WBRepo-Ship of Thieves-Remember the Magic Pt 13

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WBRepo-Ship of Thieves-Remember the Magic Pt 13

Here we go....another new home.

Link to Part One: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1843067

Link to Part Two: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1862935

Link to Part Three: http://www.disboards.com/showthread....5#post26296015

Link to Part Four: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1923094

Link to Part Five: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1942122

Link to Part Six: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1960425

Link to Part Seven: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1984145

Link to Part Eight: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2010429

Link to Part Nine: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2039686

Link to Part Ten: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2060857

Link to Part Eleven: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2083446

Link to Part TWELVE!!! http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2117127

Here are the links:

Thought I'd add in some links to the trip reports for this cruise too:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1803465 from Jolene (littleaussie)

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1821822 from Lisa (calmom)

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1703161 from Matt (Iamhiddenmickey)

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1705259 from V (lillygator)

http://monicasadventures.blogspot.com/ from Monica (Mishoe1)

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1810009 by PLANKY

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1908105 from Deborah (Scottishwee)



http://land.allears.net/blogs/debwil...ruise_wb_2008/ Deb Wills blog


http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1840323 by cmash95

http://www.disboards.com/showthread....4#post25736044 by linuxwebguy

http://www.disboards.com/showthread....2#post25753582 by kmitchell



Some youtube stuff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21kp0nYP7-Y Sail Away

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzlwR08yMLk Canal Crossing (10 minutes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzlwR...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQGDTyGf8UA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X14dysVOR0M

Figment's youtube stuff:
..already have a few videos up..
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JtVUJTrxHKU - Consider Yourself
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cfsr4-DFRPw - Knees Up Mother Brown
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6HGbzhTP2MA - My Bonie Lies Over The Ocean
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fBRoTDH_ido - The Beer Song (slight glitch at the end.. don't know why it happened.. might fix it later)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=426oYJ_lHhE - If I Were Not Upon The Sea

DCL video on the PC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fejaT-Jeyuc

..
Photos:

http://gallery.mac.com/cheria#100129 Cheri's 'movies'

http://www.dropshots.com/knewell#alb...20World%202008 from Ken (MouseFanInQueue)

See Page 18 of part one for more links for Cheri's photo albums

http://iankh.smugmug.com/ Ian's photo gallery

A ZIP file of webcam captures from DISer awoltoday
http://www.4shared.com/file/47872135...iraFlores.html
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MORNING MARILYN AND DEBORAH... :flower3::flower3:

[scottishwee35]

GOOD MORNING:thumbsup2:goodvibes

Scottishwee35

[iankh]

Je suis arrivé

[katypop]

Hello and Good Morning!!

It's a cool rainy day here again :umbrella: I'm waiting for the workmen to arrive to install 3 new windows, one in my dining area and two in my kitchen. This will finally be the last of the window replacements :thumbsup2 I'm really excited to be getting them done. I haven't been able to open these old windows for years. Of course, now that the old blinds and curtains are down in preparation, I think I'll need to go shopping for some nice new ones! What's everyone else up to today?

Anybody celebrating Earth Day with something special? The company I work for has gone "bagless" starting today. We are encouraging everyone to use plastic bins and reusable bags, but plastic bags can still be purchased for 5 cents each. Part of that cost will be donated to the World Wildlife Fund, Canada.

Kathe

[mishoe01]

Thank you for building us our new home before my disappearing act. I'll know where to find you when I resurface.

I'm going to keep up with the old one until that gets closed out.

[TiggersPal]

Good morning! :laundy::dance3::yay:

[nskjerven]

Here :cool1:

[cquick]

I have been chatting with myself on the "old" thread......it's been fun!:yay::yay::yay::yay::yay:

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Thank you for building us our new home before my disappearing act. I'll know where to find you when I resurface.

I'm going to keep up with the old one until that gets closed out.

I can't guarantee we'll still be on this one... please try to hurry up back from your backyard vacay as soon as you can... :rolleyes:

Good morning! :laundy::dance3::yay:

She's back....

Here :cool1:

Her too...

I have been chatting with myself on the "old" thread......it's been fun!:yay::yay::yay::yay::yay:

GOOD MORNING:thumbsup2:goodvibes

Scottishwee35

Je suis arrivé

Hello and Good Morning!!

It's a cool rainy day here again :umbrella: I'm waiting for the workmen to arrive to install 3 new windows, one in my dining area and two in my kitchen. This will finally be the last of the window replacements :thumbsup2 I'm really excited to be getting them done. I haven't been able to open these old windows for years. Of course, now that the old blinds and curtains are down in preparation, I think I'll need to go shopping for some nice new ones! What's everyone else up to today?

Anybody celebrating Earth Day with something special? The company I work for has gone "bagless" starting today. We are encouraging everyone to use plastic bins and reusable bags, but plastic bags can still be purchased for 5 cents each. Part of that cost will be donated to the World Wildlife Fund, Canada.

Kathe

Hi Everyone!!!


Where's Ken?

[ibouncetoo]

:wave:

I'm here.

So, about 3:15 they decide we can go home early...SURE...the day I have a haircut appointment at 6PM DOWNTOWN (sort of). So...I can play on the computer without feeling like I'm being naughty.

I looked at trip insurance...see a good deal through TruTravel (Nationwide) for $102. I'll probably go with that one, but won't book till I'm back home in a few weeks...or possibly while I'm in Chicago with Dianne. :confused3

well....off to look for a trip report to read.....

[nskjerven]

I have been chatting with myself on the "old" thread......it's been fun!:yay::yay::yay::yay::yay:

I saw and read and figured it was TIME to move over here and...

Where is everyone???

OK, I came on tonight thinking I could get involved in some chat and I discovered a strange baby in a pool. I think I may wait til Friday night to get into something good.

hey I posted that I forgot, well, left my kid at school today just to see if it would get you out here to play and you bait us and say hello then leave :mad: what kind of friend are you if I can't trust you to take my tease me bait and give me a bad time with it :lmao::lmao::lmao:

Miss ya GayGay :flower3:

[ibouncetoo]

Just want to say...my hair looks FABULOUS...or it will when Nice & Easy #110 Natural Light Auburn is applied.

I dug out my old WW materials and found the dining out book...I'll be keeping that in my car. :thumbsup2

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I'm here... :yay:


& Jackie... I was thinking of staying with the 2 toned skunk look... white strip and all.. :rotfl:

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Nan... check your pm's.

[BubbaGrump]

:wave:

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pirate:pirate:pirate:pirate:pirate:

[BubbaGrump]

pirate:pirate:pirate:pirate:pirate:


:confused3

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(some threads reward you with a pirate when you are the first one on a new page... I guess they don't know what it's like to do 100 posts a night...) :rolleyes:

[BubbaGrump]

G'nite Honey Buns!

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Night... Sweet Mickey Dreams... Love to V!!! :cloud9::cloud9::cloud9:

[BubbaGrump]

(some threads reward you with a pirate when you are the first one on a new page... I guess they don't know what it's like to do 100 posts a night...) :rolleyes:

I thought you were claiming a pirate for something!! :rotfl2: And I dont want to know which threads cuz I'd have to go call them wusses!

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No... I only give pirate:to those deserving it... sort of a Queenly duty... :thumbsup2

[gaylean93]

I saw and read and figured it was TIME to move over here and...

Where is everyone???



hey I posted that I forgot, well, left my kid at school today just to see if it would get you out here to play and you bait us and say hello then leave :mad: what kind of friend are you if I can't trust you to take my tease me bait and give me a bad time with it :lmao::lmao::lmao:

Miss ya GayGay :flower3:

I didn't even read sorry. I'll tease you for sure next time. You want something on me? The tooth fairy forgot to come :eek: She was so nice though and gave an extra dollar.

[granmaz]

I didn't even read sorry. I'll tease you for sure next time. You want something on me? The tooth fairy forgot to come :eek: She was so nice though and gave an extra dollar.

Oh, isn't it an upsetting pain when the Tooth Fairy forgets to come? Seems like it was worth it for someone this time though.

[granmaz]

For Ian.

http://www.accuweather.com/forecast3-us.asp?partner=accuweather&zipcode=32830&metric=0

[nskjerven]

I didn't even read sorry. I'll tease you for sure next time. You want something on me? The tooth fairy forgot to come :eek: She was so nice though and gave an extra dollar.

well that's good, but I've done it lots of time so I can't tease you too much for that. Sadly Molly hasn't left her last 4 teeth and I'm not sure if she has decided not to believe or if she doesn't want to break the tooth fairy bank :confused3 Our fairy gives just a few dollars, always in coins and I have them, so I'm just not sure what the issue is. I think I'll have to use my spy with Wilson technique to get to the bottom of this mystery.

Where is everyone and don't say planning to leave for there trips that will make me sad :sad2:

[MouseFaninQueue]

Where's Ken?

I'm here, but just so you know, I don't do 13's. So don't expect me around this unlucky thread much .... See ya on pt 14! :cool2:

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Would it make you feel better if I changed the title to 13.1?

[cquick]

I don't think 13 is unlucky.....just ducky!

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WAIT.......

my MOTHER was born on FRIDAY THE 13TH....

And we all LOVE the Queen Mum.... :goodvibes:goodvibes:goodvibes

[iankh]

I'm here, but just so you know, I don't do 13's. So don't expect me around this unlucky thread much .... See ya on pt 14! :cool2:

13 is quite a lucky number. Boys are bar mitzvahed when they are 13 years old.

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Ken isn't Jewish... that's why he doesn't feel lucky

[tink1963]

Ken isn't Jewish... that's why he doesn't feel lucky

Bubba isn't Jewish, and 13 is his lucky number

[BubbaGrump]

Bubba isn't Jewish, and 13 is his lucky number

And one of these days its gonna pay off!! ONE OF THESE DAYS!!!!:woohoo:

[Tink rules]

and one of these days its gonna pay off!! One of these days!!!!:woohoo:

to the moon alice!!!

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Morning Marilyn...:yay: (and Deborah... ;))

[granmaz]

Morning Michelle. It is bed time for you!!

[Tink rules]

I'm on my way... :thumbsup2

Night... :cloud9:

[nskjerven]

I'm here. Staying up can't sleep again. Watching scary movies on tv. I found a new set of channels that has movies on all the time. I'm hooked. Just what I needed huh?

I worked on a digital photo album of PC cruise today. I'm almost done with it. I think I can post a link when I'm finished so hopefully it will be soon :thumbsup2

What's up for everyones weekend?

We are having a potluck pizza dinner with friends tomorrow night, then movies for the girls and arcade place for the boys. Paul and I are taking the boys, then sleepover again we have the boys. Then little league game, on Sat and Sunday Paul and Willie are going to the track to practice. Not sure that Molly and I doing anything that day. Also have to take my car to the shop Saturday. The AC isn't working in the back. Can't figure out why :confused3 Hope it will be covered under waranty :yay:

[iankh]

Welcome to Friday!
Your Gateway to the Weekend!


Sort of a busy-ish weekend ahead for us and sort of crappy for me.

This is our last weekend before our trip, so we are of course very busy. On the crappy side, is Sunday, not only do I work in the morning but, about a week ago it was announced that there will be an upgrade to the WW software, and given that I leave on vacation, the only day I can do training is Sunday, from 4 pm to 7 pm. So, I get home at about 1:00 pm and have to head back at about 3:30. So I only get a couple of hours to myself on Sunday. Just bad timing. If I don't get trained now, I can't work when I come back, not until I'm trained.

As a result, ALL of the shopping and packing for the trip has to be done on Saturday. But, this will just make us be super efficient on Saturday!

On the plus side ... I only work in my office 2 days next week. I'm attending a conference in town, from Wednesday to Friday and Cheri arrives on Wednesday. So it looks like vacation time is fast approaching.

Just in time. We both need one right now!

[iankh]

Oh, and one more thing, today, the temperature in Chicago is supposed to reach a high of 84F!

[cquick]

Oh, isn't it an upsetting pain when the Tooth Fairy forgets to come? Seems like it was worth it for someone this time though.

Hey! Marilyn! When do you arrive in Hunter's Creek? Are you packing yet? The weather is warm!

Connie

[cquick]

What's up for everyones weekend? :yay:

I am working for another CM at Caribbean Beach Resort tomorrow AM because SHE gets to go on the 7 night Eastern cruise! Then tomorrow night we are playing BUNCO at friend's house, then on Sunday there's a big celebration here at the downtown area of Hunter's Creek with music and entertainment and stuff.....also Celebration is having it's Pie Festival.

So much to do,so little time! Good thing I don't believe in cleaning house:cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::chee r2:

[cquick]

oh, and one more thing, today, the temperature in chicago is supposed to reach a high of 84f!


hey that sounds like florida!!!!

[granmaz]

Connie, we aren't at Hunters Creek till September 26th after our cruises. We are really looking forward to it.

