Jane Welcome Home! And Katie,,,how did she like the new place? And does her red hair look good? Or would you have raithered she kept her blonde alone?
I like your idea of 1 point for each,,,water, food and exercise. That is something I can handle doing. I think we should make it some each lady can give herself a reward if she makes lets say out of 21 points per week,,,if she gets 18 and up she gets something small. Suggestions I would have is, a new nail polish color, or lipstick...possibly a CD or movie,(not sure if I can do a movie yet with all the junk sold there) a pocket book. Or a full hour of relaxing on the deck....
Kathy,,,got to love WDW, not that Ive been there,,,WDL we have beena few times already.
Ya know Kathy that is an idea I never thought of,,,having more children. Not that I can physically do that now,,,but we joked years ago about adopting since that is the only way I could have a girl....either that or the milkman,,,but that didn't work either cause Monte was the milkman. ..lol
Michelle,,,do you get migraines alot? I used to get brutal ones right before my TOM,,,read recently its a hormonal embalance. greaaat. now I know..lol
Marti,,,I got this image in my head you doing the cha cha while you mow the lawn.
Glad little Coco is doing ok...
Well I got to sleep in this morning,,,felt so wonderful. Made breakfast, just Monte and I, Tanner slept over at Zacks and Brandon' was already at work. We had coffee out on the deck,,,relaxing. Then we went to work down in the basement...arghhh but got most of teh horror of the mess done. I just hate drywall dust...its everywhere, And my makes my hands feel like sandpaper. We now have the laundry room done,,,
Had take out asian food.
As for what carreer I would have loved to have,,,, Dolly Parton's costumer,,,or Shania's OR a set designer for movie sets. Or the person who gets to make things for movie sets...unlimited funds and tools...a girl can dream...lol
Ange - I think Marti's going to start a new thread for brainstorming about challenge ideas. Whatever we decide to do, I think the JLs should all vote on a new name for the challenge/goal thread.
oh ya,,,forgot to mention,,,Tanner and I went shopping Friday night,,,he wanted to color his hair again,,,since he is done all his theatre stuff.
He now has a big triangle patch on the top of his head ina very bright pink,,,,the rest is a deep blue.
Anyways we were at London Drugs,,,wanted to get a sound track CD of Wicked.. Anyways ended up in the makeup area...I know how can that happen,,,specially if they are across the store from each other. We sniffed our way around,,,bought him some Axe...hopefully no girls will be attacking my lil baby...lol And has anyone else smelled Antonio Banderas's perfume? It smells wonderful...and the darling boy made his dad go and buy it for me for Mother's Day!
Brandon bought my a new hammer...lol boy thinks of everything...lol
Angie ~~ So sorry you had to work today, but atleast you got to sleep in and have a relaxing breakfast and coffee out on the deck. Now that I don't work, I don't get migraines as bad, but I still do if I've had quite a bit of stress going on, which I have had a lot in the last two weeks with my mom! Also, when I used to have TOM, I did get them really bad, but since my hysterectomy last year, they have gotten better...yes!
Jane ~~ I was happy to not have to cook dinner today. It was so hot here, and tomorrow it's suppose to get up to 95 degrees...yuck! I do not like that hot of weather!!!
I hope everyone has a wonderful night and we'll chat again tomorrow. The points challenge sounds like fun to me so I'm in!
I had a wonderful day today. I picked up Jhanai for a lunch out together. I had breakfast and she had lunch. She made me this really cute snowflake thing out of construction paper. Very sweet! After I took her home and I got myself back home I got a surprise phone call from my son! He wanted to wish me a Happy Mothers Day. It was so sweet of him to call me!!
(for those of you who don't know, I had a son while in high school and gave him up for adoption. It's an open adoption so he's known me all his life. He just turned 17 last month!)
It was a great day!
Lets see about me getting caught up here:
Michelle::My pedometer is a cheapie. It was less than five bucks and it's only one step behind a treadmill. So I'm able to feel pretty confident about it. Weather was amazing today wasn't it?? I was surprised that it was up in the 80's today!! Hope it sticks around. Hope you had a lovely Mothers Day!
Jane:: Glad that you have great Mothers Day. Now, if you have Blue Jays, why can't we have Cardinals?? I have been thinking so seriously about my weight and health lately! I have in my head an essay that I want to get on paper. Pretty much my thoughts and reflections on things. I'm not getting any younger and the older I get the harder it seems for me to make a dent. So I need to really focus on myself.
