Hello~~ Here i am in my new journal. Hubby helped me pick out the title.
I thought it fit well.
well i had a wonderful day today.
for breakfast i had smart ones by ww and for lunch a cup of soup, a few pickle slices and tons of water all day.
for dinner was veal parm and mixed veggies and for snack gonna have a slim a bear bar and maybe wheat thins. actually im not hungry right now. but i have been drinking alot of water and as you can see from my old journal i got my exercise in today so i am off to a good start.

By using common sense and watching what im eating and portion control with exercise and alot of water i bleive i found something that is working for me and i feel happy and relieved all at the same time.
i hope to have alot of success in this journal and cant wait to see all my visitors. it is feeling homey already.
going to read some journals and then to watch fear factor.
Picked my daughter up from her friends. they finished there project for the science fair which is on wed. night. they did a good job on it. it is a candy survey and they got lots of candy for sampling which i wont be tasting.

well going for now. have a great night and take care.

Minnie:

I love the title of your new journal:)
So happy you have have found a new way of healthy eating that suits you. Trial and error is the only way we find what fits us.
Hope you have a wonderfull evening.

Judy2:ex:

my dearest little :super: mouse has a welcoming new home !!!


It is gonna be a happy place

full of losers !!


have a wonderful evening buddy



:hug: :jn :hug:

Peng

Hi Minnie,
Good job on today!! I like the title, cool! Follow that yellow brick road right past the sample candy!!! You are doing great!!
Have a good Tuesday,
Otto
:)

Blink an eye and a new journal!

Glad you are finding something that is working. Exercising with your daughter is a good way to bond and grow close and for her to see you as a person and not just MOM, the authority to say ye or na.

Was a real lump today. Came back from grocery store so sleepy I went and laid down and slept for 2 hr. So am wide awake now.

Going to take some sleepers in a minute so I can sleep and get up early and get busy. Suppose to be a warm up tomorrow and am tired of the cold. High was 34 today. Suppose to be 55 tomorrow. Want to get to the gym with the bud.

Wed. I have to get recertified in CPR so have to go to the hospital in the morning and know I will feel out of sorts afterwards ----it never is a simple matter to go to these meetings. Lots of time it becomes a mini meeting and I just want to be recertified and out of there.:(

CPR certification is yearly on my floor.

I better scoot. Am glad you are in a better spot.

Donna

Good Morning~~

well me and my girl did the 1 mile walk again this morning.
My son joined in on the last half mile but he was goofing around instead of actually doing it. so we chased him out of the room.

I am glad i started this new journal and hope it brings me lots of losses in the weight department.

My son is doing Jump for your heart at school on monday. it is for the heart association and i have to take contributions and there are prizes to be won so more for me to do but it is for a great cause and i never mind doing it when it is.

Guess what i got out of the cereal box????
A mini bobblehead of Minnie Mouse.(My favorite charachter next to Garlfield)
and it is sitting on top of my computer. the kids of course wanted it but i said this one is mine.

Hope she brings me luck....

well another day of work ahead. hope its a good one. i already started in on the water and am on glass #2.

My son has beach party day at school so he took in a beach towel and his sun visor.
I have to laugh with this cold weather that there doing this now but i think there trying to break up some of this long winter.

well not much else going on except my usual morning routine. i already got all the clothes folded and put away,beds made and have a load of whites in the washer now.
will do one more load of laundry.

gotta wash dishes,get dressed, and eat breakfast and make a few phone calls cuz i switched banks and i have to give new account number to the few places i have automatic withdrawl.

Hope you all have a great day!!!!

I will follow the yellow brick road to OZ!!!!( i am getting strange i guess so bear with me)

Hello Minnie mouse, best of luck on your new journey!

* aria2000

LOL I like the new strange Minnie.

I definitely think that finding the Minnie Cereal Woman was a good omen.

Congrats on starting a new journal! Isn't it fun?

I am so delighted that you too are finding some solace in just living and watching portions and other stuff. I know you were worried about trying that, but I am happy it is working for you!

Beach day at school? Sounds like some people need a beach day at HOME too (namely Pengii and all the northerners...ha)! My radiators would really need to be working for me to have a beach day here at home! LOL

Minnie

I don't work in ER but on a post surgery floor. I enjoy the idea of taking away a problem and helping them to get better. Probably the mom in me. But the stress has created a major burnout for me. So when I see an 18 yr old I see my son in him and can't help but feel these mom-like feelings come out . But I talk to him while I do his medications and treatments about his anger and healing and listening to his care takers. He happens to like me---feeling is mutual, as is the respect. Yes, he did something stupid to cause this injury but as I told him every action has a consequence. It does suck being sick and stuck in a bed and getting blood and being hooked to an IV, and hopefully he'll still have full use of that arm.

Enough said. I take it too much to heart. But so many sad things that Forrest Gump would say there isn't enough bandaids to fix.

I am glad the new journal comes with renewed committment. And you will find a bond that is stronger for having your daughter involved.

Got to scoot, have an appt to have my SUV oil change.

Donna

:D Whooo Hoooo :hop: I'm feelin the ENERGY here.

So happy for you MIN-NERS......

:hug:

A new home welcome for you my friend :gift:

I too have adopted a heathy eating & exercise lifestyle :)

In your last journal you were saying about telling your family to "shape up" and pitch in more.

My neighbor went on strike a few years ago! A few women in our area did it with her and their pictures with a brief story about why they were striking was in the newspaper :tomato:

It worked! lol Their families were so :o that they pitched in and are still a few years later helping more, as the paper said they could do a follow up lol

Jade

Hey Minnie!

Nice new place you have here!

So glad to hear your weight loss plan is working!...Hip...Hip...Hurray!

You must tell me out of what cereal box that mini-bobble head came out of!...hahaha...I want one too!

Hope you have a nice night!...

mcmarto

Hello~~

First of all i got the bobble head out of the rice krispies cereal and there is one in the POPS to but it hasnt been opened yet so im guessing there in the kelloggs cereals but you will see it on the front of the box.

well today has gone good. i have stuck to food plan and water is good plus i got the 1 mile walk in this morning.
Feet are sore from work. i need a hot foot soaker. hubby said he was going to get me one for x-mas but didnt think id want one but i do. so i told him and maybe oneday i will get one. mothers day would be nice.

Got a letter from the school for my son. it is a permission slip to let him take part in an activity called "stop and think". it is once a week for 25 minutes and its done by a counsler with other kids who need to go. it is going to teach the kids that need the help how to control there impulsive behaviors and positive stuff, its not therapy though.
i signed the slip thinking this is a good thing. one girl from his class got one too.
he has pretty much been behaving at home and i asked his teacher to keep in touch if he wasnt behaving in school but i dont here from her regularly. i know shes busy but she agreed to keep me posted but doesnt too often.
I hope this helps him for in school. i guess the referrals come from the teachers.


Tommorow i dont have work. i have an appt at family planning for my yearly pap smear and all that good stuff.
i always worry with mine cuz for a few yrs i had to have paps every 3-4 months cuz of sporadic abnormal ones. i had to have 3 good ones in a row to go back to yearly exams and i finally did that so i hope this one is normal. please say a prayer for me. i beleive in prayer and i get so scared over this.

well my boy and hubby are watching a show with 4 wheelers and mud bogging, needless to say the girls quickly left the room to go upstairs and are up there singing to the stereo like they are on star search. LOL

well im going and have a wonderful night.

Love ya!!!!!

Minnie,
Nice new journal. Also sounds like a happy household, isn't it nice.

I will be praying for you and your pap test. I know they can be worrisome but so glad you are getting it done regularly. Good for you.

Take care.

Hi Minnie, :wave:

I have seen and read several of your posts to others and how supportive you have been so I thought I would like to say hello. I think we must have met once (or twice) at either Cruise To Lose or the WW Chat.

I think we all become concerned when we have to go for various tests to insure that everything is all right ..... I know I am always apprehensive .... lol my blood pressure goes up every time I see my doctor ..... I never had much use for going to doctors .... but suddenly at the age of 40 I had to get use to seeing not only one but several doctors. I have now gone from one extreme to the opposite ....... I am now VERY CONSCIOUS of every thing dealing with my health. Shows you we can all change the way we do things.

Well I just wanted to say hello ..... I hope your appt. tomorrow goes well ....... thanks for being such a good friend to so many of our fellow DT family. Always, Monica

Good luck on the pap test tomorrow and I will pray that all goes well for you!!
How old are the kiddies, Minnie?
Otto
:)

Minnie

Like my steak well done but not rubbery.
And yes we had steak out. I got the oil changed and went to Goodwill to drop off a box of stuff, only to go inside and find books by an author my sister lloves. So bought the books and a gag gift of a stuffed little bull----to give him when he's being bullheaded. It was so cute but didn't looked used or like a child 's toy. More like a gag gift, can't explain but call the little stuffed bull PHILLIP after you know who!

Phil saw it and thought it funny and say I could use it for a mascott to ride with me in the car.

Got home and we washed the Taursus and then went to the resturant. Came home and waxed the car. My nephew came over and promised to take him to look at chairs in New Albany and went to an estate auction and then to Value City in my town, and then to Lazy Boy Galleries, where I found a rocker I really liked. Right now I am not shopping for furniture but haven't bought new furniture in over 9 years. I keep putting off buying anything I don't really need till I get Phillip thru college.

Then I will look into replacement windows and new siding and new garage door and opener, and so on. For now I am maintaining until I have him thru school.

Dread going thru CPR tomorrow. I really am tired but have school clothes in the dryer and kinda waiting till the dryer goes off to go to bed.

Minnie, why do we fret over the expected. I really can't fail CPR and you can't fail your pap smear. I know you want a clean bill ----all woman do. And if you had suspicous results before it is understandable that you fret on it but either way you are a winner for either catching it early or being cleared. With CPR they just review until I do pass the exam, for can't be on the floor unable to perform CPR.

Yet yearly I fret over this exam. Well, hopefully will get to gym tomorrow. Don't know if waxing a car is cardio, but would be nice.

Better scoot.

Donna

Minnie:

I have said an extra prayer for you that everything is ok with your pap smear.
We ended up having company drop in at supper time and thankfully I had enough for everyone.......lol Sometimes having a big family pays off when this happens as there is always enough to go around. No left overs today but that's ok as the kids complain about too many left overs anyways.
Hope you have a awesome day.

Judy2:ex:

Good morning~~

Got up early and me and my girl did the 1 mile walk and then i rode 5 miles on my bike.

Going in a little while for the pap test. I would love to skip it but i know that is not a good thing to do so i must go.
Hubby has a physical tommorow. he hasnt had one in many years so i made him an appt. hes not thrilled but will be going.

My daughter has her science fair at school tonight so will be going with the kids to that tonight and hubby's good friend who is a electrician/plumber is coming to figure out this electrical problem we are having on one side of the living room.
Hubby tried to fix it but doesnt know whats wrong.

well i see for tommorow there calling for 2-5 inches of snow. i cannot stress enough how this depresses me but cannot control mother nature.

the weekend is suppose to be in the 50's so looking forward to that.

well i am going now to get dressed for appt. i have to stop and get gas first and then the appt. after appt i need to stop at the store and then coming home and hopefully will have a bit of alone time to maybe watch a movie or something.

have a great day and thanks for all the prayers.

thanks for all my visitors and Monica it was nice for you to stop in.

and in answer to Ottto's question on my kids ages: my oldest name is Stacy and she is 13 and then my middle child is Alissa and she is 11 and my youngest and only boy is James (we call him Jamie) is 9
and i have a step-girl Michele whose going on 12 in april.

talk to you all later.

Good luck for today, Minnie!*

Hey Minnie!

Good luck on your pap test and results! They are the worse, most uncomfortable things in the world, but they are for our own safety!

You're doing great with your walking and exercise - keep up the good work!

Willow

:dn Minnie is back on track! :dn

This is wonderful!!!!!!

I know how you feel minnie - as I too keep getting back "bad" pap results. I have stage 1 cancer .....sigh But my last 2 were good - since mine are stage 1 I get biopsy's done to be sure it has not moved to stage 2 - I have to be awake for the biopsy - OUCH!!!!
But so far mine is frozen at stage 1 - Thank the Lord!!!!!

I go again in May for the next one.........sigh

Saying prayers for you my friend :)

PS: as much as I like you minnie, I hope only your area gets the :snow: sorry lol
Want to come over here to my end of Pa. and help me track down the dang groundhog lol

Jade

Hello~~

well had the pap done. they were very nice there. Im glad its over with however.
i was down on the scale at the office so i was glad about that too.
drinking mega water but food isnt too good today :c(
but im not fretting over it just moving ahead like always.

I took a little nap to this afternoon and it felt so good to lay down and relax.
Gyno said about me not having a period since august it could be stress related and God kows i sure have enough of that. they gave me a PG test to be safe and thank goodness it was negative.
I would love to get my tubes tied but our insurance doesnt cover it and we cant afford it otherwise so i am still on the pill. she said the pill i am on is a low dose so that also could be why i havent gotten it so in 6 months if i still dont they probably will change my pill. i heard of one called Yasmine that actually helps lose weight so of course i am interested in it.
I also found out my cervix is forward. well i got scared at first but she said its nothing but it ,means its low(normal still) but that is why it is sensitive for me with paps and sometimes sex(yes too personal i know) and i cannot wear and IUD ever either.
I have a chart i have to keep for 6 months if i spot at all after sex i have to mark it and if its often then i may be sent to a specialist 6 months down the road but she said for now its no concern.
so my fingers are crossed but im glad i went.

well enough about this subject and i have to go cuz kiddies will be home soon and i have to get dinner in oven before the science fair.

Have a good night.

:oHi Minnie mouse;
Thank you for your kind words in my journal. We are going to do this I just know It. I can't talk long but I just wanted to say thanks and keep up the good fight!!!! :D :D

Glad to read all is well!

Oh...and that the scale is down !!!

Hope you have fun at the Science Fair!

mcmarto

whoohoo the scale is down, good going Minnie!!!!!!:flower:

Hello~~

well the science fair went well for my daughter and was fun too.
I had a great time going booth to booth doing surveys and reading and seeing all the creative experiments including alot of volcanos.
my son's school will have a science fair too( idont know when) but he wants to participate too.
some kids are so inventive.
i did go to my daughters candy booth with surveys on the choc you choose which the choices were kit kat,milky way,mr. goodbar and hershey bar. i voted hershey bar.
Milky way won and next came kit kat,hershey and last mr. goodbar and of course i sampled too much candy! :c(

so kiddies are all in bed now and it is quiet. ( i love this time of night).

well i hope the snow there calling for tomnmorow passes us by. my driveway right now is a muddy mess from it thawing.
it will never dry out at this rate.

well have a great nite and talk later.

Minnie

Glad to hear you got thru the pap smear and have late night to yourself.

I am certified for another year. SO ridiculous to get so uptight over CPR. I actually know it but then mess up when I go to demonstrate what I know.

My sister and I are fraternal twins and she is younger by 7 minutes. I am dark brown hair and brown eyes and she is dish water blond and blue eyes and 4 inches taller. Of course I thought her the pretty one and her marriage is 22 or 23 yr long now. I guess I have aspects of her life I envy but overall I know I would never had survived the verbal abuse her husband doled out early in their marriage.

Guess she has the picture perfect marriage and yet I know that all isn't as rosy as the picture is painted. She pays a price for this longevity that I probably never would have paid.

My son tickled me so much today. I got him a stuffed bull to give him as a gag present and tell him NOT TO GIVE ME THE BULL.

Well, today while doing cardio he said he's FERDINAND. That was a character of a story book I use to read to him when he was really little like 2-4 years old. I was stunned. Ferdinand loved flowers. My son remembered it. He says he knows he had a loving childhood which stunned me more. To be valued in my own time. By my son.

My sister said I blackmailed my son a couple of weeks ago and I was so upset at her condemnation. But my son says he isn't a hoolagan like his aunt thinks. He is growing into a descent, honest and honorable man.
I am grateful for God's guidance in my and my son's life.

Minnie, isn't it odd what stays with your children?

A stuffed toy bull meant as a gag gift brought feelings of being loved and read to at night to my son.

Who'd have thought.

He loves the idea I have kept these books to read to his children. He told me about the songs I sang him to sleep by and again I was astounded.

We went to the park after the gym and then my nephew stopped by to have me see his lab work and watch STAR SEARCH together. Kinda funny. He misses us but when he lived here with me he never wanted to be included in any activities.

Think he is lonely. But I am worried about his health. He has RLQ pain like appendicitis but his blood work doesn't look typical of this. He has a doctor appt Mon early afternoon and told him if he needed moral support I'd go to the office with him. He hasn't said ye or nay. He is only 21 and don't think he ever made a dr appt for himself before----his mother took care of it.

So am heading for bed with my freshly brewed coffee and maybe a sleeper. I didn't do up the dishes from supper tonight and have laundry and vacuuming and dusting to do. Sweeping, mopping and cooking----sound familiar.

My little fellow at the hospital got 2 more units of blood and transferred to a larger hospital in the city. I work in a small town hospital that hold something like 250 beds.

Better scoot. Am so tickled that this Elizabeth Smart, the 15 yr old Utah girl being found. I would be so grateful but concerned if I were her parents. I am sure they will be supported and get her the necessary help.

Headed for bed. Will peek in my son's room to see him safe in bed and count my blessings. After my nephew's death 2 years ago (Ben was 3 months older than my son Phil) I often recognize the blessing of having my son safe in his bed. I look at a tape we have of the 2 as infants and it is hard to see both their faces on the screen laughing. There is a bitter sweetness.

Now where did that come from.

