Shrinking Violets - Part 5!

[Daisalana 33]

Yay for friday, and let's keep up the good eating!!

we can do it!!!!!!

[mdrai 3]

Oh that's right! Pam & S get the keys to their new home today!!! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Excited for you, Pam!!! :eek:

[mdrai 3]

Yay for friday, and let's keep up the good eating!!

we can do it!!!!!!

OMG, Laura, you have NO idea how much I needed to see that right at this second! I'm sitting here working, thinking to myself, "I'll go make a cup of coffee and have just a small piece of the warm cinnamon bread that just came out of the oven." + all the rationalizations WHY I should have it & that I can just try again tomorrow to be good... so then that leaves me the whole day today to eat like crap...

THANK YOU!

I can do this. I can do this. I want to. I need to. I really want to. Then why is it STILL so rickin' frickin' hard EVERY DAY dammit!?!?!?! Ugh.

I'm trying the approach of... when these moment occur... to just do NOTHING. Nothing. The thought doesn't require an action. Just keep working. Don't even get the coffee. Just keep my mouth shut and do nothing.

But your reminder really helped! It was as if you wrote it just for me! THANKSSSSSSSSS!

[kity 2]

We get the keys NEXT fRIDAY...

[kity 2]

THE SPOILED UNDER-30 CROWD!!!

If you are 30 or older you will think this is hilarious!!!!

When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning.... Uphill... Barefoot... BOTH ways Yadda, yadda, yadda

And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on my kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it!

But now that . . . I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today.

You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia!

And I hate to say it, but you kids today, you don't know how good you've got it!

I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have the Internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalogue!!

There was no email!! We had to actually write somebody a letter - with a pen!

Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox, and it would take like a week to get there! Stamps were 10 cents!

Child Protective Services didn't care if our parents beat us. As a matter of fact, the parents of all my friends also had permission to kick our ass! Nowhere was safe!

There were no MP3's or Napsters! If you wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself!

Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio, and the DJ would usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up! There were no CD players! We had tape decks in our car. We'd play our favorite tape and "eject" it when finished, and the tape would come undone. Cause - that's how we rolled, dig?

We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called, they got a busy signal, that's it!

There weren't any freakin' cell phones either. If you left the house, you just didn't make a damn call or receive one. You actually had to be out of touch with your "friends". OH MY GOD !!! Think of the horror. And then there's TEXTING . yeah , right. You kids have no idea how annoying you are.

And we didn't have fancy Caller ID either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your mom, your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, a collection agent, you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!

We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like 'Space Invaders' and 'Asteroids'. Your guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination!! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen... Forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE!

You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your ass and walk over to the TV to change the channel! NO REMOTES!!!

There was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying? We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little rat-bastards!

And we didn't have microwaves. If we wanted to heat something up, we had to use the stove! Imagine that!

That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled. You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980 or before!

Regards,

The Over 30 Crowd

(Send this to someone you'd like to make smile, whether they are under 30 or not.)

[mdrai 3]

Aw geez, Pam... I was ready to Celebrate today!

[kity 2]

Man, sorry that is sooo big...it is funny though.

Tired today...bigtime!!! Pooped out.

Gotta give a spelling test...bbl

[Teachlady 3]

Good evening, Violets...

We're back from Great Wolf Lodge. Had a super time, but would have loved to have tubed down the Lazy River more. Ethan didn't think that was a whole lot of fun. He liked the kiddie slide more and of course the Water is only knee deep there so I just sat on the edge and dangled my toes in the water. I didn't get much exercise in, but I sure did well on the eating!! Jami had a huge cake for Everett's 10th birthday. It was 1/2 chocolate and 1/2 white with the whipped frosting that is so yummy. Well.. I didn't have any .. not a single bite or even a finger stuck in the frosting. And after we went swimming, we went to the cafe for ice cream. Jami and family ordered a huge sundae to share with their family on one side of me, Ethan had a single hot fudge sundae and Kris and Nathan had a chocolate fondue on the other side of me. I had .......nothing.... nada. It was a little awkward sitting there watching eveyone eat, but I made a promise! So we'll see how the scale reads on Sunday. Tomorrow is Grady's first birthday party and Kris has a huge cake, but I already told her I wasn't having any. I might take an orange with me so I don't sit there drooling.

I finished 120 pages in my Stephen King book. It's soooooooooo good. Heather, if you like Stephen King, you'll love this one. I shook my head on every page at the beginning. When you read it, you'll understand why.

Off to watch some Olympics and then read some more.

Everyone have a great weekend!!

Edited February 27, 2010 by Teachlady

[janiebug 0]

Good going Judy!!!!!!!!! Sometime when we are not so food sensitive I need to tell you about something that is like something you said!

I hope makes it a great day!!!!!!!!

[kity 2]

Hello Girls~

Woke up to the beautiful sound of rain...LOVE IT on Saturdays! The bad thing (or could be a good thing) is that I am supposed to work at the Black History Month Festival for the Human Rights Commission. I kinda don't wanna go...so I am hoping for more rain. It will suck to sit out there for 2 hours in the rain.

Then tonight...going to the Adam Lambert concert!!!!! SOOO excited to see him. My friend Stefanie is picking me up and we are going to dinner out there (it is about 25 min away at a casino). I am soooo looking forward to it!!!

Susanne is going to take a test for the TSA (airport security) in Riverside (which is about an hour away...other direction) this afternoon. So today...we are both going in opposite directions, which is not something we like to do often on a Saturday.

We get the keys next Friday, March 5! We do our quality walks at 10am and then get the keys later that afternoon!!! Susanne's birthday is Saturday March 6. We are not getting gifts for each other for the next few years. But...I am gonna get her a cute new keychain to go w/ the keys of the house! I am going to go by Hallmark today to get something special. Put it in a cute little box, can't wait!

Monday I am off because I am the "principal" again. I like to get out of the classroom from time to time...but they work hard all day! Then we have a minimum day on Thursday for meetings...and then, Friday off for the keys! Not a bad way to start March!

That is all that is going on w/ me! Sorry for the book...just haven't checked in w/ ya'll in a while!

LOVE YOU GIRLIES!!!

[mdrai 3]

Busy busy as always...

I told my sis "no" to the trip... but of course they are taking it as a "no for now" and assured me that I can change my mind up 'til the last minute... we'll see... the kids now say they want me to go! I may make a deal w/myself that if I work X hours, go to the gym X times, and lose X lbs in March, then I can go! It would certainly be motivation!

Speaking of work... time to get to it! Make it a great day, everyone!

Judy -- AMAZING willpower! Simply AMAZING!!

Pam -- Have fun @ the concert!

[Teachlady 3]

Good afternoon, Violets..

Kind of a lazy day here today. Kris called this morning to make sure she had enough food and I offered to make............butternut squash!! You got me thinking about it, Janie!! Just got it whipped up with butter, salt and pepper. I know what I'll be eating instead of cake.

I forgot to say what the biggest temptation was yesterday. When the group went to play video games, I stayed in the room all by myself to read my book. It was me and the leftover cake. It kept calling my name, but I kept ignoring it. Hope I can do the same today.

So far for eating today I've had a chicken breast stuffed with broccoli and cheese from Schwans. No breakfast.. I didn't have any tuna ready.

We are heading out in an hour. I'll be taking the camera and the flip. I can't believe the little guy is going to be a year old already. He's such a little boy now instead of a little baby.

Everyone have a good day.

Michelle... great motivation for for you!! Keep your eye on the prize! You CAN do it!

[janiebug 0]

You know sometimes food can talk SO LOUD!!!!!!!!!!!

Good for you ignoring the chatter!!

Judy loved the pics on Facebook, is Nathan as tall as he looks?

Had an interesting week, now looking forward to a fairly relaxing two days off, if I get that job those two days off may be a thing of the past!!

[Teachlady 3]

You know sometimes food can talk SO LOUD!!!!!!!!!!!

Good for you ignoring the chatter!!

Judy loved the pics on Facebook, is Nathan as tall as he looks?

Had an interesting week, now looking forward to a fairly relaxing two days off, if I get that job those two days off may be a thing of the past!!

Janie.. I would love to have you meet Nathan. He is 6'11". You would come up to his knee cap!! I come up to his belly.. lol

[Teachlady 3]

Good evening, Violets..

I'm back from the big birthday party. It was lots of fun. Grady was so cute chowing down on his cake. I'm getting ready to post pictures in Facebook.

I was able to avoid the cake totally.

Food report for today..

B...zippo

L....stuffed chicken breast

D...1 small slice ham, 1/4 cup squash, 1/2 cup settler's Beans, 1 deviled egg, several olives

S...1/2 cup squash, several cashews

1 cup hot chocolate

I'll finish up with an orange in a few minutes.

Everyone have a great evening.. sleep well.