I have begun packing for this trip - the villa this time is at the Town Centre Reserve down Davenport way - round the corner from Monica actually!!

[cquick]

Connie, we aren't at Hunters Creek till September 26th after our cruises. We are really looking forward to it.

I have begun packing for this trip - the villa this time is at the Town Centre Reserve down Davenport way - round the corner from Monica actually!!

OH!!!!
And here I thought we were going to be neighbors! Well, Davenport is still close by......:lovestruc

[mishoe01]

I am finally packed, hair is colored & am ready to go....exhausted, but ready.

1 more sleep :)

Ian - sorry that you have so little "you" time this weekend - you'll make it up next week :goodvibes

I'm at work today until 215pm...then off to the Mall at Millenia to exchange some $, followed by the bank to get some $, then to the library to return & pickup books before heading home to wait for Will to be my chauffer to the Marriott at MCO.

[mishoe01]

OH!!!!
And here I thought we were going to be neighbors! Well, Davenport is still close by......:lovestruc


She'll be MY neighbor this time.....reminder to self...buy some sugar so that Marilyn can come borrow a cup :rotfl:

[ibouncetoo]

Monica, I always say my vacation starts the minute I leave work...even if I'm not 'traveling' for another day!

:cheer2:SO HAPPY VACATION STARTING AT 2:15 TODAY!:cheer2:

And I, for one, DO believe you are going on a REAL cruise with your Daddy! :hug: Have a wonderful time and say 'hi' to Copenhagen for me. And since I've typed the word, I WILL be singing 'Beautiful, beautiful Copenhagen" from Hans Christian Anderson all day today!

[mishoe01]

DEBORAH

When is a good time to go to Scotland & Wales? Is September a good time? Starting to thing about what Mom/Dad & I are doing next year. And be aware - I will want to see you if you are around ;)

[mishoe01]

Monica, I always say my vacation starts the minute I leave work...even if I'm not 'traveling' for another day!

:cheer2:SO HAPPY VACATION STARTING AT 2:15 TODAY!:cheer2:

And I, for one, DO believe you are going on a REAL cruise with your Daddy! :hug: Have a wonderful time and say 'hi' to Copenhagen for me. And since I've typed the word, I WILL be singing 'Beautiful, beautiful Copenhagen" from Hans Christian Anderson all day today!


Thanks Jackie!

I think of that song often....Danny Kaye was such a great HCA!

I'm not sure if we're doing an internet package or not, but I will have my laptop so I may be able to check in.

[granmaz]

She'll be MY neighbor this time.....reminder to self...buy some sugar so that Marilyn can come borrow a cup :rotfl:

And don't forget the eggs!!!:lmao:

Have a great time Monica. Funny to think you will be here on Sunday. Looking forward to hearing all about your trip - who knows we might just get to go next year.:confused3

[gydell]

Monica - Have a great tirip!

Marilyn - Where are you staying in May?

[granmaz]

Monica - Have a great tirip!

Marilyn - Where are you staying in May?

I can't remember when you go, but we are at SSR from April 29th to May 8th, BCV from May 8th to 15th, then the rest of the time at a villa close to Monicas.

[nskjerven]

Monica:

travel safe and can't wait to hear all about it when you return :goodvibes

[gydell]

I can't remember when you go, but we are at SSR from April 29th to May 8th, BCV from May 8th to 15th, then the rest of the time at a villa close to Monicas.

We are at the Boardwalk on the 8th and SSR on the 15th.

[granmaz]

We are at the Boardwalk on the 8th and SSR on the 15th.

Hey, we'll see you around!!:thumbsup2

[iankh]

Connie, we aren't at Hunters Creek till September 26th after our cruises. We are really looking forward to it.

I have begun packing for this trip - the villa this time is at the Town Centre Reserve down Davenport way - round the corner from Monica actually!!


You're not staying at a DVC resort?:scared1:

[iankh]

Monica:

travel safe and can't wait to hear all about it when you return :goodvibes

Yeah, don't accidentally lock yourself out of the house when you're in your backyard on your "cruise."

[granmaz]

You're not staying at a DVC resort?:scared1:


Oh yes. 9 nights SSR, 7 at BCV and 24 at a villa.:)

[iankh]

Oh yes. 9 nights SSR, 7 at BCV and 24 at a villa.:)


Then what the dealio with the the Town Center Reserve or Preserve or whatever (sounds like someplace you put the cattle out). You're not packing any cows for this trip, are you?

[nskjerven]

Oh yes. 9 nights SSR, 7 at BCV and 24 at a villa.:)

is that a 40 trip :thumbsup2

[cquick]

She'll be MY neighbor this time.....reminder to self...buy some sugar so that Marilyn can come borrow a cup :rotfl:
oh, yes, lucky you! I'll stock up on vodka!

[granmaz]

Then what the dealio with the the Town Center Reserve or Preserve or whatever (sounds like someplace you put the cattle out). You're not packing any cows for this trip, are you?

It does doesn't it? Isn't it a common name over there? I thought it was odd. However, the villa looks lovely.

Pool and hot tub overlooking lake and fishing deck.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m86/maz48/Florida/137285_13.jpg

Family Room
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m86/maz48/Florida/137285_23.jpg

Our bedroom with balcony overlooking lake
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m86/maz48/Florida/137285_22.jpg

Games room
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m86/maz48/Florida/137285_21.jpg

Obviously there is more!!!

is that a 40 trip :thumbsup2

42 in total with the airport hotel the night before and the overnight flight home! Not sure how we will like it but we are going to give it a try!!:lmao:

[iankh]

It does doesn't it? Isn't it a common name over there? I thought it was odd. However, the villa looks lovely.

Pool and hot tub overlooking lake and fishing deck.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m86/maz48/Florida/137285_13.jpg

Family Room
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m86/maz48/Florida/137285_23.jpg

Our bedroom with balcony overlooking lake
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m86/maz48/Florida/137285_22.jpg

Games room
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m86/maz48/Florida/137285_21.jpg

Obviously there is more!!!



42 in total with the airport hotel the night before and the overnight flight home! Not sure how we will like it but we are going to give it a try!!:lmao:

I'm sure you'll have a great time. I know it's tough for you British, but do try to not steal any of the ornaments, no matter how attached you become to that "wall sculpture."

[granmaz]

I'm sure you'll have a great time. I know it's tough for you British, but do try to not steal any of the ornaments, no matter how attached you become to that "wall sculpture."

I haven't any room in my suitcase!:eek:

[granmaz]

One for Holly. The new Disney movie out in July!!

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809936378/video/13103878

[ibouncetoo]

Oh yes. 9 nights SSR, 7 at BCV and 24 at a villa.:)

In America there's a word for people like you.


















Retired.

Have a FABULOUS time...you will be checking in, right?

.

[granmaz]

In America there's a word for people like you.









Retired.

Have a FABULOUS time...you will be checking in, right?

.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m86/maz48/Avatar%20and%20cruise%20logos/grumpyretiredgoaroundme.jpg


Wll we should have internet the whole time, so I will be here all being well. And, if I have time.:lmao::lmao:

[iankh]

Wll we should have internet the whole time, so I will be here all being well. And, if I have time.:lmao::lmao:
I'll be taking videos of Marilyn and posting them on Facebook, or Smugmug at the very least.

[granmaz]

I'll be taking videos of Marilyn and posting them on Facebook, or Smugmug at the very least.

:scared1::eek::scared1::eek::scared1:


How can I lose 30 lbs by Tuesday?:scared1:

[granmaz]

So, did you know that the word stressed spelled backwards is DESSERTS?:lmao::lmao::lmao:

[granmaz]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m86/maz48/Misc/91357EStressed-is-Desserts-Posters.jpg

[granmaz]

And with that I bid you goodnight.

[ibouncetoo]

So, have any of you guys been playing with the stuff in the profiles? You can leave messages there for someone, you can see who has looked at your profile recently...saw a couple interesting things there....you can have 'friends'. I don't know how you get notified of the messages in your profile. These messages are of a "WALL" nature and can be seen by anyone checking your profile.

Ian....you have a message in yours if you didn't know....

I sent out a couple 'friends' request to check it out. I don't even know what the significance of that list is. Looks like they are making the DIS more 'facebook-like' in some regards.

[scottishwee35]

DEBORAH

When is a good time to go to Scotland & Wales? Is September a good time? Starting to thing about what Mom/Dad & I are doing next year. And be aware - I will want to see you if you are around ;)

Hi Monica

Around August and Sept should be fine but Festival in August ...let me know and we would love to see you all and will email you when you come back from Baltic, have a nice times...:hug:

It does doesn't it? Isn't it a common name over there? I thought it was odd. However, the villa looks lovely.

Pool and hot tub overlooking lake and fishing deck.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m86/maz48/Florida/137285_13.jpg

Family Room
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m86/maz48/Florida/137285_23.jpg

Our bedroom with balcony overlooking lake
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m86/maz48/Florida/137285_22.jpg

Games room
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m86/maz48/Florida/137285_21.jpg

Obviously there is more!!!



42 in total with the airport hotel the night before and the overnight flight home! Not sure how we will like it but we are going to give it a try!!:lmao:

look lovely and I am sure you will have a great times...

I haven't any room in my suitcase!:eek:

true and charge for flight if take them :lmao:

Scottishwee35

[HollyTyler]

2 DAYS LATER, and I'm finally here! ;) My OCD wouldn't let me come here until the last thread was closed.

[HollyTyler]

Welcome to Friday!
Your Gateway to the Weekend!


Sort of a busy-ish weekend ahead for us and sort of crappy for me.

This is our last weekend before our trip, so we are of course very busy. On the crappy side, is Sunday, not only do I work in the morning but, about a week ago it was announced that there will be an upgrade to the WW software, and given that I leave on vacation, the only day I can do training is Sunday, from 4 pm to 7 pm. So, I get home at about 1:00 pm and have to head back at about 3:30. So I only get a couple of hours to myself on Sunday. Just bad timing. If I don't get trained now, I can't work when I come back, not until I'm trained.

As a result, ALL of the shopping and packing for the trip has to be done on Saturday. But, this will just make us be super efficient on Saturday!

On the plus side ... I only work in my office 2 days next week. I'm attending a conference in town, from Wednesday to Friday and Cheri arrives on Wednesday. So it looks like vacation time is fast approaching.

Just in time. We both need one right now!
Ian, what a busy time! Busy, but exciting! :goodvibes

[HollyTyler]

Oh, and one more thing, today, the temperature in Chicago is supposed to reach a high of 84F!
HOLY COW! Did it get to 84? We hit 81 and I was quite shocked because YESTERDAY I had to scrape my car windows and it was below freezing in the morning. Schizophrenic weather.

[HollyTyler]

I am working for another CM at Caribbean Beach Resort tomorrow AM because SHE gets to go on the 7 night Eastern cruise! Then tomorrow night we are playing BUNCO at friend's house, then on Sunday there's a big celebration here at the downtown area of Hunter's Creek with music and entertainment and stuff.....also Celebration is having it's Pie Festival.

So much to do,so little time! Good thing I don't believe in cleaning house:cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::chee r2:
Wow, that's a whole weekend of fun! :goodvibes

[HollyTyler]

I am enjoying a 1-point beer and having guinea pig fun! While I cleaned his cage after work, I stuck him in a laundry basket (with a thick towel under him) with a little treat and draped a smaller towel over a corner. He was moving all around under that towel and eventually pulled it down on himself. I lifted a corner and peeked in at him and he was just lying there. Seemed to like being under there, so I left him there about a 1/2 hour. Then when I put him back in his clean cage, he was running laps again just like last time I cleaned it. Silly little rodent! Then he discovered the mirror I put just outside the cage and I think he thinks he has a friend now. He'd run up to it, stop and look for a second and race back and forth a couple times and repeat Too funny! I'm having so much fun with this little guy, I plan on upgrading to a much bigger cage and getting a 2nd guinea so they can play together. (Another boy, of course...we certainly don't want babies!). :thumbsup2

[HollyTyler]

DEBORAH

When is a good time to go to Scotland & Wales? Is September a good time? Starting to thing about what Mom/Dad & I are doing next year. And be aware - I will want to see you if you are around ;)
Wow, how cool! :goodvibes

[HollyTyler]

It does doesn't it? Isn't it a common name over there? I thought it was odd. However, the villa looks lovely.

Pool and hot tub overlooking lake and fishing deck.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m86/maz48/Florida/137285_13.jpg

Family Room
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m86/maz48/Florida/137285_23.jpg

Our bedroom with balcony overlooking lake
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m86/maz48/Florida/137285_22.jpg

Games room
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m86/maz48/Florida/137285_21.jpg

Obviously there is more!!!



42 in total with the airport hotel the night before and the overnight flight home! Not sure how we will like it but we are going to give it a try!!:lmao:
Marilyn, that looks so nice! :goodvibes

[HollyTyler]

One for Holly. The new Disney movie out in July!!

