Daisalana

I looked around in User CP and couldn't find it. I can see that I referred 3 people to the site, but is there way to see WHO you referred?

((Tracy)) I know how you feel, when it hurts it really is depressing and makes you feel helpless and I hate you're having to go through all that Wish I could help you, but I know I can't! Hope you feel better too Pam. Zicam! Know it, love it. You know my whole speal about candy not the size of my head? IRONICALLY, we got home from the movie (and I did good), we had a gift basket on our porch. Our friends from NM sent us a (late) gift basket for the holidays.. what was in it? Nothing but crazy sized candy. 5 chocolate bars the size of my head in all kinds of flavors, plus about 8 packs of fun size candies, and a couple boxes of Doves. Aye yi yi. Me & Russ both picked out 1 candy we liked (I took snickers and he took Dove chocolates) and I brought the rest into work for everyone to have. We saw Grand Terino last night, VERY GOOD MOVIE. I don't know Clint Eastwood so there was no hype for me in that (That was DH & dad's draw to see it), but it was a drama and I boo'hood a couple times--I don't normally cry during movies. Lot of racial slurs though, I think the most I've ever heard in 1 movie.

Probably because not a lot of people travel to H'ville these days with the economy. We're a business hub, people come for NASA & the Arsenal.. but with layoffs and cutbacks, etc.. people probably aren't sending their businessmen here as much, and so the rental cars are desperate for some business.. Although I should say, our little bitty airport (which is very clean and nice, compared to any I've been to--and no puke piles!!) they just passed approval for 65 million in renovations. I can't even imagine what that means.. when you see it, you'll understand!

Woohoo Judy, send me some self-discipline please! Going to that new Clint Eastwood movie tonight, "I will not get a candy the size of my head, I will not get a candy the size of my head, I will not get a candy the size of my head"

My sugar binging is definitely out of control, and it's the vicious cycle--upset about my weight gain, eat because it doesn't matter at this point and I want to sooo much, repeat. I decided (last night) that today I will stop with the sugar binging. But I had 1 cookie left from WalMart, so I had that for breakfast with a small glass of OJ. :ohmy: No more sugar overloading!!! I just gotta break the cycle. :laugh: I was laying on my side this morning, and rolled onto my stomach--which isn't very comfortable anymore-- and Carson kicked BIG TIME. He made my whole torso move with one hard kick. I see who's in charge here.. tons of bad food, not laying comfortably.. :wink2: Good luck at the doc Jenn! Denise if you decide you can afford it in the next couple of months, let us know.. love to have you there (doesn't matter how often you post!!) Alabama in June is HOT & HUMID. Keep that in mind, and we're going to be SO THANKFUL to have the lake right outside the house.

I would supplement with a shake every day, and give band doc a call and see if they have anything to say on the matter. I'm green with envy, I could split how much I've gained with you so far and we'd still both be gaining too much! :laugh:

I have no idea if it's cheaper, but Enterprise on Madison Blvd/Hwy 20 is outside of the airport (between airport & my house), so if they're cheaper (although $15 a day is pretty dang cheap!) they're worth checking out. $305 sounds about right, when I flew to TX it was about $300.

If you're slow cooking the chili (I cook mine 2-5 hours depending on time I have), I add water throughout that time to keep it soupy. The water picks up all the flavors in the chili and it doesn't seem like you just added water. I just way over ate dinner, feeling sooo full and ick from it 2 fish sticks, 1/4 head of cabbage and 1/2 can of creamed corn.

That house is gorgeous, I can't figure out where this luxury house is.. like I said, I've only ever been to rustic cabins out there. Must be hidden from normal view. I will have to bring work with me, but shouldn't take up too much time.

LOL! No rum balls for the 2 month old! Wait till he's at least 1 before you go sneaking him his first alcohol! Uhm.. not sure about spas, I was really surprised about there being restaurants and shops honestly.. it's really out in the wilderness.. very peaceful, but not full of high society things--like spas! (Although plenty of kelp & mud in the river, you can coat yourself.. for free!)

The website for the place says there's shops & restaurants nearby.. not sure what, anytime I've ever been to Guntersville Lake it was for summer camp and we were in cabins in the middle of nowhere with no signs of any shops or restaurants lol. It also says Cathedral Caverns is nearby, which is actually pretty cool if anyone's intersted http://www.alapark.com/CathedralCaverns/

Since I'm not paying for room & board, I'll buy some veggie & fruit trays (and some other random snacks) and bring down in my car.

I think I posted this recipe before for you guys, something my Granny makes & she gave to me.. sooo good, and I am picky (duh) with food, so I get to change it to how I like it. Original recipe has potatoes in it (yuck) and she uses kielbasa, but I made this weekend with brats because it's the only sausage-like meat I had. Cook meat (some sort of link sausage cut into bite size pieces, kielbasa, italian sausage, etc.), drain. She said set the meat aside, but I left it in. This is where you add 1.5c chicken broth, potatoes cut up (if you use them) and cut up carrots.. I added canned carrots and no potatoes.. so didn't need to let it cook long to get soft.. Then add 1.5c milk & 1c shredded cheddar. Let it get hot, but not boil. Add parsley, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper. Sounds really simple, but it is SO YUMMY. I serve it will dill weed sprinkled all over the top (even better). Oh and I did get the ingredients to make the ham & chz Soup, so I plan to make that sometime this week. I bought some bag of cubed ham meat.

I sent out an e-mail, I think everyone was copied??? I am less than a mile from the airport, so I can shuttle people back and forth and/or provide a place to hang out while we wait. It's Huntsville International Airport (HSV) and it's a small airport, so no worrying about who comes in what terminal (it is one terminal) so you'll all be coming in on the same hallway. I think we figured this in, in the beginning, but with my NEW FANCY SCHMANCY CAR.. it's very roomy, I can hold 2-3 adults, plus Carson and me. Depends on how cozy someone wants to get (for 3 people) with the car seat. I mean for going down to the place (I am guessing about 20-30min from my house). Russell will be home, so carting between airport & my house will be no big deal, Russ can stay at home with Carson while I run it. Jane- It's ironic & a good thought, but I was happy with who I was for a long time, and oblivious to my weight.. didn't make me lose weight!! Did I misinterpret the passage? Sending healing vibes to you Tracy, I know the importance of a good chiro visit!! Hope you come home feeling brand new. I don't know about organizing it, since I'm so behind and I know there's much more qualified :thumbdown: :wub: But like I said, once everyone starts getting their flights mapped out, don't worry about when you get in, I'll shuttle people between airport & my house and we'll wait there till everyone comes in. :cheers2:

Pam- For 1 cup of food thing, before I got loosened up I ate between 1/2-1c of food per sitting, just eyeballing. I had more on my plate, but 1/2-1c is all I could actually eat. Haydee- Uhh yeah that's not a bad pic!

Not really Tracy! I am normally up around 7am, I just don't get online till I'm at work and done my morning routine :cool: On weekends I rarely get on the computer, but I was looking for a crock pot recipe this morning.

I'm so sorry newlife, you'll be in my thoughts. Heather, my GP prescribed lortabs when I started with the pain and they made me do bed rest. He called my OBGYN to find out what she'd be comfortable for me to be on (I really wanted Advil, it always helped my muscle pains), but she said absolutely no Advil (which I'm sure you know!) but lortab would be ok. Lortab never 'fixed' problems for me, it just made me not care that I hurt.

I think Jenn meant after the V trip she is going to NJ?

Oh wow, hope DH brings you plenty to keep entertained with!! Hang in there (Joshua, right??)!!

Oh Tracy, I e-mailed you the website.. from the looks of it, Wal-Mart gets 'in stock' with a few consoles every hour, then goes out of stock within 15 minutes, repeat the next hour. So if you keep an eye on it, Wal-Mart is where we ended up finding it in that time frame. And, Wal-Mart is one of the few places that sell it at the normal price.. (not some jacked up price).

