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And yes I bought it cut....I'm not a foodie like y'all. Let me have my individuality!!!

I have watermelon pieces going to waste in my fridge now!

I love Bugs Bunny especially when he got others in trouble for shit he didn't do!

ROFL - that was great! Kat - I'm southern so I would've been passive-aggressive to her right back. Hold up the card in front of God and everyone and say, "wow, shock, MIL <insert name> has misspelled my name for the Xth <insert # of years you've known her> time. My name is STILL spelled with a K, btw" and then done Lulu's fake smile!!! Embarrass her in front of the family! Slim - now I know I'm really close to you geographically but don't you call me expecting bail money!!! I hate that 'noog traffic! :wink2: Seriously, have you had a "come to Jesus" meeting with your MIL? My mom had to have one with my paternal grandmother when my brother and I were small. She was just rude to my mother from what I understand. BUT my dad was behind my mother 100% so that's how our situation was different. It's really sad but she died when I was in 8th grade and I really don't miss her. Had she lived to my adulthood, we probably would've had our own "come to Jesus" discussion. I feel for ya sugar. **hugs**

I hope not. I hope it's someone just being annoying! That or she's "slow".

Word stealer!!

Ebony - do you think that he's threatened by your weight loss? Are the computer women "big girls"? Clearly he's a crapweasel for being so flippant with your feelings. I can't speak to marriage since I'm not in one but I feel for ya. **hugs**

Thanks Ebony - tho I can't take credit for it. An editor friend came up with "crapweasel." My unflattering term for somebody (usually male) is usually "fart blossom." 0:-) My favorite sayings are: - s/he's dumber than a box of hair - his/her teeth are so bucked that they can eat corn thru a fence (I actually got a co-worker to spit soda once with this one!) - I'm sweatin' like a whore in church That's all I can think of for now. :-D

Soooo with ya there, kr! Gah, feel for ya. As Lulu said, it's definitely for the best. You don't want some crapweasel doing your surgery! Good luck with the surgery; glad you're feeling better! LOL Tacky! Cough There are men tackier than you are, Plain? Shocking! :crying:

Plain, you sho didn't get through medical schoolin' based on your spellin'!!! You need comic therapy!!! Oh KC's fine and as talkative as ever!!! Wow; look at all that information! It's almost like you went to nursing school or something! But farming online is SO much easier!!! Girl, when you figure this out, puh-lease let me know b/c I'm right there with you! Plain - ewwwwww! When my back was so jacked up, my chiro suggested 20 min of ice and 40 minutes off. She said that people often think heating pads but really ice helps the swelling. So that's just a suggestion - couldn't hurt to try, right?

So, does he have a dark-headed brother?

I thought it was "goose pimples"?!? Now that is funny!!! PMS had nothing on you? Sounds like when I went off on my surgeon's new assistant surgeon after I'd gone w/o food for 4 days. She tried to cop a 'tude with me, unsuccessfully. ROARRRRRR!! A-men! Didn't leave til 6pm! Did someone say they didn't like Crystal Light? Blasphemy!

Aww thanks! Soooo happy that DH may be getting a reprieve soon. ROFL about him being home when she's a teenager. I already feel for her! Don't scare Slim! No one from my HS has found me b/c I haven't keyed in my HS name. Plus you can always say "no" to people's friend requests that you don't want around (except me, of course!). DANGIT, I need to do laundry too...had forgotten. FB won't let you change your name that goes with your email account? I know a friend has changed hers as did Brandy.

