Weighty Issues #21
 

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Hey girls. Happy(?) Monday and welcome to November! I am having major problems with my computer and am crossing my fingers that this post will survive. Hello to everyone :wave:. I will be back later after I run more scans and updates. Wish me luck! :crossed:

Happy Monday everyone!! I feel good except for the headcold Brit gave me. :lol: I got a call from the Health Department on Thursday and she said that as far as she knows it is okay for me to work too as long as I dont have any symptoms so I am back to work now.

The kids went trick or treating last night and had fun. I got to go grocery shopping and get out of the house on Saturday. It was the first time I have left my house in 19 days of being ill. I pray noone ever gets food poisoning like that because it was ****!!! :lol:

7 weeks until we leave for Florida!!!! :cheer: I can not wait!!! I need a vacation!!!

How was everyones weekend?

Kempy, How was your party?

Hey guys. I thought I would come here and have tons of posts to read but I guess we were all busy. The party was great. I have a few pics on my camera that I need to deveolp and then I will post them. I am going to try to do that tomorrow. I had two nights of drinking and eating so I am feeling pretty yucky today. I need to get back into the groove. I want to eat clean this month too. I have to go to our camp for Thanksgiving and I doing want to be too big for my pants.

Ok, I need to balance the ole check book. I'll check back in a bit.

Good Morning! It has turned cold and windy here.... BRRRRRRRR.... but I will still get out and vote later this afternoon.

I am sitting here drinking my breakfast... a cup of hot cocoa. It was so cold in my building, I needed something. And since I don't drink coffee.. that is then next best thing. :-)

Kempy... I can't wait to see your pictures of your party.

Angie.. you can't seem to get a break. I hope you can get yourself well, and the rest of your family! I bet it feels good to work again.... take care of yourself... :-) Florida.. sounds FUN. Where are you going? My sister lives in Orlando, so next summer I am going to try to arrange a visit to her... the girls and I.

I did my walking yesterday... thought I ate fairly well... but was up a half pound today... I am thinking it is water... I noticed that I wasn't drinking enough yesterday... and what I did.. wasn't really coming back out! ;) Sooooo... I've got to concentrate on my water intake today!

OK.. I better get back to work..... Hi everyone... come on OUT!!! :)

Good Morning girls

Cherie I really think i need to up my water intake too. I said I was going to eat better this week but screwed up again yesterday. Halloween candy. Ugh. Oh well today is another day. A hot cup of anything sounds great right now :), I am freezing. Does it get really cold and snowy by you during the winter? We get tons of single digits and tons of snow! I agree with Cherie COME ON OUT!

Angie you poor thing. 19 days. Wow you need your vacation after that. I am glad you got to get out of the house. I bet you are glad to get back to work and spend time with your sweetie.

Hi Kempy, when you starting the new job?

Noelle I hope that computer gets fixed. We miss you.

I ate so much last night I am not hungry this a.m. So I did not eat anything yet. Feel bloated. Better start the water. Well anyway check in later. Ds is at school today. DD wants me to play babies. Haha....so cute and innocent now. Just wait for those teenage years! Hi everyone, check back, Julie

Kempy btw and anyone else, that show The Loser's is going to be on tonight on NBC. I know you said you had liked it! Hi everyone :)....

Hi girls :wave:. I still have a wonky computer but I'm gonna give this a go anyway. Rick gets home from Vegas this afternoon and Michael gets out of school by 11 am today...it will probably be a very short day here at the office. I will go out and VOTE after I get my one guy out on the road to work. I have a question for ya. Maybe it's just my funky computer, but do any of you have these weird underlined hyper-link(?) words on your posts? I mean, like key words like "water" or "weight loss". I'm showing a lot of underlined words in my posts recently, like for instance in the previous post, someone said "halloween candy". The post I'm reading is underlined...anyone else have that?

