Good Morning Angels,
Cold enough for you???? Not to bad here cold and snowing but that is normal for this time of year.

Well I am sure you all know I am planning on leaving South Bend on Thursday and will be gone for a least a month. I have been trying to get my house in shape for me to be gone that long. Because I am having my new carpet delivered this week anddd I won't be here to see it laid. Soooooooo I have had to empty my china cabinets, book cases and all that jazz so they could be moved. Now I have all the STUFF sitting in my computer room. Really couldn't stand to see all the stuff sitting around so i boxed it all up and put most of it in the attic. House is looking bare but I don't want DH putting things back in all the wrong places. I have also decided that I am getting rid of 100 books and about half the knick knacks. Plus put a lot of cut glass and crystal into boxes for my sons. So when they all move the stuff will already
be packed.

Let's see what else. Oh yes I made a monster choco alte cake yesterday!! Celebrated my son's 38th birthday!! Ymmmmmmmmm

Anyone up for the Idita-Walk?? If you have 30 minutes a day to walk then join in. I decided I was taking the challenge bad knee or not!! Check it out at www.iditawalk.com and then go to Walking Forum and sign up!! Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!

Have my goals all set for the week:
1. Stay on program
2. Drink lots of water
3. Walk 30 minutes for Idita-Walk
4. Maintain positive attitude

Well ok are you ready to rock and rollllllll????

Let's do it!!
Love and hugs,
Lizzie

Morning Lizzie and fellow Angels,

Lizzie: reading your post about leaving town and not seeing the carpet laid made me remember when I was 9 years old and Sears came to lay carpet while my parents had taken my sister and I to Virginia for the day. Well, all the way back home (about a 90 min trip) all mom could talk about was this lovely blue shag carpeting we'd be walking back in to. NOT! We opened the front door, and I kid you not when I tell you the carpeting looked like a background scene from "Laugh-In" (blast from the past!) It was a beige background, but with huge orange, pink, blue and green daisy-like flowers all over it! My mom almost passed out! This stuff ran from the front foyer, through the hallway, up the main stairs and down to the basement! Well being 9 I thought it was a hoot! But it was the first and only time I heard my mom swear!
Good luck with yours! :)

Well, I'm sitting here feeling COMPLETELY bloated, yes, it's THAT time, and I feel "blah!" AND I still have this virus! But my plan is the same:

1-remain focused on my daily calories (eating with in them, focus just ain't enough!)

2-continue to exercise as scheduled

I'll see you guys later,

Donna

Good Morning Snow Angels!

I decided that I am going to have to start posting again. I need to get back into the "groove"!!

I weighed in at 239 today, yippee!! So now I am heading down to 238. I will see it this week! I am determined. February is goind quickly, and I WILL get down into my size 18's!!

Hubby and I worked out last night. I really pushed myself on my arm exercises. I want to get them into shape for sleeveless shirts. I'm going to start tanning again this week so that I won't be the only albino in CA!! Scary sight, there!!

Ok, let's go!! Time to push!! <PUSH ME!!> :laugh:

Hi Donna,
I still laughing about the orange flowered carpet!! OMG!!!! Hopefully mine will be blue with little flecks of brown , tan, beige and white. That doesn't even sound right!! OMG I have forgotten what color I ordered. I know for sure the blue and flecks of something!!

Anyway hope are feeling much better and knocking that virus for a loop!!!!!! I feel for you having "That " tom. Yukkers. Haven't deal with that for 25 years. Had surgery when I was a baby.

Hang in there and have a on program day!! I think you have done an amazing job with your weight loss!!!!!! Woohoooooo


Hey Stacey,
Yipeeeeee checking in at 239!! Wooooooo that is wonderful!! You and Donna are inspiring me to get moving and knock this weight off. I had to grab myself last week and point me in the right direction again.

I know you will do it just look at how far you have come already!!
Now I am on a search for Bren. Saw her this am and she was rushing by!!

