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Hope you can see these!!
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Okay One pic is me on my B-day, The second one is me and my dad and the group photo is (From left to right) My mother, My cousin, Me My uncle in the back and My aunt. Enjoy!!
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Here's a few more!!
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The first one is me and my friend. The second is me and My cousin.
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Hi people. Just been busy and haven't been able to post, though I have been glancing at all the posts. Thanks for all your kind words about the cat. They made me feel a lot better. She is home with me now, after a few days at the vet. The eye is gone...all white..so she's blind in it. She's on antibiotics and I'm putting salve in the eye socket where it's still badly inflamed and swollen but already looks much better. She is an very affectionate little thing, not even a year old it seems. I think I remember back when there were a bunch of kittens at this place in the spring. I guess she was one of them, probably the only one that survived. A girl there was feeding her but they don't ever even think of taking an animal to a vet. So, any little cut or scratch, which is what this probably started as, can kill, as it would have her, if I hadn't stepped in and taken her away. It's not outright cruelty but it's total neglect. If it's not starving animals, it's this kind of thing. It is all over Japan, especially outside the cities and it is really the one reason why I will never like this country, truly like it. There is a tiny minority who pamper their animals, but even that is often until the animals are of no more interest or become a burden. But because they don't believe in putting them to sleep, most animals are just brought to pounds or abandoned. And the pounds suffocate them with CO2 so it is really a slow and horrible death, often in cages with injured and pain-crazed other animals. There are no shelters here to speak of, just one started by a British woman down near Osaka. Okay, I don't want to go on...I only hope not too many animals find me, because I can't take them in. I know I am closing my eyes by not being an activist about it..but...
My monitor is on the fritz and about to die I know it but I still keep typing away because it's all I have. I just hope it stays alive until I can find another one. My computer is so old I can only get a used old monitor that will work with it I think. I hate the way computers keep changing so fast and you can't just buy new bits and pieces because nothing works anymore. Damn! Dips -- Glad to hear from you. I was wondering where you were. Your pictures are great and you look utterly fantastic. What a cool-looking lady you are! I am jealous. I look like a dork... :lol3: Kempy -- It's cold here, I guess a lot colder than where you are. The water pipes freeze at the riding club and the ground so sometimes you can't ride as the horses can injure themselves. It's been dry so it only froze one morning. If we get rain then it knocks me out of action sometimes for a week because of the frozen ground. And, glad to hear you're doing well on WW. Keep up the good work! mele -- You know, I wonder what that lady was doing that she could possibly lose for 16 weeks straight? :eek: Not eating much I guess. Sounds fishy. Thanks, too, for the warm words about the cat. As you can see from above, she is doing fine, minus an eye, and it's such a shame as she's so pretty, all white with blue eye(s). And so young...makes me sick but she seems still happy enough. Sorry to hear about your injury. How is your knee and foot now? What exactly is the matter? Sorry, I'm sure you've explained all this before. angie -- Yeah, don't give a toot about one little old pound. Just keep doing what you've been doing, at least for a few more weeks, then see if you need to cut back a bit or up your exercise. You've been doing sooo well! :yes: And yeah, that is total BS about the cat. Look, you HAVE to learn to lie. Like you said, the bad people will lie and get the animal. So you have to learn to lie too in order to save the animal from the evil ones! Ok?! jbbm -- hi there! Glad to have you back. Hope you're feeling better, out of your slump. I am or was quite low but feel better now. Don't ever worry about how you look bowling, or anywhere really! As long as you had fun, that is ALL that matters! Cherie -- I don't know if I'm a saint or a fool but I couldn't just let the poor thing die and I couldn't pretend she wouldn't. Thank you for your support! :hug: People keep saying she's lucky and I couldn't understand how they could say that because she has lost an eye, but they kept telling me that she would have lost her life as well, so I guess I can see it that way. Still, I chide myself for not having done something sooner. I didn't think the eye would get this bad. I suppose it's like what angie just went through with Tinky. :( Well, I hope that gets me somewhat caught up. Cal, where are you? I didn't see a post from you. Okay, all, take care and see you soon! :sumo: |
Good Morning girls!! Dips, You are looking great girl!!! I love the pics.
