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Oh Kat, I'm so so sorry that you're going through all this. And poor Kinsey! I just want to cry just thinking about it. I would be terrified just wondering what was going on... I'm so so sorry and I hope things get better for you soon. I love you... Laura -I'm glad that Russ is coming around. I'm sure your parents will too eventually. As far as the having your second already? That's the next big thing you have to sit and ponder with Russ. How would you do it? Would you bring two kids to work with you? Lots of questions! Regardless of what you decide we will support you all the way. Also, I would be more than happy to come with you to Mexicali when you eventually got your surgery. Kat said that the language barrier wasn't a problem but I think it would help to have someone with you who is fluent. Janey - if it weren't for the fact that I'm getting married I would probably weigh about the same as when I was banded. I suck at working the band!! SUCK AT IT!! LOL. The only thing that is helping me is moving my ass, HARD, and watching my food intake. No fried stuff, no sugar. No processed lunch meat. Sigh... I miss ham... Yesterday I was hobbling around like an old lady and I thought I wasn't gonna be able to do anything at the gym. My friend told me to suck it up and to get on the treadmill. I did and once I started all my muscle pain started to go away. She says that moving more is what helps sore muscles... Never knew that. But then again when I got home I was sore again. I've been sore for two weeks straight. When will it end??? LOL. What's everyones plans for this holiday weekend?? Anything fun?

Aww I'm so happy for your niece too! She's having a miracle baby! Wow, sounds like the women in your family got some strong bones, LOL. In my family we have some women issues too. Everyone needs hysterectomies (sp?) after a certain age... I'm hoping I didn't get that gene. Laura - how'd lunch go? you ok?

Oh suzy, I'm so glad for you! I hope one of those pans out for you! Judy and Terry - you two have dirty dirty minds, lol. I am so innocent! Jenn - your niece! WOW, I feel old too, LOL. How old is she??? I'll be an ancient 34 before I have my first. I think at 35 they start calling it a geriatric pregnancy, can you believe it???

Yes she is!! She is marrying that handsome cowboy she told us about at Escalantes.

YAY Jenn! I have baby fever right now and am counting down the days until we can start trying, LOL! How far along is your sister? Judy - aww thanks Judy. I'll be a fluffly pretty bride, LOL. I peeked on the scales last night and they're not moving... boo. But I wasn't supposed to worry about that right now. It's only been two weeks. Agh! But I should see something, right? To go from having Coke and fritos and twinkies and ice cream to tuna and salads and chili and chicken???? Terry - how are your classes going? Is it in some way helping you deal with Evan's issues? Judy - I saw Bob's BBQ pics. OMG! That must have been some tittilating conversation to have him forget about his meat for so long!!

Very sweet Terry, thanks... Jenn - I'm glad to hear that you're having a better day today. What's been happening with that neighbor of yours? Kat - Ugh, that co-worker of yours sounds horrid. I'm guessing you have to stick with it for now just because of Rick's work situation? That sucks, I'm sorry you have to spend so much of your time with this woman! Laura - good morning mam. And thanks for the crab tip yesterday. I love crab and never realized it was something I could eat without feeling guilty! Pamela - how are your students this year? Any troublemakers yet? Suzie and Jane - I'm so jealous that ya'll are meeting up! Ya'll have fun! I'm missing so many of ya'll but I have to go out and do inventory in the warehouse today. I'm so not looking forward to that... And on top of that I can barely walk! My trainer (friend) had been kicking my ass every night at the gym! She is brutal... I'm hobbling around like an old lady... I'll be back, i'm not done with personals yet...

I'll be shaking in my boots till I see what ya'll have up your gold foil sleeves! LOL Okay, the addresses for the wedding: Ceremony: St. Edwards Catholic Church 2601 Spring Stuebner RdSpring, TX 77389-4800 Reception: Oak Tree Manor 5310 Spring Stuebner Road Spring, TX 77389 The rehearsal dinner is also within a 5 mile radius of these places but I will PM ya'll that address at a later time since it's my mom's house. I've been looking around and I think the Woodlands would be the best place for everyone to stay. Lots of good shopping, good restaurants, things to do, parks, fountains, ect. Everything is within walking distance and there is also trolley service. And if the hotel you choose is not withing walking distance most hotels in the area offer free shuttle to the main shopping area.

