~~Thru Thick and Thin~~ #143
 

Hey Everyone :wave:

It seems like the longer that I am retired, the less free time that I have. I always seem to be busy cleaning, taking care of critters or working in the yard. I have begun to crave free time for myself.

Marlana~You sure have a lot of patience to mess with the Photo Impact program the way that you do. I had to change the type of file for our logo in the middle of starting a new thread. I had to sit for a minute and think about how to do it because it has been a while since I've done it. All my stuff is still Gif types and I had to change it to Jpeg. I also remember that you said the new forum won't let us reuse the same attachments without renaming them.

JoJo~We finally got a little rain on Sunday. It was one of those really light rains but it lasted all morning and then did it again a while Sunday evening. It was a blessing and we are grateful for every drop. Then we got a very welcome cold front and I turned the a/c off and opened my windows. It is so wonderful because my honeysuckle and gardenias are in full bloom and there is no smoke in the air today. I guess it will take you a while to learn to sleep while you dh is at work. That's how I got into the habit of falling asleep reading. I just made the best strawberry dreamcicle. I sliced fresh strawberries and sprinkled them with Splenda and left them in the frig for several days. I used the sugarfree strawberry banana jello and sugarfree french vanilla pudding. It is so wonderful. :T

Jen~Congratulations on your graduation. I'm sorry that your mom was so thoughtless. At least you have the house to yourself for a while. I would give anything to have a lilac bush here.....well almost. My dh brought me one home 2 years ago from Maryland. It is still alive but won't grow. It is about 6" tall and nice and green. We baby it and fertilize it and just keep hoping. I actually got on the treadmill today between chores. Boy am I out of shape. :ink:

Tobey~Hope you had a very Happy Anniversary. Did you post that really easy recipe for a lite dump cake? I made that with some strawberries before I made the dreamcicle. I mixed the cake mix with the diet 7up and poured over the strawberries and it was just heavenly.

Well ladies, I need to get a couple more things done before supper. Y'all have a good evening.

Good Morning~~Lord help me. Why don't you all come down and see me and help me catch on some of this work. I'm meeting myself going and coming. I've dropped the HP class already, I just can't find the time I need to take it right now. I can take it this winter maybe. Right now I've got to go out and burn some trash, old carpet, before the wind starts blowing. I've also got to set out flowers today and go shopping because tomorrow it's going to rain again.

Jen~~I thank our cold weather is over, it's about 62 this morning, that is just right. To get the logo just right click it and file it in your computer, like in your docs. Then when you start the new thread, when told to just find it and click it in. Very easy. We can only use one of the attachments one time. So I have to change the color and rename it to use it. But each of you guys can use it once too.

Skeeter~~ Well what the heck are you complaining about, at least you got to retire. I'm never going to retire from my job. I'm getting too old to do some of it, but I still can't retire. I wish you had all this rain we are getting here. The lake is dropping fast, but more rain on the way. grrrrrrrrrr Bobby is suppose to start a vacation this week end, don't know if he will keep it or not. If we don't see any signs of the catfish coming into the bank this week end he will put it off for a week. Refer to Jen's reply about the logo's.

I better run, the morning is rolling on. Have a good day everyone.

Hello. Hope your all having a nice week. Me, well today was pretty good. I'm fighting a depression. Its just everything in the past several months is finally catching up with me and work is getting to me to. Yesterday I felt so bad, totally "woe is me". Today was better tho.

Our weather has been pretty good to. No rain since the weekend. Its really nice today except its windy and some of the flooding in the area is subsiding some to. But they are calling for more rain Friday and Saturday. Hopefully it won't be anything really heavy like we've had.

Marlana, I just wanted to tell you I am really working on my mindset as far as food goes. I'm being more aware of what I'm eatting and how much although I'm not technically dieting yet. I do have a plan to start, I've just got to go over it some more and then start it. I just can't hardly stand myself anymore. I avoid mirrors like they are the plague. Sounds like you are really busy with your classes. Don't you have enough to keep you busy already????? :lol: There is a place that offers different puter classes and I've thought about taking something, just to get a better knowledge of what I'm doing and how things work. I hope you are learning lots.

Skeeter, WTG with losing 2 more lbs. Thats great. Hopefully soon I'll be able to report a loss. I'm still working on convincing myself that I have to start exercising gag (there goes that gag reflex again) again. I used to really like my workouts so I don't know what the problem is. I've just developed a strong dislike to it lately. Ooh, your strawberry pudding sounds yummy. I'll have to try that out myself. I bet it would taste good with cherries to. You know how I love cherries. I saw some at the store yesterday but I refused to pay $3 a lb for them. Normally I wouldn't care about that but I did yesterday.

Hi to Tobey and Jen, I hope your doing well. Also Hi to Sally if you come in once in awhile. We miss you.

Take care everyone. Talk to you later.

Well, I decided I'd better get in here and post before time gets away from me again. Such is life. Today I burned up some branches that I cut out of my crabapple tree last fall. They were still pretty green, but I managed to get rid of them. I also mowed the yard again. All this darn rain makes the grass really grow when the sun decides to show up. Then I went to the grocery store, picked up some yummy healthy food. I also got a plant, it's called a flowering maple. It's like a small shrub, in a pot. It's really different. Yellow spotted leaves and peach flowers. I kind-of like the interesting things. Tomorrow I work another 12 hr day shift. They really aren't as bad as they sound. The time goes by really fast. Then on Friday I'm meeting a friend for lunch and shopping. We are going to the KID ROCK concert on Friday night and need to get new outfits! :devil: I'll take a guess you haven't heard of him, and wouldn't like it if you did. I work the weekend, but off on Monday. I'm still not used to the extra time I'm not spending on school. I keep trying to stay busy to stay out of the kitchen, but I'm not sure how well it's working. I may have to retune my plan. I'd like to post to everyone tonight, but I have to unwind and get ready for bed soon. 5 am comes pretty early!

Jen

Hello all!

I’m back and getting into the swing of things again. My vacation was absolutely wonderful. Except for the weather – it was really chilly!!!! The weekend was the May long weekend in Canada which is normally the start to summer. Most people go away for the weekend and do lots of outdoor stuff. However, it was only around 48F!! Some crazy people still went camping anyways! It is starting to warm up. We have a high of 72F today and it is supposed to be sunny all day.

I did something very spontaneous yesterday. On my lunch I decided to go and get my hair cut. And get it cut indeed. It is now about a foot and a half shorter! I really love it though. Everyone was shocked that I did it. It feels and looks so good.