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809936378/video/13103878
Oh my gosh!
That's so funny! :rotfl2: Tyler's really going to love it too! Can't wait to show him those previews tomorrow!

[HollyTyler]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m86/maz48/Avatar%20and%20cruise%20logos/grumpyretiredgoaroundme.jpg


Wll we should have internet the whole time, so I will be here all being well. And, if I have time.:lmao::lmao:
:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

[HollyTyler]

Well, it must really be spring because somebody in my neighborhood mowed their yard for the first time of the season 2 days ago! :goodvibes

[HollyTyler]

It doesn't seem possible to be able to lose weight with Weight Watchers because I feel like I'm eating so much. Only time will tell, I suppose.

[Tink rules]

FOR THOSE OF YOU CRAZY PEOPLE WHO ARE THINGING OF GOING TO FLORIDA SOON... DON'T FORGET TO PACK THAT WONDERFUL COOL TIE THAT PLANKY LEFT IN YOUR FISH EXTENDER LAST YEAR.


(tip... when you are in the parks... ask for a glass of ice water and soak the ties in the water for about 10 minutes and it will refresh it wonderfully and it will keep you cool... just don't freeze it...:thumbsup2)

[Tink rules]

It doesn't seem possible to be able to lose weight with Weight Watchers because I feel like I'm eating so much. Only time will tell, I suppose.


If you are staying within the points, then it will work... you MAY be eating more... but you are making different choices!!!!

(ohhhhhhh I'm channeling Ian... :rotfl:)

[Tink rules]

Quiet Please.....

Ahem....

Everyone stop what your doing and please join hands (virtual...) and say a very deep meaningful prayer to whatever higher power you believe in...

Think good thoughts and throw pixie dust if you've got it...

Keep your fingers crossed...

And any other body part... for that matter... (Bubba...) :rolleyes1

My project is set to go on Monday...

Can't comment anymore...

I am now going to retreat to a corner and eat chocolate...

Thank you very much...:grouphug: You may now return to your normal Friday night routine... :rolleyes:

[HollyTyler]

If you are staying within the points, then it will work... you MAY be eating more... but you are making different choices!!!!

(ohhhhhhh I'm channeling Ian... :rotfl:)
Oh, I'm having no problems staying within the points. That's what makes it seem unbelievable to me. It just doesn't seem possible to be able to lose weight when I'm eating Girl Scout cookies, Peeps, and having a couple beers. But if it works, what an awesome way to do it! ;)

[HollyTyler]

Quiet Please.....

Ahem....

Everyone stop what your doing and please join hands (virtual...) and say a very deep meaningful prayer to whatever higher power you believe in...

Think good thoughts and throw pixie dust if you've got it...

Keep your fingers crossed...

And any other body part... for that matter... (Bubba...) :rolleyes1

My project is set to go on Monday...

Can't comment anymore...

I am now going to retreat to a corner and eat chocolate...

Thank you very much...:grouphug: You may now return to your normal Friday night routine... :rolleyes:
Well, I don't understand any of it, but GOOD LUCK!!! :goodvibes

[LuvBaloo]

Happy Friday!

I had a busy week, and didn't make it onto our thread. I used a vacation day yesterday to stay home with the girls and their nasty chest colds, but it was worth it as they got lots of rest and are doing much better today.

Ken's been gone since Tues, comes home tomorrow for 2 nights and then is gone again for 6 nights, so its lots of mommy-daughters time. And we all appreciate Ken when he's back at home. :thumbsup2

Now I must go rub some mentholated goo on the girls and get them to bed.


MONICA - have a great trip!

[BubbaGrump]

:wave:Shannon!

[LuvBaloo]

:wave2: Bubba!

Okay, the girls are all tucked in, and I'm settling down with a big glass of skim milk and a Hedgehog:yay:

[LuvBaloo]

:wizard:Good luck on Monday Michelle!:wizard:

[katypop]

I am finally packed, hair is colored & am ready to go....exhausted, but ready.

1 more sleep :)

Ian - sorry that you have so little "you" time this weekend - you'll make it up next week :goodvibes

I'm at work today until 215pm...then off to the Mall at Millenia to exchange some $, followed by the bank to get some $, then to the library to return & pickup books before heading home to wait for Will to be my chauffer to the Marriott at MCO.

Monica, in case you are still reading....

HAVE A WONDERFUL CRUISE!!!


Kathe

[Tink rules]

Connie, we aren't at Hunters Creek till September 26th after our cruises. We are really looking forward to it.

I have begun packing for this trip - the villa this time is at the Town Centre Reserve down Davenport way - round the corner from Monica actually!!

It IS Monica's house... Monica's actually got her trip planned for then...

I am finally packed, hair is colored & am ready to go....exhausted, but ready.

1 more sleep :)

Ian - sorry that you have so little "you" time this weekend - you'll make it up next week :goodvibes

I'm at work today until 215pm...then off to the Mall at Millenia to exchange some $, followed by the bank to get some $, then to the library to return & pickup books before heading home to wait for Will to be my chauffer to the Marriott at MCO.

& take a call from Moi!!! :goodvibes

Monica, I always say my vacation starts the minute I leave work...even if I'm not 'traveling' for another day!

:cheer2:SO HAPPY VACATION STARTING AT 2:15 TODAY!:cheer2:

And I, for one, DO believe you are going on a REAL cruise with your Daddy! :hug: Have a wonderful time and say 'hi' to Copenhagen for me. And since I've typed the word, I WILL be singing 'Beautiful, beautiful Copenhagen" from Hans Christian Anderson all day today!

I love that movie... :goodvibes

DEBORAH

When is a good time to go to Scotland & Wales? Is September a good time? Starting to thing about what Mom/Dad & I are doing next year. And be aware - I will want to see you if you are around ;)

Planning ahead?? Why do people do that? :lmao:

Oh yes. 9 nights SSR, 7 at BCV and 24 at a villa.:)

(she's moving here permanantly...

Then what the dealio with the the Town Center Reserve or Preserve or whatever (sounds like someplace you put the cattle out). You're not packing any cows for this trip, are you?

MOOO

It does doesn't it? Isn't it a common name over there? I thought it was odd. However, the villa looks lovely.

Pool and hot tub overlooking lake and fishing deck.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m86/maz48/Florida/137285_13.jpg

Family Room
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m86/maz48/Florida/137285_23.jpg

Our bedroom with balcony overlooking lake
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m86/maz48/Florida/137285_22.jpg

Games room
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m86/maz48/Florida/137285_21.jpg

Obviously there is more!!!



42 in total with the airport hotel the night before and the overnight flight home! Not sure how we will like it but we are going to give it a try!!:lmao:

We need to find Monica some new color schemes...

And with that I bid you goodnight.

Already?

I am enjoying a 1-point beer and having guinea pig fun! While I cleaned his cage after work, I stuck him in a laundry basket (with a thick towel under him) with a little treat and draped a smaller towel over a corner. He was moving all around under that towel and eventually pulled it down on himself. I lifted a corner and peeked in at him and he was just lying there. Seemed to like being under there, so I left him there about a 1/2 hour. Then when I put him back in his clean cage, he was running laps again just like last time I cleaned it. Silly little rodent! Then he discovered the mirror I put just outside the cage and I think he thinks he has a friend now. He'd run up to it, stop and look for a second and race back and forth a couple times and repeat Too funny! I'm having so much fun with this little guy, I plan on upgrading to a much bigger cage and getting a 2nd guinea so they can play together. (Another boy, of course...we certainly don't want babies!). :thumbsup2

You're having too much fun...

Well, it must really be spring because somebody in my neighborhood mowed their yard for the first time of the season 2 days ago! :goodvibes

John came to do mine on Wednesday...

Well, I don't understand any of it, but GOOD LUCK!!! :goodvibes

Thanks!!! :thumbsup2:thumbsup2:thumbsup2

[katypop]

Happy Friday!

I had a busy week, and didn't make it onto our thread. I used a vacation day yesterday to stay home with the girls and their nasty chest colds, but it was worth it as they got lots of rest and are doing much better today.

Ken's been gone since Tues, comes home tomorrow for 2 nights and then is gone again for 6 nights, so its lots of mommy-daughters time. And we all appreciate Ken when he's back at home. :thumbsup2

Now I must go rub some mentholated goo on the girls and get them to bed.


MONICA - have a great trip!

Shannon, sorry to hear that the girls have been sick, but glad they are recuperating. Hope you're taking care of yourself too! Have a good weekend!

Kathe

[LuvBaloo]

:wave2: Kathe!

I hope you have a good weekend too!
How has the response from customers been to your store going bagless?

[katypop]

Shannon, sorry to hear that the girls have been sick, but glad they are recuperating. Hope you're taking care of yourself too! Have a good weekend!

Kathe

:wave2: Bubba!

Okay, the girls are all tucked in, and I'm settling down with a big glass of skim milk and a Hedgehog:yay:

Oh, looks like you're having some time for you too! Skim milk and a Hedgehog, to each their own ;):lmao:

Kathe

[Tink rules]

Hi Shannon Kathe & Bubba!!!!! (and V and Gaylean and everyone else I missed...)

Would love to stay and chat but I have spent the last 9 hours booking various people onto planes trains, hotels, camels... (ok... maybe not the camels...) (but I feel like I have...)

Will be back in the AM...

Please turn out the lights and tell the UK girls I said good Morning... :flower3:

[katypop]

:wave2: Kathe!

I hope you have a good weekend too!
How has the response from customers been to your store going bagless?

Hi Shannon! Customers have been awesome! I was really worried about how they'd respond, but I think people are ready for this. We have some savings on the reusable bags and bins, and we are selling a lot. I'm really happy to see such a positive response from people.

Kathe

[Tink rules]

ONe more thing...

Shannon... if the girls are coughing... rug the goo on their feet and put on socks... I don't know why but they say it works... good luck!!!

[katypop]

Hi Shannon Kathe & Bubba!!!!! (and V and Gaylean and everyone else I missed...)

Would love to stay and chat but I have spent the last 9 hours booking various people onto planes trains, hotels, camels... (ok... maybe not the camels...) (but I feel like I have...)

Will be back in the AM...

Please turn out the lights and tell the UK girls I said good Morning... :flower3:

Hi Michelle!!! I hope you have a good sleep tonight :cloud9: I just got home from work a little while ago and have to go back in again in the morning so will be heading off to bed shortly myself.

Just in case you need more pixie dust...
:wizard::wizard::wizard::wizard::wizard::wizard: :tinker:

Kathe

[LuvBaloo]

Good night Michelle, and thanks for the reminder about the feet, I read that somewhere. So far just on the chest is helping them sleep. :goodvibes

[LuvBaloo]

Kathe,
Most the grocery stores in my town are pushing the reusable bags. Our Save On foods doesn't charge for using plastic bags, but you earn reward points for using reusable bags or reusing your plastic bags. I really like the reusable bags, because they hold more and don't tip over :cool1:

Have a good night, I'm off to curl up in bed and watch Numbers :happytv:

[MouseFaninQueue]

And we all appreciate Ken when he's back at home. :thumbsup2


Yeah sure. Bet when I come home nobody comes running....

[MouseFaninQueue]

I'm going to sleep now too... Drugs and work are kicking in.

g'night all

Goodmorning Marilyn and Deborah!!

[granmaz]

Good morning Ken.

FOR THOSE OF YOU CRAZY PEOPLE WHO ARE THINGING OF GOING TO FLORIDA SOON... DON'T FORGET TO PACK THAT WONDERFUL COOL TIE THAT PLANKY LEFT IN YOUR FISH EXTENDER LAST YEAR.


(tip... when you are in the parks... ask for a glass of ice water and soak the ties in the water for about 10 minutes and it will refresh it wonderfully and it will keep you cool... just don't freeze it...:thumbsup2)

What happens when you freeze them? I think I froze mine last September in La Gomera as it was sooooooooo hot and I thought it would be good!!!:rolleyes1 Won't it work now? Sorry.:hug:

Quiet Please.....

Ahem....

Everyone stop what your doing and please join hands (virtual...) and say a very deep meaningful prayer to whatever higher power you believe in...

Think good thoughts and throw pixie dust if you've got it...

Keep your fingers crossed...

And any other body part... for that matter... (Bubba...) :rolleyes1

My project is set to go on Monday...

Can't comment anymore...

I am now going to retreat to a corner and eat chocolate...

Thank you very much...:grouphug: You may now return to your normal Friday night routine... :rolleyes:

Oh, this time it will happen.

[scottishwee35]

GOOD MORNING everybody

Marilyn - where about the villa? is it based in Kissimmee? it look lovely villa...

Shannon - hope your girl feel better today

Holly - I know what you mean about WW...

Michelle - have you book any cruise this year or next year?

Bubba, Nan, Gaylean How are you?

Where are you Gaylean? you have not on this board for a while.... Miss you!!

I was working all day yesterday and it was very busy day so today I am not going out and stay in housework and relax tonight...

Scottishwee35

[granmaz]

GOOD MORNING everybody

Marilyn - where about the villa? is it based in Kissimmee? it look lovely villa...

Where are you Gaylean? you have not on this board for a while.... Miss you!!

I was working all day yesterday and it was very busy day so today I am not going out and stay in housework and relax tonight...

Scottishwee35

The villa is a bit further south than Kissimmee, but is on a good road for getting to WDW.

Yes, I miss Gaylean too.

If you do all the housework you can have a couple of glasses of wine and watch Britain's Got Talent!

[iankh]

It doesn't seem possible to be able to lose weight with Weight Watchers because I feel like I'm eating so much. Only time will tell, I suppose.


It's not about the volume but what the volume consists of. Filling foods are naturally going to be higher in volume, but much lower in points, which is why they are such great values. They fill you up.

I would not worry so as you are staying within your points.

[iankh]

Oh, I'm having no problems staying within the points. That's what makes it seem unbelievable to me. It just doesn't seem possible to be able to lose weight when I'm eating Girl Scout cookies, Peeps, and having a couple beers. But if it works, what an awesome way to do it! ;)

It's a lifestyle change, it doesn't have to be about deprivation.

Deprivation doesn't work because it can't be sustained. Eventually it leads to rebellion.

The key is to allow some points for treats but not to use too many of them on "empty points."

WW did 3 years of research and test trials before Momentum was launched. They studied successful members and struggling members.

The studied showed that both groups understood the concept of points and how to calculate them.

The key difference between the two groups was the way they managed their points. The struggling members, though staying in their point target, used more points on foods that did not satisfy their hunger (candy etc, and were often hungry).

The successful members tended to choose foods that offered the biggest bang for the the point buck, stretched out their points, avoided being hungry by using filing foods, and managing their feelings of deprivation, by planning in favorite foods.

[iankh]

42 in total with the airport hotel the night before and the overnight flight home! Not sure how we will like it but we are going to give it a try!!:lmao:

Isn't 42 days of holiday just a teensy bit ostentatious, and perhaps more than a little greedy?

[iankh]

This week at work something very ironic happened, while working on a workers' compensation claims project, I went to HR to file a potential workers' compensation issue.

Beginning around Tuesday, I started to experience pins & needles in my fight hand and pain shooting up my right arm, over and around my shoulder and down my back and side.

It got so bad on Thursday, that by 4 pm, I could not use my right hand and had to move my trackerball with my left hand. When I got home, I couldn't even open a jar.

Our risk control guy visited me and my desk is being redone, to change my set up,

My hand and are are still rather painful, but given that for most of the coming week, I won't be at work and then on vacation, I'm hoping it will go away.

On the plus side, from this project, I'm now familiar with state workers' compensation forms in 23 states.

[granmaz]

Isn't 42 days of holiday just a teensy bit ostentatious, and perhaps more than a little greedy?

Yes indeed!!!:rotfl2: We're also doing 6 weeks in Sept/Oct too. :cool1: There has to be some benefits from being this old!!!:lmao::lmao:

It is also our 40th wedding anniversary year so that is another excuse.

[granmaz]

This week at work something very ironic happened, while working on a workers' compensation claims project, I went to HR to file a potential workers' compensation issue.

Beginning around Tuesday, I started to experience pins & needles in my fight hand and pain shooting up my right arm, over and around my shoulder and down my back and side.

It got so bad on Thursday, that by 4 pm, I could not use my right hand and had to move my trackerball with my left hand. When I got home, I couldn't even open a jar.

Our risk control guy visited me and my desk is being redone, to change my set up,

My hand and are are still rather painful, but given that for most of the coming week, I won't be at work and then on vacation, I'm hoping it will go away.

On the plus side, from this project, I'm now familiar with state workers' compensation forms in 23 states.

You know? I had these symptoms before our Lanzarote vacation in February. I am on this laptop a lot, and have a mouse on the chair arm beside me. I didn't like the pins and needles at all and as you said the pain up the arm, It took me some time to realise what it was.

Fortunately the rest away from the computer eased it, so I hope it does the same for you. Now I try not to be on as much or hold the mouse as much.

[iankh]

You know? I had these symptoms before our Lanzarote vacation in February. I am on this laptop a lot, and have a mouse on the chair arm beside me. I didn't like the pins and needles at all and as you said the pain up the arm, It took me some time to realise what it was.

Fortunately the rest away from the computer eased it, so I hope it does the same for you. Now I try not to be on as much or hold the mouse as much.


Kill the Mouse!

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/images/2008/07/24/mouse_dead1.jpg

[granmaz]

Kill the Mouse!

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/images/2008/07/24/mouse_dead1.jpg


:lmao::lmao::lmao:

Not THE mouse though.:scared1:

[ibouncetoo]

Yeah sure. Bet when I come home nobody comes running....

This is why puppy dogs are so great, they ALWAYS come running! (Wait till the girls are teenagers...you'll have to hunt them down behind closed doors.)


Isn't 42 days of holiday just a teensy bit ostentatious, and perhaps more than a little greedy?

They're trying to beat Woody's record!

.

[HollyTyler]

:wave2: Bubba!

Okay, the girls are all tucked in, and I'm settling down with a big glass of skim milk and a Hedgehog:yay:
I hope the girls are feeling better! What on Earth is a hedgehog (besides an animal)?! :rotfl2: If you've already answered, please ignore and I'll see it when I catch up.

[Tink rules]

Hi Michelle!!! I hope you have a good sleep tonight :cloud9: I just got home from work a little while ago and have to go back in again in the morning so will be heading off to bed shortly myself.

Just in case you need more pixie dust...
:wizard::wizard::wizard::wizard::wizard::wizard: :tinker:

Kathe

Thanks Kathe!!! :flower3:

[HollyTyler]

Kathe,
Most the grocery stores in my town are pushing the reusable bags. Our Save On foods doesn't charge for using plastic bags, but you earn reward points for using reusable bags or reusing your plastic bags. I really like the reusable bags, because they hold more and don't tip over :cool1:

Have a good night, I'm off to curl up in bed and watch Numbers :happytv:
I really like the reusable bags too. But if I used them for groceries, I'd have to buy plastic bags anyway for garbage. :headache:

[Tink rules]

Yeah sure. Bet when I come home nobody comes running....

I would, but you know I'd get tired somewhere around Montana and I'd have to stop to rest... :rotfl:

[Tink rules]

Good morning Ken.



What happens when you freeze them? I think I froze mine last September in La Gomera as it was sooooooooo hot and I thought it would be good!!!:rolleyes1 Won't it work now? Sorry.:hug:



Oh, this time it will happen.

You probably could freeze them... obviously the crystals that are out in my garden freeze... I think it breaks the crystals down - the tie gets very hard. Keep it in the fridge and you should be ok and just "recharge" it with some ice water later... :thumbsup2

& I certainly hope it happens this time!!! ;)

[HollyTyler]

It's not about the volume but what the volume consists of. Filling foods are naturally going to be higher in volume, but much lower in points, which is why they are such great values. They fill you up.

I would not worry so as you are staying within your points.
Makes sense, but still seems too good to be true. I would never have thought losing weight would be this easy! Monday is my weigh in day, so wish me luck! Not sure I'd see any results in only a week, but even one pound would make me happy. :goodvibes

[HollyTyler]

It's a lifestyle change, it doesn't have to be about deprivation.

Deprivation doesn't work because it can't be sustained. Eventually it leads to rebellion.

The key is to allow some points for treats but not to use too many of them on "empty points."

WW did 3 years of research and test trials before Momentum was launched. They studied successful members and struggling members.

The studied showed that both groups understood the concept of points and how to calculate them.

The key difference between the two groups was the way they managed their points. The struggling members, though staying in their point target, used more points on foods that did not satisfy their hunger (candy etc, and were often hungry).

The successful members tended to choose foods that offered the biggest bang for the the point buck, stretched out their points, avoided being hungry by using filing foods, and managing their feelings of deprivation, by planning in favorite foods.
Thanks Ian, makes sense. I did splurge at the end of the day two times, but was never hungry, just wanted a couple treats and had extra points. So I should be OK then. :thumbsup2

[HollyTyler]

This week at work something very ironic happened, while working on a workers' compensation claims project, I went to HR to file a potential workers' compensation issue.

Beginning around Tuesday, I started to experience pins & needles in my fight hand and pain shooting up my right arm, over and around my shoulder and down my back and side.

It got so bad on Thursday, that by 4 pm, I could not use my right hand and had to move my trackerball with my left hand. When I got home, I couldn't even open a jar.

Our risk control guy visited me and my desk is being redone, to change my set up,

My hand and are are still rather painful, but given that for most of the coming week, I won't be at work and then on vacation, I'm hoping it will go away.

On the plus side, from this project, I'm now familiar with state workers' compensation forms in 23 states.
Oh, welcome to my world! The attorneys I work for are work comp attorneys.

I hope changing the set up at your desk takes care of the problem. Sorry you're having this pain. :hug: Hopefully being on vacation will give your body the rest it needs and you can start with a new set up when you return. Did you make a doctor appointment to get checked out? :hug:

[gaylean93]

Hello, I'm here, for a minute. I have Brooke's first campout with girl scouts. We'll see how it goes.

Shannon, I hope the girls get better so they can come running when Ken gets home ;)

Holly, I'm glad the points are working for you. I've decided to join online because I can't make the meetings. We'll see how that goes. I'll keep you all updated. I haven't gained any of the weight back that I lost so I'm happy about that. Now to lose some more.

Deborah and Marilyn, I miss you too. I just can't get on as much anymore. Maybe tomorrow will be a lazy day. Marilyn have fun on your trip.

Michelle, good luck for whatever it is.

And I'm sure there is more but I'm lost so I'll try and catch up with you all tomorrow.

Hi Bubba and V. I know you're out there ;)

[HollyTyler]

Hello, I'm here, for a minute. I have Brooke's first campout with girl scouts. We'll see how it goes.

Shannon, I hope the girls get better so they can come running when Ken gets home ;)

Holly, I'm glad the points are working for you. I've decided to join online because I can't make the meetings. We'll see how that goes. I'll keep you all updated. I haven't gained any of the weight back that I lost so I'm happy about that. Now to lose some more.

Deborah and Marilyn, I miss you too. I just can't get on as much anymore. Maybe tomorrow will be a lazy day. Marilyn have fun on your trip.

Michelle, good luck for whatever it is.

And I'm sure there is more but I'm lost so I'll try and catch up with you all tomorrow.

Hi Bubba and V. I know you're out there ;)
Hey Gaylean, great job with maintaining the weight you lost! :banana: That's got to make you feel good! Good luck with WW online and losing more! I hope I can soon count myself among those of you losing. :thumbsup2

Have a great time at GS camp!

[HollyTyler]

Oooooh! We're getting our first storms of the season today, tonight, and tomorrow! Supposed to be severe storms today and tonight. I love thunderstorms (as long as they don't cause the power to go out)! :goodvibes

[Tink rules]

GOOD MORNING everybody

Marilyn - where about the villa? is it based in Kissimmee? it look lovely villa...

Shannon - hope your girl feel better today

Holly - I know what you mean about WW...

Michelle - have you book any cruise this year or next year?

Bubba, Nan, Gaylean How are you?

Where are you Gaylean? you have not on this board for a while.... Miss you!!

I was working all day yesterday and it was very busy day so today I am not going out and stay in housework and relax tonight...

Scottishwee35

Not yet Deborah... but I'm still dreaming... ;)

[Tink rules]

This week at work something very ironic happened, while working on a workers' compensation claims project, I went to HR to file a potential workers' compensation issue.

Beginning around Tuesday, I started to experience pins & needles in my fight hand and pain shooting up my right arm, over and around my shoulder and down my back and side.

It got so bad on Thursday, that by 4 pm, I could not use my right hand and had to move my trackerball with my left hand. When I got home, I couldn't even open a jar.

Our risk control guy visited me and my desk is being redone, to change my set up,

My hand and are are still rather painful, but given that for most of the coming week, I won't be at work and then on vacation, I'm hoping it will go away.

On the plus side, from this project, I'm now familiar with state workers' compensation forms in 23 states.

Ohhhh Sweetie... welcome to my H E L L....

you're bothering one of your nerves. (probably Carpal Tunnel...)

I on the other hand have nerve impingements. (in other words MY nerves are already stuck in scar tissue...) (I had 6 surgeries to get rid of what I could...)

It sort of feels like pins and needles and if it feels like you hit your funny bone, then it's the ulnar nerve. Which fingers did you feel it and what side of the arm can you feel it? Front, back top of the fingers? Believe it or not... I killed all 3 major nerves in my right arm. I have that pain every day. From my finger tips up to my neck.

