Good morning all!

Yesterday sucketh...I worked until 8:45 p.m. Ugh! Weigh in tonight...send good vibes. I'm off to check yesterday's thread and get some coffee. Back in a few!

Sue - glad the wedding went well. I got a lovely early 1900's cabinet (needs a little cleaning) and a cool red pie safe with the tin all rusted. It's not nearly as old and the paint job could have been better but it was a steal and I figure I can clean it up or at worst repaint it. I also got 2 old coffee grinders. I kind of have a coffee theme going in my kitchen. One of the coffee grinders is really old and has the big brass cup that you put the beans in and the old brass crank....gorgeous! Although Jim thinks it looks like something that someone would give to goodwill (or as my brother calls them, GW fashions )

Barb - I'm with you on the menu thread! I'm off to exercise in just a few. I feel like I'm back on track this time. Hold me to it though chica! Got a pic from Bluff with her new doggie....Ella Blue. She's a beautiful black lab. I'll forward it to ya!

Xan - one word....GO! Hugs woman!

Em - so glad you're back! Where's Liz?

Allison - glad you had a good time!

Ok, I need to go hit the dreadmill for a bit. Have a great day you guys!

Lori T

Good Morning Ladies.

Coffee is definately tasting good this morning! I went to bed at a fairly decent hour though.

I have to say, I almost had myself talked out of activity last night because I was tired. But I had already said to Kevin and the kids about going so we did it.....I went onto mapmyrun.com and it was a tiny bit under 5 miles. I am happy....it was fun.

The ballgames have been fun this season but soooo much running to do. Jess has been playing on 2 teams, Devan on 2 teams, Blair 1, Garrett 1. BUT next year is going to be interesting as we are not sure if our town is going to charter again for little league. I have a feeling though that the only one playing in the little league, if there is one, will be Garrett unless I can find him a Colt league team to play on....Jess and Blair(who moves from BB to softball) will play ASA and Devan is going to just play Pony.

Garrett's game was cancelled last night. The other team didn't have enough players. Tonight is Jess' last regular season game, Devan has a game with LL, and Garrett was asked last night to play for another team for tonight, so I will be at the ballfield most of the night. LOL Not sure if I will have time to get activity in or not....if we get done early enough I will try.

Lori........Hey there! How is the job going? You had some awful weather rip through huh?

Lizzy......are those Basketball games indoors? I would love indoor baseball right about now! LOL

Terry......Woohoo on your loss this week!!!!!

Emily.....Nope allstars have not started yet....they will be announced this weekend and we probably have 3 again(Garrett's age group doesn't have all stars otherwise it would probably be 4). Kevin is off the road for the past 2 weeks!!! It has been good though, of course with a little bit of issues the first week, but you know how that goes. Is Jason still home the majority of the time now?

Allison...how lucky that you have 6 flags right there!!!!

Cheryl.....Hey there! I hear ya on the makeups, but we have had a huge problem getting teams to play against for them. Seems alot of areas are pissed at our LL because of huge scheduling problems.

Xan......I wish I could even contemplate going back to meetings, but the only evening meeting here just plain stinks. No motivation whatsoever. GO!!!

Barb.....Great job on getting that workout in so early!!!!!

Anna.....I am right there with you.....do over moment, bitter, etc.

Sue.....ahhhh so you are the reason it is so hot! hehe Hope you are having fun though.

Yikes! I have to get going!

I hope you all have a great day.
Jen

Hello everyone,
had a fitful sleep due to the weather, was hoping the sleeping pills would knock me out but didnt happen, so very groggy today. Also retaining mucho water from the heat.
Hopefully I can stay up for 1 quarter of the basketball game tonight. Did get the strider in last night, had the fan right next to me. Trudging onwards.

