Hey all! Glad to hear from you, and glad to be back. Chachee, congrats on closing. I hope you feel better soon so you can get settled in and enjoy your new home. Hippee, glad you lost the wine weight. Tracy, that is so cool you are taking classes. YOu are awesome, and can do ANYTHING! What is your afternoon job? Raven, how are you holding up? I am sorry to hear about the loss in your family. How tragic for everyone. I am glad the horses are doing better, and you are enjoying your time with them. As for the boyfriend, :p. Everyone knows horses are better. :D

This weekend was crazy. My dad ended up with cellulitis last week, and calls me needing a ride to his doctor the morning I am leaving for the show. They admit him, as his foot is Oogie to say the least. So I leave him there, and feel guilty about it. The horse show was fun, but very busy. My horse behaved, but did not win anything. Then, I go to get my dogs last night, and have to shave my poor boy's coat off, as his breeder has burrs. LOts of burrs. On the positive side, the guy I was talking too did not make it to the show, and I was figuring I wouldn't hear from him again, but he emailed. We shall see.

Well, I had better get back to work. Take care everyone, and I will talk more tomorrow.

Hi Jolly, glad you had a good time! Hope your dad is doing well.

Raven I like to walk outside if it's nice weather. I like to go early, right after I get Jordan off to school. If I wait until later in the day I never get around to doing it. I have done the WATP tapes. Actually I went yesterday to buy them but the only dvd that they had was the advanced. I will look elsewhere until I find them. They are doable and that's what I need. Something that I can do.

Oh Jolly! I totally agree that horses or about anything else are better than men!! I have a friend that always so depressed because she didn't have a man in her life. Now she is married and grumbles under her breath because he's such a jackass about some things! I tried to tell her after the honeymoon he would be a normal typical man!!!

Have a great day!

Good morning all. Thanks, hippee. I would like a man in my life, but not if it involved giving up what I do now. I would hope I could train my guy better than that :lol: Hey, it worked for a friend of mine. Her then fiance said no pets. She told him she had her cat longer than she had him, so if it came down to it, the guy would lose. She trained him to the point where she raises and shows GSD, also shows for other people, and he renovated a veal barn into a boarding kennel for her. She's my hero.

I hope all is well with everyone else. I need to get back on track with food and exercise. I am just so tired, and busy running around with work, life, and my dad. So I eat. Not good, not healthy, not productive. But I do it anyway.

I will check in later, and hope to see more of you. Have a great day everyone.

G'morning Ladies! :)

Well last night I spent quality time with the BF - it was his birthday, after all. We're actually celebrating it this weekend, but I figured the least I could do on the actual day was stay home and make him feel like he counted. I think he felt bad about making a stink about the horses, because he was super nice to me, too.

Jolly - I can so relate to not eating right, not working out, not having time, not being in the right headspace right now. I'm fighting it daily. Yesterday I tried a new dish - Chicken Marsala. It didn't turn out quite right because I added the thyme too soon and it burned in the oil. I'll try it again later and do it RIGHT next time. Thank goodness it was still edible. But because it was BFs b-day, I also got a cherry/cheesecake pie. *blink* And it was REALLY good, too. :o I also had two big glasses of wine. But boy did I sleep well!! *sigh* I hope your Dad is going to be ok, I know you've been having some issues there, too. *hug* Hang in there, girl. Let us know if "the guy" follows through. :)

Sharla - Have you checked online for the WATP tapes? I got the DVDs very cheap online - at half.com, I believe. I know what you mean about working out first thing or not getting it done at all, that's the same way I am. I just need to start really pushing myself to get up early enough to do it again. It doesn't help when I stay up too late every night because I am either at the stable, then trying to rush home to cook dinner, or I'm trying to spend quality time with the BF, and end up not going to bed till 11 or later. That doesn't sound too bad, but then I have to get up at the latest at 5:30 just to do my morning stuff and get to work on time. If I want to work out, I have to get up at around 4:30. *sigh* I need more hours!!!

Chacheeeeeeeeee :bubbles: - I got the pics of the puppies, they are adorable!!! I know you're busy, girl - I'm looking forward to seeing you and the babies, too!

Ok .. Boss is calling, gotta run! Will check back later. Hope everyone is having a good day!

Hey all. I really need a kick start here. I am so tired and achy, and distracted because of my dad. Raven, don't get me wrong, I love my dad to pieces. I just feel he has been making some really bad choices, that are harming him, and also affecting me.

Chachee, don't leave the rest of us out of the loop:nono: Puppies? Babies? Is there something you aren't telling us? Did you get two beagley beagles???? I hope you are feeling better, and the moving/settling in process is going well.

