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Very quiet here. I'm finishing up on some recordings and than I'm headed to bed. A good place for me to be. Away from food. I had such a good day yesterday and than just about blew it today. I'm up to about 2000 calories now. Yikes. Not gonna make the challenge if I have another day like today. Hope everyone had a great weekend. It was wonderful here. I have a real busy week this week. Sister has several Doctor's appointments and I start my extra shifts this week. See ya all in the morning.

JANE?????? Where are you??????

Hey Ladies. Cari, so glad you checked in. We miss ya when we don't see ya for a while. I got up and got some housework and laundry done and than headed to church. Well, they were giving out Flu shots afterwards, so I got mine. No let's hope I don't get sick from it. The last one I got about 5 years ago, I did get sick. Let's hope this one is ok. Such a beautifl day here. Trying to decide if I want to take doggie for a walk or not. I need to give my knee a rest. I'll check in later and let you know if I did or not.

Back from our party, good thing there wasn't a whole lot of food. I stayed with the popcorn (my favorite) and away from everything else. Now it's pj time, chair and blanket and the DVR. Tracy, the toe never hurt. It's just scary not knowing what caused it. I have neosporin and a bandaid on it and will keep it that way for awhile. If I notice any change the Doc will be getting a call.

Tracy, like you don't have enough stress in your life. What with the kid and now the ex bringing this problem on. If you get the house back, can you live there for a litle while and than sell it and move to another place? Kids are adaptable. I was giving myself a pedicure this morning and one of my toenails came off. I had had an infection in that toe a long time ago, looks like it took this long for it to catch up with the nail. You can see the new growth coming in. I hate that it happened. I'm so leary of my toes and feet. I've already had to many surgeries on them. We are off to a Baseball Party. One of the pitchers on our team is up for the Cy Young award and today is his last game of the season. Peanuts and Popcorn, oh my.

Morning, drinking my hot choclate and getting ready to head to the grocery store. So glad I don't have to work today. I didn't weigh yesterday because I haven't taken a water pill in about 4 days. I'll take one after I get home from shopping. I hate fighting water gain. It drives me crazy. I hope everyone has a great weekend.

Laura, How terrible that you get treated that way. But hopefully they now understand your good heart. I bet hubby appreciates you. Hubby and I have a baseball party to go to tomorrow. Greinke is pitching his last game of the year and we are going over to watch. So you know that means lots of food. Holy Cow. Sunday I should stay home and relax but I think the neighbor and I are going to the local craft fair at the Farmstead. Depends on how cool it gets.

The pool stuff is put away and we got out the Halloween stuff. Most of it is put up. I had to quit so I can get some lunch and head to work. I'll finish the rest when I get home. I'll be back later.

Great, like we need one more thing against us. Now they are saying that kids that were given candy as kids are more likely to commit crimes in their adulthood. Well, I do have to confess that I ate a grape without paying for it one time. Please don't turn me in. I promise to never do it again.

Morning Girls. I'm up early so it looks like I will be headed to the gym with the hubby. Ad I have to work later today. Oh boy. I woke up in a pretty good frame of mind. Looks like I might be getting myself in this. It will make it easier to keep track of my food count if I am in this mentally. I have thought several times about making a Doc appointment to get something like Wellbutrin or Celexa. I'll wait a little while more and see how I do. Temps are turning here. We will only be in the 60's today and real cold at night. Supposed to be very windy also here. That's when my poor bones can really feel it. I don't have all that insulation to help keep me warm. That's why I usually wear about 3 t-shirts at a time. Where's Janie???? Jane, I haven't really had a cahnce to look at the calendar to let you know when I can meet you. I'm not sure about doing it right before Thanksgiving or right after. What do you think. Of course weather will play a part in this, but I would also like to see the mall all decorated. Maybe the weekend before Thanksgiving? I'll look at the calendar when I get into work tonight. Hope all is well with you and the parents. Everyone have a great day.

Home from work and my meeting and I'm glad. I'm gonna just relax the rest of the evening and keep my feet up. I'll have a long day tomorrow. Busy finishing putting things away for the winter. See ya in the morning.

Hubby and I just got home from a busy morning. We went to breakfast with all the cousins and than we headed to the WW1 Memorial downtown. I had been there before with the kids from church but hubby had never seen it since they redid it. It's amazing and highly recommended. A must see when coming to this part of the country. I'm all in for the challenge. Already started. Here it is day one and 8hrs into it and I'm still alive. It hasn't killed me yet. I'm leaving for work here in a few, than I have a meeting at 7pm to go to. So it will be late before I check in again. Have a good one.

