HAPPY THURSDAY CALIFORNIA

Good Thursday morning to all of you!  First, I want to thank all of you who have been thinking good thoughts for me.  You have no idea how much I appreciate it.  The depressive fog seems to be clearing.  There is still some things I need to do to get on the right track.  I have this TERRIFIC therapist who is working with me.  We are working on getting the “toxic” people out of my life, or at least where they have no more control.  Unfortunately, the two biggest “toxins” are my parents.  Negative, negative people.  How do you tell your parents that they either need to shape up or ship out.  My boys are 100% behind me.  Anyway, if any of you have been through this, I would appreciate input as to how you did it.  I dread it as it will cause World Wars three, four, five and six.  My boys and I are their only family since my brother died in 1998.  You would think they would want happiness and success for me, but they sure don’t appear to.  But anyway, on to the Thursday morning shout out.  I am gonna god backwards on it just to mix it up.

 

 

Carol – Woo Hoo for the 2.8!!!  Oh, I remember eating a noodle from some soup when I was a newbie.  The darn thing hung up for what seemed like hours.  I didn’t eat another noodle out of soup again for months!!  You are right, live and learn.

 

 

Catt – You are one crazy chickadee!!  I hope you had a very happy birthday and you didn’t do anything too terribly bad!

 

 

Becky – Good Morning to you, my partner in crime.  We better keep our opinions to ourselves, dontcha think?  I am still getting e-mails.  Snotty-ass people, they certainly are, you know what I mean?

 

 

Shells Bells – Hello there!!  How’s things going?  Getting used to the “losing” side of life?  Isn’t it wonderful?  It is an e-ticket ride, but you are too young to know what that means!!  LOL!!!

 

 

Jean – Every picture you are smaller and smaller.  By next year, you are just going to disappear on us!  Keep up the good work!!!

 

 

Little Michelle – 46 pounds in 9 weeks?  You are the weight loss star for sure.  Congratulations!!  Isn’t it great that science has given the docs this tool for us to take advantage of?  Keep it up!!!

 

 

Living Life Lu – Knott’s Berry Farm?  Haven’t been in ages.  Have a great time!!  Hope you had a great time as Auntie Mo’s house, now that I know it is here and not somewhere else (ha ha ha).  Hope your lunch was fantastic too!!

 

 

Madame Butterfly – Congrats on maintaining!  Don’t follow my example and start eating crappy because it takes a lot to get back on track. 

 

 

Katt with a “K” – Wowie!!  4 lbs this week.  39 pounds total?  Fantastic!!  Keep up the good work.  I think you and Little Michelle both rock at the weight loss.

 

 

Christine – Congrats girl!!  2 pounds is fantastic!  Are you all ready for graduation?  I can’t believe we have kids old enough to graduate.  I am only 29 myself!!  I talked to Bobby last night and he said to say hi to you and Jason.  I am trying to talk him into coming to live down here and I think he just might.  He is truly my very best friend!

 

 

Ms. Shell – Good Morning!  I hope you made it to the gym like you hoped.  I hope those muscles hurt you today.  No pain, no gain.  Have a great Thursday.

 

 

Sharon – I know how you feel about the depression.  If you want to talk, please send me an e-mail.  I have a psychiatrist and a therapist helping me work through it.  That and a hefty dose of Cymbalta :-)  I am finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.  Congrats on your exercise regime.  It sounds terrific.

 

 

Liz – Good morning to you!!  It has been so long since we have talked.  Miss you!  I hope you got the dermatologist taken care of and got that bike ride in.  Doesn’t the seat hurt your butt?  What do you do when it does?

 

 

Celest – THANK YOU for listening to me yesterday.  I love you and Gary both!!!!

 

 

Monica (and Jordyn, um I mean little Jillie) – I am with you and the struggling.  The medicine I have to take to beat the depression causes weight gain.  Do I take the meds and gain ten pounds like I have, or do I just get skinny but become a mess?  You are strong so you will overcome this.  With your sleeping pattern all messed up, just try to go with the flow and it will get better!  I promise!  Oh yeah, keep on posting those pictures.  I look every morning for a new one.

 

 

Sue – Or should I say Ms. Medium?  I forgot all about the meeting.  I wanted to go badly cause I need it right now.  Next month for sure.  I really want to meet you in person.  It is a shame that we live so close and haven’t met yet.  My fault, I know.

 

 

Steve – O.k., enough of this losing, you hear me!!!  Did I sound ferocious?  Like the cowardly lion?  Sorry, I watched The Wizard of Oz last night.  Have a great Thursday!!!!!

 

 

Laura – A big smily good morning to you!  I hope you have a terrific Thursday.  Aren’t the baby pics wonderful.  Makes me want another, NOT!!!!  I just want to look at the pictures, thank you very much!  How about Vegas in like September?  I have to save since I am no longer employed :-) It’s a good thing!!

 

 

And finally, the hostess with the mostest, Ms. Janine – New pics of the grandbabies yet?  I know that you have heard it before, but I will say it again.  I know that it takes a lot of work and dedication to post every morning and we all thank you for it.  I also thank you for filling in for flaky me, having missed the past two Thursdays.  You are one appreciated lady, and shrinking fast too.  You and Jean are going to disappear before our eyes!!

 

 

O.k.  that’s it for today.  As Ryan Seacrest says, Jilliecats……..OUT!!!  {Well, he doesn’t say Jilliecats…out, but you get what I mean :-)}

 

 

HAPPY THURSDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Jillie

Good Morning Jillie and Calif Friends! Yesterday was petty quiet for me........busy at work and they keep giving me more and more to do..........no more $$$, just work! So what do you all think about the gas prices?  Dang!!!  $50.00 to fill up my Honda CRV!  It's any where from $4.08 to $4.20 for the cheap stuff here in the Sacramento area.  And I know the Coastal communities are a lot higher.....When is enough enough?  Terrible! Nothing much planned for today.  Work and then Weigh****cher's since I didn't make it on Tuesday night.  I know I gained over the weekend.  I splurged a bit! Any hoo, you all have a great, great Thursday!  1 more day to Friday!!! Jeni

You know years ago Jenni, Jeff and I were on a motorcycle trip down the coast of Cali and there was this gas station....in the middle of nowhere and I need gas in my motorcycle...it was $4 a gallon. We were outraged since I think gas was still about what $2.50......boy sure would welcome those days again! I tell my students that gas cost 15 cents a gallon when I started driving and they think I am absurd oh yeah and OLD LOL. Hope you have a good day!  

Wow!  I guess they had you there huh? I can just imagine the look on the kids faces!  hehehehe  And we are only as Old as we feel!  hehehehe Have a great one Janine! Love, Jeni

Good Morning Calif..

Gosh, I didn't want to wake up this morning I was all warm and snuggly under the covers, with KC purring softly and I didn't want to move. But the smell of my coffee woke me and my census up. I think KC is still snoring.

Yesterday was a good day. Got my tickets and had a wonderful visit with MO and a good smart lunch with Kevin. I am trying to talk him into doing the Long Beach 1/2 marathon. It would give me a goal to start working towards. Get me outside and moving.

Today is an 8 hour day, but I think I will stay over and work on some stuff that I have not been able to finish. But that is not set in stone.

WOW! the news is very depression. Everything is going up, but my pay. They had better hurry up and get me a bike locker at work or I will be really upset. And send them a bill for my gas, that I am forced to buy because they wont get me a locker to keep my bike safe.

Yesterday was my sister 3 week in her kaiser class. I went with her and sat in the back reading my OH mag. Minding my own bussiness when my sister told the WHOLE class she is going to be a super star just like me. Julie, the NUT, who was leading the class made me get up and talk to the class. I was SOOOO NOT ready to do that. My sister started crying why she was telling everyone how proud she is of me. OMG!! If you know my family, you know how shocking this was to me. Thank you Liz, for setting me strieght on this. You are right. As always. LOVE YOU!!

OK I need to get moving and get my lunch together, then hit the shower and foo foo me all up.

I wish you all a wonderful day. Remember this: Someone in Riverside loves you!

LL

Hey Jillie,
I am glad the fog is lifting, I pray it continues! Thanks for the morning post you and Janine are the BEST! Such dedication
Be well and enjoy those wonderful boys
Happy Thursday CALI CREW Do the work to remain on track!

Morning Jillie and the Crew!

 

I am so happy that you were able to post Jillie...glad things are looking up for you...and you know me...I do not mind helping!

I'm glad I do not have those family dynamics with my parents, but let me tell you gf....if my mother was alive...it would be fierce! Fortunately I dealt with the lingering issues and moved on.

The best bit of advise I can give you Jill even though your parents are still with you is....and I said this to a friend after her father died (mother was already gone) she asked me....how do you get past the scars of what your family did you? I told her that my parents did not come to be parents with a manual....they did the best they knew how to and for that I cannot fault them. It would have been in their power not to be like the parents who raised them....it was their choice not to grow and change. So how could I fault them? I did not like what happened to me..in fact with issues with my mother and food I gained 200 lbs in 7 years because of her obessive control over me with food and my being....yeah I let her affect my being, but I had the power to change the course of my life...not just with losing weight, but change the person I am and become a parent that I did not want to be. Depressed at times...yeah sure I was, but when I got it into my head that they did what they only knew how to.....well that is when things started changing for me.

Don't blame your parents Jillie....learn from the mistakes they have made and turn them into a positive powerful way of life for yourself.

 

I hope you have a Terrific Thursday!

 

   

You speak the truth Janine.  As much as my parents can make me cringe at times, I know that they have always done what they thought was best and are only human.  It wasn't until I became a parent that I understood that.  My A$$hole brother though, well, he continues to blame my parents for everything in his life........... oye

Good Thursday Morning Jillie and Cali Crew! The week is really flying by, for me at least. Glad it's almost a weekend.  Yesterdays WWW weekly total for those reporting was another great figure.... -44.0 pounds. Good Job Loser's!    Hope everyone here has a Terrific Thursday! ((((((BigBearHugz)))))

Jillie, Good MOrning.  I know that we havent chatted in like forever.  Life sure does get in the way.  As for the dermatologist. Good news is the precancerous lesion on my ear GONE!!!!!  Bad news is 10 more popped up.  The one that he is concerned about he is still really concerned about.  We may be rebiopsy it.  My lips are good too No more topical chemo there.  So he took to my face the liquid nitrogen and burned the holy you know what out of it.  He kept it on each one soooooooooooo  long I was say oh SH**.  I had tears streaming down my face.  I wasn't crying it just made my eyes water and hurt.  Now when I got to the car and my face felt it had been hit with molten lava I cried for a few minutes as I am sick of all of this. So the big new one he frozew on my cheek well it has a huge blister on it.  Its just where your glasses would meet your cheek.  I told him I swear i wear sunscreen.  So his response is its not know but what you did before.  And boy i was the human lobster in my teens and 20's just so I could try and get a tan.  Well, I am lucky I even have a nose. Then yesterday afternoon I took Phillip my uninsured son to the dentist he had to have a wisdom tooth pulled that had a bad cavity.  $$$$$$.   JIllie, I am sorry that you are going thru so much.  You know I miss my Mom with all my heart as a matter of fact it is 22 months today that we lost her.  I did not have the best retationship with her as she got older.  What I later discovered all of her negativity was severe depression that they only treated with med and she had no therapy.  I agree with what Janine said. It has always been my goal not to be my parents.  I have done that in the most part.  I admit I am probably a bit more controlling in a sense then they were.  But I can tell you that I am so much happier than she was too.  I saw for a long time there was not any joy with anything for her.  There was not much laughter that I remembered as a little girl.  You know I reflect back and it is sad.  But everything Janine said is so correct.  I hope that you are able to deal with all of this that will not reflect to hard on you. Well, we are on the final countdown for school Friday is the last day.  Lindsey has finished all her finals yesterday.  The rest of her classes she is the only one left in them.  All the others were Seniors and she has no place to go.  The teachers told her she needed to find a place to be as they would be a grad practice.  So she has found a place to be and that is warm and cozy in her little bed.  Sorry all you teachers that  I am letting my k id play hookey the last 2 days of school.  There is nothing for her to do but wander the campus for 4 hours so oh well.. I told just check in and leave.  Once she gets there she will get busted leaving the locked gates.   So it is what it is. Everyone, have a great day. Liz