Good morning!!!
I'm still here...where is everyone else?

Kerry, I saw the pics of your new house! Awesome! Is it a done deal? You have a dishwasher and a deck! I am soooo jealous! But happy for you too!

Kim-Hope you are having a good time on your vacation!

Lori, Marie, Paige...Judy......where are you guys????

Hi Julie, still here and working hard. Lots of state reports for the end of the school year. Sometimes, though, I just read and don't write since I don't have much to say. Sort of the case today.

Kerry, your house looks great. You're really going to love the wood floors. I really love mine since we ripped the carpet out.

I've been working and not doing much else. My home laptop got infected with spyware and that took a while to get off. I like Microsoft's new antispyware. It works pretty good.

Today I'm going to go swimming. I vacuumed the pool last night and left the cover off so I hope it's still clean. The temperates finally got into the 70s. Usually we're about 85 this time a year, but I'll take the 70s and sunny. I can still get my pool water into the 80s if the sun is shining. So tonight I will swim some laps.

I guess it's back to work time. I'll talk with you later.
Marie

Hey Chickies,
I want to say hi from crazyville !!!

I'm not kidding, we've had to move our vaction plans to next week, oldest sons hunter saftey course is the weekend we planned on going. Heaven to betsys he miss that!!! So I have to change all our reservations and pick some new places to stay. Due to cost and availablity coz it's a holiday weekend I've decided to tent it. Well, I forgot how much equipment I have, the mattresses need patched and I can't eat good to save my life! Haven't worked out too faithfully either! If I can manage to maintain until after the 4th I'll buckle down again and get my shi_ together, promise!!!

Ok, I'll be back when I get another 2 seconds!

Kerry, the house is just too cute! Way to go!!!!

Good Morning Chickies !!!

It's finally the weekend! I have so much to do! We are leaving for our vacation on Wed. and since were camping out for 4 nights I have so much gear to test and pack. One of my friends borrowed my air matresses over 2-3 years ago. I finally got them back this week, and everyone needs patched. I really could ring her neck, but if I wait for her to take care of it, it will never get done (look how long it took me to get them back). Were leaving Wed. and going to Williamsburg, VA, Fri. stop in Norfolk to let the kids see the navel base, then on to Ocean City, MD. On Sunday were going to zip up to Lewes, DE. to visit some of my DH's friends then were coming home. I really want to be home on the 4th! It's a shame I only have 1 week of vacation to work with this year, it makes going away hard. Next year the big plan is to rent an RV and head to Yosimite (sp), Mt. Rushmore and everything else along the way! I feel like I haven't chated with you guys in forever, I know everybody is busy, me too! My diet hasn't been too hot since I'm slightly stressed about re-arranging our trip and trying to get it all together. Today were making a big trip to Aldi's and Super-Wal-mart for supplies, maybe I'll stop at Sam's club too!

Kim, with as hard as the personal trainer has you working it is normal to be that hungry, just makes it kind of hard to drop pounds when the need to stuff your face is that much greater. I don't have any real good advice for you, if I work out that hard it just makes me sleepy so I stick to 30-60 min. a day. Let us know how it's working out!! And have fun on your trip too!!!

Julie, way to go on the 1lb loss! Your doing great! I'm just hoping to maintain until after our trip. Hopefully I can re-focus after we get back and get rid of these last few pounds!

Marie, glad the weather is getting better and you can use your pool! It actually got up to 90 degrees yesterday, but it so stinken muggy here it's yucky! Those are the days when I miss my pool! Sorry about your laptop, that just stinks! Hope you get it spy free soon! I'm running my weekly checks as I type!

Kerry, the new house is just darling! I'm so excited for you! It looks like it's in perfect condition, I always get stuck painting and wall-papering before we move. I can't wait to see it with all your stuff in it, well mabey put away! And to think we wanted you to buy a lottery ticket, your luck just shifted into a really great house!

Ok, I have to run! I'll probably set the back hill side on fire when I test all these stoves and lanterns! I'll check back tomorrow evening!

Hey everyone!!! Just a quick note to let you know I am still around. We got back last night from Disneyland. The kids had a blast and didn't want to leave!!! I think we will probably go over to my brothers house in awhile so the kids can swim with my nephew. I love it here and would move here in an instant if I could afford to live here. Houses are just so over priced here, makes me glad I live in Houston. My house is nicer then my brothers new house and they paid $300,000 MORE for their house!!!! Incredible!!! Well I have managed to lose 3lbs. will I am here and I hope that trend continues!! Kerry- I love your new house!!!

Well, I will check back with you all later.

