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Morning everyone! (evening to Fanny)

Today- B-coffee w/equal, chobani peach yogurt L-skinless smoked sausage link, sauteed mushrooms & zucchini, blueberry muffin D-pulled pork S-juice from 1 grapefruit

At my company at least, it is. Our reps are actually sent to a school to learn about what it takes to provide good representation. Every opportunity that I have had to deal with our reps, they have gathered their information similar to lawyers preparing for a trial. That's not to say that there aren't bad reps out there (like the one that Ebony has been dealing with), just none of the ones that I have dealt with here.

Way to go!

Hopefully with school starting, your weight loss will kick back in. I was just concerned after not hearing from you for a little while.

I will admit that they work harder for the members than they do the non-members. I joined because I was around (via my mom who also worked for the same company) when being a part of the union meant something. I will admit that there are way more members than there are non-members. It is the unity that gets us good benefits.

There was a guest on "Paula's Party" once that did fried butter. They took frozen balls (opening self to inappropriate comment from plain) of butter and breaded them. They then deep fried them. Needless to say, Paula was in heaven. It sounded gross to me then and now.

Ebony-I am so sorry you are continuing to go through so much with those people. I am with Beth, I hate them. I will continue to pray for you. Just know we continue to have your back. My mom had the opposite thing happen to her. When she was younger, her and her sister would dress alike. Her sister was a tattler that got some older girls in trouble. They grabbed my mom (thinking it was my aunt) and poured an entire bottle of hot sauce down her throat. Instead of staying away from it, she now loves hot stuff. Go figure.:mad: Our union is the opposite, you don't have to be in it, but they have to represent a non-member if they request it during a meeting. Non-members also get the same benefits without paying union dues.

You did an awesome job of catching up Tap! How is everyone doing this morning?

Morning everyone! Where are you Tap??? Heartfire, I am glad that you all had such a nice weekend. It sounds like a lot of fun. I will admit that I would have been like you and not slept much with the outside noise. I am a city girl through and through. I have never been camping in my life (not even in my own back yard). I keep saying I would try it with DS, but haven't worked up the courage. SNT-you are close enough to come kick me in the arse. I think you have an excellent idea. I kick you...You kick me... Luluc-you are trying to kill me. I won't be making this latest recipe. I would hurt myself with that one. :thumbup:

Kat, I can't blame you for treading lightly with DS. It can be a sticky situation. I also understand your fear for your DGS. I truly hope everything works out so that they stay. It is so hard to think of them being so far away from the support system of the family. I will admit that is why I haven't attempted to move from here. Right now, I know that I can depend on any number of relatives for help with DS or anything else should the need arise. The thought of not being able to do that is hard. I hope it works out Kat. I have been doing laundry all day long. DH ironed everyone's clothes for tomorrow (gasp)! I couldn't believe it. I can only assume it is because I have been washing all day. I have already done all of the dishes. I just felt like I didn't want to have to do anything when I get home tomorrow. I didn't get hardly anything that I actually wanted to get done. I wanted to start patching my MBR. I haven't because I can't decide on a color to paint it. I don't want to look at patchwork for weeks. I would rather do it all at once. Otherwise, I may never get it done. Ebony-do you think you could do a road trip and come help me? I really need a swift kick in the arse to get me going.

If it is something that interests you, when the time comes, do it. I have read about people becoming doctors in their 60s. I think you can surely do this now if you so choose. I think you could be great at forensic science.

But imagine the possibilities of your life when you are done. So worth it...:thumbup:

All things considered, not too bad... B-coffee w/equal, chobani peach yogurt L-sauteed mushrooms & zucchini, pulled pork (just to taste it) D-pulled pork, baked beans

Kat-I am so sorry. That has to be some very tough news. How long does your son have to think about his decision?

I am double trouble! I like 'em both! Ms Lu decided that I needed yet another addiction! Now I have been making zucchini fries almost daily! OMG they are so good! Have fun on your trip! I have been wondering about Donna too.

Well, if it is that good, maybe I shouldn't try it. I can't afford any more food addictions this week.

Do you ever make hollandaise sauce? If you do, would you give me a recipe? I saw someone eating poached eggs with that and it just looked so good.

Maybe doing the pouch test allowed your pouch to heal from abuse? It makes sense. Your pouch is rested from churning. I need to do the pouch test just because I feel like I need a fill on most days. I know that every time that I have done it (I never make it the full 5 days), I have come out of feeling the pouch is working better for me.

I am so sorry Beth. I know that feeling so well. It will drop again in no time flat.

Better luck next time Beth. I am not sure at what point my body decided that 4:30 was an excellent time to get up, but I really hate it on days when I don't have to work. I am sitting here attempting to eat some Greek yogurt. I made the mistake of tasting a piece of meat this morning well before my body was ready for solid food. I didn't PB or anything like that, but it still feels like the meat is sitting in my throat. Yucky feeling. It made my coffee go down slow. This yogurt is causing some strange noises going down. This does not bode well for my dinner plans.

My weight is finally moving again. It is moving slowly, but it is moving. I am excited about that. I finally got below 180 last week. Of course, after the awful way that I ate yesterday, I am back to 181 this morning. Such is the story of my life. ha ha. How is everyone doing? Has anyone heard from Carrie in a while? I don't think I have seen any posts from her recently.

Morning everyone! This is just my internal clock check in. I plan to attempt to go back to sleep. We shall see how that goes. I hope everyone has a great day (uneventful or exciting, you decide)!

I have to do his room when he is gone. Otherwise nothing would be thrown away. He keeps everything. He would keep pieces of broken toys, broken pencils... You name it, it is in there. I have to go through his room once every few months just to find the junk pieces that he is holding on to.

Ebony, Luluc-I love the work that you are doing/have done! It took us forever to do one bedroom. Well, actually, it took DH forever. He took almost a week to paint one bedroom. It looked great when he was done, but DS was going batty without he bedroom for that long. I cleaned out his room while he was with his Gma. I added a storage bin for his video game crud. That stuff was taking over the room. He loved what I did. Of course, he can't tell what all I got rid of just yet. It will be weeks before he figures out just how much of his stuff hit the dump today. Hopefully, he won't figure it out at all. :thumbup: I have completely hurt myself eating zucchini fries today. I only cooked 3 zucchini, but I think I ate half of it by myself. I am stuffed! I hope that everyone is having a wonderful holiday weekend!