B-e-a-utiful Day!!!
 

After some pretty bad thunderstorms last night, we have bluuuuue sky, breezes, and warm temps. It's a perfect day.

The satellite was out this morning, and after reading through the LIMITED warranty, I (Thank God!) was able to troubleshoot it myself, and got it back on. God forbid my soaps don't get recorded on the DVR! I know you think I'm silly, but all these summer repeats have me desperate for "The Young and the Restless" and "As the World Turns" for something to watch on tv. There was a cute show on USA called, "The Starter Wife," but the miniseries of 5 or 6 episodes is already over. We watch that show about impersonators, but that is it. There is nothing on! I love to read and do so for hours a day, but after 8pm, is it too much to veg on the couch in front of the tv?

OH MY ****!!! I had the satellite up and running for 15 minutes and it's gone again!!! What the heck?! Gotta go...:mad:

Back for now
 

I agree Summerrrr, this weather is wonderful. I spent yesterday waxing the hardwood floors and painting Dd's room. One nice thing about this time of year is I can get stuff done like that.
And, BTW, next week is my darned gyno appt. Make those appointments!!!!!!! I know you do not want to hear the speech about losing weight, but do not use that as a reason to get your annual checkups done.
Your family and friends want you around for a long time! :)

Got my walk in this glorious am.....
Gotta go work in that bedroom that needs painting.
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Eating yesterday was within control....until the middle of the night... what a trying time of day! I weighed in this morning...... -2.6 this week! :) And I can blame YOU on this! :)

Will be back after I meet up with that darn Leslie!

Hope you all are doing well! I need a giant dose of that MOTIVATION stuff...I've got a LOT to do and no "umphhh" to get there from here.......sigh!

Yippee!
 

GO MERMAID...GO MERMAID...IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY...IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY!!!:carrot: I'M SOOOOOO PROUD OF YOU!!!:hug:

I on the other hand have been very naughty. I had company and ate too many Girl Scout cookies...thin mints and tagalongs. I also had a pina colada with dinner. But Mermaid's success this week is helping me to want to better.

Ginger, I made those appointments. I got into an argument with the receptionist at the stomach dr. I wanted to come at the end of August so that I could drop some pounds. The latest she could give me was the 9th because he will be away the rest of the month. Okay, fine. But, she wouldn't give me enough Nexium to make it till the appointment because I haven't been there for one year. In the past, I've been given the pills I need till the appointment, but her only solution was to come in yesterday. No, friggin' way was I going in at my current weight. So, I might have to use an OTC till then. I've been trying to wean myself off by taking one every other day. I've had some heartburn, but it is getting better for the most part. We'll see what happens. The only appointment I need to make now is my mammo.

I guess our newbie is gone. Oh well. Have a wonderful weekend. Love ya both!

portion control
 

Portion control is the name of the game for me today. I'm going to a Tastefully Simple party (A party where you taste test easy-to-prepare gourmet foods and drinks.) My friend is a consultant. I've had a couple of parties, and I will be doing another in August. The food is really delicious. I know the WW points for most of them. So it is just a matter of "tasting" and not pigging out. It is so hard to do that, but if I want a thinner lifestyle, I have to learn some self-control.

Today is yet another spectacular day for beautiful weather, so we will most likely be in the pool.

Enjoy!!!

I can't believe that it is already 1:00.....arggghhh! Where do these days go?! I will admit to over sleeping today...I woke early and then rolled over JUST for a minute! ARGGH! Famous last words!

I have done my WATP tape for the day.... I need to shower, plan meals, gather coupons and do the shopping..... Then return to more time up in the attic organizing and ridding the place of JUNK........

Enjoy that Tastefully Simple party. Don't think that I've ever heard of THAT one.... Perhaps it is the gourmet tag that keeps it from my life! Hehe! Behave yourself... as if I am able to demonstrate that "self-control" thing! Enjoy time with your friends and the little tastes of the great food!

I'll be back later today! 'til then, take care!

No prob
 

Maybe whoever made your Mojito didn't know what they were doing because I have had several from different locations and some are better than others! ....AND I will order another! They will NEVER, IMO, replace margaritas....but they are good for a change! Creme de menthe??? Um, NOOOOOO!