Red, I am so happy to hear that the kitty is doing well. I was worried about her. Have you named her yet? Are you keeping her? It is so nice to hear that there are people out there who really care about animals. Not much happening here today. I gotta work so that should be fun. I found a Ragdoll kitten for sale near my house but I am not sure I really have the money to get her right now. She is the cutest thing in the world though and she is my dream cat. They got their names because they go totally limp (like a ragdoll) when you pick them up. She is a seal bicolor female. She has the coloring of Meanie Beanie my himmy/maine coon mix. The kittens would love to play with her I bet. :lol: They tear through this house so fast. Last night in bed Teddy kept attacking my feet. He was trying to bite my toe. |
I'm still alive and well. At least I'm better now. Still have a wicked cough, but it shouldn't hang on too much longer.
Back to school tomorrow. I don't mind. The sooner it starts, the sooner it'll be over and we'll be on our way to Paris!!! So far, I've booked our apartment for 5 days in Paris, the rental car, and hotels (3 is all). My BIL goes home on Wed. and though it was nice to have him here, it will be nice to be alone again. :devil: The house looks great. I love the colors he put in here. I'll post some pics soon. He painted every room except the two bathrooms upstairs. I feel like I have a new house again. Last week we went up north to Monument Valley. It was absolutely gorgeous. I'll post some pics from there soon as well. We also went over to Four Corners. I've already got this week's lesson plans done, but I'll still need to go in early tomorrow because I've got to make some copies and I'm sure I won't be the only one. Red: I echo what everyone else has said; that is, that kitty was so lucky that you found her. You are an angel. Dips: My daughter saw your pics when I was looking at them. She said you are a 'hot girl'. You look beautiful and you have a very lovely family as well. Angie: I'm so glad you are doing so well. You have been and will always be an inspiration to me. Noelle: How is your knee? I don't remember when you said you start therapy, but I'm sure you will do great. Michael is such a cutey; his gingerbread house was adorable. Cherie: It really sounds like you had a great time skiing. I've never been skiing, but I have hung out at a ski resort here in AZ once. Kempy: I think for awhile your temps there in LA were warmer than they were here. We're above normal now (in the mid 70's), but we're supposed to be around the mid 60's. I does get cold at night, but so far no dew or frost. Julie: I'm so glad you're back; you were missed greatly. I hope everything is going well for you. Here's some AZ sun. :sunny: Have a great week everyone. Cal |
Hello My Gurlz!!
Cal- Give your girl a big kiss for me and tell her I said thanks for the compliment. it tickled me to death :lol: I never did make it to Paris. I bet it's beautiful there! Have fun when you go. Meanwhile my friend and I are planning a tropical getaway around spring break time! Yeah Sun!:beach:
J- How are you, love. I been thinking about you a lot lately. When you're not your bubbly self I'm short a few bubbles myself so let us get our bubbles back soon, okay :bubbles: YAY bubbles. Angie- You should just open up a zoo. You are crazy about animals. God bless you for it. Even though I love Niko to pieces, he is a handfull. I can't imagine a whole housefull plus kids!?! You are a saint. Red- I cannot imagine one with a spirit as lovely as yours looking like a dork. You are so silly! But you do wonders for my ego. Thanks :D Noelle I know you'll do well in therapy. I'm rooting for you, girl. Hi Kempy- How's everything going in sunny louisianna? BTW I may be hitting you up soon for som more of that mix. Mom LOVED it :D Okay, I gotta find some new sneakers for when I start running again. TTYL! |
Hi Girls!
