Hey girls, happy(?) Monday. I brought my car in for a 30K mile service and was told it would cost $599–not including the other problems I wanted checked. OMG!!!! Once the freakin' warranty expired everything wants to fall apart at once. My drivers-side outside door handle cr@pped out last week, and I have to go in through the passenger side and open it from the inside. Rick took the door panel off and looked at it and it looks like a plastic piece of the internal mechanism cracked off. He got it to work somewhat, but it's still not 100%. Then the CD player started eating my CD's and telling me that there were no discs inside–so I couldn't eject them out. I got that sorted out as well but if it happens again I may just buy an after-market stereo system instead of replacing it w/the sh*tty manufacturers brand. OR!!! I'm currently looking online again at different cars. I'm seriously thinking of getting a new one. Ford still has the 0% APR financing although they only offer it for 4 years instead of 5...it's still a good deal though. I don't know if I want to go w/Ford again though, except if it's my beloved ‘05 Mustang , fat chance of that though. That is so unpractical for me and my family. Tphhhttttttt

Angie you got an awesome deal on those hutches and they probably smell wonderful if she kept those candles inside. You've got those types of people in your family too huh? Same here. Have a great, stress-free week.

Julie, I heard about Mario on the radio this morning. He probably got an offer he couldn't refuse. I liked his voice except he reminded me of Fez So I hear you got a new computer? How cool. I'm sure your hubby will install all that virus/spam/anti-hacker EVERYTHING protection on it, that's a must these days. Here's wishing your DH a happy birthday. That's cute about your son turning the calendar, except for the part about it screwing up your days

Cherie, that cereal sounds good. I'm gonna go look for it. I'm getting tired of Kashi go-lean. Woo-hoo on the exercise girl! You're inspiring. Glad to hear you're feeling much better.

I gotta split for now, got some errands to run. Happy day to all

Hey girls, still no word on the status of my car in service...man, I'm thinking I'll just leave it at the dealer and be done with it . Anyway, the reason I popped back in, i just read the paper today and you can get a free credit report from this website:

www.annualcreditreport.com it gives you a choice of Experian, TransUnion or Equifax for reporting agencies. You should be entitled to one free report a year and this is how to get one. You can also get one free if you've ever been rejected for credit within 60 days (I think). I used to work in credit and this is a very valuable thing to check at least once a year. Do I sound like a commercial? just thought someone else might be interested...

Sorry so late girls. I have to work on a client tonight and i am just getting settled in at home.

Noelle I need to got one of those reports. It isn't available in the south just yet. I have to wait until June. I had a problem with some things a while back and I need to see if they fixed them. They always say they do and then they show right back up on the report. I hope you find a car soon. You better post pics!

Cherie it got pretty cool here too. I am thankful for the wind though. We have so much pollen floating around without it. I am very thankful that I don't have allergies. Good job on working out. I need to get my butt back in gear. I did walk the dogs today. It was only a mile but at least I did something with myself.

Angie that is great about the hutches. How did you find that lady? I have to start looking for a dinning room table soon. We are having Thanksgiving hre this year and we really don't have anywhere for people to sit. We really never needed one and I didn't mind having an open space where the table should be. Just something else to clean. Has the snow started to melt yet? I think I have a few of those crazy relatives too!!!

Julie are you guys all 100% yet? One of the girls at work has the flu right now. I swear that girl has been sick since I have been there. Not with the flu but with anything and everything. I feel terrible for her. Even her son is getting sick all of the time. I am very thankful for our health inthe family.

Ok, I need to do some luandry b4 I head to bed. I hope to chat tommorrow.

Good morning ladies. I didn't sleep too well last night. I watched a show on TLC called A Haunting in Georgia, it was about this family who moved into this formerly abandoned house and the little 4 y.o. girl could see ghosts. One was a friendly one who she played with (the mother thought it was just an imaginary friend until they saw a chair move on its own in the house), another ghost was one who came to the door with blood on his shirt and the other was an eerie sinister looking one whose face was always covered with a hooded jacket. Creepy! It was supposedly a documentary but the reenactments were cheesy and made me think I was watching a very b-grade movie. It still kept me up at night though

My car is supposed to be finished today. Last night we went over to the Toyota dealer and looked over some cars (Matrix, Rav 4, Highlander, Camry...) Can't make up my mind although if I do get something it'll most likely be a Toyota. All depends on price price price.

