I must have missed a good chat, cuz I have no idea what you're all talking about!

2cute, send the card, express your sympathies, and move on. Really, what more can you do? Personally, I think it's kind of rude that she would be commenting on who didn't send a card, despite a phone call. Just my opinion. I'm really proud of you...you didn't turn to food to make you feel better! Good for you!

We saw "The Lord of the Rings," again...saw it when it first came out. I had kind of dug my heels in, didn't really want to see it again, but it really was a very good movie. My daughter and I were oogling Aragorn and Legolas, so it wasn't a total loss...

I have to go pull myself together for son's BD party today. I have the worst sore throat and woke up with a low grade fever this AM...I'd love to just crawl back into bed, but must herd 10 twelve year old boys to Lazer Tag! hoo boy.

see you later~

Hi girlies,
It's late for me to be showing up. I did peek my head in first thing this a.m and read a few posts, but then the phone rang and the day began, then I had to get Alexis up and ready for Sunday School and Evan ready for a day of Ice Fishing with his dad. Then I did that new exercise video I bummed from my mom. Denise Austin Country Line dance work out. Well to say the least I am not coordinated at all they are going left, Im going right. They are lifting a leg, Im lifting and arm so finally I said **** with it, I turned away from the tv and just kept moving to the music the whole time. I did feel much better after I was done. I think it was really a feeling of accomplishment. At the end of the video she does show you how to do the steps and stuff in slow motion, but I can't even do that without my mind going so I will just keep doing the best I can and keep the dancing going. I do like all the songs on the videos, so it makes the time fly by just singing and dancing away.
The party at my mil's went well. This is what I had,
1 Turkey burger patty......5 pts
1 roll.................................2pts
20french fries (baked)......3pts
salad.................................0

grand total 10pt supper
and then for dessert while they were having choc. cake and raspberry pie I had my apple salad, which was excellent without the peanuts by the way. My mil loved it too.

So yes I stayed on plan......and will continue to!!! The only comment my mil made was when I said my french fries are great, she said bet mine taste better....I said maybe but Im not gonna try it....not when they were drenched in all that fat. When they were cooking and being dumped in the plate for serving, oh I was tempted to reach out and grab one, but said NO!!! instead, I covered them up and just walked away. Hurray for me, I felt great about that once the feeling subsided. I had never had a turkey burger before and it was great, had lettuce and tomatoe and onion on it with ketchup and mustard.

2cute/ I agree with everyone else, send the card with your sympathy but do not appoligize. I don't think there is a time limit on sending a card. If you feel bad for the other stuff that happened at the party then send a different card for that or call the other grandmother and maybe invite her for coffee/tea somewhere and just a good chat, remember we are all human and make mistakes


HUGS TO YOU ALL

Hey gals! Sorry I missed chat last night. I have no excuse. I was glued to the tv (of course) watching Tony have a rough night. First, his car was overheating and then he got hung out......I hate those frappin restrictor plate races. Thank goodness they only run them at Daytona and Talladega. I'm not naive and do not think Tony will win all the races....I just want him to, even if it is just a stupid Bud Shootout. Ok, I'm over that now.

2cute: Ok, I have to agree with what everyone else has said. Just send the card. It's only been a week and I'm sure her comment was not directed towards you anyways. I think honestly that she is just a little bitter now. I mean, if I was to lose someone close to me, the last thing I would be worrying about was whether someone sent me a card or not, you know what I mean? I wouldn't even apologize for the card being late.....it's not that late. Just send it like you normally would have and try not to worry about it. I think...(and PLEASE do not get mad at me for saying this, but I feel like I love and care enough about you that I can say this) put perhaps, just perhaps you might be overreacting to the situation because of everything else you have going on in your life right now. Just a thought.... I want to congratulate you for staying OP and not giving up on all your hard work, because God knows it's easy to do that sometimes. Life is too short to stress out over the small things. Just send the card.

