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Disposable.. cause I'm not hand washing diapers.. not my thang.

Did I mention I have a round rash on my back, that looks like ringworm?

I 2nd that, time for the doc Tracy, you've been sick a while!! What did you get a ticket for Jane? More color in my family, my bro's gf came by to ask me to talk my brother into staying in college. Apparently he wants to drop out, because he isn't passing classes... he isn't passing classes, because he won't GO to class. She somehow thinks I have pull.. she said "You know how to influence him" (She really IS bad on drugs). I pointed out.. if I had any influence, he would never have become a druggie, wouldn't have had to go to rehab and bootcamp several times before turning 18, wouldn't have had a kid at 18 and dropped out of high school.. he wouldn't have waited till he was 26 to start college, then use it as a never-ending excuse not to work, even tho he doesn't go to class, and now.. still not working, and wanting to stop school. Taste the rainbow!!

Don't I?? :biggrin:

I am feeling much better with my back! It only aches slightly when I bend, but nothing even worth mentioning. The Mrs. Pettigrew, I'm not sure.. I just saw it on amazon.com for movie downloads. It's set in the 30's in London, it's a dark comedy..came out in 2008. I'm shocked about PF Chang's, I even looked around wondering how anyone could eat there!! Maybe my taste buds are weird! I went home and had a chili cheese dog with lots of onions. Gold goes up & down all the time, I sold a gold coin right after our wedding.. 1 troy oz was $860 then. The only reason I know anything about this stuff is because of my alzheimer/dementia granny. Her partner/room mate guy died last year and he had brain tumors and thought all these crazy conspiracies (he thought the cartoon Pinkie & The Brain was a sign from the government about their plans). Anyway, he didn't trust banks so he invested all of his money in gold & silver.. and then hid it all over the yard, in walls, etc. So when he died we did a treasure hunt. Found over 100k in gold coins, and I don't think we even found it all. So now my granny-- who took over his paranoia and is afraid of banks.. hauls around huge bags of gold--that she can't pick up... from pawn shop to pawn shop to get quotes.. and then she obsessed with the ticker on the TV that shows gold prices. She will call at random times to ask "Should I sell now?".. yet she's never sold a single piece since she came into all this gold. I am certain one of these days she is going to get mugged walking out of the pawnshops with her big bags.

Tracy uhm.. my first thought, don't go to a pawnshop. They rip people off in general, that's not where I'd take my jewelry. $10 for any weight in gold doesn't sound right, but pennyweight is not a term I am familiar with. We Buy All Gold, Silver, and Jewelry. - Throughout the United States! Request your FREE KIT Today! I've never dealt with jewelry, just coins :biggrin:

Morning V's, and happy day-late b'day Haydee!! What are you, 21 now??? We went to PF Chang's for my brother's birthday last night. I have never been there, and I like chinese, but apparently I do not like 'gourmet' chinese. Ugh the food was horrible. Reminded me of Phuket, some fancy Thai restaurant we have.. not sure if that's a chain? I know PF Chang's is a chain. It was all family style, we all got something different. I ordered something familiar-- sweet & sour pork. It was GROSS. I don't know how, but even the spinach & asparagus was nasty. Russell is allergic to seafood & peanuts.. and they cook everything in peanut oil. So his dish (and his dish only) they didn't cook in peanut oil, but he could not share anyone else's family dish--even the fried rice. He felt left out, despite the fact that I told him.. even the fried rice.. was disgusting. I actually had to SPIT IT OUT. Yeah, that bad! My brother & his gf reaked of weed when they came in, and his gf seemed to be on something.. not sure what, she sat next to me and talked 90-to-nothing but slurred and mumbled, but thought she was talking coherently. I just kept nodding and giggling at appropriate times when she laughed. Uhm ok I guess that's it. I laid in bed all day Saturday and watched movies. Mrs. Pettigrew Lives Another Day--surprisingly cute movie. I liked it (I rented it out of desperation, I've seen everything else!). I also rented Brokeback Mountain, which I haven't watched yet.. and Baby Momma which was cute.

Amidst all of this, somehow I forgot to check my 401k in the past couple of months. What a shock I was in for. Normally I hover between -3 to -6% down. Today? -20% I'm a little nauseated. :cool2:

Down 40% today.............................

