Oh what a Happy Saturday it is! A little chilly though. Only supposed to be a high of 56 today. Fall has fallen! I may end up having to turn on the furnace today! It's only 64 in here now. I even baked a batch of cookies for dbf hoping the oven would warm the house. Nope, not that much. I'm waiting until after I vacuum, then I'll crank the heat!

Jane - WOOHOO! Good for you, another loss! You are so consistent. I remember when I joined this group, you were in the 40's! Makes me jealous, just think where I could be!

Angie - From my own experience, when something happens to yourself or a loved one, nurse or not, you lose it. I'm a much better nurse than patient myself. I turn into a bumbling idiot!

Katy - I can't wait for Monday. Yesterday was my last day, so I am officially "between jobs" this weekend. That means NO RESPONSIBILITY!

Guess that's about it. The vacuuming isn't getting done by itself.

Jen

Good Morning...
 

Hi Ladies~

Sorry I didn't get back on last night. DD and DD were using the computer most of the night and since DS hasn't had much time on it lately I thought I would bother them.

Susan~your day by day play of Gaby is adorable! I am picturing her as I am reading and remembering the kids at that age. Hoping Mt. St. Helens doesn't blow too hard and reach you guys. I remember when it blew years ago and the ash going to Seattle and I think Tacoma?? I thought to Portland also?? I should know this but can't remember. It would be cool to go up there to see it. We were up there in '91 and took lots of pictures, also bought a couple of books about it. While it was cool to see it was sad to see all the devastation.

Jane~eeeeeewwww, did you find the dead mouse? Last year we had something crawl up under the house and die and boy the house was stinking. We couldn't find it either but knew some bunnies were living under the house. What kind of book light did you get? I never thought to get one till you mentioned it because I also read when V goes to bed. I have a light on my side but it is not bright enough and I wouldn't want anything bright anyway that would bother him. But then the tv doesn't bother him. CONGRAT'S on yet another loss! :bravo:

Marti~WTG on passing on the pie! I know how tempting it is to have all those goodies around. Hope the job is working out for ya and you are being careful walking to your car.

Sue~glad to see you are feeling better, and glad your sweetie is helping you out.

Jen~sounds like you guys are having the same weather we are. They said it was supposed to get down to 37 last night and not thinking I left the ceiling fan on, boy was it cold this morning. Luckily in the LR, DA & kitchen we get the sun in there in the morning so it heats it up if I have the blinds open, so it wasn't too bad. But I did have to run to the store and had the heat on in the car-brrrr. It is supposed to be only 67 today and that I can deal with. I love the cool weather.

Angie~I will PM you my number. Sending good vibes your way for Brandon and his surgery. :goodvibes: Hey, me and DD and I were talking about your Thanksgiving and wondering what it is that Canadians celebrate? You know, the meaning of Thanksgiving to you guys. We were wondering if it is the same as it is here because you guys celebrate in October and we celebrate in November of course. Just curious.

Katy~I thought of that question because I was thinking of my nephew. he wasn't adopted but he never knew his father because my sister decided she didn't want him to be a part of his life. At the age of 18 he was wanting to find his dad and he asked me some questions and I wasn't sure I was the one he should be asking. To this day his mother still refuses to talk about him and he hasn't found him. Well, he actually think he did but the guy is pretending he doesn't know what he's talking about, which is sad. He (my nephew) doesn't want anything from him except the opportunity to get to know him, or at least meet him one time.

Hi Mindee, Kathy, Shanna, Katiecat, Julie, and anyone I may have missed. Hope you ladies are doing fine.

Nothing much on the agenda for today. My back is out so I will be nursing that and there's not a lot I can do. I know they say you need to move around but I can for a little while and then I need to sit. Of course like sitting, I can only take so much. So much of my day will be spent reading and watching tv. I will try to do some laundry with the help of DD and make my bed. Thank goodness the house is clean. Anyway, hope everyone is having a great day! Talk with ya soon. :wave:

Happy Saturday Ladies,
Jane, every time I look at your weight loss its a bigger number,,,you are doing awesome cold or not. There will be times when you body does need a break even if its a day or a week.

Jen you are right about when its a loved one. I fell completly apart when Tanner had an emergency surgery. Im hoping I will ok with Brandon's. But when it comes to strangers Im cool calm and in complete control. We used to live 20 minutes from the city where we worked. So driving the highway was a norm. And in the 11 yrs I saw many accidents.

Well I now have a new do....dark deep red with black and red chunks...my hair is straight, and chopped up....my son was wow a lil wild eh mom?...lol
Well we are off to Wally's for a pic of Tanner in his gear. His hair is all trimmed now too, not the fro hes been sporting....lol
And then we have a game at 2....this will be a tough one. Then we have a silent auction dinner, and all I really want to do is stay home and watch 2 hours of LOST. My cousin Tanya watches the show too, and told me they are showing the first 2 hours back to back tonight on satelite...grrr I wish I could bale the dinner.
Well better get myself going,
have a great day ladies
Angie

Good morning!
getting ready to cart everyone off to the big soccer game today - grandparents are coming, too, so it will be a big family affair.

No ash here. yet. The volcano is still quaking, so there may yet be another eruption.

Went to Costco yesterday and got a really good deal on Laughing Cow cheese. My new favorite food :) it's only one point a piece ( as opposed to 3 for a regular cheese serving) so it makes portion control for a fave food much easier for me. Very easy for me to just keep slicing the cheddar, you know.

Jen - a weekend with no responsibilities - ahh bliss - I haven't had that in ages. Why the heck are you VACUUMING?! If I were home alone, no kids, no responsibilites, I'd be doing something indulgent, that's for sure. Enjoy the time w/ dbf!

Jane - great job on the loss! You are going to have to think about your 100 mark here pretty soon. TOPS had a 100 clubs and people would come up with very special things to celebrate the 100 mark. A friend of mine donated 100 books to the local library. Another wrote down 100 benefits to losing 100 pounds and read it to the group. I was so inspired..and you continue to inspire me to stick with it.

Angie - you are so busy! - Hope the surgery goes smoothly

Sue - Hope you are feeling better today. Are you able to ice your back? we keep cloth bags filled with flax seed in the freezer. I thought I'd mention it to you, because it might help alleviate some of your discomfort. It's a soft, dry kind of cold that's more comfortable than other ice bags. FYI - they can go hot or cold and smell good too.

Susan - Gaby sounds like normal, happy kid! I love the way you write about her and R & R. I could just visualize you two at the Fred Meyer! Why do kids wait until you have both hands full of something to want to be picked up?!

Have a great Saturday everyone!
Katy

Christina you and I were posting at the same time. As for your nephew, that really is too bad that your sister is doing that. My thoughts are is she hiding something horrible, like she got pregnant by rape? Or does she feel she has the right to hold back information on someones own history. I speak from experience, my mom and dad split when I was 18 months old. We never saw him again. Till I was 18 and found him, but my mom helped me, she gave all the info she had. And really I never did want to know until one day she asked me if I wanted to ever know him. There were alot of twists and turns in my hunt for him. And to be honest,,,it was not worth it. Yes I am saying my dad is not worth it. Hes is a nasty mean spirited person who thinks of only himself.
Im glad I met him so that any doubts or questions I would of had in not meeting him are answered.
Well I should get going,,,,go relax Christina,,,ice pack, drink, book, remote control in hand...lol
Angie

Hello Katy! Looks like we were posting at the same time too...
Have a great day...
Angie...ah man I need a Costco run too....

Hiya Angie~your dad sounds like mine. Well, he is not mean and nasty but he definitely thinks only of hisself-always has and always will. Doesn't really care about anyone unless they can or will do things for him. But then he still doesn't care, just wants people to do things for him or give him things, anything. My parents finally divorced a few years ago after 30 something years of a horrible marriage. Anyway, I think the deal with my sis is she is still holding a grudge with the guy. She was 18 and he was 20 something and married but said he was getting a divorce. He kept telling her this over and over I think just so he could have sex with her. Supposedly he showed her some papers proving it but all a long he was lying. The guy was an idiot but he did offer to pay child support to which my sis refused because she was mad and was going to teach him and figured if he payed child support then he would get to be a part of his life. So...I don't know if he is still trying to find him or if he gave up. I don't think he will ever give up but I don't know. Well, hope you guys have a nice day.

Angie and Cristina - missed your posts earlier, so HI gals! Don't get me started on dads - AARGH! Mine is pretty dysfunctional and I am finding I just really need to keep some space for my own sanity. I just can't keep wishing he were a different person, or what life would have been like if he had been a better dad. I've made a good life for myself - yippee!

Cristina - hope your sis and nephew can square all this away some day, but you are wise not to butt in. Sounds like Sis has her reasons - they may not be good ones, but there it is. You are a very compassionate person....too bad some things just can't fixed

Angie - your hair sounds cool! very hip mama, :)

TaTa for now!
Katy

I'm back... tried to post earlier but got interrupted! I want to say thank you so much for the congrats on my weight loss. It means so very much!!! I'm afraid I'm going to wake up and it will have been only a dream....

Angie - although I'd love to see a photo of DSs pigtails, I for sure wanna see a photo of your new 'do! Sounds wild! Just like you, lol!

Susan - mmmm, banana bread! I love it with a little peanut butter on it and a hot cup of coffee at hand. Neal has some of the Mt. St. Helen ash from when it eruppted in ...1980, I think it was? Love your Gaby stories!

Sue - hope you're doing better today. Just let your DH baby you and be at your beck and call!

Jen - don'tcha just love this weather! Katie and I went to a school function outdoors last evening and had to have jackets and gloves. You can literally smell fall in the air!

Cristina - how's your back and what in the world did you do to it?? Hope it's better! No, we didn't get the mouse because the silly thing is in the wall or floor where we can't get to. This happens off and on all winter, too. Oh joy! The booklight has no name on it, and it came in a blister package that I threw away! I got it at CVS pharmacy, though, and it is about as big as my palm, and the light part is bullet-shaped with blue tips on each end. The rest of it is white. Hope this helps! It really focuses the light only on the book pages, and Neal likes it as much as I do, lol.

Katy - I, too, like Laughing Cow cheese but haven't bought any in awhile. I used to eat it with 5 Triscuit crackers when I first started WW. Like you said, it is so easy to control the portions that way! I'm thinking it will be next spring before I get to 100 pounds gone. (That's 5-6 months from now, and at 6 pounds amonth, that would be 30-36 more pounds.) At that point I'm am getting all new everything, with Neal's blessing. Which, everything I have now is all new, too, but I don't have nearly as much as I'd like to have once I get to a set weight. Seems a waste to do that now. But look out in the Spring... cha-ching!!!!! I for sure will be getting my rings re-sized. I miss them and tried to wear those plastic thingies, but they stay wet and also fall off!

Hi to Marti, Shanna, Katie, Kathy, Julie and anyone reading this. :wave:

Neal put up an antenna on the roof today, which I previously didn't want. We had no wires to our house above ground at all, and didn't want the look of it. But after 4 years of not getting network channels except through rabbit ears, we said heck with it! Now I get CBS and NBC!!!! (already got ABC) I am thrilled with this!!!! I wil get to watch The Young and the Restless, lol.

Have a good evening!

Hi ladies--

Busy chatters today. Shanna came over to do some crafting and to pick up some scrapbook stuff we ordered.......she got a lot accomplished as I did not...usually how it goes. :dizzy:

I'm in the middle of trying to clean my house and organize and thought I would pop in and say hello. I do my individuals tomorrow when I'm not so busy.

So much to comment on!

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend.

take care