DH's work schedule has us living our weekends mid week.... SOOOO, this is just another day for us (ie, it doesn't FEEL like a weekend!) I am doing my WI's on Fridays (which I told you about earlier! WhooHooo!) We may go check out the new Harry Potter tonight once DH gets home, I'm not sure if he is up to going and I know he wants to be included.... (He had an early day today!) Will have to wait and see...

Sorry for babbling so much! I'm off to figure out how many points are in my dinner so that I can eat some lunch!

take care and stuff...
meee

You NEVER blab too much! How else are we supposed to know how you are and what is going on with you? Now me, I'm a total blabber. I have no choice. DH can't handle too many words at one time without his eyes glazing over!!! Thank God I gave birth to a girl so she and I can chat non-stop!


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Ginger, where have you been? Mermaid, are you done with workshops in the summer? It's time to enjoy before it is all over!

I just redid my signature. Let's see if it works.

Time to say, "Goodnight!"

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Welcome!!!
 

Daph: Let me roll out the red carpet! We are so glad you are here!

I had a similar experience as you. During my first semester in college, my mother died of cancer, and my father left me with the burden of maintaining our house, bills, and to mourn on my own. He needed to get away from the memories so he moved to Florida. I needed to immerse myself in the memories, so I chose to stay in the only home I've ever known. I attended school during the day and worked full-time 2nd shift to support myself. I couldn't eat, and I didn't. But people kept bringing food to the house and insisted that I eat. Well, when I finally took a bite, I couldn't stop. I gained 30 pounds. I joined a gym, tried several diets, but in the midst of the worst depression of my life, I couldn't drop the weight.

The rest of the weight arrived during fertility treatments and pregnancy. No, breastfeeding didn't burn those calories. So, now I'm 70 pounds overweight. I'm a lot happier though. I have a wonderful 9 year-old daughter, a husband who loves me, a house, a job as a teacher, (lots of money problems, but everything can't be perfect!!!) and the loss of my mother 20 years ago no longer overwhelms me. My father is also gone, but as I'm sure you can guess, although I miss him, it wasn't the devastation my mother's death was.

So, there's my story. Sorry it is so long. I just wanted you to know that someone has felt similar pain and has found happiness. We have a similar goal to lose weight and get healthy. Here you will find three women to help you if you want. We will be cheering for you! :cheer2::cheer::cheer2:

Get a load of this one!
 

For the past two summers, I have signed up for aqua aerobics at the YMCA. They hold the summer program in a pool :swim:at a beautiful new facility. Friends:grouphug: signed up with me making the idea of exercising outdoors in a pretty setting even more fun. And both times, the aqua aerobics class was cancelled.:p I don't enjoy exercise, but I do love to dance and swim. Aqua aerobics is the only form of exercise I actually enjoy. This year another class was offered, but I don't have the money and honestly, I don't trust them to follow through after cancelling two years in a row.

So, I do my recumbent bike or my old "Sweatin' to the Oldies" video.:yawn: Last night I was woken up at 11:30pm by a wrong number. Someone named, Mohammed Deura was listed on my caller I.D. Well, I don't know anyone named Mohammed except for Mohammed Ali. So, I can't imagine why someone from his household was calling mine and at such a late hour. After being woken up, I, of course, couldn't fall back to sleep. My mind started working and I started to mull over my need to lose weight and my boredom with my current exercise program. I thought about how fun it would be to do aerobics in my pool if only I had an instructor who would teach me. Yeah, right! Then I thought how cool it would be to do "Sweatin' to the Oldies" in my pool. Then it occurred to me that maybe if I hooked up DD's old baby monitor near the tv and transmitted it outside, maybe I could hear it out there. And since I've done the workout since the video came out almost 20 years ago, I wasn't worried about not being able to see it. So, I hooked everything up, put on my bathing suit, got a couple of funny looks from my DD:?::eek::rolleyes::crazy::lol: and ventured out to my pool. Well, I did it!!! I did the whole workout in the pool!!! And, it was fun!!! Nobody was outdoors except my eccentric next-door neighbor who couldn't see me anyway, and if he thought something strange was going on, who cares? I feel like I got a better workout than usual, totally energized, and refreshed. How cool am I? :woohoo:

This site does not like me........can't leave a post! I hope tomorrow will be better-but I am giving up tonite.
G