Did anyone watch the Stepford Wives? I thought that was so funny. When the robot dog fell down the steps he looked just like a cat I had when I was young. His name was Spazz. He was born with a deformed knee and couldnt bend one leg so he would run down the steps and fall on the last one. He was so sweet. I loved the opart with Bette Midler and the pinecone!!!! :lol: :lol: :rofl:

Whats for dinner everyone? Here it might be two bean enchiladas or maybe chili or grilled pork steak or chicken salads. So many choices. I just wish I was rich enough to have a personal chef to come and plan and cook every night. Lucky I have a husband who loves to cook. And he is really good about scrubbing out the pots and pans. I guess I am pretty lucky to have a guy to do stuff like that.

Angie your kids and you and Jay will love the air hockey table. My mom has one and I love to play it. Your paint ball idea sounds neat too. I have never done it, but my brother has. Make sure you wear protective gear though, it hurts to get hit I guess. He had some bruises from it if I can remember. But I can imagine him and his friends getting pretty crazy doing it :lol:.

Where in the world is everyone today....just a Monday I guess! Come out to talk! Btw Angie I never saw that movie, but heard it was great.

Hey all. It's definitely a busy week being so short and all but I wanted to pop in and say hi. We got a call from my cousin in CA yesterday, my uncle (my mom's brother) passed away yesterday afternoon. He was 81 and suffering from emphysema (sp?). My aunt who is blind will probably have to move in with one of her two sons. The cousin that called himself was just recently diagnosed w/a form of cancer, and he's only 43. The prognosis doesn't look good for him either, but they will try to treat him as best as they can. *sigh* This weekend was kind of a bummer because of all this news but all I can do is pray and offer comfort to my aunt and cousins. My parents may be heading out to CA this week, I hope after Thanksgiving though. Rick will be making his first attempt at cooking the turkey :crossed: (what can I say? We've always eaten at one of our mom's places :^: ). I'm hoping for a brighter day today even though our weather forecast calls for more thunderstorms thru Thanksgiving...anyway, sorry for the doom and gloom.

Angie, I will go and rent that movie next (maybe this afternoon? :lol: ). I need a little comedy. Rick would love to buy an air hockey table but I have no idea where we would put it. My 22 y.o. nephew is a paintball fanatic, he even travels around the mainland for tournaments :rolleyes:. I think he'd like to be a professional paintballer. I've never tried it myself but I heard it hurts when you get hit :lol:

Julie, of course I ate the popcorn :ink: :D Hey! Good job on the cardio :dancer: It's more than I did. Has your DS been coming home w/cute little art projects like turkeys and pilgrim hats and stuff? I just found a million broken pieces of a macaroni necklace in the backseat of my car today :lol:

Hello to Summer, Kempy, Cal, Cherie,Jacks, Gen and anyone else I may have missed. Gotta get back to work.

Good Morning!!!! What happened to everyone yesterday? Come out and play!!! Is everyone busy with the holiday?

I am getting up early tomorrow to do my baking. I am making pecan sticky buns for Jay and the kids for breakfast, than I have to make a turtle cheesecake and pumpkin parfaits. I may make a small cheesecake for my sister if I have the time.

The vets are also coming over tomorrow to do the shots for the dogs and cats so hopefully that will be all done. Domino, the stray cat stayed in last night. He is a huge cuddlebug.

Noelle, I am sending good thoughts for your family. I am so sorry about your aunt.

I hope everyone else can come out and chat today

Hey all. I'm running around like a crazy person and have to drop my parents off at the airport shortly. My uncle's wake service is scheduled for tomorrow and the burial is on Friday. I guess Thanksgiving here will be a smaller, more somber one.

My BIL brought a 20+ lb. turkey over yesterday, but we already had one. He and Rick had the bright idea that they would have a turkey cook-off of sorts--yeah right, 40 lbs of turkey and no one around to eat it all :rolleyes:. I put the second turkey in the freezer for Christmas. Men!

Angie, I will be flying over to have some turtle cheesecake (I wish!). I guess I'll have to settle for a Costco blueberry muffin :lol:.

Hope the rest of you can come out and chat. Come on everybody, speak up! :) Have a good day, I'll be back later.

Hello everyone! Sorry I was MIA yesterday and this morning. I had to run payroll today, and I so much I had to enter before I ran it. HR brought me a whole stack of changes yesterday, so I was just BUSY.

