sorry to hear about Tommy getting pulled over. Ugh.
Sassy I sure hope the lay-offs pass you by. I also hope things improve with your mom. I have always been close with mine, so I can not imagine any other way.
Miss Leigh looked so cute as a "wench" Katy. I know she enjoyed the holiday...how nice of them to have a holiday on her birthday, right?

I got a lot done today, even though I played on the computer lots too. I went to the hospital twice and mom was doing so much better. Now we are just waiting for the urologists to find time to put a stent in her kidney. Her dr. was going to let her come home and go in as an out patient next week for the stent. The heart dr. said absolutely not...they can do the stent while she is in the hospital. I agree with him, rather have her there and not sent home right afterward. Her heart has a habit of acting up and I want her right there with the proper care. So, she is getting lots of rest and waiting.

Daughter and granddaughter both had a nasty bug yesterday all day. DD said she slept for 30 hours. They are both weak today. All that Makeover and out in the weather probably helped get them down. I have my fingers crossed that it passes me by.

Hope you all had a nice Halloween and enjoy a restful Sunday.

p.s. Miss Susan...please do not poop in here....but pop in often. LOL. And Kathy...slow down girl we need you to have time to POP in here too.

we had a great halloween! the pictures are up on both facebook and myspace. so you ladies can all take a look at them, and comment!

Tommy is already thinking of what we can be as a family next year! I was impressed that two of the houses offered the parents beer while we were out trick or treating.

I do have to say that my cold is almost gone, but my left ear is still not the way it should be. so I am going to call the doctor's office on monday and make an appointment once I get Tommy's court date.

Hi Ladies.

I hope you all had a great Halloween. We slept through ours. lol. So we got no trick-or-treaters and have all this candy now! UGH! I'll have to send it to work with DH or something! Both DH and I were in extreme pain yesterday so we took pain pills and well we slept too late to give out candy. My Coworker didn't bring her child and didn't text or call me. Oh well. I figured she wouldn't I already had her childs treats bagged up and ready to take to work because I had a very strong feeling she wouldn't come.

I am just gonna answer everybody at once, I hope you don't mind, but most were the same responses. Yup I know its sucky that My mom and I do not talk anymore and believe it or not, at one time, we WERE extremely close. Things changed after I got married. We began drifting. I kept on trying of course because it was my mother. But it just kept dwindling and the only "glue" holding us together was my step dad and now he has passed and ever since then, our "relationship" has gotten worse and worse. Ok so maybe its all my fault and I am an awful daughter, but sorry nope don't see it. I was the one who always made all the phone calls AND we PAY for her cell so she has NO excuse to not call me, made all the trips out there to pick her up to bring her here, etc. So maybe we are supposed to do all of that? I don't mind it but when I get no effort at all, I get frustrated. Guess that is just me and maybe I will regret it one day. Its all on me, but all I have to say on that is a relationship is a TWO WAY street, if only ONE person is making ALL the effort, then it is NOT a relationship anymore. Its one person banging their head against the wall! Just my own personal humble opinion and not meant to offend no one.

Anyways. Maybe I should just email my mother and just say, "Hey what is the deal? You are my mother and so I wanna know why I haven't heard from you except the ****ty email asking me to fill out the form for you to get a free tshirt." What do you all think? Is that crappier than not talking to her? I know you all will give me honest answers.

Thanks.

Good morning!
Whew! I usually do a pretty good job of staying out of the Halloween candy,,but not this year unfortunately. Today I get back on track and flush all sugar out of my system. I put up photos on FB...L was a pretty cute pirate wench, if I do say so myself

Welcome AJ...come on back

Sue thanks..L was pretty cute. It's hard to find costumes for her that aren't to adult, kwim? Party city's selection were all pretty sexy for a 7 yo, but I thought the one we settled on was OK.. Going to have to get more creative next year. Can't just go into the store and buy it off the rack anymore. Hope your mom has a good day today...hope she comes home soon

Cristina - Hope you feel better soon

Sassy - Sounds like you have worked very hard at your relationship. I think it's ok to ask her why you haven't heard from her in a non-confrontational way. Just tell her how you feel and then let her talk...That's what I try to do...ball in her court, as it were. Can you tell I've done this a few times

Jules - can't wait to see D as Buzz.,..sounds so cute!



Hi to everyone else! Kids are getting antsy so I'm off to control the chaos...well, as much as it can be. Have a good one, ladies

Hey Ladies.

Well I took your all's advice. Well sorta. lol. I wrote out a long long letter to my mom, getting out ALL of my feelings. OMG I felt so much better. So now that I got that all off my chest, I am taking Katy's advice (TY!!) and sending her (my Mom, not Katy!! LOL!!) an email asking her whats up in a non-confrontational way.

So I wanna say Thanks Ladies, you all Rock!!!



Have a Happy Sunday!!!




P.S. Katy -- Very cute pics!

Happy Sunday!

Not sure what's so happy about it, lol. Feeling much better, it was just a sore throat...drank lots of tea and other liquids yesterday so I guess it helped.

Hoping everyone remembered to turn the clocks back! Ugh, I hate the time change!

Today is family dinner day and since I am trying to fix something different every Sunday I ask everyone for suggestions. Took Charlotte's suggestion of sub sandwiches...easy enough, get tired of cooking some days. But enjoy the company so...

Didn't have many kids trick or treating and have a bowl of candy left...it was weird...maybe had 20 kids if that.

MINDEE...glad you are on the mend, sorry I guess I missed that you were sick.

KATY...great pics of L! She made avery cute wench! And I hear ya about the costumes...was looking this year and not sure why they make sexy costumes for the little ones.

JULES...can't wait to see pics of Dominic!

SUSAN...glad you survived Halloween! Enjoy your day off!

KATHY...hoping all is well with you.

SASSY...love your avatars, fall is my fav season of them all.

SUE...hugs to your momma and hoping you don't get sick!

Hello to everyone else...feeling like I missed someone, sorry.

Better get off the computer and go get something done. I've got a cake to bake for dessert and potatoes to get cooked for potato salad, and of course get the cold cuts and such on platters.

Enjoy your day ladies!

just thought I would stop in to see how every one is doing!

we are having a relaxing day at home. Marissa seems to think that she can wear her costume again today. Tommy has already explained to her that she only wears it one day a year.

Hey Ladies.

Well I sent a comment to my mother on myspace. I felt that was most simplest form of communication I could do with the least effort because I still do not think that I was wrong. But basically she responded back stating she's been working so much, blah blah blah. Well cry me a freaking river! Who doesn't work there butt off? I just sit here and eat bon bons all night. Plus as my coworker pointed out, she had the time to fwd that email to me to get her free tshirt. How tough is it to say, btw, How have you been?

So I plan on "tweaking" my email that I have written out, just have not sent to her and sending it so she knows how I feel and I will try to be not too snotty about it, but I am not gonna be all "warm and fuzzy" either. Because what really irks me is my biological father wants nothing to do with me. She has always been p.o.ed about that and now does the exact same thing as him, only she is being a hypocrite.

She has to also realize that I am HER daughter so she only has herself to blame for how I am. She is the one who taught me to stand up for myself and not let people walk on me.

Anyways. That is that. Again thanks for listening, thanks for the advice, I do appreciate it truly. But now I am done with it, for now.

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

WI day...at this oh-so-early hour ( love that time change) 171.90...don't ask me how that happened, because Halloween kicked my butt this year, lol! I'll take it, of course I'm going for a run this morning, then it's back to business as usual, and hopefully try to keep the loss and add some more to it.

Sassy - sounds like you are handling your feelings well...hope your mom picks up on it and things improve.

Mindee - all our costumes end up in the dress up box and are used year round...so tell Marissa to go for it

Cristina - glad you are feeling better - mmm sub sandwiches...that sounds really good right now (yes, even at 5:42 am)

To everyone else! I have a bunch of school work to do today..so that's my big plan... not very exciting. Hope everyone has a great Monday!

Good Morning -

Did I write pooping?? Ugh. I certainly meant popping in.....thanks Sue -lol

I need to go home and clean, my mother is coming for a visit!

Yay, on 171.90 Katy!

Did we scare AJ off already?? Sheesh. lol

be back later.

Hello ladies...

SUSAN...have a great visit with your mom! Hoping we didn't scare off AJ.

KATY...sandwiches were actually good. WTG on the 171! Try not to work too hard on the school work.

SASSY...whatever happens I hope it turns out for the best.

MINDEE...too cute! I would have just let her wear it again, lol. Seems a waste of money for just one day a year, lol. By the way...took a gander at your pix and they are great! Looks like everyone had a fun Halloween!

SUE...hoping all is well with you all, especially your momma.

Nothing much going on with me today. I am in my lazy mode again. Was supposed to get back on track today and I am procrastinating BIG time! Just not wanting to exercise, waaaahhh! But I am gonna get something done...going to do a dvd as soon as I post here and then head outdoors for a walk. It's kinda warm but windy as heck as usual. Weight is not going down at all...been at 195 for while and hate it, but still not doing anything about it. Anyway...

Have a great Monday!

just thought I would pop in for a quick second while I have a chance.

I feel like death warmed over.....I think I have the flu, but I will find out on Wednesday at 2pm. Tommy was doing some running around in regards to his ticket and such, and he has until the end of this month to pay the speeding ticket....so that is a relief!

Logan's birthday party is this coming Saturday, and so I am hoping to get every thing under control and start feeling better before his party! crap! I just noticed that Wednesday we were supposed to go grocery shopping while the boys are in school......I guess we will have to wait until Thursday now!

Quick hi...Mom had the procedure and came through very nicely. She will be in ICU overnight and if all is well come home in the a.m.
For once her heart did not act up on them....whew!

I am going to bed....Thanks for all the well wishes.

Hey Everybody.

Well another night, another dollar. lol. Seems weird when I go home in the mornings now the sun is up. (I get off at 7 am) Makes it kinda hard to sleep too, even with our bedroom being completely dark, you know how it is once you see the sun your body is like, "oh time to get up." lol.

Anywho.........

Katy -- WTG on the 171. I haven't WI in a while, kinda scared too, but I go to my gyn. on Thursday, so I am sure I will be weighed for sure. lol. Thanks. I think writing that email out (and not sending it) and just getting out ALL of my feelings, helped me a lot. I still have not responded to her and I am not sure what I want to say yet. Maybe I will just keep it simple and just say, "Well I hope work eases up soon and then we can talk." That way I don't have to say everything right now, but it still leaves the door open, ya know?

Susan - I hope you get your house all clean and sparkly for your moms visit. DH and I scrubbed our house down the day before Halloween and boy did it need it! lol.

Cristina -- I have been in permanent lazy mode. Just cannot snap out of it. Maybe its the cool rainy weather just makes me want to sleep. Thanks, I hope it works out with my mom and me too.

Mindee -- Oh no! I hope you feel better soon!

Sue -- That is great news and I hope she gets well very soon!

Also just wanted to say Many Many Thanks for listening, giving advice, etc. I appreciate it!!

Take Care Everybody!

P.S. I know its just the beginning of November, but just wanna throw this out there, is anybody interested in Christmas Card/E-Card Exchange? If so lemme know and email me your address, I think I have most, but with our computer dying, we lost A LOT of data. THANKS!


P.P.S Well I responded to my mom and was nice. I just said, "I hope your job eases up, everybody is ok here." and just general stuff. OH and my friend, who works 1st shift at work said that a coworker died!! Not on our team, but we knew her. She fell and hit her head over the weekend and then died this morning!!! She was not that old either! So sad!!! I didn't know her that well, but still very sad!!!

BIG HUGS LADIES

TAKE CARE!!!

just thought I would pop in here while I am feeling up to it......I don't feel like death warmed over any more, but I don't feel 100% better yet.

the kids are a little bit sick, and so it is looking like we will keep the boys home from school tomorrow since we are not sure how long my appointment will take. plus, the teacher asked that if the kids were sick to keep them home with all the stuff going on with the H1N1 flu. so we will just keep them out and make sure that they are better by Thursday.