We had a roast and all the fixins. I made an ice box pie. I made them in the little bitty pie crusts, so they were individual size. Yum...... I have some to share.
I can't believe that the three day weekend is over. At least I'm feeling better.
Tammy, I think that is sweet that Tim wanted to spend one last night in the house. I remember when mom and dad moved from our childhood home. It was hard since I wsn't down there.
Tina, I'm not sure what the temp is suppose to be here tomorrow. I'll be drinking that water with you.
Tina, I want 71 degrees!!! I thought I did great on my meal, but I really felt full afterwards. I'm like you with the water and exercise!!
Tim said it was nice staying at the house last night. After church, I dropped him off there. He said he'd grab his stuff and be home not long after me. Well, it took a long time for him to get here. When he did, I could tell he had been crying. I know how much he loved the home and all the memories of when he would stay there with my parents, and the memories of the times he stayed there with my dad after my mom passed away, and then the memories of actually living there. He is so emotional, just like me.
He is staying overnight here tonight. His first class isn't until 10 in the morning, and he just didn't feel like driving back tonight. That's fine with me! We've been sitting around talking about a trip this summer. North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho. Not sure we'll hit them all, but that's the direction we are heading we think.
Me again,
Susan, I'm glad you had a good Easter. I love roast.
Tammy, that is so sweet about Tim. It's hard on our boys. They grow up so fast. I love it when David comes over.
It's good that Tim stayed home tonight. Bad weather is no time to drive at night.
I agree about them growing up too fast. Waiting till daylight was the best for Tim even though he ended up having to take a couple of detours because of accidents. It's a good thing that he left earlier than he had planned.
Water aerobics tonight. I have a new suit that I ordered from Blair.com. It's supposed to be chlorine resistant. I'm saving all of the paperwork, and I'm going to follow the directions, and we'll see how long it lasts. It has to be longer than the one in the fall!
The people were here mowing earlier. It was snowing while they were mowing. Good thing there wasn't much snow left on the ground! The grass really needed it too. Kramer was starting to get lost in the grass when he went outside.
How is everyone doing?
I'm staying around the same weight. I don't know if I'll have a loss this week as I am not drinking lots of water.
However, my clothes fit and that's positive.
Anyone have any good caserole recipes that are WW friendly?
I'm tired of cooking.
Tina, I'm just doing crappy. I go up and down. I'm sure I won't have a loss this week. My clothes fit better, my BP is down, my glucose and cholesterol are down. I should be pleased, but that stupid number on the scale doesn't go down as fast as I'd like. I think when the end of April comes (I have paid up until then), I might stop attending WW meetings for a while. I feel guilty spending the money, and I've only lost 16 pounds since the end of October when I joined. The only bad part is I'll have to start over on my 10% goal.
Am I being silly? I have the materials, and I can continue doing what I'm doing which isn't sticking to the program like I should.
Oh Tammy,
You are doing so good. Yes, you really are. You've lost 16 pounds since October. I would be doing handstands if I could've lost that much. I've lost 5 pounds since October and they've been lost in the last 2 months.
I just keep going up and down and up and down.
Please don't stop going to meetings. Do it for both of us.
Tina, Bob said the same thing about the meetings. He said he can really tell that I've lost, and I need to stop getting so discouraged because I'm not losing as fast as other younger people in the group. He keeps telling me that I'm down 41 pounds from where I was just a few years ago. I know all of this, but I hate to keep spending the money if I'm not even doing the program as strict as I should be. I still have such a long way to go to get to a WW goal, and I think I'm looking at how long it's going to take me to get there.
Yay, I found the chatters thread. Thanks Tammy for pointing me over here.
Sounds like everyone had a good Easter. All hollidays are really hard for me. My husband and I live 2 1/2 hours away from all his family (mine are all in Illinois). So we always have to travel to someone elses house for hollidays. I usually try and bring a dish also but it is hard because I have to travel with everything I'm going to need and then make it the night before at my SIL's house which is where we usually stay. So very difficult to pass on all the tempations and I have absolutly no control over what is cooked. So that's my Easter rant.
On to meetings... I don't go to meetings right now. I know that I did lose more when I was going though. It's just hard to get there because I'm working two jobs right now and Chris (husband) and I are trying to save to buy a house. So I just feel guilty spending the extra money on meetings when that's the whole reason why we are working second jobs.
