Hi Girls.

Angie Great job!! So what is on your splurge menu today? Last night I had my splurge treat of the weekend, I made peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip bars. Now no more desserts for a week for me. Yesterday the field trip was to a vets. It was pretty neat. How is the new kitty feeling, is her tummy better yet? Stay warm over there.

Noelle sorry about Pink Panther. A kids movie on a Friday night....I have many of those, lol. Last night I started to watch one of my Netlix Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo and watched about half of it but then watched the end of Dancing with the Stars, so I think I am going to put it in and watch the rest of it. It is that kind of silly humor but I like it. I also have Anger Management that looks pretty good. I like Adam Sandler movies. Btw I think Easter is April 16th this year. I am up for an Easter challenge with you and Angie. I am going to only set a five to ten pound goal and see what I can do. Gotta start small!

Cal I love your list. You have been to many great places. I am boring, I have only lived in one place! I hope your blood pressure is back to normal and you are feeling better today.

Red I am not losing as fast as I would like to. But I am trying. Everyone has the right to whine.

Cherie, I hope you have a nice dinner today! Have fun.

Kempy what is up for the weekend?

Dips hon, school got you busy? Miss you.

Well got to go see what the sassy dog is up to:D. Have a great weekend everyone.

Hi girls, I just finished watching Truly, Madly, Deeply (thanks surfdreams for the recommendation). You're right, it was so sad/funny and poignant. *sigh* I like Alan Rickman even more now. I can imagine Nina's grief after losing a loved one so suddenly. It was beautifully acted. Maybe I'll watch Four Brothers tonight if we don't go out again.

Julie, I liked those silly Deuce Bigalow movies too, especially since Rob Schneider makes those "filipino" references in the film..... :lol: MMMMm, peanut butter oatmeal bars sound so good right now. :T

Whew, I need to get some exercise today. I ate an 8 point breakfast (1 egg on a crumpet with turkey coldcuts and clover sprouts and a slice of cheddar) _ an orange... then I had an 8 point lunch....a turkey sandwich with some split pea and ham soup. I am so stuffed! I don't know why I feel like eating so much today. I have about 10 points left for the rest of the day which should be sufficient. I need to get out and walk though, I feel so sluggish. What I really wanna do is curl up in bed and take a nap. It's a cool and cloudy day here and well, it's nice and quiet. I wonder if I can sneak a couple of hours in? :tired:

Hi all. Early morning here and I'm stuck with an unfinished story. Damn. I hate that. Just have NO interest in writing this and I have left it to the very, very last minute. It's not even for much money and it's been hanging over my head for weeks, now ruining the last couple days because I stay home but still can't bring myself to get it done! Well, it's now or never and I will make deadline! :mad:

Good Morning Everyone! It's Monday AGAIN.. geeze.. they just keep coming don't they?

I had a great weekend, lots of time spent over at Alan's. Friday night he made me a wonderful dinner, grilled swordfish with wasabi mashed potatoes, french bread and a great spring salad with gogenzola cheese and a raspberry vinigrette. Too bad I couldn't eat the salad... it got caught up in my QH. And I brought chocolate cake for dinner.. that along with a bottle of wine.. and well, it was great!

Saturday the girls and I went back over to Alan's and we made dinner for 8 of our friends who came over that night... we also watched the Wedding Crashers.. I didn't get to see all of the movie.. but it looked really funny.

Yesterday we we just lazy.... :-)

Red.. Hope you got that story finished! Good Luck!

Noelle.. Looks like I need to rent that movie. I don't think I've ever heard about it before, but if Alan Rickman is in it.. I should watch it. Also.. about Curious George.. I think my girls would like it, but i am not a big Will Ferrell fan... so I don't know if I could sit through it or not.

Julie... Yum on the pb oatmeal bars.. YUM.. they sound halfway healthy... :-)

Angie... WTG on the weight loss.. you are doing fantastic! I'll be with you on the Easter Challenge. I am trying to incoporate more exercise in my everyday life. Right now, I am so restricted about what I can eat.. that the diet isn't really the problem, but the exercise is... so I will work on that to help me lose some weight!

Cal... it looks like you love Cary Grant too.. isn't he great.. I love those movies. I watched Father Goose about a month ago.

