Good evening!
Survived dinner, but gotta admit that Dh was in a less than good mood.
Working the day with a bad ankle proved to be exhausting, and thankfully he is asleep. (he was SUCH A CRAB!).
Off to do some ironing and watch Idol with Dd.
Nite!
ginger

Just a quick note to say hi to everyone.
I went to my wi last night and gained 1.5 pounds. So it must be from stress and lack of sleep. Because I have been eating properly and working out. So I am going to work on getting enough sleep this coming week, so hopefully the scale fairy will be nice to me. LOL
Hope everyone is having a great day today! I will check back in with you all later.
Kerry

Good morning!
Kerry- somewhere I heard that lack of sleep can result in extra retention of water too. Perhaps that is the culprit. It can be helpful to go "big picture" here with weight loss- you are still down from 2 weeks ago- so this is just a speed bump on your way to goal weight! Drink lots of water.........hang in there my sister in sweat!

So far so good for me. Walked 2.2 miles on the treadmill and my eating is ok.
Gotta go get dinner started, I have Pioneer girls tonite, so I have to be organized now.
See ya later!
Ginger

Good Afternoon,
Thanks Ginger for your kind words. I really think it is just water retention. I am going to keep doing what I am doing and see if my weight is down next week when I weigh in. I am seeing changes in my body, like my legs are toning up, and my belly fat is going away little by little, so that is encouraging. I did my Walk and Jog dvd this morning and thought of you. So tomorrow morning it will be my Walk and Kick dvd. Great that you got your walk in this morning. Hope you enjoy your afternoon and evening.
Hi Mermaid. Did you get your report cards done last night? Can't believe how fast this school is going. Just think in a few short months we will be on summer vacation. Glad you are getting to walk with some friends at school. I really enjoy that we are walking in the afternoon program every day. So I get in some extra excerise and get paid for it too!
Hi Penelope. How is your week going? Hope you are having time to do your homework.
Hi to Wannabethin and Summer. Hope all is well for you. Chat with you all later.
Take care,
Kerry

Hey ya'll! Glad to see that everyone is hanging tough with their plans for the week! Kerry, I *OH*SO*WANT* to try the Walk and Jog SOME day when I'm back in better shape! I was once, a MILLION years ago a runner! LOVED it and the way I felt when I was running; however, knees, babies and then finally girly part issues caused me to stop... I should have never stopped! Gin, glad to hear that your hair appointment came at a good time! Take care of that mano'yours! So was it broken for sure? Penelope, where are you? Not procrastinating about that homework, I hope!

Sorry to be MIA again! As per every school year since 1997, I'm having difficulties with my kid's IEP being followed. Yes, I know it *IS* surprising! 11th year in a row that *THEY* can't seem to get it right. I will spare you further details....... but just know that these "difficulties" take a TON of my time and energy and therefore limits my time to visit here! REALLY. ...since Kindergarten! Enough about this.



I weighed in today. Down 1.75. Of course I'll take any loss; however, I would have hoped for a full 2 pounds as I really REALLY behaved! On the other hand, because of my cold I was unable to do any walking.... Breathing was exercise enough there for a while! So... I've updated my ticky thing below! I'm getting closer to my first goal.... my 10%

Hugs to you all! Anyone hearing from Summerrrr?
take care,
meeeee

Congrats Mermaid for you weight loss! Keep up the good work! I know that you will be feeling better soon and back to moving again in some form of excerise. Hope you have a good day with your kiddos!
Ginger how are you surviving honey? Hope things are not stressing you out too bad. Thought of you this morning when I did my Walk and Kick video. It was very chilly in the house when I woke up this morning. But now I am toasty warm after doing that video! Hope you have a wonderful day! Glad you got your hair done yesterday and you pamper yourself a little bit!
Penelope hope your week is going well. How is work and school? Hope that you are able to get a little bit of excerise in.
Well I must go and get ready for work today. We are going on a fieldtrip in my class today. We recycle the papers at are school and we are going with the high school MH class to the recycling center for a tour. So it should be an interesting day for me! First time I am taking three of my kids out into the community setting.
Hope you all have wonderful OP days!
Take care,
Kerry

Hi!
Kerry- thanks for the kind words, I am having a tough day- and feeling, well, rather unloved and unappreciated. Oh, I will be fine and put my game face on shortly to return to work. That usually shakes me out of a funk. Glad you got a workout in this am. Hope your day is great.

