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Good Morn, Vi's~~ Suzie... we've got your rain! Pouring down. Bleh. A busy day w/this & that... getting ready to leave tomorrow morning for ds's weekend soccer tournament in NC... we'll leave about 10am tomorrow & get back Sun night... and I will *be without Internet* -- GASP! The way it looks, I'll also be driving the 6 hrs in steady rain... boo. It's forecast to rain Sat in NC as well... I will not be a happy camper if E misses a day of school and we go all the way down there & it gets cancelled!! :thumbup: EXCEPT -- that one of my very best friends in the world lives there, so I get to see her ALL DAY on Sat!! I can't wait to just BE with her and talk & laugh & talk & laugh... (reminiscent of good times w/other friends, but just without getting kicked out of a breakfast buffet!!) Make it a great day, everyone!

I"m sure in a sassy mood today, huh??

Well I guess that's it, then, Pam... no chicken w/out mojitos for you! Darn the luck. I'm sure you'll make the best of a bad situation. Hey, I just thought of something! If you have just the mojitos & skip the chicken, then you'll definitely have no PBs!! Ta Da! You're welcome.

Phew... so it's not just me... Seriously, some times I think it is. Just me. Just. Me. & everyone else is hunky dory. Anyone here hunky? dory??

How many calories in laughing our asses off?? :thumbup:

Raise your hand if you think that Judy may be a tad bit livid! (just a teensy, tinesy tad...) (& who thinks it's funny?)

Ok, true confessions weight edition: 239. Have made all good choices so far today. I am such a stress eater, though. I swear, if it wasn't for stress I'd be a size 4! I know we don't usually talk about the larger world outside of LBT... but... does the daily news of doom & gloom & failing economy etc. make anyone else hyperventilate?? It is REALLY FREAKIN' ME OUT. I can't take it. I try not to even watch or listen to the news these days (I figure if something really big happens, someone will tell me!)... but if I get a bit... I get so upset! I feel like I did post-9/11... I had to go on meds after that for awhile... I just caught a bit in the car just now and I almost started to cry!! Then I came in & made lunch (lc & legal, btw), but I WANTED cookie dough or something... I know it doesn't actually help the situation, but it calms me down... ugh. Back to work!

ooooooooooooooohhhhhhh... Judy said "pissed", Judy said "pissed"! (proper inflection = same as for "nanny nanny boo boo")

Quote: "I also remember that BESIDES OUR JUDY....... we were a bunk of tipsy violets in the hot tub/pool........ " :cheers2: hmmmmm... I don't remember this... :tt1: wonder why?? maybe the blender was whirring too loudly... or we were laughing to heartily... or maybe when I actually fell down drunk, I bumped my head??? hmmmmm :yesnod: Gosh we need to get together again SOON!!! I want to LAUGH!!

Yeah, my surgeon told me to call his office pronto if I ever throw up w/the band... I haven't yet, thank goodness... but it can cause a slip... don't know about dry heaves, tho...

Good afternoon, Vi's~~ What a fun meeting -- not really! 50 principles & 50 PTA presidents in a 3-hr meeting about Family Involvement... I believe the phrase is "preaching to the choir". & no one told me that there is NO parking... so I walk in late during the Superintendent's speech... lovely. Now I have to work! TracyK... I didn't get an e-mail... who did you send it to?? You don't look fat in that funny picture (we Vi's are even in the potty together!)... but if you are FEELING fat, then DO SOMETHING about it... no to whatever Nog is being offered, etc... because there's no excuse... you KNOW what to do, & HOW, & have the support you need (VI's)... and you know that you CAN do it! & eating well & exercising WILL make you feel better AND will help you w/your stress, etc... oh dear, now I'm doing it... "preaching to the choir!"... YOU, m'dear, are the expert!! You're the one who brought all of us together! "Make tasty choices!" mmmmm... me like! Of course Pam'd take it that way! lol!!! Ok, I've got to get to work... it's just avoidance now!

Good Morn, my lovelies~~ Wow you all were chatty yesterday! Laura -- NO, don't get it. I can't journal... I must have 5 beautiful journals on my bedside table shelf w/ "Jan. 1" entries in them. That's it. Just the Jan. 1 entry. lol. & I think they pretty much say the same thing in all of them... ((TracyKS)) You've got great mommy instincts & you need to trust them. Information is good. + no decision is permanent... if recommended, then you could choose to try the meds for a period of time & then re-evaluate. He is a stubborn one, huh?? Getting someone to listen & provide constructive feedback to you isn't a half-bad idea, either... Terri? What's up, buttercup? It was Judy who texted?? Thank you, Judy! Haydee... you get to go to the awards? Will they be televised? What fun!! Sit next to Jimmy Smitts!! Dazzle him w/your beauty! This morning I "get" to go to a Leadership meeting @ the school bd. building w/my principal... lucky me! "I am a leader, not a worker bee!" This is the mantra my friend said I should say to myself when I get caught up in PTA drama... Then it's work & the usual... I'm happy to report that things ARE slowing down a bit! Yay! Over the weekend I actually had NO paying work looming over me... I was able to just kick back & relax & do what I *wanted* & not what I *had* too... I don't remember the last time THAT happened!! Make it a great day, everyone!

Ha ha, Suzie... I assume your new signature line "Drink, Drink, and Drink More" is referring to water... altho that is not what I saw when I first read it! tee hee! It is 6:50 am and I already have a pumpkin crunch cake in the oven! :eek: Not sure that's the way to start the week! (lol... it's not for us... it's for my friend who had breast cancer this spring & a mastectomy... she just had her 2nd reconstructive surgery last week, so I made a Hungarian Goulash for her family & this is the dessert to go with it... I'm seeing her later this a.m. for coffee & will take it all to her...) AND... last night ds & I got Chinese for dinner and this is what my fortune cookie said: A nice cake is waiting for you. What kind of crazy fortune is THAT?? Of course I got that one... ds's was something about all trouble in life avoiding him... figures! :thumbup: Make it a great day, everyone!

Serious! You can even get a warm chocolate body wrap/massage treatment thingamajig @ the Hotel Hershey spa... and rather than meet-&-greet characters like Minnie & Mickey, @ Hershey the kids get to meet & greet giant walking, waving chocolate pieces! + there's the World of Chocolate tour... & warehouse store... + the amusement park... the air there even smells chocolate-y when the wind is right... ahhhhhhhh...

Yeah, when you go to Hershey, all diets are OFF. You cannot avoid the chocolate. For example, when we ordered the pizza for our room while we watched a movie, the guy delivers it and says, "Here's your pizza..." and hands me the pizza box, "... and here are your condiments." and hands me a brown lunch sack bag. I think he means sprinkle cheese & red pepper flakes. We open up the bag and it is full of CHOCOLATE!! (It took quite a while before the kids stopped expecting chocolate w/pizzas after that!)

DH is Jewish (altho not practicing, & not even "serious"... as a child they had Xmas trees!) so usually we have Thanksgiving w/his side of the family (either at his folks, or here, or at his bro's house, we rotate in a freestyle sort of way... this year it's here @ my house). We have Christmas w/my family (my mom & two sisters & their families + 6 kids)... a bigger group... but fun. Of course, everyone gets along, so sometimes his folks may come down for Christmas @ my sister's, or my sis & BIL & mom might come here for T'giving if it's my year. A few years ago my immediate family (dd, ds, dh & I) took T'giving "off" and went to the Hershey Lodge in PA and ate at their T'giving buffet & swam & ordered pizza to our room & ate chocolate & went to the amusement park... that was a fun year! We should do that again...

Ah yes, the warm fuzzies that the holidays bring are starting already... aren't families wonderful?? G'night girlies... catch you on the flip side!

