Good Mornin' Chicks~~ It is 7 am here in the valley and the sunrise looks pretty nice. I hope the rains are finally past the area.
We saw Late Night Chatechism II performed last night at the Scottsdale Auditorium. Was soooo funny. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. One lady plays the nun and alot of what she does is just impromptu w/the audience. Someone got caught chewing gum and one had their cell phone on and the kids called mom! The nun got on the phone to work out the kids troubles. Pretty funny stuff. Tickets were pretty pricey, but once i've seen it i don't mind the price anymore. It was just so much fun. She actually made some good Bush/Ashford jokes/comments and she is ready to be rid of them both in office~ In fact she'll go do some time in purgatory for what she said but she stands by it. She says it would be worth it~~
As my picture shows i need to do ALOT better on getting these pounds off. I was finally getting better about seeing my pictures when i had gotten down to 127, but now that i'm up 20# it is very upsetting. Why do we let these things happen?? I cannot ever seem to find a "FOR LIFE" way of behaving.
Here is my contribution to the good veggie recipes:
Oriental Salad
(cold and good in place of reg. coleslaw)
Napa cabbage, cut into bite size pieces
1 carton fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 can water chestunts rinse,drain and diced
1 bag of the "Hapi" snacks party mix(chinese crackers--also found in our ranch market store and the little bags are in Safeway)
1/3 bottle of Safeway Select Premium Collection Sesame Ginger vinegarette
Toss the vineg. over the rest up to one hour ahead of serving.
~~CAT~~sorry work is so frustrating. I can't think of a way to get them to change their minds on the computer problem. That is just terrible when they won't work their programs properly. A person just goes crazy when these things happen. Can't they try to bring in another computer guru to try to fix it?
Well, i will get off now and check in later. I wasn't getting notified of the posts again for a few days. Must be when my cookies clear out or something. Tues is a Diamond backs baseball game. We go on a bus w/a bunch of people from his mom;s village. Should be fun, tho i am not a huge baseball fan, i think just doing it once should be good.
Just a quick note--I have something every night this week--I am a busy Cat. Poetry tonight.
They have brought in an other computer guru, and he still can't fix the blessed thing. However, they are letting me work at another computer--not great, because it doesn't have my settings, and my cubicle doesn't have my reminders and sticky notes, but it's better. I also went and talked to HR, and she said she would try to get things worked out.
Good Morning chickies - just a quick call before work on this miserable wet morning!
Thin and Nita - great picture - it's wonderful that you finally got to meet.
It has been so wet these past few days that I have not been for a walk and I really miss it. Hopefully the weather will pick up soon.
Have a great day all
Anne
Maybe tomorrow or Thursday I will start a new thread, if I have time, or if any of you feel like doing it ........... Thin ........ Halgal ........... ar anyone for a change - feel free. Maybe a change would do us all good!!
Mooz: Good to hear from you.... I think we all feel the same way... blah, blah, blah... huh? I have enjoyed the veggie recipes this week. Got any good Irish veggie recipes to send this way? How is your Mother doing?
Thin: Thanks for the veggie recipe... always appreciated. Reading the Dr. Phil book he pretty much says WE decide when/if we are going to be good to ourselves. I think someone said here the first book is not so necessary... I have to disagree. He really has much thought and input on the whys of successful weight maintenance. He also has one of those stupid sayings in no less than every other paragraph. No wonder he makes the big bucks!!!
Nita: The pictures were great, thank you! How is your husband doing? I like Clay Atkin, I think he may have a future in the recording industy - I like his smile - strange but true!
CatLover: Send us a poem...! Just remember the squeeky wheel gets the grease when it comes to working on the faulty computer.
OneDay: My meeting after school today was moved up into my plan period during the day. I will be going home soon! Oh yeah.... When do you get out of school? And, what do you eat on the teacher 25 minute lunches? I usually do a low carb bread sandwich, a smoothie, or a frozen meal. Nothing elaborate or big... no time!!!
Hey does anyone talk to TAZ our old low carb person? I am curious to see if she is keeping her weight off. She was SOOOO motivational. Oh wellllll.....
Hello All~~ I have been extremely busy as we think we have found a trailer to move into in the valley. It is considered a travel trailer, but it has been skirted and in the same park for years now. It even has a regular toilet and real refrigerator. Not like other travel trailers at all. I don't know if some of those things were renovated by original owner since it does not need to go on the road anymore or what...but i do appreciate them. We can move in there on the 24th or 25th. Then we have to get ahold of the lovely couple who is letting us live in here and let them know that we can give them their home on wheels now. This trailer is in a park where storage sheds are allowed and this one has an older wooden one there, so we can leave some stuff this year that don't have to go back and forth. I think i will leave my pedal bike now, as i won't be using it at 'home' ....since home will be at the lake and it's all gravel and clay out there. No blacktop for quite a distance. I can walk up our huge steep hill each day for an awesome workout. Lets say i hope i can start on that goal anyway! it might be a task for awhile, getting to the top, but eventually my lungs will be able to do it. If you could see it you'd understand. Sometime i'll post a pic of it!
The baseball game was kind of fun. the people watching anyway. i'm not really into baseball. But now i can say i did see one professional game in my life. We wanted to see how to get to that arena should a good concert be held there sometime, but DH did not like the traffic in Phoenix and says he still does not think he'd drive there. And i certainly am too chicken to do so! Country girl that i am!!
No i have not kept in touch w/TAZ since long ago when she posted. I don't know what became of her. Wish she would see our group and post sometime. Maybe Mooz would be the only one w/her email addy? Could try to send her a greeting from all of us if she does.
Hellooooo~~~ anyone out there? Everyone must be pretty busy out there. Hope you are all burning off as many calories as possible. I think i'm going to go and swim for exercise as my chores are done and there are hardly any residents left at our resort, last time i went by the pool, no one was in there! And it's a gorgeous day out there today.
I wanted to report in on my good shopping for today. The ranch market. Got such deals, those red bell peppers were 3 / $1.00 again! Whoopee~~ love them. Between DH & I we almost ate one already. Had healthy chicken sandwiches with green leaf lettuce and the bites of red pepper for lunch. Going to either do fish or chicken on the grill tonite w/salad. Maybe a small potatoe for us too..just can't give them up.
I bought red bell peppers (3), leaf lettuce, grape tomatoes, bananas, nat. peanut butter, raisin bread made w/whole wheat, broccoli, 3 cartons of strawberries(i think that is all) and it only came to $9.00. LOVE THAT PLACE~~
Hope there are a few of you able to post later today! I'll check back.
Hello chickies - I thought I would get a chance to start a new thread today but I was feeling a bit under the weather with some sort of bug. I am still not feling great but hopefully after a good nights sleep I will be fine. I sent an e-mail to Taz saying that some of you were asking after her but have not had any reply yet. I seem to remember sending an e-mail before and not getting an answer to it.
Anyway gotta go to bed.
Lo-carb folks--did you all read the results of the study of the first page? I'm sure there were other studies with different results, but they didn't find v. good results for the lo-carb dieters.
Here is one of my poems. I like it because it's the only love poem I've ever done.
If you would like more, PM more, and I'll send some PM as it is OT.
Changeling: to My Husband
My parents sadly sought
the child the Faery Folk had stolen,
leaving behind their discard,
the oddling,
me.
Mother often glanced at me
in vague disappointment., but
my father screamed
at the usurper
Who can imagine then,
who can believe the wonder—
all history turned upside-down--
in your arms
I belonged.
Hello Ladies,
It was such a busy week at work, I don't think I posted once. I think for two of the days I had gone out for a walk durning lunch, & I can only post at work during my lunch break. If you all can say a prayer for me my job is up in the air again. Something is going to happen we just don't know when.
Mooz - I hope you get to feeling better.
Thin - i'm glad you all found a trailer. I just love all the veggies that are coming up. I love eating cucumbers.. I'm glad you enjoyed the game. I just love baseball, in fact today was our opening day, but since it's Good Friday, I thought I should skip this years.
Hal - I'm not the teacher. I think that was either LittleChick or Chacha. I am a buyer. I buy parts for our power plants. But in answer to your question, I think the key for me is to be prepared with my lunch, have something I can microwave quick, have the veggies peeled (cucumbers in italian dressing)..
The time will come
when with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door; in your own mirror,
and each will smile at the other's welcome.
and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you
all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters fromthe bookshelf,
the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life.
Happy Easter Everyone~~
Just a quick post to wish you all a peaceful Easter Sunday. Going to a 7 a.m. mass that is held outdoors. Just bring a lawn chair and enjoy~ I'm not Catholic, but my DH and his mom and stepdad are so i go with them.
I practiced to get up early today also, since Goodwill had a 1/2 off everything in the store starting at 7 am today. Got a few nice drinking glasses for the trailer( right now everything i have is plastic since you have to live and travel in motorhomes--also found out they don't hold up--they crack after not very long.~~at least the ones i've bought~ so whether you break them or they just break/crack on their own i guess i'll try glass again.) If i only knew what sized curtains i would need in my soon to be new home, perhaps i could have found them today too. I did get a comfortor and a mattress pad tho. Oh, and one more folding lawn chair, this is one of those padded seat and back type. Very comfy.
I have my sweet potato salad all ready for todays brunch here at the resort and i can kick back and sip on some coffee till it's time to go over there. I ate strawberries and 1/2 a banana to get me thru till brunch time.
~~CATLOVER~~forgot to say thanks for sharing your poem with us the other day. I really enjoyed it. I bet your DH loved it when you wrote it especially about him n you--that is just very neat.
~~HALGAL~~ thanks for the great easter pic and poem. That is true, we must remember to enjoy our lives feast. Thanks for sharing it.
~~1DAY~~ i will say a prayer for your job to stay secure for you. Glad you got the walks done at work during your break, that shows you are caring for yourself. YGG~~ keep up the good works.
Good Mornin' Chicks~~ It is 7 am here in the valley and the sunrise looks pretty nice. I hope the rains are finally past the area. 
thinlizzie
Just remember the squeeky wheel gets the grease when it comes to working on the faulty computer. 