I went yesterday and bought my groceries for my Thanksgiving. First time I will be cooking a turkey.. (ok.. so it's a little boneless Turkey Breast) but still.. my first attempt. The girls will be going with their Dad to his family's get to gether.. so I will be winging Thanksgiving alone this year. On Wednesday night, I am going to help Hannah bake a Gooey Pumpkin Cake. Something we saw together on the Food Network last week. She will be able to take that with her Dad and tell everyone she made it. I am starting my girls out young learning how and enjoying cooking. :-)

I had a good weekend... just hung out mainly.. we went and saw National Treasure on Saturday and it was a pretty good movie.. lots of action, lots of movement... really a good flick to enjoy. Rated PG so not alot of violence or profanity etc. Alan and I made some salsa on Sunday.. I haven't tried it yet.. but I miss read the recipe and didn't get enough habanero peppers. He tried it and said it was pretty good, but not hot enough.. so we will have to make another batch soon! :D

Anyway.... I am going to try to get back on my treadmill tonight. I figure I won't be seeing Alan for another two weeks.. so I have plenty of time to get my butt back in gear and get back on a routine.

Well.... I better get back to work... :-) talk to you all later! I'll do personal replies later! Gotta finish up my payroll!

Cherie

No post would be honest if I did not tell you girls what I ate tonight....confession time....Two burritos, of course with extra cheese, popcorn and almost a whole container of cashews. Oh my god. It just dawned on me how much I ate tonight. The scale is not coming out for a loooong time. What the heck. I don't think I am eating enough during the day? Well hello everyone! Miss ya :).

Hey Julie.. don't be so hard on yourself.. first step is being aware! :-) Lets try until the end of the year to really make an effort to do better. I'll be here with ya! I got back on the treadmill, after being off about 2 weeks... I threw out my pasta tonight too so I wouldn't be eating it tomorrow.

Anyway.. I just wanted to check in real quick.. 30 minutes on the treadmill... and I promise to do better tomorrow!

You girls must think I am totally nuts, I wrote Happy Monday Evening....its Tuesday, duh, I am totally tired or must be losing it! Haha....Julie

Good Morning everyone! :-) How are you doing? I am here at work, feeling like it's the holiday already and I want to go home! :D

I FINALLY got on the treadmill last night... and it felt good.... I just need to somehow work on my motivation for the morning. Last year I was doing really good of getting up a little early and doing pilates before getting ready for work. Now, all I want to do is hit the snooze button. Sigh... I am breaking down my coffee table this week, and storing it under my bed so I will have some floor space to do pilates and abs work ... I am going to really try to get back into a healthy routine in December.

I've been doing some research because I've been having a really bad problem of night sweats lately. I've always had them a little... but within the past two weeks.. it has gotten so much worse. I am not sure what the deal is, but waking up soaked from my head to toe isn't fun. I've found out that it could be a sign of sleep apnea, or diabetes, or eating spicy food, or exercising before you go to bed and being overweight.. also I was reading one site where it said it could be caused by a yeast infection. That one was really interesting, so I am going to start making changes to my diet, and cut out all sugars and try to stick with low carbs to see if that might help.

Julie, I wish we lived closer too and we could go out for Thanksgiving. My daughter was upset last night because I was going to be alone on Thanksgiving and that I didn't have any family to share it with. She is so very sensitive, I love her so much. I told her I would be OK, and that I would be having breakfast with her and Megan, and that I would see them Thanksgiving night as well. She was still upset that I would be alone, so she handed me her cherished favorite stuffed animal, Bossy, and wanted me to keep him so I wouldn't be alone. I promised her I would keep Bossy with me in the living room all day long, but for tonight, she needed to sleep with Bossy because he loved her too. Awwwwww... I love my girls.. :-)

OK.. well, I better get back to work. I have a lot to do before I get to go home today! Talk to you all soon!

Oh Julie... THREE HOURS of the Bachelor tonight!!!!!!! I guess they are doing After the Rose show tonight as well.... I can't wait. I've got to make a cake with Hannah tonight, but I will make sure we get it done early, so I can watch our show! I'll be on the treadmill for part of that.... so I am ready for tonight! Woo hoo!