Lori- cool about the antiques!!
GL w/ wi
Jen- good for you for getting the exercise in. watching the finals for the basketball games, so watching from the confines of my home. ex's teams stopped in march.

take care everyone, keep cool and have a great day

Lizzy

Morning from the hotter than hell south...geeezzz we need a freaking break already!!!! Our a/c in the house is not even turning off at night...I won't be able to afford the bill. No rain in the forecast for the 5 day outlook and we have GOT to be rain...we are suppose to cool down to near 90 by Sat but the humidity people--UGGGG!!!! Our crops are totally wilted...we are having to water the garden by hand and our horse pasture that was soooo beautiful a week ago is now dry, yellow and crunchy so we are not able to move the horses on to it until we get some rain.

Wow it was nice to log on and see sooo many had posted yesterday--jealous now that I didn't log on from work.

Lori...so cool about the antiques...I love them but don't have but 1 actual piece--it is a child's roll top desk and chair from early 1920's. Wish I could have more but maybe someday after the kids are gone I will find that I have extra money...probably NOT!

Jen..forgot to tell you that nephew made all stars..youngest one on the team..WOO HOO!!!!!

Anna...do over moment...my life story! Stay on here daily and we will keep you focused!

Lizzy...bummer on sleeping meds...did I tell you DH has restless leg syndrome..was the cause of his sleeping issues for the past 6-9 months...have you thought about that???

Sue..glad wedding went well but yes this heat sucks!!!!

Allison...what is DD up to for the summer??

Barb..is company gone yet???

Emily, Cheryl, Liz, Xan...big huge hellos!!!

Okay..off to get dressed and off to work...I am thinking of coming home @ 4 today..my brain is fried right now with all that DS needs to try to get done before he wants to hit the bed @ 8 pm for 5 hours of sleep. And I took off tommorrow--I just told boss I didn't think I could make it in after being up from 2 am on...he understood and he is leaving on a conference tommorrow afternoon so Thurs & Fri should be catch up days at work.

Hi Everyone...

Look who's back Anna bananna talked me into joining all of you.

Here is the quickie update on me. Spidey no more..its more like The Green Goblin, he's a cranky teen lol. Seriously...still a great boy, just lives with a twist of a chip on his shoulder at times...to be expected. I just moved from my house which became a casualty of my divorce. I am slightly sad over the loss of the house but also eternallly grateful that I found a cute condo to rent in town. I moved my studio/gym into a commercial space so I'm flexing my business wings a bit and enjoying it!

On a more personal note, I put myself on dating time out about 7 months ago...after dating for two years and hitting brick walls and flinging other peoples baggage I decided I don't need to look for a man if its meant to happen it will. It's pretty liberating being OK with being alone and embracing the rest of what my world has to offer. I never want to lean on a man or look to a man to save my butt...I can do that all on my own!

Weight wise, I've been struggling for a year. I gained about 35 lbs after my bout with mono last year. I know your suppossed to lose weight...not me. I ate my way through my sleepiness. I'm definately fit but I would love to lose this weight and be back in my 10's. So here I am....I'm not counting points, I eat a balanced diet and try to keep track of myself with fitday. It works well with me although I never lost that point mentality, so you will also hear me referencing points at times.

I have missed all of you that I haven't kept up with on myspace and will be here regularly!

Have a great day, I'm off to the vet, my 17 year old cat has mites in her ears that caused an infection. I was up at 2 am squirting olive oil in her ear, YUCK. I also kept Cory home as the temps his 100 yesterday and he got sick at school, no air conditioning. I heard the temps will break today so hopefully back to normal today!

Kisses everyone! Have a Healthy Day ....Jilli

OMG...Jilli, is that really you? Sweetie, I have missed you!!!!! Guess what girl, I have 2 horses and am a country bumpkin now....hee hee. So glad you're back and that spidey is doing well. Bummer about the house, but keep your chin up! You are one of the strongest women I know. Hugs sista! So glad you're back

Lori T

Hey Jilli-welcome to buddyslim girl.
It is hot here. I've already apologized, as I think I brought it with me from AZ...but I'm going home on Thursday so you should be cool again after that It's good to "see" you again. So many of us have been struggling, stumbling and getting back on the horse. I've been gaining and losing the same 15 lbs for 2 years now. the 40's is killing me. I'm finding that no matter how much I work out, I can't lose the weight. Good to have you back in the fold.

