Daisalana

Well we both work the same hours, and I do all the cooking.. Russell has only cooked maybe 3 times in 7 years.. and it's eggs or steak. The only chores that are his alone are taking out the trash (but I have to pick up the trash).. and he does the laundry (but I have to fold & put it away).

I don't have 'good' food ideas, it's just making the choice of eating good vs. bad. I don't make the good choice much anymore. I also want mayo on everything.. and french fries. Do as I say, not as I do.. make good choices :ohmy:

I wasn't going to comment, wow Judy aren't you lucky!! Russ makes 80% off the messes, I clean up 98% of the messes. How fair is that? What I can't get over, is how I have to clean all the time--while he's sitting around on the computer or watching tv. But then when I ask him to do something, I have to be doing something too. I can't have him vacuum while I watch TV, or he heavy sighs every 2 seconds.. like woe is him, having to clean all by his lonesome.

Judy- That would be the awesomest thing evar! And, you would not be the only DD :ohmy: Radio said we're suppose to be up into the 70's this weekend. 70's! A week before Christmas? They kept saying we're going to have the coldest winter ever--with snow and everything. And it's going to be 70's. I am VERY disappointed. My friend posted pics from our company Christmas party, I didn't realize I made it into any of them (I tried to keep hidden, felt very frumpy that evening). But I sat between Russ & his boss.. oddly enough, this was 2 days in a row someone dropped their drink on me. So Russ wins a raffle drawing, he goes to get it and his boss drops a glass cup of tea on the table, shatters all over me and the table. I was like "WOW, you're that mad eh??" hehe. The day before at post-bowling my dad dropped a 64oz Mt Dew on me.. I was covered in sticky syrup, really sucked.

Yeah now that you said that, most of my snacks are dairy related these days. Well, sugary cereal & dairy! :shades_smile: Frosted shredded wheat was on my rotation too but I ran out! I don't like letting those get soggy in the bowl, I dip them in milk like cookies. I have yogurt smoothies for b'fast, which is something I started doing post-pregnancy, and I have wanted to eat packages of bleu cheese for months now (refraining due to that not being a cheese pregnant women are suppose to eat.. but I have had it a couple times).

I don't do low carb.. so pff on that. But if you were doing low-carb, you get to subtract fiber from the carb count. So if it's 20 carbs and 10g of fiber, it's only 10 carbs. I forgot we had brisket too, I was going to say it was pulled bbq pork.. but I vaguely remember there was brisket too?

Me too, my 'late night snack' is a bowl of cereal.. not a healthy cereal of course.. Cap'n Crunch most of the time, sometimes honey nut Cheerios. Cereal is like my dessert now heh.

I was also told my 1st ultrasound was more accurate (it was 4 days behind what I was going off of - LMP). But with this 2nd 21 week ultrasound, according to all the various measurements, some recorded almost 22 weeks, some recorded 20 weeks and 4 days, etc. I asked her about it, she said they give a 2 week window for error on each side, so there could be a 2 week discrepency on either end. I figure it'll happen when it's ready to happen, despite what we mark on the calendar :shades_smile:

Piehole report.. hot chocolate, organic yogurt smoothie, 20oz water, and 1 white chocolate turtle (mmmm.. I got 6lbs of these to get rid of). I think we're going to TGIF for lunch... haven't decided on what I want.

Haydee the pictures are great!! I agree, I wasn't sure why Sugar was out of the running, I liked her... but at the jury tribal she really didn't try, she just said oh well and shrugged kind of thing. I think if she tried, she could have at least gotten ONE vote. Corine is definitely psycho, I couldn't believe her comments. But Randy is psycho too!! I would have smacked him before the show was over. Maddy was nice but I didn't want him to win, can't really explain it, but his overly-whipped by his gf bothered me. Also shocked Suzie almost won, I can't believe she lasted so long, she reminded me of the lunch room lady of last year.. not a threat so she just kind of snuck in there.. but then to get 3 votes from the jury was really surprising.

Woohoo Pam!! Terry, Nursery "Crap"--didn't mean actual nursery stuff, the furniture that is still in there (guest bed, shelf, etc.) . It's guest room crap, but it's keeping me from setting up the nursery!!! Great pic of you guys! Off to bed

I definitely think Sugar knew she lost no matter what, her demeanor and answers at the jury tribal were like "Whatever". I was shocked. But yeah, poor Maddy he would have won if she hadn't done that. I was also surprised Bob also won player of the season, so he got ALL the money. I'm glad though, I was really hoping he'd win!!! Ok the end of the saga, she wrote back.. And what's weird is, she has a daughter going to college, so this is like it could be MY mom being so stupid, it cracks me up. And for the record, I do have the e-mail where she said she was coming last week, so I don't know what she's talkin' about. This was my only response.. Could have gone on about her English skills and maybe needing her own college years, but.. I'm done with all that. I actually logged in to show ya'll, I made the wall hangings!!! I told ya no one has the wall hangings that go with the set, so I bought an extra valance and cut it up and stapled it to canvas boards.. I'll post the pics in a few, uploading them now. They turned out GREAT!! Took the fabric... Stapled it to canvas boards.. and... TADA! Here's some pics from my friend's party.. I was a dealer (frumpy me, and then some sexy girl in front) And me and Russ.. he just won't smile for pics :thumbup:

Hehehehe my friend, after tellin' her the story she checked with her sister (who just moved in with a b/f) if she wants em.. she does, and said she can come tonight. I told my friend "Is she 100% sure? Let her know if she says she is coming tonight--and doesn't come.. the Wrath of LaLa may fall upon her..." Same friend that let me use her car tonight to move the boxes.. yay.. boxes & furniture gettin takin care of tonight, OR ELSE. Last thing is the nursery crap that needs moving.

