Hello Everyone,

Thought I'd pop in really quick to see how everyone is doing today. Hello to everyone.

Angie, a little more on my daughter. If we're wathcing a movie and a person gets hurt, she shows no emotion. However, if an animal gets hurt, she starts crying. As for me, I'm always crying during movies, no matter what's happening.

Claire, when my husband and I were meeting with the pastor, before we got married, one of the things he did was draw a triangle. At the top of the triangle he wrote God. On the bottom left side is you, and on the bottom right side is your husband. The pastor told us that as we both draw closer to God (picture yourselves moving up the triangle to God) God is drawing you closer together. I always thought that the triangle was an awesome way of looking at God in your marriage. I'll keep you in prayer.

I'll talk to you gals later.

Hi Girls,

Thanks for the pm Angie, I am so sorry I have not been around. Well lets see....it was both of my kids birthdays so we took a short trip to a water park. On a different note my Dad has not been in the best of health. He is going to need open heart surgery soon. And my FIL cancer is back. SO it has been a trying time. But I think my Dad is going to be okay. He has blockage and an enlarged heart and they also have to repair a quarter size hole in it. My Dad lives alone and will need care after surgery.Ihave been just taking time away from the computer. I have missed you guys but I don't know how much time I can commit to the computer now. I will try and catch up and go back and read some of your posts.

Welcome to the newbies! These girls are the BEST! You all keep up the good work! I think I lost about a pound. Not going to make our 4th of July goal. But I have been walking alot. The weather has just been awesome here. DD had a dance recital, we went and to the golf range and hit some balls and ds had TKD. What a day, LOL.

Talk with you all later:)!:)

GOOD MORNING Y'ALL!!! YEAH :cheer: Julie is back!!!! We missed you girl. I hope your Dad and your FIL are okay. I am sending prayers your way. Your life sounds very busy right now. We have been having awesome weather this week too. It is supposed to be really hot tomorrow. ...Not so great for walking but I have been doing alot of it anyways. :lol:

CW, haha, I had to laugh because your daughter sounds so much like me.

I hope everyone has a great day today!!

Just a quick hello.
 

It's only 8:50am and it's already 71 degrees in new york. It's going to be about 90 today. I can't stand 90 degree weather. My energy level goes down and I have no appetite. Anyhoo

J- We miss you terribly! Hope all gets better with Dad and FIL. We'll be here when you get back to us:hug: luv ya!

Clair- Men can work our last nerve sometimes can't they? It seems as though your hubby does want to make an effort to get better. Keep trying. I always heard that marriage was work so it will take major effort to keep one afloat.

Angie- My family is very close. I been on my dad's case to get in shape for the longest. I want him around as long as possible. Besides, I know if he does it, Mom will follow suit, then the kids, then THE WORLD!! :s: (I'm silly I know)

Noelle- How's it going? Are you still being good? You better be!

Good Morning!
This is my first morning without my husband... It went pretty good. We have cows and chickens to feed in the morning...and today is trash day. No big for most...but we have to haul all our trash to the end of our ranch road.

I worked out this morning too...it felt great! I didn't get a chance to weigh myself at the doctor yesterday (no scale in the echocardiogram place)...but I go in today for a mammogram. yeeha! I have a feeling I have lost some weight...but will have to wait to see.

Julie...hello...my name is Claire and I have just joined your group. You're right...the women here are wonderful. It's nice to have the support and friendship. I will be praying for your Dad and FIL...

Better git... I have a ton of stuff to do before I go to the doctor.

More later!
Claire

Hey Dips...We must have been posting at the same time...:)

I was just going to comment on your 90 degree weather... For some reason, Texas has decided to do the August heat in June... We have been at the 100 degree mark a couple of times in the past week or so. We are actually getting a break from it today with a cool 92 degree high... Ahhhhhhhhhh!

I also wanted to say thank you to all of you for your encouragement in my marriage. I am not giving up... I will do everything I can to make it work. I just started reading an incredible book called "Boundaries in Marriage"...by Henry Cloud. I should have read it long ago. It's helping me see where I need to improve.

Have a great morning!!!
Claire

P.S. Where do you all get the smiley thingys that you put in your emails? Am I missing something?

Hey girls, I am heading off to Kona on the Big island for the weekend. The trip was unexpected, but the opportunity presented itself so I'm going :wave: Be back late Sunday night. have a great weekend! :wave:

claire, the "smileys" or emoticons can be found at the top of the message box when you use the "go advanced" features page when posting. What I mean is, instead of using the "Quick Reply" box that appears at the bottom of the posts, go below that and click on "Go Advanced". Try it! :D

:balloons: Good Evening Everyone...
You are not going to believe this... I can hardly believe it.

I went to have my mammogram (sp) today...and let me just say this about that... I always marvel at just how thin they can get your breast to become in those machines. My gosh...my breasts are still aching! :sp:

Anywho...back to the big surprise. After the mammogram I went to the front desk and asked if I could weigh myself on their scale...the one that told me I was 173 about three weeks ago. I got on the scale and I weighed 166!!!!! :cp: I lost seven pounds! Are you believing it?? I am not. But...it inspired me to stay the course...keep exercising and eating better. I could hardly wait to get back to let you all know. So...maybe I can lose another 7-10 in the next month...

The big BBQ is tomorrow nite. I still have soooo much to do. In the midst of getting things ready, I am trying to sell homes as well. It's been challenging, but good.

