Mornin Girls...
The BBQ didn't happen. My boss cancelled it at 8:30 in the morning. I begged him to wait a little longer before he cancelled and he wouldn't do it. I had checked the weather reports and it said everything would clear by mid-morning... Well, it did clear up and ended up being a beautiful day. He went to the coast and I dealt with all the residents that didn't get the message that it was cancelled. I currently have an office full of hundreds of waters, drinks, plates, cups, citronella candles (bleak!), etc...you get the picture. We have rescheduled for this Saturday... For me...the momentum is gone... It's that way for my co-workers as well who were so kind to make salads for 40 and cake for 100... I know there is a reason for everything...so giddy up! It will probably be clear to me by this weekend. )
Oh...I lost another 2.4 pounds. So...I am up to 9.4 pounds total. Not bad...but now I am being more tempted to eat "just a little more" since it won't hurt. I need to get out of that mentality.
Dips...glad to hear some of your bloat is on the way out. Is it my imagination or does the bloat thing get worse as you get older? What's the skinny on the ex BF? Is he still calling?
Angie...how did your husband's B-day go??? Once I read the words yeast rolls in your post...I could hardly concentrate on what else you wrote. I love bread...it's my biggest weakness...that and french fries. WTG on your exercise and keeping up with your weight loss. Once you see things moving you want to keep it going.
Noelle, Mags, Kemp, TLady, Red, Julie and all the rest (I am doing this from memory...which ain't the best) how are all of you??? How was your father's day?
Gotta go feed chickens and cows....
Have a grooooovy day!
Claire
Hi girls, I am back from the Big Island.....I am tired! I got sunburned, badly, I feel fried. I put lots of sunscreen on too, but I guess i needed to reapply. I am heading out for my walk right now, but I will be back to catch up. Talk soon!
Hi girls, "Happy Monday!" <-- if there is such a thing!
Tonight is Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. I'm hopin' my Edmonton Oilers hang in there for one more game and bring the Cup home!! So ya'll don't need to ask what I'll be doing tonight!
I haven't been in for awhile and I guess it is because I seem to have lost my motivation somewhere. I have not been following my own program. So now I'm thinking of joining WW. All you WW girls in here are inspiring! I guess I'll have to wait to get the backlog of bills cleared up before I join. The good news is that there is a WW right up the street from me. Just a two block walk. So I guess once I join, I will have no excuse.
Claire - Sorry to hear your BBQ got cancelled. There is nothing worse than gearing up for a big event, only to have it ruined. I hope the weather cooperates for you this weekend. The shelter is having their biggest event of the year this weekend too. Hopefully the weather cooperates for both of us! CONGRATS ON YOUR LOSSES!!! WOOHOO!!!!
Noelle - I hope your trip was fun! Which island do you live on, btw? Take care of the sunburn, girl. Aloe, Aloe, Aloe!!!
Dips - Congrats on being able to beat some of your bloat. I hope you get some cool breezes soon. I'd send you some of the torrential downpour we have been expereinceing, but I'm sure you wouldn't want it. Today is the first day in a week I have seen some sun! How are your belly dancing classes going? Or are they all done for the summer?
Angie - Wow!!! YOU ARE DOING AWESOME!!!!!! I am so proud of you!!! I hope that doesn't sound too corny! Keep up the good work!! Hope Jay had a great birthday!
Red, cw, Julie, Maggzs, Cal and everyone else, Hi! Hope you're all doing great! I'm sure Cal is having a blast anyways....
Hey everyone, I'm back from my walk... the sun is blazing right now, but it is HUMID! It was sprinkling on us when we were walking, but I am sweating buckets still. I had to wash the dog when we got back too because she got soaking wet and well, there's nothing worse than the smell of wet dog.
Kona was HOT and fun. We left Michael at home with grandma and grandpa, we went out to look at this boat we're considering buying. It's a 24' Radon(?), more of a commercial fishing/diving type boat than a pleasure boat, but you can be sure that I won't be doing fishing for WORK when I'm out on that thing. We took it out on the water for a test drive and it rode like a dream....then on the way back toward the harbor gunning the motor at full-throttle it blew a rod We retracted the offer of sale and had it re-drawn up that the owner will fix it before we buy or if we fix it, we deduct the amount of the repair from the total sale...... we are still hopeful that this is the boat we will get regardless of the motor--it is a solid boat. If the sale is good, then we should be sailing it home to Honolulu within the next 3-4 weeks . Gawd, we made margaritas and celebrated w/mexican food at the hotel...no kid around = party! I am still full
LadyT I live on Oahu, about 20-30 minutes away from Waikiki. We used to only have 2 airlines to get to the outer islands (Maui/Big Island/Kauai, etc) but we recently got a new carrier and the price wars are on! We recently got a crack at $19 one way fares, I wasn't so lucky to get one but $46 o/w ain't bad. You can bet I will be island-hopping more this summer with the fares so low right now. --heck, if we get the boat soon, maybe we can just sail it over... I will be crossing my fingers for your Oilers to take the cup!