Dips and Kempy.. hey girls how are you doing?

OK.. I need to get busy here.. I will be off and on here this week. Tomorrow I have to drive to Dallas, Wednesday I have all day training and drive home that evening. Thursday I work, and Friday we get up very early and are going to Colorado.. so I won't be online all weekend after that until next Tuesday when I am back at work. So... I'll check in this week when I can!

Talk to you all soon!

Good morning girls. We had a somewhat relaxing weekend. I watched so many movies, 2 in the theaters (Curious George, then the Pink Panther yesterday). and the 2 DVD's. I got "Brothers" (a Danish drama) not "Four Brothers" (Mark Wahlberg) like I thought I was getting--although 4 Bros. is next in my queue :lol:. My sis cooked dinner for us yesterday, a big crock pot of butterfish and pork laulau, it was so good.

Cherie, Alan sounds like such a gourmet chef! You're so lucky. I know you can cook too though from the sounds of it. I love wasabi in my mashed potatoes :flame:. Sounds like you have a very busy week ahead of you, drive safely and don't work too hard ;) (now I've got that Donna Summer song in my head...she works hard for the money... :lol: )

Red, did you make your deadline? I am such a procrastinator as well. I have this thing about making things "perfect", and if I can't devote all my attention to it then I don't want to do it at all...what usually happens is that I have to scramble at the last minute and come out with something mediocre that I'd be embarrassed to put my name too. I know, not much help am I? But I just wanted you to know that I have those days too :hug:

I'm off to the eye doctor today. 2006 is my year for making me as healthy as I can be :strong: Hope my vision didn't get worse! :lol:

Have a good one everybody, hope to see you all come out and post!

p.s. Cherie, good job on your weight loss progress! 7 lbs is awesome!!! i know that QH sucks but it does have a positive side :)

Hi Girls, Good Morning!

Cherie, that dinner sounds so so good. It sounds like a meal from an elegant restaurant. I see your ticker is moving, great job! Btw I just saw Wedding Crashers and it was really funny.

Noelle we had a movie weekend too. Went out and saw Hoodwinked. And watched the rest of Duece Bigalow. Hope those eyes of yours are staying sharp!

Red I hope the story got done.

I have to go out and look for something for my husband. I got him a card but no gift yet. I am just stumped for ideas. He may just end up getting a card and I am going to make a nice dinner of steaks, shrimp cocktail, and lobster tails. That sounds good enough to me:) . Check back later on, I have a ton of things to get done! Have a great day everyone.

Hey guys. Sorry I was MIA over the weekend. We had a work crawfish boil here at the house so I was busy with that all weekend. You know, cleaning b4 and after everyone comes over. It was really weird though b/c it was super cold. It just felt really weird eating crawfish in winter gear. They were really good though.

I don't have time to really post I just wanted to let you guys know that I was still alive. I'll pop on later.

Surf dreams where in LA did you live?

Noelle.. Alan and I both love to cook... but Friday night's dinner was definately special! I hope your eyes are still doing good! I just have glasses for the computer or for reading.. so far, I haven't needed them for anything else.. but I can tell I am getting older and things are not as sharp as they used to be. Sigh.. I hate getting old.

Julie.. Good luck on figuring out Valentines day for your hubby. I ordered Alan a set of DVD's made by Warren Miller. He is such an awesome documentary person.. he does stuff on snow and skiing and stuff.. they are so much fun to watch and to listen to. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...v=glance&n=130 that is what he got. :-)

He was supposed to drive with me to Dallas tomorrow, but now he can't. He has too much work to do before Thursday, so I will be spending Valentine's Day alone. I won't even be with my girls.. so that kinda sucks... but I am not going to mope about it.. Once I get to my hotel tomorrow, I plan on working out and then dying my hair. So.. the night won't be wasted. I'll also try to find a nice place for dinner.. if I can get in.. it's going to be BUSY!

My ticker is moving.. and it will move once again tomorrow!!! That is my official weigh in... and I know I've lost a little more than my 7 pounds.. so I am almost to my first 25% goal... Yes.. the QH is good for something!

Well.. I guess I need to get back to work! I'll talk to you ladies later!

