Started training for my new job today. I feel like I died and went to heaven. No more Boss from ****.

Hi to everyone. Sorry for no individual greetings.

Love,
carree

Hello everyone!


We had a very busy weekend. Saturday we went to my nephew's and helped him some more on remodeling his basement. We were there pretty late, when we got home our really old cat, Silver, didn't look good at all and gave me a meow that sai, hold me, love me, I'm in pain. He hasn't been well for quite some time and I think he had a stroke Thursday or Friday and couldn't see or hear anymore. He was just barely able to move around. I picked him up when he meowed at me and cuddled him, sadly, he ended up dying within a half hour while I was still holding him. We had him for his entire life and he was 18 years old, he was definately my baby. Sunday we went to my mom's and buried him in her back yard, just at the edge of the woods. That way he is in sun and shade which is what he liked to lay in when he got outside. We put a large piece of limestone over his grave and I'm planning on going out later this week to paint it and put his name on it. My DH, such a tough guy, didn't want to cry in front of me because he was trying to comfort me (my personal stay-puft marshmallow man). We also had quite a few errands to run on Sunday, including buying a new blender since my old one broke as we were juicing the tomatos he had brought home. He will be bringing home more on Thursday (the only night he doesn't have side work lined up), p;us the guy that is giving us the tomatos is also giving us all the carotts and onions he grew. I decided that I'm going to make a big batch of vegetable beef soup to can and a big batch of chili to can or freeze.



Jana-- Possibly your tomatos had afew bad spots on them when you froze them. Did you remember to blanch them after cooking them? I know if you don't they will turn all mushy. I've never frozen whole tomatos, I usually can everything but just haven't had time this year.


Marti---- Glaad to hear your brother is safely at home and you had a good reunion!


Carree--- Congrats on the new job! Let us know how it's going, ok?

Christ-- A pink screen, YIKES! I don't blame you for not being on here, I couldn't take looking at that for long.


Jo--- Welcome! Jump on in, we talk about anything here and laugh a lot.

Angie--- Sounds like you are working hard on the play, but think of how proud you will be when the play starts. I may have missed something, but what play are you doing? Don't feel bad about not being able to carry a tune, I couldn't carry a tune in a bucket!
It's good that you're not pressuring your son to rejoin choir. Maybe he'll miss it and decide next year to join again.


I'm off to bed, still fighting my sinuses. Oh, btw, Went back to the dr last week and she said I now have bronchitis and was worried that it may turn to pnemonia. Not to worry though, she has me on antibiotics and cough syrup. I'm finally starting to feel better and get my voice back that I had lost. Goodnight all! Mel

Jana, your living room sounds wonderful. Is it bare wood or have you stained it or painted?

Mel, Geesh I don't know what Im going to do when the time comes when Skittles is old and .... I had tears running down my face reading about your cat.

My right hand feels like someone squashed it,,,its hurting alot. I had to upholstery 2 couches for this play, and went throu almost a box of staples...Thats alot. One is bright yellow with a braided *yellow blue and red trim around it. ( we are to make it very primary colored.) and the other is silver with shiny gold trim. Hey I don't pick the colors I just put it together. I had to make a piece of wood look like marble, and in the colors of silver and gold.
We had our first showing yesterday, not sure of our possibilities to sell, we checked out how many other homes are for sale right now,,,12 in a 3 block radius of our home.
Well Better run need to go to the gym,,,for once this week,,,well ok the past 2 weeks.
ttfn
Angie

Good morning ladies

Mel, I am so sorry to hear of your kitty passing, that is so sad. That's good that you were with him when he died and you got to hold him and cuddle him and say good-bye. ((((((HUGS)))))) to you and your hubby. Sorry to hear you are a bit under the weather but glad you are getting better and taking meds. I had bronchitis one time and it's no fun.

Making chili and soup and canning it is a great idea. I have never gotten into canning myself but my Aunt does and I love watching her. The woman amazes me, she is the one who hunts also.

Carree, WTG on the new job! Glad to hear you are liking it and no more boss from ****. I always want to spell your name Carrie then look at your post. I don't think I have ever seen it spelled the way your name is spelled. There is a lady who works at Walgreens, I seem to be in there quite a bit her name is the same spelled Carie. I only mention it because my dd's name is Carrie also. She was named after my great-grandmother and her great-grandmother on her dads side. I am fascinated by names also.

