Well I'm glad to see you all are up and around now. Before I left to go grocery shopping hardly anyone had checked in and I was thinking it was going to be a slow weekend again. I got some Smart Ones meals and planned out all my dinners and got all ingredients, I was so proud of myself! I also got the 100 snack packs and had a cookie one, it was pretty good.

Spryng, I'm sorry you can't sleep. I am totally exhausted right now but I will just stay up and try to get some things done anyway. I will just sleep good tonight, well that's if Bayley lets me. Dh is going to go riding with his buddy later, thank God, he has been driving me nuts all day! I love him but he tries to take over the house on the weekends and doesnt get my routine so it is frusterating, I love him though and glad he is home to spend time with the baby and me. Just gets on my nerves every once in awhile. I hope you are up for chat tonight, maybe we could do it earlier? Then you could go to bed.

Michelle I know someone exactly like that!!!!!!! Drives me up the wall, sounds like she is trying to liken herself to the virgin Mary or something! LOL! You need to just say Listen , you had sex, it happens, get over it, we don't care! Well actually you should probably just keep your mouth shut like you have been or it could stir up a bunch of trouble. Good luck with her. Oh ya, I forgot to ask earlier what was up with all the messages on Yahoo this morning? Were you just screwing with me or did Tay get a hold of the computer again? Just wondering if you had lost it or somthing LOL! Hope you can chat too, we missed you last night!

Di, have fun with mom and grandma! That should be a blast! Oh ya and where in Cali do you live? Are we talking real northern Cali like Yreka or down south more? Just wondering.

Geri have fun at your party! Sounds really fun!

Where is Penny??!!!!!

Sorry to anyone else who posted, got to get off this thing and get something done!

Hi everyone.
Man, I leave for a couple of hours, and you all have gone through an entire thread. I forgot who asked about chat tonight, but I will check in there between 9 and 10 central time. The weather here is so nice right now for August. It's usually about 95 or 100. but its been in the low 80's all week, and supposed to be like that again next week. We took the boys to ride their bikes today, and they had fun. Bought the rest of Eric's school supplies too. At walmart today, they have a little candy shop thats called the kid connection. Anyway, they had all their candy half price, including their $4.98 a lb jelly bellys. Found out they are closing the candy shop and turning it into a subway sandwich shop. Subway at walmart? Anyway to make a long story short, we ended up with 7 lbs of jelly bellys. I checked the ww book, and its only 3 pts for 35 of them, so I am set for a while. Of course, I won't be eating many of them anyway. Dh loves them. Well, I am off of here for now. HI to everyone. Spryng I hope you get to feeling better. QOTD:I had a doll that looked like one of the ewoks from star wars. It was called a chubble, and when you squeezed it, its eyes lit up, and it made a funny noise.

Michelle~

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Well I am currently baking the chicken for the recipe that Spryng posted a few days ago. I am excited to eat it, it sounds yummy. I am also cleaning my sink like the flylady told me to! It is soaking in bleach right now so we will see how it does. It's pretty grody, I have never been able to get it very clean so I will be anxious to see if it works or not. Seems like everyone is out having fun or being busy today. I hope to chat with some of you tonight. I guess I will just log onto the MSN site around 8 (my time) and see if anyone shows. Hope you all are having a great day! Hope you got some naps in sometime today! TTYL

woo hoo thank you Cheri! I'm gonna print some out! You are great!!

Jill I'm so sorry about all those messages Taylor started playing with the computer and then she heard the audibles and had a blast with them lol she apparently sent out IM's with those audibles in them to a few people in my buddy list.

Spryng sorry you arent feeling better!! man you have had a rough time of it with colds this summer!! I hope they leave you alone for the winter season at least.

Penny where are you?

Di have a nice visit with your mother

Anyway Just thought I would pop in
Have a nice evening.
Michelle

Well we're about to eat dinner and then we are off to swim at the in-laws place. I hope some of you are still on chatting when I get back, if not then I guess I will catch you later. Have a good night if I don't talk to you all tonight!

starting a new thread. see ya there.

Hello, My name is Heidi and Michelle invited me to this forum. Michelle and I just met as she was consoling me with my new Thyroid disease and fear of extreme weight gain!
A little about me: I am 30 years old, will be 31 in November
I live in Albuquerque, NM...I've been here for 6 years, originally from Columbus, Ohio
I am married to Michael...since April 13, 2002 (By the way, what does DH stand for?)I am a SAHM to Samuel; born October 13, 2003
Used to work in hotels as a Director of Catering for the Hilton (not a good profession for a bonafide foodie!)

My weight story: I had always been quite fit, that is until an accident in October 2002 and I broke my ankle pretty bad. Over the next four months, while in a cast I sat on the sofa and ate, and ate, and ate. Gained 40 lbs! So I got out of the cast at the end of January, signed up at the gym with a personal trainer then found out I was pregnant 2 days later. The Doc said no exercising (since I was out of shape) for the first trimester. So I sat on the sofa and ate, then threw up, and so on and so forth. Week 13 I got the go ahead to exercise. Week 20, I started bleeding (had placenta previa and it was correcting itself) so I was put on pseudo bedrest for the duration of the pregnancy. Absolutely no exercising. Any guesses what I did? You got it...I ate. Gave birth and weighed 229 lbs. I had gained 90 lbs. in the course of a year. I was lucky that I lost 50 lbs. in a week...I was so swollen that I closely resembled the giant jet puffed marshmallow man...but then the post partum depression set in and I gained back 10. Once I got that under control (was put on Zoloft, but promptly went off as I hate pills and started walking)and have lost another 20. I was up to walking 12 - 16 miles a week and did circuit training at the gym 4 hours a week. Well, of course I got another setback and was diagnosed with Graves Disease a few weeks ago. I just had Radioactive Iodine Treatment and have been put on Beta Blockers to keep my heart from spinning out of control as my thyroid gland dies and ejects all of its hormone. Once again, no exercising until Doc. approval...but I am watching what I eat. I have been using Calorie King as my food diary, so I at least dont allow myself to go overboard as usual. So, right now I am just very scared of 1) not being to lose anymore weight and 2) gaining an obscene amout as I become hypothyroid.

whew...sorry about that. Anyhoo, I am just looking forward to making some new friends that understand the life of a SAHM and trying to find the time to take care of yourself as well as the rest of our beautiful families!

Hey heidi!!!

Come join us at sahm 237 now we're a chatty group!! Its great to have you here!!