Aww Joanne, all my great ideas come from me asking all the violets for all their suggestions. I have zero clue what i'm doing, LOL! You'll lose those measly 15 pounds in no time girl...don't you worry your skinny little behind... can't wait to see you Thursday...

Tracy - I agree with Judy. You offended me deeply yesterday. I was so sad to see you lash out at Michelle like that. I know that ya'll have had your issues in the past but for you to unleash on her like that was not ok. You have alot of stuff going on in your life and I think you were just looking for a release. And unfortunately you choose to take it out on someone that didn't deserve it. I'm here for friendship and respect and I knew that I would always find it here. But when you think it's ok for you to attack Michelle like that and not feel remorseful about it, well then I'm sorry but I don't think that's right. We all have our different opinions about everything and we are all different women and I think that's what brought us together in the first place. For now that is all I am saying on the subject. I'm going to step away for awhile because frankly I cant come on here and pretend that everything is just hunky dory.

yes please, matching gold foil would blend in so much better. and that way no ones feelings get hurt because they'll be laughing so hard! Jane, I hereby declare you the gold foil dress wrangler. Find one for each of the violets...

jane, you would look wonderful in that gold foil loveliness that we found online. That's just your color! and as far as the matching dresses and such, i hope it's a joke! cuz i'm taking it as one! no, seriously, my colors are dark plum/violet and i'm only having my two sisters as my maids of honor. And so then because i'm not having any bridesmaids all my cousins are kinda getting upset with me because of that. But me and juan decided to just honor our brothers and sisters and therefore not have big wedding party. And so if 12 ladies show up all wearing matching dresses and look like they are part of the bridal party, well then there would be lots of hurt feelings and some drama in my life that I wouldn't really want. So please no matching purple dresses?

I'm always available! Now is a good time for you since Macy's back in school... Call me up and tell me where to meet you...

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ha ha ha Suzie! Those gold foil dresses would be a hoot! But seriously, ya'll all wear whatever you are comfortable in. Ya'll all don't have to match or have to go out and get something special for this. I'm sure you all have lovely stuff in your closet already...

No, i never meant not to speak your mind but to be snarky and to say that this board is just for butterflies and rainbows is what i meant as being uncalled for. I love you too trace but I feel like we are on here to be each other's cheerleaders in a way. If one of us is down I think one of us is gonna try bring us up. We all have days where we don't wanna hear the rainbow crap but that won't stop us from always being just supportive. and yes, I want to hear the x-rated version of your post, LOL. I love me some x-rated.

uh, that sounds like something juan would have done. one time we went to this church thing at night and he failed to mention that it was a huge meeting of the cardinal and that all these priests from all over the world would be there. I was there in a tank top with a hoodie and faded jeans and faded converse. Everyone was decked out! I was so so embarrased. I wanted to hide but I didn't want to miss the event so I just sucked it up and sat up straight, LOL. Oh and I loved all of Carson's pics. The one in the huge bed is my favorite! Do you know if he's winning the baby contest or what??

wow Tracy. That was uncalled for. I think Michelle was only trying to help? Everyone comes on here good or bad and posts about what's going on with themselves. We all try to be supportive...

Put the effort in Janey... You need to. We all realize that this band is not "magic" and we need to work at it. I'm not the poster child of success so my opinion is probably worth zero but you seriously need to love yourself enough to want to get healthy. Be it counseling or just sucking it up and going out to meet new people or whatever it takes just to get you out of the house and moving... Maybe join a club? Like a theatre club or something? Or go to the Y to take classes? And find a buddy that you can account with? It's seriously helped me out tremendously to have someone to account to...

I had a coupon from FinishLine ya'll could have used. I think it's 20% off... I tried them on at the store and walked around with them for a little bit but I couldn't bring myself to buy them. I would never wear them... Yes, so the good news is that we met with Father Pat this Saturday and we finally got to have our date confirmed. I posted about that a few pages ago but I guess ya'll missed it? We were a little nervous but it turned out great. He's so relaxed and genuine. And he made us feel like he cared about us. It was awesome... So now it's more real and now we are able to really committ to booking stuff. I was looking at stuff and vendors but didn't want to book because of the fear that my date would have to be changed at church. So this weekend I went ahead and signed a contract with my photographer, videographer, makeup person, and valet service. Paid them all in full so I don't have to worry about that anymore. I went with my mom and found the linens for the tables. I'm having the tables measured this week so that we can already go ahead and go buy the fabric so they can get started making all the linens. Today I meet with the DJ so that I can sign a contract with him... I think the next step is looking for the invitations? Or what? I can't think of what big thing I'm missing... I have a checklist at home that I need to run through and tweak... Sorry if I'm rambling... I get too caught up with all my stuff and bore ya'll to death with it... sooo, what else... My friend is really really helping me get through my workouts. There really is no excuse anymore not to go workout. I haven't weighed myself because she says it's better not to do it so often. My body feels better and that's what's important. She says that if we weigh constantly and we don't see immediate results that that sometimes discourages us from keeping up with the program. And I think that's true for me. It's happened in the past that I just say f*% it and go back to junky food and being a sloth... Anyways... enough about me. I'll go back to "reading not posting" now... LOL

I hope it turns out to be nothing Heather. Prayers are with you...

Bugs huh? Hmm, I might have to rethink this whole Costa Rica thing... Let me find out where exactly Juan is thinking of having us stay... If it's one of those "at one with nature" places then we might have to find somewhere else to go, LOL. He's a big nature guy and he was plannin on us going through walks in the jungle and lots hiking and such... I was hoping for margaritas on the beach, LOL...

Thanks Jenn. If you tell me the weight and measurements of the box I can email you a UPS label so you can stick on there... And no sugar since July! Woo hoo! I will get there... Jane - My tummy hurt just looking at them so it was mainly self preservation... Juan has been looking around to see where he wants to take me on our honeymoon. He liked Costa Rica. Has anyone ever been there?

Good morning everyone! It's FRIDAY and I hope everyone is so happy for the start of the weekend... I was such a bad bad girl last night at dinner. Once I wrote it all down in my food journal this morning I was appaled at the amount of crappola I ate. And then I felt soooo miserable afterwards. Made my stomach hurt so bad and I felt like throwing up. It had been 11 or so days since I had sugar and fatty stuff so my body didn't respond well to it... I'm back on track today though. Came in this morning and there was donuts, kolaches, assorted cookies all laid out for us in the breakroom. Walked right past it and grabbed a cup of coffe, NO SUGAR, and walked back to my office. Tonight my workout will be TWICE as long to compensate for my piggy fest last night, LOL. OH and guess what! I finally got a call from our priest and we are scheduled to meet with him on Saturday. YAY! That means that we will be able to finally set the date. So Monday I can finally set my date in stone and we can begin the countdown!! Yay yay yay... I'm so ready for the weekend... I've got tons of stuff to do at home and Juan will be out of town so that means I can get most of it done... When he's around it's easy for us to find something else to do other than housework... Why oh why couldn't I have a Suzanne like Pam does??? LOL...

I was hoping I wasn't going crazy. I felt like I was feeling when I broke up with Juan a few years ago. And right now my life is perfect, so I couldn't figure out why I was feeling so depressed.

Jane - and everyone else, if you go back to the post that Laura did on Facebook that has Carson's picture on it and hit the SHARE button it will then put it on your wall and allow all your friends to see it and vote. The link is direct. That's what I did two days ago and all my friends voted. I am doing good with my workouts. I'm sore but I really like someone pushing me to beyond my limits. It's what I needed all along. I'm having severe sugar withdrawals. Just like a junkie. And I think I'm going into a little bit of a depression. Food was my comfort and my "friend". It made me feel better. Now that I'm watching what I eat and staying off the junky stuff I feel so alone. It's weird but that's what I'm feeling. I was telling Juan last night that I feel so isolated. And nothing has really changed but the eating. I'm sure i'll snap out of it. It's only been 10 days so far. Everyone have a great day...