Claire, congratulations on your weight loss! That is GREAT! I am sorry about your BBQ getting cancelled and with you left having to handle the people...that must've been uncomfortable. Better luck next week!
Angie, WOWZA girl, you are just melting away! I knew you'd love WW--doesn't it feel so weirdly easy? I wish I could keep my motivation up... I am floundering again. I guess my main goal right now is to maintain what I've lost without going hog wild and regaining. I have got to find my "click" before you pass me up Happy belated b-day to Jay--now we're the same age Oh yeah, I wanted to let you know, you may not even get that TOM "bloat" since you're eating the right way--I know I had weeks of consistent losses regarding of what TOM it was So you take those 4+ pounds and celebrate without them!!!
Dips, you are a great daughter for working out and dieting w/your dad. Plus a little friendly competition never hurt, eh? You will get rid of that TOM bloat and it will take some extra lbs with them.
Julie, if you're reading this I am so sorry to hear about your dad and FIL. I am sending prayers for both You be strong and be there to offer support for both of those men in your life, dont worry about posting for us, we know you've got your hands full. And we will always be here when you need us. Take care girl! Miss you. Congrats on your DD and her dance recital. I am sure your boy is doing great TKD.
cw, I remember having that "talk" w/our pastor before my husband and i got married. We also had to go through an engagement encounter before we could get married in the church. I totally think it made us realize how important it is to have that higher power guiding you, whether you realize it or not.
Kempy, how was your weekend? Did you guys get any rain yet?
Hi to maggzs, Cal, Red and everyone........gotta get to some laundry and house cleaning. Have a great day!
WOW ANgie, there will be nothing left of you shortly... I am soo jelous, but I know it is all my own doing & your hard work. I soo need to get the motivation back to get back on track. Sometimes I think I just dont give a toss about it... until I go & put on something that is a tad to tight & I have to wear those suck your guts in undies underneath. lol. But I really do care & do want to get back on track.
Claire, I know all about drought, we have justgone to level 3 water restrictions where I live so there is no watering of the gardens, no car washing unless its's all done by a bucket. & we are having a BBQ party thingy this week end (My 40th) & wouldnt you know it... its raining!!!!! grrrrrrrrrrrr
I am glad you have found comfort in your reading, its not always easy to deal with the men in our lives, but in time & with faith & prayer we can get through. Hang in there, like I said before you can really only ever change you. Also have a think about what are some of the things that set him off, & have a think about how (if possible) you can change some of those things. Its the kind of thing I lecture about regarding behavour managment when dealing with challenging behaviours but could work just as well here.
Now I have read with interest all the posts about mamograms ouchhhhh I have just made my first appointment & its sounds like I dont want to go All part of the total grease & oil tune up.. you know the smear & all the other crappy stuff we women go through. Ah the joy of it all!!!
Well I best get on with it, I am interviewing all day so hopefully I will come up with some new staff, right now its just nice to have someone to interview last time we didnt get any takers. I will be so glad when I get these staff as I have been flat out over recent weeks,
Take care all & chat soon.
Angie, my heart goes out to your sons, What a thing to deal with for them. I do know about the life/death thingy. it really smacks it back in your face doesnt it. Dispite what we all think we really are not imortal.
Good Morning. Sorry I didnt get on yesterday but Jay took the day off and I spent it with him. He finally got my waterfountain hooked up in tyhe pool. It is cute.
Dips, Yes I got my email from Cal. She sounds like she is having a blast.
Claire, That is too bad that he cancelled the BBQ. I agree with you and your coworkers I wouldnt want to have to recook everything either. Jay's Birthday was nice. Thanks for asking.
Noelle, Take care of the burn. I feel for ya. Good luck on getting the boat. That would be so fun.
LT, You should try WW. I was always one of the people who said that in order to lose any weight I had to practically eat nothing but I have found that that just isnt true. I feel like I am cheating every day so far.
Maggz, You will get back on track. I have faith in you. We all go through these moments I think.
