Thanks Kimberley! sounds like you and the H man are getting back on track. You definitely did more cardio than I did today!

Goodevening! Almost morning... yikes, I'm sure not acting like a girl who has to be up at 6am!

Jen - your hair looks great! How did you get it all flippy and curly? I personally love short hair, and am also considering chopping mine off, there is something so refreshing, don't you agree?

Kimberley - sounds like you two are getting back into the swing of things. I went to coffee tonight as well! Mine was too good, latte with a shot of caramel, yummy!

Kykaree - a new gym sounds exciting! Call me a nerd, but such things I find exciting. I wonder how come we've never talked swimming, swimming was my life from like age 8-21. I think I swam nearly everyday for most of those years. I even coached for a little while... I should really find a pool!

Life gets so busy when my brother is in town, we hiked, did a lot of driving, went downtown to eat and have coffee... twas fun. I sure hope more spending of money occures tomorrow. Althought my bro did buy that size 14 skirt, the consensus is that it looks good on!

I am off to bed! Have a good one gals!

-Aimee

Aimee: I have natural curl, so if I just let it air dry, it gets really curly! So for this pic I dried it and used velcro rollers to smooth it a bit. When it's humid, it still has a mind of its own.

Kylie--that's cool about the new gym. And your old trainer sounds like such a sweetheart!

I am going to try to not waste today....I am going to get some exercise in, as well as clean house. I could so easily just sit and watch telly all day!! But that would be a bad use of my day. Plus, it is BEAUTIFUL here today!

Have a great day, y'all!

It's beautiful and sunny here, but inside sounds so much better than 12 °F...And the windchill makes it feel like 0°!) .

Just call me

Howie's gone into his brother's house to watch the Daytona 500 with his brothers, and I am holing up in my recliner with the dogs on my lap. The office is cold and the dogs are sooo warm. Emma didn't hesitate to crawl up on my lap with Sarah today. Her nose is cold.

I've not seen our newest kitty since the middle of the night, when she plopped next to me on the bed and proceeded to give herself a nice bath. Wonder where she's hiding. Somewhere near a heat register, I'd wager.

Hey, Kylee! I love getting new sneakers. You're kicking butt over there. Cool about the new gym. I like my gym, but I do get the impression that the trainers would rather hang out and read newspapers than really do anything (if they don't have a specific paying customer). they're supposed to be there to answer questions if they're not working with someone one on one.
A trainer isn't part of the membership, you have to pay extra.

I feel really bad, I attacked my UK fat chicks for bringing my period early, when it was Marge all along LOL!!!

heh heh. Brooklyn hormones wreaking havoc across the Atlantic!

Really cute cut, Jen! You look great in that pic.

It's cold here too, in the 20s. I did manage to make it to the Y this morning (which was practically abandoned). It's President's Day weekend here in the U.S. (we get Monday off), that could be part of the reason. You work that treadmill, Kimberley. I'm at about 3 right now.

Aimee, wow, fun with the bro. That's so cool he bought you that skirt! That must have felt like a real affirmation. Hope you do lots more shopping!!


Tonight's spaghetti night, then chillin out. Take it easy.

Aimee, here's a pic of Rob and me in Grand Central, with a friend of ours. I'm happy to say I've lost about 25lbs since this was taken.

Marge, do you have a larger picture? It's too leeeeettle, can't see details enough!

I exchanged pics for a bigger one, but I may have to rescan it. I think it's still a little pixelated.

thanks, Kimberley :-)

Here's another pic of Rob.

Okay, now I can see it better. I love your avatar shot, too! I think this is the first time I've seen your face.

Hi Gals!! I'm having a pretty rough day over here.. I got up for work, went to work until 12pm, and just haven't had energy for anything since. I think I came home, returned phone calls, and then jumped into bed while Josh and Ryan played video games... they did go get subway for us all, and after that they are playing more video games. It's freezing, and I'm tired... bad combo! I think we may hit the mall to shop a little more...we'll see!

Jen - I also have curly hair, but I straighten it... It's like ringlet curly at times too. I've always wanted straight hair.. it's less maintenance!

Kimberley - Its below freezing here... the house sounds much better to me as well. I may have to have ahot shower, I can't stand this chill!!

Marge - woohoo pics! I love pics! Rob does NOT look like what I pictured, he's not very tall. How tall are you though? I love the glasses, I've often considered getting fake frames, just because I like the look. You've got quite a skinny face for a chubby gal! I'm VERY jealous! That doesn't sound like a very nice compliment... but it really is. Rob looks like someone... but I cannot put my finger on it. I do hope we do more shopping, heh... I don't know if that'll happen. Fingers crossed!

Well I am off! I dunno what we are off to do, something maybe! Bye!

-Aimee

Hi Gals, Marge, your so pretty!!! Not that I ever thought you weren't just had no evidence that you were LOL

I had a good day yesterday, I had a nice swim, then we went out for Sunday lunch, I was a bit naughty and had dessert but I don't care!!! I'm just checking in before heading to the gym. Going to try and run/walk for 30 minutes today.

Morning ladies!

Marge--LOVE your avatar! It's nice to match a face to a name! And your Rob is a HOTTIE!

Kylie: I love swimming! I have a pool about 20 steps outside my front door, but it is too cold to swim in at the moment.

I had a lightbuld moment this weekend. I realized that THIS IS THE ONLY BODY I GET IN THIS LIFETIME, so I had better love it and take care of it!! Why on earth it took me 40 years to figure it out is beyond me!

