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I agree with Michelle. My pride has gotten in the way of sharing important moments in life with the people I love. Talk to Rick and just let him know that what jackass did was wrong but those feelings shouldn't get in the way of your love for your new grandbaby. Love you Kat, lots of hugs your way today...

those are good ideas suzy! oh why oh why can't i ever keep my mouth shut? I seriously need to just tape it closed. and this has nothing to do with food but it would help in that area too. One of my biggest things that I have to work on is keeping snide comments to myself in my relationship with Juan. Or just generally biting my tongue about stupid stuff that doesn't help the situation. Sometimes I manage to swallow whatever I was about to say but then it just festers in my mind and that's all I can think about. I wish I could just swallow it and just forget about it, but noooo. I gotta say it. Whether is hours or days later.... Ugh. why do i do that to myself?

i forgot my cottage cheese on my kitchen island this morning so i've had nothing for breakfast and my stomach is growling! I'm going to open a can of tuna and just eat it.

yum! your alfredo sounds good. i never make cream sauces at home because juan doesn't like them. i only get to eat them if i'm at a restaurant... which i think is actually good now that i think about it, LOL...

Way to go Jenn!! I'm so so so happy for you!!! Now, don't weigh again for another week and keep doing what you're doing! Terry - oh! so sorry about your son's car. That sucks so bad. Glad he's okay but now you have to deal with all this crap and that's no fun... Kat - If I were in your shoes I would wring my SIL neck. How is he really expecting for you, ABBY's MOM, not to be there while your daughter that you brought into this world gives birth? I just cannot wrap my head around that. TracyK - ice is the way to go. My doctor has always said ice rather than heat to help heal... Jane - sorry about your meltdown in front of customers. Sometimes we need them though and it doesn't matter who is around. I'm sure they were all empathizing with you. I would be... Judy - Good for you on only having the insides of the burger! That's what being banded is all about. Being able to enjoy but not over indulge! Well last night was officialy the last party of the Holiday season. I am all partied out. I am so looking forward to just being able to come home, cook dinner and just relax. We've been go go go since right after my birthday in October. I have yet to start on the 5 day pouch test because I haven't had time to go to the grocery store... I'm going to finally go tonight. off to get my coffee now...

See I see how people like Pam would use food as a source of comfort. I get that. With me, I have no clue. I had a nice childhood. Parents fought sometimes but who's parents didn't? I have no clue why I ate and ate and ate myself to 300 lbs. I still don't. I eat when I'm not hungry. And as I'm eating I realize that I'm not hungry and I ask myself why I'm eating and I don't have an explanation but do I stop? No.

Jane - I pay $200 bucks per fill but my doctor uses flouro and she checks my band placement and condition each time she does it. I feel it's totally worth it. She only charges $100 if you only want a check up. She'll fill you up with barium and check to see if you've stretched your pouch, where your band is laying, etc... Check to see if they offer that for you. Yesterday I did pretty good up until the hot chocolate with marshmallows at around 9pm. I should of had some tea instead... Off to get my coffee...

Jenn - I'm seriously the last person to be giving you guy advice but I feel that right now you should just concentrate on you. You need to do a lot of healing after all the crap that kev has dragged you through. Why don't you swear off guys for a little while? I think that once you stop obsessing over guys then you will be ready to share your life with someone... Take my advice with a grain of salt but I just would like the best for you and for you to heal...

Okay, there needs to be lots of men ravishing going on tonight to compensate for all this sugar!!!

you don't suck!! it's still early in the day... you still have time to do something about it. Can you do anything physical when you get home? Hey, even if you do 15 min of something it'll help! Can you ravish your husband when he gets home? LOL...

i cannot spell today

ewwww Judy!!!!! Do your babies give you kisses on your face like mine do? I would be careful of that from now on LOL!! Pammy - surprise coming to you too!! Just kidding, no surprise, just the clothes I'm sending you... I'm finally gonna get it in the mail out to you girlies. I separted everything out on Sunday night and I'm taking boxes from work today and send it freight. It's gonna take forever to get there but i'll get there!