Take care all, and talk later.

Babies??? Not me!!!!
 

Hello Ladies!

Okay, what Raven was referring to was the fact that not only am I getting my first choice of puppies, the breeder offered us our second choice almost 1/2 off. We decided to get both of them at this time since we were going to purchase another dog in the future anyway. The female will be named Peanut and the little male will be Buster. Those are my babies....not the human kind. I'd be asking for a refund on my hubby's vasectomy if that was the case.

That actually brings me to this next thing. I had my "annual" today and am 30 pounds down from last year. My doc was happy and gave me my referral to the plastic surgeon for the breast reduction surgery I want to have. I am so excited about that. I have my consultation in January so that gives me almost four months to lose a good chunk of weight. I hope to lose 50 pounds by then. I have a doc appointment on Friday for my sciatica, so that will help with the muscles, I hope.

Now I am going to try to catch up on individual posts:

Hippy: I'd love to see that Santa lap dance! I think it might work if you had on a nice little Mrs. Santa outfit! I've been spoiled that since I was in elementary school we've always had dishwashers and every place I've lived since then has had one. How is the walking going? Congrats on the loss so far!

Tracy: How is the job going? Did you get over your nerves?? The house is wonderful, even though things are not settle totally. I love the thought that the house is mine and I can do anything I want to it. It's such a great feeling. I spent today trying to finish things up in my son's room. I pulled out two boxes of clothes that didn't fit him or won't by next summer and put them in my garage sale pile. Priced them and they are ready to sell. We are shooting for this weekend for the sale. Last garage sale I had I made over $1000. Kids clothes and toys sell so well!!

Jolly: Sorry to hear about your dad. I imagine that is probably a real painful condition. I know what you mean about making bad choices. Fortunately, my dad made all those bad decisions about twenty years ago and my mom stuck with him. He got all that out of his system and is mellow now. He's a smartalec, but still mellow. I hope I cleared up the baby situation! heehee. Thanks for all your well wishes with me getting over the cold and settling in. I think things are going well with the house and I will eventually be all settled. I give myself another week. I can't stand boxes and hope to get rid of everything soon!

Raven: How is your BF doing with his "me time" problem? I know he just needs to stand around and wait for the new horsey feeling to wear off a little. But hey, animals are loyal, men aren't always.... I'm glad you spent some good "quality" time with him. He probably needed it. I bet you did sleep well with two glasses of wine. That would make me sleep real well. I'm glad you got the pictures of the babies! :lol: You almost started a good rumor on here. Just kidding!

Well, back to work for me. HOpe everyone has a good night. Home computer is still down, so no posts for me on the weekend.

Chach

Man.....What a day! I try to help a friend and get myself into real trouble with her hubby. He is such a ***hole. They have a new baby so she isn't working right now and he's having a cow because I asked her to walk with me everyday, she's trying to lose weight too. He said he isn't going to support her so she can have a hangoutfest with me everyday. Anyway...he called me trying to explain what he meant...well...WRONG ANSWER!!!!! I let hin know real quick that it isn't any of his business how I live my life, he doesn't like the fact that I don't work. I told him it isn't any of his bleep bleep business if I work or not. He said I was planning with Missy how she could keep from going back to work..PLEASE!!!! I'm 37 years old and have better things to do than play stupid games. Okay, sorry girls, he just ticked me off! He called me before my hubby went to work and he was cracking up because I was chewing his *** up one side and down the other! He was saying, you go baby! Don't let him talk to you like that!!!!!!

Jolly.......are you sure you want a man?????????? I sure hope you find a good one!

Raven...I admire your willpower to workout. You amaze me on how you fit it in with everything else that you do!!!

Chachee...I am way too fat right now to be giving lap dances but you can bet if I reach my Christmas goal I will find a girly santa suit and have myself a very merry christmas!!!

Off to bed, it will be an early morning!

Good morning all. Chachee, I knew you didn't mean human babies - otherwise you would have the world's shortest gestation, and women everywhere would be wanting to know your secret. I just hadn't realized you were now getting two puppies. When are they coming?

Hippee, sorry you had a run in with your friend's husband. Some men, I tell you. They think they own their women. Yes, I still do want a man in my life. I actually got an unexpected phone call last night from the one I am trying to hook back up with. Unfortunately, with our schedules, it may be a few weeks before we are able to go out. :dizzy: We did have a pretty nice conversation though, so we shall see.

Again, I need some butt kicks right now. I am overtired with running around, not getting enough stuff done, and not working out or eating properly. Yell at me all you want.

