Good morning ladies,

Well, I've made a discovery, bread is bad for me. I made some french bread last night and ate two small pieces.. but the scale is up &$^%^ pound today. Any returning pounds are frowned upon. Even if I'm not really in on the challenge I'll take the last ribbon for the day. That is cute you naming the piggies.. when we were first married we raised pigs. We had a little runt that we had to hand feed and we kept it in the house for a couple weeks to give it a better chance. Her name was Petunia... our son was only about 9-10 months at the time and this silly pig when let out of her box would follow him around the house. Him in his walker being followed by this tiny little piglet.. it was adorable. Wish I would have had a movie camera.

Marti, yes it's a lot of land. On it we have two houses, a large barn, 16 greenhouses including my retail center, a couple ponds and the rest is either woods or orchards. We used to grow sweet and sour cherries, peaches and plums. But it was just to much for us to handle along with the greenhouses so we let the orchards go. But most of the trees are still standing. All the boys have favorite parcels of the land and some of them intend to build on it.
But I love being out in the country. The most chilling thing about it though is in the summer you can hear the coyotes howling in the woods... I hate that sound..they are timid and you don't usually see them but they are out there.
A few bears have been spotted also.

It is another gloomy rainy day. I'm sure business will be slow. I am taking some book work with me , at least I'll get some of it done. Some I can only do in the office as I need the computer.

Having my strawberry oatmeal right now. I love oatmeal and don't see why a diet wouldn't allow it.

Today my fundraisers start. Of the three only one really did very good. One is an eighth grade class of a local school. It has 46 students in the class, and only 13 sold anything. These kids are not motivated at all. Then there is the soccer organization, there is over 300 kids and most of them sold something. So that is a nice big sale for us. It brings people in and that is the whole point of it from our view. And it helps kids raise money..so it works out well.

Angie, what will you do this summer with no turbins to have to make. I forget but you don't work outside the home do you? Sounds like this custome sewing is a full time job on it's own.

Ellen, I hope you haven't forgotten me..I loved what you found so far. And your humorist post are very entertaining.

Yes, what did happen to our newbies? We didn't scare Michelle away, hope the others are lurking still, don't be afraid girls, join in anytime. Hi Michelle

Marti, that little bunny is back, This time he is in my flowerbed. He won't be so cute if he decides to nibble while he is there. He knows I am watching him, he is sitting as still as a statue.. silly rabbit, I know I don't have any statues in that flowerbed..

It must be the weather, but I am quite down today. We haven't had any sunshine in the past few days. I need some sunshine.

Well, can't think of anything else to say for now. So I will be checking in later this evening to see how the big WI went. I won't be able to ride my bike tonight as we have to go to the funeral parlor. I don't like to ride to late, it makes my asthma act up and then it's hard for me to sleep.. as was the case last night. Must have picked up some more allergies as it's been acting up a lot lately. Funny how we can become allergic to things when we are older that we have been around all our lives and never were bothered by before.

Ok, I'm going. Have a good day all. Catch ya later.

Ginny

HI All!

Happy Weigh-in Monday...I dared to get on the scale and - no change. Stubbornly sticking at 181. As we say in these parts - carp. ( That's the faux word for crap....we have young children - don't ask)

I finished my class - yay! nice to have that one done. Today I clean house. Such an exciting life :O

Ginny - I never had allergies, hay fever has been creeping up on me over the last few years. This year I started taking Claritin and it has helped.

Ellen - I have Tae-bo tapes. I like him, but get bored doing the same thing all the time. Those tapes are good when I'm cooped up indoors and need to get some exercise.

Michelle - Our weather has been great! I'm hoping it holds because I need to clean-up the yard. Have to get ready for a load of dairy compost to mulch the beds.


Ok - I've reported for weigh-in...Sure hope everyone else has better news than me, lol!

I am joining the "0" weight loss section. Holding steady at 210---YUCK!!!
I need to try something else because what I am doing is just not working....Any suggestions???

Good Morning.

Munching on whole wheat toast and have my lunch packed (cottage cheese, turkey and pickled beets - yum).

Weighed in at 174!!! Yay! Congrats Ellen I am STILL going to beat your sorry kitty cat butt! lol jk,too much coffee. I get rather bold, eh??

I was reading there is a free swim lesson week coming up in June Katy. I was thinking of Gaby, she really needs to learn. I was waiting for her to get old enough so I wouldn't have to get in the pool with her - lol

Better get Gaby to the sitter.

Hi Michelle, I see you posting!! Maybe you would be brave enough to meet Katy and I in June???

FOUR POUNDS IN ONE WEEK , ARE YOU FIBBING MISS SUSAN I WANT PICTURES AND DOCTORS REPORTS HEY MY MAMMA'S BUTT YOU CAN KICK BUT LEAVE THE KITTY OUT OF THIS , IF I HAVE TO TELL YOU AGAIN , DON'T MAKE ME COME OUT THERE SUSIE Q

JULES .... TRY SUSANS DIET IT SEEMS TO WORK
MICHELLE..... IF YOU MEET WITH SUSAN BRING A CAMERA ....WIDE LENS
OH MY ....SUSANS BRINGING OUT A COMPETITIVE SIDE I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD

SUSAN CONGRATULATATIONS ON YOUR LOSS , ALMOST FORGOT AMONGST ALL THE SILLY JABBERING I WAS DOING

KATY.... HOLDING IS BETTER THAN GAINING, YOU CAN PICK EITHER PIGGY TODAY and your ribbon

You need to eat something Ellen. Your diet has you comatose. You call me on time zones and weight. I was 178 to 176 and now 174. That is 2 pounds in 1 week, not 4 *snicker*.......hmmm, did someone say Snicker bar??? lol

I better get busy! Chat later.

mmmm,mmmmm,mmmm,Snickers,mmmmm (wiping drool off keys on keyboard!)

Susan...no food porn while I am trying to be good!! Though Ellen wants me to follow your food plan...guess I'll be stopping at 7-11 tonight for a slurpee and a 1/4 lb hotdog.....j/k!! Whatever you are doing is working. All the stress from the teenagers must have your blood pressure up making your metabolism higher worrying about what they will do next. I am glad my DS finally outgrew that stage (he once pulled a fire alarm in school so he would get out of the next class--he never got caught though he was questionned) He ended up quitting school before they kicked him out--a decision which he regretted before the six month wait period to take the GED test was over. Luckily he got into the electrical field. Boy, I could tell you some tales about his teenage years... Now it's DD who always got good grades, worked from 15 1/2 and never got into any trouble is now not making the best decisions - nothing too over the top but just not herself. I am hoping after the divorce is final she can get back to usual. She did take off her rings about a month ago and asked the ex to stop calling her-that "trying to stay friends while going through a divorce is totally over rated". That's a little of the spunk I am used to.

Ellen--I changed my mini goal tracker for you and all your little piggy talk!! You wanted comments on your posts--I love all your colorful clip art and you always make me smile!!! Keep it up!!!

SORRY AGAIN SUSAN.... HEY WASN'T THERE A SHOW CALLED SUDDENLY SUSAN WAS THAT YOU In my defence, lack of food kill off brain cells Math was my downfall and yes I'd love a snickers

JULES.... I just thought if you could eat all that junk food and lose 4 lbs a week ,before my miscalculation it would be the mother of all diets Thanks Jules