Party 'til the Cows come home!
 

Christmas Party at this thread!!!!:snow4:

well everyone here seems to have already started their partying by the looks of the apron gut arses and sausage pants---WASN'T THAT SWEET OF ME---- i just read a press release telling us to get weighed EVERY day--- did i already send that to you---i found it interesting and think i will try it----could be depressing,but maybe you get used to it------------here's the article---Terrific Reason to Weigh Yourself Daily
It's such a simple and easy thing to do! People who are trying to either lose weight or avoid gaining it are more likely to succeed if they weigh themselves daily, according to a University of Minnesota study of 3,000 overweight men and women.

The results were clear: Over a two-year period, those who weighed themselves more frequently had a greater weight loss than those who shunned the scale.

Why? When people weigh themselves daily, "something is going on. It's independent of things such as diet and exercise, so it may be worth recommending," said Minnesota lead researcher Jennifer Linde, who published the study results in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine. "If people see that their number has gone up, they may realize it's time to do something. It's probably easier to make that small correction," than to try to compensate after gaining a lot of weight. Even for those who were trying to maintain their weight, daily weighing had a positive effect and even led to weight loss for some.



People Who Eat This for Breakfast Weigh Less [Netscape]

Weight Loss Dos and Don'ts [WebMD]

What's the Best Food for Weight Loss? [Netscape]

30 Health Conditions Linked to Being Overweight [Ladies Home Journal]

11 Smart Nutrition Moves [Fitness]



Getting on the scale every day isn't something most weight loss groups, including Weight Watchers, recommend. And public health recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control do not include self-weighing at all. Maybe that should change. "It is not surprising that daily weighing correlates with success--people who do well like the feedback," says Kelly D. Brownell, director of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders. "I suspect it helps people who are succeeding and is a problem for people who are not losing or losing slowly."

This isn't the only study to demonstrate the power of a simple bathroom scale. Concerned about the very common "freshman 15" that many college students gain in their first year, Cornell University researchers determined that stepping on a scale every morning could help keep those unwanted pounds away.

Led by David Levitsky, a professor of nutritional sciences and psychology, the Cornell team weighed a group of first-year female college students at the beginning and end of the semester. The control group were women who had no further contact with the research team, and they gained on average almost 7 pounds in one phase of the study and more than 4 pounds in a second phase of the study. However, women in the treatment group did not gain any weight. They weighed themselves every morning and e-mailed their weights to the research team.

In turn, the team provided weekly feedback using a method called the Tissue Monitoring System (TMS), a mathematical method for estimating changes in body tissue from a series of daily weight measures. One group of women received weekly graphs and instructions on how to interpret a positive slope as an increase in tissue mass (an early weight gain). A second group received an e-mail indicating how many calories to cut or burn off daily--either by eating or exercising--in order to maintain their original weights. Both methods were equally effective in preventing weight gain. The study findings were published in the International Journal of Obesity.

Maybe it's time to step on the scale!

maybe it's time fer self flagellation.

Can't hurt ...I'll be game after the holidays.!:D

I am going to weigh myself every morning and email the results to Bagz. She won't know how fat I am because she does metric.

I saw one episode of this sitcom with Kelly Rika. On this show, her sis wanted her to go to a therapist. She didn't. Instead, whatever she wanted to get away with she'd just say, "My therapist says I'm on a different clock and need to sleep in later." stuff like that.

I'm noticing that some religious people do the same thing .. not to get out of stuff but to justify stuff without having to examine it. "I believe God wants me to stay in this relationship." "God wants me to work with felons." It just puts a halt to the conversation real good.

Bagz, according to the internet, you live in the land of wooly knitting shops. God wants you to send me enough for a sweater. Bulky. Red.

My darling DS has gone to Gainesville for an academic tourney. His GF is Korean. They were born in the same city the same year. I'm not sure about the same hospital but it's a good bet. His mother is a distant memory for him.

how many skeins,what shade of red,and what weight???? yarn is plentiful in them thar hills,it grows on trees-------------do tell---------------it's margie night but i had mike's cranberry instead----off to bed,christmas at the market is tomorrow!

weight: bulky, aran or worsted

red: pretty like your toenails

amount: ask 'em how many it takes to make a sweater that will go all the around a cow

what can I send you?

I am so needing a change. I need tons and tons of encouragement and prodding. Hold me accountable.