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone! Stay out of the CHOCOLATE! :D So far, I have managed to only have three hershey peanut butter kisses for Valentine's Day. Here at work, they have a huge box of chocolate sitting out, but I will resist. I am up a pound from yesterday (too much canned soup for lunch and dinner I think) so my weigh in is sitting at 3 pounds this week... so my total for this first goal is currently at 7.5 pounds lost.. 2.5 more to go to make goal.

Later this afternoon I am leaving and driving to Dallas. Alan isn't going, so I have already decided to workout in the hotel gym, find something easy to eat, dye my hair and watch the Olympics.

I hope you all have a great Valentine's Day... and I'll try to check in later tonight!

:val1: Happy Valentine's Day ladies! I 2nd what Cherie said about the chocolate ;) Instead, why don't we just turn the lights down low with our sweeties, do a little dance :belly:, get down tonight :love: :val2: :devil:
Sorry, couldn't resist using those new smilies. I know some of you smart ladies don't have paramours at the moment, but just know that you are all very sweet to me :hug: Will you be my valentine? :lol:

I don't know if we're going out to dinner tonight or if we'll just grill up some steaks...didn't make any reservations anywhere--and we both gave each other our gifts early. I got that Coach purse I showed you guys, and I gave Rick a light blue cashmere sweater since he's going to Vegas on Thursday. Except he's lost a bunch of weight too, so I have to exchange it for a smaller size :^ . I got Michael a new basketball t-shirt and a v-day tube of Hershey's kisses--something small so I won't have chocolates lying around the house tempting me, calling me, mocking me! :lol:

Cherie, congrats on your weigh in. You are doing great! :carrot: I rely on canned soup too, but for sure you have to drink a lot of water. That's the plus side though, just up your water and that bloatation will go. That's too bad about Alan. I'm sure you can make up for lost time on another one of your fantastic weekends. I bet he's going to love his DVDs. And it's inspiring that you have a positive plan of action while you're on the road. Good going on resisting those free chocolates in the office. Do you have many men working with you? I always found that the guys had no trouble scarfing down anything free. Let them worry about love handles. Oh yeah, I'm coloring my hair today too ;)

Kempy, I know you and Joe will probably go out tonight? No kids to worry about :) It's been chilly for us here as well. What's up with that? I'm not used to having to wear a jacket while walking outside! Weird. :lol: Your weekend sounded fun and yummy.

Angie, did you whip up a batch of those sweetheart brownies for Jay and the kids again? I know you said he's not big on cards and stuff, but I hope he got it right this year. What are you guys up to today?

Dips, what's happening with you girl? How's that killer bod coming along? I know you're busy with school and all...hope you have time to treat yourself today.

Julie, your dinner sounds perfectly divine to me. I haven't had lobster in a while. :hun: Did your kiddos make any valentines for you at school? I love getting those best.

Red, hope everything is going your way today. :D

Cal, miss ya. How are you feeling these days? Any romantic dinner plans for you and Alberto? :)

Surfdreams, how was your trip? Or are you still visiting?

Well, I gotta get moving and get some ironing done. Michael's school is allowing them a free-dress day, just wear pink or red instead of the regular uniform. Happy Valentine's day everyone! :grouphug:

OK.. I've added another ticker on my signature... My Easter Challenge! I want to lose 15 pounds between now and April 16th... That is Easter RIGHT? :)

Noelle... grilling up steaks sounds great.. I would stay at home if I could. It's going to be so busy in the restaurants tonight.

Anyway... Anyone who wants to do an Easter Challenge.. let's GET WITH IT! :)

Happy Valentines Girls!

Cherie, those dvds look really nice. I am sure he will just love them. Sorry Alan can not go along but it sounds like you will have some time just for you. Have a safe trip.

Noelle have fun if you go out or stay home. Both sounds great. Practice those dance moves for tonight Girl! Yup, I got Valentine's from the kids. They are so proud to give them to me. I will keep them forever. I bet Michael will love free dress day. Sounds fun.

I got up to get the kids ready for school and walked in the kitchen and there was a dozen red roses on the counter. Ahhhh....I guess he has some romance left in him, haha... Yesterday I went and bought his favorite wine and last night when he was in the shower I went downstairs and put in next to his work stuff with a card.

We bought the kids a stuffed animal and some chocolate peanut butter cups and those new hershey peanut butter kisses, I am dying to try them. How are they Cherie? I am going to give it my all to stay out of them. Okay sweeties ds is having a party this afternoon. Have to help out at that so I have got to get my work done around here.

Have a wonderful day!

Julie... they are AWESOME.... so stay away from them! :D I love Reeses and anything with chocolate and peanut butter.... They melt in your mouth. Seriously.. stay away from them.... you can't eat just ONE!

Have fun with your kiddo's and their parties! And enjoy those roses.. I bet your house smells divine!

Just a quick post. I had a severe episode this morning and had to go to the doctor. When the nurse took my B/P is was 237/100. I do know what caused it this time, and it's not going to be easy to overcome. The good news is that I am down 12 pounds; I was weighed at the doctor's office.
It's a very trying time right now so I may not post as often. I will be off work until the middle of next week.
Happy Valentine's Day to everyone.

Dips: I hope you are doing well with all that snow. I've been thinking about you.


Cal

Cal hoping you feel better soon! I will be thinking of you.

Cherie, Thank You for the wonderful description of those, LOL. I won't have one because you are right I just will not be able to eat one. Oh and count me in for the Easter Challenge I want to see 10 pounds gone on me.

:hug: Cal, glad you could post. Did the doc give you some meds for your BP I hope! I am worrying about you. Please rest up and hopefully everything will get back under control. Hey, good job on those 12 lbs lost! :cp: Enjoy your valentine's day.

Julie, aaaaaaahhhhhh, roses are wonderful. You deserve them!

Cherie, I am not even going to think of trying chocolates today--that would be the end of my self-control. Hey, did you guys see this? ----> :dust: I wish you lots of it today :wizard:

p.s. I am in on the Easter challenge!!!! I want 15 lbs gone too! **I will officially start that after weighing in today IF I've reached my 1st short term goal (only 1.2 lbs to go!). Update later!

Heh, all. Just saying hi. Saw Noelle's hello and wanted to post. Very little is going way...it's Wednesday here and I'm in the process of getting to the gym before going in to the office for a substitute shift...I hate that place but I need the money desperately. VDay was nothing for me....it's depressing here at the best of times, with the custom of all women giving all guys chocolate, like them or not....:barf: I hope all of yu are having a good time. :yes: Take care! :wave:

Happy Valentines Day
 

Hey girls. I hope you are all having a great Valentines Day. I am. :lol: :devil:

Jay gave me my present last night and then again this morning. hahaha :devil: Too much info I know. :o

I am going to do my Easter goal for 15 pounds. I think I should be able to do it but I am going to call this week a maintain week because of Valentines Day. My kids spent their own money to by us some candy and I am going to eat it. I remember one Christmas I was dieting and they did that and I didnt eat it. They seemed okay with it but I could tell they would have liked me to eat it since they bought it. I felt bad AND...I gained the weight back anyways. Life is too short. So I am eating it and I will get back to work after. I havent eaten anything off track except 2 cream eggs last night(Corey's gift) and 2 today(Alicia's gift) so it shouldnt be too bad.

I guess we will be taking a trip to Ohio because the RV dealer quoted us a price and then the jerk added on another $1000 yesterday so screw him. We are buying the darn thing to take trips in so I dont see why the RV dealer would be surprised if someone was willing to travel to save $3000 over his final lowest price.

Hey guys. Just a quick post b4 I have to cook dinner. We are staying home tonight. I really don't care to much for V-day. It really isn't that big for me. I am going to cocok a ggod meal and I bought things to make lemon bars with for dessert. I just want to spend time with Joe not eveyone and their brother going out to eat.

Cherie great job on the loss. I will join the challenge too b/c that is when we are going on our cruise so I am kind of working toward that. I am still stuck at 11 lbs but I am trying to break through that. I have been having too many freak out days and that isn't good. I have been doing this for 6 weeks though and I knew that would happen. The newness has worn off.

Angie I don't blame you for eating the candy. I love it too but I try not to have it around. Thankfully IU ahve convinced Joe to never buy it for me. I would eat it all at one time and then feel terrible.

Noelle when you have a freak out day do you feel sick afterwards? I have been feeling really yucky and I didn't know if that was just me. I am thankful for that though. It makes me not want to eat that way.

Red I am with you on the whole v-day thing. I think it all stems back from being young. They would sell flowers and give them out in class and I never would get any. I wold beg my mom to let me stay home b/c I hated it so much. Sorry to bring any one down I know this is supposed to be a happy day.

Ok, the shrimp are calling to be cooked. I hope you all have a great day, whats left of it.

The verdict is in: Today's WW weigh-in shows a loss of 1.6 lbs. I have reached my 1st short-term goal and exceeded it by .4 lbs :lol: I am now 35 lbs down and have got 2 feet firmly entrenched in one-derland :encore: I'm starting to feel like if I set small goals like this I may actually get to my long term goal--which is probably to weigh between 135-145 lbs. So yeah, count me in on that Easter challenge. I said 15 but I'll make it 15.6 to make it a nice round number for me (weight that is). I've been eating a lot of food lately...but I've been making much better choices--the scale's been pretty good to me. Ya think I'm getting the hang of this healthy eating thing? :lol:

Angie, :devil: I've been celebrating all week then! :rofl: Good luck on your RV purchase and it looks like a road trip is in order. Sounds like fun to me!

Kempy, yeah I feel physically sick sometimes after i go bananas with the 'eat whatever i want' days. Luckily they DO serve as a powerful reminder for next time, whenever the urge to go off strikes. We're all human and we'll all have those days. Just get back on that healthy horse and ride on. I guess I've made up my mind on tonight--we're grilling steaks and just hanging out at home. Maybe I'll make Rick go with me for a walk...

:wave: Hi Red....who would wanna waste money on a guy you don't even like??? I don't get it. :shrug:

Well everyone, enjoy your evenings and hope you all have a great time.

WOOHOO NOELLE!!!! You are doing great!!!!:carrot: :hug: :woo: :dance: :hat: :cp: I cant wait to hit Onederland. I have 30 more pounds to go so it will be a long while before I see it....but I will do it too.

Noelle!! :lol3: This is Japan. There are a lot of things no one "gets" but that doesn't stop anyone....It's called "obligatory chocolate." When the foreign guys look at me and say, "Heh, where's my chocolate?!" and they DO! I say, "Do I look like an effin' Japanese to you??!" :lol:

And just for the record, I gave NO one chocolate, 'cept a little for me... ;)

:dizzy:

Hey guys. Bumping us up. I hav to weigh-in today and I am a little scared. I had a run in with some lemon bars last night. I am praying they don't stick around for the scale to see.

Red that is just so weird to me. I think I would punch someone if they asked where their choc. was. :lol: I have no tolerance for stupid people. I swear your tracker freaks me out when I see it. I have no converstion ability.

Noelle you are doing awesome. I have a pic from when I was younger as my inspration. I was the weight I want to be at right now so I look at that. Man I hate food. :D

Well, Joe pulled his usual great stuff. He asked me to grab his computer out of his truck so he could run to the bathroom and when I got there it had a big box in it. In fact the box was shiny brown with red ribbon. I don't know if you guys know what that means but he got me another Coach purse. It is a little on the big side but it is BEAUTIFUL!!! Of course I hadn't gotten him anything b/c we had made an agreement but he wont let me take it back. So now I have a spring purse too.

Off to weigh in. I'll let you know the verdict later.

Good morning ladies :sunny: Happy hump day.

Kempy, that is an awesome present! I knew he would do something wonderful for you...and you, talking about how you hate Valentine's day :rolleyes: :lol: Hey, good luck at your weigh-in today :crossed: I know you'll do well. I like your inspiration picture idea....and speaking of younger days, I found my wedding and reception video and watched it last night. It was hilarious! Everybody looked so young and SKINNY, it was disgusting. I weighed 132 lbs on my wedding day. I know I'll not look like my 23 y.o. self if I ever get that low again, but it was nice to have a visual of what once was, and what could be again. (do you hear violins playing? :lol: ) I actually pulled out the video since it was V-day and all, and I had to remind myself that I do love my husband even if he freakin' drives me mad a lot of the time.

We stayed in for dinner last night which was really nice. We didn't grill because it was pouring rain, but the oven broiler worked just fine. We had a couple of steaks, sauteed mushrooms, some fresh asparagus and king crab legs. I made a pan of no-pudge brownies and only had two :carrot:, but I did it eat it with some coffee flavored light Haagen-Daz... i'm living in onederland and don't want to visit twosville ever again. :lol:

Red, you are funny. At least you gave chocolates to someone you love ;)

Angie, thanks for the cheers. I know you'll get to onderland because you're working your tail off to get there.

I gotta run and get ready for work. Talk later.

Weigh-in report. The crap that I have been eating showed today. I only lost
.2lbs this week. I know it is my fualt though so I am going to buckle down and get at it again. I guess I had just gotten a little too relaxed with this. I am still down a total of 11lbs and that is good, but I can do better.

Kempy, DOWN is good! :cb: I still think you're doing a great job at 11 lbs lost. Buckle down and work toward next week. :hug:

I just realized that I am in a new point range as of yesterday...down to 24. I realized this right after I ate a brownie (immediately after walking in the door from my walk :rolleyes: :ink: ) Those no-pudge brownies are just 2 pts but still, if I am losing 2 pts a day, I really better watch it or the loss will stall. I'll be on my 16th week and should get my "stay and succeed" charm--I know, those rewards are a little cheesy but I actually like them. :lol:

WOOHOO KEMPY!!!! :hug: :carrot: :cp: :dance: :cheer: A loss is a loss!!! You are doing awesome so far and I am so proud of you. You have really been working ard to lose it.

WOW, today is so beautiful out. It is sunny and we dont have ANY snow on the ground. You cant even imagine how happy that makes me. :lol: I am sure we will get hit hard with it sometime before spring but I dont remember a year where we have never had snow on the ground in the middle of February. It seems weird. :lol: Me and Jay went for a nice walk today, counted up cans and bottles and I cleaned my house from top to bottom.

I weighed myself today and I think I may see a nice little loss this week so I guess V Day didnt have a big impact on me. Fingers crossed anyways, I know weight can change on a dime. :lol:

Hello My Gurlz...
 

UUUGGGHHHH!!! I hate that I missed out on so much with this forum. You guys are all doing so well and that's great but I just struggle with balancing school and work. Tonight I actually buckled down and said "it's been way too long, I have to holla at my girls."

I won't sit here and rant because I see that there is a lot of positive energy. But I will get with you guys this saturday, first thing. That is a promise.

Right now I have a paper to write.

Good Morning!!! Me and jay got a walk in first thing so now all I have to do is work. fun fun.

Dips, I am so glad to hear from you. I was wondering where you were the other day. Life is busy huh? I hope things slow down for you soon. When is your spring break?

My kids dont have school this week either!! Geesh, is it just me or are they going crazy with all the vacations now. It feels like they are home more than at school. :lol:

Hi Girls

We are getting hit with a major storm today. We may get up to 14 inches of snow in our area. The drifts are really bad too. I am going to be going in and out to shovel the driveway.

Noelle did you watch AI last night? It looks like they picked a good group of guys and girls this year. It should be good. I wanted to ask you, I know you are a coffee drinker like me....do you still have your morning cup and does it stall weight loss? Thanks!

Angie it seems like your kids do get a lot of time off. No school today here either.

Dips nice to see you. School and work make for a busy time. Check back soon if you can.

Cherie how was the trip?

:bravo: Kempy!

Cal are you feeling better? Thinking of you.

Hi Red!

Have a great day everyone. Check back later after I get some things done around here.

Julie, They get a week off in October,November,December,February,April. How many weeks off does your school system have? I know the kids school is the only one in the area to give them a week off in October but they have to start a week earlier than the rest too. Seems weird to me. I am sure they would rather have the extra week in August off instead. :lol:

You guys are getting hit hard this winter huh? It is nice out today but we are going to get really cold by Saturday I guess. I am not sure if there is any snow in the forecast yet. I hope not.

