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ok water aerobics over now volleyball at 9. my oldest daughter and i just went to wally world and bought some clif energy bars, i hope it doesnt make stay up all night rofl......but thats what im having for dinner instead of a sandwich, the daggum thing has 250 calories in it:dizzy: .....hopefully it will last a long time!!! my mom watches the bachelor, i havent really ever been interested in it, i liked the bachelorette, with trista and ryan, but that was the last time i watched. i remember reading the books about ted bundy.....that was some scary stuff. i wonder what makes people do those kind of things, its very sad. ok i need to go braid edens(oldest daughter 16) hair, then head to the court. its so cold tonight too, i hate playing sand volleyball when its cold, it just doesnt make sense .....oh well.
tty'alll
Shawna

Hi Shawna,
I use to read on one subject when I was younger - also went through this crime phase,,,lol all Ted Bundy, Boston Strangler, Charles Manson,,,,,,,course I went through my Hollywood phase ....all Marilyn Monroe, Rita Hayward, Natalie Wood, Bette Davis,,,,,the Kennedy phase.....the Princess Di phase....I love bio's.
Have fun at the volleyball game! How cold it it there?? Lucky you!! Chat later......I think dinner is some rice and chicken,,,,,,,craving that.

Cristi - oops!! :) I missed this about Josh coming home on Friday!!! SOOOO sorry - morning rush and all. You must be so excited!! I am thrilled you will have your reunion soon. HUGS and don't get over tired in preparing for his return!! :)

I got up early this morning to get things done around the house. Seems when I have errands to run I either have time for the computer or time to clean, not both. And guess what's been suffering? So thought I would get up early to clean and hop on the puter to say HI before starting the day. Had breakfast and getting ready to clean some before heading to It Figure at 9:30'ish. I'm afraid I am going to get busy starting tomorrow so if I don't get back in tomorrow you'll know why. Josh is coming home late Friday evening and I need to get things ready. Order a bouquet of balloons...24 red, white and blue and having them delivered Friday morning sometime. Figured it would be easier for them to get them here than me trying to get that many in this wind. Going to go order a cake today at Target after It Figures and get him a couple of things for his birthday since we missed it. The balloons and cake are for his birthday and a welcome home. Anyway, getting excited and anxious about him coming home. I wish he had an earlier flight though...not getting in until 11:44 p.m. that's if the flight is on time. Okay, getting chatty...better get going if I am going to get something done today. Will be back after I mow the back yard and run my errands, etc.

Susan ~~ I'm a little lost.:?: You and Christi both have Josh's?:dizzy:

Hello everyone,

Been a busy day here.

Cristi thank you so much for the beautiful card. Wow that is so great that Josh is coming home. How long is he home for? We expect to see you posting lots, then time will go faster for you.

Susan...look your confusing Michelle with your thinking of your ex's. :lol: No more. You may only think of maintenance men, and movie stars. (You probably taught Mike all he knew and now he has probably forgotten it all anyway) Cole, our little guy has chicken pox.

Michelle, just Cristi has a son Josh. I think Susan just cut and pasted what Cristi wrote. - Susan you must tell me how to do that.- Wow I hope that your daughter and son in law are happy, and not having a hard time. Amazing when I think back to being 18 I can't imagine being married. Sorry about her MIL. At least she has a great mom.

Shawna aerobics and volleyball, keep it up. I am impressed. You are the queen.

Katy wow I am just a little envious. My MIL and I do not get along. She tries to be very controlling. But it is so good to hear that you and your MIL are great friends.

Deb, good job on losing the craving for the burger. Just think when you weigh in next week and you have lost even more, you will not be craving burgers at all.

Hi Ginny and Jules

Chat with you all later,
Kathy

Good morning ladies,

Kathy and Michelle, I too have a Josh and he is also 23. He is getting married this August. He is the one who hurt his back earlier, I told you gals about it.

Christina, happy for you on seeing your Josh. I know how it is when they come home to visit you can't get enough of them. Then it's so sad when they have to leave again. Two of my boys, ds#2 and ds#3 were both in the Marines.


Deb, way to go on not getting the burger. The cravings are hard.. but we must be strong.. think of the results if you don't eat it.... you will be happier than if you did.

I don't have to go in til 2 today. I have two gals working. So when I take time off it costs me bigtime. But I need the time to go do some errands, do the banking for work and get a few things done around here. Well, last night my two sisters who are both retired and spend half the year in Florida, are home and want me to have lunch with them today. I just don't have the time. With all I want to get done today and still be back to work by 2, there just isn't enough hours in the day. Well, now they have me feeling quilty cause I am not going to be at work or with them for lunch. They are stopping at my work to get some plants I am holding for the older one. I had such good feelings about today, I was going to do so much and enjoy the time off... now it's ruined. I will do the stuff but I won't enjoy it. Why do siblings do this kind of crap. Oh, neither of them worked outside the home, they are just retired cause their husbands are.

Well, I best get to it. I'll check in later. Hello to everyone. Sorry about venting, it just bugs me.

Ginny:carrot:

Good morning everyone!!! I DID NOT HAVE THE BURGER!!!!! :carrot: I had a beef cabob and sweet potato fries. :o I know that not the best either but it was better then having real fries. lol I also had half a small pita. I feel just awful! :( I know I did not overeat but my head is telling me I did. My hubby hates when I get this way. He was really upset with me this morning cuz I was upset about a smidge gain on the scale. He said I was becoming obssesed with the scale and he was gonna throw it out. I freaked out and told him he would not do such a thing!!!!!:devil: He said that if I don't stop counting every crum on my plate (filled with healthy food) that he was gonna ban me from the scale and gym. I told him hat his lodgic made no sence at all! Why ban me from the gym? I guess in his head it works. I think it (the gain) has to do with the fact that I did not make it to the gym yesterday because I forgot my gym shoes at home. Well I guess I better get to journal or I will never do it. Have a great day ladies!:hug:

Michelle ma belle--my MIL is so evil to my son and husband (her own son) that I had to stop being around her even though she was always nice to me and for awhile I was closer to her than my own mother.

Suzy Q--I had a Dad that had me convinced that I was fat as a teen--I was 125 pounds and measurement were 36-26-36. My two step sisters were both size "0" and he thought that I should look like them and told me so. He said such mean things and yet I tried to make him happy and to "love" me. Our birthdays are in December and I called him (I don't know why I continue to do this to myself) he asked how work was going and I told him when all our bills are paid off (about a year and a half left) I may quit my stressful full time job, get a part-time one and go back to school. He told me that at 40 I was too old and then asked what I wanted to do--I told him if I was smart I would do Nursing starting with a two year LPN and then continue until I could complete an RN--he told me that I was too fat to have a job standing on my feet all day. I haven't talked to him since and I am not going to keep putting myself in a situation that only causes my hurt and makes me feel unloved and that I am not "good" enough.

Katy--DD is slowly returning to her self--I was talking with her last night and she is getting back into the "5 year plan" with mini goals to keep her on track--that's my girl shining through!! She has always been goal oriented and sticks to plan. Her plan had been to get married and spend the rest of her life with the one she loved, go to school for RN, by the time she had her RN-the ex would be at the point to test for master electrician and they were going to move somewhere close to a beach and with their careers could have worked anywhere. Last night was the first time since all this happenned that I have heard her say this is what I want to do and this is how I am going to do it.

Deb--wtg on the healthier substitutes & journaling!! I don't have a scale at home because I get too obsessed. There is a scale like they use at doctor's offices here at work and I use it once a week.

Ginny--sorry your day is starting out like that--maybe the sisters just miss you and want to spend some time with you and are disappointed that they can't--I understand about guilt--I have issues with it myself.

Shawna--I can't believe they are moving Greys' to Thursday against the CSI Vegas time slot--the three shows I don't miss are Cold Case, CSI-Vegas and Grey's!! Fave moment was when Alex picked Izzy up off the bed and held her while she cried--also when Crisitina finally went to Burke.

Cristina--so glad ou are going to get to see your Josh!!

Hi to Kathy!!

Katy--I am signing up for a knitting class--here's the website- www.y2knit.net they have some really neat kits for when I get a little better-- there is a shawl, a purse and a top that I really like -- maybe I will be down some weight by the time I am good enough to knit the top!!

Lunch break--where is everyone?????

For me today was Lean Cuisine (Baked Chicken Florentine), spinach & pineapple for dessert w/ a crystal light lemonade.

DD is coming (maybe) tomorrow to go to lunch with me and DH to Quiznos. I am going on their website to see if I can get calorie info...

