Good Morning
My Thankful Thursday
I am Thankful that I am still breathing
I am thankful that I am in good health
I am so so thankful that my car is fixed and didn't cost to much to fix.
I am thankful for you'all, my friends
I am thankful that my sister's and brother don't live with me although 1/2 mile apart is still too close.
I am thankful for my little laptop computer, so I can do my work whenever and whereever I want.
I am thankful for my Honey who loves me
I am thankful for children who work so hard at school and still come to do chores
I am very thankful that GOD gave me one more day to do what I gotta do.

You all have a BLESSED day

Morning Chicklets,

Sandy, congrats on your daughter becoming a brownie, I was once one, mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnny years ago. I know she is excited.

Mary, what's going on with you? I know there is SOMETHING YOU CAN POST ABOUT!!

Jen, you just hang in there girl, the weight will come off! (unfortunately in it's own time!)

Andria, hey you old "fuddy duddy", I hear you, I need more sleep as I get older, cant stay up all night like I did when I was in my 20's (seems like a lifetime ago!), but I could party all night, and come in, shower and head off to school, come in in the afternoon and start all over! I like this much better, now I JUST TAKE IT NICE AND EASY.

Natalie, nice to see you. Guess you noticed I stopped posting on the Jewels within thread, 3 was just more than I could manage. Hope all the gals there are continuing to do well. May pop in from time to time to see how everyone is doing, just cant do more than these two, if I want to stay in tune and focused (If you know what I mean?) Take care of yourself today, you deserve it/

Tina, I am sorry you are having such a rough time right now. No I dont know all of your circumstance, but from what you said, I can read between the lines. You mentioned being unable to forgive your mom? Forgiveness is for you not for her. It is you that you are hurting by not being able to forgive her. You cant make her be accountable, but she knows what occured, she may have been in denial (her choice) all these years, but rest assured she knows! You cant change her, you can only change how you react to her, AGAIN IT WOULD BE FOR YOU! NOT HER! Come and talk ot us whenever you want to. And as someone wisely mentioned, when your neice is older and she can make her own decisions, she will be able to discern the truth, and choose for herself. In the meantime, I am sure it hurts you not to be able to spend time with her. Those family ties are the strongest, and most times the most difficult. hugs to you girl!

All the rest of you chickies, take care.

Hey everyone

Quick note for Pam- thank you for your words on forgiveness. Some things that happen to us in this life can't and shouldn't be forgiven, but we do have to remove ourselves from the pain caused by all the guilt of not being able to forgive. I don't have time to expound on the theory right now because I'm going to be late to work, but it is something I've been working on in my personal life.

Andria

helllllllllllllllllo Chicks,

I have some good news! I lost another 3.5 lbs since my last weigh in on 9/8, so that brings me to a total of 37.8lbs lost since 6/5/03 I am kind of psyched about it, CAN YOU TELL?? My goal of losing 50lbs by 10/31 sure looks in site now!!! so , I will keep plugging along.

I walked 1/2 mile this morning at the park, and I am getting ready to do my 2 mile watp video here in a few. Talk to you lovelies later

GO PAM~GO PAM

What a good loss for you....keep up the good work woman.

Bringing us back up to the top, don't want us to dissappear...

Tonights menu:

BOILED DINNER.......

HAM, CABBAGE, POTATOE, CARROTS, TURNIP, ONION.....OH YUMMY.......AND CAN HAVE SO MUCH FOR SO LITTLE POINTS

I'm thankful for.....

my wonderful, beautiful, special, loving, best cyber family in the world.

Your words about my current situation moved me beyond words and I just want you to know, once again...how much I love you all.

I am thankful for....

a wonderful dh who loves me more than anything and two wonderful, beautiful children.

I am thankful for.....

being able to move my body. Even at my weight, I can move my body when others are unable to.

I am thankful for....

my wonderful special granny who is absolutely wonderful. If it had of not been for her, I would probably be making this post from a sanitorium. Had she not of half raised me while my parents left town all the time, I would not have known what true love was.

I am truly thankful....

that when I told her about the "brother / situation, she said that if he got mad about this, then that was his problem and I should have told him to kiss "ol harry" and lick "ol rusty".

I am thankful......

that I was sitting down when my 84 year old granny said that or I would have passed out from laughing.

I love you all.

to you all.

P.S. Congrats PAM on the awesome weight loss!

Evening Girls,

Just checking in before I go to bed, I am plum tuckered out.
but, had to look in on my girls.

I am thankful for:

1. All the love in my life from my family, my first family and you my second family.

2. For being given this opportunity to become healthy, and to care for myself the way God intended.

3. For the willingness to become disciplined.

4. For the cool crisp breeze I felt this morning and the sunshine on my face.

5. For an off day. Today was so nice.

6. For my job.

7. I am thankful that I feel hopeful again about my future.

6. I am most thankful for the shelter over my head and a comfortable place to lie down at night.

7. I am thankful for the healthy food that I am eating to nourish my body, and to no longer use it for emotional reasons.

8. I am grateful for the exercise that I WANT to do and am ABLE to do to get my body in shape.

9. I am thankful for this forum, and the kind ladies who started it for all of us.

10. I am ever thankful that I am blessed to call each of you my friend and that we are on this road together.

goodnight all

Hey everyone

I've worked a 13 something hour day today, so just a couple of quick notes and then off to bed with me.

Pam!!! Wahoo on the loss! You are really committed to meeting that goal, and it shows.

We're hearing hurricane reports on the news here, and my prayers are with any of you who might be in harm's way.

Thankful Thursday

I'm thankful the town meeting finally ended, and without bloodshed.

I'm thankful for having work to come home exhausted from at the end of the day.

I'm also thankful for my wonderful husband who is going to be a darling and rub my back as soon as I get off the computer. He also made breakfast, lunch and dinner today as well as making sure the girls both got their homework finished. Oh, and he is feeding me watermelon while I type. Cute, huh

I'm thankful for everyone who posts their losses and keeps me working towards my dream. There are so many of you near to or already breaking the 300 barrier. I hope you realize how closely I watch your numbers because they mirror what I want for myself.

It's time to head to bed now. Have a good night, everyone.

Andria

Mornin' Ladies,

Winds'a blowing and some rain is on the way. I'm sure glad this one isn't going to cause too many problems here in central NYS.

So far so good WW wise. Met a couple challenges over the last couple of days but I was able to do damage control with my Flex points. Glad I had them!

Hope everyone has a great day and that those of you in Isabel's path are safe.

Off to my workshop see you all later

Morning chicklets,

Start of day 5 and going strong. I found these awesome english muffins made my Country Kitchen that are Light cinnamon, raisin, and they are only 1 pt......can you believe that 1 POINT EACH so this a.m. I had 2 for breakfast (I was feeling kind of hungry) Then I bought myself some honey flavored tea bags for hot tea at work versus coffee, cause with tea I find no need to add milk and sugar....with coffee that's a different story.

Enough on me.....how are all of you doing? The thread was a bit slow yesterday....where did you all go? I hope the hurricane did not get anyone to bad here on the east coast. We did not get any of it thank goodness!!!!

I forgot to list Thankful Thursday stuff: But I am thankful for~~~family, friends, a dh that loves me more than I know he says, my kids, all of you, my health, my job etc......I am just a thankful person.....lol

Andria: get some well needed rest there. A sholder rub....oh heaven. sometimes leads to more if he is anything like my hubby.

Well gotta run, I'm at work but will check in again....

Hugs,
Sandy

Good Morning!

Well, Isabel blew on by here around 3am...VERY WINDY and rainy...of course that's when the dog decided that she had to pee! We didn't suffer any ill effects of the storm, other than branches down and garbage cans blown all over. (ours were secured by dh...good boy) Apparently, somebody felt that we needed to delay the opening of school this morning, though...I just took my son over and the parking lot was eerily empty... I came home and checked the website and sure enough...2 hour delayed opening... A phone call would have been nice.

There goes my plans for AM exercise. NO! I have 2 hours, I can do something!! Last night, I was looking in my closet for something to wear tonight...(we're going into Manhattan to see Little Shop of Horrors) I slipped on my favorite pair of black pants~the ones that fit the best, meaning:most comfortable to sit in!~ Imagine my surprise when there was room to spare!! So I tried on a few others, same thing. The lbs are coming off slowly, but the inches are too...More inspiration to continue to stay OP!

Mary...what kind of workshop?
Pam...Congats on your loss! You are DOING IT, girl!
J-ann...I love the Flex points too! They really come in handy!!! No guilt when spending them!
Andria...your dh sounds like a sweetheart!
Tina...well, we see where you got yoursense of humor from! Granny sounds like a card! I'm so glad that you can turn to her for love and support.
joe anne...I am thankful for your posts--they are always so sunny and cheerful, as I'm sure you are!
Sandy...mmm, dinner sounds yummy! Do you just throw it all in one pot and boil? How long? Instructions, please!!
Jen...good to see a post from you! So the weight loss may be slow...but it's happening!! Gotta love the "magical weight loss week!"
Natalie...Did you get lots of wind and rain too? I hope all is well.
Lori...who are those fellas at the bottom of your post??
Michelle, where are you woman???
Barb, still on vacation? Miss you!
Hi to everyone else!! Gotta go get moving!

Have a great day, kids....

1 HAM.....OR 1 CORNED BEEF (HAM IS BETTER AND LESS FAT)

AS MUCH AS YOU WANT OF THE VEGGIES....THAT WILL FIT IN THE POT....

YES ALL IN ONE POT.....

POTATOES
TURNIP
CARROTS
CABBAGE
ONION

READ THE DIRECTIONS ON YOUR HAM, BECAUSE SOME ARE FULLY COOKED SOME ARE NOT....BOIL TILL ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE DONE AND ADD THE TURNIP AND ONION THEN ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER I PLOP IN THE CARROTS THEN ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER I PLOP IN THE POTATOE AND CABBAGE....LET FINSIH COOKING TILL ALL VEGGIES ARE DONE THEN SERVE IT UP.....

YUMMMMMMMMMMMY.

Good Friday Morning Chickies,

Well only 2 more days to have my sister's car I take it back to her Sunday. She has been traveling for her new job, but my days of fun and frivolity are over (almost) but, it was fun while it lasted

I cant stay chickies, I am running waaaaaaaaay behind this am, I slept in. Have to be at work by noon, still have exercise to do, errands to run, so I will check in with you tonight around 8 ish.

later

This morning we received sad news and are trying to work through this. This is what happened, my oldest son(19) who lives us, has a best friend who died in a car accident about a 1/2 mile from his home. This young man was like one of our own, we are so close with his family. Our sons grew up together since preschool.
This tragedy just tears up my heart
What else makes this so hard to deal with is that my son had wanted to go with this friend last night but then one of his other friends said no he needs to go home so he brought him back. My son had been at a court ordered meeting, MADD (mothers against drunk driving) where this other friend had brought him home from.
I don't know what your beliefs are but this night GOD was watching over my son, but for him to take this young man, thats something I don't understand. I ask that if you can Please pray for the family of this young man. His name is Johnny Padilla
Thank you friends