I am making these socks on size ONE needles. They're smaller than the skewers you buy in bulk to put your chicken and pineapple on. It is taking so long !!!!!!!!!!!

The kid on the left plays Marley and he's wearing chains and lockboxes (and some gauze around his head :dunno: )

Bad puppy!!

Kiwi what they do here in Dogpatch is have someone video the whole thing from the back of the room and then sell the videos to the moms for $5-10. Suggest that. Of course you deserve a video of this big event in a mom's life.

142.5

All people are mindless idiots, Kiwi, not just religious ones. For example, I know an extremely well-read, intelligent, charming man who moved here to Dogpatch from a cultural center. He refuses to even go .. even once ... to see a local country music show. He just knows he's above that. I'm saying he moved here ON PURPOSE but won't even stick his toe in the water. Maybe it's not the same thing but it's just as stupid.

Bagzieeeee .. you got to get one of these.

BARRY, Wales--Though he did not know it at the time, the idea came to Howard Stapleton when he was 12 and visiting a factory with his father, a manufacturing executive in London.

Opening the door to a room where workers were using high-frequency welding equipment, he found he could not bear to go inside.

"The noise!" he complained.

"What noise?" the grownups asked.

Now 39, Stapleton has taken the lesson he learned that day--that children can hear sounds at higher frequencies than adults can--to fashion a novel device that he hopes will provide a solution to the eternal problem of obstreperous teenagers who hang around outside stores and cause trouble.

The device, called the Mosquito ("It's small and annoying," Stapleton said), emits a high-frequency pulsing sound that, he said, can be heard by most people younger than 20 and almost no one older than 30. The sound is designed to so irritate young people that after several minutes, they cannot stand it and go away.

So far, the Mosquito has been road-tested in only one place, at the entrance to the Spar convenience store in this town in South Wales. Like birds perched on telephone wires, surly teenagers used to plant themselves on the railings just outside the door, smoking, drinking, shouting rude words at customers and making regular disruptive forays inside.

"On the low end of the scale, it would be intimidating for customers," said Robert Gough, who, with his parents, owns the store. "On the high end, they'd be in the shop fighting, stealing and assaulting the staff."

Gough (pronounced GUFF) planned to install a sound system that would blast classical music into the parking lot, another method known to horrify hang-out youths into dispersing, but never got around to it. But last month, Stapleton gave him a Mosquito for a free trial. The results were almost instantaneous. It was as if someone had used anti-teenager spray around the entrance, the way you might spray your sofas to keep pets off. Where disaffected youths used to congregate, now there is no one.

At first, members of the usual crowd tried to gather as normal, repeatedly going inside the store with their fingers in their ears and "begging me to turn it off," Gough said. But he held firm and neatly avoided possible aggressive confrontations: "I told them it was to keep birds away because of the bird flu epidemic."

A trip to Spar here in Barry confirmed the strange truth of the phenomenon. The Mosquito is positioned just outside the door. Although this reporter could not hear anything, being too old, several young people attested to the fact that yes, there was a noise, and yes, it was extremely annoying.

"It's loud and squeaky and it just goes through you," said Jodie Evans, 15, who was shopping at the store even though she was supposed to be in school. "It gets inside you."

Evans and a 12-year-old friend who did not want to be interviewed were once part of a regular gang of loiterers, said Gough's father, Philip. "That little girl used to be a right pain,

Sorry, don't want to go to jail. You have no idea what hoops the publishing company makes the school go through just to get the priviledge of putting on their play. They don't allow videotaping at all, but they actually have a point with someone videotaping the whole play to sell copies. Seems to me they don't have a point when it comes to a parent wanting a lasting memory of the performance, especially if it's just of their own kid.

You are quite right about mindless people. Most of us are to some extent. I object to deliberate mindlessness much more than the lazy kind. You know, when you hear "God will provide" right after someone has refused to make an effort to help themselves or take advantage of an actual god-given opportunity. The truth is usually that they don't want to get off their fat arse--they want the government or their neighbors to provide.

Of course, I was referring to brainless idiots, you know... Not the same thing.

Should I go weigh myself? I'm taking off a pound for clothes.

eww 189

Kiwi

157--------whaaaaaaaaaa----i used to weigh 140 in the good ole days------i heard about the mosquito on CBC Radio this week peach!!!! very cool!!!!!!!!!!! oops gutta go

141 .. I ate a can of nuts. Don't know what happened.

I have nothing to say. Raining here. I'm in a bad mood that's good if that makes sense. Hmmm. I p*ss*d at other people instead of being depressed. Anger instead of depression. That's good, right? Empowered.

Gutta go untangle yarn.

Where is Shotsie's blog?

179... Shamu got nuthin on me...

Kiwi: You are so blessed to have a "good" , very talented and smart daughter..and she is purty to boot..She has the world by the tail ! Her hair is ta die for! Now then I Know the make up is theatrical, but my first thought was " Dawn of the Dead" Hehhheeee.

Cowsie: you need a change? What with school coming up.. a renewed commitment to knitting? I think you are doing mahvalous doll!

Bagz: Sausage pants! Yes that is me... with the Popover/muffin rollover.. hmmm even our analogies are FOOD based! Go figger

Yes the God is guiding me ..blah blah.. I have an aunt who is guided by Buddah and Chanting... CHANT FER THIS CHANT FER THAT..."I chanted and got it" I chanted for you and you got what you wanted" And she insists on preaching constantly... meanwhile she is the most self centered money grubbing leech I know...but she is "enlightened"...grr don't get me started...


he heeeeeee...I'm high on life and loopy most times my lettle cowlettes..so here is my Hiaku to Wabbys Wats:

Rodents are ugly
Extermination too kind
Dead Rats are Pretty.

PS. My husband thinks that my hiaku is very disturbing and states that he will be sleeping with one eye open.

Shots you are Buddhist? How cool.

I knew the guy once who was out walking with his dad in California when they were accosted by those people who have that one chant that will grant you anything. They laughed it off and went along with. The wife/stepmom was a bad housekeeper and they decided to chant that she would clean the back bathroom. When they got home the plumbing had broken in that bathroom so she was a-cleaning.

You haiku is less disturbing that those women with their guns/break-in talk. I will still mad. A good cat would give those wats a wun for their money. My yard is filled with HUGE feathers. The size that comes off a buzzard.

Shots you are so sweet. Keep encouraging. I need a change as in social-man. Did you hear about that woman (on NPR again this morning) who is now 70 but when she was 67 placed ads that she wanted to have sex with men, no strings attached. And she did. And she's glad. I think it's disturbing to have done that and disturbing to be bragging about it. That's not the kind of change I need.

wrap me up in pastry and call me a sausage roll
 

Read it and weep...

177.5!!!´:stress: :stress: :stress:

Whe I first barged my way into WLB I weighed 147.5. What happened???:(

Kiwi - your dd is just BEAUTIFUL and lovely and talented.

I cannot post any more now because I have to KNIT!!! St. Nicholas comes tomorrow and the stockings need stuffing.

I don't knit. My mother used to knit and embroider. I have a collection of lovely size 7(approx) sweaters that I can't wear. I have a gorgeous white embroidered quilt for a queen sized bed, I have a king. The point is that afghans and table linens are the way to go. I use all of the afghans and tablecloths. I'm tres unproductive. My hobby is watching TV and hanging on the internet. Sometimes I listen to music.
Shatz, your Buddist story sounds like "Absolutely Fabulous" Peaches, yours sounds hopeful. I have a back bathroom and would be happy for a flood if it would clean it.
I must go look for pics of Kiwi's dd.
My dS went to his first formal on Saturday night. He looked so handsome. She looked so beautiful.
Sugar, getting older is a drag. At least we're not senile, yet.
Must go wake children for school.
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142.5 .. this isn't working.

I have nothing to say. Kiwiette has always been amazing and gorgeous. This is last week of school before finals. I am exhausted and I do nothing.

165. This can not be. Something must be done. Did anyone see the Oprah show about the middle aged women who by their own admission had "let themselves go"? They're going to do something about it on upcoming shows. I wanna see how they solve this problem. I predict it will involve exercise and therapy.

I don't knit. I used to crochet and cross stitch and sew, but haven't for years. I watch tv. I read. I bake way too many goodies. Then I eat them.

I went to a cookie exchange party on Friday nite. We drank peppermint patties, which is hot cocoa w/ peppermint schnaps & whipped cream on top. I'm sure they were very low cal. Then I brought home a huge plate of assorted cookies that DH & I had eaten by Sunday evening. I think the idea of this cookie exchange thing is to have an assortment of cookies for your holiday entertaining, not for scarfing down in 2 days time. Then after doing NotMuchofAnything all day Saturday I went to bunco where I ate chicken enchildas & drank more peppermint patties, topped off w/ chocolate cake & peppermint icecream. I have absolutely no right to whine about being fat. What the h*ll else would I expect to be? --- I'm the bunco queen - I won most buncos and split 2nd most wins --- I ended up w/ $42 in winnings! I paid for it the next day, though, I felt sick and headachey all day. So I spent most of the day on the couch. bleeh.

