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