Kempy, will this be the first year you guys do a turkey? I had to laugh at our last year jitters about doing one. I didn't know those credit reports weren't available where you are yet. Well, you might as well wait a few months and get the free one instead of paying for it

Phones ringing off the hook, gotta run for now. Be back later to see what's happening. Hello to all.

hey everyone, I am checking in.. i've had a nasty fever for the past 24 hours.. and I've been away from the computer trying to get better... I'll log back in tomorrow.. hopefully from work.... right now.. I am going to get the girls ready for bed.. and take some nyquil and go to bed myself. Talk to you all later.

Cherie

Cherie, take care. Nyquil is WONDERFUL . Rest up and hope you feel better tomorrow.

Well, the news just keeps getting better and better for my car, NOT! Now they tell me the A/C evaporator core is bad which is why it's not cooling as good as it should be, repair cost? $1300 . The door handle will cost $180 (parts & labor) to replace so I'm scouring ebay to see if I can get one cheaper and have someone install it for me. Gosh, when the guy called to tell me the car was ready for pick up, I told him he could keep it, I didn't want it anymore . If I fully repaired this car to what it should be, it would almost as much as I owe on it. I am car-hunting this weekend and will try to sell my car in the classifieds. Gotta get to the service dept before they close. Talk w/yall tomorrow.

Hey girls Happy Wednesday

Noelle sorry about the problems you are having with the car. That stinks!! Wow, with all that money it could be a down payment on your favorite the Mustang!! That show you mentioned I think it was on last Halloween if I remember right and I was so scared I had to turn on all the lights to go to the bathroom. I love scary movies but can't watch them alone. The Exorcist is for me the scariest ever....yikes. Noelle did you watch AI last night? GO BO!!!! I love him. He and the other girl really stepped it up, I can't think of her name....big hair, skinny, beautiful black girl. And Nikko did a cool song after being brought back in.

Cherie my dear I hope you are feeling better. My gosh you poor thing. Take the NYQUIL!! It helps. Make sure to get your vitamin C, eat alot of fruits if you can tolerate them.

Angie how is the painting going on the hutches? Any of your snow melting yet? It is snowing here now. Geesh.

Kempy, knock on wood, everyone is feeling better . Funny thing is I never really got sick at all this winter, if you don't count pms . But it just seems that kids pick up everything from everywhere and bring it home. We never use to get as sick as much as we do now before we had kids. But like I said I am hoping to go a winter without being sick . I feel bad for the gal at your work. It sounds like clients are picking up. Thats great. Did you think of a name yet? I am still brainstrorming for ya.

Hi everyone else. Have a great OP day. Yesterday was my first OP day in a long, long time. Check back later.

Hey guys! I am off today and about to head to the store for some much needed food. We have been eating out way to much. It is all b/c I have nothing here to cook.

Julie I still don't have a name. Yes, I have been pretty busy. I really havn't goten lots of new people but the ones that I have a on a schedule so they are keeping me pretty busy. Ia m not going to complain one bit. If it gets to crazy I might think about working on Wednesdays to help my schedule a little. The salon itself is closed so it would just be me and my clients but that is ok.

Noelle I saw the one with the huanting in Con. I was kind of creeped out by it too even though it was cheesy. The temps aren't that bad right now for you are they. I mean with your AC acting up I didn't know if you would melt while you where driving around. I hope you are able to find a car this weekend. That way you wont have to worry about car repairs.

Angie how is it going up there. Did you get buried?

Cherie Joe swears by alka seltzer. It tastes like crap but it really works. I hope you feel better.

I just got back from the female doc. fun, fun I talked to her about my weight loss and how hard it is for me now that I am 30. She ran a thyroid test on my again to see if that was it. We did it 4 years ago and she said that 30 is usually when you will see signs of that happening and it really shouldn't be my metabolism so soon. I kind of hope that that is the reason I have such a hard time and then I can start to fix it. She told me to talk to a compound pharmasist once my results come in and they can mix something up for me. I know one from when I worked at the gym.

