Why does work have to be so much work? :lol:

Listen to me, like my job is so hard. I am just upset b/c I havn't gotten on the site all day.

Angie I have done what Sandy is talking about. In fact I have done it every year since we have been married. They send me a letter saying that I have to pay in full first b/c that is the law but then you just give them a call and they will work with you on how much you can pay. Of course you will have to pay all of those lovely interest and penalty fees but it is better than $3000 all at once.

I think this weekned has affected me more than I thought. I can't stop eating again. Do you want to here what I had for breakfast. (don't judge me for this) half a bag of of those candy circus peanuts. I was planning on getting suway for lunch but now I can't stop thinking about an oyster poboy and of course that is fried.

My SIL got a book on disciplining children when she had her baby shower.
At first she wasn't sure if she was going to read it or not.
I told her, "If you don't start using some discipline early....you're going to end up with an animal."
Sounds like none of the kids mentioned here ever got any....and how did parents get so warped that they defend their kids No Matter What They Did, and can't stand having them "corrected" by anyone !?
Sounds like they have their own misguided disfunctional problems.


It's sounding like several of us here (myself included) need to install seatbelts on the wt. control/loss wagon....as we keep sliding/falling off......and some of us getting run over by it...LOL

Hubby went out of town to build some shelves for his parents, and I started on transforming an extra room into a workout room.
Now that the Healthrider is out of the bedroom, I have to start on the bedroom today. It's so bad that a walking path had started to appear. When he comes home and the only mess in the room is his, he will not hesitate to clean up the clutter. (His excuse was that he wasn't cleaning his up as long as my side of the room was a mess)
I bought Julie Morgenstern's book "Organizing From the Inside Out"...and I've finally got some focus and direction regarding a clutter nightmare that's been that way in too many rooms for too long a time.
I'm the packrat around here, and I have to find a way to deal with it. The nice thing about Julie's book (she's been on Oprah helping people get their household better organized), is she doesn't ask anyone to change themselves, or change where they prefer to do things like pay the bills or do craft work......she helps you make better use of the space so you don't have the horror of someone dropping in. You're looking at 30 minutes straighten up time instead of a day or more just for someone to come inside your house.
It's hard to do this sort of thing with hubby around, as he thinks he should help. He's retired from Army Reserve and hasn't found another job yet, so he's here 24/7. I am going to end up in the loony bin !
I Don't Want His Help with clutter cleanup !!
The questions never stop:
When did you buy this?
Why did you buy this?
Where are you going to put this?
Why are you keeping this?
Why aren't you throwing this away?
I can't keep my mind on track when I want to strangle hubby <G> !
And if he isn't "helping"...he's interrupting.
Ok, rant over.

Anyway, he's going to have his work cut out for him taking stuff to the attic when he gets home...He can't park in his side of the garage till it's all been put up.

Not very inspiring weather...It's totally grey here.

yeah, cold and grey here too. I just turned up the heat and turned on the oven for the warmth. We have such crappy windows that when it gets cold outside it sucks all of the heat out of the apt. even through the curtains, though they help alot.

So I finally did it! I went rollerblading!! I am happy to report that I only fell on my *** once, and I think that I will try to get out again today. However, today is tax day. I'm confining myself to the desk 'til bills are paid and my taxes are done.
Yeah, right. I'll be back.
-W-

Sandy,It is snowing pretty good here now. It started at like 11:30.

I'm sorry that everyone is having such a hard time this week. I wish I could help but I know how it feels. I have PMS and I know the only reason I am not eating(and I have been wanting to so bad. I have had a couple bites of brownie every day but that is it) is because I did it for 2 weeks last month.

Kempy, The poboy sounds so good!!! I LOVE fried oysters. Whenever we go to Weathervane to eat that is what I get.

Gargoyle, I need to go through all of my closets so bad! I don't know why I find it hard to throw things away. I still have my size 7 jeans from 1989! They are alot smaller sized than the ones nowadays so I know I will never fit into them even if I weighed 105 pounds but yet I can't throw them away!!

Miss Washu, Rollerblading sounds like fun but I am sure I wouldn't even be able to get going. Or wouldn't dare to. :lol:

Hey everyone. I'm feeling better today thanks to all your positive and reinforcing comments here and in my journal. Gee, you ask for help here and boy does it come fast and furious. Still have this sinus headache but I took some meds for it and I'm waiting for it to kick in. No rain yesterday at all. It seems that the storm that was brewing and heading our way blew apart. Hooray. It was HOT~~82 degrees?! I did get my walk in and made my sister promise me that she would FORCE me to go walking with her for the rest of the week even if I said I wasn't going. Once I got out there I was feeling good. I didn't even eat anything after that potato so that was even better. I DID go out and buy a couple of malasadas for my mom and dad but I told them that I was only buying a few and that they HAD to eat them all tonight because I did not want to see any left around tomorrow. They did eat them and I didn't. Not a one. I think I'm back on track today, but it's only 8:40 a.m. so anything can happen, but knowing I have this place to 'come home' to and spill my guts, that should keep me on track. I'll have to focus on the positive things. What are my reasons for losing weight?

1) I want to feel better~~no huffing and puffing while doing normal everyday activities.
2) I want to be a healthy mom for my son and any future children.
3) I want to look the way I feel (sexy :devil: )
4) I want to be proud of my body.
5) I want to be comfortable when traveling on airplanes-- Bangkok here I come!
6) I want to be able to buy clothes in Bangkok where they have "free size" which is equivalent to an American size M, not "big size" which is XL or XXL.
7) I want to head off any possible health problems that come with being obese.

I'm sure there are more reasons but these are the ones that I've come up with so far. Any of you want to share your reasons or aspirations?

Gar, after you're done organizing your clutter could you come to my house and do a walk through? My house needs attention in that respect badly.

Washu, good going on the rollerblading! I don't think I've ever tried that. We have a ice skating rink here but it's been at least 10 years since I've done that. Watch out for that tailbone, I know of another gal who banged hers up pretty bad... :lol:

Kempy, I hear ya on the po'boy. It's always hard for me to get a handle on myself after a weekend of splurge eating. You CAN resist that deep fried, gravy dripping, crusty, yummy sandwich...think of Disney World! Mickey's calling you.

Angie, I haven't even come close to filing my taxes--personal or corporate. I know I'll have my personal ones filed by the deadline but we've had to file extensions for the business this past 2 years since we've got so much dang paperwork to sort. I hate being an entrepreneur! Oh well, one day when we make it big I'll look back at myself today and just laugh, all the way to the bank . Yeah, right. I can dream can't I?

Chris, stop by and say hello. Hope your quest for a little one is going well.

YEAH NOELLE!!!!!! What is a Malasada? Good for you for not eating any of it. You Are Awesome!!!

Malasadas are basically a deep fried sweet bread dough dusted with granulated sugar or cinnamon and sugar--sometimes even filled with chocolate or coconut pudding. Deep fried, hot, sweet, soft & doughy on the inside, sort of crispy on the outside, rolled in sugar after coming out of the oil. Fattening since they're fried and you usually can't stop at eating just one. These are traditionally eaten on Fat Tuesday--or any time you can find the mobile wagon that drives around and fries them up--outside of Walmart or K-mart around here. Check out this website if you want to see pictures. Neat! And nope, I didn't have any yesterday.

http://home.attbi.com/~osoono/history.htm

If you go to this page, click on "Read more about the beginnings of the commercial malasada in Hawaii" . Great article with more links to all the great fattening pastries and goodies we have here in Hawaii. :D No wonder I'm this BIG!

I did not dare go look at the link Noelle, but I think they sound an awful lot like what we call fried dough here or a doughboy. Sometimes here they put on pineapple stuff or strawberrry or apple filling. I like them with the powdered sugar and the cinnamon sugar. And like it's not bad enough they fry them, here they throw on some good old butter for good measure.

Weathervane~~~~ Angie, I love that place, we only get to it like 1 time a year in Belfast I think but it is very good food. But I don't like oysters, I usually have the shrimp or seafood platter, I figure if I'm doing it I may as well go full boar....lol.....actually now I would probably choose much more wisely...for I am learning and very strict with myself and my points. 5 weeks now and not 1 time over on my points. Actually tomorrow will be my 6th Thursday WI....will post the results tomorrow, but having TOM too and that is not helping!!! But maybe by morning some of this water retention will be gone!!!!!!!!

Wishing you all well,
Sandy

How in the world did you find that site noelle? To me fritters and beignets are the same thing. I don't put anything inside my fritters when and if I make them. They are dangerouse to have in the house. I don't think Joe would even get any of them.

I didn't eat the poboy for lunch. Isntead I had some lasagna from an Italian rest. across the street. I am not sure what would have been worse. Oh well, it is to late now. It has been in my belly for almost 4 hours.

This weather is killing me. All I want to do is go to sleep. I wonder if this is what it is like to be deprived of oxygen? The humidity is really bad right now so it feels kind of hard to breath.

Oh My gosh, that stuff looks so good. We make apple fritters every day and I am not kidding they take up a whole paper plate. We never realized just how big they were until we went to one of our accounts and they had 1 fritter per plate. Our Honey buns are that big too. I don't think 1 person could finish a whole one by themselves.

I have been nibbling the peanut butter dip that I put on chocolate donuts today. BAD GIRL! My period is due on the 10th so that maybe why today is a bad day. The dip tastes just like peanut butter fudge and I swear I could eat the whole bowl! I had a couple tastes and then I stopped. Now I'll eat my fat free hot dogs for supper and live in my bedroom tonight. :lol:

Sandy, We went to Weathervane at Christmas when I was on a binge and I ordered the Admiral platter figuring well, I am going to make it worth it. I ate it for lunch, supper and snacked all night and I still couldn't eat it all. I had to give the rest to the dogs the next morning. That was strange because I used to be able to pack it away. hehe

Whhew, Taxes are done and e-filed. As long as the IRS accepts the form, I get $400 back!!!!!! YAY!!! That goes straight to a credit card.... This summer should be better than last year. Both of the guys have promised to make monthly payments to me. I want to be out of debt this year....
O-well, enough $$$ talk. I almost cried when I checked my bank account, not doing that again for awhile!

Way to go Noelle!!!!!! Back home they call those scones. Then I moved here and scones are something completely different :lol: I've not had one for ages... at the county fairs they call them elephant ears, 'cause they're that big. You are such a swetheart too, even though you knew you wouldn't have any you still get them for your folks...

Here we go again.... food and sex :lol: I've never had a po'boy, but that's the first thing (wait no, second thing) that I want to experience when I go to Philly. (the first, of course, an authentic cheese steak :)) Should I go North of South for a true po'boy? It's a southern thing isn't it? With all of this talk you've got me craving Ivar's. mmmmmmmmmmmm clam strips. :homer:

It's too cold to skate today so I'm drinking my water and doing pit-stop exercises. Maybe I'll go downstairs and lift weights later.

Fun fun the kids get baths..... the ferret (Zoe) isn't that bad, but the cat :eek: !!!!

Angie - I've been into the peanutbutter today too. I dropped a few M&Ms into the jar and had to stop myself....

later
-W-

Rebel gave me a fat lip last night. He jumped up as I bent down. Little Rockhead!!

Ok Noelle, You ruined me. :lol: No, Really it was PMS. I had the munchies so bad yesterday. I ate some pretzels(YUM I haven't had those forever) some wow chips and I munched on Peanut butter dip and a few bites of Jays brownie. PMS sucks!

Kempy, Did you get your PoBoy for supper? We have had humidity like that before too. It feels like you just can't catch a good breathe. I stay in the pool as long as I can on days like that. Too bad I couldn't jump in during work. :lol:

I never have gotten that poboy. I talked to Joe on the phone last night and told him that I still want one so maybe when he gets home tomorrow we will go get one.

The humidity is worse today. If that is possible. It is still kind of drizzling but it is supposed to clear uip for the weekend. :cp: We might stat to get our yard back together. It isn't supposed to get cold anymore. I was noticing my flower beds in the back and boy they look bad.

I can't wait for my tulips to come up but first there is a five foot pile of snow on top of my flowerbed that needs to melt. :lol:. I planted tons of them around the tree on my front lawn and it looks so pretty in the spring. Jay built me a flowerbed out back by the deck and we planted tulips and hyacinth(I love those) in it. I have a hyacinth in a pot on my windowsill starting to peek out of the soil.

The weatherman said it is supposed to be close to 40 on Saturday so maybe I can get some walking in.

Wow 40? That isn't even going to be our lows here this week. Sorry, just had to rub it in. lol

I is so pretty right now with all of the trees turning green. On the other side of my fence in my back yard is a big wooded area adn all of the trees are starting to bud out. I love it, that bright shade of green that everything has. There is one road inthis town that is covered with azaleas and wisteria and every spring I love to drive down it. Once I almost wrecked b/c it was so pretty I wasn't paying attention. I will see if I can find a web site with tose two plants on it so you can see how pretty they are.