:welcome2:Dana!!!!!!!

Welcome Dana, good for you for working to improve your health. You Are doing it.
Its been a hot,hot week here, but finally a little cooler today so a walk is in order.
Dan and I are off to the symphony tonight to hear music from "Star Trek"
Are y'all humming it in your heads right now.:dizzy:

Ladies one way I make my walks easier is to listen to talking books while I walk.
I can download them and put them on a little stamp sized mp3 player and "read" while I walk. I listen to everything from pulitzer prize novels to sappy love stories.

Zan I think the food spoiler alert is a good idea, but that black bean dish does sound delicious. My mom's cooking wasn't the greatest either, but you are right about not having much for groceries and trying to make it go a long way. She just never got out of that penny saving mode. Now that my boys are grown up they have become a lot more adventurous with food. Kitchener was mostly german heritage and when we first moved here there were hardly any places to eat something different. Now there is a lot of choice, and I love the places that have something that I can't cook at home. I love going out for curry (okra, and cauliflower with potato) and my new favourite restaurant is Lebanese. It was opened up by a local muslim family and the dad used to work with my boys at RIM (making blackberries). No cuban restaurants yet, but maybe someday.
Have a great weekend everyone.

Welcome Dana!!!:hug: u will love love love these ladies!!!

Auntie~ Im w ya on the no coordination lol I envy people w rythem :carrot: .....*sigh* lol

Mimi~ OMG that is such a good idea about listening to books!!! ok I'll admit it Im a huge Twilight Saga Fan........Team Edward.......:^:......lol ahhhhhh if i listented to those books I think I'd walk myself thin..........WAIT maybe thats the answer ive been looking for lol they key to my weight loss is the twilight saga on "tape"..........omg Im pathetic lol :D

Zan~ hahahaha you make me laugh with your side comments bc I can just imagine lol

Anyone have any exciting plans this weekend??? I think Ray and I might go see a Tom Petty tribute band tomorrow downtown........O ya I also have a drs appt in the morning to see if they can change my BP med and my "sugar" meds to something a little safer for when I become pregnant again (hopefully January) so Id rather them play w my meds now rather than then, ya know what I mean Jelly Beans...............o my im def in rare form today! lol.

Hope you ladies have a WONDERFUL day!!!!!

Zan, relearning to cook healthier is a great idea. I've tried to do that over the past 5-10 years. Now I rarely cook much since it's just me. I just grab something. for lunch I ate 2 tortillas with lowfat cheese and vegies. Pretty tough, right? lol

Nikki, I know that yard work and swimming worked off some calories!!!

Tina, journaling and calium are two very good goals. I journal most of the time. You ate cake, well last night Lauren brought me a strawberry shake. I counted it, and I ended up with 0 calories left over for the day, and that's ok.

Susan, I want some of those tomatoes!!!!

Diane, good for you for walking those 2 miles. I walked tuesday night for the training for the breast cancer 5k run/walk next month. We have training again tonight.

Jeanne, I miss zumba! I need to get to some classes.

Dana, welcome to the group!!!! A VERY supportive group.

Maureen, too bad about wishing you still were at the other job. I love the idea of the Zumba webcam!!!

Mimi, enjoy the symphony! Yes, I'm humming! I should listen to books when I walk.

I'm taking off on Sat. morning to meet some friends over on the other side of Ohio. We are going to a winery that has a mini-music festival I guess, also some shopping, and just girl time. We are having a slumber party that night. lol Should be fn.

TAMMY~ what winery??? come visit me!!!! lol

nikki, breitenbach near Sugarcreek. Are you near there?

Forgot to tell you all this:

Well, let me tell you what my new thing to do is. You know that I have served on many Emmaus teams over the past few years. I received a call the end of April asking me to be the Lay Director on the Women's Emmaus Walk in November! I was nervous about taking it on, but I prayed, and I called the head guy back and said that I will do it. I will be serving along with a pastor that I know who will be the Spiritual Director. She and I are in charge! I have already been getting things together to prepare for it. The team selection committee meeting is on June 15. After that I can start making phone calls to put my team together.

My scripture reference for the walk is Ecclesiastes 3:1 - "To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under Heaven." That verse has always been special to me and even more so during Bob's illness and death. Since I chose that, I have heard the song "Turn, turn, turn" by the Byrds from the 60's that is based on that verse, I have run across the verse in 2 different books that I've read since then, and it was in a movie I watched the other night. I think it was the right verse to choose.

Ughhhh... Is it bad that I think that getting smacked in the back with a baseball bat would feel better than my back feels at this moment??? Owww.

Actually that veggie'n'cheese tortilla wrap sounds good to me. Maybe add a bit of mustard, mmm.

Help!!!
 

I can't find my Points Finder. Help!!!!
Someone please tell me how many points.
Calories 100
Fat 5
Fiber 3
I just found some Sugar Free Oreos. They are sooooooo good!

Zan, Ouch! I'm so sorry about your back pain. My mother was an excellent cook. I miss her Sunday dinners.

Tammy, I love that scripture, too. I hope you have a wonderful group.

Susan, Yea!!!!! No More School!

Mimi, I need to get my Zen out and download a book. I could listen while on the treadmill.

Maureen, there's no pool near me, except at David's new apartment complex. He said that they would frown on me staying in the pool all day. :o

Nikki, I love, love, love Tom Petty. I wish I could come hear.

Diane, I walked around and around in a store today. It was pouring rain outside so inside it was.

I hope everyone else is doing good.

This weekend----I'm not sure what we'll be doing. I'm searching for a 9x12 rug for the dining room. Wish me luck!

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2 points

tina~ the answer is 3 pts i believe!

tammy~ im about 30 min away

oops mimis right

Mimi and Nikki, thank y'all so much!
Wow, that's 1 pt. per cookie. I've got to stay away from these things.
Thanks again.

I find most of those special diet or low sugar products are NOT worth it.
Sometimes there will be less sugar but more fat or vice versa.
I have to stay away from cookies, they are definitely a trigger food for me.

Ok tomorrow is the last day!! Thank goodness!!!!

Let me tell you about today.... I got punched in the nose 3 yes 3 times and hard!!! My girl was having a hard day! She went home about 11. It was going to be her or me going home. I don't think it's broken but it sure hurts! I had to call the risk management department. Oh well, Pat said I need hazard pay. It's one of the things about working with deaf multiple handicapped kids, they have issues and can't always express themselves.

Tammy, that's great about coordinating the Emmanus walk! I want to go to the winery!!!

Nikki, good idea getting your meds in check.

Oh well, off to do a few things....
Did I mention the puppy that we saw about 2 weeks ago that's up for adoption? He was so cute. Anyways I keep telling Pat that I want him. He is part Terrier and Daushand. He is about 11 or 12 weeks old. He said we will discuss it next Thursday! That's the day he is not working!!!! So I'm not sure if he is joking or not. It's hard to tell sometimes. He wants him too. I have a funny feeling we will be picking him up! I'll keep you posted!

Oh so girls........I have a Tom Petty story and why "we" love him here.......;)

Some of you know, some of you don't.......In July of 2006 my daughters, then 19 & 14 were in a horrible awful life threatening car wreck. My oldest daughter was driving. The car was totaled, Jessica had to have a new knee and rods put in her right leg along with many bruises and scrapes. KAITLIN however was a different story. She had severe brain trauma, broken hip and elbow and severe facial lacerations. She was life fllighted from the scene and we were told she would not survive the night (gasping for air here because I haven't said that in a long time)....well she did....but we had many close calls over the following 7 weeks that she was in childrens hospital. They said that with constant work and PT 3 days a week for probably "ever" she may regain the stregnth and mental ability of an 8 year old! Well....let me tell you.....we worked and prayed and prayed and worked......she by the time she was 16 was back in her class full time with a B average, dancing, and DRIVING!!!! She was a very very very very typical or "normal" if you will, 16 year old! She then became a success story for a cold pack treatment experiment that Childrens did and a "poster" child story. There is much much more to the story but I was trying to keep it short. hahah! Anyway.....when she first came too whe kept singing Free Falling (Tom Petty) and all the nurses and doctors would sing with her. hahah! They would even get the other parents that were there with thier very ill children to sing along. Well later, we found out that my daughter driving was turning up the volume to the cd player and the girls were screaming at the top of their lungs to Free Falling when the wreck happened!

Well theres a little unrelated weight loss story......
Gotta run.....I used up all my time and I have to leave for work asap! Yikes!

Have a great day!