Will check in later!

Whew, so many fabulous pictures being posted while I wasn't looking! Marge, my new glasses are very similar to yours--mine are a lighter brown, and I absolutely LOVE the style! Great taste And Jen, can I just say that your hair color is the color I had tried MANY times to find in a bottle! I LOVE that dark color with the tint of red to it (or at least that's how it looks on my monitor--hope that's right!). and of course, Miss Aimee's pictures are always some to be jealous of Kimberely, any luck with pics of the new fur babies?? I'm only working half a day today, so maybe I will do some posing and picture-posting this afternoon as well

So yeah, we were supposed to have the day off today, but our giant, evil,money-grubbing corporation decided that in order to increase revenue, they would "allow" us to work on this holiday (such a privilege! ) in order to increase the number of hours billed to our clients for the fiscal year (which ends March 31). How nice of them, right? But I decided to take up the offer since it means I'll get to take the 8 hours of holiday pay anytime after March 31, which will come in handy for Julie's wedding in April and the party in CT in May

This weekend was pretty good--I had a little hissy fit on Friday afternoon because I had told Jeff during the day that the movie I wanted to go to was at 5:20. Well, he got home around 4 and just sat at his computer and played his stupid game that he plays for hours on ened every single day, and 5:20 came and went without so much as a peep. I went in the bedroom and layed on the bed and watched tv (through teary eyes) for over an hour before he even came in (and I NEVER close a door or watch tv in the bedroom, so you'd think he would have noticed something was up). He asked what was wrong, but I told him nothing since it was really just me getting worked up about stuff and not really him doing anything wrong. We went to the mal to buy gifts for his 2 younger cousins, and while we were at dinner, I complained about how much he plays his computer game. He said he would play less That made me very happy because of course, in my mind, it had blown up to thoughts of not wanting to be with him because if he couldn't even make time for me, how could he make time for a family? And my gosh, if he has his stupid computer game and maybe some porn, then what does he need me for--to make his lunch and dinner? I don't think so! It's amazing how out-of-control thoughts can get when left to fester in my head

But I'm better now. I had regained my grasp on reality and reason I told him on Saturday about my estimated timeline (that I want to start trying to have kids before I'm 30, and be married 2 years before trying, and be engaged at least a year before marrying, so I'd like to be engaged before I turn 26). I asked him if he though that being engaged at 25 was unreasonable, and he said no. We'll both be 24 soon (him in April, me in July), so there's hope yet

Diet-wise, I ate too much this weekend and ended the week with a daily calorie amount of 1965 for the week. I should still be able to lose slightly at that amount (I should be okay below 2000), but I'd like for that number to be around 1800 or less, so here's to a fresh week!

Hi girls... well so much for me getting a post in everyday! Same old work excuse for the beginning of last week, then we had a HUGE snowstorm on thursday (they even shut down my work at 1pm and paid us to leave!!) then Sam and I went to look at a house with our realtor on Friday night. We were in this house for 2 hours! We made arrangements to see it again on Sunday at noon so we could have our dad's look at it too, cuz what do we know about houses right!?!! Well both Dad's, Sam's Grandpa and my mom all liked it and approved, so we're putting an offer in tonight! So I haven't slept decent since Friday! I'm so excited/nervous/anxious... just plain freaking out! I'm trying to stay calm, hopefully the seller dosen't reject our offer. There's work to be done on the cosmetic details of it but it's really cute. It's about 80-100 years old with the original [I]unpainted[I] woodwork, 1250 sq ft story and a half. We're only going to give them 24 hours to accept the offer. Offering a really low-ball offer but as-is... no contingancies or inspection so it's worth a shot!

It's so nice to "see" everyone... the pic's are great! I don't have a digital camera or scanner so I don't have anyway of showing myself off too.

I think I'm going to scrapbook some Lexi pics today to get my brain off this house stuff. And I have to do the evil grocery shopping too. UUGH, I hate grocery shopping.

Please send us some good house buying vibes!

Sara: Here are your good house vibes!~~~~~~~~~~~~

Jill: If there's one thing I have learned about men, it is that you have to hit them on the head with a clue-by-four!! I know it is like us womenfolk to stay quiet and see if they remember things (kinda like playing a game), but it's more effective if we made our wishes known. For instance, the situation you have described has happened in my first marriage and in my relationship with Alan as well. I'm better equipped to handle it now (being older and all!). Now, rather than play the "game", I say, "Love, we need to be out of the house and on the road by six o'clock in order to be ontime." It saves a lot of resentment and tears on my part if I keep him informed. It took me a long time to learn that men aren't mindreaders! (Although it is extremely difficult to hide anything emotionally from Alan--he KNOWS me all too well!)

It's funny, Howie's the one who has to voice the (mostly) gentle reminders to me about getting out of the house for plans. But I agree, you can't just sit back and assume he's going to come up for air from the game and snap to it.

Oh, Sara, good house vibes, definitely! : : I remember how excited we were when house hunting. Our house was vacant for a few years, but faithfully maintained by the daughters; once we'd decided on this one, I took all kinds of photos inside with the realtor, plus we came back later and I snuck into the back yard and took pictures.

I have such an itch to get a new house, even though I do love our place. It would be so nice to be farther away from our neighbors' homes, and to have woods around us; I miss all the woods-inhabiting birds.