I live vicariously through you Pam and you're so well spoken, I'm sure you'd do great on the panel!!!! Seriously, who has ever seen a bad picture of Haydee!? Congrats Judy on 1 week no sugar, it seems so easy in theory, in fact I went out with my friends tonight and everyone is talking about shedding some pounds and food addictions, and I mentioned.. if you can just go a few days sugar-free, your body snaps out of it. I know this, but I don't do it. A few days seems like so long, although we all know it's not. I commend anyone for going through it (even though we all go through it on & off). I'm not sugar free today. I did stop by Kroger and buy a fruit plate & veggie plate and some other healthy snacks. I really don't like munching on these things, but lately they're in my rotation of cravings (Can't complain about that).

Hahahaha, Russ & I have been trying to keep an eye out for Wii & Wii Fit (since that's my Xmas present but no one has them in stock), and he found a website that updates every minute what places have some in stock, and when they go out of stock. Well he told me to bookmark it and check it occasionally, so I just opened it to bookmark it and as of like 2 minutes ago WalMart had some consoles in stock, so we go to order it and we're like racing through the checkout trying to get it. But we did! Got the console for $250 (Some people on ebay and some other site are selling for as much as 1k?!) Now I'm going to circuit city to buy the wii fit portion.

WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Jenn!!!!!! Terry, if you figure it out let me know so I can pass it on to my mom. That's how she is with my sister, she coddles her because playing tough turns into suicide attempts and blah blah. But warm wishes anyway, wish everyone could just get their crap together! Michelle, I'm with you!! Gracie is on Mo's path and I don't know what to think. The vet said if she didn't poop yesterday (After the 2nd payment of $300) they need to hospitalize her, etc. So yesterday I forced vaseline down her throat. I read it helps as a laxative, and sometimes cats will eat it--not mine. So I made her eat it, I can't afford (literally) to take her back to the vet, not even one more time. We've spent 2 paychecks in 1 week on her and her blocked upness. They haven't told us to do enimas at home, but I read online about it.. really hope we don't have to go that route. They gave us antibiotics, anti-nausea meds, and said to give her Pepcid. I did what I could yesterday, she foamed at the mouth for an hour to get rid of the antibiotic (DH got pill form, he didn't realize liquid would have been so...much...easier). I also fed her liquid from a tuna can. She won't eat or touch her water, which I'm sure your vet has told you makes it worse!! I am NOT paying more money cause she won't drink her water. Ugh. But yeah, I've been fretting, I literally don't know what to do.. can't afford to keep going to the vet, and they didn't solve it. Good news is there was 2 poop piles in the litterbox last night, so I think they both went.. and she did not vomit this morning as she normally does.. but she still looks sick, like she doesn't feel good. Oh here's my impressive piehole report.. -Hot chocolate w/water for b'fsat -went to tgif's and I got 1/2 rack of ribs, they were gross so I just ate my fries w/ketchup & mayo.. and then got a cheesecake to go (which is gone now) -water!

LOL!! Sorry mommies, I'm new at this! I got him chili, cause he was whining about how hungry he is, and I thought chili would fill him up without having to eat a whole lot.. plus all the saltines. The 2 year old height thing, etc.. is true, I learned that in my child development class. Also, under 2 years old, they can't reach the top of their head! Maybe I forgot what the thing was, it was something neat like that.. maybe that's what it was. I had it in my head then I went to type and it fluttered away. Something they can't reach that people can do, as a baby. Yeah.. anywho. Going to make a broth soup for dinner..

LOL Terry.. I kind of knew that in the back of my head, but I was at Wendy's??? I thought, "I should give him chicken noodle soup or something", but Wendy's doesn't sell that... BUT I did get him extra saltines! He ate a lot of those. The rest of what you said I didn't know tho, I kind of figured no spices or dairy, but didn't know about meat.