Mermaid- WOO HOO- congrats on the loss! It is almost 2#.......take it with a big smile and be proud of yourself. I am thrilled for you! And you will get back in shape, able to do some more strenuous workouts. Just gotta build up to it! Funny you ask, I emailed Summerrr the other day, she is fine but very, very overwhelmed by work. (got a response this am). Have to email her back-

Did get a 20 minute walk outside this am. Felt good, athough I really had to inspire myself to go. Glad I did though.

Gotta go get ready to face the savages soon.
See ya!
Ginger

Got another 20 minute walk in this evening.......don't praise me for doing so, I basically had to do something to get rid of the crabby Dh stress.. He was AWFUL.......and then his mother called. Oh, joy of joys.......and asked about his ankle. (can you strangle someone over the phone?).

Anyway, other than that life goes on. We have some interesting weather tomorrow, which might put our school on delayed opening. We'll see!
Have a great night.
G

Good morning!
Last night was one of those I would rather forget. To top off Dh's miserable mood, Ds's cell phone accidentally dropped in the toilet. For once wisdom prevailed- that is the only cell phone we have that is covered by an insurance policy (I somehow figured Ds would do something like this someday). Of course, I should have known this would happen.........his father did the same thing about 6 months ago with our less than 2 month old phone.

Anyway, just got the call that there is an ice storm coming.....got the day off!!!!!! Gee, I did need a snow day!!!!!!!

Off for my date with the treadmill and some morning news. Chat with you later.
Ginger

Ginger hope that your day goes better for you! Sorry things have been stressful for you here lately. Sending big hugs your way. Hope you can enjoy your day off. We had a two-hour delay this morning. So it was nice to get an extra 2 hours of sleep in. Then I did a 3 mile walk video. Hope you were able to work up a good sweat and burn off some frustration and stress.
Hi to Penelope and Mermaid. Hope your week is going great!
Got a new scale from Avon last night and tried it out this morning. Looks like I am down from Tuesday's wi weight. So I am hoping that I have a great weigh in on Tuesday.
Chat with you all later.
Have a great afternoon!
Kerry

Good afternoon,
Shocker of all shocker, we had no school today. Been a miserable ice storm out there, so the day off was a good call. Ended up taking both Ds and Dd to the dentist for cleanings. Ds had an appointment for today anyway, Dd's was for next week and they fit her in (had a cancellation due to the weather). Can't say that today has been the most relaxing day-but at least I got some stuff done here.

Kerry, I did get a nice 2.3 mile walk in on the treadmilll. Glad you had a delay today and got a nice workout in. What a great way to start your day!
Congrats on the new scale. I was given a new digital scale 2 years ago and love it. It really helps keep me on track (when I want to be!).

Hi to Summerrr, Mermaid and Penelope. Happy Friday!
Ginger

Hello. Happy Saturday! WhoooHoo! So glad it is the weekend!
This week has been exhausting! So jealous of your ice closing and delays! We got hours and hours of absolutely POURING, driving rain! Rainy crazy drive into school, wet soggy drippy kids locked in the classroom all day, screaming, nearly running kids out to buses for ride home in heavy heavy rain! Crazy drive back home! Whew! If I had to do all I did, I'm glad it was rain and not ice! (Remember, we don't get much snow/ice here...so when we do, ALL stops (or should stop...for safety's sake!)