Sleep tight,

Donna

Hi Minnie

I'm glad you got your pap test over and done with - I hate having them too. A couple of years ago I had an abnormal one and had to go into hospital and have them remove the abnormal cells. I suppose we have both been lucky that any abnormality has been picked up in the early stages.

Good morning~~

well off to a good start today. me and my girl did the 2 mile walk today which to me was much harder so will be doing the 1 mile one for awhile yet. it was a good workout but my muscles burned and ached really bad. i am not ready for that one yet.
i rode 6 miles on my bike, did 20 AB crunches and used my dumbell weights for arms.
goal today is to drink mega water and eat good.
tommorow is weigh day for me and my girl. hopefully the chocolate last night at the science fair wont show on the scale.

well going for now as hubby has a physical at doctors this morning and i am going with him then i have to go to work.

Have a great day!

{{{{{{SANDY}}}}} I love the new title of your journal. How are you feeling? Last time I wrote in your journal everyone in your family was sick. I hope that everyone is doing well and back to good health.

That's great that your up to the 2 mile walk. It's proberly going to be a while before I get up to that one. I'm really enjoying Leslie tapes. The only problem is I wish she had a better stretching period. I usually stretch out myself after doing the viedos.

I was suppose to workout yesterday, but I got lazy. So instead I'm working out today to make up for it. Right now I haven't decied if I'm going to be doing Leslie's tape or one of Richard Simmons. But I promised myself not to skip my workout today.

Have a great day! Katherine

Hi Minn :wave:

I'm glad that your Pap went ok. I hate getting those. I too delt with a odd Pap. Makes you feel horrible. I decided to go off the pill in November. My Mom insisted it was the cause of my Anxiety. And since I have been off of them My anxiety has nearly gone. I was a wreck all the time. I do feel better. I never know when I am going to have a period now, But I could care less. LOL...

The science fair sounded fun. I wished my daughter had been more into that. Ilike when they take white carnations and put them in differant glasses of colored water and watch the carnations change into that color. hmm Weird that just made me remember a dream I Had last night, that I was eating a bowl of flowers. PSHH weird. Sorry! KOO KOO KOO KOOO

Hello,

well we did get the snow and its still snowing lightly. hubby is out plowing.
he had his physical today. blood pressure and weight a little high.
he is scheduled for blood work for cholesterol check and all theat stuff.
he was glad he went and so am i.

well food has been good today.

breakfast: 2 eggo waffles w/ 1 tsp. jam
lunch: cup of soup(spring veg)
dinner: shake and bake chicken,baked potato,peas and lowfat cottage cheese]

snack will be a slim a bear or lowfat creamsicle and maybe a few wheat thins.
water is good too.
tommorow me and my girl weigh. was up a little on scale this morning due to the choc i ate im sure so hope in the morning its gone.
talk to you all later and have a good night.

Well Sandy, you and hubby are taking good care of yourselves, good for you.

Keep up the good work. :cheer:

Hi Minnie , whats a slim a bear ?

Hello Minnie, I wanted to stop in say hi hope things are going good. I'm still around and going to start a new journal soon been having family ( mom ) problems but will be back soon. Ruthieb

Minnie

My chili was so so. I kept adding spices till too spicy for me. Know it is better than Wendy's but have made better but Rotel was too hot to add to it.

Pea Casserole

1-1.5 ground beef brown with a large chopped onion and drain

Then add 2 handfuls of rice and let saute in the meat juice till starts to brown----much like how they say to do rice a roni.

Open 2 can of LeSeur Peas and pour the broth/juice off the peas over the meat/onion/ rice mixture. If it isn't enough liquid to cover then add water till meat is barely covered, bring to bubble and turn down and cover till rice is done---about 25 minutes. Take off the lid and let it cook rather dry if rice hasn't absorbed the liquid. Add the drained peas and heat thru for about 10 minutes.

I don't care for peas but my whole family, fussy eaters and all, love it. Salt and pepper the ground meat like you would any grd meat dish. The onions and rice get a kinda sweet like taste. It is one of the things I do like peas in.

Actually have brought it for a pitch in and went home with an empty dish.

My nephew came home sick from work and so took some of the pea casserole to him and some medicine and visited for about an hr and half till the medicine was making him sleepy. Just hope he hasn't made me sick. My nose is running and I rarely get sick. But he had a fever when I was over there but, of course, hadn't taken any tylenol. He said he tried to call me when he got home but I must have been on the internet for the phone was busy. He said it all started with a runny nose. I'll shoot him if I am sick.

On this weekend program if I 'm sick and call in I lose my vacation weekend the following quarter. So if I get sick and call in I won't be able to take a vacation till after June. But can't control being sick----just I am the worst patient. My nephew may ache but I know I am dying from joint pain. My nephew may have a stuffed nose ----to me I think I will require a ventilator if I don't start breathing easier soon. Get the drift----the drama queen of ILLNESS. I whine and complain and feel I need to tell you about my will and insurances if I do meet my demise.

Minnie, I know you must be thinking "thank God, there is some distance between you and I" for I would probably expect chicken noodle soup.

Better scoot. I'm really tired and again hope this isn't that stupid cold. Forgot about the wet bed linens in the washer and so am still doing laundry, drying the quilt now. But did do up the dishes even the cast aluminum bean pan that I simmered the chili in. No cooking tomorrow. Hurray!

Sleep tight and have a great weekend.

Donna

1.5 lb ground meat
1 onion
2 handful of rice
2 cans of LeSeur Peas
salt and pepper to taste

Good Morning~~

Well i am pleased to say i weighed this morning and lost 4 pounds for the week.
I am so happy words cannot say. i guess all the exercise,water and watching what im eating is working.
My daughter lost half pound this week.
but since last week we both have lost a total of 5.5
i am down 31.5 pounds total so am making progress.

the weekends are the worst for me. the kids are going to there dads tonight and hubby wants us to go for pizza. :(

we all know how i am with pizza but i will try to use some restraint.
tommorow hubby wants to rent dvds for at night and get takeout.
so basically i dont care about tommorow as its my free day but on sunday i will be back to watching what i eat.
so if i can get through the pizza tonight i will be fine as tommorow i dont count anyways.

I have laundry washing now and some of the house cleaned. kids get out of school early today and my girl has a doctors physical.
i swear we live at the doctors office.
i have to pack there clothes for the weekend for there dads house and go to store to get them something for dinner too.

will talk to you all later.

Things are looking up for me for once and today i am walking on sunshine :jn :dc :wave:

Great job Minnie!
:jn

Thanks Aria.

I am feeling vey happy and proud this morning and it was worth doing the walk away tapes every morning at 6:30 am and the bike and drinking down gallons of water, even worth all the trips to the bathroom.
It is not only worth it to see the numbers coming down but to know i can trust myself to make good choices and every choice i make is what i decide. what i put in my mouth is what i choose, if i exercise or not or drink the water or not is up to me. and when i dont then the consequences are mine to bear.
I know i have choices every day in how i handle stress and not to binge eat and i am doing my best cuz i truly want to change this bad cycle of eating and this unhealthy love of food.
it is not my friend or my comfort, it is to make me stay alive and to fule my body(of course it needs to taste good) but i need to let go of the securtity i have with food.
my love affair with food i should say.
i will always love food but need to know portion control. no foods are off limits but in moderation.
i have stopped eating late at night too and that has helped alot.
that is my biggest downfall.
i cant wait to get back in the 170's where i was before i slipped off the edge but i am making progress back in that direction and i am damn proud of myself.

on sunday going to breakfast with the parents. hubby asked them last week so mom said this sunday is good then were going for groceries together. should be fun.

but as you see the weekend revolves around food. my hubby loves food as much as me. which makes it hard at times.

but i am stronger than the food( i keep telling myself this) and summer is coming( keep sayingthat too)
and i want out of this fat body and i want a thin healthy one i can feel proud of. no more shame here,no more shell of fat to hide under. i must face the world and any problems i have without using food as an outlet or an excuse.
I am a survivor of many things from my life and i will survive this too. i know i will not always have good eating days but i will work on doing the best i know how.

hope today finds all my friends smiling and walking on sunshine too!!!

Wahoo, Minnie! Not only have you been reasonable about your eating (yay!) and exercising regularly (yay!) but you've been rewarded with a big loss! BIG YAY!!!

I liked your last post where you mentioned that you are a survivor of many things and you can survive this too. You should write that down and read it every morning, girl.

As for the pizza, I wonder if you ordered one with a topping that you don't love, would that help? Like if DLIP ordered sausage on the pizza, I wouldn't eat more than one piece. Or what if you ordered vegetable pizza on half? We order our pizzas with veggies sometimes and I always tell them to only put on HALF the cheese, which also saves calories. Or tell them to only put cheese on half the pizza (like if you were lactose intolerant). I don't know if you've ever tried these things???

I am so darned proud of you Minnie. I've really missed you my friend!!!!:hug: :hug: :hug:

Wonderful attitude, Sandy! I've been trying to make better choices too and sometimes I win and sometimes I lose. It's just really hard for me to do without smoking, but I am getting there, one step at a time!

I don't know why we find so much comfort in food when the end result is anything but comfort!!

Love to you,
Linda

:cheer: 4 POUNDS :cheer:

Gosh Min... you put your foot down and your weight went with it. Thats great! :hop:

It's been awhile since I lasted visited but congrats on the weight loss Minnie! :jn

You sound very vibrant and enthusiastic lately! It's really great you have your daughter in this with you! Once the snow goes (if it ever does) my daughter and I are going to start walking together! Good for you with all your progress (and your daughters)

I'm glad the pap test worked out fine! Take care and have a wonderful weekend!

Willow

Minnie

Took cold medicine last night and woke up just fine, but thanks for the thought.

It's so cold here but they keep saying it's going to be in the 50s today. But the sun has come out and am going to get my big butt in gear. I never noticed till late how grey days seem to affect me.

Got candles lit to give the room a cheerier feeling.

The pea casserole is inexpensive and simple but really tasty and not bad in fat if you drain the fat well or use the lean grd meat.

I am so happy you and your daughter saw a lost and can reap the benefits of all your efforts. I have only gone once to the gym this week. This is highly unusual and I feel a kind of guilt over it.

Enjoy the weekend with hubby and I have no words of advise but I can tell you something that I have done.

I told my son I don't like to eat so much, esp snacks and desserts, but also things like pizza, nachos etc. So my son will ask me sometimes if I really want that----when he sees me going overboard. He doesn't say much more than that. Or this week I had ice cream in the house ( one of my favorite kinds) but hadn't gotten any knowing I can't seem to stop. He got me a small bowl and said it's okay, Mom, but don't go and get anymore okay.

I was so taken aback and touched. He knows I usually get chocolate ice cream----since I won't eat chocolate. But got the mint flavor in a moment of weakness and just wouldn't touch it.
Anyway ate my bowl and no more that night. I have had a second dish another night, but that's it.

So you might ask your husband to give you a "trigger word or phrase" like "Sandy, is that what you really want" to tell you that you may be diving in too deep. Agree that that is all that is to be said. Phillip doesn't want to embarass me but knows the shame I feel when I over eat.

Better scoot and get my bath and make beds with the clean linens.


Donna:wave:

Hello~~

well just got back from doctos for daughters physical and she is a healthy 13 yr old in great shape. weight is good too but she doesnt beleive that.
they thought she needed a tetnus booster but she doesnt for a yr or 2 but when she thought she did she was crying and everything. she is my only kid scared of needles and i mean true fear of them. i was like that as a kid but from having kids you have to lose the fear of needles and pain so they dont bother me now.

day has been good except no exercise.

the water ive been slugging down. the doctor said water is very good for you but recently they discovered we dont need as much as once thought but for me the more i drink i lose cuz i flushes out of my body so im drinking it like i always did.

well gotta make the kids dinner so we can go meet there dad. then me and hubby will be out for our dinner and i dont know what else we will be doing?


have a great weekend.

Hip ... Hip ... Hurray!

Hip ... Hip ... Hurray!

You go girl...doing so well!...Weekends are tough...but you can do it!...Just make sure to keep working out and drinking up that water...it will be ok!

mcmarto

Minnie:


Your doing so great. :D
And yes with kids it always seems we are at the doctors office more than anywhere else.....lol Yesterday I sent Laural off to Ohio to play in a soccer tournament.......outdoors..........yikes for her sake I hope they are right about this weekend warming up. However she is well prepared for the cold weather. Last night hubby and I went out by ourselves for a change. Our anniversay was March 4th but we never had time to celebrate so we treated ourselves to a nice dinner out.
We promised not to talk about our jobs or the kids and at first it was awkward......lol I asked him what in the world did we use to talk about when we were dating.......:rofl: However we were at the restaurant for almost 3 hours and it was the nicest time we have spent together in so long. Kinda reaffirmed that we are trully interested in what each other want outta life and that when the kids are gone we have more in common then the everyday trival things of the kids.:)
Hope you have a fantastic weekend.


Judy2:ex:

Hello Minnie
Wow I was stopping by to say Hello and looks like your doing wonderful..Keep it up.Weekends are tough for me too,but one day at a time and we will all win.

Have a great week.
Laura

Hello everyone,

I'm having a wonderful, stress-free weekend.
Last night me and hubby went out to dinner to a really nice place.
It was called "Twin Stax" and it was built with 2 big twin towers made with glass and we sat upstairs and could see below us. the bar belwo looked just like the bar from the movie "cocktail"
i had prime rib which was delicious but a mistake cuz of its huge size. i are half there and the rest later at home,. i had a quarter of my salad, a cup of clam chowder and half of potato and me and hubby split fried veggies.
well today we went to hospital for hubby to have blood work done in part of his physical from the other day. we didnt wait too long and he had to fast so we skipped breakfast and then stopped at BK for lunch.
we rented DVD's and then tonight went for that pizza hubby wanted. they were small and thin and i had 3 slices and 3 mozzarella sticks and half a slice of pagach(mashed pot. pizza)
then we went out for a few drinks. i had a diet soda and a water.
my waters been really good.
exercise is zero so going to work out tommorow and back to eating good tommorow too.(ive been naughty this weekend)

but all in all having a fun time. even had a nap today.
called the kids at there dads and he sounds stressed. i could here the kids arguing and i thought good i hope they drive him nuts, let him see how it feels....

well going for now.

tommorow we are meeting my parents for breakfast then going for groceries and once i pick the kids up they have homework to do, showers to take plus unpacking there weekend clothes and will have to wash them so will be busy tommorow.

enjoy the rest of the weekend, i know i will.
P.S. hubby said the sweetest thing to me tonight. he said i will always be beautiful to him and he will love me forever and i am the best thing to have ever happened to him. I swear i fell in love all over with him. so as you can see i am still " walking on sunshine"

take care.

I forgot to mention the movies we rented.
we rented "swim fan" which i really liked if you like those jealous,obseesive stalker movies, and we rented bloody murder2 which was good too. it was like a friday the 13th but way better.(lots of boobs so i guess hubby enjoyed it too)
Jane Doe which we didnt end up wathcing but 10 minutes of and returned it and the new one with steven sagal(dead, something) i dont know cuz i fell asleep.
i am trying to get the movei the ring. its suppose to be really good and scary but every time i go its all rented and they have like 15 copies but when a new movie is released there hard to get for awhile so i guess i have to wait.

hubby is now fast asleep. hes snoring like a baby....
so peaceful when they sleep, just like children.
well they are children actually but in a grown up body. LOL

well going to bed soon.

have a good night.

minnie, I am so happy for you :D you so deserved this great weekend you have had!

What you hubby said to you is soooooo special - treasure it forever :)

Jade

Hello~~

Hope you all are enjoying your sunday. it is so warm here. wore a spring coat this morning and by afternoon was sweating and wore no coat. windows down in the van it was so nice.

but the driveway is still a big mud pit. :(

well got up early this morning and rode 6 miles on my bike and did the 1 mile walk tape.
then me and hubby met my parents for breakfast. i had a ham & swiss omelet and rye toast w/ jam and sausage
i skipped lunch and for dinner am making boneless,skinless homeade chicken strips and veggies.
went grocery shopping too.
tommorow for st. pattys day am making beef stew and i bought a st pattys day cake with a leprechaun on it. i will have a small slice.

doing great with water too.

not really thinking of food today.

focusing on other things instead.

well going for now to finish dinner and will check your journals later i hope.

take care.

Minnie

Sounds like a great weekend.

My son is upset cause I am tired and he keeps acting like I'm mad at him and angry over the me doing the dishes . I haven't yelled or anything. I know my tone is flat but am feeling low, have major PMS and everything feels like an effort. He just doesn't get me being beyond tired with 5.5 hr sleep. Coffee tastes like a milllion and he is feeling excluded with being on the computer. I usually get up noting all the things he has done for me and asking where he wants to eat.

Had to borrow his money, for didn't go to the bank before the weekend and ran out. Will pay him back tomorrow.

Don't do anything special for St Patrick 's Day. Occasionally will remember to wear green and that 's about it. Ate some cupcakes and had green clovers on them----we had a pitch in and someone brought them.

Better scoot, so can give my son my FULL attention.

Motivated to move, you really are Wonder Woman.

Donna

the kids will love the cake


I wish you coulda been MY mom lol

but you are my good friend so I am a lucky girl


it rained here today, snowed, hailed, then freezing rain


man it is hard to take huh


we will have to have a diettalk hammock day this summer when we all just enjoy


are you interested in getting the pants challenge going again sandy?


you are prob like me now, just wanting room in our current pants hahahah


but we havnt forgot our jeans !!!!!


we will wear them, this I know !!!!!


I hope you have a wonderful day


luv you heaps


peng


:hug:

Hey Minnie!

