Teachlady

Last Sunday's tip of the day today... Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it. Yesterday's tip of the day today.... Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Good Morning, Violets... Finally a chance to get to this board and find out what's up. I've been up for a couple of hours already, but doing all sorts of other stuff. The mail came in and I got a dress I won on ebay. It's BEAUTIFUL... all black with a jacket and lots of glittery black beads. It's for the formal nights on our cruises. It's a size 14/16 so I figured if it didn't fit for the Feb. cruise it certainly would for the June one. BUT.. NSV!! It fits!! The nicest part was seeing the look on the Bobster's face when I modeled it for him. He was so thrilled. Now THAT'S a nsv!! Denise, you have gotten some great advice from those who have been through it before. I can only offer prayers for you and your daughter and the baby, but know they are from the heart and I am of the belief that they carry lots of power. Just add the prayers to the advice and hopefully things will turn out for the best for your daughter. Jennifer.. lots and lots of Purple Power going your way on Thursday for the job interview. My mantra has always been, "if it's meant to be, it WILL be". Pam, Pam Bo Bam..... for heaven's sake girl!!! What were you think'n eating that sauce!! arghhhhhhhhh I can see I'll have my work cut out for me on the Bandiversary trip! TracyK.. my gosh, woman!! Prayers for good health to you. Hope all goes well at the doc's today. Kat....any new news on the explosion? That must have really been scary!!! MY BAD.... I forgot the tip of the day on Sunday YET AGAIN!! I'll get a couple on here today to make up for the two I missed. Just pretend it's sunday when you read them. Suzie....congrats on picking up more hours at Curves! And enjoy the hospital volunteer job. I love mine. well, gotta go get a check in the mail for a bus trip to see Wicked in July. 7 lady friends are heading out to see it. Lots to look forward to trip wise for me!! Hope the stock market cooperates. The bobster set up my mini-trampoline today. I just took a couple of bounces on it and it looks like I'm going to enjoy doing it while watching tv. Everyone have a great day!

I however, am expecting a HUGE rebate since I will be the one being the designated "toober", walker, chaperone and all around Crystal Light promoter.

Good Morning, Violets.. We got home at 1:30, in bed by 2 am and now up at 7 to get ready for church. There is a longggggggggg nap in my future this afternoon!! Annual Meeting after church today followed by a pot luck. I think I might skip the pot luck. I ate some junk yesterday and need to get back on track. I never seem to do well on the road, nor with my DD. We are each other's enablers! On the positive side though, I got a mini-trampoline from Dick's Sporting Goods that we'll set up this evening. I figure I can do that while I watch tv. My Richard Simmons DVD's arrived and I'm anxious to start that. DSIL and I worked out the two days we were at the hotel. Sure felt good and I know it helped with the guilt about eating birthday cake yesterday! We stopped at Red Lobster for dinner and I PB'd some of it, but of course not the warm chocolate chip cookie with melted chocolate in the middle topped with ice cream. sorry... forgot to warn about food porn. It was very yummy, but I'm thankful DD and I shared it instead of stuffing myself with all of it. My weight was up today, but I'm sure it will be back down by the middle of the week. I'm pumped to exercise now! Gotta go get dressed and ready for church. Everyone have a relaxing day! Catch ya later

Hi Violets.. I'm here at the Ramada. Free internet.. wooo hooo. DSIL and I just finished working out. I did 20 minutes on the bike and 10 on the treadmill. Now back to the room, shower and get some sleep before we have to be out of here at 8 to go see grandson's hockey game. We had chinese tonight. I ate half an egg roll and a cup of some veggie meat thingy. Bobster and I split it and 3/4 of it was still there to send home with DS. The Bobster is really doing much better on his eating. He's got a new resolve to lose and I'm so glad to see it. He was stuck in a rut like all of us and not losing. Everyone have a good evening... sleep well and make wise choices tomorrow!! Laura... you've made an amazing transfomation!! Michelle...you go girl!! I'm so proud of you!!

I only speak spiritually.:redface:

Evening, Violets.. It's me, the crispy haired hot tubber. Its 9 degrees out and 103 in the hot tub. Stars are out and it's beautiful out there. A cold bugger getting in, but soooooooo nice getting out. At least once the hair thaws out! We're headed downstate for granddaughter Mara's birthday this weekend. It's a 5 hour drive and DD and DSIL are going with us. They'll be driving so the bobster and I can read and sleep and act like the old farts. I will try and access the site at the hotel. We're going to grandson Everett's hockey game Saturday morning, then to Chuckie Cheese for lunch.hope there's something we can eat there! and then home Saturday evening. I'm headed to bed now. Everyone sleep well and make wise choices tomorrow!!

I'm with the two Tracys... No ghosts for moi.

Crystal Light Lemonade is always refreshing. (Now they're thinkin'...what the heck did we get ourselves into inviting the minister's wife to go on this shindig??!!)

Found it.. Hi. As I'd mentioned in another post, it is illegal to sell human body parts or trade them for anything of value...like free surgery. There is a foundation that offer information about this: Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation.

Jennifer.. It will be in check form sent out in June according to MSN.com Laura.. there was a thread about that and a plastic surgeon, the one from Big Medicine said that that was illegal. Check out the plastic surgery thread.

I'm on my 2nd liter. Third one is in the freezer as I type. Will have it after dinner. TracyK.... get some rest. Hope you feel better. Suzie..any way we can convince you to be with us on the trip??? We need the water patrol lady!!!

Ok.. I'm booked!!! Just paid the credit card bill and bam.... the plane tickets are put on. NOBODY change anything! These tickets are non-refundable!!

Good Morning, Green Violets... Personally for me, to be able to get in the tub and relax will be a NSV!! Having no shower is not a problem for me. I love the looks of the place and would hate to have Terry try and figure out another hotel. But I'l go with the flow!

113 days til the Green Violets meet!!

Pssssssssssssssst, Suzie.. Trust me, I know. If you are absent from here, the Violets will come after you!!! You are not anywhere that we haven't all been as far as weight loss. I'm still going up and down, but I know I have good restriction and it's just head hunger that I'm dealing with. Just have to work that band and know that it isn't going to be the "easy way out" for weight loss. We're going to stuggle and we're going to slip into our old habits. But the good news is that the band is there to remind us and you are doing all the right things.. stepping up the exercise, increasing the water intake. You've lost an amazing amount already. You should be very proud!!! Plateaus are not for the weak..be strong, do what you know you have to do and you WILL succeed! There... end of my sermon!! I volunteer at the hospital once a week. I make up the patient education packets. Lots of collating, copying and stuffing of folders. I love it and they are always so appreciative there. Well, I'm in from the hot tub and still sitting in my wet bathing suit. DD is spending the night here as she has to be at the hospital for her clinicals at 6:30 and it's easier to go 3 minutes from here than the 35 minutes from her house. So I get to have my baby girl here on Tuesday and Wednesday nights for 5 weeks! Shhhhhhhhhhhh I tried on her jeans. Here's how crazy sizes are. I have been wearing size 18W jeans cause they are really comfortable and fit great. I tried on her 13/14's and they are really comfortable and fit great. Go figger!!! Everyone sleep well!!

KEWL!! Flights to Houston are about $125 cheaper and get me to Houston IAH before noon!!!!

Just finished 10 minutes on the bike, 10 minutes on the glider and I looked at the elliptical for a minute.. maybe tomorrow! I went online to buy the Richard Simmons Sweatin' to the Oldies DVDs at his site and they were $66.00 for a compete 5 DVD set. Went to Amazon and the same thing there is $35.00 Soooooooo ordered them from Amazon and will try and start up an exercise group at the church. I did that years and years ago....20 to be exact... when he first came out with the videos. We really had fun with it. There were about 6 people in the group. Maybe we can relive the glory days and get a group up and running again.

I sooooooo wish I had taken the time to write down the classics that I have heard. I think the best one was...One little girl teling me she had a secret to tell me. She said... "I'm getting a horse!". I asked how she knew that. She said cause she heard Daddy telling Mommy in the bedroom to ride that pony". Ok..... you can all wipe the spit from your monitors now. I had the same reaction.

If you're willing to do that Terry, then I think we should pay you back asap, whatever that is to each of us. Some can pay now, some have to wait. But definitely before the 1st of May.

I was gonna do down to the hours and minutes, but I thought that might be going over the top!

114 days til the Green Violets meet!!

Received this in the mail today from our United Church of Christ Women's Group. I collect angels and love kids so I thought it was pretty cute!! CHILDREN'S VIEWS OF ANGELS.. ***I only know the name of two angels - Hark and Harold. ***Angels don't eat, but they drink milk from holy cows. ***All angels are girls because they gotta wear dresses and boys didn't go for that. ***Angels work for God and watch over kids when God has something else to do. ***Angels live in cloud houses, made by God and his son who was a good carpenter. ***My guardian angel helps me with math, but she's not much good for science. ***It' not easy to become an angel. First you die, then you go to heaven. Then there's flight training to go through and then you have to agree to wear angel clothes. ***What I don't get about angels is why, when somebody is in love, they shoot arrows at them.

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GREEN VIOLETS!!! WHO KNEW??