Angie that is so funny about the scooter. Things like that always happen to me. I think you look great in your picture. You always take good pictures though.

Julie how was the cake? :hb: I am having to live through you right now so please tell me it was good. :^:

Well, I don't know what to do about my 3 lbs for my b-day. I am still right were I was a month ago. I don't know what to do beside not eat but I know that isn't healthy. It is just so discouraging when I get on the scale after being so good only to see the same number looking back at me. I don't want to give up b/c I want to have accomplished something by my b-day but this is just driving me up the wall.

I hope you guys check in today. I can't get on my puter at home still so I can only read your posts while I am here at work.

oh geesh Kempy, You should have seen it. :lol: I was filling up a glass of water and I turn around just in time to see the scooter lurch out of Jay's hands and up the wall before the wheel turned and it ran into the gate to the utility room. I said Honey you do know that is a gate and not a bike rack dont you? haha I almost peed myself laughing but I am glad that it didnt break the wall or anything. Jay has been riding it around the house this morning. Now he wants one.

We just took the dogs for a 2 1/2 mile walk. First one in a long time and we pick a bad day to do it because it is so muggy that you can barely see anything but it still felt good to move. I did it because I intended to try to eat healthy today and first thing I ate 2 pieces of Peanut butter fudge for breakfast and felt bad afterwards. I am going to try to do it still. I think I am going to cave and buy the Dr. Phil book just so that I can spend the first few weeks reading about dieting so maybe it will make me more conscious of my eating. I read a magazine about people who have reached their goals the very first time I lost weight and it really helped. I hate being fat but I guess I hate being disciplined even more. :lol:

Kempy, I know you want to lose 3 pounds before our birthday but you know I think you have been doing a great job as it is. You have been very steady with your weight all of this time and I hope to be more like you in the long run. Plus you are beautiful!! That being said I know how discouraged you must be feeling but just think it is probably just a little plateau and one of these weeks it will start to move again.( I know that is of little consolation when it is happening though)

I bought a 5 foot banner for my front lawn for my mom. It says look who is over the hill and it has a vulture on it. haha I got her a cake with a vulture in the tree and at the bottom it says I CAN WAIT. I bought her some gag gifts too. Clyde is sending her poems every week about how old she is getting and saggy boobs. Mom really doesnt know what is coming so she is worried about strippers and stuff.

I gots ta take a shower but I will check back later.

Good Morning Girls

Oh Yes Kempy, boy did I eat cake yesterday. And ice cream. A piece at lunch w/ice cream and a huge piece and after dinner with even more ice cream :(. But I told hus this is it, I am not going to eat anymore cake or sweets or atleast try until someone else has a birthday. Which is August. Then mine is in Sept, and mil, and mom is in Oct. So it looks like once a month I will be having cake. Hopefully it is around TOM time. But this morning I started out pretty good. I ate a huge bowl of oatmeal flaked cereal. Lots of fiber! But lots of carbs. I am so sick of looking at carb amounts I could puke! I just want to control what I eat and not go on a binge. Do you average three meals a day Kempy? Or do you eat five to six small meals throughout the day?

Angie love the pics. You look really pretty, you have a great smile and look like alot of fun. I agree you are photogenic. (sp?) When we took the kids to the train event last week my eyes were closed in some pics, or I was just making really stupid faces. I was like to my hus, tell me when you are going to take a pic so I can atleast try to pose :lol:! Not that would help me at all. LOL!!

Hi everyone I will try and check in later. I would like to lay out in the sun again and try to keep this tan up. I got alot done this weekend, cleaned, painted spots in the wall the kids have knicked up, yard work, I still have to scrub a couple of toliets but I will get to that later. Btw, the mosquitos are terrible here. They don't bug my dd or hus but my son and I have like allergic reactions to them. They are such a pain in the butt! I wish they would go away, but we have gotten so much rain they are here to stay. Whats for supper tonight girls?....Julie

Its not what you can't do, it is what you can do....

Sorry about the double post, I tried for the first time to put a quote in and I screwed it up!

Hi girls, going :crazy:... we're preparing for a Home & Garden show this weekend, setting up a booth showcasing bathtubs, and shower stalls in cultured-marble, etc...--it's freakin' nuts around here. On top of that the guy we hired moves like a sloth! Not a turtle, a sloth. Don't know how long he'll last at that pace. Anyway, breezed thru here for a breather.

Angie, you're very welcome! You look great--you and your sis are very photogenic :). Don't put yourself down, we have to love ourselves thru thick and thin remember? Loved the lei too :lol:. That's the type I gave Michael for graduation.

Julie, hugs girl, we all can do with a little cake and ice cream now and then,esp.for special occasions... Darn it!I'm having problems w/my space bar--what next?!?

:grouphug: Hugs to everyone who needs them, gotta run. love ya!

Morning girls!! It is hot hot hot today. We just took the dogs on a 2 1/2 mile walk and now I am so hot I can barely stand it. The poor dogs had to crawl into the ditch with the tadpoles and frogs halfway through it. :lol: Rebel actually lays down on one side and then gets up and does it to the other side. He is a little freak.

I rode Coreys scooter last night. That is so much fun. It says it holds 250 pounds but I bet I could break it riding up a hill with it. :lol: It quit on him last night so Jay fidgeted with it last night and fixed it. (hopefully) If not I saved the box and I dont havbe any problem throwing it back at the store for a new one.

I didnt do too well dietwise last night but at least I got in a walk so that is one babystep accomplished. Hopefully at least the scales will stop climbing so fast until I can get my bearings.

Noelle, Has Rick redone all the bathrooms in your house all pretty? I love the fancy bathrooms. We had the whirlpool tub cornered in our bathroom with mirrors all around it. I love it but I dont use it too often and it kinda sucks to be able to see exactly how bad you look sitting down.(the toilet is right beside the tub :lol: ) I should not have that many rolls. haha But the bathroom looks nice. I have a wine glass and candles and potpourri bowl around it.

Well, I have to email my uncle really quick so I will check back later.

:lol: seeing yourself pee. Angie I have been places where they have mirrors right next to the toilet and I hate it. I should be in there not thinking about my fat but when it is staring you in the face you have to look.

Noelle is your hubby one of those guys that once he gets hom ehe will not work on his own home b/c he has been dealing with people in theirs all day? My dad did plumbing and we had once bathroolm that halfway worked. We had a beautiful pedistal sink that he never hooked up and a whirlpool that wouldn't work either. I never understood that.

I had a DU meeting last night. The first of many to come. Do you guys remeber last year what I went through. I did get some good ideas though. It was the zone meeting so there was another committe there so I got to pick their brains for ideas. I don't know if I am really ready to be dealing with this right now. Our banquet will be here b4 I know it.

I had a .5lbs drop this morning. I am not certain if it was just water but hey, it was something. Unlike you Angie I didn't get to work out. I am jealous that you got to wlak the dogs. I know that mine relaly need to get out. It is REALLY hot here today too. It felt like a suana this moring. So I was sweating right after my shower and as I was throwing some things for the dogs to fetch I was running from the deer flies that thought I would taste good. They get really bad down her in the summer. They are pretty scary looking too. The dogs are always trying to outrun them too.

Good Morning Girls

I am still thinking about what to have for breakfast....its 10:00! Yikes....girls I am just so confused on the carb thing. Kempy you seemed well trained in nutrition maybe you can help me out. I wanted to know if you eat three square meals a day or six small meals? Post when you get a minute okay? Offically I have not been on the scale in over a month. But thats okay. I am not going to live for a number, I just want to feel less bloated. BLOATATION!!
Its not even TOM time. Whats up with that????

Angie great job on the walk. I hate that hot and sweaty feeling too. I always take a cold shower after those hot walks. About the bathrooms when we were building our house I wanted so bad a deep spa tub, but grump hus says way over budget!! I think he probally regrets it now because I would have sat in there for hours and been out of his face :lol:! It sounds really pretty the way you have yours decorated. I always see how they have the fancy tubs decorated on House Hunters, our show. Hehehehe....

Noelle good luck on getting all that work done for the show. We have a home and garden show here once a year also. Rick sounds like a real handy-man. I am so glad my hus is pretty handy. He has fixed and built alot of things around the house. Well don't you go pulling your beautiful hair out today!! Hope all is well and the new guy starts moving like a darn rabbit :drill:!

Well getting really hungry now, had to stop in the middle of this post to change a diaper, find something that had to be found right away so now I actually here my stomach making noises! Check back later....Julie

Hi Kempy you and I were posting at the same time. I sure do remember all the hard work you put into the DU meetings. That makes me start thinking if hus is going to go duck hunting this fall? Congrats on the loss :bravo: :dance:! Be back later....Julie

One more post I promise, Angie I think we should all try and get on here more. I noticed we all tend to keep each other in-line more. I know we are all super busy with our lives right now, but we have to put our HEALTH first. So come on girls lets get this party started :lucky: :hyper: :D :)!

I am on a pee break!!! haha I had to make 6 sheetpans of Pumpkin rolls today. I hate to make those and now I have to frost them and roll them up.

Kempy, That is so funny that your dad never finished your bathrooms. :lol: He must have been sick of doing it by the time he got done working for the day huh? Yep, I remember last year and all the work you put into your DU banquet. YEAH!!!! :cheer: 1/2 pound drop is pretty good when you are 3 pounds away. You are doing great.

Julie, oh my god, I love to watch all the home decorating shows. I get so many ideas from those shows. Now for the kids to grow up so I can do some of them. :lol: It is so hard to do anything really fancy with 3 kids running through the house and fingerprinting everything up. That is why I can make my bathroom look cute because they arent allowed in it. haha I do need to pain it though. I have decorated the whole house except for my bedroom and bathroom.

Okay, I have to get back to work before Jays flips. Talk to ya later.

Hey Ladies :wave:

I hope all are well! I know you all sound busy. This past weekend I had presentations to give to community leaders at that went well. This weekend I have a wedding and my husband is going out of town with Friends for some camping. I am actually a little excited to do what I want around the house, and not have to watch the Red Sox!

Angie gotta say that you have a great smile! I loved those pics of you! :cp: Keep up the good work with the walking - change small things at a time so you don't feel overwhelmed.

Kempy :bravo: on down half a pound. That is good and you have been losing consistently..so it all adds up! Good luck with all the banquet preparations. My best friend lives in New Orleans and is trying to get me to come down in August...how muggy is it then?

Noelle I completely understand :crazy: Good Luck with the showcase - I hope it goes well this weekend. As for the cooking classes they start in September - I postponed due to too many commitments on days the classes are held over the summertime...but I promise stories of the klutzy chef will start in the fall! :lol3:

Julie it sounds like you are well. It must be nice to have a handy husband..mine is not and neither is my dad. I am often the one with the tool belt but I threaten to take him to Home Depot workshops when we argue ;)

Well all - must run- business is a callin'

Quote:
The harder you work the harder it is to surrender. - Vince Lombardi

be well.

:lol3: Summer :lol3:

Julie I am sorry that I didn't comment earlier but I eat at least 5 times in a day. That keeps your metabolism up. Plus I don't get so hungry late at night.

Summer it is pretty dog gone hot in Aug. I think that might be one of our hottest months. I think we can stand it better though b/c we have been in it for awhile. Don't let that stop you from coming. You will have a great time no matter what. Plus, I could drive down there so that I could meet you. I live about 45 min. north of NO.That would be fun.

Angie you have inspried me to walk the dogs when I get home. Even though it is 88 w/ 65% humidity I think I need to get out there and walk my butt around the neighborhood.

I got to run, my shift is up. I will try to pop on tonight.

Thanks Kempy for replying hon! My metabolism needs help I think. I am stuck.

Summer have fun having the house to yourself this weekend. I can't imagine what silence would sound like! And have a great time at the wedding. I love weddings.

Angie did you get another walk in? I did not yet. Though I did some cardio today. Are you going to watch the Simple Life tonight? I am, it starts in a couple of minutes. I think hus likes to watch it with me because of the eye candy :lol: hahahaha!! I can't believe how short their skirts are. They might as well just wear underwear.

Noelle are you hanging in there? How is little Mikey doing? I wish we could get our two little guys together to play. We would have a blast talking and they would do their little boy thing.

Well I am going to turn off my music now and go watch the Simple Life. We had chili and pasta, homemade cornbread and I ate enough for four people! Oh well tomorrow is another day. I just love this song right now I have playing- Marc Anothny- You Sang to Me!!!! Its so romantic....to bad hus is not that romantic. Just keep listening to my music :lol:! Julie