Hey Julie, I actually watched the tail end of trading spouses...but did watch the entire show the swan. I usually don't watch but on the Swan, they had a lady who had lost over a 100 lbs and she had a total body lift. She looked a lot better afterward but it's so eerie the way these girls features' change after all that surgery. I think that cosmetic dentist lady should be shot. I think the veneers she does look horrible, so horsey-like. Yeah, they're all white and bright, but they really "out" there and unnatural. But that's just my opinion.

Angie, you so deserve this vacation coming up. Are you and the family back to normal? I hope so.

Cherie, great job on the lbs lost! :dancer: See? All that effort does pay off. And stop jumping on the scale every day--I know, I know, it's an addiction right? :lol: Glad your kids had a good time at Chuck E. Cheese--that's better than trick or treating and having to deal with the candy aftermath.

Kempy, can't wait to see the halloween pics. We had a thunderstorm lingering on Sunday, we almost thought we'd have to cancel the trick-or-treating bit. But luckily it cleared up enough to take the kids out. Are you guys still having warm weather or is it cooling off?

Cal, how did Ashley like halloween? Did you guys do anything special?

Hi to Summer! :wave:

One more thing, did anyone ever watch Motormouth on VH1? It's a show where they put hidden cameras in cars and tape the people singing in their cars. It's hilarious...

Gotta run and VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!

Hey guys. It is raining cats and dogs right now. Joe came home today so we could get vote and now it is too bad to do anything. There are lots of bolts of lightening popping around. Thankfully I am home right now. I hate being out in this. It is going to cool off tomorrow down here. Once this rain passes it is going to drop a good 20 degrees. I really don't know how you guys up north do it. I am sure I will be freezing by the end of the week.

I don't think I have had enough water either. I mean to drink more but I walk off and leave the cup sitting in another room. I am feeling puffy though and I am sure that some of it is from the lack of water.

Not much going on today. Angie are you still around?

Julie am going to start as soon as I get my license in. And yes, I will be watching that show tonight. Even if I have to watch it in another room.

Hi girls

Finally peace and quiet, hus came home and bundled up the kids and took them for a bike ride before dinner.

Kempy, I feel like I am kind of in a slump, but watching the show pumps me up! Oh and I forgot that you had to have your licencse first, sorry. I want to go vote too, but it is crazy right now at the school where it is taking place. Everyone is picking up their kids and voting.

Noelle, I have never watched the Swan, but I have watched extreme makeover. I know what you mean about some veneers that people get. There is a local newscaster here and they look like freakin piano keys :lol:lol!! I mean I don't have perfect teeth so I should not judge, but come on they have to size them right to the size of the persons mouth and face. I totally agree with you. Never saw motormouth, I will have to check that one out. And I don't know what to tell ya about the underline thingy?
Wish I could help. Maybe if hus and I get a chance to talk tonight I will ask him.
Check back....Julie

Btw for dinner, chicken parmesan with tons of cheese :^: and spaghetti, veggies, salad and garlic bread :devil:. Carbs here I come :lol:.

Cherie I wanted to ask you....who do you think Byron will end up with? I am hoping Mary, I really liked her from the Bob the Bachelor. She is beautiful, wants a family, and just seems nice and not fake. I cannot stand fake people! What do ya think?
Oh did some job hunting today too. Not much luck. It really sucks if you do not have a BA in something. Keep plugging along :), I am at a point where I think a job would be a good change for me. Fixing my hair and putting on makeup and getting rid of the sweats a couple days a week. LOL Noelle :^: want to hire me, I don't want this winter anymore! haha....Julie

Hey everybody!!! I hope you all have had great days! I cant get on my diet that easily right now. I seem to be pigging out and we still have to take the kids out to the restaurant for the birthday dinner that we never got to do.

