Great minds think alike, Kimberley! I had my eye on that coat. I just can't decide if I should use my current coat for one more season, which I think I probably will.

That's the color I had in mind too. :lol:

what, me crazy?? :carrot: naw, I went to the gym. It's practically empty that time of day.


I definitely am not an interesting dresser. It's not a priority for me right now either. Hey, if I had that million I'm sure I would build up quite the wardrobe (I do have a fear of dressing like Diane Keaton :fr: http://wizbangblog.com/archives/006633.php)


oh man, I hate spiders. Hopefully it's just a mosquito or pesky hungry gnat.

Monday means gobs of office stuff to get through. Enjoy your days off, Amy and Jill. Sunday was such a bugger of a eating day for me, whip me with a gigantic wet noodle. The exercise is getting better, but I really have to get back on track. No time to backslide!!

How's your leg, Aimee? Enjoying the day off, Jill? You'd probably be home by now, anyway, but how was your day off? ;)

Good taste, Marge. :D I can't wait to have a really warm coat. Sometime I'd like a pretty dress coat, but I'll wait until next year for that. I can't BELIEVE Diane Keaton's outfit! OMG! Love the comment there, "What clan does she belong to? The McTackies?". We watched a little of VH1's Awesomely Bad Celeb Fashion last night - what a riot!

Hi!! I'm enjoying my day off, I accomplished nothing but doing dishes! Josh and I had dinner together tonight, we did good! We had potato wedges (homemade), chicken with cajun stuff on them, and baby carrots right off the stem thingies. I can't really think straight, perhaps I'm brain dead from my day.. I'll take it!

Jill - you cheater you ;) It's nice to take a day alone to put some finishing touches, get groceries, I bet you feel better about that now!! It's difficult coming up with food ideas, eh? Josh has to eat low fat, and low fat protein is hard sometimes! I don't eat Turkey either, I'm going to attempt ground turkey.. but only in a spaghetti sauce (with whole wheat pasta of course!). Lemme know if you come up with anything good!

Marge - you got up and went to the gym that early? Wowsers! Thats impressive! I had really planned on getting on the exercise bandwagon, I did SO good last night but fell short a little this week, and by short I mean I didn't exercise at ALL and I had the entire day off! You can slap my hand now.. Diane Keaton looks scary, it's possible I'll have nightmares of that. Partly I dress so boring because of cash flow, I have other things I want to spend my money on... and I just don't make it a priority, I should as I'm just starting out in my career (whatever it will end up being).

Kimberley - my leg stopped bugging me, however I haven't put anything on it today (like fabric of any sorts), I don't think I can get away with these shorts at work, so I'm washing ALL my pants to see if there was something in the fabric.. yah never know right?

Well I better go do some laundry, I realize I work the next 4 days and don't have enough clean clothes to make it thru! Have a goodnight all!!

-Aimee

Aah, I wish I could take EVERY day off from work ;) I got up when Jeff got up (about 5:30) then fell back to sleep on the couch till about 11 :D I'm at work now, and I just don't want to be here. I really wish I could find a more exciting job--there's too much down time here. I do all my work for the day in like an hour and spend the rest of the day waiting for pepole to give me work. It's just the way our process is--once I edit something, it goes to someone else for review, who then gives it back to me to make the needed changes. It just seems that I get things done so quickly, and then I end up waiting FOREVER to get it back from the next reviewer! I've been keeping an eye on Monster, CareerBuilder, and the Washington Post, but none of the jobs I'm qualified for will pay me what I'm making here, and i can't take much of a pay cut with rent, student loans, car loans, cerdit card debt, etc. I know some people wouldn't mind getting paid for minimal work, but MAN am I bored! :dizzy:

I got a lot done yesterday, though not as much as I'd hoped. I unpacked everything of mine in the bedroo, so all remaining boxes are Jeff's responsibility. I also put the bed up (I have those little 6" lifts), put the new mattress pad on it, washed the sheets and blanket, made the bed with th fresh sheets and blanket, went to Michael's to buy Jeff a jar (he's making something that looks like an alien out of clay and wants to put it in a jar with green water--apparently, clay is his new hobby :p ) and myself some beaded ribbon to edge the little lampshades for our dining room light, went to Bed Bath & Beyond to return an over-the-door towel rack I had bought for the bathroom (which didn't allow the bathroom door to close!) and ended up buying a dark blue area rug for the living room while I was there. So, I went home and cleared out the coffee table and end tables in the living room, vacuumed, put down the new area rug, vacuumed that, then re-assembled the living room. That's when disaster struck.

I looked at the coffee table. I saw the remotes for: my little tv, my vcr, my DVD player, and my big tv. Where was the remote for the cable box/DVR? The hunt began. I searched EVERYWHERE! I moved every pillow, blanket, and cushion on the couch, looked under the couches, smoothed my feet along the area rug to make sure nothing was under it, went through all the boxes I had emptied earlier, looked in the fridge, freezer, kitchen cabinets and drawers, desk drawers--anything I had come in contact with throughout the day! I even went all the way out and checked in my car thinking maybe I had absent-mindedly brought it out with me when I went to the store. Jeff came home mid-search and helped me. All together, I would say I spent a good 3 hours searching for the remote! And it's not only because we're lazy--you can't watch the recorded programs on the DVR without the remote because there aren't buttons on the cable box for that. Finally, after much searching, Jeff and I were about to pull out the sofa bed to see if it was caught in the actual bed part, and that's when I saw it--crammed between the back cushions of the couch and the sofa bed. It was so far back that I couldn't see it when I originally removed the cushions, but Jeff took the cushions off while I was standing farther away, and I spotted it! What a ridiculously long search for a stupid remote. Since I lost it in the first place, I agreed to make his lunch for work today :p

OMG! Love the comment there, "What clan does she belong to? The McTackies?".--Kimberley

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: That's pretty good. I do get a laugh out of the super fashion disasters. Rob makes fun of how I used to dress with vests all the time. (Hey, I still like them!)

Right now I feel :tantrum: (or maybe this is more accurate :bomb: I think it might be PMS.... And I'm going to have to slosh through the pouring rain to get to the gym and :tread: Yesterday's eating went well at least. I felt bad about Sunday.

We had potato wedges (homemade), chicken with cajun stuff on them, and baby carrots right off the stem thingies. --Aimee

this sounds like me talking most of the time. :carrot:

:sumo: when would anyone ever use this icon??

Jill, I hate being bored in jobs too. Doesn't matter the pay. I could easily see myself going through that same remote control scenario. Nowadays even the toothbrush comes with a remote, we have so many I don't even know what most of them go to anymore. :lol:

Isn't Jeff afraid his alien will disintegrate? you know, clay sitting in water? Once it's gone, what proof will there be....

well, better get cracking here at work or I might end up on the dole.

Take it easy, gals.

Jill, your remote story reminds me of my friend Stacey's cellphone story. Her husband, Chris, was looking frantically for his phone one day. After helping him look for a while, she suggested calling it with their landline. She did that, and he continued looking -- he could hear it ringing, but because their home has tall, vaulted ceilings, the sound just reverberated and finding the source was maddening. Finally, though, he found it....In his back pocket...Of the pants he was wearing. :D

Ohhhh, technology.

Marge, I could use the Sumo Guy today. I don't know what I was thinking last night. I started out okay, had some low-fat popcorn and then a bowl of low-fat frozen yogurt topped with frozen blueberries and crushed pretzels. If I'd stopped there, I'd have been okay; I ended up having another bowl of yogurt (and toppings) and then later got up and had some leftover kidney beans. It was crazy, just brainless eating from mouth hunger. No excuses, just stress eating, I guess.

Today's going to be low-fat, low-cal vegetarian day, I tell ya. :P

Hi!! I was a little slow this morning and missed posting :( I blame.. well I guess me! Work was, annoying, I worked with this gal who ANNOYS ME.. grrrr! Otherwise it was steady, got some things done, got some sales done...

Jill - I hate remotes, with a passion for just that reason. I wish they'd all be attached to my hand!

Marge - thats quite the use of emoticon's there... it's nearly impressive! I don't know that this is an easy time of year to stay on plan, so cut yourself a LITTLE slack there girl! Especially with PMS! Don't watch Dr Phil or Oprah, or Biggest Loser, or Gilmore Girls, all those shows make me cry when I've got pms.. heh.

Kimberley - my manager is teaching me about "Eating Right for your Blood type", and apparently I need more protein! I hate eating protein for the most part! Uhm, what motivated me to tell you this is beyond me... so lemme move on.. cut yourself some slack, like I said to Marge, it's hard to lose weight this time of year.

Alrighty, I feel like I lost it some where a few sentenses ago.. so I'm going to go find some food! ttyl!

-Aimee

I must have a deficit of gooey ice cream nutrients in my body... ;)

Aah, I wish that was my problem...;)

I had kind of a rough day yesterday. I went home from work early (still playing sick, of course). ComCast called to take a survey of our service so far (which, of course, they FAILED miserably!). The phone is on Jeff's desk, so I answered the phone and plopped down in his desk chair to talk. I must have hit his keyboard tray enough to move the mouse a little, so his computer monitors "woke up" (you know, from "sleeping"). There was an instant message on his screen from someone that just said "hey." No biggie. But as I was sitting there on the phone, I noticed the word "kissable" in that same screen. We use Trillian for our instant messaging, and it saves previous conversations in light gray text in the message window. Well, I wanted to know why my Jeff was talking about anything being "kissable" to someone else, so I did a bad thing--I read the message history from that window :o

Now, I'm sure you can tell that nothing good could come of this. And I assure you, none did. Well, apparently he has slept with this girl in the past, as there were messages from her talking about how she hasn't been with anyone since him and how good he was...fine. Whatever...just some old fling, right? But then there were messages about how they were supposed to get together, go to a movie or whatever. Then there was a message from her telling him she got home okay. It was dated 2005. The exact month and/or day is irrelevant--Jeff and I have been togther for OVER a year and a half, which means we have been together throughout ALL of 2005, so why was he seeing this girl with whom he had HAD and discussed sex with while he was dating me?! I was LIVID.

I cried and screamed to myself for a while, wandering around the apartment alone like a blubbering idiot. I thought about screaming at him when he came home and then driving to my sister's place in Va Beach. I thought about not saying anything to him about it at all--after all, I shouldn't have been reading what was on his computer. I thought about instant messaging him at work, but I decided that was an inappropriate topic with which to bother someone at work. I thought about a LOT of things.

I took a shower to kind of sober myself up from my blubbering state. I put on my pajamas and flopped on the couch pretending to watch tv (though I couldn't concentrate on it) until Jeff came home. He came in, took off his shoes, and started playing a game on his computer, as was normal. I walked over, and he gave me a hug (again, normal). I looked at him and said, "Can I ask you something?" He said yes, so I continued, "In the past year and a half, have you ever so much as even kissed another girl?"

He immediately said no and then asked why I was asking. I admitted to him the conversation I had read. He told me that yes, he had seen this other girl, but that it was like 2 and a half years ago. He said that not only has he not seen her since he met me, but that the last time he saw her was actually before the girlfriend he was with before me. I persisted--I said that the conversation was dated 2005. He shrugged and said that maybe the dates got messed up when he restored his computer (which he has had to do a few times). I said that was fine, that if he said nothing happened, nothing happened. Then I started to cry, just from all the stress and worry and fear and anger that had been bottled up before I asked him about it.

That should have been the end of it, right? I should have believed him and moved on. Then I asked him something else--when did the new Amityville movie come out? I knew we had seen it together, so I think it was maybe back in the spring. He remembered also that we had seen it together. He asked why I was wondering. Well, I noticed in one of his conversations with this girl when they were talking about getting together to see a movie that he said he wanted to see Amityville. He got angry for me not trusting him, and I got upset because more questions were flying through my head.

We proceeded to have an argument about how I was wrong in reading the conversation at all (which I admitted) and how that was an invasion of his privacy. I said, hey, you can read ANYTHING of mine, and I wouldn't care because I have nothing to hide! He made a few good points. He said, "Jill, if I were seeing someone else and talking about it online, do you think I'd be stupid enough to leave that conversation on my computer (especially since I used to use his computer all the time at his place when he was in the shower)?" Good point. Then, "I have never once cheated on any girlfriend I've ever had, and that is because I have never been married. If I want to have a relationship with someone else, then I break up with my current girlfriend." Another good point, since we certainly weren't yet living together at the time, and he could easily have broken up with me if he wanted.

I told him that I don't want to be "the jealous girlfriend," ya know? That's not me. And I never was until I saw something that made me question him. He stuck to the fact that the last time he saw this girl was over 2 years ago. He kept also saying that I was wrong in reading it. I said I could apologize for reading it, but I couldn't apologize for confronting him about it once I had and for having the questions I did. That's when I broke down.

I started crying and told him that I guess it all comes down to my own lack of self-confidence, that I didn't think he was having a relationship with another girl, but that there are a lot of girls much thinner and prettier than me out there, so why would he not try to hook up with someone for "a good time?" I reiterated that I shouldn't have questioned his honesty, but I also asked him if he at least understood where I was coming from and how it looked from my perspective. He said he did, and he held me as I cried and babbled about how I hear horror stories from other women about guys cheating on them because they're too fat. I told him about how women I talk to have very supportive boyfriends/husbands/mates, and yet I hardly ever discuss my weight issues with him. I said that my weight is one of the biggest issues in my life, and that I couldn't believe I hadn't ever really discussed it with him. He has told me in the past that it doesn't matter to him, but I couldn't help thinking that he was a normal guy and wanted some hot chick to bang, ya know? I told him that I was sorry for reading it, but that that would be a fear I would probably always have. He just kept hugging me and not saying anything, and I said, "This is the part where you tell me again that it doesn't matter to you." He did. Good boy :^:

And so, it ended with me having a minor emotional breakdown. After that, we were okay. I agreed to trust him, and he stuck to the fact that he hadn't seen this girl in over 2 years. Is it wrong that I still have a little bit of doubt? I mean, the thing with the Amityville movie? I know I shouldn't bring it up again--I should just let it go. I need to trust him, and besides, that's all I have to go by is his word. I think it'll be on my mind for a while, but in time it will go away. In any case, he's living with me, not anyone else. He comes home to ME every night, and he sleeps in OUR bed.

I'm sorry to go on like this--I just needed to get it out. I don't really expect anyone to read this whole saga. Sorry for taking up so much space :p

Wow Jill, I am SO sorry you had to go thru something like that. I would always be suspecious, and have to confess to reading 99% of Josh's saved conversations (which he didn't know was logging, and I happened upon by accident). I have severe trust issues, and if it were me? I'd be watching his every move. That being said, if you trust him, and whats he's said.. drop it. Sometimes there IS a little overlap between a last relationship/crush and a new relationship... you gotta make sure that it's real before you fully end things with others (even if it's just a silly flirtation). You will need time to heal from this, because it still feels like a violation no matter if it was really nothing... you may vent any time you want to about this.. we are always here to listen and offer advice if we can. :grouphug:

My goodness, I am having a ROUGH night! Last night during The Biggest Loser I noticed my tummy was a little off, from gas, and it only gets worse from there! My stomach is throbbing, and I'm all crampy from it. Josh was saying this is how he's been feeling for the last couple weeks, yuck!! I'm drinking LOTS of water, tea, have a hot water bottle to relieve some of that cramping. But how gross is that? GAs causing so much PAIN! :barf:

I'm going to go and try and get some more sleep... some of the pain I woke up with seems to have passed! It's 5:23am, and i've only been sleepingfor 5 ish hours, I'll see you gals in a few hours!!

-Aimee

Marge, I could use the Sumo Guy today. I don't know what I was thinking last night.

yeah, sometimes it just gets out of hand. it's like Amy says, we have to take it easy on ourselves.

Today's going to be low-fat, low-cal vegetarian day, I tell ya. :P

after one day of getting back in the routine I always feel so much better, the last two days I've been basically back on the program, thank Buddha.

Don't watch Dr Phil or Oprah, or Biggest Loser, or Gilmore Girls, all those shows make me cry when I've got pms.. heh.

well, of course I did watch Dr. Phil and the Gilmore Girls, recorded the Biggest Loser (will watch today). Missed Oprah though. Dr. Phil: cried. Gilmore Girls: had to laugh, loved the lines about buying a sweater for the next boyfriend. was dying to get my own chocolate box.

I'm sorry to go on like this--I just needed to get it out. I don't really expect anyone to read this whole saga. Sorry for taking up so much space

I'm so sorry, Jill!! Absolute crappy timing too. You don't have to apologize, and I always read all of your posts. I'd say in situations like this you need to trust your instincts. Sometimes these things have a way of working themselves out, no matter what. Hang in there, lady!!

It's sunny today in ol' Brooklyn. I should probably make some plans to go to California one of these months to see the family. Dad's in his 80s now. Nov and Dec are holiday months, so that's not so good. Then Jan and Feb are bad weather months (jet plane headed for California lost in freak snow storm!). Hmmm, may take some thought.

Oh, Jill, what a night to have. :( I know how I'd feel if I read that kind of stuff, and I understand why the reference to Amityville keeps nagging at you regarding the timing. Just keep your eyes open and keep communication open with him. (((hugs)))

Hope you're feeling better, Aimee. Do you have anything like GasX or Alka-Seltzer around? Even a teaspoon or baking soda dissolved in a glass of water can help with the gas pains.

Marge, I just had a bowl of ice cream. ;) LOL Really early for one, but hey. I'm counting it and that's that. Yesterday was good, through.

Howie got me up early (like at 11:00am!) and we went for a drive in the country before he had to go to work. what a gorgeous afternoon it was. Here's a few pictures:

Hey gals!!

Jill - how are yah doing over there?

Marge - I didn't cry during Gilmore Girls... I was nearly shocked! I love that show, I want to go live in their reality! Beware of Biggest Loser, I cried! Twice! heh. Can I come to Cali as well? I need away from the RAIN! BTW, I wanna be skinny now..

Kimberley - looks beautiful! I love fall, except for all the darkness to come.. Thank you for the gas tip... it was bothering me most of the night, and my tummy still feels a little sensitive. I'm watching what I'm eating today.. light lunch and light dinner. I just gotta up that water!

Work was SO boring today! I'm glad its over... I've been thinking I gotta get back on this exercise thing! Josh and I are considering going for a quick walk tonight, yup, at 10pm! We don't have to getup until 11am tomorrow, so it's not a huge deal.. we'll see though. I am getting lazy the more I sit here... heh... Have a goodnight gals!!

-Aimee