Hi Girls

Angie:carrot: GREAT JOB! Proud of you! I hope you guys sell alot this weekend. It is going to be in the 90's here tomorrow, I wonder if it is headed your way.

Noelle that is so wonderful about your new little niece. I can't wait to see her too. That is just awesome about your mom taking lessons, I love to hear about older people staying active and learning new things. We have not seen Hedge yet. But I would like to go. Maybe we will get out of the heat this weekend and go.

Well girls I am off to get showered and get the weekend going. I made blueberry pancakes this morning. They were tasty. Have fun and be safe this weekend everyone! I will try to check back in.

:high: Way to go Angie!!! :carrot: :cb: :dancer: Don't work too hard today :D

Julie, Rick would've loved to eat breakfast at your house. He is a pancake fiend and will drive around taste-testing all the local restaurants to see who has the best pancakes :hun: :lol: Enjoy the sun tomorrow. :wave:

We saw the Xmen movie last night, it was great! Full of action and Hugh Jackman is so beautiful, even with that horrible wolverine hair--his arms are just huge! :strong: Oooooh, and I got a phone call from my best girlfriend and she told me she was expecting-- :bb:twins :bb: I'm so happy for her! She's a month older than I am and she and her husband have been trying for the past 2 years I think, they have a little boy who's 6 so this will just about make her family complete. It's got me thinking about babies all over again :rolleyes:. At least there will be plenty for me to hold :love:

I'm gonna go put on my shoes and get a walk in before the sun comes out shining full blast. Have a great day everyone! :running:

Afternoon ladies,

How cute Noelle, It seems so easy for Americans (& any other country for that matter) to adopt from O/S but to do it from here it is virtually impossible & where it is possible its sooooo expensive. I am just so at a loss when you see littlies in 3rd world country orphanages & no chance of ever getting out of that abstarct poverty & here the govt is telling us to have more babies to support the aging population yet wont make it easier to adopt from O/S so silly.

Its a georgeous day here today but this past week has been very cool. Funny to read how you are all getting ready for summer hols. I live in Queensland so we dont usually get down that low average day in winter is probably 20 c but to me thats cold lol.

I get my stitches out tomorrow thank God as its starting to itch but as I changed the dressing on Thirsday night it looked like I might loose my finger nail completely sooo stupid.:dizzy:

kids have a friend who slept over last night & they are just nearing the end of their tolerance levels I think (not to mention mine) so I had best go sort out a more sedate activity for them. I am going to try & weigh in tomorrow (its really only to bring myself to do it its not as if I have to go anywhere to do it) but I know it wont be good.

Chat tomorrow.

Good Morning!! It is so nice and sunny here today. Yesterday I went out and cleaned the inside of Jay's truck out for him. Can we say Jack Russell Hair? It looks like he exploded in there. :lol: Noelle, You know what I mean about Jack Russell hair. It is skinny on one end and fat on the other and it hooks itself into fabric. I had to vacuum and used duct tape to pull all the hair out. It looks damn fine too. Plus I washed the outside. Let's just say Daddy was very happy when he got home from a 12 hour shift at his moms.:hug:


Julie, Yesterday and today are int he 80's so we are getting close. I wished jay had some time to go get the attatchments for the pool fountain. I was out there watching the twins swim yesterday and thinking Geesh, I wished I had the fountain going. :lol: :cool:

Noelle, Your girlfriend is going to be BUSY~! :lol: I had the twins when Brit was about 1 year and 10 months old so I had 3 babies to deal with and pretty much the only person who helped me out was my sister and of course jay. Jay worked nights at the time so I was drained. They had their days and nights screwed up and I couldnt get them on the right track. Oh it was so hectic. :fr:

Good Job on the walking!! You Rock!! :running:

Maggz, Good Luck on your weigh in tomorrow and calming the kiddos down.

I hope everyone is having an awesome weekend.

Happy Monday everyone!!! Wow we had the best weather for this Memorial weekend. I dont remember a year in the past that the weather was so warm. Jay fixed it so I had all of yesterday off from work while he went to his moms place to work for 10 hours so I sat outside around the pool all day with the twins and now I am so burned. My shoulders are killing me because my bra strap keeps rubbing. OUCH!! I had a great day though. God I miss weekends. :lol:

I hope you all are having a great weekend.

