Good Morning Ladies~

Angie~that reminded me, can you send me a copy of the photo also. I too went to print it and got an eye, and about 1/4 of your face. It is a nice photo of you and you do have a beautiful smile! Have you found out if Tanner has a hernia or not? Hope he doesn't. My brother had one when he was about 12 yrs. of age, and V had one a couple of years ago. My brothers was from playing sports and V-apparently lifted something waaaay to heavy at work. It is relatively a simple surgery.

Heather~great photo! I have yet to fine the 3-mile WATP video at Wal-Mart. I have the 2-mile and 4-mile but haven't been able to use them for a while. I broke our VCR when we moved-dropped it down the stairs and boy did it tumble. Never seen anything fall to pieces falling down stairs like that did. Anyway, for some reason we haven't bought a new one. Wanting to get a VCR/DVD player in one. But I do enjoy those videos.

Marti~if you are serious about joining WW I do have a Pointsfinder I can give you-that is if you don't join online. I also have the Complete Food guide and the Dining Out companion but think I will keep those afterall. Even though I can get all that online, except for the eating out-that is a good one to have. You can always got to Dotties site and get that stuff. Anyway...hope your drive to get James was fine.

Sue~does anyone really like their in-laws??? I like my sisters, she had the best in-laws, or MIL anyway. Glad you had a nice lunch and did well staying OP. That 112 degrees took me back to CA when we lived in the desert, it topped 118! Even though it is hot, it wasn't humid and that makes a BIG difference.

Jana~I definitely don't have to worry about eating seconds because the only time there are leftovers is at Thanskgiving, Christmas and when I make spaghetti or ghoulash. And, I hate leftovers except for at the holiday's. I can stomach those leftovers but usually nothing else, maybe leftover chicken if I put it in a salad. Just not a leftover kind of person.

Hi to everyone else!

Got up early and let DD drive to Wal-Mart for my weekly grocery shopping. Have to go to the dr. later, the scrapbook store (look for some books & paper in the mail in the next few days Marti-will mail it out tomorrow) and the DMV later so not much time to get a lot done. I think I did too much exercise yesterday. I worked with the weights and can really feel it in my arms, did a walk on the treadmill and rode the bike. I think for now I will do that just every other day. I may go for a walk later this evening, not sure. My nose is so stopped up and I can't breath! Anyway...have a great day ladies. TTFN

Hi ladies--

A little sleepy here. I went to Albany to get James...so that wasn't too bad. I left here around 1:00. Then I had to wait awhile while train was waiting to the ok to go. So I didn't actually see him until 3:30. Then we went to Eugene to pick up his truck and by then it was almost 5:00 or so and we decided to go have breakfast.

We ended up coming home around 5:45 and we got to bed by 6:00. I didn't want to be up for 24hrs. (but it was getting close!) and I also didn't want to be in bed all afternoon wasting the day away!! So up by 10:45!! Just still need to get some coffee to wake up fully!

Since I'm a little woozy still and need to wake up, I will do individuals later.
I just wanted to pop in and let my "family" know that I made it home ok. WAY pass my curfew, but I will try and do better next time!

Marti

Good Morning!!!

Glad you had a safe trip Marti! I don't seem to drive well at night anymore, so much glare going on. Where does James stay when he is in PDX? Can you come with him sometime?

Anyway.......on the run.

Under Heathers picture it says my niece Marci?? So is that you Heather or Marci?? I am confused but that is just my natural state. Either way what a pretty lady!!!

Angie you are very pretty too.Hope you get some good news on Tanner and his health.

ok,,,,,,,,going to start puttering out in remembering......


I just picked Gaby up this morning!!! So HAPPY to get her back, she planted a big kiss on me. Took her home and gave her a bath.