Tracy, I am still waiting to hear about your classes and new job. Raven, check your email. Everyone, have a wonderful day.

Interesting article on stress and eating...

http://content.health.msn.com/conten...e/73/88899.htm

As if we didn't already know this stuff? I just think it's interesting that maybe the scientific community is starting to validate what so many of us have known for years. Wow - imagine that, it's not all in your head!

Jolly, I' m so glad you got that call! Hope you are able to hook up soon. Missy's husband is the least of my worries. I do worry about our friendship suffering. She use to be married to my hubby's best friend, she hated me when I married and Gary and I didn't think too highly of her. Anyway, we have been close for about 12 years and have a wonderful friendship. I worry because she is already taking meds for postpardom depression and the only way he will let her stay home with the baby is if she does just that. Sit at home with the baby or run errands for him. Being alone and inside all of the time isn't going to help her at all. I can't believe he's such an idiot. I see no harm in he coming here to visit and to take a daily walk. She is agreeing to what he says...when she brought the baby this morning she said she wouldn't be able to walk like we had planned. I thought, where is your backbone? There is absolutely no way that my hubby would treat me like that, he wouldn't even try and if he did I'd stop him dead in his tracks. Oh well, I don't know what to think about it!

Hi Raven, Tracy, Chachee and anyone else that might stop by. Have a great day!

Alrighty, I have a few minutes to actually post something worthwhile, I guess.

Yesterday was very good foodwise. I could have used more water, but that wasn't TOO bad. For excersize, I'll count my riding and cleaning up the stable. At least my inner thighs sure feel it today. I seem to have dropped one of the pounds I put on, but who knows, the scale fluctuates like crazy. If it keeps dropping, that's a good thing. I'm fighting so hard to resist the Snickers bar temptation in the vending machine. These last couple days I've had to resort to a strategy I haven't needed in months - I got a diet coke. At least it's something sweet without all the calories.

Sharla - I wish I could say I've been working out regularly, but I seem to be too disorganized to keep it on a good schedule. I do it haphazardly at best these last couple months. I know the pilates is awesome for the core group, which I need so badly for riding, and all the lifting weights only helps in that, too. I just need more hours in the day, it seems. I can certainly appreciate your frustration with your friend's situation. I see women in relationships like that a lot, and it amazes me that they don't realize they are empowered human beings too. We, as a gender, are generally (yes, I'm generalizing!) too afraid and too hesitant to take control of our lives.

Jolly - Ok, I finally checked my e-mail. ;) Your turn. I really hope that, if nothing else, you get a chance to go out a couple times and see if this guy is worth the trouble!! Sounds to me like you and I need to do something similar. I know my lack of focus is really creating a major stumbling block for the weight loss. I don't know if I'll be able to seriously address it till I get back from Alaska, and I think till then I'm just trying to make each day as close to OP as possible. I know that planning is a huge key, buying the right foods, making sure I always take the right snacks and have what I need in the house to make healthy, quick dinners. Without planning I always fail. Even just the little step of making sure that I buy my healthy choice/lean cuisine things for lunches at work makes a HUGE difference. Without those, it is FAR too easy to grab fast food. Maybe you need to take a step back and re-evaluate your approach. Figure out what would work for you now. Things change, and we need to be able to change with them.

I am SOOOO tired. Alright... lunch time is over, and I need to receive in about 400 gazillion purchase orders. :) Hope everyone is having a great day!!

Hey all. I agree, Raven. I need to sit back, re-evaluate, and focus. Right now I am just so tired, and busy running around, that I am not doing it. I am going home soon to just go to bed. Ignore dad, horse, all of it. I really hope to find time between my schedule and his move to go out with this guy. We shall see. It will be easier when dad is healthy again and home. I won't feel like every spare minute needs to be spent with him.

Sharla, it really saddens me to see women with guys like that - or worse. Controling, demeaning. I am lonely, single, and want a guy - but on my terms. I sincerely hope that if I got involved with someone bad for me, and was too whatever to realize it, that my friends would just kosh me over the head. But it is really hard unless the person is ready to admit it. I lost a very long term friend because she would come to me, and be in tears over the guy she was with. I told her to dump him because she deserved better, and instead she dumped me. Later, they did break up, but the damage was done. I learned to not offer advice. Good luck with your friend.

Wish me luck with my guy. And, more importantly, with getting back focusing on my health. Have a good one.

Okay Jolly, Throwing a handful of luck and good health your way!!

