Hey!
I have solved the Darth Maul light saber dilemma. I went to target, after going to about four stores, and found two red light up ones for 5 each. So, then, I am going to superglue the ends together and he will have the double saber like Darth Maul is supposed to have. Glad that one is over.
After we put the batteries in and lit them up, and I showed him how it would look, he was quite excited.

It has been a long and hectic day. I have so much to do, and am leaving for Virginia Beach at around 8 am. I'm so tired of always having to be somewhere. I will be disowned if I don't do my daughterly duty, so I guess I will try and clean up the house some tonight, and just take my bookbag with me.

Well, Robyn, let me make you feel better about your cookie dough splurge yesterday. My husband the one who told me I was bad bad bad for eating the three muskateers last night....... He has been doing Weight Watchers with me. HE ATE A TOTAL OF 86 points before dinner! OMigod !
He works for a car dealership that feeds them every Friday, and today they had pizza. He ate eight pieces and a large bag of reesces pieces. We figured out that that one bag of candy was worth 23 points.....Then, I brought chinese food home for dinner. I am nervous about weighing tomorrow. I mean I weigh all the time, but in spite of the fact that I have been pretty good I haven't been losing this week. I don't know, maybe it is cause I haven't been drinking enough water.
Tomorrow is the day you WILL reach your mini goal!


Here is the cookie recipe:

2Tbsp butter softened
2 Tbsp canola oil
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/8 tsp salt
1 large egg white
1/4 cup all purpose flour
3 oz semisweet chocolate chips (about 1/2 cup)
1/4 tsp baking soda

Cream butter, oil and brown sugar. Add vanilla, egg white, and salt. Mix together thoroughly.

Mix flour and baking soda. Add chocolate chips stir together all inggredients.

Drop by rounded half- teaspoonfuls onto a nonstick baking sheet. Bake cookies for 4-6 minutes then cool on a wire rack.

Two cookies per serving.

points value: 1

Yummy. Cookies are small, but they are so rich. The teenagers did me a big favor by gobbling them up. Took care of my chocolate craving.

Ginny: Yes, I want the oatmeal.....That is funny you should say that because I was thinking that these cookies would be good without chocolate chips, with oatmeal instead............ I know what you mean about overdraft protection. Thank god we have it. I have been overdrafting quite a lot this week. Fortunately I only have to pay fifty cents each time.

We just found out our car insurance wasn't credited!!!!!!!!!!!! My husband has the confirmation number, but they never put it through to the bank. I can't even believe this.

Well, I am off to get super glue. What kind of mom am I? No superglue! Yikes, maybe I should just resign from this whole motherhood position.

Talk to you all later!

Pam

Glue gun! Gluing 2 light sabers together requires a glue gun!
86 points... DEARRR GAWWWD! LOL Thanks for making me
feel better about my points from yesterday! I think I managed
to "counteract" them today.... I guess we will see, huh?!
So, we've been busily making and cutting and gluing! I took
a perfectly good black tshirt...cut out a DEEP U neck....and
DUCT taped a flesh colored with black "chest hair" all over it...
to the inside... so as to appear to be Paul Stanley's chest.
I purchased a plastleather purse at the Dollar Store...cut it
up and used silver thumb tacks, hammered down the ends to
make "riveted" jewelry! We have got a lot to do tomorrow with
our hair and makeup....but the whole family had fun tonight
cutting up old shirts and adding glitter glue and stuff!

Will check in tomorrow...morning...AFTER I find out how horrid
the week was....sigh!

gotta run...it is midnight on a friday...I should be in bed!
take care,
meeee..... oatmeal...will that lower the points or raise the
size of the serving?????

I did it! I did it! I did it!
I reached and passed my 10% goal!
I am now working on my next 10 pounds!
I have farrrrr to go, but I did it!
Thank you for your wonderful encouragement and support!
I did it! I did it! I did it!

BRAVO ROBYN!!!!!
Just waiting on the windows to defrost so I can hit the road. I only lost half a pound this week, but.....I'M FINALLY UNDER 170.......WAHOOOOOOOOO!

