Happy Saturday Gang

Well I tried to go back to bed....no such luck for sure! So Good Morning to all of you and Happy Saturday!

Not to complain or anything, but I sure hate having to go back to work on Monday. I got nothing done that I should have...oh what a surprise and I sit here thinking where did the time go to?

Holidays are hard in terms of just kicking it if you know what I mean. It is like all my time was taken doing things for the holidays it seems like.

Today my kids are having Hunters 1st birthday and although I am looking forward to seeing him....I just want to say....you know enough is enough. Yesterday I had to go shopping for him....what a minute...was it not just Christmas??LOL Hunter is going to really be pissed as he grows older and having his birthday so close to a holiday...especially Christmas. I know it always sucked for his dad because his birthday falls around Thanksgiving and on it sometimes too! Plus the party is over at the "other" grandparents house whom I don't particularly care for not to mention the ciggie smoke...oh but wait a minute....my son says they only smoke upstairs....I guess they think it rises LOL. Well at least I guess I should be thankful of not having to clean up the mess...or make food. Meow eh?

Oh well...sorry to gripe, but you know sometimes you just have to!

Lot of new members and surgeries coming up..that is a good thing. Like Jean said it will be really cool to see the pounds melt off people this again. It was an incrediable year with weight loss of the board members. I knew it was going to be high and when I said a ton of weight....my go**** was so close! Let's hope that 09 brings a ton of weight lost. It is just so cool to see everyone being so successful.

A lot of you can identify with this of how much easier it was to go through the holiday season without gaining weight and breezing through watching others gut themselves with food to the point of hangovers. Gone are those days for a lot of us and it is really a nice feeling for sure!

I know I am looking forward to another year of success with wls. I really cannot imagine my life prior to this almost anymore. It just seems like a way of life and I am deep grateful to have the will power to live a year without the carb monster constantly barking at my back door. I know sometimes it has been there, but I am successful in refocusing somehow. I keep saying those 8's taste great and constantly reminding myself.

Do any of you think there will be a time in your life when you might be able to put this behind you in terms of not having to think alway you are a wls person? Sometimes I forget it has become so natural in a way. I guess if you do something for so long it becomes engrained into you.

I do know one thing....I would never want to go back from where I came from. I ran across some old photo's of me prior to wls...OMG is all I can say and was showing my friend yesterday....scary stuff.

Look at my profile to see these pics...you will be shocked...I am!!!

Well here is to another year of success kids...you all have done great and I look forward to another year of reading about your lives and your success!!!

PEACE OUT my friend!

  

 

good morning janine and cali friends,
i'm up early again having my cup of joe.. i'm at my mom's house this weekend .. i had an attack of the carb monster last night i hate that .. today is a new day though.. so i'm feeling pretty good about this year i just hope i lose some more wieght... i'm struggling to get the wieght off and to have it stay off...well that's it for me today .. i hope everyone has a great day..

Good Morning Janine & Everyone,
Look at it like this, you got a Holiday break and may not have accomplished all you want, but you had the time off to do what you did and recharge. I try but it is hard to do that all in one day. Yep today is back to work after being off work yeterday. I hate the weekends at work, but oh well.
I dont know if I will ever feel like a "normal" person. People at work look at me like I am nuts with as little as I eat, even though they all know I had WLS. The people who serve me try to put more on my plate, I just tell them why waste it will just go into the trash. Also wearing the binder is a reminder and wearing it for over a year will be worth it, but it reminds me what I have been through and still have to go through. All in all I dont care just want my brain to catch up with my body. I would love to see things as looking better than pre WLS. I would never want to be that unhealthy and on the verge of death again. Whenever I feel down, whenever I think about those last 20lbs I want to lose I just look at my before pics to realize how far I have come. 2009 is a new year and I will try to be better!!!
Oh well time to get my arse ready for work. Hope everyone has a wonderful Saturday. Be good to yourselves around you.
Go Chargers!!!!

Good Morning Janine and Cali Guys and Gals.

Janine I think you got a lot done this Holiday Break.  You had New Years at your Home with your beautiful grandchildren and your sons and their wifes.  That was/is a big deal.  You should be proud.  Not to mention all the food you cooked!  Then you welcomed my family into your home for Art class!  Wow that was a huge deal to us.  You did great.  Lets see today is going to be some more projects around the house.  I found some carpet runner on sale yesterday so I bought a bunch and I am custom doing carpet runners today by cutting them down and refinishing the edges.  I also have a few minor painting projects I want to accomplish and a kitchen to scrub down, some laundry and then Lego time.  I just love legos with all of heart. I enjoy making the big sets.  We went to Lowes yesterday and my husband got the materials to make me a shelf to display my new Lego creations.  I can't wait to fill it up!  lol.  We have so many projects going on now, and I just love it.  Janine, let Ava know her scarf is completed and as soon as you and I get together again she will have it.  Well I think I may try and go back and catch a little more sleep myself.  Everyone enjoy yourselfs today and remember to do something nice for just you.

Rhonda

Good Morning Janine and Cali,

Sorry your vacation is soon to end.  We have another week off (don't hate me). Trust when your school year ends earlier than mine I will be envious.  I do know what you mean about not getting things done.  I have put off all of the work I brought home.  I hope to really get to it this weekend and relax next week.

I did get some of the cleaning done I wanted to yesterday and my child actually took a long enough nap to let me watch a video I rented and do a lower body work out. My tummy is feeling weird today though.  I have pain and I can't tell if its muscular or what yet.  So skiddish since the surgery of damaging something he fixed.

Everyone enjoy the day

Monica

Good Morning One and All............

Yesterday, I spend the day with a friend, all we done was walked around the mall for a few hours. And I spen not one penny.YAY! for me. We went into the pet store, and had fun trying  figure out the breeds. All most all the dogs where crossed breeds, something mixed with poodle. Some we go others we didn't. Like Chevy Doo. What the heck??? Still no clue. But the cheapest MUTT there was $500. FOR  MUTT!?!?!? Makes no sence to me. I love  the mutts that now live here with us, and feel so blessed to have them and feel strongly that you should recue, not buy but to each there own. All of the fur babies living here ae recues and they are wonderful kids. As DD puts it, Our mixed up family gets along great.

Last night Sherrise and I went to the tattoo shop. Her gift to me was my nose peirceing. OUCH!!!. Yap, I got my nose piercd. I have a VERY small clear glass stone. You can barely see it unless you look for it. Yap it hurt for second or two and my eye watered like a broken pipe, while they where doing it, but after that, it didn't hurt anymore. Until last ngiht when I forgot about it and hit it when I was rubbing my face. Oh dang!!!  Hey, its cute. And if I don't want it any more, I take it out and bam, Its gone. LOL.

While I guess I should be get moving and get me self ready for work. I wish you all a great day/weekend. Enjoy being above ground.

Sending Love To ALL.

LL

Morning Janine and Cali .. . I feel  for you Janine ...  having to go back to work . . . but at least you got time off!  I only did because I took vacation . ..and as for birthdays . . .I know what you mean . . . Myles 2nd birthday was on the 26th. . . ouch!  I told them we have to move it to Sept or Oct lol.

Well the diswasher got installed . . . step 1 . . .however - the electrical was jury rigged in the back and he had to put a plug box back there to bring it up to code . . . and THEN . . . I have to buy a new sink with an overflow thing on it so I don't wreck the warranty on the dishwaher . . . and while I'm at it new pipes under the sink, new garbage disposal and faucet . .. .ughhhhh!  I'm doing all this because my landlady hasn't raised my rent in 19 years . . . but ouch . . . there goes my tax refund that I don't even have yet . . . the good point is the guy who installed the diswasher is going to do all the other stuff as a side job . . . I don't know how I was going to get it done if I hadn't asked if he does do side jobs . .. so that helps a bit!

Have a good one everyone . . . off to Costco to pay for all this stuff!

Chris

Janine, YOU ARE A SUCESS, AND BEAUTIFUL!  I can only prey that will be me. I went to bed early, for me, so I am up earlier than usual, it is that energy..LOL.

Take care,
Annabelle

Good Morning everyone!  Today brings..............I don't have a clue!  My house is clean, my laundry is all done and I don't know what I'm going to do with myself.  I have material for a blanket to make.  I have 3 more "toddler" blankets to make but no material and no $$$ . 

Jayden and I went to go see Bolt last night.  It was cute.  After that we went to the grocery store and then home.  We've been staying up late and getting up late and I just realized last night this is going to suck for his momma when we take him home and she tries to get him up for school on Monday.  My Bad.  So, tonight he's tucked into bed at 8:30 and tv off at 9.  And, I'll wake him up at 7. 

Tomorrow we take a road trip to deliver him back to his momma.  It's going to be way too quiet around here.  Daddy got off work last night around 10 and the two of them had this major Nerf dart fight going on here in the living room.  It makes me laugh so hard!

Looks like the old man and I are headed to Palm Springs in April for the Stagecoach Festival with some friends of ours.  We're hauling our trailer down and sharing it.  Should be fun. 

Good Morning Cal,
Janine I can sympathize with you. I had high hopes of finishing up some projects but I've had little time to get them done. I've had 2 lovely weeks with my Husband and Kids -cooking, decorating, going to parties and shopping but didn't work on the house or my projects much - maybe next week I can get to them when every ones back at School.

Is anyone eles seeing the words from the posts mashed together and hard to read?? It looks like they are sitting on top of each other. (I haven't been drinking)