Andrea- Yes I have seen that t-shirt.....don't like it......I don't like it when the hard core biker guys call their girlfriends, wives "my old lady" or "my *****" either. Although when two guy friends call each other 'my *****' I think it is funny. I must be odd or something?
I have been sitting here (at work) thinking of everything we need to do the minute I get home for the move tomorrow........it's scary. Tonight we are gonna move our closet stuff and maybe some dishes.....
later.

Trina- I don't care for that shirt either. My husband HATES when guys refer to their gf or wives as "my old lady" or "my *****". I'm glad he hates that b/c if he ever tried either term on me I'd have to go postal on his @ss.

I imagine the move is scary. That is so incredibly stressful, emotional, and just nervewrecking. You are in my thoughts! Take plenty of deep breaths, write things down that you need to move today because you may forget tomorrow with all the chaos. Are you going to spend your 1st night in the new place tomorrow?

Rebel - Yes, we will spend the night at the apartment tomrrow. Another big thing I forgot to mention is that we found a good home for our dog Pookie. My DH's x-SIL is taking her, which works out great since the X is the one that originally bought her. Therefore, the lack of love for the dog on my part.....lol Actually we will just be glad not to have any pets and regain our well deserved freedom to go and do whatever.
I gave our betta fish to the truck driver at work.
Moving is stressful and I have been eating as such. I'm hoping by next week I will have the common sense to STOP and get back on plan. Ofcourse I'm still working out.
Thanks for you good thoughts and vibes!

Hi chicks!!!

thank you very very much for the support. Yes, I agree, when the "I'm kidding" remark is made it's trying to be an easy way out for a dig...and shouldn't be gotten away with

yes, Andrea, you do seem to know alot about men even already! True, my husband might have had a crummy day. And yes, men are BLURTERS!!! I wanna see a bumper sticker that says that, LOL!

Trina, you just get the move completed, and I'm sure then you will be able to be back on track with your meals. As usual, to you for the continued, consistent exercise!

Andrea - forgot to comment on the saddlebags. They were a good deal!

oh yeah, "riding *****". Somehow that morphed from the "Riding Queen" phrase from years ago. And yes, apparently a guy is totally emasculated if he rides behind a female

I still enjoy riding behind husband...'cause all I have to do is lean back and enjoy the ride! I trust him completely and totally in his skills to keep us safe. I have heard from other women who just can't ride behind anyone once they learn...they find it too hard to transfer the control of the ride to someone else. But its OK for me

Trina, glad you got a good home for "Pookie". cute name, same name as Garfield's teddy bear

OH!!! I got a speeding ticket this afternoon!!!!! Not on the bike, in the cage ( ) hurrying (apparently!) to a Parent Teacher conference. I was clocked at 69 in a 50, $153.00 and two points on my license!! First speeding ticket in 22 years, first points on my Vermont license Well, don't do the crime is you can't pay the fine

so if I can laugh at that, I'm in a better mood. I'm pretty psyched because of what I picked out to wear to the conference, a pair of Limited size 8 slacks...they're a style I see the young girls wear, it's a low waist, and no belt loops or front closure; side zipper closure, and SNUG, with slightly flared legs. I critically looked at myself from all angles, and thought they looked OK. That's something else that I hardly ever get from husband, is compliments...compliments sure make us feel nice, don't they... I should visit my sister, she tells me I look good

again, thanks for the support, girl-fray-unds (as a Southern girlfriend sez)!

Whoo Hoo Holly for looking good in your "hot" pants!! I bet you looked great! Men can be pretty funny about compliments. Mine is pretty good about doing it, but I do think that there is a tiny little part of him that feels threatened to think of me ever getting yo my goal weight. I think that they wonder if we'd still want them. Which is silly. Another thing is that most women lose weight to feel better about themselves and also want their partners to be attracted to them. Us women tend to do a lot to have our spouses as hot and heavy over us as they were in the beginning. My husband doesnt do anything. LOL. In fact, he burps, farts, teases me a helluva lot more than he ever used to. LOL. Its really funny. I guess its a comfort level they get to. For the most part I still really try to make myself look nice for me and him. Besides, with or without him to look nice for, I couldn't live with myself without my makeup and flat iron!

