BethFromVA

Yeah, I know... We have a blow-up mattress, but my mom is right: This is our time to spend with our daughter and new grandbaby. Hubby and his friend haven't seen each other in probably over 11 years, which in itself is sad too, but this is our family. Had we been given better notice, we could have maybe done something different, but it was all pretty much left up in the air. I don't like how this thing went down at all. :tongue_smilie: Besides, I don't know that they plan on leaving DC until next SUNDAY, which means we will have had them here for NINE DAYS. I have never even had FAMILY over for nine days!

Hehehe, that's not a half-bad idea! We can order them ahead of time in size SMALL. :tongue_smilie:

They know she's coming... subtle didn't work. :tongue_smilie:

PJTP: I think I have too pull hubby aside and have him break the news to his friend that they need to get a hotel later on this week. This is a tough one. Just got off the phone with my mom, and she is right: Kiddo is coming on Wednesday with my new grandbaby. I haven't seen kiddo in 3 1/2 years, and have never met the grandbaby. This childhood friend of hubby's tentatively made plans to come out here a couple months ago, but honestly, until about Tuesday of this past week, we didn't know for sure if he was coming here or going to Las Vegas with his 16-year-old daughter. In the meantime, I made plans for kiddo to come since I am off and finally had some time I could commit to her. We have a four bedroom, but only three of them have beds. Obviously he and his daughter are taking up two rooms. My mom said, "They ARE leaving when DD gets there, aren't they?" I said that that wasn't necessarily the plan. They're leaving Wednesday by train to go to Times Square for New Years, and originally I thought they were going to get a hotel and stay there for a couple days and see some sights there too. Nope... I booked his train for him the other day and asked how long they were staying there, and they're literally turning right around and getting on a 3:00am train to come BACK this way. My mom said that since this is our daughter and we haven't seen her in so long and have never met the baby, and since the plans with hubby's friend were up in the air for so long, we need to ask them to get a hotel come Wednesday. These are the people that were SUPPOSED to show up yesterday and came a day EARLY. By Wednesday we will have entertained them about five days. I know they will spend a lot of time in DC, but at the rate this is going, they won't see much. Hubby and the friend went out to Hooters last night to see the pay-per-view fight and got home around 2am and sat outside and talked until 4:00. It is now noon and I am the only one up. I know my mom is absolutely right. However, I'm at a loss as to how to break it to them that hey, you have to leave. :tongue_smilie:

Hehe, lap-band weight stalkerish, no? I just get used to people's sig lines and noticed the little purple asterisk. Can't say anything gets by me. Hell, just remember there are those of us who WISH we had only seven pounds to lose. If you got the snot issues that I have, you'd lose three in two days like I did. Half of your problem solved.

Yeah, but unless I'm missing something, she's only up 3.8 since the last time she posted her weight, which shows 126 with a little asterisk by it (which I won't even ask why, lol). So that means only up 3.8 and 7 total from goal...? Am I right, Lulu?

OH WOW, that sucks, Tap! And what's worse is the adjuster is just part of it. Then you have to get somebody to fix it... and how much damage can occur before it gets fixed? Can you at least throw a tarp over it until somebody gets out there to keep out as much moisture as possible? And by "you" I don't mean YOU. :tongue_smilie:

Oh wow, so DH gets to experience this too?? lol Wait till I tell him. I thought we were both gonna lose it this time last year when I went through a bad bout of "issues" and crying and getting overly upset at stuff. I was crying at the drop of a hat; and while I don't have issues with crying, I don't cry like THAT. My boss noticed it too and thankfully asked me if I had had my hormones tested. Of course I said NO, at that time I was only 42. Well, I got tested and was off the charts low, pre-menopausal. I was also still on the pill. So I immediately got off, told hubby it was time for the ol' snip-snip, and after about 3 months things leveled off. And he just thought it was safe to get back in the water. Bwaaaaaaahaaaahaaaa! "Yes, dear, I know that I'm a raving lunatic, but look how hot I am while I'm coming at you with a meat cleaver."

**GROSS-OUT WARNING** Thank you for asking. I guess the answer is yes and no. Don't feel BAD, but omg, I have never had so much sinus "stuff" in my life EVER! I have almost gone through an entire HUGE Costco-sized box of tissues just in the last few days. I can't believe a body can make so much "stuff" and not actually BE a slime machine. And what's worse is that I had to finally get up because it was draining down my throat so much that I was afraid I was gonna urp. I've just never had this before. I will likely go to the doc tomorrow if it's not almost gone as my fill is tomorrow afternoon! :tongue_smilie: Hello! I won't even wax my LEGS much less my nether regions! OWWWW!

Oh, CC, and though I am so glad DD got her surgery and wouldn't want it any other way, I wish she could have had a chance to hang with the daughter of hubby's friend who is here through next week. She's 16 and very mature for her age too. I think they would really hit it off.

Hey, CC, know what I just noticed? You are officially more than halfway past your goal weight loss!! You da bomb!!

More like general anesthesia and a morphine drip afterwards! :tongue_smilie:

Omg, I can't even think about how horrible that would feel. I get all woozy just trying to get my mind around it! :tongue_smilie:

And some PBing on that crow, perhaps?

She is, she is! She be ebil like da debbil! :tongue_smilie:

Apparently she has issues mingling with us mere mortals. I'm sure it's hard for her. Have a heart. :tongue_smilie:

Snarky, table for one? Right this way, please... :tongue_smilie:

Gym? What's a gym? :hurray:

Tell him, "YES. There's kiwis, strawberries, mangos, and papayas." :smile:

I'll be doing the pouch test starting Monday anyway since I will be getting my first fill that day. :smile:

PJTP: So... hubby's childhood friend and his daughter showed up yesterday. Which is fine, but they were expected today. They were driving from Houston to here starting Christmas afternoon and, being 1400 miles, said they'd be here sometime today. So about 2pm yesterday we get a call -- they are in ROANOKE, VIRGINIA, about 3 1/2 hours away. And I'm still sick as a dog, looking forward to one more day of recuperation before having to entertain people, and of course, since I'd been sick, the house needed picking up. I have a cleaning crew that comes every other week, and of course this was the off week. I about fell over. Feeling sick, *GROSS-OUT WARNING* have lost 3 pounds in two days and I KNOW it's all the snot I've blown out my nose, and now I have to pick up in no time flat. Ugh... And DH, in all his "infinite wisdom" (read: NOT) canNOT figure out why I'm upset. Okay, I'm SICK, I was expecting them 24 hours from now, and they're virtually on our doorstep. I can be flexible, but geez. And as it was, we didn't know until the last minute whether they were coming here or going to Las Vegas. Whew, okay, I'm done.

You WILL have fruit salad only for dessert tonight, Lulu *she said in her best hypnotic, Svengali-like voice*! :thumbup:

The holidays make it so hard. I honestly think there are subliminal messages in Christmas songs and pumped through the malls and stores, like if you played it backwards you'd hear, "Christmas goodies are good for you, so eat all your heart desires until you burst or PB."

Okay, I know the situation itself isn't funny, but that comment right there is! :thumbup:

I look forward to the day I can jump up and down with her. When she gets home, I have something for her that she can use specifically along her journey if she so wishes.