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Aw Michelle they turned out awesome!!! I don't know about where you are, but I know locally we have... gosh I don't even know what to call it, but it's where local artists and people who make stuff can pay a rental to these 'fairs'.. art fairs? I dunno, anyway.. my cousin's mom does it, she pays like $20 for a full day (normally fri-sun) and she has a booth with her stuff in it. She apparently makes good money doing it, she got to quit her job. Of course, how quick can you knit those things??

Terry, I promise to try not to be too psychotic about it...

I had a capri sun for b'fast. Drinking water now...

YAAAAAAAAAY TRACY!!!! So glad to hear it!!!!!! Purple power works, I swear.. Denise those are soooooo cute!!!! They are precious! How lucky, 2 have 2 at a one time. I'm 'suppose' to start my period tomorrow and I've still had no PMS, and my PMS is always killer... JUST SAYING. And other Tracy, you can call me anytime too! We're all here for you!

Oh and the tanning beds, I have never done it, but I'm under the assumption that it will just keep tanning what your skin currently is. So if you have more tan on one spot, that places will be darker.

Oh Terry you look all 'alluring' now!!!!! Very nice! Sounds like you're discovering what's really important for you Haydee--YOU! And so if it does or doesn't work out with Juan, you'll have the self-confidence to do what's best. The violets looks great, that first pic they are actually GLOWING!! I picked the 'fruit' of my squash/zuccini/cucumber plant (I couldn't figure out which one was growing like crazy). After plucking 3 'fruits', it looks like zuccini. They are massive. 2 I waited too long, they are the size of my arm, I bet they don't taste good. The 3rd is the size they are in the store so it should be ok. I also finally have 1 tomato and 1 watermelon growing. Russell said he was 150lb before we started living together (I wasn't sure how to take that!!) he said, before we lived together he never bought 'junk food', he said he thinks probably because he couldn't justify the money for it. But I will tell ya (and I let him know), I don't eat Oreo's, I've never bought them.. and that's his big thing, he buys packs of them and would eat a whole one in an evening.. I didn't get him into Oreo's, that's not my fault!!! Hehe. So anyway he was up to 217, that's 67lbs!! Like I said, I knew he was gaining weight, but had no idea it was that much. He packs it better than I do, he doesn't have a gut hanging over his pants like I do! He has massive upper arms, but it's muscle.. not flab. We just got back from TGIF's, I keep having to explain to him everywhere we go what he can have. I got the parmesian crusted chicken & mozerella/tomato salad.. yum-e.

Judy, we require pics of all your new NSV outfits!!!! And Terry, you have a good lighting pic of your eyes yet?? I really want to compare Kat you keep sending all these touching e-mails, and as you all see, I send out the crude jokes.. teehee. A big group of my family is going to Journey to the Center of the Earth. I had a big what-for argument with Russell last night about him putting that damn video game before me, and we'll see what happens. Tonight is one of his scheduled 'raid nights' where he vegges on the game.. but I asked him to go to the movie and surprisingly he said yes. Speaking of surprising.. he is doing good on Atkins, and I asked him if he weighed himself before he started. He said no, but he weighed himself about 3 weeks ago.. I asked what he was.. get this.. 217lbs?!?!?!?! OMG. I am 221lb.. he looks half my size!! I am like.. shocked. I knew he gained weight, but 217?????? He says I perceive myself bigger than I am, but I know I am not as small as he is.. and he's 4lbs lighter, and 1 inch shorter. Hm. He does have more muscle, but his pants are like 7 inches smaller than me (at least) and he wears size L shirts. Anyway, he weighed after I asked.. and he said he's at 209lb. Yay him! :thumbup:)

I'll have to look into that Wiifit in a couple months. Russell is getting the new IPhone for his b'day next month and we're going to Jamaica soon.. Kat, I'll let you know how the Jamaica all inclusive trip goes! Co-workers that went say it's awesome, so if it is, I'll give you my 1st hand account :cursing: I know we got a great deal through the travel agent. My friend started with 3 foods, they said on her allergy test, she had no reaction to "Western Shrimp" (She still doesn't know what that means), Chicken, and Sweet Potatoes. She had 'some' reaction, of varying degrees to everything else, so the past 2 months she has been 'testing' things daily to see what she can get away with. She e-mailed me this list today.. I found a Paleolithic (cave man) diet website, that has some recipes she could have, and more importantly they talk about substitutions when cooking, using basically coconut milk for a lot of things-- and that's one of the things she uses these days with no adverse reaction..But they do a lot of bananas and almonds..which she can't tolerate. Here's her e-mail: She had a reaction to peas or some bread she made this week, she had a reaction 2 days ago after eating chicken, bread, peas.. so she waits a few days, eats that item (with her other items she found safe) and waits to see what happens. Sounds miserable, and she seems really unhappy about all this.. so I'm trying to go through her 'safe' list and think of good ideas.

Morning V's!! Wiifit sounds fun, do you have to have the console to play it? (I'm trying to follow along). My parents have the Wii, and it has sports and fitness, but it's not the wiifit, you mentioned a lot of 'sports' theirs doesn't have. So is it a game that goes in the Wii or something else? I'M INTERESTED! I am stalled at 221lb for a while now, at least it's not going up, but I am actually eating pretty good so surprised. I guess I need to go back on dailyplate and start logging.. I probably am at the point I need to cut calories back a lot..darnit. (Or exercise!) My best friend since I was like 12, we moved apart and stay in touch online, but we did Atkins together years ago when I actually lost 60lbs on it, and she got to a size 12 (She's about 5'4). She looked great! I haven't seen her in person in years, and she doesn't 'do' pics, but she said yesterday she's at 228lbs. I couldn't believe it. I am actually lighter than her, and I can't imagine that weight on her. Her docs said she's allergic to almost every food, and so she has a TON of water weight. I never heard of this before, but she has like 3 items she can eat--and only 3.. and she will lose weight, but if she eats anything else, she gains water weight. Very bizarre, they said it can just happen (she wasn't always this way). They said she had H Pylori, and she thinks that has something to do with it. She told me I need to get in touch with her daily to motivate her.. so I'm going to do my best. I wish she and her husband would move closer. Dad finished Saturday evening, in 128th place. Not final table, but we're not being down about it, it's extremely exciting that he made it that far out of all the people in it!! He did bring home $42k for making it that far, but it wasn't about the money for him.. although I'd crap myself if I made that much. I won 2nd or 3rd in the first tournament I played, was $45 entry and I won $4,500. It literally makes you high, after that tourney I was in, you're kind of on a cloud 9 and it's surreal.. I couldn't imagine being in THE WSOP and finishing so high up. Hm, what else.. The Blue Angels did an Airshow in FL this weekend, and another flukey storm burst... 3 hit by lightening, 10 sent to the hospital. Our local paper is saying Blue Angels should stop flying.. like they're causing it.. Sheesh, but still weird 2 of their shows had flukey weather bursts that hurt(killed) people. Pam back yet??

...poor goat.

Oh and Russell is doing good on the low carb, he's just a big baby and it shines when it comes to dieting. You would think he'd be lost in the world if I disappeared. Everyday for lunch, he makes me pick somewhere since he "doesn't know where he can eat". So I pick places and he whines the whole time "I don't want salad, what can I eat" everytime we go somewhere. Then last night (he always snacks in bed) he was looking for a low-carb snack. I tried to tell him to eat a bag of the pork rinds Haydee sent (since she sent me so many!!) but I cant even get him to try them.. so silly, that was my fav. snack on atkins.. he ended up eating tuna salad wrapped in swiss cheese. Today he had cedar planked salmon & veggies for lunch.. I'm in bed, he comes in and asks what he can make for dinner. I told him to heat up some of the instant-italian sausage I have in the freezer.. and he acts like he's an idiot and can't work the microwave.. expected me to get out of bed to heat them up.. I made porcupine meatballs last night and made him 3 with no rice in them and cheese instead.. he liked em. I am too tight for food the past few days so I don't care to cook for 1. I'm not cookin' tonight, I had a pudding & vitamins!

We need better lighting Terry!! I have another long night of watchin play by play online about the poker tourney. Dad still doin great, they're down to 200 players!! They wrote a few more plays he did, I've been saving them all for him.. and I found this today, this was him playing yesterday! Luckily, since they are getting people knocked out so quick, they are quitting a round early tonight since they have 3 more days to go. Whew, we'll know where he stands at 1am instead of 3am!! Tracy your mom is still in my thoughts, keep us updated!

Don't be emberassed, go get a fill!!! Sounds like you're having a great time, the pics on the postcard were gorgeous! I am INDEED jealous!!! Our german restaurant in town is one of my fav. restaurants (if not THE favorite). But it is carb laden.. breaded veal, fried potatoes, sweet cabbage, and bread. Nom nom nom.. k I hungry now. Russell is doing the low-carb induction right now, I'm just having him eat steak, bacon, eggs, and cheese lol. I forget what else there is and he's relying on me to advise him :/

They finished last night at 424 players, he's in the money, and he's got 500k chips. They televise it on ESPN months afterward, but this year is the first year they are getting to the final table (Monday) then stopping.. and playing the final table in November. That way the final 10 can get sponsors, commercials, etc.. That's still way off, I'm just so excited he's in the money in this one, and has moved up several money brackets already. HE is so excited, and that makes me happy ) He said if he makes it to Sunday he wants my mom to fly out and watch him on Monday, but she thinks she jinxes him..anytime she's in the audience watching he makes faces at her and gives away his cards. OK I gotta get ready for work lol, we were up so late I'm now late for work..doh. Oh and they started with about 8,600 players.

Had to update yall I am so excited cant sleep now and on laptop so pardon the crap typing.. Dad is doing awesome in WSOP (yeah in Vegas Haydee woowoo) He is up to 400k.. they have 676 people left, im watching the online live feed...they start paying at 666 people left (weird number no??) So we're pacing waiting to hear he made it in the money.. next stop final table and I get to go to vegas to watch mwhaha.. this is best he's ever done in this tournament, this is the once a year world championship. so excited!!

I'll trade ya Judy, we're in drought and 100 degree + weather!! We get like literally 1 minute long bursts of rain once a week, and when it finishes the ground is instantly dry again. I have had to Water my garden for a month now BUT my squash/zuccini plant is going nutso, I have 3 zucchini growing about 4 inches already!! the bush literally went from 2 inches tall and wilted/dead to now a 5ft wide plant with 1 foot wide leaves.. and fruits!! I so excited, first time ever growing my own. Goin to finish dinner, got my card from Pam, looks gorgeous!! HUGS TO MY V's!!!!

Hey girls, busy with work and school atm, but just got a call from my dad & had to share!! He's playing the World Series of Poker in Vegas right now, Sunday was day 1, he made it through.. day 2 started today.. He's KICKIN' BOOTAY!!!!! They wrote an article about him (my mom wasn't too keen on the headline!) He said after this hand a lot of reporters ran up and were takin pics, so we're trying to find where the pics end up. "Ladies Love Johnson"

I did it for me, for 2 main reasons. I was in 26/28 and they were getting to be too small. I didn't know where you even shop for clothes after that.. and had visions of moomoos in my head.. terrifying for a 21 year old :smile: Other main reason is I was crippled from lower back/leg pains, I couldn't walk from the parking lot to the grocery store without crying from the pain. Much less actually shop! Again, at only 21.. Had to do something!! I have no will power with diets. There were a lot of mini-reasons that add to it, but the top 2 reasons were the reason I had urgency to get it. I couldn't keep goign on like that. I also want to be able to get pregnant, and have a healthy pregnancy.. want to be able to wear not-plus-size clothes, etc.

Exactly.. they charged me $250 to bring in the form they had me fill out at home... then sent me away. Then told me to bring $300 next week for something, then never answered their phones.

This is just my 2 cents, but I had my first consult with Dr. Faccundus.. I felt like they ran their office like a money warehouse. They demanded money and then didn't have the decency to even be polite to me, then rushed me out the door without even meeting him...then told me to bring another couple hundred to another meeting. I tried calling them, and for 4 days in a row it goes to voicemail and no one would call me back. I passed on them. I live in Madison/Work in Huntsville.. it would have been a lot nicer. I did end up in the Huntsville ER at some point and the clinic called in Dr. Malipur (he is somewhere around here, I assume Huntsville) since I was banded and they wanted someone experienced with bands in case I needed an operation (they thought I had a ruptured pancreas). My experience with him was decent enough, I liked him. Although, my band doctor is Dr. Freeman in Anniston, AL.. most personable guy I ever met, I love him to death and glad I went with him. I am always welcome, they always talk to me on the phone, none of this voicemail and never returns the call, etc. It's worth the trip down there for my follow ups.

I don't notice a difference. As of the beginning of this year, I'm finally not 'that person' who spills out.. and so now I became the person 'spilled on'. The last flight I had to NY & Back, one of them I was middle seat and both people on either side spilled onto my seat. I was pretty miserable, but I could sympathize. Another flight the guy was blatantly taking up 1/2 my seat (I was on the window, he was on the aisle) and he sprawled out, didn't even care about how uncomfortable he made me (I had to hug the window).. and the airlines didn't seem to care. This was only a month ago, so I don't think they are real strict. Even in my big big days, I was never told I had to get another seat or move.. I was just mortified for not fitting.

POOL was my guess too!! Doh :smile: Poopy pants Judy!!

Yup, it said that too! Again, just amazes me, never realized it was a viable quantity of water that can kill you. Now I wonder what it actually takes to die from chocolate poisoning! I always assumed it would be like a football field worth of chocolate :biggrin:

((Kat)) How scary, hope it all dies down :thumbup: Yes I was on yesterday but I just read the posts here, didn't have anything to say yet.. I had lots to say and not enough time to post it, so I wanted to come back to it. We won big on day 1. My mom hit $5,000 on a $2 bet!!!!!! Then I hit the exact same thing, but out of a bonus round and won $1,200. Then we gave a lot back.. doh! I think she still came home a winner, I came home with $50. Oh well, had lots of fun!! Anniversary was pretty good, I was SO tired from driving back and little sleep. I came straight to work, when we got off work took a shower and he took me to a fancy steak house downtown everyone at work raves about. BOO. They were fancy and staff was great, but the food SUCKED!!! I mean really, I couldn't decide on what I wanted.. so I got a mixed grill, small piece of filet mignon, small order of stuffed chicken breast, and a crab cake. Crab tasted rotten, I had a hard time making myself swallow the bite I tried, I wanted to spit it out! The chicken and steak had absolutely no flavor whatsoever. Then the veggies we got were so bland, I was shocked. So.. we're never going there again.. $200 crappy meal! But our wedding cake.. OMG!!! It was as amazing as the day we got it. His friend's mom told us how to wrap it up, so I had my fingers crossed. It tasted fresh, not like it's been in a freezer for a year. Is soooo good. We forgot what filling we had picked for that tier, so it was a pleasant surprise.. caramel buttercream. And lucky for me, DH is starting back on the low-carb diet again today (he did it this weekend.. I made him break it to eat a piece of cake). I got a whole cake top to eat this week.. :biggrin: I passed out shortly after all that, and slept great (with no sleep aids!). Woke up with my right nostril completely clogged, blew my nose and its gunky stuff. I think I'm getting sick So I did my Zicam swipe. I didn't give Russell the cookie bouquet since he's low-carbing it.. it's in a box in the closet. He got me movie tickets and he's going to custom frame our wedding certificate. I guess that's it!

Yeah after reading that article I was looking up how that happens. A girl died from ecstasy (or they thought), but it ended up she was drinking a lot of water and she poisoned herself with too much water. I think they said she drank 4 liters in 2 hours. And then ecstasy has something in it that inhibits using the restroom. Very bizarre, and 8 litres doesn't sound like THAT much to me, it's still plausible. I was thinking you'd have to drink the size of a swimming pool to do something like poison yourself with water.