Sandy: I know exactly how you feel about your exercise tape. I used to try my best to keep up with Richard Simmons and it was a losing battle. Every time I finally figured out what he was doing, he had moved on to something else. I finally just gave up and just started walking in place to the music. That's why I love Leslie Sansone's Walk Away The Pounds videos. They are VERY easy and the steps are always the same. If you've not tried them, I would HIGHLY reccommend them.

Kat: Boy, you sound like you're going to have your hands full! A birthday party for a 10 year old sounds crazy enough as it is, but being sick to boot? Yuck. I will definitely be thinking about you today.

Donna: Don't you worry. I was agrivated that Tony didn't win, but he's won the last two Bud Shootouts, so I guess I can't complain. Even though I was dissappointed, nothing would make me turn to icecream and oreos. It would have to be a lot worse than that. Sorry you don't feel well today....sometimes I make myself exercise when I feel bad and it always makes me feel better.

Well gals....I have more to say, unfortunately not enough time to say it. We're busy today for a Sunday and it has taken me forever to try to post this and answer the phone in between. I have to keep going back and forth and I keep losing my train of thought.

Hello to all my other lovelies......Lucky, Baylee, J-Ann, Mary, Thin, Duckie, Sara and whoever else I might have missed. Have a great day and I will pop back in tonight!

I was just talking to my dh about feeling so lousy today. I absolutely hate feeling this way. I am upbeat about 99% of the time and the last three days I have wanted to kill the cat, kill the person who brought the cat home, kill the dog for puking at 2 am this morning on the carpet and then going and missing his puppy pad and peeing on the carpet and kill whomever is left over! You know it is bad enough going through the TOM without having menopause symptoms on top of that and boy I sure got slammed this month. One very good thing though, I have learned NOT to go and eat when I feel this way. I went and made myself some low fat baked cinnamon apples in the microwave and that was because I was hungry. My menu for today is still 200 cal below and about 75 fat cal below.

2cute: The stuffy nose could be from all the crying and maybe not getting sick. We love you here honey, and we know that some days are the pits. My dgs's other grandma is a BIG FAT PAIN in the behind. She is terribly interferring and pushy. Jack and I avoid anything where they will be. In fact, we have a separate birthday party for T because the one his parents have is all sil's side of the family and the last one we went to no one would talk to me. I would try and start a conversation and they would act like I wasn't there and start talking about something else. I got fed up and we left and it caused a brouhaha so I told my daughter never again. Of course, she tried to calm everything down and say they probably didn't mean it, but you can hardly get any ruder than that. So, I agree with some of the others, that it was petty of her to bring up lack of sympathy by others. She should treasure the ones that saw fit to do something for her. You buck up girl and look at all the wonderful things in your life ok?

Tina: You are so funny! Tony is a doll baby, though he is young enough to be my son. There is a lot to be said for younger men....they are so teachable

Sandy: Good going girly on the food yesterday. I too can relate to the exercise tape. I could never do the RS tapes like he did partly because I was too heavy to jump up and down and stuff like he did. I tried something once and popped out the bad knee so from then on, I creatively made up my own moves to his stuff when I wasn't coordinated enough! Just be bop around, it still gets your heart rate up! Don't you just love mil?

Kat: OOOOHHHH 12 year olds what fun and boys too! Actually, my favorite bd party for my son was a big one where I took everyone to play putt putt golf and games. Everyone had a great time. I guess the reason I remember that party is that the next morning my mother called me thinking my husband had been killed. (he was overseas on the USS Kennedy at the time) That was the day the marine barracks in Beirut were bombed. I had a time convincing her that Jack was NOT in a marine barracks but aboard a ship and they were not in Beirut. Actually, they were in Haifa, Israel, but I didn't want her to know that!

Just posting to you ladies makes me feel better. I am going to go down and get the turkey roast in the oven for dinner. Talk later!
Donna

Where the heck is everybody? I've got a couple of pictures for you. Keep in mind....the change is not very drastic, but I can see a definite change. You have probably already seen them, but not together. Makes you happy to see a difference.



