***Thursday Roll Call***

should be a great weekend for that have fun

Today has me in work and getting things in order since I will be on vacation next week...After work I must go to CVS to get my meds refilled which I forgot to do yesterday. Then home to try and have evrything packed for vacation so Friday I an just get to bed early since we have to leave at 3am for our flight since we are flying out of Atlantic City.

Last night I got home did laundry and made dinner was weird being home alone since Den worked late so I had dinner alone and by the time he got home I felt bad but had to go to bed.

Happy New Year all that are celebrating! 

Having a rough morning. My house smells like a dead animal thanks to the dead hamster in the heating ducts. After lunch the heating company is coming by to "scope" my vents and locate the lil bugger and get it out of there. The smell is gagging me and I just really don't want to eat. I won't die from not eating for a few hours. I just feel like my whole day of "losing weight" and "staying healthy" is a bust because getting started eating isn't happening.

After that...fresh air and lunch time. Then there are a couple dance classes for Alexis, parent night at Peytons school, oh, orthodontist appointment at 2pm today. Gotta' figure out how I'm squeezing that in with 4 daycare kids today. Maybe get in some exercise today somewhere. It's chilly here and my dryer is still broken. Hard to do laundry.

Enuff complaining....

Have a great day everyone.

I feel your pain from the broken dryer!  My dryer cuts off mid-cycle and won't start again for a while, and it takes at least 2 cycles to get a load dry.  And actually, I feel your dead animal pain too!  We visited my aunt and uncle a few years ago, and their whole house had a funky smell.  They had been told there was a dead animal somewhere, but I don't think they did anything about it.   Nasty!!  I hope you soon get some fresh-smelling air in your house!!!

Hey all!!

Happy New Year to the Jew Crew!!!

Woke up during the night to pull a blanket up---it was cold here!!!  No complaints though--the condo was hot last night!

Nothing happening today.  We'll probably do some more metal detecting during low tide.  I found a whopping 36 cents yesterday!  Now that Paul has found a diamond ring, I want to find some jewelry too!!!  At least it's great exercise, even if it doesn't pay well!

Got some disappointing news last night: The listing was pulled for a temp job I was submitted for.  The recruiter said I'm her first call if the job gets listed again since I have the experience for the job.  This job market is sooo frustrating and scary.

Have a great day all!!!  Wishing peace and strength to those among us with issues!!

Morning everyone,

I'm fighting demons this morning.  Sigh.  It's one of those days in Karen's head... dealing with a little weight gain, which wreaks havoc on my self-perception.  It's not a horrible gain - 7 pounds over the last 3 weeks - but it's NOT the direction i need to be going in and I'm not liking how my clothes are fitting.  The frustrating thing is feeling out of control and continuing to preach to myself that this is NOT the "inevitable slide back into morbid obesity" and having part of my mind not listen to that.  I'm still exercising regularly, I don't feel my eating has been bad in general, but I do know that I've been craving higher-fat items like nuts lately... not sure if that's a seasonal thing (storing up fat for the winter) or what... but the cravings have been bad at night particularly.  I've tried a couple of things so far to address them, but it's just not working yet.  

I've also been procrastinating (and i am an EXPERT at finding excuses for things that have to get done before something that scares me can get started, let me tell you) getting the jewelry work underway.  The pressure is there to make a whole bunch of high end pieces before this show in November, and I'm running out of time - a pattern I've seen in myself before and dislike intensely... I think that's contributing to the craving/eating, so I'm also working to short circuit that.

So today is a "back to basics" kinda day for me food-wise.  Taking it one step at a time, focusing on the protein primarily, then looking to some fresh veggies.  I have a nice fresh mango sorbet I made last night that might satisfy the night demons as well.  Hopefully I can shut them up tonight.  

Anyway, I'm at work today - meetings this afternoon.  Then home to dinner (brisket in the crock pot) and a board meeting tonight (conference call, thankfully.... I'm going to try and do it WHILE doing some work in my studio... we'll see if that works).

I hope you all have a wonderful and peaceful day.

Karen

Good afternoon!!!

Sorry I haven't posted in a couple of days...the first days of school and trying to get back in my school year routine have been killer...trying not to nap..but still on that up until 1-2 am schedule and I have to get up at 5 am...so needless to say I have been dragging butt this week!

Anyways, my class seems really sweet and cute but boy is there alot of little bodies crammed into my tiny classroom! Was supposed to have 25 students but instead wound up with 29 so much scrambling for extra desks, chair, books, etc...ohhhhh how I love the first few days of school! LOL

Anyways just checking in...I am home now so I am gonna go have lunch and then prob read and veg out for a little bit before diving into making some lesson plans! So fun and exciting I know!!! 

Hope everyone is having a great Thursday and a fantastic week!!

Much luv!!

Laura

Am tired today and am looking forward to going home (leaving at 5), taking a run on my new treadmill when I get home and heading to bed early.  I am working from home tomorrow, so I can sleep an extra hour too!  Yipee!

I am feeling like an imposter at work...  I have chosen not to tell people at work that I had surgery, but every time I am asked how I am doing it, I tell them that I am eating 5 to 6 small meals, staying away from carbs, not eating sugar, working out, not eating late at night, taking vitamins on a doctor supervised diet in which I also meet with a nutritionist - what I tell them is all true - no lies, just the sin of omission, but I still, every time feel like I am a fake....  Why can't I just get over it.. ?

anyway.. that's all that is on my mind today..  Wishing a happy new year to the appropraite friends here on the boards and just a happy day to the rest.

xoxo,

Maura