Good Morning.. I am back at work, trying to catch up from missing yesterday (and I'll be off tomorrow.. so my motivation really isn't there). The trip was ok... I was glad to get home yesterday. I got home in time to pick up the girls from day care and surprise them.. they were excited to see me. I LOVE that! I did workout Tuesday night at the hotel, 30 minutes on the recumbent bike, and last night I did 45 minutes on the treadmill. I plan on doing that again tonight.. and because we will be driving for 11 hours tomorrow, I will be taking the day off! :) I'll make up for it over the weekend with my skiing however!

WTG everyone who lost weight on their weigh ins..that is great! Sounds like as a group, we are all doing well.

Dips.. its so good to see your beautiful face around here.... check back more often!

Julie.. you can send the snow to Colorado this weekend.. I want the girls to see BIG SNOW... they have never seen anything other than maybe an inch or two on the ground.. so I am excited about them going with me tomorrow!

This week, I got a sonic care toothbrush to help with my teeth/braces/gums etc.. and I used it for the first time yesterday... man, that thing can hurt! I know it's just a matter of getting used to it.. but it REALLY CLEANS WELL! I was amazed. I tried it on Hannah this morning, I can't get her to brush right or well enough, and you would have thought I was killing her! Poor baby.. her mouth/gums bled alot, but I told her that is because she brushes her teeth instead of her gum line, and that is what we need to work on to get her gums into shape. I also told her it might take about a week for it to quit hurting when I brush her teeth.. but it will be worth it... even she noticed in the mirror that her teeth weren't "yellow" anymore... I got all the plaque off so if I can just keep her doing it once a day, I think she will get used to it and her mouth care will improve greatly! I got her using my water pik this past week too.. so I think she can feel and see the difference on what clean teeth feels like!

OK.. well, I need to get back to work.. I just wanted to check in quickly... I will be online later today, however, starting at 5 am in the morning, I will be on my way to CO and won't be logging back in until Tuesday when I get back to work!

I hope you all have a GREAT weekend! Talk soon!

Do you EVER feel this way?

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Cherie, too funny! Yes I get that way sometimes :lol: Wow, you get a lonng CO ski weekend with your girls--how cool! Have fun!!! Good job on working out while away from home too :high: I've never had a sonicare toothbrush, but I know they work well. We used to sell 'em at the periodontist I worked at, and you could see a vast improvement after the patient's 3 mo. check up. :D :cool:

Julie, I saw on the weather forecast that WI had a windchill of -15, but I think MT had -45! OMG!!! You will burn a lot of cals shoveling but stay warm. Speaking of warm, I still do enjoy a morning cup of java, but I drink it black now so it has to be good quality stuff. Once in a while I do Starbucks and get an Americano (espresso and water) but drink it black. --coffee (plain) is "free" so it adds no cals to my daily point allotment. Occasionally I will still get my beloved hazelnut lattes but with either non-fat or soy milk, and only 2 pumps instead of the usual 3--there's always a way of eating/drinking what you want! I didn't get to watch AI at all this week, we've been busy with karate lessons in the evening. I hope to catch it next week though.

Dips, hey girl, glad to see you around again! You can rant here, we've got enough positive vibes going around that a little negative should balance things out :lol: After all, we're all friends right? You can take a load off your mind if it'll help. You're a wonder woman in my eyes--school and work :strong:

Angie, at least you enjoy your work (and working with Jay)... I have to force myself to go into the office these days. :p

Cal, hope you're relaxing out there and getting that BP down. Thinking of you!

Hey Kempy, how's your day going?

Hi Red.... I'm jealous that you're already on Friday ;)

Well, Rick is heading to Vegas tonight for the long weekend. He and my BIL will be watching a boxing match at the Alladin on Saturday night. I'm a little jealous about the trip, but I am looking forward to having my bed all to myself! I gave him a little shopping list of things to get me while he's there :lol: I will go without him in October so we should be fair and square.

I've got to get moving and start my day. Have a good one :wave:

Hi girls - I'm back from San Diego. Had a great time and even exercised 2x. Loved the Garfield comic!! I feel that way RIGHT NOW. I'm dying for some deep, dark chocolate!

Noelle, what's there to be jealous about? My busiest work days are Friday through Monday and the days I have to be in an office. But I work everyday! The life of a stray... :^: