Happy Tuesday Everybody

Good Morning,    How are you?  What are you going to eat today???  Does anyone have anything exciting to share with me?  Please entertain me. Have a great day my wonderful friends!!! Mary

Happy Tuesday to you too Mary! I am eating Breyers light Blueberries and Cream yogurt right now and am thinking about eating cajun for lunch. mmmmmm

Yum, I love Breyers.Mary     I am eating some cashews and raisins, not very healthy but I'm fightin the urge to graze today.  I've been looking for the yogurt that Dawn was talking about.  I need the protein.

Oh MARY!! Today is another poor poor Kathy pity party day. I weighed myself and the scale is UP again!  I am not eating anything ever again.  I am just about ready to give up I SWEAR!  I can't win.  I just keep gaining ounce by ounce.  I'm going to lose my mind! My  house is a mess.  My fridge is full of leftover food.  The in-laws don't do leftovers, but they keep cooking too much.  PLUS there is all kinds of junky snack food in my  house!!  Chips, cookies, cupcakes, crackers, etc.  They never ate this stuff BEFORE I had surgery, why are they eating it all of a sudden????? I'm going home today and going on a throwing out everything RAMPAGE.  I can't even think straight!  Its my house and I couldn't find MY stuff this morning because they moved it to make room for their stuff!!  I can't even concentrate. I have another PT appointment today.  Hopefully I can work off some of this stress... I hope everyone else is doing better than me!

Kathy,  Option 1 Check into the embassy suites that I loved.   They have a great  manager's reception with healthy drinks custom made with fresh fruit juice and liquids that are grain derivatives.  Tell your in-laws that you know they want quality time with Teagan.  I think you've only got until Saturday, right????  Kidnap Dave  and just leave the entire disaster until they are GONE!!!  Option 2  If that doesn't work, you are much tougher than they are.  Send them all somewhere with Teagan tonight and RECLAIM your house.    Option 3, The beach, the Treasure Chest, and I are only 3 short hours away.  I'll see you tonight. Love ya Mary

All those options sound WONDERFUL!  Especially #3.  I am sooo looking forward to August! But I 've already told Dave what is happening tonight. I am coming home.  Anything that is lying around, looks like trash and isn't labeled or claimed is going in the garbage!  (I threw away 6 bottled waters - 3/4 full -- this morning!  No one knows if it is theirs, so they just get another one!) All leftovers are going in the garbage.  All shoes will go to the respective guestrooms. The place will be vacuumed and swept.  Then I am going to Mauldin middle school to run (or attempt to run.)  I will be going ALONE.  No one is allowed to tag along.  Whatever they plan to do is fine with me as long as they do not get in the way! *sigh*  I'm doing much better this year than I was last year though.  thats for sure!

Honey I so understand the in law thing if mine came to stay they would have to commit me. Open invite we got room if you want to get away.  Big Hugs Marcey

Im joining the pity party!!!  Not because I am having a bad day, but because i want to... and I can! ANYWAYS!!!! I had a good evening GOTTA LOVE BREAKIN UP TO MAKE UP!!!! A fairly good morning as well (but no sexy face).  The storm from yesterday made my drive home take TWICE as long, but I didnt get in an accident, so IM HAPPY!!! This morning I am eating anything and everything...I dont know what is wrong in the universe, but something is chanting "SNACK, SNACK, SNACK" Im not eating REAL food... a handful of nuts here, a cracker there, PITA CHIPS till I die!!! Last nigth for dinner... CEREAL!!! UGH!!! I am also driving myself NUTS wth BACK TO SCHOOL MADNESS... the supplies, the clothes, the shoes, the football signups... OMG!!! and my son is SUPER COOL ya know, so his pants have to be long enough to cover his shoes laces and his shirts have to be long enough to cover his butt... so shopping with him is like pulling teeth.  I did go eat at lady and Sons on Saturday and was sadly disappointed.  Rude staff outside, expensive buffet, could have eaten in St. George for the quality... BUT I did enjoy the time with the church ladies and my sister... so it wasnt a total waste of a day! Plus I got a day with no hubby/kids... and that is PRICELESS!!!!

Some sort of snack monster blew in with the storm yesterday.  Wasn't that terrible, driving home on Rivers was like an ocean.  I have been hungry all morning, but I know its not real hunger.  My team is having a birthday party today and I'm going to volunteer to stay on the phones. 

JUST DROPPIN' BY FOR A MINUTE ... WOW, HAS THE BOARD CHANGED SINCE I WAS LAST ON IT ... EVERYTHING IS FANCY & NEW.  I COULDN'T EVEN FIGURE OUT HOW TO POST SO I CHEATED & HIT "REPLY" ON MARY'S POST.  DAH-UHHH, STILL A BOTTLE BLONDE!  I'M WORKING P/T AT THE VITAMIN SHOPPE ON RIVERS & ASHLEY PHOSPHATE ... COME IN & SAY "HI" SOMETIME.  MS ROSE CAME IN THE OTHER DAY; IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HER!  THE JOB IS GREAT; I'M WORKIN' WITH MS CAROL, GAYLE & DONNA.  SHOOT, AS MUCH AS I HAVE BOUGHT THERE SINCE GASTRIC BYPASS, IT'S LIKE WORKING WITH OL' FRIENDS!  I STILL TAKE A TON OF VITs/MINs & NATURAL PRODUCTS INCLUDING PROTEIN BARS & DRINKS. STILL MAINTAINING MY WEIGHT LOSS ... 105 - 110 # LOSS SITTIN' IN THE LOW 170s.  WOULD LOVE GO LOSE A LITTLE MORE, BUT ONCE I "HIT THE WALL" AROUND MY 16th MONTH OUT, I HAVE STAYED WITHIN ABOUT A 5# RANGE. HUNGER DOES RAISE IT'S UGLY HEAD, BUT AS LONG AS I STAY WITH MY 6 SNACKS A DAY & STICK TO GOOD CHOICES, MY WEIGHT STAYS PRETTY CONSISTENT.  I'M 21 MONTHS OUT NOW & CAN EAT ALMOST ANYTHING ... NOOOOO SUGAR & I STILL LIMIT WHITE CARBS.  I'M PROBABLY BETWEEN 1,200 - 1,500 CALORIES A DAY & FEELIN' BETTER THAN I HAVE IN DECADES.  MY ENERGY FINALLY CAME BACK; I FINALLY FEEL "NORMAL". I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE CUZ I HAVE A TON OF E-MAILS FROM Y'ALL THAT I HAVEN'T ANSWERED ... JUST SEEMS NICK & I ARE RUNNIN' ALL THE TIME.  SPEAKING OF ... IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR ME TO GET READY FOR WORK.  I CLOSE TONIGHT. HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING WONDERFULLY!  NICK & I ARE STILLLLLLLLLLLL MADLY IN LOVE & ENJOYING LIFE MORE & MORE! GOD BLESS EVERYONE ... DAWN & NICk