Jana, I bet your living room is just BEAUTIFUL! And I have no clue what is up with the pink screen but it is a killer on the eyes. We have tried all sorts of things with the color and such, and can't figure out what is up, may be an internal problem, no clue. I just know something has to be done because it is horrible.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful day. TTFN

Back again ladies!

Well, I finally finished the book and I should have never said I was going to do the BFL. After having read it I am going to stick with WW, tweek my workout and get serious, really SERIOUS about it. I have been so lax in everything the last month and 1/2, no wonder I can't make a goal. (Although, it's not funny) I am thinking about either joining WW and go to the meetings again or join online. I've heard joinging online is a cheaper does anyone know? The food on the BFL for the most part I could eat because I eat a lot of it anyway, except brown rice, that stuff is so gross but I am willing to give it a try again. Maybe if I spice it up some. I think it is too much food. I do know some people can eat six meals a day and lose weight but not me unless the three extra meals are actually snacks, like a piece of fruit. But to have three shakes a day on top of three meals?? That is a bit much for me. The intensity workouts I don't think I can do, nor do I want to. Too intense fo me. I want to include weights in my workouts but I don't want muscles bulging. I want to be toned, not muscular. It sounded good anyway, until I finished the book.

I have a dress I bought a few years ago that was a little tight around the top and middle, never wore it but I didn't want to get rid of it because it is so pretty, so it has been hanging in my closet since. I think I will take it out and put it where it can be seen daily to remind me of my goal. I have made a goal to lose 20 pounds by November 1 and this goal I WILL make! I am tired of farting around.

Anyway, hope EVERYONE is having a wonderful day! TTFN

Hi ladies,

I have tried 3 other times to post, and I keep getting shut down, so I have to hurry. DH says I have a virus...

I am OP and hope you are, too! Be good and I'll be back when I can.

Jana

christi,
I did the BFL and lost 67 lbs. The eating was the hard part cause I thought it was too much food too. But you don't need to have the shakes 3 times a day, you could have a serving of cottage cheese and a piece of fruit 3 times with your other 3 meals. You measure everything with you fist. Thats how much protein and carbs you should have.
I could go on and on about it, but the thing is, its alot of work,,,,saying is, if you fail to plan you are planning to fail.
I struggled with the eating as I still do now,,,but it did take me over a year to lose the whole eating plan, and start to gain weight.
Angie

I gotta know.... what does OP stand for?? I know I should have asked long ago, but I thought I would figure it out eventually and here I am, still wondering!!!

Jana- sound like you had the virus I had earlier this month. The computer restarts after 2mins??? If I would have kept updating my norton virus thingy (sorry can't think tonight) it wouldn't have hit me. But it attacks windows. It is fixable. But frustrating.

It's late so I need to head to bed. I will talk with you all tomorrow.

Marti

Hi ladies,

Carree - how did the first day at work go? I bet you'll like it SO much better there, and meet a lot of nice people, too.

Mel - aww, I'm so sorry about Silver. Just know in your heart that he had the best possible home for all these years. Glad your bronchitis is better.

Angie - the wood is a honey oak and the border above the chair rail is a warm cream colored background with clay pots and birdhouses printed on it. I just love the new look!

Cristi - if you don't can stuff, you can always make big pots of soup and freeze it in individual portions. I like to do this with chili and vegetable soups. Yum! Very good on a cold winter day. About WW, I do it "at home". When I first got my stuff, I was taking care of mil who has Alzheimers, and couldn't leave her. So I got the stuff, and do it my own way.

Marti - OP means on program, whatever program a person is following. It's never too late to ask questions, and when we all first joined, we didn't know the abbreviations, either. Yes - my virus is just like what you described!!

Well, I set up a firewall that will hopefully stop the virus The fact that I got this far today is very hopeful! Wish me luck.....

I am looking forward to the weekend away with Neal. He has been getting on my nerves, though, to tell you the truth, and for no particular reason other than he is a man, lol. I think the time away will do both of us a lot of good. Neither of us can remember the last time we went away without kids. That's sad!!

Better go.
Jana

Hi all!


Thanks for all the condolences on my kitty. We will miss him for a long time, the other 2 cats seem to miss him too. They both want to sleep right next to me now. I'm going to go out Friday and paint his name and stuff on his tombstone. I think I'm also going to have a picture of him enlarged and frame it.


Christi------ What is the BFL diet? I don't think I've ever heard of it.



Jana-------- Isn't that internet virus the worse? I got it on my computer too. You should go to Micrsoft.com and download the thing they have that will kill it and clean it out of your system. They say that if you have the firewall you won't have any problems with it attacking you again but it may have infected your computer. The download is free and only takes a couple minutes to download. Your livingroom sounds beautiful. I can't wait til we start on ours. We've got a lot of good ideas from watching Trading Spaces.


Hi to everyone else!

Oh, I've got to share my news. I finally got transferred to days at Long John Silvers. YAY!!!!!!

Talk to you all later. Mel

Good morning ladies,
Had a very rough day yesterday. My SIL had an ultra sound that proved what she was fearing, an etopic pregnancy. So I had to take her to the hospital for surgery.

All I ate yesterday was breakfast, and then a bag of chips. Haven't worked out this week....arghhhh
I will have to get OP soon, this is soo not how I want to keep going.
Angie

Hiya Ladies,

Mel - thanks for the virus info. GOOD FOR YOU getting on days!!

Angie - aww, I'm so sorry for your sil. I had a friend who went through that, too, and it is very painful and miserable. She may need you to help her emotionally, too.

Well, I don't remember if I mentioned it or not, but last Friday I had a filling put in one of my teeth, and the darn thing is now very very sensitive to cold. So today I drove to Evansville to a different dentist for an opinion on what's going on, and he said it is probably just the tooth is sort of in shock, since the other dentist had to drill so deep. All I know is, it hurts! So now I have to use Sensodyne toothpaste (again!) and hope it settles down.

I have done only so-so OP today, and my resolve is shaky. Somebody needs to kick my ! I am going to do the same thing I would advise one of you - go over the list of WHY I want to lose, and pull out some pictures of before I lost the 31 pounds. I have come too far to mess up now!!!

I've rambled enough,
BBL,
Jana

Hi Jana
I have the same problem with my teeth, I have had to use Sensodyne every day for the last 2 yrs. Something about my pulps being large. I have to go for a teeth cleaning is a couple of weeks and its not something Im looking forward to. Just the thought of the metal going into my mouth makes me cringe.
My SIL called me earlier to let me know shes at home, up from a long nap and in alot of pain. Ill be going there tomorrow to baby her a bit, my brother had to go back to work.
Anyways the play is going well..still making me laugh...lol
Angie

Good Afternoon ladies

Angie, I am so sorry to hear about your SIL I do hope she is feeling fine, sending (((((HUGS))))) her way.

Jana, sorry to hear about your tooth, ouch! I do hope it gets to feeling better. I am waaaay overdue for a visit to the dentist. I know I HAVE to go but I so dread it! Hope you have a great weekend get away with your hubby.

Mel, the BFL is Body For Life by Bill Phillips which is basically 6 meals a day and intense workouts. Weight training 3 days a week and 20-minute aerobics 3 days a week and one free day. I don't feel I could do it at the intensity you are supposed to and then with 6 meals which three of those are shakes, just seems like too many calories per day for me. And as Angie said you have to plan it. Theres a lot of keeping track of things, Daily Progress report. Doing WW I do keep track of what I eat, my points and exercise but this is much more detailed.

I have decided to just stick with WW but get very strict with myself. I am making goals and when I make a goal I am going to treat myself. Do you ladies receive the 3FC newsletter? Well, I know I have seen so many who do treat themselves but I never could think of anything, guess I was thinking big In the newsletter it said to write down some things you want or something you would like to do on a piece of paper and put them in a box and everytime you make a goal to draw one out and treat yourself. So I did that, I put little things like, a pedicure because i have never had one, going to the movies, a new cd, polish, a book, precious moments figurine, an angel and a few other things. I am thinking of a BIG one for when I reach my ultimate goal, I may do the bracelet for that. I put it where I could see it several times a day to remind me to stay on track. I am also going to plan my meals for the week, and I have already made a plan for my exercise routine which I will post in the bathroom by the mirror.

Well, I am ending up with a mini-novel here. Hope everyone is having a great Fridayand everyone has a great Labor Day weekend. I don't have any special plans until Wednesday when we are going ot the fair. I haven't been in a few years and I look forward to this. Anyway, have a good one ladies. TTFN

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See you there.
Jana