Jen: Your garden of fresh veggies and herbs sound wonderful. My mom also grows catnip. She dries it and mails to my kitty who goes CRAZY for it!! She won’t even touch store bought stuff now. My mom has a heck of a time trying to her own cats out of it when it is growing. Doesn’t sound like your weekend weather was much better. Must be great to be able to read for pleasure now!!! I’m sorry that your mom didn’t attend your graduation. You must have been disappointed. I hope you still enjoyed it though (despite the disorganization). During your fruit and veggie days, do you ever juice? I have done that a few times. Fresh juice is just amazing. I have tons of recipes too – if you are ever interested. I don’t know how you work those 12-hour shifts. At least the time goes by fast for you. I think we are around the same age – so I do know KID ROCK and even like at least one of his songs. I imagine that it will be a pretty rowdy concert. Should be fun!! And a heck of an excuse for some new clothes. :lol:

Jojo: Dh sounds so busy with his job! Will it ever calm down or will he have to continue working so much OT? Do you have any special plans for your 25th? Our weekend away was amazing. It was actually a Christmas gift from dh’s aunt and uncle. Your niece sounds like an amazing girl. Good for her!! The family must be very proud. Sorry to hear that you are fighting a depression. I know what that’s like. I had a really good article on focusing before which was sent to me by a friend who is a psychotherapist. I will see if I can find it and send it to you via PM. I think you might find it interesting and if not – just delete it.

Marlana: How’s your PI class coming along? I think that’s great that you are doing it (even if it is a little frustrating!). We did get see our friends brand new baby girl. I did hold her – but not to worry she didn’t start my maternal clock ticking. However, I have to admit that she is the sweetest newborn I have ever seen. Thanks for the anniversary greetings. We really enjoyed it. Oh I just read that you signed up for the web design course. Good for you – I know that is something that you really wanted to do! D’oh!!! I just read your next post that said you dropped it. I sure hope that you can pick it up later. I think you really deserve to take that course. But I also know what it is like when you bite off more than you can chew!

Skeeter: Congrats on the loss! Woo Hoo! The inn where we stayed was soooo beautiful. I just wish the weather was warmer so that we could have explored the grounds some more. The have a private outdoor pool, tennis courts, croquet, bikes, etc… but we didn’t do any of that. There was also a beautiful deck just off of our room that over looked the second story of the house. It would have been perfect for sitting and enjoying a morning coffee or some evening wine – but we would have had worn winter coats and mitts! I’m so glad that you are getting use out of the water bottle! That dump cake recipe wasn’t from me :( but I’m glad to hear that you enjoyed it. In fact I haven’t posted any recipes in ages.


Well I guess that is all for now. I hope that everyone has a great day!!

Tobey

:joker:


Attached is a picture of the inn that we stayed at last weekend for our 5th anniversary. We were in the beautiful master suite.

Hey Everyone :wave:

We have had the nicest weather the last few days. It's been so cool at night and not too hot during the day. I turned my a/c off on Monday and it is still off but might get turned on before this evening is over. It has been just wonderful to have the windows open again with no smoky smell.

Marlana~Maybe after you get through your PI class, you can concentrate on learning to build a website. There's bound to be another class somewhere on the internet. I retired from work outside the home but you know that a woman's work is never done. :lol: We will do laundry, clean house, cook and whatever else needs done until the day we die.

JoJo~We had a scare here on Wednesday. I suddenly started smelling smoke coming in the windows and turned my scanner on. The fire plane couldn't find a fire although she was searching this whole area. Our neighbor stopped by to tell us that the section from our main road that runs down to our private road was on fire. Evidently someone had thrown a cigarette out a car window and it burned down to the 4 wheeler trail. :devil: Luckily the wind was blowing the opposite way and it burned itself out. Plus he was covering it as best as he could with sand. Now it is getting hot again and still no rain. Oh but the cherries sound good too. I think that you could fix that dreamcicle with a lot of different fruits.

Jen~It sure sounds like you are finding lots of ways to fill in all that new free time. Actually Kid Rock was on the CMA Awards last night. He sang a song with Hank Williams Jr. I have no idea what type of music he normally sings though. Enjoy the concert. :D I also had a flowering maple last year and just loved it. It grew really well and bloomed like crazy then it froze this winter and we haven't seen it again.

Tobey~That inn is really a beautiful place. It looks so inviting. Makes me want to stroll the grounds with an iced tea. Of course, I'm sitting in this heat looking at the picture. :) I also got my hair cut yesterday but I'll bet yours looks better than mine. :lol: She was just supposed to trim it but its very short now. I guess I'll get a break from fixing my hair every morning now. Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you before that I saw the Naked Chef on one of the late night talk shows. He is cute and I love the accent.

I think I will go watch the ER rerun. Y'all have a good evening.

Good FRIDAY morning to you all!!

It has been such a quick week. I can’t believe that the weekend is almost here. :D

I have had a wonderful morning. I was up at 5:00 am and out the door on a 6-mile run by 5:15. It is finally warm enough that I could go out in just running shorts and a t-shirt. But was just an amazing run. I watched the sun rise, listened to the birds sing, and smelled the air that was thick with the scent of lilacs. It was so beautiful and peaceful. Living in a city of over 2 million, you don’t get too many of those moments.

Then dh had to go downtown for some meetings today so we commuted in together. His meetings weren’t until 10:00 and I am on a very flexible schedule, so we decided to get off the subway at a stop earlier and go for a nice breakfast together. If he is still around when I get off work, we may stay downtown and hit a movie as well. If not, I think we will go to a matinee tomorrow. The evening is saved for the hockey game.

Skeeter: I also would have loved to stroll through the inn grounds (they are on 5 acres) with an iced tea. However, I didn’t have a winter coat that day. :lol: We are considering going back for a few days in the summer or early fall. I love having short hair again! It is so easy to take care of and is great when I run. He did a really great job on it and I have got lots of compliments. I don’t think I have had short hair since I became thin. That’s funny that you caught the Naked Chef on a show. I love that accent too. A few weekends ago, dh and I made a whole meal from one of his cookbooks. It was so simple but tasted just amazing. I guess that’s what he is all about. Hope your nice weather holds for the weekend.

Well guess that’s all. Just a few more hours until quitting time! Hope you have a great weekend!

Tobey

:joker:

Hey there:

Hope your weekend is starting out good. I just can't seem to wake up today for some reason. I don't have many plans this weekend. I want to hit the used book store and I have to pay bills and clean house. Oh, visit the grocery store to. Doesn't sound very exciting, does it?

Tobey, thanks for pm'ng me with that info. I'm going to print it out today and read it over. Sounds like you had a great day yesterday. You've got a great attitude. I'm sure that additude has been key to your healthy lifestyle. My MIL is planning a shindig for our 25th. I really didn't want that, I've never been one who likes a big fuss. But it will be just family which is ok with me. I guess I should get some compensation for being married to my dh for so long, dont you think. :lol: Oh and for being in his family. :lol: I'm doing a little better with the depression. I'm just trying to be more positive.