Trick is to catch it early and often.

Best thing is to ice it on the palm side of the wrist.... Do not leave it on if it starts to hurt - too much exposure. Also ice where ever it is hurting on the rest of the arm.

Also.. you might want to make sure you have a good wrist pad (gel) for your computer. I use one with the mousepad attached to the gel pad. (Belkin - Amazon has it...)

There are also excercises... I will look it up and post them... they are just simple stretching (I do them without thinking...) but they help.

AND... take some Tylenol, Motrin... an anti inflamatory... take it for a couple of days. It will also help.

Hope that helps... let me know if you need anything else... :hug:

[Tink rules]

Yes indeed!!!:rotfl2: We're also doing 6 weeks in Sept/Oct too. :cool1: There has to be some benefits from being this old!!!:lmao::lmao:

It is also our 40th wedding anniversary year so that is another excuse.

Sooooo... what are your dates for Oct????

You know? I had these symptoms before our Lanzarote vacation in February. I am on this laptop a lot, and have a mouse on the chair arm beside me. I didn't like the pins and needles at all and as you said the pain up the arm, It took me some time to realise what it was.

Fortunately the rest away from the computer eased it, so I hope it does the same for you. Now I try not to be on as much or hold the mouse as much.

Marilyn - see above...

Hello, I'm here, for a minute. I have Brooke's first campout with girl scouts. We'll see how it goes.

Shannon, I hope the girls get better so they can come running when Ken gets home ;)

Holly, I'm glad the points are working for you. I've decided to join online because I can't make the meetings. We'll see how that goes. I'll keep you all updated. I haven't gained any of the weight back that I lost so I'm happy about that. Now to lose some more.

Deborah and Marilyn, I miss you too. I just can't get on as much anymore. Maybe tomorrow will be a lazy day. Marilyn have fun on your trip.

Michelle, good luck for whatever it is.

And I'm sure there is more but I'm lost so I'll try and catch up with you all tomorrow.

Hi Bubba and V. I know you're out there ;)

Thanks G!!!

Oooooh! We're getting our first storms of the season today, tonight, and tomorrow! Supposed to be severe storms today and tonight. I love thunderstorms (as long as they don't cause the power to go out)! :goodvibes

Holly.. if a cow goes flying past your window... DUCK!!! :scared1:

[granmaz]

Ohhhh Sweetie... welcome to my H E L L....

you're bothering one of your nerves. (probably Carpal Tunnel...)

I on the other hand have nerve impingements. (in other words MY nerves are already stuck in scar tissue...) (I had 6 surgeries to get rid of what I could...)

It sort of feels like pins and needles and if it feels like you hit your funny bone, then it's the ulnar nerve. Which fingers did you feel it and what side of the arm can you feel it? Front, back top of the fingers? Believe it or not... I killed all 3 major nerves in my right arm. I have that pain every day. From my finger tips up to my neck.

Trick is to catch it early and often.

Best thing is to ice it on the palm side of the wrist.... Do not leave it on if it starts to hurt - too much exposure. Also ice where ever it is hurting on the rest of the arm.

Also.. you might want to make sure you have a good wrist pad (gel) for your computer. I use one with the mousepad attached to the gel pad. (Belkin - Amazon has it...)

There are also excercises... I will look it up and post them... they are just simple stretching (I do them without thinking...) but they help.

AND... take some Tylenol, Motrin... an anti inflamatory... take it for a couple of days. It will also help.

Hope that helps... let me know if you need anything else... :hug:

Michelle, that sounds a nightmare. Plus you have other painful things too. Poor you.:hug:

We fly over on Sept 7th, have 5 nights at SSR, then do the 2 back to back cruises, then 1 week at BCV and 2 weeks in a villa fairly close top Connie's.

John had the idea if we were paying for the flights we might as well make it worth while! He was the one who decided on the length of the stay surprisingly.

[Tink rules]

I'm stickin with John... :thumbsup2

[Tink rules]

This is the gel pad I use for my computer...

http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-F8E262-BLK-WaveRest-Mouse-Black/dp/B00000JRRD/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1240683102&sr=8-2

Median nerve Glide excercise

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.carpal-tunnel-symptoms.com/images/2nerveglide-bigger.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.carpal-tunnel-symptoms.com/nerve-glide-exercises.html&usg=__zG2aK3CfSpGtOHdbLgNKbuk2Puk=&h=468&w=563&sz=81&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=oC8AteOFymmIdM:&tbnh=111&tbnw=133&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmedian%2Bnerve%2Bgliding%2Bexercises% 26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

AND....

Go to CVS or whatever pharmacy and go to the area where they have the ace bandages and get 2 kinds of braces (splints) ... both are for hands... (they should have one that is interchangeable...) One is hard the other is soft. Wear the hard one for a couple of hours during the day - even when you are typing... and the soft one at night when you are sleeping.

When it bothers me... I will wear my braces for a couple of days and the pain will ease up or go away (the increased pain.. not the ones I have all the time...)

It will make a difference and bring them on the plane with you to FL... flying can make you swell a bit and any swelling in your hands especially from the heat and carrying your luggage will bother your hands too... I have them with me just in case. All it will do is rest the area. BUT IT IS WELL WORTH IT!!!

That and changing your set up at work will work wonders...

My Dr... Dr. James Hunter was a world known hand specialist... he took care of everyone including Artist Andrew Wyeth and alot of pro atheletes. He was also a musician. One time one of the pianists from the symphany in Philly came to see him thinking she has serious problems and that her career might be over. He came to see her play and discovered that she wasn't sitting at a correct height and it affected her posture. They raised the bench up a couple of inches and she wore splints while resting and her problems went away.

[iankh]

Oh, welcome to my world! The attorneys I work for are work comp attorneys.

I hope changing the set up at your desk takes care of the problem. Sorry you're having this pain. :hug: Hopefully being on vacation will give your body the rest it needs and you can start with a new set up when you return. Did you make a doctor appointment to get checked out? :hug:


I'll just have to slap people left-handed.

[iankh]

Oh, welcome to my world! The attorneys I work for are work comp attorneys.

I hope changing the set up at your desk takes care of the problem. Sorry you're having this pain. :hug: Hopefully being on vacation will give your body the rest it needs and you can start with a new set up when you return. Did you make a doctor appointment to get checked out? :hug:


Somehow I double-posted, so I'll just have to change this one.

I managed to get through Costco today, twice. I bought some shorts, brought them home and decided I didn't like them, so I returned them.

We are nearly all packed for the trip, just some last minute stuff to pack on the day, such as the coffee we bring with us (we like the brand we buy) and the last of Sukie's mustache implements.

Packing was not nearly as nerve wracking as it tends to be, we only had 37 arguments in the process rather than our usual 91. That's nearly a 2/3 reduction.

My only remaining tasks are charging/conditioning all of the camera batteries, that should take up the remaining 5 days before we leave.

[HollyTyler]

I'll just have to slap people left-handed down in WDW.
:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

[HollyTyler]

:hug: Michelle, I'm sorry you've gone through and are going through all of that, but grateful that you have so many helpful tips to share with Ian (and anybody else here who may need it). :hug:

[iankh]

Michelle, that sounds a nightmare. Plus you have other painful things too. Poor you.:hug:

We fly over on Sept 7th, have 5 nights at SSR, then do the 2 back to back cruises, then 1 week at BCV and 2 weeks in a villa fairly close top Connie's.

John had the idea if we were paying for the flights we might as well make it worth while! He was the one who decided on the length of the stay surprisingly.

Do you bring your own Marmite or do you buy it in Florida?

[HollyTyler]

I just had a 2 1/2 hour nap and it sure was nice! I really wanted to spend today cleaning our house, but somehow, I'd just run out of steam, I guess. But I just invited one of Tyler's friends over tomorrow, so now I have no choice. I guess that's the motivation I need. Will clean tonight after we return from playing at another friend's house. :thumbsup2

[HollyTyler]

Hey Ian, aren't you supposed to be packing and getting ready for vacation?

[iankh]

Hey Ian, aren't you supposed to be packing and getting ready for vacation?

Missed my previous post, eh?

[granmaz]

Do you bring your own Marmite or do you buy it in Florida?

:scared1: Burns my mouth!!:scared1:

[tink1963]

Hello, I'm here, for a minute. I have Brooke's first campout with girl scouts. We'll see how it goes.

Shannon, I hope the girls get better so they can come running when Ken gets home ;)

Holly, I'm glad the points are working for you. I've decided to join online because I can't make the meetings. We'll see how that goes. I'll keep you all updated. I haven't gained any of the weight back that I lost so I'm happy about that. Now to lose some more.

Deborah and Marilyn, I miss you too. I just can't get on as much anymore. Maybe tomorrow will be a lazy day. Marilyn have fun on your trip.

Michelle, good luck for whatever it is.

And I'm sure there is more but I'm lost so I'll try and catch up with you all tomorrow.

Hi Bubba and V. I know you're out there ;)

of course we out here. Bubba had to go to work today for inventory, now we are going to make a Costco run and might have to do the grocery store too as we just decided that we are going to DL tomorrow. :woohoo:

[iankh]

Spring is over.

It was a very warm day here in the upper '70's.

I was outside a little while ago and it was really warm and humid. I ran out to the drugstore to pick up some stuff for the trip. It was raining, but nothing severe. They didn't have what I wanted so I decided to walk over about 6 blocks to another drugstore.

During my walk, it sudden felt like someone had turned on the air conditioning. At first there were little bursts of cold air and then WHOOSH! It sudden got rather chilly, all in the space of about 7 minutes.

I was out in just a t-shirt.

I did find what I wanted but then had about a 12 block walk home. I think it must have dropped from about 75 to 50 degrees in that space of 8 minutes or so.

[LuvBaloo]

Happy Saturday everybody! Ken should be home soon and the girls are blowing bubbles in the backyard, and now I need to go clean the kitchen.

Holly - a hedgehog is a delicious chocolate shaped like a little hedgehog animal. Its creamy milk chocolate with a creamy hazelnut centre (much like a truffle). I've had a box since Christmas and just opened it last week.

Gaylean - welcome to the online world of WW

Ian - I hope your arm/hand is feeling better. Hopefully the changes to your work station will prevent it from happening again.

[HollyTyler]

Missed my previous post, eh?

Yup, sure did! Not sure how I didn't see it. Strange.

[katypop]

I really like the reusable bags too. But if I used them for groceries, I'd have to buy plastic bags anyway for garbage. :headache:

Holly, I am using my reusable bags and bin. I still need plastic bags for my garbage too. The ones we are selling for 5 cents if you want them to pack your groceries in, are actually cheaper that way than buying a box of them off the shelf,so I can just purchase enough every couple of weeks for garbage :thumbsup2

Hello, I'm here, for a minute. I have Brooke's first campout with girl scouts. We'll see how it goes.


Gaylean, good luck to Brooke, I'm sure she will have a great time! Are you going too? I can't remember what stories I've told over the last year so I hope I'm not repeating myself :rolleyes: I still remember the 1st camping trip my daughter Sara had with girl scouts. It was in May and I went along to help out.We only went for 2 nights, but the 2nd morning she said she was sick and I had to call her dad to come and get her.It was snowing! Of course, I had to stay to help take down tents, clean, supervise...:headache::lmao:

Oooooh! We're getting our first storms of the season today, tonight, and tomorrow! Supposed to be severe storms today and tonight. I love thunderstorms (as long as they don't cause the power to go out)! :goodvibes

Hi Holly! It's been raining and thunderstorms here off and on since late afternoon. A couple power surges at work, but lights came back on. We've been under a thunderstorm warning for a while now. I don't mind when it rains hard, but I don't like the lightning!

Kathe

[HollyTyler]

Spring is over.

It was a very warm day here in the upper '70's.

I was outside a little while ago and it was really warm and humid. I ran out to the drugstore to pick up some stuff for the trip. It was raining, but nothing severe. They didn't have what I wanted so I decided to walk over about 6 blocks to another drugstore.

During my walk, it sudden felt like someone had turned on the air conditioning. At first there were little bursts of cold air and then WHOOSH! It sudden got rather chilly, all in the space of about 7 minutes.

I was out in just a t-shirt.

I did find what I wanted but then had about a 12 block walk home. I think it must have dropped from about 75 to 50 degrees in that space of 8 minutes or so.
It's that schizophrenic weather again! :rotfl2:

[HollyTyler]

Happy Saturday everybody! Ken should be home soon and the girls are blowing bubbles in the backyard, and now I need to go clean the kitchen.

Holly - a hedgehog is a delicious chocolate shaped like a little hedgehog animal. Its creamy milk chocolate with a creamy hazelnut centre (much like a truffle). I've had a box since Christmas and just opened it last week.

Gaylean - welcome to the online world of WW

Ian - I hope your arm/hand is feeling better. Hopefully the changes to your work station will prevent it from happening again.
Hedgehogs sound yummy! :goodvibes

[HollyTyler]

Holly, I am using my reusable bags and bin. I still need plastic bags for my garbage too. The ones we are selling for 5 cents if you want them to pack your groceries in, are actually cheaper that way than buying a box of them off the shelf,so I can just purchase enough every couple of weeks for garbage :thumbsup2

Sounds like a good plan!

Gaylean, good luck to Brooke, I'm sure she will have a great time! Are you going too? I can't remember what stories I've told over the last year so I hope I'm not repeating myself :rolleyes: I still remember the 1st camping trip my daughter Sara had with girl scouts. It was in May and I went along to help out.We only went for 2 nights, but the 2nd morning she said she was sick and I had to call her dad to come and get her.It was snowing! Of course, I had to stay to help take down tents, clean, supervise...:headache::lmao:

Oh that stinks!

Hi Holly! It's been raining and thunderstorms here off and on since late afternoon. A couple power surges at work, but lights came back on. We've been under a thunderstorm warning for a while now. I don't mind when it rains hard, but I don't like the lightning!

Kathe
Our storms are still going strong. They've been on and off too, and a new one is going on right now. I love thunder and lightning!

[katypop]

Happy Saturday everybody! Ken should be home soon and the girls are blowing bubbles in the backyard, and now I need to go clean the kitchen.


Happy Saturday and Happy Sunday everyone!!!

Shannon, sounds like the girls are feeling better :goodvibes Funny you should mention bubbles, I have them on my list of things to buy this weekend. Serenity is coming for a sleep over Tuesday night. It's supposed to be nice and sunny and warm on Wednesday so I thought that might be a fun thing to do! So your weather is nice today then?

Kathe

[HollyTyler]

You experienced WW folks probably know about this, but just in case, here's a link a friend shared with me when we were at her house tonight: http://www.dwlz.com/restaurants.html

Tons and tons of restaurants with points figured out for their menus. Not sure how accurate it is though, but it's fun to look things up!

[katypop]

Our storms are still going strong. They've been on and off too, and a new one is going on right now. I love thunder and lightning!

Oh great, they'll be here shortly then! It had stopped raining here for a little bit, and just now as I'm typing this it has started to pour again...not long till your thunder will be mine :laughing:

Kathe

[HollyTyler]

Oh great, they'll be here shortly then! It had stopped raining here for a little bit, and just now as I'm typing this it has started to pour again...not long till your thunder will be mine :laughing:

Kathe
This round lasted about 2 hours. Ours is done for now, but supposed to be more tonight and tomorrow. :thumbsup2

[katypop]

This week at work something very ironic happened, while working on a workers' compensation claims project, I went to HR to file a potential workers' compensation issue.

Beginning around Tuesday, I started to experience pins & needles in my fight hand and pain shooting up my right arm, over and around my shoulder and down my back and side.

It got so bad on Thursday, that by 4 pm, I could not use my right hand and had to move my trackerball with my left hand. When I got home, I couldn't even open a jar.

Our risk control guy visited me and my desk is being redone, to change my set up,

My hand and are are still rather painful, but given that for most of the coming week, I won't be at work and then on vacation, I'm hoping it will go away.

On the plus side, from this project, I'm now familiar with state workers' compensation forms in 23 states.

You know? I had these symptoms before our Lanzarote vacation in February. I am on this laptop a lot, and have a mouse on the chair arm beside me. I didn't like the pins and needles at all and as you said the pain up the arm, It took me some time to realise what it was.

Fortunately the rest away from the computer eased it, so I hope it does the same for you. Now I try not to be on as much or hold the mouse as much.

Ohhhh Sweetie... welcome to my H E L L....

you're bothering one of your nerves. (probably Carpal Tunnel...)

I on the other hand have nerve impingements. (in other words MY nerves are already stuck in scar tissue...) (I had 6 surgeries to get rid of what I could...)

It sort of feels like pins and needles and if it feels like you hit your funny bone, then it's the ulnar nerve. Which fingers did you feel it and what side of the arm can you feel it? Front, back top of the fingers? Believe it or not... I killed all 3 major nerves in my right arm. I have that pain every day. From my finger tips up to my neck.

Trick is to catch it early and often.

Best thing is to ice it on the palm side of the wrist.... Do not leave it on if it starts to hurt - too much exposure. Also ice where ever it is hurting on the rest of the arm.

Also.. you might want to make sure you have a good wrist pad (gel) for your computer. I use one with the mousepad attached to the gel pad. (Belkin - Amazon has it...)

There are also excercises... I will look it up and post them... they are just simple stretching (I do them without thinking...) but they help.

AND... take some Tylenol, Motrin... an anti inflamatory... take it for a couple of days. It will also help.

Hope that helps... let me know if you need anything else... :hug:

Ian, I hope your arm is better soon :hug: There are a lot of common repetitive injuries these days. I have had carpal tunnel since my early 20's. I finally had surgery on both wrists, one last summer and the other the summer before that. Oh my gosh, what an improvement. It used to wake me up all night (now other things wake me up all night :rolleyes:) and cause a lot of pain during the day. My hands would go numb all of the time. You can't even see the scars from the surgeries and I am really pleased with the results, although I'm not usually someone who would opt for this route. I was really afraid of the surgery and put it off for many years. So...the last two summers I had a month and a bit off work...sure wish I had a third hand :rotfl:

Kathe

[HollyTyler]

Oh my gosh, my splurge today was a Red Baron french bread pepperoni pizza. I just finished it. Yummy!!!! It really hit the spot. :goodvibes

I sort of cheated and weighed myself at my friends house earlier tonight. My weigh in day is Monday, but she wanted me to weigh today to prove to me this is going to work. I don't want to get excited though, because her scale isn't the one I usually weigh on, and could be calibrated a bit differently, so I'm going to wait until I'm on my usual scale on Monday before I get excited. :thumbsup2

[katypop]

Oh my gosh, my splurge today was a Red Baron french bread pepperoni pizza. I just finished it. Yummy!!!! It really hit the spot. :goodvibes

I sort of cheated and weighed myself at my friends house earlier tonight. My weigh in day is Monday, but she wanted me to weigh today to prove to me this is going to work. I don't want to get excited though, because her scale isn't the one I usually weigh on, and could be calibrated a bit differently, so I'm going to wait until I'm on my usual scale on Monday before I get excited. :thumbsup2


Mmmm...that pizza sounds good Holly! Good luck on Monday!

Kathe

[HollyTyler]

Mmmm...that pizza sounds good Holly! Good luck on Monday!

Kathe
It was really good, especially since I haven't had one in a while. I used to eat them a few times a week but now know they're not a good choice to have too often, but good for a treat once in a while. :goodvibes

[HollyTyler]

I should be cleaning since we're having a friend over tomorrow, and Tyler's dad will be coming inside because Tyler wants to show him the guinea pig. But I just feel too lazy to do it. I'll probably just pick up a few things before and after church, then while Tyler's at scouts tomorrow afternoon I'll do a bit more before his friend comes over.

I think I'm headed to bed. Goodnight all! :cloud9:

[HollyTyler]

Oh....one more thing. Marilyn, I showed Tyler the previews of that Disney movie, G Force. He loved it so much, he asked me to play it at our friends' house tonight too. They loved it too, now we all can't wait to see it! :rotfl2: So thanks for posting it!

[Tink rules]

:hug: Michelle, I'm sorry you've gone through and are going through all of that, but grateful that you have so many helpful tips to share with Ian (and anybody else here who may need it). :hug:


:grouphug:

Missed my previous post, eh?

You turning Mexicanadian?

Spring is over.

It was a very warm day here in the upper '70's.

I was outside a little while ago and it was really warm and humid. I ran out to the drugstore to pick up some stuff for the trip. It was raining, but nothing severe. They didn't have what I wanted so I decided to walk over about 6 blocks to another drugstore.

During my walk, it sudden felt like someone had turned on the air conditioning. At first there were little bursts of cold air and then WHOOSH! It sudden got rather chilly, all in the space of about 7 minutes.

I was out in just a t-shirt.

I did find what I wanted but then had about a 12 block walk home. I think it must have dropped from about 75 to 50 degrees in that space of 8 minutes or so.

That happened to me once at Epcot... I was at Japan having dinner and when I came out a storm front had gone through and the temps dropped - this was back in the 90's and the only place to get a sweatshirt was the two shops at the beginning of WS...I made a run for it and I still have that sweatshirt today... :thumbsup2

Ian, I hope your arm is better soon :hug: There are a lot of common repetitive injuries these days. I have had carpal tunnel since my early 20's. I finally had surgery on both wrists, one last summer and the other the summer before that. Oh my gosh, what an improvement. It used to wake me up all night (now other things wake me up all night :rolleyes:) and cause a lot of pain during the day. My hands would go numb all of the time. You can't even see the scars from the surgeries and I am really pleased with the results, although I'm not usually someone who would opt for this route. I was really afraid of the surgery and put it off for many years. So...the last two summers I had a month and a bit off work...sure wish I had a third hand :rotfl:

Kathe

Courtesy of my surgeon... my fate line now goes down to the middle of my wrist... :rotfl:

[granmaz]

Good morning.

Beautiful day here, but the good weather is going tomorrow and it is going to be wet, breezy with odd periods of sunshine - all week. I think I might just fly off to somewhere warmer.;)

[Bilbo UK]

Good Morning

The sun is shining brightly. We are just leaving to pick up Monica & her Dad from their hotel at Heathrow and :car: them to Dover.

Ann

[Tink rules]

Morning Marilyn... & Deborah... :flower3::flower3:

[Tink rules]

Good Morning

The sun is shining brightly. We are just leaving to pick up Monica & her Dad from their hotel at Heathrow and :car: them to Dover.

Ann

Hi Ann!!!! :goodvibes

Thanks so much for taking such good care of Monica for us!!! Give her a hug and tell her we miss her!!! (and that we still believe that she is vacationing at home to avoid all of us!!!)

Hello to Albert!!! :goodvibes

[scottishwee35]

Good morning.

Beautiful day here, but the good weather is going tomorrow and it is going to be wet, breezy with odd periods of sunshine - all week. I think I might just fly off to somewhere warmer.;)

same here and I got list for school holiday as 2011 - 8th April for two weeks, 2010 - 2nd April, for 2 weeks...

Good Morning

The sun is shining brightly. We are just leaving to pick up Monica & her Dad from their hotel at Heathrow and :car: them to Dover.

Ann

Please give my hug to Monica and hope you are well...

Scottishwee35

Morning Marilyn... & Deborah... :flower3::flower3:

Good Morning Tink rules

[granmaz]

Say HI to Monica!!!:thumbsup2

[iankh]

Ian, I hope your arm is better soon :hug: There are a lot of common repetitive injuries these days. I have had carpal tunnel since my early 20's. I finally had surgery on both wrists, one last summer and the other the summer before that. Oh my gosh, what an improvement. It used to wake me up all night (now other things wake me up all night :rolleyes:) and cause a lot of pain during the day. My hands would go numb all of the time. You can't even see the scars from the surgeries and I am really pleased with the results, although I'm not usually someone who would opt for this route. I was really afraid of the surgery and put it off for many years. So...the last two summers I had a month and a bit off work...sure wish I had a third hand :rotfl:

Kathe

I feel much better having had a rest from work. Oddly enough, what really made my arm feel better was carrying groceries back home from the supermarket, using those reusable bag. It's a 5 block walk and I think it sort of stretched out the muscles.

They gave me a new chair at work and ordered a keyboard tray, which will eliminate my needing to reach to my trackball.

I think that vacation will help. No typing for a while, or at least reduced typing.

[iankh]

Oh my gosh, my splurge today was a Red Baron french bread pepperoni pizza. I just finished it. Yummy!!!! It really hit the spot. :goodvibes

I sort of cheated and weighed myself at my friends house earlier tonight. My weigh in day is Monday, but she wanted me to weigh today to prove to me this is going to work. I don't want to get excited though, because her scale isn't the one I usually weigh on, and could be calibrated a bit differently, so I'm going to wait until I'm on my usual scale on Monday before I get excited. :thumbsup2



I recommend that you stick to one scale only and weigh yourself on the same day, same time of day every week. Our weight can fluctuate by as much as 2 pounds during the course of a day.

When I attending meetings (rather than leading them), my day was Sunday mornings. I attended 8:30 AM meetings (different location), and that is the only time I weighed in.

I still weigh myself every Sunday morning, before I start my meetings (after a quick change into gym shorts and a t-shirt in the stock room). I never step on a scale otherwise.

I think that by keeping it regular, I just never drove myself crazy with any unaccountable variances.

The program is designed to produce a maximum loss of 2 pound a week. Though it varies.

Over time, I learned my weight loss pattern, which was not consistent from week to week.

Typically I had a bigger loss, a little over 2 pounds, followed by a week with a small loss, about .2 pounds, followed by no loss or a .5 pound gain, followed by a big loss again. Then the patter would repeat for another 3 weeks.

As I always tell members, track, track, track and the scale will eventually follow the behavior. The scale ALWAY eventually follows the behavior, no matter what the behavior is (as evidenced by my 20 years of progressively gaining weight, followed by getting myself on track and reaching goal).

I'm sure you did GREAT this week.



PS - Avoid having overly salty foods, or salty meals the day before weigh in. Salty food can cause some water retention which could impact results.











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[iankh]

Good morning.

Beautiful day here, but the good weather is going tomorrow and it is going to be wet, breezy with odd periods of sunshine - all week. I think I might just fly off to somewhere warmer.;)

Or don't you mean periods of odd sunshine?

[granmaz]

Or don't you mean periods of odd sunshine?


Might just be!!

[LisaG520]

Kathe,
Most the grocery stores in my town are pushing the reusable bags. Our Save On foods doesn't charge for using plastic bags, but you earn reward points for using reusable bags or reusing your plastic bags. I really like the reusable bags, because they hold more and don't tip over :cool1:

Have a good night, I'm off to curl up in bed and watch Numbers :happytv:

Plus they are easier to carry. Our targets gave us a 5 cent credit for each reusable bag we used the other day.

[LisaG520]

This week at work something very ironic happened, while working on a workers' compensation claims project, I went to HR to file a potential workers' compensation issue.

Beginning around Tuesday, I started to experience pins & needles in my fight hand and pain shooting up my right arm, over and around my shoulder and down my back and side.

It got so bad on Thursday, that by 4 pm, I could not use my right hand and had to move my trackerball with my left hand. When I got home, I couldn't even open a jar.

Our risk control guy visited me and my desk is being redone, to change my set up,

My hand and are are still rather painful, but given that for most of the coming week, I won't be at work and then on vacation, I'm hoping it will go away.

On the plus side, from this project, I'm now familiar with state workers' compensation forms in 23 states.

I had similar symptoms a couple of years ago (not the shold or cak pains though) - turned out to be tendonitis of the tendon that runs from the thumb up the arm. I now sleep with braces on my hands and at work rotate the mouse between hands to prevent it from coming back. It took me 6 weeks of pt and exercises to go away - pt through workers comp (not a fun thing to deal with).

Hope you are feeling better soon!

[LisaG520]

Off to go sort pictures. Other than out cruise I haven ot done much with any other picutres from 2008 so I need to put thme in order and notate where and when for each group. I have a couple of all day crops coming up so need to get ready.

Have a great Sunday everyone!!

[JLSE50]

Yes indeed!!!:rotfl2: We're also doing 6 weeks in Sept/Oct too. :cool1: There has to be some benefits from being this old!!!:lmao::lmao:

It is also our 40th wedding anniversary year so that is another excuse.
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AND

YOU are SPECIAL. :yay:

It's our 40th Anniversary year too but we only get two long weekends to PA to see the kids (after one of which I stay to help care for Sophie !!!), a one week cruise with no WDW days and a long weekend at WDW on Tom's Birthday pretending it is MY Birthday because he could not be away from work in March.

Marilyn is SPECIAL--yup, we all know that! :thumbsup2:
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[ibouncetoo]

Good Morning

The sun is shining brightly. We are just leaving to pick up Monica & her Dad from their hotel at Heathrow and :car: them to Dover.

Ann


Hi Ann! Nice of you to stop in. :wave: You know Ian is going to say Monica 'put you up' to post this as he thinks she's still at home and just hiding from him when he comes to WDW next week.

[granmaz]

.
AND

YOU are SPECIAL. :yay:

It's our 40th Anniversary year too but we only get two long weekends to PA to see the kids (after one of which I stay to help care for Sophie !!!), a one week cruise with no WDW days and a long weekend at WDW on Tom's Birthday pretending it is MY Birthday because he could not be away from work in March.

Marilyn is SPECIAL--yup, we all know that! :thumbsup2:
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Aaaaw thanks. No more special than all you other Thieves though.:grouphug:

We did have to fit in with the warehouseman who took over much of John's work, and the long school summer vacation that sees most of the other workers off at some point, but he can take longer trips now with little problem as our son Andrew is now the boss.

John was just saying last night that these last few vacations have been the most relaxed for him as he wasn't thinking about what was going on at work, or having calls or emails with problems. Andrew is doing a great job.

[HollyTyler]

I recommend that you stick to one scale only and weigh yourself on the same day, same time of day every week. Our weight can fluctuate by as much as 2 pounds during the course of a day.

When I attending meetings (rather than leading them), my day was Sunday mornings. I attended 8:30 AM meetings (different location), and that is the only time I weighed in.

I still weigh myself every Sunday morning, before I start my meetings (after a quick change into gym shorts and a t-shirt in the stock room). I never step on a scale otherwise.

I think that by keeping it regular, I just never drove myself crazy with any unaccountable variances.

The program is designed to produce a maximum loss of 2 pound a week. Though it varies.

Over time, I learned my weight loss pattern, which was not consistent from week to week.

Typically I had a bigger loss, a little over 2 pounds, followed by a week with a small loss, about .2 pounds, followed by no loss or a .5 pound gain, followed by a big loss again. Then the patter would repeat for another 3 weeks.

As I always tell members, track, track, track and the scale will eventually follow the behavior. The scale ALWAY eventually follows the behavior, no matter what the behavior is (as evidenced by my 20 years of progressively gaining weight, followed by getting myself on track and reaching goal).

I'm sure you did GREAT this week.



PS - Avoid having overly salty foods, or salty meals the day before weigh in. Salty food can cause some water retention which could impact results.



.

Thanks Ian, I only want to weigh in once a week because I've known people who drive themselves crazy when they see the daily fluctuations. I'd heard before about always using the same scale, and that weigh in will be on Monday after work at Tyler's OT. :goodvibes Thanks for the salty foods tip. I'll avoid my popcorn today because that's my saltiest food. :thumbsup2

[HollyTyler]

It's such a beautiful day today! We're supposed to have more thunderstorms later this afternoon, but the sun is shining a bit and for the first time this season, I have ALL our windows open! So nice to feel the fresh air drifting through the house! :goodvibes

We managed to get a little bit of cleaning done this morning in between church and Tyler's dad picking him up for a cub scouts event. Tyler was excited to show Oreo to his dad. That silly little guinea pig likes to just sit in his paper bag now. :lmao:He'll come out and run circles around it occasionally, shove it around a bit, then go back inside to sit. :lmao: We're having so much fun with him.

Off to have a very light lunch and back to cleaning. Tyler will help me when he gets home in about an hour.

[HollyTyler]

In case anybody is interested, KFC is giving a free piece of their new grilled chicken to everybody tomorrow. U.S. only, I believe. http://www.unthinkfc.com/

[Tink rules]

Afternoon everyone!!!

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood!!!!

(which is why I'm leaving... :rotfl2:)

Actually, I am headed up to Lake George... not to sightsee, but to hit the outlet stores and spend money I don't yet have. (I need sneakers badly)

Maybe I'll take my camera anyway...

Until later... :upsidedow

[HollyTyler]

Afternoon everyone!!!

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood!!!!

(which is why I'm leaving... :rotfl2:)

Actually, I am headed up to Lake George... not to sightsee, but to hit the outlet stores and spend money I don't yet have. (I need sneakers badly)

Maybe I'll take my camera anyway...

Until later... :upsidedow
Have a great time, Michelle! :goodvibes

Our next round of storms is heading our way. The temperature has dropped a lot and the sky is getting dark. Bummer. Tyler was hoping to be able to drive his firetruck today when his friend comes over. Oh well....I think we'll play Disney DVD bingo instead! :yay:

[HollyTyler]

Well, I think I'm done cleaning. It's not close to being done, but OK enough for company because this friend keeps a really messy house, much worse than mine, so she'll think our house is clean in comparison. :rotfl2:

[HollyTyler]

Wow, this is the first time I've watched NASCAR on my new TV. AWESOME! :dance3:

[iankh]

Back home from my 3 meetings and I'm exhausted. It was NUTS today! I had about 15+ new members enroll and my meetings were very busy.

I had been wondering what was going on to cause such a dramatic change. I asked at my 9:30 am meeting and found out. It's the weather.

The warm weather we've been having has caused people to get out their summer clothing. It has also caused them to find out that they don't fit into their clothing from last summer and so, do something about it.

I was run off my feet. I did 7,445 steps and I didn't go anyplace!

[ibouncetoo]

Glad to hear about the new members....and that explanation makes lots of sense. I think folks make a New Year's resolution to eat better....but still having winter months, cold weather, comfort food...they don't really get around to it till the Spring!


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[HollyTyler]

Back home from my 3 meetings and I'm exhausted. It was NUTS today! I had about 15+ new members enroll and my meetings were very busy.

I had been wondering what was going on to cause such a dramatic change. I asked at my 9:30 am meeting and found out. It's the weather.

The warm weather we've been having has caused people to get out their summer clothing. It has also caused them to find out that they don't fit into their clothing from last summer and so, do something about it.

I was run off my feet. I did 7,445 steps and I didn't go anyplace!
Wow, lots of new members! The reason sure makes sense. :goodvibes At least it's over for you today and now you can focus on just a couple more days of work and then VACATION!!! :dance3:

[HollyTyler]

I jokingly mentioned to my mom recently that she should come on the PC cruise with us. She doesn't like water and doesn't like groups of kids, and has no patience for Tyler, so I don't think she'd enjoy it, so that's why I say I was joking. She might do OK if she had her own room. Well, today she e-mailed me telling me her friend wants to know all about it! This is a friend that often talks her into traveling with her, so I'm hopeful she'll drag my mom with her on the cruise! I directed mom's friend to the 2011 PC thread for details. :goodvibes

[ibouncetoo]

Well, I just cleaned a mess of strawberries to have with some angel food cake, grilled some skinny, boneless pork chops and made some broccoli 'slaw'. Now I get to go eat some of it! :thumbsup2

I find my medication that I take on Sunday mornings tends to dull my appetite...a good thing for the day before weigh in I guess, as I'm not likely to over indulge.

[HollyTyler]

Well, I just cleaned a mess of strawberries to have with some angel food cake, grilled some skinny, boneless pork chops and made some broccoli 'slaw'. Now I get to go eat some of it! :thumbsup2

I find my medication that I take on Sunday mornings tends to dull my appetite...a good thing for the day before weigh in I guess, as I'm not likely to over indulge.
Jackie, that sounds like a yummy meal! :goodvibes I see we have the same weigh in day. Good luck!

[iankh]

Wow, lots of new members! The reason sure makes sense. :goodvibes At least it's over for you today and now you can focus on just a couple more days of work and then VACATION!!! :dance3:

Not really, I have to return for a training class from 4 to 7 pm :mad:.

[HollyTyler]

Well, Tyler's little girlfriend is about to be dropped off to play, so I'm going to move my car out of the driveway so he can drive his firetruck out to take her for a ride. ;) The storm in the distanced passed north of us and all we got were a few sprinkles, so it's perfect playing outside weather! :yay:

[Frodo UK]

Hi Ann! Nice of you to stop in. :wave: You know Ian is going to say Monica 'put you up' to post this as he thinks she's still at home and just hiding from him when he comes to WDW next week.

Sightings of Monica.

Oh ye of little faith -

Monica & Ann at the White Cliffs of Dover

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicawhitecliffs.jpg

and with Dad (so it must be true) at Chartwell, home of Sir Winston Churchill

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicadadannchartwell.jpg

Battle of Britain Memorial

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicabattleofbritain.jpg

and a bed for the night at Maison Dieu Guest House, Dover

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicabb.jpg

Monica is clutching her camera and detailed photojournalism is guaranteed to follow.

Albert

[granmaz]

Woohoo, Monica, Ann and Albert in Dover!!

[gydell]

Sightings of Monica.

Oh ye of little faith -

Monica & Ann at the White Cliffs of Dover

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicawhitecliffs.jpg

and with Dad (so it must be true) at Chartwell, home of Sir Winston Churchill

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicadadannchartwell.jpg

Battle of Britain Memorial

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicabattleofbritain.jpg

and a bed for the night at Maison Dieu Guest House, Dover

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicabb.jpg

Monica is clutching her camera and detailed photojournalism is guaranteed to follow.

Albert

13 more months(plus a couple of weeks) and I'll be there!

[scottishwee35]

Sightings of Monica.

Oh ye of little faith -

Monica & Ann at the White Cliffs of Dover

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicawhitecliffs.jpg

and with Dad (so it must be true) at Chartwell, home of Sir Winston Churchill

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicadadannchartwell.jpg

Battle of Britain Memorial

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicabattleofbritain.jpg

and a bed for the night at Maison Dieu Guest House, Dover

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicabb.jpg

Monica is clutching her camera and detailed photojournalism is guaranteed to follow.

