Hey Julie! When the kiddos go back to school I think either idea sounds good. I know you love to volunteer at school so the gym idea may be a really nice idea too. I say do what will make you the happiest.

Kempy, Yes, I actually took my measurements last week so I would have something to go from. It wasnt pretty either. :lol: I got my WW books and journal yesterday so today I officially started trying to keep track of points. I hope it works.

Gotta get back to work.

Good morning ladies! Well, it's Wednesday and I have not heard boo from any of the places I applied to last week. :?: I'm starting to wonder if I am even employable. Maybe they are all leery of hiring me because my last job was working at the local animal shelter for a year and a bit, and only crazy animal people work there. :crazy: :dizzy: :shrug: Oh well. I would be enjoying the time off, if I wasn't so worried about paying bills. Damn I wish I could have my cake and eat it too! :hb: :eating2:

On the good side, I have been getting my exercise in, and eating well. Maybe I'll actually see a loss soon?? :shrug: One can hope. I started a journal too, where I write down what I want to get done each day. If I do it, I get a sticker! Pretty corny, huh? :D

I am almost finished the sewing project I started on Fri. I decided to make a laundry bag out of a bunch of old pairs of jeans from DH and I that are either full of holes, or don't fit anymore. I cut a bunch of patches, and have sewed them together and quilted them, no batting though. I didn't think the laundry bag needed padding. :D

Kempy - Glad to hear your pup is healing ok! It's hard when your animals get into fights! I hope the other dog is ok too, and your neighbour is not mad. It is tough when you don't get along with neighbours.

Julie - :kickbutt: Get to that exercise girl!!! :D :cheer:

Angie - You have been doing awesome! Don't worry if you don't see a loss this week. TOM screws everything up. All your hard work and dedication will pay off in the end! :)

Noelle - Hope your stress eases soon! :hug: I wish I was back in Hawaii, my DH and I were in Maui this spring for 11 days. It was paradise! :) I loved the heat and humidity, but I will admit, I was not trying to exercise in it! LOL. I would probably have a different opinion of it, if I was!

Hello :wave: to everyone else!! Hope you're all having a good Wednesday!!

LT I get along with the neighbors it is Rhea who seems to have the problem with one of their dogs. It is just such a strange thing to see her get mad at another dog. I hope you find something soon. It is good to hear that you are keeping busy and getting that exercise in.

Angie it will work if you work it. I think you will be very happy with what is going to start to happen. I wouldn't be surprised if you don't drop 6 lbs as soon as you start. I know that I am paying more attention to what I am salting now. I never realized how much I was usuing. I look at what comes in my packages foods too and WOW what a big amount. It almost makes me want to do things all the way from scratch. I have started to find cans of tomates and veggies with no salt and that has really helped my blotation.

LT, I hope you hear good news soon on your job apps. Oh you worked at the Humane Society? How did you do it? I dont think I could handle it. I would get depressed every time they had to euthanize(sp) an animal.

Your laundry bag sounds neat and what a great way to recycle.

Kempy, Thanks for the tips. I added all my points up today and I still have 5 left over! I am not even counting the Activity points or flex points. I guess I will have a snack later.

Well, I should get another walk in tonight. I will check back later.

Morning all,

My finger is healing along I guess, havnt taken off the bandage but its not hurting as much now. I did however forget how much the tetnus injection hurts a few days later. I could barely move my arm the past 2 days & I really felt crappy too. I have told the kids that after stitches in the hand you cant wash up for at least a month as there is risk of infection hahaha I am not sure they really believed me though.

Hay tiger you can come work for me, I just advertised & got only 3 applications back, interviewed yesterday & none were any good. grrrrrrrrrr It is sooo frustrating when you cant even get people to apply.

It is really starting to hit winter here now which makes it very hard to get out & walk in the mornings before work or after as its dark now but I guess I will just have to put in more of an effort on the weekends though. I still havnt weighed in yet I know I am slack but I can only imagine as I havnt necessarilly been making the best choices either. I am a stress eater & thats been a bit on the extreme these past few weeks so I think I need to address the stress in 1 way or another to combat he eating.

Anyways best work now. Have a great day.

Good Morning sunshines!!! I got up and got my walk in BEFORE the kids even left for school. Of course I wanted to say hi to you all before I go bake more whoopie pies today. I hope this weekend is as busy as past ones. My MIL bakery is swamped on the holiday weekends.

Well, I kept track of all my points yesterday and I still had 3 points left over at the end of the day...and that was with a snack at 8. Today I am going to get in another piece of fruit in between meals. It is so hard though because once we start donuts there isnt time to sit down and eat. If I could just get to 224 then my points would be just right. :lol:

breakfast today was a 1 point english muffin toasted with 1 TBS. Peanut butter and 1 cup of milk. It was so good and I felt like I was cheating. :lol:

Maggz, Hi :wave: It sounds so wierd to hear you talk about winter when it is just warming up here. :lol: How cold does it get there on average during the winter? I hope your finger is feeling better soon.

Red, Yes that is freaky. I would be nervous too and I definately wouldnt want to go to work that day. I hope it turns out to be nothing at all.

The thing about the sex offenders by me. I was so shocked because I live in a SMALL town of only 1200 people. There is about 6 of them in my town alone. Noone ever told me about the one the next street over either. Remember the story I told you guys about the guy from Canada coming down and killing 2 sex offenders in our area on Easter? Well, One of them was in my hometown and a girl my sis went to school with lived right beside him and his record was against little kids....Noone told her he lived beside her and her kids. Can you imagine?

Okay I gotta go get some baking done while Jay is at work. I will be back later to talk.

Good morning ladies!! :D It is pouring rain here this morning, which is actually a good thing, since it has been sooooo dry this spring.:rain:

I went out to the barn last night. My car is still not fixed, but my parents were going out anyway, so they gave me a lift. I have not been out since Midnight and I fell. I was surprised to find that I was afraid to ride :o :( I have had many falls over the years and I have never been afraid to get back on before. I am ashamed to say I did not ride last night, just groomed and played with him a little.:halfempty I know I should have just bitten the bullet and ridden, it will only be harder next time.

Angie - Good luck getting those points in today! You are doing so great!
I can't believe there would be so many sex offenders living in such a small town. Makes you wonder what is attractive to them about living there. At least you have made yourself aware of them though.
Yes, I worked for the local shelter for quite awhile. It was tough work, but very worthwhile. Euthanasia was definitely a stressor, and something that is hard to understand, sometimes.

red - Glad to hear your kitty is doing ok, and got to the vet. What kind of horse do you have? Are Japanese stables a lot different from North American? Maybe a dumb question... I mean the horses will have the same needs right? :^: I would be :censored: off if there was a genuine security threat (which it sounds like yours was) and my bosses did nothing about it!! I hope you and your coworkers manage to get something done about it.

Maggzs - Ouch! Sounds like the injection was worse than the cut! I hope you're feeling better! I'm due for my tetanus booster, but somehow, it just hasn't happened yet.
Seems like you and I are having opposing problems right now... hmmmmm. :chin: :D

Kempy - I'm glad your relationship with your neighbours is good, and they are understanding about Rhea. It is hard enough when you don't understand what your dog's issue is, and then have to deal with irate neighbours on top of it! Has Rhea always reacted that way to this other dog, or is it a new thing?

Well, I'm :yawn: so I better get some :coffee: ! :wave: Hi Noelle, cal, julie, and anyone else I missed.

Hi ladies, just breezing by before I start my crazy day. I'm happy today since Taylor Hicks won AI season 5 last night, Katherine McPhee was beautiful, but a bit boring to me. I'm also having my Starbucks Americano with a low-fat chocolate bundt cake. My WW leader said the "lowfat" oat cake is 5 pts, vs. the low-fat chocolate for 4 pts. I know, the oat cake probably has loads more fiber, but hey, if I can have chocolate cake for breakfast once in a while, I will! I've been feeling kind of shlumpy and down-in-the-dumps... I actually forced myself to put some make-up on today and it's sort of made me feel better. :shrug: I hope I can make it through the day without losing it! :dizzy: OK so enough of these trivialities...

Red! OMG, what a situation to be in! I hope you and your colleagues will be alright. I will keep an eye out for news. Maybe you can pretend to be British? ;) Just kidding with ya. Seriously though, what is it with the bosses letting them through the whole building??? Scary stuff.

LadyT, I think you will get back on your horse and ride again. Let the good memories override the bad ones. Hope you get your car back in working order soon.

Angie, I told you you would have trouble eating all your points in the beginning--isn't that weird? It feels like you have to eat too much. I think you'll lose even though it's TOM, that's just the way WW works. I had losses every week through the 24th week I think....then I've been falling off program so I've been going up and down a little for the past month or so. Kick my @ss will ya?

Kempy, so your little Rhea's a scrapper is she? :D I hate listening to dogs fight, it sounds so much scarier than it actually is sometimes. I'm glad she's healing up though. Is it getting really hot down where you are? It's been scorching and humid out here, really miserable.

Julie, I saw Gilad on TV yesterday morning, I was sitting on the couch though, not following along. The scenery is great isn't it? :lol: I think either working part-time next fall and/or joining a gym would be great ideas. Why not do both? You could work out for an hour or two at the gym then put in a few hours at work for some extra cash, then be home for the kids after school. I know, it sounds so easy on paper, but in reality....there's not enough time in a day is there?

Hey Dips, you must be done with finals right? How'd they go? And how's your man :nose: situation these days? ;)

Cal, is the countdown in single digits yet? You must be so looking forward to vacation. Get those suitcases ready! :goodvibes:

maggzs, hope your finger is not causing too much of a bother for you anymore, and that tetanus shot--ow! Better to be safe than sorry eh? Hope you get your work positions filled with good, hard working people.

cw, how's it going with you? Hope all is well.

Well ladies, I seriously have got to get some paperwork done. Have a great day and have fun.

It's almost over!!!! Only 8 more school days (4 full days and 4 half days)

We leave on vacation 2 weeks from today. I have not started packing yet, although I do have the suitcases out. Ashley has a daybed with a trundle and we put up the trundle (made her bed into a kingsize) and it's now covered with suitcases. She's been sleeping in our bed. I told hubby that I have to do most of the packing this weekend because I only have this weekend and next. I'm still too busy during the week to do anything in the evenings except drop. Luckily, I don't have a lot of lesson stuff to do now. Of course, I still have plenty for the kiddos to do, but I'm not grading anymore. Grades close tomorrow anyway.

It's soooooo hot. At 7:30 this evening it was still 104 (40 for you Maggzs). We're at least 10-15 degrees above normal. It makes it hard to want to go anywhere. Earlier this week it was really nice and we went walking with Tucker (our dog), but now it's too hot. Even Tucker is always lying in his pool in the backyard. He really loves it when the sprinklers come on; he runs through them.

Before I forget, I'd like to send everyone postcards from Europe. Please PM me with addresses if you'd like a postcard. I have addresses for Kempy, Julie, Noelle, Angie, Dips, and Cherie. I'd like to send some to everyone else as well. Hope to hear from everyone.

It's early, but I'm so tired. I'll try to post more this weekend. That seems to be the best time for me.

Have a good night.

Cal

Good Morning!! It is supposed to be nice out today so I hope so. :lol: I got in a walk first thing this morning. I forgot to tell you guys that I bought some 4C Totally Light(It is like Crystal Light but with vitamin c and no calories) Anywho, It is so good that I havent had a Diet Coke in 4 days!!! :cheer: If you knew how much Diet Coke I drank a week you would die too. :lol: So that is my small victory this week. :lol:

LT, I hope you can get on Midnight soon to ride again. I am scared of horses because they are so big so I can imagine how scary it must be to fall off. I bet he loved the attention he got though.

Noelle, I just started to put makeup on again. When I wasnt trying to lose weight I felt so bad that I just didnt bother. I am also trying to grow my hair back out.Jay likes it better long and the only time the short do came out good was the first time she did it. So I have it down past my shoulders right now. Heres your kick in the butt you asked for. :kickbutt:

Cal, I am so excited for you guys and your trip. I am sure you will have a blast.