I am going to ehad to the store so I will chat when I get a break today.

Hey girls, it's been cold these past couple of days (for us anyway). Last night some areas got down to around 58! The high today is supposed to be 78 but I dunno, right now it's 68 and that's cool for us. I'm wearing sweatshirt. I had the most awful coughing fit last night, then a slight fever came on--must be the cool weather Anyway, I'm making it a light day to just rest up before this stupid cold or flu or whatever it is comes back full force. It was a Nyquil night for me too.

Julie, AI was pretty good. I liked that Mikalah sucked . I hope she's out tonight. You never know though, if her LV home town people vote that's a lot of support. I think even Constantine sounded not bad. Bo was pretty awesome, working the stage like that. I really like Anwar's vocal range and tone, but that song he chose, it was all over the place. Nadia was the black girl, she was terrific. That Carrie Underwood girl, I don't know what it is about her that i don't like--maybe her attitude? She looks a little stuck up or maybe like she's so above everyone else. She's really pretty but she always has that look on her face like something stinks

Kempy, I've never heard of a compound pharmacist. I gotta go and look that up. It IS definitely harder to lose weight in your 30's than it is in your 20's. I have a sis right above me, she was always skinny as a beanpole. At 10 years old she was only 50 lbs (My son is 6 and he weighs 53 lbs). She's now 36 and finally! finally! finally! putting on weight. SHe always eats fast food and junk food and never gained weight, but maybe this past year or two, she's finally packing it on. I have to laugh about it too, because she and my other sisters were always the ones to tease me about being fat when I was little. :s

Cherie, how are ya today? I hope you're resting up if you're not feeling good. No sense in going to work feeling like cr@p.

Angie,I know you're busy right now. How's the place pulling together? We can't wait to see those pics of your shop. I can smell those donuts already

Dips, where have you run away to? You must be busy with your new digs.

Cal are you guys on Spring Break yet?

Well, gotta run and pick up some more meds for this stuffy head. Have a good one girls.

Summer, how are you doing these days? Any news on the baby front?

Checking in again... I had a 102.8 degree fever earlier this morning.... I did run to the office to pick up my laptop.. but came back home and I have been in bed ever since. I am feeling a little better right now, my fever is gone for the time being, and I had a little something for lunch. Anyway... Hopefully tomorrow, Ill be better and check back in. Talk to you soon.

Cherie

Hugs Cherie, I hope you feel better real soon. I am glad you are at home today. Hopefully you will be all better soon!!

Noelle I HOPE Mikala goes too! I know what you are saying about Carrie. Something is not right. I want to hug you right now Noelle, I hate to think of you being teased!!

Kempy not so fun morning . I never heard of a compound pharmacist either.
I hope you got some yummy stuff at the grocery store. But healthy, haha....

Well girls hate to cut this short but it is dinner time and got to go. Having chili again. I never get sick of it. I am going to try and not eat any of the noodles. I am not baking biscuits either. Way to many white processed foods in the house. Okay talk to you all later. Or I will try and check back. Hi everyone out there.

Hey guys, How is everyone? Well, The Health Department cashed our check about a month ago but didnt know why they got it. They didnt bother to read what we wrote to them or pay attention to the call that told us to send the check. !!! It pisses me off because now we have to wait another week to get inspected to open. The inspector cant get to us until next Wednesday so now we have to push the opening day up to Monday the 28 instead of this coming Monday. GGGRRRR!!!!

I got the hutches and decided to keep them stained like they came. It would have been so much work to paint them all. There is alot of hutch there. I have one whole side of the front filled in with the hutches now. Lots of space for gourmet foods....if only I could afford to buy some now. I am so broke that I am going to have to order that stuff closer to summer. I just cant come up with any money right now. My car and house payment are going to be late this month as it is.

Oh yeah, as if this week hasnt been busy enough....someone is coming to look at the house on Saturday so I have to bust my butt getting everything in shape for that. Maybe they will buy it so I can move closer to the bakery though.

Tommorrow we have to meet the Chamber of Commerce at the bakery because they called today and want to present us with a gift??? and have the paper there to get pics and do a write up. I dont want my fat *** plastered on the newspaper. The coffe guy comes tomorrow too so I guess I will be busy.

I just want to get it open so I can stop running doing errands for a minute.

I got a call from Cal today. She is such a sweetheart. It was so nice to talk to her. She is coming to Maine this summer so maybe we will get to meet.

Noelle, You poor girl. You must be freezing your *** off. I hear ya though, we feel like that when fall starts...but those same temps in the springtime and you will see everyone out walking in shorts. weird.

Cherie, Get better Babe. Boston Rob was funny last night, huh? He is a smart player.

Julie, We grabbed Wendy's on the way home. Half way home I looked at the sandwiches and they had given us Triple cheeseburgers. YUCK!! I hate hamburger from fast food places. Jay called and complained and they are giving us certificates for free meals

Kempy, Sounds like you had a fun day today. I dont envy you. I hate those things.

My Mom's Rottie die the other day. Poor Nakita. She was almost 10. They had to rush her to the vets and they found out she was having heart troubles (basically she was shutting down) and they recommended euthanasia. Dad couldnt be in the room because he couldnt handle it so mom stayed with her.They both left work for the day when the vet said to bring her in now. Mom had to miss the next day. She was crying when she told me. It is hard to comfort her because I was all choked up myself. Keetie was the best dog I have ever seen. She was so gentle with my kids.

Well, I will try to keep you all updated on how everything is going.

Hey Girls, top o'the mornin' to ya I'm not at work yet but will head there soon. Did I tell you guys that we got a new kitten? It adopted us a few weeks ago. It's a little gray striped tiger kitten. It was all skin and bone and really wild. it came around about 3 days before I went on vacation. We fed it and when we got back 5 days later, it was a little fat blob. I try to catch it every day and pet it. It's slowly getting tame. I started calling it Leper (like as in Leprosy ). Every time the kitten came around, all the other 3 cats would back off like they couldn't stand to be around it--plus it's gray with some stripes and spots, like a leopard . Dunno if that name will stick or not, but it looks like that cat is here to stay. I think it's a boy but I've got to check again, it was a little too wild when I tried to look underneath.

Angie, that's too bad that the DOH screwed up your inspection date, typical for government though huh? I wonder if we'll be able to see your write-up by the Chamber of Commerce online??? Sorry to hear about your mom's Rottie, that is sad. Good luck on the house sale, I'm crossing my fingers for ya

Julie, arggh, what can I say? That freakin' Mikalah is still there. Are there that many people out there tone-deaf? Maybe it's all the little kids voting for her because they like clowns?

Cherie, how are you today?

Kempy, man, your hometown girl got voted out on AI, that was too bad. Her voice was waaay better than that other girl I love to hate.

Well, gotta head to work I guess Chat later.

I have been enjoying my time off. I've got one more week. We've spent most of this week organizing the garage. We had cabinets installed last weekend and we've almost got everything put away or given away. It sure looks great.

Angie: I really enjoyed talking with you the other day. I hope it didn't make you too late for working. I look forward to meeting you.

Noelle: I got the Starbucks cards. Thank you. I told hubbie that I should see if they have any for Arizona. If so, I'll send you one. Ashley wants a kitten, but I'm allergic to most cats. I like them, but can't really be around them. Be sure to post a picture.

Kempy: Hope everything is going well with you.

Cherie: Hope you are feeling better. Hopefully we can chat again soon.

Julie: Are you still getting snow? We're supposed to get rain the next couple of days. Last week we were pushing 90 and now we are lucky to break 70. It has been very sunny though.

Hello to Summer and Dips.

Cal

Good Morning Girls..... Finally I don't have a fever, I am still feeling pretty bad... but I am starting to get better. I went to the doctor yesterday morning, and the good news was I didn't have strep... bad news I had/have the flu. I haven't been this ill in 13 years. This week has really sucked. But I am hoping by Monday, I can be back on the treadmill, and feeling better again.

Anyway... I am at work, just not sure for how long.... people are dropping like flies here... the lady that works next to me has been sick for the past two days, my manager is getting a bad sore throat, our admin assistant just went home. I will probably be going home soon... just to get some more rest.

Anyway..... I just wanted to check in. I'm not dead.... but I am glad the worst is over.

Talk soon,

cherie