Re: Make tea, not war
 

I'm at Herbie's. I wanted to post in SLIME GREEN but they don't have that on the list. Sugar, I am SO PROUD you protested!!! We don't do that here. You are so cool!!! Like a hippie!!!! Lush was a hippie. And Kiwi. And Bagz. And Wabby. YOU ARE SOOO YOUNG that only now can you protest stuff.

I have looked around and have found no rude notes written to me like the last time I spent the night alone here. I have found evidence that he is planning a cruise. I believe this granddds want one for graduation like the grandds wanted to go to Greece.

I have eaten his ice cream. He has lots of frozen pizzas. What else can I do here? be back later

raid the cupboards,the freezer,the boozatorium {send it to me} and the bathroom cabinets-----put in your trunk and say there was a break in----any royal doultons to sell on ebay????

I want to know, also, why people who only eat food that grew on a farm don't lose weight. It makes no sense. I'm sure that Lush and I exercise at least a little. She walks her dog and I look energetically out the window.

What is everybody doing? It is so strange to be at Herbie's house. I really like this house. The bay is outside. Thre are tall tall trees in a wetland next door. The furniture is comfy. The TV works. blahhhhhh.

Here's what I need to do. Sugar and Bagz will help me. Lush will try to thwart my efforts because she's always been jealous. Wabby is too busy being adorable and Kiwi will only make smart remarks so this is only addressed to Sugar and Bagz:

If I could get back to the size I was when I first got Herbie's real attention, I remember I got other guy's attention too so I need to get there. It is just too lonely being alone.

Now, get up and post.

Peachers, I don't think it's a good thing for you to be hanging out at Herbies. In fact, I don't think it's a good thing for you to have any Herbie contact. I think Herbie is the kind of man who is ego destroying. Just my 2 cents. You won't meet Mr. Right by hanging around Mr. Wrong. I know. Easy for me to say, huh? So you can take it or leave it.

Sorry everyone is doing poorly and sickly. I'm in home improvement mode. I need to get outta this house. And not to go to Home Depot.

20 inches
 

This is why I missed Wabby so much. She is so smart!!!!!!!!! And so right. I agree. Peaches, I wish we had your posts from the old
WLB days so that you could see how much your self confidence has deteriorated. Your relationship with Herbie has not made you stronger. I am sure the way he has behaved was never on your list. You deserve better.

Now, on to diet and exercise. I am doing great. I am not weighing myself until my one month at Curves. I was SHOCKED by the results of their scale. My scale is the cheapest scale in Walmart...a piece of junk. I always figured it was a few pounds off; it is 12 lbs off. Twelve pounds is the difference between being chubby and being a porkbutt.
Does anyone see yourself as you really are in the mirror? To me, I always look the same. Thin or fat...or chubby or porkbutt. I must be honest that I knew that my fat clothes were tight. And my pants should have been an indication but they weren't.
Now they aren't tight anymore. I am using www.fitday.com for my diet...I'm low carb with nothing refined. It is going well.
I don't want to look ridiculous at the pool this summer. It is a great deal of pressure having a pool. I HAVE to be seen in a bathing suit. I guess it is the same with a boat, huh Kiwi?
They have predicted 20 inches of snow for us. I am mad at Bagz and Kiwi because this should be their weather and I wish they would have kept it. I am mad at Peaches and Wabby because it is a meeting of storms from each of their regions that has so inconvenienced my life.
I am not mad at Sugar because she is so sweet. I'm going to go take a nap. bye

I have emailed my reply to Wabby.

After returning from Herb's house, DS discovered he left his text book there. Two more hours driving. I can't bear it.

Peachy! I sent you an e mail but to your address and not the Herbie address. Is that right?

OK, I told a fib. I didn't *really* protest - just in my own little mind. I could have gone to Berlin on a bus at 7:15 in the morning in the freezing rain, but I slept in instead and protested later in my warm kitchen while I was watching CNN. Dubya got no valentine from me.

I'm afraid to weigh myself any more. Did upper body weights tonight out of sheer disgust with my present form. I notice that when I lose weight, the flab starts to hang over the edges of the parts that are still firm. Can you picture it? :o

i officially hate herbie and i will help peachers get back into her poptops.i seen her down't steven king's front yard fence and she was hot.

Re: 20 inches
 

Is that any better than that other place we used to go? It used to mess up my computer like crazy--I can't remember what it was called.

I will gladly take your 20 inches of snow if you will take our 10 below zero temperatures. It's really sunny during the day--you'll love it!

We went to see About Schmidt this afternoon. The theater was freezing!! Other than that, I really enjoyed the movie. We went with the friends who we spent the night with. We had mixed reactions to the movie. One called it a "black comedy". Jack Nicholson was amazing in it.
Kiwi

Never met a calorie I didn't count!
 

Dietwatch? Was that it? Couldn't use it because we have wierd food here. I don't think I have ever actually written down what I eat all day. That would be too scary.

Is Lush stuck in her house with no electricity and a 20 ft wall of snow outside?

I was reading in a news magazine that some guy thinks it was actually the Chinese who first discovered North America long before Columbus. Guess where they supposedly landed?

New Jersey.

That would explain a lot of things.

I'm sure Herbie is a very nice guy deep down inside. He just needs an Attitude Adjustment :dizzy:

Sugar is so sweet.
I'm writing down what I eat....but memory is so unreliable.
Why would Chinese come to NJ? Wouldn't they go see WAbby, first? Then they could come here. We would have a BBQ.
It is still snowing. I would have to SHOVEL my car out if I wanted to drive, which I don't. In all my years in NJ I have never had to shovel my car out.
Kiwi, I don't want any of your weather. But thanks, it was nice of you to offer.
I just wrote to a girl I went to HS with. She married an Hassidic Jew and lives a life right out of a Chiam Potok novel. She lived next door to me all through high school. Her parents are close to my mom. That's how I got her address.
I have nothing decent to make for dinner. I'm stuck in this house and there's no food AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On that note, I think I'll go be productive.
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Hassidic Jews have the cute hair? They keep kosher? I like the hair but not sure about the food. In LA, I had a Jewish friend who fed me mac and cheese with lima beans in it. Bad bad bad.

I am also confused about how the Chinese landed in NJ. Space ships maybe? As Lush said that should have gone to Wabby's house first then visited Upside Down Charlie Brown's Car Lot, got a used Cadillac and driven across.

I have a terrible headache. I had Gagfest for breakfast. Later, I will have fruit. I will walk Duck Hudda Lake. I feel crappy but so what. Last night, I made mac and cheese from scratch because DS wondered if it was something I could actually do. It was very good. About 500 calories per 1/2 cup I guess.

Thank you Bagzie. I saw myself in the mirror when I woke up and sat up in the bed this morning. I slept ina tee shirt and undies and this big, inflated, shinny thing was sticking out in the gap.

I know it's a holiday for some of you (or your dhs) but I have to go to work. I'll leave ds here so you can talk to him if you want.

I tired that food counter thing that Lush told us about. I found it very frustrating because it did not read mymind. Yesterdaymorning I ate a breakfast sandwich at a coffee shop. I had to put in bagle ... egg fried (this was on the second page of eggs behind egg foo yung and egg salad) ... bacon two strips ... thenI didn't know how much mac and cheese I ate. To use this effectively, you need to eat frozen dinners because it has them already in the data base.

i agree---we will take the twenty inches of snow and raise you SIX days of below zero,-40 windchill---the sun is very invigorating---too bad it is shining from just outside this galaxy------IS ANYONE ELSE EVER FREAKED OUT BY THE IDEA THAT WE ARE ALL JUST SPINNING AROUND ON A STINKY BALL IN THE MIDDLE OF BLACKNESS----SOMETIMES IF I THINK ABOUT THIS I HAVE TO SING---"stop the world,i wanna get off"-----plus i am a big FAT cow.

some WONDERFUL news about your big fat guts
 

as people reach middle age, some weight gain — "filling in" — particularly between the belly button and the pubis is normal. "The fat that accumulates above the abdominal muscle wall does not impact significantly on mortality and morbidity," she explained, revealing the titles she has given those added inches: "the menopot," for women; "the manopot," for men. hahahahahahahahah hhs hhs hhs hhs

I know you're probably wondering
 

--- but the Peach really didn't rip my head off. I think she still loves me, even though I don't have a clue.

And this is supposed to make us feel better???? It's also normal for my legs to look like a road map and it's also normal for my upper arms to jiggle and it's also normal for my joints to ache and gravity is also normal. That doesn't make it ok. And what are you hhs hhs hhs'ing about??? Aren't you in the same boat?????

Sorry to send you the moisture to make snow with, Lush, hate to tell you, but there's plenty more coming. The forecast is for morning showers, followed by steady rain. Only in Oregon do we have 100 different types of rain. There's drizzle, showers, cloudbursts, the dreaded driving rain, mist, freezing rain, etc., etc.

Kosher?? the only experience I have is w/ the hot dogs at Costco. I'm kinda an expert on those.

I wanna see About Schmidt too, Kiwi, but it's not playing at our local theater. I would have to travel outside my immediate circle of comfort, like into Portland instead of my little suburban burg. Do I need to see it in a theater or shall I wait for video? Last time we went to the theater I swear there was ice under the floor. I had to sit in on my feet in my chair to keep from freezing.

I have 2 1/2 days to get my books ready for the accountant to do my corporate taxes. If I can't get it together by then, the secret will be out that I'm a disorganized schlump.