Happy Sunday ladies. So far so good? The Royal Lipizzaner Stallion show was great, those horses are so beautiful and it seems like they know they are being watched and revel in the applause. I did loads of laundry this weekend and am just waiting for Rick to come back home today so we can go and do something as as family--don't know what or where yet.

That Hurricane Frances is HUGE! I feel badly for all those people. I hope it slows way down as it goes north. I just read about 2 earthquakes in Japan which means tsunami warnings here in HI. I'm hoping it brings nothing but larger than normal surf and not catastrophy.

Angie, I bought Kai a canine cooler bed from ebay last year. He loves it and stays under the stairs outside laying on it all day. How did Candi injure her leg? Did I miss something? Hope she's doing Ok. I watched a show on Animal Planet (I think) and this lady in NY after 9/11 had a Keeshond therapy dog which helped the firefighters and police and whoever needed it at Ground Zero. She was adorable.

Julie, I got my A/C back so now I'm cool again :rolleyes:. I feel for ya w/divorced parents. Rick's family is the same way and we have to deal with his family and the step-side too. Speaking of which, I just got a phone call on the answering machine from his stepmother...don't know what she wants but I'm in no hurry to call her back :s: And yes those holidays will be rolling in with full force, oh the joy! :lol:

Everyone else, enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Candi hurt her leg when we had Cappie. They were wrestling one night and I guess he gave her a hairline fracture on her back leg. The vet said it healed wrong and now she will basically be arthritic for life. She takes Glucosamine every morning so the joint doesnt fuse and make it worse. When she is on the glucosamine it is like night and day. She doesnt limp or anything.

I am making a turkey dinner today. YUM!!!!

Hi guys

Angie poor Candi!! I love home turkey dinners. You are such a good cook! Can I come over? I love my mom's dressing. Gosh I can't wait until Thanksgiving. Its one day a year I don't feel guilty for pigging out :lol:.

Noelle I am glad you had a great time at the show. I know totally what you mean about step-families, some click and some just don't. I get along with my step-dad okay I would say, I guess :lol:? I hope you get some family time in and have some fun. We were going to go to the lake but it is just to busy there this weekend and I feel the need to be relaxed. Okay maybe I am a little anti-social :^: :lol:. Well I did not want to have to dodge the deer and the drunk drivers also. Have a good one. Is your office closed tomorrow?

Tonight for supper we are going to be having red cabbage, and for the not so healthy part....bacon cheeseburgers with lettuce tomato and mayo. What can I say I have left over bacon that hus fried up from breakfast. Well anyway it has been a pretty nice weekend, warm but I don't want to complain with all the bad weather and earthquakes around. Tomorrow we are supposed to get some pretty heavy storms though. Well, hi to Kempy, Summer, Cal, Holly and everyone! Have a safe and fun rest of the weekend. Julie

Hi Ladies! :wave:

It didn't dawn on me that it is September - new thread - so e-mail notifications stop until I post on the new one. I'm a little slow on the start up. I apologize for being AWOL. General Craziness is the reason....

I gotta say that this lower carb more protein is a real love/hate realtionship right now. I love the energy I have but I hate the stomach issues it brings on. Plus in a side note of absurdity - I like to cook, love to bake - HATE making salads. :shrug: doesn't make much sense. I will gladly order a salad instead of making one....

I am in the midst of birthdaypalooza in my world - it is between my mom, my husband Michael, 2 brothers, 3 good friends all within 3 weeks. I am trying not to indulge too much and am doing okay. I was at the beach for the weekend and margaritas were a requirement - and who am I to say no??? but I played some intense beach volleyball to help balance that out.

I find that I need to my exercise in the morning before work unless it is a group fun thing like tennis, volleyball, skating...or I will NOT exercise. Motivation to get my @ss out of bed has to be huge - and I gotta be honest - this time of year that is a little hard to find. My pillow is much nicer to me than I am to myself....So in short my exercise isn't terrible (60 minutes tennis, 90 minutes of yoga, 60 pilates and 60 minutes beach volleyball) but not at my best. I just wish I liked it more. :p

Kempy congrats on giving the bossman the notice. That is the best feeling in the world to have weight off your shoulders - but good luck with exams! One more step closer to doing what you wanted. I hope Frances hasn't screwed with your weather too much.

Noelle those horses sound beautiful. When I lived in the Middle East if you had a stallion it was a huge status symbol - one the versions of "bling" over in that part of the world. Oh, I'm lusty for travel!!!!

Julie I hope you have a nice long weekend without too much stress from families and step families.

Cal progress reports already? School starts wednesday up here. Are you loving the new school? Autumn is my favorite time of year...no pun intended with my name....

Holly I hope you are recuperating well!

I love you ladies! Let's think about some great or simple motivating force so we can all get in gear and get closer to where we want to be. I will strat brainstorming (I hope my brain is working) now.....

Quote:
To travel hopefully a better thing than to arrive - Robert Louis Stevenson

be wll. do well. live well.
;) Summer ;)

Well, It is "official" I went and took all of my skinny summer clothes out of the RV because there is NO WAY in **** that I will be wearing them this year. On a happy note I am so ready to go again after sitting out there for a while. :lol: 15 weeks and I get to go to Florida!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!! This year I have even started a fund so that when I get back I should have around 2000.00 to pay the next months bills in advance so that I am not too broke all winter. :cheer: Now to get to work making my reservations and making my itinerary.

Me and Brit took a short walk with the pups this morning. It is counterproductive since I came home and had cookies but hopefully the cookies will all be gone today and I bought fruit for the rest of the week. Maybe I can get this thing again......

Summer, You are a busy girl.

I just got an email from Kempy. She fell and hurt her arm so she may be gone for a while but she will be back when she can type with both hands. GET BETTER SOON KEMPY!!!! we will miss you while you are gone.

Teach me for trying to excercise!!!!! :lol: I went for a walk this morning and halfway through it I fell and twisted my ankle. (in front of a car of course. :lol: ) I figured I had better go back home incase it swells up. It doesnt seem to hurt too bad now so I guess it is okay but I did scrape my knee up pretty good. OUCH!! Maybe I should just stick to the elliptical.

My book came today. Scruffy by Jack Stonely. Anyone read it? I did when I was little and it was so sad.

Well, I hope to see some posts today.

Hey girls

What is going on here? Everyone is getting hurt :(. Hope you feel better Angie and Kempy. I hope everyone had a nice long weekend. My weekend was pretty good. Went to mom's yesterday for lunch, she had sloppy joe's, potatoe salad, beans, cherry cake with tons of frosting, chips, you name it, she had all the fattening things there. But I was not that hungry because I had a late breakfast so I did not eat much.

Noelle did you get sometime with the family this weekend? I bet you are busy as a bee today at work having long weekend.

Summer sounds like you had a great weekend. Good job balancing those margaritas with some volleyball. I am in the middle of a b-day time too. Mine is this Sunday. Then, sil, mil, and mom my mom right around halloween plus all that darn candy! I might want an angel food cake for my b-day. Low in fat, but I love them frosted! Gotta run girls. Check back later. I hope to see some more posts too! Hi everyone.

Darn my ankle hurts now. It swelled up while I was working.

Julie, I am making chicken,augratin potatoes and peas for supper tonight.

Morning!!!! My ankle is feeling a bit better. The swelling has gone down some. I want to eat right. I am trying but it doesnt seem to be working,by 3 I am in the junk. I will get this. someday...hopefully.....

I sent you guys 2 dirty picture jokes so make sure no kids are around when you open them. LOL

OK, i feel a little better now. I still can't get dressed completely by myself. So, I didn't go to work today either. There is no way I would go in without wearing a bra or doing my hair. I just hope that I can get myself together for tomorrow. We have the DU golf tournement so I need to be able to do my part. We have 2 friends coming in from FL to help us though so that will make it easier on me. I did really well on my test and I just have to go in tomorrow to get my diploma and she is taking me to lunch. Boy, it seems weird not having to go to school.

Angie I liked the e-mails I am waiting for Joe to get home so I can show him. I guess I shouldn't have told you I fell, maybe you wouldn't have either. :)

Frances didn't even give us any rain. In fact it is beautiful outisde and it has been for days.

Well, the ole arm is starting to hurt so I am going to go rest it for awhile. I'll chat with you guys later.

Kempy, I heard Ivan might be coming your way. Have you heard anything about it? I liked the cake with the big ole ya know on it. :lol: Jay made a donut like that once for one of the girls at MIL bakery. It was cute. :lol: What did you do to hurt your arm anyway? CONGRATS ON GRADUATING!!!!!! :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

I think that a low pressure is going to keep Ivan from us but they wont know until later in the week. I hope it doesn't come here. We don't have anything to cover the windows.

I was trying to save a hummingbird in the garage and I wasn't paying attention to what I was doing. I thought I was on the last step so I stepped off but I wa on the second one and came crashing down. I was in the process of turning too so I fell to the side. I caught myself with the heal of my hand and that is what sent the jolt up my arm. I knew it wasn't broken b/c I was able to move it but i sat down and put an ice pack on it and it started to stiffen up. It was really bad the first night. I didn't get to sleep until 3:30 and it hurt everytime I moved. I ended up sleeping on the sofa Monday. Joe was such a sweetie. He let me sleep and he cleaned the house. he even went to the store and bought steaks to make for dinner. Only thing was I couldn't cut it b/c it is my right arm that I hurt.

Hey girls, hope everyone is recuperating well from all their aches, pains, bumps and bruises! Sorry to hear of so many injuries! My heel still aches a little but if I wear the right shoes during the day and wear that brace at night I'm all good. Can't wait til vacation time, just 3-1/2 weeks!!! My poor girlfriend--she lives in Seattle and everytime she flies out here to visit for whatever reason, I'm on the mainland! It's not like I travel alot, but it seems that she and I are always traveling at the same time, away from each other :lol:.

Kempy, congrats on graduating!!! :bravo: :dancer: Other than the sore arm you should be feeling on top of the world!

Angie, I just had to crack up at those emails. I also had to share the one with the car prints--that was hilarious. I hope that was their car, I would be horrified if I found that on my car and it wasn't me that did it! :lol: I think I'd have to sell the car!

Summer, hmmm, I'm thinking of a motivating force to get me in gear again...dunno, haven't found it. I find that my motivation always kicks into gear right before Halloween. I think it's the threat of having to take lots of holiday pictures that makes me get back on track again. I see a cycle of me doing great from early October to about mid March, then I slack off during the summer and gain it all back. You'd think knowing that I'd have some kind of ready defense, huh? You're diet and exercise plan inspire me though, you sound so "together"--hopefully one day soon I'll follow your lead :^:

Cal how's your day going? I will PM you sometime by the weekend with the vacation info so we can plan something. Can't wait to meet you.

Julie, how are you doing today? What are you fixing for dinner tonight? I'm tired of eating leftovers from the weekend, I need to get creative and cook something good.

Hello to Holly out there :wave:

Hope everyone has a great day today, I'll try and be back later.