OH Juli

Happy Christmas to you all as well!!! Want a fantasic holiday! Love to you all!

Mine is going to be getting my house in order to sell. School, weight loss, being a momma, being a sweetie, being a good daughter/sister is all covered. I feel like I'm honing myself, not making giant changes.

hi JJ... It has been super quiet in this here parts. I'm sure we'll pick up the conversation soon..

Hello my people!!!!!!! Whew, I'm there's so much to read! JC, I'm happy to see your smiling avatar on the pages again. Very nice update. HP and B, new clothing makes a person feel fantastic and I too was sporting some new jeans; size 18s!!!!!! One year ago I was in 30s! So Woo Freaking hoo. As for biking in December, I really do hate you guys. But you know we get moderate summers and will be able to bike when you are dealing with 100+ degree days. (It's really of little consiquence but I need to feel there's some equality.) I'm happy the food part of the holidays are over. New Year's isn't going to be a giant drink fest this year, so I believe that I can settle down and get back to eating well tomorrow. I cooked so much yesterday and today...but sent most of it home with my siblings... Merry Christmas to everyong. Thanks for your gifts of friendship these last many months. I am richer for knowing you all. HO HO HO

crickets...i hear crickets...

I had a dent, it went away a few weeks later.

Oh, oh, and there were hair ties and a tire patch kit too in my SS box!!! :eek:

I've been bad about tracking my calories lately. I'll do better. I wear the bugg every day and rare is it that I don't hit my 2700 burned daily. Typically it's over 3000. I had it set there but was stressing to much so I moved it down. I also have it set to buzz me a few times a day to remind me to move my keester if I'm sitting too long.

My Christmas is spent with my kid in bits here and there. My ex works in a hospital so we flex the schedule to accomodate that and different family obligations. I have my daughter for most of Monday but in the evening she goes with the ex for her giant Italian family thing. She'll open up Christmas there on the 25th. At noon she'll come to me and see what Santa left at my house. At 2pm my sibs, their significant others, their children and thier childrens' SOs, plus my mom, her husband, and his mother will be there. Add to that I have two single good friends who will also join us for dinner...so I have a full house. I'm making fancy food, which should keep me busy enough to keep me from boo hooing too much about being with out either of my babies. The other one being my sweetheart who is having her entire family at her house 284 miles away. The long distance relationship really blows a few times a year and right now is one of those times. But she's so excited to have everyone to her house I can't help but be excited for her...and me and DD are going up for New Year's. Anyway that's what I am doing.

Stefanie, You are the best freaking Secret Santa EVER! It arrived today, and wow is all I've got to say! Thank you so much. To brag about the goodies, I got some great smelling candles, lube for the bike, tire wrench things (I know how to use them, but don't know what they are called.) There was hand lotion and lip plumper/gloss (which I love!) and the requested diamonds in a matching earring and necklace set. Again TX, it was all fantastic. I really appreciate your thoughtfulness.

I've been doing something similar on my own. I'm now like week 6. I can walk 2 min, run 8 min, walk 2, run 8, walk 2 run 8. I started with running 30 seconds out of every 2 minutes, I think that was back in October. A year ago I'd not have ran if a car was careening toward me, I'd just think, 'wow I'm going to do some damage that car!' So sign me up, I'll check in with ya. I'm shooting to run a 5K February 17th, but I'm in Ohio and it might be icy. I'll run in the cold but not the snow. Juli

As a queer momma raising my child in a seperate home from her other mother the studies I come across is that children do very well with two involved parents. It's better if they are in the same house but the involvement of the parents is the critical issue; gender is not relevant.

WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BG! Size 12 you fuckin' hot chica!

BG! I'm glad you love the ring. It's always fun to get surprises. As far as SS, better late than never I say!

The thing is the kid keeps asking for living things...like kittens, puppies, fish and birds... Momma is not down with living critters right now. She got a kitten at the other mother's house last Christmas. I don't want that to be a precedent, well maybe she'll get a betta fish.

It's true, Zoe is more of a buckeye than I'll ever be. Damn indoctrinating school system. Her after school program had a "Beat Michigan" party! She's in Kindergarten! All the kids were decked out in scarlet and grey. I don't even own a freaking t-shirt! Nor do I want one. Funny story, Alison is not an Ohio or MI fan being from IL, but I bought her a buckeye shirt as a lark early on. We went to Florida, and she decided to wear the shirt...more strangers talked to her about Ohio and the Buckeyes that one day than all the other days combined! She played like she was a big fan and shit too. I was amused. So maybe that's not as funny for you as it was for me.... Guess who has only bought her child one gift as of right now??? And that's because the webkinz was by the register when I was buying myself something. I suck I tell you. Guess who is going to spend tonight and tomorrow shopping?

WII is also called a Wii or WEE, it's a new gaming system out on the market and a very hot item under the christmas tree. Ackmaui, can you call them about switching you to mushies, considering the time frame?

BG- You're funny. I can't say that I bleed scarlet and grey, aside from I really do bleed scarlet. I would consider living in MI if my daughter could come with me....

oh, now I remeber. That was the back yard...my old brain got stuck thinking "front" yard..... That was a miserable, whew, I have tears in my eyes thinking about it, day. So glad to revisit that! Oh, I envy your flipping skills. I can't repair my own home...

TX Sorry about the dealing with potential change. It rattles me as well. The off shore work has got to be nuts. Wow 261 that leaves him only at home 100 days ish. That's rough on a person I'm sure. Have we covered this? What do you do for employment? Are you a SAHM? I think you might be remembering wrong...I don't have much of a front yard to tumble into. My front steps hit the sidewalk, then theres a strip of grass then the brick street. It's an old neighborhood. The back yard is deep for the area about 75 feet but I can't recall flying...That's not to say it didn't happen, because I could easily be forgetting. I'm like that! B I'm in food hell. There are cookies up to my elbows and I have to go and pick up 13 dozen donuts for our X-mas pagent tonight. We are having a surprise bridal shower for a friend for which I made the cake and I've got cupcakes to take to the kiddo's school party tomorrow. I don't think I've eaten a vegetable in week. They just get stuck and I'm not down with magic bulleting them like I need to. This shit sucks. Just saying.

Thanks Mrs. H. I hope and dream that I'll see my goal next year. The weight loss is slowing though to about 5 pounds a month....

D, I know what you mean about setting goals. My ticker is set a bit lower than what I'll call my offical goal, because I'm going to need PS to see that number, I think. I'm putting 145 as my stability number so I can get the stomach ass removed more quickly. I have to maintain my weight for 6 months for insurance to pay... Has anyone else on here thought about PS?

You know BG, you could live closer. And really on mapquest we're less than 200 from each other.

Oh, and I was HP's SS. Who was mine?! Don't answer that. I like the surprise of not knowing...well okay, if I don't get my SS by the new year then tell me who you are so I can pester you personally.

TX, I am sore today. I ran nearly the entire 45 minutes of my almost 3 miles. I am not going to exercise today because I just can't...but I think the flyer was BG. I used to fall down often, but not recently (knock on wood). I have to say I'm jealous of how close you and B live to each other! I wish I lived closer to one of you guys. XO.