It was warm here too...I just loved it!...I felt alive!...hahaha!

I was a bit naughty this weekend too...but back on track today!

Have a great week!

mcmarto

Minnie:


Awe the weather is finally co-operating for us. It was warm here also and I love it. I am a spring and summer person........I think I was born in the wrong part of the world as I should be some place where it is warm and sunny all the time.......lol
Happy St Patrick's Day %%- to you and your family. Hope you have a wonderfull day.

Judy2:ex:

Good Morning !!!!!

well i dont have much time to be on here today cuz i am super busy at the moment. i have to leave earlier for work and stop at the bank.
so far i have washed 2 loads of laundry,folded and put one load away,made beds, got kids of to school,ate,washed dishes and i still need to ride my bike.
i cut up all the veggies for the beef stew im making tonight so thats one less thing to do later.
im making biscuits too( i will have just one with no butter)
and of course the cake i bought. i may stop and get the kids shamrock cookies.
i told my hubby to invite his girl for dinner so he called her and will pick her up after work.
i am not irish(100% italian) but kids and hubby have some irish in them. usually i make corned beef and cabbage but they wanted the beef stew this time.

I am down on scale today and am glad after indulging over the weekend but i did really good yesterday and am on track again today. i feel so much in control.

Claire~~ i am interested in the pants challenge anytime just let me know. i havent forgotten about the jeans. the jeans im wearing now were tight 2 weeks ago and barely buttoned but now they fit comfy so i am making progress and hope soon to go into size 14's

have a great day and talk to you all later.

%%- %%- %%-

Hello Minnie,

Looks like you will fit into those jeans very soon!

%%- aria2000

Minnie,
How exciting about the jeans, it is so nice to try on those clothes that got put in the cupboard because they were too tight and have them fit isn't it. Good for you!!!

I'll join you guys with your pants. hahaha

Hey Minnie...your evening sounds so fun!

It is fun that your pants are fitting! AND you are down on the scale!!! Yahoo!

Hello,

Im super busy but wanted to drop in and say hello.
work was busy and i am wearing a sticker that says "kiss me im irish" but im 100% italian so its funny.

i picked up my step girl cuz hubby will be running late from work.
left my older girl off to her friends cuz there doing a project, then gotta pick her up later when i bring my step girl home.
got the stew on the stove cooking and i am starved.
i had a smart ones before work and a cup of soup at work and that is it. i have been drinking water and i rode 5 miles on the bike this morning.
before work i went to bank,post office and other errands.
i have had a busy day and it s not nearly over.
im going now to sneak into the shower while dinner is cooking.

Have a wonderful night.

Minnie, just peeked in late to see how your day went.

Nsg meeting lasted 2 hr and then went over to the dr office where my nephew had an appt. My sister, his mom, was there and we had a chance to visit while he was getting examined. Dr. is running tests to determine the reason behind the abdominal pain.

Fearful of war and rising gas price, so filled up tanks tonight. Fearful that this generation has never seen life lost thru war. Fearful this won't be short lived and will drag like Vietnam.

Better scoot,

Donna

%%- Hi there!:wave: Sounds like it time to turn rabbit.. and get some carrots or something to munch on between meals.. I've become very fond of greens and ranch dressing lol it is an excellent filler.. I sound like a commercial:tomato: hehe well I hope you are doing good. I'm doing ok.. went for a long walk today to clean up the streets..with my trash picker upper tool.. works great.. I just love it. Good excercise too... Then lifted my weights and kept my calories at 1100 today so today was good.. thank God because yesterday I managed a whopping 3005 calories... which was more than I burned off in 2 hours of bowling with my son and 1/2 an hour of moving boxes with my friend but just by about 100 calories so no weight gain... but no loss. 8-| at least I learned from it.. I punched the reset button this morning and started over. Well I'm starting to yawn so I better go and answer my own responses but I had to come update myself as I have trouble keeping up!!!!:o

How did it go last night? I am always tired reading your journal. hahaha Was the stew fantastic? I love stew. Though now that it is a bit warmer, I've been getting more into fruits and veggies. I always start doing that in the spring. I am delighted that you've been doing well, girl. We are such a funny pair -- when we are good we are very good and when we are bad...well, we are interesting at least. LOL Love ya!

Good morning~~

well got up early and did the 1 mile walk tape with my girl.
then i blew it and had eggs with some mega cheese. i am so mad at myself but will not follow old habits and blow rest of the day. instead i will just keep going forward and not let it set me up for a fall today.

i have laundry washing and some chores done but more to do yet.
the stew last night was good and the cake was bad. way to sweet of frosting on it.
i like when i make my own better.

my son has a rollerskating party tonight so will be busy after work.

hope you all have a great day!

Minnie,

You are doing just fine. With all that you do in a day the eggs with the mega cheese won't go far, you'll have it all burned off soon.

Hey a good thing about cake with icing that is too sweet is that it can turn you off of cake for a while. [-X

Have a great day!!!:hug:

you are so right Minnie! trust me!!! you only had one bad meal and you are punching the reset button and gonna have a great day that is great. Two days ago I had a great day.. ate well and did fine.. and that was the day I had to take my son back to my ex husband and on the way home I got depressed about it.. and about the breakup with my best friend.. (my old eating buddy Anne)... so I let it all go.. I doubled my calories by eating lots of chocolate and icecream:tomato: and woke up depressed about it.. ready to starve myself .. not knowing what to do and I called my mom and she told me to push the reset button just get up and do what I normally did and forget about the night before. So I did I got on the scale and thanked God I wasn't up a pound and went to fitday and figured out how many calories I'd eaten which was a whopping 3005 that other day.. but with bowliing with my son for over two hours and helping my friend pack and move boxes around I burned nearly that off so it wasn't as bad as I had had it in my head.. all was not lost..So I went for my walk and ate well around 1100 calories and today I was down 2 pounds.. so this could be you in a day or two..... we have the power to change.
Last night I could easily have ate more .. but I wasn't hungry and I was trying to pay attention to that. I used to have a fourth meal at night just because the food was there and it sounded good. But now I know that that just made it harder to sleep not easier.. I thought I was helping myself sleep because eating made me sleepy.. little did i know that the body has to digest all that food and so it keeps you awake.. anyway I'm sleeping better these days I have more energy.. I'm trying to look at the positive.. and I'm sorry for talking so much in your journal forgive me..I just related to your post so much I felt the need to comment about it. So you keep smiling and do what you need to do to keep that smile coming back because you are a great lady and you deserve to be happy and you sure bring a smile to my face when I read your posts. I appreciate all the support you have given me Minnie and I am trying to do the same for you. God bless you!:wn

Hi Minnie

Glad to see you are doing well. Some eggs and cheese isnot going to hurt you. I eat some every morning :o

Have a great day!

Kimmi

Hello~~

well in a bit will be heading to sons skating party at the roller rink.
well i did good for most of the day today food wise and i agree with Betty that we can just as easily turn it around and push the reset button. i too was going to starve the rest of the day after my morning mishap but decided not too.
i went about my day like i normally do.

my older girl was invited to go to a Penguins hockey game tommorow night with her best friend and her parents.
she is excited but my son is having a fit of jealousy.
i told her she could go. I dont have to pay anything anyways but will send her with a little spending money.

well im going for now to get dressed and will try to get back here later, if not have a great night and thanks for the support.

Hi Minnie-

Sorry, I haven't been around lately and I see you have a new journal. Love the title. Sounds like your still pedaling away on that bike and doing good. Don't beat yourself up over the other morning with the cheese. You deserve a treat once in awhile.

Have fun at the skating party. Are you going to skate?? Have a great week and I'll be checking in on you soon. :)

You are always so...so...so busy!

Gosh...and I thought I was !!! ... hahaha!

So happy that you are doing so well with your food and exercise!

Keep up the good work girl...mcmarto

my little :super: mouse ate some :super: cheese

now how does one keep a mouse from cheese lol


imagine that trap I guess

:)


I wanted to say hi and wish you a wonderful wednesday


I luv ya and believe in you, my friend


always



:hug:


Peng

{{{{{SANDY}}}} How was your sons skating party? My goal for today was to drink 3 liters of water. I have about a cup to go. I had a late start drinking my water today, but I'm determined to make my goal for today. Of course that means that I'm proberly going to be getting up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. Earlier tonight I think I went to the restroom 4 times within a 60 minute period.

If you ever get a chance to see the movie "Undercover Angel" I would highly recommend it. I saw it tonight on the Lifetime Movie Network. It's about a women who leaves her daughter with her exboyfriend. The man at first resits the child, because she was just dumped on his doorstep. The little girl is a real charmer, and secerly helps him out, with a friend, in a big way. I won't give anymore of the plot way, but it's really good.

take care ~ Katherine

Minnie:


Hope your son had a blast at his skating party and that your girl enjoyed the game. It's defenetly getting to be spring here. I saw a robin yesterday:)
Glad that you got right back on track with the rest of your day.
Hope you have a :super: marvelous day today.

Judy2:ex:

Hi Sandy,
Seems like forever since I have been here. Hope you are doing well and the world is at your feet!!!!!!!!! Just a very quick hello until I get back home. April 10th is when I plan on being home.

Keep on keeping on!!
Love and hugs,
lizzie

I'm with Pengii...you can't keep a Chum from cheese either. Big deal, Minnie. Cheese is good. Exercise is better. There are no bad or good foods (except okra...that is DEFinately bad). There are just choices. You chose some cheesy eggs, then you chose some other foods, maybe more healthy. It's all about balance, not deprivation. When we are deprived, we eat everything in sight! haha

Hope the skating party was fun. I remember how I looked forward to skating parties when I was a girl. I always had crushes on the older boys who worked at the rink. ha!

Have a wonderful day today, Minn.

Hello~~

well my boy had fun at his skating party except he developed a blister on his toe which busted and is raw so we left a little early.
and i played nurse when we got home. i know it was sore but he whined on and on and i got to thinking of how boys are babies and men are much bigger ones. LOL

well the scale is up a bit today but i plan on changing that too.will do good today and will ride my bike before work. waiting for doctor to call with hubbys blood test results,. hope there good results.

i am here watching the news on the war ahead and i have been lsoing sleep over this and feel much stress from it too. it is a scary thing. my daughters class trip for april to new york to see a broadway show is cancelled and tickets are bought so the school is going to try to get everone some kind of refund as the tickets were 30.00 each.

my son got an invitation for 2 weeks from now to go to a bowling party. he has been busy.
me too.

my girl is going to the hockey game tonight.

well i gotta go get some stuff done and have a great day!

Minnie

It's a shame about the NY trip but with pending war, I would be fearful of them going now.

Why do I feel I let myself down so much. Do women think this way normally that we are failing ourselves or someone. I got the laundry going and did dishes and then dirtied a couple eating---but not worth making up dish water for a bowl and spoon and a pie tin the chicken was thawing out in.

Got the chicken in the oven for couldn't find a receipe on the net for crockpot chicken where I had the ingredients. My son will be grateful for me fixing it the old way cause he told me he didn't like the last experiment/new receipe much. Tried cooking it with campbell soup and he didn't like the gravy stuff much at all but then I don't fix gravy much for it's where the fat is in the drippings of the meat. Need a good crockpot receipe for chicken---no bbq or spice just a roasted chicken kind of receipe. But looked at 3 web sites and got tired of reading them. I fix my chicken kinda like a turkey and flavor is much the same as turkey.

But know I should be dusting and vacuuming and organizing. But wanted to take a break and chat. Ate chili mac for breakfast, now that sounds like a Minnie Mouse breakfast. But made up the chili mac to share with the elderly neighbors down the street gonna top it with cheese and have cornbread and salad on the side.

Phil will eat some chicken before we go down for chili mac. He won't eat spicy food. I don't make him. This is where Betty, the elderly neighbor and I disagree. She makes her kids eat stuff like that now and then tho I think they will like mine better than hers for it is spicy like a taco almost. I 've had hers and its bland in comparison.

Anyway I bought clothes yesterday. I am so compulsive but actually just found what I like. I spent more than I expected to but like a stupid butt haven't tried on anything to see if I'm keeping them. Got me 5 tops---3 shirts and 2 knit tops for summer wear. Then bought 6 or 7 white tops for work. Nurse uniform tops cost 15-30 dollars and they will let us wear white knit shirts that are plain. Found some that would work for under $10. So bought them up since I am down to just 3 tops. Have a bunch more than that that are stained or worn but only 3 in good shape, so when I found them I bought all they had my size. White uniform tops are easily ruined at work. Bought one pr of white pants too.

Bought bras, panties, basic white as usual. None of this I have tried on. OH, and 2 pr of shorts. Bought Phil 7 shirts for summer size LARGE. When he was 12 he was wearing 2X for his tummy was big and he is board shoulder and frankly overweight. Well he got his first pair of medium shorts and wanted new shirts complaining everything was too big on him. He wore a bleached Tshirt to school saying at least it fit. I was livid so went out and picked out 7 Tshirts/shirts for him for school. He thinks he looks so GOOD in the new clothes and I was kinda tickled. He has lost weight and grown 6 inches. But need to go thru his clothes and take to Goodwill all the 2X that he has. The shame of it is some are like new.

So spent my wad but who doesn't want new clothes when even extra large is baggy, and my son 's birthday is in 10 days. Frankly I really don't care. He is my heart and I am proud of his effort to lose weight and just wish I was as good and we both were getting into large. Don't think he'll ever be a medium for his shoulders are very board and he had a medium jacket on but couldn't move his shoulders in it.

I get down like him and I am going to go on such a spree. Actually I feel guilty for buying me clothes now. I will try stuff on but probably tomorrow after a bath.

Well, procrastinated enough.

Minnie, like many of you, I have been praying for peace.

Didn't watch the news today for it creates such stress I feel immobilize. I know it is ridiculous but this war might draft my son in time.

Scooting,

Donna

Minnie, I understand about the stress from all this......but I sure hope you can get some good rest. You are such a busy women you need it :)

Jade

Minnie...
How was your day today? Was it good? We will do this!!
Its funny, its seems like of all a sudden there are a ton of birthdays, then you go for awhile with none...
Does your step dauther live with you? visit? or nothing?
I also have a step daughter, she is 15. She visits every other weekend, which is getting less and less as she is getting older... she wants to be with her friends...
I wish you a good day tomorrow!!
Otto
:)

Minnie

Working on the spring cleaning of switching clothes from winter to summer. I am finding clothes I never knew my son had and wonder if he was just pulling my string over wearing that bleached stained T-shirt to school. He has tons of clothes. It is ridiculous but won't take any of the new ones back since I said they were part of his birthday. Actually his birthday is bought, except for his dinner and party---kinda. Am hoping his best friend's mom and I will go together to share the expense of a party. Let me buy pizza and her the ice cream cake. Our sons birthday is just one day apart and they have many of the same friends. And for the dinner my son wants to go to an expensive resturant and expect it to cost me about $40 for the meal. I keep trying to suggest O'Charley's which isn't cheap but at least not quite this high but he loves the fish at the other place. Only 16 once I guess. But I would never ask to go to such a place for my birthday. Food just isn't worth that kind of money. But he has his heart set on it. I keep hoping that he gets a summer job.

Gotta scoot, those clothes aren't going to walk up the stairs by themselves.

Donna

Good morning.

I was wondering if you skate when you are at the rink? I remember my mom used to skate sometimes and I would be horrified that my friends would notice. hahaha Of course, if I had kids now, THAT MEMORY ALONE would inspire me to tie up the skates just for the fun humiliation party. haha I guess this is why I have just a small cat.

How are you today???

HEY MIN NERS.......

Just checking in on you. I have to agree with you on the BIG MAN BABY BOO BOO. thing. Funny though, after having boys and girls. I notice my boys are real sensitive and my girls will put ther dukes up. and can throw a pretty *****y tude. Guess it all evens out ay? ;)

Hello~~

Im super busy still!!!! :(

i rode 5 miles on the bike yesterday but didnt exercise today cuz i had to leave early to take my girl to the dentist for checkup/cleaning and now they want me to call the orthodontist for a consultation cuz her 2 top front teeth have a gap so gotta call tommorow to make appt.

this morning started out bad. 2 younger ones fighting and a bowl of cereal was spilled all over then after it was cleanred up the other ones cereal accidentally spilled(yeah right) so then i was mad. so they are grounded tonight with going to bed early. and no phone or computer.
Last night my older girl went to the hockey game and had fun. she bought a stuffie of the teams mascott(she collects stuffies) room is full of them.
anyways while she was gone the younger 2 were fighting non stop so i have had enough of the fighting so by this morning with the cereal incident i was so mad and they are still at it.

well i weigh tommorow so hope i maintained or lost a bit. i have been trying but exercise needs to be done more but this week was just so busy to fit it in every day. i did do it a little.
shame on me.....

well hubby had 200.00 yesterday from work for 2 days and he gave me 100 of it. well doctor called with his test results and his cholesterol was a little high so in 6 months will get re-tested and if its not down then medication to bring it down. it scared him some so i hope he listens.
well anyways his one test showed an infection so he had to go on the anitbiotic cipro and we have no prescription plan. it costed 169.00 so lets say this that the money he made didnt leave us much. every time we have a bit extra something happens but he needs the medicine. he has an appt on wed at the uroligist and i am going with him.
if it werent for me he wouldnt take care of himself at all.
you know how most men are....

well work today sucked too. we got inspected so were watched doing everythinh but our store scored welll anyways but were very busy so didnt even have my cup of soup.
did have a lean cusine for dinner.

well hubbys home. will get to your journals later tonight.take care.

I hear you- about having extra money, its like there is an extra money miser... ooh she has extra money this week, what can break down or who can get sick...

