TracyK

hopefully no news is good news....

Good morning everyone! Jenn-sorry about your job sweetie! That bites! I have empty arms this morning. Melissa (my neighbor) has the day off because her grandmother died yesterday. I hated to add insult to injury but I told her I wasn't built to watch tiny ones anymore. The problem I ran into was bringing my own kids to & from school. I was having to drag the little ones out of the house 4 times to do school taxi'ing. It wasn't fun at all. I am the type of person that I know what I can and can't handle. Yesterday it took a toll mentally & physically. I told her that I would keep them until she could find someone that she trusted. I feel bad abut it but I ant see just prolonging the inevitable. PLUS, dh did not like th fact of me keeping them whatsoever. It cuts in on his time. lol Say a big prayer...we are suppsed to hear about the house we want to lease today. Worst case scenario is they say no but I do not want to hear a no...lol. If I get this house, we can seriously have a get together & sleepover at my house. Bring sleeping bags! It has a custom bar in it. Now I have somewhere to keep my diet dr pepper, lol. Kat-too many good vibes about that job for Rick! I will keep my fingers crossed. Nanny passed away yesterday. She went peacefully in her sleep. What more could you ask for? To live to be 99 and go while you are asleep?! Thank God. I will check in later! I am gonna watch the biggest loser...I have it recorded! It inspires me.

good morning I am typing 1 handed cuz i have a baby in my arms. lol this will be short...oh wow...I will bbl pray for me. ha

Yep, he looks just like my dad! In my heart I know it was him there with me. Kat-let me know when ya'll go to the riverwalk and maybe we can meet up with ya'll?!

I am a twenty-ten gal.... What did they do in 1910...I doubt they said 19 hundred and ten or one thousand nine hundred and ten.... to me, twenty-ten, sounds better

Well HELLO friends !!! We made it back from our trip yesterday evening and we have been unpacking and washing clothes and most of all relaxing since then. Until now that is...lol My neighbor brought her kids bright and early this morning. They are asleep right now, that explains this post :blushing: The 3 year old is not on a normal schedule but she gets to start one today. :thumbup: I am about to wake her little booty up. Sounds stupid huh?...to wake a 3 year old up! She really needs to learn to go to sleep and wake at a decent hour and I know that it will help her mom out tremendously if I would do that! I had a blast at my friends house. We had the bonfire (yes it rained some) and I took a pic of it and I can see my dads face in the fire. He passed away in 99. It comforted me to see him there with me. Tell me this pic isn't awesome!!!! Have a great day and I will check back in if I have a minute!

Ugh, figures. Oh well, all that means is I will have crown that has rainwater in it LOL

Good morning! Happy New Years Eve My plans: Bonfire, fireworks, laugh, eat, drink and be merry. Ring in the New Years with my 2nd family over in Louisiana. We only drink 2 or 3 times a year and today is one of those days. I have my diet 7 up and crown. We are leaving in a few hours. I have so much packing to do. I just saw the weather and we have a 40% chance of rain tonight here...I wonder what it is over there?! I really hope it doesn't rain on our parade. I hope whatever all of you do, that you have a fantastic time. Be careful, and stay warm. I am so excited to start a New Year with old friends and NEW ones. 2010 is going to be a great year....mark my words :biggrin:

goodnight friends. Sweet dreams

Kat....what Chemical Comapny? YES, I am nosey

Now I have read so many posts that I dont know what to say. ME, at a loss for words....imagine that! OH, the first thing that sticks out in my mind is OMG Cindy! 6 dozen cookies? Has anyone told you that the dough of cookies causes cancer? :wink5: (yes, I lie to myself regularly) Kat-Rick working 36 doesn't surprise me at all. Sad and very dangerous. I would sue too if something happened. I was in the oilfield 20 years. I have seen those guys work some long hard hours. The companies must think these guys are robots. :sad: Jenn-Don't go putting all our guys on pedastals. We have jackasses too. But they (for the mostpart) are genuine. AND I would love for you to live here Congrats on 180! That is awesome! Suzanne-what did you do with the ice cream??? Laura-I'll bet you are a busy lady getting everything ready for the big BASH for all your sons friends! Have fun! :tongue2: Check this out...last night Nanny woke up, recognized all the people in her room and starting chatting with them and asked for some soup because she is hungry. :w00t: Strikes me as odd that as soon as they take her off all the meds that she was on she wakes up and is coherent. I think the meds were knocking her for a loop! Have a great day everyone. I will check back in later.

thank goodness all the junk is out of the house. the only damage I could do right now would be to actually BAKE something from scratch. Now theres a thought! lol

Is he gay? that is as safe as you can get!

Oh my goodness....be careful (the mom in me HAD to say it)

OK, so the average calories for a shot of any hard liquor is 70. With Diet coke or any diet drink....what a bargain!

Suzie-make mine whiskey and I'm there! (let me check on the calorie content first...brb)

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OH MY.... :biggrin: STEP AWAY....just STEP AWAY

So it isn't just me...:smile: Mine gravitated directly to my belly. Congrats on not having workout clothes...that is way cool for them to be that big that you have to buy more!! :biggrin:

Hi everyone! I hate the feeling that I am going through. My (step)dads mom is 99 years old. We call her nanny and she is such a sweet woman. My mom has gotten really close to her over the past 10-15 years. She has been her friend and help her whenever she needed/wanted anything. Well, nanny is knocking on deaths door. She was in the hospital over the christmas holidays and now she is back in her 'retirement facility'. She is not eating anymore and she is asleep all the time. So now hospice is taking care of her and it is just time to sit back, keep her comfortable and wait. It is a hard thing to go through but how can anyone really be sad? She lived long enough to see her great great grandchildren. Not many people get to do that. But I still feel bad for my stepdad because it is never easy to lose a parent. Yesterday I spent the day getting the sweets out of the house. It was the WAY I was getting rid of it that kinda sucked. Oh well, it is gone now. Except for the chocolate chips and I will have to tell my dh to throw those out. lol I don't have the heart. Have a good day everyone!

Good morning ladies~ Suzanne-how sweet that your dh would bring you to & from work just so you can have a warm car. Sounds like something my dh would do too. I am way spoiled and I love it! So do you just cut up your steak and throw it in the crockpot? I need details...I love veggie soup. :thumbup: Kat-I love Wizard of Oz. That is one of the ones I can watch over and over. I want to bring Macy to see the new chipmunk movie too. Let me know if it worth it! On her 6th birthday she got an el-cheapo MP3 player and it works fantastic! I added some music to it the other day and she went outside, pulled her chair in the sun, put the ear buds in her ears and sat there for the longest just listening to music. Too cute! Jenn, Jenn, Jenn-I can not imagine how sad you must get at this time of year. There is one thing I do know for sure...the is a huge difference in being alone and being lonely. You said yourself many times that you need to focus on yourself. What better time than now? Every day when we wake up we choose how our day is going to turn out. You can choose to be sad or choose to say, today is going to be great. I know it doesn't seem to be true, but it is. Our mood for the day is what we wake up and decide it is going to be. I am going to be happy today. Would you like to join me? I am going to eat right today. I am going to smile a little more than I should today :thumbup: and I may have to jump a plane and go to a friends house and kick her butt!...but I will smile while I am doing it! :cool: One day at a time applies to more people than AA and NA folks. Call me anytime! This morning I woke up and I realized something. I can not go one more day eating the way I have. The pain I used to have (when I was this size and larger) is starting again. My back pains and body aches just from moving around and doing daily activities is taking its toll. I can not wait until New Years. Lucky for me I have only gained 3 pounds over the holidays. I was so scared that I had gained more. All 3 pounds is from cookies, candy and Gooey butter pumpkin cake (thanks Kat, lol) Anyway...I have to start this TODAY. For me, there is no tomorrow. I woke up with the 'want to'. So, I am going to go with it. The ticker is updated and I will just do what I am supposed to do. I have cleaned out my closets and realized that I had thrown away all of my fat girl clothes, therefore I have no clothes. I will buy just a few to get me by until my thinner me clothes start fitting again. I said I wasn't gonna buy any bigger clothes but I can't jst run around nekkid either :thumbup: Jolly, Michelle, Cindy, Irene, Shalee and all of our other friends...I hope you all had a great holiday. So, what is everyone planning for New Years Eve?

Good morning! Whew....what an eventful past week. I am so glad it is over but it sure was worth it. Now things get back to 'normal'. DH starts back on nights tonight, my dss is going home so it will just be me and the girls later. On New years eve dh and I are going to Louisiana to visit friends and ring in the new year. We are gonna make a bonfire :smile: and eat, DRINK, and laugh. I can not wait! Good times! I haven't weighed. I probably wont until New Years when we get home. I really do not want to but I need to be accountable. Ugh. Hi Jenn-the New Year is just around the corner and I see great things in your future. Just do it! Hi Michelle Have a great Sunday everyone.

Suzanne-how pretty! Does it snow like that at Christmas for you every year or is it special when it happens? Hi Cindy Hope you all had a great Christmas. We already took the tree down. My Christmas dinner turned out very nice and I really impressed myself with the meal I made....my family was proud of me....that meant alot. My pecan pie was to die for and considering it was really only my 2nd one to make (the first one sucked) I was really happy! Have a great weekend ladies!

~merry christmas friends~hohoho Wishing all of you and your families a wonderful Christmas filled with love and joy. Thank you for being my friends

I am SO sorry for my neglect! I have been SO busy that I havent even gotten on the computer at all cince yesterday! I will do personals after tomorrow. I have a crowd coming to my house tomorrow...so I have lots of cooking & cleaning to do. Have a GREAT christmas friends