Skeeter, Oh, I sure hope FL starts getting more rain this year. It must be awful waking up and smelling smoke in the air and worrying about it all the time. I remember parts of CA posting signs about not throwing out cig butts or anything else that may be flamable because it was so dry there and the risk of fire was very high. Its finally warming up here again. I keep telling those rain clouds to head down to FL. We've had rain come thru during the night and was told it was really heavy but I didn't hear it at all. The flooding is subsiding finally. I'm really glad we don't have a basement cause everyone we know who has a basement has had 3-4 feet of water. There have been several homes that just washed away because of the floods. Thats really sad. Most didn't have time to get their belongings out either.

Jen, hey, if you want more yard work, we'll gladly let you come and take care of ours to. :lol: I may just have to go out and buy some flowers this weekend and pretty up the yard a bit. I like the interesting plants myself, different from the norm.

Well, I'd better get my fanny moving. Take care everyone.

Well, I made the time to come in and post again. The Kid Rock concert last night was pretty good. My ears are still ringing terribly. Someday I won't be able to hear a thing! He does a wide range of music, hip-hop, hard rock, country, blues. He did a few cover songs, Led Zepplin, the Supremes, and the Dukes of Hazard theme song. Something about Kid Rock doing the Supremes was very odd! Now I've seen in todays paper that Cher will be in town in September. She puts on a great show too. My shopping trip before the concert was alot of fun. I bought a few outfits. Really cute and trendy.

The weather here is still dreary today. We also got some rain during the night, it's cool and damp today. I think it's supposed to be warming up this week. It's about time!

Jojo- I still have alot of stuff I want to take care of in my yard. As soon as that is done, I'll drive on over! It could be awhile, though. Your weekend sounds better than mine, I have to work, even though only 4 hrs a day, I still have to be there.

Tobey- The inn you stayed at is beautiful. Just out of curiosity, if you're up at 5 to run, what time do you go to bed? I have a hard time getting to sleep before midnight. I have never tried juicing. Do you have one of the juicer machines?

Skeeter- I had to turn the furnace back on a couple nights this week. I would love to have it warm enough to need the a/c.

Well, I suppose I should go. I want to clean up my room today. I need to switch around the summer and winter clothes. Then, off to work.

Jen

Hey Everyone :wave:

I hope you all are having a good holiday weekend. We stay close to home during most holidays because the traffic can be atrocious. We are having friends over tomorrow for a cookout and then we are going to the coast on Tuesday with friends from church. We are going salt water fishing in the Intracoastal Waterway. This will be a first for me although I have lived in Fla for over 30 years. I love to fish though and we will be under the big bridge in the shade. Sounds too good to be true.

Tobey~It has been getting into the high 80's the last couple of days and is supposed to reach 90 by Tuesday. I only agreed to go fishing because of the shade and it is supposed to be very windy on the coast this week. It might be too windy to fish but at least it will be cooler. Hope you are still warm up there.

JoJo~It just isn't fair. We can't buy rain and you guys are dealing with flooding. My dh is going out every day that the sprinklers aren't on and watering some of the plants by hand. We bought a couple more plants while we were at the flea market on Friday. We called them anniversary gifts so that we wouldn't feel guilty about buying more plants. We haven't had time to put them in the ground yet and probably won't until about Wednesday.

Jen~Glad that you enjoyed the Kid Rock concert. I think that I would enjoy Cher in concert if I were going to torture my ears. I saw her on TV the other day doing Elvis and doing it very well. She is definitely one very talented lady. I sure wish that I had some of your cold and rain and you could enjoy some of this heat. :lol:

Y'all have a good holiday. Have fun but stay safe.

Hoody Hoooo--
I'm still here, ladies; I just had one of those overwhelming periods in my life and needed a break from about half the things I was doing, and the internet was one of the things I dropped; I haven't even been on the computer for almost two months! I just went back and deleted all my junk e-mail; that, and Jeff tried to put a new fan in our "big" computer in the living room and now the thing won't even boot up;:devil: He got mad and started using the laptop, so I'm typing away on this little miniature thing. Hope everyone's well, happy, and thin!!! Did you all meet goal while I was gone, and don't need me any more?? I just weighed--152--so I've maintained, at least; I would like to get to 120, but that may not happen. I've given myself til the end of the year, cause it's coming off awwwwwfully slow now. We're leaving for Disney World on Friday, and will be back home June 8, so I'll TRY to check back at least once between now and the trip; the laptop is going with us, but I don't know if we'll have internet connections there, so I'll check in before we go. Oh, the ex and I go back to court July 22; we had a first go-round on April 22. Poor boy didn't make a very good impression on the judge!!:lol: She won't let him see the kids except every other weekend, and none at all during the week....he can only call three times a week, also. He wants a "full hearing in July" but I think she's done except for the child support. Which I don't care about anyway; I just want him to leave us alone! He's been very nasty since our first court appearance; things didn't go quite the way he planned, I think, and he still has no attorney and no job so I don't think they are going to go any better in July. :devil: Oh well, maybe we'll be done then.
Enough chatter! Love you all, and I think about you most every day, even though I needed an internet break! I'll blow in this week and catch up with you all.
Love,
Sally
224/152/I'm still hoping:ink:

Good Morning~~I can't believe you all have wrote on the board. I've not had a notice that anyone has wrote on the board since I wrote last and Jo Jo wrote. I come in and read her post and I haven't got another notice since then. They are falling down on the job. I've been very busy, still working on the bedroom. The carpet layer hasn't come yet. I've had that carpet on my truck for a week now. He says he try to make it tomorrow. We went fishing this morning but nothing was biting. I'm down another 3 pounds, but I don't have time to scan the paper clips.

Jo Jo~~Bless your heart, I hope your over being depressed by now. I hate it when I get to feeling like that. I can't make myself do anything. I've already dropped one class, I just have too much to do right now. I dropped HP web page making. Was the puter classes you was talking about taking on the puter or in your town? How's hubby's job going? Are you beginning to get used to the class's?

Jen~~ I have to much to do that I'm not even going to try to get it all done. I did get my flowers out and they have taken hold now. They haven't got a lot of sun lately. I really haven't been following my food plan that close, but I have cut down on the amount of food I'm eating. I wish I'd get on my food plan, I'd lose a lot faster. Glad you enjoyed the concert so much. As for as cloths, I need some bad, just need to set a side everything else and set down and do some sewing.

