Morning!! :coffee2:

Jules... I am so sorry! Thoughts are with you! :(

I told the dds last night that if they keep arguing I will take away their Nintendo (see that leaves more time for me to play it LOL)

busy day at work & I don't want to be here. This weather is making everyone cranky & sleepy. Ok ok I just want to be at the lake, there I admit it LOL

I got a new pix cd in the mail from one of our camping buddies so I have to go & check it out :)

Have a great one all! 8.5 days to go until my next week trip! :D

Good morning, chickas!

Today is Caylin's day to be with me, and she'll be here soon, so I can't stay on here very long. Just wanted to pop in and say hello, and that I hope you have a good day. I'll be back later, though.

Toodles, :hug:

back for a sec :)
 

oh can you just not stand how fast the kids grow up! I have a 5th & 3rd grader this year. She (the 10 yr old) wants to ride the bus (another UGH) but I don't get home until 5 so she would be home alone for a bit, not sure if I like that idea or not.

Thanks Marti! :) Yep I have 1 more long week planned & then 3 more long weekends to go. I get almost 6 weeks of vacation per year (I am spoiled).
We are going back to Ludington, this is our favorite place to be. If my job ever moved there, fine, sign me up for that transfer!

Sassy.. I LOVE Chinese food! general tso's & pork fried rice (oh yummy!)

I know I missed some, sorry, have a staff meeting in 5 min (oh yippee) lol

Good Evening Ladies!
 

Good Evening Ladies!

Jules - :hug:

Marti - I know what ya mean. Shift Diff. are great aren't they? Like a little "bonus". We don't go to buffets that much period. But yesterday I wanted chinese and this was the only "decent" place in the area. I think I did pretty good, especially since it was a buffet. ;)

Cafe Ole' - Yes I don't eat Chinese too often but for some reason I had a craving yesterday........:)

I Hope everybody has a great evening! We are going to our friends house tonight. I will be meeting the wife of our friend for the 1st time. A bit nervous about that. Hub has met her already and they have talked on the phone about her hubby's bday present. I get so nervous meeting new people, I'm always concerned how they will react when they see me. (being overweight and all) Especially since our friend has told us that his wife is very critical of people. So that makes me even more nervous. But I know its good to meet new people and so what if she doesn't like me, won't be the first person and definately won't be the last! lol. I just have an extremely hard time keeping women as friends, for some reason. I don't understand it, I don't think I'm that awful of a person, I mean I do have lots of guys as friends. I'm not a girly girl, so maybe that is why. I don't get into all the girly crap, but I do enjoy a few female things once in a while, just not to the extreme that some women take it. (hopes this makes sense and doesn't offend anybody?) I've just never been a "Girly girl". I used to fix my hair and do the make up thing in HS/early 20's, but that was about as "girly" as I got.

Anywho, I will let ya all know how it goes tonight, wish me luck! :^:

Wow..for some reason my computer is working fairly well tonight. Maybe it is my server after all. I am calling them tomorrow when I want to mess with it.
Felt somewhat better today and got my errands done. Groceries, and YES, I did pick up carpet samples. Just can't decide...lol. Went to the house and yikes...there were so many men without shirts...(Jane, did you hear that?)The masons were almost finished, concrete guys framed the driveway, pump fellows got the pump in, our air/furnace is in, and then our regular crew was painting. It was so hot that I honostly don't know how anyone does outdoors work. DH painted the trim on his building and I worried about him getting too hot.
Sassy- I hope you have a good time and make a new friend. You probably worry too much, just be yourself and relax. I know my one DD has tons of female friends and the other DD has always had more male friends. Nothing wrong with either. I have just a couple female friends. I used to belong to sorority and work with several females who I spent time with. Just have spent more time with DH the last 6 years.

Robin- Lucky you having so much time off. It is so much fun to travel. Enjoy your kids, they DO grow up too fast. I am still missing mine, especially the baby. (26) LOL.