Happy Memorial Day everyone. Hope you get an extra day to relax...(sorry Angie, are you baking right now? :^: ) I did so bad eating yesterday. We took Michael to a classmates b-day party during lunch--hamburgers, hot dogs and ice cream cake. Then we celebrated my mom's 73rd b-day with a BBQ in the evening. My cousin is in from L.A. and it was her 40th so we had a mini-celebration for her too. My dad's aunt is also here from Guam with her husband who is getting treated for cancer so we had a whole lot of people at our house. It was like 2 separate parties going on. We had the canvas patio umbrella out on the front lawn with a table, all of us girls hanging out making a whole bunch of noise, then there was the more sedate celebration going on inside. We also had a guava cake, a carrot cake and a chocolate-haupia (coconut pudding) pie. I had a slice of the carrot cake, can I count that as a vegetable serving? :ink: I can't wait til the watermelons are in the stores because I need a nice, low-cal dessert that won't set me back like cake and ice cream will. I gotta get the shoes on and go walk some of those fat cals off.

Angie, that was very nice of you to clean out the truck like that, that's a workout in itself sometimes. And Jay was very sweet to give you the whole day off during your busy busy season. You guys are too cute together. Ouch, take care of that sunburn, hope it isn't so bad that you peel after a few days. Moisturize!!! But more importantly, use sunscreen! OK off my :soap: :hug: (but not too tight since I don't wanna hurt you ;) )

Maggzs, I didn't know that your government encourages you guys to have more babies to support the aging population. How interesting. And it is kind of strange that they don't make O/S adoption easier, especially since there are SO many babies available in other countries. Hope the kiddos had fun with their sleep over and didn't strangled each other, or you them ;)

Hello to everyone, hope some of you can come out and say hello....:wave: Enjoy the day! :sunny:

Hello, hello! Just popped in to see how everyone is doing! I forgot that you Americans have your long weekend this weekend. We Canucks had it last weekend. Hope you are all enjoying your holiday Monday! :D The weekend here was quite chilly. DH and I cleaned the carpets in our apartment. Made the cats go bonkers. :crazy: Some of the furniture is still displaced, so they are still wandering around with wild eyes. :yikes: DH and I were arguing off and on over the weekend. :frypan: Sometimes boys are so silly! Mostly I think he is frustrated with me, so just trying to give a helpful :kickbutt: But sometimes what *he* thinks is motivating is just plain mean! :mad: Hmmm. We seemed to have setteled our differences for the time being though...:halffull:

Noelle - Your sister must be so excited to meet her new daughter! And your friend expecting twins is awesome too! Don't sweat the bad eating :hug: , when I am socializing, it is always the hardest time to say no. Maybe that is why I am such a hermit lately! :D

Angie - :balloons: :cheer: GREAT JOB!!!! :cheer: :balloons: 2 more pounds gone!! You are rockin' it big time, girl!! It was grat of you to clean out Jay's truck for him while he was working, I would love Barkley forever if he'd clean out my car. Of course my car still hasn't gone to the shop yet. :rolleyes: Hope your sunburn isn't too bad! :o

Maggzs - I'm glad your finger is healing well. Think of it this way, fingerNAILS grow back, fingerTIPS don't! :D Hope the kids didn't cause too much mayhem this weekend for you!

Julie - Yum! Blueberry pancakes! :hungry: Hope you had great weather for your long weekend! :)

Hi to everyone else! Have a good one ladies!

Hi! My name is Claire and I am also new to 3FC. I got married about a year ago and have gained 28 pounds in the process. I stopped exercising and started eating the same quantities as my husband. It just kinda crept up on me. I decided to take control about a month ago and started exercising again. My husband has been so kind to help me put a gym together in one of our out buildings on the ranch. Actually, we still need to put the gym together...but my EFX machine is there as well as my free weights. All of this to say...I found you all by accident and would love the encouragement to get back to the size 6 I was for our wedding. We have scheduled a 2nd Honeymoon cruise for August 20th and I need to have at least 15 pounds gone by then.
You all sound so nice and supportive. I would love to be a part of supporting you too!
Take care!
Claire

Welcome Claire :welcome3:
It's a fine place to come hang out. I too found it by chance & just kinda hung about. I live in Qld Australia, have 2 kids (son aged 11 & daughter aged 8) + a hubby so that kinda makes it 3 kids! I have always had an up down battle with wieght... more an obsession really & am currently about 17 pounds above what I feel comfortable at (about 8 kilos in our format). I dont really excercise though I do like to walk. However in saying that I work fulltime & at the moment here winter is approaching so in the mornings before I leave it is dark & again in the nights when i get home so walking is not happening at the moment either :( I bounce around have have great weeks & truely dreadful eating ones but I can still come on here and bare all (metaphorically speaking of course) so theres a bit about me.

For the regulars I did wiegh in & no damage done... no loss either but no increase so all in all pretty damm fine I'd say. Give me a boost to get back on the wagon :carrot:

Have a great day folks & take care.

Thanks, Maggzs! Sounds like you have a busy life. It's weird thinking you are about ready to go into winter when it's blazing hot here already. My sister was in Australia last year during your summer and said it was incredibly humid. Which do you prefer? Winter or Summer?
I will pray for you as you hop back on the wagon and head down the trail to getting back to where you want to be. I know you can do it! At my daughter's graduation the principal said this at the end..."There is no traffic jam going the extra mile." In other words, we can settle for the mediocre with the masses or take the extra steps to be exceptional. We are all exceptional creations...we just need to live our lives that way. So go for it!
Thanks again for your encouragement!
Claire

Welcome Claire. Many of us have been around for some time, but we love to have new friends join us. :welcome: I have been chatting and getting to know most of these ladies for about 2 years. In fact, I've met two of them (one from HI and one from ME). I am married (10 years in July) and have an 8-year old daughter who just finished 2nd grade. I live just outside of Phoenix in sunny Arizona. I teach Reading and Writing to 7th graders and we will be finished on June 7. The girls here not only keep me motivated, but allow me some sanity after spending 7+ hours with tweens. Again, welcome.

I hope everyone is enjoying the 3-day weekend.
Angie: I know what you mean about the burn. Take care. If you can get some aloe vera lotion (the actual plant is best) it will help some of the pain. I haven't had a burn like that in years, but I used to fry myself every summer when we'd go tubing on the Salt River.

Noelle: Sounds like you had a great weekend. What fun to have so many people around. Don't sweat the eating; you are still such an inspiration to all of us.

We leave in 10 days!!! I've just about got most things packed. I can't believe it's just about time for vacation. I realized today that we bought our tickets the first of Sept. I can't wait to go.

Take care everyone and I hope you all have a chance to post soon.

Goodnight.

Cal

Thanks, Cal... Enjoy your babies while they are young. I just had number 2 graduate from high school this past weekend. It was weird...but I was doing just fine until I saw her walk out of the arena. The way she walked reminded me of seeing her off to kindergarten 13 years ago. It hit me hard and I got all teary eyed. I am so proud of her and my other two kids as well. I used to hear other women say how fast time flew and didn't believe em for a minute. It started to go warp speed about the time they hit middle school. Forgive me for getting sappy...but it's just one of those life moments you don't want to let go of. :o)
Hope you all had a great Memorial Day! I worked. My work week is Saturday thru Wednesday. I work for a new home builder and absolutley love it. I am used to the weird weekends...but it's all worth it.
Good night everyone! Good luck on meeting all of your goals tomorrow!
Claire

Good Morning!!! My shoulders hurt so bad last night. I could only sleep in one position all night and it really sucked when Puddin tried to wake me up this morning because she likes to climb all over me and give kisses. Of course this morning she chose the worst arm to climb all over. :lol: I think it is a Northern thing that we forget how quick the sun works and we get a bad burn every spring. :lol: :beach: :flow2:


Noelle, Yes as a matter of fact I was cooking when I read your message. :lol: I had to come in for a pee break. :lol: It sounds like you had a fun and hectic weekend.

Okay like everyone else said dont worry about the bad eating it is what you do today that counts so jump back on the wagon and we will help hold you on. You have come so far. :hug:

LT, Hahaha. Arent cats funny when you move their house around. I love the huge eyes and the jumpiness. Silly kitties. :o I hope you and your hubby got to kiss and make up.

Claire, Hi. :wave: I am glad you found us. These girls are so nice and the best friends anyone could ask for. Lets see a little bit about me. My name is Angie. I am a married Mom to 3 kids, ages 12,12 and 14. I am a Baker with my husband. We had a wholesale shop built at our house so I guess I work at home. :lol: We make donuts and pastries for our area convenience stores and my MIL bakery. I have lost and gained my weight a few times ...right now I am on my 3rd time trying to lose it. I am going to keep trying til something works and I can keep it off. :lol: :running:

Cal, WOW 10 days!!! :dance: It is coming so fast. I hope time slows down for you while you are there. Doesnt it seem like time is just flying right now? May came and went so quick. Has it cooled down a little bit for you yet?

Rebel is sulking on the sofa so I suppose I should go walk him. :lol: I will check back in a while.

Hi Angie... Don't know how you do it doing the baking thing all day. I admire you for hanging in there. I have no excuse. I blew it this morning on my way to work. I stopped to get my car washed and was starving...I ate cinnamon rolls and chocolate milk...bleah! It tastes good for the moment, but you feel yucky once you're done. My usual MO would be to toss the entire day away and just eat what I want since I blew it already...but, I will stay the course and eat right for the rest of the day. I can tell my exercise is working just in how my clothes feel.
Question for you ladies...I threw away my scale long ago at the advice of my brother in law who is a personal trainer. He says that what you weigh isn't the be all and end all...it's how your clothes fit and how you look. So...should I get a scale? My husband thinks yes... They scare me. I am afraid it will discourage me rather than encourage me. Then again...maybe if I had had a scale I wouldn't be 28 pounds over what I was last year? Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks! Have a great day, everyone!
Claire