Good luck on your weigh in tomorrow!!
Otto
:)

Hello,

well this has truly been the day from Hell.
as i said before about the whole day it just got worse by the minute.
Hubby came home from work and had a bad day too. was soaked to the skin and cold and then our basement was flooding with water. it was coming in from a hole so he has a sump pump going and will be tending to it tommorow. always something to do or fix. never a break for a minute.
so i went to wallmart with my 13 yr old to get gifts for hubbys birthday tommorow. got him new work boots(he needs so bad) and 2 DVD's. he likes war movies so got "hamburger hill" and "Joe Dirt"(which is a comedy)trying to build a DVD collection. getting the kids a few for easter too.

Getting hubby a cake tommorow and my girl got him a funny helium balloon which is tied to his chair. its a big smiley face wearing a big pointy birthday hat. its funny and he loved it.
will pick him up a few little treats tommorow.( i spoil him at times) got him a nice card too.
bought shampoos,bandaids,and shaving gel and so on....
it is pouring out and foggy so i had to drive slow and hubby was home all worried as he didnt want me to go at all tonight but were home safe.

then i went to come on here after i wrapped his gifts and the power went out and came back on but tv is out. i think someone may have hit a pole so it better be on by tommorow.

one thing after another here.

eating was good tonight. i bought some lean cusines as they were on sale. i had a really good chicken rice terraki with veggies.
and i bought smart ones(by ww) ice cream sandwiches. they are filled with choc ice cream. i told everyone they are only mine cuz they costed over 4 bucks and theres only 6 but they were really good. 2 pts each for those who are on ww. i dont count points now but i do still add things in my head using points(its a habit) tommorows weigh in so i'll be glad if i maintain or see any loss.
keeping fingers crossed.

well going for now. have a great night.

will be busy this weekend too. son has districts with scouts on sat morning for the pine wood derby so were all going and i am making lasagna fo hubbys birthday dinner which were having on sunday i think or maybe sat. gotta see.

take care.

I forgot to mention that while at wallmart i got the vitamins by one a day weight smart that are suppose to boost metabolism. will start them tommorow and see how it goes.

ok Good Night!!!

Minnie

Busy woman! Super Mouse!

Should ask your doctor for samples-----the pharmasuetical reps leave lots of them and tho I have an insurance plan for prescription the newer drugs come with a co-pay up to $50 so the doctor often gives me the amt I need for acute illness, such as head cold that needed some kind of nasal spray and antibiotics---he gave me the sample enough to cover the 10 days. It is a common practice around here. It cost the doctor nothing and the reps leave them for that reason.

My doctor doesn't give me my routine medications but often when he orders new ones he does to see if they are going to work and save me the expense if they don't. Most doctor have a huge supply of samples. From hand creams to nasal sprays to antibiotic and esp birth control pills.

Hope you have a great weekend and your hubby doesn't spend his whole birthday playing plumber.

You sound like a great romantic, Sandy. You are probably is best gift.

Donna

Good morning,


well i am not smiling this morning as the scale is up a pound but i will take it off so not too upset but i wanted to see a loss. for this week i will have to do more exercise. :(

well called this morning and made my girl an orthodontist appt for in may is the first available one.
gotta call cable co. lost cable last night dont know why but i thin there was an accident or something. didnt sleep well again!
hubby is such a baby when it comes to gifts he opened them last night and likes what he got. think after work i will stop and buy an ice cream cake for him as a surprise cuz i dont have time today to bake one cuz i got to go to work soon and busy day ahead.

got laundry washing, beds made, house cleaned up, i ate, kiddies of to school,fish fed,floor swept and coffeee ready for morning to be brewed,and dry clothes folded and put away. gotta wash dishes yet and get dressed.

hope you all have a wonderful friday!!!!

Donna~~ i will keep in mind about the samples from doctors. thanks!

Hello Minnie!
Hope you get some nice I-) soon!

As usual a stop by Sandy's journal find her just a hopping. Hey you should have my avatar!! lol

Hope you have a great time with hubby, and hope you are all feeling better soon. Take care and get the rest you need plus lots of water.

Sandy

No time to talk---did a lick and promise mopping in the utility so rug can go back down. But the vaccuuming I am leaving for my son.

I can't seem to turn off the war stuff and my nerves are shot with the news, slept poorly and have stomach pain. I keep praying and begging God to intercede, to guide our leaders.

I keep seeing my son in the draft and know I am overacting but the tears are just behind my eyelids, filled with anxiety.

I have to scoot. Dinner on the table in 15 min.

Donna

Heya Minnie, just wanted to drop in and say hi! So many posts and this is your second journal !

bye for now,
Cath

Don't you just hate it when that happens?:( ugh... well I was wishing you and your hubby a great night tonight and hoping the birthday goes well and that you got the damage to your house fixed up nicely and the stress is gone today. Keep up the excercise sounds like you are kicking some bahooticus over there! Way to go Minnie!!!!:cheers: :hug: :super: mouse~!

Minnie - sit down for one minute - just one ;)

Now think about your worst enemy - your very worst

ok

now kick MURPHY out of your family and send him packing to their house!!!!!!!!!! :tomato:

What a week you have had........wish i could help you.

Hang tight my friend - even if it is just by a thread :D

Jade

Hello~~

Hope you all had a good weekend, for me it has been a nightmare for the most part.
My sons district derby yesterday went good. he came in second on one track and third on the other.
but when i left for groceries and came home the kids had a mud fight going and were covered from head to toe in mud. there clothes,shoes,coats and bodies. i had so much work to do to clean it. the floors in kitchen,bathroom floor and tub took like 3 hrs to clean it all. i was so mad :( :c(

so today got up and made the lasagna and took my girl to scouts, went to wallmart and came home to find out the kids had a fight spraying each other with smelly perfume and deoderant so now there punished. when will they learn i dont know.

Didnt exercise this weekend, food was bad but water was good.
aiming to exercise every morning this week and do good with food all week.

well take care,

Minnie:

You say no exercise this weekend.........hmmmmm what does 3 hours of cleaning up mud sound like to you.......leisure time.....I think not girl.........that's a workout in itself. Sure hope you grounded them but good for it though:)
Hope the rest of your weekend goes better for you and you do get to relax some.

Judy2:ex:

Eeeek!...I would go nuts if I had kids!...You are a great mom Minnie!

Hope this week is a good one for ya'!

How was that lasagna???

mcmarto

Hey Minnie, just wanted to drop by and check on ya. Sounds like
you've been busy cleaning up mud and such. Well, my kid is too
big for that. Thank goodness, or maybe not, the years go by too
fast. One day you'll look back on that day and laugh about it.
Have a great week and sending strength your way to stay on
track with the eating and exercise.

Catch ya later,

minnie i agree with judy... 3 hrs of cleaning up after kids is a total body work out!! being a mom is a workout in itself. I have none and I am not married so I dont know the joy of getting my excercise by cleaning up after/chasing the kids around the house. I have to just use regular old work out videos and walks in the park:)
your doing so good!! i cant wait til i see the 190's!!

take care:)
Lisa

Hi Minnie ~

It's been a while since I stopped in for a good hello, and you can tell your kiddies they can be very thankful that you are their Mommy, and not me. They would have been doing a lot of cleaning up themselves if that were so. I know they are not grown children, but every one of them do know what unacceptable behavior is. I'm sorry that they put you through such stress and backbreaking work because of their misbehavior.

I hope they appreciate what a treasure they have in you as their Mother. But I doubt it. Most children don't learn that until many years later.

Have a better week this one coming.
Take care of yourself lady.

keep smiling ............... :)
Sandie

Hi Minnie

I hope you are well, and that you had a good birthday party for your hubby - I presume you did have the party yesterday?

It sounds like crazy things are happening at your house at the moment - I can remember falling out with my sister and our arguments would last for days, although I can't remember ever having a mudfight, but perhaps a perfume fight! Hang in there anyway! I hope things calm down soon.

OMG. Every time I log into your journal, I giggle sheepishly. Poor Minnie. Always cleaning up other people's messes. Your kids are WILD. I'm surprised you have any sanity or sense of humor left in you! But you have loads of both! And as for your exercise, I'm afraid I vote again with Judy...I think all your cleaning and running around count for exercise BIG time. Not to say that some time on the bike wouldn't be good too. haha

Just wanted to drop by to let yo know I'm thinking about you!

Minnie

I getting a slow start to my day. But can't say I ever witnessed a mud fight.

Now the perfume thing yes.

Hope the hubby's birthday was great and he appreciates the woman you are.

As for the kiddos, I guess I would have to be there to decide how to handle it. I probably leave them outside wearing their mess and not allow that in my house. After awhile it would have gotten old and probably cold.

I am not the sympathetic type when it comes to rough housing.

Gotta scoot,

Donna

{{{{SANDY}}}} I completly agree with Judy. 3 hours of cleaning is a great workout. You totally rock girl! I guess we all can sneak in extra workouts here and there without even realizing it. Yesterday I got a great workout cleaning my room, and today I got a good workout shopping for grocerys.

Sandy your one of the most organized people I know. How do you do it? do you plan out our days so that you know exactly what you've got planned for the day, and then stick to the plan. Or do you plan things as they just come along. I need to get myself more organized, and I was wondering if you had any advice.

good luck with your goals this week! take care ~ Katherine

I am sorry Sandy but I just had to giggle at the kids. Sounds like they really know how to have some good fun.

But I understand how it would have been very frustrating too.

You take care, you are a terrific mom and by the sounds of how they like to have fun you must all have lots of fun together. Congrats to your son for coming in so well in the derby. What fun.

Have a good week.

Good morning~~

I wanted to get on here yesterday but the website gave me some problems then at night my daughter had to get on here to finish typing up a world culture project that is due today,. and by the time she was done i was too tired to get on.

well this morning me and my girl did the 1 mile walk. my water is so good for days now but my eating isnt too good. gotta work on that but at least i exercised.

I am off from work tommorow and going with hubby to his urologist appt.
hope it goes well for him.

work is getting busier as it is getting warmer out.

the war has me on edge and stressed too.

my 2 younger ones have been being quite the challenge for me. i wonder some days how i do keep it together.

as for Katherines question as do i plan out my day? well i mostly know what i am going to do that day but some times i do things as they come.
i know what needs to be done.

I have missed you all and am going to check out your journals.
i have a busy week again!
on wed. night son has scouts and girls are going swimming at the college with the girl scouts.

well take care and have a good day!!!!

:D Good for you for still excercising!

Children... You gotta love em! Sometimes I see these mom's who talk so serene and calm to there children. And here I am :tongue:rotest: with my mouth...... 8-} Isn't it funny how a person smaller then us can have so much power...... I feel for ya! :hug:

Hi Minnie! Just came into check on you. Glad you are feeling OK.

I think everyone is a little stressed with this war but all we can do is wait it out. Everything will be fine, I promise :D

Great job on the 1 mile tape this morning! Minnie rocks!

- Kimmi

Minnie

Quick note

Typed Pengii a long entry and now am short on time

Have to watch what I eat today for it's a pizza birthday party at the neighbor and I can go overboard and drown in the mozarella if not careful.

Would love a perm today but don't know if time will allow.

I plan to go to the gym in a few minutes. So better scoot.

The banana I had for breakfast feels like it went to my toe.

Off and running.

Donna

Hi Min

Sounds like fun in the Minnie Household at the moment!

I just wanted you to know that I am thinking about you - actually I'm wearing myself out thinking about you and all the energy that you have!

Hey Minnie!

How is the "Super Mom of the Year" doing???

Hope you have a nice night!

mcmarto

Hello~~

well today was so hot at work and its not even summer yet but working with the fryers and such i felt like i rolled around in crisco and salt. LOL

After work came home and we ate dinner then i decided to get my kids summer clothes out so they could try them on and i could pack away the winter clothes. it was a major project that took hours.
most clothes fit them from last yr but my older girl needs shorts badly and they want more capri pants. my little guy needs more tank tops and a few more shorts plus they need new sandals.
but im glad i got it done.

so im finally sitting down after cleaning,cooking,laundry,dishes, work and doing the clothes in the dressers plus my usual chores.
kids and myself all had showers and my son was punished in bed early for this morning he was playing chess with my girl before school and as i said before he is way to competivitve well he got mad and they were sitting on floor and he kicked the stool in the air and it hit her in the face and gave her a bloody nose and a bruise on her nose. i was so mad. he knows better and how i feel about hitting and such so hes punished and next weekend cannot go to his friend's bowling birthday party. i will straighten this boy out yet.
He took the grounding better than in the past as i guess he now knows better that he would get more nights added on.

The only thing i did for myself tonight was paint my toenails metallic pink. i love to paint my nails and for work cannot paint fingernails so i do my toes. my girl has a whole set of nice metallic polishes which i use alot.

i love sandals in the summer too. at least my feet are one part of my body i actually do like now if i could only like the rest of it.

well water was good today and i exercised but food wasnt good again. i dont know what the hell my problem is with the food but its all i think of.
well im not stressing. im still moving on.


my hubby has the urologist appt in the morning and im going with him so we are both off from work so after appt we will be alone for ahwile before kids get out of school. maybe we will go for lunch or something.

well take care and have a good night.

suppose to have 46 degree high on Fri so will have to get out a sweatshirt.

Overate with the pizza but had small piece of cake and ice cream

The kids seem to have a great time and so I am thrilled.

My nephew came over and got a couple pieces of pizza but declined going to neighbor for cake and ice cream.

Think we are okay again---being his only family close by I don't want my nephew to feel he can't rely on me or isn't loved by me just because of miscommunication. He is so backward and hold onto a slight, even when unintentional, like it cost him his life.
I don't understand it for we have tried 4 times to apologize about the misunderstanding. I was glad he came over for pizza. Offered to send some home with him and he said no, that he had a pizza at home.

Got to get to bed----am dead.

Donna

Minnie;

Your always so busy girl. Great job on getting all the summer clothes ready. I have to do that this weekend. I have taken Friday off for a change so I can get started on the yard work that needs doing and finish off a few things around here. I am also going out for lunch with a girlfriend of mine.
Hope you have a wonderfull day today.

Judy2:ex:

Hi Minnie

I hope your hubby gets on alright at the appointment, is it tomorrow morning? and that you do get some good quality time together after the appointment. It will do you both good.

Hi Minnie,

I think your punishment is proper for your boy and I am glad he took it well. You will straighten him out :) you are a great mommy.

Great job on exercise and water. Food will come in time. Just take it slow!

Have a great day,

Kimmi

I agree with Kimmi. You sound like a good mommy. And I, like you, know it takes a strong woman to be part of a combined family.

I pray for :peace: to fill your head, and strength to fill your body :lift: and love for you and dh to feel your hearts :x

I hope you have a wonderful day... :spring:

:DHi Minnie: I love to read you Journal. It reminds me of when my kids were little :c( They gave me a run for my money. What one wouldn't think of the other would. :tomato: I will have to tell you sometime the things they did8-} I have four kids 2 boys and 2 girls and they were a hand full. Anyway keep talking about your kids I love it.:laugh

K. In Arizona

Sandy,

Hope the appointment went well.

You are a good mom, and a fun one. Hope you had a good day over all.

Thanks again for your visits to my journal, you are such a sweetie.

Hello~~

I am here after a long day and a long night.

well hubbys doctor appt went good thank goodness.
the doctor said he thinks his prostrate is slightly enlarged so hes taking celebrex for the next 2 weeks. everything is ok though.

then we went for breakfast. i had an omelet,homefries,toast and ham on the side, i was bad but i skipped lunch.

no exercise today :(

water was good.

took son to scout meeting tonight then off to the college where the girl scouts were earning a swim badge so for a buck my son swam too.
2 hours of that and i was pooped. no i didnt swim either. nit brave enough to put on last yrs bathing suit.

well cable guy came today to see why the tv in my bedroom was all fuzzy for awhile now and it was the tv so we went and bought a new one from wallmart. we got a sanyo flat screen(its grey) and really nice and the tv i had in my living room is now in our bedroom, might repair tv that was broke if it doesnt cost too much otherwise its not worth it.

well last night got bad news. my mom called and said my uncle had passed out at work on monday night and ambulance took him too hospital. they did and EKG which didnt come back too good. seems he picked up a virus somewhere and it did moderate damage to his heart,. so now hes on medicine and if the medicine dont work would need a heart transplant. we are close to all our family and this news was devastating so we are saying prayers. if any of you would mind to please say one for him too. he is such a wonderful, loving man.

my aunt,(his wife) is in the hospital today having a knee replacement.
alot going on.....

tommorow back to work. i feel so fat and i am trying not to stress over the food. somedays i wonder why i bother to chase my tail with this cuz i lose only to keep gaining it back and wonder if i will ever be thin and in control of the food.
but then i dont want to give up on myself either as i made this promise to myself when i started. some days are so hard for me.


well gonna read some journals and go to bed so i can wake up and do it all over again.

Take care!!!! and Kaye im glad i amuse you with my kid stories.
i have some good ones and am sure in the future will have many more. LOL

sorry to hear about your uncle Sandy

I will send a prayer too


battleing up and down is way better than letting go of that thread and weighing more and more and more

we got to remember that


you could be too fat to get off the couch and be with your kids.... you know you are way healthier than a year ago!!!


you are a fighter, my little :super: mouse


dont give up that fight


luv ya girl


hope thursday is good to you



:hug:



Peng

Minnie:

So sorry to hear about your Uncle. I will say a prayer for him and your Aunt.
Have you ever watched the show "Kids say the darndest thing"
I think that is my all time favortie one. I wish it was on all the time. At Laural's soccer game on Sunday there was this little girl I would say about 2 years old. Everytime the ref would put the ball on the line to be kicked in she would run as fast as she could and kick it........lol It was so cute. Her mom was of course horrified and scolded her. The second time she did it her mom said"honey I told you not to kick the ball" the little girl promptly replied "Well it was my turn I waited a long time to kick it mom" Everyone cracked up.
Hope today is much better for you and that you get good news about your Uncle.

