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You big baby!

The toobs have bottoms but the water still rushes in. Trust me, you want the bottom!! But you don't have to decide now.... you'll see when you get there. Laura...it's not so much sharp rocks under your feet...but slippery ones! If you slip and hit your bottom hard on a bunch o' rocks...your fun is OVER! Also, if you happen to get dumped out of your toob in some fast water the rubber on your shoes will help you to regain your footing. Muy importante! The 'whitewater' you see in the pic below is about as rough as it gets. 90% of the river looks like the second pic!! ... although we shouldn't have quite so many people....I hope!? It's fun no matter what, really. The 3rd picture is just purdy. It's what the river looks like around Gruene.

Hey #8 is a new one!! I'll have to try that!! Thanks, Judy!! I'll be solidly in the 170's then!!

Laura, Go look at the exercise forum if you haven't already. you'll see lots of beginners moaning about the same thing! It's perfectly normal! Be patient!!!

Are you kidding?? How do you think I got to 179.8??!! :rolleyes2:

Here are the phone numbers if you want to call the hotels and ask them any questions: Gruene Homestead Inn Phone: 800.238.5534 or 830.606.0216 http://www.gruenehomesteadinn.com/index.htm San Antonio - River Walk Drury Inn & Suites P: 210-212-5200 · F: 210-352-9939 http://www.druryhotels.com/properties/sanantonioriverwalk.cfm

Kat, you reminded me.... I forgot to mention that I DID hit a new decade of numbers today. ---> 179.8 <--- Woo freakin' Hoo!! I looked back on my weight chart to see when it was i dropped from 190 to 189 and it was August!! Uh, yeah.... Slow Loser Poster Child here, but I don't care!! It's still moving in the right direction!!

Haydee, Gruene Hall is screened in...so it helps with mosquitos but doesn't eliminate them! Hopefully the weather will stay nice and dry 'til then so they won't be so bad. We'll still need the bug spray anyway ! Good thinking! Thanks for the offer to haul groceries... I'm sure I'll be taking you up on that!

Oh, and Pammy - You won't get stuck...I promise! The toobs are HUGE...so much so that I always get one that has a bottom in it to keep me from falling thru! What does that tell you! (Also the bottom is made of hard plastic and keeps you from busting your butt on the occassional rock.

call Continental Airlines - they have excellent customer service and can answer your question.... I assume the regulations are all the same no matter what airport or airline you're using.

Like these...!! (Or you can wear just a pair of tennis shoes...although they tend to hold water and get heavy...which could cause you to lose balance.)

Oh, I'm sure i'll use the coupon!! Thanks for sending it...that was so sweet of you! He washed and waxed it, but it really needs a good compounding and the carpets shampooed too...so I'll take it in before the summer. Thanks again! No, we ended up hanging around the house. I didn't feel like fighting crowds and looking for parking. I was really tired last night too...but couldn't figure out why :confused2: Slept like a rock which is unusual for me! Maybe it's Spring fever! I sometimes go to IFest...but almost always go to the Bayou City Art Festival. That's my favorite! Good luck at the docs, Tracy!! I know how you love to go! Crossing my fingers for you. That's a great idea, pam! I always have these ideas of where to put things...then end up changing my mind about 4 times before they get in the ground....which usually means another couple of runs to the nursery. I'm not a great gardener, but i must say that I like how our back yard is looking this year. It was new when we moved 3.5 years ago so we had to start from scratch. Michelle - You definitely should at least CALL your doctor. They may not be able to see anything but can poke and prod and depending on where and how it hurts can determine if you've fractured something, pinched a nerve, pulled a muscle, etc. Not something you really wanna mess with. At least put a buttload of ice on it.

G'Mornin'! Tracy, sounds like you're having a great weekend! We want pics! Yep, our weather has been stupendous this month, too....but it's gonna start getting hot very soon. Today there's a crawfish festival in Old Town Spring (close to Haydee...maybe I'll see her there!) and it's a lot of fun. They have 3 stages with zydeco, blues, country and rock music....crawfish everywhere in all forms, craft booths, etc. A part of me wants to go and another part wants to stay home and be a slug. DD was very active yesterday, I doubt I could get her motivated. DH is playing golf...again. He's having a good weekend!....2 rounds of golf and an Astros game. Must be nice, eh? Ya'll have a good day...I'm gonna hit the showers!

Poor Michelle!!!! You're gonna be sore AND have a good shiner!!

g'night, Tracy!:tongue_smilie: Laura, gaining 4-5# is not unsual for TOM... just hang tight and keep drinkin' that water! I'm pooped...i think i'll go night-night too...very soon. DD and DH are at the Astros game. DS detailed my car today and he's going out with his friends soon. I'll have the house all to myself for two whole hours! Metal time! Gotta make the most of it. Manana!

