Monday Roll Call

Good Morning all,  I am up barley but I am up, We had a great weekend... I did have some problems finding food to eat....But overall I ate ok ...We did have a lot of fun at the water park.. Today is going to be a busy day, Cabinets being delivered and my son has to get cavity filled and then I have my trainer later today...I still need to take down Christmas decorations ugh I hate that, My house will be empty.... Anyways The scale is still stuck nothing I hate this.... I need to get a protein powder that works any ideas I need something....I hope everyone  has a great day.... Kim I hope your father is doing better......

Good Morning Martha and the rest of Illinois! Martha, I just LOVE the IDS Multi-Whey Pro powders.  The Belgian Chocolate tastes just like chocolate milk (mixed in water....) and the cappucino is great warm.  They have a vanilla-cinnamon that is good mixed with pudding or oatmeal.  I also like the Champion "Stack" brand.  They have a good chocolate-mochacino and a "tropical sunrise" that tastes like and Orange Julius.  I get them at a bodybuilders store here in Rockford, but you can also order them from www.vitalady.com.  She seems to have the best prices, or at least she did the last time I ordered from her.  She also has samples of everything she carries,  maybe you can just order a pile of samples and go through them all.  That's what I did.  I ordered a bunch then kept records of how I liked them until I found the winners! We had a pretty nice weekend, Olivia had a new friend come over and stay on Saturday night.  I hope that they continue to get along.  Olivia is in that stage where all the girls are really "snarky" (to borrow Christine's word) and she is getting very wrapped up in all the gossip and back-stabbing.  She is only 11!!!!  I am hoping that this new friend may be a good influence on her. I am keeping busy getting ready for Todd's "Christmas" party in 2 weeks.  We stay at a hotel on Friday and Saturday and have a lot of fun.  Once THAT is over, I am also planning our neighborhood February get away to Madison.  We all are going to a hotel with an indoor water park for some well deserved time away. How is everybody else this morning?

Morning/afternoon everyone.  Well I lost another 2 pounds this weekend.  Moving will do that to you.  the move will take a while, and it is sad because I didn't want this to happen but others did, so I had to respect their wishes.  I have a feeling I will be losing a lot more weight because of this, but I am trying to keep upbeat.  It is hard to at times.  Ok I don't want to be Mr. downer, but I did want to at least say hi.  I guess with the decision like weight loss, you take every moment as it comes.  I have to do the same now. On a bright note, my undies didn't fall down today.

Hmmm.....now it posted twice.  That's OK, we love to hear from you! Just wanted to stop by and give you a big "HI!" and a tiny bit of cheer!

Hmm, it didn't post.  I will try again. Well I lost 2 pounds this weekend.  That is what a move will do to you.  It is going ok, but will be a long process.  Also this wasn't a move I wanted to do, but someone I love dearly forced me to do it, and out of love and respect for them, I had to move.  I have a feeling that I will be losing a lot more weight faster than I have in the past as I have this long move (and I know another one in the future).  I am sorry to be a downer again, but I at least wanted to say hi. On a brighter note, I need to buy a new belt and my undies didn't fall down today

Hi to all on the illinois board, It doesn't seem like hardly anyone has visited today.  Martha, seems like you had a busy weekend,and today is too Dawn, you always have a busy life.Ours use to be like that, when we had kids at home.  Barry, you always bring a smile to the board. With that said,  I am sitting at work with no clients at the moment , hoping to get out of work on time today.  I want to go home to makw a chicken cassarole that we like. Plus, it warms up the kitchen since I have to do it in the oven. We have had a few flurries for the last hour or so, now it looks like the sun is trying to sneak out. hugs to all .

Well, I am here better late than never. Still plugging along here at home. I did not get as much done yesterday as I wanted to but things are coming together. We decided to leave the house a little early because of the pending threat of snow during the drive to Ottawa but that never materialized which was good. That was a heck of a long drive. I see why Karen does not go home after support group but stays overnight at a small hotel once a month. I really did not get much done at work because I was fretting about why I could not copy DVDs off of the computer. Come to find out the PC that we have in records to do it on has a problem with the DVD burner and it was not me after all. I have about 1/2 dozen arrest DVDs to make and they take about 1 hour each to do, this is in addition to everything else that needs to be done.  Well, need to get back to the basement for about another hour before I decide to lounge in my recliner for the night.  & Christine

Hi Illinois! Today was just a regular work day for me. I had an early meeting with one of my bosses and I went in to it with the idea that this was no big deal instead of worrying like I usually do. She told me at the meeting that they had the first meeting with me because I'm flexible and the meeting would be easy, so they could practice before the harder ones! Wow!  I actually thought their ideas for some changes were a good idea!

Tomorrow I go to Madison to get another fill so again I probably won't be on the board till evening.

Connie 

Good evening, Just got back from Elgin and my dad is not getting any better.   They have called in an infecious disease team to look at my dad a little better.  They have moved him to a "rotoprobe" bed.  This is a bed that rotates him side to side every 10 min.  Also yesterday they said he has ARDS and sepsis.  The nurse was VERY honest w/ my sister and I tonight and said the longer he is on the vent. the chances of survival goes down.  Please continue the prayers!

Kim, I am praying for you and your family! Jenn