Hi everyone,

My day got better! After Dh got up at 1:00 I disappeared for a couple of hours...went to Mom's new apartment and helped her out some!

Ok, gotta go upstairs with the boys. I'll get personal later.

I am trying my luck with this dumb computer again......Ds left it on and at least for now, it is cooperating. You will hear my screams if I am not successful.

Geri- glad your day improved.....how far is Dm's new apartment?

Cindi- congrats on the upcoming hair......that is my "out"- I get my hair done, even if it kills me. Are you planning on a dramatic change?

Penny- ah,yard work....a never ending chore in my book.....always a new weed to be pulled. But a good workout to boot!!!! And you can keep your 91 degrees.....although I hear I might be in for that on Sunday here in NY. Anyone for some cool October weather???????? Do you like the heat.

Well....Dh came home in one pickle of a mood......I will be shocked silly if he remembers tomorrow at all.....seems much more concerned with Dd's b day (turns 18 on Tues) and her graduation..... Like I said this is no surprise to me at all, and I think this happened last year too. It bugs me a wee bit, but there is not a whole lot I can do about it. Just the way things are here.

Got my planters done this evening- and maybe tomorrow the little bit in front of the porch. I am planning a nice walk in the am, before the heat sets in.
Guess I have babbled enough for today.
Take care!
Ginny

Thought I'd pop in. Sorda hanging out, the kids are all in bed and Dh went fishing. Hope you all are enjoying your weekend.
Ginny~ good to see you back. Happy Anny :) Hope it turns out good for you.
Geri~ glad you are feeling better and that your Dh is helping. It's rough not having time to yourself.
Spryng~ I'm sure you are enjoying time with Dh. Hope he was a big loser too.

tom is visiting so i might put off my WI for awhile. I didn't get to walk tonight, just feeling really cramped, bloated and tired. All the usual fun stuff.
eating hasn't been to well today. kinda weird. cheese popped corn, peanutbutter, cheese, BBQ beans. no good meals. I ran all over today with no direction and tom always gives me weird cravings.
ah well hope you all are having a great weekend!!!

Hi all! Just a quick post from me. I just got home and DH is not far behind me (semi's can be sooo slow so I left him in my dust!! LOL)
But it looks like you all have been busy today! Ginny so glad to see so many posts from you! Have you tried not turning the computer off at all... computers live longer if you keep them on, just turn the monitor off you know. I can't remember the last time ours were off.
And Leigh, a food scale is a great investment. I use it for EVERYTHING!! They are really cheap at walmart.
Well we had applebees for lunch today and tried the new ww menu. It was really good, even got the cheesecake for dessert and was still under pts. DH liked it too.
OK, I need to get a few things done in my room. We bought an a/c for our room today but since the windows don't open and there is no hole in the wall DH wants to try something else so I have to clear a spot for it. So I will talk to you all probably tomorrow. Have a great night! :)

I'm back :D

My favorite time of night...everyone's in bed :dizzy: :p ;)

Spryng, why don't the windows open? Glad you enjoyed Applebees! Since you don't exercise the night before WI does that mean you won't be EXERCISING tonight?? :o :lol3: Yep, I crack myself up...you know I'm not myself the last couple of days :lol:

Misty, sorry TOMs giving you trouble...I think that is what most of my problem was this week. It usually only bothers me before, not during but hormones don't usually care when they flare up!

Ginny! Wow, 22 years! That's great. We just hit 4 on the 13th. We just exchange cards...it's so close to the kids bdays that we don't bother. Besides, if we really want something, we buy it (if we can afford it that is). Hope you have a happy! Happy bday to dd next week! Oh, it was hot and humid here yesterday and today we had jackets on. When the 11 am news came on it was only 43! I really prefer 70 and dry myself :D If we get any more rain we're going to float away. It really has been rediculous. Mom now lives less than 1 mile away :cp: Never thought I would be happy about that when I was younger :p Funny how things change as we age and become Mom's ourselves!

Cindi, hooray for Logan! How did the workout go? Do you at least have a basement? I can't remember where you live! I would sweat buckets if I had to workout upstairs on a hot day...I already do down in our nice cool basement. You're doing awsome lady! Keep up the good work.

Penny, I love yard work! Wish I could get out and do more! By the time it stops raining (hopefully by Monday) I'll have to mow and it'll probably be up to our knees by then :( . The veggies are fighting with the weeds in the garden but it's been way to muddy to get in there and start weeding. Planting flowers is just a pipedream for now! They'll float down the street! Actually I do have some planted but many more to go. I think I'm going to try seeds next year if I can keep the boys out of them! I saw a mini greenhouse at a store here for around $20. We'll see if that ever happens. I have all my pots to plant yet and some in the front yard.

Leigh, glad you're enjoying Savannah.
Ricci- any word on your brother yet?
Crystal, don't worry about 1 day out of 6.

Hi to everyone else out there!!

I got on the scale this evening and it seems I racked up quite a bit of damage from that stress eating. :ink: :moo: :doh: :yikes: I have until Monday night to get it off! Hopefully I can get back to my WI of last week. :o These things happen (to me anyway) so I'll just have to get over it. It really helped tremendously to get out for a couple of hours. I told Dh I could use a whole day but I would take the 2 hours I got :D . Tony's been so whiny lately. Could be cutting those eye teeth...plus I'm trying to ween him off of the bottle and just onto the sippy cup so that could be part of it. We didn't use a bottle at all today so I know in a day or so he'll be over that! Got outside inbetween raindrops to take the boys out for a wagon ride and they played in the backyard a bit. Surprisingly, Will didn't get covered in mud or wet sand. He stayed pretty clean.

Well, I just want to thank you all for listening again earlier. I just hate to go on and on when I'm feeling like a bad Mommy! It is great to be able to stay home with the boys but as you all know can be very overwhelming at times. Just don't know how you do it with more than 2!!!! I am also used to Dh working days and being home nights so if I need to do something I can. He should be back to normal next week :crossed:

OK, gotta go straighten up! TTFN!

Cindi,
First of all, CONGRATS TO LOGAN! That is wonderful! You must be a proud mama! Working out with no a/c ... you might burn more caloires sweating them out ;) And please let us know how the haircut turns out! Are you going to get something different??

Geri,
Did going to your moms give you a little mommy time?? I know we all get overwhelmed with the kids sometimes! My hubby usually works from like 6 am to 7 or 8 pm so I usually have the kids by myself all the time. He is working tomorrow too... Like always! And just think HE OWNS his own business!!!
I know you can get back to a turtle by Monday. Have you been exercising everyday like you were???

Julie,
Hope you tomorrow will be a better day for you! We all get overwhelmed at times when TOM hits! Just get right back on plan! You can do this!

I always think to myself.. The longer I am off plan, the longer it is going to take me to get to goal!

Spryng,
If you can't put the a/c draining outside... then what are you going to be able to do? Cause I know those window units sweat huh? I saw the Applebee's menu think in a parents book. That is pretty neato! :) And I also saw that Ryan's Steakhouse has red spoons now that indicate low carb items. Enjoy your dh. And let us know how you and hubby do tomorrow!

Ginny,
Happy Early Anniversary! We love you! ;)

As for me.,... I had my cheat night tonight and I am going to get off here and get in a good workout to help balance it out.

I will be back in the morning! Have a great night!

Good Morning
 

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Good morning, well morning at least. I did NOT have a good night. Andrew could not breathe and didn't sleep well at all. In fact we both may have gotten a couple of hours in total. And I have to drive to Commerce, almost an hour away to go to birthday parties. I get so sleepy when I drive usually. Although I've got a great Bon Jovi cd from the 80's that I like to blast the radio to and that keeps me awake.

Ginny, wow 22 years, that's awesome. I sure hope dh remembers. I understand though, this year will be 9 for me and it's not that dh doesn't remember, it's just another day to him and not to be maken a big deal of.

Leigh, wow, OP while away, I think that is great. Your rewards while losing sound good. I've made it a size smaller just about and my prize is some new clothes, of course I have to have them anyway. But that comes about every 15 to 20 lbs.

Penny, pizza buffet sounds good. I actually had a salad and a few slices of pizza yesterday too. I've realized Fridays' are my off plan days too. Size 10, WTG. I can't wait til the day........

Cindi, this is so ironic about your a/c. My sister which is pregnant with #8, her a/c is out too. I thought what's the deal with all these kids and no a/c. Sounds like a great reward.

Spryng, so glad dh made it in. I hope y'all enjoy your weekend.

Geri, sorry to hear about your gain. Believe me it happens to ALL of us. And you can do it. You can get rid of it by Monday.

Okay, Andrew is about to ruin my post and he has a dirty diaper and he's cranky and the kids are hungry. I've got to get off. I'll check in later. Hope everyone has a great Saturday.

Hey girls good morning!!

Well I had to call the cops again on the neighbors! They woke us up at 5:45 am some girl goin absolutely nuts at her boyfriend I'm assuming every other word out of her mouth was the F word and thats what Taylor woke up hearing today, so I called the cops and they gave them another citation. I told them we don't care if they party as long as we don't have to hear it, the worst part is we sleep with a high power fan on all the time cuz hubby likes the white noise it produces so for us to be able to hear them it would take a lot. Ok I'm done ranting.

So I woke up sick as a dog too my throat is sooo sore and I can kind of feel it in my ears but not too badly, Hopefully it will go away fast. Woohoo weigh in is tomorrow and mine should be ok unless something horrible happens ;)

There were so many posts since I posted last I just don't have time to get personal, the girls are up and crabby lol. I hope you all have a great morning!!
I'll post later when hubby gets home and I get to lay in bed! lol

Michelle

Good Morning Ladies,

Crystal,
I am so sorry you had a terrible night. Does Andrew go to the ENT for the breathing? All of my kids have had sleep apnea. The older two have had tonsils and adnoids removed. I have to make Andrew an appt. soon b/c the ped. said his are just as bad. Hope you don't have too terrible of a day with the long drive. :)

Michelle,
I knew something must have happened for you to post so early in the morning. Did the neighbors get mad at you again this morning. Do they have a thing that if they get so many citations something happens or do they just get a fine every time??? You better not be getting sick. grrrr.... Hope it passes soon!

As for me,
I didn't get in my workout last night.. But I did get it in this morning and actually all 45 minutes of it! YAH! :) I haven't exercised in a while and it felt great!

I just got a phone call from one of Hunter's friends from school and we are going to meet them at the park!

Have a great day!

Penny, maybe I'm naive or something, but what's ENT? But Andrew doesn't do anything for the breathing. We have a nebulizer machine, but we usually just give him treatments if he's been coughing. I'm not sure if it would do anything for the nasal congestion or not. He'll be going in for his 18 mo. check in a week or so and I'm gonna talk to the doc. I'm wondering if there is anything I can do for him or give him just at night so he'll sleep. I just don't know. And I know the doc will say to limit him going outside, but you know how hard that is for an 18 month old boy to not be able to go outside when his sisters are. It's almost impossible. I really don't know if that would help. He was outside last night for a bit and the night air changes and becomes more humid and that may have caused it last night. We're not usually outside at night but we went to visit some friends and was just enjoying the outdoors while all the kids played. I just don't really know what his problem is or if there is really anything that can be done, you would think there would be, but lots of times for these sort of problems there's just not.
I didn't mean to go on and on like that. Thanks for your concern and I hope you have fun at the park.
TTYL

Good morning all!!!

Ok, just a quick post from me but I promised to let everyone know about mine and my DHs WI's. So you ready???? OK, Like I said I felt bloated and the scale reflected that, I was up a lb at 130 today. But I don't really mind. I know I ate well all week so it must be the heat. OK.... now for DH's.... you ready for this?


He started at 306 two weeks ago. He didn't do very well OP the first week but really got into it the second week and today's WI proved it. He was 192.5... A 13.5 lb loss!!!!!! I knew it would be big. I am so proud of him!!!! And I think he was shocked and proud himself. He told me yesterday he didn't think he would lose very well and I knew otherwise. His body was ready to give some of that up.
So anyway, there is the official wi's.

Today we have to figure out how to get the a/c in the wall or buy a whole new window that opens. Our window doesn't open because it is just a solid plate glass window. Don't know why the previous owners did that. Our room used to be a garage though so maybe that was why. Just a cheap way to put a window in. But anyway... that is what we are going to try and do today without it costing a fortune.
So I need to get off here... TTYL!

Crystal - an ENT is an ear nose and throat doctor. Taylor will have to see one for her snoring and she has the absolute biggest tonsils I have ever seen in a child her age!! lol Hope your little one is ok!

Hey penny!!! Are you excited for weigh in tomorrow? I bet you'll be in the 150's!! crossing my fingers.

Spryng - Tell your hubby I said WAY TO GO!!!!! He is doing WONDERFUL!! So are you girly, I'm glad you arent taking the 1 lb to heart I bet it is the heat!! Send some of that heat our way we are FREEZING!!!! I think i got sick because hubby had the a/c on last night and it was blowing right on me grrrr I turned it off when he fell asleep! lol
I hope you enjoy your weekend! We'll Miss you :grouphug:

Michelle

Spryng, tell your dh that we here at 3FC are very proud of him. Of course, I'm assuming the start weight was 206 instead of 306, LOL. My eyes bulged until I figured it out. Anyway, good luck with the a/c and again, we are proud of you both. You may not be losing but you sure are mainting WELL!!!
TTYL

Ohhh penny I'm not sure if there is a citation "limit" but I'm sure they are pretty ticked off at me lol. I even yelled out the front door to them this morning thanking them for waking the whole neighborhood up then I called the police, I'm sure I'll end up going to court against them, I went to court against our old neighbors who would play their stereo so loud that my cupboard doors would bounce to the bass of the music. They called me a liar in court and they called the police officer who testified against them a liar lol. Monday for sure I'm finding out who owns that house I'm at my wits end!

Tell me how your day goes girly, I'll check in later! I'm not exercising today I don't feel well and I"m tired to boot. Good for you on the exercise though!! Im proud!!!!

michelle

Good morning everyone!

Just a quick hello as I just finished my 4 mi walk and I've been down here about an hour. Wish I could stay all day it's so nice and quiet ;). I hope everyone has a wonderful Saturday. We're going to build our ark today (this rain just won't quit)...floods to the south of us...so far so good here...a nice dry basement :). We've only been here about 1.5 years so it's the 1st real test.
OK have to go. Yeah to Dh Spryng (292.5 right?). Michelle hope you're feeling better soon...your neighbors SUCK :(.

TTYL