When you figure/find out, PLEASE let me know!!! I'm not married but I don't get being worried about HS gf's. One of my gf's from college is worried about the same thing. I keep thinking, "you've been married 15+ years; who cares about HS people?!?" But I don't keep up with anyone from HS so there's that! With you there! I fb, ft, fv, mafia wars but have trouble keeping up with LBT. I just don't feel as tied to folks here as I did. I'll let Slim represent the SNT's! Those damn mushrooms were HYSTERICAL!!! KC definitely needs to play around in the kitchen to figure out a way to treat them to sell! :thumbup: Again not married but who wants her negative yuk energy on your special day? My opinion is to forget the revenge crap and just be happyyyyyyy!!! (OK I've worked too much b/c I typed "revenue" first instead of "revenge"! GAH!) Hmm, it has been... HUSBAND?!?!?!? OK I seriously missed that one! Belated Congrats! When did you get married? Having my wisdom teeth out hurt a lot more than my root canal did. I was lucky to be one of the folks that didn't have a rough root canal. My advice for the wisdom teeth day is to head straight to the pharmacy for the pain meds! I got mine in a neighboring town so my mom wanted to just get me home. She waited for a couple hours and I was miserable!! That and wake her up on schedule for more meds. (but don't tell her what I said!) Back in the 70's, my brother fell in love with the Cowboys (or the Cowgirls as my dad calls them.) So being contrary, I always rooted for the Steelers. Ironically my bro ended up living in Pittsburgh for 5+ years before moving to Sydney! Fanny - you look great! So happy for you! Reminds me yet again how I need to step awayyyy from the f'n ice cream! Ebony/Slim/Irene - love hair convos! A black lady at work went natural and I swear, she has THE thickest hair; it's awesome! She does the co-washes (don't remember how often she uses shampoos) but she was telling me about all the leave-in she uses in the mornings. She probably goes through 20x the leave-in conditioner than I use in shampoo daily! I have a lot of fine, dark brown hair that's prob 4-6" past my shoulders and layered. I get compliments on it but man it's hot. When Lulu and I meet eventually, we'll have to compare wavy. I have just enough wave for it to be annoying but not pretty. So I have to wash it every day (as I am oily complected), dry it, and curl it for it too look decent. Too time consuming but hey, I'm vain! Happy Sunday all!

These were really making me laugh. Hmm guess we know what's going on in your head!!! ROFLMAO!!!!!!! bow chicka bow bow - does that count as a "don't ask, don't tell" topic? The first time I tried a diet coke after having been off of them for a long time was gross which was very odd as I had been a DC addict since college. Never could do root beer, Dr Pepper, or Mr. Pibb. Major yuk to me. LOVED this comment; very sweet of you, Slim. (btw, so I'm the only SNT now, huh?) My mom was a med tech. She has always talked about how the docs went through the same training that the med techs did before med school. "The first class they took after had to have been 'I am God' b/c none of the med techs act like that!!!" Too long of a story but I told off a doctor for the first time this year. It was my LB's new "associate surgeon". After the "incident", I typed up an email to my surgeon stating in no uncertain terms that I would not be seeing that woman again. *snaps* Companies, doctors, et al need to realize that they have jobs b/c of us. Just sayin' (fricka fracken AT&T U-verse....) All these years, I thought I had a pair but I bow to you, KC, b/c clearly yours are made of titanium!!! Damnnnnnn girl!!! sounds yummmmmm Love IPS! Do you watch "Saving Grace" or "The Closer"? Also strong women! Love the shows tho Kyra Sedgwick's southern accent is awful. Glou - DH might like that you like strong women!!! :sleep: Well, Mac, how do you really feel??? We went through a very long wet spell in the spring. We had been in a horrible drought for years and years so it was "wrong" to bitch about the rain but it definitely affects my mood as well (not to mention the traffic)! If the sun even looked like it was coming out, I would say, "what is that ball of fire in the sky!?!" Whew, I'm caught up now. I cannot believe I've read most of >1000 pages on a LBT thread. OMG I need a life... (no comments from the peanut gallery....L, P, or G)

Now now Glou - since you and DF(fiance) work at the same place, you can't go off about things if/when you did get laid off! Dat would be bad gul! Funny! As you know, I'm a U of Tenn graduate and huge football fan. A gf's brother got married on a UT/Bama weekend and we were all so pissed! The brother didn't care but the females involved did!!! LOL my parents are season ticket holders for the Titans. When I go home to visit in the fall, football is ALWAYS on. If/when I get married and he's a huge sports fan, he's banned to the basement for that season!! It's finished; he'd love it! Sliming is seriously SO gross. I didn't make it to the toilet twice while PB'ing and omg - it's like slug slime. Gah. Never apologize for expressing your feelings; they're yours to own! Love this - I usually use "fricka fracken" so now I have a new one! I think of ghetto being more like a "feeling" - like being country vs. being redneck vs. being white trash!!! Tho I am right proud of my ghetto bootay. (That along with my musical taste have earned me the distinction of an "honorary sistah" at work!!) No doubt. 8 posts in a row? Danggggg OK ewwwwwwwwwwww!!!!! Kat, reading this freaked me out. It's like you're describing me to a T. I'm going to do some research on TAS2R38. I still am not a big drinker or veggie eater. Hey hey heyyyy - I took typing in 8th grade on a manual typewriter and I'm "only" 42! (Manual typewriters were so tough on the pinkies!!) I think yours and Kat's folding methods are the same if I read them correctly. This is not how I fold T-shirts but I'm definitely going to try it!! (I do 1/3's length-wise and then in 1/2 to the neck which can be very lop-sided.) Good info to have, thanks!

