I want a little girl,,,Jana can you ask Mary if I could ummmm have one of hers? She has 3....
shes soooo cute...all in pink...*sigh Does she have her ears pierced?

Yes I did save the wig...took some elbow grease...and Tanner wearing the wig while I combed out the really bad tangles...gawd I hope I haven't scarred him...lol Monte wouldn't do it and I couldn't trust Skittles,,,she still was eyeing the wig like it was something to kill. And well Brandon was at work...plus he did wear it once and acted like he was a rock star....he was playing his guitar and everything ....lol yes there are some days we live a colorful life around here...lol
Boy is it ever cold outside,,,rainy and just plain miserable. Tomorrow will be sweater and thick jacket day while yard saling...
Went to Pennington's tonight,,,hadn't seen one of the girls since I left,,,she was with her mom and sister shopping,,,her mom even hugged me...it was sweet. So many pretty clothes...so little time...*sigh
Angelika and I went for a walk in the mall tonight,,,we are going to start dating these dresses...so gorgeous.
well off to bed I go...
Angie

Madison is a beauty!! Beautiful picture, thanks so much for sharing!!

No YURTS in my future. So plan B is to help my father at his place. Taking a chair over that he needs and perhapes clean his apartment. Would really like to see him moved because his place is too small. We'll see. If I could get some of the other sisters and brothers to help subsidize his rent that would be great!
Thinking of going to see Troy.
I kind of talked with my supervisor ((not my boss.....my bosses boss))via email tonight. He thought I did a good report on my vacancies.He asked if I thought about applying for Site Managers position........duh. I wrote back saying I HAD........he wrote back saying that he was glad to hear that. He said he thought I would make a good manager. His only concern was putting me in such a big complex. I DO manage at the 2nd biggest in the HAP profolio....lol.
I truthfully am not scared of the size (175 units) I am pretty confident that I can do it. Most of the places are 80 units.
Whatever happens...........happens. I was adding up my net today and when I add $500 credit (...because now my housing is free) I am doing pretty darn good!!
I just wish I had a final answer...........
My boss is sweet.........he keeps saying " I am pulling for you!!".....lol

I guess I better go. Leaving early to hand over a cell phone for someones on call weekend and pick up the Gabster.

Tomorrow is weigh in??? Wow........time goes sooooooo fast.
Best of luck Jana!! Congrats to everyone else that is losing!!!


TTFN :)

Everyone got chatty after I left!!

Well today ended up being a LONG day! I called Shanna late in the afternoon, to see if she was still coming over, and when she answered she sounded tired. So I told her to stay home and not drive all the way to my place...I had some errands to do in town (grandpa is still out of town so I"m still watering his plants) I went to the bank to get my name changed on my checks and my debit card. Can't stay with the old married name for too much longer! Mailed some letter that needed to be sent and then came home. And have been doing pretty much nothing since I got here.

Shanna--Hope you woke up some and got to enjoy the rest of Friday. Hopefully BF took you out and did something fun.

Jana--Cute picture of Madison! She is so cute. I love photos of little ones smelling the flowers!! That's definately scrapbook worthy!!

Katie--Home stretch is right!! Can't wait for it to end. I'm not going back to school so I will be looking for a job. And hopefully it won't take too long to find one....but of coarse I know it will. I sure miss working for Sony and having 4 days off and only working 4 days!!

Angie--I started giggling when I read about the wig and your dog! Then I started picturing my dogs with a curly wig and just started laughing!! They kind of looked at me weird. (see what happens when I'm all alone and no one to talk to??....I get weird!!)

RosieKate--The last time James and I went to OMSI we went to the OMSIMAX...watching a movie in there can make you queasy!! But I really liked going! I believe we watched something on the pyramids....don't quite remember. Oh...and Jhanai's dad.....let him cry!! He's putting himself in the situation!! :s:

Susan--Ok....call me clueless because I know you explained before, but what is it that you do? And how come your housing is free now? How cool is that? Sorry for getting lost with that!

Let me tell you all how mad I was with my dog, Cocoa!! She made me really upset. Both dogs have been very good at not going pass a certain area which leads to the road. Yelling at them pretty much keeps them away. But since James has been gone, they've decided that I'm not worth listening too and so I have been grabbing the leash when I take them out. But this afternoon, I thought they were behaving quite nicely and didn't grab the leash.....well...Chewy came right in..."Good Boy" Cocoa....she did her thing then I thought she was coming right in, but she caught site of a guy walking past and bolted out of site. She ran right into the street...and ran right beside the guy....here I am in my sweats and slippers running and yelling at her. The guy tries to ignore her and finally I ask him if he would help me catch her (she was not letting me touch her!) and so he tried to talk to her (since she was just trotting with him) and then she bolted back to the back yard.....I apologize to the guy and ran back to the house......took her in and spanked her like there was no tomorrow!! I felt bad, but man...there was traffic!! She just looked at me and sat there. (apparently I'm not spanking hard enough!) So no more going out with out a leash until we get a fence up!!

How do you think I looked in my comfy sweats and slippers running down the road yelling at a little dog?? :lol:

Ok...I've rambled on long enough. You all have a good night....I'm going to grab the leash and take the dogs out! :dizzy:

Take care
Marti

Good morning ladies,

Angie - thanks for the picture of you. You are so very pretty!! Something about your smile made me think of Kate Hudson right away. Yep, Madison has her ears pierced.... all of Mary's girls do.

Susan - it's good the big boss knows who you are. Maybe he will have some input on who gets the position. I'm hoping it will be you.

Marti - lol, Cocoa must have thought you needed a little excitement in your life.

I'm down 2 1/2 more pounds and feeling real good about that. When we had the fear about Dale, I wanted to munch like crazy, but stayed with raw veggies. Boy am I ever glad I did! :D

Gotta do some cooking today for the party tomorrow. Katie and Kayla (her friend who is like one of the family) are helping out with the cleaning to repay for some concert tickets I bought them. That's gonna help a lot.

BBL,
Jana

good morning gals!

Jana - Your DGD is awfully cute, she look about the same age as my DD. The astilbes are beautiful, and your hostas aren't too shabby either! Mine are just limping along. I keep dividing them for other parts of the yard. I need to just leave them be for a year. I have a shady north side of the house the could use some astilbes...hmm...hmmm, I'm gonna need DH to tie me to a chair - I'm dangerous in a nursery!
Marti - lol - well, you could have been wearing a bathrobe with curlers in your hair! Glad your puppy is safe and sound.
Susan - thought about you yesterday. The Oregonian had an article about a HAP property off of Burnside. I hope you get this job. Maplewood ELem. sent home yearbooks yesterday and I saw your daughter's pic. Lee's class, right? I can see a resemblance for sure - she's cute! Is she looking forward to graduating and moving on to middle school?

Well, I sneaked a weighin today ( usually I wait til Monday) and I lost another 2 lbs. This was after breakfast, with TOM, to boot. So I'm doing a happy dance..... gonna hold on til Mon - so the scale says the same then, too
RK

Morning ladies-- :wave:

Well today must be a two pound day!! I'm back to 150 and extremely happy about that!! So I say we all do happy dances all weekend!! :dance: :dancer: (just as long as we don't go crazy and eat everything available!)

Jana--You truly are inspirational! You have a major thing go on in your life and you still manage to stay OP!! :cp: I would have dived right into something chocolatey and gooey!! I'm so proud of you and know you are going to reach your goal!!!!!

RosieKate--Bathrobe and curlers?? :lol: That would have been a site!! Then I would really have the neighbors talkin!! :gossip:

Well girls...I'm set for another long day. (didn't get to bed until 2:30 last night) I think I'm going to get into the yard and finish pulling weeds along the fence. (As long is it's not too wet) Gotta keep myself busy.

You all have a great day and I will check in later on.

Marti

Just checking in....

Marti and RosieKate - YAY for the 2 pounds down each!! It was hard for me to stay OP this past week with everything going on, but my desire to succeed is immense. I just pray to God I keep this feeling of control.....

Cristi - thank you so much for the card. You are a true sweetie! Where have you been today?

Katie and her friend Kayla helped with the cooking and cleaning today for tomorrow's party. Mary and Gina are also helping with the cooking. :cp: I am really looking forward to having everyone over.

Neal and I are checking out a new church tomorrow. We're looking for one that the whole family can go to and take communion without a bunch of lessons first.

Hope you are having fun this weekend!

Jana

Hello everyone,,,,

Well mom came for a visit,,,we did like 15 yard sales...I bought 4 huge flower boxes for only 3 bucks,,,they were brand new! So of course we then had to go shoping for flowers....lol 60 bucks later everything is looking purdy in my back yard.
Again it was cold and windy...hate that. BRRRRrr
I cleaned my pantry,,,made some brownies and feel pretty good,,,need to fold about 6 loads of laundry...*sigh
Marti,,,I don't let Skittles out without a leash...shes a nasty lil Bleep.
Jana, you amaze me,,,someone with that much will power,,,,I have been eating horrible for 3 days now,,,must get back on track.
Rosiekate, I have plants a few plants that I have pulled apart and planted elsewhere and man they just keep growing,,,does cabbage flowers sound right? I have that all over the place and have actually started to cut them back and tossing them out. Plus pansies,,,didn't know they were perinnials...and they are growing wild in the back yard.

I bought a couple more fairies for my flower beds...I like that look.

Well gonna go read my book, and pretend to watch the game...
night
Angie

It really must be a 2 pound day! Put me on the list of losers...and a surprised one at that.
I thank you all for the input about Curves. It is attractive to me because it is ladies only. I haven't checked them out yet, and since we leave for 5 months of the year I don't know how that would work if there is a contract or yearly thingy. Maybe I can do this without them!! (at least I am finally starting to believe I can)
Jana--I must try the lemon version of the dreamsicle cake. Lemon is my all time favorite flavor. Sounds yummy!
RosieKate--I grew up camping, but married a guy who never liked it. I've become quite accustomed to hotels and now my idea of camping is Holiday Inn. :)
Angie--I love yard sales and used to go all the time when I had little ones. Now I just go look for books as I don't need to bring anything else home. I never pay full price for books.
Jana--Your DGD is a doll. The "grands" I have nearby are all teens now as the youngest DGS is 4 and lives in CA.
Hope everyone has a great (rest) of the holiday week-end. Sunshine to you!

Sue

Good Morning,

Just sneaking on and now I have to sneak off......lol

Sorry,always rushing around.

You read a HAP story RosieKate?? We are off of Burnside but there are 2. I know one had a criminal scene a few weeks back, maybe that was the complex??
Or maybe it was an article on how residents attack others when laundry is removed???? That be us.......lol....

How funny. I wil have to scan yesterdays paper.

I am down 1 1/2-yay........142 from 143.5....... ok about that.

CONGRATS to Sue, and Jana....and Marti.....was that it?? Super good...

I property manage Marti!!!! Geesh..lol....I am assistant and wanna be the boss, .....tell those maintenance men what to do......get free housing & utilities now.......but I would rather have my own place.

Oh, ya the head man knows me Jana, at least the one for my area. VERY nice man....the one that shares his diet pepsi.....the one that offers to babysit Gaby....that is that boss that will hire the new position.I trust whatever he decides, I think we have a bunch of talented people working for HAP, it is a good employer.

Ok- I know it is all about me posting but I better go. Just wanted to say hello before the girls woke up!!

TTFN :)

Good Morning all -

Susan- the article was about the Civic apartments - In Friday's paper. They are getting redeveloped - sounds like not a moment too soon. Doesn't sound like the one you live in.

Jana - Good luck with your church search - hey that rhymes! As a former Regular Baptist, one of my criteria for a new church home was open communion. I just felt, and still do, that that is between me an God. Or is that God and I? Anyway, our family found an ELCA Lutheran church that fit the bill - and are very happy there. Hope this church is a good fit for your family. I am enjoying attending again after many years away.

Angie - sounds so cold where you are! I had some violas that were returning yearly, but we had an unusually cold winter this year, and they have disappeared. I like pansies, but they are annuals here. I love yard sales, too and live a great neighborhood for it. They should be getting in gear soon.


Congrats on everyone's losses! We have all had great weeks, it seems. I'm a hormonal wreck right now (TOM) so I'm getting the Tylenol and heating pad and will check with you gals later
ciao
RK