Monday WLS express

grab your cup n come have a seat

I have had no caffine yet but I found the pink button and off we goooooooooo

lol- we found the pink button at the same time!

I decided to forgo my train and hop on yours. So, its Monday! Wait-why am I excited its Monday? Hmm... I don't know.lol.
We got more Christmas shopping done this weekend so that was good. We've got a jam packed weekend this coming weekend, then not much for Thanksgiving weekend, so hopefully we can get the tree up and everything decorated. 2 of our neighbors actually have their Christmas lights out and ON already! I think we're about done shopping so that's good. I'm waiting on a few things to arrive that I bought online. Then I'll start wrapping soon.
Chris's bedroom is all set up and for the most part organized. He loves it. Its a bit too high so we need to find him a step. That's because of the drawers on the bottom of the bed and the pillow top mattress he picked out. Bryan did a great job of getting everything put together and the boxes all cleaned up and in the recycle bin for today. Now we just have to get rid of the furniture and mattress.
Prayers for healing for Eric, Gaye, and Dana. I hope everyone has a great day today!

Oh deffintally prayers and positive thoughts headed down to LA for Dana - will be watching for Terry Ann to let us know all is well!!

I don't know why you're excited about Monday!  Maybe because you love your job and don't mind waking up to go do it!  For too long I've hated Monday's, only because I don't like my job.  And it gets worse and worse every day.  Hopefully, things will get better soon.  I'm praying it will.

Not much to report.  The weekend went too fast.  I didn't get near enough sleep.  I'm tired and really want to go back to bed.

Sorry Allyssa.  I will call James today to see if he wants the furniture.  My bad. 

Ya'll have a great day.  Love ya!

Good Morning Train!

WOOOOHOOO for Monday because that means we're one week closer to the holidays and some time off!  LOL  I had a rough weekend with having to get up and do some testing for work Sunday at 2:00 am... it didn't go well and guess what?  We get to do it again next weekend.... ARGHHHHH  Then after about 4 hrs sleep I went to my daughter's baby shower and had fun but it was a lonnnng day.... crawled into bed before 7 last night...

Prayers going up for all that need them!

Here's Lynyrd Skynyrd's Freebird to get us rocking down the rails this morning!

If I leave here tomorrow
Would you still remember me?
For I must be travelling on, now,
'Cause there's too many places I've got to see.
But, if I stayed here with you, girl,
Things just couldn't be the same.
'Cause I'm as free as a bird now,
And this bird you can not change.
Oh... oh... oh... oh... oh... oh...
And this bird you can not change.
And this bird you can not change.
Lord knows, I can't change.

Bye, bye, its been a sweet love.
Though this feeling I can't change.
But please don't take it badly,
'Cause Lord knows I'm to blame.
But, if I stayed here with you girl,
Things just couldn't be the same.
Cause I'm as free as a bird now,
And this bird you'll never change.
And this bird you can not change.
Lord knows, I can't change.
Lord help me, I can't change.

Oh... oh... oh... oh... oh... oh...
And this bird you can not change.
And this bird you can not change.
Lord knows, I can't change.
Lord help me, I can't change.
Lord I can't change.
Won't you fly free bird yea.

Ya'll have a great day my friends!

That was my HS senior song!  We had to vote on it three times because the powers that be didn't want us to have it.  We even had to write it in on the ballot because they took it off!  I guess after the third time, they decided to let us have it!  What a memory!! 1978!

Freebird and Kevin VonErich...even in the car all these years later he STILL wants to hear that dang song!  I'll never hear or think of it again without thinking of him.  Chris needs to call him(note to self to remind him).

good morning all - still haven't gotten my shake and caffine but everyone is awake at least and Rachel has clothes layed out

plan for today is boys to school, 30 min walk, let Rach help me vacume for a few than she goes to school, I run home and work on school till Tim gets on line then chat for as long as possible, run back and get Rach, then off to get K from school, down time at the park with friends and then home and we are going to cut up and boil pumpkins - we got pie pumpkins at halloween and painted them instead of carving, and make somekind of pumpkin pie - I think we will try Jenny R's pumpkin protien things and see how they are -

can you use any vanilla powder in stuff like that??  hope so I have EAS

hit the gym yesterday - felt GOOD but OMG what was I thinking not lifting for 2 flippen weeks and then trying to hit my maxes from then - oh well - mananged a lot of them but not all and was not able to increase anything put my bench presses.

remember WHY you had surgery - to be healthy (I hope that was a huge part of your reason) and do what you need to do to be HEALTHY - vits, water, protien, movement - come on it's not that hard just get going and you can do it

did you remember to fill your pill boxes and plan out healhty food for the week or at least today? I did and i know it will make my week better :) hope everyone else did too

hugs and prayers - esp for Dana and Jenny and Eric
timsdanni
praying for a REALLY boring year in Iraq