Thursday Chatters
 

Greetings one and all
Okay, I'm in a very good mood today. I have renewed zeal to get rid of this flab. :s:
Hope everyone has the same mind-set.

It's going to be beautiful weather here today. We're actually having a few days without rain.
I'm going out and pick up small branches and twigs and then vacuum up leaves in my front yard. The people on either side of us have a yard service. Their yards are spotless. Guess it's time to have ours spotless for a day or so. (They don't have trees like we do.)

Suggestions for evening snacks---- I like fruit. You can jazz it up with a little fat free Cool Whip. Like I've mentioned, hot air popcorn or microwave popcorn is very filling and fun wihen watching TV. Or, get some SnackWell cookies that are only 1 pt. each. A couple of those with hot tea is filling to me. Hope this helps some.

Tina
:flow1:

Hi All,

Well, I've had a day were I just want to crawl under a rock and not come out!!! I want a new job!!!!! I am so sick of people at central office!!!! I am a good teacher if they would just let me teach! So, I am meeting with a principal at one of the elementary schools to talk to him about teaching kinder. I would love to stay at my school with my principal but I'm ready to get out of special ed for a while. I tell you it was a HORRIBLE DAY! :(

My weight loss is none for the week. I want to see a major drop!!! Don't we all?

I promise I'll start posting more often! I know I've been bad at doing it lately.

Hope everyone is doing good. I think I should go out and sit in my swing and relax and pray my mood gets better.

Susan

To Susan---
:dance: :flow1: :dancer: :balloons:
:lol: ;) :D

Hope all this helps. We all have bad days and need to talk about them. Hopefully, tomorrow will be better.

Tina

Thanks Tina,
I do feel a little better today. I am serious about wanting to teach kindergarten next year. I collapased on the couch last night and fell asleep at 9:00. I was mentally and physically exhausted!!!! I think a change will be good.

Tomorrow should be interesting. There will be lots of goodies in the lounge. I plan to stay away from them.

Tina, I bet those arms are beautiful and firm.

I'm sorry and disgusted to say that my arms aren't firm like I wanted them. They do look a little better but not what I wanted. :( I'm going to wear my new gown anyway.
He won't even see my arms. he..he..he

Tina

Tina,
You'll look beautiful in your new gown. What color is it?

Susan, my gown is a sleeveless, long white cotton one. On the top, it has embroideried red roses. They are little tiny. I guess they are roses---or some kind of flowers. It's a pretty gown.
I hope the weather stays warm like tonight.

Tina

Just wanted to stop and say I hope everyone has a wonderful Valentines Day. ;) .....Sis

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

Ok, I must confess..... I ate everything that didn't eat me today.... from candy to french fries.

Hope you had a great day!!!

Happy Valentine's Day to all!!!
:cbg:
I didn't eat a hamburger but I ate candy, like Susan.
My son brought me a 1 lb. box of Whitman's. That was my lunch----not the whole box. :lol: :lol:
We are having take-out pizza for supper. I hope I have room for pizza with all the candy I've been eating.


Hope everyone has a great weekend.
Tina

Tina, your gown sounds pretty. I'm sure your arms look better than you think!!

Suan, believe me. I can relate to how you feel about your job. Our HS principal (who is good) is going to be our new superintendent next year. Just found out the MS principal (who is a jerk with no discipline) will be the new HS guidance counselor. Now we can only hope that the elem. principal decides to go somewhere else. That would make my day. With the new supt., I think we will see some changes, hopefully positive ones.

I love teaching. I wouldn't have stayed in it this long if I didn't. BUT there are so many frustrations with all of the paperwork, administration, etc.

Have a good weekend everyone.

I can relate to what Susan and Tina are saying... I did the V-Day chocolate eating thing today as well. And I sooooo wanted to eat a hamburger and fries this evening, but didnt have any cash on me :( So I ate chicken strips from the grocery store (wrote a check for groceries!)... LOL.

What a lovely sounding gown you have Tina. I'm sure you dazzled your hubby while wearing it!

Well it's nearly midnight, and my guy friend hasnt even mentioned valentines day to me.... hmmmm that should tell me something... good thing my daughter gave me valentine cards :)

Im not gonna weigh tomorrow as Im sure today didnt do me any favors...so its back to journalling big time for next week!!

Have a good weekend all..Dee

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. Hubby and I got to go out for the evening and spend the evening alone for a change. It was very nice. Doesn't happen too often so we appreciate it when it does. Good luck next weeks WI everyone. After last night I don't know if I will do so well next week but we'll see. Hve a GREAT day all....Sis

Morning,
We have snow on the ground. And of course, they didn't predict it. It's just a dusting but it sure is pretty. We were on our way home at 3:30 am and Pat pointed out it was snowing. I went to hear the band play for the first time since I had my knee replacement. I had a great time!

