Good Morning Everyone...Well it's one of those days with a migraine again. I will be back a little later to post after I rest for awhile.:(

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So...I wrote that post above not long ago. I have since been sitting here thinking "what in the WORLD is wrong with me?" I am having a serious CHOCOLATE DESIRE issue right now. Since I have been counting cals, I have been able to breeze through these cravings about 99% of the time, so I couldn't figure out why it was different this time.

So...(going to be graphic here) I just went to the bathroom and TOM just showed up! :lol: I totally didn't see that coming!!! It is only day 34 of my cycle! For a long time now, my cycles have been around 55+ days. Must be my weight loss is helping regulate my cycles better! YIPPPEEEE!!! I guess that is a bit of an NSV in itself!!!

So...I am actually a bit relieved knowing what kind of :devil: I am up against! Silly me!!!! It's not like this is my first period ever! I should have seen it coming! Joke's on me today! :dizzy:

Bep :o I almost did a *gasp* when you told me what showed up in the bathroom.....TOM isn't bad but I was thinking of something else......:dizzy: anyway :bravo: for your PI work!!!!,,,,,,,,help me with my bacon craving:ink: :ink: now! lol

Michelle Feel better!! Come chat!!:comp:

Hello ladies...

SUSAN...yes, that is a very nice picture/avatar of you! Like I said in the pm...I don't think a few pounds are going to make that big of a difference, you are still nice looking. Well, I think if you wanted the table your brother should have let you have it. But glad you managed to get a few things.

KATY...so did you guys have a great time visiting your mom? I completely forgot that you went away for the weekend, :doh:

GINNY...sorry about the inconvenience the construction is/will cause and sorry to hear about your mom-forgot to mention that yesterday, was in a hurry. But lots of ((((((HUGS)))))) to you. :hug: :hug:

BEP...silly woman :) I've done that before though. Had the cravings and couldn't figure out why I would be crazy for them, and giving in. Of course my TOM is so crazy and about non-existant I never know. Haven't had an actuall TOM in about 8 months. Not that I am complaining because I rather like it that way. But last month it decided to pop in, very short lived but the cravings were horrible!

MICHELLE...another nice avatar. Look forward to seeing bunches of new ones! Of course you ladies are making it to where I am going to have to put one up. Going to have V (DH) take some Friday and see if I can get a decent one that I like. Have a roll of film to finish off and will take some pictures of Josh before he leaves too.

JULES...hope you are getting some rest in between being so busy. Glad to hear DD is doing fine. I thought of you this morning while at It Figures...I got ont he ellipitcal and OMG! I am up to 2 mns. now, woohoo! I know that seems like nothing but after working out and then getting on that last OMG...you really feel it! And 2 mns. almost killed me, lol!

MARI...my thoughts and prayers are with you and your mom and dad. :hug:

Anyway...HI to everyone else :wave:

Today I am just taking it easy. Lunch/Dinner yesterday with Josh was delicious! :T Glad we don't do that often, I would be as big as a house! Doing a load of laundry and that's about it. The weather today is icky...muggy, humid, hot, rainy and just down right icky! I am afraid we are going to have a very HOT summer. I did go to It Figures this morning and got my workout in...feeling so tired this morning though, think it is the weather. Just really sleepy. Anyway...

Take care ladies and have a nice day!

Cristi Have Josh takes some pictures of you!! Where did you guys go?
I grabbed the table. It is this marble type and I put the legs on but they are wobbly. It is a nice heavy table, I need to get some chairs to go with.
yay, lunch is an hour away! lol:ink:
chat in a bit!!

Hiya Susan...

We went to a BBQ place called Famous Daves. Everyone is always talking about how good it is and you have to go there some time. Well, we did and it was! A little on the expensive side but well worth it if you only go every now and then. And we don't eat out too often, maybe once or twice a month. Glad you grabbed the table! Have a good lunch!

Busters is a wonderful place for BBQ here. It was my dads favorite place - we might go there Sunday after we go visit his grave site. BBQ in honor of daddy - *sigh* I miss him.
I am starving!! Waiting for my assistant to come back with some apples - she said she would get some munchies too.

better get busy!