Only 1 week to go and I am officially into my 2nd trimester! My mom seems disappointed in my reactions to things, I think I am just very guarded. Even though I have no bad indicators, I am terrified I will get excited and then I'll miscarry and regret getting attached. Hoping when I look pregnant I'll be more into it. She bought baby moccasins for me and gave them to me today. They're cute, but I'm not.. giddy excited.. and I know she's wishing her daughter was more excited and giddy!! I hope I come around and stop being scared of getting attached. Had no morning sickness thus far, but today (for the first time) I had a queasy moment. I was starving, DH and I went to Wendy's for lunch. I ordered the chili and a baked potato and was drooling waiting for it. He brought it over, and I took one small sip from his coke and it hit me instantly.. I wasn't going to puke, but I was queasy, and nothing looked appetizing. Watching him eat made my stomach turn. It went away in about an hour, but that's as close as I've come to sickness! And sticky skin!! Weird spots too. It doesn't rub off on anything, and I only know it's sticky when I am pulling my finger away, it is just a weird sticky. The tips of my ears, and the nape of my neck. It's like the remnants of a post it note or something, nothing actually sticks to it, but it feels tacky.

Gah Wheet, I have my flabby pannis.. more things to look forward to then eh? I plan to get a TT, but wanted to wait till post-kids. I can't fathom seeing movements, though I can't fathom feeling movements either. One of my girlfriends said she felt movements at 14 weeks, which I am 6 days from.. so I have been laying in bed real still, holding my breath waiting for something (literally). I'm a goof ball. I just want to feel pregnant.

I wanna go to the beach!!!!! I'm stuck in the office answering phones and quoting people who want 1 poster done (we don't do this). They are so distraught "But if you can't print just 1 poster who will????" "KINKOS". Brought milk, an applesauce cup, and a cheese snack for b'fast. I kept having dreams that it's a boy, but I had a dream last night that it was a girl! She grew up overnight, literally. I really liked that leaf necklace, Judy we need to see pics of you sporting it!! I really liked the asymmetrical-ness.

If you are 5'3, I would most definitely wait till you've lost more weight. You still have quite a high BMI, which does put you at higher risk just for that simple fact.

LOL Tracy, I would write something like that... HH- In 18 months.. I lost 121lbs, stopped having crippling back pain for the most part, got pregnant, (recently) stopped smoking, and gained 10lbs back.

Here have some funnies...

We lived right by Route 66 in ABQ, so we would take $100 every weekend and we somehow were able to play till 6 or 7am, then drive home (5 minute drive) and pass out. Good times!!! I came up with some new names I like, and Russell didn't shoot them down..Cain.. and Rebecca. I also went to lunch with a childhood friend yesterday, we go to lunches every couple of months.. it ends up she volunteers at a pregnancy center now (not quite sure what they do, except I know she counsels people who have lost kids, and people considering abortion). Anyway, they have an ultrasound machine and she said if I want to come in, she can ultrasound anytime I want! Woohoo. Since my insurance only covers 2, I already had 1 and I get another at 20 weeks and that's it. Everyone around here has that cold that's going around. I swear by my Zicam wipes, but I can't have them while pregnant so I am just holding my breath. So far--amazingly--I have not gotten it even though everyone else has (including Russell and my parents).

Morning V's! You all have such fun pics :laugh: Tracy, I liked the hair lighter, that's just my opinion... I was on last night, I was trying to play catch up, then got tired half-way through.. ya'll posted like 6 pages while I was gone!! I DID NOT SMOKE!! I barely miss it, except for when I feel like I should smoke because there's nothing else to do. Lots of smoking going on around me at the casinos, and some inconsiderate smokers. I always tried to be a considerate smoker, in casinos, if I was at a table game I would wait till they shuffled cards and stand up from the table to smoke.. or at slots, hold it up and away so it didn't blow into anyone's face. Some people were jackasses, this one guy at a table game, he lights his smokes and just lets it sit in the ashtray... like an incense of..tobacco. He kept lighting them, leaving them to burn. I ended up leaving thee table cause of that guy. Then some other guy puts a burning cigar in an ashtray next to me at a slot machine, when he passed by. Didn't bother to try to snuff it out, just dropped it there for me to enjoy. Anywho. I came home with $100 more than I left with. That's a win! I had a lot of fun.. I told you guys about my fill tomorrow, well this weekend mysteriously I am super tight. I could not get anything down and I kept PBing. Really irritated, what if I don't get my fill tomorrow and this was temporary from the excitement of vacation or something. Then I gotta drive 6 hours again to get it filled for real. Argh. Just cancelled my appt. after typing that I realized I needed a logical solution. I have 3 more free fill visits, I don't want to waste one on a 6-hour 'check up'.

I did compare the labels, because I was taking 2x Flinstone a day till my doc changed it. The folic acid (which is important) is higher in 1 dose of Prenatal DHA than 2x Flinstone.

Anniston shouldn't be too far from you, my doc is the nicest man I've ever met.. not sure if he fills other patients, but wouldn't hurt to call & ask. He has never made me feel bad for asking for a fill. Dr. Freeman in Anniston, AL.. Freeman & Co. Bariatric.

At this rate I'll gain 60lbs by the end of it, but 'few pounds', yeah.. I've never heard smoking causes malformed limbs. :smile2: A coworker (who smokes) said she bought this book "The Easy Way to Stop Smoking" last year, and hasn't read it yet.. so she brought it to me today to read. So far, it mentions many smokers will buy the book and out of fear, won't read it.. hehehe. Not sure where it's going yet, but it keeps saying you don't need will power, you don't need gimmicks, and you won't have cravings.. got my attention.

I keep hearing I should get the flu shot, so I asked my OBGYN this past Monday. This week is my official '2nd trimester', she said she does not want me having it in the 1st trimester, so she told me to wait another 2 weeks so I am 'safely' out of the 1st trimester.

I love my dog, and I'll be devastated the day she goes on.. but I really don't want another dog. I wish this one could just live forever. It took soo much time to train her to be a good dog. Everyone I know here has a 'problem' dog.. chews, bites, barks, isn't potty trained, etc.. My dog does not bark, she has never bitten, she doesn't chew things, and she is potty trained. She jumps on people, which drives me insane, but she's definitely much better than she started. She will sit patiently (or try with her butt wiggling), but she expects to be rewarded with pets & praise for nicely sitting.. most people ignore her, so she jumps on them to say "Ok I did it your way with no reward, NOW SEE ME!!". Anyway, I love cats.. they don't always come without problem, as you can remember my sad day in Gruene Dogs are more 'rewarding' but a lot of work.. the right cats are just loving with no work! Getting ready for Tunica, finishing up quotes and getting samples out to customers before we leave. Wearing maternity pants & shirt today. Oh.. my..gosh..soooo comfortable. My stomach isn't being squished, I feel great. The top doesn't look maternity.. so I could pull it off. I am gaining too much weight. I'm like.. torn.. Russell said docs these days probably have no sympathy for a smoker.. I quit smoking, but I am eating more. I know that's a choice too, but when I'm at home at night I either gotta eat or chain smoke. If I'm not smoking at all, I eat.. or I'll go crazy!! I have been going to bed early to not go overboard, but I can't help myself. I am glad I am getting a fill next week. I know I'm going to gain more than my obgyn said she wants me to being that I'm not going to be smoking. Which is the greater evil? :confused:

My doctor wanted to put me on Prenatal DHA, which was a big hoss size blue pill.. I reminded her about the band so she told me to get Duet StuartNatal , cheweable.. they're alright, but then they gave me a sample pack of the PDHA.. I tried them, despite them being hoss size, they were skinny and slick so I've been taking them. Maybe when I get refilled next week I'll change my mind, but right now I much prefer the swallowing ones. Flintstones will not give you complete vitamins that you need during pregnancy..

I was super tight around when I found out, and had a small unfill. That swelling has completely gone way, I am wide open, and I have not reigned myself in. I'm eating all the foods the band usually won't let me eat, and eating more than I should be. (I am hungry all the time) I went from 212lb Aug 19th when I found out.. to 224lb a couple days ago.. 12lbs in just under 2 months. My gyno was not happy about it, and I'm not either.. BUT I am getting a re-fill next week, to pull me back to my band reality. I'm not too concerned, as I do plan to stay filled throughout as long as I am able to.. and whatever I gain, I can lose again. But between beginning of Sept + now (I already had oct. 15th appointment scheduled, so decided to just wait for it), it's like I have no band. Good to know, if I didn't have my band I'd get fat again :biggrin:

I'm not too sure. Yesterday was a pretty good day, didn't crave one too bad. Day 1 had some rough moments.. and again today I've hit a couple times I just REALLY wanted one. Terry sent me some literature that has actually been extremely helpful. Talks about mentality and making choices, etc. A couple times today really wanted one, and I just reminded myself it's a choice and I choose no. Then I guzzle a lot of water lol. I've never been able to quit for a day in the past, so the excitement of accomplishment is also keeping me going. I'm very proud with myself for doing it.