I can not believe it is jelly bean season again. Been off them 6 months!! Of course I by them for the family. But no one likes them but meeeeeeeeeee.

Ok ladies we have our assignment for the day. Stay on program and drinks lots of fluids!!!!!!!! Snowing like crazy here!!!!!!

Love and hugs,
Lizzie

Good Afternoon Snow Angels,

I have been gone so long I was wondering if you still remember me. I haven't had much time to get on here and post. I have been really busy. I was hoping to post some pictures this last weekend but I never got a chance.

I have been losing and regaining the same 5 lbs for the last 3 months and am now finally determined to get them gone for good. So I am recommitting myself to my lifestyle change and plan on reaching 135 by April 30. I am also going to set a goal of completing 6000 hours of exercise by April 30. I just need to average 1500 a month which I know I can do.

Well I gotta get back to work. Keep up the great job everyone and lets kick those pounds to the curb.

Katie

GOOOOOD morning angels!

I can say that 'cuz it's MY Friday! YAY! Yep, Lizzie I wuz whizzing by yesterday! Hope to do more of it today.
SNOW! We had some frost here a couple of days ago but it's 46 already and on it's way to 63 for today!
I think it wuz because of you that I had the carpet dream! Where I had new carpet, 3 tone brown and sloshing coffee on it dancing around....not caring 'cuz it didn't show!LOL!
We will be thinking of you as you head out to NM.....praying for a safe journey, and blessed time with your Mom and Sister. We will be looking for you "here" too!

Katie!! So good to see ya! I have played with the same 7 pounds for months and know what ya mean! It's time to let it go for good and some new ones with it. Your exercise schedule is awesome and you have come SO far!! You've done a great job and taken wonderful care of yourself! You should be able to reach your new goal by April 30th!

LaDean......good to see you too! Come on in as often as ya can. Hang on Honey bunch!

Stacey! Hiya kid!! You are rocking GF! Woohoo! I look forward to getting back into some of my stuff I wore at 200, so I can identify with the pants thing! WONDERFUL! Hubby working out with you! My co-worker/friend and I are gonna put ourselves on track as we both have similar goals. I told her I will celebrate getting back to 200! I can't believe I let myself get so outa control....but....hey STUFF happens. I'll just find better ways to DEAL with it! You guys are an inspiration to me!! Thanks for being here! You have done an AWESOME job with the weight loss! Woohoo!!

Sharon, Lee, Janet.........where are you girls? We're trolling the back streets, looking for ya! We miss our partners!:D

Donna.....sure hope full recovery is quick in coming for you! You too have done an awesome job with the weight loss and exercise.
My heel spur thing-ee is acting up again....I had a couple of days of minor-no pain, then Sunday it flaired up again......I have my Health rider tho which I can use to rack up some minutes so I'm not out of commission. I went out Saturday night, got to dance 3 times and loved it. I LOVE to dance!

Ruthie, Lisa..........how are you kids doing? We have some busy angels out there.......come on in and touch base when ya can.
AJ and Mari.........will you guys find out in advance or be "surprised" with the baby.....what you're having? My Laura will be having a girl.....Emma for the first name. Haven't settled on second name yet.

Well.....I'd better get up and at 'em....I have 3 hours to "spend" before I get ready for work and wanna get some things done to cut down on my work load for my "off" days!
Have a good day everyone! C-ya here later!
Bren
Who will:
1) Stay op today
2) Drink my water!
3) get 30-45 minutes of exercise
4) Have a FUN day!:dn ~o) :ex: :water:

Good Morning Angels,
Well I don't believe it. We had quite a bit of snow yesterday and now we have a storm warning for today and tonight and into tomorrow. I just hope I can still catch my flight early Thursday morning. What am i saying of course I will catch my flight!! Gee nothing like worrying wayyyy ahead of time. Hahahaha

Had a good day yesterday except for the chocolate cake I ate. Made me good and sick sooooooo lesson noted. Cake =sick!!

