Weighty Issues #20
 

WEIGHTY ISSUES #20

Welcome to the October edition of the Weighty Issues Thread.

We are a group of awesome women who support each other through the highs and lows of every day life--it's not just about weight loss, it's about LIFE. If you have something to say or need a shoulder to cry on, Weighty Issues is the place to be. Come on in, grab a chair and stay and chat a while. You'll be glad you did!

I cant believe it is October already. Time flies!!!

Noelle, Have fun on vacation!! We will miss you while you are gone.

Kempy, Got any interesting plans for this weekend?

Julie, How is your son liking school? Has he made alot of new friends?

Cherie, any news on your ex yet? My prayers go out to you all.

I think my kids are going to Wendy's house this weekend but I am not sure yet.

Other than that not a damn thing planned for my weekend. I have an exciting life huh? :lol:

I hope everyone can post today.

angie -thanks for the recipes they sound way yummy. My family loves teryaki. I am always looking for new ways to make the same old chicken. I think tonight might end up being a seafood night though. I've been wanting shrimp for the past week and albertsons has an awesome one day sale on shrimp and crab today. I always seem to want real butter with seafood though. I'm gonna try the butter spray stuff and keep my fingers crossed that it will be just as good. Maybe some ginger will help? any ideas?

Boo!
 

Happy October 1st! Wow, it's almost the end of the year :eek: where the heck did time go? Thought I'd pop in early since I'm sure to be extra busy today. I hope to work until about 11 or so then I have to go shopping for all the little odds and ends I'll need for my trip. I tried to start packing last night but I only succeeded in making a big messy pile of clothes on my bed. Poor Rick had to excavate to find the bed :lol:. I had a great time with my girlfriends last night. I'm hoping one of them will email me some pictures because I forgot my camera :(. I had a portabella mushroom w/chicken on penne pasta in a light cream sauce, it was delicious! I can still taste the garlic this morning *whew*... It's funny that no matter how time passes when you get a bunch of old friends together, the dynamic of the relationship doesn't change. I was and always will be the smart@ss of the group, my best GF will be the goofy one that gets joked on all the time, and the other friend will be the loud, maniacally laughing one. My sis on the other hand, was the quiet, straight-laced one who would always tell us to "stop it", whether we were fooling around too much, making too much noise or drinking a little too much--it's great and I love them.

Angie, have a great kid-free weekend. Hey, I'm reading the Cider House Rules by John Irving and it's set in Maine...:lol:

Jess, I have one of those talking pedometers that tell you when you've reached every 1000 steps, miles walked and supposedly how many calories you've burned. I don't use it very much because I always press the wrong buttons and I have to calibrate it every single time I use it. I guess it's a little too sophisticated for me. :^:

What's everyone else up to today? I'll be back later.

Hey girls. I had pancakes for supper. The kids left right after school and I didnt know what to cook for just the 2 of us. I am sure my diet is hating me for the butter and sugar but they were good. :lol:

Where is everyone today? Off having fun I bet. I wished I was.

Noelle, Your get together sounds like a blast. I am glad you had fun. Are you up for a meet and greet with us this spring?

Hi Angie, I wonder where everyone else is, hmmmmmmmm???? Maybe they got lost on the old thread? :lol:

I would love to meet up in the spring...when exactly is "spring"? We don't actually go by the seasons here in Hawaii, everything about the weather just kinda blends together. I'm guessing March? I don't know if I'll be able to scrape enough money together by then (I'm still thinking I'm going to Vegas for New Years) but I will definitely try to be there. I just loved New Orleans and I'd love to meet y'all in person.

I gotta run, got banking to do still--so much for leaving the office early!

:coach: COME OUT AND POST ALL YOU SLACKERS! :p

Kempy, When would be a good time for you to have us visit? My sis has every other weekend off so I would have to go by those dates. Let me tell you she is so excited about going on a trip. I bet we can get her drunk and get her tattooed. :lol: :rofl:

Noelle, I hope you can do it. It would be so fun. I have started a stash for me to bring lots of money. I put $100.00 away already for it so you know I am ready to come meet you all.

When do you leave? In the morning? Have fun.

Julie, Where are ya girlie?

Hey girls,I'm wrapping up for the afternoon (FINALLY) and I'll be going home to pack :cb: :goodvibes:. I was out running errands at the bank and Cal called. She said to say hello/goodbye to all of you. She was out in the middle of the desert on her way to California from AZ. We will be meeting up on Sunday and spend the day at Disneyland together. I can't wait!!!! I'm sure our kids will be excited too :).

I fly out tomorrow morning and should arrive at LAX around 4 pm. So, ALOHA all. I'll talk with you all when I get back.

Confession time girls I forgot to add:

Supper, fried fish, french fries tons of salt.
After Dinner Supper :lol:a huge brownie topped with ice cream and about a cup of dry roasted peanuts. Ugh, I feel like a total pig! Oh well tomorrow is another day, right?

Thinking and praying for you Cherie and your family.

Hello to everyone else. Cal, Summer, Holly, Jessica, and anyone I missed. Going to try and get to bed by 11:30. Check in this weekend!
Julie :)

Noelle - hope you have enough fun for all of us!
Julie and Angie - Not such good choices for dinner but you are totally right. Tomorrow is a new day! Which can only bring better things and more oppurtunities to do better. I'm rooting for you both!!
Julie - I completely understand about the job thing. I feel like I have put in 100 applications. A couple places have said that they would love to hire me. Which would be good except one wanted me to work for minimum wage with no tipe (I think not) and the other wanted me to work from 10:00 at night until 6:00 in the morning. Instead of thinking that I am picky I like to tell myself I have my priorities in the right place. It certainly doesn't pay the bills but it makes me feel better. Day care here for an infant is almost $1,000 a month. And that is only for one child! What is the point of working (besides getting out of the house to save my sanity). Still - GOOD LUCK!!!

I ended up with 26 grams of fat today. Which isn't too bad since I had the best crab ever tonight for dinner. Most of the fat for the day came from the melted butter that I just couldn't substitute. So just in case I was extra extra good during the day.

Hoping everyone is having a good weekend full of fun plans! Tomorrow my honey and I want to drive down to Mount St. Helens. They say that it is not done erupting so it would be pretty cool to see. I guess I'll find out. Anyway, hope everyone has a good night. - Jessica

Good afternoon ladies!!! Jay just stopped into the local tattoo parlor to see if they would peirce Brit's eyebrow. Yep. She is shitting now!!!! :lol: :rofl: She will chicken out I bet. She likes to see if we will let her do stuff and when we say sure she never does it. :lol: Maybe she will though.... I think she will look hot. She is so pretty anyways. Now that they know they will peirce them as long as we are there Alicia wants her lip done. We will have to see about that one though.

I have eaten chocolate chip cookies today. I know I need to stop sneaking things in but I am sick!!! waah waaah waaah!!! :lol:

I hope you all are having great weekends.

Julie, {{{HUGS}}} I wished I could do something to help you and hubby get along better. I think you need to really plan a mini get away with us. We can all blow off some steam together.

Jess, Have fun at Mt. St. Helens today. Be careful.

Hello!
 

Hey all!

Sorry to be MIA again. Travelling for work - I was in Canada Thursday, Friday came home today and leave for Phoenix, Scottsdale and some place in New Mexico on Wednesday :dizzy: . I go to Baltimore at the end of October and Florida in November (is hurricaine season done by then :?: )

Welcome :wave: Jessica - sorry I missed you in your initial introduction. My name is Summer I am 27 and have no kids, 1 dog named Fenway and a dear lovely husband! I am 5'2" and just have always been 150 or higher. My goal is 130-125. And I adore :love: these women here on this thread! So welcome!! I hope you are staying safe in Seattle and are too far from Mt. St. Hellen to worry!

Noelle and Cal have so much Fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just an FYI for Noelle - Spring for the continental 48 is March-May!

Angie I had a teeny piece of pineapple upside cake for dinner tonight. I have not had it in ages and it was so yummy! :eating2: My sister has piercings (7 now used to be 12) and a tattoo that my parenst still have no idea about (and she is 26) but she took some of the piercings out because she understood interviewers would not be appreciative of her creativity coming through so LOUDLY. It doesn't hurt that she looks like Pam Anderson.