Holly you're a hoot! Speeding down the roads in your sexy new pants!

Trina- I am hoping that your moving day is going well. You're doing great to kepp up the exercise. Talk to you Monday!

too bad it didn't cut me any slack with the police officer

I also couldn't live without my makeup and hairspray!

everybody set their clock ahead last night? bummer we lost an hour of sleep...oh well.

gotta get ready for work. It's slowed down alot, which has cut down the level of frantic antivity, however, now another shift has been cut out of the day so that means back to running around like crazy

have a great day girls!

Good morning biker babes!

I hope you all had a great weekend and that the moving and 1st night in the apartment went good Trina!

We went to Cassoday yesterday with 3 other friends and of course I forgot the sunscreen and I'm a little red today. LOL. It was really fun, though. So many cool bikes!! Someone was selling these trailers that are rounded at one end, you can pull with a truck and it had a king size bed and place for 2 motorcycles or 1 trike. It was really cool!

Last night we ordered WrestleMania...we are wrestling fans! Ate some pizza and had a few beers with my brother and his friend. It was really fun. So after, a fat-filled Sunday, I am back on track today. We are restarting South Beach today and back to the gym. I usually go 4-6 times a week, but I skipped out Friday and Saturday. I have been so bad the past week, but back to it now...NO EXCUSES!!

Hi Biker Babes.....
Well the move is over and Thank God! Thanks also to 2 Men and A Truck, those guys deserve every penny they make. DH tipped them very nicely and we fed them and let them have cig breaks. (We are good employers...lol)
Still brought too much stuff to the apartment, must pack more garage sale boxes. Two people don't need all this stuff anyhow!
Oh on a cool note, we were unpacking Sunday morning and DH says "You hear that Harley?" So I looked out back by the garages and out pulls this bad Iron Horse Harley, some kind of beautiful like royal blue color.....DH was drooling.......so our neighbor two doors over has a bike too. DH says so one neighbor that won't complain about our bike noise.....lol
Holly - I pictured in my head you rolling down the road on your bike, in the new hot pants, with a blow dryer in one hand and lipstick in other, as your pulled over by the hottie cop (ofcoure he is giving you mega compliments).....About men and compliments, I had one guy tell me he didn't compliment me becuz he didn't want it to go to my head. I was like whatever. My DH is pretty good with the compliments and is proud of me for working so hard to stay in shape. (Plus he is afew years younger than me - men my age just can't keep up with me).
Andrea - I don't know what Cassoday is or was but sounded like fun! Chick, never ever go out in that sun without the suncreen. About the bike puller trailer with bedding, we looked at one not to long ago - sweet! The problem was our old truck was too small to pull it. Since then we got a bigger truck, but now other things have come up.....but someday I'd love to have one!
Hey - Thanks for all the good wishes about the move!
AND - the weather is really nice here - 53 degrees - yes!

Hey Trina that is cool about your fellow biker neighbor. I am so glad that the move went ok. Isn't it amazing the stuff we collect over the years? I dread the thought of ever moving because of all our junk! Although, I would LOVE to have a better house.

Cassoday is a town here in Kansas where the bikers gather on the 1st Sunday of every month from March to November. The town is very tiny. There's a cute old cafe where they serve a buffet breakfast. Plus lots of other vendors that sell food, drinks, leathers, gear, jewelry, do rags, sunglasses, and other things.

Yeah, as fair skinned as I am you'd think I'd learn about the sunscreen Plus my fear of wrinkles!