Judy2:ex:

hey sweetie. I'm sorry to hear about your uncle. It is horrible that a virus did that to him. Scary too. I will think good thoughts. As for your DH, I think enlarged prostate is pretty common, isn't it? Is he older than you?

I am proud of you that you aren't letting your food go totally to ****zu with everything on your mind. It is a struggle, isn't it? Try to stay focused on one minute at a time. Any way you can get some exercise in? That always seems to make you feel better, Minnie.

I'll be thinking about you all day today...

HI Minnie :wave:

First off a :hug: a prayer for your family!

Second, I SO KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.... regaining the same weight you worked so hard to lose. This is always me, But i have found lately that not only am I gaining what I lost but More too. :eek: So WE CANT GIVE UP.... or will just get bigger. Sometimes I think I need to get hyponotized. So that I would view food differantly. You know I work with someone who I swear only eats cause she has to. She eats the same thing for breakfast and lunch, every day, ever since I've known her for the last 16 years. And she has four diferant dinners she makes, She make one on Monday and eat it all week, then switch to dinner number two. Breakfast cereal, lunch Peanut Butter sandwich, a half of one, and a can of soda. Food just isnt important to her. To me its, Fun, entertaining, cozy. ITS TO MUCH TO ME.

Anyhoos, sorry I went off on ranting. WE CANT GIVE UP! :up:

Hi Min,

I join the others in hoping that your Uncle gets better soon. Funnily enough, one of my uncles had a virus which affected his heart - it must have been about 15 or 20 years ago now. He's still alive and well. He and my aunt foster children, so I would think he's pretty fit for that sort of thing.

It is good news about your hubby too, in sofaras it's nothing too serious. I hope he gets better soon.

Like Chum says, you are doing well to hold it all together and not go completely to pot with your eating. I know you think you are not eating so great at the moment, and I know I keep saying it, but I think you've come a long way and when you think back to where you were when you first started all this I think you would agree. You are doing brilliantly in the face of all this unexpected stress, as well as your busy day to day life. You should be proud of yourself, and I think. I'm proud of you.

Take care.

Minnie

I am sorry to hear about your uncle. Hopefully the antibiotics will do the trick.

If you look you will see I had cold pizza for breakfast. There is still more in the fridge but I am not proud. It was easier than peeling oranges that I had earmarked for breakfast.

Breakfast just isn't my meal unless it's a dinner with eggs, bacon and pancakes. So keep to fruit or usually skip it.

I struggle all the time -----and wish I could say I made an ernest commitment to me. I have been here almost a year. Journalling makes me more accountable but still act on impulse rather than good judgment. Just like today---Phil's birthday. He's at my sister's. I am alone and feel I deserve not to have to cook for myself----could have Chinese while he's not home. He doesn't like it and I deserve the instant gratification. Not to mention that I have food going bad in my fridge that needs to be eaten. I don't want rice brocolli casserole----I want to eat out with other people and not be here alone. Or at least get some Chinese that Phil isn't crazy about while he's not home. Where is all that common sense and lifestyle change I pout about.

So I journal about salad and brocolli rice casserole and mentally thinking I can get some Chinese after returning the shoes. I know I am lying to myself. Just like the 10 miles on the bike yesterday and only half of the weights I usually do. I did more time on the bike cause I hate doing weights. I do them only because of my son and his dedication.

It's hard, Minnie. I'd look like Jennifer Aniston if I 'd only eat right and exercise. Well, no, not truthfully for I have dark hair but the idea is WINNERS DO WHAT LOSERS WON'T .

So I want this weight off but I start obscessing about what I can treat myself to while Phillip's away. Having already bought summer clothes I have already resigned myself to being this size. Being older I don't lament it. But guess I do lament that I can see the thought process of wanting what I know isn't good for me---even plotting it mentally and yet hopefully thinking/wishing I would do as I journalled.

Well, off my pity pot.

I am off for that bath and the store to return shoes.

Donna

Sending prayers to your Uncle and family :)

Happy your hubby is doing ok.

Minnie, your right - don't give up! It is hard but look how far you have come - you have done super and these last few months have been hum dingers in your life - hang on my friend - even if it is just by a thread :)

Jade

Hey Minnie!

Glad to read things are well with your hubby!

Your Aunt and Uncle are in my thoughts and prayers!

Have a nice weekend!

mcmarto

Hi Minnie

Gosh girl,sounds like alot going on in your life..Hope things get better and I will pray for your family.

I know what you mean about some days being so hard. Im having one of those WEEKS..I hope it passes.

Hope things start looking up for you and take care of yourself..

Little

Hi Minnie

Sorry to hear about your Uncle, I'll keep him and your family in my thoughts (and you too obviously).

Look after yourself.

Chuckles

Hello everyone and Thanks so much for all the kind words. it means alot.

I weighed this morning and i maintained for the week which i am happy with considering exercise was 1 day and i didnt make too good of food choices but have been working my butt off at work so that is exercise and i have been drinking lots of water and taking my vitamins. i wont make any promises for the weekend as i know i will eat out but starting monday i do plan to exercise and go back to watching what i eat and hope to have a loss for next friday.

well my friend couldnt make it to cut our hair last night, so shes coming monday. she pulled muscles in her leg. but hubbys friend did come and fix that electrical problem thank goodness.

Tonight kids are going to there dads for the weekend but we have to take them to his house which is a drive but we agreed cuz his step son has his scout banquet tonight and the kids wanna go and would be too pressed for time if we didnt take them.
so leaving after work to do that. on friday of next week is my sons scout banquet. its going to be catered too.

my older girl has a nice cold coming on and im trying to keep it at bay. been giving her cold medicine and hot tea and she napped 3 hrs after school yesterday. no fever or anything so hope it passes right by us all.

Hubby is older than me(someone asked) he is 9 yrs older.
he just turned 41 march 21st and i will turn 32 on april 5th.
i dread aging another year but cant stop it.

well work should be hard today being friday and lent we sell lots of fish.

going tommorow night to go paly cards with hubbys brother and sister(there both single) and they are a ton of laughs too so should cheer me up.

well i gotta finish up around here and head to work.

Have a great weekend!!!!

Great job on maintaining, Minnie. That is a feat in itself.

You are doing great and everything will come together soon!

Have a great weekend,

Kimmi

I love playing cards. Have fun! :D

Way to go on maintaining, Minnie! Just take it day by day, girlfriend. And be nice to yourself. I'm with Kuss. It will all come together soon.

Your evening sounds fun. You could use a night of laughter. I love cards!

Have a terrific weekend.

Sandy,

what a great opportunity to do something special for yourself this weekend, with the kids at their dads.

You can do some walking, have a good soak in the tub, get a manicure(or pedicure) or give yourself one. Only put out fruit and veggies and chicken for meals, ah, read a book while stretched out on the couch, listen to your own music(and crank it up), and...

Well you get the picture, don't spend the whole weekend trying to catch up on laundry etc.

Take care, we are on our way, we will not be this weight for the summer, now is the time to act. Here we come.

Thanks for visiting my journal, always nice to see you have been there.

:)Hey Girlfriend:
Hope you have great day. Just wanted to say Hi . I'm Having a real busy day. But wanted to say thanks for the kind words.
Will talk at you more when I can. Lose,Lose, Lose.
8-}K. in Arizona

Hello Minnie! Congrats on the maintaining! It's one thing to lose the weight - it's a whole other ball game trying to keep it off!

Hope your weekend went well!

Willow

Minnie

Could have swore I posted on your journal and the computer genie must have sent to cyber, cyber land.

Missing my best bud and took myself out to eat.

Spent too much money on silk flowers another weakness of mine.

Gotta scoot.

Too pretty to stay inside.

Donna

Sounds like you will be having a fun weekend!

Kid-less and all...unless the hubbie is kid like!...hahaha!

Have a great weekend!

mcmarto

Wow, you must be having a good weekend, over 24 hours and you haven't posted here. It had better be something relaxing girl.

Take care. :)

Hello~~

well weekend is going great so far.

Yesterday after work we took kids to there dads(stopped at BK) so they could get something to hold them over till the banquet.
then we had a long drive up there.
Ex gave my hubby gas money. i couldnt beleive it either. so unlike him. I'm glad my hubby took it too for all the money we never see from him.

well hubby took me to dinner(an early birthday dinner cuz it isnt till next sat) to a really nice, romantic place called "The Fireplace"
I had veal parm and it came with 2 stuffed shells, i had a salad, and french onion soup.
I skipped dessert though very tempted to order a slice of pie but i didnt.
then we stopped at wallmart and bought 2 new DVD's. One is called Freeway with Kiefer Sutherland and Reese witherspoon. good movie but must be hidden in my bedroom away from kids. Tons of swearing and i mean bad swearing and other inappropriate stuff. the other is "Rush" with Jason Patric and Jennifer Jason Leigh. where they are 2 cops trying to break a big drug ring and they fall in love(they are partners) and both get sucked into the drug world. i saw it before and it was good and sad too.

this morning hubby had to go help his friend put a bathtub in his daughters house so i am going shopping and then later going to his sisters to play cards. i think were ordering pizza over there so you know how that goes.

hope your all having a good weekend and take care.
by the way i slept in till 9 am. and it was nice for a change.

Minnie, Minnie

The up and coming BIRTHDAY GIRL!

Now mine is sweet 16 ! and celebrating it all week.

Turned so cold and windy I can't enjoy the day. Just what I'd expect when I take off a weekend.

Kinda want to go on vacation but think it will be near impossible this summer with my finances. My sister is talking of getting a new car. Don't want to hear about new cars or another car making 2 car payments a month now. But her situation is different. She isn't a single mom.

Anyway, am off and running. Got the bed linens in the dryer and a hall clothes has dust bunnies hiding in it.

Want to dust it out and put away the stuff in the hallway.

Watching your success.

Donna

Hey Minnie!

Wow, sounds like your having a great weekend. Are you going to celebrate again next weekend???

Just wanted to pop in and say "hi"

Hello~~

well it is Sunday night and i am finally getting on here.
Last night playing cards was fun. my sister-in-law had cold shrimp(already peeled) and we got pizza hut( i had 2 slices) and i skipped dessert.

I slept in this morning then for lunch had chinese i was craving.
picked up kids and then got a few things at store. didnt feel like grocery shopping so will have to do it this week.
i did buy a bunch of slim fast drinks of different flavors in the ready serve cans. for lunch for work or a snack but not for 2 meals a day or id starve on it.

tommorow getting back in motion with exercise.

I will have a loss this week. i know i will.

we rented 2 DVD's tonight. one was "the Ring" very good and quite creepy but a stupid ending which made me mad.
and JackAss the movie which was very funny in my opinion.

Well going to read some journals and head to bed a bit earlier tonight.

Have a good night!!!!

Sounds like you had a realy nice weekend. Good for you.

You will do very good this week, we both will.

See you soon.

Minnie

Sounds like a pleasant weekend.

Phil and I got our signal crossed and I fixed pasta for supper and ate a salad with it. He came downstairs wanting to go to Sunset Grill. I told him I thought we'd go tomorrow and he states he has been looking forward to it all day. So I took him and had coffee while he ate whitefish dinner and ice tea. $16.21 for the one meal and 2 beverages. They sang Happy Birthday to him.

Got in the new car and the instrument panel light won't come on when I put the car light on. Haven't had it a month yet. So am going to take it to the dealership and see if I just don't know about some button or if a bulb is out. I am a car zero. I read the manual and something must be wrong----maybe a fuse. I just don't know. My son kept saying we'll get it fixed, meaning I'll get it fixed.

It never ends.

Better scoot off to bed.

Donna

Hey Minnie

Sounds like you had a really great weekend. I saw the Ring at the cinema, it really scared me. But then I'm very easily scared. Although the two blokes I went with were really scared too.

Hope you have a good day today

Chuckles

Good Morning~~

well i am off to a good start. Got right up and did the 1 mile walk tape, rode 3 miles on the bike and did 25 AB crunches.
Been running around here all morning cleaning. got dishes washed, 2 loads of clothes washed, large basket of clothes folded and put away, beds made, floor swept in kitchen, house all vaccumed, windexed mirrors, fed fish, kids showered,and i still need to have breakfast. thinking of oatmeal or grits. dont know yet. taking a slim fast bar to work today for lunch.
been drinking the water so off to a good start with that too.
Been taking my one a day weight smart vitamins every day too. they are like horse pills to swallow. i wish they made them smaller.

Hubby is off today and is already starting some project in living room.

Tonight friend is suppose to come and cut our hair.

I slept well last night too and am bursting with energy this morning.

well gotta go get ready for work soon.

Have a great day!!!!

My mini goal is to lose 15-20 pounds by June 1st so wish me luck.
gives me 8 weeks. if i dont lose all of that then i will be glad with at least 10 pounds off by then.

Wow Minnie! I found myself reading your post really fast because your energy was just oozing through your words. Now, let me get this straight - did you do all that work before breakfast? :bow: I don't think I could get that all in, in a day!

You sound so determined and energized! Keep up the excellent will power and positive train of thought - it's leaking out to everyone else!

Willow

Good Morning Minnie :up:

Sounds like your in gear to go............... :ex: WHOOO HOOOOO!

Congrats on all the exercise today Minnie, housecleaning included. Good for you. That is the way to do it. I love exercising first thing in the morning becayse then you don't have to worry about it the rest of the day and you feel ready to go for the rest of the work.

Keep it up.

:tomato: WOWEEEE do you have energy Minnie...lol:D comere gimmee some of that! What do they put into those horse pills? Sounds like bottled energy to me. I can't believe all you accomplished before work.. now I REALLY feel lazy.. today lol I slept in until 11:30 and only woke up when a friend woke me up.. otherwise I could easily have slept longer.. it's the beds fault though for being so comfy.. lol
So today I'm in slow mo.. trying to get my groove on.. catching up in the journals.. missed everybody.. just been really busy with my son this weekend... hope alls well sounds like you are doing Fabulous.. good to hear it. Have a great day!!!!:x

Minnie

My housework got skipped trying to get the running done. Called the vet for an appt Wed at 3:30pm for dog shot and checkup. Then called for a beauty salon appt for 1:30 pm today ( just call me a little lamb, with all these curls), and then called the dealership where I got the car for there was no light on the control panel displaying speedometer and gear shift. Ran to the dealership twice so as to leave the car and then forgot and took keys with me so back to dealership to drop off keys to the car. Haven't heard anything from them but my nephew thinks it's a blown fuse.

Then stopped at a Honda dealership at my sister's request to price a Honda Accord for her. Then called another dealership for her. Then called her with the prices. Got off the phone and it's 11:50 and haven't eaten so decided to go to Chinese for lunch since its close by to the hair salon. Then 2 hr and 15min later wha-la , I have curls.

Home to go to the gym but find the phone ringing and my nephew wanting Phil to go to the mall with him after work. So cancel the gym with my "coach" and off to 2 different grocery stores to turn in the application for work for my 16 yr old son, and then stop by my nephew's to see if he's home. He got the msg on the phone about us running to store to drop off job applications. He didn't want to leave for half hr so came home to let the dog in and for him to shut off the playstation he had on pause.

And I got online to read about Super Duper MINNIE MOUSE, able to leap tall piles of laundry in a single bound. What a woman. I feel bushed. Only thing I did do was the dishes before going off to the stores with those applications, and laundry is in washer to be dried. Need to move this fat franny and get it done.

Now I'm sleepy, eating Chinese does that to me, and put some hamburger to thaw out. My son actually heated himself some pasta while I was gone.

So better scoot and get that laundry in the dryer.

My son wore a play shirt to school after me purchasing him 7 new shirts. I made him change. Sometimes I wonder why I bother.

Watching your super-ness, Queen Minnie, woman of the day.

Donna

Minnie...good for you!! Great exercising! I liked the movie "The Ring" too, it could have had a better ending.
Did you see Monster Ball? We watched that this weekend...definitely not for kids eyes. I liked it, it was different.
How did your haircut turn out? Did you get a different style or just a trim?
Have a good day tomorrow!!
Otto
:)

Good Morning,

Well i am pumped up this morning too. I got up and worked out using my dumbell weights to tone arms, i did 20 Ab crunches, rode 3 very vigorous miles on bike and did the 1 mile walk away the pounds for ABS.
Started drinking the water and took my vitamin.

so i am smiling from the exercise and how good my body feels after doing it.
my girl did the 1 mile walk with me too.

Well so far i have washed a load of laundry and have pillow cases in the washer now.
but still got to wash dishes,make bed, and eat breakfast.

Tonight after dinner i am finally going for groceries.
dont need alot but out of a few things. i always end up getting more than i plan on anyways.

well food yesterday was ok but i was mad at myself for 2 reasons and proud for one.
i was proud cuz my friends birthday at work so they had an ice cream cake for her. I didnt have any and had my slim fast bar.
Later on i did cave an had a raspberry filled doughnut.
then came home and hubby made stuffed peppers. i told him how and they were vey good.
but at night i had 2 mini kit kat bars.(vey small but still candy) so i was so frustrated i cried and hubby said i am way to hard on myself.
i guess i am sometimes.

Tonight having halushki for dinner.
cabbage & noodles. Leaving instructions with hubby to make it.
He goes back to work tommorow so i will be cooking again. But it feels nice to come home to the food cooked.

well i have to go make me and hubby some breakfast.

Have a great day!

A hubby that cooks, gosh, Minnie, you have us all jealous.

I am going to sound ignorant but what or how do you fix cabbage and noodles? Is it good? Do your kids like it.

I have one huge cabbage to cook and was thinking it would be yummy as stuffed cabbage but never heard of cabbage and noodles. Ok, so I 'm not worldly.

Got the clothes I washed yesterday folded and the dog out and coffee made and spoke to a friend on the phone and we're going to go out for lunch for Chinese on Thurs.

Got lots to do before I sleep but didn't get into bed till late. Phil decided I need to pack his lunch-----haven't done that since 5th grade. So I ran to the 24 Super Walmart last night and got him yogurt, applesauce, small containers of oj and string cheese. My sister has this theory about the need of calcium to lose weight. So she takes a cup of dry milk and whips it with yogurt and ice and maybe a banana. She's lost 44 lb so I can't talk. Except her focus seems to be on not eating and every overeater has lost weight doing some fade thing just to gain it back.

Anyway I wish he'd just eat at school. For real. THere is money in an acct for him to eat but he says all they have is pizza and fries. I find that hard to believe but have to say the parent/child luncheon at grade school was GROSS with some kind of pressed chicken. So understood completely why he didn't want to eat there.

Better scoot, missed gym yesterday and so today for sure. Have to find a time for lawn mower shopping. Don't know what has happened to our tax refund.

Donna

Yeah! Whats cabbage and noodles?

Hey Minnie,

You're still beaming this morning :beam:! How do get all that energy? Can you bottle it and send some my way?

I have to chorus in with everyone else - what is cabbage and noodles? Heard of cabbage and rice, cabbage rolls, cabbage casserole, cabbage and corned beef - but never cabbage and noodles! I'm intrigued!

I agree with your husband - you're wayyyyyy to hard on yourself. You're going at mock 4 girl - don't beat yourself up over a donut and 2 small chocolate bars, you'll have them burned off in no time. They're really not going to make a difference, trust me! Now if you ate that all the time maybe - but it's once in a while, moderation doesn't hurt you! Besides, you risk being frustrated when you're so hard on yourself - with frustration comes not caring (at least that's what you think), and with not caring comes binging!!!! So relax - no biggie!

Besides you're my energy hero! :ribbon: I can never let my husband hear about how much work you do before breakfast - he'ld never let me live it down.

Take care Minnie and think positive thoughts.

Willow

Sandy,

We are always hard on ourselves. You are doing just fine. Keep it up, well, except for the doughnut, but at least you were exercising so that helps.

Enjoy that DH cooking, isn't it nice. Glad you got a break, we sure need it once in a while.

See ya

Minnie - your hubby is right - be kinder to yourself :)

He cooks????????? wow! My hubby can make soup in the mico and that's it.........sigh

I can't even get him to learn to check food for me while it's cooking :tomato:

Jade

:tomato: Hey Minnie you are tariffic. I remember the days well when I worked and had my kids. I used to get so much more done back then. It seems the less time you have, the more gets done.:tomato: Anyway thats the way it is with me.:c(

You keep up the good work. And Lose, Lose Lose.

K. In Arizona

Busy..busy..busy as usual!

Congrats on all that exercise!

Don't beat yourself up too much for the sweets........they talk you know!...hahaha...Everything in moderation!

Just don't go out and buy a dozen donuts and a giant back of kit kats and you will be fine!

mcmarto

Hi Minnie...you are doing great and don't be too hard on yourself...you are doing terrific exercising, you deserve a treat now and then!!
How do you make your cabbage and noodles? I love cabbage and noodles.
Have a good evening.
Otto
:)

Hello~~

well my day is going good.
right now i am drinking a slim fast for snack and i had a few pretzels. eating was good today.

I see there are alot of inquiries on the cabbagfe and noodles better known as Halushki.

My recipe is fattening i will warn ahead of time but very good and we only have it about 2 times a year.

I cut up a whole head of cabbage(minus the core)
and i put it in my large stock pot with butter or margerine and kinda saute it on low with lid on. check it and stir often. i add one onion sliced thin. when the cabbage is done i boil water for egg noodles but you can use any pasta like small shells or bowties but i prefer the egg noodles(wdie width)
then drain and mix noodles with the cabbage and salt and pepper. sometimes i cube ham and mix it in too.

well after work came home to a wonderful surprise. Donna from DT here mailed me an early birthday gift. I cried over it and the letter. I was so touched. i got a beautiful silk robe and nightgown with roses on it( i love roses)
and i got a recipe album and she got my kids a star wars movie.
I was so deeply touched at her kindness toward me and the kids and my hubby just loves the nightwear

:D :D :o

and to think of my kids too. i stopped to realize it is nice in this world we live in to have people who are so nice and loving.

so it made my night!!!!

well im going for now.

Have a great night.

I will be getting up early tommorow to exercise again.
i was down on scale this morning too so am feeling better.

Don't know if I'll cook my cabbage with noodles -----it's a hard concept. Don't add any water to the cabbage?

Minnie, I am glad you like the gift and parcel post arrived in 3 days---I expected it to take a week to 10 days. So not bad.

I just lucked out on picking out roses----there was a young woman looking at them and she thought the set esp pretty.

Am pooped so dishes tomorrow morning. Have to go grocery shopping tomorrow. Suppose to go shopping with the neighbor but haven't heard from her.

Went to the gym and biked 10.5 miles and did a few weights but then ate late and rather negated the efforts. Enjoying coffee and away from the food.

At least for this moment.

Sandy, you really don't need a nightie to be pretty but there are times for women that we need to be pampered and have silky things to remind us we are woman, not car pooling mamas, not maids and bottle washers, not just a punctual employee that smells of grease. The little girl lurks in each of us and every now and then we should give ourselves permission to dress up and prance. Wish I had thought of cologne.

Sleep tight, Cinderalla.

Donna

Hi Minnie

Aww, Donna that's so lovely. Its good to hear you sounding cheerful again minnie. Can't stop for long as have to rush, but just thought I'd let you know I'm thinking of you.

Chuckles

Good Morning~~

well off to a good start for the third day in a row.
Me and my girl got up early and did the 1 mile walk tape, and we did 25AB crunches and while she was getting ready for school i rode 3 miles on bike.

Going to have a slim fast for breakfast and lunch today cuz will be having meatloaf for dinner tonight.
Hubby is cooking again. 3 nights in a row!!!!!

For the question about cabbage and noodles. i do not add water when cooking the cabbage, i just saute' in butter or margerine. that is why i said its a fattening dish the way i do it.

well kids are gone to school and hubby went birthday shopping for me.
My birthday is sat and his daughter will be 12 on sunday so were giving her a card with money in it and i will take her shopping to get what she wants.
will be making a cake for her too, she loves choc so it will be choc with choc cool whip icing.


well got 1 load of clothes washed and all my sons bedding washed. his last blanket is in washer now.
will be doing my sheets and the girls tommorow and gotta find time to go to the laundry mat to wash the bed comforters. they are way to big for the washer. i have a king size bed so the comforter is huge and very heavy and my girls have double bed sized ones.

got dishes washed and beds made and kitchen floor swept plus put away basket of folded clothes.

gotta get dressed for work yet.

Today will be a hard day at work cuz we are short one person on wed.

will be going grocery shopping tonight after dinner with my older girl. teaching her to shop for food and to use a budget.

was going to go last night but on way home from work got sleet and knew it would freeze.

well have a great wed and happy losing!!!!

take care.

P.S. Donna, you are a gift to me too and i also would pick you as a sister.

Miss Chuckles, thanks for visitng and thinking of me.

Hi Minnie

I hope your day doesn't get too busy, but on the bright side you will get an extra workout on top of the video you did this morning.

It sounds like you've already had a very busy morning, before you even get to work. I really don't know how you do it!

Have a great day!

Minnie

Shopped for 2 hr at 2 different groceries and then came home and put them away for over 1/2 hr. Geeze. The dog food and soda drinks are still out in the car. What do I have a strong 16 yr son for.

My lunch was decided when I needed the shelf space in the fridge. My darling son has 3 jars of spaghetti sauce open. He uses them to make torilla pizza on the stove but instead of just emptying out the last little bit, he opens a new jar and so I made 2 of these tortilla pizza for lunch. They are fun to make and easy and inexpensive and good to fill in for pizza. You just put a flour tortilla on the shallow skillet or griddle and top with favorite pizza sauce and then all toppings like onions and green pepper , cheese and then pepperoni or whatever you like. Have had it topped with cauliflower and broccoli and still was good. Cover with a lid and cook on medium high till tortilla is crisp and cheese melted.

My neighbor does breakfast ones where she scrambles eggs and then put the eggs on the flour tortilla and whatever toppings (like an omelet) and lightly sprinkles cheddar cheese over it and cover it till bottom is crisp and cheese if melted. It is one of the few things my son will fix himself. But 3 jars in a bit much. I know why----he looks in the jar and says that isn't enough and so opens another jar and doesn't bother cleaning out the other little bit in the jar.

I had ten dollars worth of coupons and bought off the sale ads. So got groceries this week for about $100. There was lots of fresh produce, like strawberries, lemons, lettuce, celery, cauliflower, bananas, 15 lb potatoes, a little grapes. I was going to try and keep track of my purchases but already blew it. I can't remember if Phil's lunch stuff came up to $27 or $37 dollars. I used the 37 and spent 64 this morning. Have lots of meat in the freezer I got on sale so don't need meat.

My groceries flucuate alot because of not going to the store for a week or two except for milk and produce and then going and then having to stop and stock up on things like peanut butter and such.

I had to laugh about you and teaching your daughter to live on a budget----my son is clueless. But there is fierce competition for grocery dollar here. So it is really inexpensive to live in my area.

Well, ate my 2 pizza thingies, and better scoot.

Have to get started on Phil's dinner soon and didn't get much done today. Don't know how it happens and I'm so sleepy. Didn't sleep well for the last 2 nights. May just be getting anxious over the return to work. I really haven't thought about it but could be.

Hate to face the vet bill but needs to be done.

Check on you later.

Donna

Hey darlin! Your birthday is on Saturday? How fun! What do you have planned??? Perhaps wearing a new silk nightie and asking your husband to lick cool whip off your neck? Mmmm. haha

You never seem to slow down, girl, but I must admit that I am hugely impressed that you've gotten your DH to cook. You usually take on EVERYTHING yourself. I am so proud of you.

I also think it is very cool that you are teaching your daughter about grocery shopping and budgeting. I wish my parents had taught me those things. Money management, shopping, etc.

And another reason to be proud...you've been exercising up a storm!!! I'm so happy for you!!!

HI Minnie :wave:

Gosh how sweet of Donna to do that for you.. Wow.. Hey because of your cabbage and noodle thingy, I ended having a great dinner last night, Shredded cabbage, zucchini, yellow squash,onion and garlic white wine and Shrimp, over Whole wheat pasta. :up:

Sounds like your back in the groove.... :dc

Hello,

Had a great day food wise.
i had slim fast shake for breakfast, lunch was 2 pretzels and lots of water( i brought cup of soup but was too hot at work to eat it)
for dinner had meatloaf,potato and broccoli and a slim fast will be my snack soon.

Hubby made the meatloaf with the recipe i gave him and it was so good. i must admit it was better than mine and he is gloating too. 3 nights in a row i havent had to cook and i am quite spoiled but he goes to work tommorow so i will be returning to my cooking job. it was nice for a change though.

Got a good workout at work too. it was like a sauna in there. heat registering 90.

went for groceries and stocked up on alot of stuff including many slim fast drinks of different flavors. i even got banana flavor.
had my daughter adding up prices and shopping for sales and with coupons.
a guy in the store saw her and was impressed and said its good to teach them young.

my hubby gave me an early birthday gift. it was from hallmark. It is a glass plaque that stands up and it has a romantic poem on it.
and he got me a really romantic card. he also told me he has a gift coming for me from Tovan & Company so i know its jewelry. he made a big payment on it and is getting it before sat.
i had asked for a cross necklace so it may be it.

Kids had showers and hubby went to transfer over blazer his friend bought off of us.

got smart ones fudge bars too.

I am feeling really pumped too and very in control.
I know i could do this and i will.

my older girl made me a wonderful card on the computer. it was so touching too. this birthday isnt even here yet and its going wonderful.

well im going for now. have a wonderful night.

Glad everything is going well for you Minnie , you sure deserve it !

I'm doing the shakes right now and I love the convenience of them . Have your tried the Slim Fast Peanut butter Crunch snack bar ?:D

Sandy,

wow, you are doing just terrific, Good for you. We are finally getting back on track. Yippee!!!!!

Thanks for your visit, it is always so nice.

Take care, drink lots of water since it is so hot at work eh!!!:water:

Minnie, Minnie, oh Minnie

You and my son are birds of a feather and think that one should celebrate birthday week and not just the day. Geeze. I usually don't get much hoopla----my twin calls me and my friends take me out to eat and give me a small gift. My son gives me birthday kisses and a gift, usually ask for flowers to do the flower bed by the mailbox. So we go and get a flat of flowers and he helps me plant them with great show of" do I have to" and then of course I tell him how beautiful he made our yard look.

I don't expect this year to be different.

It's after one a.m. and am beat. Made some stuffed cabbage and sent some home with my nephew. He ate some here as well.

He got an evaluation at work, my nephew Wade, and it wasn't the best. He is a backward kiddo, and his boss keeps bringing up his interpersonal skills. Well, he is the only one that is fresh out of jr. college and hired at age 20, the next youngest is 28. He has had no experience working with a wide age diversification and doesn't know how to ask for the training he needs. He came over upset and finally started talking about it. I feel bad for him but know alot of what the guy said was correct. He lacks social skills, and looks like some country bumpkin with his height and lack of comfort in talking around others. He had tears in his eyes and it hurt to watch him. I told him he was loved and should have come earlier to talk---it was midnight when he left and he has to get up early to work tomorrow. I fed him and got into Phil lunch stuff to give him a snack. I then wrote him a letter to go with the resume and cover letter he had from graduating Vincennes University. It explaing due to budget cuts and impending layoffs he is looking for comparible position at different hospitals that offer greater career stability.

I write well when I put my mind to it. Anyway, am going to head to bed. Oddly I don't think Wade sees me as family and someone that loves him even though I have never missed a birthday or Christmas, and offered to let him live in my home till he got on his feet. I only saw him 2-3 times a year while a kid, and he sees his dad 's family as his----not me. He was so awkward trying to thank me and hugged my shoulder as he said goodnight. He was reassured I am here if he needs me. I can't kiss this one better. His mom and dad never taught him social graces---he is a replica of his dad who is so backward. Life has to be the teacher here. And Wade doesn't realize that he needs to ask for help. I know he probably had tears in his eyes during this evaluation. He was always so easy to cry. I want to put on a bandaid and say it's all better and let him show off his new bandaid to his coworkers. But he is past the stage of bandaids making everything better.

Geeze, I apologize for rambling but it hurt to see his hurt.

Headed for bed.

Donna

Good Morning~~

Feeling pumped and completely energized today.
Got up early for the 4th day in a row and did the 1 mile walk with my girl and 25 AB crunches and we used weights for toning arms( i will wear tank tops this summer and feel proud) and then i rode 5 miles on my bike.
am drinking the water and took my vitamin.
will be having a banana slim fast for breakfast and i had a small handful of pretzels too.
tommorow is weigh in for me and im feeling optomistic and confident to do well.
i peeked at scale this morning and all i will say is it is down enough where i am pleased and smiling so will let you all know how it goes in the morning.

Kids are off to school and hubby for work.
i will be cooking tonight but havent decided what yet. but i will eat light anyways.

I hope work isnt so hot today. but i do drink alot of water there and usually 2 small cups of diet coke.

have our sheets and the girls in washer now.
got dishes soaking in sink and im going to read some journals then get ready for work.

Have a wonderful Thursday!!!

I am walking on sunshine this week, oh what a feeling :lift: :ex: :jn

{{{{SANDY}}}} Wow!!! I just love reading a journal entry like this. Your posistive attitude has really made me feel great. I woke up at 5:30am but I haven't had a chance to workout yet. I missed yesterdays workout, so I'm going to workout today to make up for it.

Your workout sounds like it was really great. How is it working out with your daughter? I think that's really great that your teachering her now about good health and the importance of working out.

I'm crossing my fingers for you during your weigh in. I know that your going to have great results.

I don't weigh in until Monday, but I'm really keeping a postive attitude. I'm suppose to drink a total of 24 liters of water this week, and the past few days I've fallen behind. I'm determined to make the 24 liters so for the next 4 days I'm making up for it, by drinking more water.

I'm not sure if I'm scheduled to count points today or not. I'm going to have to check my calander.

It's gotten a little bit colder here. The weather was really nice last week and then it turned on us. Last night around 5:30pm it started to rain. I was driving home from school at the time. Lucky we don't live to far away.

have a super great day! Katherine

Thanks so much Katherine for the kind words and encouragement.
i do feel so in control this past week and totally energized, i guess you could say i could leap tall buildings in a single bound.
I am all revved up and excited about my progress.

talk later gotta run.

Leaping over tall buildings these days, Minnie? Very cool. And not unexpected. I've always known you could do whatever you set your mind to and you are!!! I am really, really proud of you girl. I love it when you are so happy!!!:gflower:

Thanks Chum,

Feels so good to feel proud of myself these days instead of shamed and guilt.
feels good to feel in control over what i put in this big mouth.
feels good that i am buttoning my jeans with breathing room and ease instead of lying on the bed sucking the fat in to zip them up then not being able to bend over.
feels good to feel lighter instead of bloated and feels good to feel full of energy instead of tired and dragging this big butt.

I am ready for a new me and am done procrastinationg and sabatoging myself.
i looked deep in my soul and heart and know how bad i desire this weight off. i know i will have slips but hopefully less of them.
Minnie has got her groove back!!!!!

Look out world here i come!!!!

Ack! Everyone duck!!!! Here she comes!!!:jn :jn

Minnie's got her groove back! Minnie's got her groove back!!! :dn

Excellent... but I didn't realize you lost your grove with all that energy! You have so much of it I was hoping you could help me lug my huge ass around!!! :joke:

You are doing wonderful. And we can't wait to see the new you! You WILL succeed!

Willow

WOW great attitude Minnie ! You go girl !

Minnie

On the run as always and so short tonight.

I know you are doing things to succeed and am watching your success.

Got a hot date with my son to see CATCH ME IF YOU CAN.

Later,

Donna

oh minnie you are doing fabulous!!
i hear you on the feeling of having to suck my fat in to button my pants and not being able to pick anything up off the floor for the rest of the day.
i cant wait to get to the days when tight jeans look good on me and i can still bend over in them.

your doing awesome!!:)
lisa

Here she goes, Minnie is flying. WhooHoo!

WE will have to get busy just to keep up with her. Actually I am keeping up Sandy and so glad we are in it together.

See ya later.

Hello,

my gosh i had a busy day at work. i ran my tail off.
did great with food too.
had a slim fast for breakie, cup of soup for lunch, for dinner i had a few fish sticks,brussel sprouts and a small portion of peas.
having a slim fast for snack.

I cant wait till tommorows weigh in. I am actually excited about it. i had a good week and i know its going to show with good results on the scale.
it is worth the effort if i see results. results for me make it easier to go forward.

well going for now.

have a great night.

I am so mad right now !!!!

before i explain let me just say the last weekend my step girl was here she stole a bunch of my girls cd's including 2 of mine that were in that box my daughter had borrowed but we didnt know till she went home so we called her and she said she would find them and didnt know why she took them. well she said she found them except 1 of mine.
so my hubby stops there after work today and only brings home like 4 of them out of 8 or 9 and some without the cases, 1 with a broken case and 2 cd's are scratched up.
so my hubby eats and goes to help his friend fix up the guys daughters new house. there installing a bathroom shower. anyways my daughter called her about the missing cd's and she denies having them or taking them and my daughter is telling her she knows she has them cuz she admitted to my other girl the day she left with them she was going to take and keep them.
so my step girl is yelling at my girl through the phone and in the backround her mom is defending her saying to stop accusing her so they hang up and i call her mom and got in a fight with her on the phone and i yelled at her and she said my daughter planted the cd's in her girls bag. i said well i doubt my girl would plant her own cd's in her bag and i said if she couldnt accept her girl stole them it was her **cking problem and as she went to say something i hung up.
i cannot beleive some people never think there little angels do wrong. i am the first one to punish my kids when they do wrong. that is why kids are the way they are today.
it makes me so mad over this as its alot of money gone on good expensive cd's so im telling hubby about this when he comes home and i dont think she will be getting her birthday money i have in a card for her for sunday and her one cd that is here i took for now.
she told her dad shes not coming this weekend and i had her birthday planned to make her a cake. she is a spoiled,selfish brat cuz she has pulled this crap before for holidays and such and is too big to act this way since shes turning 12.
my hubby and i will fight im sure over this before the matter is settled and im upset as my birthday is sat and i want to have a good one.
she is suppose to be grounded here on sat with my younger 2 for the mud incident last week so my 2 will do it but when she finally decides to come visit she will be grounded by herself.

sorry, just needed to vent!

No problem Minnie!

Vent all you want...I think its the best medicine!

(You should read my last post!...hahahaha!)...

Keep up the good work!...You are doing so well...stay focused!

Do you like that banana slim-fast...I thought it was funky...real sweet!...I love the capucino one!...mmm mmm good!

Have a great birthday!

mcmarto

I do like the banana one cuz i like sweets but i dont like cappicino so i dont think i will like the cappicino slim fast but i may try it. i hate coffee too.

i do like the choc fudge,choc royal, and strawberries and cream shakes.

didnt try vanilla yet but i bought it.

take care.

8-| 8-| Hey you groovy chick I always new you were groovy.:D Keep up the good work and I will try to bask in you r shadow.
:o k.

Hi Minnie...pretty soon we will have to call you "Mini"...
Is your step-the only child besides your kids? I have step too and she is the only one...then my husband and I have two kids. I think my step is a spoiled little (big) stinker!
Well I hope you have a good day tomorrow!!!
Otto
:)

Hi Minnie-

Just stopping by to see how your doing and now you have me all motivated with all your energy. Sorry you have had problems with your step child. That is very stressful in itself but don't let it get you down. Your doing great and look at those stats.....180's here comes Minnie!!

Hang in there girl! :)

Oh...I love all the chocolate slim-fasts...and the strawberry...the vanilla one was a bit on the chalky side!

I like the juice like ones...the orange and rasberry too!

The capucino one...or whatever its called tastes like Starbuck's frapucino...the one you get over ice...seriously...I am not a big coffee fan but I like it!...Be warned...it leaves you with kickin' breath!...

Have a fun birthday weekend...mcmarto

Good Morning~~

well i got on the scale this morning and am very pleased.
I lost 5 pounds for the week. all the efforts and resisting were so worth it.
I am back in the 180's.

I am proud of how well i did this week. no late night eating or cheating, drinking all the water, all the exercise.
I feel renewed.

and more in control of myself.

I am walking on sunshine today

:jn :dn :dc

this morning i did the 1 mile tape,rode 3 miles on bike and did 25 AB crunches and am now drinking a slim fast. i joined online slim fast club too last night.

my hubby last night gave me my gift and i got a beautiful gold cross necklace. i had asked for a cross and i cant wear cheap jewelery as im allergic to nickel in the cheap stuff and i get all rashy and stuff.
it was gift wrapped and in a blue velvet box with a big white satin bow. i was so touched and felt so special. this is the best birthday i had in a long time and its not even till tommorow.
i will be 32 yrs old (tonight at 1 am i was born)
next weekend going with parents, hubby and sis for dinner and a movie cuz kids will be at there dads and mom wanted to take me for my birthday so that will be fun.

Tonight is my sons blue and gold dinner and having pizza so i will be good all day with food and eat 2 slices of it.

when hubby came home last night i told him about the call over his exes and the fight i had with her and he is on my side and we didnt fight over it like i thought we would. actually hubby has been so romantic and loving toward me. i mean he always is but much more so lately. (not complaining or anything)

so i took my step girls birthday money from her card to replace at least 1 cd each for the girls,. it wont make up for whats gone but shes not getting the money after what she did and she needs to learn the consequences of her actions. shes not coming this weekend either and dont know when she will but i plan on having a talk alone with her when i do see her.
she will have to come sooner or later so i will wait.
and yes she is an only child in her household but geez her mom should not let this go. if it were the other way around shed be mad if my kids stole from her.
a few yrs ago she had accused my kids of stealing her kid's underwear. can you beleive that one. plus my kids were in different sizes and why would they steal someones underwear.


so far i have beds made, and towels in the washer and i folded and put away clothes but i have to wash dishes yet.

well going for now and take care.

I am 33 pounds lighter and going strong!!!!!!!

Have a great friday!!!!

Gotta move it to lose it and im working it :whip: :whip:

Minnie! You machine you! 5 more pounds and now a total of 33 pounds lighter! :bow: You go girl!

:balloons: Happy Birthday :balloons:

Sounds like a beautiful gift hubby gave you last night! I will be turning 32 in July..... oh to be young again... ok ok, well at least to be thin again!

Have a GREAT Birthday weekend Minnie!


Willow

Wahey Minnie

Congratulations on the 5 pounds down this week - that is just fantastic.

I'm sorry you've had so much stress as well, caused by your step daughter. Honestly, some parents are like that, they can't blame their children for anything. She will probably get a large dose of reality one of these days if her daughter gets caught stealing from somebody else - at least you confronted her about it. She could be in for a lot worse in the future.

Finally, I have to say Happy Birthday to you for tomorrow today, because I probably won't be on DT tomorrow. I hope you have a good one, although from the sounds of things it sounds as though you will! That cross your husband bought you sounds very nice, and very romantic. You are a lucky lady!

Hope you have a great Birthday Weekend!

Yay you!!! Wow way to go girl!!! Sounds like you had an awesome week!!! And an awesome start on today!!! Woo hoo!!! Wow sounds like you have a sweety husband too.. lucky you!! :) I am also allergic to nickel but you know Walmart has nickel free earrings and jewelry that is pretty cheap (just so you know).. as long as they say nickel free you are good to go.. even Claires has a nickel free rack.. but it must say nickel free.. hypoallergenic doesn't cut it.
You keep it up girl.. I am so proud of you.. 180's now huh? No wonder your hubby is warming up...heheh you are getting to be a sexy wexy for him heheh :D

Good for you for getting back on the weight loss wagon! :hop: It must be in the air. It seems like it runs through through the journals.

Gosh, you know I SOOOO can relate to your combined family issues. All in all its hard on everybody. Its sounds is if you ste-daughter, may have some underlying issues, and I know that can tend to play the sympathy card but being that they are children its always good to look into these matters. I am noticing my daughter becoming a bit bitter these days, cause although my husband now has raised her, (since she was four) she makes comments about her real dad, and how he shouldnt have moved away. Its hard all the way around.

:c( AND ALL WE WANT TO DO IS LOSE WEIGHT :c(

Minnie

Life is a result of actions----winning actions like your exercise and watching food intake create winning results. We are all so proud of you.

As for stealing, I would not tolerate it. She would be unwelcome in my home till she produced the missing cds or paid for them or replaced them. I mean FOREVER. Being in your home she is a guest and it is meant to be fun. When it isn't fun it is time for her to go back to her father. No exception. I take nothing off my son's friends and they all like and respect me. We go to fun places but if the guys get too rough and tumble and hurt each other then the event ends immediately. I know they will rough house but when someone gets hurt or feels cheated then time for the party to end.

I don't have exceptions and they all know that. They determine when the good times ends by their actions and they are then accountable for them. It may seem hard nose but I love those kids but will not tolerate poor behavior and tell them it is disrespectful to be my guest and then create such havoc. The kids are use to me coming up with fun things for them to do and so don't want to be excluded by poor behavior. They went to the dollar theater and were hitting each other in the upper arm but could tell they got too hard by the grimace on the face of one of them and told them to knock it off or walk home and explain to their mom why they didn't go to the movie. We live about 1.5 miles from the dollar theater. They knew I wasn't joking, they would not be sitting in my car if they made me angry.

I believe only severe discipline ----absolute type eliminates poor behavior. My son lied to me when little and I took away his favorite thing. My sister pleaded for him and I said he will know the consequence of ever lying to me. He cried all night and kept saying sorry. I told him I was sorry too, but it doesn't change that he lied and I would rather be spit on than lied to. He still remembers it over 10 years later.

I know it sounds bad, but would you knowingly have a stealing teenager on drugs at your home, having seen things disappear after his visit? This is the step daughter, maybe not on drugs, but definately not welcomed in my home if I was absolutely sure of the theft.

Sorry is just a word till actions give it meaning. If this stepdaughter is sorry she needs to rectify the situation. Being "sorry" and not putting it right teaches her nothing . Sorry is a five letter word and that is all it is. I taught my son that as well.

I want him to be a good man. Not just to make do or get by. I want him to be proud of himself. A child knows when it has done wrong and should not be allowed to feel it's okay so long as she doesn't have to pay for her misdeed.

Enough said. I know I'm an old mommy and not hip.

Better scoot, I have the dishes done and uniforms in the dryer. Need to go and buy a new lawn mower. I promised Phil a new one. I hate doing this. I have gotten 3 lawn mowers in the last 10 years and so am going for a more expensive type. We live on a hill and wonder if that is why they keep acting up.

If I'm out of line, I apologize. I am speaking only for me. If you decide to go that route of not having her over till she makes amends you will need to confer with all involved. But she will be a better person for facing the consequence of her actions.

Donna

Great job on the five pound loss! MINNNIE MOUSE. You are awesome.

Happy Birthday!

Have a wonderful weekend,

Kimmi

:coach: CONGRATULATIONS on the 5 lb loss Sandy. Great news, that is. And I know it didn't "just happen." You worked very hard to achieve that loss, and I'm so happy for you.

I'm sorry to hear that you are having difficulties with your step-daugther stealing from your children. I had a similar incident many years ago when one of my step-daughters stole the Birthday gift monies that were given to my daughter. We could never prove it 100%, so we couldn't accuse her outright. But I certainly made it known that I totally believed she was responsible, and to this day I have never been able to trust her. Fortunate for me I am not required to spend very much time in her company over the past many years.

Keep up the good work lady. You are an inspiration! :)

Keep smiling...............:D
Sandie

Minnie is a rocking and a rolling :cheer: I am so happy you are back on track and so proud of you for fighting this and coming out a winner! I know how tough it can be at times, but you are a winner Minnie !!! :)

See I just KNEW we were twins! My birthday is tomorrow and I too am alergic to "cheap" metals. I only own a few pieces as the ones I have to have cost so much......sigh

Have a :super: birthday my friend!!!!!!!!!!

Jade

Happy Birthday Minnie!! What a great way to celebrate with 5 pounds gone :) Have a nice weekend!
Catherine

Hello,

I had a good day! very busy at work then came home and got ready for sons scout banquet which i was starved by the time we at after 7pm. i had a few slices of pizza(not big ones but rectangle) i had some raw veggies, diet soda, 1 handful of doritos and then i blew it and had choc cake. but i did good all day so im not upset.

as far as step girl goes i took her birthday money and my sis and mom got her birthday gifts and if she doesnt produce the rest of the cds my daughter also gets her birthday gifts and i plan on having a good talking too her when she finally does come over(alone talk) and if need be i will take things from her that she holds dear wothout her knowing and deny doing it and her mom can compensate the loss out of her pocket. i know it seems childish but for me its an eye for an eye cuz i feel she is going totally unpunished.
my hubby is mad at her and isnt siding with her at all but he hardly sees her so i cannot say she is not welcome here.
i will check her bags from now on before she leaves and my girls are not going to talk to or play with her till the cds are returned so she wont want to be here if she has no one to talk too.
i am so mad and upset about this disharmony in my home over this.

but beleive me if i dont see this stuff back she will lose the things she loves one by one. like her makeup and so on.
i sound terrible saying it but shes not sorry at all only sorry to be caught then to blame it on my girl really set me off.
she has no responsibility or learning consequences for actions like i teach my kids and me not be9ing her mom i feel helpless in disicpline since she isnt my child but i will not go out of my way for her any longer like i used too.

She will learn she made a big mistake doing this and causing all this trouble here with my girls.
i am being protecitve now with my own as i am mad. my girls shoudlnt have to take the loss of the cds and i shouldnt have to pay to replace them either so im in a bad spot and though hubby is mad he is at a loss for words at the moment.

well my sis is coming tommorow for my birthday and got me a gift and is bringing up one from my parents for me too. i am so excited.
wonder what they got me?????

im like a big child..... LOL

kids are in bed now and im going to go to bed too,.

have a great weekend.

and another huge WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO


my little :super: duper mouse


:hug: :hug: :hug:


Peng

Happy Happy Birthday !!!:gflower:

Ok...its early!

But Happy Birthday!

Have a nice weekend!

mcmarto

Happy Birthday to our sweet Sandy!!!

have a great day, what did you get!!! what did you get!!!:jn :jn

Minnie:

:bd Even though a bit belated. I hope you had a excellent day. What a wonderfull present your hubby gave you:)
I totally agree with you on your reaction to your step daughter stealing those CD's. She needs to learn right from wrong.
Hope you have a wonderfull weekend. And way to go on the weight loss:cheers:

Judy2:ex:

Happy Birthday Minnie!!!!!:balloons: :balloons: :tongue:arty: :balloons: :balloons:

well thank you all so much.
Yes today is my birthday. another year older and 33 pounds lighter so i am in good spirits today.

Me and my girl did the 1 mile walk this morning and 25 Ab crunches(tummy is going down) and i used the weights for toning arms.
had a slim fast for breakfast while whole family was having a big breakfast of eggs,hasbrowns and toast.
felt proud to resist.

having something very light for lunch cuz were ordering food for dinner.

sis is coming in about 2 hrs. cant wait to get my gifts.

i got dishes washed, clothes folded and put away, washed 2 loads of laundry,made beds,swept floor, cleaned up,fed fish,got dressed,and had the girls vaccum for me.

I have worked out 6 days this week. i was going to skip today but felt like doing it so i did and i am glad i did it now.

well im going for now.

have a super great day!!!!

take care and Love Ya all so much!!!!

well i just posted here but its gone.

anyways thanks for all the birthday wishes.

My sis will be here in 2 hrs. cant wait to get my gifts.
I'm like a little kid sometimes.

well had slim fast for breakfast while family indulged in huge breakfast and im glad i resisted. will have a light lunch cuz were ordering food out for dinner.

Me and my girl did the 1 mile walk,25AB crunches and i used weights to tone arms. 6 days in a row for exercise and im glad i didnt skip doing it today like i was going too.

Got housework mostly done,washed dishes,did laundry,made beds,swept floor,fed fish,got dressed, and girls vaccumed.

want to relax today if possible.

hubby went to get a screen door and hasnt returned yet but should be back soon.

going for now.

have a super day and take care.

Love ya all so much!!! You gals mean alot to me.