Schatz - I was sooo touched by your poignant haiku. My hero exterminator man is coming back on the 9th to see if there have been any more casualties. So far no more sightings. Peach, I can't have a kitty because of my cat chasin' dogs. Besides, this rat was about 10" w/ out his tail. I don't think any kitties would want to fight him. That's a job for Exterminator Man.

I wish Bagzie would post pictures of her lovely shop at Christmas --- my friend who opened a shop last year w/ her sis is struggling --- mostly w/ being partners w/ her sister. That would be tough.

Speaking of sisters, my baby sis had a birthday on Nov. 27th. I forgot. Our mother forgot. Her husband forgot. I feel sooooo bad. I'm a bad sister. The worst part of it is that she turned 40. Now thats a bad birthday.

Kiwi, DS and his DW have adopted an adorable little yellow lab puppy. She's so sweet, and so far pretty docile, which is just what they need, because I think they're insane to get a dog 2 months before the baby arrives.

My task for today is putting up the fakey Christmas tree here at the office. For some reason I'm not excited about it. I still haven't put up a single decoration at home, but I'm going to get started on that tonight. DH put up the outdoor lights while I was sacked out on the couch yesterday. Very purty.

Wabby has some good ideas like pictures of Bagzie's shop.And some bad idea like not having a cat. Whip them doggers into shape. Kiwi will help you.

Yesterday, I made cranberry banana breads with Sugar's recipe and I ate one. They were small. They had sugar. I can feel it.

Wabby .. all that stuff you ate that has all those bad calories sounds SO GOOD> I would eat it too and never think twice.

Walked Duck Hudda Lake this morning with a friend. Yay me. We sauntered. We could talk. Other friends fly around that thing so fast that talking to them is like, "Huff huff huff did you huff huff cough see Oprah yest huff terday." More fun sauntering.

Peachez, telling my doggies not to chase cats is like telling me to leave the chocolate alone. It's just not in their nature. or mine.

And believe me -- I'm no help! I just let the dog chase the cats. I figure they'll work it out. Of course in the meantime it is driving us all crazy, so I end up making her go lie down in her pen when we can't stand it anymore.

:lol: I guess that goes under the category of Be Careful What You Wish For, eh?

Thanks for the complimentary words re: DD, Schatzi. She's a great kid.

Hey, guess who we're going to see in Boston, in January!?! Billy Joel! I wonder if he's changed any since the last time I saw him? In 1974.

Kiwi

i forgot to weigh myself and now i have on lots of clothes so it's too late.

i have a friend who met a guy online, fell in love, spent time together as he lives locally, got her heart broken. now she has returned to AA. I am jealous. I need a place to go to like AA .. someplace I can just fit in and be social .. but where? Brainstorm. Shots will think of something. There's only church here and I'm not feeling I fit in there. So I lonely, depressed, bummed, etc.

My cat is sitting on the floor next to me purring. Isn't that nice.

Plus my knitting isn't going all that smoothly and I have friends who actually have asked for knitted socks/gloves for Christmas. I wish they wouldn't do that. I would love to knit for everyone but it just isn't possible.

I know what you mean, Peaches. My sister goes to AA and she has wonderful AA friends that love to do fun stuff. They are always available if she has a problem or is feeling down. The rest of us have to pay therapists for that.

I think you should buy your friends a skein of yarn, needles and a how to knit book.

Hmmm. 1974. I dunno, you haven't changed a bit, so maybe he looks the same, Kiwonky.

I have a headache and I'm feeling a little upchucky today. Bleeeh. :headache: :barf: :faint:

Did you know you can roast a butternut squash whole in the oven? Poke it w/ a knife and cook it for 1 hr & 15 minutes. Easier than whacking off your fingers when you try to machete one of those suckas in two.

I've tried whacking spaghetti squash too. They're cast iron.

Does Bagz need a puter in her shoppe? Where's everyyeyeyeyebody. ??

I have a code in de nose. And a sore throat. So I've been in bed. I also have what has become chronic pain in one hip. So I'm officially old. I'm debating whether I should go have the doctor check it out or just start taking shark cartilage or whatever and book the surgeon for my hip replacement in 15 years.

Heck no, I'm not in a bad mood :s: :snow4:

Feel better, Wab. I got through a period without a migraine for once. Had a headache, but ibuprofin got rid of it. Maybe there will be one silver lining for being DAM.

I have no suggestions for your social circle, Cowpeach. Except don't join AA, you will really feel like you don't fit in there. :D When you're not working, human interaction really dries up, I know. Here's where I get human interaction: DD and her friends (now that's really unreliable, as you know), at school activities with parents of other kids, the music boosters meetings and fundraising activities, puppy kindergarten class, in-law family meals. And no, it's not very satisfying. Was much better when we had a group of friends we hung out with. And no, I didn't include DH on that list. Maybe when he gets a job I'll put him back on my friend list... :lol: Here are some things I have considered to improve my social interaction: getting a job ( :eek: ), joining the philharmonic society in town (which would be much more attractive if they weren't all a bunch of old ladies), taking a class (too lazy). What I'd really like to do is join a doggie activity club like obedience or flyball, but they are so far away, it's a bit unlikely.

Think I'll replace those play photos with some I took on Saturday. Back in a bit.

Kiwi

Actually, Kiwonk, those AA ppl are more normal than you would think. I've met several of my sis's AA friends and they could just be the soccer mom next door or who ever. I wouldn't advocate joining AA for friends, though. My niece joined something called Events and Adventures here. It costs $1000 for 6 months and they have all kinds of activities for singles planned such as wine tasting at vineyards, tour of a chocolate factory, white water rafting, cross country skiing, etc. Supposedly you get to meet other "quality" singles. I think it just means that you get to meet other singles w/ $1000 to invest in group dates. Then there's "It's Just Lunch" - another dating type service that you get to try somebody out for lunch instead of test driving them on the more expensive dinner. I don't suppose these are options in Dogpatch, but it should make you feel better to know you're not the lone ranger in the quest to meet ppl.

You can't tell by this long and driveling post, but I still have a headache.

I put up the fake Christmas tree here at the office. I personally think fake trees are a little depressing, but I'm not messing w/ a live tree at work. And no, I will not post a picture. It's not that pretty.

I want to know what everybody's favorite Christmas cd is... I need some new holiday tunes. I bought Diana Krall Christmas Songs but it's not what I was looking for.

Apologies for being gone... I am trying to re-start my business/practice after those months of recuperating and lounging. Unfortunately, working is actually quite a bit of effort... so I answer the e-mails that NEED answers and then go take naps. Not much knitting here, even... I just fal asleep... and now that it is colder, the cat comes and lies in my lap and purrs... which instantly puts me to sleep. Hope all are over their up-chuckiness and other doldrums.

gawwwwwwwwwwwd i am dog tired but like i was saying---if i don't work me arse off in the next three weeks i may as well retire------i will probably be here every day in january----i plan on getting a lap top for the shop which is free internet {the uptown area is wireless,sooo cool!}----i am selling MANY ice molds---i must take a pic for you as they really are gorgeous=-===i will try to remember to take my camera to work =-----there was a party for the market people tonight so we could all finish our decorating---lots to eat and drink---quite festive-----------------sorry you are feeling like crap===most of you!!!! i wish i could help out---i think i may have to get my mother to mail chicken bones from maine!!@! ;the post office said i can't send Candy to the US!!!! i have done it before by calling it a book----THE PICS OF KIWIETTE WERE GORGEOUS-----too bad about the videotaping---i guess everyone around here just ignores the rules cause i have video of all the shows----makes sense though----just a big arse pain-=----how about you videotape her at home performing her songs???? gotta go to bed---------LOVE YOU ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL FAT AND ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

I think you should lose yourself in a mire of drinking then join AA. Everyone I know in AA met a nice husband.
Welcome back Painty. It's good to see you.
I'm eating sugar and G*d is punishing me. I will begin today to be on the straight and narrow.
My dog is on my nerves. My family is on my nerves. My job is on my nerves. I still like you guys.

I am missing Shots.

Kiwi is totally right that I wouldn't fit in at AA. I know they're normal as my friend is so normal and beautiful. She's a teacher. But I have no background in drinking. I actually took a sip of wine from the communion cup in an Episcopal church years ago and wasn't sure I could get back to my pew after. A SIP !!! Plus, I believe MANY of the AA-ers smoke. I hate smoking. Nobody hates it more than me.

I need 12 Steps for Goody-Two-Shoes.

Last night, my yoga class took a field trip to another yoga class. We went to a class taught by a woman who teaches in her home in her "yoga room." This room is over a multi-car garage and is as big as my house. Not kidding. My house is small but has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and such. She had cork floors, an assortment of pillows, blankets, mattresses, foam wedgie things for those who need the high-heel effect to squat. Was quite impressive. I love my yoga teacher so. She has none of that but has a gentle spirit and immense knowledge.

I am not kidding now .. Shots needs to come back here and post pictures of her wreath!!! NOW!! I am tired of waiting. Wonderful to see Painty back and for darling Bagz to join in. Since the tourists are not arriving on boats, who is she selling to? I want to get rich and go visit Bagz again. (Rich = have an income)

I is here, my most boadacious bovines! I am feeling a bit under the weather.. I have very bad ears and they are acting up..all clogged and painful..

I have pics of the wreath and my cwafty prwjects,,but must load some software,,since the laptop had crashed I forgot to load the G2 spot program..

The great Shotzarina has no words of wisdom to meet peoples..as I am in the same boat...in this foreign land of Nerth Caroliner...I joined the gym but people tend to sweat to themselves... hmmm our "best friends" are in recovery..one from drugs and one from alcohol...mighty fine people! They have been sober for 16 years... hmmm how about volunteer work cowie... I met lots of people when I was an EMT .. ?

Kiwi: Ihad a sharp pain in my hip when I was walking a great deal..worse when you press down on it..The doc said it was bursitis... I had to lay off it and take Alieve.. it worked ..pain gone. Maybe that's what you have?.. My friend Sue, who is single and in her 50s is very much in the Dog world.. She has Salukis and travels all about to shows and what not..she's met the majority of her friends that way... I am an old friend from where else...Work!

12 steps for Goody Two Shoes? I could join that! In my disfunctional family of origin that was always my label. Because I 1. Never got arrested for anything 2. All my children have the same father. 3. I married him. 4. Don't imbibe in illegal substances. Apparently I do all these things to make other ppl feel bad, even tho I never say a word to anyone else about the way they conduct their lives. This is why I'm not participating in my parent's Christmas Eve family gathering. I'm going to stop by early in the day to drop off my parent's gifts, then we're doing the immediate family and friends Christmas Eve party at our house. .... and of course I'll still feel guilty because I am woman, and a pox on me if I hurt anyones feelings. Bah. So I have issues. Whatya wanna make of it? :tantrum:

I'm wearing my slacks that fit perfectly 20 lbs. ago. They're polyester slacks, but good night nurse, they can only give so much. We go on the cruise Jan. 15th. Where will I find the next size up shorts in January? Then there will be all the dreaded picture taking they do onboard ship. Yikes.

Bagz, tell me about the ice molds.

Painty, no need to apologize, dear. We're just happy when you do stop in.

Ooop! Hi Schatzi! I almost missed you! sorry you've been under the weather.

OK. No body told me what Christmas CD to buy and now I've gone and thrown $15 away on a really bad cd- do not buy Elton John's Christmas Party. It's possibly the worst Christmas music ever except for a couple tracks that don't make my ears bleed. I hold you all responsible. Not really. It was an impulse buy at Starbuck's. That should teach me a lesson.

Oh pooor Wabby!!! Nothing worse than el crappo Christmas music...some of my favorites I got in the bargain bin... Der Bingle...(there's even a hawaiian Xmas tooo.Man a Hakalookie means merry Christmas blah blah) The Carpenters... Manheim Steamroller, I also like Bob Rivers Twisted Christmas Carols... Like Walkin Round in Womans Unnahwear ... from the I AM SANTA CD...

My ears still hurt..so what is DH subjecting me tooo???? Marilyn Manson 20 greatest hits...obviously not a Xmas CD... My old man taste in music runs to Coldplay, Linkin Park, Korn, Creed, Nickleback..where as mine runs to Captain and Tennille, Frank Sinatra, Enya.. Dean Martin and the 3 tenors...

I just returned from my first Step Aerobic class in 10 years. I was the Fattest Oldest Cow there.. sigh

I did not see Lush's so-very-sound-advice. I will pop into the kitchen and get the cooking wine. Barf. Just thinking about it is barfo.

The yoga teacher yesterday only played Kenny G Christmas stuff. Then when it was relaxation time, she played what I believe was belly dance music. My teacher said it was chants but .. didn't we used to have a belly dancing member??? I'm pretty sure we did.

hmmm...Goody 2 shoes...not me: my old Irish Grandpa, Capt John once told me

"Colleen (Yes, that's not my name) Ye'd give the deevil himself ulcers"

need I say more;)

i LOVE all of Amy Grant's christmas CD's----also like Kenny G and Roger Whittaker,Anne Murray,The Roches,i LOVE Kenny Loggin's cd---i have quite a collection---i also LOVE Vince Gill,Celine Dion's,and Bruce Cockburns and i LOVE the Chieftains----hmmmmmmmmmm-----i have Frank Sinata,Jack Jones, Tony Bennet,Loreena McKennit {to Drive the Cold Winter Away---a real favourite}-----i wouldn't have thought to buy Elton John Wabby---sorry i didn't answer quick enough----- i really do love Amy Grant though i must say---i think she has three christmas cds!!!xoxoox GOOD NIGHT!!! oh,i took shop pics,will load tomorrow! xoxox i am doing HOME displays in the morning!!

Oh, don't get me wrong, I've got nothing at all against AA folks; I just know that Peachie would feel very much out of place. It would be like my going to a meeting of recovering anorexics; I could not relate.

Oh my, I want to start an Events and Adventures club. I can't believe people will pay that much to have someone else plan their fun!

I can't even figure out where to put a tree in this dump. Last year we went to NC and didn't get a tree; the year before we didn't have a dog. I think the most appropriate place is in the dog pen (in the kitchen) with the gate closed and the dog outside it.

I don't have a favorite Christmas CD. Most of them don't thrill me. Alvin and the Chipmunks might be my favorite. :snowglo: I'm so deep.

The whole uptown area is wireless, Bagz? How cool!

Does everyone love all the new smilies? Someone requested a bunch of Christmas ones and boy, did Suzanne deliver!! :shocksn:

Hey, I should get some ice molds! There's something we have lots of -- freezing temps! Wow, is it ever cold today -- down to 9 degrees F last time I was in the car.

Bagz, you would have loved the show. They are going to do Jesus Christ Superstar for their Show Choir competition (that's where they do just a few of the songs from a production with some choreography, but the emphasis is on the choral quality). Then they are reviving the one-act play this spring for a competition festival (haven't done a dramatic play at the h.s. for years) and doing "Bang Bang You're Dead" which sounds hyper-emotional and difficult. Don't know if DD will be in that but I think she'll try out. She's already in Show Choir, but hasn't been assigned a solo yet.

Hi Lushie, I'm glad we're not on your nerves.

Peachie, you'll be glad to know that Jet is getting a little better, behavior-wise. Well, not perfect or anything, but better. She lost at least 2 baby teeth today. It was pretty funny -- she was standing with her head right in my lap chewing on a rubber toy and as she chomped down I watched a tooth just sort of peel off onto the toy. Most of them she eats, but I have collected 2. The astonishing thing is how fast the new teeth come in -- I expect to see them by tomorrow.

I have had bursitis before, debilitating bursitis, in my hip. This is different I think. I'm pretty sure it's arthritis. My mother has had both knees replaced, and my aunt has had her hips replaced. It's just a matter of time. But you're right, I shouldn't jump to conclusions, maybe I will actually visit a doc and have an x-ray.

Wab, I feel your pain. I used to get a raft of sh** just for being me. Then I stopped giving a sh**. Well, mostly, like you. I have a solution to your shorts problem on the cruise. I will take your place. You can stay home. Please, don't thank me, I live to serve.

Wow, that's some disparity between your and your DH's taste in music, Schotz!! He sounds like my DD...you sound like my sisters.

Peachie, cooking wine is, in fact, barf. You wanta start drinking, you will have to come back up north here and Bagz and I will take you under our wing. Right, Bagzie? I suggest straight scotch to start with, what do you think, Bagz?

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Do you think I will ever post this missive?

I took belly dancing in college. It wasn't my major.

I love the Roches. They have a Christmas album? I remember hearing one Christmas song from them. Great suggestions, Bagz. What else -- oh, that Springsteen song. Oh and Willie Nelson. Uh-huh, I did say that.

I'm done. I'm so hungry I'm going to either eat the dog treats on the desk in front of me or go get a snack. Oh yeah, the dog ate my homework today. Well, she ate 2 sheets of card stock I was going to print cards on.

Kiwi