Hey Connie, welcome to our group! This is a very caring place to come,,,

Marti,,,you must be happy to have James home finally 2 weeks, 2 days it doesn't matter. Enjoy!

Cristi, I had read somewhere that walking is actually good for cramps..the workout is suppose help with cramps.

Jane, fingers crossed about the cellar. I know that a few gas stations closed down due to same as your sewer system. The containers need to be replaced and some just can't afford to do that so they close down.
Well we ate at Applebees this weekend and so enjoyed it. After all this time of you saying how great their menu is, you just have to experience it yourself. I had the grilled fish..
I was good till I nibbled on reeces peanuts,,,driving back home.

I got alot of christmas shopping done,,,yes thats right christmas shopping.

Continuing saga of work. Friday was great,,,she didn't show up for work. So we are all thinking she isn't giving her 2 weeks notice. Had a great talk with the manager about how I had been given some flak from a couple of the women,,saying I was responsible for Donna quitting. Couple people overheard one of them one of the ladies accusing me. They got a different light on the whole story and was actually appalled by all that Donna had been doing,,hmmm funny when the truth comes out eh? So infact work is feeling like a whole new place,,,pleasant enviroment again.
Geesh Cristi when you commented about Payless selling scarves too,,,they sell purses, watches,,and jewellery now from what Ive seen.

I signed Tanner and I up to caroling at the zoo..every year they have a thing called zoolights. So will have to do some rehearsaling for that.

well I should get finishing mount washmore. Plus Im 3/4 of the way through this book by Kay Hooper,,,Whisper of Evil very good..supernatural with murder...and throw in some sex to spice it all up...lol

hmmm Just was doing some emailing and accidently clicked browse and came up wiht some pictures.... of my very good 18yr son who was left alone for the weekend and promised to not have anyone in the house but his best friend Brandon.....and well unless Brandon had a sex change he had a few people over...and now he will have to be tortured. *evil grin
Nothing was destroyed in the house,,,BUT I said no one else but the two Brandons. Silly boy,,,taking pictures, and leaving evidence. So I have printed off the pictures,,,and moved the pictures to another file.
So what is a Jaded Lady to do? If you have been there and done that,,,tell me your story. If you are the kid...tell me that story too...lol

Good morning!

Had a busy weekend and went completely off the food plan :( So here I am, getting ready to go to the gym and get myself back on track.

Jane - Sorry to hear abou the septic.. hope you get some good news soon. we're about 20k into our remodel now....feels like we're just hemoragging money, but really it's not much on remodleing scale of things I guess

Angie - WWJLD? Hmmmm I don't have an 18 yo and I haven't been one for awhile, but maybe just busting him and letting off with warning this time. He's old enough to be out on his own, so maybe he'll wise up and realize he shouldn't jeopardize the roof over his head.

Cristi - Sorry you're feeling so yucky - hope today is a better day

Welcome Connie!

This week isn't as busy as last, so I have to get out and start cleaning up my yard. It's going to be a rainy week, so this will be FUN ( not) Can't let myself get distracted by the computer and my knitting :P

Ciao

Its SNOWING! arghhh

have a great day ladies

Snowing?!! OMG!!!

Just had to comment before I go get the oil changed in my car. Will be back later to chat.

Hi to everyone and I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

Angie~SNOW!!! Yikes! I know I said I was ready for winter but last week when we had those 2 cool days and the wind was blowing it was a bit chilly and had me thinking twice. I'm definitely ready for the cool fall weather which they say will hit us Wednesday, we'll see. But not so reasy for winter and snow, not yet. I knew Payless had purses, socks of course, and belts but I didn't know they sold scarves. But then I haven't been in one in ages, just walked by them in the mall. Anyway, glad that the office environment is better for ya. Not really sure what to say about Brandon, hasn't happened to me. But I would just have a talk with him about trust, since he didn't really do any damage to the house other than having some people over. Maybe ground him :shrug: don't know. Can you actually ground an 18 year old? Sorry, I am no help at all. Your thing at the zoo sounds nice. Our zoo here does that also and they decorate the whole zoo. I haven't been yet but I may have to go this year. Going to try and spend quality time with Josh when he is home in December, just mother and son time. Anyway, but they do that at Halloween also. Not the caroling but decorating the zoo with lights and have trick or treating. Sounds like fun. I would love to hear you and Tanner sing!

Katy~I'm feeling a little better today. I have a headache and still a little of the cramping. Actually, it's not cramping, it's just really tender. It feels like I have a bowling ball in my stomache and it is as hard. But once TOM is over, I am fine. I always get a headache right before it ends and the tenderness. Thank goodness it is just for 3 or 4 days. We are supposed to get rain this week also. So I will be doing the mowing for V. I'll mow the back later this evening after dinner and then the front tomorrow since it is supposed to rain Wed. We picked up a butterfly bush that we need to plant also. I think they are kind of ugly but they attract the butterflies and they are so pretty.