Well, It is hot and muggy out and I suppose I should get my walk over with and get some baking done early. I am waiting for the cop to come back to get my husbands statement about the accident. He came yesterday morning just as I got out of bed so I was quite embarrassed to answer the door and have to wait for jay to come out. He talked to him yesterday and then wanted him to write down a detailed account of what he saw and he is supposed to come back to pick it up. He said he is going to finnish his investigation and then hand everything over to the DA and they will decide itf they are going to file charges against the young guy who hit him. Oh yeah, We drove buy Griff's Iron Art shop yesterday and they had set up a memorial to him in front of the door to his shop with flowers and candles. It was very touching. He was a member of a local bikers club and they are going to do a drive on Saturday and have a hoe down at Griff's house that night to celebrate his life. I thought that was so sweet that he has so many friends and they care so much.
Hey guys I am here. I wanted to make an appearance and say that I am back from a good weekend. I will be back in a bit to read the posts and chat a bit. I have to get a few things in the mail. I have been slacking and we will not be getting Joe's cousins b-day gift in the mail in time. CRAP!
Here is a link to his websight if anyone is interested. He really made some beautiful art. He has a moose out front right now that he made out of oil drums. It is so cute. http://ironartforge.com/
Hey ladies, just taking a quick break for lunch right now...thought I'd try and catch up.
Angie, I am so sorry about what happened to your friend Grif and that Jay and Corey had to witness it. Life is so precious and can end in an instant. That is a nice tribute to a man who touched so many lives with his art.
Just this past weekend a 33 y.o. local girl and single mother of 2 kids, was killed on a freeway here. A tourist lady from Montana was driving down the wrong way (I don't know how she got onto the freeway) and slammed into her. It was so freaky hearing of all these accidents. So sad. Live life to the fullest girls, you never know what's going to happen.
Ugh, my lips are cracked and dry....so yucky. I forgot my Burts Bees lip balm too My face is so tight and dry it feels like it wants to crack--and this is after I slathered on my moisturizer this morning. I guess I have to go home and put more on. I can't wait til it all peels off. I am taking Michael to see the new Garfield movie after his summer program today. I will not eat any popcorn
Angie I am sorry to head that your kids had to see that. What a bad thing to have to witness. Did they know right away that he wasn't going to make it?
Noelle you take care of that burn. I didn't think I had burned that bad when we went to the beach but I got water blisters a few days later while I was working out so I knew I was going to peel. GROSS. Cool about your boat. Joe wants one so bad.
Maggz I hope you find a good employee.
LT I thought af you last Friday. I went to the shelter to see if one of my sisters cats was there. I don't know how you do it. I got in my car and bawled like a baby. It just made me so sad to see on the ticket why the people gave them up. "couldn't keep" Most of them were kittens. You know if they would fix their cat they wouldn't have to deal with that.AURGH!
We went to a friedns camp Friday night in Dulac. (crazy name for the town) It is in south LA. We just went to hang out and headed home. Sunday we were at the FIL's and then yesterday we spent all day drving around looking for a sealer for our grout. Of course we coulnd't find it. I have been home all day and I will be off tomorrow so I should be checking in then. I am going to take the dogs for a walk in a bit. We did get a bit of rain last night but we still could use more. We were up to a deficit of 20" so it wont hurt to have it rain every night for a week or 2.
Noelle, Did you know that Burts Bees originally started in my town? The building was right beside where I had my bakery kitchen before we moved it to our house. The lady who owns it moved to north Carolina because Maine taxes their business owners so bad. I saw Burt in the grocery store the other day.
It was just Corey that was with Jay who saw it but I can say that he is still freaked out by it. In the mornings we have been finding him sleeping in Alicia's room because he didnt want to sleep alone. The E.M.T. told Jay at the store that they knew there was nothing they could do for him at the scene, it was just too bad. Jay pretty much knew it too he said it looked really bad. I didnt know the man myself but Jay did a little bit. It is so sad. Someone painted flowers all over the tar where he died this morning. The cops had painted a line around the truck where it hit him and I guess someone wanted to make it pretty.
Kempy, I cant go to the Humane Society either it is just too sad. I do look on Petfinder all the time though. That is how I found Mickey. I think it should be law that unless you are a licensed breeder then your pets should have to be fixed...expecially cats because alot of people look at them as disposable.
We have had thunderstorms for the last 2 nights and last night my MIL bakery got hit hard. Lightening hit their well and a huge pine tree out front. I went up today to look at it because it blew the bark off the tree from the top to the bottom. Pretty neat.
Heya girls! What's shakin? I'm having an OK day today. Got some great kudos on the job I am doing, so I guess my boss is happy. One of the documents I wrote last week may helped to secure the shelter a half a million dollars!! It will be cool if it happens for sure! I brought two kittens home today for foster care for the next two weeks until they are big enough to go for spay/neuter and get adopted. They are adorable. I have named them "Tempest" and "Twylla". I'll try and post some pics of them, if I can figure out how, LOL.