No closet required! :thumbup: Nahhh... Only if a couple drinks a month qualifies! But @ 100 each, I figured it was better than the bag of Almond Joys in the freezer!! Hey -- they're 100-calorie packs! :smile2:

Good Morn, Vi's~~ I missed you all yesterday! But was busy w/work + it was PTA meeting day so I had lots to do to get ready for it, + take the phone calls from the folks who were supposed to do something since the last meeting who somehow just didn't quite get it done because they're so busy, blah dee blah... like I just sit around each day w/nothing to do hoping that someone calls to ask me if I can make 500 copies of something at the last minute?? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I was *not* a happy camper. So much so, actually, that I came home and downed 2 bottles of Mikes Light Hard Cranberry Lemonade (very good) to take the giant edge off! Today is work, weekend is this & that... regular stuff... still struggling w/getting my eating under control... I run so hot & cold... Will be working on the computer lots today, so will check in later. Smooches! PS -- Pam, TracyKS's pic makes me smile, too... I SO remember that exact moment: "BAM!" "How did you know it's Pam?!" Good times...

Morning, Vi's~~ Whoa... turqois-y! A regular day on tap... work, laundry, a couple kid's activities... Make it a good one!

((Tracys--both of 'em!))

Judy... what prompted that decision? 6 years?? wow...

I voted this a.m., too. Had to wait only a few minutes... live in a very small town. Because DD is 10, she got to come with me & observe... a great opportunity to actually SEE our democracy in action. I felt bad for all the old folks who were freaked out by the touch screens, tho... And OF COURSE I also got my free "I voted" cup of coffee from SB... I heard you can get free Ben & Jerry's and also free Krispy Kremes if you vote, too! Then I took DD clothing shopping @ the mall... always an "experience"... but we were actually more successful than usual & she made out like a bandit... $200+ of clothes for less than $100 @ JCP! I'm doing well w/the eating today.

((JANIE!!)) I am so so sorry for you and your family... what a tragedy... I wish I could actually DO something for you dear heart... all my best wishes and calming vibes coming your way!!! Pam... So funny that you said that about the Xmas commercials... I saw 2 last night!! Ack! :tongue: Laura... yeah, I had a couple of whacky melt-downs when I was pregnant... 14 years later, I can laugh & laugh about them (1 was in the drive thru lane @ the bank & they closed the lane before my turn, altho I'd been in the line for like 20+ mins... wow did I flip out!!)... still makes me chuckle even as I'm typing it! It'll be ok... I promise! TracyKS... I've never had a hernia so I'm no help... Google it! Your body is really manifesting all your stress, huh?! Suzie... What a good friend & worker you are! Judy... Looks to me as if you have a "Michelle"-level busy day!! Yikes!! Hi Terri, TracyK, Jenn, Haydee, Kat! Ok -- my strange "confession" for the day. I weighed myself this morning. I couldn't stand not knowing how awful it was going to be, so I screwed up my courage and stepped on. The LED read-out blinked a bit (think "Biggest Loser")... then settled on ... are you ready for this? ... 237.2! WTF??? An actual loss??? HOW IN THE EVER LOVIN' WORLD IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?? In the past couple weeks I have been eating EVERYTHING in SIGHT -- & LOTS of it!! TONS of candy & cookies & pumpkin crunch cake... pizza... DQ... I have NOT exercised in a MONTH! I guessed I'd be @ 250 or so... but down??? I cannot comprehend this. So then I think 2 different thoughts: "Well, this must be working so I'll just keep doing it!" -- HA HA HA HA HA! and also "Wow, if only I'd kept w/the good choices & exercise, think how much closer to goal I'd be." Which is the truer of the two. Ultimately, after my shower meditation time, I realized that this is a gift that I should squander and that I'm able to start at the start again and should seriously just START again... act like I'm just beginning... that 237 is my highest ever and I want to lose... and go back to the better choices and behaviors, because I know I can do them AND that they make me feel soooooo much better (because even if I haven't actually added lbs, I FEEL TERRIBLE... all bloaty & achy and lethargic and blah...). So there it is. True confessions. Oh, & I'm going to "do a Judy" and not weigh for a week now. A much more reasonable expanse of time, I think. Enough to lose a few, but not so much that I lose all accountability & think "I've got time to undo those fries." Make it a great day, Vi's!