I can't wait for a fill after baby. Going to be losing weight with baby in tow.. wee. Gosh I wish this story wasn't so complicated to tell, I am rolling on the floor and want to tell everyone but it's so complicated.. let me see if you guys can follow and have a good laugh with me. Terry-- Short answer is no, none of our charity places will pick up, in fact everytime I go to drop off clothes they aren't taking donations in general (very odd, eh? our charities are spoiled I guess). Ok so last week Lady 1 (responded first) told me how her daughter would love the tables for college blah blah, I wrote her back yeah these were my college tables, they're great! Can you pick them up tomorrow (which was last Tuesday) at 6pm? She said yes I'll be there. Tuesday came & went. Around 9pm Tuesday night I wrote her and said "I am staying up late waiting for you, please let me know if you're still coming???" No answer. 2 days later I even wrote and said "Are you still planning to get the tables?" no answer. I reduce the price on Craigslist this weekend. Yesterday another person asks for them, they said they are 2 hours away and blah blah.. and Lady 1 also wrote me again (she lives!) and she says she wants to come pick them up. I wrote Person 2 back and said, let me find out if original buyer is coming, if I don't hear back from them I will let you know. I write Lady 1 back last night and said.. I will be home from work after 6pm, if you can come pick them up then. Please let me know ASAP because someone else wants them and I need them out of my house. If I don't hear from you by 2pm tomorrow--I will let the other person come get them. So 2pm comes--no answer, so I let the other person know, come get them at 7pm (by this time I find out DH & Dad are making me go to a movie tonight at 5pm). Lady 2 CALLS me at 3pm. I told her, I already told someone else to come--they have not responded, so let me see where they stand.. then she says "But you told me last night I could come get them" and I reminded her, I gave her a cut off time, etc.. She started getting MEAN.. so I ALSO reminded her I wasted a whole night waiting for her to come get them- or at the very least LET ME KNOW she wasn't coming. She starts being flat out bitchy, so I said ya know what, forget about it, this isn't going to work out. She says FINE and hangs up. Seriously folks, this is all for some CHEAP ASS TABLES ON CRAIGSLIST. The plot thickens. I think it's all over, then I get an e-mail... Yeah this lady is all kinds of victim. Here was my response.. Can you imagine the fun I am having here?

LOL you guys crack me up. I wish I had something sweet to eat!!! Had a couple shrimp from a skewer for lunch (not very good).. I want cheesecake.. or ginger snaps.. or icing.. icing is fine.

Well one of my friends has offered to let us use her car tonight to get rid of the big boxes. The 2 people on craiglist that both are wishy washy about tonight, looks like they both might be flaking out (AGAIN!!!!!). It's all I can do not to cuss them both out. I'm just desperate for someone to come get the tables, so I just hate these people now internally. I've told them both I would take lower offer if they can come pick them up ASAP, I need them gone.. then they don't answer for days, then say "So are the tables still available?" "Yes please come get them".. days pass "So are the tables still available". !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Someone here at work made the Velveeta fudge once.. I did try it, and I did taste the Velveeta (which I don't like in anything).. so wasn't for me. Definitely worth a try though, could be your new favorite fudge! So far today I have had about 6oz of Mello Yellow (I need caffeine) and 1 bottle of water. Stomach hurts, felt like a big gas bubble, and then felt Carson kick me.. Not sure what that was about. I don't know if the nesting stuff makes it worse, but I am getting really annoyed with my house.. The new coffee tables came in HUGE boxes--that won't fit in my car. My sister said she'd come pick them up for me--but she's not, and she doesn't answer my texts (which means she is trying to get out of doing it). So they are taking up a lot of room.. then the old coffee tables, several people on craiglist keep saying they are coming--then they don't. So I keep having to 'reschedule' with the next person, and it's going in a full circle. It's been over a week dealing with the same folks. I'm so frustrated, pick up the damn tables, I am selling 2 end tables & 1 coffee table-perfect condition (I just hate glass top!) for $50.. just $50!!! If goodwill would pick them up, I'd let them take them for free. And then the furniture in the nursery that needs to be moved to the computer room that Russell's brother kept flaking out on. I hate having to rely on ANYONE to do anything for me--for this very reason. I hate coming home right now and seeing all this crap and knowing I can't do anythinig about it.