We've also been trying to have a baby for almost 2 years and the stress of that has added about 30lbs to my body. So we've laid off on the baby thing for a while and are focusing on getting ourselves healthier and in a better place financially. I am a stress eater for sure.
Wow, I've written a whole book here. Well when I start to open up, I really open up. The beginning of this thread said its for people that like to talk, we'll I'm a talker so here I am.
Hooray!! I'm so glad you found the thread!! Illinois is close to me! Well, I'm in Ohio, so that's closer than Florida, right? My BILs live in Tampa. Buying a house is such an exciting time!! Good luck!! I can relate to trying to have a baby. Went through that many years ago. We were married 7 years before Tim was born. Good luck with this too!! LOL to liking to talk! You'll fit in great!! We have lots of people, but many of them haven't been posting lately. Busy lives. I just retired the end of February, so I have lots of time!!!!
Our closing on the house is at 10:00 this morning. I know I'll cry! That house has been part of my life since 1966. I know the kids (?) who are buying it, so that makes me feel better. I know they will take care of it and love it like we did as kids, and as Bob and I did after we bought it in '99 after my parents passed away. I know I keep talking about it on here. I just don't feel comfortable voicing my thoughts to Bob too much. When I do, he thinks that I think we made a mistake for selling that one and buying this one. This one is perfect! Just the right size, all on one floor, no outside work to do. I just couldn't take care of the other one with the health problems.
And Bob is no spring chicken! lol He'll be 60 in Sept. Tim mentioned last weekend that he thinks Bob is looking older. The doctor keeps telling him to lose weight. I think he has lost too much. He is 6'3", and he weighs 185. He looked better at 200. I worry about him.
Ok, that's enough. Hope people have time to post again soon, and I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend!!
Beach Babe, glad you came over to this thread.
I hope everything works out for you--house and baby.
Feel free to talk as much as you want!
Tammy, I know today will be hard on you. My thoughts are with you all day, as you know.
Bob is thin enough. How is he doing on the not drinking?
Hey, 60 isn't that old. Y'all lay off poor ole Bob.
Larry is going to retire from his present job, when he turns 60 in a couple of years. He's going to do contract stuff. The stress of this job is really getting to him....not good.
So 60 isn't so bad.
Okay, I'm off to the treadmill.
Susan, where are you, girl?
I didn't cry as much as I thought I might at the closing. Bob was very proud of me! We went out to the house with the couple and their son (2 1/2 years old), and we walked through it with them answering questions and telling them a few things about it. I feel very good about them buying it.
I agree about Bob being thin enough. As for the beer, he has good days and bad ones. He hasn't been drinking lots and lots every single day, so I think that is a plus. Ok. 60 isn't so bad!!
I'm still here. It has been the longest week!!!! I have decided that the administration at my school are all idiots. Not my deaf ed administrators. They just don't get it about kids and disabilities.
Tammy, I think they are related to your old prinicipal. You did good on the closing. Just think of all the love your family has given it and now it's going to someone else who will love it too.
Tina, We got a good storm tonight. Did ya'll get rain?
I've been working on TAKS ALT all week until midnight. It's because my kids will not take the actual test and this is a new assessment. It's ridiculous the number of hours it took just to in put it the information into the computer. I'm all done!
Welcome to the group Beach Babe! We are a fun group if I say so myself!
Susan, when I read that about your administrators I was thinking about my old principal, then you mentioned it!! Great minds think alike!! Glad to hear from you!! I agree about how ridiculous it can be to get things ready at school for all of the stuff that goes on.
When the people were here mowing in the snow the other day, it made me realize how glad I am that we moved. Yesterday they were here again, digging up weeds and putting in new mulch. They do new mulch every other year in the complex. It sure looks nice out there, and we didn't have to do a thing. I like that!!
We're going to Cincinnati this afternoon and will return tomorrow. There are some casinos there, and we're hitting at least one of them with the other men from Bob's pool team and their wives/girlfriends. The season ended a few weeks ago, and this is what they do every year. This was Bob's first year on the team. Should be fun. I can do a slot machine. Don't understand anything else, so I'm not even going to try!! lol
Kramer really needs to sleep later than 5:00. I'm going back to bed now.