I am totally back on track, had a healthy breakfast-oatmeal and a banana. I even took a walk on Saturday and on Sunday about two miles each! I went with the dog one time but she kept wanting to smell and stop so the other time she stayed home and I used both arms to power walk. Although holding on to her uses some upper body strength. Got lots of fruits and veggies from the grocery store this weekend so I should be set with that. Yesterday I baked a ham and made a glaze with brown sugar. So now I can make some healthy leftovers with it for a couple of days. Dips you are looking GREAT! Where are thinking about taking your Spring Break? Fun! Noelle I hope therapy goes well today. I hope it helps! Cal your Paris trip sounds like it is going to be wonderful. I like the idea of the apratment rental. Glad you are happy with the house, can't wait to see the pictures. Angie did you get the kitty? Cherie did you have a nice weekend? How was Harry Potter? Hi Kempy! 25 degrees? Almost like here. Hi Red! Gotta run, late for an appointment, LOL. Check back later |
Sorry I didn't post yesterday. It was beautiful outside so I worked in the yard all day. I am so sore now. I guess I never realized how much I worked in the yard. Well even though it isn't official I have lost 5.5lbs so far on WW. It may be water weight but it is weight. I don't care. I go for the weight in Wednesday morning. Joe just doesn't see how I am losing weight with all of the food I am eating. I just eat LOTS more veggies and that fills me up. At least for a little while.
Dips you look great. I bet you guys had a blast. I can't wait until I can wear shirts that cute. Julie don't think we are as cold as you guys now. It is in the 70's right now and wont get colder for the next week. BLAH! I know I say I hate the cold weather but I would like to have somewhat of a winter. It is like a summer day today. When I walk with the girls they are always wanting to stop too so I am canstantly dragging them forward. Red I would never think you guys would get that cold. We have people freezing pipes here too. We really aren't prepared for winter down here so if it gets bad people have a hard time with it. Cal I can't wait to see your house. I am so jealous too, Paris! Is it me our are we not really having a winter this year. Do you guys usually stay this warm? Angie what's up in the kitty department? I would love to have another cat but Spart would hate me even more. He is still mad at me about the dogs and we have had them for 4 years. He holds a grudge. :D Noelle do tell about the therapy. I wonder if I will have to do that for all of the weight lifting I have done. I am sure I have done some sort of damage to my knees. I was just trying to squat as much as I could thinking it was cool. |
Hi girls, I'm just back from PT and am having my lunch: Subway 6" sub-club on roasted garlic w/baked BBQ Lays potato chips and a diet coke :T.
First things first! Dips, you are so fly! I'm not afraid to tell you so. Girlfriend, you look great! Your dad and mom make a good combination ;) I can't get over how young they are and look too. So where is this tropical getaway you're heading too? Down south to the Bahamas? :cool: Kempy, that is a great 1st week--and hey, water weight is weight too, it affects the scale so it definitely counts. Isn't it great how you can eat a lot and still lose? There are some weeks where I felt I didn't do so good, but when I weighed in I lost more than I expected--those are the weeks when I say "how the heck did that happen? :lol: Julie, I think we will all be able to keep each other on track with this positive vibe flowing through everyone :strong: You are very sweet sharing your pup with your FIL. How are your kiddos doing? Are they back in school? Angie, your kittens must be so big by now. Are they still crazy rambunctious like before? I miss that with my cats. All of ours are getting old...except Leppy, but he doesn't really like to play with humans :lol: He bugs the heck out of Whiskas though (his adopted mom). I went to the Humane Society yesterday and I swear I wanted to bring home this 20+ lb black and white fluffy cat. She was huge and such a big baby. I pet her on my lap for a good 30 minutes while she drooled down my leg. Red did you name your new cat? I'm happy to hear that despite her injuries she seems happy enough. At least with you she has regular food and water and a place to call home. As far as my knee injury, i fell off a chair back in Sept. and landed on my right knee/hip but never went to a dr. for it. That's on top of some previous problems with my foot :rolleyes:. When I started walking regularly for exercise in Nov. I guess it aggravated the injury. Cherie, how was your weekend? If you saw Harry Potter, what did you think? I am a huge HP geek so I must've saw Goblet of Fire about 5X (3X in the theater, the rest on a pirate DVD :sssh: ) OK, so my PT guy is kinda cute, that should make therapy a little more bareable. I have to see him 3x a week and he said I can still go walking, just not as much. I have to lessen the time to 30 minutes then ice my knee down afterwards, then if everything feels ok, I can increase my walk 15 minutes, icing it down after I'm done. He gave me a knee (jumpers?) strap so I can see if that helps. I'm gonna really have to watch what I eat and journal my food if I can't walk like I normally do. I'm not gonna let this derail me :no: Rick is planning another trip to Vegas for next month. The neighbor boxer kid Brian Viloria is having a bout at the Aladdin President's Day weekend so Rick and my BIL and maybe some other friends are going up to watch. I am a little envious, but that's ok....my sis will be going for a dental convention in October so i'm planning on going there with her--without him. I should be a size or two smaller by then so I can do some more clothes shopping :carrot: Anyways....I should start on getting some work done around here--it's only 1:30 p.m.! :lol: Chat later. :wave: |
Wasssaaaaaaapp!!
Hello all...
First off thanks for the compliments, you guys. You all make my days brighter:D Hopefully by the time spring break rolls around I'll be bearing my midriff. In an effort to bust my goal wide open I went to discoveryhealth.com and registered for the 2006 weight loss challenge! YAY. Along with the free registration comes a free 8-week membership to Bally's. So my goal is to drop the last of my excess weight at no cost to me :D I THINK ICAN I THINK I CAN. I'm so silly :crazy: TTYL |
Hey girls. I just finished my measly 30 minute walk. I parked my car in the outlet mall and walked around the neighborhood there. 30 minutes! Sheesh, I feel like I'm depriving myself! I wanna go longer... but I have to follow drs. orders. I came home and iced my knee down so now I'm sitting on my butt saying hi to you guys :)
Dips, you go girl! I know you will get that goal by summer. 8 weeks with access to some good eqiupment can work miracles. We don't even have a Bally's here in Hawaii, so that sucks. I am sort of wrapping my mind around the idea of joining a gym for working out. I have to tend to my old knees first though. Did ya get that email I sent ya about Home Depot? :lol: Gross huh? So where are the rest of ya hiding? come out and chat! I have to weigh in today and I'm praying for a maintain and not a gain. My scale at home says I'm the same as I was last week so that's good :crossed: Will post results later. |
why is my signature line missing? is anyone elses?
edit: OK, that's just weird... check out my above post, no siggie. This one has one. |
I am here. I had to go sit at the salon for a little bit this morning. I brougth a few cookbooks though so I could find something to have for dinner. I am going to make Teriyaki pork stif-fry. I got it out of a Pampered Chef cookbook that has lite meals so I am good in the points department. Ok, I know you aren't supposed to get on the scale everyday but I couldn't help it. I am up 1.5lbs now. What is up with that. I stayed below the points yesterday so I was feeling pretty good until I stepped on. Not certain what that means but I hope it is gone by the morning. I have to weight in first thing.
Dips did you ever say where you are going for Spring Break? Joe and I are going on a cruise in April, maybe we will be in the same place. Then you will be able to get one of your new years resolutions. :D Angie what's up girl? You have been kind of quiet latly. Red how is the little kitty doing? Noelle so I guess now that the PT is cute you have to make sure your legs are shaved. :devil: :lol: Hi to everyone else. I need to have my snack or I will binge at dinner so I will be back. |
Kempy, (re: shaving my legs) WORD! :lol: Ugh, last night after karate lessons Rick, Michael and I were eating at a local sushi joint. I was enjoying my dinner when this trashy looking girl comes in and heads straight to Rick and plants a kiss on his cheek,then rushes away. I turn toward him and ask, who's that? (This chick was dressed real skimpy like, w/overprocessed hair, and a big old tattoo on her left boob)...he said it was a bartender from some place he used to go, then he makes sure to say that he doesn't think she works there anymore (wherever "there" is)... anyway, I told him, "maybe you should tell her you won't be seeing her anymore"--did i tell you guys he got caught for DUI? So he's supposed to be trying to quit drinking (again). But I told him not to worry about me being jealous about 'her' since earlier that day I had a cute guy feeling up my legs :devil: :lol:
Hey, regarding the scale? Don't you worry about it. You may find that the WW center's scale is different than yours at home. For example, my scale said I had a maintain since last week. Butwhen I weighed in today, the center's scale said I was down 2.2 lbs! :carrot: I am totally amazed because I had such a hard time this past week, not being able to walk as much and all...I was having a little pity party for myself about how my body's been falling apart, and giving in to the munchies a little once too often--BUT! For the most part, I stayed OP and I guess those WW points works. I absolutely love it! I am sooo close to my 1st short-term goal I just know I'm gonna get there and then some. :strong: :drill: Angie, yeah what Kempy said. Hope you're doing alright out there. Hope your computer didn't die on ya. Hope the rest of you can come out and shoot the bull with us :lol: |
Hi people. I should be working on two stories that are long due but I am procrastinating something awful. Just can't get started. I need the money desperately...perhaps that is why. I should just whip 'em out...ugh. I hate when I get paralyzed like this. Please, people, send me energy to break out of my paralysis!
I was thinking yesterday, well, feeling yesterday just how nervous I get about things sometime, especially things out of the ordinary and when I know something must be done. Even if it's a great thing, a good thing, and perhaps even more so then, I get so scared like, like stage fright. It's not about appearing in front of people or anything...I don't know. I have felt and realized this often before...it's the reason when I'm doing well with losing weight that I often start stuffing myself and put the weight back on. Fear of success? I don't know. It's not really a fear, actually. It's more just nerves it seems like. Sigh. I guess I just need to calm myself down with lots of soothing inner talk... Kemp -- Well, I think you answered your question about "what is up with that?" when you preceded it with "I know you aren't supposed to get on the scale everyday..." Unless you're a masochist, stay off the scale! You have to learn to gauge your success by your efforts, not the results. If you don't see results OVER TIME, then you will have to reassess your efforts. Often times I know I feel like I'm doing tons of work and putting in tons of effort but really I'm not, not productive meaningful effort. This mostly happens with work though, not weight loss... ;) The kitty is back at the vet's to be spayed. I am worried about her because it is so soon and of course her eye hasn't healed (what is left of it) but the vet thought it was a good idea since she is already on antibiotics for the eye and would have to go on them again for the neutering. I started getting afraid yesterday she was already pregnant, though I think it is just her stuffing herself with food the past few days that has made her so distended. I hope she is okay. She should be. After all, it's just a simple spaying operation, not open-heart surgery. She had gotten very lively over the past few days and I am at a loss as to how to keep her. She woke me up at 3 a.m. yesterday because I don't have space for a big-enough cage to keep her in that has a litter box. My cats go out and the cat door is always open so I can't let her run. Even if she was spayed, I can't let her out with the eye the way it is in a new area. Anyhow...too many worries...this is largely the reason I am finding it so hard to work. Since she is not here for today..I can get these stories started and DONE! I had the chance to work today doing a substitute shift for someone but had to cancel that to do these stories. Damn, and I soooo need the money. Still, I didn't really want to go in to that hated office, especially after I lost my temper with people on Monday. I get so sick of the way no one really talks, everyone wants pleasantries and quiet when there are things going down in your life that mean you don't or can't always be pleasant and/or quiet. I am surrounded by guys like this, heck, this IS Japan and the foreigners here tend to be this type. What am I doing here?!?! Someone get me out!!! As for the cold, lots of Japan gets tons and tons of snow. When you say, "you guys," do you mean Tokyo or Japan? This year is especially bad with people dying in it. Tokyo gets snow but very little. The temperature here usually hovers around freezing this time of year. I go further north a lot where my horse is and it's colder there. The temperature falls below zero every day but goes above it every day as well. mele -- Hope your weigh-in goes well but remember what I just said to Kemp. As for Bally's, I don't have one either! :lol: and that offer isn't even good outside of the States. That would be so awful having to hold back on exercise. But, yes, follow doctor's orders. If you don't, you could risk not being able to even do that much. Are you allowed to swim? If so, you could get more exercise in that way. As for the cat, no, I didn't name her. Check out the part under Kempy's name for more info....I can't keep her probably and so don't want to name her, but.... ******** Ok, I just saw your new post as I was typing this....Great going on the weight loss! Ahhh, to have a bit of encouragement like that when you really need it....how great is that? Rick is your husband, right? I get totally lost on all these names....wow, I would have been seriously ticked if some chick came in and did that! :eek: What goes? Talk about sluts..what the h@ll?!?!? Hmmm....hope things are okay with you guys and all...my last (no, two boyfriends ago) was a boozer and a womanizer and I just had enough with it all....when he was finally out of my life and it took some doing to do that....don't go digging around my place....just kidding!!!....I was soooo happy he was gone...I felt such tremendous relief that I didn't have to put up with the shite anymore. I hope you are not in such a situation, of course. And, yeah, signatures are missing.. Dips -- I don't know if I look like a dork or not actually. I feel like one, living amidst all these anorexic, tiny people and I don't have any clothes because I have no money. The young Japanese dress like total sluts these days. Really, I mean that. Those are not just my words. They are words of a young British co-worker, who just got back from a trip home to England. It is true. You should see them. This too does not help my feeling like a dork. Women here are supposed to look ultra cute like cartoon characters or like porn stars. I really am sick of it and know it takes its toll. The foreign women I know here tend to be wimpy and unsure of themselves. Then there are the Russian bar hostesses, Filipino and Thai dancers who are just here to make money and are totally looked down on by the very people who pay money for them or old white women who have been here for donkeys' years and do the submissive Japanese housewife thing (not that Japanese housewives are submissive but there is that prototype). Then there are the dippy younger white women come here to be "English teachers," who haven't been here long and are doing the I-love-Japan (even though I don't know a thing about Japan 'cept for what I've learned in the movies)-and-want-Japan-to-love-me thing. They have no strong sense of themselves or suppress it..probably the former, as they are young and inexperienced....and it is soooo boring. I almost never see any black women here, from any country, although there are lots of African guys, mostly from Ghana and Nigeria. I would so love to have some strong, cool women (cool to me means OPENLY opionated and unafraid of saying, "heh, that sucks!" :lol3: ) here to hang out with. Can you come over real soon? Sigh. Ok, enough of the babble. This always happens in the morning with the caffeine buzz. You CAN get your midriff bareable in 8 weeks. Easily! It's not far away for you! jbbm -- Hi there. Glad to hear you're back on track. Hope you can keep up the good work! :yes: cal -- Good to hear from you and thank you for the nice words. I hope you're feeling better real soon. So, when exactly is your trip to gay Paree? Have you been there before? Do you have friends there? How is your French? angie -- How are you doing? That is so weird with the Ragdolls. How can they breed them to go limp. I see this picture of the Peanuts guy carrying the cat around. Who was that? Was it Lucy who always had the cat draped over her shoulder or someone else? A cat biting your toe at night?!?! I think they would be in for a swift kick...and I don't mean intentionally, but while I'm sleeping. Poor thing. I always have my three under the covers with me and I have more or less learned to sleep without moving, like a mummy or something. Cherie, you out there? How are things? My friend is training for her second run in the LA Marathon now. Are you still in it for your race? Ok, all. Anyone I missed, a big hello to you! Gotta run. Hope all is well with everyone! Ciao for now! :wave: |
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