Kemy congrats on making it through the last day of work! What are plans now? :crossed: for your future! I am so proud that you are doing something that you want to do so badly! Did I hear New Orleans in the Spring? When is Jazz festival? That would be way cool.

Julie patience my dear! The right job will come along and sometimes when you least expect it, through a friend, another parent in your ds pre-k...you never know! but I am keeping my hopes up for you.

Hi to Holly!

Quote:
Strive for excellence, not perfection. -H. Jackson Brown Jr.,

be well.
;) Summer ;)

:coach: HELLOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! anyone here??????

Hello Angie! No you are not alone. We didn't end up going to the mountain becuase they upped the warning level to 70% chance of a lava eruption within 48 hours which meant that they started evacuating people. Scary. It's been 24 since it last erupted which means I don't remember at all since I was only one. It will be cool to see as long as nobody gets hurt.

Angie- I feel like I would kill somebody for chocolate chip cookies right now. It's been a full week that I have been excercising and eating well and I can feel the frustration building up. I should probably just let myself have a small something really good before it explodes into a full fledged binge. Ugh!

Summer - Wow it sounds like you have been going everywhere. I hope you made some time for fun in between all that traveling!

Last night my 16 yr old daughter, Alysha, went to the homecoming dance. So I guess it was a good thing that we didn't go to the mountain cuz it was fun doing her hair and helping her get ready. Her dad scared the **** out of the little boy though. Just for fun of course but I still felt sorry for him. He brought out the gun and pretended to be cleaning it when he showed up to pick her up. Poor little boy is only 14 with his parents waiting in the car to drive them to dinner. I hope we didn't scare him so bad that he won't call her. Luckily she is used to what smart asses we are and wasn't mad about it.

Anyway, thinking of all of you. Hoping everyone is having a great weekend! - Jessica

Anybody have any low fat dessert recipes that will hopefully take care of my cravings?

:lol: Jessica, That is funny. It sounds like something my dad would have done when I was young. haha The things Jay had to endure when we met. Of course now they like him better than me. They think he is my fathers long lost son. :lol: At our wedding Dad went up to Jays Dad(who hates me by the way) and said "We told him not to do it but he wouldnt listen." :lol: I was like thanks alot Dad, they hate me as it is.

I made a big Turkey dinner for supper tonight. I sent all the dark meat and a plate of fixings up to Jay's grammie.

Other than that not a darn thing going on here today. I had to work of course. I almost ripped into a honeybun but luckily Jay didnt cut any extra. :lol:

Btw how long is Noelle gone for? Are Cal and her staying the same amount of time? Well guys I am so tired....I cleaned for about two hours today. And still have more to do, it never ends, oh well life, right :lol:? Good Nighty Night! Julie

I ended up making warm cherry turnovers in egg roll wrappers. I tried baking some but the wrapper didn't get soft/cooked enough so those ones ended up in the garbage. I gave in and fried a few of them. Oh my goodnes - yummy yummy yummy. Little bit of powdered sugar on top. The cherries were fat free and egg roll wrappers only have 0.5 for 3 of them which is way good but of course then there is the oil. How much do you think one of them soaks up? I'm afraid to find out.

Julie - If you are free you can always come clean my house for 2 hours too!

good night girls! - Jessica

Hey everyone.. I am checking in. Sorry I was absent all weekend, but I guess I am just getting down. I had the girls all weekend, and we tried to stay busy.... I am hoping to find out more out my ex's situation this week. He told me over the weekend, the cat scan showed not only the spot on his lung, but there is another spot on his liver. I had called his stepmom last week and told them what was going on... steven has been estranged from his parents for almost a two years... well, his dad called him, and now I think they have made up for the most part. His dad is coming down this weekend to see him, and he will be able to see the girls too. His dad also wants him to move down to Beaumont, TX so they can help him out. Steven is waiting for the results from the doctor before he makes any decisions. I told him I would prefer him to stay here so we can both be around the girls, however, if he has to go to Beaumont, if it is possible, I will let the girls go live with him during this time so he and they can spend some time together. I am not sure how that would work, and I definately do not want to let them go... but I am trying to think of what is best. They need to have memories of their dad, and he needs them right now too to make him fight this thing.