Gin, I'm so sorry to hear that MrAtilla is overflowing in his misery! What great timing for your son to dunk his cell into the potty! (Had to giggle that MrAtilla had previously done this himself!) We are like you... Our son's cell is the only one that is insured as we just KNOW some sort of disaster will fall on his cell. (Knocking on wood...HOPE I haven't just jinxed us!) Hang in there....NO don't strangle your MIL via the phone! I BET even THAT is against the law! At least you are VERY motivated to get sweaty! You keep strong and push your emotional angst towards exercise and STAY out of the kitchen! THIS will eventually pass.....and you will be better for it! Tell those men to take those cells out of their pockets BEFORE they get within 20 feet of a toilet! (((hugs)))

Kerry, you lucky 2 hour delayed girly! MY favorite kind of days are those that are 2 hours delayed! Slow lazy start to the day, arrive at school in time for lunch and a bit o' learning then off to home we go! YUMMMM! I saw that wonderfully fancy new scale that Avon has! I've got the version that was offered last year...and I absolutely HATE it! I caught myself looking at the new one... I just can't spend THAT much money on something that the family can't eat, sit around for entertainment, or drive to school right now. So. Enjoy your new scale....but don't spend too much time on it! You know that the scale only gives you a number. There is so much more to this stuff than the number on the scale! (BUT it does feel good to see that number go down, doesn't it?!)

Where have the others been this week?! Hope all is going well for you where ever you are! Sure do miss Summerrr around here!

Got some very disturbing news last evening regarding my friend's new granddaughter, the one who had to be born 8 weeks early due to a health concern.... She has been diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis. Such a shock for this young couple who already have a 2 year old with health concerns......
Baby is doing wonderfully! She is so very strong! She will be coming home on Monday....still more than a month before her due date. ...AND while the CF diagnosis is absolutely horrible.... it is MUCH better than the diagnosis that caused her to need to make her world debut early! So. Her name is Grace and if you are so inclined, please pray for this sweet baby and her family!

Heading to a party at my principal's house.... I'm nervous about the food that will be everywhere. THEN there will be the Superbowl EATATHON. Which I can NOT participate in...don't want to! I'm going to take my own munchies.... enough for others...but surely enough to keep me from over indulging!

Hope you all have an enjoyable weekend! MOVE that fanny and make great choices about what goes into your mouths!

(((HUGS)))
meeeeeeee

Afternoon All,
Well I really haven't done much this weekend so far. I have pretty much tried to take it easy, after last weekend's action packed weekend. I did deliver some Avon orders yesterday, got gas in my van, went to the dollar store and then took a nap. Last night we took the kids out for dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings. Then went to visit my mil. Came home with my lower left back hurting. So I put some icy hot on it and went to bed. Spent a night of tossing and turning to get into a comfortable spot to fall asleep. Slept off and on. So today, really don't have much planned either. Need to sit down and work on my alternate assessment paperwork some.
Mermaid, I will say my prayers for Grace and her family. Hope you enjoyed your party at your principal's house. Sounds like you have a wonderful plan for your superbowl snacking too! Hope it goes well for you. I understand your point about the scale. But for me it is easy, because I just used some of my profit to purchase it. If you didn't like your scale after you had purchased it last year, you could have had your representative return it for you and got a credit. Sorry to hear that you had lots of rain last week. We did too with the wind and cold temps. Hope this week is better for you.
Ginger, how is your weekend going sister in sweat? I took yesterday off from excerising. Hoping that I can talk my sdd into going for a walk this afternoon at the lake. It is suppose to be 50 and sunny. Hope you are not giving into stress by eating. I have been thinking about you a lot and sending you postive thoughts your way and lots of big hugs. Hope your week starts off better than last week was for you. That is great that you got the kids teeth cleaned on your day off on Friday. Now you don't have to worry about that this week.
Hi to Penelope, Summer and Wannabethin. Hope you are all doing great. Check in with us when you can.
Need to click off of here and check out a message my dh's niece sent to us. Chat with you all later.
Have a great afternoon!
Take care,
Kerry

Just wanted to wish you ladies a great start to the new week! Hope you all stay op and get some form of excerise in a couple days this week! We can do this together. This is going to be a good year for us!
Take care,
Kerry

Just a short hello........

Kerry- hope your back is feeling better! Good luck with tomorrow nites WI!
Walking is usually good for back pain. Hope you got that walk in.

Mermaid- thanks for the encouragment......How sad about little Grace (what an appropriate name!). I will be praying for her and her family. Hope you behaved at the party. (happy or sad with the game results?)

Gotta go get ready to face the masses......
See ya!
Ginger