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Poor Michelle!!!! You're gonna be sore AND have a good shiner!!

g'night, Tracy!:tongue_smilie: Laura, gaining 4-5# is not unsual for TOM... just hang tight and keep drinkin' that water! I'm pooped...i think i'll go night-night too...very soon. DD and DH are at the Astros game. DS detailed my car today and he's going out with his friends soon. I'll have the house all to myself for two whole hours! Metal time! Gotta make the most of it. Manana!

I am most definitely going tubing. If I were you, I'd hold off on committing one way or the other until you get there. For one thing the river is so nice and cool....it's a great way to spend a summer morning. The other thing is that it's so beautiful and relaxing!! So I'd plan on going for sure...if you change your mind once you get there, fine. But don't rule it out now! Haydee - you'll back me up here, right?? She knows!!

***IMPORTANT*** Do NOT forget to bring river shoes of some sort!! You can wear tennis shoes, pool shoes or river sandals...anything that fits securely and has a good gripping rubber bottom. These are essential. The weather will be HOT, I can guarantee that. Bring very casual clothes...linen and cotton...shorts and capri's, light and loose tops. I can't imagine where we would go where we need to be 'dressed up' at all! Even at night it will be warm. The Gruene Dance Hall is NOT air conditioned... FYI.

Y'know....that reminds me....I don't even know if I have a swimsuit that fits!? I'll probably wear a swimsuit....but I am concerned about getting too much sun on my chest and shoulders. I probably should wear a t-shirt. I think that we can opt for a 2 hour or 4 hour float.... so we need to be thinking about that, too. Of course, those that want to get out after 2 hours certainly can and the rest can go on. It's usually a spur-of-the-moment decision. You just decide if you've had enough or want to keep floatin'. I can tell you from experience that 4 hours is a long time to be wet!! I'm usually good after 2.... but I never know 'til I get there!

I hear ya, Judy. I can't believe I am actually considering an unfill. I've been thru this routine before. If I made a list of the foods I cannot eat on the left...and the foods I can eat on the right... it would not look good. If I review the bandster rules I find that they point to an unfill. I'm very concerned that I'm not getting my veggies and good protein in. Oddly, I have NO problem with bread. I miss salads very much. And since the scale isn't moving...what is the point of being so tight? My doc is just going to roll his eyes. Fill...unfill...fill...unfill.... Beautiful day here. I have plans to put my son to work today detailing my car. He wants to borrow it for prom....so I figure he's gotta earn it!! Good plan, eh? I'm gonna hammer, saw and rivet today! :-) Oh yeah, and a trip to the hardware store for more tools! Good gawd, ya'll should see (what used to be) my dining room. I CANNOT WAIT TO GO TO GRUENE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so how are you enjoying the gym, Laura? You getting hooked?

4 weeks from right now we'll be sittin' on the patio with our 'drink of choice' and yakkin' a mile a minute! Yea!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Girlz! Yeah, Jane...Tracy, Haydee and I all live in "Houston"...but none of us live within its city limits. On the map below Haydee is "A", I am "B" and Tracy is "C"!!! Jenn!! I am SO excited for you!! See? There was a reason you lost that attorney job....so you could get this one!! Way to go, girlfriend! TracyinKS -- that picture was hilarious! yeah, I thought i was fat at 5'7" and 135#. I think if we weren't skin and bones like some of our friends, we were "fat". I wish I had pics of me in my bikini when I was 19.... but I wouldn't dare let anyone take my picture!! oy. Laura - people are idiots. I hate people. (BTW, ya'll are NOT "people") Denise - You look radiantly happy! Congratulations to you on ALL the happy stuff you have going on!! Life is good, eh?? Pammy - I am greatly relieved to hear the news about your biopsy!! Not that I was worried or anything! :sad: Just glad to have it confirmed. How are you feeling other than the sh*thead kid buggin' you? Back to normal yet? I've been busy...sorry to be away. I have just been so freakin' pumped about this metals class I've been taking that I spend all my free time online looking at new tools, books, copper, silver and stuff. I fill up my "shopping cart" with tons of stuff then think to myself, "What the hell do you think you're doing???" :eek: So then I dump out the shopping cart and start over again at another store! LOL In the last two weeks i've learned how to hand saw, drill, rivet and solder. Next week i learn how to bezel-set a stone. I'm gonna have to join a metalsmithing message board :tt1: so I can get all this out of my system. (like that's ever gonna happen) Anyway......... gotta get back to work. Laterz!

Laura......LOVE LOVE LOVE the avatar!!!

Did ya'll miss me?? I don't even have time to catch up on posts!! Gotta run to my metals class, but just wanted to say HI! and that I think about you ALL DAY LONG!! XOXO!!!

my salon sells it too, Pammy. I'll try to remember to bring some small bottles of shampoo/conditioner. I'll put it on the grocery list.

Practicing before surgery....especially NOT drinking....is very helpful. I suggest you keep at it!

When I want to eat, I eat! The beauty of it is that i can be satisfied with an ounce of cheese to tide me over 'til mealtime! If you mean what do i do when i want to be "comforted" by a wheel-barrow full of food but can only get a small amount in? That is an issue that is better answered by a 'binger'.... but they'll probably tell you to get some counseling for those issues.

I still have "Eve" up there.... that's who I always think about when I see her. She's saying, "Hey! Wanna bite of this apple???" Then she uses the tape measure to snatch it away from you when you try to get a bite. Bitch.

A lot of people are not clear about what they should take for a cold and/or allergies. If you already have a cold and your head is full of junk you need to take a 'decongestant'...which will help your head drain. This is also why you need to drink lots of fluids when you have a cold....to keep the mucus from getting gunked up. (lovely visual) When you have allergies...like in the spring or fall...and you've just got the sniffles and itchy, watery eyes...then you take an 'anti-histamine' (like Benadryl or Claritin) to help ease the allergic reactions to the irritants. Laura, I can't see the pics from work :rolleyes2: I love horses...I'm just a bit afraid of them! But I think they are stunning animals. I even have a painting over my fireplace of 3 mustangs running in the desert. I never get tired of looking at it.

G'morning girliez- What a nice weekend i had! Weather was absolutely picture perfect, clear skies, highs in the mid-70's. Got to see my best friends, DH was out of town, kids are with their dad, no makeup all weekend, no grocery shopping,....just friends and beads and metal and house-hunting. Like i said... perfect! Now back to work. But the boss is gone all week! So my good luck continues! Pam - sure sounds like you are back in the swing of things! Glad you're feeling so good!! Tracy - There was a LOT of pollen blowing in the air yesterday. Sorry you're feeling so crummy. I took my mom outside for a little while and that wasn't too smart...but she really enjoyed the sunshine and I gave her a pedicure while she basked. Good service, eh? HAYDEE - I need to get my car detailed in the worst way. Got any coupons?? LOL How did your garage sale go this weekend? Jenn- When is your 2nd interview? We're crossing our fingers for you...again!!! Michelle - Sounds like you had a well-deserved treat with your mom. I'm happy for you! Suzie - I'm so jealous of your pool....paperwork or no paperwork. In about another month or two I'll be dying for some relief from the heat!! Ha... but it only lasts FIVE months!! Aaaack! Judy - Good luck with your fills and hope the highway angels are watching over you! See ya'll later!

TracyinKS - I'm sorry you are having these issues with DH. I can relate so much to what you're saying. Nothing pushes my Bitch Button faster than when I feel like someone is telling me what I can or cannot do!!! My DH has the same issue because his ex-wife just ran all over him for 20 years...and he was never able to effectively change the situation...and ended up divorced...which was very much against his belief system. Anyway...as a result after 7 years of marriage and our own struggles with these issues we have learned to give each other lots of freedom and independence. Y'know what they say...."if you love someone, set them free..." and it definitely works in our marriage. We do our own thing many times but enjoy each others company very much too. It's what I like best about our marriage. I guess what I'm trying to say is that DH and I both struggled with those insecurity, power and jealousy issues for many, many years....both together and in our previous marriages....and discovered the hard way that NOT asserting your independence will come back to bite you in the ass in a big way. The delicate ballet is how to achieve that independence without looking like you're trying to pull away!! Well, I'm rambling... Kahlil Gibran says it much, much better than I do: On Marriage You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days. Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God. But let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.

I'm gone for 2 days and you people just go on without me as if all is right with the world!? I had like 4 pages of posts to catch up on!!! First of all....Pammie...I'm glad you're home and it sounds as if you're resting pretty comfortably. (((HUgs)))) When are you scheduled to go back to work? Re: Spiders. Hmmm. Well, I am one of those people who doesn't kill bugs or spiders....I scoop them up in a dustpan and drop them outside. I don't like to kill anything!! I don't, however, have the same fuzzy feelings about cockroaches. I spray those suckers until they're drowning in it. As for the river... of all the times i've been there I've never seen a snake. You gotta remember that there are thousands of people on that river on any given weekend day and I feel pretty sure they just hang out under a rock and wait til dusk ...after all those crazy toobers have gone home. I do tend to stay away from the banks just for that reason....just in case. Snakes do scare the hell outta me. I grew up in Louisiana, across the street from the Vermillion River, and I saw my share of snakes to last a lifetime! I feel sorry for them.... they get a bad rap. The party was great fun and we pulled off the surprise part just perfectly. She was definitely surprised. But OMG!!! This house we went to was UNBELIEVABLE. They invite us down all the time but I've never gone before. Uh.... that's gonna change!! She is a gourmet cook and has a fabulous kitchen. They are wonderful, very sweet people...perfect hosts...I will definitely take them up on their next offer!! They live on the canal in the inland coastal area .... very close to where NASA is. I took these pics with my iPhone so they're not the best...but gives you a glimpse.

DAMN, Girlfriend!! The Wynn is one of the nicest hotels there is in Vegas!! Top shelf!!! They have a golf course and you have to be a guest to play....and it costs something like $400-500 a round!!:sad_smile: My very rich friend stays there when she goes...I can't afford the place! If your meetings are all day, then I would suggest that DH take the Grand Canyon tour. He could catch a bus early in the a.m. and be home by 7:00ish (I think?). Just google "las vegas grand canyon tour" you'll get plent of hits. The Hoover Dam tour is really cool if he wants to get back earlier. It's probably only 4-5 hour RT. Very interesting story and very impressive to see. Otherwise, there's TONS of sports bars in the casinos....with 50 TV screens...where the people bet on all the sports. They have cushy couches and he'd be very comfy. Is he a pool guy? He could lay by the pool and watch all the hot babes!!...there's plenty of them! He could go to New York New York and play all the arcade games and ride the roller coaster on top of the hotel!! There's tons of stuff to do in Vegas....just tons.

Thanks for checking, Jane.... it's no big deal. I only use a couple of their products anyway. It IS good stuff, let me tell ya!

Hey guys.... It just occurred to me that I'm going to be out of pocket from about 1:00p on thru the night tomorrow. Will someone please call me to let me know how Pam is coming along?? I'll PM you my cell number just in case it's not on your list. You'll need it anyway in May. If I don't answer the phone, please just leave a msg. I'm heading to my friend's 50th birthday party and have lots of running to do first. THANKS!!

Ok, I'm convinced: Papaya Enzymes work great and quickly at helping you get un-stuck. They've gotten me out of a bad jam two days in a row. Go get some, get a pill box and carry them with you always. Happy Bandiversary, Judy!!! TracyinKS - you are the bomb! Thanks for checking in. Do you know who nominated you? Pretty cool! What hotel??? (Most important question!) Pammie - You're perfect just the way you are. Life is good!

Pammie - We love you honey, and you know that you've got all our positive energy around you for these next few days. Mmmmmuah! You'll be just fine! Michelle!! We'll just call you the Incredible Shrinking Violet!!!I better get to work on that jewelry! The 'contest' is almost half over!! Does Michelle's success get anyone motivated to get movin'??? Today is NFS day.... No Freakin' SUGAR!!! I'm gonna eat on plan today if it kills me. DAMMIT!!! Yesterday was such a bad day, i can't even tell ya. Went to my 1st metalsmithing class last night...so you know what that means!! A trip to the jewelers supply store today for MORE tools!! :huh2: I never knew I could get so excited about tools. Now I know how men feel. Well, at least about tools! TracyinKS.... OK, what is UP with you???? And don't just tell us you're busy. Something else is going on. Spill it. Suzie - Don't forget to take care of yourself, too. OK? Haydee - So do you get to keep the money from the stuff people dump at your house? I'm horrible at getting organized enough for a garage sale. Our neighborhood has them 2x/year...and Ive only managed to do one out of 7! And it's not that I don't have my share of junk!! Ya'll have a good day. Laterz.

That's incredible!! Blows my mind!!