Kathy:: So glad to see you! How have you been? My new hours are 1-9:30pm. So much better than the 6-2:30am. My sleeping patterns are better and I feel I have more energy. Amazing what a five hour difference can make. I prefer an elliptical over a treadmill too. James likes it the other way around. Who know if we'll ever get either! My dog is doing great. She has a bandage on her little foot. They didn't find a thing while they opened her up, but the swelling is down and the build up of fluids is gone. Poor thing.
Angie::I was hoping that I didn't actually swing my hips while mowing! But I'm sure I must have!! I was definately singing out loud...just hope it wasn't louder than the mower! Jhanai is ready to change her hair color. The blue is coming out slowly. I think it's a pretty shade of blue. She is wanting to grow her hair long again,then dye it black w/red. Not sure what she's going for but all I can say is it will grow out. I just think she needs to be a little older so she can really tend to her own hair.....such as style it!
Love the Pointer Sistas name!
Katie:: Hope you had a great Mothers Day.....rest up and come see us when you get the chance!!
Hello to everyone else!!
Ok...I think I'm going to get some rest. Hope each and everyone of you had a Wonderful Mothers Day!!
Just a quick good morning to all--wasn't feeling well over the weekend. I am sitting here looking at a mountain of paperwork that I need to get started on...I'll be back tonight after my S-N-T workout and before Grey's Anatomy finale starts....
Had a pretty good weekend. The boys wanted to take me out to brunch on Mother's Day, but didn't realize they really should have made reservations in advance and everywhere was packed. So we stayed home, and Tim cooked -- not exactly WW friendly, but it was good Mike cleaned my kitchen and weed-eatered the front and back yard, and Noah vacuumed and did a bunch of homework Several of his teachers had emailed me back and said there was a chance -- although slim -- that he may be able to pass their classes after all. But he is doing a ton of assignments for partial credit, trying to catch up.
Erik called me at 10:00 pm from South Dakota. I don't think he knew it was Mother's Day until Mike called him and reminded him.
Gotta leave for work in just a couple of minutes here...have no idea what they will have me do today.
Jane, glad you are back home! Bet you are glad to have Katie home, too...I'll let you be Jimmy Smits' tailor, and I'll measure Johnny Depp...
Marti, sounds like you had a great time with Jhanai. And how nice that your son called, too!
Angie...if I had 5 mil...I'd pay off everything, build a dream house, move my mom out to CA to be near us, help out my family members, pay for school for my kids...then quit work and go to school myself. Just to go to school. Probably get 5 degrees, including Philosophy I'd love to study lots of things...and my dream job would be to be a novelist, preferably a very successful novelist, staying at home and working in my bunny slippers. If I didn't have to worry about money at all (like if I had the rest of my 5 mil in the bank), I'd open a tea shop, or a little bookstore, or be a museum docent. Or a tour guide at Disneyland!
Michelle, I hate hot weather, too! UGH! And we usually hit triple-digits here for the first time each year by Memorial Day weekend. I would love it if it was 75 degrees year round -- except one week of 88 in July, and snow at Christmas and Thanksgiving.
Hi to Robin, Kathy, Kim, Jules, Sue...hope I didn't miss anyone!
Oh, and I found out one reason why I might be struggling so much with this dang plateau...the medicine I am taking for nerve pain can cause weight gain and swelling of hands and feet, among other things. But I've tried cutting back, and evidently I'm not ready to do that yet Soooo...all I can do is keep eating on program, drinking my water, trying to get my exercise in, and hope for the best.
Morning all! Sorry I will come in post when I get the chances too
Angelia -- LOL I colored my hair this weekend too - had to hide the grays! I apparently wasn't paying attention and instead of a golden brown I picked up medium brown with red highlights so now depending on the lighting I have brown/red hair LOL
Michelle -- Gas is HORRID! It now costs me 80 to fill up my truck of course I wouldn't trade my truck for anything! It hauls my 5th wheel in the summer. I just limit my trips during the week. UGH
---- also I have pop up blocker so I don't get the ads here either - might be something to look into getting.
Marti -- LOL we can't mow -- it has rained here for 10 days straight -- my yard is turing into a lake. (not funny) but what can you do?
Katiecat -- I am sorry about the meds -- it is really aggrivating how some meds can really affect you in the wrong way. I know birth control made me gain weight but for me it is better as I have been warned to not have more (which is ok so don't feel bad )
Hmmmm -- Choose career? I really do love my job even though it got really nutso with no help. However I heard a little rumor that I might get a biggy promo! crossing fingers!
Ok I have to go to lunch so I will check back in a bit.
This will be quick, I need to get on the Gazelle!! Need to clock my time in before I start my day. (coming in here is first priority though! )
Jules--Hope the paperwork isn't too overwhelming! Mondays are always hectic!! Come back when you have more time and are feeling less stressed.
