[Eleni]

Boy this past week flew by.
Did not get to walk at beach yesterday because of rain.Walked on treadmill instead.Back was hurting last night so did not sleep well.Only thing I have done different since back quit hurting was get on treadmill.Maybe it is way I am standing when walking on it.
Have you been to new TOPS site.They have changed it quite a bit.It is not all the way finished but looks pretty good so far.
If you use the chapter locator it will get your area captain etc and you can e-mail them.I e-mailed mine to get the info on the walking program.Waiting to see if she e-mails me back.
I keep finding new things about the way the boards are.Pretty neat.
Hope everyone has a great weekend.

[lady06498]

Good Morning Eleni,

It could be the way you are standing on the treadmill. You shouldn't hang on to the sides and lean pressure on them. You should be standing up tall and straight while walking on them. Maybe this will help you. I used to have a treadmill and I know when you get tired it is easy to hang on the sides and slump and not stand tall.
But that is great that you are walking inside when you can't get to the beach. Have you seen a lot of improvements since you have been walking? Are you getting less tired when doing it?
Are you ready to start your new job on monday? You only have one more day of freedom before you get back to work.LOL
It sounds like things are really going well for you. You are doing a great job. I emailed the 3fatchicks about the buddy list but still haven't heard anything. So I don't know how to use it. How did you get the picture under your name? I tried to do it yesterday but they asked for a url address and I didn't know what to put in there.

Today is the first day of me being back on plan. I am ready to go. I do have one more tape to listen to but I did listen to 3 of them. I got a lot out of them. I would suggest this book or tapes to anyone. It is called Life Strategies by Phillip McGraw. He is very good. I look forward to listening to the last tape. I will do that today hopefully.

Well I have to go exercise and then take my daughter to gymnastics class. It is a parent tott class so I get a workout also.LOL She loves it and is good at it. She is only 2 1/2 but she loves going.

I will check back in later.

Have a great day.

Sherri

[Eleni]

Sherri You don't have to put a url in.Go to where it says browse and find a clip art you have saved on your computor.My problem was finding one small enough.And just above that url box you have to click where it says about making your own.
We just got back from driving the route to where new job is.Went there one way and came back another.Either way it will be around 24 miles and 36 minutes.But I will probably drive faster in am and there is no traffic.Big difference for me as I only live 7 miles from old job.I have really enjoyed not having to work.I could get use to this altho it is starting to get boring.
But I am beginning a new chapter in my life and it should be interesting.Of course I am nervous but that is only natural.Spoke to women security guard on duty and she was not very friendly.No offense to anyone but I work better with men than I do women.But I have worked with all men for 21 years.
I think you are right about treadmill.I do tend to lean on handles as I don't have good balance on it.When we walk at beach I walk straight.
Am taking a break from exercising today.We went out for lunch but I did real well.Soup and 1/2 sandwich.
Gotta go Hope all are having a good weekend.I have to get a bunch of TOPS stuff done for new ladies.

Afternoon all....Eleni I see you figured out how to attach a picture under your name. Is tomorrow the first time you have ever done security work or is it just a new job. Funny how things are - I actually prefer working with women. I find men too tempermental.
Well we are painting some book shelves (built in) in the family room so I have been cleaning them off all day and deciding which books to keep and which to try and pawn off on the kids and which have to be dumped. All my photo albums were stored on these shelves too so of course I had to go through them and reminisce. It was so much fun.

Well I'm off to check out the new tops site...later.....

[Eleni]

This coming week I go to classes for security license.I have already taken these classes and have my license but this company requires everyone to go to theirs.Since I have my license I get paid by them to go to it.Next week is when I actually start the job.It is first time as security officer and new job both.Never done it before.I have worked in a power plant making electricity for 21 years.This is a radical change for me.
I did figure out how to do picture under name.Could not use one I wanted as it is too large.May try to make it smaller.It's nice that we can change it whenever and can also attach pictures to our post.
Amwaiting to see how the buddy list works.It looks like it may end up being like an instant messenger thing
i also straighten out some shelves a few weeks ago.Wow.What a job
I really like all the changes made at this site.The ability to review at bottom when replying is great.Gotta go