Good morning all!

Hope you don't mind I started off in this beautiful new month. Tomorrow is my wedding anniversary. 9 years. Wow! Unfortunately dh is in Iraq, so I probably will not be in the greatest of moods.

Guess what? I lost a pound!!! I know it is not alot, and it might be more but I have AF, but it is a pound!!! So 16 down, 101 to go!

Hope you all have a good day!:cursing:

Just peeking in from the library up here in the sticks. :eek: Hiya! Hope everyone is having a terrific weekend! It's supposed to snow here tomorrow...WHAT????!!!???!!! Anyhoo... at least shivering burns calories! (((Hugs)))

SNOW? DID YOU SAY SNOW????

Now I am cold! It warmed up nice here but now I saw that I am freezing.

No snow for me! Give me the 100 degrees!

Stay warm sweetie~

On my way to the wedding.

Darcy, hahaha, "shivering burns calories", you so funny girl!

Betty, hope the wedding we wonderful!

Sherry, I got booted out of chat, WTF, lol, just not meant for us to chat. I guess I'll have to downloand IM or what ever that yahoo thing is.

yea download some type of IM. I have yahoo, AIM and msn :thumbup: I'm in yahoo more than anything really.

Chat here is sooooo stinking slow! It was terrible tonight.

So made dinner, doing laundry while DH snores. Go figure! Cripe DH and DS didn't even bother to put anything away. Why is it when DH cooks I have to clean up and when I cook I have to clean up? lol Yeap I'm complaining hahaha I'll get over it though...kinda have to huh? lol That's ok....I'll stay in the house and snore when he has to cut the lawn or shovel lol

Extreme makeover...wow...what a show. Wouldn't I love to be nominated for that! Tummy tuck, boob job, the works...wowza. The gals on there tonight were unreal! Anyone ever see that show?

DabNabbit! I just lost my big ole post...WAHHHHHHHHH! Love and Hugs to all... I'll try again tomorrow night.

Don't ya just hate that. I think this site has been acting weird the past few days. Anyone else notice?

Evenin' everybody!

Darcy, I feel your pain! can't tell you how many time I've lost some really long posts!!!

Donna, good to hear from you!!! How are you doing? We need to get together again. To answer your question: Observations? Yeah, I like the taste of food too much! Regrets? Not so much. I have some slime "episodes", but thats because I still think I can take a regular sized bite!!! Sometimes I get ravenous right after I hit the door home from work! Been doin' great all day at work, but just let me get home and I feel like I have to have a nibble of everything!!! UGH!

Betty, how are you feeling now? all back to normal? ...or at least back to ordinary! Hee hee:)

Sherry, I'm so sorry you're going through all this mess with the heavy duty reflux issues. I hope a solution for you is right around the corner and easy! I bet it really IS cold up there where you are!!! Today we had an almost 30 degree drop, after a cold front came through. Both yesterday and today, I thought my head would split open! I get bad migraines (that was a bit redundant! LOL) whenever the weather had a drastic change.

Jessica, The beach pic is great!! I wish I had done as well as you did! I think I have a bunch of reasons why I didn't...trouble is, the line between reasons and excuses can be very blurry at times!

Pat, how was the charity golf tournament? Did they have you sellin' the blue balls again? lol Looked like it was gonna be a really wet one, then things seemed to clear off. Hope lots of money was raised for op-smile. BTW, did your DH go back to FLA today?

Well, so far I've been able to deal with this site tonight. I popped in yesterday, only to find that Donna and I had bee give some sort of weird avatar that looked like a green weeble! at least that's gone! The site sure has been pokey.

See y'all later!

Hey y'all,

Thought I better check in before the monkeys head my way!

All is going well here----been out in the shop helping DH put up his insulation. It is so much easier with 2 people, one measuring the insulation and cutting it, and the other stapling it up. We tag team really well after all these years!

We have actually had a warm front move in, keeping our daytime temps up into the low 70's and the nights in the low 40's. Which I will take anytime compared to the week before our lows were already in the low 20's! We went and got a load of wood in Colorado the end of last week, and it was SOOOOO cold! We stopped in on our way home---several hours after we began at 6 AM, to get a hot cup of cappucino for me and coffee for Rick, and the cashier said it was 15 degrees out----so it must have been right about zero when we began....no damn wonder I was cold!! We joke that the firewood warms you up lots of times, when you cut it, when you load it, when you unload it and stack it, when you carry it in to the house from the woodshed, and then finally when you burn it! We got 3 cords the other day, one for my folks and 2 for ourselves, my Dad was with us. He may be 75 but the man can work circles around me!

Thinking I might look into a fill-----I am fighting to keep the weight down, it is something I have to think about now, and I had been to a point of not being hungry ever, so I simply did not think about it, and I liked that! Going to see how maintaining goes for another week or so, then schedule it I believe. Right now I have been holding my breath, my entire family has had a virus, dealing with nausea and diarrhea-------NOT something I want!!!

I have taken some wonderful rides while the weather has been so nice---both on the bike, as well as horseback. There is actually very little time that the weather is SO perfect for horseback----was not too hot, was not too cold, and I could have stayed out forever!!! Normally the old adage of the horse speeding up the closer you get to the barn holds VERY true---but even my horse seemed to want to stay longer! She tossed her head and quivered her nostrils, I'd swear she was smiling! I call her Crazy Horse......her name is Suede, she is a buckskin, and beautiful....Suede kinda melted into Swayze (as in Patrick---but REALLY just a shortened Suede sound) and I would always tell her I was Crazy for Swayze-----and now for years she has just been Crazy Horse. We also have one I call Doo....and her name is Serendipity!!! Which led to Dippety-Doo.....and thus Doo.

Aren't y'all glad I don't name you!!??

Back to the weather, they say it is going to hold through Halloween. Which is going to be so nice for the kids--warm weather, and the time has not changed yet, so they will have some time to trick or treat, and it is on a Friday! So the teachers do not have to deal with sugar highs/crashes the next day!

My granddaughter is going as Ariel, the Little Mermaid, red wig and all, it is tooo cute! And my grandson is a biker, complete with Do-Rag, leather jacket, little James Dean looking jeans, black boots, and tattoos!!!

Having run a daycare for 20+ years, I have lots of kids who are now bringing their kids to my house to trick or treat. As well as our own kids who bring theirs to our neighborhood, and hang out as well. Add to that friends who live in the country, who come to hang out, and we have a housefull!!!!

I am putting on the stock pot full of chili. Going to have cornbread, hot dogs, and fritos....as well as all the fixings, they can have whatever they want from a bowl of chili, to a chili dog, or frito pie. Kinsey and I are baking cupcakes and cookies for everyone....and we keep hot coffee going, and the kettle full of hot water for chocolate. Everyone knows it is here, and they know this is a safe bathroom stop, it gets pretty chaotic, but soooo much fun!!! I do not dress up....I have a Halloween shirt but it is too big!!! YAY!!! So....nothing special for me to wear this year! Any of you dressing up???

Better get things put away and the coffee pot ready for morning---then it is time to hit the shower and make sure the insulation is all washed off.

Take care everyone!!! Big hugs!!!

Kat

Good Morning Y'all!

I was cold here yesterday, and last night I actually turned on the heat for the night. I will get to turn it off again as it is warming back up again. I hate cold weather as you all know!

We block the street off BBQ and have adult beverages while the kids come up and trick or treat. It saves them lots of steps of going to each door and we enjoy the evening as well. It's a lot of fun, and we look forward to it each year.

I am pretty much healed up now, but I will probably never be normal! lol

I am happy with the results and get lots of compliments on the weight I lost. lol I actually gained some so it is just the boob job that makes you look thinner.

I need to get back to basics with the eating, I have a fill and still eat and drink all the wrong stuff. I ate Mexican 3 days and gained 5 pounds. Yikes! It just worked out that way, it wasn't planned to go 3 times.

I don't have time to address everyone this morning, I have to get dressed and out the door. Like Kat, I didn't want the monkeys after me!

I wish I could just go back and lounge around the day away, but can't do that.

Catch you all later!

Watch out for the Halloween candy! It will get you every time!

ugh it seems that weight is a problem for most of the ladies here on the NJ thread :-( mine is not going up but its not going down either I am stuck at 191-193 for the past few months. I know I did it to myself for a while because I was picking on the wrong things but I have finally gotten myself back together or at least I hope I am back. So hopefully the scale will be my friend next time I step on it. I know I will not hit my 1 year goal but I am still pretty happy with where I am at right now. I know I will hit that goal soon and then it will be time to set a new one. I go back for my 1 year follow up next month so I will ask my doctor what weight he thinks I should be at....we never discussed that. I am also going to ask him where my damn port is beause I still cant find it - not that I really search for it.

I think we need a NJ meet up before the real snow comes.

I would love to host it.

Anyone want to do this?

I am always up for a NJ meet up!!! I work every other weekend at my part time job but we can always figure something out

Evening Ladies..

Diane, how nice of you to stop by, hahaha. Yes, hubby is in Orlando, yahoo, I'm enjoying quiet time, haven't left the house today )

Betty, Sherry, Kat, I'm trying to decide if I'm going to wait until after my upcoming trip to Mexico and my Dec/Jan trip to go for a fill, chit by then I will probably have gained 10 lbs, my close still fit the same, but I feel so thick, does that make sense?

Darcy we'll have to meet for a Scrabble game .

Donna, Diane, I'm going to be available for cocktails tomorrow night, that would be Wednesday, here in VA, LOL.

Diane the Operation Smile was great, the rain held off until the end, at least it was warmish and not a freezing rain like last night was. I found out this am my heat was not working in my bedroom, it was 66 freakin degrees. I called the hvac guy, of course, since I have a 10 year warranty, that's 6 years old, they couldn't work me in until tomorrow, hum, guess they already spent the other money.

Yep, getting cabin fever, I think I'm going to run out to Wawa's and fetch a custom made salad. I have been pretty good today, had two protein shakes, aren't ya proud of me!

Later girlfriend!

NJW, are you near Atlantic City, now there's a meeting place.

Hello Jersettes!

I've been working on building my sister's business website while I am in the land of the internet connection! She seems to have more faith in me and my skills with Frontpage than I do! Can't beat the price though! So much for the advice of not giving it away for free....hehehehe.

Pat... I become instantly stupid when I try to pay pogo games with a real people... so you'll have to be assimilated by the Borg before I can play with you. ~

Diane... That post of mine was riviting... thought provoking and downright brilliant... too bad I only have to ability to do that once a year...lol.

Jessica... sorry for the stall with the weight-loss... your really look fantastic so don't let the stall take away from the joy of just how beautiful you look right now.

Kat... Go ahead... name me girl... just please don't call me "Porky"... my parents had an adult friend that called me that all of the time when I was a tween and teen... what a turd he was. Oh how I miss having a horse... sigh... with my hubby's fear of horses I doubt I ever will again. Hmmmm... guess I'll just have to come play with your lil ponies!

Betty... Normal is boring...never be normal. Why is it that we haven't a picture of your new hair-do...and the new "girls"????

Michaele... Congrats on the 20 pounds lost... that is amazing! I wish WI was closer to NJ for a get-together...ALAS... I am just a Jersette wanna-be!

Sherry.... I sure to hope you are able to find a way to have restriction without reflux! (((Hugs))) Things just shouldn't be so hard should they! Call me anytime you need to talk and I promise to be a good listener. I've been taking ALLI for 2 weeks now and am down 8 pounds and haven't pooped my pants yet. I thought I would give it a month to see how my body would react and so far none of the really bad gastric side-effects. Double Yay!

Back to the website... (((hugs))) and BOOs to All!