Hi Girls...Not much going on here, and I wish this headache would leave!:headache: I just saw on the news, they were saying the top cities in Oregon that have the worst polution and air control; Hillsboro was first with a listing of hazardous, and Oregon City was second with a high level; now that makes me feel real good!:devil:

SUSAN...Hope you get your apple fix soon! I think that would be nice to go to Busters on Sunday in memory of your dad.:hug:

CRISTINA...Yes, please do get a picture of you on here. I love to see what people look like! Here I thought Susan had blonde hair, so it's so fun to see everyone!;)

MICHELLE...don't know what color hair you think I have but I am a blonde, lol! I will seriously look for a photo that I like and try to get it up tomorrow so you can see me! Hope your headache gets better. I don't get migraines often, thank goodness, but when I do they are bad ones. I have to just go lay down and sleep it off-turn the radio off, close the blinds and put a cold rag or ice pack over my forehead and go to sleep. Kind of stays with me for a couple of days. So feel better :hug:

SUSAN...that's a good idea...BBQ in honor of daddy! Now is the cemetery close so you can visit often? I wish I would have put DH#1 someplace that I could go to the cemetery often but at the time I was moving around so much trying to find myself-think I got lost in the process of trying to find myself, lol! :lol: Anyway, so I put him next to my grandparents in Arkansas. I don't go often but it makes me feel better than he is there rather than in CA where I could never go. When I had him buried I bought a double headstone with my name on it to so we could be side by side. Let me tell ya...it was alittle freaky seeing that for the first time...my name on a headstone!

Anyway...better get going ladies. Gotta go pick up DH from work in about 5 minutes.

Have a good day ladies!

I don't know why Hillsboro, out in the middle of nowhere Michelle! lol Sorry about your migraine, hope you start feeling better. OC is a wonderful place, I am surprised to hear about that one too. No apples yet but someone brought me some asparagas - maybe I will cook that tonight.
Cristi - My father is about 10/12 miles from where I live and 5/6 miles from where I work, not too bad. My baby sister wanted to bury him in TX with his sister, she thought he had bought a plot down there. It would have cost a fortune to take him down there!! lol.

anyway, my assistant is waaaaay late.....I want my lunch break too!! she better bring something good;)

SUSAN...The polution advisory was for indoor buildings, not outdoors.:?:

Michelle That is kind of interesting. How do they test indoors? How are you feeling?
Hit the jack pot on munchies....(!!!!!!)
Sushi
Mixed nuts
white cheddar popcorn
1 year old birthday party with pizza, cheetos and Dora cupcakes. lol

yikes, better get!

How the heck do they measure the pollution indoors MICHELLE? That is interesting. The place where the air is supposed to be clean is terrible.

SUSAN...TEXAS?! Yikes, that would have been costly. Unless of course you had him cremated and then someone drove his ashes there. Good thing though that he is there with you all. Is all your family, (brothers & sisters) in Oregon? Wish I was closer to my family. V tried to get a job at the Raytheon in AR but they do different things there, still aircraft but not the same thing. Of course they are only 7 1/2 hours away but that is quite a drive. Need to go down sometime soon though. My dad isn't do so well. My mom said his eyesight is going bad and he was thinking about moving in with my brother so they could take care of him. He has a bad heart also...don't think he is going to be here much longer and would like to see him. Now if he moved in with my brother they are only about 4 hours from us. Anyway...the cupcakes sound sooooo good! For some reason I have been craving sweets. I did buy some rice cakes, choc. ones and some apple ones and some of the graham cracker stix for snacks when I get in the mood. Last night I put them in bags...one serving per bag. Those and some pretzels. I used to do that when I went to WW too. Some of the things I learned while there stuck with me so that is good. Anyway...babbling now. Better get and go check on the chicken in a few minutes. I boil the chicken and then let it cool and tear it apart and put back in the broth and the add the rice. Easy dinner and not so bad.

CRISTINA & SUSAN...They said the indoor polution is for restaurants and buildings that still allow smoking in parts of them. I've still got a small part of my migraine and all I've done today is lay down and rest and fall asleep. I still don't feel like I've slept at all and feeling very run down. I'm sure glad you got your munchies fix SUSAN!!!:hug: :hug:

good evening
 

hi yall,
well i just ate some ice cream with caramel and hot fudge.......daggum PMS!! but it did have pecans on it so at least i had something good with it lol....
i did do yoga tonight......it was a good work out but i dont think i will do it again until i lose about 50 more lbs......it was way too hard on my wrists...i cant hold all this weight up that long :lol: i did enjoy it overall just not the pain part.....anyway..........
ginny, i work 50 hours a week so i usually do 2 11 hours days to get most of them out of the way.
susan, foster parenting is definitely an experience. this will be the only time we do it. my husband teaches at the adaptive school here and it is one of his students. he has been taken out of his home 3 times and they wanted him to be in a home where he knew somebody, so they asked brad (dh), if we would do it. he is 7 years old and has severe adhd, he was addicted to cocaine when he was born. he has basically raised himself and has never had any kind of supervision or discipline. he is doing much better since he got here in december, but can still have his moments. it is hard too because he doesnt have any siblings and now he has 3......and they are girls......hopefully soon they will figure out if they are going to take her parental rights and he can be adopted. my husband is the only one that wants to adopt him, the rest of us see the improvements that he has made being with us but dont feel that we should adopt him. soooooooooooooo, some days are much better then others....:rofl:
well, i gotta be at work at 7 am so im off to take a shower and relax.
hugs,
shawna

Hi ladies,
Michelle, hope your headache is better, I am glad to say I do not get migrained anymore, or rarely. I used to get them constantly when I was having TOM around. Since my surgery, they have gone too, I do have optical migraines.. that is where my eyes go all funny and it affects my sight while it lasts, but then it goes away and I don't get the actual full blown headache. It is annoying but better than the headaches.

