OK Chelle....I want you to journal EVERYTHING you put into your mouth....something is not adding up even if the exercising has fallen off a bit. Don't lose sight of your goal.....come on sista....let's really work on this. OK!?

Hey everyone, how's it going? TGIF! It's gorgeous out today - really clear and sunny, and low humidity. Office closes a bit early today, and it's payday! Gotta love it.

Michelle - Gosh, sounds like a very busy day today! LOL about fitting in the time mgt course. Good for the no gain this week.

Ceejay - Is the MRI that tube thing? Hate that - had to do that a couple times. Makes me claustrophobic! And it's so loud, and usually cold, and keeping still is so hard... Hope the results are good for you.

Shad - Sounds like ds won't stay unemployed for long.

Mel - Hope the ups are more frequent than the downs. With all the "no's" in your life right now, it also sounds like "no fun". Boo. Hope the 3-day weekend is a restful and restorative one for you.

Annie - Sorry about the migraine. I hope it clears out and you can enjoy your weekend.

Hello to Happy!!

Not much to report. I did two BE shows last night, so that was good - my exercise log showed that last Thurs had been the last time I did formal exercise. No more of that. If my evenings get busy, I need to do some type of exercise in the morning before work. The peonies are in full bloom, so I cut some for vases. Love the scent.

No big plans this weekend, thank goodness. Hope to do some cycling, gardening, grilling at least.

Everyone have a great holiday and/or weekend!

Morning all from a wet and soggy Queensland. Some years ago we were praying for rain anytime of the year, now we just want a regular winter back. Blue skies, no cloud, light breeze. Geez man give us a break just for a while.
I'm off to do some shopping shortly. Better beat the old folks and the mums, dad, kids yelling syndrome. Beats me why they bother taking the kids shopping for groceries but their you go, they do and in their droves.

Saturday at last. time to get into the housework and fill up the freezer for the week ahead again. It's nice to come home and just pull a couple of meals out of the freezer - specially since it is pitch black when I get home these nights.

So you are having a holiday weekend over there. Well have a nice one - and spare a thought for those serving, have served or are about to serve - as in Annies case. Bless all the BB and BG's who think enough of their countries to go out and serve the (somewhat misguided) policies of the day.

I won't do personals right now. Just wanted to get this posted so I can shower and go shopping. I'll be back.

HAPPY SATURDAY EVERYONE

GOOD MORNING FRIENDS. DARK AS HADES OUTSIDE AND STORMS ARE COMING OUR WAY. MUCH COOLER AND I FEEL FINE. HAD 2VERY BAD NIGHTS SLEEPING BUT LAST NIGHT MADE UP FOR IT. I WILL NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PILL THAT I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FOR AS LONG AS I LIVE. IT'S TAKEN ME A WEEK TO GET BACK TO FEELING NORMAL AND IT PUT THE FEAR OF GOD IN ME FOR SURE. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT MY EYES FEEL SOOOO MUCH BETTER AND JEN IS DOING OK NOW TOO. I THINK SHE IS OVER THE WORST OF IT NOW AND THEY LEFT YESTERDAY. SHE REALLY GOT HIT HARD THIS TIME. I THINK RICHIE WAS PANICKING WITH BOTH OF US DOWN AT THE SAME TIME
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THESE THREE DAYS OF NO OFFICE!
HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND AND I AM GOING BACK TO SEE WHAT YOU GALS HAVE BEEN UP TO. ENJOY

I SPY ANNIE IN DISGUISE FOR CVS. CUTE ANNIE!! I NEEDED A GOOD LAUGH THIS MORNING! THANKS. I HOPE THE MIGRAINE FINDS A NEW HOME IN SOMEONE ELSE!! I CAN SUPPLY A LIST OF NAMES FOR YOU! I THINK YOU COULD USE A GOOD REST AND HOPE YOU CAN GET SOME TIME OFF WHEN THE DS COMES HOME.


MICHELLE~ SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THE WW SCALE BUT NOT GAINING MUST MAKE YOU FEEL PROUD TOO!! I'VE BEEN KEEPING A FOOD JOURNAL SINCE FEBRUARY AND WAS SURPRISED WHAT WAS SNEAKING IN THAT BIG HOLE I CALL A MOUTH HAPPY WEEKEND WITH DH & MIL!!


CEEJAY....HOPE EVERYTHING WORKS OUT FOR YOU AND THE TEST. I WILL THINK GOOD THOUGHTS FOR YOU AND THE HAND/ARM


LAURA...CYCLING, GARDENING & GRILLING SOUND LIKE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!! I HAVE SOME HOT DOGS YOU CAN TOSS ON THE GRILL FOR ME!!! I NEED TO EXERCISE THIS WEEK TOO. BEEN A SLACKER IN THAT DEPARTMENT!


HAPPY~ SENDING GET WELL THOUGHTS YOUR WAY I HOPE YOU'RE FEELING BETTER WITH THE LONG WEEKEND TO REST & RECOVER. WISH I HAD A COUGH SYRUP THAT TASTED LIKE GIN!!!


SHAD....WHAT GREAT NEWS ABOUT DS2!! I AM JUMPING FOR JOY
IT'S SO NICE TO HEAR THAT SOMEONE GET'S RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR ABILITIES AND EFFORTS. YOU MUST BE A PROUD MAMA TODAY!! YAY FOR DS!! I HOPE YOUR WEATHER IMPROVES. OURS IS NUTS TOO. I'LL SEND SOME LOWER TEMPS, CLEAR SKIES, BREEZES AND SUN YOUR WAY AS SOON AS WE GET SOME HERE!!

I THINK I AM ALL CAUGHT UP WITH YOU GALS NOW. MAYBE WE NEED AN EXERCISE CHALLENGE FOR NEXT WEEK...GET OUR BUTTS MOVING OR JUNE

I AGREE WITH ANNIE & SHAD. LET US NOT FORGET THE TRUE MEANING OF THIS HOLIDAY AND THE BOYS AND GIRLS "OUT THERE" PROTECTING ALL THE WORLD AS WE SLEEP.....I STILL WISH WE COULD PUT BOXING GLOVES ON OUR PRESIDENTS AND SEND THEM OUT THERE TO DO THE DIRTY WORK THEMSELVES!!!

Hi yah all,

The start to summer and a 3 day weekend and I feel like crud. Got about 10 hours of sleep and I feel like I only slept for 4 of them. We have alot we need to get done and take care of at least today and tomorrow and I feel like a rag. Will keep up as best as I can.

So Shad - are you saying you are innundated with rain and your rain barrel is overflowing? Seems like no happy medium with the weather. I had to think a minute about your comment of coming home in the dark - Then I remembered that it's winter by you and gets dark early. I knew you weren't putting in your standard long long day.

Mel - what's this about a pill? Did I miss something? You took something that your body really hated? Hope you are back on the mend. Thanks for the good healing thoughts.

Michelle - sorry about the weigh in but I found when life gets frantic, the body holds on to everything - sugar, salt, stress. Hopefully you can get a long weekend and relaxing in and the scale will follow. Get that fishing pole out woman!

Laura - cycling sounds great. Hope you have nice weather to enjoy it!

Annie - hope the migraine eased up. I think you've exceeded your allotment of feel cruddy - it's time for Annie to shine again. Hope you get a good convo with the son.

Ceejay - yuck on the MRI. Can't do the tube thing Hope there's nothing wrong with you.

Maybe I'll feel better after I shower. We really NEED to finalize our choices for the bath so DH can finish that up.

Hope you all have a good weekend chicks - will check back later.

Hi everyone. Just a quick post. Last night was a quiet one. This morning I had a hair appointment that I might've forgotten if they hadn't called a couple days ago to confirm. I wasn't thrilled about spending part of my long weekend in the salon, but I got in and out in 90 min, so that's good.

I potted my impatiens and a couple accent plants in 2 hanging containers for the double shepherd's hook by the patio, and also in a small oblong pot that fits on the sill outside one of the kitchen windows. Also brought out a couple pots of stuff I overwintered indoors. The geranium (I kept it because I like the color) looks very frail and pathetic - hope it can come back w/ vigor.

I just read through the user manual for the tiller. All the maintenance on this type of equipment - ugh. I hate to remain clueless and leave it all for bf, but he already does all that stuff for the mower, snowblower, string trimmer, leaf blower, edger, etc, that he may as well do it all. Although I think I need to hound him more about putting this stuff to bed properly at season's end. He left gas in the leaf blower and now it's not running well. Now I know why some people have a service do just about everything... good thing bf is mechanically minded.

Okay, I want to clean up a bit, get some lunch, and afterwards have bf give me a demo w/ tiller. Probably should buy some compost and work it in when we till the veggie patch so the soil gets some enrichment.

Not so quick of a post after all, but I'm off! Will be back sometime this weekend for personals.

Happy
Hope you feel better soon. Not good that summer is starting and your are sick.
The MRI is a precautionary measure to see if anything unforseen is causing my hearing loss. I sure do not want to be back in that little tube for 45 minutes with my head strapped down.

I'll be back later. I have a lot on my plate today as far as cleaning goes. The landlord will be here Tuesday morning to lay the new flooring and I have to move all the small stuff off the kitchen,bathroom and hallway floors. I'm also doing laundry.

Arrrrggghhhh will some one come and take the sand paper out of my throat. Only thing stopping me from sinking into a morass of self pity is honey. Good ol' Manuka Active honey. Stops the sandpaper effect for at least 40 seconds.

Staff have also got the flu or whatever again. So thankfully they are not here.

I'll be back, provided I live long enough. Do I start to sound like a man here?

GOOD MORNING & HOPE YOU ARE ALL HAVING A GREAT WEEKEND

IT'S ALL SUN AND CLEAR SKIES THIS MORNING. WINDOWS OPEN TO THE COOLER MORNING BREEZE. SOUNDS MORE LIKE SHAD'S WEATHER THAN MINE. WILL SEND IT OVER TO OZ ASAP!! NOTHING IS NEW HERE. QUIETNESS REIGNS. ALL IS WELL IN MY CORNER OF THE WORLD.


HAPPY....SENDING MORE GET WELL HUGS THIS IS NO WAY TO SPEND A HOLIDAY. THE PILL I TOOK AT THE HOSP FOR THE BP JUST ABOUT DID ME IN. IN THE END I FELT BAD ALL WEEK. SIGH. I SHOULD KNOW BETTER. BUT LESSON LEARNED. SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION. I THOUGHT I HAD PUT THAT HERE BEEN A TOUGH WEEK EVEN TRYING TO THINK STRAIGHT


LAURA....WHEN I READ YOUR POST I WAS REMINDED OF THE MARTHA STEWART MAGAZINE'S. SHE ALWAYS HAD CALENDARS INSIDE THAT TOLD WHEN TO GET ALL THE EQUIPTMENT READY FOR TILLING ETC. YOUR FLOWERS AND POTS SOUND SO NICE. I WILL BE ROOTING FOR THE GERANIUMS!


CEEJAY....GOOD LUCK WITH THE MRI RESULTS AND THE LANDLORD WITH THE NEW FLOORING. SOUNDS LIKE A BUSY WEEK COMING UP.


SHAD.... SENDING YOU GET WELL THOUGHTS. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? SORE THROAT!! STAY AWAY FROM THE FLU CARRYING PEEPS TOO!! TELL THEM TO STAY HOME OR WEAR A MASK!!! FEEL BETTER SOON.

I GET NEWS LETTERS FROM P.ALLEN SMITH. HE HAS A GARDENING SHOW ON A PBS CABLE CHANNEL. THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE HIS TEA LINKS.



HOW TO GROW A TEACUP HERB GARDEN IN 6" TEACUPS BOUGHT AT A CRAFT STORE:

http://www.pallensmith.com/articles/...b-garden?mnt=6




HOW TO MAKE ORANGE-MINT ICED TEA:

http://www.pallensmith.com/food-and-...cipe=297&mnt=6

Mel
I used to watch PAllenSmith. Don't know why but have gotten away from him. Hape the quiet still reigns.

I'm hoping that the quiet reigns today in my area also. I'm working today and tomorrow. We never close.

Enjoy the week end.

Morning all - back to work Monday

Feeling somewhat better this morning thanks to large doses of the most revolting tasting decongestant and Manuka Active honey. The sandpaper effect has abated but the cough is pretty bad. I will live.

Happy, hope you are feeling better now too and have taken the weekend to relax and nap and unwind. Hope DH got the bath sorted and is back into the swing of it.

Mel - good to hear you are coming back to the land of the living. Hope those BP tablets will help but only if you take minute amounts by the sound of it.
Nice weather makes you feel a lot better too. Yesterday was much nicer over our way and I did manage to get the house cleaned, but nothing done in the garden.
That orange mint tea sounds good right about now.

Ceejay - the joys of shift work. Hope the quiet keeps up for you.

DS2 has rented the house. They move in on Friday. So he will be busy this week clearing out all his stuff and getting the place mowed and cleaned. The brickie should be there today to build his wall. Should have been doing it over the weekend but he went to a house warming party on Saturday and didn't get in till late last night. Some party.

Okay - well a lot to achieve today and I will need to get it done asap as we start training in the middle of next month (June is only 1 day away folks) so I guess I had better get on with the job. Actually it would be nicer to find a spot in the sun and sleep, but there ya go.

See ya

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY CHICKS

ANOTHER LOVELY DAY FOR THE A/C!!! GUESS I WILL STAY INDOORS TODAY. STILL CALM HERE. SOME ALARMS BUT NOTHING SERIOUS. COPS ASKED FOR A BIGGER SIGN. THEY JUST CAN'T "FIND" ME WITH THE NEW SCROLLING DOORBELL SYSTEM. IT'S ALREADY PRINTED AND HUNG. HOPEFULLY IT'S SIMPLE ENOUGH!!
JUST RESTING TODAY. NOTHING EXCITING.
HAVE A GREAT DAY!


CEEJAY....HOPE IT REMAINS QUIET FOR YOU TOO. GUESS WATER IS A 24/7 JOB. HOW ARE THE UNCLES AND AUNT?? HOPE THEY ARE WELL.


SHAD....SO HAPPY TO HEAR THE HOUSE IS RENTED AND HOPE HE GETS THE STUFF OUT IN TIME. GUESS A PARTY IS MORE IMPORTANT HAPPY TUESDAY TO YA!! I THOUGHT WE SENT YOU OUR HOLIDAY SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORK MONDAY!!!! I'LL SAVE YOU A SPOT IN THE SUN!! BRING THE HAMMOCK!!