Marti- How long will you have the new schedule? It is always so hard to switch hours I think. I used to work 8 to 2 one day and 2 to 10 the next. Hated changing every day. I never worked a solid night shift at any of my jobs.

Jane- Hope you had a good day with DGD. My new "grand" is named Cailyn. You are doing so good with your food...wish I could get myself under control. By the way, I finally did start shopping for curtains. :) I am just so confused about what I want. Blinds, curtains, I don't know. Well, I know I would love plantation shutters and DH says he would love to build them, but there is no time right now. SO that is on our someday list. Meantime we need to cover the windows.

Angie- Your eating is going well too. Congrats! I am glad the new job is going well also, even if the neighborhood isn't so desirable.

Jules- Hugs to you. Have a safe trip.

Tomorrow is another busy day. Cleaning house and doing the laundry/ironing. Hopefully, making a decision on the carpet and getting it ordered. Thurs. I am going running around with my gal pal.

Talk tomorrow...Have a happy HUMP day. :)

Hey Sue...OMG I was listening to the radio about hump day,,,and it was a commerical for something *else* I was laughing so hard...it was a BAD commerical but funny.
Glad to see your up and about...even though your blood pressure was probably way up there being around all those shirtless men....lol And you without your whip...*grin

Robin,,,that is insane 6 weeks off...ya you are spoiled in that sense BUT you work hard in those other 46 weeks... I bet those girls were perfect lil angles,,,you just want the game machine to yourself...lol

Jane,,,hope you are having fun with Miss Caitlyn.

Shel...let us know how the meeting went....relax and be yourself...

Jules, safe trip. And hugs to you and DD.

Marti,,,the neighbourhood is fine,,,its kinda a weird place. Funky,,,with a bunch of suits...and upper class. Then you have the hippies, and street people. So at work its treat day every Monday,,,we all sign a day we would want. Ive got the same day as the person I replaced...my choice. Anyways someone brought bagels and fruit. I had half a bagel and an orange. (mid morning snack) Kinda like that. Specially Mondays.... Down stairs (the personal insurance floor) have their treat day on Friday. Im on the third floor,,,and have implimented the stairs as my work out,,,Im going to have thighs of steel like Robin's. They have an awesome staff room...couches/sofas and a full kitchen so I can make my soup and relax.

I went to Safeway earlier to get more fruit. Bought a weird lil orange colored melon,,,Spiked looking. Forget the name...but have to say it wasn't much to brag about. It was like eating green hair gel,,,with seeds.
Another good day of eating....even cut down the coffee to 2 mugs a day. Wich use to be 5-6
Did I mention I cut my hair last week? Wished I hadn't. Its not doing anything for me...Not sure what to do...and it needs a color so bad...Tanner is calling me old. Was asked today if the picture I have on my desk of the boys was my brothers! I love these people! This woman thought I was mid to late 20's.
well I should get to bed....
night all

Good Morning Girls! :D

TY all for your support and words of encouragement! ;) Of course you were all right! lol.

Lastnight went fine. She is a very nice woman and I think we hit it off pretty well! I was just worried all for nothing! lol. I'm not sure how she feels or anything of course, but from what I could see and all, I think we could be friends. Not expecting us to be bosom buddies or anything, but you never can tell I guess! :)

We got there and she was just starting dinner so hub and I sat in the living room and chatted with the hubby (our co-worker/friend). I guess it made me feel more at ease because I already know the husband, so I think that releived a lot of stress. I knew he would be there and all, but I guess I was so focused on meeting her, that I just forgot that our friend would be there too. (DUH!) So that helped a bunch.

Also she is really nice and outgoing so that helped things along nicely. We stayed til Midnight! :yikes: I hope we didn't stay too long!!!! But the three of us (her hubby, my hubby and me) are all "Vampires" as she calls us because we work nights so Midnight is nothing to us. lol. But their daughter wouldn't go to bed and we thought it was because of us being there so we decided to leave at midnight. ;)

For dinner we had Chicken Parmesean (I only ate half of it), spagehetti (only had a small portion), and a small salad and one garlic bread stick. That was it and I was stuffed!

