Hi there. Just wanted to see if I could build a new home with some new (and hopefully old) friends. I do not wanna be 'homeless' anymore so here I am! This is gonna be a place for friends to meet (hopefully) and talk about anything & everything.

My name is Tracy and I live in Deer Park, Texas. I have been married for 6 years. I was banded in April '07. Got 4 pounds away from goal, quit smoking and gained 46-50 pounds back so I am on my journey again. This time as a non-smoker :w00t:

This is a life change and with it comes lifelong friends...wanna come along for the ride? :blushing:

*sigh* bye Kat

Hi everyone!

Woke up this mornng, made macy and frank some breakfast and now I am enjoying my coffee

Gonna be a quiet weekend here. Frank starts nights today (he leaves at 3 PM and comes home at 3 AM). I want to go spend some time with my mom. She is going through a tough time right now. I will spare you all the details. It is not a health issue but I am worried it will effect her blood pressure. She does not deserve what she is dealing with. I wish she lived next door to me. That apartment is empty. Oh well.

What is everyone doing today?!

(YAY Deer) What a close game!

Morning

Hey Tracy - you sound so bummed - all ok with you?

I'm just getting up, hurting so tossed and turned lots

going to drink coffee

Good morning!

Hey Jenn....I thought you were sleeping in??? Go back to bed!!!!

Tracy...we are here for you girl. Take a deep breath and let it all go.

You are right, it was a great game. We fought til the end! I would rather go see a high school football game over the pro's any time!! Everyone kept saying Deer Park would be an easy game for us. I guess they wanted it more, lol! Our quarterback tripped on two occasions when he could have run it in. Poor guy. He will probably catch heck for a bit.

I think I am going write to the local paper about the stadium issue though. We waited in a line all the way to the road because they were scanning our tickets to go in. WTH??? Did I mention this is NOT the pro's?? Normally a parent, booster member or student will tear your ticket in half and let you right in. I asked when we finally got up to the gate (after about 45 min!) exactly what that was all about. They had a hand-held scanner and they were scanning tickets one at a time. The lady said they were keeping a head count. Wow.

The tickets were electronic too....I would think they would have had a count that way?? Anyhow, didn't let it ruin my night but was miffed a little, lol.

I am at work today...burning and earning! As I said yesterday...I'll take it. Zach wants an IPOD Touch for his birthday. I am still doing my research on it. It's not cheap!!

Have a good day!

Angela

Bye Kat and Manda. We will miss you but have a great time.

Darrell and I got up and went for an early morning walk. Temps were in the upper 50's. My favorite time to walk. You could smell someones wood stove burning. My favorite time of the year, Fall.

This morning I got an e-mail from my high school friend. We met up with her and her husband right after the wedding. It was so good to see her and she had brought along her mom. Her e-mail brought back some painfull memories of growing up with alcoholic parents. I thought I had dealt with that yeas ago and buried it but her e-mail brought it back to the surface. She is dealing with her mom now and her drinking and what it has done to her health and to her family. My parents weren't that bad but we did suffer some from their drinking. So I guess I will be doing alot of walking in the next few weeks. Doing my therapy. A good 45 minute walk is worth 2 hours on the couch talking.

Tracy, I will say a little prayer for your mom. I hope all works out ok for her.

So, did the "Deer" win???

Suzie, they sure did . The score was 21 to 19. We played hard though and I am still proud of our Dogs!!

Hi guys...

yes Jenn and Angela, I am down and blah, but I will be OK. Thanks

hi y'all....

it has only been about 91 degrees instead of 101....so i guess fall is here?! lol

It is supposed to be cooler tomorrow or Monday morning. Maybe I will set an alarm so I can go outside and enjoy it.

What is everyone up to?

Sex. You asked.

Sex. You asked.

uuuuhhhhhh, ok :biggrin:

good morning everyone~

Today is a good day for football. Today the cowboys play the texans. I hope the texans pull it off. I still like the cowboys too but I am really hoping the texans keep their winning streak going. :biggrin:

I watched a movie yesterday called The Women. It had Meg Ryan and Annette Bening in it. I really enjoyed it. Chick flick. I figured why not....frank was gone and macy was playing in her room. I enjoyed myself.

Tomorrow is a teachers workday so macy is out of school. She is really struggling with math (failing to be honest) and I am working with her daily on it. She seems to be getting better and more confident. We made corrections on her work and her teacher said if we do corrections, she will bump her grade up.

off to play some scrabble....have a great day friends!

Sex. You asked.

:biggrin: I bet Tracy won't ask what YOU are up to any more!

Hey, home from our early morning walk. It's a cool 48 degrees. Love it. I even turned my electric blanket on last night.

I stopped in the garage and pulled out some stuff to put in the church garage sale. I would love to have one, but they are to much work to get ready for.

Today is a Roast in the crock pot day. Only supposed to get up into the 60's. My nephew is bringing the boys over to help us with the pool. I hope they realize that they have to get into the pool. I told hubby that we will give them 5 dollars a piece for the 5 minutes they will be in there. We did turn the heater on this morning but it is still going to be cold. Probably around 80 degrees.

I'm rooting for the Chiefs today. I hope they at least try to do good. I don't know who named Dallas as America's team. They ain't my team.

This is a long week for me. I normally work 10 hours a week. This week a lady is on vacation so I will be doing about 25 hours. Plus I have 3 Doc appointments and a breakfast date.

Go "Texans".

Good morning!

Good for you Suzie!! That made me lol last night. She DID ask, lol!!!

Zach got invited by one of my friends who's daughter is a senior at Baylor to go to the Rice/Baylor football game last night. He was soooo excited when he came in. That was his first college game (I pray not his last!!).

Nothing much on the agenda today. I need to clean this house and Zach is trying to talk me into pulling out the Halloween decorations. I can't see why not!

I have a Scentsy party to go to later on today. I love their stuff. A little pricey though...

Tracy, we had the same struggles here with math. Wal-mart (and Barnes and Noble) have some really great workbooks that you can buy to help work with her. I would even go online to teaching sites and print sample worksheets and make Zach do them.

My uncle is hanging in there...thank you guys for praying!

Have a good Sunday! They are saying our cool front will be here this evening. YAY!!!!!!

Go TEXANS!!!!!!!!

Angela

Morning ya'll

Go Suzanne LOL

I'm just getting up, took some children's motrin and actually slept last night, I'm hurting this am...

So... 2:30 I got a FD call and this was it, I decided it was going to be my first call, there has been 3 since I joined but have not been able to go. So, middle of the night I get up and throw on clothes and out the door I go.

Car accident on country road at 2:30 - my first thought was Drunk... I was so right, and probably good other FD was there and secured the scene just as we got there - Kids head was completely wrapped, car rolled, hit a tree, spun around and hit another tree, it was only 1/4 mile on the start of the road and his dd who dropped him off when he hopped in the car was right behind him and saw the entire thing.

They had pics I hope to get some to show my dd what the car looked like, because I want her to know why you don't drink and drive.

What an adrenlin rush but after pulling up, seeing the car, blood everywhere, I was better than I thought I would be and this is going to be an even better thing that I thought.

So - I was going to go to Rochesester with George on Thursday and spend the weekend with him... Change in Plan, he will be here tomorrow afternoon and leave Tuesday after I leave for work (late) and then come back Friday afternoon when he is done with his class and spend the weekend here.

He already had a trip planned but is worried about me and worried about me in car sitting with my back the way it is so he is going to come take care of me for a few days. I had a meltdown about hurting and being alone last week, he only got a comment or 2 but knew there was something wrong so he changed the plan.

So I'm going to get up and clean in a few - and enjoy the relaxing day

What are you all up to today? anything exciting?

Tracy - how are you today? any better

I wonder how Kat's trip is going?

Suzanne - I did 25 hours in 2 days, I wouldn't know what to do with myself if i did that in a week LOL

have a good day all