hey rockers! just checking in to say 'hi'. jinni, i hear you about the job thing. the more i work the more i think i should figure out how to work for myself. at least then i would be the only one to blame for crappy decisions.

my treadmill is here today, finally, three weeks later. and NOW hubby tells me he didn't really want it. it's his mom's and the responsibility, blah blah. i don't even know. bordering on 'don't care' so ... how's that for mature?

i am tired. its been a long (car ride) day. baby is finally in bed, so now it's chores until we crash. i am out of the office most of this week for training. hopefully i will get to check in in the evenings.

see you around!! have a great monday, everyone

Good morning all! I haven't been eating so well over the weekend, so Monday (today) it's back on track, and walking time again. We had a free HBO/Cinemax Free Preview Weekend so I stayed in the house all weekend watching movies. Most that I saw were movies I'd seen before like "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry". It's pretty funny tho so I like watching anything Adam Sandler!

JEFFREY: That's very scary news about your dad! Being diabetic myself, things like that can happen, and it's a very serious disease! Poor guy!!!! I hope they can take care of him and the infection hasn't caused any major problems!!!!

I hope everyone has a great week this week!!!

Originally Posted by 16364

Hey 'stars....Remember last week when i said that i really wished s#!T would stop happening to me? Well if you are counting at home get out your checklist..

Needed to get paid but didnt - Check!
Cant play fall softball - Check!
Finally get paid, but brakes go out - Check!

now.....I find out that my dad is in the hospital, and they are keeping him until they can figure out what is wrong with him. He is diabetic and about a year ago he had an infection in his foot that caused him to lose part of it. Well i guess my mom found some sores on his foot and it is all red and swollen, so she rushed him to ER and they are keeping him. They dont know if any infection has reached the bone again...if it did, then he will lose more of his foot. Sometimes i just cant take all of this. Its hard to stay happy, when life keeps kicking you..


sorry for the downer post...just needed to get that out. Ill post more if i hear anything

Hey Jeffrey,

A few years ago I had some laundry list of family issues going on and personal issues similar (in a way) to what you are going though and I got to the point you were at and said..."Really, how much more can I deal with!?" All I will say is that everything comes in cycles and although you're having a down cycle now things WILL go up and get better. It's hard to bide your time until good times happen again but trust me, they will! This is temporary.

Stacey...I had the same free HBO/MAX preview weekend too!!! It was fun I got to see Back 2 The Future 1, 2, & 3!!! (A LOT)....that is my favorite trillogy. Say what you will about Star Wars, I do like it, but Back 2 The Future is just awesome!

GOOD MORNING ROCKSTARS!!!!

It's a nice day out here in Boston...well, just North of Boston. I didn't have to kill any bees this morning, Salem is WILD today (no bees to keep him occupied), and I feel like this is going to be the start to a pretty good week overall. I am heading out to go food shopping to get some good stuff to get back on track. Need to get some wheat bread, turkey, lettuce, etc... plus I need to get some more fruit and healthy snacks.

Yesterday I worked at a wedding again as a photographer's assistant. This new job of mine (well, new fill-in job) is so easy compared to what I'm used to doing. Typically, say at a NASCAR race, there are thousands of feet of cable that need to be laid out and picked up, there are hundreds of pounds of equipment that need to be hauled up long flights of stairs, then there's the whole element of being in the harsh weather (most of the time) for hours on end with not much of a break persay. Well, granted the money earned as a photographer's assistant is way less than the money I'd earn at NASCAR, it's so simple it's almost fun. I don't have any more weddings scheduled with that guy at the moment, but I do have a lot of work coming up as the fall approaches so that makes me a little bit at ease.

Anyway, I'm off to shower, get dressed and get outta the house to go shopping. I'll be back later, enjoy the day Rockstars!!!

Keep on Rockin'

Hi guys-

It's a crappy day here in Chi-town so I'm kind of stuck inside today. I thought I would kind of give you guys a little info about myself since you all seem to know each other pretty well. I am the mother of an awesome 19-month old boy named Logan. He is very active, and he definitely keeps me on my toes. I have a husband who is mostly wonderful, except for his inability to see messes, and even worse, his inability to clean them up. I work full time outside the home. I really hate my job, but I get paid well for an hourly job, and I have benefits, which are not offered through my husbands employer. I would like to go back to school to get my teaching certificate, but I can't get a steady schedule at work to allow me to attend classes. I'm going to be researching online classes and financing options, and hopefully I will be able to resume some form of schooling in the spring. I love to read, I am a sucker for reality TV, and I really like horror movies too. Oh yeah, and I'm a big UFC fan! I guess that's about it for me.

Welcome Allison! Sounds like you have your hands full there in Chi-town. You'll soon learn that we here in Rock-town are a fun bunch...sometimes wild, sometimes crazy, sometimes down to earth...ok, NEVER down to earth, we are too busy having fun to be too normal here. haha, welcome to the team!

Hey just an update: The doc's said that there is this hole in between two of my dads toes that goes straight to the bone. Not good news, they may have to take more of his foot. They will know more later.

Thanks to everyone for their support during this. I cant tell you how much i appreciate it.

So now that i got the update out of the way. Let me tell you how i personally am doing. I am focused. Determined. Seeing what this is doing to my dad makes me not want it to happen to me. I know alot of what he is going through could have been avoided by eating right and exercising. You cant live your life eating two Whoppers with Heavy everything plus a king size fry and not feel the effects. Luckily me and amy keep plugging away at this diet and exercise and will never give up.

We went on a walk today to the library and dollar store in town, figured that it was a cool day outside and if we need anything from town from now until it starts to blizzard (North people let me hear ya ) we will walk. And Amy has said that she will start going on my some of my jogs to support me, which i think is really really cool.

Im going to bold this cause i dont want it to be lost in the shuffle. I was thinking that we had the challenge thread but it became lost in the weeks when trying to respond to both threads. So i purpose that EACH week a different Rockstar gives a simple exercise or workout that we can incorporate everyday into our own workouts. They can be as simple as a ten minute walk (we all have time for that dont we? Plus if you feel that you are not being "good" during a week, at the very least you are doing that! So ill be the first to throw out a suggestion if this sounds good to everyone.

Originally Posted by 18962

Hi guys-

It's a crappy day here in Chi-town so I'm kind of stuck inside today. I thought I would kind of give you guys a little info about myself since you all seem to know each other pretty well. I am the mother of an awesome 19-month old boy named Logan. He is very active, and he definitely keeps me on my toes. I have a husband who is mostly wonderful, except for his inability to see messes, and even worse, his inability to clean them up. I work full time outside the home. I really hate my job, but I get paid well for an hourly job, and I have benefits, which are not offered through my husbands employer. I would like to go back to school to get my teaching certificate, but I can't get a steady schedule at work to allow me to attend classes. I'm going to be researching online classes and financing options, and hopefully I will be able to resume some form of schooling in the spring. I love to read, I am a sucker for reality TV, and I really like horror movies too. Oh yeah, and I'm a big UFC fan! I guess that's about it for me.

Hello! I'm taking online classes this term at my school, i was going to classes at campus, but since campus is 40 minutes away and gas prices being where they are i figured i would try the online route. I'm a huge Horror movie fan! What are your favorites? Mine in no particular order are: Halloween, Friday the 13th...and any old school cheap $1 black and white horror movie!