[Eleni]

Today is a very rainy day. It is suppose to stop later this morning.
I have to drive to my son's in north Fl and I hate driving in the rain. We are going to have some cool weather but it will warm back up. I don't like being cold so I just love Florida.
Sherri, I think your idea is great. I would love to have a picture of our children. Actually I would like one of mine and his seperate and another of the whole gang. NO spouses. It has nothing to do with how I feel about them. I would just want mine and Bill's kids. Stick to your guns. It is a great idea.
Mickey,Maryann,Nita,Donna,Penny,CC,Marie,Bev etc etc.( I know I missed someone) How are you guys. Stop by just to say hello. I know there are a lot of times we just plain don't have anything to say. But Hi,I am still around works. I often do that
Gotta go. keep up the good work
i better go exercise before I talk myself out of it. I got 4 more tapes from ebay that I need to check out.
Stay warm and dry.

[shortstack]

Eleni-I know what you mean. I don't like driving in the rain these days either. But it looks like I will be driving in the snow.
Sherri-I've gotta read the #74 again, i thought more on me, i could see some you, but me too. Hope you feel better today. How is the weather?
Summer-How did the bike riding go?
Coco- how was the turkey dinner?
Me-Brandon and I are on our way to sunday school number 2. We missed last week. It was a struggle, be we are off. He wants to go or he don't want to go. He is tired. I really don't think that he is feeling that great right now. He has some sinus stuff going on. Gagging on that. No temp, so we are going. I could find any excuse to stay home that I wanted too, but can't do it today. the only ones that will i hope will be him sick, and the roads too bad. Well gotta get him in the car
later ladies. Well if my child continues to act the way he did today in church, i don't know. I was so frustrated. They didn't have childrens church, cuz it was family day. Should of gone last week, and stayed home this week. But I did get something from the sunday school lesson, so all wasn't that bad. On a scale from 5-100 is actions probably was only a 25. I can survive that. Well we are eating lunch and then i'm making him take a nap. He needs it. You all have a great day. Talk to you later me.

[lady06498]

Summer,

I agree with you. That is why I am going to stick to what I want to do. See that is a huge problem for me letting others think for me and me doing it instead of what I want to do. I am getting better though.LOL

Okay just wanted you to know I called him but he wasn't home. I left a message and told him that it was going to be just us kids and NO spouses. I am sure he will be mad and call the others but I am ready for the battle and I will win. I will stand up for me this time.

Eleni,

I hope that the tapes are good. How many do you have now that you do? You are on a roll with the exercise. Good for you.
We got the rain to freezing rain at that.

Wendy,

Good for you for going to church. Hope you have a great afternoon.

As for me. I made it to church today to. Wasn't going to go but they were out all night with the sand and salt. So 1/2 hr before church started we started getting ready to go. We were 5 min late. Megan wanted to go so we went. Then she was so happy because some girl asked her if she would like to be in the children's choir and she said yes. So they practice every week after church. So she will be in that and I will have to help her learn the songs. It should be fun.

I am drinking my water and tea today. I have not drank my water in a long time. I think I have some water weight going on. So I will get rid of it with the water and tea.LOL Always like the results from those 2 combinations.

I am just having a relaxing day here chatting with wendy. My parents are coming over for dinner tonight. I am making a ham dinner. The water and tea will be good for that. I know there is a lot of salt there.

Talk to you all soon.

Eleni how did the hypnosis thing go? Or when do you go if you haven't gone yet?

Summer how is the knee doing.

Coco,

Did you enjoy yourself at the church dinner last night?

Sherri

[summer8386]

Just a quickie, so much to do today!!!

Knee is feeling much better and I did 3 miles in 18 minutes....so I am very happy. It did 'catch' behind the knee when I first got off the bike, but it came around nicely. I'm working my quad muscles with PT and they are sore. Not gonna complain though. Hopefully the knee caps will realign like we are trying.

Sherri, good for you for sticking to your guns. This is what your parents want and you are just trying to organize the project. If your brother wants another with spouses than gee, maybe he can help more with the cost of that......since it would be above and beyond the Sibling/parent pic.

Hi Eleni and Wendy!!!

Hugs to all,
Summer

[coco99]

Hi Ladies
Hope everyone is keeping warm. Is cool here. Rainy and suppose to get snow flurries later. We went about 40 miles east of here today. And it was snowing there. A friend of ours mother passed away. We went to the funeral home today. That is were we ran into the snow. Said they could get 3 to 4 inches there tonight. Not ready for that. Dont like the snow. Or should say I like the snow as long as it doesnt get on the roads.

The dinner went well last night. Or so I thought. They served you. Didnt get seconds. Had a scoop of mash potatoes, green beans, scoop of dressing, 3 small pieces of sweet potatoe, turkey and a roll. Then they gave you a choice of pumpkin or apple pie. They werent big pieces. But whoever made the one that hubby and I got a piece of well. They didnt put any sugar or spices in it. Son had a good piece. He didnt believe me when I said my pie wasnt very good. So I gave him a bite of mine. He said mine was real good. Oh the gravy was on the table. You put that on it you wanted. Boy was they busy. Had to wait to be seated. Glad we went when we did. Or we may have not got to eat there. Said they were starting to run low on some stuff then. And this was about 1 1/2 to 2 hours after they started serving. They were doing alot of take outs also. Some people were leaving with 5 to 8 dinners at a time.

Next Saturday. We have our bake sale and soup bean and cornbread dinner. I dont like soup beans. So that wont bother me. I think my mom is making Veggie soup. So I will get that.
Boy I didnt realize I wrote so much. I could go on. But I will get off here. Sorry about that. I just want all of you to know that I am thinking of you. And thanking each one of you for being such good support here. I enjoy my TOPS pals here. I know I havent really been doing well with the weight loss. Gaining and lossing the same 6 lbs. But I know that if it wasnt for you ladies here. I would be gaining more weight than I have. So thank you for the support. You are all special to me.
A TOPS PAL

[lady06498]

Summer,

Good for you on the exercise. It must have felt great to accomplish that much on the bike. I am very proud of you. Keep going.

Coco,

You are a special person to me to. It doesn't matter that you are going up and down right now. You are human and we all struggle from time to time. I struggled myself for almost a year with the weight up and down and up again and again. You are special no matter what the scale says.
I miss chatting with you via instant messanger. I keep missing you. Maybe I can catch you this week.
That was great that they served you then you didn't tend to overeat. That was a good thing.
You keep going you will have a loss this week.

I had my parents over for dinner tonight. Did great all weekend with the eating. I stuck to my points all weekend. I was very busy and I was determined to do good. But I also didn't have time to overeat.LOL Which is the plan from now on. Idle time means more food in the mouth for me.LOL Not good.
I did get to bed at 9 last night. I was just exhausted. I feel much better today. I hurt all over yesterday.
I got in 96 oz of water today and 2 cups of green tea with 2 bags in each cup. So I have lost a lot of water today. I think I have some water retention going on right now. It has been awhile since I have drank my water and tea. Hopefully the scale will be down tomorrow. But I know that all the exercise brings it up. I am losing inches so that is the important thing right now.
Tomorrow I will get to curves. It will be the last workout I can do until after I get approved to do it from the surgery on tues. I hope it isn't too long I have to wait to start exercising again. But I will do what I am told so that I can heal properly. I won't jeoperdize that.
You all have a great night I have to write in my journal and get off here and spend some time with my hubby. He should be home here shortly.

Have a great night everyone and I will check in tomorrow.

Sherri