Have a hot glue gun....Didn't work..........
Have a great weekend!
Pam

How about electrical or DUCT tape?! Duct tape will fix anything! LOL

And WAHHHOOOOOOO on your loss! I dream of seeing 170...let alone being UNDER it! LOL

okes head up out of the mouse hole: Geez, I don't quite know where I've been all week! I don't think I was all that busy during the week, although the rain and cold certainly did a number on my desire to go swimming!!! I finally got there on Friday night. And discovered that I swim way better when I have the lane to myself. Its HARD to swim sharing the lane with 1 or 2 other people. The lanes really aren't big enough to share like that, especially if two of you are doing breast stroke.
So, let's see... My teaching assistant has disappeared into thin air. I think she is related to Summer's TA, because mine hasn't called in sick or called the school or me at all. I got her phone number from the front office, but she doesn't seem to have an answering machine or she's not answering because the caller ID shows that I'm calling from the high school. Not sure which. I know that she saw (allegedly) my endocrinologist sometime the week before, and I know that my endo is not a big fan of slackers or such. She's never encouraged me to not go to work or anything like that (and has been successful only in keeping me home the day after she does the annual exam). So, now I have no idea what is going on, and I don't know what to tell my kids. Two of them keep asking where she is, and I finally had to tell my ED child that she probably wasn't coming back and that I hadn't heard from her.
The rest of the week was pretty uneventful except for my ED kiddo going off the deep end; he needs some serious help... And his parents are too busy screaming at the main office to get it for him. He tells us all this stuff that isn't true and never happened, and totally believes all of it! Like, his mom is on an "anger strike" and refuses to cook food for anybody at home, so he's not eating. And a girl in school keeps beating up on him, and his brother's friends jump him in the hallways.
They did finally get a substitute in for my TA on Wednesday. I hope we don't have the same problem next week, because she isn't calling in.
Friday night, after the gym, I found a chinese place near the gym that uses textured vegetable protein to make "mock" versions of favorite dishes. The price is a little high, but I ate sesame "chicken" last night; a past favorite before the chicken issues started! It was really, really good!!!!
I went grocery shopping with my mom and grandmother today; my grandmother is stubborn beyond belief (I inherited it genetically!), and we've finally convinced her to use a electric scooter. My mom managed to pick one that didn't work very well, and my grandmother refused to come back with me to the front of the store to change carts. The cart moves backwards if its on and not going forward, all by itself! So, she ran over me & mom at least 3 times.
I'm super happy to hear about all the weight that was lost by folks here. I'm afraid that I'm gaining again, but I can't tell. I'm not comfortable enough at the new gym to weigh myself (its always crowded), so I'll have to wait till I go to Baltimore to work at the old gym next Saturday night.

Afternoon Ladies,
Boy oh boy what a week it has been! I sure have been busy with school and getting stuff done for my follow-up classes. In two weeks, I will be finshed with two of them and only have to worry about finishing up for one more in Dec. It seems to be taking a lot out of me. Then Halloween hasn't helped much. My kids were all wound for souond on Friday, and I wasn't able to get done what I had planned to get done at school on Friday. So I have to work on it this afternoon or evening after I come back from meeting my one sister for dinner at Bob Evans. It is half between our two towns,so we are going to meet for dinner and visit a little bit.
I went to a Fall Rally yesterday for TOPS and got two awards for having a no gain summer and for perfect attendance this summer at the meetings. The three gals from my group that I went with even talked me into getting up there and doing the twist contest in front of everyone in the room. I have never done anything like that before in my life, I was so glad to go sit down when they tapped me on the shoulder. I don't feel comfortable dancing in front of a lot of people. I guess that goes back to my feelings of being shy about doing somethings when you are an overweight person. I guess in time I hope to get over these feelings. Enough about me!
Robyn congrats on reaching your mini-goal. I knew you had it in you. Keep up the great work! How was your party last night? Was your family the hit of the party?
Pam, congrats on your weight loss for the week too! So did you get your family's store packed up? So has your dh recovered from his eating binge on Friday?
Ginny, are your little munchkins going to be on a wild sugar high tomorrow because of Halloween? So how was your weekend? I hope you had some time to walk this fine weekend. I walked this morning with Lesile for 4 miles.
Mouse, sounds like you have been busy too this week. Sorry to hear that you haven't gotten much swimming in. Hope things work out with your TA soon. Glad that you were able to enjoy a little bit of seaseme chicken yesterday.
Hello to everyone else. Hope all is going well with you.
Have to go and get some work done before I go meet my sister for dinner. Talk to you all later.
Have a great evening!
Kerry

Sing along....

Sugar, nananananana, ahhh honey honey!
Anyone else but me worried about tomorrow?
Sugar, nananananana, ahhh halloween....
They should make a law that it has to be on a
weekend night!

And they wonder why I EAT myself into my own
SugarComa! Actually..... I have plans to tape
my mouth shut with duct tape for the happy
halloween that it will be! hehe!

Setting my next mini goal.... 20 pounds. Gasp.
That sounds so far away!

Happy Halloween to everyone!
I hope we can all stay away from the Halloween candy and have a great week weight wise! Here's to having a wonderful week! Hope everyone is off to a great start. Talk to you all later.
Kerry

Happy Halloween to all too..........at least try for some dammage control on the candy if you must.........eating the whole bag is NOT a good idea! Me??? Because I am going on Dd's class trip Wednesday (will be able to stay for most of it, but have to leave a wee bit early to drive my pm) I am going to WW tomorrow am.........I must me insane......so I guess it is a salad for me this evening and stay away from the darned candy. Totally.

Sorry for being MIA- this weekend just got the better of me. Too darned much stuff going on. I need a weekend (alone) just to recover from the weekend.

Kerry- glad you went to the TOPS rally..... Guess it is normal to be a bit self concious. I have my moments of it too.....and then moments of total insanity. You are beautiful and loved no matter what you weigh......please remember that!!!!!! Let us know how tomorrows WI goes! And congrats for the awards.

Robyn! How wonderful you made your first goal!!!!!!!!! (gather you got the keychain, right?) Hey, don't sweat the new goal, it does come off, pound by pound (or for me ounce by ounce ). Keep your focus......you are AWESOME!

Mouse- I can so identify with your ED kid story and his parents. Makes you feel sorry for the poor kid.....mom and dad are so permenantly AWOL or hung up on an anger kick. I know they discussed stuff like that with us during the advanced defensive driving I took- how to attempt to deal with parents like that who will project their anger onto the bus driver from their frustration of dealing with their special needs kid. Sad. I bumped into a special ed student in Sam's about 2 weeks ago- he can appear almost completely fine- is quite bright and articulate- but requires a monitor assigned solely to him. I could never figure out why.....seems like an ok kid. Then I saw how dear ol' dad handled him in Sam's. What an eye opener. Dad is an out of control monster.
Explains everything. Hope your week goes well......congrats on finding the chinese food place.

Pam- how was VA beach???? Hope the trip was relaxing and fun. Did you go to see Dm? Later I will get here and post the oatmeal cookie recipe. I thought they were pretty good.

Lets see.......managed to get walks or workouts in despite all the nonsense this weekend. Thanks for asking - the kids were insanely hyper today. Can't imagine what this afternoon will be like.....bring on the advil.
See ya later!!!!
Ginny

Miracles never cease.......made it thru this afternoon, and oh, so thankfully a lot of my parents picked up their kids. I think out of 50, I took home about 18. And it was blissfully peaceful.....of course it did not make my finish time all that different, as I still had to go on all the same roads, just had less stops. But I needed the peaceful ride home. Felt pretty awful- our supervisor had a big sign up about not handing out any candy, and as crummy as I felt about it I complied. Then I saw that most of the students had bags full of candy.......given to them in school. So I felt like the worlds biggest creep......might just go back to my junk food giving days......as even a lot of the drivers gave out candy today anyway.
Dh is taking the day off tomorrow to go golfing....must be nice.......
okie, dokie- guess I'd better go. No fun chatting with myself here! Have a great nite.
Ginny

Good evening!
Well, we're having the same substitute problem that we had last week. I'm not sure if nobody picked up the job (find that hard to believe unless the decent substitute we had a few weeks ago wasn't available), or if they didn't have enough notice because she didn't call in. Today was okay though; my chronic absentee was absent (big surprise!), and my ED kiddo is being called out of school sick by his parents. He's not really sick, but she refuses to send him, and he hates school, so he won't push it.
At least they are both near the magic "15 days" when the truancy officer and such get involved. We're going to discuss him during our clinical meeting; I was supposed to have the behavior plan updated by the meeting, but I only have part of it done because I haven't had a TA to help me so I could work on that stuff. I only have planning every other day, and I'm teaching a full load. Oh, and I was just told that there is a possibility that my Spanish speaking child may also have be hard of hearing... he had a hearing test earlier in the year or the end of last year and was on the retest list because even with a translator, he didn't respond to the tones. They tried to test him again, but he responded even less today. They're not sure if its a language barrier, the disability, seizure meds, or a hearing issue.
We made Jell-O Jiggler molds during class today: I found a really cool idea on the Jello website for using disposable gloves as molds. The one worked really really well, and looked like a big hand when we cut the gloves off. That was a chore, but it was almost worth it. The other didn't work well at all; I think the recipe on the box for the Jello Jigglers is wrong or something. On the website, it tells you not to use the cold water, just the boiling water and chill for 10 minutes. We did that for the first one, and then decided to make another because we had a lot of Jell-O left over from the Halloween shapes molds. The molds and that glove took a lot longer to set and didn't come out very well. The other hand actually broke all over the other teacher's refrigerator, so I spent the Halloween party cleaning it up...
I was very pleased with myself: I didn't even WANT the Halloween candy I was given, and I brought sugar-free Jello with me so I could eat Jello with the kids. I found out that the Hunts Gel packs use Splenda, now, and so does their pudding. I also remembered to bring a South Beach cereal bar with me for a snack before swimming. So, I went to the gym right after work, and swam for 35 minutes before my iPod ran out of battery. I need to find an orthopedist down here (I have a recommendation from my primary care, but I haven't had time to call them!), because my leg is giving me issues. I've been having a lot more calf cramps since I fell last Spring, but it should be healed by now.
Let's see... I fully expect my kids to be incredibly sugar-hyped tomorrow, but I won't see most of them since its an A day. I think that it should be a rule that Trick or Treat can't be on a school night! I think somebody else said that, and I agree!!!!
I'm kinda worried about my little kitty... he's been throwing up a lot. Its all cat food, but that is unusual behavior for him. My mom is going to call the vet near home for me tomorrow, and ask them if I should bring him in or take him somewhere down here. He's acting perfectly normal: playing with stuff, begging for bits of my dinner (which he didn't get), sleeping under the bed covers.
I think that's it for me... Hope everybody has a good week!

Mouse- sounds as though poor Imp might have a hair ball problem. It's that time of year- they shed to grow a winter coat. Hope it is something simple like that!!!!!
Congrats on avoiding all the junk food yesterday. A major accomplishment, in my book.

Must be nuts here......kitties woke me up at 4:30, so I fed the little buggers, did my WW tape and then went for a 20 minute walk. I just had to get outside........get the fresh air. I am sick of tapes, but like the intensity of the workout.
On that happy note, I'd better go....See ya and have a good day!
Ginny

Hey!
Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween. My hubby bought too much candy. We didn't have as many trick or treaters as last year. We had a lot, just not as many. There is a bowl of CHOCOLATE sitting in the livingroom. I ate one three muskateer, a crunch bar, and some milk duds last night. Today, hmmmmmmm.....A kit kat, a butterfinger, and a three muskateer. THis is not good...........I haven't had any since I have been home. I think I will just cook dinner, then brush my teeth.......So, I won't be eating any candy.
I am drinking a huge glass of water now.....It's been a long day, and I am so tired. I went to Virginia Beach, we packed all weekend, didn't get home until almost ten Sunday Night, then had to unload my car, wash clothes.........I wish I could have stayed an extra day. My mom is still packing up today, and it is her last day. The landlord is being a dink.......UGGHHHHH, He told her the other day while I was there if she needed a couple of extra days not to worry about it. Now, he is saying get out what you want, and I'm bringing a dumpster for the rest. He is truly being a slum lord. They have been there for twelve years. It is sad......
He did bring a dumpster. I just called her and she said I can't talk, I need to work before he comes to get the key. She is going to give herself a heart attack. You wouldn't believe how much stuff was in there...It was like an antique, new, used shop....A lot of cool stuff. I brought home a book case, and some other stuff.. I have all of my Halloween decorations piled in the middle of the kitchen table, I guess I should go clean those off so we will have a place to eat dinner.

Talk to you all later.

Pam

I've got to get this darn candy out of here.... I control myself all day....only to blow it at the end! Duh! How stipid...and how weak!