Tension between Mike and myself.........another math question for you Jana!!! Yes, you can use all your fruits to solve it!! lol

He pays me $50 a week in child support. Last week I borrowed $20 from him and said I would pay it bck when the CS came in the mail. Will he knew at that time I wasn't going to get anything because his unemployment ran out.
So, he told me 2 or 3 days later that I wasn't going to get anything for that week, or this week. He would pay it out of his pocket though .,........fine, I said.
So, this morning I brought it up because he was going to stay on the coast long enough to get a check. He didn't do that though....
He goes "since I had Gaby for a few days (2) can we subtract that from the child support that I owe"? eh???? I think not!!!
I said you owe me $80.
He said "are you sure"?.............ummmmm, darn right I am sure.
He goes " how much do you pay Rachel's and Rebecca's dad"?
Like what does that have to do with anything?? I pay nothing in support but they get a benefit and that was in my divorce agreement that whoever had the children would give that up to the parent that has the child.
Besides I pay $500 in day care and $118 in medical for Gaby. I pay $143 in ortho for Rebecca and I share in clothing and entertainment for the girls.



So, I stuck to $80. He is an able bodied man.

ok, enough whining.....back up to 147, go figure......lol

best get!!

ttfn

Jana- Thank you very much... I was wondering about the sweating thing... Isn't that what families are for to use a test dummies lol...
Sue- Those video do look fun. I can't do richard simon s i tried and then my family came in a started laughing at me hehe...
Cristi- That sucks bout ur vcr hopefully u get one soon. Thanks to bout my pic... Hope u start to be able to breath soon I hate being clogged up
Marti- are we gonna have to ground you??? Shame on you for getting in so late heres u some coffeee extra strong We took dizzi(puppy) to vet to get her 8 week shots she is doing better. I ate some soup and haven't thrown it up so im happy bout that.... talk to u guys laterz,
heather

susan- oops haven't changed that yet it me not my niece.
We posted around the same time .... SORRY to hear about ur ex not wanting to pay that just sucks and isnt' right atleast i don't think... $80 isn't that much anyways. well take care ... Heather

Couldn't find any interesting recipes, so I started messing with my avatar again... you guys really have to try it! Heather and I are the brave ones, aren't we, Heather? Anyway, you can transfer your photos to photobucket.com to get a img link, then go to the avatar resizer....

Susan - yes he does owe you $80.00!! And what your agreement is with the older girls' daddy is none of his beeswax!! Tell him to step off!

Cristi - wow, you are really getting in some exercise. On days that I have the twins for awhile, I skip the treadmill. Those 2 wear me out. I posted a bigger photo of my glasses on the photo thread, since you asked for it.

Marti - did I tell you that what Dale's mom does for a living is she's supervisor of a crew who delivers engineers to the trains and then back home. Pretty cool, huh?

Heather - hope you keep your soup down.

Gonna go ... bbl with probably yet another avatar, lol!!! JK

hey ladies:

well, im just gonna hit a couple of things and then go---i have had a busy couple of days. got up this morning and did my 4 mile walk video. you all had mentioned the WATP videos thats the ones i have the 4 mile walk is the super challenge and the 1,2,and 3 that i bought came with a belt time contraption that is supposed to help the abs. all came from walmart. have any of you tried and liked the taebo basic with billy blanks, i like it, its only 20 min but it kicks your butt big time.

Love the new pics. i am so computer illiterate that ill prob never have the fancy stuff on my posts that you all have. like the pics and stuff to the left and the stuff that shows up at the bottom. argh

Marti- good luck with the job interview. i do recommend that you were clothing that doesnt show your breasts LOL

as for me, i have a papsmear tom. yuk!!! but necessary. i had cervical cancer in 95 and so i used to have to get paps every 3 mos glad thats over then it went to 6 mos and now its a year. yes, they caught it in time that i did not have to get a hysterecomy, just got the cervical cancer removed and had to wait 4 yrs before i could have anymore babies. then had 2 more.....

today, i took my daughter to get her hair cut. sch starts here the end of aug. which is so silly cause it starts on a thurs then they are off sat sun mon of that week for labor day. why not start it after labor day??? someone told me it is because we have so many snow days that the kids would end up going all summer to make them up. last yr they took there easter (spring) break vac away due to snow days. argh

well, im gonna go and will try to check in tom morn.
have a good one and hi to all.

tj

Hello and happy hump day! My days are all the same since we are retired. We can do and go as we please, and I am not bragging , but it is cool! Went to breakfast this morning. I did okay, ordered 1 egg and canadian bacon. SO they brought 2 eggs and also potatoes. I took one bite of the taters and then gave them to hubby. Had fruit for lunch and haven't thought about dinner yet. I didn't get much exercise yet, just standing at the ironing board forevvvveeer. Of course hubby was gone for 12 days and I had to catch up all the clothes. It rained off and on today so hope it stops when I want to walk my 2 miles.
Jana- Did I read right, that you do WW on your own? No fees or meetings? I think I need to get a point thing and see what it is all about.

