Good Monday Morning Cali...

Yes, it is morning and I haven't been to bed yet. I still have a lingering cough from the cold I had two weeks ago and I am up working on Christmas cards. I took Nyquil a bit ago and hopefully It will kick in soon. In the meantime, I am talking to Jason on MSN messenger. Seems we are both night owls lately. So, what's on your agenda for the day?? Me?? Not much. Getting the cards done and sent out and continuing my job hunt. O hope everyone has a great day and please be safe out there. Don't forget your vitamins, calcium and most important, your water. And stay WARM!!! x0x0x0

Good Morning Katt and Cali Friends,

Hope you're feeling better soon Katt, no fun to not feel well.

This week will be a busy one at work for me.  I have planned two days of employee holiday celebrations on Thurs and Friday where the hospital serves "dinner" to all shifts.  I will be running around on Wed getting flowers and decorating for the event on Thurs morning.

The weekend ahead brings San Jose Saxophone Christmas which is an all day event for me.  We rehearse from 8a.m. til noon and then put on 2 concerts that afternoon and evening.  280+ saxophones playing Christmas carols and having  so much fun.

Well have a great day and week ahead.

Hugs,
Barb

Good morning Kat and Cali,

Today is my last week of work this year-yeah!!  Well only 3 1/2 days really, I am so ready.  My staff is taking some time off too it is a good time of year for it.  I will be back at it in 2010.  Had a "good" weekend not "great"!!  Not quite sure why, did plenty of nice things just felt blah!

Today is my 6 month appointment, already had the labs 2 weeks ago and the results were great all within norm.  Let's see what the WLS clinic has to say.  Have to take Ms V to the city this afternoon.  She is going to spend the night with Grandma.  Her daycare is closed for some reason tomorrow.  Hope it is not raining too bad when we go.  tomorrow evening we will pick her up and celebrate DH's b-day with his family so it all worked out good.

Hope you all have a great day-stay warm and safe.

I hope you feel better too Kat, Barb have fun at the parties, and Delores you lucky duck!  I had a great weekend.  I had a Christmas party Sat and one Sunday. I did really well.  I was completely satisfied with talking and drinking my protein water.  I did have to convince the hostess on Sat. that I was fine and that I would feel terrible is the other guest did not enjoy themselves and the food because of me.  I told her this was a choice that I had made for myself and I don't expect others to modify what they eat because of me.  Sunday was a party for the kids and Santa came and brought presents.  My son , DIL, and grandkids were there.  I had so much fun watching all the children.  Ryan was afraid of Santa until Lisa told him Santa had a present for him then he sat with the other kids, and when Santa called his name he jumped on his lap.  Baby Devan had fun playing with Santa's beard.  (It was real).  For 26 kids being there, they were all really well behaved. 

Today I have to take my little poodle, Teaka to the vet for a check up and her shots. She will be 15 next month.

I hope everyone has a great day, even if it is Monday!

Morning Kat!  Howdy Cali Crew!

Happy Marvelous Monday.  Magnificent Monday.  (What I really want to say is .......MORE sleep needed Monday!)

Had a wonderful but COLD trip to the coast this weekend.  We visited with Joe's brother Terry (one of 8 brothers) then went and paid the bill for fixing my car brakes and visited there with more friend**** up Jayden's birthday party where we played Laser Tag.  All 3 of Joe's kids were there and he was ONE HAPPY DADDY!  He hasn't seen his oldest son in 3 years (saw his daughter for the first time in 3 years last month) and it was awsome!  We took the kids to dinner, met the girlfriend,  Stayed at a friends house and slept on an Aero bed but FROZE to death.  Not really, but wow I was cold.  Joe stole all the covers. 

Sunday found us at a fantastic place for breakfast and more visiting and then more visiting and we finally made it home around 9 pm.  We did have to pull over 1/2 way home and take a nap because we were both too tired to drive. 