Yum, tuna patty sounds so good. I'm going to make Salmon patties for dinner tonight.... So far I've had: one cup of coffee, NO SUGAR (yay), and a little creamer. one spoonful of peanut butter on half a piece of whole wheat toast. I gotta get started on my water....

It was dreamy! And when I got back and was telling my family about it my sisters said I sounded like a documentary person on TV, LOL. Too funny! I was just really excited to see that part of Mexico. I'm proud of my heritage but when I visit where I am from it's just so sad to see the state that it's in. Then I visit these places where they've tried to remain authentic and old world and it makes me so proud to come from there... Laura - can't wait to see baby! And yes, i'm with Michelle. I think she might have meant first rush of the day... I would not make a good pregnant laday if we had to stay off sugar for the duration...

oh i gotta get a new ticker... I'm up from 227 to 239 in six months. Yuckkkkkk!!!!

Good morning my Violets! First day back at work for me. Feels weird coming back.... I see all of you have been very very good this past week of the new year. Ya'll are so awesome and have inspired me to do the same. I'm gonna do the 5 day pouch test starting Wednesday because I have nothing in my fridge to do it with today. I will go grocery shopping tomorrow night and have a fresh start. But in the mean time I will be good good good these next few days. I have done enough indulging to last me a lifetime... Luckily I wasn't up that much, only two pounds, but two pounds turns into four pounds which turns into 8 and so on and so on... I had such a wonderful vacation. Filled with relaxation, some stress, some excitement... I think that from the 24th on was just a blur of activity for me. I didn't actually stop and not do anything until I was safely buckled into my seat on the plane on the early morning of the 26th. The 24th was just trying to get everything finished and ready for Christmas Eve dinner, then the 25th was spent doing laundry, packing, cleaning the house, grooming the dogs... We finally left on the 26th. Flew into Leon, Guanajuato. Then procedeed to jump from town to town to town for the next 8 days! Old Mexico is so so beautiful and so historic. I myself was born in a border town and my grandparents still live there so that's usually where we visit. I never ever realized that Mexico could be so so beautiful, historical and romantic. It was like being in Spain or Italy! I can't begin to describe the beautiful gardens, architechture of the buildings, the town squares, the CATHEDRALS! Oh my! Done in all marble and gold and huge! Even in tiny little towns, the churches are huge and glorious. And we ate everything under the sun. We would go to the markets and see piles and piles of fresh fruit and veggies and these traditional women cooking stuff out there in the open. And you would just go from stand to stand just sampling everything. And everything is so cheap!! A 4-Star hotel ran us about $40 bucks a night... The only town we did indulge in was in Morelia. That is a big cosmopolitan city that has been discovered by European tourists and the hotel that we stayed at there was $170 a night. But this was for a 5-Star hotel. It was historical, built in the 1600's but with all the comforts of luxury. Situated in front of the most majestic Cathedral and in front of one the busiest town squares. We just couldn't deny ourselves this one pleasure. It came with a bottle of champagne, roses on the bed, a huge fruit/yogurt tray, balcony overlooking the city and a huge breakfast in bed in the morning. Not bad at all. That was the most expensive thing of the whole trip. In between all that we made it back to Juan's hometown of Salamanca, Guanajuato and went to his cousin's wedding, which originally was the whole purpose of the trip! That was such a wasted day! Wedding was just blah, no one had any fun. His mom was ready to go like at 9:30pm. His brothers were bored the whole time.... Everyone was just dissapointed. But we're so glad we went because we made it into this whole other huge vacation for us... Okay, enough about me... I've just gone on and on... But it really was a wonderful trip.... Jennifur and Jane - I'm so glad ya'll are feeling better! I'm so glad no one is sick right now. Everyone seems to be in good spirits and ready to tackle the New Year! Laura - how are you little mama? I read somewhere that you posted a baby bump pic but I haven't gone back to look for it... How's Russell doing now that he nows he's getting a boy? Is that what he wanted? Hi to all the rest of my girlies! I really gotta get to cracking on this pile of work but I'll be reading back posts off and on throughout the day... BIG KISS! oh and my Secret Santa Violet got me a set of beautiful personalized notecards. I've already used one of them Terry! They are beautiful and I love love love them...