I haven't offered advice, just listen to what she has to say. Mostly that he leaves her no choice. I can't understand it but I don't have to live it so I guess I will go with the flow. Just upsets me that I pick her up everytime she falls, broken hearted and so on but it is so easy for her to forget our friendship and bow down to him. I hope I am never so desparate for love that I allow someone to treat me like that.

I hope this day gets better! I started out at 5:30 this morning with a fight with my dear hubby. I hate it and it always makes me cry so there I was trying to get myself together before I had to get Jordan up for school and the more I cried the madder the hubby got. It all started over him getting a speeding ticket last night while he was working. He got one last year and we paid out the butt for it not to be on his record. This morning he said we can pay the lawyer $125.00 and he will go take care of it. That isn't pocket change in this household but he acted like it was no big deal. I said he had to stop getting speeding tickets and he was furious. He had a bad night all around and as usual I take the fall for it.

Sorry about going on, I know my problems are the last thing you all want to hear about.

Have a great day all!

Hey Hippee, don't worry about venting. That's what we are here for. Keeping that stuff inside is what kills us. I hope things get better. As for the friend, yeah, with mine I should have just listened. But it seemed so "clear" to me - if the guy was making her that miserable, get rid of the guy. Open mouth, insert foot. :foot:

Well, I went home to bed early last night, and actually feel halfway human today. I still need to work on my eating, but I did make it to the gym. Hurray for baby steps. Also, on the positive side, my dad should be getting out of the hospital today or tomorrow. Once I get him settled in, I may find time to go see the guy. :crossed: We shall see.

Everyone, have a great day. I hope you are all well and happy.

Hey ladies! Good morning, thank god it's friday, cubed. I found a great new tricep workout. It's called "Training Your Horse to Stand While Mounting." *blink* I must have pulled myself up 400 times the other night, and today, my triceps are sore! Kind of a modified pullup, eh? He learns to stand still, I work my arms. Sounds like a win-win to me. At least from my perspective, not sure about his. He probably thinks he got the ******ed owner who can't figure out how to stay on her horse. ;)

Food yesterday was ... so so. The Snickers bar won in the afternoon, and I made a lovely chicken bruschetta for dinner, but then followed it up with two slim-a-bears. Duh. I heard a song on the radio this morning that made me think a bit about this eating thing. Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die. It's a little grim, but in light of my father's condition, and hearing on the radio about John Ritter dropping dead of a massive heart attack at the age of what, 54(?) it gave me the idea that you know... life is short sometimes. It's no wonder we try so hard to find enjoyment and satisfaction and happiness where we can. No wonder we want to indulge - when you think about the fact that the life expectancy used to be what, 45 years or something? We just haven't been able to get our minds around the possibility we're going to live a long time, and we don't HAVE to make every waking moment a festival of food and drink and dance. I don't know, it just got me to thinking, I'm rambling. :)

And in regards to the keeping the mouth shut thing? I guess I'm one of those opinionated mouthy brats who will almost always tell you exactly what I think. Almost always. There are times when I've learned to shut it, but not often. Not that I expect you to do what I say, far from it. I just fall victim to righteous indignation a LOT. :D

For example... ;)

Sharla - Lovely person your DH may be, but geez, tell him to stand down on the ticket thing!! If he's going to speed, he has to face the consequences, and you weren't the one pushing his foot down on the accelerator. I understand people having crappy days, my BF has them regularly with his boss, and last night he found my son to be a convenient target - but I had to derail that one. Venting is one thing - taking your pissiness out on someone you love is another. I think he owes you an apology. So there. Ok... I'm done being all righteous and everything. Sorry if I annoyed anyone! (Particularly Sharla!)

Jolly - I too went to bed earlier than I have been lately. I feel better today, but still I can feel that I'm behind on sleep. It really does affect whether I can work out (never mind whether I can stay awake at work!) and plan food correctly. The more tired I am, the more likely I am to make horrid food choices. I hope and pray your Dad is better soon, and that you can find some time for yourself. I think you and I need to work out a plan of attack. What do you think? Like I said, I'm holding off on everything except just trying to stay as close to OP as I can till I get back (on the 28th) - then I really need to set up a plan that is really honestly workable with my schedule.

Chachee! :bubbles: - I hope things are going splendiferous with the move in!! I know it's hectic and tiring as all get out. I hate moving. But having your OWN house!! Wow. I'm so jealous. One of these years! First pay off the darn horses, buy a truck, and buy a horse trailer. I want to accomplish all that by the end of 2004. Wish me luck. *sigh*

Alright.. off to try to accomplish something here at work. (Why can't I just go home?) Happy Friday everyone!!