I have been working overtime cleaning and disinfecting the bakery because I am a freak and I worry about things until I am certain they are done. :lol: I just want to make sure everything is clean. My hands are raw from housecleaning. :lol:

Good Morning Everyone!!! So who exactly is our President Elect??? Hmmmmmmm

I didn't workout last night... I took a break, curled up under my comforter (it was freezing) and watched the election returns. Around 9:40... I was so sleepy, I turned everything off and went to bed. I thought I would wake up and find out who the new president would be.. but NOOOOO..... Darn Ohio. :)

How is everyone doing today? I am up a pound from Monday.... I am not going to fret... just water. ;) I made a big pot of chili last night, so the salt in it is proably what is doing it. I will be back on the treadmill tonight.. going strong. I've also gotta bake cookies tonight. Tomorrow is Hannah's birthday, and she needs to take them to her school. Temptations....

Angie.. take care of your hands. You need some of that Silicon Glove by Avon. That is great stuff.

Julie.. how are things with you? Getting any better? Good luck on finding a job. I know it's hard... try the temp agencies. I had really good luck with them.. finding a long term assignment. I think Mary, or hope Mary will win. I just think she is great. I read a spoiler where they said she ended up the winner, but you can never trust them. I can't wait for tonight! I have no life. ;)

Noelle.. I hope your computer gets better soon too! Everyone is getting sick, and now it's rubbing off on the computers! :D And yes... I am a scale addict. But it helps keep me motivated. I haven't gotten down about the fluxuations yet... I know I am doing what I need to do to lose the weight.. it just never comes off as quickly as you want it to.. does it.

Kempy... how are you doing?

Hi Holly, Cal and Summer..... I need to get back to work. I am taking tomorrow off for Hannah's birthday, so I have a ton to do today. Talk to you soon!

Did you all really think we would know who the Pres. is going to be this morning. I think last year really threw the whole system off. I thought that since the poeple who voted would have had their votes counted already. Why do they have to wait until the end? Oh well, I guess they have a method to the madness.

Julie I am right there with ya on the not getting dressed front. I find myself taking my shower after lunch and I still don't fix my hair. I am sure I look frumpy but I have no one to see. Some times Joe isn't even home and I don't really think the dogs care what I look like. I made smoothered chicken last night for dinner. It was my first time to make it and I think it came out pretty good. It didn't taste the same as when my neightbor made it though. Hers was better.

Angie girl grab some gloves. Usually this time of year I wear them whenever I clean. My hands get so dry and they smell like bleach. I found a friend who is going to trade out house cleaing for electrolysis. YEAH! She is going to come every 2 weeks. I am happy with that. I can keep up with things in between. She is going to come deep clean things. That is what I really hate to do too. I wish I could send her up to you.

Well, I am going to try and make myself workout some. I havn't done anything in weeks and I feel totally sluggish.

I got the pics back. The four girls are some friends of mine and the other one is of me and my neighbor. I was a nun instead of a pirate. Now, that I see the pics thought I should have rethought the costum. Man I got to lay off the food.

This is me, my brother and my sister. The other group is who my sister came with except the guy on the end in the different costume. They were from another planet and her car was their pod they the came flew in. Pretty funny stuff.

Kempy love the pics. I also love your costume. I think you look beautiful! Wish I was there. Your dinner sounds yummy.

Cherie how is your day going? WOOHOO about Mary, I am excited now. I have no life either :lol:, I can't wait to watch it. I am thinking about chili for tonight, would have to make the cornbread to go along though :^:. I am not sure yet though.

Angie my hands are dry all ready from this cold weather. It is only in the forties today, yuck. Is everything getting back to normal with you poor family? I hope so. There is alot going around right now.

Well today I did some house cleaning, tub, sink, and toliet, and picked up tons of toys. I am so bummed my husband's work is not having a x-mas party this year. I have the outfit I bought from last year and wanted to wear it this year. Tells ya how much I dress up :lol:! Btw we did not even go last year so it was never even put on! Oh well. Check in later. Julie

Noelle get your puter problems fixed? I miss ya. Hope you are having a wonderful HI day!

Cal you must be busy with school? Where are you?

Summer your life sounds exciting, flying all over.

Hi everyone!

Kempy I wanted to tell you I see that you and your brother look alike, even though he has sunglasses on....I can tell. He is not a bad looking guy :) ;).

Good Morning ladies!!!!

Kempy, I loved the pics. You look great!!!! You look like you all had fun. I wished I was there.

Julie, When are you gonna post some pics? :wink: How has your week been so far? Can you believe that they are calling for snow showers on Friday and Saturday here? :yikes: I missed all the nice fall weather when I was sick now it is just COLD!!!

Noelle, Did you get your puter fixed? Did Micheal get lots of candy? The twins didnt really get anything good. That didnt stop me from nibbleing it all week though. :lol: I need to get back on a diet but I have been stressed out with the food poisoning thing and bleaching everything,etc.

Cherie, How is your ex doing? How are the girls doing?

I watched the show Wife Swap last night. The husband of the fitness lady was such a jerk to the new wife. I would have smacked him if I was there. She had to workout for 3 hours a day just like his wife did but on the second week she got to make them live by her rules and he didnt do any of the stuff she wanted.

Good morning girls. IT IS FINALLY COOL! We are going to have a hig of 69 today. WOW That is great after the month of Oct. was in the 80's. Sorry Angie, I know you didn't get to have a fall. Just fly down here right now and I will share mine with you. :D

Ya know Julie, I never even thought my brother and I looked alike until you pointed it out. Maybe it is b/c we both have on black wigs. He has red hair just like my sister so I can usually tell that they are brother and sister. They both like like my dad and I look like my mom. I found a pic of her when she was in high school and it is scary how much we look alike.

Well, I got my lisence in the mail. Now I just need to get a frame for it and drop off all of my stuff at the salon. I just called and they are trying to finish up the plumbing in the room so I don't want to bring my stuff just yet but I want to have everything ready. I can't beleive it is finally time for me to start working. In a way I am going to miss being a bum all day long :D

Angie I watched that show too. I thought it was funny when the guy said why do they think we hate people from CA? All they do is talk about it. You are right though that guy was kind of rude. I thought it was great though that the family stuck to working out after it was over.

Does anyone have anything fun planned today?

Noelle did your computer die???

Kempy, Did your sis ever find homes for her cats or did her neighbor get a life and leave her alone? Domino(the stray cat) is so weird...he will come in and sleep and eat for the afternoon but at night he takes off and it has been cold at night. The pups pool is freezing and the temps get down to 27 or so. I wished he would stay inside.

My fun for the day is that we have 11 dozen donuts on order plus a reload night so I get to do lots of work. It probably doesnt sound like much but it is when Jay has to roll and cut them all by hand. We dont have any machines to do it.

When is your first day of work? I am so excited for you. I would love to work somewhere other than with food but that is all I have ever done and since we live in the boonies the jobs are very limited to say the least. :lol:

I have a pic of my Mom when she was 12 and at 12 I looked just like her too. Brit found the pic and asked where I had it taken and I had to tell her it was Mimmie not me. :lol: We are so much alike we could be sisters. haha :lol:

Hi girls. My computer is not totally up to speed but it's working a little better than a few days ago :crossed:. I ran a scan last night and it didn't find anything--that in itself is frustrating because I know something else is wrong. My friend can't come out until sometime next week so I have to work around it.

OMG you guys, I have to kill my husband. He came back from Vegas with a huge 10 lb millk chocolate bar. And get this, he knows my sister (who lives with us) prefers dark chocolate so he bought one for her too--I have 20 freakin' lbs of chocolate in my house--right after halloween. :eek: So far I've cut about 5 lbs off and sent it home with 2 of my nieces. My other sisters have refused to take any. I just might take it to the church foodbank!

Kempy, those were great halloween pics! You guys make me feel so old, like I haven't partied like that in a looooonnnnnnnggggggg time. You look good though, so don't put yourself down.

Angie, I cant believe your temps go down that low already. My gosh, we're still having highs of 85 and lows of 75(?) I'm still sweating at night! It's the humidity that gets me too. I wish I could send some heat up to you. Hey, I know how you feel about not being able to get back on track. I have to renew my drivers license next month and I don't look forward to taking that picture and having it for the next 6 years! :ink: **Have fun making those donuts! I think those donut roller thingies are neat (I saw it on the Food Channel once :lol: )

Julie, if you ever moved out to HI I'd let you work in my office. I already know you can type and know how to use a computer ;). Ever since I started working for myself, I haven't been to a fancy Xmas party...I used to like to get all dressed up and eat good food on someone elses dime :lol:. Is hubby's company not having a party for a reason? Why not grab a sitter for the kids and plan a dinner for two for you and hubby anyway?

Cherie, Happy Birthday to Hannah! :hb: :hat: :balloons: :dizzy: :cb: :dance: Did you get to bake the cookies?

Hey Cal :wave:...I know you must be busy.

Summer, how are you doing these days?

Well, I guess I should run and get to work. have a great day all!

Noelle, we dont have one of the donut roller/cutters either. We special ordered a single donut cutter because we make the glazed alot bigger than anywhere else. So he has to roll the dough out with the rolling pin and cut each individual donut one at a time. :lol: He has a routine down though so he is alot faster than I would be. He has been cooking donuts for 12 years so he knows what he is doing. Sad but I dont know how to make the donuts because he insists on doing it all himself.

20 lbs of chocolate? WOW, I would want to beat him too. :lol: I would be so tempted to chop it up and start baking hehe

My sister just doens't pay attention to the lady anymore. Come to find out she is the crazy lady of the neighborhood. She is in and out of the hospital too so she may not be bothering my sis for much longer. (sorry that sounds mean) She still has all of her cats. A few of them are startign to get pretty old so they may be moving on soon. I think she has 3 that are around 14. And you know how old that is for cats.

Noelle is that enough to bathe in? :lol: I would have to be mad too. I don't think they realize sometimes what they are doing to us. I would hate to have to throw that away. Sooooooo, I would probably eat a good portion of it first.

I went to the salon today to drop of some price sheets and they said that my room should be ready for me by Monday. Now that doens't mean I will have any clients, it just means I can go sit up there and wait. I can't deciede if that is a good thing or not. I may just hang out part time for awhile until I get some calls coming in for me. I still need to make a flier but I don't know what to say on it. Do you guys have any suggestions?

Julie come out to play.

Cal you must be busy with school.

Cherie did you run away on your treadmill?

Summer where are you hiding?

whats for dinner everyone?

I forgot to say I was making homemade cornbread and baking a turkey kielbasa with sauerkraut and potatoes. And probally another veggie. Hope everyone has a good night.

Angie House Hunters is on tonight! I love that show so much....I have no life :lol:.....Julie

Well, I just ate mine. I was so hungry I couldn't wait. I had a salad and then I had some left over crawfish pie. It was so good. Our produce stand makes them and sells them frozena dnall you have to do it heat it for an hour and dinner is ready. I will have to go back and get more. I told Joe that it was something that I will makes sure I have in the freezer. It was only $10 and I didn't have to cook it. That right there makes it better.

Hey girls. I'm guiltily enjoying my sushi lunch. Sure, sushi sounds healthy but not the one I'm eating! :ink: It's called a 'volcano'. It's an inside-out california roll with a mixture of scallops, mayonaisse, chili/garlic paste and some other sinful fattening stuff poured all over the top. It's sooooo delicious and probably has tons of fat because of the mayo. But, oh well.