Good WEDNESDAY girls(got it right this time) haha

Cherie, night sweats? You are way to young for menapause????? So I don't know? But it can happen very early in some women? Maybe you should go see your doc and get it checked out. That is so sweet of your daughter to think of you....I got tears in my eyes. Those two girls sound like real sweethearts! I know how hard it is with the guilt and stuff that comes along with divorce around the holidays. I thought my Dad had to work on Thanksgiving....now he calls and tells me he is off, ugh, now I feel bad because I am the only one he has, my brother lives in Ca. My mom is going to step relation out of town, and plans were set for us all ready. I don't know what to do now. Oh well. Hope for the best. Sorry to rant and I hope I did not make you feel bad. But anyway, you bet I am going to be watching The Bachelor tonight! I am soooo excited, GO MARY! I will be thinking of ya during the show. Wouldn't it be fun to get together and watch it and pig out on food and drinks,lol. Btw great job on the treadmill. Better than I have done.

Noelle I forgot to answer your question about the projects being brought home from school. I think I may need to put an addition on to keep them all. I can't even part with the scribbling things on paper :lol:. I have them stacked away in his closet. Every week there probally is 2-4 things I have to keep! Haha. I hope your holiday is best as it can be with the death in the family and a sick loved one. You are in my thoughts hon.

Kempy are ya off on Friday to get some shopping in? Or I bet you are done all ready :lol:, I wish I was!! I hope I can get some good sales for the kids. Money is tight and our heating bill is through the roof all ready! What are your plans for Thanksgiving?

Angie where are today. Probally taking care of the poor babies after their shots. Where are you going for Thanksgiving? I am sorry if you mentioned it. I have a good memory but it is short :lol:.

Hi everyone check back later to talk. Julie

Good Morning!! Well, I guess it is afternoon now!! :lol: I got up early and made pecan sticky buns for Jay than I made the turtle Cheescake and the crustless Pumpkin for the parfaits. I then cleaned the house because my vet will be here in a while to give the cats and dogs their shots. FUN FUN

Julie, today is my actual day off from work....I have to work tomorrow so we can deliver for Friday. I figured I would do the baking and just do the turkey for supper tomorrow night. It works out okay like that. We arent spending it with anyone. My sister has to work at the hospital and then she will be going to my MOms house to pick up Haley so she is having dinner with them.

Cherie, That is too bad that you will be alone for the holiday. Alan wont be around? Have fun baking with your daughter tonight. Alicia was supposed to stay home and help me this morning but she ditched me yesterday to stay the night at a friends house. :lol:

Hey girls!! Well, the vet was supposed to be here at 1 and they still havent shown up so I guess I have been stood up for the second time this month!!! I am a little peeved right now because this is my day off and I have totally wasted it sitting here waiting for them while I had the cats locked in the bathroom all day so they couldnt crawl into the sofa and hide. So I have 3 weeks to get the dogs shots done before we leave!!!

Awwww Angie, That really sucks! I wonder what your vet will have to say. :( I'm sorry.

I got my payroll all checked, I've got my checks out the door, and my 401K stuff taken care of.. now I am ready to go home.. (in about 20 minutes I will be!)

Nothing exciting is happening today... I had a turkey sandwich from Subway... and oatmeal for breakfast, with half a banana... tonight, going to be on the treadmill while Julie and I root for Mary! :)

Anyway.. I will check in tomorrow, but I want to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving! I wish we could get together and have one big party.. I am VERY thankful to have you ladies in my life. Thanks for being here for me and giving me all the wonderful support! (((HUGS)))

Hello Ladies and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!

I am still having some problems with the computer. I think I may have to take it in. My sis thinks it might have a virus because it's really slow, locks up all the time, and for awhile was having problems shutting down. The tech person at school said she will look at it for me next week when we go back to school.

Last day of school for 4 days!!! Woo Hoo!!!! I was so glad to see the kids leave today; even though they were really great. Makes one wonder what they were up to. :lol:

We will be going over to my sister's house in Glendale for dinner tomorrow. We were going to have everyone come here, but I talked my sis into having it at her house. After dinner we usually sit around and plan our shopping strategy for Friday. My 2 sisters, sister-in-law, her 2 sisters, and my niece all go out for the day. It's been a tradition since before my niece was born and she's 22 now. Hubby thinks we're all crazy :dizzy: but we look forward to this all year long. I'm actually done with Christmas shopping, but I still look for bargains and the way I look at it, it's never too late to start for next year. :D ;) I've been looking for something from Arizona to get all of you; a teacher's salary is not very good and hubby is still not working, but I think I may have thought of something. It's not big, but I think you may enjoy it. Please PM me with addresses. I only have Angie and Noelle's addresses.

Today we listed some things that we are thankful for and I'd like to add that I am so thankful for all of you. I don't know what I'd do without you and I'd never want to find out. God bless you all and enjoy your families tomorrow.

Cal

JULIE!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am sitting here crying... I love Mary!!! :D This is awesome! Yeah!!!!!!!!!! They are so cute together!!!!! :D

And on a better note.... Alan asked me over for Thanksgiving dinner with his family tomorrow, so I won't be spending it alone.

Oh... Hannah and I baked her cake... I came in here and started walking on the treadmill.. and next thing I know, I hear from Hannah that Megan stuck her fingers in the cake... then the truth came out, the BOTH did. So I have some salvaging I have to do tonight!!

OK... everyone have a great Thanksgiving!!!

Cherie I am crying my eyes out too! Go Mary, Go Mary Go Go Go Mary and Bryon ;) :) :lol: :D. I am so glad you are not going to be alone tomorrow either! Julie

And don't worry about the cake! I am sure it will be just great....I am still here smiling all by myself, and Byron just read his journal entry to her too and saved the last rose as a book mark in it....he is so sweet and easy on the eyes :devil: :D. He looks better tonight than on the show!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING GIRLS
Julie

Happy Thanksgiving ladies! I just know tomorrow will be a whirlwind so I wanted to say I am thankful for all of you FRIENDS :grouphug: I am playing taxi driver as my sisters get in from BKK early tomorrow morning but 3 of them will be jumping on another plane out to CA later in the day to get to my uncle's funeral on Friday. Rick and I will be handling the turkey-day prep and we will entertain whoever is left at home, which is not that many people. That may be a good thing because I don't know how this bird will turn out.

anyway, i really love you girls and wish you all a happy day tomorrow. Thinking of you all and how fortunate I am to have met you. You girls are the best. :)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING GIRLS....
I am so thankful for all of you, every single one of you. You all have a caring heart and show so much kindness, I could not ask for better friends than you girls. Since I don't have sisters, I consider you all to be mine :). At our meal today I will be thinking of you all during the before dinner prayer. Love you all so much! Julie

I forgot to say lets all eat today and not feel guilty about it. We deserve it, Thanksgiving comes once a year ;). So have that piece of pie or whatever is your favorite! Love ya, Julie

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!! I am Thankful for my family and all of you!!! You guys are my best friends and I love you all. How corny is that? :lol: It is true though.

I am stuffed!!!! My cheesecake came out awesome. I may make one to take to Florida with me.

My Mom wants to come to Florida with me now. I would love it if I could take her somewhere new and nice. We will be taking her and my neice. She has to try to get the time off from work and overcome her fear of leaving my Dad for 2 weeks. :lol: They are as inseperable as me and Jay. My Dad told her to go, she will never get a chance like it again so he wants her to go. He doesnt want to do the long ride so he wants to stay home.

I hope you all had an awesome day.

Did anyone see Elf yet? We watched it last night and I thought it was cute. Much funnier than I thought.

Happy Turkey Day girls. We just had our Thanksgiving lunch and I am full. I'm not stuffed (yet), but will wait awhile to have dessert. My sister makes this awesome Chinese Almond Float (sort of like a fruit cocktail with coconut pudding and lychee in it)...I know, not your traditional t-day fare, but still good. The turkey came out great, nice and moist.

Angie, I just watched Elf yesterday. It was good to laugh. My favorite part has got to be when he was insulting that dwarf author guy and they got into a brawl :lol:. I think it's great you will be taking your mom and niece along, that trip will be fun.

Julie, :yes: I will have no guilt when I eat my pumpkin pie and whipped cream :hun:

See y'all later. :wave:

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! :-) I've had a nice day. I got the girls up and dressed for their dad... (took a picture for my xmas cards this year: http://share.shutterfly.com/action/s...&x=1&sm=1&sl=1 ) and then I dropped them off. I headed to Alan's house and we went to the store to get a few things.. I made some sausage balls to take with us.. and everyone loved them! I got to have a very nice dinner with his dad and step mom, his older brother and his girlfriend. Very nice afternoon. Around four, I came home and watched the Stepford Wives... not sure if I liked that movie or not... and then Survivor! :D I just got the girls home now.. and Julie.... with no guilt, I had a piece of Hannah's gooey butter pumpkin cake and whipped cream and homemade hot cocoa! :D The girls and I just had dessert, and they are finishing watching The Grinch. So.... It's been a great day!!!