Tina, I'm sure you were stunning in your dress!!

Dee, Shall we have a chat with that fella? We can set him straight :)

Sis, Glad you and hubby got to spend some time together.

Tammy, I went into teaching thinking there wasn't politics, but boy is there!!! I love teaching too, that's why I want to get back to doing more of it. Instead of spending all of my time preparing and running ARD (or IEP) meetings.

Ok, You know I said I blew on Valentines Day. Yesterday, I did real good until we got to the club. I had diet coke but broke down and had stuff olives. They were wonderful!! :) Stuffed with cheese & salsa then fried. YUM!!

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Hi All,

Dee, we should all have a talk with your male friend! :)

Sis, it sounds like you had a great time. We all need a little time alone with our significant other. :)

Tammy, be careful in that snow.

Susan, you lucky duck---snow! Wow.

Everyone have a great day.
Tina

Well I did it again...
 

I found the thread but I ddin't look at the date on it...so I replied to the old thread and now have realized this is a new thread...boy I will get it soon!:joker:
So anyway I guess the e-mail may send y'all a message saying someone resonded to that thread...I am sorry. I was saying I can't believe the snow in the lower 48 we are not getting much snow around here...it has gone down the past few years..
Well have a good day...jsut wanted to tell you guys I found you and I will keep my chatting to this chat thread instead of teh weigh in one!
Bye:wave:

Hi Everyone,

Glad you found us Sheree! We have a good time and chat about everything under then.

Hope everyone is having a great evening. Not much is going on here.

ack!
 

ack! Ate my way through Valentine's-was separated from my fiance and found it hard-we won't be seeing each other for at least another TWO months (he's in the US and I'm here in Canada) because of our schedules...ah ladies, help me not eat my way through the next two months! I have to be in several other people's weddings this summer and want to look good!
Hope you all are having a good day, and that no one has frozen under all this crazy weather we've been having here in the east!
admit i'm going back to watching joe millionaire now ladies-it's soo trashy:)

Sunnyd,
I'm right there with you on watching Joe Millionare :) I've watched every show.

Hey I watched Joe Millionare tonight also...it was the 1st one I actually got to see....and now it's over...LOL. Guess it paid off in the long run (literally) hmmmmmm I wouldnt mind finding a guy and then getting a million dollars!!

Ok nothing else new here....I think the snow is finally over for the season. The temp is to be in the 50's all this week, but it's still cold in the mornings...brrrrrrrrr.

Hang in there Sunnyd....I think several of us ate our way thru valentines day. But it's a whole new day, and a whole new week. Find an activity you like to do (even reading a good book) so that you keep busy and you can always come online and post here when you get to missing your fiance.

Have a great week all......Dee

Hey all, hope you guys had a fun V-day and weekend. DH and I ended up going to Oregon for the weekend due to some great United efares. It was rainy but beautiful, but I sat on my duff way too much due to all the driving. It's good to be back home and on my own schedule.

I've decided I have to mix things up a bit, time for some new recipes. Things are getting to taste a little boring. I can't wait until the spring produce comes out!!!

Greetings!

Sheree, I'm glad you found us!!!! :)

Sunnyd--do feel free to post here often.

I'm like the rest of ya----I watched the second hour of Joe Millionaire. (I had to watch Fear Factor first.)
I'd only seen one other Joe, but with all the hype, I had to see who won. WOW,
that was a big surprise at the end--a million $ check.

I feel a cold coming on. I'm going to lay off the exercising today and take it easy.
Good luck to everyone staying OP.
Tina

Hi all! We're out of school today because of roads being closed because of all the snowing and blowing. I haven't been anywhere since Friday. I told Tim that we are going somewhere even if we drive in to town, turn around, and come home!! We're going stir crazy. Bob did go to work today, so at least he doesn't have to deal with the rest of us!! lol

Haven't done good on exercise at all the past few days. Talk about lazy! Food and water have been good though.

I'm going to call Curves and see if they are open. If they are, I know where I'm heading!!!

Hi All,
Boy, it's nice to see so many posts from my friends. :)

Tammy, I would go stir crazy if I couldn't get out and I felt ok. Hope you were able to venture out! How's school?

Dee, I agree it would be nice to get a million $. My husband said he would go on the show for that much money. How much snow did ya'll get?

Cynthia, ya'll are always on the go!! I'm glad you had fun. I love traveling but I always love coming home the best!!!

Tina, hope you are feeling better! Take your vitamin C.

I'm doing good. It's going to be a long week. I'm already ready for the weekend and it's only Tuesday. That's not a good sign.