Kempy, :hun: that crawfish pie sounds awesome. Heat and go? That's my style :lol:

Julie, how old is DD? around 3? Do you put her in those pull-up pants? The ones that have the picture on the front that stays there if they stay dry or the ones that the picture disappears if they wet...I dunno, it's been so long since I've been in that stage with my son. Anyway, what worked for me is buying him "big boy" underwear--you know, like underoos? And yeah, letting him experience the feeling when they wet. (Sorry if this potty talk is bothering any of you when you're trying to eat :lol: ) Another thing is that he trained pretty quickly once he went to preschool--I think it was peer pressure, that he wanted to go to the potty like the other kids.

Maybe you can buy her some cute little panties that she can only have if she tries to go potty. I know some bribing (like a particular new toy) was involved with getting my son to go.... I know, Im probably not much help, but I know how headstrong girls can be :lol:. Good luck!

I made crispy chicken,mashed potatoes and brocoli and cheese. YUM!!! I ate way too much as usual and am regretting it now. :lol:

We are supposed to get 1-4 inches of snow tomorrow and more snow showers on Saturday and then they said an arctic blast for Monday. GEESH!!! I am ready to move south again. haha

Julie, I really cant remember potty training. It has been so long. I do remember we started Brit when the twins were born so she wasnt yet 2. Her first time on the potty was the day we brought them home. haha I think she trained so quickly because of all the extra attention she got when she would pee on it. Since the twins were consuming all the attention at that point. The twins I really cant remember. Sorry, I am not any help.

Hello everyone,

I am busy with school. I've been attending some workshops and seminars, and teaching when I have time. :D

We have a Fall Fest tomorrow evening, I have meetings ever night next week except Thursday which is Veteran's Day, and I tutor 4 7th graders on Monday afternoons. Ashley is loving her class. Every night she draws a picture for her teacher. I am so glad she is happy with her teacher.

The weather here has been great. It's cold in the morning, about 50 (I know, I know; here it's cold in Angie's part of the world that is swimming weather. :lol: ) The days are in the upper 70's and lower 80's. I haven't used the air conditioner in at least 2 weeks and the heater is only turned on in the morning because it's the only way I can get Ashley out of bed. She's also been introduced to flannel sheets and now she won't sleep with anything except her "warm sheets". :lol:

Kempy: I loved your pics. You are so pretty and you really looked like you were having fun. Congrats on getting your license.

Noelle: Ashley dressed up for Halloween in her Cinderella dress. She loves wearing that dress and acting like a princess. She even has the princess attitude. :lol: We took her to my brother's church for a "trunk or treat" and my brother made "worm sandwiches". Ashley got more candy there than if we'd gone out in the neighborhood. It was really fun and we know that what she got was safe. Glad to hear that Michael had a good time.

Hello to everyone else.

Cal

Good Morning everyone! I am back at work today. I took yesterday off for Hannah's birthday. I cannot believe she is 7 years old already. My sweet little baby is growing up too fast on me.

Julie.. about potty training, it's hard, but here is what I did. I was buying the pull ups for Megan and one day at the store, I had them in my cart, and looked at them, and looked at her and said, NO, I am NOT buying any more. (Money was and is tight, and I just couldn't justify buying them anymore). So, I took her home and immediately put her into panties. That first time she peed in her panties.. she DIDN'T like it AT ALL. Just make sure you talk to your daughter, tell her if she feels like she needs to go to the bathroom to tell you and GO. She will have a few accidents at first.. but I think the feeling of peeing all over herself will catch her attention. Those pullups are just like diapers, and that is what she is used to. Megan was trained pretty quickly after that.

Hannah had a good birthday. I took her to school, brought her some cookies to share with the class, and I took her McDonald's for lunch and spent lunch with her. After I picked her up from school, I too her and Megan to their dad's to spend the night, and I went back to her school for parent teacher conferences. I have one daugther that is at the top of her class, Hannah. She only got lower marks on "Self Control" and "Using her time Wisely". Teacher says she is so smart, she can sit there do her work, have five different conversations, and be doing something else all at the same time. My little multitasker. But when she is finished, instead of going to read a book, or working at one of the other centers, she goes and goofs off, or goes and start talking. She has a talking problem. However, the teacher said if that is the worst thing she is doing, well... then not to worry. Megan on the other hand needs a LOT of help. She is very mentally immature for her age. She is writing her letters upside down and backwards, she won't give relevant answers to questions, and she needs to learn to control her social interactions ie not throw fits when things don't go her way. So I have to start really working on her alphabet with her.