I haven't exercised... I was hoping to get my treadmill this weekend, but my ex didn't go get his furniture (and my treadmill) from storage in TX. His dad wanted him to wait, until he came down. I guess once Steven figures out what he is going to do.. then I might get it then.. if I can find someone with a truck to drive down to TX with me to pick it up. I didn't eat very well either this weekend. I didn't over eat, which is a good thing, but what I did eat, wasn't healthy. I am a stress eater... and it's really showing.

I had to force myself to come in here... I am sorry.... I am feeling a little overwhelmed... I wish I had time to go exercise everyday, where I didn't feel like I was leaving the girls. If I go at night.. then I have to leave my apartment building and go to the building next to it to exercise... I live on the third floor, and I just don't like leaving the girls alone while I exercise for 30 minutes. (I've done this a few times after they went to sleep) but I don't like it. That is what I was looking so forward to get my treadmill into my bedroom.. then I would have access there and not leave the girls alone. No matter how safe I think it is.

Oh well... I haven't had a chance to read the posts.. so I will go back and do that soon.. I just wanted to check in! I'm still here!

Cherie

{{{Cherie}}} I am so sorry you are having a hard time right now. I wished there was something I could do to make you feel better. Keep coming here. We will listen and at least be the shoulder to cry on when you need us,Okay?

Jessica, Have you tried to make a pie dough with a smidge of the lard it calls for? I have done it. It isnt as flaky as a greasy pie dough but it does well in a pinch. When I make my sticky buns I omit all the grease and use skim milk in place of the cream and although they dont look as good as the regular ones they definately taste as good.

Kempy, I have got $170.00 in my plane ticket fund. I hope we can do this. I am excited for it.

Well, My eating this weekend sucked. I didnt eat out or anything but I did put sweets in my mouth that I didnt need. I am trying so hard to be good today but I cant get my *** to work out. That bugs me so bad.

I hope everyone can check in today.

OK... Well, I now have incentive to kick my butt into gear. My friend Alan invited me this morning to go to Vegas with him the first weekend in November. If I can get my ex to keep the girls (it's his weekend anyway) then I am going... nothing like a free trip huh? hahaha.. :-) OK.. maybe I can make this motivation work.

Thanks Angie for the encouraging words... I'm just having a tough time dealing with what MAY happen. I don't want my girls to end up without a father.... I don't care for him, but he is a great dad and loves them very much.

OK.. back to work here.... talk to you guys later! :-)

Cherie

Cherie - I can't imagine what you are going through right now. It sounds like you do the same thing that I do - torture yourself with all the what if's. It's very strong and selfless of you to think of what is best for the girls even if it means letting them move away for a while. My 16yr old step daughters' mother and sister live in eugene, Or. which is over a 5 hour drive. We have become experts on taking the train. It knocks the trip down to a little less than 2 hours. I know she misses her family and so we let her go down as often as school permits.

Angie - I'll try the pie dough next time I have a craving. It seems to be gone for now and hopefully won't resurface for a loooong time.

Julie - you are right - gaining 10lbs in nothing! But if it was swapped around where it was really easy to lose weight and really hard to gain weight then being fat would probably be the acceptable thing and what everyone was striving for. People always seem to want what they can't have or what is hardest to achieve. At least I know I do.

I have a membership at curves. I paid for an entire year at one time in hopes that it would motivate me to keep going so I wouldn't waste my money since I can't get it back. That worked for about a month and now almost 5 more have gone by without me going at all. At the same time I got the membership I threw away my scale. For 2 reasons: #1 they have a scale there and do monthy weigh ins for you #2 I'm a scale addict and was jumping on a 3:00 in the morning after I went to the bathroom just to see if it would make a difference. Not such a healthy habit. But now it's been over a week and I'm getting discouraged because I don't know if what I am doing is even working. I could be depriving myself for nothing. So after all of that rambling my point is that I'm planning on returning to the gym hopefully by tomorrow to not only work out but to weigh myself and congratulate myself on my loss (I'm thinking optimistically).

Have a good day ladies - I'll be checking in!

Hey guys, Sorry I have been away for a few days. I had a garage sale Saturday and I vegged all yesterday. I had a long list of things to do today and I am just now getting time to read the posts.

Cherie I think that is great that you are going to let the girls go to TX. My hubby works in Beaumont on a regular basis. It would be neat if you were over there. I could ride over with him and we could hang out.

Angie I don't have a certain time for you to come down. When ever everyone wants to plan it is good with me. I don't care as long as we all get to hang out.

Jess I don't have any ideas for desserts. I usually cave and eat the bad for me ones. In fact I was left alone all weekend with a big bag of M&M's. Plus TOM is around so I had many handfuls of them.

Julie I hate to hear that you are still having problems. I wish I was closer so I could hang out with you. Since I am home right now I have to find things to fill me days. I really should be studying but I don't want to. I am just enjoying my days home right now. There will be plenty of time to study.

Ok, I have to run do a few things around the house. I will check back in later.

Does anyone know when our guitar rocking Noelle will be home :lol:. I miss her all ready. I feel like if I don't get here everyday I get no adult contact :lol:. Except for hubby, which is like a third child sometimes ;) :lol: :D!! Julie

Hello peoples!!!! I had turkey and stuff fro supper tonight. Leftovers for me. I want to bake something sweet to eat so bad!!!!! Why cant I just be fat and happy???? :lol:

Kempy, March would actually be perfect for me because we are still in the winter here so it would be cold and we still wouldnt have much work to do. I think Noelle is interested in coming down too. How about you Julie? Anyone? I can see us all getting rowdy and having fun together. :lol:

Not much happening for me today. I am sitting here trying to talk myself into going into the kitchen and doing dishes. YUCK!!!

Good Morning!! Geesh, this cold just wont leave. Saturday I felt like poop and then Sunday I felt great until the evening...Today I feel worse than I did all last week. My throat is scratchy now and my nose is stuffed. YUCK!!! You would think it would keep me from overeating wouldnt ya!!!!!! :lol: NO LUCK!!!

Angie are you getting some vit. C in you? Joe and I have had good results with Zinc before. You can find it at any grocery store. That might help you too. I hope you feel better soon. I know it sucks when you feel bad.

I am waiting for a mom of one of my friends from high school to get here. She is going to make some drapes for our back windows. The really big ones. I am tired of spending money on the power bill. Since they cleared the lots next to us the unit runs more. I guess I took the tress for granted. We planted some but it will be a few years before they start to help with the utility bill. Our bill went up $30 since last years same month.

Ok, I need to get off and straighten the house before she gets here. I will check back in later.

Hey everyone... I am here... didn't have a great dinner last night.. but didn't overeat either. No exercise. And no trip. I am going to post what I posted to my November Mom's board (its a group of mom's who I met back in 1997 when I was pregnant with Hannah, and we were all due in November.. and we are all still friends.. the group had dwindled but there are still about 30 or so of us.) I just didn't want to have to retype it all. I don't know what is going to happen with Steven and his treatments so I had to tell my friend that I couldn't go to Las Vegas cause I don't know anyone around here that can help me out with the girls. So.. here is my update:

Well.. I don't know where to start... He isn't doing well. He had the cat scan last Wednesday, and as of Friday, he hadn't heard from his doctor. He did talk to the tech who did the scan and he said he saw not only the place on his lung, but another place on his liver. That stressed me out this weekend.. If it's on his liver, then it could be in his lymph nodes.
He and his dad haven't talked for almost two years... they had a falling out back during his last treatments, and I feel it was due to the medications he was on, having major mood swings. He was a little violent and very quick to erupt. He has held a grudge against them ever since, thinking they were trying to take the girls away from him. (At that point, because his situation was so bad then, I let the girls live with him. He mistook his step mom's concern for the girls and calling me to come get them for her wanting to totally take the custody away from him and they take the girls. Which of course was WRONG, however, when you are on all the medications like he was, no wonder he wasn't thinking clearly).