It's October and time to get back on track. A new month and a new start. Raining here this morning and just a little on the cool side. Perfect Fall morning. Me and my hot chocolate sitting here listening to rain hit the pool cover. Today is our Family breakfast, so hubby and I will head out soon. Right after I take the nephew to work. Last night at the hospital we were swamped. I stood the whole time doing sterilization for the OR. I really like to do that. It's fun but hot work. Had to run down to the Birthing center several times but I never got to see any babies. In ICU there was this girl sitting on the side of the bed and she had to have been somewhere around 600-650 pounds. I wanted so bad to go in and talk to her. Poor thing. Jenn, good news about Kev. It's about time he got around to doing that. AS soon as I can get my nephew out of here, I'll have another bedroom opened up and you can have it. We aren't really south but we are south of you. lol. How do you feel about being a "Mid-Westerner"? Have a good day and Good Luck on the October Challenge.

Hi Irene, I'll rememeber that, my Grandmothers name was Irene. I will never leave my husband alone with any child, our is going thru that nightmare now. The girl finally confessed that she lied but the damage is done. It's still a nightmare for them.

I'm home. I hate going to Wal-Mart. But it's done and $160.00 I'm home with my feet up. Crappy eating day already but I'm gonna turn that around for the rest of the day. I decided to make a piece of toast and put some apple jelly on it. It's really good good but stuck now. I'm gonna have to wait a little before I can take a drink and start my water. Kat, it's the one living with us. The one with the drug issues. As far as we know he's not using the hard stuff again but he did ask his Mom for one of her pain pills. I very casually asked him to not ask her again because it throws her off and she ends up feeling guilty for not giving it to him. She thinks he's in pain and wants to help him, but than she remembers she's not to give him anything. He then plays the guilty card with her. So after I asked him not to ask her, he called her and chewed her butt out for calling me and telling me, and then hung up on her. So I'm not sure at this point which way I'm going with this. I do know one thing, I won't be seeing him for a few days. He knows he's pushed it with me. My sister knows that she is to tell me everything. This is a stipulation that we have that she inform me of all that goes on. That way I don't look like the idiot when something comes up. I'm her main caregiver and she needs to be honest with me. Nothing like sitting in the Doc's office and finding out she never told me what was going on. Besides, all 3 of us are sisters and we tell each other everything, that way if one needs to, they can step in and take control of the situation. The kids just don't get it. They think we snitch on them. So how can I help out one of them if I don't know what is going on? KIDS........drive me crazy. Lovely day here today.Supposed to get up to 70 degrees.Sun is shining but they are calling for storms tomorrow. First of the month and that means it is family breakfast time again. Once a month. Jenn, Quit letting them lay the guilt trip on you. Stand firm. You are not to blame for others actions. They made the choices and let them deal with it. You are not at fault. Stay strong. I'll check in soon.

Morning. Up for my early shift and than headed to Wal-Mart. And today is our hospital shift day. Still haven't heard if we have to have our flu shot to work there. I'm sure if they want us to have it, they will let us know. Kay, so glad to hear that Rick is doing better. I remember years ago when I used to get terrible colds and do that awful coughing. I would set myself up in the spare room and put pillows in the corner and try to sleep sitting up. Everytime I would lay down I would do nothing but rumble. It was awful. But the worst part was the coughing. I felt like I was going to break a rib or actually bring a lung up:sad:. I would soak in the shower just to relieve my sore muscles. The worst was one time I tried to take a puff off of a cig and just about passed out. I ended up in the hospital for 2 weeks with pnuemonia in both my lungs. No more of that. I jump on and cold as soon as I feel one coming on. Not sure how I'm going to handle the kids and their issue. I'm sure I'm not going to hear from them for a day or two. They know I'm not happy and will lay low for a while. Which is good, because if I saw them right now I might chew their heads off. Everyone have a great day and I'll check in soon.

I voted. Gone all day and we had such a great time. There was hot fresh cider donuts. Oh yummy. I ate half of one and about 30 minutes later I ate the other half. So good. I bought 5lbs of apples, some apple cider jelly and some pumpkin butter. We found a quaint little restaurant to eat at and my sis and I shared a burger. It was such a great day and than we got home. My older sisters kids are at it again. I'm so mad at them I just can't even think about how to handle it. Ughhh. Glad to hear that everyone is back on the mend and feeling better. I have never watch the Dr. Oz show, I guess I'll have to try it sometime.

Morning, Sorry I didn't post yesterday. I was very very busy all day long. When I finally got home last night around 8pm. my nephew wanted to know if I would spend sometime with hima nd so we watched a movie together. Prior to that I had taken a vicadin, so when the movie was over I headed straight to bed. I traded my work day with another girl and my younger sis and a couple of friends and I are headed over to Kansas to go apple picking. I love this time of year. I love to apple pick and I love to bake things. The weather is perfect for it. Sunny and a high of 67. Perfect. I worked out yesterday and than I was at the store with my sis when I ran into my next door neighbor. We decided to meet at 4pm to walk to the school to go pick up her daughter, we took the long way around so it was almost a mile for us. Cari, that sucks about what happened but I'm glad that you did go to admin about it. Good Luck. How are all our sick kids and husbands? Hugs to them. See ya all later this evening.

Morning Girls. Up and getting ready for another fun filled day. Yeah right. I have to pull a double shift today. Take Sis shopping and have a class tonight. So I'll check in when I can. Cari, that is awful about the job, you're right, what is wrong with people. Have a great day and I chat when I get a break.

Big hugs fr all our little sick ones. Hope they get to feeling better soon. Long day and weekend here. Super busy. Today I went to the support group meeting and had a great time. They wanted us to bring healthy snack, so I brought some BBQ Soynuts, Veggie hot dogs and some other stuff. One of the other girls brought black bean burgers. I tried about a quarter of one and if you use some catsup, it's not so bad. But the veggie hot dogs were horrible. I mean really really bad. Everyone was spitting them out. I took one bite and almost gagged. Don't try them. I mean horrible. There were several desserts there that were really good and healthy. As soon as they e-mail the recipes to me I will send it to you guys. One had apples, caramel and yogurt and whipped cream. Oh it is was wonderful. Came home and finished cleaning pool stuff. We will pack it all away tomorrow after it all dried. I finished putting some other stuff away and even did a little landscaping with some big rocks that my sister got for me. Now just kicking back and relaxing. Doing a little laundry and watching Ghost Whisperer. Tomorrow it's back to work and a full schedule this week. Kat, Boy Rick is sick. Not to have put the bike away, WOW. Take good care of him and of yourself. Hope you all had a good weekend.

HOLY COW, half my weight in water. I think what you probably meant was half your weight in ounces. So if you weigh 200lbs, you should drink 100 ounces. I shoot for that amount anyway. I have a water bottle that I keep filling up all day. I count how many time I have filled it. Easier to do it that way. I still have to be careful about over doing it. Kidney Doctor is happy with the kidneys right now. I just put a roast in the crock pot. I'll add veggies before I leave for my meeting. House is going to smell wonderful by the time I get home. All the poor little sick kids. Nothing worse than having them not feel good and you can't do anything for them. Speaking of poor little sick kids. A lady that comes in at work is the Chapter Leader of the local Linus Project. They make blankets for sick kids. Quilts and afghans. She brought in some kits that she put together to make quilt tops. They will finish the quilts. So I picked one out. I'll start on it sometime this week. Thought it might be good for me. Keep my hands and mind busy. I'm looking forward to it. I'll post a pic when I have it done. Thanks Jenn. I like the chart you made. And it looks like we got a good group going there. Love it.

Went to the grocery store and ended up buy some Protein turkey sliced meat, Bolthouse Simply Chocolate Protein drink, BBQ Soy nuts and some veggie hot dogs. Everything was real high in protein but not a lot of calories. Came home and took doggie for a mile walk, Thanks Jenn. Thanks for keeping me motivated. I haven't looked at the chart yet, but if it's ok I will have the Doctor document my weight loss when I go see him Oct. 26th. I'll post it later that day. Sitting here relaxing for a few and that I have to get busy and finish up some outside stuff. We need to get all the pool gear stored in the garage and I need to do it cause hubby just thows it in there. I however stack and pile. I like parking my car in the garage. Have a good one.

Morning Ladies. I'm up and showered and getting ready to head to the grocery store. I need to figure out a healthy snack to take to the support group meeting. And I need to talk to them about scheduling a meeting during a football game. lol. I hope everyone has a great day. I will check in every now and than, but I will be on tonight. Make good choices.

Welcome Michelle. Glad to have you here. Well, summer is officially over. The pool is closed up. Waaaaa....... It was so tempting to get in one more time but wwe were only able to get the temp up to 76. So it looks like next May for me. Got up early and headed to the grocery store. Came home and than it was non-stop for the rest of the day. Besides closing the pool, I brought in all the plants. Put things away in the tubs, just basically getting the backyard ready for the winter. I have another busy day tomorrow also. One thing I have to do is go to a monthly support meeting. They want us to bring healthy food. Stuff that we would never try on our own. Like maybe Boca Burgers. That way we can all try and see if we like it. I think it's a neat idea. That way we can try things before we buy it. Kat, sorry to hear about DS. Hope he's ok. Probably sore I bet. Janie, :seeya:

Home for a little break and than headed back to work. I have my weight from my last appointment 2 weeks ago. I will go Oct. 26th. for my next appointment. I will take what the loss is and let you guys know. Started the day out really good but now I'm getting tired. That's when I make really bad decisions. Going back to work will help keep my mind busy. Keep motivated.....:eek6:Keep motivated.....:eek6:Keep motivated.:scared2: