I know, Rob loves spam, heh heh. Actually, when we eat it in omlettes I like it. But you have to get past the thought of it. Rob eats so much better now, when I first met him he never ate veggies, had to have meat with every meal, and ate a lot of red meat. We almost never eat red meat now, and eat vegetarian meals all the time.

I noticed a couple of the deltec homes are in NY. I love the rounded wall of windows. I've always loved bay windows (you see those a lot here in NY and in San Francisco). One thing I've always wanted too is an outside patio area to have breakfast. I love eating breakfast outside (in good weather, ha). I agree, go with the dream home idea and make your own. That's really exciting. Rob's good with his hands, I was amazed when he opened up this immersion blender I had and basically fixed it. He fixed my brother's heater, and his pool cover when it got stuck.

The home gym would be a big, big winner idea for me too. Very cool.

Congrats on the lbs gone Kimberley. You're rocking it!

I DEFINITELY love Chris for AI. I love Taylor Hicks as well, but he's clearly not really AI material, but I think the exposure will certainly help him in his future music career. I also love Mendisa, but I don't know if anyone is really as equally talented and genuine as Chris. Plus, he's cute Of course, Jeff likes Catherine--he thinks she's a good singer and is very pretty. I agree, but there's something about the way she moves on stage--strange little mannerisms and stuff that kinda get on my nerves.

Yeah, Catherine is cute. I agree about Taylor. I was shocked Gedeon got voted off, I liked him and thought he'd make it through to close to the end. There are a couple of guys with shakier voices than his. Maybe he should have tried a more contemporary song, at least one time. Chris has a great voice, I would love to have a talent like that. (Bo looked ill, I wonder if he's still having health problems.)

OOps I forgot: GREAT JOB on the loss, Kimberley!

I love me some Idol too! My faves are Taylor and Mandisa.

I agree, Bo still didn't look all that well....

I just got home from the late-night crop in Columbus. We finished packing up all our stuff and walked out of the store at 12:20am! It was treat night for me and I ended up having two big old cookies tonight, plus one of those fake cappuchino drinks at Speedway. Sweeted out I am. The Sugar Force is with me. LOL

I love round houses, too. I found a floor plan for the Savannah at another site.

Rob thought Gedeon was too full of himself. I love the motown sound, I guess that's why I hated to see him go. Mandisa, imho, has the best female voice. She knows how to perform too. Taylor, I just like him.

I would bet you get your benefits after 3 months. A year just sounds too long to go without. Definitely worth checking into. Sometimes an old employer will give you the option of taking over the insurance until your next place covers you.

I skipped going to the gym yesterday, so I have to head off today. It's a nice day, sunny out, so I'm hoping it won't be too crowded (never went on a Saturday before). It's a gorgeous day here, 60 degrees and sunny. I like that feeling of spring coming.

Jill, if they offer any kind of Flexible Spending Account, if you have some of that extra 10K taken out of your paychecks, you'll reduce your taxable income. Howie had $1000 down for this year, and we just send in receipts for medical stuff for them to reimburse us out of that account. New legislation's made it so (most) companies have to give employees until March 15 of the new year to turn in receipts for the previous year.

We really like the Savannah--it's just the right amount of room! We are debating whether or not to have the staircase inside the radius or built a covered one outside of it. that's still up for grabs.

Jill: do you live in a state where employers give empployment contracts? That sounds like what it might be.

Kimberley: I've wanted to scrapbook for years, but have never gotten around to doing it. I admire people who do, though....

It was a beautiful day here today. I spent the day doing laundry and watching all my taped shows (I had two weeks worth of "Starting Over" to watch!)

Will see you all around this weekend!

Phew! Hi! It's beautiful here today as well, the sun is shining, and its WARM! Josh and I got up and went to Costco, and out for lunch, I woke up with some crazy sinus headache, my eyes were running, I was sneezing, runny nose.. yuck! I almost considered buying Cold F/X because it really felt like the beginning of a cold. Luckily I went to nap at 1pm, and woke up now, 4pm and feel fine. If I had gotten sick, I might have cried... I'm NOT prepared for that.

Jen - nice house! When Josh and I are ready to buy (we have about 3,000 for a downpayment now) I want something with character.. none of this big block houses, all alike, all in a row. I find where we live things just look so darn simular, granted they are pretty beautiful and HUGE.. but whats a house without character yah know. Oh, and I'd like to live by the ocean.. and can I get fries with that?

I think all this sleep has made me a tiny bit crazy!

I must go put some food into my body, I shall return... ttyl!

-Aimee

me too (the house with character by the ocean), that's why we're twins

never watch a movie about a guy dying of cancer while you're exercising, I was getting all misty eyed and could barely breath on the bike. Sometimes I think I'd cry watching a coke commercial. I bought a swim cap from the Y, I think one of these days I'm going to try out the pool.

We bought the Bourne Identity at Target and watched that last night. I love that movie. The sequel, the Bourne Supremacy, is just as good. Great car chases.

Howie and I are watching "The 750 pound man" on The Discovery Channel. I am speechless. I can't imagine going through all that.

Kimberley: Is that also called the Half Ton Man? I did see that one on Discovery Health. wow...

Good morning ladies...I have made a decision over the weekend, and I hope you will support me in it.

Back in late 2003, I went on a (mostly) liquid diet, and lost 70 pounds in about 5 1/2 months. Around the end of that 5 1/2 months is when my marriage fell apart, and I abandoned the diet. I've gained 50 of the 70 back.

I've decided to go back on the plan. I have been losing and gaining the same 10 pounds for many months now doing it the old fashioned way, and it is getting extremely frustrating.

I know you might not think this is a good thing to do, but mentally I need to see some results soon before I totally give up.

I'm not asking for your agreement or acceptance, but I am asking for your support. Thanks.