Hello everyone,
mom has her hip revision surgery today @ 10:30 keep her in your thoughts. She had a total hip about 10 yrs ago, & it's worn so she's getting it replaced.
Ended up having some tlc crackers and hummus last night as a snack, but didn't go overboard. Water went real well too. Not going to be able to do much w/water and exercise today since I have both jobs. Supposed to be working different area tonight @ macy's. wish me luck!! Expecting things to be very busy @ work again.

take care everyone and have a great day.

Lizzy

Good morning ladies.
I have realized that I can't look at the scale in the morning. Since my WI's will be evening, I have to do that. I stepped on this morning and was all excited by the number. LOL I am sure that the evening number will be good too, but I have to stick with what is correct.

So we had a nice boring evening here.....I sat and crocheted, the kids played a DVD game, I Spy.

BTW.....I don't want to go to work. LOL

I have dinner in the crockpot, but I really need to investigate the points. The cookbook is telling me 6 points for this Cincinnati Chili and I am just not agreeing with it based on what I put in that pot, so I have to go onto Etools and check that baby out.

Lizzy- How is your afghan coming? How big is it going to be? What size hook are you using? Good luck to your mom today!

Alrighty...I have to run and start getting ready for the dreaded work.

BBL

Jen

Jen- not sure how big the new one will be, was told by my coworkers I needed to bring in the one I finished on new yrs eve, they really liked the yarn that I used. I'm using the same stitch wee irish chain but doing it in blocks so I can get a rectangle out of it instead of the square it makes.
it's white w/ stripes of that cherry chip yarn from the first one I did. I'm using an h hook. Everyone tells me my stitches are way too tight. Well I'm a bit "wound up" @ the moment I tell people.

glad the scale is looking good!!

Lizzy

Morning girls...checking in from home..HA!!! Had to wait until the kids left for school as we had a line waiting for the computer. I can tell this is either going to get old and be great or the kids are going to drive me INSANE Neither could budge last night to even eat supper. They are both used to DSL at school so I guess they have lots of stuff they need to investigate that their friends have told them about that is off limits on school computers. It was cool finally getting to bring up sites that are just impossible with dial-up.

I did sooooo good last night at supper...I cooked rib-eyes for the family and only bought a package with 3 in it. So I had some salmon, mashed potatoes and black eye peas. I bought the salmon in the package with the terraki marinate. It was pretty good. A little on the dry side but I think most salmon is dry?????? The family was staring at me like WTH??? I did taste 2 bites of DD's steak but wasn't even tempted to say "give me 1/2", etc. I have a can of bacon/bean soup for lunch today. Fiber is like 11 grams!!!! I figured it would off set the calories and also help to fill me up. I need to get to the grocery store this weekend for some frozen veggies and chicken breasts.

Lizzy: Keeping your mom in my thoughts and prayers! I love the "wound up" comment..that is precious!

Jen: I have a huge difference between morning w/i and evening w/i...that sucks!!!

Nik: Woke up to 20 this morning...am I doing better???? Wind is nill right now thank goodness but we are supposed to warm back up tommorrow evening and into the weekend. Highs only going to low 60's. Girl--for us this is like FREEZING...my children actually took out the thick coats this morning..oh and the GLOVES!! DD was soo excited because she got a fleece coat for Christmas with the fur hood and gloves to match...she was styling and profiling this morning..HA!!!

Xan...good for you going back!!! I am proud of you!!!

Okay..off to do some crunches..Sue, has me wanting to really get into this!!!

Check back in from work--got bring some wood in for the stove before I head out to work...

Oh and Nik...the pigs' water thingy froze solid this morning..poor things have no water and we are stumped on what to do..I think I will call my FIL later to see if he will come up here and hook it all back up since DS won't be in until almost 4.

Morning girls....

Terry...much better!!!!!! you are officially having an arctic blast...heehee...

Jen...i've really been dying to get back to my knitting, just haven't had the time, you are inspiring me though.

Lizzy...(((((((thoughts))))))) to your mom today, hope all goes well.


Oy Vey, Cooper was in our bed last night at about 3...this is becoming a habit for him, he goes right back to sleep, but as for the rest of us...that's another story!

TOM started last night...UGH...

Ended up not walking yesterday, picked the kids up from school and alex's homework assignment was to take pics around the island for a photo essay she has to do about life here in the winter, so i got my camera too and we went searching for photo ops, had fun with the kids and got some great pics. I'll try to post one in a bit.

Terry that is a little better with the temp. It is 14 out right now and our high today is going to be 22. Nice huh? Send Kimberly here to experience the cold! LOL What do you do for the pigs water? I guess bust up the ice?

Nikki- Get walking today! Or do your turbo jam! Also find a nice knitting project and get cracking.

I can't remember if I told you guys about my little find and they are nothing new, so if you have tried these don't mind me.
Fiber One Oats & Chocolate bars. LOVE THEM. Nice sized for an afternoon snack with coffee, low in calories (140) Fat is alright (4) Fiber is high (9) and they are very tasty.....like a big bigger granola bar.

Alright, I have to work and also read up on Britney's lawyers quitting and her missing yet another deposition....I read Dlisted like a million times a day...he is soooo funny.

BBL though.

morning girls!
guess i'll keep quiet about our 50 degree "arctic" something or nother...i
can't handle it-and think if i had to go live on the east coast i would literally curl up in fetal position and die. haha drama queen.
i'm up early to clean the kitchen, i didn't feel like it last night...i was hopong some cleaning fairy would visit in the middle of the night-but damn no such luck! nothing like a steamer bowl with dried pieces of broccoli stuck in it-it smells delightful, wish i could bottle that fragrance (barf)

thanks for the encouragement yesterday-i'm telling you i wanted to give every excuse imaginable why i can't do this. by the time i was home from work and the grocery store i had a whole new attitude.

lizzy: let us know when you hear how your mom is. hope your long day isn't too chaotic. hopefully soon you can "unwind"!!

jen: i busted up picturing a pig busting his hoof through ice-like a fist punching. im weird! i forgot about etools, im going to try and run a cranberry sauce recipe through that later. if i need help i may bug you if that's cool.

nikki: as usual can't wait to see your pix-i think you missed your calling, photography seems to be your thang.

terry: i made rib eyes too last night-and chicken for myself. i stole a bite of hubby's before i served it. it really felt good eating chicken and broccoli, i think my body is on crap overload.

YEAH I passed Nik's artic blast test!!! LOL!!!!

Jen...they drink out of this thingy called a nipple....LOL!!! We have a water hose hooked up to another pipe thing and they nipple is down on the bottom (http://www.monofloglobal.com/ag/pig-...ers.html)...we unhooked the water hoses but now the water in the pipe and nipples have them frozen up...the male hogs have water holes they can get too but the female hog doesn't have any watering hole..YIKES!!!

Good morning ladies!
I had set my alarm for 5:20 this morning but ended up waking up about 6:30! I guess I need to figure out how to use my new clock before school starts monday! LOL! I was planning on doing the workout on the Discovery Health channel but I guess I'll try some crunches too and maybe later get on the dreadmill. DH moved it so it would be easier to get to now. Oh yeah while I cleaned the garage he was busy moving the dreadmill around! Sheesh! I did find a very large scorpion too while cleaning, glad he was there with his big boot to squish it! Yuck!
So last night we went back to Walmart to exchange my juicer and Holly wanted some fish for her new tank. Got both so all is good. I am planning on making her some carrot juice today and some mango smoothies for me! Yeah! Really liked the spaghetti squash last night so I'm going to make little patties out of the left overs and bake them and have them for lunch. Tonight is chicken but I don't know what I'm going to do with them just yet. I might make garlic crockpot chicken, if I have enough garlic, oh but I need pita too..hmm.......

Lizzy~ Sending prayers and thoughts to your mom! I really want to start a new crochet pattern now that I hear you and Jen doing it! I think I'll put my never ending scarf away.....Nikki, wanna finish it for me? I can't seem to end it! LOL! I'm a much better crochet~er then knitter!

Jen~I hear you on the scale thing. I just blogged that this morning. I will not step on the scale until Tuesday morning! I won't I won't I won't! It's so hard!!!

Nikki~ I just love the pictures of the island! So beautiful! I pureed a bunch of stuff yesterday but going to finish the sweet potatoes with my mom's food processor. She just bought one and said I could have it, she doesn't have patience for it, it clogs easily she said! Going to make those oatmeal raisin cookies today for sure!

Anna~So you were a pee body yesterday? How'd your toilet paper usage go? LOL! Good for you for throwing that stuff away yesterday. You can do it! Did you go to the market? GO!!!!

Xan~ Whoo hooo for getting to that meeting yesterday!

Ok need coffee........be back..........

barb

Morning girls.... I think.... took Nyquil before bed and am still groggy....BBL