I've still been using my treadmill.... I only did 6.25 miles last night... so tonight, I am going to try for 10. That is what I've been trying to do... thinking the more I exercise the more weight will come off, but that isn't happening. So I took it a little easy last night.

Angie.... I don't know how you do it... homemade fresh doughnuts.. YUM. They brought in some doughnuts today, and of course I had to have one.

Kempy... your pictures were great! You are so beautiful! And congratulations on your booth and your license!

Noelle.. 10 pounds of chocolate..... I would kill. That is my weakness. My sweetie is in Las Vegas now. I think he knows better than to do that to me. We both love chocolate, but he knows how hard I am trying right now to lose this weight.

Angie... I saw on the weather channel last night where you were going to be getting some snow dumped on you. Sorry..... I was just so happy to see sunshine this morning. I don't want the snow, unless I can go skiing!

Cal.. you have been busy!! Hope you can find some time for yourself in there!

OK.. well, I need to get back to work. I've got lots to do and lots to catch up on! Talk to you guys later!

Cherie

Oh and Julie.... Her name is Cyndi. I don't like her either. She says she is intelligent, but they haven't shown us that side. And why would a beautiful woman like that be so insecure with herself????? Geeze... don't be insecure about the ex-wife.. worry about the other three women he is going on dates with!!!! And what about that dress????? Wow. She is such the barbie doll/darryl Hannah type. I was sorry to see Charisse go, I liked her... I wonder if her not offering the fantasy night card to him was the cause. I still think he had the best time with Mary.. So.. next week is visits with FRIENDS???? Not family? I guess these girls are old enough, you don't need permission from their dad's to ask them to marry him. :D

OK.. til next week... wonder how it will turn out! :D

Good Morning girls!!! Well, It started to snow last night but we wouldnt have known it if we hadnt turned on the deck light before bed. It turned to rain in the middle of the night and the snow is gone. Mickey got to see snow for the first time though. He didnt like it until I made a snowball and threw it across the deck. He was hooked after that. :lol: It is deer hunting time so I am sure my dad is pissed that the snow didnt stay to make it easier to track the deer.

Maine tried to ban bear baiting and trapping this year in the elections and it didnt happen. I dont think they should be able to do it. It is cruel and not really hunting if you are feeding the animal for a month before you shoot it!!!! I wanted it to pass too because I am so sick of the people bugging us for day old donuts for baiting every fall. It is so annoying. End rant!!! :lol:

Not much happening here today. same old same old. Since I am feeling better we are taking the kids out for a seafood dinner tomorrow since we didnt get to do it for Britt's birthday. I cant wait to get some fried oysters and whole clams!!! YUM!!!

Cherie, I am glad that Hannah had a great birthday. They do grow up fast. Enjoy it now because when they hit the teens it is miserable. :lol:

Kempy, What are you going to be doing? Are you renting your spot but working for yourself? Or do you work for the salon? Either way I am so proud of you....You wanted a change and you did it. :cheer:

Julie, I agree with Noelle and Cherie. Maybe if she gets to feel the wetness a few times she will not like it enough to pee in the potty. Kids can be so stubborn sometimes huh? :lol: I wished I had their will power. hehe

Noelle, I was too sick when you posted your pics to tell you but I wanted to let you know that you are so pretty. Rick is a very good looking guy too. You guys are just the cutest little family.

Can you guys believe that there are only 3 weeks until Thanksgiving???? Where did this year go?

Thank GOD it's FRIDAY!!!
 