I called his step mom last week, I have been keeping in touch with her since I have felt it was wrong for Steven to keep the girls away from them. We were bidding our time until the divorce happened, and then I was going to allow them to see the girls again. Anyway.. I told her the latest on his condition and she had his dad call Steven. Thankfully, I think they have made up and he is going to be driving up here this weekend to see Steven and the girls. He is wanting Steven to move down to Beaumont, TX (where they live now) so they and his dad's family can help take care of him. What is keeping him here is the girls and he does have insurance this time with his job.

I called him yesterday, and he had seen his doctor... the doctor wants to start radiation ASAP. He said the spot on the liver was the shell of where the cancer was two years ago, and that all that is left was the dead tissue after they had treated it, so that was a non issue. However, the tumor in his lung needed immediate attention. He is meeting with his doctor today to plan out the treatments and to get his body marked on where they are going to give him the radiation. I am expecting him to start radiation on Wednesday.. but I am not sure. On Thursday, he is going in for an MRI for his brain. His doctor is concerned because he has mentioned having blurred vision and some memory loss problems.

The doctor said they would do a "TEST" of ten radiation sessions... see if helps.. and if it does, I think they will continue. If it doesn't, I am not sure what the next step will be.

He will have the girls this weekend, but I am not sure how much longer he will be able to do that. I am going out of town the first weekend of November, but now it looks like I will have to cancel that trip. My family here won't be in town, and it looks like he won't be well enough to take care of them. I was looking forward to the trip, but not much I can do at the moment.

He isn't working right now, the doctor hasn't released him to go back yet. He is getting his paperwork together to start FMLA and is currently on STD. The work enviroment is too stressful, and will only agravate his condition, and because he is on the phone all day, he can't do that job very well, because the tumor in his lung is causing him to have shortness of breath, so he can't talk for extended periods at a time.

It's funny, two weeks ago... things were bad with him... but he was working, functioning and having a close to normal life. We had no clue it would go from bad to worse this quickly.

And I am being selfish.. cause while I know I have NO clue how he is feeling and what he is going through.... I am upset and thinking how am I going to do this alone? I hate having no control over my life. This really sucks.

Anyway.. I will let you know what shows up on the MRI. :-( Keep praying for him... the girls need him.

Thanks for reading... I'll be back later. :-(

Cherie

Cherie my sincere prayers and thoughts are with you, Steven, and the girls. I know you must be so scared of the future especially with the girls being so young. Hugs, I am glad he is going to be with his two little sweethearts this weekend. That will brighten his spirits and give you a little break. Take care and we are all here to listen to you anytime. Hugs

Kempy good luck with the curtains. I hope they turn out for you.

Angie hope you feel better. We had bad colds here about 2 weeks ago.

Well I would type more but I sliced my finger open and it is bleeding through two bandaids. I hope I don't need stitches, I will just tough it out and put pressure on it. I have to leave here in a little while to go get ds from school. I hope he has a good day today. Well my finger is hurting. I will check back later. Julie

Julie maybe you could research how much it would cost and show it to him. Maybe when he sees that it wouldn't be that much he would be ok with it. Does he not like it b/c he has never met any of us? If you want I can call him and reassure him that you will be ok. If he still is unhappy I can just come up there and beat him up. :lol:

I took a break from my office stuff. I am labeling my files in here. Since I am going to be running a business I thought I should get myself organized. I see how my old boss did things and I don't want to be like that.

Kempy, :lol: :lol: You are so funny. When is your first day on the new job? Dont ya just love bookwork? fun fun fun. I put mine off till the last minute usually. sad huh? :lol:

Julie, I agree with Kempy. You do deserve some time to yourself no matter what. If you can come up with your airfare I will help you with the money for drinks and food if you need. I just want us all to get togehter like we have all dreamed about. Since we have already talked on the phone he must know I am not a psycho or something doesnt he? :lol: I hope you can come. It wouldnt be the same without ya.

