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Too Funny, Terri! Thanks for thinking of me! That about sums up my attitude right about now! In fact, I'm so "done" w/the day that I actually FORGOT that I was gonna have a drink this eve... now it's too late, I fear... I'm going to go to bed instead... drat it all... me & my goody-two-shoeness!

Ha! I just thought I read that wrong... about the chili... I figured I must've glanced through the sentence & I thought I saw "chili" but who would give chili to a barfing person? Ay yi yi Laura! "Brat" diet all the way!!

My afternoon's mantra: "I will not volunteer for any PTA Board positions ever again. I will not volunteer for any PTA Board positions ever again." Ugh. I hate slogging through the ALWAYS LATE treasurer's report and trying to "forecast" our balancing of the budget + dealing w/whiney people's issues... bleh!! After tonight's meeting, there will be only 4 MORE & then I'm DONE!! I've been VERY good today w/eating... I'm saving my cals for a dt. cran & vodka when I get home after the meeting!!!

Now THAT's interesting, Laura... it must be the "weird baby dreams"!! The tree cutters are here... yay, I get to work for a month to pay off that bill... so motivating... not.

Good Morning, Vi's~~ Things are getting back to normal here, which = "busy". Which feels good, in a way. Too much slothing around is, well, too much! Make it a great day, everyone. Will check in later!!

Kat, don't let that jerk steal your happiness! Go & enjoy & do your grandmotherly duties!! I'm thrilled that you have a new grandbaby!! Love you!

Good Morn, The kids are on a 2-hr late opening ("so far", as ds keeps saying, with hope in his voice) as we're on the rain/ice line here in upper Md. Sometimes I think it'd be easier on the nerves to live somewhere like Alpena, where you KNOW you'll get dumped on w/snow, rather than here, where we're always a "maybe" w/this kind of stuff... or where some parts of the county may be icy, but other parts aren't... well, 1/2 hr 'til ds has to go meet the bus, so if they're going to close schools, they'll need to be doing it soon. Of course I was supposed to meet my friend for our first SB coffee morn of the new year this a.m.... not sure where we stand w/that... ((Janie, Kat, Kinsey, Jane...)) bbl

Back from school w/the copies... now I'm going to "treat" myself & watch Oprah from yesterday while I collate & staple 400 PTA newsletters!! I'm a sucker for all the "Best Life" hoo-ha. What can I say, anything motivational helps. TracyKS, I meant to tell you this previously, but reading about your lemon "tonic" jogged my memory about just hot lemon water being helpful/cleansing... so when I first come downstairs in the a.m. to make kids' lunches, I make a cup of hot water, mix in a t. of lemon, & enjoy. I don't add sweetener as I get enough of that already. I can't say as it's helping, but I figure it's not hurting, & it's 1 cup in before 6:30am. Oh, another "trick" I'm pulling on myself is to leave a full 16.9 oz bottle of water by my bathroom sink, so it's there when I take my pills & then sip on as I get ready... I make myself finish it before I'm done. So then that's 3 servings of h20 in before 8am! Ok, off to staple. I know, you wish you had my glamourous life!!

Getting an early morning start to the day today by making bazillions of copies for school. Make it a good one, Vi's!

I suck. I fell off the wagon and had 6 (SIX) white chocolate macadamia nut cookie dough balls. :wink_smile:

Laura, I think she meant the first sugar rush of the day?? Can't wait to see the vid feed of our little Vi guy!! Haydee, I agree w/Laura... that sounds like a fantastic trip!! I want to go to that fancy hotel!! Still plugging along...

Pam's headstone?: "Here lies Jazzy Bradford: BAM!"

Thanks for the link info... now I'm all caught up w/TracyKSs vids... I like watching them just to see & HEAR you, Tracy!! Your peppy personality comes a-shinin' through! :wink_smile: Just had a 3rd contractor here to look at the downed trees... ugh... all I know is, no matter who we choose, it adds up to mucho bucks... bleh. Ok, off for more cleaning, laundry, organizing... anywhere I look in the house there's something to be done!

Good Monday Morn, Vi's~~ It's back to work & school day today! Yay!! I get my house back & can clean & it won't get messed up even as I'm cleaning! lol! + I've got to get my editing scheduled... + PTA stuff etc... NOW it feels like a new year -- no more lounging around, napping & reading!! Down again this a.m.! Will keep weighing each day 'til the woosh stops... then will try to go to 1x/week like Judy... Make it a great day, everyone!

Where'd everybody go?

How do we see TracyKs's vids?

What's gotten into you, Miss TracyK? You are on a roll! You are now officially on my list of folks to speak @ my funeral. You'll bring down the house!

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! I laughed so loudly out loud that I had to read what I wrote & then what you wrote to ds & dh. You. Crack. Me. Up!!

Judy, we posted @ the same time! So glad to read that Bob's special day went well. He sounds like such a special guy. You lucky gal!!

Hey. Made the yummy ham & chz soup. Have had 2 cups so far. The whole family is slurping it up... hope there's a little bit left for me for tomorrow! I didn't put in tofu, but did add 1/2 can of drained rotel tomatoes... I think that's the only change I made... oh, I used real ham, 1/2 of it chopped, 1/2 of it shredded in the bullet. Am on my laptop while watching dh's Eagles play the Vikings... they're up so far, so that's good... Tomorrow dh goes back to work & dkids go back to school! Hallelujah! I love them, but they've been cramping my style & messing up my house for 2 weeks now! So tomorrow will be serious cleaning, organizing, & getting back to the grindstone. Judy, how was this morning? Hope you're safe w/the wintry weather. Am still philosophical after yesterday's funeral. It makes me wonder what folks would say about me @ mine. What would stand out. How I'd be remembered. Sigh... deep thoughts... Off to surf around... enjoy the eve!

Yeah... I fell in & had to eat my way back out!... that's my story & I'm sticking to it!... yep, uh huh! :tt2:

Good morning! Don't get too excited by my ticker... it was accurate as of yesterday... but I managed to fall into a tub of chocolate drizzle caramel corn after the funeral... today is a new day, yes?

Good Saturday Morn, Vi's~~ Nothing on the docket today except the funeral. :thumbup: Pamela... Ack, no, I didn't track it! I suck! I mailed the card *after* the box. Again I say, I suck! Everything within is reproducible, but I worry that when the box finally appears in 6 months, that bread will be r-i-p-e! Oh my! Crap crappity crap crap!! I win worst SS! I am soooooo sorry!! Give me a couple days & I'll get out another one... & this time I will track it!!! Waa.

I'm not sure that thinking of me in that situation is complimentary, Laura... :tongue2:... but I completely understand!! I'd have thought of me too!! I don't remember how much it was... I've blocked it out... I could look it up... but don't want to... it'll bum me out... We had a very windy day on Weds & we lost 6+ trees! They came up @ the roots... & then crashed down over our backyard neighbor's fences... luckily, none came this way toward the house... but dh has been gathering quotes all day on cutting them up, etc... & that's not good, either... I hate money. So glad that you're home & on the mend, Jen! TracyKS... the pa @ my surgeon's says that "water mobilizes fat"... so that's what all the p'ing is doing... mobilizing your fat right on out! Yay! Terri... YAY on the day! + lol w/the cat... guess that's why they call them "lol cats!" I didn't follow the 5dbt but I did stay LEGAL & CLEAN and drank my water. Yay me! Tomorrow is the service for my neighbor who died on xmas eve day... it will be so so sad, I know... I am steeling myself for it... dd is going w/me, as a show of support for her son... I'm going to take lots of tissues... say a prayer. G'night!

Hey girlies... Couldn't get on earlier... odd. Anywho... am doing well today also... I didn't make any soup yet so not sure I'm "officially" a 5dpt girl or not... I'm just trying to be clean & to the letter... lord help me! This is the worst time of day for me... yikes! Undecorated & mega-cleaned & re-organized the furniture in my family room... took most of the afternoon... now I have to go return a movie... yes, I still do it the old fashioned way... Make it a great eve, Vi's!