Tobey~~ I guess everyone weather is messed up. It has been down right cold here. Last week it was down into the low 40's at night. It has started to warm up just yesterday. I'm expecting it to turn hot as can be in a couple of weeks. Glad you had a good vacation. Hubby is suppose to be on vacation this week but he's going back to work tomorrow and take it maybe next week. The lake had dropped down to 3 feet above normal but it's coming back up now. The picture you posted of the 5 little girls is so cute. There is a lesson in PI that I might could use that in, so I'm stealing it.

Skeeter~~I still hope to learn to make a web page, but not right now. PI classes has me over working my tiny little brain now. Some of those tutorials are hard to follow. I'm not a person that follows instructions too well. I skit instructions and tackle what ever it is to do. But PI is a little different. If nothing else I will learn to follow instructions. :D I've been deep sea fishing before out of Galveston Texas. We went out 50 miles. It was very interesting to say the least. I caught a Great White Shark, the helper killed it as soon as it hit the deck. I hope you catch a bunch of fish. Is Hubby going to fish?

Sally~~BOY~~good to hear from you, I thought we had lost you for good. I know how you felt, sometimes things just gets to where you need a break from everything and everyone. Glad to hear you didn't gain any weight back, thats good girl. What a shock, you X didn't get full custody of your girls. He's lucky he gets to see them at all. Me thanks he's a loser!!!! Have a great time on your vacation next week. I guess we will be on vacation too. I wish we would load up the RV and take off for a week.

I'm sure you all have been hearing the news about the barge hitting the pillow under the bridge and all those cars falling into the water. Thats about 40 miles from my house. I've crossed that bridge many times and I've even fished under it. "Keep you eye on that bridge Skeeter. At that point 3 rivers has run together and then it is called the Ark. river. I live 15 miles from the Vertigres river, it's the one that the navigation channel is build on, or where it starts just outside of Tulsa. It runs all the way to New Orleans. We have talked about taking a boat all the way down there. That river has lock and dams on it. Grand river is the river that supplies the lake I live close to, and of course the Ark. river. They all run together not for from the dam I told you about going to on Mother's day. Can you imagine what a shock that would be just to all of a sudden drop into a river like that. The river is really up right now because of all the rain, and it's very muddy. That is the reason Hubby is going back to work and not taking his vacation this week, because they've shut off the water from Keystone lake which the Ark. river feeds and Fort Gibson lake which I live close too. They have to stop all the water they can so they can get the bodies out. Can't win for losing with the fishing this year, but it could be worse, I could be at the bottom of the river. Better run and work on a PI lesson.

Good Monday Morning!

Well my weekend started off good and then went down hill from there. Saturday morning was very nice. I bake up a nice batch of yummy FF carrot muffins. Then dh and I packed up a breakfast picnic and headed of to a beautiful park on the lake. It was really quite romantic. :love: That was the high point of our weekend. Shortly after we got back, the hot water tank to our building went and we have been with our hot water ever since!!! So of course the weekend laundry did not get done and we had to boil water on the stove just to do dishes. And bathing??!!! Sunday I ran 10 miles and then came home and a sponge bath. Not fun!! At least this morning, I hit the gym before work and was able to shower there. Rumor has it that it should be fixed today. It dang well better be!! Especially since our rent is going up for the second time in a year. GRUMBLE! GRUMBLE!

Jojo: I try to have a positive attitude but it isn’t always easy. Our hot water problem has turned me into a down right nasty B*TCH! Just ask poor dh. :lol: You should let your in-laws make a big fuss over the both of you! You’re right you deserve it. Did you get anything good from the used bookstore?

Jen: Have your ears stopped ringing yet? Sounds like you had a great time. Our weather is supposed to get better this week as well. I sure hope so!! I typically try to get at least 7 hours of sleep. So if I am up at 5:00, that means I am typically in bed by 10:00. I’m much more of a morning person than a night owl. I do own a juicer and love it. I can’t stand bottle juice any longer. I love using for both fruit and vegetable juices. I highly recommend them – other than they can be a real pain to clean. The trick is to rinse it immediately after use (before you even take a sip of your juice!).

Skeeter: I don’t blame you for sticking close to home on the long weekend. That’s why last weekend (the Canadian holiday) we left early Friday morning. Traffic was actually okay then. Your outing to the coast sounds nice. Sunny with shade and wind sound ideal. Our temps are getting warmer but this is still a cold wind that cuts through you. You never know how to dress when you leave the house.

Sally: So glad to hear from you! We have missed you. I know what its like being banished to the laptop. You do get used to it though. Congrats on doing so well with your weight. :D Your girls must be getting so excited about the Disney trip. Do have any extra room for me in your luggage? I’m glad that the judge saw your ex for the jerk that he is. Although it doesn’t sound like he is very good at hiding it. I’m sure he’ll get what he deserves in the end – NOTHING!

Marlana: Congratulations on a 3-paperclip loss! Woo Hoo. I can’t believe that the carpet layer hasn’t come yet. Then again, I probably can. Sounds like you are one very busy lady. I’m hoping that it gets hot here soon. Although this weather has been good for running in. I couldn’t resist that picture of the little girls either. It kind of reminded me of all of us – a lifetime ago. I was reading about the barge in the paper and then when I saw where it happened I was thinking of you. What a horrifying accident. I can’t even imagine what those people went through.

Well I guess that’s all for now. I have my fingers crossed that we have hot water by the time I get home from work – I really need to shave my legs! EEEEWWWW :p too much information.

Hope all my American friends are enjoying their holiday while this poor Canadian sits at her desk working (?) away.

Tobey
:joker:

Hello All

It is really a beautiful morning here. The sun is out, the birds are singing and it is warm. Which is a surprise because Tuesdays are normally miserable - of course that is because that is the night I have rowing. Rowing is getting to be a lot of fun (and hard work). We are finally allowed to move away from the dock! We still aren’t very coordinated yet but they say that comes with time.

Well the bad news is that we still don’t have hot water yet!!! Can you imagine going 72 hours with out hot water? Poor dh had to call a friend last night and ask if he could come over to use their shower. How pathetic is that? I have a pile of laundry a mile high and the dishes are starting to pile up as I can only do them in small batches by heating some water on the stove. I’m starting to feel like a caveman not a city girl.

Well no one else has posted yet and I don’t have anything else nice to say so I had better end it here.

Ciao!
Tobey

Good morning gals. I wasn't planning on being home this morning. I ended up not being needed at work until this afternoon. Had I known that, I would have worked all day yesterday, and gotten the holiday pay. I'll be able to work an extra shift this weekend, so I really won't lose anything. It's nice enough outside today that I really don't mind. I think it's going to be a little cooler this weekend anyway.

My mom came back yesterday. She's already driving me nuts. I guess that's what mom's do though. I think she's going to start looking for her own apartment. Yeah!

Tobey- Oh gosh, without hot water! I have gone with a boil order, and that was hard enough. I can't imagine. One day I didn't have water, and had to stop at the gym to shower before work, I didn't even work out! My ears are still ringing, but not as badly. I'm not so sure about the juicer. I kind-of like the crunch of fresh produce, to kill my munchies!

Marlana- Congrats on your 3 lb loss. That's wonderful. I was the same this week. Fine with me. Slow but sure. I should be at my goal by late fall at this pace! It looks like a couple of my flowers didn't transplant, so I may have to get more. Oh well. I slipped up yesterday, a patient gave us cookie bars, and they were yummy. I tried a few. I didn't hear about the barge accident. That is just terrible.

Sally- Wow! Good to hear from you! Disneyworld sounds like fun. Your girls have to be out of their skin jumping to go. Sounds like your ex is getting just what he deserves. Good for you!

Skeeter- Sounds like you had some nice plans for the weekend. I worked. Ugh. Cher does Elvis in concert too. Very good. She puts on a great show. Even though the tickets are $70 each, I think I'm going to see her again. How was salt water fishing? Those strange fish sound a little intimidating to me! But in the shade, wonderful.

Jojo- I hope you had a good weekend!

I guess that's about it. I need to get my butt in gear this morning. Couple things I want to get done before work at 3!

Jen

Hello. I'm just here for a really short post. It is thundering and lightening in the area so I need to shut down. I'll come back later to post to you all unless I get to comfy and not get back on the puter. If that happens, I'll post tomorrow.

:wave:


Good Morning~~Got to make this pretty fast. I'm meeting myself coming and going the last two weeks. Finally the carpet man is coming today. I've got to go to both Wagoner and Tahlequah today, and get back in time for the carpet layer. I've got laundry to do and I've got to get the bed down and out of the room. Then after the carpet is down it's try to get it all back into the room before his bed time. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I'm run ragged.

Jo Jo~~Glad you could pop in between the lighting and thunder. See ya later.

Jen~~If we get any more rain here we will float away. It's cold still too. Now wait a min. here, I'm a mom and I don't bother my kids at all. I leave them a lone and want them to leave me a lone too. Of course my daughter don't talk to me again and I don't see my son too much. They want me to cook for them every week end, (6 kids) but somehow I just don't want to do that, and we never get invited to their house to eat. I'm not here just to be used. I'm a cranky old mother. :lol: All kidding a side...I know it's hard to have someone else in your house with you. I hope I never have a need to live with anyone else. That is a very good reason to lose weight isn't it???

Tobey~~Girl how long have you been married??? Your husband and yourself is always going on some romantic picnic somewhere. I can't even get mine to set under a tree with me and drink a cup of coffee, Or even on the sun porch. You better enjoy this while you got it. Well you know what they say, you don't miss the water until the well runs dry...in your case hot water. Hot water is hard to get a long with out. I added a couple of things to the little girl pictures for an attachment.
I redone Tobeys picture to fit us. We all look great don't we. No reason for choosing any one particular girl for us...except I like long hair and her legs were fatter. Have a great day.

Hello Y’all :wave:

Well I bet you never thought you’d hear from me again, fooled ya! I think the last time I posted was sometime in February or March, anyway things went south then,:dizzy: just too many pans in the fire as they say and something had to give. I hated that it was you all, but you were not alone I gave up some other ‘projects’ as well. The really good news is that I’ve maintained my weight and as of last Friday I’m back OP going to a new meeting and looking to break this plateau! :D I have lost the same five pounds and gained them back and lost again since last we talked, but that is OK as before I’d have gained most if not all of it back by now.

Mom is all settled, and actually enjoying herself, at Sudley Manor, the Assisted Living Facility, we’ve held the estate sale and sold the house in mid-April. I’ve been looking for a new job, as you will recall due to the merger, my last day here will be July 31st. I had an interview for a position within the company in a Department that is staying in Richmond and should know one way or another by this Friday, keep your fingers crossed for me. I’ve not had any luck getting an interview outside the company but I’m working on that.

Well, just wanted to touch base and let you all know I’m alive and well and will be visiting you all more often.

Love to all…

Marybeth
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Hi Everyone;

Well, I got to comfy last night and never did get back on the puter after the weather cleared up. Last I heard this morning we are supposed to have storms tonight but it doesn't look like anything right now.

I tell you, its pretty scary right now being a state employee when the guv is trying to lay off 6500 lower level employees. I had trouble sleeping last night trying to think what we'd do if I got layed off. I'd have to draw out my retirement money to pay off bills and live on till I got another job. DH is having trouble with his job because of his wrist. He can't do alot of the work they want him to do so he's not getting much work in and may end up losing this job if he can't do the work. The Dr just says it takes time for a sprain to heal. Its just to much to think about.

I've not heard if the state budget has been passed yet but I'm hopeful that the legislature will come up with something better than the governor has. He has a vendeta against the union because the union has been fighting him to the point of going to court against him. And when the guv makes a comment about the union, he makes it sound as if its all the unions fault. Its not the unions fault that the state economy is as bad as it is. But he is going to make us pay for it and thats not right. Grrrr!!! I'll shut up cause I just get furious when I talk about it.

Marybeth, gosh its good to see you here again. We all know how we get to many pans in the fire. You've done good with your weight if its the same 5lbs. Least you didn't gain more. I am working on getting a plan going and I'm sort of being careful what I eat. But I'm still scared to get on the scale.

Marlana, I'm still fighting depression. Just to much stress right now and I'm getting a little tired of keeping my mouth shut at work. I said a few helpful things (a way of doing something easier than the way they were doing it) to a couple co-workers and of course, they both made snide little comments that I couldn't quite hear. Mind you, these two talk about each other all the time so as much as they try to come off as being friends, they arent. If there was a job out there that I could transfer into, I think I would but there is a hiring freeze right now so I'm stuck. The other two, I'm praying the early retirement package passes cause one will take it and the other, well she's still trying to look for a "real" job. (her words, not mine) Oh man, I've got to shut up, I just needed to vent. From now on, I don't care if I have an easy way of doing something and it takes them two days to do it themselves, they can do it their way, I aint saying a word. How are you doing, by the way?

Jen, you done with your yard yet???? Mine is still waiting....and waiting. Hopefully your mom will find her own place soon. For awhile, I thought I would need to bring my mom to my home for awhile and it worried me so bad because my mom and I were fine living apart but not together. I'd of done it but it would of been really hard. My mom fought having to do that cause she liked living alone.

Tobey, I was just thinking that last weekend was the dryest weekend we've had in weeks. I think we got a little rain but not much. And its been really pretty out this week so far and its making me want to get out and plant some flowers. SHHHH, don't tell Jen I said that cause she said she'd come do my yard when she was finished. I'll save her something. :lol: What is this rowing you are doing? I must of missed out when you first told us about it. Do you have hot water yet? Oh, I'd hate that to. Its awful having to go to someone elses house to take a shower.

Sally, I am so glad to hear your ex is not making a good impression with the judge. I kinda figured that would happen. Its to bad the judge couldn't order him to get a job and pay support. Either a job or jail. That sounds like a good idea to me.

Skeeter, I am waiting on a new 35mm camera for dh for our anniversary next month. It should be here by next Monday. He was wanting one with a zoom on it cause he's wanting to maybe take some nature pictures. So thats what he's getting. I'm not asking for anything cause I got that ring I wanted.

Well, I'd better get off here now and figure something out for supper. Take care everyone.

Thought I'd get in here and check in. I'm doing another one of my 12 hr day shifts tomorrow. I was off today, can't really figure out what I did all day, but it was nice. They keep saying it's supposed to storm, and I'm still waiting. I finally decided to go out and water my flowers in the pots. Now it'll rain for sure. Almost as accurate as washing the car!

I had a talk with my boss yesterday about my hours. I think I need to rearrange my hours so that I get more days off to work somewhere else part-time. I think I confused her and she just told me to work it out with the nurse who does the schedule. So basically, I do my own schedule now. Hmmm, not a bad deal. We also got another unscheduled raise to be competitive with other hospitals. Thanks to the nursing shortage! I also got a call last week from someone at the community college about the teaching job I applied for. I was in the shower, so she left a message. Now I've left her 2 messages in the last week and I'm beginning to wonder if she will call me back. She's out of her office for the summer (the number she left me) and checks her voice mail once a week. I guess I just have to wait for now.

Jojo- What a mess the government is in. Maybe you should go to nursing school! In 2 yrs you could have a job that you could work 100hrs a week and full benefits. I suppose I'm very lucky with my career choice. No, I'm not done with my yard yet. I have a whole section that needs some work in the back. It's going to be a big project. I saw what you told Tobey!!! I'll let you plant a few flowers of your own.

Marybeth- Hey, good to hear from you. Both you and Sally popped back in this week! Were you guys up to something you're not saying? Congrats on maintaining your weight through some rough times. That in itself is an accomplishment.

Marlana- Finally, the carpet guy. How did it go? Oh, man, I forgot about my laundry in the dryer. You just reminded me of it! I didn't mean anything bad about moms in general. It's just so hard to live with her again. It's hard to explain, you'd have to experience it to fully understand. I hope you never do! Slow down and take a day off like I did today, so you can wonder what you did all day!

Well, now I have to go take care of my laundry, and get things ready for an early day tomorrow. I also have to behave myself a little better the next few day, my birthday is this weekend, and I have to save up for dinner out and some cake and ice cream!

Jen

Hey Everyone :wave:

Well most of you have written twice since I have been here. I'll try to catch up. :lol: We had a wonderful anniversary on Monday. We had friends over that we haven't seen in a couple of years and grilled steaks and spent a lot of time catching up. Then yesterday we went fishing on the east coast. It was very windy all day but it kept us from being so hot as it was in the high 80's. I got a sunburn and didn't really catch many fish but had a great time anyhow. The wind got up so much that we couldn't even keep our hats on. It was 4:00 by then so we packed up and came home. I would have enjoyed doing it again today. I did laundry and cleaned fish tanks instead.

Marlana~I got my email address changed and have received several replies. Now I am going to have to go to a lot of sites and change it. I refill prescriptions on this thing. I just hope that changing my address will cut down on the spam for a while. I enjoyed fishing in the saltwater but it wasn't deep sea fishing, we were fishing from the bank. A manatee came by to check us out though.

Sally~Welcome back. It is so good to hear from you. I have been wondering how you were and if you were still losing weight. I am so proud of you for losing the way you have been. I fell off the wagon and have gained again. I can't seem to find the motivation to stay OP for more than a few days at a time. I haven't given up though and intend to try again tomorrow and the next day. Your ex is living in a dream world if he thinks a judge is going to have any sympathy for him. I don't think that you have anything to worry about.

Tobey~I can't believe that you had to go all weekend without hot water. How many tenants are in your building? I sure hope that it gets fixed soon. Maybe the rent check should be a little smaller next month. :D Being without an everyday convenience sure makes us realize the lifestyle that we take for granted. When we first started coming to these woods, we didn't have water. We would bring large containers of water with us and leave it out in the sun all day to have warm water to wash up in at the end of the day. It wasn't too bad but starts being a lot of work.

Jen~I know just what you mean about your mom. I love my mother dearly but we wouldn't last 2 weeks in the same house. There can only be one boss and both of us want that position. :lol: I guess I could have her here if it was necessary but it would sure be hard. You have my admiration. I hope that you get that teaching job that you want. What kind of second job are you interested in besides the teaching position?

Marybeth~Welcome back. I thought that we had lost you but am so glad to hear from you. It isn't very pleasant when we start feeling like we are being pulled from too many different directions at the same time. That is when we have to make some changes. I'm glad that you resolved some things and was able to come back here. You have done a wonderful job in losing and then maintaining that lose through all that stress. Maybe you and Sally can cause me to get motivated again.

JoJo~Your talk of work conditions sure bring about a lot of memories. It's bad enough to be concerned with upper management on the job, but to have to deal with office politics adds an awful lot of stress. I hope that you vent as much as you need then forget it for awhile and relax. That would be a good time to get in some good reading. I know how much you like to read. :) We will be looking forward to some new pictures when you get that new camera.

This has turned out to be rather long and it is getting late. Y'all have a good day tomorrow.

Howdy folks!

I got so busy yesterday that I didn’t get a chance to post to all of you. :( Things are going well. We have hot water – HORRAH! And the weather here has been soooo beautiful! I have been running every morning before work which means that I have my lunchtime free. So I have been grabbing my lunch and walking over to the park to eat and catch up on some reading. It has been so beautiful and peaceful.

Jen: I am so happy to be able to shower at home again! I know what you mean, it did feel funny to go the gym, shower, and then leave without working out there. Ever since I have moved 18 hours away from my mom, we have become the best of friends. Amazing what distance can do. :lol: Sounds like things could really be picking up for you on the job front. :D Do you have any big plans for your birthday – besides a yummy time?

Jojo: They have been calling for storms here as well. But so far not even a drop of rain. :) Fine by me. I pray that everything works out for both you and hubby on the job front. The thought of all that is overwhelming. It is no surprise that you are having trouble sleeping. I have joined an 8-“man” rowing team. It is like the rowing see in the Olympics – only we are much slower and not quite as coordinated :lol: I’ll try find a picture to attach to show you what type of boat I mean

Marlana: Sounds like you need vacation! I get tired just reading your posts. :spin: So is the carpet down – or do I dare ask? We have been married for 5 years and have been together as a couple for 12. I am lucky that we still do romantic stuff together. In fact dh has already suggested that if it nice this weekend we should another picnic. Which I am also happy about because I spent too much money on our picnic set which I bought last year. I just couldn’t resist! I love what you did to the little girls picture. Too cute!

Mb: So good to hear from you again!! Congrats on maintaining. I’m sure with your new start that you will be able to break that plateau and continue on. That is so great that you mom is happy in her new home. I remember that there were some worries about that. Good luck on your job search. I have my fingers crossed for you.

Skeeter: Wow your last few days sound so nice (except for the sunburn!). How many years have you been married for now? We are in a small tri-plex, so it is just us and 2 other apartments. It took over 72 hours for us to get hot water again!! I was surprised that I was able to get in and do laundry that same night. I thought for sure, it would be a battle. Maybe the other two went to a laundry matt. At least we did have a stove and didn’t have to rely on the sun to warm our water – although the sun has been out strong here (finally!).

Enjoy your day!
Tobey

Hello Y’all :wave:

TGIF, hope everyone’s Friday is going well. Mine started out down, but I feel lots better now. Didn’t get the job I interviewed for, but then I went to my WW meeting and I dropped 5.2 lbs. YES!!!! I am focused again and heading in the right direction! Now if I’d come here and written before I went to my WW mtg. you would of heard a lot of negative stuff, but the meeting helped me to see that there is something out there that is going to be much better job wise for me!

I forgot to tell you all that hubby has started the WW program also, his is unofficial but he is weighing in each week at home and we have agreed to a reward :devil: when he hits his 10% goal. I must say that he is very proud of what I’ve accomplished and knows when it’s good to reinforce that for me.

Going to be a working weekend for me, Saturday I’m working a catering job for a wedding [good friend hooked me up with some part-time work] and then on Sunday it more yard work. Hubby changed jobs on the RR and will be working both days so in the long run I’m glad to be working Saturday as I’ll be less tempted to eat.

Hope everyone has a great weekend and if I don’t make in to check on everyone I’ll see you next week.

Love to all…
Marybeth
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Good Evening Ladies~~Thought I better get in here and write a few words before you through me out. I've been very busy with your name it. I'm going fishing tomorrow so know I won't be able to write then. You know 3fc's don't send me a notice anymore when someone writes on the board. I guess I need to check out my choices.

Jo Jo~~You have the same thing going on in your state that is going on in Okla. They are cutting everything except of course the dome that the Governer wants on the Governer's mantion. You know how much we need that. Even cut money to the schools. Us see now, I bet you have a republican governer. I don't like some of the people in this state governer. Ha Ha, he ain't mine. I hope for you don't lose your job, you've got enough to worry about. Bless your hubby's heart he's really having a time of it.

Jen~~I hope you can get off those 12 hours shifts before you get older, 12 hours just don't work for older folks. I heard them say on the night news that we are 2 inches behind in rain already, bull, we're wet as can be at my house. Oh bummer, on the deal waiting for the lady to call about the teaching job. Girlfriend, I don't remember what I said about your mom living with you, buy I'm with you, I sure didn't want my mom living with me, and I don't want to live with my kids either. One family per house I say, even if there is only one person in the family.

Tobey~~Reading your post about going to the park to eat lunch made me thank about myself. Do you know that I don't know how to just set down and be still. I seem to have to have something going on all the time. I thank that is why I like this puter so much. Keeps the ol mind busy. The carpet is down and I love it. If and when I get through with that bedroom I'll take pictures and post them. But I'll take them with a reg. camara and not that rink a dink D. one I bought. The names on the little girls pictures was messed up, with this new PI program I haven't quite learned how to use the optimizer yet.

Skeeter~~I forgot all about your annivercery, you can't count on me to remember anything anymore. You got to learn to take some sun screen with you when you go out on the water. You can burn really bad out on the water, the wind will burn you too. It's a pain in the old tut when you have to go to all the sites where they need your address and change it. I know, been there done that. I still have the address that I get the spam on. I really should get rid of it. Today I got a letter that had a darn pop up in it. I deleted it but the address stayed in the task bar and every once in a while the ad would pop up. I had to reboot my puter to get rid of it. They are getting trickie.

~~MarybethGood to hear from you again. yes I thought you was gone for good, at least from us. "Too many pans in the fire." That is just where I am now. I don't know if I'm coming or going. It seems like one thing is waiting on another that needs to be done first. It's really good that you have stayed the same while you was gone. You know that is the hardest thing to stay the same weight, I know normal people do it, but I ain't normal. Glad you got your mom all settled, also glad she is happy with the home. I wish Jen could get her mom settled too. Hope you find a good job.

Guess that is it for now. It's after 8:00 PM here but I have got to can some aspargus. Hubby come wanting me to make some pickled asparagus. I never heard of it, but I'm a fixin to make some. Have a good week end everyone.

Hey there.

I was going to wait till tomorrow morning to write but since I'm online, thought I'd go ahead and write anyway.

I came home after work and dh was pretty down in the dumps. But then he got a call from one of the places he had put a job app in at and he took another job. He can't sit around and wait till the other job decides his wrist is ok for him to work. The job he took is with a major delivery service and I think this will be so much better for him. I think working on those semis was just getting to hard for him. Anyway, he starts the new job on Monday. He was in a much better mood after that. So was I. I was really stressing over this. :dizzy: Well, I'm still stressing, till he starts getting a regular pay check again. :^:

Marlana, Yep our guv is republican. They are still battling over the budget. I know there is money somewhere that they have planned already for some dumb building that we don't need or some program that isn't necessary. There is a fund called "the rainy day fund" that they apparently used the money up from and are planning to put the money back into that fund this coming fiscal year and I say, don't put the money back into it until there is money there to put into it. Sheesh. Our guv is caught up in this "license bribery" scheme that happened when he was Sec of State. Apparently many truck drivers got their cdl's by contributing money to his campaign fund and the guv swears he knew nothing about it. How that man got elected with this scandal just coming out when he was campaigning, I don't understand. Apparently alot of drivers got their CDL's weren't qualified to drive trucks and people have gotten killed because of these drivers. Its a huge scandal and has been on 20/20 and many times on the national news. It will be interesting to see if our guv gets a conviction from it. So far they've not done anything with him yet although he says he is cooperating.

Mb, your catering job sounds like fun. Sometimes I think about trying to get a part time job in a book store. I'd be in my glory working around all those books. Sorry you didn't get that job. Something will come along for you.

Tobey, thanks for explaining and showing me what the rowing was. I figured it was some sort of new exercise craze, like that one they call spinning. When I first heard of that one, I really thought they were spinning on something then I find out they are on exercycles. I'm so glad you have hot water now. I thought of you everyday when I got into my nice hot shower.

Skeeter, I tell you, these two women I work with, well, they take the cake. They make me sick and I'm tired of trying to be friendly with them. One claims to be a very religious christian lady. The other one is just so perfect and no one could possibly meet her expectations of what she thinks they should be or do. Oh oh oh. I just get so mad I could spit. I don't say much about them and it feels so good to write this stuff. Congrats on your anniversary. Sounds like it was very nice. Dh was mentioning a fishing pole he wouldn't mind having so I was thinking about getting him that along with the camera I have ordered for him. Reading?? I'm in the middle of a book as we speak.

Jen, oh, I don't think I could take the blood and needles so I don't think I'd be a very good nurse. I almost passed out once when my bil showed me his staples and after my surgeries, I wouldn't look at my staples. I'm just squeamish, I guess. But medical stuff interests me alot.

Well, this weekend we are going to work on our bathroom and hopefully by Sunday I'll have my pedastal sink in that has been sitting in the garage for 5 or more years. I can't hardly stand the floor in there anymore. We've got linoleum to put down. If I have time, I plan to look for a few new blouses and maybe some pants.

Well, I've got to get. I think I hear thunder. The weatherbug shows a tiny weather cell just to the west of us. Take care everyone.

catey26
 

Hi everyone,

I'm new to 3FC and was hoping you wouldn't mind me joining your group. You all seem so supportive. Let me give you a little background on myself...I'm 28, married, have a 4 week old son, and will be returning to work full-time in August.

I gained 40 lbs. during my pregnancy and have already lost about 25. Once I get to my pre-pregnancy weight I still have to lose 44 lbs. to reach my goal weight of 170 (I'm 5'7"). I'm currently doing a very moderate, low-impact work out every other day until I'm cleared by my OB at my 6 week post-partum check--then I plan to kick it into high gear :D.

So that's my story in a nutshell. I hope to get to know all you better in our journey to shed these pounds and lead healthier lives!

Hey Everyone :wave:

Geesh am I ever beat.:yawn: I spent Thursday and Friday steam cleaning my carpets. I was going to be lazy today but hubby wanted to go to a new nursery that we have passed several times. What a brave man he is. That trip cost him $130 and that's for a yard that he says doesn't have room for anything else. We bought 9 trees and shrubs to go with the 3 that we bought last Friday and still haven't planted. Guess you know what we will be doing one day next week. :lol:

Marlana~We were bank fishing the other day and I never can remember that darn sun screen. Serves me right to get burned. I created a new email address in Yahoo to use on web sites. I'm only going to use the one that I sent to you for my friends and this board. We'll see how long it takes before I start getting spam. The Yahoo has virus protection and also rejects spam. Yahoo came on this computer and I have never used it.

JoJo~I am so glad to hear that your husband found a new job that he can do with that injured wrist. Maybe that job will work out better for him. I have a friend from the company where I retired that keeps me current on all the happenings. I have to admit that I miss a few of the people that I worked with. But mostly I am just so glad that I don't have to get up every morning and put up with some of those people all day. I didn't have your control over my mouth and usually told them like it was. I had a reputation for not putting up with any crap from anyone. Now I am just the nice quiet fat lady in the woods that grows pretty plants. :D

Tobey~I'm sure glad that you finally have hot water again. It seemed to take a long time for repairs though. We discovered that we could take a really good bath with one gallon of water when we used to have to bring water when we came here on the weekends. I would wash my hair over the sink with another gallon. It made us appreciate modern conveniences even more. We have been married for 13 years and together for 16. I was married for 20 years to my first husband. Actually we were married twice during those 20 years. That makes this my third marriage.

Marybeth~WTG on losing 5#. You have done just great. That's 70# that you have lost. I am so mad at myself that I didn't stay with the program like you did. It amazes me that you can work at catering and still lose weight. I'm afraid to be around that kind of food when I am OP. I have been talking to my dh about both of us getting back on WW and sticking to it the way we did before. Maybe we can motivate each other again. Keep us posted on how the two of you help each other.

Catey ~Welcome to the group. The weekends are kind of slow here but you will find a warm welcome from all of us eventually. :) We are all different ages here and you will fit right in. You sure sound energetic for having such a young new baby. Good for you already losing 25#. That is really good. I can remember going in for my 6 week check up after having my son and I weighed the same as I did when I delivered. I felt so fat then but I don't even have my goal weight that low now. Anyhow, we will enjoy getting to know you also.

Y'all have a good evening. Maybe I will make it in between church services tomorrow. If not, y'all have a good Sunday.

Good morning.

I hope your weekend is going well. Ours isnt going as I had hoped it would as far as getting the bathroom done. Its going slowwwwwly. As long as I get my new sink and floor in in the next week or two I don't care. Its just knowing theres a plan to do it soon. Dh has to take his mom out to pick out some carpet today and he has to cut grass when he gets home, so I doubt if much gets done. I am feeling tired today so I may just run the vaccume and go get my medicine and stop at the store for some salsa and thats it for me.

Skeeter, I am feeling much better since this job came thru for dh. I've been thinking for quite awhile that maybe he needed something a little less strenuous. I don't think this is his "dream" job but I think he'll be ok with it. OMG, where you gonna put all those trees? Just think of all the calories your going to burn digging the holes for them. I tend to keep my mouth shut and tune the others out as long as I can and then I have to say something which puts me a little lower down in their eyes. But you know, I don't care about that. I won't take any direct crap off them, thats for sure, I just get tired of the sneaky stuff. Geesh, these are grown women I'm talking about. It sounds like high school girls. I'm just praying that the early retirement package goes thru cause one will be gone.

Hi Katey, I'm glad you stopped in. Sounds like your doing great with the plan your working now. I'm trying to get back on track but I sure let stress and every day problems get in my way and I need to work on that. As Skeeter said, weekends are slow, especially now that its warmer out. Come back and write as often as you like. We'll try to support you with your weight loss and also during the times you just need to get things off your chest as I did the other day.

Well, I'd better get off here now. Take care everyone.

I'll start a new thread before it goes to a second page. See y'all on #144