Of course I have to admit we stopped at McD's before we left for their house because #1 it was about a 45 min. drive there (ended up being more like an hour with traffic) and #2 we didnt' know if we'd like her cooking so we didn't want to be totally starved so we stopped and I got a Dbl cheeseburger. :( I know it wasn't a great choice, but it did stop me from over eating because I was not starved and if we hadn't eaten that, I would have been starved by the time we ate because when we walked in the door she was just beginning to cook.

We did go to the grocery and I didn't get a whole lot. I got some Lean Cuisine meals to take for work. I know not the best thing, but its a beginning! I will admit I did buy some hotdogs, but when we have them I will only have 1 or maybe 2. I bought some lean deli ham for sandwiches. That is what we had hours later. I only ate one sandwich and some crackers, ok, ok with Easy Cheese! :( But I didn't have a lot! lol.

Okay so I give myself an overall grade of a C -. How do you girls think I did?? You can be honest!!!!! If I deserved an F, then I will except it.

Forgot to add in Dessert. We had strawberry shortcake that she made. But it wasn't a big portion and infact it had loads of fruit on it. I didn't even finish mine, hub did. But OMG! I should have taken a picture of it! It was incredible looking! Looked like it should be in a magazine or something! And she did it all fresh right then and there! Anywho...........That is EVERYTHING.........lol.

Well you all have a Wonderful Day! :)

it's only Wed!
 

Morning!

Sassy... oh do that day over, just erase it. I do know what you mean, I am not a girly girl either. I hate shopping, fussing on hair or makeup. Just let me flip my hair & grab some jeans & a tshirt, I am ready to go. My shopping is make a list get in & get out! I can't stand doing my nails, facials, or going balistic on how cute some outfit is LOL sorry for those who do, it is just not ME that is all. I am very low maintenance. Ok fine if we HAVE to go somewhere really nice, a wedding, party, blah blah I will dress up & put on make up (I look like a whole new person) LOL :D

Angie... Do those stairs girl! HUT HUT HUT LOL -- it works, I swear it, I still do 18 flights every day (I will go back to 36 in the winter, it is too freakin hot to do the stairs in the afternoon). I lost 7" off each thigh & I actually have an a**! It works!

Sue... you probably didn't take pix to share the view you had did you? LOL

Well I am going to sell my bowflex Ultmiate I think. I don't use it much anymore and it is just sitting in my basement. It was 2K, think 1300 is a good deal? - it is in great shape I just refuse to ship it out someone will have to come & get it.

Have a great morning to all! :hug:

Good morning, ladies,

Julie - have a safe trip with your DD. Since it's such a long one, will you share the driving? I'll be thinking of you, Julie. :hug:

Angie -YAY for the clean eating and for taking the stairs. Like you as an emotional/compulsive eater, I know that any clean day I have is reason for a celebration. Wow, sounds like you picked a good place to work! They all seem so nice. Btw, you DO look young for your age. :yes: And you have a smile like Kate Hudson.

Marti - what a coincidence! I'll be making blackberry jelly this weekend. I don't like it, but Neal loves it, and the berries are ripe now. I'll freeze a lot of juice, too, to make more jelly in the winter months. Yikes, school start around here about the 22nd or so of August. But they get out early, at the end of May, since lots of kids help with the farming.

Sue - yeah, I heard you, about the shirtless guys. :D Did you get photos, lol. When I was ready for curtains, I started deciding what I wanted by looking through the Penney's catalog for ideas. That gave me someplace to start. Also, for the kitchen, I went to www.swagsgalore.com . They have more than just swags - tabtops, regular curtains, poles, etc.

Sassy - so glad you and the new couple hit it off. It'll be nice to have them to do things with. I should know what program you're on... but forgot. When your DH had lasagna, was that not something you could have a small portion of? If you added a big healthy salad and a serving of green beans, or something comparable, would that have worked with your program?