I am most definitely going tubing. If I were you, I'd hold off on committing one way or the other until you get there. For one thing the river is so nice and cool....it's a great way to spend a summer morning. The other thing is that it's so beautiful and relaxing!! So I'd plan on going for sure...if you change your mind once you get there, fine. But don't rule it out now! Haydee - you'll back me up here, right?? She knows!!

***IMPORTANT*** Do NOT forget to bring river shoes of some sort!! You can wear tennis shoes, pool shoes or river sandals...anything that fits securely and has a good gripping rubber bottom. These are essential. The weather will be HOT, I can guarantee that. Bring very casual clothes...linen and cotton...shorts and capri's, light and loose tops. I can't imagine where we would go where we need to be 'dressed up' at all! Even at night it will be warm. The Gruene Dance Hall is NOT air conditioned... FYI.

Y'know....that reminds me....I don't even know if I have a swimsuit that fits!? I'll probably wear a swimsuit....but I am concerned about getting too much sun on my chest and shoulders. I probably should wear a t-shirt. I think that we can opt for a 2 hour or 4 hour float.... so we need to be thinking about that, too. Of course, those that want to get out after 2 hours certainly can and the rest can go on. It's usually a spur-of-the-moment decision. You just decide if you've had enough or want to keep floatin'. I can tell you from experience that 4 hours is a long time to be wet!! I'm usually good after 2.... but I never know 'til I get there!

I hear ya, Judy. I can't believe I am actually considering an unfill. I've been thru this routine before. If I made a list of the foods I cannot eat on the left...and the foods I can eat on the right... it would not look good. If I review the bandster rules I find that they point to an unfill. I'm very concerned that I'm not getting my veggies and good protein in. Oddly, I have NO problem with bread. I miss salads very much. And since the scale isn't moving...what is the point of being so tight? My doc is just going to roll his eyes. Fill...unfill...fill...unfill.... Beautiful day here. I have plans to put my son to work today detailing my car. He wants to borrow it for prom....so I figure he's gotta earn it!! Good plan, eh? I'm gonna hammer, saw and rivet today! :-) Oh yeah, and a trip to the hardware store for more tools! Good gawd, ya'll should see (what used to be) my dining room. I CANNOT WAIT TO GO TO GRUENE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so how are you enjoying the gym, Laura? You getting hooked?

4 weeks from right now we'll be sittin' on the patio with our 'drink of choice' and yakkin' a mile a minute! Yea!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Girlz! Yeah, Jane...Tracy, Haydee and I all live in "Houston"...but none of us live within its city limits. On the map below Haydee is "A", I am "B" and Tracy is "C"!!! Jenn!! I am SO excited for you!! See? There was a reason you lost that attorney job....so you could get this one!! Way to go, girlfriend! TracyinKS -- that picture was hilarious! yeah, I thought i was fat at 5'7" and 135#. I think if we weren't skin and bones like some of our friends, we were "fat". I wish I had pics of me in my bikini when I was 19.... but I wouldn't dare let anyone take my picture!! oy. Laura - people are idiots. I hate people. (BTW, ya'll are NOT "people") Denise - You look radiantly happy! Congratulations to you on ALL the happy stuff you have going on!! Life is good, eh?? Pammy - I am greatly relieved to hear the news about your biopsy!! Not that I was worried or anything! :sad: Just glad to have it confirmed. How are you feeling other than the sh*thead kid buggin' you? Back to normal yet? I've been busy...sorry to be away. I have just been so freakin' pumped about this metals class I've been taking that I spend all my free time online looking at new tools, books, copper, silver and stuff. I fill up my "shopping cart" with tons of stuff then think to myself, "What the hell do you think you're doing???" :eek: So then I dump out the shopping cart and start over again at another store! LOL In the last two weeks i've learned how to hand saw, drill, rivet and solder. Next week i learn how to bezel-set a stone. I'm gonna have to join a metalsmithing message board :tt1: so I can get all this out of my system. (like that's ever gonna happen) Anyway......... gotta get back to work. Laterz!

Laura......LOVE LOVE LOVE the avatar!!!

Did ya'll miss me?? I don't even have time to catch up on posts!! Gotta run to my metals class, but just wanted to say HI! and that I think about you ALL DAY LONG!! XOXO!!!

my salon sells it too, Pammy. I'll try to remember to bring some small bottles of shampoo/conditioner. I'll put it on the grocery list.