I suppose I should go help Jay but I will check back in a while.

cherie - i am absolutely speechless. I will keep your whole family is in my prayers. - Jessica

I start sometime in November. I take my boards on Oct. 25 and then I have to wait for my license to come in the mail. I will be able to find out that day if I pasted but for some reason they take at least 2 weeks to get them out to us. It really sucks too b/c I think by that time I will be ready to start making some money. I am already in the save mode. The only problem is that I need to get Joe in it with me. I wish I knew what to say to make that man understand he needs to stop spending money. It is on silly stuff too. Instead of eating at home he likes to eat out alot. Well, since i am home now I want to start cooking more things so that should help out with the money situation. I just have to find the right words to tell him to stop spending. It will come to me.

Angie I really hope all of you guys get to come. If it is too big a number there is a hotle right down the street from me that isn't exspensive. It is breand new so it should be nice. I would love for everyone to stay here though. Maybe Joe will be out of town that week so we don't have to worry about bothering him.

Kempy, I meant to ask about hotels too. What is the name of it? I can check it out and see what the rates are. If it isnt too much I could pay for it and we could put a few girls in the room together with me and Wendy. My sis and I have no problem doing that either because I would hate to overtake your house. :lol: I was thinking of that today with the shower and bathroom situation. haha

Oh yeah Kempy, I just got an offer for the Taste of Home magazines. They sent me a renewal and I could get a free gift subscription for a year if I renewed so I sent the free year to you. Is that okay? They have awesome recipes in it.

Okay I REASLLY have to go to work now. :lol: I just had to come back in to let the dogs inside. It is FREAKIN COLD here today. The high is like 45. BBBRRR!!!!

AAWWW Angie that is so sweet of you. Of course it is ok that you sent me that. Like I need to see more bad for me food. :lol: I don't think I have seen that mag before. Are the recipes easy to cook? I am not a very good cook so I need things that don't confuse me. :dizzy: :lol:

Go to www.microtelinn.com that is what is in the phone book for them. I would be interested to see what the rates are. It isn't like Ponchatoula is very big so I couldn't see them charging very much. It is about 3 - 4 miles from my house. I do have 2 bathrooms so I am ok when we have 6 people here. I could probably do more if I had too. We have 12 people or more at our camp and there is only one full bath there. Talk about take cold showers. :lol: You learn to love them when you are there though.

The rooms with 2 Queen size beds are around 60-70 per day. That isnt too bad at all. They say they are allowed 4 adults to a room so I bet we could make it work. :lol:

The recipes are pretty easy to do. That is where I got my terriyaki marinade recipe. I did add brown sugar to mine so it tastes just like Hawaiian Paradise terriyaki but other than that I like the recipes.

BACK TO WORK!!!! :lol:

Hello Ladies,

I got back from Calif earlier today. The weather there was perfect, but a little humid for me. I did meet up with Noelle and her family on Sunday. We had such fun!!! I've got some great pics, but I can't post them yet. I will try to in the next couple of days. I know Noelle got several great pics as well. She will be home sometime Thursday. It was so fun to meet her. What a terrific person. She had her mom, hubbie, son, and niece with her; I had my sis and Ashley. We spent the whole day together on Sunday going on rides and getting soaked :D . If everyone is like Noelle (and I think everyone is) then we should have a great time together next Spring.

I would be interested in joining everyone. I can only go during Spring Break and I'm not sure yet when that is. I did mention it to hubbie and he said he'd like to go to New Orleans. I told him that this was for 'the girls' and he said that it was ok because he'd go to NO and I could meet with the girls.

Cherie: My prayers are with you at this time. Just know that we are always here for you.

Angie: Right now I would love a high of 45. It's 96 here. California was in the mid 80's during the day, but it felt warm because of the humidity. Noelle laughed at me because I felt so hot. She told me not to go to HI in summer. :lol:

Summer: I do hope you get a chance to call later this week. I'm on fall break from school until Oct 18 so I have plenty of time to meet up with you here. You mentioned maybe Saturday; that would be great!! Hope to hear from you.

Julie: Noelle will be be back on Thursday. She's still in Calif.

Jessica: Welcome!! I've been pretty busy that past several days and have been unable to post. I live in Phoenix, AZ; I'm married and have one daughter, Ashley who will be 7 on Oct 13. I am 45 years old and a 7th grade Language Arts teacher. These ladies have helped me keep my sanity the past year. There was a lot of stress at school last year, but they helped me through everything. I went to AK last summer and my sis and I drove to Seattle from Southern Calif. We had a great trip. We flew to Anchorage from Seattle. Unfortunately, we did not spend enough time in the Seattle area to get a feel for it. Maybe next time. This last weekend I got to meet Noelle from HI as she went to Calif (Disneyland) and I decided to drive over and meet her. Of course, Ashley loved the idea. :lol: We had a great time and she is an exceptional person. Again, welcome.

Kempy: I think it is wonderful that you would invite everyone. The price of the hotel that Angie quoted does not sound bad at all. I hope I can work it out; it just depends on when our spring break is. Good luck on your exam on the 25th.

Holly: Hope everything is going well for you.

Cal

Good Morning everyone! First, thank you all for your support. It really means alot to me. Steven will be starting his radiation treatments on Friday. They will do 10 consecutive week day treatments, then a cat scan ... if it is helping, then they will do 20 more sessions. But if it's not, they will stop. Radiation kills anything in its path, so because the cancer is so close to his heart and eshophgus... they have to be really careful. If its not working after 10 sessions, they don't want to risk him further damage.

I am doing OK. I didn't exercise last night, however, I am still doing great on what I put into my mouth. I am not stress eating, I am eating healthy and I am keeping my portions down. So at least on the food front, I am doing OK.

New Orleans is my favorite place in the world. I love the FOOD, the music, the old houses and of course the French Quarter. I would have loved to live in the French Quarter when I was younger. Its such a great place.

Cal, sounds like you had a great trip! I bet it was a blast to meet Noelle....

Kempy, Taste of Home magazines are great! Awesome recipes in everyone. No, not good if you are on a diet... but they are so much fun to read through if you like cooking. And tell me what you are taking your boards for? I don't think I have ever figured out what you are about to set out to do! :-)

Julie.. how is your finger?

Angie, are you feeling any better? Colds suck. Hannah crawled into my bed this morning around 4 am... and she had the sniffles and cough. I finally had to prop her pillow up so it would drain down some and let her get some rest. I didn't want to give her any medicine because she had to go to school.. and I didn't want her to be exhausted.

Hi Jessica.. hope you are doing OK! Hi Holly!

Noelle.... hope you are having a great vacation! Miss you being around!

OK.. back to work here...

Cal, I cant wait to see the pics of you and Noelle. I am glad you both had fun together. Try and find out when your spring break is and we can see if we can all come up with a date. My sis has every other weekend off from work so we would have to do it on those weekends. As of now the weekends I can come would be March 5-6, March 19-20, April 2-3, April,16-17, April 30-May 1

Cherie, All my thoughts and prayers are with your ex right now. I hope it works out for him. My eating has fallen way off this week. I am back to the old habits. My cold doesnt seem to want to leave so I am not in the mood to go for a walk. UUUUGGGHHH!!!!

Dont be surprised at how fat I am when we all meet up. I will warn you now. :lol:

Today is the big day for Brit. She has an appointment at 5 this afternoon to get her eyebrow peirced. She is having a friend go with her so maybe she wont chicken out. I told her she should get her bellybutton done too. She can wear those hip hugging low jeans and stuff and I think it would look good. If she does this one I bet she gets a new one for every holiday. :lol:

In two weeks or less.. I will have a treadmill delivered. Not my old one.. but a new one. I just went and bought one. Figured this would be better for this next year than giving 3% to my 401K plan. :D I have no clue when I would be able to get my old one, not with everything that is going on... so I am going to get this new one.. set it up, and start walking. Not the fast walk/run that I was doing, but I am going to try to slow it down and do it for a longer period of time. :-)

Ang... I always wanted my belly button pierced... but it was always TOOOOO fat. :-) She should go for it. I don't like the eyebrow piercings, I had a co-worker that had one of those, and I cringed everytime I saw it.. however, I have always thought the belly button one was really cool. I hope she has a great birthday.... (if it hasn't already passed) but more than that I hope she enjoys her birthday present! :-)