Good Evening....
 

Hi~
Dee with how much V day is hyped up how did your guy friend miss the event? Does he remember everything else?
Sunnyd I understand the separation thing...my husband is in the Army and he went to Bosnia (among other things) for one year. I am sure I gained all of my weight while he was gone. You know what you need to do is first of all....keep only good snacks in the house or low point sweet things in the house...tootsie rolls...jello with cool whip (sugar free and ff of course) skinny cows. Then you can have things to indulge in but not that would send you into orbit. Second you should focus on his return and how much weight you could loose and how much better you would look and feel by then!:cb: :cb:
Cynthia do you want some recipes? Have you had the Pizza Soup or Taco Soup! They are really good.:cp:
Tina we love to watch Fear Factor too...we missed the Joe thing...did see it on the news though.:faint: Given a million...that had something up their sleeves to boost ratings...we also love to watch CSI and ER! Hope you are feeling better soon.
Tammy did you get out? I know what it feels like to be stuck inside. It can get so cold here that you just don't want to get outside for anything. You know when the nose hairs freeze it is down right cold. How do you like curves?
Well my hubby is calling me so better close.
Everyone try and be good tomorrow...drink your water and excercise so WI in a real downer.
BYE :wave: :wave:

Hi Everyone,
Hope you all had a good day. I can't believe that tomorrow is Thursday AGAIN!

Sheree, is your husband still in the military? How cold is it there? I love ER too. Not into Fear Factor.

Tina, how are you feeling, girl?

Tammy, are you still snowbound? I'm going tomorrow to talk to my buddy who is an elementary principal. I'm going to discuss my desire to move to kinder. Friends think I'm crazy!

Cynthia, do you have plans for your next trip?

Have a good one!

happy Thursday
 

Hello,
Auntie...yep he has 4 years left until retirement! It is pretty darn cold today...though the sun is out.. It was -20 in town earlier when I took the kids to school..it tends to be a bit warmer at our house (we live on a hill) direct sunlight is a cool thing to have!!
I am going to check the other thread later on to see how things went ...I don't have my WW meeting for a couple of hours...I am mixed about the week...I guess I can only wish for no gain! Vday was great except the lasagna..I did a small portion but they are so fattening...then the other night I went out with the wives in the company and had dinner before going but decided to have coffee and their lowest calorie item.. well htat turned out to be a berry cobbler. I only ate 1/3 of it but it sure was sugary...so I guess we will see. i have really rocked on the working out though. i did that cross country machine yesterday and htought I was going to die!!!
Well have a good day.:wave:

Happy Thursday all,
I'm not going to weigh in today as I still feel yucky. I've been more active today than yesterday when I vegged out on the sofa. Today I have been washing loads of clothes.

Sheree, congrats for only eating 1/3 of that berry cobbler. I love that stuff!!!!! Where are you originally from? Do you mind the extreme cold up there? I don't know how I'd do there. :lol:

Susan, did you talk to that friend about teaching elementary? I hope it's exactly what you want to do.

Tammy, are you still snowed in?

Cynthia, when is your next trip?

Maureen, are you reading and not posting? :)

Everyone else----hope y'all have a great day!

Tina
:flow1:

Howdy!!
 

Hey Tina~
I hope you feel better soon...
I have been washing clothes too...with four kids and a hubby I seem to NEVER have it done...
I am from CA! I don't mind the cold as long as there isn't any wind. Usually it doesn't blow too much in AK. I am cold today though...the sun is great to have though.
Well I guess I will go to the other thread to talk about results...back and forth back and forth!!
Take care,

We were able to go out on Tuesday!!!! I went to Curves and it was great! Then we went to Taco Bell for lunch. lol

School has been crazy with days off and delays. Tonight we had conferences, so I'm pooed out. We had 10 people signed up, and they all came!!! We were thrilled! Most of the other teachers in the building had 3 or 4 show up. All of the conferences went well too, so that was nice.

Hi Ladies,

Tina, I'm sorry you are down and out. Take care of yourself and get some rest!! :)

Sheree, you are doing great. I don't think I could live where it was so cold. When it gets in the 50's I'm cold.

Tina, I did talk to my friend today. He was surprised that I was certified to teach kinder. He said if he had an opening he would let me know. He would like for me to come after springbreak so we can talk a little more. He wants to fill me in on how it has changed since I last taught it. He is a great guy. So we will see.

Where is everyone? It's been quiet on our thread lately.

TGIF
 

Hi
Auntie the cold does get to you but when the moose come in the yard like last night it makes it worth it or to see the Northern Lights is beautiful. My husband heard something last night ~so Mr. safety went to check it out...keep in mind we live 1/2 up a hill no neighbors! Come to find out a Moma Moose and her calf (tiny thing) was chewing on my frozen raspberry bushes... So he was all excited ~ me I looked for a minute or two then went back to ER! Then he comes running in the room again...come check this out. Apparently he was upstairs and when he came back down he was going to poke his head out the door to see where it went...and the baby moose was an arms length from the door chewing on a tree!!! If it weren't so dark the digital camera would have turned out great!! Moments like those really makes us enjoy being here...though it does make us nervous wiht the kids.. They don't understand to NOT get between a "cow" and her calf! We try to teach them though...anyway enough already huh!!!
Good luck on your teaching again...
Tammy what do you eat when you go Taco Bell? Are there things on there that go with WW? Just wondering. i have stayed away from eating out because I don't think I could figure out teh points. My hubby and I are going on date night this weekend....guess where we are going.....:chin: to see Jungle BOok before our daughter goes to see if MOnday for a B-day party. We like to preview the movies before the kids see them! Hopfully it is good. I wish this thing had spell check..I type really fast and dont' stop to correct anything used to spell doing it!!
Well take care,

Sheree,
Check out this web site for restuarant points. www.dwlz.com/restaurants.html. It's a lifesaver for me sometimes. That's really smart to check out the movies before your children see them. I remember that we went with our son the first time he saw an "R" rated movie......Pretty Woman .
You are soooo lucky to get to see a real live moose up close and personal.
I can say that I've been up close with stingrays. That's a weird experience!!!!!

Take care and enjoy your weekend.
Tina

Sheree, I have an old WW fast food book, so I use that when I'm counting the points. I really don't watch what I eat when we go out, because we don't go out to eat very often anymore. Sometimes I'll have a chicken soft taco and split nachos with my son.

Wow, what a sight to see Moose in your yard. I bet it is absolutely beautiful. And the Northern Lights :) I would love to see them some day. I love nature!!!

Ok, I ended up going out last night with 2 girlfriends. We had Mexican food, needless to say that included chips and margaritas. Today, I feel bloated like a beach ball. Can you say LOTS OF WATER!!!

Tina, are you feeling better?
Tammy, how is everything going?

Hello All,

Just dropping by to ask a question....

Is there a reason that you all weigh in on Thursday? My present weigh-in day is Tuesday and I'm wondering if I should switch days.

Can anyone fill me in?

Thanks,

"Bright"

Hi Bright,

I weigh in on Friday. No particular reason either. I used to weigh in on Thursday because that was the only time there was a meeting in my town. Now I'm doing it at home. There are a couple of us that don't weigh on Thursday but it doesnt' stop us from chatting here. We hope you join us.

I weigh in on Thursday here because it is the only noon time WI meeting!!
SO you can join in on the chatting if you like...
We LOVE To have the moose in the yard...BUT... teh kids can get hurt by them so it is a little nerve racking some times. We have to real careful in the summer. I can not just let them go out side to play..unless they are on the balcony. Moose won't go on the balcony. The dogs are good for warning us, so they usually go out with the kids. One day the kdis made it out in the yard and I investigated after a few minutes of silence (always trouble then huh) Well I went out and said get up here on the balcony and no kidding with in 15 minutes those two in the picture where in the yard.. I don't know if you have seen any in pictures up close but they are HUGE. They can weigh 800-1200 lbs! I had a fox run across teh road yesterday in front of my car. We love the northern lights too...can get cold and your neck hurts after awhile from looking. We decided that if we stay here and build then we are going to have a top floor room with windows and lounge chairs to Northern Lights gaze....
I really like DWLZ I will check out the restaurant section...thank you! String rays....yikes.. I have a fear of teh ocean can't see below us.

Happy Sunday to everyone!!!!

Bright , there's no one day better than another to weigh-in. I started weighing on Thursdays and thought I'd see if anyone else weighing that day wanted to "talk"

Like Susan said, some of the group weighs on different days now. We never kick out anyone. :lol: I'm glad you posted. Please write here if you can.

Sheree, I love that photo!

I am feeling good now, thanks for asking. :) I rested enough so it didn't get me down.

Hope everyone is thawed out now.
Tina

Evenin All,
I had a very eventful weekend. I went out Friday night with 2 girlfriends. Then last night went with Pat to see the band. They were great like usual. However, I am just a little partial. :)

Bright, we hope join us.

Tina, so glad you are feeling better. Is it getting cold down there yet? The cold front hit today. Winds were up to 22 miles per hour.

Sheree, Mckinney is about 30 miles north of Dallas, TX. I grew up in San Antonio.

Hope everyone has a peaceful evening.