Susan, what do you do at work anyway? I'm sure you've told us but I forgot. You have an assistant and you eat sushi at work.. :) sounds like a pretty good job.

I have a NSV... two people have told me within the last couple days that they can tell I am losing weight. One said she noticed my clothes are fitting looser and today I was told you could see it in my face. That makes me feel good.. it is the bike riding. IT is really helping. I notice my legs are more firm and it helps my upper body. Once work slows down I will increase my time and milage.


Well, I have to work on an ad. It has to be in by noon tomorrow if it is to run in Saturday's paper, so I better get busy.

Will check back later or in the morning.

Have a good evening everyone.

Ginny

Hello again
'nother busy day with no time to post

but I'm catching up ....and I found a pic of me for my avatar...and it's even something kind of recent!

Hope you are all having a good day

Chat tomorrow

KATY...Thanks for putting your picture up! You are SO pretty; it's a very nice picture!!!;)

GINNY...I used to get migraines a lot more often before I had my hysterectomy, but now since my surgery, they are quite a bit less thankfully! That sounds so wierd what your eyes do; I've never heard of that before. I think it's so great that people are complimenting you and starting to notice you're losing weight. That always makes you feel so good and that you're actually finally starting to get somewhere!;) :hug:

SHAWNA...Even though you had your ice cream tonight, you're still doing really good at always getting in your exercise! Tomorrow is a new day.;)

ugh,,,,,Gaby is trying to take a bath in the kitchen sick!! Silly kid.........just like her muther....:D

Ginny - *cough*...what I do at work?? It is a zoo there, property management!! I think it was sushi rolls. Assistant said " I have sushi rolls in here if you want some....." I thought she was saying something about payroll.....lol. Anyway, she is leaving on the 15th. she is soooooooo good. I am going to miss her, but she is temp and we hired an assistant in house now. Bummer,,,,,it is a good paying job but the stress is incredible.

Katy- Yay!! There you are :)

Michelle - Thanks for explaining that!! It is kind of interesting.....glad the migraine is getting better!

Shawna- That is great about the foster parenting!!

Cristi - lala.......how is Josh? When does he have to leave again? All my brothers & sisters live within 30 minutes of me. We hope to start meeting every month - that would have made my father happy and really it is good for us all.

Kathy!! Miss you .......and Deb, June C, Jules. Mari.....hope you gals check in soon!!

Hello everyone,

Wow I had quite a lot of catching up to do. That is what happens when you have to work late for a few days to get everything done for our year end.

I still have lots to do at work but at least I am almost caught up.

Ginny doesn't it make your day when people comment on how good you look? WTG on all that riding that you are doing.

Shawna wow that must be an adjustment to have a new addition to the family. You must be exactly what he needs to see such an improvement in his behavior.

Michelle I am sorry that you have such a migrane. What can you take for them to help them so that they go away? How often do you get them? :grouphug: and I hope that it goes away very quickly and you are back to feeling better.

Susan I love your picture and I am very sure that you look just as put together now and beautiful as you did in that picture. Maybe you might have 1 or 2 grey hairs from the girls but that is expected. :lol: (I said just one or 2) I think I missed something why is the landlord showing your apartment? Did I tell you we are finally getting a little tiny Starbucks here? We will finally be on the map.

Cristina sorry to hear about your dad. Do the chocolate rice cakes taste good? I used to like the caramel ones but we can't find them anymore. Did you get your border put up? Have you found a picture for your Avatar yet? You can use anyone because you take such beautiful pictures.

Mari my thoughts and prayers are with you. :grouphug:

Katy I love your picture also. I hope that you had a great weekend, and a good visit with your mom.

Jules hugs to you also. :grouphug: I am glad that your daughter is doing better.

Hello Bep NSV sure come in all sorts of different ways don't they. But we sure take them.

Hi to Sunny and Deb.

Well I must run as we stopped in at my parents for supper and I have taken over a computer. I guess I should go and get the little guy into bed.

:grouphug:

Kathy

Susan you try and bath in the kitchen sink too? :rofl: :rofl: :lol:
Silly kid shes just like her muther. :lol:

I love you Susan

Oh dear Oh dear! What have I done????? I have been sooooo hungry all day. I finally gave up staying in my cals by about 3pm and just gave up for the day. I might as well flush this week for weight loss, I will be lucky if I just maintain after the weekend and today....and TOM getting here today. UGH!!! I am going to have to be REALLY good for the rest of this week! I hope I don't have this weird need to eat tomorrow too!

Katy...beautiful pic!