llkb4me

Hi All,

Well got half of my room painted yesterday. Decided to do some more cleaning. Boy does it feel liberating to get rid of more clothes. I took 4 more bags to donate between my closet and dresser. Either they were to big or fit but I decided I wanted to dress better. I wear sweatshirts and jeans a lot. I don't have to dress up for work.

DD called she got a call from the FLB, the one she interviewed with in Phoenix. They wanted her to send them her resume again. Now waiting again, praying for good news for her. Job would be in Nevada.

Julie, glad you got some answers now if they can get

you fixed up. fingers crossed.

CBL Laura K

Arlene, Way to go on the lose.

Eva, love the invites, they are beautiful.

Laura K

LauraK WTG on planing food and exercising - isn't it great to get new stuff - What color are you painting??

Thanks, been trying hard to keep up the exercise. I feel so much better when I do it every day, gets my mood up. I figure if you can do all that work I can too.

I'm painting Minted Lemon. It's more of a green than yellow, real springy. Carpet is going to be a grey color.

Only two rooms in the whole house painted other than white/cream is my room and bath. Can't figure out why I have such a hard time putting color in other rooms. hmmmm

This must have been the weekend for cleaning and redoing. My Mom gave me a mattress and boxspring. So new bed for me. Had to buy some new sheets of course. Washed all bedding, curtains, even cut them off and hemmed, just like getting new. Bought paint to do the bed room, so that is next weeks project before carpet goes in. Just love when Mom gets new, her stuff is never worn out so it comes to me.

Made my nut granola, tortilla Soup (knock off receipe from Quodoba's) and 2 loads of laundry. Even walked 2 miles tonight.

Laura & Julie, prayers for you and your troubles.

Apples, we are still on the cool side but supposed to get 60-70's this week too. yeah

Laura K

Great, what a beautiful family, you look stunning in you MOB. Congrats to all.

Laura K

Apples, Yep two-faced weather going on here. We have been any where from high 60's down to 20's. This tests my patience.... I want spring. My flowers are coming up so it is suppossed to be spring.

Laura K

Linda, Yes I'm still trying to quit smoking. I wear a patch all day long. I just can't make myself quit yet. I know it is out of bordom, I smoke at night and in the morning. It takes up time. Glad to see you post again.

Jodi, I too love your posts, they are funny as I have said before & I'm learning about being jewish.

What is tzmis?

Julie, I have noticed with my DD about the speech issues. She is hearing impaired & wears 2 hearing aids. I know quite a few hearing impaired/ deaf people and it is something you can pick up just hearing even when you don't see aid or cocular implant. It will improve as they get the issues corrected. Fingers crossed for you on next Wed & results of MRI.

Janet, have a good day off.

Apples, you must be in shock by not finding more bargins. You are the queen of shopping for deals.

Hey Joyce, Eva, Phyl, Laura

Laura K

Lori,

Way to go on the "NO" You get a gold star for today.

Just keep repeating, I AM A WONDERFUL PERSON, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GET TO ME! We are all here for you. Have fun with the whole celebration.

Laura K

Julie, so happy for you that you are getting that MRI. It's about time they let you find out what's wrong.

Apples, have a great trip have for shopping.

Wow, I would love to go see Lady Gaga. I just put a song of hers on my ipod. Love the fun beat of her songs, makes you move when out walking.

A new girl at Zumba last night had this watch looking thing on her arm, but come to find out it measured her heart rate and even told her how many calories she burned. She said "wow didn't think zumba would be this good of a work out". said she burn over 600 cal in that hour.

Well need to get to work, have a great day all.

Laura K

Aleah,

Yes that has been my experience. You have irratated it so there is inflamation. Just take it real easy stick to liquids today and it should settle down.

I just had a fill on Fri, my dr says that day and next liquids, today is mushies. Last time I didn't listen and paid for it. Follow your dr orders, they are all different.

Welcome aboard, these ladies will help you with all you questions. It may be a different one but they all got it going on.

Laura K

Ok, I'll give myself that lashing as I was just hassling you ladies about taxes. I completely understand not paying uncle sam until the end.

Julie, sorry about that pain.

Laura, way to go on changing that ticker.

Janet, have fun 4-wheeling with your uncle.

Have a great day!

Laura K

Sounds familar, last time I met someone for coffee that is all he did too. Talked to him online a bit, should have stayed online. Man was weird.

Wonderful, that's why your name is great. Noodle detoured from you.

Janet,

I lost 25 lbs between my 1st consult and surgery day, so I got a head start on the process. They told us in a seminar that you had to lose 5% of your weight to show you could. Apparently I was the only one who listened because no one else I have talked to did it. I meant business!

Ok you ladies all need a lash with a wet noodle waiting so long. My taxes were done in Feb (heck I think I spent the return well part of it) and I have done 8 other peoples since that time with only 1 more to do when they get me their stuff. I told you ladies I was warped. I took a H & R Block class to learn how, just for fun. Get on it, the relief when it's behind you will be wonderful. lol

Janet is the food cop so I'll be the tax cop.

Laura K

Deb, Congrats on the 60 lbs. Way to go.

I love going to zumba too, I have been going 2 times a week. That is all that they are offering it here. It does improve your mood. Seems like I hear that lating music and I just start moving and a grooving...

Laura K

Oh and I don't know about the "successes" I don't feel like it as I am only 7 months out. I feel the hard part is yet to come.

Ok I'll throw in my 2 cents on the vehicle. My Mom just bought a chev traverse. I was amazed at all the room. Three rows of seating and the back two rows fold down. It's one of the crossovers too. They love it.

Apples I'll get my DS to take another pic soon.

Joyce, get out there and shine your light girl. I think we all have to learn to not hide in pics. I love the new pic too.

Julie, so good of you to help out with that little girl.

We must need to do something bad so Janet will come back and scold us.

I had my fill today. The Dr was so happy for me, said I looked great and that I made his day. His nurse told me on the way out, I was one of his successes,that he needed that as the people he has been seeing are not being successful. I gave her the "Janet" speech "they need to remember that the band is a tool and not a magic wand, they have to do the work".

cbl

Laura K

Judy, you go girl..........

Apples, great deal as always on the shopping. Bet you were the belle of the ball in that style show.

Well my hair turned out great, but next time my DS Gf is going to color it. She is in school for como lic now and is starting on the floor this week.

Well go to run have to work the dr appt.

Laura K

Ok got to rant..........

Watching the show Bones and they were talking about a women that was killed in a fire. They said something they found was a Lapband remains, checked the serial # traced it. yada yada. Then they all made comments about "oh that's how she lost 100 lbs, so much for will power" That really burned my a$$. When they show that sh!t on tv what kind of message are they sending all over the country.

Whew got that off my chest.

Julie and Laura, yes green mashed potatos. Something my Mom always did for holidays. We didn't have a lot of $ so she would make the day special by making meatloaf shaped like hearts, clovers, pumpkins and then make mashed potatos colored for the corresponding holiday. I just continued that for my kids, told them they were a special kind of holiday potato. We even have made red, white & blue. Now my kids are 23 & 20 and they still want me to do that well at least my DS does. Took them a long time to figure out that I was putting food coloring in them.

I go tomorrow to get a fill, we'll see how much. I can say this is the first time that I have payed enough attention to the hunger and when it starts. Been thinking & I confess even snaking a bit. Ok Laura said confession was good for the soul so there it is.

Apples, glad you went to your meeting. Got you out and about so that gargage truck might not be so fascinating. lol

Take Care everyone.

Laura K

phyl, what a beautiful story about the notes. A great idea to remember. I did the car thing last time my DD was home. She met me at work and we went to town, was just jabbering away and left her car there & was all the way home before we remembered. Duh

I take the cal. petites (square) with no problem. Have right from the start.

Once again Apples is the queen of info, just like posting. lol

All this talk about hair made me get my behind in there and colored mine. Few more minutes and I can rinse it out.

I made a corn beef for dinner. Had saurkraut, swiss cheese and a bit of thousand island dressing. Rueben on a plate, no bread. DS and GF had sandwiches and fried potatos. He wouldn't let me make them green. I used to make them meat loafs, clover shaped and green mashed potatos every year for St Pats. Told them they were special kind of potatos. They believed it for a lot of years. Every holiday and a different color.

Julie I love a massage, have been thinking about scheduling one. And Phyl they don't see your whole body only a bit at a time. At least that has been my experience. You'd love it. ahhhh

Laura K

Happy B-day Joyce:thumbup:

Apples,

Most important thing you can do is when you take them out of the plastic pot is to loosen up the roots. Just give them a good pull and squeeze. Some of the soil will fall off but that is ok. Make sure your hole is big enough to spread the roots a bit, Water first then plant and water some more. The greenhouses start the plants so early that when we get them the roots are already starting to tangle.

Happy growing, I know to early yet for us to put anything in.

Laura K

oh my gosh Jodi you are so funny lol, I'm at work trying not to snicker out loud. I just love reading your posts. I want to meet you in person I can just imagine my cheeks hurting from laughing so hard.

Glad the power is back on I seen all the trees and lines down on the news. Mom's will always want to feed us. Mine hardly cooks any more (doestn't want to) so I ended up making tons of stuff for the holidays. I told them all I wasn't going to make so much anymore. They all survived the holidays without it.

Jessica, glad you guys are moving into your own place. It will be good for all of you.

Eva, I will try to find a pic of the Heleboras/Lenten Rose I was talking about.

Apples, glad you had a great date night with your DH

Better get to work.

Laura K

Apples, love the pics of you and your family, Boys are cuties. Looks like DH likes to have as much fun as you do.

Loved all the FL pics, it's good to put a face with all the names.

Janet, so did you find yourself a cutie at the concert in that hot outfit?

Way to go for all the exercisers. I did get in 5 ams, 2 lunch hr walks and 2 pms of Zumba this week.

Yahoo all my snow is gone, crossing my fingers that it stays that way. But back to reality this is MI.

A lot of my bulbs are popping up, just love to see that means spring is on the way. This year I am going to put in Heleboras (Lenten Roses) so next spring I'll have more coming up and flowers very early.

Volunteered this am for Master Gardners at a home show. Got to talk to a lot of people, it was fun. I must be warped or really need to get out and about when I think about that being fun. lol

Take care I'll check back in later need to get a tax return completed and mailed out.

Laura K

Apples. take care of you and yours, that's your #1 priority. As others have said you are loved and in our thoughts. Deal with all this the way you can handle it. No ones place to judge you, they aren't God.

Lori, great pics.

Janet, I am not dealing with quitting the cigs very well. Can't get beyond the times when I am bored. Wearing patch all day don't have a smoke. At night I don't seem to be able to JUST SAY NO. have cut back majorally. Not sure if I am ready or if these Patches will work. It's a head problem I think.

Also just found out the guy I was dating for 9 yrs has a brain tumor. Don't know much else he passed out and had a seizure. One of his friends called and told me the other day. Lots of mixed up emotions swirling in my head right now.

I will deal.

Laura K