Hey girls, Happy Friday :cb: It's raining cats and dogs right now but I love the sound of the rain, it's so soothing. About a week or so ago there was a flash flood near the local University and it caused major damage to the library over there. All sorts of documents were lost--one prof. had over 30+ years of his research damaged in the flood. The dept. hardest hit was the one which successfully cloned some mice a few years ago. Now if that isn't God telling you to just stop it, then I don't know what is.

Angie, that is a cruel thing to do to bears, or any animal. Do people actually eat bear meat? Or do they just take the skins? Do I sound like a hick? :lol: Hey, thanks for the compliments on the pics ;). I do need another vacation already. Have a good dinner tonight.

Cherie, glad you got to spend the day with your girl. Hannah sounds like a doll. And hey, 6+ miles is still awesome :cp:. Is Megan in Kindergarten like my son Michael? I'm still working with him on his handwriting too, but for him it's more a matter of being careful and deliberate--he always wants to rush through things and be sloppy.

Cal, worm sandwiches? :faint: :lol: Can you PM me your email address? I couldn't find it. That way I can email you some pics. My mom just developed her pics and there is a good one of us when we first met on Main Street. I'll scan that one in too. Don't work too hard. BTW I'd love to have your weather here right now.

Summer, you busy gal. Hope all is well with you.

Julie, don't let your family get you down about your daughter not being potty trained yet. It's easy to criticize someone when you're not directly responsible for the task at hand. If they b*tch you out about it again, how about suggesting to them to hand over your daughter to them for a few days and see how successful they are at it? :lol: Kids will go at their own pace :yes:.

Kempy, yeah, what Angie asked. Are you renting space? I'm proud of you too, going for what you wanted. Do you guys realize that's it's been 2 years since we started chatting here? Happy belated Anniversary of sorts :)

Well, gotta go and do some work. See you all later.

Noelle, You should have seen the commercials....They showed a bear stuck by his back leg in a trap and the hunter walks up and shoots it in the stomach and lets it die. Cant shoot it anywhere else or the fur cant be used as a rug I guess. It makes me sick to even think about it. As you can tell I am not much into hunting. It is strange because my Dad is a huge hunter but I wouldnt even eat the deer meat when I was growing up. I would just eat the veggies that night. I wont even cook it for Jay when someone gives him some. He has to cook it himself.

My cat Fat Cow got caught in a trap once when she was young. We lived way in the woods and she went missing so I thought a fox ate her and about 2 weeks later she showed up on our doorstep with her paw all swollen. We took her to the vets and he said she had been caught in a trap and he didnt think there was any permanent damage. I am so glad that the hunter let her go instead of just killing her. Her leg is fine by the way. She is about 9 now and huge. :lol:

Hi Girls
Sorry getting on here so late again. I am so tired today. I feel like a got hit by a truck. TGIF all the way. I can't wait to sleep in tomorrow :^: :lol:. We are not going out for our Friday night fish fry....thank god, I need to stop eating so much. Thanks for all the potty advice girls. Noelle I do agree they are ready when they are ready but hus and I may try the undies thing this weekend. See how she likes that? Better get supper going....Julie

Cherie I was thinking the same thing....she looks just like Darryl Hannah! I am still hoping for Mary too! I was glad to see her let loose on her date. I would never be able to do that stunt they did! Have a great weekend everyone. And hope to chat with everyone. Hello all to other ladies. Bye for now....Julie

Hey girls :( I got a horrible call this morning. My black lab who stays at my Mil's and Fil's house since we moved into our brand new house and he retired was hit by a car and killed today. I am just devasted. I have been crying all day. She loved to hunt and died what she loved to do the most, I guess. She was a once in a lifetime kind of dog, the kids could crawl all over her, when I had morning sickness she would throw up too! She was literally like a human, she could always tell what kind of mood I was in and if I was sad or depressed she would put her cold black nose on me or jump on the couch and sit and cuddle. I will miss her and always love her. Julie