Noelle - I would have kicked myself if you lived on Maui, since my DH and I were there for 11 days this spring, just before I met ya'll. That would have just been ironic. I know you suggested a meeting in Vegas awhile back, I think it would be awesome for us all to meet somewhere like that one day! I hope the burn feels better, and you managed to avoid the popcorn at the movie today! My OILERS lost the CUP!
Angie - When you described that collision that your husband and son witnessed, it reminded me of one that happened near my house when I was growing up. Someone swerved 'round a car waiting at a cross-walk, running over a mother and her two children, killing them all. Tragic, and all because someone was too impatient to wait. People are just so ignorant sometimes.
Kempy - I hope your sister finds her cat. One of the most rewarding things for shelter workers is reuniting pets with their owners. I don't know how I do what I do sometimes either. That has a lot to do with why I left the shelter earlier in the year. It is very demanding work, but ultimately very rewarding!
Maggzs - Hope you find someone great with your interviews this week!
Hi to everyone else! Claire, Red, Dips, Julie, Cal, hope to hear from you soon! Well I'm off to watch Canadian Idol! Have a good evening ladies!
Well yesterdays interviews were dodgy to say the least. One is ok but has previously had 'issues' with another part of our service so its a bit of a smack in the face if I put her on full time perm. here. Although I have had her here casual & she fits in well so go figure.
I have 2 more this afternoon so hopefully I wont have to push the envelope regarding the other woman as she really was the only one of any substance we looked at yesterday & we looked at 6. MAN! I was pretty smashed by the end of the day.
Angie I hope & pray your sons soon settle down, generally after a week - two the fear & stuff subsides I have observed. I guess you just do what you can till then.
Noelle, I am jelous, so many lovely places right on your doorstep to visit for the weekends!
Anyways best go prepare for the inquisitions hahaha.
Hey guys. I have been farting around all day so far. I have not done anything. I hate days like this. We are having a meeting here tonight for Duck's Unlimited and I need to head to the store. I have to make somethings to eat. I am still sittting here in my sleep clothes so it may take me awhile to get going. Blah.
TL this will be the third cat my sister has lost in about 6 months so we thought someone was trapping them and bring them to the shelter. The last one never left her yard though so maybe they all just went off to pass on. They were up there in age so that is what we are going to stick with. I don't think I could be a foster parent for pets b/c I would never want to let them go. You are a saint.
Maggs sorry to hear that you are no having the best of luck with your interviews. Thankfully I work for myself so I don't have to go through that anymore.
Good Morning girls!! I tried forever to get on here this morning but I couldnt. That is so frustrating.
Kempy, that is too bad about your sisters cats. I know how much she loved them all. Do you think the old lady neighbor had anything to do with it? I hope no more go missing.
LT, OOOHHH you are fostering some babies??? I am so jealous. I have always wanted to do that but I dont think they would let me bring in a mom and her babies into my hectic house. I have 6 cats and 3 dogs. Would they? I agree with Kempy, You are a saint!!
Maggz, I wish you luck today with your last 2 interviews. I hope you find the perfect person for the job.
I have been housecleaning all morning. YUCK!!! Now to get a shower in.
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I guess I'll have to wait to get the backlog of bills cleared up before I join. The good news is that there is a WW right up the street from me. Just a two block walk. So I guess once I join, I will have no excuse. 
Today is the first day in a week I have seen some sun! How are your belly dancing classes going? Or are they all done for the summer? 
We retracted the offer of sale and had it re-drawn up that the owner will fix it before we buy or if we fix it, we deduct the amount of the repair from the total sale...... we are still hopeful that this is the boat we will get regardless of the motor--it is a solid boat. If the sale is good, then we should be sailing it home to Honolulu within the next 3-4 weeks 
. Gawd, we made margaritas and celebrated w/mexican food at the hotel...no kid around = party! 
I am still full 
That is GREAT! I am sorry about your BBQ getting cancelled and with you left having to handle the people...that must've been uncomfortable. Better luck next week! 
I knew you'd love WW--doesn't it feel so weirdly easy? I wish I could keep my motivation up... I am floundering again. I guess my main goal right now is to maintain what I've lost without going hog wild and regaining. I have got to find my "click" before you pass me up 
Happy belated b-day to Jay--now we're the same age 
Oh yeah, I wanted to let you know, you may not even get that TOM "bloat" since you're eating the right way--I know I had weeks of consistent losses regarding of what TOM it was 
You be strong and be there to offer support for both of those men in your life, dont worry about posting for us, we know you've got your hands full. And we will always be here when you need us. Take care girl! Miss you. Congrats on your DD and her dance recital. I am sure your boy is doing great TKD.