A big WELCOME Connie! Looking forward to getting to know you. You've come to a great place.

Marti~you reminded me what I have been needing to get done for the last two weeks-have my oil changed! I keep forgetting so thanks for reminding me! I'll make an ppointment as soon as I finish up here.

Well, I got my 3 mile walk in this morning even though I didn't feel up to it. Angie you are right in that walking/exercising helps the cramps. Friday when they were bad. When I started walking they stopped but as soon as I stopped walking they started again! So the rest of the day will be spent cleaning house and getting a load of laundry done. Later on I will mow the back yard. We got some rain over the weekend and man did it grow. A tip to everyone...if you don't want to mow every 4 or 5 days...DON'T fertilize! Sometimes I think we fertilize too much but if we don't the yard doesn't look healthy and green. Then you have to prepare it for winter...I swear I don't ever remember doing any of this stuff to any other yards we had. But then the other houses the yards were already established and here we had to start from scratch so we are trying to get it thick. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Anyway...

Take care ladies and have a GREAT Monday! :wave:

Almost forgot...I did WI and am up one pound. Not to worry though...I know I gain some during TOM (usually 3-5 lbs.) so I'm not going to change my ticker thingy till TOM is over. Since I WI on Monday I will wait until then to change it whether it be a gain or loss. Just wanted to add that. Chat with ya later!

Hello all
Thanks for the reminder Marti, I need an oil change too.

Ive got 24, 000 km on my santa fe already. Its not even a full year old yet.

Cristi,,,I get the nigging feeling of a migraine coming when I get TOM,,,sometimes at the end though so Oh Joy of TOM. I was reading somewhere about perimenopausal. I would say I am,
Not sure if I can ground him but like you said the trust thing needs to addressed. Plus the fact that I didn't know everyone in the pictures and don't know if they are of age.
He starts his job tonight,,,he has to work 1 week 10pm to 6 am. Yuck! Hopefully he hates it and really really wants to go back to school...figners crossed

Well I made the mistake of buying them 100 cal oreo cookies,,,I love them and we don't sell them here in Canada...Tanner loves them too so now we are down to 3 bags. This isn't going to be pretty...lol

Well I need to go buy groceries...oh ya. Bright side checking out all the things I can eat. really like WW mousse.

well off I go,,,

Thanks for the welcome ladies! This was a typical Monday - very busy at work. Then we had a spaghetti supper at my granddaughter's preschool. The portions were small so I didn't do too bad - until afterwards when we stopped at Wendy's & I got a frosty! The sweets get me everytime! I had to haul my big butt up & down 3 flights of stairs at the school so maybe I worked off some of the frosty calories...what do you think?! Almost time for bed but I wanted to say "hi" to all of you.

Hi ladies,

Cristi - yep, I've seen the movie The Money Pit, but should watch it again, lol. Especially since Neal is reconsidering trying to save this place. I so agree about the walking! It's so good for making a person feel better all over. Even mentally.

Marti - so glad you've had some quality time with your sweetie. Will his schedule always be where he's gone a lot, or is this just for the first couple of years?

Connie - a big welcome to you, neighbor. I'm in Indiana. Not sure what program you're doing, since I haven't read your bio yet, but a Junior Frosty at Wendy's is 3.5 WW points. A small is 7.5. I have worked in the Junior before, and it was well worth the points, lol.

Angie - I've been Christmas shopping too. Must be the Virgo in us, lol. Been meaning to tell you - if you haven't checked out the restaurant points at Dottie's, you just gotta!! Go to dwlz.com, and then to the restaurants. I printed off every one from my area, or the cities I visit. Dottie's site is real good about keeping them updated, too. So glad all is better at the office, Ang. Btw - send some of that snow to me!!!

Katy - glad to hear you're back on track. You've come Too Far to turn back now, right? I can't believe how much younger you look with the weight loss!! Did you get the yard cleaned up? I've got some things to do to prepare ours for winter. It's always something, right?

Only one more day until the broadband installation. :cp: It's sad that I can't even get internet out here on my phone line, or even my TV satellite.

We got the scales moved and stablized. I am 1/4 pound less than I was before we moved, so I'm happy with that! I think all the stress of the house is eating on me, lol. Today is Dale's birthday, but he always has a Funfetti cake, which is not hard for me to pass up at all.

Gotta get some cleaning done today. I've been slacking on that. Hope you have a great day!

Good Morning Everyone--

I got up an hour ago and I'm still so very tired! I guess that's what I get for spending a week waking up EARLY in the morning!!

Cristi--I've also heard that exercise helps eleviate the pain of cramps. But stubborn me refuses to get out there and exercise when I have them...I choose to whine and moan on the couch! :lol: Did you make that oil change appointment?

Angie--100 calorie Oreo's are good. Are you asking for some for Christmas??? We could always make a special delievery........... So how did you handle the situation w/Brandon? I have not experienced anything like that, of coarse since Jhanai is only 11. So you must let me know how you handled it so I can prepare myself when she is that age!!

Katy--Can you believe how we went from VERY hot days to rainy wet cold days?? I would at least like to ease into the cold weather! I'm trying to find things to distract me too. I got on the gazelle yesterday and watched Martha......my legs feel it today, so I will do it again when she's on.

Jane--Unfortunately, this will be his crazy schedule. But in January he is offically Engineer Qualified and he'll go back to his conductor job. Same schedule but it's not just one way....he'll go north to and sometimes just in Eugene.... I'm just glad he's close by.

Connie--Hello and Welcome! Hope to hear more about you!

Ok gals...I really need to get myself together here. I was so tired last night that I didn't wash my face. Well this morning the makeup is running into my eyes and I can't see the computer screen w/out squinting! My eyes are burnin'!! :eek:


Off to wash up!

Afternoon ladies~

DD and I went to Best Buy to check out their MP3 players & IPODS. She's wanting one for Christmas and wanted to see what they have. We were disappointed...they had only 3 and not what she was looking for. She also wanted to see if they were compatable with our computer. I told her she would probably find more on the internet but she just didn't want to go that route. Looks like she may have to after all. And so since Best Buy was over by the mall, sort of ;) I had to run into Penneys and pick up a couple of things. Saw a shirt in the paper Sunday that I liked but ended up getting something different because I didn't care for it. My boobies would have hung out of it and that's a :nono: for me. Then came home and took Josh's truck for a drive to get gas in it. Not sure what those guys did with it last week but there was hardly any gas left, of course there wasn't much to begin with. Didn't really need a lot since no one has been driving it. Plus I am trying to keep it running. It needs to be driven instead of just sitting in the driveway. Came home and mowed the front yard because it is supposed to rain and if it does it would be Thursday or Friday before we could mow and the yard would be a mess! So mowed and picked weeds and trimmed a couple of shrubs. We have one that is kind of funny because the right side of it just grows like crazy. The left side does too but a lot slower than the right so I try to keep them in proportion. Kind of anal about the front yard sometimes. Did get my walk in also, and now I am getting some laundry done. Busy day and it's not over yet.

Angie~those are funky hours for Brandon. Wonder why they gave him 10 pm to 6 am. Yeah, didn't think you could ground an 18 yr. old. unless of course you took his car away ( he does have a car right? For some reason I thought he did but not sure now). But that seems kind of drastic and with him working that would mean you or Monte would have to run him around. I've got a little over 9,000 miles on mine and have had it a year last month. Those 100 calorie oreos are good! So are the chocolate chip and the nutter butter ones. Great snack when you really want a cookie. Not sure about anyone else but if I have cookies around I am not going to eat just one and quit. Of course I wouldn't eat the whole package either, LOL but would defiinitely eat more than one, or two, or three...LOL The reason I buy the 100 calorie ones.

Marti~I did make an appointment. Sometimes it is hard to get up and exercise when you are in so much pain so I totally understand that. I know I have done my share of moaning and whining! :nono: you should never go to bed with your make-up on girly! Especially mascara. Although, my sister used to all the time. She worked nights and would come home at 6 am and go straight to bed and that girl would put on some mascara! Her lashes were really long and she would add a ton of it and they looked like spider legs!! :fr: I read it's not good at all but can't remember what it does except make your face break out.

Jane~I know your house isn't like the one on The Money Pit...I just happened to think of it when you mentioned the costs before even starting the new house. It is a funny movie though. I can understand Neal wanting to save the house too. It would be really hard to destroy it, I'm not sure I could do it. Hope you like the broadband when you get it tomorrow. :hb: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Dale! :hb:

Connie~the spaghetti dinner sounds yummy! :T I was going to fix that for dinner last night but no one was home but me and DD so we had breakfast, just eggs and biscuits. So it's spaghetti & salad tonight.

Hi to every one else :wave:

I should probably get off this thing and go get the load of clothes out of the dryer and fold them. I fold them on my bed and leave them there until I am completely finished with everything and then put it all up at one time.

