well once the spare 'donut' tire was put on, I just drove to our local tire people and bought 3 new tires took an hour, so I left for Goodwill almost 3 hours later than I wanted. No real biggie.

I was disappointed though that I had to buy jeans in size 12 instead of 10 that I was hoping for. It's so weird though, I can fit into a size 8 (though they are tight) of 1 brand and a 10 of something else is fine. I just have to bite it for now, I am working hard and I will get a little smaller ( I hope )

no real killer buys, but just okay.

I didn't share this before, because we were focused on getting Tammy through her son's deployment day BUT we found out early Monday morning, that an Ohio biker friend of ours was killed on his motorcycle on Sunday afternoon. His service was tonight. I investigated flights but they were too pricey for us His name was Mike, and he was a sweet, sweet kind man. You met him for the first time, and you felt you were friends for years. And generous. When he learned that my DH lost his job, he offered for us to LIVE with them as long as needed, if we wanted to job search in Ohio.

He was T-boned by an 89 year old lady coming out of her driveway. He died on impact.

This is the first evening we met, at Myrtle Beach bike week.

Tammy hope you got some much needed rest - you probably really needed it as I am sure you are very drained at this point- Wow about the bus wreck but glad to hear all is ok and that they can laugh and joke about it right now

Holly so sorry to hear about your friend, that is awful sorry you couldn't make it to the service but he knows you are thinking of him and sending your thoughts and prayers to him and his family
can't believe you got a flat tire just when you had an agenda and a plan set up and you know what why learn how to change the tire when you have AAA to do it for you Well I bet you will get alot done at home now that you are off for a few weeks but I bet you are anxious to get to your FUN JOB as well 4mph is GREAT you should be proud that you can do that and I bet you will lose more than a couple of pounds being home because you know what you have in your house for food and all

Well we will not be going on Flood Run even though we really want to I do think that DH should be around for the debut of DS's car man it looks awesome I will get some pics posted on facebook as well

Colleen hope all is going good for you

Well girls haven't posted my weight loss the last couple of weeks but I have lost about 1 to 1.5 pounds per week but I have been having more to eat and not carefully watching everything so come Monday I will again get myself back on track so that I can start losing my 2+ pounds a week again hopefully

Well girls I have been back on early morning shifts and next week I will be in NE for work from Tuesday through Friday but going to take laptop so I can still check in with all my down time that I will have or will hopefully have???

Have a great night

I am going to try to post a picture of the car on here but sometimes I can't get them so here goes - again back in the day this is exactly what DH's race car looked like as far as paint and color

that will be so kewl, Reda! sorry that it means you'll miss the Flood Run but it will be awesome to see how your DH responds

We woke up to WHITE here yesterday then it rained, was pretty miserable, and the snow is coming down now. ugh! Where is our 80 degrees we had 3 weeks ago???

going to a party today/tonight, lots of our biking friends, some are traveling from CT, MA, NH, and even hopefully some Ohioans. I think I'm going to dress up in my sexy maid costume and greet them at the door it was one of the outfits I brought to Chillicothe but never even got to wear. And then change into something different. We're spending the night because of the drinking you know

OH and I was a big fat liar for thinking I was walking at 4 MPH!! I walked 3.2 miles in almost an hour (55 minutes) so that's alot slower. oh well.

Well hope everyone has a great day This is my first Saturday off since...forever!

Holly have lots of fun tonight at your party- isn't it great when you get to meet up with all your biker friends- that really sucks about waking up to the white stuff then rain Costume sounds great and noone would expect anything less of you

yes going to be very exciting tonight - can't wait
We are calling it the throwback weekend (stole it from Pepsi) new car with an old look

Hey and let me tell you even 3.2 is good so keep it up

Well off to the grocery store then we are going to river cabin to get the deck done today we are suppose to hit upper 60's- whoo hooo

Hi Tammy and Colleen

Hey Ladies,

Holly, I am sorry you woke up to the white stuff this AM. It has been known to snow here in April. I cannot remember it doing in in the past 20 years, but it has been done before. I am sorry about the tire too. DH took mine out and had a new one put on today too. It was low and he took it to be fixed, it had been plugged FIVE times and had a knot.... time for a new one.
I bet you are smoking in the maid costume.
I am very sorry for your friend. I know it does not make things better, but he died doing what he loved.

CC, that is awesome about the car! I bet your DH will love it. I hate you did not get to go to the flood run.

Colleen, how are you?

I am finally feeling human. I have to say it was much harder than I ever thought it would be. There are pic on facebook, if you want to see. He had his combat helmet face mask painted like a razorback and it is awesome looking! There are pic on fb of the bus too, lol. Also, he took no mercy on me, he took a pic from the bus of me and his gf bawling. It is funny now (the site of us), I am holding a tissue wiping off the snot and a little American Flag..... but it was not funny then.
I drove his truck home and parked it in the yard. It is still hard seeing it, knowing he is not coming home for awhile. There are ladies from the FRG (family readiness group) that have reached out. I found out a lot that I did not know. There were 60 soldiers deployed, but only 20 other soldiers with my son will stay together through the whole mission. They were all hand picked and my son is the "baby" of the bunch. Most of the men have been through numerous deployments, some through "hostile" situations. This is not considered hostile. Their motto is "making lives better". The whole purpose of them being there is to help the people of Kosovo get back to their homeland. They are the air ambulance for the enemy as well. It does not matter who needs them, they have to help. This also means they will not have a weapon on their helicopter. They will have other helicopters protecting them, but they cannot fire.
Enough about that...... sorry if I bored you.

I am going to "shoo the pig" out of the house. Lol. I have not cleaned house in a couple days.

Tammy glad to hear that you do have a support group around and that he will not be in a hostile situation ...... Seen pics on facebook Facebook has been an awesome website because we have a couple of friends that just came home after a 18 months and that is how we all kept in touch so you will be able to keep in touch which is great..... Hope you got some house cleaning done that you needed to - I guess I get to join the crowd of needed to clean house

Well DH was surprised last night and guess what DS WON again
he is doing such a super great job this year so far but it just means my weekends are taken up with racing as he is going to race Saturday and Sunday night- here is a pic of DS and DH after win



Well better get going have to get pictures downloaded to facebook then also I video each race and download to yourtube and post link on facebook
to much stuff to do and not enough time

good afternoon chicks!

Tammy I saw the pics on FB, very emotional, and I wrote what handsome boys His gf is tiny! I am so glad there is a support group for you Must be so hard. But what a noble thing to help the people of Kosovo. I liked hearing about what he will be doing, do not ever think that is 'boring' to us! May he have a protective halo around him and his company!

LOL @ 'shooing the pig' out, I had never heard of that expression One of my Ohio friends is originally from deep hills of Kentucky, I guess it's called a 'holler'? not even a town or hamlet or village, a 'holler'. Love her accent too.

Reda, so glad DH was psyched about the car! and congrats to K. for winning again! You do alot of work for your family, the racing, and so successful.

Hi Colleen!

Our freind's party was great, unfortunately the Ohio people couldn't make it but we had drinks enough for them, lol. There were so many people, all bedrooms had air mattresses on the floor too, and I don't know but do all bikers snore, both men and women One girl in my room , she sounded either like a soft boiling teakettle or a respirator, kinda like Darth Vadar I did decide to do the maid's costume and it was fun, then later changed my boots for diff shoes for comfort, and took off the apron/head lacy thing, and had a tie-front top, so not too many costume changes, LOL.

My DH found 2 nice pics of our departed friend Mike, and printed them on nice paper, and framed them, and we had them on the table, so he was part of the party too. We found out that one of our peeps in CT called a florist and arranged to have a tree as a gift to the widow, with all our names , instead of flowers. The company come and plant the tree so the recipient doesn't have to do anything. I think that was so nice, because it's a living thing instead of flowers which looks lovely but don't last.

But boy, just one night of beer drinking, jello shots, going to bed late, and then fitful sleep, and ugh I was moving slowly this morning. How did we do this often when we were young We got home around noon, I had some toast, then dropped to sleep on our own wonderful comfortable bed. Slept for almost 3 hours and feel better now

well I've blabbed enough at you for now. I did work out yesterday (30 day shred) cause I knew I wouldnt be doing anything today! back to regular routine tomorrow.

take care girls

good morning chicks It's barely 50 here, and overcast, I wish there was some blue sky!! would motivate me to do outdoor stuff. I'm trying to keep things quiet in here because older DS is having to fill in for someone and is working nights, so he comes home at 8:30 am and tries to sleep...I got the vacuuming and working out done before he got home this morning, but now I don't want to rattle anything or make noise to disturb him. Of course if it was WARM and or sunny I'd go out for a ride!

There is a linen closet that needs re-org, I should do that, and it would be quiet. But my lack of motor-vation is the problem. Hopefully I'll do something soon.

Hope everyone is doing good. Talk atcha's later

Reda, Awesome job on DS winning. I know this will tie up your Saturday nights, but doesn't it make you so proud! I am glad DH liked it. Did you get a pic of his expression?

Thank you all for all the kind comments.

Holly, my DS has always been inclined to the tiny girls.... like size 0... I guess I scared him away from a "real" size woman. Lol. DS#2 tends to go with the chunky girls, which truly shows his personality. He is very laid back person.
I am glad your departed friend was able to party with you all! Lol. I am not sure at age 36 if I could hang with you guys. I am a party pooper. ..... in bed by 9pm 7 days a week. I have no life.

Colleen, we need our comedian.

Speaking of a comedian, when DH was teaching his class last week for law enforcement hopefuls, a guy asked him to be an opening act for his bluegrass gospel.... okay DH has been in law enforcement for 20 years, lets just say his language is VERY colorful and leave it at that. DH told the guy, trust me, you DO NOT want me to "open" for your gospel act. Lol.

Well, my diet has been HORRIBLE the past few days since DS left. I gained about 8 pounds (I guess oreos for breakfast was not a wise choice). So, I am back at it hard today. I am trying to do a "clean eating" program.... we will see. Right now..... I just want to EAT!

Tammy

It's been very busy for me! I haven't forgot you! Really! It's not that I've been so busy carefully planning my meals, or exercising like crazy...I've literally been gone!

Last week I had a meeting in Wisconsin Dells for a couple of days. That was fun. And who doesn't love a day away from the office?!

DH and I have been really running on weekends! Last week it was landscaping. This week it was more landscaping and travel, going for 2 trees, plants and finishing up a flower bed.

But that wasn't it. We also got our living room furniture (which was way too heavy) from Madison (75 miles away). We bribed a friend with supper for his help! Before he made it over we had struck a deal with the buff young neighbor guy to move furniture out of the living room to the basement, and the new stuff in.

The next day (yesterday) DH and I got up early again, and headed North 75 miles to get my dream aquarium! It is 200 gallons!!! 6 feet long, with a bow front. That was an all day process getting it down, moved, and then back up while DH mowed lawn. Not done yet... then DD and I went BACK to Madison to return a pressure washer that didn't work, and to pick up more kitchen remodel stuff for her (countertops and plywood).

I was happy to be at work to catch my breath but it's been busy at work too so really there has been little reprieve.

Today is my Momma's birthday, so should really take her for supper or something...not yet sure what to do. Guess I sure didn't plan ahead on that did I?!! Still need to deliver the stuff to DD to get the truck unloaded.

Our house is a disaster! It would be good to plan on getting it cleaned up tonight but just not thinking it's gonna happen.

Tomorrow more goodies go to the March of Dimes sale. Still collecting.

Wouldn't it be nice if I had something encouraging to say about weightloss being it's supposed to be the subject of thr forum?! I've just lost any momentum I had and never got it back. I still love chatting with you gals though. You are such an inspiration, it should be easy. Some day...

Hope you are all having a good start to the week.

Colleen! OMgosh, you have been BUSY! congrats on the new furniture, and the aquarium! wow!

Tammy, let me assure you that I can not party like that more than once every 4 months or so

Today I did Gilad's Step and Tone, and then a 2 mile walk this afternoon.

I was sooo close to getting on the bike today!! it was cloudy and 50 all day, then the sun started to come out, so I quickly got the mail together, put some makeup on, and by that time, the sun went away and it was 10 degrees cooler Hopefully tomorrow!

Hi Reda hey, a couple days ago when you posted that you had to go to NE, I was all excited for two seconds, thinking it was New England duh to me!

to you girls- I will be making this one short as I am super tired and ready to go to bed but wanted to drop in for a quick HI!!!

Wow and when I thought I was a busy person Colleen you are SUPER BUSY
I don't think I could keep up with you at all...... Happy Birthday to you Mom

Holly great job on staying on top of your exercise routine
I wish it was New England but nope the flat boring state of Nebraska

Tammy you know what you have been through some trying times this last week so a gain would only be expected but you are right back on track and those extra pounds will be gone ASAP

Have Great Tuesday

Colleen, you have been super busy. I am glad you finally got the fish aquarium you wanted. It is a stress relief for you? I have heard it can be. And a happy belated Bday to your mom. Girl, you will get your motivation back. ..... just hang in there. Don't ever give up b/c if I would have given up on my last try, I would not have lost this much. I have kept 65 of it off for over a year (I am not in the clear yet), but I have never kept weight off for this long before. Don't quit! And, I cannot speak for everyone, but I consider us friends not just WL people. We just happen to have "met" on a WL site.

Holly, I didn't mean you partied often. I just meant I am an old fuddy duddy. I bet I am in bed before you get off work. I lead a boring life. When we bike or whatever we are still home and in bed early. Of course, DH thinks we should beat the chickens up. Me, not so much.

I think (knock on wood) I am going to ride to work tomorrow. No bootcamp, pretty day....gonna give it a go.

CC, thanks for the encouragement! You know, I had to have a talk with myself. Gaining all my weight back would not make him not go out of the country. So, I am back to it.

Oh, btw, he posted another pic on my FB. Yep, that is him with his feet dangling out of the helicopter. I told him if he wanted to do that we could have saved the government a lot of $: we could have put him on the roof or on the toilet..... gave him a string and a GI Joe doll and let him drop it. If it made it past Jake eating it...... it would be a sucessful mission. He told me I needed mental help. Lol.

Well, I am going to get busy. I have to get the pigletts out that I missed when I got the pig shooed out the other day.

Tammy

Good evening chicks! Tammy, I know you didn't mean that I party like that alot I actually wonder about myself, that when I'm around others my age or older, they are still going strong much later than I..how the heck can they do it! And I also KNOW that you are going right back on track, you probably already are. How GREAT that you've kept 65 pounds off for over a year! sounds like it is off to stay

I will have to check out that pic on fb!

I sure hope you can ride to work tomorrow. Today was my first day on the bike in over a week! I was also kinda antsy, thinking of our friend who was killed. I ordinarily think that I am pretty cautious but today I was extremely cautious. And when a woman behind me would not back off enough when we were slowing down for utility work, I turned around and gave her the Stink Eye and impatiently made waving-back motions. I just didn't want her to rear-end me! But 90 miles later I was safe at home, but I did get caught in an unexpected quick shower, my first of the year.

Okay. Why is it that, when both DH and I work, and he makes dinner, I do the dishes....when I made dinner, I do the dishes...??? I don't like to leave them overnight, but he says 'he'll do them in the morning'. Small complaint, but I gotta complain about something

have a good evening Tammy, Reda, and Colleen!