Penny - You need some healthy vibes going your way. Luckily we have not been thru all of that.
Typing with one, JW in hand.
Candy, Ginny - I have had endom., but it did not seem to affect my getting preg. I just know some people struggling with infertility I am always worried. Maybe the part-time work will get my mind off of another one so soon. I just did so much pre-baby, I feel like I have a lot of free time on my hands. I think I am the only one with one child on the thread.
BTW, got in a walk today with dog and JW. Bentley has hip problems and he started limping. I don't know why I always take both of them, always a nightmare.
Good evening all!
I am home now and so very tired. What a lonnnnngggg drive!!! I don't want to do that again for awhile. But we had lots of fun visiting my bf and I can't wait until she has her baby!! She'll be 38 weeks along on sunday so it's anytime now.
Well sorry I can't get personal... the kids napped on the way home so they are full of energy now. I may not get in bed until after midnight at this rate.(lets hope not) well.... TTYtomorrow!
Just wanted to pop in and say "hi". We have had a long day shopping. Dh needed some things for work and I wound up getting new shoes and a new purse! Yeah! It's been a long time since I bought myself something personal, it felt good!
I think it was Ginny or Geri who asked about the WalMart paint. I only use one good coat and I have to do two coats on trim.
Well, my mom is keeping the boys for a while tomorrow so dh and I can get some chores done around the house. I have a list a mile long! I don't know how long he will be in, he's waiting on a call from Northwest to tell him when to leave again. Makes it hard to plan anything. I guess I'd better get to bed, I have my work cut out for me tomorrow. I sure will feel good once it's done! TTYL!
Good morning all!
Boy do I feel so much better after getting some sleep! I wasn't up to midnight but got in bed at 11:30 pm, so close enough, lol.
Andrea, your shopping sounded like fun! What kind of shoes did you buy? Friday I bought me some cute sandals for summer. I am so glad I'm able to get out of my boots and sneakers now. I'll be cleaning like you today. I have a long list too I hope I get alot of it done.
Well, my day with my bf was wonderful. We went out to eat and then she took me to the most awesome health food store. The herbal store I have close to me is very small and just has a few rows of bottles and tinctures and that is about it... I walked into this one and it was huge! Even had a little restaurant in it and groceries along with all the thousands of herbs and such too. I even say bedwetting tablets. Anyone heard of these? I almost bought them to see if they worked. But my ds hasn't wet the bed in several days so maybe I don't need them anymore. I didn't have time to really shop but I wish there was one close to me! I bought tanner some juice and all natural animal cookies for the ride home. What an awesome store! She was buying some black cohosh. She is ready to start getting her body ready for labor. She has contractions all day long with them never getting stronger or closer together so her midwife told her to start taking the black cohosh to get things moving along. (as most of you know I tried all that when I was pregnant with Tanner and nothing worked, I was still induced) but it doesn't hurt to try. And then we went back to her house and talked for hours. I wanted to leave before it got dark but didn't get out of there until 7 pm. So needless to say I drove home completely in the dark. It made me nervous but I did ok.
Well, guess I need to get off of here and start in on this house. It rained yesterday and all night and now my house smells closed in and musty (is that the right word?) so I'm hoping to get a couple windows open and get some cleaning in and my house will smell fresh again. Has that happened to any of you? Plus my ds room smells really bad and I've tried using febreeze on everything and nothing is working. Any sugestions on how to get his room smelling fresh again? Maybe I need to steam clean his carpet, but I don't have a steam cleaner. O-well.... let me go strain myback and get his window open. The paint sticks to the frame and makes it so hard to open. ok, TTYL!
Just a quick post so I can get back upstairs and get breakfast for the boys. Tony already had a bottle and Will got up about 1/2 hour ago. Both sound like they're getting colds. Dh has one and so does Grandma.
Penny... sorry about that flu bug!! Hope it goes away soon! At least everything will be clean
Spryng, glad you had a great time with the long drive and all. It seems like her shower was so long ago and she still hasn't had that baby??? The carpeting in Ds room may need cleaning if nothing else is working. Does it just smell musty or is it something else?
Melinda...JW is still under a year! Don't worry about that 2nd baby yet. Once he really starts moving around you'll be chasing him all over creation . Mine are 2 years and 2 weeks apart. It was hard at first but I'm glad they're so close in age. Will can do alot for himself now...it's tough when they fight over Mommy's lap but is kind of cute too.
Candy, no pink tile. It's all white (kind of off white) with little gold like flecks in it. So glad it's done!
Ginny, my laundry room isn't all that huge either, but it is bigger than a closet. I would love to get some cute things hung on the walls too. Right now there are coat hooks and a shelf in one section and that's it. I need some "girly" stuff in there once I get it painted.
Andrea...enjoy the time alone with Dh and get all those "projects" done !!
Well I got my 3 mile walk in...so I'm cooling off right now. It's raining out again here but that is normal for this time of year and so much better than snow . Once Christmas is over I've had it with snow...time for flowers and birds and such. I have to get outside soon. We redid some garden areas next to the house and outlined them with brick and thought we had dug out all of the bulbs and transplanted but I see a lot of crocus growing in the lawn. I swear they weren't there last year so I think we shook things up when we dug. Mom's coming over later to help with that. Gotta go get the boys breakfast. Have a great OP Saturday! Hi to anyone I missed...Ricci, Jackie....
Hi Again!
Geri, hope your kids aren't getting sick. DH's family has come down with strep so I won't be going around them for awhile. I found the culprit in ds's room... he had went to the bathroom in there and hid it (and I think you know what "it" is ) so once I whisked that away and scrubbed the carpet and febreezed the room again, and opened up his windows it is much better. I have lots of windows open though to air out the entire house. The rest of the house just smelled closed in. But now his room and the kitchen is about done and all the living room needs is to be vacuumed so it's much better now. I can relax a little. Great job for getting in your 3 mi workout! Is that the WATP series? Well, ds is calling me, gotta go!TTYL!
I've been reading through some of your posts. It sounds like you all have your own little thing going on, it's really motivating to see that. I'm new here. I am a stay at home mom of 3. 5 1/2 yrs, almost 3 years and 16 months. I homeschool my daughter so needless to say I'm home alot. This is a hard place to stay sane and on track. I weigh over 200 lbs. Did I add I'm only 26 and 4 months ago, I found out my cholesterol is borderline high, and this does NOT run in my family.
I need friends that are alot like me, I need motivation and advice and anything else you have to offer. Is there room for a newbie here?
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OF COURSE!!!! WE HAVE ALL BEEN NEW HERE AT SOMETIME RIGHT ?
I am Penny, 23 married and SAHM to three boys 4 1/2, 3 1/2 and 9 1/2 months.
I hear ya about your cholesterol being borderline high! I have high blood pressure diagosned at 19!!!! I started gaining weight about 19 and the high pressure has been here ever since!
We are a wonderful "family" of women here that love supporting each other, offering advice and listening to each other!
Hi, thanks for replying to my post. No I am not following a plan. Sometimes I think following a plan is good for me, but I never stay on it so then I think that a plan is not good for me. I've done the Atkins thing, I can't stick to it, I would like to do the weight watcher things, but for whatever reason I can't stick to that either.
Once before, I simply cut back on my calories, started low calorie, low fat and exercised and I lost over 20 lbs. But that was 2 kids ago. I don't have that kind of time to exercise EVERY day. I love to cook and own a library of low fat cook books, but getting into it is hard and then staying on it is hard. It costs alot of money to eat healthy and right now my family is really tight.
So I'm just going day by day.
What are your suggestions? I see you're on the south beach diet. I have that book and only glanced at it.
I don't like having to watch a clock and eat when it tells me too, and I'm REALLY picky, so there is so much in there that I just do not like. This is where I start falling off the wagon. I seem to do better in the summer so this seems like a good time for me to start.
I need help and motivation.
Thanks,
I also was wanting to know how to add all that neat stuff to my posts.
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Welcome Crystal!!!! We love to have new ones join us!! I am Spryng (pronounced spring, like the season) and I am 24 with 3 kids, Ava is 4, Joseph (aka bubba) is 3, and Tanner who is 9 months. (btw my first name is Krystol!! but I go by Spryng) I am on weight watchers, and have been for 6 months now. I'm almost to my goal. I have been on just about every diet out there too. Did atkins more times than I can count and like you I couldn't stick with it. But weight watchers has been "my" diet. It fits my life perfectly and I don't think I will ever change. You have to find that for you too. Just takes time. I am so glad you have decided to stop lurking and post with us!! Can't wait to get to know you better.
Well, I have been gone all morning. Used the rest of my flexpoints so now I have to behave, lol. Hit a few garage sales too and got a pair of calvin klien jeans for 2 bucks!! and pepe jean shorts for 2 bucks (both in great shape) and a camera for .25 cents and some books. So it was a nice morning out. But going to those yard sales made me really want to start planning my own. Maybe 3 weeks from now would be a good time. I need to find out when the city wide yard sale is so I can do it on that day and get more people to come take away my junk, lol. But first I need to start going through boxes and closets and start setting aside things I want to sell. I know my recumbant bike will be in it. I'll never get it out of the closet to use again so it's time to sell it.
Well, it's almost nap time! Hope everyone is having a great weekend thus far!! And staying OP! TTYL!
Hi Crystal!!! Welcome!!! We love having new people join and stick around! I will love having you here as I am going to begin homeschooling my son this year and could use all the advice I can get. I'm Candy, 29 yo SAHM to Sean, who will be 5 in May and Kylie, who will be 3 in June. I also work full-time from home for a gyn/oncology practice. Some of the ladies here have had great success with Weight Watchers. I am on an eating plan for health reasons that is also helping to take the weight off.
To add stuff to your posts, you need to hit the "Go Advanced" button at the bottom and you can add all the smilies and change the text size and color. Same works for the signature. You just edit signature and add whatever you want in it.
Spryng, glad you had fun but a trip like that would have put me out of commission today. Sounds like you're doing fine though!!!! Glad you figured out the problem in ds's room. I had a similar problem in the bathroom but mine was caused by my ds's lousy aim at the toilet and the pressboard spacesaver we had in there had absorbed the yuckiness. So that is why I took it out and replace it with a metal one that has 4 little legs and it can be lifted and wiped under. I have also banned ds from standing while pottying since he has been making such a mess. Hope this will do the trick. Funny thing is, he has been potty trained since he was 2.5 yo and he is just now making the mess at almost 5. Ugh!!! Anyways, hope you get all your chores done.
Same for you Andrea! I know it kinda stinks having to do work when your DH is home since he is gone so much but at least you guys are getting a little alone time!!! Hope you get everything done. You've really got me wanting to paint now too!!! We plan to give this place a fresh coat before we sell and I am thinking of trying a faux finish in my room. We'll see.
Geri, hope you get all your yard work done! That was what I was out doing until dh kicked me out. We found a poor little dead turtle that had gotten caught in the fence trying to cross from 1 yard to the next. I felt so bad for him. I really need to work on my flower beds but the gnats are so bad I just couldn't stand it. We will be going to out in-laws here shortly so I'm chillin' for a sec. We are going to play on the tractor on our property for a bit and then eat. I will need to have salad as my bad-influence husband took us to Mexican for lunch. Ok, maybe it wasn't all his fault but he knows I am easily influenced. Actually, he wanted chinese but the chinese buffet really doesn't have much selection for vegetarians so I chose Mexican which has great choices for veggies!!!
Penny, how's everyone doing there? Getting better? I felt so bad for you and your messes!!!
Hi Ricci, Ginny, Melinda and anyone else I'm missing. Hope you are all having a great weekend!!! TTYL!
sorry about that flu bug!! Hope it goes away soon! At least everything will be clean 
. Mine are 2 years and 2 weeks apart. It was hard at first but I'm glad they're so close in age. Will can do alot for himself now...it's tough when they fight over Mommy's lap but is kind of cute too.
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