Thanks guys for being here for me!!! Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Hugs,

Cherie

Cherie, your girls are so adorable. Hannah is the older right? I can't believe how much older she looks than last year. They're both beautiful girls, like mom :). Glad you enjoyed your Thanksgiving.

Are there other crazy persons hitting the malls/stores today? I woke up at 5:30 a.m. and decided I would go to K-mart and get some new Christmas lights for a little 2' tree I have. I was planning on putting it in Michael's bedroom and wanted to suprise him when he got home this morning (he slept over at his cousins) The doors opened at 6 a.m. and there was this long-@ssed line snaking across the parking lot. I finally got in after cutting in a break in the line and there was barely room to move about the freakin' store. All I wanted was a string of lights. People were going nuts over all kinds of stuff, loading up their carts with STUFF. All I could think of was what am I doing here? and why is X-mas so commercial??? But, I stuck it out and got the lights and a mini-tree skirt. I got his tree all decorated up with mini ornaments and wooden nutcracker soldiers. I think he'll love it.

Whew, I'm exhausted from standing in line and just doing nothing. I think I'll go back to bed :lol: Be back later. Have a great day all! Happy shopping if you're out there.

Noelle, I got up at 4 this morning to get ready to go shopping. :lol: It was so busy I couldnt believe it. I got a new bike for Brittany and the air hockey game for them for Christmas but just getting those 2 things took forever. I saw my aunt there but couldnt find my Mom anywhere. (she came with my aunt :lol: )

Jay found a snowmobile he likes so it should be ready by Wednesday for him. Now all he needs is snow!!!! :lol:

Cherie, Your girls are beautiful. I loved the pic. I have to get the kids dressed up and put the jingle collars on the dogs and get a picture of them all too.

My vets are supposed to do the shots first thing on Monday now. We will see!!! :lol:

I am mailing gifts out on Monday so they will come early. You can all open them up when they come if ya want to. :lol:

I am supposed to be working so I guess I should go do that for a while

No more turkey!
 

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday. I was really good the whole week with what I ate. But I was clear that I was going to eat an entire plate with a little of everything on it! I made a typical Puertorican Thanksgiving dinner, Turkey,stuffing,gravy,white rice,beans,potato salad,garden salad,homemade cherry cheesecake,homemade pumpkin pie. This morning I went back on my diet ,toast and coffee for breakfast,and Lean Cuisine for lunch and dinner was left over turkey breast sandwhich.
I was sooooooo full lastnight that I felt like I had taken a laxative! My stomach was rumbling and I couldnt stop burping lol . I was shocked how quick our stomachs shrink!
I went shopping today around noon and Walmart was so packed! I was able to get what my kids wanted and gothome by 2:30...starving for my lunch!!!! I get home and of course no one in the house had eaten lunch either! I think they dont know where the kitchen is! lol

Genie

Happy Saturday girls!!!

Gennel, You rock!!! I cant wait to be able to get my *** in gear and stick with a diet. I am not going to push it until after vacation but as soon as I am done I will start the challenges with you. I got my new bike and it is so comfy and Jay has a new snowmobile to keep him busy that I am ALMOST excited. :lol:

Noelle, I am narrowing down ideas for your birthday gift. Are there any favorite stores near you that I could do a gift certificate for ?

Julie, How is your weekend and week going? Did you watch trading spouses last week where they sent the girl to Louisiana? I thought about Kempy through the whole show I cant wait to see the ending.

Cal, How did you make out on your shopping trip? I bet the stores were swamped there huh?

Cherie, I loved the pic of the girls. Did they have fun at their daddies for the holiday?

Kempy, Where are ya? I miss talking to you. I hope you dont leave us.

I am done shopping now. I am getting my sis a gift certificate so she can go shopping while I borrow her kid for a few weeks for vacation. :lol:

I do have to go buy a new bigger bike rack for the RV today and some more wrapping paper to finish wrapping so I will check back in later and I hope to have some new posts to read. :lol:

Good morning. I am wishing I had a cup of coffee right now :yawn: . I have a nail appt. this morning and I am dropping Rick and the boy off to shop at the local swap meet. I am finally getting some Christmas shopping done. Yesterday I bought Michael a 5' tall wooden nutcracker from Wal-Mart. It's in his bedroom until I get the tree up in the living room. I could barely fit the box in the car but luckily two employees helped me cram it in.