Well I did about 90 minutes of exercise yesterday. I went to the gym like normal but dh is wanting to workout so I went with him on a 30 min walk. I did good on day 1 of South Beach. Dh did too except close to bedtime he ate 1/2 a bag of pistachios! I told him, "Not sure if ya know this but we can only have 30 nuts a day" and he said he knew. His Dr called with his blood work results yesterday and was concerned about his diabetes, the blood sugar is way too high. His liver looks good, but there are some very minor spots on the kidneys (I think) and he has high cholesterol. So, she switched his insulin pills around (higher dosage and mroe frequent), put him on high blood pressure meds, and cholesterol meds. He is not happy!! I told him that at least she is trying to prevent any damage to his body and if he changes his eating habits and loses weight he can probably be taken off all the meds. Its a real lesson to me. I help him out as much as I can, but it really is up to him now. I pack him healthy lunches and snacks and try to normally make healthy dinners. But he will eat candy bars at work or gripe about not being able to eat junk. Yet, if we fall off the diet wagon he gripes about his weight. I hate to say it but I hope this is what it takes for him to be more proactive in our weight loss. Like last night, he said after dinner that he wanted ice cream. I just smiled at him and said that we had sugar free popsicles instead. He made a sarcastic "Yippee" and I told him to do whatever he wanted then. But if his blood sugar sky rockets don't come crying to me. I said it jokingly, not mean. Oh well, maybe he'll get the hint and if not that's his choice.

Have a good day...sorry for the venting!

Hi Rebel,

Cassoday sounds really cool! Once or twice a year we go on an organized ride to ****, MI. Same thing, old itty-bitty town, good breakfast and few shops. And ofcourse the t-shirts, stickers, etc. that say "I've been to **** (MI)" lol

Good for you on the exercise and DH too. I'm so glad you realize any major changes in his life; eating, exercising, meds is all up to him. You can encourage the best things but in the end it is his choice. I hate it when women say "I'd never let my husband not do this or not do that." Then I just smile and say well you wouldn't have my husband anywhay.....lol

For me, last night I went to tan (3rd time), went to WalMart for microwave and odds and ends (to organize), then home and unpacked some stuff that goes in my china cabinet. Got rid of some more items that I can live without. I figure if I get just 2 boxes unpacked a night I'll be done by the weekend. Still haven't hung any of the wall stuff yet. Oh and at 6 a.m. what did I hear? Yep, my neighbors Harley leaving for work.......lucky neighbor.

I'm getting alittle concerned about being on a good eating plan, I mean I know I've been moving but come on. Then my excuse is I'll be leaving for CA in a week and I'll start when I get back. Maybe I'm just tired of watching every thing that passes my lips. My girlfriends that are gonna be in CA are both skinny and maybe that will make me feel bad enuf to muster up that motivation I seem to be lacking right now?

Okay - I'm gonna go for now, talk to you chicks later......

Andrea - Holly,

Okay, so for my lunch hour I went window shopping at the Harley Store. I found this helmet sticker:

Eat right, stay fit, DIE ANYWAY!

I thought it fit us so well I bought three. Private message me with your addresses and I will put one in the mail for each of you.......

It's 67 and Sunny here, hence trip to Harley Store......

Where are you biker chicks?

OK...I just typed a long nice message and I got booted off. Lost it! So, here I go again. Just wanted you to know that I am here!!


Hope you're having a great morning!!

Trina- Thank you so much for thinking of us...with the stickers. Not only are you a foxy chick but a sweetheart, too!!! I tried tanning last spring before the wedding just to get some color. I only went 10 times or so. I sunburn so easy so I doubt I can get a real tan. I did get a tan on my feet from where I wear flip flops. But that was just from wearing them all summer.

You are so organized with the unpacking. Good for you!! I really lack organization these days...

As far your eating goes...I would eat as sensibly and healthy as possible, but when you get back from your trip you can get back on your stricter WOE. You are at a great weight now. I would love to be your size.

In fact I have kinda changed my goal. I just want to get to 190 right now and then go from there. It makes it easier for me to think of it that way. I've done good with SB. I did snack too much yesterday on approved SB foods, but other than that... I was bad and didnt get up early to workout today so I will have to go to the gym this evening. I may try to walk over my lunch break, too.

My grandma is in the hospital for some heart problems and she is having a heart cath done this afternoon. So, I am leaving work a little early today.

Everyone have a great day...Trina I'm getting ready to pm you!