Glou wins the "get to the point" award for the day. Aaaaaamen, Tippity Tap. One of my gf's did that to her ex. Get everything straight and organized and then BLAM. Glou might have a suggestion on what you might could do!!! :crying::smile2:

PS, KC...you should definitely expect it from Lulu from now on!!! Sadie's adorable! I was at a traffic light behind an SUV with a doberman in the back. Weirdly enough, it looked really sweet!

and who won?!? (my money's on chocolate!)

ROFL - I know, right?!? And one of my gf's live in Olathe! Tho she might know doctors! There HUGE potential there!! I could use a little handyman work and of course, your gardening services! I bought my house 2 years ago from a landscape architect so you could have all kinds of fun looking at (and tending) all the plants + trees! Happy Birthday Heartfire!:party: GASP don't you say that! (tho it's true)

re: reading...I go through phases when I read a lot and then I go through dry spells (er so to speak). I read murder mysteries and modern day romances (since I have no romance currently, ha).

Yeah I know they can but we've already been through a year of not speaking so yanno. I seem to get a LOT of attention for him not to ask me out. It's very puzzling. :tongue2:

hey hey heyyyyy, I said that I was going to fly her down here so back off, skinny!!! :tongue2:

Joe - I just finished reading your Ode and first, please let me say, "verrrrrry well said." I've been doing numbers for so long that I've lost all of my writing abilities!! I clearly don't know what your major is but seriously, very well written! [Warning: I'm about to express what I've learned in my 42 years on this earth and I am saying this from a "good place," OK? I am definitely not in any way trying to be disrespectful! There are SO many things that I'd wish people would've taught me in my 20's!] Secondly, if the things that you have written about actually happened to you in real life, I would suggest that you not put up with all of the crap that you have. Now do I believe that you should continue to open doors and have the wonderful manners that you were clearly taught growing up? Absolutely!!! However, please stop "apologizing" for being heavier by letting these girls flirt with you and "tease" you. They are clearly not your true friend(s) if they are taking you to a party and then blatantly flirting with you. Period. Perhaps they don't realize they're being bitches or perhaps it just makes them feel better...who knows. In my opinion (and one of which you did not ask!!), I believe you should sit down and tell your friend(s) that while you value their friendship, their behavior is unacceptable (and "hurtful" if you're feeling honest). Lastly, while I believe that those of us that battle our weight definitely are judged visually (before getting to know us personally), I also am finally coming to the realization that having a good sense of confidence is attractive. I personally have a very strong personality and take no crap at work. However, I chased a co-worker for years (yes plural if I'm being honest) and I finally snapped and decided that I absolutely could not take another day. I ignored him for over a year and just this month have begun speaking to him again. I'm sure my actions lulled him into the belief that I would put up with his crap until the end of time. (Actions being texting, IM'ing, emailing way the H too much.) Clearly he now realizes that this was not the case. My girlfriends think he is interested in me but doesn't know how to approach. Who in the world knows; I'm just living my life. Having said all of that, I want and need a boyfriend, partner, husband that is stronger than I am and that I cannot run roughshod over. Getting my way all the time is just boring! (So don't be too nice of a guy....meaning a pushover.) So longer story longer - have an opinion, speak your mind, and stand tall, o' eloquent one. If the current college twits cannot see what a catch you are, someone will in the future!!! Now can we discuss the mixed signals of one co-worker.....:tongue2:

Ahh bummer but I love me some queens! Should be fun at least.