Hi Girls

TGIF! What are everyone's plans for the long weekend? I am not sure what we will be doing. MIL usually has a cookout. Maybe go up north to the lake. It is suppose to be close to 90 degrees here this weekend. I love it. I will take it. Ds is getting out of school early today so I am trying to get everything done here before I go pick him up.

Angie I remeber your pics with long hair it was really pretty. My dh likes my hair long, sometimes I would like to chop it off, lol. I have been drinking way to much diet pop too. I have got to cut that out. I like flavored bubbly water though.

Gosh Cal I remember when you said 10 weeks to vacation and now it is almost here. I am so excited for you guys.

Noelle dear how are you feeling today? I hope you are smiling:). Michael gets out of scool today, right? My son gets out on June 9. Then we will have to listen to I am bored and this and that:dizzy:. I may sign him up for another TKD session. Dd has kinder camp, and dance camp. Don't you remember when we were kids there was just make yourself busy summer vacation and no activities? Thing have changed.

Kempy any plans for this weekend?

Well hello to everyone else. Check back later on. Have a great day!

Hi ladies, OMG school is out! :crazy: I went to the end-of-year assembly and mass and I sat in the pews right next to the incense holder....talk about intoxicating fumes :dizzy:. I have major headache (from the smoke) and summer hasn't even started yet! haha...

I am off to look for a b-day present for my mom, she is taking ukulele lessons and will be performing in a group of seniors for the mayor--she's all excited about it too, it's cute to see her like that. My sisters and I will probably be pooling our money together to get her a new uke. I have one that's around 24 years old and for the same make and model today, it costs $400+! It's crazy. Don't think I'll be getting her one like that, but maybe just something a few hundrded dollar less.

Julie, spending time at the lake sounds like so much fun, cool and relaxing, even though I don't/can't like to swim. Have you taken the kids to see Over the Hedge yet? That was a cute/funny movie.

Angie, woo-hoo for nixing the diet coke...that would be so hard for me--I'm always at the drive-thru ordering an extra-large one at that. Saves ya money by not drinking it too huh? Soda here is so expensive, sometimes almost $4 for just a 12 pack, ridiculous!

Cal, you poor thing in that 100+ degree weather...sorry to be complaining about heat here... but at least yours is "dry" heat ;) I would come over and help you pack if I could...maybe I could stash myself away in an extra suitcase? I'd love to travel Europe. One day one day.... Get some rest when you can and don't let them kids stress you out too much.

Well, gotta scoot. Hi to all and have good one.

My new niece from China!!!
 

It's me again. We just got word from my sister that they got pictures of the :bb: baby girl they will be adopting from China--it's so exciting and she's so cute!!! She looks like any of us (my sisters and I) when we were little so she should fit right in with us half-Filipinos :lol: I'll see if I can attach a pic... nope, it's a pdf file and I have to convert it to a jpg...I just don't know how.

She was born last October so should be just around 7 mos old. It may be another 6-8 weeks before they can go and get her. I can't wait to meet her!!!

Happy Saturday All!! :wave: I weighed in this morning and I lost 2 pounds this week. That is surprising because up until Wednesday I hadnt lost anything this week. :lol:

Julie, My only plans this weekend are to work. Jay is also helping his Mom out this weekend as much as possible. She said she has never been so prepared for a holiday weekend before. It will be interesting to see how much money she makes this weekend because every year for the past 10 years she has topped herself moneywise.

Noelle, Oh how sweet!! I didnt know your sis was going to adopt. I cant wait to see pics of the little sweetie. What are they going to name her?

Oh you should see the soda cans we have out behind the bakery. I bet I have 6 trash bags full(we do bottle redemption here) and I just cashed them in this spring so that is only a few months worth. :lol: But after the headaches stopped I dont even crave it now because I love the 4C stuff so much. I hope I can stick with this change too because I am not so bloated at the end of the day BUT...I cant stop peeing . I pee alot with Diet Coke but holy cow this stuff just goes right through. :lol:

Well, It looks very muggy outside today so I am going to go get my walk over with. It sucked so bad yesterday because I wanted to walk alot but it was so muggy out. The poor dogs just laid on the floor and panted for an hour after we got back. :lol: