Good morning,
I am going to have to be short here, sorry for being terse.

Jackie- that is so sad about your FIL. My prayers go out to you and your Dh and family. This has been a long process with him, and he has been sick for a long time. How are Dh and MIL handling his loss? Hugs to you.......

Jen- welcome home. Glad that you had a good weekend, but sorry that you had to come home to turmoil. I will pray for grace for you during the service and the day in general, as it brings back you Df's passing. Hugs to you.......

Spryng- glad your weekend with Dh went well. Hey, that is what those flex points are for, right??? Hope your week goes well.

Emily- glad you could check in!!!!!! (I know sometimes just saying hello is an effort).

Karen- bummer about the yeast infection. Are you feeling better??? Congrats on losing again!

As for me, well life with a teenaged Dd is challenging.......not too much fun either. But we are dealing with it as best as we can.
I have gotten my walk in today, and a short one yesterday. I like the ab workout (it is short but intense) that WW gave me last week, and it earns an AP too!.
Gotta go- lots of stuff to do. See you later!
Ginny

Karen, DH's training has been over for two weeks now. He is now in his own truck running solo and loving it! He'll be gone for 2 more weeks... so he should be home again on Oct 31, which is great because Nov 1st that new disney cartoon comes to theaters (brother bear) and I want to take the kids to see it. :) Oh and congrats on another # gone!! That is so great! At this rate you'll see your goal weight very soon! You must be so excited.

Ginny, I hope things are getting better with dd as the day and week prgresses. Does it have anything to do with a college? Oh and I got my first WW magzine today!! As soon as DH leaves I'll be reading it cover to cover!
Well, got to get off here and get Dh down the road. I bought him a cell phone today finally so talking to him will be so much easier now, :)
TTYL!

Thats right! I remember you saying that Spryng! somewhere in the midst of my foggy head when I was sick!

Ginny - I do feel LOTS better, but we will see how long it lasts.. I have to treat it until friday.. so I am hoping!!!!

Yesterday DH and I went shopping! I got some new sweats in a size Medium!! My current ones are XL and when I tried on the Large in the store.. they were WAY too big too!! YIPPEE!

Later this week I am going to go get some undies and bras... I am going to wait on jeans for just a little longer!

Hi gang.......

Just a quick check-in before I get dinner going for the kids........

Jackie, I am very sorry for the loss of your FIL. Sending you and your family my thoughts............

Ginny, I am very sorry about your turmoil with dd.......... I certainly know I do not look forward to the teenage years! I send my sympathy and support!

Spryng, glad you are still enjoying dh... sounds like you had a nice weekend.

Karen, congrats on another pound gone, and glad you are feeling better.

Well, today was just awful, as you could imagine. Ginny, you are so right that the day brought back so many memories of my own father's funeral process. The one bright spot was that my Tyler was an absolute angel.... he sat in church for an hour and played with his trains and didn't utter a peep. He would be occasionally cuddley and seemed to know just when I needed a hug or kiss. I am so glad I brought him.... he will never know how he helped me get through this day.

Well, I gotta get things going around here. I have to work tonight, then have my breast u/s in the morning. Tuesday afternoons are super-busy with kids' activities, but I will try to get here in the afternoon to update you...... hopefully with good news.

Have a good evening everyone............

Hi- I managed to sneak back on..........

Jen- hope that you are doing ok after your stressful day. I am glad for you that dear Tyler was there to comfort his mommy, just as our Karen is a huge comfort to me during this ordeal with Dd.
I will be praying for you tonight and tomorrow regarding your health and the sono. I know you know this already but most masses are benign..... and I am hoping for and looking foward to good news!!!! Hugs.

Karen- congrats on those size M sweats!!!!!! (funny, I just threw out my old sweats for the same reason, only I am waiting till next ckeck to get new ones). All your hard work has paid off! And I do hope that crummy yeast infection finally goes away. They are so annoying.

Spryng- enjoy that new WW magazine!!!! It does really help to have some of their literature around (or the web site) to keep you on track. I won a magazine at a meeting a while ago, and every so often they give you a special magazine on a topic and I do enjoy reading them. They are great for tips, recipes and getting ideas........ How is your family handling Dh coming and going as he goes back to work???? (and how are you holding up too?)

Thanks to all of you for the sympathy on my situation with Dd. I have spent most of the day on the phone (when I was not driving ) with someone about her, either Bf's mother, Bf, Dh......she is still angry with us, and communication is difficult. The only one who does not see our point is her....... (I even think Bf understands where we are coming from). Gosh this is tough~ and I wish I had a magic wand to fix this in one wave. But I have to be patient and trust......and at least for now am doing ok with that. It is just hard to watch Dd put herself thru this.

Well, I have a little one waiting for her bedtime story!!!! And 'nuff of me cranking! Time for my jammies too (I need a new pair of those too!:) in a smaller size). See you tomorrow!
Ginny

Good evening all!
Ginny, I'm handling Dh coming and going pretty well. I get teary as he pulls out of the driveway... but I know I'll talk to him every day so I have something to look forward too. My ds on the other hand handles it badly. He acts out for a day or two until he's back to normal. Like today he had several accidents in his underwear and has been very irritable and moody and all together a little monster. but I know it's very hard on him, he's a daddy's boy. But everyone else here does fine with it. I thought I would be lost without him here everyday but I find that I like being independant. I enjoy making all the decisions and handling the finances. I thought I would be overwhelmed to go anywhere with the kids and I found that it isn't very difficult if I plan it well. So I am doing just fine. Thanks for asking though! :) Oh and yes I loved that WW magazine! This was their holiday issue so it had great recipes for thanksgiving and christmas, and great success stories, etc. I can't wait until the next one gets here. Too bad they only have 6 per year, I would love to get one every month. :) I really hope Dd is coming around for you. I know it's so tough being a teenager, almost an adult and thinking everyone is out to sabbotage you... when in fact everyone is just trying to protect you and your future... but it's hard to see the big picture when you are right in the middle of it all. But I know you are a great loving mother and want what is best for your kids. :)
Jen, I'm glad your had your little one with you today to make you smile. It's strange how they know we are in pain even when we are trying so hard to hide it form them. My little girl know's right away when something is wrong with me. i don't know how but she does and she thinks it's her duty to cheer me up or give me some affection, it makes my day :) Children really are a blessing. I hope you get good news on your ultrasound tomorrow. Can they tell if it's benign or not on an ultrasound?? I thought they'd have to do a biopsy. But keep us updated and you'll be in my thoughts.
Karen congrats on another success!! At the weight watcher site they call that a NSV (non scale victory!) I just love those... almost more than seeing the scale move down. I just bought myself new bras and panties too and it was such a treat! It's weird how something that nobody gets to see (except DH's) can make a girl feel giddy! lol. One of my gifts to myself when I hit my goal is to buy some new lingerie and such from victoria secret or fredricks of hollywood or someplace similar. Something very sexy and slim!
Well, my day has been ok. besides having the problems with ds. But I know that is temporary so I'm not worried about it. I got in my cardio sculpt tonight and ate my target points so the day has been great in that department.
But now I am off to bed. I hope everyone is having a great night. has anyone heard from Mel lately? I hope everything is ok with her and her little one. TTYL!

Going to start a new thread. See you there!!!!