Robin- is Ludington in Michigan? Neal and I will be up at Houghton Lake next June, I think. We were supposed to go there this year, but Katie changed all of our plans for us when she got accepted to work at Walt Disney World. About you selling your bowflex, you could start there, then take the best offer you get. I don't have a clue what is fair, but that sounds good to me.

Mary Kate - I hope you're feeling better and can post with us soon.

Hello to anyone else reading this. :wave:

Caylin didn't stay long yesterday. The little stinker wanted her manma after spending only about 1 1/2 hours here, lol. I was a totally mama's baby, too, and I still remember the feeling, lol. So I spent the day cleaning. Good thing, too, because my niece called and asked if she needs to bring anything when she and her DH come for dinner Friday night. :yikes: I had totally forgotten about that dinner! We made the plans so long ago! The good news is, she's on a diet, too, so that make the meal planning easier.

I'm still OP and loving it!

Have a good day! :hug:

Morning ladies- It is still so HOT here, but due to break by Fri. I can't even enjoy being outside right now. I am doing laundry and getting ready to iron a few pieces. Not much else going on here today.

Jane- Good thing your niece called, otherwise they would have had a surprise with no dinner ready, huh?
Angie and Robin- You make me wish I had stairs to climb. I want buns of steel and the thighs to crack nuts..LOL
Marti- I also want a hubby who makes jam. (or knows anything about a kitchen) Lucky girl!
Sassy- Sounds like you did worry for nothing. Now, take a lesson from that missy!!

Okay, so I made a bubble pizza last night and the leftovers are calling to me today. I hate that! Almost wish I had thrown them away. BUT DH loves and lives for leftovers. I even made him biscuits last night for him to have the next few days. Figured I would use the oven once and make it count! I am going to get off here and go make a nice big salad...

Have a good day!

Marti... I have been here for 8 years now. I get 16 hrs of vacation & sick time per month, plus holidays & personal time is added as well. We don't get state holidays, just the 7. That bites they don't pay you for holidays! I know when I worked the restaurants and/or stores I didn't get those days off either.

Do you have the recipes for those jams? Probably not on my diet list eh? LOL

Sue... My dd was the same way. I left & she would have a fit until I got back or if I snuck out, she would be good for about an hour & then that was it.

Ludington is in Michigan. It is right off Lake Michigan
If this link works, you will see Ludington on the left side in the lower penninsula.

Houghton Lake is always packed too. It is about 1.5 - 2 hrs away from me.

Hey Ladies!

Just a quickie here! lol. Yeah I'm a big worry wort! lol. I worry about everything for no reason! lol. Yes I could have a small portion of lasanga, but I really didn't want it, that is until I saw his! lol.

I just found out that we got sent an email about our little "Food Day" we had Sunday night for our friend's bday at work. That we're supposed to throw out our food containers, etc in the break room now. But let them have their precious food days all they want and have the trash heaping over for us when we come in at night time and its okay. I know they empty the trash every night during the week and not on the weekends but it still seems like they are finding things to pick on us for. Not like we do it every single weekend, get a grip people! I'm so sick of this Dayshift VS. Nightshift Crapola! I guess its at every place, but its getting really old! lol.

Well we're off to take the in-laws out for dinner and a movie, we're seeing the New Pirates Movie! (Johnny - :drool:) lol.

Talk to you chickies later! :wave:

Robin,,,Tanner's nickname when he was younger...was Velcro Baby. He was stuck to me like velcro...I had to do kindergarten again just so he could do it once....lol
Sue,,,yup you will be able to bounce quarters off my thighs...not that I really want you to...lol
Jane,,,just goes to prove what a good mom Mary is....as much as you are like the bestest Grandma ever,,,Mommy is it.
Shel,,,glad to know you had a good time with your friends.

well I lost 2.2 lbs,,,considering I spent 10 days binging, Im a bit shocked at a loss and not gain...4 days of eating healthy does have its rewards. Having a set schedule with breaks makes a huge difference.