Yup....the public (especially the Canuck public) want to know!!!

*shoves mike in Argon's mug (face!)*

So, Mandi....tell us....we want to know, how is NB life compared to SK life? Details please!

- job info

- living arrangement info

- people info

- shopping info

- town info (where the heck are ya livin' in NB anyways?)

- boyfriend info (most important!)

Any regrets? Happy? Content? Satisfied? DETAILS DETAILS!!!!

Sadly yes, we are a nosy bunch. (to be completely honest though, Cloe and CanadaSunshine put me up to this!). I'm merely the one who chose the short stick!!!

:scared: :)

Haha and thanx. I should tell you that just a couple of hours ago I bought a box of light ash brown hair dye. My skin is so pale and my hair is so pale that I thought that I would introduce a note of drama into the biz, eh. I can't go dark; with my colouring and my years the effect would be too, too weird! Of course, if ya want to be weird the big city is the right place. LOL

I will turn myself into a pale brunette later this week. The hubby is cool with this latest stunt. If I look too ghostly I will try to earn extra loonies by telling people their futures....:heh:

Yeah...I hear ya Green on the tanless pale skin thing. I am and always have been a shade lover/seeker. I burn in an instant even with 45 spf and must be very cautious. Thank god Mr Yoda has the same problem....we both go to places like Mexico, smear on the lotion and find a tree with shade!!!

(But I tell ya.....pale skin like that and red hair go over VERY VERY VERY well with men in Columbia who aren't used to seein' it! Hmmmmm, lets just say, I'm glad I was single when I was there!! LOL)

But you are correct, our skin will love us to the end for it and I'm sure that is part of the reason I don't look my age. To be honest with you though, not having a tan has never bothered me.....it just makes me more unique!

So, I just posted in Khrissy's signature thread... saw "123lbs to go", and thought "WOO! That's gonna be a long ride." Then realized that MINE would have used to say "142lbs to go"! :omg:

Not a knock against you, Khrissy... just amazing at how fast it goes by (at least for me :|), and before you know it, you could be down 80lbs.

:omg: again! 59lbs to go ?!?!?!?! WTF happened?

Sorry.

Whoah... whoah. :faint:

It makes me happy that I MIGHT not even want to lose that much. It's a dream to weigh half of my original weight, BUT... not necessary. I could be perfectly happy with myself 20lbs from now. (ha... who am I kidding?)

Anything now is just icing ... mmmm.... icing.

and oh yeah, me too... I am NOT a tanner. I'm a burner.

Yay! Maybe I'll be young looking when I'm as old as you, Yoda! :heh:

Hmmmmmmmmmm half compliment, half insult!!! Oh well, I'll take what I can!

This is gonna sound stupid, but... why do you not want to take sleeping pills everynight? (ie: why shouldn't I?)

a few reasons Mandi: number one, your body will build up a resistance to it...so eventually, you will be taking pills for nothing: they won't help you fall asleep (& why put a drug in your body for nothing?). Then what happens is people will double/triple up on dosage etc (NOT good) and then your body will build up resistance to THAT.

Second of all....if you do it for longer than recommended....your body will never get used to falling asleep on it's own.

And finally...."not sleeping" might be masking a different (more serious) problem and if you just treat the "symptom" you aren't treating the ailment.

:paranoid

Why....whassup?

Mandi, 2 lbs left for your Christmas goal!!!! You are so going to make and and more. You are doing amazing. WTG. And 59 lbs to go!!!!!!!!!!!! Everything you are doing is working for you. You deserve it.

BTW, I'm not a burner, I tan and can get quite dark. I don't sit in the sun anymore though but the old sun damage is surfacing now so no more sun for me.

Hmmm...

well, I've had problems falling asleep, forEVER. A few months ago, I bought some sleeping pills. I'd take 'em every once in a while (like once a month) if I KNEW I wouldn't be able to sleep. In the last few weeks, it's gotten more frequent, like a few nights a week, and only not taking them because I think I shouldn't.

Now, I LOVE being able to go to bed, and actually fall asleep. I never get the drowsy, need to sleep feeling on my own, and 99% of the time, end up lying in bed for an hour (or more) TRYING to fall asleep. Then if I think I can't, I get up, watch TV, go on the computer, or something... until I finally get tired. But then, I have to function the next day on 3 hours of sleep, and it's not fun.

I bought some 'natural source' Nytol last week, thinking "Hey, if it's "natural", and still helps, that's gotta be better!". Tried it, and nothing... no good!

I'm sure I'm substituting one addiction for another. And I'm thinking about it the way I thought of smoking... well, kinda. I am out of them now, and have been thinking all day, that i HAVE to go buy some tonight, just in case. (just like I would figure out if my cigs. would last me til the next morning, or if I had to go out that night and get some more).

It just really sucks, cause I'm really loving falling asleep quickly, and sleeping soundly. Takin' one at 9, and actually going to bed at 11, is a dream come true.

Right now, I'm planning on going to the drug store. I think I'm constiptated. :heh: That, and I think I need more sleeping pills. But ... ehhh... I WON'T buy any! I'll get some milk of magnesia, just cause I've never tried it, and the Senokot I have didn't do anything. I won't buy any, ok guys? I will do my best to fall asleep on my own.

Thanks Wheezy :hug:

Mandi, what kind of sleeping pill are you buying without a prescription that works? Inquiry minds want to know!

:notagree Mandi

I used to drink tons of diet Coke everyday and tossed and turned every nite. Now I 've stopped, since my surgery(huge accomplishment for me) I notice if I have coffee passed one pm I can't fall asleep. Are you having caffeine late in the day or evening that could be making you stay up?

As for the Natural Sleep aid try in an hour or so before you want to go to sleep, sometimes herbal products work over time.

Good luck, I love sleeping and I need lots of sleep, so wishing you many sleepful nites!!!:notagree :notagree :notagree :flock:

Wheezy, you know the generic "Exact" brand from the Superstore/ExtraFoods/Loblaws(I believe). That's all I've ever tried, and cause it was the cheapest... maybe I'm just easy! (it is extra-strength though ?)

Lila.... I'm not an afternoon coffee drinker, at all.. and nothing coke-like for me anymore. (huge for me too, althought I might have the odd sip here and there. It just doesn't appeal to me anymore, especially when you can't chug it!)

I took the natural one 2 hours before I wanted to go to bed, cause that's what I did with the un-natural one, and didn't feel anything when it came time to go to sleep. I'll try the good old fashioned 'lying there' again tonight. Wish me luck! (and plentiful bowel movements! I've never tried MoM, hope it works!) LOL