Take care ladies and have a good one! :wave:

Good evening ladies,
Marti the reason I was told never to sleep with make up on is to let your skin breath and I believe with mascara you can damage the lashes,,,breaks off?
They have given Brandon this shift for just a week. They are organizing the toy section and then once next Monday rolls around he will be working days.
I have to do what you are doing and watch tv while Im on the gazelle. I will soon!
Tomorrow is WI...arghhh since Ive been binging on 100 cal cookies I figure so far Im up to about 400 cals...gawd I love them. Im going to go to Walmart and beg the manager to somehow bring them in,,,figure he would do it just to get me off my knees whimpering. and I will do it!
Butter nut and choc chip? Mercy! Down to one bag and I have it hidden...lol

Cristi,,,9000? Which is 15, 000 km I drive way too much!

I am feeling pretty good, cleaned the one bathroom's big closet. Got another closet done and started the pantry.

I have taken off my artificial nails for awhile,,,feeling naked.

What I have done with Brandon so far is,,,torturing like I said I would do. I have been asking strange questions every so often. I seriously want him to tell me,,,not be forced it out. Cause right now the trust issue is what has made me the most upset about,,,I know what parents don't know what hurt them, and all teens throw parties when their parents aren't home. I know that. I just thought he would of been more upfront by now about what hes done... there was no damage to the house,,,no one got hurt.
BTW Cristi,,,I had a field day in Halmark recently,,,I bought a painted horse for my step dad, and 2 braclets for my SIL and mom. I think of you everytime I am near or in a Halmark.
Well off to bed I go,,,
night

Happy Hump Day!
 

Hi ladies~

Such an ugly morning. Went for my walk at the park and only went around twice, which is 1.5 miles. The wind is blowing something fierce and it is cloudy. Jeez!! So rather than fight the wind I went ahead to Wal-Mart to buy groceries. Today is an unstructured day but I still have to get in 10,000 steps. And since I mowed the back yard Monday, the front yard yesterday I have to turn to the treadmill. I am half-way there, just 5,000 more to go. The rest of the walks this week are 3 mile walks and providing the weather is good I will head to the big park. It is so much better going around a big park once than going around the 3/4 of a mile park 4 times. The big park has three cut-offs so we walk all of them and that gives me a little over 3 miles. If I do three miles on the treadmill I have to break it up into two walks because it bores the heck out of me. Anyway, as soon as I get off this thing I have to straighten the house and write Josh. I am getting excited about seeing him the end of the month. Not excited about flying though but with V with me I will be fine.

Angie~I just bought some of the 100 calorie snacks. They have a big bag of them and this has the oreo, choc. chip, cinnamon graham crackers and cheese nips. Not a fan of cheese nips but V will eat them. The ones I thought were nutter butter ones are actually planters. They just looked like the nutter butter cookies so I thought that's what they were. Hey, I thought I drove a lot too. A lot of times thought I will have V drive his truck. And of course now I am driving Josh's truck around so that saves miles on mine. I even made a trip to AR a while back and drove all over that place. But you are a busy lady for sure. Hey, you can come on over and clean my closets. I started on Josh's and never finished and mine really needs it. When I switch over the summer clothes to the winter I will get rid of a lot of stuff. I have quite a few denim dresses and those will be the first to go. Well, most of them. I am so over denim dresses. I want to wear my levis. I am going to need to make a trip to Hallmark soon. I stocked up on cards for Josh and don't have many left.

Hi to everyone else :wave:

Going to go check out a couple of things online and send a couple of e-mails then get off and do some walking and cleaning. Hey, maybe I will get to Josh's closet today!

Take care ladies and have a wonderful Wednesday!

Good Morning Ladies!!

Cristi & Angie-- I'll have my car a year in December....and I have over 12,500 miles on it already!! So sad!! :( But I drive it to work everyday and it's about 40miles to and from work. Sheesh....never thought about it. I suppose driving it down to San Fran kind of helped add to the mileage. We plan on flying next time.

How is everyone doing??? James is still in Klamath Falls (2hrs south of where I live) He says the board is turning slower now that they added more people. I'm always so confused with his schedule. Does that mean he'll be away from home more? At home more when he does get here? Crazy I tell ya!

I've got laundry to do! Not looking forward to that. And I have to get on my gazelle and workout. MUST do that.

Off I go.

Hello ladies...
Marti I go my santa fe last week in Nov. and it has 24, 567 km which converted is around 15, 000 miles.
Cristi the lil cantainers sat there for weeks before I finally hated working around them and cleaned out the closets and ahhh everything now has its place. I need to refold everything in the linen closet.

I WI earlier,,,down another 3.4 lbs,,,totally 6.6. My motto is failing to plan is planning to fail. And drink the water....

Cristi,,,you are killing me,,,I have looked everywhere for them 100 cal things, Went to Costco today and nothing...did get a couple more christmas presents though...

well I need to get Mr. B off to work,,,his last night of nights and then Friday he goes to days,,,i guess they have been working like demons at night and finished the project early.

night