And I've lost another 10 lbs since that second picture was taken and got another haircut on Saturday! Yes, I know 2cute, pictures are on the way.

Now get your hineys in here!

Hey Tina, Im here, lurking and waiting for someone to post so I can get my fix. Ive been on this puter all day long!! Been here, been to dotties chat, been everywhere between loads of laundry that is. Now I just had some of that yummy apple salad again. I think Ive had a pie kinda like it except leave the apples out and put in a pkg of pistaccio pudding mix then put in a pie crust. Anyway I think next time I will mix the coolwhip and the pistaccio and the pineapple and have that as a dessert, wonder if you could freeze it? And I got that really yummy scrumptious Snickers recipie today too, but dont know if I can trust myself with that yet. And I would have to make it when my daughter is asleep and have it put up because of the peanut butter.

What great pic's by the way. What a cutie you got there!!! And you are a very pretty girl too.

Hey where is everyone?

I'm here...sick...I must have strep throat...fever up and down all day and night. And YES...I did go to the party...bad move. Gonna try to get over to the doc todayl I NEED ANTIBIOTICS!

One good thing...I can't eat a mouthful! Just water and sips of tea.

later...

Good morning everybody!

Well, I got out of scrapbooking today and I am glad because I really don't feel like doing it today.

Tina: Way to go. I noticed that you lose the under the chin thingy like I do first. Unfortunately, my big behind is probably going to be the last thing to go!

Sandy: I think it is kind of fun to try and put things together that taste good and are low fat etc. Sounds like you have another good recipe going.

Mary: How are you today?

Kat: Try my sore throat remedy. I know it will make your throat feel better until you can get to the dr. 1 TBL honey, 1 TBL vinegar and mug of hot water. Mix and sip it .

I am so sick of cloudy weather. I wouldn't mind the cold if we could just have the sun out. It sure makes my walks a little happier when the sun is shining instead of cold, wet and dreary. I kind of slug along instead of step it up. Of course, today everything is aching so this mornings session was dismal even though I walked the whole way. Maybe it will be better this afternoon.

I will peek back in later to see if any of you have posted.
TTFN: Donna

Good Morning from believe it or not SUNNY Maine!! But oh are we gonna pay for having one day of sun , they say we are in for the coldest week of weather yet! I can't take much more!!! We are also supposed to get some more lovely snow tonight, enough to grease the roads up I guess? Winter wonderland here.

I'm still doing great, and reading posts to beat ****, I have even lurked to other posts to read, but I don't reply to all of them as I would get so confussed on all the wonderful people I have met. But I love to read what people have to say.

Tonights menu is a recipie I got a long time ago from my mil I think? Its called WW Italian Chicken, I remember it is so yummy and it cant be many points except for the rice you put it over. I'm at work now, but will post it when I get home, it is a wonderful recipie and so so so so easy!!!!!

Hugs to all

Thanks for the sore throat remedy, Donna...I knew there was something with vinegar in it...I'm giving it a whirl right now. I called my doctor, but he's swamped, so they said he can call something into the pharmacy for me...Oh, I like that even better! Our Walgreen's has drive up service, don't even have to get out of the car! It just started to snow here...again. My son will be thrilled. He really didn't get his full measure of snow playtime this weekend what with all the activities he had planned. I'd love to go sleigh riding, but my body is going to be tucked back under the covers shortly.

Okay, I jumped on the scale to see where all this fasting has gotten me. 253. 6 lbs less than last week's weigh in!! I'd like to think that it isn't all from being sick, I have been extremely diligent counting my points...but I'll take it however I can get it!

I think I'll take my tea and park myself on the recliner for a bit. It's funny, I musn't take too many breaks on a normal day, cus I feel somewhat guilty doing absolutely nothing...I may even get to watch Oprah today! Ooh! and Dr Phil! Goody!

See ya'll later

COME OUT AND PLAY!!!! WHERE ARE YOU????? OLY OLY OXEN FREE!!!!

I'm stuck at work and no time to play.

See ya later.