:bd my dear friend !!!!!!!!


:jn



you deserve the best of days today !!!


:hug:


Peng


xoxoxoxooxoxoxoxooxoxoxox

Gosh...even on your birthday you are the mother of the year!

I would have put my feet up and had them all do the chores!...But then...maybe you would of had more of a mess to clean up on Sunday!!!!...hahaha!

Hope you had fun!

Oh...and good job on working out all this week!

mcmarto

Hello,

hope your all enjoying your sunday.
i got up and did my 1 mile tape and 30 AB crunches and rode 3 miles on the bike.
had a slim fast for breakfast, for lunch dont know yet (something light) and sloppy Joes for dinner.

My birthday was so nice yesterday. sis and niece came up and she got me a really nice short set from fashion bug. the shorts are white and slit on the side and the top is yellow and sleeveless.
my mom got me a short set too from fashion bug. really cute powder blue shorts(like a sweat short) with white stripe on side and pull string and a powder blue sleeveless top. i tried the stuff on and they look so good on. my family wanted me to model them so i did. it was fun.
i also got from my mo a white hooded light cover up robe for over bathing suit or to wear from taking a shower.
sis got me a very nice card about sisters and it has a big bow on it and pictures of 2 little girls. it brought me to tears. inside the card she taped a picture of us at x-mas.

then we rented dvds and got takeout food of my fav chinese.

hubby called his girl this morning to wish her a happy birthday. i feel bad for him cuz its his only daughter of his own and this situation is bad right now between her and my kids from the stealing but she is not remorseful so im still mad too.
my sis brought up her gifts which are in my closet and i told hubby if cds arent returned by next visit stacy(my girl) is getting the 2 presents which still doesnt even come close to compensating whats gone in cds.

well i have worked out for 7 days in a row and not binged once. better keep quiet before i jinx myself.
i feally really good and proud too.

i plan to have another loss this week too.
am working on it.

water is good too

well im going for now. my girl has dinner tonight with scouts at the chinese place and i got to go for some odds and ends at store and take a shower. got alot done around here too.

have a great day!!!!

mini goal: 170 by june 1st(or close to it)



:water: :water: :water: :water: :water:

So happy you had a great birthday Minnie!!!! :D

:super: on exercise and 7 days with NO binges! :bow:

Jade

Hi Minnie, execellent work on the 7 days in a row! Good for you, I am happy for you. That is exactly my goal. I'm up to 3 days (exercise) and that is more than I have done in years. I'm hoping to make it a habit. I hope the more I do it, the easier it will becomes, I really do believe this is the case.

I'm glad you had a happy birthday.
ttyl
Catherine

Hello~~

well day is going good.

i just had lunch of a lean cusine and 2 sweet pickles.

went for groceries and got good foods and more slim fast.
i got honey maid graham cracker sticks(there new) low in fat too.

my son is gone to wallmart with hubby to get something for the new screen door we got. a part of some kind,but i dont know what exactly. but it is nice and quiet and while there gone im going to lie down and try to catnap.

talk to you all later.

Minnie-- I'm glad you had such a good time on your birthday.
Congratulations on your weight loss and binge free days that's great. Glad to see your doing so well and I hope everything with the stepdaughter works out.

Hello,

Just got back from dropping off my daughter to the chinese resteraunt with scouts.
gotta pick her back up soon.

kids are fighting and arguing all day and forecast calls for snow tommorow here of 7-12 inches so probably no school. i may lose my mind.

but eating is good and not stress eating so that is a plus for me.

gonna read some journals before i pcik my daughter up.

bye-bye for now!!!!

Wow, I am impressed.

A stressful day and you managed to keep your health in check. Great job, Minnie.

I hope you have a calm evening.

- Kimmi

it must of been your bday !!!! lol

you never stop... I love your energy sandy


the gifts sound lovely... i bet you ill look wonderful in those shorts !!!! better wait till the snow is gone though, my friend

hahaha

here in canada, the weather is raining one day, snowing the next, much like you guys

one day I wear shirt sleeves and feel great...the next I am swearing, wonderin where my gloves are hahahhaha

what size are you wearing now sandy? isnt it great to gifts of clothes !!!

33 pounds lighter girl


:balloons:


my little :super: mouse



have a great week !!!!!!!!


:hug:



Peng

Hi Minnie!!!:cheer:

Sounds like you had a lovely birthday!! And congrats on all that working out and not binging!! How is the weight loss going? Our stats are pretty much the same, as you mentioned you know.. even the height.. amazing! Anyway!... you are a great inspiration in keeping me motivated... I sometimes find it hard to find the time to exercise with three little ones all 4 and under.. Hoping dh will start helping me out in the eveniings so i can do some step aerobics .. Anyway.. CONGRATS again!!!

Hope you have a GREAT week!!!!! and wishing you nothing but success!

~Ambhi:wave:

--who wishes there was :snow: in texas.. :)

Hi Minnie

I was pleased to read that you had a great birthday and it sounds like you had some wonderful presents and lots of fun.

I was equally pleased to see that you have done a whole week of exercise and that the eating is back in check. I hope you feel better for it.

Good luck with your mini-goal.

I hope the kids have gone to school, and if they haven't, I hope they are behaving!

Minnie

Got online and first thing I wanted was to see if you had a great b-day. Looks like it. But afterall is lasted all week, no wonder if you are walking on sunshine.

I hope your stepdaughter comes round. But I would not steal from her.

To do so would not set an example I would want her to mimick.

Okay, won't preach. But Minnie, you hate the example that her own mother is setting my passing blame and lying for her. You won't be any better if you take things from the stepdaughter. And the good person you are hoping to help raise is the one that ultimately gets cheated.

Lawn mower comes today---though is raining this morning. I called and asked them to bring it about 3pm when Phil is here and they can teach him how to start it.

I have no males from my family close by and so I need the lawn mower man to show Phil this stuff. It was expensive and I was shocked to see how much this cost but have bought one from Walmart almost every 3 years -----they don't hold up.

Want to get to the library and check out a book if they have it.

Better scoot, the washer just went off.

Donna

:D Good Morning Minnie, Just wanted to say Hi, And wish you a good day. I had a good day yesterday and am hoping for another:)

I ate some WOW chips yesterday and they seem to have made me sick. Do you think it will be god for some weight loss!!!Anything that works!!

:D K. in Arizona

Hello,

well kids are home from school today and conferences were cancelled so it will be rescheduled a different day. its snowing now and is suppose to snow for a few hours. hubby is napping and will be going plowing later.

wel i felt lazy today but did ride 5 miles on my bike.

i am drinking the water and had a slim fast for breakfast, sloppy joe for lunch and making spaghetti for dinner with a salad.

kids are behaving so far and watching movies.

well going for now.

good movie on lifetime tonight"homeless to harvard"
sets good example that if we want something bad enough we can achieve it.

have a great day!!!!!

Donna, i dont think your preaching about my step girl but she is totally going unpunished and is not sorry at all. my daughter took good care of her cds and had quite an expensive collection and shouldnt have to take the loss on it nor should i be expected to buy new ones. the ones returned were all scratched with cases missing and one case broken and i believe it was done on purpose so i want her to see what it feels like to lose something she takes pride in and enjoys and not be compensated for it and as far as her mom goes i am beyond mad. new cds will not come from her pocket and she is doing nothing about compensating my girl for what her girl did only defending her and her words about the stealing were prove it so i felt if her girl was missing things she had to work for and buy like i did let her compensate for the loss out of her own pocket.
there is no other way i can think of but to literallly get even, eye for an eye thing and i am never this way but this has gone beyond the point of talking.
my daughter is so upset over the missing and broken cds that she will not talk to step girl when she finally does come and i dont blame her so there is disharmony here and my hubby though siding with us wont see his girl much.
bad enough she stole them but then to not give them back and blame my girl for planting them in her bag and returning ones in terrible shape she needs punishment big time for this,. it wasnt like taking a quarter these cds stolen were worth over 100 dollars and i cannot afford to replace them so my girl must suffer the loss of something she had no control over.

ok enough venting but this subject hits a raw nerve with me right now.

have a great day!

Hi Minnie :wave:

I just got done giving Judy 2 heck for sharing her weather with us lol

It is just now hitting us here on my side of Pa. Not sure yet what it will amount to.

Sounds like in spite of the weather you are having a good day and enjoying being home today :)

have a super week!

Jade

Minnie

Pup has scab on her nose and is not in pain now but had been with that gentle lead collar on.

I know you are angry and rightfully so. Still the example of stealing or taking and breaking something of stepdaughter is poor for your daughter and stepdaughter both, and may ultimately cause you much remorse. Children learn by example and being shunned by her family and peers, spoken firmly to by both you and your husband, is a strong punishment for most children want parental approval.

I want my son to look in the mirror and like the person reflected back. To stoop down to your stepdaughter level and try to give tit for tat is degrading to you both morally and mentally. Your sense of self respect and being a mentor for your daughter has greater value than those cds.

Okay that is my opinion and I don't mean to step on your toes. I see the fine woman and mom you are and feel this will violate your intregity more than you think. I would count your lost and maybe give your stepdaughter a note telling her that gifts come from the heart. With her recent behavior and destruction of the cds and then wrongly blaming your daughter, you don't feel that you can give her the nice present you had planned with a loving heart. That you feel so disappointed in her behavior and now she has lost your trust. Trust is harder to regain once lost. And until she makes it right you will be guarded in having her in your home and will be searching her luggage before she leaves your home when she visits. I would tell her how this hurts you, and how you miss the old relationship. I would tell her how it saddens you to think of her as a theive. No joke, I call them as I see them. I would write this note and put it in her birthday card. The written word is stronger than you realize. Those words of disapproval and lost of your respect will echo in her head much longer than any swat on the bottom.

I will shut up.

The lawn mower cometh and bud mowed my front lawn so it doesn't look so terrible and unkept.

Made him fish, pea casserole and cottage cheese and strawberries. Ice tea. Had couple spoons of casserole and cottage cheese and side salad. Will get something else later.

Had 2 slices of blueberry bread. And 2 small cupcakes---the 2 bite kind. No, not proud. I went to the grocery to buy Phil his lunch stuff and some snacks. Gosh, he could eat at school cheaper.

gotta scoot,

Donna

Hello,

well it stopped snowing and is now snowing again!!!!
when will it ever stop???


I want spring time :c( i know im whining so i will shut up.

well my 2 girls are in bed grounded for trying to sneak food upstairs which they know i dont allow here but kids will be kids but they got punished for lying and hiding the food under my sons bed so that is why there punished.

for dinner had a nice fresh salad with lettuce,cucumbers and hidden valley ranch fat free french with honey and bacon and a small plate of spaghetti.

going to have a slim fast for snack and a smart one fudgie bar.

i bought graham cracker sticks(there new by honey maid) and so good. i got choc ones.

those dam sloppy joes keep calling my name but resisting. last night i wanted to sneak down and eat it but i reisted the urge.

Donna, i am not mad at all about your input and i may follow it but i dont know yet. i know it doesnt set a good example so i think we will just shun her for awhile and search her bags before she leaves should be embarressing enough but my poor girl is suffering the loss as well which isnt fair while my step girl gets to keep the cds at her house. so i really feel she needs to learn a lesson of loss. enough said on this subject. i will know what is right to do in this situation and follow what i feel. i would never hurt someone andi do love her but am so mad that my own girl is suffering for a mistake of someone else. not fair.
bad lesson learned here for my girl about trusting one but worse as its her step sister.
how can you learn a lesson here if you get away with it???? my kids get punished alot if they do wrong but this kid walks away free from it. not fair to me.

well going for now. have a good night.

Heya Minnie, how are you doing? I just dropped in to say hi. I still haven't gotton all caught up in reading all your journal, but I must say, you strike me as being a really good Mom. If finding even touching :) (I don't have children)

bye for now,
Catherine

Girl, I don't know how you do it. If I were you I would have pulled out every last hair on my head, eaten every bit of food in the tri-state area, and probably strapped myself to the train tracks.

And you? You are exercising and eating right.

You make me want to weep with pride and jump for joy and giggle with delight (and relief that I only have a cat and a slightly messy, yet otherwise near-perfect man).
:bow: :bow:

Minnie~

Thank you for visiting my journal and for the well wishes! You have lost 33lbs...that's AWESOME!!!!!!! :D Keep it up!

Hello,

well i am still doing well. last night again tempted over the sloppy joes in fridge and resisted again!!!! i am so proud. i had a banana instead and a few graham cracker sticks.
i hope someone eats those lsoppy joes soon or i will throw them out. LOL

well got up and did the 1 mile walk with my girl then i rode 6 miles on the bike. am now drinking a slim fast for breakfast, having cup of soup for lunch and dinner will be Lite kielbasa,baked potato with chives and fat free sour cream and cauliflower.

doing laundry here and cleaning up. going to finish reading journals too. i really enjoyed the lifetime movie "homeless to Harvard" last night. very touching and shows how you can be anything you desire.
Lots of inspiration.

have a great day and take care!!!!

Hey Minnie - my Energy Queen!

:up: Way to go on passing the slopping Joes! THROW them OUT! Excellent willpower is resisting temptation!

I wanted to see that movie - and now I'm mad that I missed it! I wonder if it will play again.

Well have a great day and keep up the great ENERGETIC job.

Willow

Doing great, Minnie! It takes a lot to resist those sloppy joes two days in a row. Throw them out soon! :D

Well, it looks like you are doing really well. Keep up the good work. :)

- Kimmi

Minnie.. Hope you are having a good day thus far and the remainder of the day goes smoothly! Kudos! for the job well done on the bike! hoping i can find the time to fit in 30 min a day of continuous exercise...

i hope things get better between the girls there... things like this happen.. you know.. i think you are taking the right approach with the eye for an eye thing.. the girl really needs to KNOW what it feels like so that she will not do this in the future to anyone else!!!

have a lovely day!!!
~Ambhi

Minnie

At the library trying to see when my tax refund will come in.

Am on a 15 min computer and never heard of such before but gotta make this short. Paid a bill and got some fish for my bud.

Better scoot,

Didn't sign up in the right spot.

Donna

{{{{SANDY}}}} I'm so happy to hear that your doing so well. I'm really feeling strong and postive these days myself. I think it's because summer is just around the corner.

Your doing so great with all your workouts. Keep up the good work. I did the 1 mile walk this morning too.

What's your favored flavore of slim fast? I tried it before, but I had to stop using it. I got so constipated from it, and I was miserable.

Procegresso soup is going to be on sale this week. I think you can get 8 cans for $10.00 Right now I can't remember if it's going to be on sale at Safeway or Albertsons.

I watched that movie last night "homeless to harvard" I found the story to be very inspring.

take care ~ Katherine

Hi Minnie ~

It's just me, peeking in to say hello and see how you are doing. I see you are doing quite well these days. I'm glad to see someone is. It sure isn't me at the moment.

Keep up the good work girl, you're doing great and being a great inspiration to we slackers too. I know I'll get in the groove soon. Just a matter of staying awake long enough to do something and some sunny weather to give me purpose.

How exciting...presents (ok...so I haven't been here in a few days)

Good job on resisting the sloppy joe's (my friend made some homemade ones the other day that were sooooooooooooo good!)

Ok...enough about that...can't wait to hear about your loss!...I say...another 33+ pounds you will lose this year!

mcmarto

Hello,

doing good still. ate sensibly for dinner. and going to have a snack soon.
i am truly proud of myself and thankfully hubby finished off the sloppy joes for lunch so there finally gone.

work was very busy tonight.
my girl is here crying cuz her last school dance is friday and her dad said she cant go and has to go to his house for the weekend.
it is unfair i feel but not much i can do. she wants me to call and persuade him so im going to try but hes a stubborn guy so i doubt it will work.

my son is in bed grounded for pushing my middle girl in the mud before school today. she had to get changed real fast before the bus came. i was so mad. and it was a pair of tan pants she borrowed from her sister so i had to hurry and pretreat and wash them and luckily the stain came out.

not much else going on for now.
going to read journals and go to bed soon.

have a good night!!!!

Phil's in bed and I'm soon to follow.

I am obscessing over going back to Kohl's and saving $20. Is it worth it? This obscession feels like a weight on me and I wish I could just throw away the coupon for 15% off. I can afford the shampooer and yet it is an easy $20 saving. It sounds like a hazzle but how difficult is it to put the shampooer I first bought in the trunk, and go in the store and see if I can get another one for $20 less using that stupid coupon. Put the new one on the back seat and then take the first in and return it.

I know it is stupid to be drawn in by these coupon thingies. I am a compulsive buyer and compulsive overeater. I am putting myself in a situation to overspend----not badly but do I really need to save the $20 and if the shampooers aren't still on sale, am I not setting myself up for buying something just to use the 15% off coupon.

I just want balance. Moderation. Normalcy. I feel this compulsing is what I do about so much in my life. No wonder I am so tired.

Better scoot,

Donna

Hi Minnie :wave:

Had to stop in and say hi and thanks for dropping in on my journal. Glad to see you are doing well. You deserve a gold star for resisting sloppy joes, just seeing the words makes my mouth water. :)

Kids, aren't they great? I only have one and he's four so I know I really can't compare, but mine is constantly surprising me. It makes life interesting. :D

Hey Minnie just popped in to see whats up. I'm getting to kindof like it here! Glad you are well. ttyl.

Sounds like your a very busy mouse Minnie , don't forget to take time for yourself !:)

Minnie:

Congrats on staying with your program. Your doing awesome girl.:)
Laural and Alyshea have their semi on Friday night so I know how much a dance means to girls. Hopefully your hubby will change his mind.
Have a great day Minnie.

Judy2:ex: