Terri - vent here all you want... we'll try to help. Katie needed 2 outfits. One for under her graduation robe, and one for the awards ceremony a few days before graduation. Yikes, this is all so exciting for her!
Angie - wow, I'd love to see A Chorus Line! The needlepoint saying is funny! The last word could be anything, but my mind ran straight to the gutter, lol.
Pam - I know what you mean about being able to get around so much easier this year than last! What a great feeling!
Cristi - your flowers sound so nice! I love to look at geraniums. Fern always like the coral color, so I used to buy them for her when she was still with us.
Marti - hope your friend is successful with losing weight! Good idea about finding more jewelry that she'd enjoy. Pins so are "in" now. Have fun with Jhanai this weekend.
Susan - aww, how sweet about Rocky! Nana needs to mind her own beeswax! Have fun at the Wiggles concert. Ever grandkid I have would love to be seated next to you today! I like the one in the yellow shirt. Tell him I said hi, lol.
Mindee - have a good time at the party today!
Here in Indiana, we had horrific winds yesterday! It was really scary, and you wouldn't believe the stuff flying through the air! Cold and windy today for Katie's prom, boo hoo.
Speaking of which.... the BLTs are killing me! I think I mentioned that the after-prom party is here for Katie and her closest friends. There will be only about 7 or 8 kids here. Anyway, I've been making peanut butter star cookies, rice krispy treats, pink fluff pies, and the blts have given me a sugar high, lol! Yikes!! I've used way too many points on this!!!! Later (around 12:30 in the morning) there will be mozzerella meat pies and sausage-cheese dip w/nacos. Double Yikes!!!! My point-counting pencil will be smokin', lol!!!
Heading out with the Gabster in her buster brown dress. Taking Rachel with us , Beck bailed.
Thanks Jane Rocky is a sweetie. We chatted 90 minutes last night and it is weird but I think we feel closer now after that day or 2 of not talking.
We were talking about Rach and her guy friend and he started saying when he was 17 he loved this 14 year old.
I said Rocky "you are no help!!"..lol
He will take off 3 weeks in late July and come here by himself- drive down the coast and meet his family with my girls if they will go.
Said he will think of some way to be together. Sweet when he said he walked by a classroom at school and saw a teacher that wears her hair like mine......he felt so heartsick......
A quick hi to all
I'm off to take DS to a birthday party, then hoping DD will take a nap...so I can take one,too! Been so tired lately....DH is gone all day working his 3rd meet of the week - I definitely qualify as a track widow, lol
The Core Effects videos are great--big thumbs up from me...so if any of you are looking for a good resistance program to accompany all that Gazelling or walking that you do, this is a great companion.
Hi everyone, just a quick run-by to say hello. not much going on here. Hubby going to play poker tonight so that is good, a night to myself. The baby didnt nap long so she should be ready for bed early. and Nolan is having a sleepover at my moms.. yay. I have a rotten migraine... felt nauseus a while ago.. Maybe i am gettin a bug. Yuck that is exactly what i need lol. Well i better be off ttfn xxoo
Good morning ladies,
Jane,,,too funny can see you all buzzing off of sugar...lol can you use splenda for anything? Not that Im a big promoter for that stuff....
Susan,,,that is so sweet what Rocky says, hope Wiggles was all that you hoped it to be...lol
Terri, woke with a migrain yesterday,,,not sure if its due to weather changing or TOM, its TOM,,,grrrr ....thought this month was suppose to be not too bad. Arghhh
Hope you are feeling better,,,,
Tanner had a double sleep over at our house...the boys were not all that noisy,,Monte and I rented a couple of movies,,,Cellular. was good...
well Monte and I are going to go do yard work,,,won't take long,,,postage size yard and all...lol be back in 15..ha ha ha In Sylvan would take us the whole weekend...
Want to clean our basement out with all our old sports equipment...and sell it at a play it again store and possibly get a bike for Monte.
The party went off without a problem, which is a kind of party that I love! Brandon had been awake since 8:30am with a five or ten minute nap and that was it. At about two or so, our next door neighbor came running over and said "Tom, come.....Jay's been in an accident." So, Tommy and him went and picked up Jay and his girlfriend Elena and brought them over here.
The party started and pretty much everyone showed up, even though it was snowing outside. Yes, you read that right, it was snowing outside! We were waiting for a couple people to show up, but everyone was starving, so we went ahead and started eating. Naturally that is when the people showed up. Brandon had been eating a baby cookie that Aunt Katy gave him. When that was gone, he started staring at everyone else that was eating, so I grabbed a tong full of spaghetti salad and put it on his high chair tray. (there are some pictures on his webpage. I have to get Tommy motivated to go get one hour done on the pictures from the disposable. My sister Katy had taken pictures, Brandon's godmother's both had their cameras and were taking pictures, so I am hoping to send out an email, asking to get the doubles (or them emailed to me...two had digital cameras and one didn't)
After we got him a little cleaned up from the spaghetti salad, it was then time for him to have at his little birthday cake, which he just loved!! Tommy had picked up a small already made cake for him to dig into. We put a candle in it, Tommy lit it and of course that is what Brandon went after, was the candle. We sang happy birthday and then let him dig in. He wanted NOTHING to do with the cake itself, he just ate and made a mess with all the frosting.
After the cake, it was time for a bath. He had it everywhere! It was all over his high chair, all over him, including in his hair and his ears! So off to the tub we went. One of his godmothers had come into the bathroom to help me with him. Tommy poked his head in and said "Al and Wendy are leaving." I said "okay." Then I heard him and his buddy Jimmy talking and he repoked his head in and said "we are going to let him open his presents and then do the cake." I said "that is fine, let me finish giving him a bath and get him dressed."
We got him pretty much clean, he will need another bath today, but we usually give him a bath every day before bed. Got him dressed and brought him out and stuck him in his high chair for presents. He got a lot of presents and he loved playing with them all! He got mad at me on a couple occassions for pulling them away to open the next one. He got plenty of toys and plenty of clothes. My MIL bought him a package of diapers along with a toy, and I think an outfit. The first present he opened, it was from my sister Beth, her boyfriend Jerry, and Koryn, Emily and HannahLee. It was one of those Pooh ride on toys, it can be used as a rocking toy or they can actually move it. We went to their house last week, and he loved playing with Emily's horse that does the same thing as Pooh, so they went and bought him his own.
After all the presents were opened, it was time to cut the cakes and what not. Brandon's godmother Tina and godfather Dennis, both work at Dairy Queen, so they brought an ice cream cake. She walked in with it and it was sooooooooo cute. There are pictures of it on his webpage. She scanned his picture into the computer and used his picture on his cake, above and below the picture it said "Happy 1st Birthday Brandon."
We pulled out the pinata and gave all the kids a bag to hold on to. It was one of the ones with the strings on the bottom, so I grabbed all the strings and told them to get ready. Like usually, somehow I managed to grab all the wrong strings. I got rid of the bad strings, grabbed the right string and out came 5 pounds of candy for ALL the kids! We all hung out after that. Some people stayed long enough to get cake and then left, others stayed a little longer. Just a little after 9pm, Brandon zonked out on me while drinking his bottle. He was so tired that he didn't even finish his bottle! He fell asleep for four hours and was back awake. But he had another bottle and warm jammies put on, and out he went.
Just a quick pop-in to say hi! The party was a big success, but boy am I glad it's over, lol. I got practically no sleep, but napped a few hours this afternoon. Feel like I have medicine head, but haven't taken any medicine, lol.
I ate too many points, but not nearly as many as I was afraid I would! The "bad" food is all gone, since Mary and Terry and their families were over today and I sent stuff home with them, lol. If it isn't in the house, I can't over-indulge, right?
Hope you're having a great Sunday, and I'll talk to you tomorrow!
Great that the parties went well. Hope everyone is rested up. It is cold and snowy here and has been just a nasty, gray week-end. What happened to Spring? All we did all week-end was get groceries and go to an open house. The rest of the time DH worked on a table for my mom and I did laundry and cleaned a little. Kind of took a break from the Spring cleaning, but only have a little more to do. I felt more like curling up in my chair with a book most of the week-end.
Hope the other JL's had a good Sun. and will have a great week.
Well, the party was a hit, but we took the disposable in to get developed and there were NO pictures on it. Somehow the roll ended up blank. I am so mad, it had pictures on it from Easter and from his birthday. I was so upset in Meijers that I cried.....Tommy goes "why are you crying? there were other people taking pictures, you can see if they will send you the doubles or email you the pictures." I said "I don't know why I am crying, it must be the hormones."
Wow good monday morning to everyone. Another cold bleak day here. That is just not fair, we were teased with so much nice weather,, then we have snow all week-end. It is the pits. ANd it definately doesnt help my mood. Didnt do too much as it was so cold out all week-end. But i actually did not too bad on the eating. Got myself a nice big water bottle.. gonna chug chug all day. I havent weighed in for a couple of weeks. I am too scared. So will just avoid that for a while as it always leads to full out binges if i have gained.
Mindee: Wow the party sounds like it went very well. Yay!! Man i would cry too if that happened to me with the pics. I almost cried for you just reading that! but it is true someone will have pics that you can get.
Suetalks: Yes it was a really crappy week-end! All i did was groceries as well. lol if you are done your cleaning you can come on over
Jane: Hope you are rested up. Glad the party went well! Yes bad food in the house is awful! It is just plain teasing that is all.
Angie: I went to see cellular at the theatre. It was pretty good. I watched bridget jones diary #2 last night. It was alright. I missed half of it so that is probably why i could get into it.
Hello everyone!!!! hope you have a good day! ttfn xxoo
Hello Everyone,
I am new to this, I just have a few questions. One is how did all of you lose your weight? I am very overweight, I want to lose weight. I am very poor right now, so I can't spend alot. I am looking for a job but it is very hard. Can any of you help me with a diet for me? Help!
Hi Austin, I'm Pam I started dieting last Aug. I tried a low carb but it didn't work after the first 2 weeks so switched to low cals. I lost 80 lbs. Keep a journal listing all the foods at each meal and how many cals they add up to. This way you can keep track of what you eat and where you need to cut back. Walk, walk, walk. I walk a mile and a half every morning with my dog. Start out small and gradually add more. You don't have to spend lots of money to lose weight. There are many little forzen entrees that are under 300 cals. and cost only a dollar. That and a portion of veg with it will make a tastie meal.
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.....I love the Carpenters and just bought their big CD, actually it's a set of two CD's & DVD...but today is Monday and it is rainy and it downs make me feel down, that and this stinking headache.
Aren't these the cutest smilies, just saw them-are they new?
Mindee~glad the party went well regardless of the weather. I was wondering if you guys got snow. I saw the weather last night and saw parts where they got 10 inches! Went to the baby site and didn't see any pics of Brandon's cake or party-maybe I didn't look as good as I thought I did. Sorry about the pics. I hate when that happens and it happened to me once. Although, in my case I was told if the people developing the pictures thought it was something they didn't think was appropriate they would discard the film. I had gotten a stripper for DH#1 40th and took all kinds of pics and there was nothing unappropriate about it. She had a bikini on so there was no nudity or anything dirty but I think they discarded my film or kept the pics for themselves! Who knows-just glad the stripper had a polaroid camera and took a pic-that's all I have of that party that night and it was a good one! Anyway, like Tommy said-at least others were there with a camera so you can get copies from them hopefully.
Jane~glad the party went well at your house also.
Angie~I have been wanting to see that movie and almost rented it Friday. Rented some others instead...Shaun of the Dead-too funny! Loved it! Also, rented Taxi and Sideways. Sideways was okay and I haven't seen Taxi yet. Will probably watch that one today.
Sue~I need to get started on some spring cleaning, just dreading it. May have someone come in and do it for me!
Susan~how was Wiggles? Bet little miss Gaby had a ball! Rocky is a sweetie! And July will be here before you know it.
Terri~I've given up on losing weight, for now anyway. Just not motivated to do it. I know I won't gain any weight and if I don't lose any, well, oh well. I just can't live the rest of my life journaling everything I eat or counting points or calories.
Hi Pam~hope things are going well with you.
Hi Austin615 and a big WELCOME! Wish I had some words of wisdom and/or advice for ya but as I said above to Terri I have quit with trying to lose weight for now. I did well with WW before but just not motivated to do anything right now. Pam gave some good advice though. Good luck to you and again welcome.
That's about all I have. Need to get some laundry done and have a couple of movies to watch. Also going to polish my nails. Did my toes yesterday, a pretty dark red and of course it gets too cold to wear sandals now! Anyway...Hi to everyone else Have a good one ladies.
Austin - you first!! - Welcome to the Jaded Ladies! I reposted a thread of how I lost my weight since I get asked that often. Hope some of it helps you!
Terri - good luck with the water, friend! You can do it!!
Mindee - Phooey about the photos! But I betcha the others who took pictures will share with you. That same thing happened with one of the rolls of Mary and Dale's wedding pictures. Although we had several rolls, the one of the actual ceremony was blank. Thank goodness for other people sharing!!
Cristi - hope the headache is gone. Love the new little icons.... gonna check them out, lol.
To everyone else - hope you're having a great day!
I'm still trying to get in the groove after the weekend, lol. The peace and quiet around here is making my ears ring, lol. Made a pot of WW soup, and with the cooler temps that moved in, it's mighty yummy!
Edited to say: I just added a "Before and Now" photo to my "How I lost weight" thread... that took lots of courage, lol, and I probably won't leave it there for long.
Katie needed 2 outfits. One for under her graduation robe, and one for the awards ceremony a few days before graduation. Yikes, this is all so exciting for her! 
Yikes!! I've used way too many points on this!!!! Later (around 12:30 in the morning) there will be mozzerella meat pies and sausage-cheese dip w/nacos. Double Yikes!!!! My point-counting pencil will be smokin', lol!!!
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austin615
and it downs make me feel down, that and this stinking headache. 
Went to the baby site and didn't see any pics of Brandon's cake or party-maybe I didn't look as good as I thought I did. 
Sorry about the pics. 
Have a good one ladies.