Hi Ladies! Well I managed to find all the paperwork/financial stuff that the bank needed to process the loan. I can hardly believe I've kept it together so well all these years. I found homeowners insurance (very affordable) and now I found out that I have to find my own appraiser and attorney -- ugh! My bank does not have a branch up here so the mortgage banker claims I have to do it all myself, but then I still have to pay them for it. What a pain in the a$$. I'm not liking that lady much.

DH's dad and step-mom are here this weekend. It's been tolerable. We went shopping yesterday and I got a great deal on two new rugs for $10 at a linen superstore. Going to be going back there a lot

At weigh in last Friday I was down to 140 Must be doing something right. Of course the way I've eaten and drank this weekend, it'll probably end up going back up. I've been trying to make good choices, but the alcohol can really add up fast. I'm hopeful that I might see my goal before the end of Aug, but if not, I still maintain that I am really happy with myself right now.

Kim - Maintenance eating is good esp with all the exercise. No wonder your hungry!

Lori - Sounds like the trip will be fun. I loved Ocean City the one time I went. The boardwalk was so fun and the food was wonderful. Enjoy!!

Paige - Great to hear from you and I'm glad you're having a fun vacation AND losing weight. You ROCK!

Julie - Don't you have a wedding coming up? How are things going with that?

Judy - Did you stay away from the BBQ this weekend? Evil BBQ.

Weather is crappy here and we're trapped inside. We've rented movies and plan to lay around and do nothing really. I'm so happy that I have a new laptop via work I went wireless at home last week and I can take my laptop everywhere, even the deck! I LOVE it!!!

TTYL! I can't believe Monday is here tomorrow UGH!

Hey ladies! Is anybody out there???

My weekend was a wash. I've got drama with the landlord. Glad the in-laws are gone. Happy that the scale still said 140 this morning!

Hope to see some of you around. I understand some of us are on vacations and such. But some of us aren't!!

Never stay up until 1am watching Silence of the Lambs when you have to get up at 6!!!! The little sleep I got was plagued with nightmares and now my butt is dragging today! Had a decent weekend though...we hit 93 degrees! Took my kiddie to the kiddie pool (just my size since I can't swim) on Saturday and my back got burnt to a crisp! That's what I get for not putting on sunscreen. Then we went to the mall yesterday...I fit into those size 8's!!! Too tight for my liking though...I use to have to wear my 14's that way (should have probably worn 16's) but I refused to go up a size and now I refuse to wear clothes that tight again...I like having a little room!

Marie-Hope you got to go swimming this weekend! I hear ya about being busy...I'm ready to tear my hair out!

Lori-I hope you have fun on vacation! I know one week is never enough, but enjoy it while you can!

Paige- I hope you are having fun too!

Kerry- nope no wedding....been married 5 years...YIKES time goes by so fast..I do wish I could do it over though....I would be alot thinner this time What's going on with the landlord? Is she mad that you are leaving?
That's great that the scale stayed the same even with your inlaws in!

Cya all later!

Julie - sorry I got you confused with someone else that is losing for a wedding. Now who was that??? I'd LOVE to do my wedding over too and according to my mom I'm thinner now than I was then too.

The landlord has decided that she is going to go ahead and put the property up for sale. Now she wants ME to have it all clean and show-worthy immediately!! I have packing to do and DH & I work FT. Plus she came in to inspect it giving us notice at 8pm on Thur and showing up at 1:30 pm on Friday. I had NO time to clean or prepare and then she had the audacity to say that we just needed to do some cleaning. Grrrr.... um yeah, a little notice to mop the floors would have remedied that. Not that I'm living in filth esp compared to the filthy state that the property was in when I took it. More grrr. . . How soon she forgets.

I've drawn up a lease termination agreement for us to sign. I am not giving her July's rent until she signs the agreement. ie agreement to terminate and assist to show on certain terms.

Everything seems to be going smoothly with the mortgage and house though All will be just fine in about 5 weeks. I will survive!

Ok I figured out who it was getting married - Melexies... but she posted like four times and then disappeared. I guess she joined at around the same time you did Julie and thus my confusion...sorry.

We've also been for a LONG while missing Robin and Joetta. I hope you ladies are doing ok out there. We'd love to hear from you

Oh that's ok Kerry...pretty hard to keep everyone straight!
Sorry your landlord is giving you such a crappy time. Oh well, guess I better get my nose to the grindstone....work is driving me batty!

Good Morning Chickies !!!

Tonight is my last night to finish getting my crap together, were leaving around noon on Wed. DH insists that all of our camping gear won't fit in our rented SUV, apperantly he never seen me pack the dishwaher! Man can things go so wrong all at once, not only have I spent way too much money, but the stupid fridge went on the fritz, $200 for parts and labor and to make matters worse, the part won't be in until Wed. I have thrown out so much food it's not even funny!

Kerry, consider hiring someone to come in and do your final cleaning. You have so much to do and it might be really worth it. Don't let the land lord upset you, your leaving and never have to look at her again!

Julie, my DS got sunburnt last week, now he's peeling. And both kids have swimmers ear. I've had to get up a couple times a night with both of them for advil.

Paige, glad your having a great time and way to go on the 3lbs. Your really kicking butt on vacation, I'm just hoping to maintain. But I did manage to lose 1 lb in this mad dash to get ready, so I'll keep my complaints to myself!

I got to get ready for work! TTYL!!

Good Morning Chickies !!!

Wow this feels weird not being at work! I have tons to do this morning, hopefully we'll be hitting the road around noon today! Remember I mentioned about things going wrong, I want to change that statement. Why is it when you get a little money saved everything falls apart??? The fridge will be about $200 and both kids have swimmers ear and one has an infection. $30 on the office visit and $50 on meds. and that's with my insurance. Sat. I spent $30 on meds., but $20 of it was for me and my root canal that is still infected. Oh and we went up to rent the SUV last night and it was an extra $98 because we don't carry full coverage on our old beaters we had to buy their insurance. I'm starting to feel like and ATM machine!

Ok, got that off my chest! The sneaky scale said 134.5 lbs this morning, I'm not sure if it's a trick or it's true. But if it's true, I'm going to be worried. I'm dropping weight with out working out. Last time I got a work out in was Thur, or Fri night, I can't remember. I ate like a total hogg over the weekend, but did behave Mon. & Tue. I think when I get back, I best break down and call my thyroid Dr. to get my levels checked. My goodness I've lost 35 lbs so my body has changed big time. When I got sick, I had been working out, but I got very weak (couldn't even pick up a basket of clothes) and I went from a healthy 127 lbs down to a nasty looking 120 lbs or less in just weeks (I had that sunk in look coz it started rolling off too fast). I can't help but worry, I don't want that to happen again! Well, I'll call the Dr. on Tue. and make sure my levels and meds are still appropriate. OK I'm off to the shower and to start packing the rented SUV. Everybody have a great weekend, and I hope to see everybody back her by Tue.! No exception, ok well Paige, and Kim are on vacation, I think, so their off the hook til they get back !!! I'll miss everybody over the next few days, but I'll take lots of pictures and post them! I'll be back on Monday the 4th! C-U-All-Then!

Wow things have really come to a lull around here. I guess that's what summer has done to all of us. I hope it doesn't mean that we've all stopped trying to reach our goals!

I've been super busy. We have orientation at work tomorrow for the new residents. That's been time consuming. I'm killing myself at home to get things cleaned up for the landlord to start showing the house tomorrow. I'm still working with the realtor to get all the final things in place for the new house. Things are coming together, but it is a lot of work.

I've really tried to stay on plan but there have been moments. . . for instance yesterday I'm in Super WalMart buying a new vacuum, Mr. Clean Magic erasers and other cleaning supplies. I'm breezing through the food dept picking up some lean turkey for lunch, etc and hit the bakery and willpower crumbles. I bought a package of the white chocolate macadamia nut cookies and opened them in the car on the way home. I had three in total yesterday. BAD KERRY. But I'm stressed and weak. I just hope I don't put on weight through all of this. I don't expect I'm losing with my weakness overcoming me like that. Oh and if there's chocolate around I can't stay away.

So that's what's up with me. I hope to hear from some of you and I hope those on vacation are enjoying themselves

Good morning!!
Crazy busy at work ....did I really want this promotion???? Anyway down 1.4 lbs. I'm pretty happy about that...Some darn fool brought in chocolate chip cookies today at work NO FAIR!!! But I am going to be strong!!!! I have come too far to fall off the wagon! I am still doing my 1/2 hour workouts in the am so excersise and diet wise I am doing ok...my hubby had to take our son to the doctor yesterday. The whole side of his face was swollen. Turned out to be a nasty bug bite. Could have been alot worse, so I am grateful.

Lori- Hope you are having fun! See you next week.

Kerry-We were moving into our house this time last year....I know it is very stressful! The grocery store that is very close to our house gets these cookies from a local bakery. They are monstor peanut butter blossoms! When we first moved I would get a whole dozen and eat 4 at a time! These were not small cookies by any means, but I could not stop myself! I don't shop in that store anymore Cant' do it!
Right now you are going to be so busy that I doubt you will gain any weight from eating a little more than usual...ok to splurge once in a while, but you gotta watch. Because once you get into those old habits and the routine sets in and things settle down, that's when the weight creeps on! Just be careful! And don't feel bad about it! That only makes it worse. Just forget about it and move on! Be strong! Everything will be ok! And we will all be here to lend an ear whenever you need it!

Hope the rest of you gals are doing ok and those on vacation are having a blast!!!!