Hi Girlies! I'm BAAACCCCKKKKKK!!!! Missed ya'll so much!! I was gone for so long it seemed like. We had such a great time these past few weeks. Lots of parties, lots of family, tons of walking. We just got in last night from Leon, Guanajuao. Just barely made it out of bed. I have so much catching up to do and then I have pictures that I want to post and to tell ya'll all about my trip. Love you girls!!

You stayed calm? I would have been freaking out, jumping on the bed. I would be staying in a hotel room if I didn't have physical evidence that the house was mice free! I'm such a big baby when it comes to that kind of stuff. Once I came home and saw a huge spider in my foyer when I came through the door and I had to call my mom to come over and kill the dang spider before I walked in the door... Everyone was so productive yesterday, baking and making fudge. I had such lofty goals of making something hand made to hand out to friends and family but I barely had enough time to shop for my closest loved ones. They'll be dissapointed not to get anything homemade this year but I'm sure they'll understand how busy I've been... I work till 4 today then I have to run to my mom's house to start helping her with the crown roast that has to get in the oven at 5 so we can have dinner at 8... Then run over to Juan's mom's house and help her make some broccoli salad. She decided to make HOT WINGS for Christmas Dinner. LOL... I happen to love hot wings so I'm quite excited. It'll be quite a dramatic change from one house to another though, LOL. Gonna go dive into my little work pile now. I need to get all finished up because I won't be back to work until the 5th... sooooo happy about that. I am so looking forward this this vacation... We leave for Mexico Friday morning and we come back after the 1st of the year...

ho hum day today. I'm not feeling well but can't go home because I still have tons to do before I leave on vacation. We actually lost power to the office a little while ago and everyone was excited hoping they would let us go home but I was panicking! I kept running to the IT guy asking him to get us going again. I've got too much stuff to do! I'll be so happy tomorrow night. I'll be all done with work, all done with wrapping, enjoying my familly on Christmas Eve. I was gonna try to make fudge or cookies or something for my peeps but it doesn't seem like I'll have any time. Stay warm today girlies....

Have her give it to you early! I did that to my mom! I was wanting to wear this beautiful blouse to a party last week and I didn't have earrings or a necklace to match. My mom told me she had the perfect set for me but couldn't give it to me because it was my Christmas present. I begged and pleaded with her and I got it! I'm probably gonna wear it to Christmas dinner so that I can show off my present. So can you!

Hi hi hi hi girls! How is everyone today? Cooollllddd here today in Houston. A low 30 degrees... I know I know, Jenn and Suzie and Judy are freezing their asses off in below zero weather but we're babies here in Texas. Our skin is not made to withstand this type of cold, LOL. I am currently battling a cold. I've had it since Friday. Been taking lots of medicine hoping it never really sets in. I have way too much stuff to still do and I can't get sick. We never made it out of town on Friday since my LITTLE SISTER was picked up for speeding and having several outstanding warrants. LOVELY. She was speeding to get home on Friday so that we could leave on our little vacation. So anyways. She had a few tickets that she never took care of so she got taken in. When she called us she told us not to post bond for her since it would be $200 bond for each ticket and then she'd still have to go to court and pay for each ticket. So she stayed in jail until late Saturday night and we went and picked her up. I hope she learned her lesson. She is really irresponsible with her stuff and I feel like she's never gonna grown up... Anyways, instead of me getting all this stuff done since we didn't end up going out of town I actually didn't get much done. We went from party to party to party each night and during the day I was baking and cleaning. We have a party tonight, and one tomorrow night and I still have presents to buy and like 10 to wrap. My laundry hasn't been put away and I have to pack to leave on my trip! What the heck, when am I gonna get all this done? It hurts my head to even think about it... Terry, dishes are gorgeous! How many place settings did you get? Once I accumulate 12 settings of my regular china I will start getting some Christmas china. This pattern is just gorgeous. Do you know if it's new for '08? Suzie - Pics are too cute!! Abby looks so happy! I'm sorry but I am brain dead this morning. Is she your granddaughter? Tracyks - Robby looks so cute! And mama looks so hot! The best compliment I ever got was from my dad. It was about 6 months ago. I walked in the door and he goes, "hey there skinny". OMG, I was over the moon.... Isn't that funny? I'm just a daddy's girl and always seek his approval.... Rules rules rules... I threw them out the window along time ago. I know that I'm not setting a good example for my banded sisters when I'm not following one single rule. I drink and eat. I drink carbonated drinks. I eat sweets. I eat late. I forgo Protein for junk.... on and on and on. I need to get back in the game too... Okay, i've got tons to do here at work. i leave wednesday and don't come back for 12 days! yippeeeeee... be back later...

it's almost noon and I'm still doing this... :biggrin: i just can't seem to wake up today. I've done absolutely nothing productive today and I got here at 7am. We leave for San Antonio in an hour... Gonna have a fun girls only weekend in San Antonio with my sisters and my mom. Gotta run to the post office first though. Gotta get my SS present out. I know, BAD HAYDEE. I hope hope hope they can get it there by Christmas. Cross your fingers please...

Michelle, hmmmm... we do "party" alot... Never thought about that. Mostly family events though. We're both very family oriented so it's always this or that with his family or mine. I only have to cook twice a week because usually two days out of the week we're either at his mom's, my mom's or his aunt's or my aunt's house. Then we eat leftovers one day and eat out twice a week... Now that I think of it, I'm pretty blessed in that department... Next time i'm bitching about cooking just remind me of that... i'm spoiled compared to others... And yes, I hate hearing "the rules" over and over again. I'm very very smart and know exactly what I should be eating and doing. But I don't and that's the problem!

Ooops! I thought Suzie and Tracy were getting together yesterday! Say only good things about me girls!

Morning girlies.... I'm so sleepy today. We had our party last night. It went amazing. About 60 people. Twenty of those were kids under 10, LOL. They were surprisingly good during the rosary. It takes an hour to do and usually kids get very antsy but these kids just played quietly on the floor. We finallly said goodbye to the last person, my little sister, at around 11pm. I didn't clean a thing. Left the mess for God knows when. I went straight to be because I had to be at work at 7am this morning. Tonight is my mom's company Christmas party and we'll probably be out late. Tomorrow I leave to San Antonio from work and I will be gone till Sunday night. So I guess the mess will be there until Monday when I come back. Ugh. This is really not how I wanted to start my holiday week! TracyK and Suzie - how was your lunch yesterday? Did you talk about me? Was it bad? LOL... love you both! TracyK - I sorted through my clothes yesterday and will send you out a box on Monday. Whatever doesn't fit feel free to donate or recycle. If nothing fits then leave the whole darn box out on the curb with a FREE sign! Terry - sorry you're feeling crummy! If it's any consolation to you I think most husbands help out as little as they can get away with and then expect applause for the dish they do manage to wash. Juan only helps clean up if the mess is little and manageable. Like washing four dishes or sweeping the porch. If it's a huge 'ol mess he will find other stuff to do to get away from it. And that's usually when I need his help! Ugh men! And no, unfortunately he hasn't hit a brick wall as far as weight loss. And I say unfortunately because it makes me just so sick that all he has to do is cut back just a little bit and run a couple of laps and he can shed his extra weight in no time. He goes up in November and he has chubby cheeks all through the holidays and then in the middle of January once we stop going to parties he is lean again. UGH!!!! Can you imagine how frustrating it is living with someone like that!!!!! Judy - oh yum, I don't know how you can just make batches and batches of fudge and not want to keep every single bite for yourself. I would just be snorting that right and left and not have any to give away, LOL! Okay, off to get my coffee before I nod off. This post has taken me an hour to put together...