Cristi- Oh no, no leftovers? I usually cook a couple big meals a week and we eat leftovers or even re-mix some of the leftovers for new meals. My husband would not know what to do without leftovers.

Heather- My first rule of exercise..Don't let the family see me sweat. They would never let me live down how ridiculous I look doing R. Simmons or WATP.

TJ- Don't feel bad, I can't figure out the avatars either. Actually, I don't have a picture of myself that I would want to post.

I am excited today as I got the biopsy report from my stomach scope and it was all clear, normal. The colonoscopy was all clear also. Woo Hoo.
Excitement number 2, we got reservations to go away for 3 nights later this month.
My daughter and baby boy are coming Fri. for a week and the teen grandson who is here now will go home with them then.
My mom is coming at the end of Aug. for 2 weeks and we will go to PA to her reunion.
So, can you tell I will be busy from now till mid Sept?
I just hope I can be good and stay OP.


suetalks *sorry I didn't do lots of individuals*

I might be back later...is there a chat?

Hi all!
I have a moment to say hi...then FIL some over and the guys go off to work on the playstructure. I think we are getting close to being finished here....
Been taking James to a half day fencing camp. So I thought I'd get some exercise while he's gone..walked on Monday. Worked in the yard last two days. I felt stinky and sweaty so I figured that counted for exercise! Harvested some basil from my garden and made some pesto...one of my plants is a cinnamon basil and it is so wonderful in pesto. yum.

Have had to confront the bathing suit issue head on this week. My kids are enrolled in swimming lessons. Leigh is still in the parent/baby class so a parent has to get in with her. Usually David goes, but he's been working on the "guest cottage" so I have had to pinch hit. Yuck! I do not like myself in a swimsuit! However, the class is so much fun and my daughter loves the water so much.... i'm just making myself get over it. I had another ugly brush with my body image reality when I went to the physical therapist yesterday. I have had a bum shoulder, and finally wanted to do something about it. Well, it was really hard to find what was wrong, so I ended up in my jogging bra and shorts, doing all these funky stretches so the PT could try to figure out which muscle I wrenched. All in front of a mirror. I got some good exercises to do out of it...

Susan - when you said 50/week, I thought,"Gee, that's not very much" . I know some guys who have to pay out for part of child care and health insurance on top of child support, so he should not try to nickle and dime you here.....IMO of course. stick to your guns...

Marti - glad you got some sleep...and glad you and James got home in one piece. It's getting harder for me to drive at night. Like Susan..the glare just gets to me....pretty scary

TJ - glad you are getting the pap..just had one myself ..everything a-ok. 'cept the last two docs I have can't seem to find my cervix how frickin' wierd is that? One PA took 15 minutes to get an exam done. I told her if she took any longer she'd have to buy me dinner, lol! Thought I was going to have to start getting mammograms, since i'll be 40 on the next bday, but it seems the guidelines have changed to 50 unless there are some risk factors.

Jana - I like your new photos - very cute. The glasses are great!

Cristi - bravo on all the exercise! I got tired just reading it all...

HAve great day everyone I neglected to mention...I never can seem to get to everyone anymore,so I'll just do the best I can

RK

Hi suetalks - we posted about the same time - great news on your tests!
RK

Hi Ladies~

Just a quickie for now as I don't normally get on the 'puter on Wed. evening so don't have time to do individuals. Was on to record all my stuff on WW and thought I would drop by and say HI. Will post more tomorrow when I have lots of time. Do want to say...

Marti~glad you made it to and fro safely. Not sure how you did that but I would have been falling asleep. Funny...in the paper I just read an article about falling asleep behind the wheel and accidents-so you be careful out there missy.

And second...

Susan~yes, it is $80 and I wouldn't let him get away with a dime less, regardless if he had Gaby for a few days or not. He's lucky he isn't having to pay more because $50 a week seems really low to me. He sure couldn't raise her on that so...

Till tomorrow...

You guys are posting like mad again today. How in the world am I supposed to keep up? I'll do my best, but...

If any of you watched national news, you may have heard out my area, good ole Davenport, IA was on all 3 channels. Because of all the security downtown, due to Kerry and Bush, there were 3 bank robberies on the other side of town. Lovely. Also, they did catch they guy who stabbed that woman in her home last week. He did not kill her. At first they thought it was a random home invasion, but turns out he knew her. That was about 1.5 miles away. Sounds like I live in an area like Chicago, but I don't.

My neighbors house in on the market, and a couple came by twice tonight, with 2 separate sets of relatives, it looked like. Seem like a nice young couple. It would be nice to have someone my age around here.

RK - Cinnamon basil sounds yummy. I don't think I've ever heard of that one. Can't find your cervix? Do they need a map? That is weird. I was sure I was never going to need a mammogram, I could see my ribs through mine! But then, I bought "my girls" last November. Changed all of that!

Suetalks - Congrats on all your test results. You are going to be busy for awhile. My mom will be visiting in September sometime. If she ever decides on a date, I can take the week off of work!

TJ - Congrats on beating cervical cancer! You are a strong woman.

Heather - Glad you and your puppy are starting to feel better. What are we going to do with you guys????

Susan - Go get your $80! And you are right, it is absolutely none of his business what your agreement is with anyone else. Even if he does know, it doesn't make any difference.

Marti - Good luck in your interview tomorrow. Isn't it tomorrow? What part of Illinois did you live in? Gosh, I can't remember the last time I was up at that hour! I must be an old fart already!

Jana - Yes, the weather is much cooler, supposed to be near record lows at night, like 52!

Angie - Glad to hear Skittles is doing well. All our little ones...Cheetah thing, good way to put it!

Cristi - WW working out well for you? Sure hope so.

Well, I think that's all the serious thinking and posting that I can handle. Plus, all of my cats are hanging around. I give them bed-time treats at 9 o'clock, and it's 9:10! I'm late and they're not letting me get away with it!

Jen

EXhausted!!!!! I am tired.

Jen- have you posted a picture of your babies?? They sound cute. I am thinking that taking care of a doggie, a toddler, and a kitty - plus working full time is a tad much. I am thinking I will have to end up finding a good home for Benji. Not fair to him that I can't give him the attention he deserves.Never realized how much work it is to take him out for potty breaks and make sure he gets his outside time.

Glad you got some good news Sue Fruit for lunch sound yummy, I am hungry for peaches again!! Hope you made it though that ironing.

Hope you are feeling better Heather

I am sure you will look great in your bathing suit RK!!!! I will bring my camera and take some shots for all your JL family to see .......the garden sounds lovely. You are so lucky.

Best of luck on WW Cristi. There is a lot of old issues between Mike and myself. If I said everything you all would be having a tizzy...lol.........that is where counseling has helped.
Though he still doesn't "get it" on how much it takes to raise a child. I haven't received CS for many months. I am only getting it now because they tapped into an unemployment benefit that he filed. He is rather happy with himself that he is paying CS now.......though it isn't HIM that is paying it, the state is taking it out.......
The benefit will end soon. He called this afternoon and said that he got a check today so I will be getting one. He would send $30 and the $20 was a gift.
huh?? So , I called and left a message. If it was a gift he should be sending me $50.......???? Is that right Jana?? You are so good at math

anyway, I have nothing good to say on the topic so should just hush my mouth.

Better go..........

ttfn

Well just a quick note I kept soup down but didn't keep down my sandwich and we were watching the village and i puked on the floor of the theater... Puppy is better. well I of to bed im tired and have to go doctor am... Heather

Hi ladies--

I thought I would post before my hubby and I go to bed. (going to hit it earlier than yesterday )

Got a phone call this afternoon....they needed to reschedule my interview for next wednesday. Which was fine with me, since James leaves tomorrow and I wanted to spend some time with him.

We went window shopping for things we want to buy someday. May get a TV...but I told him he has to get rid of what he has first!! (he wants a big screen..........typical man toy!!)

Since I'm heading for bed here I thought I would wait until tomorrow to do individuals......but I have to make one comment....

Jen--I too went and got my "girls" about a year ago in January.....such a nice addition to my family!! Haven't needed a mammogram yet, but when I do, it will be interesting because I'm not sure how they do it.

OK....I best get.

Take care ladies

Marti