I never had the 'what the hell did I do' stage. I remember reading about that stage in blogs before my surgery, it made me extremely nervous.. But I was so dang excited about being banded, it never hit me like that.. that I made a mistake. LOL about Macy, that is funny about her wanting everything on TV.. I remember those days!! A friend of ours has a 6 year old son, who was going through a catalogue of toys and would go "Dad, is this for a boy?" and he'd say "Yes" and he'd go "Ok good, I want this." If it was for a girl, he would keep looking.. lol. Oh Russ & I got our Christmas bonuses at work last night. What does he want to do? Spend it on some electronic toy WE DON'T NEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He frustrates me.. on our way home from the party he asks if we can use the money to buy a FLAT SCREEN TV.. for the BEDROOM. Seriously?! WHY?!!?!? A month ago (our current one is not flat screen, but it's big and admittedly it does have a broken edge on the top, where there's squiggly lines across the top.. it only sucks when we have weather warnings, they are squiggled out..) anyway.. he said we should get a new TV and I immediately said no. Now we get the bonuses and he wants to spend it.. not only on a new TV.. but a ridiculously unnecessary expensive new TV. That's what gets me the most. Spend $200 on another TV like we have.. why do we have to pay $800 for a flat screen? Just stupid.

Well I'm a huge pregnancy gainer it seems.. My only support would be to tell you what I keep telling myself. As soon as I have the baby, I will get my good fill back and lose it all over again! I gained really quick right after I found out, plateaud for a month (3rd or 4th month) then started gaining again recently. Started 212lb and now I'm up to 235lb :/

Which DVD set did she get Pam? Seinfeld? Hehehe.. I always watch costs of DVD sets, it fascinates me.. Going into work, was just going to read before going in but had to ask...

Piehole report was pretty good because we went to Taco Bell.. I got the new Deluxe nachos or something, and it was a disgusting mess. No nachos, just the taco shell with a bunch of cold goop in it (suppose to have meat & beans!!). I argued with the girl at the window about it, till DH got mad at me for causing a stink so we left.. I threw it away. Had a hot chocolate, a chocolate milk, and lots of water.. Got so hungry, finally broke down and bought a Reese Cup and some "Hot Fries" (yuck) from the vending machine..ate the Reese's and a couple of the fries. Oh my god, about to blow my brains out, got a customer of a customer that I'm not even suppose to talk to, being an ass and being unreasonable.

Thanks :confused_smile: I just felt him kicking for the first time (where I knew for sure that's what it was) on Saturday. I was laying in bed, felt the weird sensation so I put my hand there and felt an actual kick against my hand. I pushed back a few times, and he kicked back 3 times. It was awesome. DH was asleep, and I couldn't get a repeat performance for him by time he got up.

Many people have gone through completely banded..

Tonight is the company christmas party, woowoo. Hah coworkers sent me this, simon says, he does whatever you tell him to lol. http://www.simonsezsanta.com/index.php

Denise- Waitaminute, he wore a pink floyd tee to a metallica concert?!?! Terry- No I meant to record that HBO series, my dad said he recorded the marathon last night and it looks good. It's a BALMY 60 something degrees here today, not sure what happened! Didn't even need my hoodie today. A customer sent me this today, thought it was cute.. "HOLIDAY EATING TIPS" 1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the Christmas spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leave immediately. Go next door, where they're serving rum balls. 2. Drink as much eggnog as you can. And quickly. It's rare.You cannot find it any other time of year but now. So drink up! Who cares that it has 10,000 calories in every sip? It's not as if you're going to turn into an eggnog-alcoholic or something. It's a treat. Enjoy it. Have one for me. Have two. It's later than you think. It's Christmas! 3. if something comes with gravy, use it.That's the whole point of gravy. Gravy does not stand alone. Pour it on. Make a volcano out of your mashed potatoes. Fill it with gravy. Eat the volcano. Repeat. 4. as for mashed potatoes, always ask if they're made with skim milk or whole milk. If it's skim, pass. Why bother? It's like buying a sports car with an automatic transmission. 5. Do not have a snack before going to a party in an effort to control your eating.The whole point of going to a Christmas party is to eat other people's food for free. Lots of it. Hello? 6. Under no circumstances should you exercise between now and New Year's. You can do that in January when you have nothing else to do.This is the time for long naps, which you'll need after circling the buffet table while carrying a 10-pound plate of food and that vat of eggnog. 7. If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like frosted Christmas cookies in the shape and size of Santa, position yourself near them and don't budge. Have as many as you can before becoming the center of attention.They' re like a beautiful pair of shoes. If you leave them behind, you're never going to see them again. 8. Same for pies. Apple, Pumpkin, Mincemeat. Have a slice of each. Or if you don't like mincemeat, have two apples and one pumpkin. Always have three. When else do you get to have more than one dessert? Labor Day? 9. Did someone mention fruitcake? Granted, it's loaded with the mandatory celebratory calories, but avoid it at all cost. I mean, have some standards. 10. One final tip: If you don't feel terrible when you leave the party or get up from the table, you haven't been paying attention. Re-rea d tips; start over, but hurry, January is just around the corner. Remember this motto to live by: "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"