Katie--Medication will do all sorts of crappy things to our weight. I had to take medication for high blood pressure and I felt bloated all the time. And one thing I needed to do to lower it was lose weight!! How was I suppose to do that?? Hugs to you! You'll eventually ween yourself from it when you're ready!
Robin--10days straight!?! Are you sure you aren't from Oregon? We usually have rain all through May, so it's been surprisingly wonderful to have all this sun! But I'm a bit worried about how hot it will be this summer. Keeping my fingers crossed that you get that promotion!!
Ok ladies...I need to skidaddle on out of here! I NEED to get on the gazelle and do some damage!! I will try to post more later on!
I had a really bad eating weekend due to my hubby's birthday (ice cream cake) and mother's Day (out to eat for ribs...then I had a frozen drink and dessert!) so I'm trying to get things right again. I missed my Curves workout Friday due to a cold and feeling like crap, so I'm really feeling out of the swing of things.
My friend is doing pretty well. Of course, we still don't know if they got everything. I'm going to Baltimore to see her on Wednesday. I was going to go yesterday, but due to the cold and her having a trach, I wasn't sure it would be a good idea.
I couldn't find the original post with those two questions, but my answers would be:
The money:
I'd pay off all our bills and the house, then have the kitchen redone. I'd also buy a boat and put both my boys in private school until high school.
The dream job:
I've always wanted to write for publication. So, I'd stay home and write all day, but I'm afraid I'd get distracted and I'm also afraid of failing.
Well I'm totally starting back on track today. With all the eating out in the past three days, I have put 4 pounds back on and I'm done feeling this way! I'm going to start keeping a daily log of what I eat and drink so I can look back and see what I did along the way.
Robin ~~ We also have pop up blocker set on our computer, but 3FC said that everyone gets the ads, because that's what pays for this site to be free for all of us. Gas prices have raised a little more here and it's a terrible rip off! I filled the car up this morning and it cost me almost $28, and that was with a 10 cents a gallon discount!
Katiecat ~~ I do hate this hot weather! It's suppose to get up to 92F today, and the heat makes me sick to my stomach if I'm out in it too much. Glad you had a nice Mother's Day yesterday.
Jules ~~ I hope you're feeling better today, because it's NO fun being sick!
Marti ~~ I'm going to get a cheap pedometer and give it a try. What I basically want it for is when my daughter and I start going up to the park when she's out of school next month to walk the track. I'm not ready for this hot weather today at all!
I'm back--it's lunchtime!! Lean Cuisine chicken enchilada suiza and a cup of fresh pinneaple. Forgot my Crystal light lemonade ! Breakfast was a banana & a Dannon Light & Fit Smoothie. Raisins for afternoon break. Almost finished my second 20oz of water.
Katie--Jane and I have already decided that our DD's were sharing Johnny!!! They both even have the same poster of Johnny on their bedroom wall!! I hope your feeling better soon--no fun to have pain.
Robin-good luck with your job!!
Kimberly--sorry you were feeling bad too!! Why don't you get some writers guidlines for different magazines and try submitting some articles!!
Michelle ma belle--I am going to do the journaling thing too and keeping track of the calories. I lost the two stress pounds I gained last week--so I' m back at my "0" loss. I better get going on my mini-goal--I only have two more weeks in May to drop 10 lbs!! I'd settle for 5 at this point!!
Angelia--I love the "Pointer Sisters"--I am seriously considering the BFL program that do talked about before.
Jane--welcome back--Did you run into my friends Harry & Linda???
Sue--my husband is a metal machinst--I would love to see him branch into woodworking!!
gotta go!!
Marti--you should do a tracker with the miles you do an your gazelle!! Have a good day at work!
That's totally hilarious!! I love it!!
Now that I don't work, I don't get migraines as bad, but I still do if I've had quite a bit of stress going on, which I have had a lot in the last two weeks with my mom!
Also, when I used to have TOM, I did get them really bad, but since my hysterectomy last year, they have gotten better...yes!
But I'm sure I must have!! I was definately singing out loud...just hope it wasn't louder than the mower!
Several of his teachers had emailed me back and said there was a chance -- although slim -- that he may be able to pass their classes after all. But he is doing a ton of assignments for partial credit, trying to catch up.
Soooo...all I can do is keep eating on program, drinking my water, trying to get my exercise in, and hope for the best. 
I filled the car up this morning and it cost me almost $28, and that was with a 10 cents a gallon discount!
Glad you had a nice Mother's Day yesterday.
! Breakfast was a banana & a Dannon Light & Fit Smoothie. Raisins for afternoon break. Almost finished my second 20oz of water. 