Stay At Home Mom's #229!!!
 

Welcome all to a thread full of wonderful women taking on the responsibilty of raising a family and trying to take care of themselves too. We look forward to a new day with members, new and old! Please feel free to jump right in and say hello Here is a little bit about who we are ...

MichelleRae: Michelle sahm to Taylor 8-25-01 & Teagan 10-13-03 Married 2 years to Zhaun. Plan I'm following is a combined WW and South Beach Diet

Spryng: 24 y.o. married 6 years. Kids- Ava 4, Bubba (aka Joseph) 3 & Tanner 1. Currently on ww, hit goal in April.

Mompen: Penny 23 y.o. Happily Married & SAHM Momma to three active boys, Hunter almost 5, Nicholas almost 4 & Andrew 13 mo. Weight Watchers is my way of life

Loveliam: Leigh SAHM to Liam 10.21.03 & happily married for 2 years. Doing the Weight Watchers thing

Sydsmom: Kristin SAHM to Sydney 09-27-01, married almost 2 years to wonderful dh Began Weight watchers mid-July

Cheri: married to Donald for 8.5 years, SAHM/homeschooling momma to Nathan, 5 (9-11-98), Daniel, 3 (8-29-00) & Elijah, 1 (10-16-02) & doing the low carb thing kinda, lol

Angel: SAHM of 4, Ages 8,8,7,&4.

Cindi: Mom to 6 boys & 1 mean girl. Plan.. No diet for me! Portion control, exercise & lots of water (most days)

Chubba: Geri..Mom to two boys, Will (3) & Tony (1)..married for 4 years to a great guy..following Dr Phil most days!

Crystal: 27 yo sahm of 3 almost 4. Alisa 5, Ally 3, & Andrew 20 months. Due Feb 1st. Married almost 9 years, live in Texas & homeschool. Avon & Watkins Sales Rep. My plan when on it counting calories & exercise

Ricci sahm to two boys 4 and 5, married 7 years, going to be doing ww

Jaymi: 2 kids, 20 mo Girl & 6 yo boy. Been married to DH for 2 ½ years. I’m counting calories, eating lowfat foods & exercise. I have no idea what the name of that diet is!!!

Good Afternoon or at least Afternoon
 

Hi all.
I'm eating some dinner and going to vent. First of all, however,

Jaymi, must you change the bed of your 20 month old? I changed my first one too early at 18 months and my second was over 2 years and I still wasn't ready but I had to have the bed for my son. I suggest to keep her in it until she absolutely can't stay in there. I didn't ask, is she climing out? That could change everything. If that's the case, I feel toddler beds are a waste of time and money. I would just prefer to put them into a real twin bed.

Hi to everyone else. Hope your Friday's are doing good. I'm gonna sit back and crochet shorthly.

But first, dh and I had a huge fight. Ally, my 3 yo was outside and started crying she was standing in ants. He hollered at her to get out of them and called her a dummy for not doing it. I said she's 3, she doesn't understand to wipe them off and move. It got bigger and bigger. I had to step up when he called her dummy and then I became the dummy and a b**ch and I should get the f**k out of here and so on and so on. So how it went from him calling her names to me being this and that and so on I don't know. I'm not apologizing. He was suppose to watch the kids tomorrow for me to go to the eye doc and get my haircut but he cancelled that on me. So I'm upset but I'm not, does that make since? I mean I'm upset about the fight but I don't think I did anything wrong. Of course I'm gonna step in when he calls my kids names. We've talked about this before and he knows that I hate that big time.
Anyways, that was just a vent. I'm gonna clean the kitchen and do some laundry then crochet. He's gone so it's nice and quiet around here.
TTYL

Hi Ladies!

Crystal,
Sorry you and dh had a spat. That is horrible to call the kids names. I know it hurts your feelings just as bad as hers. I don't think it is your fault but I am not one to step in. Don't work yourself up over him... it's not good for the baby :(

How is everyone doing tonight?

I will chat if anyone else is up for it??? Just gotta do my part first....lol How horrible is that.....lol

Penny you crack my *** up, I'm heading to chat now :)

Crystal so sorry you had an argument with DH. I hope you guys will be able to talk it out.

hope you all had a great day!!
Michelle

Hey guys, just wanted to check in and say hi. Crystal so sorry about the fight. I hate it when dh and I fight. It really sucks!

Well I have to go to my sisters party so I will be on later tonight. Hope you all are still chatting and such. Have a great night if I don't talk to you guys.

hey girls we are at the yahoo chat people are having a hard time getting in to the msn group so go here :) http://health.*************.com/group/LosingSAHMs/

I can't chat at yahoo, i can IM, but can't chat. My user ID is ricci_alcorn for yahoo. I will chat with you all later.

ricci meet us at msn again thse chats are buggy!!

Have a great night ladies!

Great chatting with you all!

Hey girls! I was so disappointed that you all had gone to bed before I could chat with you but I guess that's how it goes when you are in different time zones!! LOL

Michelle I had so much fun chatting with you last night. Hope we can do it again!

Talk to you girls in the morning!

whoops I mean I had fun chatting with you TONIGHT. I guess I am tired, better get to bed!

Good morning! Looks like I'm first to post :) Had fun last night - used my flexpoints on Mexican food and ice cream, so it's OP the rest of the weekend for me! Also, it would be good if I could get some exercise in. DH and I are going to clean out the guest room so it's further ready for the new furniture and stuff.

About the stroller- I only get to review and keep one item from the store - otherwise they'd lose money I guess :lol: I just kind of lucked into the review - I was interested in the stroller and asked the store owner some questions about it, then she suggested I review it when it arrived. I'm excited though because I love product reviews.

Cindi- :lol: yes, I could think of a few opther products I'd love to review/keep!

Cindi and Jill- it's good that you're partners now :)

Cheri- yeah, we also wanted a lightweight, but a "luxury" umbrella because I still wanted a basket and canopy. This one is 9lbs - whoohoo!! Isn't it odd how into baby products we become?

Kristin- did you break up the fight with the kiddies??

Penny- hope your head is all better today! About the scrap space . . . it would be great if I actually used it! Maybe I can loan it to you until I figure that one out :lol: Have fun with the relatives.

Crystal- I'm with you! Calling the toddler names is no good! I think he'll eventually realize and apologize.

Michelle- hi :D anything new with you?

Hi, Ricci!

QOTD What has been your greatest opportunity?

My answer: Two things for me - 1. College. I don't believe college is for everyone or that everyone needs to go, but for me undergrad school was an incredible opportunity and allowed me to see myself in ways I never dreamed. It gave me a lot of confidence in myself. 2. My marriage. Since my parents had such a bad marriage, I really didn't have major role models for a good marriage. But DH and I really cherish our union and we almost always remember that from the time we took those vows, we became a team, not individuals. Sometimes I'm really surprised at how wonderful marriage can be, because I never really knew that/believed that about it growing up.
Okay, enough rambling! TTYL :D

Hi Everyone!

I have a big day today. I have to go clean the church this morning, then Hunter has his Karate Belt test and then we are leaving to go out of town until tomorrow.

Angel,
Hope your tooth is feeling better!

Michelle,
It was great talking to you last night! I just luv ya! Let me know how everything goes w/ the phet. Have a great weekend!

Cindi,
You just crack me up! You are just too funny! It was great chatting with you!

Jill,
I am sorry I missed you! I crashed!

Geri,
Where were you yesterday? Hope you are having a good day!

Crystal,
Hope your day is better today :) Don't let him get to you!

Spryng,
Hope you are getting a great tan!

Ricci,
Sorry we missed you in chat last night! How is ww going? Sounds like it is going good with your loss last week :cheer:

Kristen,
Nice talking to you last night! Hopefully we can chat longer next time!

Melinda,
Hope you are around here girly! I miss you!

Jackie,
Hope you get back here soon :)

Leigh,
Do you have yahoo im or msn? Let me know!

I hope you all have a wonderful day! Hope I didn't forget anyone? I think that they have internet connection where we are going so I might be able to check in.

HUGS TO YOU ALL!

My greatest opportunity:
I think my greatest opportunity was when I was able to stay home with my children. It really changed our relationship!

Penny- I am not sure if I have either IM- but I could probably easily sign up/download one or the other. My computer comes with AIM installed. I think that's what it's called- right? It's the AOL one I think. Were you always home with the children, or did you work at first and then decide to stay home? The way you answered made me curious :D Just let me know if I'm prying too much, though!

Scrapbookers- QVC has a bunch of scrapbooking products and kits on today if you are interested.

My mom and dad owned their own business where I worked for 6 years. I had Hunter and Nicholas while I was working there and they both came with me to work. Well then they decided to sell the store. I stayed home for a couple months but the money wasn't right at the time. So I worked for a year. The kids went to daycare for three days a week and my mother in law watched them two days a week. I started staying home again when I was in my pregnancy with Andrew. So I have been home probably over a year and a half now.

Sorry to rattle ........ :)

good morning,
How is everyone? Michelle, I didn't have my yahoo messenger turned on last night, so I get on line this morning and see you tried to IM me. Thanks for trying. I was also wondering if all of you had added me to your contact list could redo it, because something happened, and none of you got added. I will talk to everyone later.
Ricci

Good morning everyone. Today is okay, dh still has an attitude, but I get to him by not having an attitude. I mean he called me names, yet I'm not mad and it makes him get over it quicker and quicker. It is the hardest thing to do, but it's the best thing to do. Dh is suppose to watch the kids today for me while I go get my haircut and my eyes checked, although he cancelled it, I'm hanging in there thinking he will still watch them. He better.
QOFD: When I got pregnant with my first, I worked but I never wanted to send my kids to daycare but I didn't know how we were suppose to be able to support ourselves without my paycheck, my husbands family owns there own business, that's where my dh works. They made a position for me and the office is in there home, I was able to work and get a paycheck and still be with Alisa. I did this until half way through my pregnancy with Andrew. It was almost impossible to watch three kids not in your own home and still work. That's when I started staying home. But I am so grateful to his family for allowing me to do that. I also became closer to his family and his aunt and I that worked together formed a great friendship. That was the BEST opportunity I ever had...so far.!!!
I've got to clean the kitchen and take a shower and this and that. I'll TTYL

Just a quick hello from me.
Never got down here to post last night. DIdn't feel I should while drinking a rum & diet coke and eating doritos! The kiddies were getting to me last night :(. Oh well, today's another day. I have some shopping to do, laundry and then dh and I are going on a date tonight....where ever the road may lead us. We were going to go to a baseball game but he decided he didn't want to do that anymore so we'll see.
Tomorrow afternoon we have a birthday party to go to so will be gone then too.
Hope you all have a wonderful day and all is well. I'll try to check back in tomorrow.

Good Morning! Well I’m good and sore today. I exercised yesterday.. But then I got upset and ended up cleaning up the whole house….. Packing up everything! I still got some stuff to do today. I went ahead and just put up her toddler bed… she sleep in it all night!!! I barely slept though…. I kept being afraid she would fall out! I’ve already got a great hour long workout in for this morning! Although I am SICK to my stomach… for some unknown reason. Today is also weigh-in day. I have lost 4 lbs!! Yay! Almost back to where I started! Hopefully I can keep it up! I didn’t reach my goal for the month of July.. But that’s ok! Here’s to next month! I DID however lose inches off my hips, waist, and thighs, arms, and leg from two weeks ago! Total inches lost from 7-17-04…. 6.5!!! So for me.. The pound goal doesn’t matter that much! I still ended up losing 3 lbs for the month. It definitively is slowing down… but I like the inches dropping though! That makes me excited! Today I guess I’ll cook Spicy Onion burgers.. I don’t have any wheat buns.. so I’ll make me some burgers with ground turkey. Here is the recipe if you want it.. It’s pretty simple though:

Spicy Onion Burgers
from: Campbell's Kitchen
Prep/Cook Time: 20 min.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 lb. ground beef
1/2 cup Pace® Picante Sauce
1 pouch Campbell's® Dry Onion Soup and Recipe Mix
6 hamburger rolls
Lettuce leaves
Tomato slices
Avocado slices


Directions:
MIX thoroughly beef, picante sauce and soup mix. Shape firmly into 6 patties, 1/2" thick each.

GRILL patties 10 min. or until done.

SERVE in rolls with lettuce, tomato, avocado and additional picante sauce. Serves 6.


Well that’s all I got planned for today. It looks like it’s gonna be rainy day. The sun is out… but it’s still raining pretty hard. Well I hope everyone has a great day! I’m just gonna finish cleaning and cooking for the day. Maybe record some of my Murder She Wrote Episodes.. Or read the book I never started. I hope everyone has a great day today! I have a few quick comments to make.. Not everyone of them can be….individual.. (not enough time!!)

Crystal, sorry about your fight.. I don’t give good advice when it comes to that. I’m ticked off at my DH now.. And he doesn’t even know it. He probably does because I’m just cleaning away. But has no reason why… Why bother anyways. I WISH my DH would call me a bi*ch… He would get a fist right to the mouth… what happens after that….. Who cares! :lol: Boy I have a bad temper…and that’s one of those words…. That make me wanna go hit your DH for saying it to you!! :lol: I’m not even gonna get on the the toddler thing!! You have got me all fired up now!! :rofl: Hey.. Anyone out there have a Dollar Tree?!?! I saw some awesome pictures, stickers, etc for scrapbooks in there.. 1 buck!! Thanks Penny and Leigh.. (I think it was you Leigh! :) !!!) For the links.. Man I got a short memory span!! If I’m wrong.. Sorry! I went a head and put her in her toddler bed. She can’t climb out of the crib..yet.. But she wasn’t sleeping well! Oh and Crystal good thing is when we bought her crib it is a 4 in 1 so it turns into the toddler bed.. And afterwards a day bed! But I have a full sized daybed in storage too…. I want sooo bad to buy her a new comforter with Dora! I think I’m gonna put one on lay-away! Her crib mattress still fits on her bed… but as you all know crib comforters are too small and she needs sheets for God’s sake!!!

QOTD- Hmmmm….. I’ve always thought so down on my self that I never even thought about having a great opportunity. I would say it is being alive! Spending my life knowing my family members that have passed on.. And still here… that were amazing to me… And being able to see different states and living in different places (like house/trailer/apartment/ condo) AND most of all since I didn’t get to stay home and raise my son up as a baby.. To get to be a SAHM… and get to see the first words and the first steps.

Well anyways….. I‘ll try to come back and make more personal comments later… Hey I did it yesterday! :lol:

Hi everyone! Good morning to some and good afternoon to others. Well Michelle and I were up late talking so I was up late this morning too. The good think about my daughter is that she sleeps late so I can too if I want. Hope it lasts like this for awhile!
Sounds like all of you have fun, busy days ahead of you. I'm not quite sure what we will be doing. I got the house cleaned during the week so I dont have to worry about it now. That doesnt happen very often so I am hoping we can do somethings fun. DH and I got in a fight about going to the coast for the weekend. I had asked him earlier this week if he wanted to go and he didn't really give me an answer and then sprung it on my Thursday night (wanted to leave Friday night) I told him since I was the one having to do all the planning that I needed more time than that. He just doesn't get it. He thinks we can just up and leave whenever when we have a 10 month old that has more crap than us put together. Anyway he is punishing my now by not even wanting to go for the day. So we'll see what happens, I think he is weakening.
QOTD: My best opportunity hands down was becoming a mother. I feel so fulfilled and I know nothing else could make me feel like this. I also think the opportunity to go to college was great too but nothing compares to being a mom!
Ok girls have a great day! I will post more later!

Hi all. I have to vent. I think women should marry men at least 10 years their senior so they can be some what at the same maturity level. I swear, dh is acting like a kid. On top of calling Ally names and then me, like that's mature, he cancelled watching the kids for me today, I guess as a "lesson", he STILL has an attitude. Now he is talking to me alittle, but he is so not being himself. I'm the one he called names, I'm the one he cancelled babysitting for and yet I don't have an attitude. I'm being myself. I was hoping he was going to cave and watch the kids, but he's doing some work this morning which I knew he had to do but to his knowledge, I was suppose to be going to my appts. around lunch time. Now really the appts. are set for 300 and 330, but with him thinking they are about now he has said NOTHING about me going. But he did say that his friend wants to do something with him tonight. His friends wife isn't going to be home so they want to get together. So I'm suppose to sit here without getting to go to my appts. and he gets to go out tonight without me throwing a fit. I don't want to throw a fit because that will start a fight. I like to not nag about this stuff so he can never say that I do. I never ever ever say anything to him when he wants to go fishing or hang out with friends or nothing, EVER. Yet I don't get to go to my appts. Not like it's hanging out with friends, it's a haircut and an eye exam. I'm just waiting to see how things pan out this afternoon. My mom offered to watch them ,but she always watches them and her house is torn apart because of her remodeling and all that dust and with Andrews asthma acting up I don't want to take him over there. My sister said to cancel my appts if I have to and I will have this to hang over his head at some point. Although, I don't really ever do that kind of stuff.
I'm sorry about going on and on, but I'm p*ss*d and I needed to vent. See I try to still be a good little wife even after the name calling and cancelling this stuff, therefore he can't ever say anything negative about me because I'll throw this moment in his face. Maybe I can use it.
TTYL

Hi all. Just checking in one more time. Dh NEVER asked when my appts. were so my mom, as usual, has come through and she's coming over here. But I so hope dh asks me if my "lesson" was learned because I'm gonna tell him that yes I learned my lesson and that is that I can't count on him when I need him or have already asked for his help. I can make it dirtier than that and say that I learned that he is like his mom and I can't count on him.
I'm boiling inside but I'm still acting like everything is fine. I'm being myself and hoping that somewhere down deep he's thinking that he's being childish. I mean he called me names yet I'm fine but he still has the attitude. Doesn't make since. Anyways, I will not talk about this anymore. I may tell you the outcome later depends on how good it is, LOL!!!
Hope everyone is having a great day. TTYL

Hello!
 

Chat was fun lst night girls!! My date with dh went quite well, incase you wondered ;) ;) ;)

I have spent the whole day so far rescuing the bird off the roof. It turns out to be a Jenday Conure, part of the Parrot family! He is worth several hundred bucks, but he is very tame and needs to be hydrated and babied a bit. He wouldn't have made it through the day if we hadn't saved him. So I took him and got his wings clipped, bought a cage and some food and toys for him and we are keeping him/her. DNA testing is required to determine the sex, and I am not going to do that, LOL! He is resting now. I hope he will be okay. He likes to sit on my shoulder.

I still have one more trip to the mall today to get school stuff, so I must go now! Just thought I'd check in while I have a minute!

Jill, Have you decided on any challenge details? I have a few ideas to toss around!! We'll chat soon, but bare with me through this weekend, it's a busy one!!

HUGS!!!

Crystal!
 

Just wanted you to know I am thinking of you and I am sending you a big hug right now!

Men are such pains sometimes. They are also all immature at times, no matter how old!! I like mine today, though!!! :D

Hope the rest of your day is peaceful!

Love ya!!

Hi Ladies!

Had a terrible morning. Brought Andrew to the dr. :( He has been having a rash on his belly. I brought him to dr Thursday and they said they weren't sure what it was so just watch it but this morning it spread all over his face arms and belly. Brought him to a Saturday clinic and they said it looked like Fifth's Disease. grrrr.... It is always something..... Anyhow,

Hunter got his new belt. Yah for him! Hubby took a pic of me this morning so I thought I would share it.....lol At least it will keep the roaches off the board :lol:

Sorry not to get personal..... We are off to New Orleans! Talk to you all tomorrow!

I'm back from my appts. My mom had come to watch the kids. Dh was working next door at the time and I stopped in to say bye. He didn't ask where the kids were or who was watching them so I guess he thought I had them with me or I was taking them somewhere to be watched. However, an hour later he realized my mom was here and he came home to watch them and send her home.
He told me when I got home that he didn't know she was here and he didn't want her to be and I said why, he said she has better things to do and I said, you told me to find a sitter and I did what was I suppose to do? I mean, he never asked about my appts. or show any concern that I had any appts. Needless to say, it got to him and I'm so glad. Now he knows that if he doesn't come through for me, I'm not stranded. That is really it about this subject. Just wanted to finish it off for you all.
TTYL

Saturday check in...
 

Hey Ladies~

How's your weekend going? Our's is fine. Donald is working and the boys and I are being bums. :) I did pilates everyday this week. :cheer: woo hoo. I just left the windsor pilates website, those results are amazing (which they are supposed to be, they put the people on their with the best results so that you'll be sucked in to buy the product. :) But anyway, I'll be taking my measurements once a month and I'll share those with yall of course. ;) Our cupboards are so very close to bare and I didnt shop this morning. We have church tomorrow and then Donald goes to work. We may just have popcorn for lunch. :lol:

watkinsguru (ahhhh can't remember your name and the scroll down doens't show it :o ) Anyway, I'm glad you were still able to keep your appointments. I hope hubby will see what the issue was and will be mature about it in the future. There's always hope. :)

Sindye--I pity you doing school shopping, the stores are swamped here because of school starting. Sounds like you and hubby had a nice time. :) Too cool about your birdie...we are in the flight path of the parrots, they fly over our apartments. :)

Penny--New Orleans, wow, I hope you have a good time. :)

Spryng--Are you having fun? Are you missing us? Have you crocheted a king sized afagan while you've been gone?

Michelle--I made those cream cheese pancakes last night (you had commented on them over on the low carb boards) I altered the recipe a bit...but YUM. Tasty tasty. I hope you are doing well today.

Geri--don't worry about the doritos and coke...just check in anyway. Eventually you'll have to or we'll hunt you down. :lol:

Ok, how is everyone else?

I'm sorry about chat last night girls. My computer whacked out on me, got it rebooted and Donald walked in the door. So I gave up and cleaned the kitchen and went to bed. LOL

Hope yall are having a nice weekend. :)

Hugs

okay girls. boards are slow tonight. I guess everyone is busy which is great. I just got the kids to bed and Andrew was SOOOO cranky now I've got a headache. I don't know if I should enjoy the quietness or go to sleep. Dh is better tonight. It took him exactly 24 hours to get over his fit or whatever.
I got my hair cut really really short, which I have once before but I think this was a bit shorter and it feels great but now I know that I look just like my mom. It's almost scary, but not bad. I know dh hates it, but he hates perms, he hates color and I've promised to NEVER do any of those but I feel like I should do something that I want for myself and my hair short feels great and I feel better in it, wether I look better or not I really don't care, it's all about how you feel.
I'm just going on and on, dh left for a while with his friend and the kids are asleep so I'm just in unbelievable awe about the quietness and enjoying every minute of it.
I hope everyone is having a great day.

Cheri, I had those pilates videos and they were great, but I'm not one to follow a video. If you are, then you will probably like them. You think the moves don't seem to be that much, but that little bit really hurts the next day. I mean I was so sore, but a good sore.

Penny, I hope your day was better than earlier. I hope tomorrow is better too. Have a good night.

TTYL

Penny, you there?

Hi everyone! We ended up going to the coast for the day and it was a lot of fun! We met up with my sister and BIL and hung out on the beach all day. Aside from all the fattening food I ate it was a pretty good day (sorry Cindi, I hope we get those details worked out soon LOL) I hope all your days were good.

Crystal is sounded like everything worked out for you and DH but let me tell you I was pretty pissed on your behalf while reading your posts! Who is he to teach you a lesson? I thought lessons were reserved for children not spouses? Anyway I hope he learned something from all this because it was obvious he was in the wrong (because I always take the wifes side :)) On a side note, aren't mom's great to have around? They always bail you out of situations and can make husbands feel guilty without even trying! Sounds like you are enjoying the rest of your evening though so that is good. Have fun while the house is quiet!

Penny I was sorry to hear about your nightmare morning. I hope everything is ok with your little one. Does he have some medical problems? I was just getting that impression from previous posts but maybe I am mistaken. I hope everything works out and have fun in New Orleans! Talk to you soon!

Jaymi you had me cracking up out loud with the b*tch comment! I would have done the same thing. Those words to not get used in my direction or someone loses an important body part if you know what I mean LOL

Cheri I have heard a lot about Winsor Pilates. I will be interested to see how it works out for you! Keep us posted.

Cindi I have a few ideas too. Let's share them soon so we can get started. This weekend has been a total bust for me so far! I am so bad!

Talk to you ladies soon. Have a great Sat. night!

Good Morning Ladies!!!!

Crystal, sorry to hear about all the craziness at your place. I'm glad you got your hair done and all. Doing something for yourself probably made you feel better. Good thing you have your mother around. I have NO ONE here. My mother is almost 2 hours away, my dad is about 35. MIL is only 12minutes, but is always very busy. Having help when you really need it is great! Glad all worked out for you in the end.

Cindi, WOW! I can't believe you rescude a little bird and are keeping it. Amazing. how'd it get there. You said it was worth a few hundred dollars. I guess it escaped someones home. I hope he's ok. I bet the kids love em'

Cheri, great job on doing Pilates each day. Haven't tried those myself, but maybe I should.

Jill, glad you had fun at the cost with your s and bil. It's nice to go out with family.

Penny, How was New Orleans? I hope you had a great time. How's Andrew this morning. Don't know if you know, but 5th's in contagious, so watch the other two boys. Sometimes they get fevers, sometimes not and they get the rash and a slapped cheek look. Oh yeh, it's not contagious once they have the rash already, that's the end of it. Of course, this is not medical advise, just a friend giving you information.

Michelle, how are you feeling. I hope you're back on your feet again.

Jaymi, how is the toddler bed working out? It didn't work for Abigail when she was little and she had climbed out of the crib. Bugga's crib broke and by the time the company responded he wouldn't go back in a crib, so he has a toddler bed now and loves it.

QOTD.....What is your favorite thing to do with your kids?

I love taking them on rides and watching there eyes light up! BUgga says "weeeee" adn Abigail smiles so big it makes me smile too.

Good morning all. My house didn't stay quiet long enough last night, but the remainder of it was okay.
Jill, you're right about mom's. I feel bad though, because I have to count on her TOO much, my MIL is always busy, or forgets she's suppose to watch my kids or something better comes up. But I'm lucky mine is the way she is.

Mel, that was a great QOFD.

QOFD: this is hard to answer. I like to spend the day with my kids even if it's not something I enjoy but they do, then I enjoy it just because they are. They enjoy the little things like going to the park and such. I like to just not be too busy to pay attention to them ,even here at home. I like when my daughters help me bake of course Andrew is too little. So I enjoy spending the day with kids in any fashion as long as my attention is set on them and nothing else. That's not the best answer but that's what I got.

I hope everyone had a great night. I think I'm staying home all day because Alisa has a cold and Andrew is still coughing, not as bad, though. I know I have to get out tomorrow for a while, so I'd like to give them one more day to get better. I'll check in later. It's Sunday and I don't do any housework that doesn't have to be done so I'll just hang around and crochet and hang out with the kids maybe watch a movie on tv.
TTYL

Hey everyone. Seems to be a slow thread this weekend. Everyone must be busy! Just wanted to pop in and say hi and to see how everything was going.

Michelle, where are you this weekend?! Hope you are having fun whatever you may be doing.

Cindi that's cool about your bird. What kind is it? Do you know?

Penny and Ricci cute pics! Penny you are so cute! Ricci how about some pics of you so we can see what you look like. :)

Ok enough for now. I will be back later. I hope everyone is on tonight so we can chat!

P.S. I am reading a really good book right now called Diary of a Mad Mom to be. It's really good in case anyone is looking for a book to read. It's pretty funny! TTYL

ok, everyone. I'm OP and doing well. today.....Watch out Penny.. I made chicken salad with salsa....hum it was better than putting a ton of mayo in it. Just one 1/2 tablespoons of mayo and a few of salsa. That made two servings, so I'll have some for tomorrow. I also got in a 2mile Walk Of the Pounds workout. I hope you are all doing well today and enjoying your weekends.

Hello Everyone! Well today is boring as usual. The baby went to sleep. I took it upon myself to sleep late today… 9:30! I wake up at 5:30 every other morning.. Decided to take this one off. I cooked some Smothered chicken, okra and tomatoes… and corn for everyone else.. The rice will be cooked later. The okra tastes.. Eat-able.. I couldn’t get in touch with my grandmother to find out what else I needed to do… So I guessed… and needless to say it doesn’t taste like hers… I’m going to write it down next time….. You know…. A lot of my favorite foods died a long with my favorite family members.. I wasn’t old enough then to ask how to fix those things…now it’s too late! But.. It’s not too late to find out from my ALIVE relatives… so … anyways…. Off of that subject. I guess I’ll do a 30 minute work-out while the baby naps and then get ready to go.. Who knows where. Hubby says there is a tropical storm watch. Yesterday was COMPLETELY MISERABLE! I just sat in the house with a headache trying to get my folders and tablets together. My old journal and stuff ran out of pages. I’ve been trying to get my recipe tablet, daily tablet.. Etc together.. Anyways My DH slept all day..which he deserves to do.. But on my day off.. Sleeping wouldn’t be my choice.. Since it isn’t possible to spend time with me and DH alone… then I would go to the pool or the beach.. Alone and just relax, read a book… something. If I had money.. I’d go shopping! But that’s just me! Anyways this freaking AOL cut off on me once already and erased everything else I’d written.. So I’m just gonna post this for now. I’ll try to update later… Hope everyone have a great day!



P.S. I just wanted to share with everyone that doesn’t already know where I’ve come from… and remind any of you who are feeling down.. That if it’s 2 lbs or 20 lbs.. Or 50 lbs… It does make a difference.. Here are some pictures before and after of me. The first one is when I was 165 lbs.. And when I was at 140. The other one is when I was 212 lbs…and now at 140.

Hey guys!!

I was busy yesterday so didn't get a chance to post!

Both my girls are sick with god knows what :( Taylor has a 103.1 fever and Teagan was 102.2 got them both on motrin hopefully the temps will come down soon.

I had to work last night and my niece stayed over so I didn't really get to post when i got home either lol. Anyway I hope you are having a great weekend! Jill it was great chatting with you!! Everyone else from chat the other night I had a blast!!

Ok well I'm off to rest a little while the girls are asleep.
Love to all
Michelle

Jaymi you look awesome! You are so dedicated and really do show what everyone can do if they put their mind to it! Good for you!

Michelle, I hope your kids get better soon. It always scares me when Bayley gets a temp. I'm sure it will come down soon. By the way, where did you get your cool pics on the top and bottom of your post? They are so cool!

Started a new thread....#230 see ya there. Don't forget the QOTD.