Good Morning Girlies...:flow2:

This morning it's much cooler and I'm actually feeling cold, but they say it's suppose to get up to 87F today.:cool:

Kathy...Thanks for clarifying the Josh's for me! It was just very confusing when Susan was talking about getting balloons to be delivered and also the flight time being late.:?:

Ginny...Sorry to hear how your good day you had planned has to be ruined by your sisters. I'm always having guilt trips put on me, because I'm more sensitive and I let people get to me way too much!:( I hope you can still do what you wanted to do in the first place and just enjoy yourself!:hug:

Deb...So glad you didn't give in to the burger! Those cravings can be so hard on a person; believe me, I know the feeling!:o I'm another person that gets so addicted to the scale and I hate it! I'm on it more than once every day and then I get so discouraged, even though our bodies fluctuate so much every day.:dizzy:

Jules...I think it's so terrible that your MIL is mean to her own son let alone her grandson! What in the heck is wrong with people?!!!:devil: I think it would just be easier to be nice, but maybe it's the control thing. Anyway, it's wrong!:hug:

Jules...You're doing SO GOOD with your eating! You always have your lunch planned out...you're such a good girlie!;)

Michelle ma belle- my dd's theory on MIL is that she just hates all men at this point--she moved away from us closer to SIL and now she harrasses SIL about her live in younger BF. She also had the guys are such @*%^, only after one thing to both my DD and niece when they were in middle school--but she also told them to flirt and use their cuteness as a way to get ahead....DH & I have finally decided that she lives in a parallel universe because her version of an event is never anything like anyone elses...

I really am serious about losing the weight--I have tried everything except actual calorie counting and I am giving that a try now. Meals are actually easy through the work week as I plan meals before going to the grocery store on Fridays--it's the weekends that kill me--and DH and I are only going to eat lunch out once a week on Thursdays since he wants to lose too. It will save us some $ too though the $3.00 lunch special with two huge slices of really good pizza and a soda will be hard to beat cost wise, but definitely will be less calorie wise.

Michelle!!.... oops, sorry!! lol
I meant to cut and paste Cristi's post from the last thread. I didn't see where she was preparing for Josh's return. I missed it and felt bad. I would have bolded her script or something fancy but I was on a MAC and feeling stressed with the heat and wanting a cookie.......I didn't know Ginny had a Josh too.....lol sorry, sorry.

KathySure, I taught all Mike knows in bed *snicker*...not likely. I am amazed I have had 3 children. lol :o Anyway, sorry to be confusing everyone......just my natural state of mind. :D

Ginny I have a sister like you! She put a guilt trip on me for not spending more time with my father. This was back in Sept when I was drunk every night from all my stress......lol....just starting a new job and the girls moving in after 2 years.....wow.......and commuting Gaby to her sitter....so, I said to my other sister in an email that Stephanie had more time. She wasn't a mother and was going part time to school.....22 years old.....has more energy- blah - blah.....sorry my plate is full!!! Anyway, I accidently sent it to both of them.....yikes.....she wrote back how mean I was....lol....

JulesYou know the hardest time of day for me is evening. Like 4 to 8.....just want to eat! I think before I just said 5pm was the cut of time....anything after that has to be an apple or air popcorn,,,,,that seemed to work pretty good.

Deb awwwww, hugs! Sounds like you have a sweet husband. Just start today anew and you will be fine. It is when you don't want to start over again that you will need to be concerned. I think you are doing great!!!:carrot:

I need to ge to work. Had a horrid morning with the ex, he burns my butt!!!! We agreed that Rach will come home tomorrow with me after work. We really need to be united in front of her and I am afraid today we weren't. I walked out of the session to get a moment to cool down. Just frustrating me!!!

I had a warm Atkins for breakfast with a banana. grrrrrrr - anyway, better get busy!

Hi Shawna, Katy, Cristi, Laura!!:D

Hi ladies!! :hug: I had a nice health lunch - Fresh spinich, mushrooms, chicken and other salad crap - lol. :carrot: GOODY!! Well I was looking at the thread and how all of us have different goal and I was wondering how tall you all are. The goals are so different for some of us. My ultimate goal is 160 lbs. I am 5'7" tall and have a large frame.:stress: I wear anywhere from a 14 dress to a 20 suit. My jeans are 18/20. I wear a size 10 :o shoe , 40D bra and ....I think thats it. :p well I was just wondering. Have a great day!