Hello all!

Couldnt get online this am.. am typing quickly as I am not sure if we're back up for awhile...

Happy birthday wishes to the Royal Cerise and Eydie... listing you alphabetically just so no one feels slighted...
You'll have a great day. That's my royal decree.

Wildfire.. Enormous surge of good energy for the new baby boy. Please keep us posted.


And again, I am asking to be kept on the list too. There is some news to report.... I have been "unofficially " advised that its only a matter of the background, etc coming back... I will admit to you that I am nervous about some of DS's antics perhaps reflecting in some of the reports... probably not ... might just be a sympton of how much I want this to come together..

I am nearly at the point of not allowing myself to think about it but 10 minutes at night... I got a voicemail on my cell phone and nearly broke out in a sweat trying to find somewhere private to listen.. then could hardly contain myself for 45 minutes to get to my car to return the call.....

but ENOUGH!

Wildfire.. is your sister ok now too??

Wsw... glad to see you can join us more lately. And yes, how are you liking the remodeled bath ??

Empress... I really will get to the challenge now...

Anagram... You played music? Were you part of a band?? or an early dj??

Arabella... keep smiling...we're all struggling.. today there was a paper jam in the printer and someone said "I think the paper is burning./.. can't you smell it>?
and I said" Oh, I thought the cafeteria was baking brownies, that 's what I smelled..!"

Let me post..

eydie and cerise-i hope your birthdays have been good ones!!!!

so hot here already and just the beginning of summer. not that i am wishing away time, because it is too precious--just hope my poor a/c holds out for the duration.

quick post to say hi. pretty worn out and need to crawl in to bed. good evening, all. take care.

[color=blue] K, thou be always on my good vibe list and especially now ... sending career coming together vibes eastward as I type!!! I'm sure it'll happen, from what thou beist saying ... no "antics" of anyone else could possibly be an influencing factor, methinks. You WILL get the job. I just know it ... and in worst case scenario (which I don't think will happen), well, you'll find another that you want even more.

Thanks for the encouraging words, Cerise ... kind of given up years ago on anyone cherishing my work, but would like to think I'm still able to string a word or two together for pay and cover the odd school BORED now and then ... mayhap not! Oh, well!

Arabella, if thou looketh at the 21-dayer thread thou'll note that I've crashed and burned YET AGAIN! I'm not giving up, though, as it's an extremely hard challenge to do ... I've only done it twice, actually ... once here and one on that "other" diet forum ... I'm announcing my intention to see this through ... in 21 days I can make great progress towards regularizing my calorie count and reaching my weight goal.

So I'm back on Day 1 tomorrow! Huzzah!

In the meantime, I'm eating some peanut butter ... the natural stuff that I "fix" by pouring off a little oil and adding Splenda ... tastes like the kid stuff.

Re that, doth anyone else find it rather odd that for years we've been told never to eat anything with hydrogenated oil (well, I've been told, at any rate) because it has trans fat and now we're seeing stuff all over the place (like kid's pb) that has hydrogenated oil and lists NO trans fat on the new labels?

Just seems odd ... I realize that it's because there's less than a certain amount in there so they can get away with the ZERO thingie, but with the hydrogenated oil being listed so high on the label on a jar of pb, you wonder why there's not more. I'm seeing that ZERO trans fat label on a lot of things where hydrogenated oil is listed maybe second on the label.

Very suspicious, but of course the food industry would NEVER try to fool us, so it must be ok. Right?

Too right.

Hi all, just a quickie!

Happy Birthday Cerise! Happy Birthday Eydie!

Hope you both had wonderful birthdays!!

Baby has a name. Jace. Not sure about that, but I didn't have a say in the matter. Haven't heard the middle name yet. I have been trying for hours to get through to my sister's room but it has been busy. Her BP is coming back down today, so that's good news. Thank goodness for the grapevine.

Have to be to work very early for inventory count, so I'm off to bed. Have a good Wednesday, all!

Kaylets, played records but no dj-ing. Powerful position, let me tell you. Another girl and I got to play (or not) requests that came in. You wanted to hear something particular, you'd better stay on our good side. Or maybe we'd play it - but two seconds after we saw you go into the rest room.

Hello all!

Server is up and I am glad...

Empress-- oh but of course, your gift is cherished...!! I have made it a royal proclamation... You will receive a scroll by royal delivery asap.
and as for the food labels... its all smoke and mirrors... No trans fat but lots of other c*****.... just because its not something equally as bad doesnt make it better.....
Yikes... " Well, consumer, its not mercury so if its lead it must be better, right? "....

Just like labeling Mustard "Lo fat"...well, wasnt it always????

Smoke and mirrors... hand is quicker than the eye...

Don't get me started!


Wildfire-- so glad to hear the Baby Prince is holding his own! Please keep us updated!