Back home to play with my puppies.  Their personalities are starting to surface and it's cute.  Little Lilly is the talker of the group.  She sit there, tips her head back and just "talks"  it's tooooo cute.  Vinnie's the bull dozer but the biggest is Bruiser.  He'll muscle his way into the food.  Bruiser also tried to muscle in on mom's bowl of food but got told immediately to back the hell off.  Wow.  Never heard Maggie growl like that before.

Off to work I go.........paper to move

Off to work I go.  I have paper to move

Good Monday morning all,

Haven't left home yet today.  Doctor's appointment at 8:30 so I'll go straight there and then into work.

Weekend was nice although very very wet.  Went up to Oak Glen yesterday afternoon to get apple bread as part of my gifts for my office.  We all exchange small gifts.

Oh well, that's all I've got for today.  Guess I'll watch some news and get ready to leave in a few minutes.  Hope everyone has a good day at their jobs or whatever else it is you all choose to do today.

Stephanie

Good Morning Katt and Cali Crew!

I hope you start feeling better soon Katt. Its a beautiful day up here in Hesperia. A crisp (cold) and sunny morning. We can see the mountains surrounding us are snow covered. I had a wonderful weekend. Got a lot done. Really enjoyed the I.E. Coffee on Saturday. But the best part of the weekend? Yesterday morning when I stepped on the scale and it actually moved in the right direction! Bye-Bye-Bye 230's!! Yay!! I am so happy! Thank you all for all of your advice and support.
I hope everyone has a marvelous Monday! Stay warm!
Hugs,
Michelle

Good Morning Katt & Cali Friends,

WOW! Where did my weekend go? I am actually glad it's Monday! Last week was a horrible week for me. Even though, I was here reading posts I couldn't post anything myself due to my unexpected loss. Here is what happen, I went to work Monday morning and said goodbye to my dogs and around 5pm I got a call from my roommate telling me that my little boy Carson couldn't walk & he was paralyzed. Carson is my 5 year old miniature Dachshund who is my baby. I have no idea what happen to him, but all I know is that I went to work & he was fine, but something happen when no one was around. So Tues morning he seemed like he was getting better, but he still couldn't really walk. I thought he had strained a muscle in his back or he had a pinched nerve or something. I finally was able to take him to the Vet on Wednesday where they did x-rays and to my sadness he had a herniated disk in his lower back & a disk in his upper back that was getting ready to rupture. I cried so much, but the decision had to be made to put him down. The Vet said it was going to cost atleast $6K and even that wouldn't stop any of his back problems, he even said we could do cortazone shots but that is just temporary and his back would eventually need surgery. After a heart to heart talk with family, I made the decision to stop his suffering. This was the hardest decision that I have made. Ofcourse I went into a state of depression & I let myself eat anything that I wanted, but the void was still there. It's funny how these little guys enter your heart & change your life forever. I will miss him deeply & my house is not the same without his pitter patter running around. I do have another dog and her life has been changed also. She has become very needy & I can sense that she is sad without her companion. I let myself grieve last week & this weekend, but now I must get back on track.

I know I haven't posted in awhile, but so much has been going on with me. I have started dating again & I am having problems with the bad self esteem. The fat girl with low self esteem keeps popping in my head & making me doubt myself about what I deserve in life. I hate when this happens! This old thinking of the "fat girl" is haunting me & I need for this image to get the heck outta my life! Has anyone else had to deal with this?

Julie

Julie,
I am so sorry to hear of your loss. That is so hard to go through. Being a mom of 2 "furry babies" (dogs), myself, I can totally empathize with your situation. Please know that I am keeping you in my thoughts. Today is a new day. You can start brand new today. It is good that you recognized that you were backsliding, and are going to get back on track. Try to stay strong.

Michelle

I am so sorry for your loss Julie.  I had to put one of my dogs down once and it was so hard.  I stayed with her until she was gone and cried the whole time.  I have a little one now (a chug - chiwawa-pug mix) and I can't imagine life without her.

I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.  Stay strong.