Good morning Dawn and the rest of the October gang! I'm laying low here at work for now - recovering from a "terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad night" last night. Made it to the "farmers market" on the way home from work. I was so excited about it because they usually don't have evening hours. Of course, the vendors, really didn't want to stick around in the evening...so they didn't. There were 2 farms there and a baker, I did manage to get some chicken, vegetables, and rolls for the weekend...but the selection was terrible. There is a larger market here near my office that I can get to during a lunch hour - I may have to do that from now on. After the farmers market I went home, walked the dog, changed and headed out the door for the haircut. While I was driving (in my less than a month old car) the warning lights went off and bells where dinging. I pulled over and grabbed the manual...it was the tire pressure warning system. I continued on to the hairdressers (bad, I know)....went in and registered....1 hour wait. No big deal, I went to the grocery store next door and picked up a magazine and a bottle of water. I came back out and..flat tire (duh). I went ahead and waited for the haircut (turned into a 1 1/2 hour wait instead)..got back out to the car and SLOOOOWLY drove over to the gas station and filled the tire with air and prayed my way home. It was 9pm at this point..still hadn't eaten and was in a FOUL mood. Car troubles, long wait, no food and tons to do before bed....I grabbed some leftover chicken and ate it way too quickly. I hadn't gotten sick like that in MONTHS! So, dinner was a failure. Was just getting ready to relax and think about bed when I realized I still had a pile of laundry that needed to be done....so I started in on that. Hubby got home around 11, shocked to find me awake..even more shocked to find me in the foulest mood ever. I guess he thought I was mad at him...but really I was just upset that my beautiful relaxing evening he had given me had turned out ot be anything but. Anyway- that spawned a fight and a late evening with almost no sleep. Today my outlook is brighter. Hubby already took care of getting the car to the dealer and the tire is fixed. We are heading off on a mini-vacation tomorrow, so tonight will be filled with cooking food to take with us, packing and organizing everything we will need so that we will be ready to go. I'm finishing up the grocery shopping at lunchtime today...and, of course, still trying to finish this pesky project that has been sitting here on my desk for weeks now.

*BIG GRIN* Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!! *huggles* Felicia =0)

Can you believe how chubby our fingers used to be? LOL I still cant believe it. Then I put my old rings on and its just SHOCKING to see how much space is between the ring and my finger. Nothing like a great reminder. I have never had a "woo hoo wedding ring" I had an original one but it was smashed and ruined when I got my hand smashed while working on one of our cars years ago and just had temp fill in rings every since lol. I kept gaining so the sizes got bigger so I finally just bailed on it and haven't worn anything for years. My goal is some where between 180 and 150 to get a "real" wedding ring. But *shrug* who knows. *HUGGLES* Felicia =0)

Morning!!! Dawn: Looks like you were a "Finding Tie Dye Clothes" success! Sounds like you will all have a wonderful time!! Not much going on today. Already went over and worked out at the gym and walked with Joshua when we came home. Picked up Apple Tree Poop. And just plan on getting some laundry done today and of course the ever present dishes need to be done lol. I am finalizing Joshua's school work schedule and getting that all finished up and put together. Have a few more things to order but no hurry for them. Weighed in this morning still at 219 ( although today it was 219.1 instead of 219.8 HAHAHA). So glad to still be in the teens. Have my fingers crossed for 218 by Monday. Need to get my monthly pictures taken. Probably will do that tomorrow after I get all dolled up for our Burn The Point Parade tomorrow night. Be the first time I have seen most of those people in 7 years and several hundred pounds. Should be an interesting day. I am pretty sure they assumed Dale and I either got a divorce or I dropped dead lol. Have a SUPER wonderful day everyone!!! *huggles* Felicia =0)

Good morning Octoberites!!!! I found a bunch of stuff for the tie dye party yesterday at lunch. I got the neighbor baby boy a couple of shirts and a gown, Riley pants, a skirt and a couple of shirts, Olivia and I 2 pairs of sleep pants and a hoodie, and David an Old Navy long sleeved shirt. All for about $20.00!!! Not bad! For those that have asked, to tie dye, you just use rubber bands or cords to tie designs into the fabric. Then I get special dyes (Rit just fades out) from Dharma Trading Co. We make up the dyes in squeeze bottles and squeeze the colors where you want it. The fabric stays tied in a ziplock bag for a few hours (overnight is best). In the morning, you rinse them out, first with the bands on, then after the bands come off and wash as usual then wear your artwork! I have run a couple of tie dye events and am getting better at it all the time. It is a lot of fun to see what designs appear after the bands are removed. I will post some pictures from the last one for anyone who is interested. They will be up today. So anyway.....today it's off to Wally World for gloves and ziplock bags, then we should be all set! What is going on in your corner of the world? Dawn