Call the thread what you like, I don't mind. I probably will be on the road to Melbourne so you will need to get Mel or Happy to set it up or set it up yourselves.

Annie - look after yourself and I am proud of your for the way you are holding up with everything that is going on in your life right now. Sure that way of eating sounds sensible and I will be right back into it just as soon as I get back to Melbourne - for the next three months.

Michelle - Holler at them footballers. I too love my footy, but it's not the same footy as your footy. Jiggle your way round the housework as well. You might get a headstart on us.

Happy - Move that boot Yes we did have a cyclone and are still reaping the benefits (?) from Cyclone Lawrence which came ashore in Western Australia (up around Dampier where I was a year or so back) and is only now drowning the rest of the country as a tropical rain storm. Still it is nice to have the water - just a little less of it and a bit more sun would be nice.
Sounds like you have NYE all worked out. I will be sleeping it off I'm afraid.

Mel - Maybe you should get together with the Injun. If he has enough money to go back and forth to India and the US then maybe you could use some of it as well. I'm with you on the lack of technology. DS2 has explained the workings of the new tv but I'm thick enough to not remember that the thing goes to sleep when it encounters lack of movement!!!! What - and here was I thinking that the idea of tv was to sit and watch it!

Laura - get knitting and crocheting. I used to do it years back, but haven't touched it in years. Maybe if I get to retire I can take it up again. Hope NYE works out okay.

Ceejay - hope you work out that DVR - see above, no point in my input. I'm thick like that.

DS2 challenged me to a Wii game of bowling - best of three - and a game of tennis last night.
He beat me two to one at bowling but I thrashed him at tennis. Then I quit while I was ahead. I knew my luck wouldn't last. It was fun though.
Anyway, I'd better get back into it. Things to do and pack and get on with. I need to decide whether to go tomorrow morning or go on Saturday. I'll work on it while painting this morning. One gives me time, but makes me leave home earlier. The other leaves no leeway if something stupid happens - like C. Lawrence making the rivers rise!
Back later.

Happy
I took piano for 8 year in my younger day. And that would have been my major but dropped out of college. If you need some help give me a hollar.
I'm getting my dulcimer out of it's case for the first time since I've bought it las summer.

More later. I keep getting interupted.

Annie - I hope your mom's dialysis today goes okay. Hang in there.

Happy - I just love how you and your DH always celebrate NYE with a romantic candlelight dinner! As for the DVR, I don't know what I'd do without it. It's so great to pause live TV to let the dogs out and zoom through commercials.

Shad - So glad you and DS2 are having fun at Wii games. I LOVE the bowling, and I'm not too bad at tennis. Given all the cyclones, I'd probably leave earlier if I were you. But maybe Mother Nature, and luck, will be on your side.

Well, ladies, I'm heading home soon for the long weekend. I'll try and check in tomorrow and Friday when I need a break from cleaning!

Wishing all of us and our loved ones a Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year!!!

Much love and big hugs,

Ceejay - I really wish I could play a musical instrument well, or knit/crochet. So many wishes and not enough time to pursue them all. I keep telling myself that I gotta spend my free time getting fit and healthy so I'll live long enough to pursue my other goals/dreams.

Happy New Year to all my friends on the thread and to those who lurk occasionally.

If you don't see me here in the next few days, it is because there is 1722Km between me and the net. If I can get on I will.

Have a safe and happy NYE and don't overdo anything. If you drive, then take it easy. There is 101 other idiots out there.

MICHELLE~ YOU CAN ADD WHATEVER YOU WANT...THEN WE WILL BE WARM, COZY AND HAVING A BLAST!

ANNIE~ HOPE YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT MOM AND THE WATER. WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?
YOU HAVE A GOOD PLAN FOR GETTING YOURSELF BACK ON TRACK AND I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER IN 2010. YOUR HEALTH IS VERY IMPORTANT WITH THE JOBS AND MOM AND SON...ETC. MAKE SURE YOU DO HAVE DOWN TIME WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO "FEEL" OR "THINK" ABOUT ANYTHING!!

LAURA~ THANKS FOR THE DVR EXPLANATION. I FORGOT TO LOOK IT UP. ALL THESE NEW FANGLED DEVICES! CHAI...I FORGOT ALL ABOUT THAT. I WAS TRYING DIFFERENT BRANDS ABOUT 1-2 YEARS AGO. WONDER WHY I STOPPED. THE MOVIE SOUNDED GOOD. I'LL NEED A BOX OF TISSUES WITH IT HOPE THE REPORTS WENT WELL.

HAPPY~ I WAS SO HOPING THE FOOT WOULD BE HEALED AND PAIN FREE BY NOW SENDING MOR HUGS HOPE IT FEELS BETTER OVER THE WEEKEND WITH SOME REST. HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH DH AND DON'T WEAR YOUR "ENTERTAINMENT" OUT TOO MUCH

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SHAD~ SAFE TRAVELS AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU TOO WISHING YOU EVERYTHING GOOD!!! I NEVER GOT BACK HERE LAST NIGHT TO WISH YOU HAPPY NEW YEAR ON TIME. LOTS OF DISTRACTIONS OVER HERE. I CANNOT WAIT TILL JANUARY 4TH!!!
HOPE THE JOB PROVES OUT TO BE A WINNER FOR THE NEW YEAR TOO AND ALL GOES AS PLANNED.

HAPPY~ FORGOT ABOUT THE PIANO LESSONS..HAVE FUN WITH IT...IT JUST MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO KEEP YOUR MIND OFF WORK AND MANIACS.

CEEJAY~ PIANO? DULCIMER? I DON'T REMEMBER YOU BUYING A DULCIMER. YOU ARE SURPRISING ME MORE EVERY DAY!!! MAKES ME WONDER WHAT ELSE WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU!!

WISHING ALL OF US A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR FILLED WITH LOTS OF HAPPINESS, GOOD HEALTH AND LOVE.

I HAD TO POST THAT BEFORE I ANSWERED THE DOOR. SEEMS LIKE NEW YEARS EVE IS BEGINNING EARLY AND A TENANTS SON IS DRUNK ALREADY BABIES, DRUNKS, WOUNDED ANIMALS AND SICK PEOPLE LOVE ME THE KIDS ARE ALL SLEEPING. A FRIEND OF RICHIE'S FROM THE JOB PASSED AWAY WITHOUT ANY WARNING. SO YOUNG AND SO SAD. THEY WENT TO SIT WITH THE FAMILY IN BROOKLYN FOR 2 NIGHTS. JEN SAID THEY'RE ALL IN SHOCK. I CAN IMAGINE.
OUR BUILDING HERE IS EERILY QUIET THIS WEEK WITH JUST A FEW EXCEPTIONS AT THE DOOR. MUST BE THE DREARY WEATHER. LOOKS BAD FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. LET US PRAY FOR RAIN AND NOT SLEET.
FEELING HUNGRY NOW SO I BETTER GET SOME BREAKFAST AND FORGET ABOUT ALL THIS DOOM & GLOOM!
HAPPY THURSDAY/FRIDAY

Good last morning of 2009 to you ladies,

2010 - I can't believe it. Time is really flying. At some point I got old. Looked in the mirror at work yesterday, an old face looked back at me. Gotta change that. I'm up a pound on the scale - not sure how that happened as I have been rather dilligent in my food since we got home this week. My foot hurts and so does my whole body as this boot really throws off your normal walk. I'm hoping a few days of rest over the long weekend will help stuff out. Anyway, a new year, a new decade (is it?) and a new fresh start lies ahead.

We have quiet plans for tonight and the weekend. That's ok with me.

Watched the movie "The Wrestler" last night with Mickey Rourke (probably my number 3 most unfavorite actor) and Marisa Tomei (probably my number 3 favorite actress). I only watched it because everyone was saying how awesome / academy award worthy it was. It was a decent movie but not (in my opinion) as amazing as they talked it up to be. I thought Four Christmases was dumb too. Watched Julia and Julie when we got home this week. I thought that was an interesting movie mostly because I think Meryl Streep is amazing and when she climbs into a personality as big as Julia Child, it's just fascinating to watch her. So that's my movie reviews for the year

Annie - hope things turned out ok for Mom and that they have her stabilized. Hugs to you and her I'm sure you will have a busy weekend.

Happy New Year Shad - we exchanged 2 sentences on Facebook last night. Only 34 more minutes for New Year's Day on your side of the world and you'll be heading back to work. Travel safely. Hope the trip is not too boring.

Mel - I will learn to play the piano - ready for 1,000 off key renditions of When the Saints Go Marching In? You can play the kazoo or sing along to accompany me and we can beg for coins Thanks for the hug, I feel a little bit better for it Hope you have a quiet night - lots of seniors like to check out on New Year's Eve. Hope that is not the case with your building.

Michelle - happy cleaning - don't knock yourself out. I agree with your philosophy of devoting time to health and fitness and making that a priority . Especially since it can be time consuming. I am committed to making time and practices for good change this year. We can do this together.

Ceejay - I love the sound of the dulcimer. Hope you were able to play around a bit yesterday.

Laura - hope your company doesn't stay too long tonight. Enjoy your party.

I have to get some work done yet so I'd better get to it. I will set up the new thread for January. Jiggling our way to Jettison the Junk in January or something like that...

Good health and good times to all my 3FC friends in the upcoming year.

Worldlies will Jettison their Jiggling Junk into January or something like that.

No wait. Worldlies will Jettison their Jiggling Junk OUT OF January!!

Good Thur/Fri...as this is the last day to work this week at Humana. Kind of looking forward to working at CVS tonight, I just love the crazies that come in, makes me feel at home. LOL

OK...the reason mom had dialysis is....and I wish they would of told us instead of making us freak out all day is....the schedule was backed up by one day due to the holiday tomorrow. She will go back on normal schedule starting Saturday. The baffoons. Actually she had a good evening last night when we were there. My bro, SIL, dad and I were in her room waiting on her return from dialysis and I think it brightened her day. She actually talked with us and ate about half of her dinner. V I C T O R Y!! I clipped and filed her nails which needed it badly. She was in a good mood and actually got cracked up laughing at one point. THen my bro and SIL took me to dinner at El Rodeo Mexican, I had half of a chicken burrito, 4 chips with salsa, that's it. Brought the rest of the burrito for lunch today. All and all a good night. It is a tradition in Indiana to eat cabbage on New Year's day for good luck for the entire year. (really hasn't helped much in tha past). I asked mom if she wanted fried cabbage or fried cabbage with noodles for New Year's Day. She just wants the cabbage, so that is what I am going to fix for her. Maybe slap in a bit of maple sausage for the extra protein for her. I feel postive and happy today, hope it lasts. Won't answer any phones today so it doesn't get changed. lol.

Chelle...enjoy your long weekend girlile..

Happy...hope the rest at home brings some relief to the foot. Dang it anyway.

Shad...happy new year to you before us. lol. Safe travels.

Ceejay...don't cha hate it when our personal life gets interruped with crap.

MELLIE....Will be snoozin in the new year with you...Cheers!!

Happy Happy New 2010 Year everyone, let's have a blessed, healthy, PROSPEROUS, safe, relaxing, enjoying, 2010!!!!

Many many hugs back at you all and Much love.

Hi everyone. Last day of the year and the decade today. It's a bit livelier here in the office today because the department next to us seems to be back in their entirety, except for the dept. head. This is the dept. being partially outsourced, and it's the last day at the co. for three of them. One other will transfer to another dept., and that will leave 3 of them (including our former lead admin – good riddance and glad she's not our problem anymore!), plus dept. head. So I'm sure it'll be a sad time for them later on today. Speaking of later on – I was hoping to see an e-mail telling us to go home at noon, but nope, so it's 3 pm. I might sneak off an hour early, unless I find myself working on some truly compelling project, LOL.

I was being rather grumpy yesterday about our little NYE party tonight, but I've decided to I'm not going to stress about it. I'm going to bring up some of our games from the basement and hopefully people might want to play games - I enjoy Scattergories.

I'm not reporting my weigh-in today because it's just as ugly as it was yesterday! It's bad enough that I gained some weight over the holidays, but to have TOM adding a couple temporary pounds to the heap – well that's just not a very kind weigh-in scenario for the final WI of the year. While I'm sort of sad that the time of holidays and long weekends is over, I will be glad to return to a routine that will be good for me.

Shad – I know you're on the road, but wishing you a Happy New Year! You're the first of our bunch to get to 2010! Hope you're having a safe and hassle-free drive.

Ceejay – We have a musician in our midst and we didn't know it! My bf plays piano and is currently learning to use some kind of sophisticated music production software in conjunction w/ his electronic piano.

Mel – Sorry to hear about Richie's friend passing away so unexpectedly – so tragic. Hope it stays quiet in your building and you don't have anyone, drunks or others, knocking at your door! You might have quit the chai because it's frustrating finding the spice blend that's just to your liking. The one I currently use is about 90% there.

Happy – I'm so sorry your foot continues to be a pain for you! I hope giving it rest over the weekend helps it heal. I thought the movie The Wrestler was entertaining. I don't like Mickey Rourke much myself, but he won an award for the role – but was it a role, or was it pretty much him playing the person he became? I didn't bother to see Four Christmases – it got horrible reviews and I haven't tried to catch it on cable. I enjoyed Julia and Julie – Meryl Streep is just great! I definitely want to see It's Complicated w/ Meryl, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin – I like all of them.

Annie – Sounds like you had a good night w/ your family last night. Hope the cabbage brings good luck to you and yours in 2010! Wow, that IN law about no liquor sales on Christmas must be a curse to those non-planners! I hope you get your share of entertaining customers tonight, but nothing too crazy! Glad you have such a short drive home – the less time on the road tonight, the better.

Michelle – Enjoy your long weekend and don't spend all of it cleaning! I agree – it's worth it to take care of our health if it allows us the time down the road to pursue hobbies, dreams, goals, etc.

Hope all the Worldlies have a safe holiday and a happy, healthy, productive, and prosperous 2010!

Cheers!

Laura...we get early release at 1:30 pm today. The director in charge said 2:00 pm but we shamed him into 1:30. He really doesn't care. We all laughed and told him we would skip lunch and leave at 12:30, that didn't fly.

I read in a magazine last night while waiting on mom to get back from dialysis that if you start every day out with a good hug from someone, even if it is a pet, you will automatically have a less of a stress day.

Off to go potty and brush my teeth...almost time to cut out of here.

Yeee haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw!!!!!!!!!