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Thought of the day :

"The Emperor also has straw-sandaled relatives."
--Chinese Proverb


Question of the day :

"Of all the jobs you've had, is there one you miss? Is there one you definitely don't miss?"

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Must be off!

Take care!
KETTLE IS ON!

Despite the recommendation of Viscountess Grins-At-Pigeons to have a good day, I have not been ('tis getting better though). I required a piece of minor surgery (not for the first time, so I was very laid back about it sort of). However, the numbing shot is usually painful and this time the dr. gave me two of them to get me good and numb. Then for some strange reason it didn't work. At least for the first several nips. The last one seemed to (different locations and all). So we had a lot of lip biting and tensing, etc. I didn't even remember to do any relaxation techniques. Haven't been practicing a lot lately so wouldn't have been my best effort but probably better than being tense.

Anyway, dh was warned yesterday to find something to occupy himself this afternoon as I wanted no hovering, just to sit or pace or whatever the mood struck. This was esp. important as I did not want to turn to the comfort of food. And my nervous system was on "WAY HIGH" after the unexpected jolts. He was being ever the good caretaker but finally got the message and went out and mowed the lawn. So I did some laundry, cleaned up some files long in need but not an immediate thing of which there are many.

So anyway, I'm slowly coming down out of the trees and getting more close to civil without having done him any kind of physical harm and have two pieces of GOOD to report.

1. I have not turned too much to food (partly because I have to take an antibiotic either and hour before or two hours after food so can't be gnoshing constantly).

2. Their scale weighed less than mine even with clothes and shoes. Mine is the "official" one but nonetheless it was a pleasant surprise on theirs. Actually today my own had listed a new low on the first try that was probably due to standing on the scale somehow wrong because none of the later tries came even close to my previous low. But it was nice seeing that because I usually feel "see it once and it will come again". And the nice number in the doctor's office was a treat.

So, as my day is getting somewhat better, I'll go along with Cerise's wish for the rest of you. Make it good, what's left of it.

anagram, sorry to hear your day was painful. Hope it is getting better by the minute and you'll be feeling fine in the morning. Kudos to you for not being tempted by comfort food!

Cerise, your birthday dinner sounds fun! Do we get pictures??? You should have climbed up on your chair and performed right along with the waiters...probably would have put them to shame! WE know what a wonderful singer you are...flaunt it, baby!

I am feeling rather burnt out today. I think it is a tally of travelling last week, long rainy long weekend, which made going to work yesterday painful, all the worry and excitement with Sis and Jace, early start this morning for an inventory count, knowing I just have to get through tomorrow and then I'm travelling again on Friday to see my girlfriend for the weekend, but first I have a hair appointment and shopping and laundry and packing....it's like I have a case of dominoes in my brain and they're all falling at once.

Amarantha, I'm with you on the low/no carb fad in the food industry. All trying to capitalize on the current cash cow. I am applying a "healthy carb" logic to my eating habits, which I think is what the original premise of these plans intended.

ceara, no word yet on when Sis and Jace get to go home. Jace will likely be there until almost his scheduled due date, which was July 31st. Sis can't go home until her BP and kidneys stabilize.

Jace Rishi is his name. Rishi means "ray of light". His dad is Hindu, so they picked a name to reflect that heritage. I just talked with my sister and Jace is doing really well. He is feeding already! She said his feet are 1 3/4 inches long, his hands are 1" long, his head is the size of your closed fist, and he is 12" in overall length. She said he looks very much like my father...fair skinned, reddish hair. I can't wait to see him! And shop for him!

Still sending good vibes : to Kaylets and Amarantha in their job quests!

wsw, so nice to have you back posting!

Hello to all our fair s! I must away to find clothes for the morning.

Hello all!

ALMOST FRIDAY!!!


Was trying to figure out which dress slacks fit the best to wear tonight to meet some folks who havent seen me in awhile.. and then I said.... I'm going to go in there strutting my little jeans!!
Sometimes its really albout LESS IS MORE.

hmmmmmmm...... now that gets me th inking!

Hope everyone who hasnt been feeling well is feeling better.... hope everyone who's been overwhelmed is remembering as long as we stick with the basics, ( breathe, water, move) we will get thru it, and.....
to everyone who feels as though progress is taking too slow.....
Don't forget, just by checking in here, you have opened yourself to making healthy changes....

AND ITS ALMOST FRIDAY TOO!!

ok, I promise, I 'll stop shouting and in fact, won't finish this 2nd cup of real coffee....
so, holidays can be very hard on some of us...
I am going to make a commitment to do my darndest to make our thread interesting, positive and FUN for all of us this weekened..
If you can't be here, we'll miss you...
If you can, PLEASE join me ....
We might be suprised at who stops by!!!

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Thought of the day :

"From the understanding
of not understanding
comes understanding."
--- Ron Rathburn


Question of the day :

"What is your favorite kind of cheese?"

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KETTLE IS ON!