Tired today man. Days and days of crappy sleep catching up to me. Dh has been a cranky you know what since he joined us last thursday...actually I think he was ok until mid day friday, after that he forgot how much he missed us. He's been just such a butthead to ds. And add to that the drinking that went on this weekend
I'm just tired of the drama.

So the news back home is that his work unit is laying off 200 before the end of the month, and then sending 200 to the cell phone spin off, leaving 200 lab employees back with the company. Raises are due in July, and they don't want to pay out severance packages at the higher wage rate. So, it's very possible we could get home to unemployment. This has just been the suckiest year. And it doesn't look like I'll have the luxury of working from home for much longer anyway, as the company I work for is falling apart. So, I'll start looking when I get back and so will he, whether he wants to or not. I'm really mad at him for leaving us in this position when he should have been looking for work months ago. We're both kind of feeling the urge to come back home, but we're upside down in the house right now and that would mean taking a loss when we already have no $$. Spending time with family this past weekend was nice, and it reminds us of what we're missing.

We're spending the next few days doing projects around mom's house and then it's back to reality. I want to go home, but I don't ya know.

Lori-that's quite a haul. The coffee grinder sounds great.

Jen-my nephew was playing in a soccer tournament in Trenton on Sat & Sun, and got heat sick. Puking, cramping dehydration. We felt so bad for him. He's 12. He played like crap on Sunday because he was feeling so lousy and it was still so hot. There really should be a rule about that at a certain age. Back home, all games are done and over with b4 noon, but that doesn't mean they're still not playing in 98 degree heat for a block of time.

Lizzy-hope it cools down soon so you can get some sleep.

Anna-you know what to do girl. I'm with ya...I haven't been well behaved this vacation, despite all my plans to be.

Alright...back to work...I need a paycheck when I get home.
Peace,
Sue

Hey Girlies!!! Whuzzz up!!?? Oh damn, thought I had a minute, I'll be back!

Sue~ Doesn't this weather suck?? I'd love to see what you mean about your AZ weather, I was just at the Promenade on Friday watching a movie and saw the new restaurant, thanks for the tip!! Where abouts are you staying?

BB

Morning all!
Wow blast from the past day here! I'm so glad Jillibabe joined us here! Yipeee!! Now we really need Bluff!
Didn't work out yet, may do something tonight. I had a headache and have a meeting at 11:30 at the school so didn't want to be goofy, or goofier than usual! LOL!
We ended up going swimming last night. Holly had fun. It got really crowded and then some undesireables got to the pool so we left! Yuck!

LoriT~ Send Bluff my emai, you do have the new one right? the one at q.com? Let me know and I will send it to ya! I need to see how many points I should be having right now, I guess I'm going to have to step on that darn scale soon!

Jen~ Morning hun!

Terry~ Busy day for you huh? LOL! Tyler left for 5 weeks this morning! Can you see me doing the happy dance? LOL!

Liz~ Hi girlie!

Anna~ I love that you eat dinner for breakfast!

Lizzy~ Yep always a Cali Girl! Go Lakers!

Sue~ come home to our 102 temps! It's going to be windy today also, fun, fun!

Ok gang need to go finish making the banana pancakes!

b

Hello girls! So good to see everyone on this morning... and JILLI, what a surpirse! We are having some thundertorms here today which is good because I needed a day to get some stuff done around the house and run some errands. Gotten some cleaning done and I am about to get that workout in. Then it is off to the library,the grocery,bank,etc... I know such excitement.

Liz~ Missed you Girlie! How are you and the "boys"?

Sue~ Sorry to hear things are not lookng up... Enjoy the last few days before returning to reality.

Jilli~ Again, it is great to see you here. We all know what it is like to have those ups and downs.

Terry~ I will see if I can blow some of our rain your way. Make sure you get to bed early tonight so you can get up early. Glad that you will ave Thurs. and Fri. to catch up at work.

Lizzy~ Way to go getting your strider in despite the heat! Hope you sleep better tonight.

Jen~Good job getting that activity in last night. At least tonight will be cooler.

Lori~ Sending skinny vibes your way!

Barb~ Yum... banana pancakes. Is your headache better?