Trying to make sure I have everything I need to take on my trip. I am really looking forward to going and basking in that 70 degree weather. I talked to my sis last night and she said the weather was wonderful. Plus she sounded so much better and my mother is back to her old self! I am actually looking forward to having some fun with my first family. The first thing I am going to do is get my ears pierced. I think I finally made that decision. I have only worn earrings once and that was a lonnnnnnnng time ago.

I am still on my new found motivation for getting this weight off. I am in for the Idita-walk and did 30 minutes yesterday. Have to do 30 minutes a day to have completed 1049 minutes by March 15. Hope I have those dates straight! Making myself accept every reasonable challenge.

Going to do it!! Going to do it!! Going to do it!!

Hey Katie,
Of course we remember you!! Glad to see you back amongst the Angels. I missed you. Wow 6,000 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just figured out that I need to do 52 minutes of exercise everyday until April 30 to make my 4000 goal. We can do this!! Sure nice to see you here again!!

Morning Bren,
You were moving so fast yesterday that I had to step aside and let you buzz past!! Hahahahaha now that is moving!!

Hope that bone spur doesn't keep acting up. Bummer to have pain in your feet. Get the boyz out and make them help you so you can just have fun. Goofy parrot was on my desk here eating a grape and decided to climb up on the scanner and fell off!! lol

I have been listening when you say you make food and then freeze portions of it. I have been doing the same thing. I made a huge pot of veggie soup and froze 10 -1 portion size containers. Did 6 chilli and now I have white and black beans cooking with ham in slow cooker. Then I will freeze at least 6 portions. That way I know DH will have something hpot for lunch whether I am her or not!

Time for me to go take a nap!! Polly, the parrot, went back to her cage to nap!! I say it is a good time for napping~~

Have a great day!!!!!!
Love and huggers,
Lizzie

Hi all! I just found this site yesterday and this string seemed to have so much energy, I wanted to jump in!

I really need to take off 50 or 60 pounds. I'm 5'10". I'd really like to be between 140 and 145. I've lost down several times since my husband and I were dating, but I've only gotten close to my ideal weight once and that was with the use of pills. I don't want to go that way again. Exercise has always had a very positive effect and usually shown some quick results. I'll be 33 this year and I'm starting to wonder if things are really slowing down. I've been exercising a lot (cycle 30min in am walk 45-50min at lunch) for the last two weeks. I've tried cutting back on my eating and increasing my H2O. I'm STUCK on 201. I haven't lost ANYTHING! I think if I ever see 199 pounds I'll sing to the heavens in my underpants on the front lawn. Any suggestions???

As far as snow goes, I'm a Georgia girl and we don't see much around here. It did "dust" and ice a couple of weeks ago!!! My kids loved it. Got down to 5 degrees. That's not the wind chill either! This gal froze her tootsies off!!!

Hope to hear from someone soon!
:wave: :wave: :wave:

hey Everyone,

Welcome Vanessa. This is a great group. Are you counting calories or just eating less. Maybe you could post your diet under the diettician forum and they could help you. Or you could post it here. Someone here may have some ideas.

Things have been a bit crazy around here. I have decided to talk to my Dr. about my monthly mood swings. They have gotten worse and I have decided to go on meds. I am thinking of that Sarafem which you only take two weeks out of the month. I will talk with him. I become non-functioning for a few days and I can't stand it,. There is a lot of depression in my family so I am aware of that. Soooooo..... today i need to make my appt. for my mamogram which I was supposed to have a long time ago. I will also make my gyn. appt for a day after those results are in. Might as well get the appt for the eye dr. that is overdue as well.

I decided there is so much in my life that I have no control over I will just focus on me and on what I need to do. I need to practice what I preach to my parents.

Mom's health continues to deteriorate and it is sad. Dad is overwhelmed and deals with his feelings by getting angry. In his defense he is doing a lot and not young either. It is difficult for him. I need to take care of myself and not have so much on my mind so I can deal with them the best I can.

Ok so today I will call the drs., drink my water and eat healthy.

Hi everyone,

Finally got in here after playing hearts too long. My way of not stressing.

Hi Vanessa,
Glad you made it!! You are too funny vanessa. I would hate to see you get arrested for singing in your underpants on the front lawn. Hahahaha However I would like for you to be at 199 heck I want to be 199!! Ooooooooh yalllll

Sounds like you are doing great with your exercises. Perhaps you need to increase your intake of food since you exercise so much. That could be why you are not losing not enough food.
Let us know and we will all try to help out in any way we can.


Hi Sharon,
I am so glad you are going to check with your doc. I had to start taking meds for depression about 8 years ago and still take them. The best thing for me was the meds stopped my migraine headaches. Best side effect of a med I have ever had!!

Good for you for getting all your health needs taken care of. Sometimes we forget ourselves when life gets busy.

I am so sorry to hear about your mom. Has to be tough on her and your dad. I know it is tough on you! I wish we all could skip this part of our life when our parents start to have failing health.

Take care of you and your family and enjoy. That is doing plenty. Give your mom and dad a hug from me.

Have a good night!!
Love and hugs,
Lizzie

:dnCheck out the new numbers! :dn I KNEW I would get there soon. Now to keep the numbers moving down.

Must have been all the pumping iron I did last night! :laugh:

Have to get ready for my fun drive into work. We're having horrible snow! Should be worse later, though, so probably be taking off work tomorrow. They're saying that where I live we will get 1-3 inches per hour later tonight. I live right in the snow belt, so I get pummeled!

Have a safe day everyone!!

WOOHOO STACEY!!!:tongue:arty: :dn :bow: Congratulations!!
You will be sliding into those jeans in no time!!

Lizzie! Games....for some reason I can no longer play my solitaire games. It's a program I bought at Wally World...e-games Solitaire Master 3. I cleaned my c-drive the other day and am thinking I uhhh.......deleted some things I didn't mean to. Freed up a lot of space but my goodies are gone and Nopers.....didn't back 'em up.....I tried reloading the program but I get the message...page unavaiable, like I was on the net. How crappy is that after spending $10.00 for it?
Good idea....cooking and freezing for Hubby! I did some more of that Monday night. I roasted turkey thighs, made swedish meatballs....which I bake using Pam, rice pilaf and stuffing (mixes) and some inst. taters....loaded flavor, which I had last night with some broccoli and a slice of cheese. Yum! Fast and nasty........that's my style!
I wish I had a cat to climb around here like the parrot does at your place! I miss having a kitty!
Good news on your Mom and sister! I know they will be so glad to see you....and YOU...them! Have a wonderful time! Getting ears pierced!! Enjoy! I was 21 when I had mine done. That was what......14 years ago! LOL!

Vanessa! Hello and welcome to our crew!!! Another angel on board! I feel the same way about seeing 200 again! You all will hear me hoot and holler from here!
I gained....shhhhhh........more than I care to admit, after several rounds with prednisone, BAD food choices and an affair with potatoes and gravy and SF pudding due to a tummy problem which lasted a week and I needed "comforting" stuff, ya know!
I comforted myself right back up to 220! So dancing in your drawers is "virtually" allowed! LOL!

Sharon.......hiya honey girl! I agree with Lizzie......wish we could skip these truly difficult, painful parts of life. You will be in our thoughts and prayers. It's good you're taking the time to get your own health needs taken care of. Keep yourself at the top of your priority list!

I'm gonna run.........get more coffee and get my day started. I'm OFF....yippee yahooty! I really enjoy my off days. I have a lot I wanna get done and most of it is "play" stuff! BUT......work first!

Have a good day everyone........may joy overtake you and the sun shine in your heart.....if not outside your door.
Brenda:D

Woohoooooooooooooooooooo Stacey!!:tongue:arty: :dn :dn :balloons: Super wonderful!! You sure inspire me to get moving more. Wow that is so wonderful. I am happy for you!!!!! I hope you have John M singing you a victory song! I am even sending Toby over to sing a couple for you!! But he has to be back here at 6 am to go to the airport with me. I am taking him to NM. Good for you!!!!!!!!!

Hey Bren,
Pretty hard to lose weight and take Prednisone. Very very tough to do.

I love Polly walking all over my desk and playing with the pens and jewelry I have on my desk. She is the sweetest bird. I have grown so fond of her in a veery short time. Heck I spend about 4 hours during the day with her. I keep her cage door open so she can visit me anytime she wants. She loves music and just whistles softly when she hears it!! Tooooooo cute.

Best get my fanny in gear and go back to bed for an hour or so.

Have a super great day everyone.
Love and hugs,
Lizzie

:D :bow:

Hallaluah!!!


I lost a pound!

One more and it's the skivi dance 'tween the Georgia pines!!!



Tootles to you all!

Hi Vanessa,
Wooooohooooooooooooooo Good job on losing that pound!!! I hope you celebrate every pound you lose!!!:tongue:arty: :balloons: :lily:

Super job!!!!!!!

Love and hugs,
lizzie

Hiya Vanessa! Yippee yahooty! I'l dance for ya!! Hey....I just love to dance and will use any excuse! Congrats on the stubborn pound taking a hike!!

Lizzie......have a safe trip honey bunch, know we will be thinking of you and waiting to hear from you in NM! Take really good care of yourself while you're away and enjoy it immensly!

Gonna pile up and rest awhile now. I worked for 3 hours without a break.....cleaning kitchen cabinets, doing laundry, shopping....I used my pedometer and racked up 1.5 miles by 1 PM. YAY!
I took my acrylics off today too..getting a full set done on Saturday and the soak off is a BIG, humongous, time consuming pain in the arse! BUT....by golly....saved $10.00 by doing it at home! I'm glad to have most of my chores done.....the major stuff anyway.
I'm gonna hit the recliner with my water bottle and blankee and chill a bit!
Have a good evening everyone! C-ya here tomorrow!
Bren:tomato:

Did yall hear all that commotion this morning????

That was me hooping and hollaring in the front yard in my underpants 'cause I finally took off that second pound and saw 199 looking back up at me from those evil scales!!!! I haven't seen a one in the hundreds mark in at least a year!!! I've walked 9 miles and biked 25 and I did it!!!!

Whoop there it went!

Pardon the insanity I'm just so excited to be back on track and seeing results. Oh I pray all of you are seeing that needle go down too.

Whoooo yeah!!!!!

Have a great day!!!
:ex: :lift: :water: B-)

Hi everyone,

I am doing great. I have had a really good week and have stayed op and am hoping to see a good loss tonight at weigh in. I'll let you all know how it went tomorrow. I am feeling so renewed with my weight loss journey.

Vanessa congratulations on your loss. I know how excited you are. I was the same way when I broke the 200 mark. Celebrate and enjoy each loss.

Lizzie I hope you had a great flight. Enjoy your time with your mom and sis. Check in when you can and let us know how it is going.

Have a good evening everyone.

Katie

Katie,

Hope you do have a successful weighin. Bet you do too!
Good job staying on program all week!!!! Wooooohoooooooo

Vanessa,
Yipeeeeeeeee on the 199. Now I think you should post pictures of you dancing and celebrating~! Sweeeeeett

Katie,

Hope you do have a successful weighin. Bet you do too!
Good job staying on program all week!!!! Wooooohoooooooo

Vanessa,
Yipeeeeeeeee on the 199. Now I think you should post pictures of you dancing and celebrating~! Sweeeeeet

Love and hugs,
Lizzie


Hey Everyone I am now in New Mexico and suffering culture shock~! Mother is doing very well. My sis still looks sick but I think she is doing better than the last time I saw her. My niece is also doing quoite well . I am very proud of all of them.

Hiya angels!
Well, it's back to work today...amd taking new toys for me and Sharon to play with!
Since we discovered what a good workout we could get at work using what we had around us, we're both excited! We be the type to whine some......saying we're too tired after working all day! I have our bands, a tennis ball, 5 # weights (we have 3# there already) and poles so we can each have one.

Hey Vanessa! YAY! Seeing 199 again is worth the hoopla honey! I've seen it briefly a few months ago! I'm gonna do it again and SOON!! Was that you....streaking thru the neighborhood park? Nah....you're in Georgia!

Katie!! WOOOOHOOO....you're on a roll and back on track! So good to hear you've had an excellent week. That does much to improve spirits and encourage ya for the next one!

I spent 4 hours yersterday, cleaning, sorting, .....collecting give-aways. My friend Cissy wanted 'em and what she and her daughter can't use, will pass on down.
My kitchen and cabinets are organized for the first time since I moved in over a year ago. I'd "played" at it before but I got serious this time!
I intend to pare down and simplify........my life and my home. Next trip.........my walk in closet and underbed tubs. It feels really good to let some stuff go! Now I'm ready to let some "poundage" go!
I called the nail shop and got in to get mine done yesterday! I couldn't wait 'till Saturday! Yep.....I am totally spoiled !

Lizzie....hope you are settled in at sister's place now........have a wonderful time and be good to yourself! Make sure Toby behaves....being in a new environment may bring out the "bad boy" in him!

Well I'm off.... to plan my budget for this pay period, and get ready for work shortly.
Have a wonderful day everyone! MIAA's........hope all is well or at least rapidly improving at your place. You are missed much, thought of often. Take good care of yourselves....whatever that entails for you!
Much love and boo coos of huggies........
Bren

:rose: Happy Valentine's Day Snow Angels:rose:

Well I did have a good weigh in yesterday. I am down 3.4 lbs, so no I have most of my return weight off. I only have .2 lb to go to get back to my lowest. WooHoo!!

I need to get back to work. Everybody have a great weekend.

Katie

Hello Snow Angels, I weighed in today I gained 2 pounds but my eating this past week has been less than perfect so I expected it. But I also got my Walk Away The Pounds tapes in the mail today with the weights so I'm going to start them Tuesday. That way everyone will be out of the house so I hope it works for me. Ruthieb

:balloons: :dn :balloons: WoooooHooo Katie! That's great!!I hope to see some positive results at my place in the next two weeks. Your success is such an inspiration!

Ruthie........good to c-ya!! Those two pounds will take a hike again soon. It seems they slip ON so much quicker than they slide off. I can eat badly for one day and undo three days of progress. I retain fluid like nobodies business but it doesn't help me much, knowing that! Keep on keeping on sweetie! What worked before will work again!

I'm gonna get my book down, plan some goals, activites and my weekly menu. My exercise is improving but my food has been too high carb to benefit me this week.....need to get turned around and headed in the right direction!

Have a great weekend everyone! I'll c-ya back here tomorrow!
Brenda

Morning Angels,
Wow this 75 degree weather is sure a nice break from the 8 degrees that I left in Indiana. Wonderful to be here with my sis and niece. I missed them and now I am enjoying them very much. I even enjoyed the 15 cats greeting me . I went out to the back yard and played with pups . Well actually they are big dogs and I fed them and gave them hugs!! They remembered me. Isn't that cool!! After 3 years they still remember me!

My niece has all kinds of scholastic achievement awards. Plus she has been awarded scholarships and high praise from her profs.

Well Angels I hear my mother is a wake and I am going to fix her breakfast! Have a wonderful day everyone and I will be back later.

Love and hugs,
Lizzie

HIYA Lizzie!
So glad you arrived safely and are enjoying the beautiful weather!I'm ready for real Spring here.....this hoppin' around from 74 on Friday to 47 w/ wc of 38 sucks! BUT.....we haven't seen 8 either so for that I'm thankful! LOL! There's just no pleasing "some" of us! It's supposed to be back in the 60's in the week ahead. I don't do extremes well and the wind brings out the uhhh"W"itch in me! Hey....it should almost be Spring at your place when you return!
That's way cool about your niece's accomplishments! WOOHOO! I know you all are very proud of her. I was one of those that almost had to be dragged to school! So......I forgot what a noun was......who knows but me? LOL!
Was it her or her friend who had the "problem" in the hallway in front of a really cute guy? That was SO funny!

It was much too cold and windy for me to venture out last night but in the weeks ahead I'll be getting back out there some. I'll have to be on guard some, as I need to stay out of trouble!

John's daughter lives somewhere in NM. He went there for Thanksgiving and they came here for Christmas. He'd thought about moving there.......still doesn't know if he will.

I'm gonna plow thru my papers to find the yoga info for Sharon and I. I have 10 simple moves and can't find 'em! That's not all I can't find, but I'll start with that. My Mom called last night....asked if I had my birth certificate....well I sorta remember having it....about 10 years ago? God only knows where it might be now. I figured....hey I don't need it 'till I retire, right? With SS as it is, I won't need it then! OH well.........life goes on.........

Have a great day! Take good care of yourself!! Enjoy each moment!
Love and huggies...........
Brenda:D

Hi Guys,

Well I am feeling better. I was sick for a few days. A headache for three days no matter what I took. So glad to be feeling better. I think I have found my niche at the no diet approach forum. I am eating what I like and not feeling guilty about it. There was a lot of throwing out of food. untill I figured out exactly what my body wanted. I have a thin friend and it always amazed me how she knew exactly what her body wanted. I would invite her for dinner and she would ask what I was having and then decide if she was in the mood for that. I don't think I have ever turned down a meal. Now before you joke that she didn't want to eat my food in my defense I am a good cook and actually used to cater parties.

I guess you won't be visiting me today Bren we are supposed to get over a foot of snow and have wind chills about 0 degrees. Hey i have two cousins in Texas I should go look at what towns they are in. YYou may live close to one of them of course I know how huge that state is. You could put NJ in one town probably. My birth certificate is in pieces I used to carry it around in my pocket when I was 18 when I went out drinking. I should go get a copy before I really need it. Like thiis week when I registered Brielle for kindergarten and realized I couldn't find her birth certificate.

Lizzie glad you made it to NM ok. Glad to here you are having a good time. Congratulations on your nieces accomplishments. I have a niece like that. She is at Harvard right now at a debate tournament. She is 16. She is verty smart. I just hope she can overcome a bunch of her personal problems. Well enjoy yourself.

Ok well I am out of here. Make it good one. Talk to you later.

Good morning Snow Angels!!

Things have been very hectic for me here, as usual! I've been so stressed that now my mouth is showing it. I have a huge canker sore on the inside of my lip, and now, right above it, I have another one popping out! OUCH!! Anybody have any suggestions? My lip is starting to puff out, and it looks gross!

I have a 3 day weekend, thankfully, and I have my rescheduled midterm tomorrow night. I'll have tomorrow to study. I also have been very busy trying to get my business listings up on Ebay. Lots of sales! Which is awesome.

I almost cancelled our CA trip! With the high alert, my school has been pushed back 2 weeks, and I didn't think I was going to be able to get all of my classes in. As it is, I'll miss the last class right before my final, which is the review. I'll have to get together with someone for the notes. I'll also have to figure out when I'll do my oral presentation. I think they're supposed to be done the week I'm gone. I'll talk to my teacher tomorrow.

I'm still holding strong at 238!! I'm so jazzed! Food has been excellent. I've been bowling, so that's been my exercise. Yesterday, I bowled in a tournament with a guy that works with my hubby. When we left yesterday, we were in first place! They had one more squad to bowl still, but we'll get some money. It was a tough score for anyone else to beat. The guy bowled a 276! He did really well. We had a lot of fun!

We got down to -30 degrees last night!! Set records all over the place. TOO COLD!! I can't wait to get to CA!! Nasty weather. We're going to have a heat wave next week...in the 30's!! :)

Have a great weekend, everyone! I'll check back later.