Hope you all are doing well.

Thanks Noelle for the heads up on the smiley thingys!:dizzy: :spin: :p :hug:
Claire

Good Morning Ladies!!!! Well, Today is weigh day for me :goodscale and I am so happy and surprised!!! I am down 4.1 pounds this week. Now my period is due anytime now so I am sure I will bloat up next week or something but I am very happy right now. :lol: Tomorrow is Jay's birthday. He didnt want me to buy him anything so we decided that this year we are going to go buy a 20 inch flat tv for the RV and that will be both of our birthday gifts. I did go buy him one of the littls single(4 person) serving cakes at Walmart yesterday though and the kids bought him a lobster plus I made him pick up an extra one so he can eat them with butter. His Favorite!!

Dips, It is so hot and humid here too. :flow2: Tomorrow is supposed to be really bad. Wont that be fun while cooking? :lol: On the plus side though, My pool hit 77 yesterday. :lol:

Claire, OUCH!!! My boobs are so sensative(sp) as it is I dont know what I am going to do when they make me have a mammogram. :frypan: ( I did this smiley cause it is what I imagine my boob will look like. :lol: WAY TO GO ON YOUR LOSS!!!!!!!! YOU ARE DOING AWESOME!!!!! :carrot: :cheer: :dancer: :cb: :bravo:
Noelle, Have fun!!! Your so lucky!!!

Red, That was so funny!!! :rofl:

Jay and Corey(my son) were coming home from my MIL bakery yesterday afternoon when this car coming in the opposite direction was stopped to turn across the road. They had to wait for 2 motorcycles before they could turn...well, this kid came up behind the stopped car and didnt see that they were stopped and had to swerve so he swerved into the center of the road(why he didnt swerve to the right I will never understand) well, He hit one of the motorcylcers in front of Jay and Corey. The guy has an iron shop in town and makes some really neat things out of oil drums and stuff. He died on the way to the hospital. We are all having a life and death moment right now....where Griff was just at his shop just minutes before laughing and making plans for the weekend and in a split second his life is over through no fault of his own.

Good Morning...
It's 6:30 here and I am starting my day. I woke up to the sounds of strong winds and panicked. I checked the forecast and it says there will be storms off and on all day!!! Keep in mind that we have been in a drought and the day of my BBQ where 200+ people are coming it is supposed to rain. Would you all pray that it wouldn't? Seems like an impossibility...but the Lord stopped a raging sea...He can do this.
Angie...WTG on your weight loss!!! That's wonderful. I am glad your pool is getting warmer...that's what you want...right? And, your birthday celebration for your husband sounds like something he will really love.
I feel so bad for your son and his friend and the guy who died. I will certainly pray. My husband has a cool web site called prayerrequestsite.com. If you go there, you can post a prayer request for Grif's family, yours, whatever you want and over 600+ prayer warriors will pray for them.
Red...absolutely loved your funny. At first, I was wondering...where in the world did she get those statistics???
Hope all of you have a great day. I need to go get the chicken food inside the chicken coop and feed the cows before it should it start raining.
Claire

Hello My Ladies...
 

I recently added about 5 pounds of bloat to my body via TOM. I feel so sluggish but I know it will drop by next week. Still how depressing to see an increase on the scale.

Red- That was hilarious! :lol:

Angie- Way to go on the loss! I feel kinda left out because I haven't had a loss in forever! It's the last 10 pounds that are the hardest :( But don't let me rain on your parade. YOU GO GIRL!!

Clair- I am so happy for you. DOn't you just love it when you lose weight when you least expect to. And what a loss! 7 pounds- Way to go :carrot:
It reminds me of my dad when he weighed in. He had a sparkle in his eyes when he realized he lost 8 pounds. You are doing awesome!

Noelle- Have a blast in KONA!!

Hi J, Kempy, CW, Maggs and Lady T. Hope all is well with you girls!

TTYL

Good Morning girls!!! Well, Today is Jay's 34th birthday!! We had his birthday dinner last night and he brought home some of his Mom's homemade yeast rolls from the bakery and of course we had real butter in the house for his lobster.......so I ended up having 2 rolls with one TBS of butter total with my normal supper. I have to say that I felt like I cheated all night because of that even though I never went over on my points. :lol: Well, this morning the scale went down and that felt so weird to me. :lol: I Love Weight Watchers!!

Me and Alicia did laps around the pool all day yesterday. The pool water hit 80!!! I love it when it is 80.

Claire, I hope your BBQ went well.

Dips, Dont ya just hate the period bloat? I am waiting for mine still so I am sure the scales will see a little upset this week but that is life right? You are doing awesome in my book. I love that you are maintaining so well. You will have to teach me when I hit my goal.

Well, I gotta go get in a walk...which I am dreading because it is HOT out there already!! :lol:

Hey my girlz!!!
 

Hi Angie- Way to go girl! I am sooo happy for you. Especially since you seem to be enjoying weight watchers so much. You are going to melt those pounds away!

I managed to get rid of 3 of my 5 pounds of bloat. I feel so dehydrated all the time in this damn heat! I still walk to the long route to the subway and each time I try to do it faster than the last.

BTW did you all get your emails from CAL?? She's living it up in Europe. Se says hi to all those who's email she doesn't have!! I miss her.

Okay that's it for now I actually have a lot to do before dinner.