Gen you are doing great :strong:. I didn't have to worry about turkey left overs. My sister had my son over to her house Thursday evening and I told her to take "some" turkey home to feed the kids. Turns out she hacked off ALL the breast meat and took it home. My husband was so P.O.'d because he worked hard on that turkey and when we wanted to eat more at dinner, there was hardly any left! :lol: Then she comes over the next day to polish off the rest of it :rolleyes: Better her than me I say.

Angie you really don't have to do anything for my b-day, a card will do...master card :p just kidding :rofl: Please, just having you as a friend is a gift ;)

Cal I am looking for that Hawaiian snow globe your niece wanted, haven't found it yet but I think I know where I can find it, hopefully this weekend. I will PM you when I find it :crossed:. How's your shopping weekend going?

Kempy where ya hiding? Are you swamped with clients this weekend? Hope you can get some time for yourself.

Summer, how are you doing today? Say hi to Michael and Fenway :)

Julie how are you doing with the kiddos? Anything new and exciting happen lately?

Jacks, don't hide girl. Or did you get lost at Ala Moana? :lol: How was your Turkey day?

Cherie, how are things with you today?

Hope everyone has a safe, fun weekend. Be back later.

Hi girls

Just a quickie from me, my mom wants to do a Thanksgiving dinner with the family today because we did not see her on Thurs. But I am going to try and skip dessert. I got on the scale this am and no surprise I am up a little bit. Oh well. I did excercise though last night :D.

Wish I could get personal right now but I gotta go. The kids are screaming for lunch :lol:. Sounds like everyone had a great Holiday and I am glad. Julie

Kempy, where are ya btw....I hope you chat soon with us too :)!

Cherie I am still thinking of Byron and Mary. I am going to be lost on Wednesday nights not watching them anymore. How are you feeling btw? Night sweats getting better?
Okay gotta run. I have tons to do but I will check back later. Julie

Hey guys. Sorry I have been MIA. I have been down latly and I can't seemt o get myself out of it. I know I usually feel down this time of year but I want to make changes to help that. All I do is eat and sleep which of course is my depression talking. I am just not sure what to do to shake it. It is like dragging a dead horse to make myself do anything. When Joe isn't home it is even worse, I can't get myself off of the sofa. I don't want to bring you guys down. I am just feeling funky right now. I'll pop on later today.

Hey Guys!!!

Noelle, Your Birthday gift should get to you in a week or 12 days!!! I think I found the perfect thing!!! :lol: I know it is something you already like so I hope it is good. You know I had to get ya something, You are like a sister to me. :grouphug:

{{{{{KEMPY}}}}} I am sorry you are feeling blue lately. Is there anything I can do. If you need someone to talk to feel free to give me a call. I wished I was closer to you all so we could all get together to cheer each other up. Dont leave us because we would miss you like crazy.

Julie, Another Thanksgiving? I am glad my turkey is gone. :lol: We only eat the white meat so the rest of the bird is in the freezer waiting for dump day. :lol:

Well, the kids are gone for the night so I should go cuddle Jay. :lol: :devil:

Hi Girls
I am back from my mom's, and darn it wouldn't you know it I caved and had the dessert, but passed on the dinner rolls and potatoes and just had a little of dressing with some meat plus veggies. I could not resist the cake especially after Mom cut it and said just eat it. Plus it was a pound cake layered with bavarian cream and raspberries topped with real whipped cream. Ugh, I am trying like h*ll to stay away from sugar! It feels good to be home. It is so ugly outside right now, raining and damp. But oh well. The sun is suppose to come out tomorrow. Great, now I have the "Annie" song stuck in my head. Haha...Anywho, got some good sale items for the kids on Friday. People are nuts this time of year. I mean there were 3 hit and runs in our malls parking lot! Trying to figure what to have for supper since we ate at 1. My daughter wants steak, didn't want to make anything that heavy. Maybe though. Check back tonight girls, Julie

Kempy I wish I could give you a great big hug right now. The holidays bring back memories, and can just be such a stressful time of year. If you ever want to talk, this includes any of you, pm me and I will get your number,( I have a really good calling plan.) We could make fun of each other's accents :lol:! I know when Angie and I talked on the phone it was so much fun. I love her accent. Take it easy on yourself. I know you know that I have issues with some stuff too. We are all here for you, and I mean it I will call you and we can talk for an HOUR! Don't leave us, I would be so sad. Post when you can hon.

Angie have fun cuddling with your sweetheart. Yup, another meal, I think I did a little better today than Thursday.

Noelle, do you have model hands now? J/K I hope your nails turned out pretty. Pretty soon AI starts, can you believe it. This year went by so fast. I finally hope Paula and Simon get it on all ready :devil: :lol:! I am a hopeless romantic....just like I faithfully watched the Bachelor and cried like a baby with Cherie on Wednesday when my cutie Byron proposed to Mary. I don't know if you watch that show.

Hi Cal, Summer, Holly, Gen, Cherie and everyone else. I'll probally check back tonight sometime. Julie btw I am dreaming of our Vegas trip ;). Someday we will make it happen!

Well, the vets finally came to give the animals all their shots. Rebel was shaking so bad and he peed a little while he was getting his shots. After we took the muzzle off from him he rolled over and gave the vet his tummy. My psycho dog isnt so psycho I guess. :lol:

Well, I got asked the question that every girl dreads....."Oh, are you having another baby?" I said no I am just fat. :lol: I said I have a yoyo problem. He was so embarrassed and kept apologizing(sp). It is my own fault. I see them a couple times a year and when I gained 60 pounds back in a year I guess it is to be expected. I am so sick of yoyoing. I want to be a stable weight even if it is fat. I have been either gaining or losing my whole life. Will it be like this forever?

How was everyones weekend? Mine was nice.

Good Morning Girls

Angie I feel bad for you about that question, don't feel bad though I think my neighbor thought the same thing about me 2 years ago! Glad the pups got their shots, your in the clear now for Florida. How exciting. Can you believe this month is almost over? Crazy, huh?

Cherie....Byron and Mary were on the View this morning. They looked so cute together. I think they are far the best couple on so far on the entire show. She looked so pretty and he looked really great! Well anyway I just had to mention it to you, oh they asked if they were going to have the wedding on tv and he said no and she said they have asked her, but she did not say no or yes....I would love to see it.

Check back later girls, hi to everyone. Julie

Good Morning everyone. It's Monday and time to step back into the routine. Thankfully, all the leftovers are gone, there is no more cake and one more holiday is behind me.

Angie.. I know how you feel about the yo-yo stuff.. I have been on a diet my entire life since I would say 10th grade. It's very sad. I just love to eat, and that is my problem. I do it when I am happy, when I am sad, when I am angry, when I am frustrated, any thing is a good excuse to eat in my book. I have to really watch myself, and give myself limits, or I would be eating every hour of the day. (((((HUGS)))))

Kempy (((((HUGS))))) I am sorry you are having a rough time. Friday was my dad's birthday and I just missed him all day long. We used to have the best Thanksgivings going to his family's, where all his brothers and sisters and family would get together. There would be like 60 of us or so. Now almost all the brothers and sisters are dead, down to two sisters (out of a family of 8 kids) so, I have fond memories, but this time of year really makes me remember what I am now missing. We are here for your.... Just come and check in when you can. (((((HUGS)))))

Julie... I am lost now knowing that Wednesdays are going to have a huge void in them until January. I am excited that Jen is the new bachelorette, however, I was really hoping that she and Andrew Firestone would have had a better relationship. I thought they were perfect for each other. Oh well.

Noelle.... sounds like you had a great weekend! I haven't had my nails done is years. One day I will pamper myself like that again! :D

Gen.. good for you for getting back on track so fast! I enjoyed my food til it was gone. I never over ate or stuffed myself... but now it's all gone, I am back on track I think. Going to get a turkey breast sandwich from Subway for lunch, no chips, so today will be a good one.

OK.. well, I need to get back to work..... Happy Thanksgiving to all of my wonderful friends here!!!!

Cherie

:cheer: YEAH ME!!!! :cheer: I just got in a half an hour of exercise. I havent exercised since before I got food poisoning so it has definately been a while. :lol: Well....I had better get dressed and go help Jay so he doesnt have to do all the work himself. :lol:

Where is everyone today?

Kempy, Come out and talk.