Albert

Albert

Thank you for showing it and Ann & Monica look well...

Scottishwee35

[TiggersPal]

In case anybody is interested, KFC is giving a free piece of their new grilled chicken to everybody tomorrow. U.S. only, I believe. http://www.unthinkfc.com/


How many points? I think El Pollo Loco is probably a better option... but not sure. Is there a way to verify calories, from their menu? Just curious.
Well, I just cleaned a mess of strawberries to have with some angel food cake, grilled some skinny, boneless pork chops and made some broccoli 'slaw'. Now I get to go eat some of it! :thumbsup2

I find my medication that I take on Sunday mornings tends to dull my appetite...a good thing for the day before weigh in I guess, as I'm not likely to over indulge.
Hey sister - sounds yummy! Are you feeling better today? You said you were a little under the weather and I wanted to make sure you didn't pick up something from me!


HELLO MONICA!!!!!

[ibouncetoo]

HELLO MONICA!!!!!

You are going to have to yell louder than that.....she's in England getting ready to get on a cruise ship. :lmao::lmao:

I'm feeling better....a good night's sleep really helped. Don't know what was going on with the flushed/feverish feeling yesterday. Can't get sick, I have vacation in a week and a half.

[HollyTyler]

Not really, I have to return for a training class from 4 to 7 pm :mad:.
Oh, that stinks. I'd forgotten about you having to go back. :hug:

[HollyTyler]

Sightings of Monica.

Oh ye of little faith -

Monica & Ann at the White Cliffs of Dover

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicawhitecliffs.jpg

and with Dad (so it must be true) at Chartwell, home of Sir Winston Churchill

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicadadannchartwell.jpg

Battle of Britain Memorial

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicabattleofbritain.jpg

and a bed for the night at Maison Dieu Guest House, Dover

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicabb.jpg

Monica is clutching her camera and detailed photojournalism is guaranteed to follow.

Albert
Very cool! Thanks for updating us! :goodvibes

[HollyTyler]

How many points? I think El Pollo Loco is probably a better option... but not sure. Is there a way to verify calories, from their menu? Just curious.

Hey sister - sounds yummy! Are you feeling better today? You said you were a little under the weather and I wanted to make sure you didn't pick up something from me!


HELLO MONICA!!!!!

If you click on the link, at the bottom of the screen you can click on the nutritional information. Or click here: http://www.kfc.com/nutrition/grilled.asp

Looks like 4 points for a breast, 4 for a thigh, 2 for a drumstick and 2 for a wing.

[iankh]

Sightings of Monica.

Oh ye of little faith -

Monica & Ann at the White Cliffs of Dover

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicawhitecliffs.jpg

and with Dad (so it must be true) at Chartwell, home of Sir Winston Churchill

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicadadannchartwell.jpg

Battle of Britain Memorial

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicabattleofbritain.jpg

and a bed for the night at Maison Dieu Guest House, Dover

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicabb.jpg

Monica is clutching her camera and detailed photojournalism is guaranteed to follow.

Albert

Very clever posting with sets and green-screened backdrops. If I get time later, I can superimpose myself with Paris in the the background. I'll see if I can get Eleanor Roosevelt in the photo with me too.

Amazing what they can do with Photoshop these days!

[iankh]

FINALLY my WW day from hell is over. I feel like I moved in there, what with being at the center at 6:45 a.m. this morning, coming home for lunch and then going BACK for training.

Fortunately, on the plus side, I picked up a little extra cash and the people were fun.

The cash is gone. I bought Sukie some mini-straightening tongs that are so small they fit into a shaving case. He now has travel sized tongs for his moustache.

[iankh]

If you click on the link, at the bottom of the screen you can click on the nutritional information. Or click here: http://www.kfc.com/nutrition/grilled.asp

Looks like 4 points for a breast, 4 for a thigh, 2 for a drumstick and 2 for a wing.


With skin removed of course?

[katypop]

:grouphug:



You turning Mexicanadian?



That happened to me once at Epcot... I was at Japan having dinner and when I came out a storm front had gone through and the temps dropped - this was back in the 90's and the only place to get a sweatshirt was the two shops at the beginning of WS...I made a run for it and I still have that sweatshirt today... :thumbsup2



Courtesy of my surgeon... my fate line now goes down to the middle of my wrist... :rotfl:

Michelle, my mom has a new fate line too! How long ago was your surgery? What a difference a few years make, now it's a tiny incision, a little camera goes in, a tiny little cut...that was the part I was worried about!

Weather story...mine was at WDW too. Hurricane Wilma :scared1: I had been there for a few days, very hot and muggy, then it began to rain, and rain, and rain. I came out from dinner at Le Cellier and went staight back to my resort. Parks were closed the next morning, but they opened MK and DD by noon. When I ventured out, it was cold! I ended up going and buying a fleece jacket for my night at the MNSSHP at MK. I had been at this party a few nights earlier in a sleeveless top until midnight, without being a bit cold!


Good morning.

Beautiful day here, but the good weather is going tomorrow and it is going to be wet, breezy with odd periods of sunshine - all week. I think I might just fly off to somewhere warmer.;)


:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Gee...where should you go though :confused3 eh

I feel much better having had a rest from work. Oddly enough, what really made my arm feel better was carrying groceries back home from the supermarket, using those reusable bag. It's a 5 block walk and I think it sort of stretched out the muscles.

They gave me a new chair at work and ordered a keyboard tray, which will eliminate my needing to reach to my trackball.

I think that vacation will help. No typing for a while, or at least reduced typing.

Ian, I'm glad you're feeling better. I'm really impressed that your bosses would work so quickly to improve your environment for you :thumbsup2

Plus they are easier to carry. Our targets gave us a 5 cent credit for each reusable bag we used the other day.

Hi Lisa! We were giving an incentive to use your own bags too for the last few years, but now that we have gone bagless, we aren't paying people to bring their own.

Kathe

[katypop]

Sightings of Monica.

Oh ye of little faith -

Monica & Ann at the White Cliffs of Dover

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicawhitecliffs.jpg

and with Dad (so it must be true) at Chartwell, home of Sir Winston Churchill

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicadadannchartwell.jpg

Battle of Britain Memorial

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicabattleofbritain.jpg

and a bed for the night at Maison Dieu Guest House, Dover

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicabb.jpg

Monica is clutching her camera and detailed photojournalism is guaranteed to follow.

Albert

Great pics, thanks so much for sharing them with us :goodvibes I can hardly wait to read Monica's reports :cool1:

Kathe

[katypop]

Afternoon everyone!!!

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood!!!!

(which is why I'm leaving... :rotfl2:)

Actually, I am headed up to Lake George... not to sightsee, but to hit the outlet stores and spend money I don't yet have. (I need sneakers badly)

Maybe I'll take my camera anyway...

Until later... :upsidedow

Hope you have had a great day Michelle! Hope you've spent lots of money and will have some great pics of Lake George to share with us too!

Kathe

[gaylean93]

of course we out here. Bubba had to go to work today for inventory, now we are going to make a Costco run and might have to do the grocery store too as we just decided that we are going to DL tomorrow. :woohoo:

I just spoke with you and you are on your way home now but I sure hope you had a great time ;)

[gaylean93]

Spring is over.

It was a very warm day here in the upper '70's.

I was outside a little while ago and it was really warm and humid. I ran out to the drugstore to pick up some stuff for the trip. It was raining, but nothing severe. They didn't have what I wanted so I decided to walk over about 6 blocks to another drugstore.

During my walk, it sudden felt like someone had turned on the air conditioning. At first there were little bursts of cold air and then WHOOSH! It sudden got rather chilly, all in the space of about 7 minutes.

I was out in just a t-shirt.

I did find what I wanted but then had about a 12 block walk home. I think it must have dropped from about 75 to 50 degrees in that space of 8 minutes or so.

It was like that here yesterday too. It was weird. Today is beautiful :goodvibes

[katypop]

I had been wondering what was going on to cause such a dramatic change. I asked at my 9:30 am meeting and found out. It's the weather.

The warm weather we've been having has caused people to get out their summer clothing. It has also caused them to find out that they don't fit into their clothing from last summer and so, do something about it.


:scared1: Summer clothing!!! I have two weeks to get in shape:eek:

Kathe

[gaylean93]

Gaylean - welcome to the online world of WW


Today we had artichoke leaves. If any of WW posse likes them, I recommend them. It was filling and seemed fun at the same time. Now I'm wondering what to do with the hearts :cloud9:

[gaylean93]

Hi Kathe

[gaylean93]

Gaylean, good luck to Brooke, I'm sure she will have a great time! Are you going too? I can't remember what stories I've told over the last year so I hope I'm not repeating myself :rolleyes: I still remember the 1st camping trip my daughter Sara had with girl scouts. It was in May and I went along to help out.We only went for 2 nights, but the 2nd morning she said she was sick and I had to call her dad to come and get her.It was snowing! Of course, I had to stay to help take down tents, clean, supervise...:headache::lmao:



Kathe

The first time I had my first sleep over in GS I got the chicken pox :eek: I think my parents were so happy to get rid of me for the night so someone else had to pick me up :rolleyes1 Thank goodness my sister was old enough to drive ;)

[katypop]

Hi Kathe

Hi Gaylean:hug: How was Brooke's camp?

Kathe

[Tink rules]

Hi G!!! Hi Kathe!!!

Sightings of Monica.

Oh ye of little faith -

Monica & Ann at the White Cliffs of Dover

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicawhitecliffs.jpg

and with Dad (so it must be true) at Chartwell, home of Sir Winston Churchill

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicadadannchartwell.jpg

Battle of Britain Memorial

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicabattleofbritain.jpg

and a bed for the night at Maison Dieu Guest House, Dover

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicabb.jpg

Monica is clutching her camera and detailed photojournalism is guaranteed to follow.

Albert

Very clever posting with sets and green-screened backdrops. If I get time later, I can superimpose myself with Paris in the the background. I'll see if I can get Eleanor Roosevelt in the photo with me too.

Amazing what they can do with Photoshop these days!

MY thoughts exactly.. and don't forget me... I always wanted to go to Paris...

FINALLY my WW day from hell is over. I feel like I moved in there, what with being at the center at 6:45 a.m. this morning, coming home for lunch and then going BACK for training.

Fortunately, on the plus side, I picked up a little extra cash and the people were fun.

The cash is gone. I bought Sukie some mini-straightening tongs that are so small they fit into a shaving case. He now has travel sized tongs for his moustache.

Sukie packs more than I do...

Hope you have had a great day Michelle! Hope you've spent lots of money and will have some great pics of Lake George to share with us too!

Kathe

It was fun... we headed to the Eddie Bauer outlet and got some shirts, etc. then I tried on a whole bunch of shoes trying to find something with good arch support... we drove up to the lake and watched for a while... it was VERY rough... white caps... I took a few pics... will post tomorrow...

[gaylean93]

You experienced WW folks probably know about this, but just in case, here's a link a friend shared with me when we were at her house tonight: http://www.dwlz.com/restaurants.html

Tons and tons of restaurants with points figured out for their menus. Not sure how accurate it is though, but it's fun to look things up!


I go there more than WW. They are not aloud to endorse it so Ian would never mention it. I'm inspired by her, even though she has gained weight back. Plus she likes a lot of the same restaurants I do and she tells you how to order your meals.

[HollyTyler]

FINALLY my WW day from hell is over. I feel like I moved in there, what with being at the center at 6:45 a.m. this morning, coming home for lunch and then going BACK for training.

Fortunately, on the plus side, I picked up a little extra cash and the people were fun.

The cash is gone. I bought Sukie some mini-straightening tongs that are so small they fit into a shaving case. He now has travel sized tongs for his moustache.
Glad you survived the day! I've never heard of what you bought for Sukie. Bummer that it took your earnings from today, but it's good that you made Sukie happy! :goodvibes

[katypop]

The first time I had my first sleep over in GS I got the chicken pox :eek: I think my parents were so happy to get rid of me for the night so someone else had to pick me up :rolleyes1 Thank goodness my sister was old enough to drive ;)

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Of course Serenity is much younger, but I asked her mom if she would like to come over with Serenity on my day off , which is Wednesday, and she said yes but then I added OR I can come and get Serenity on Tues after work for a sleep over and bring her home later on Wed.... she answered before I even finished asking ;) oh, yes, you can take her for a sleep over :lmao:

Kathe

[HollyTyler]

With skin removed of course?
I'm sure. They look like they're skinless, but I suppose if they were skinless, there would be some mention of it, so I could be wrong. :confused3

[katypop]

Hi G!!! Hi Kathe!!!

It was fun... we headed to the Eddie Bauer outlet and got some shirts, etc. then I tried on a whole bunch of shoes trying to find something with good arch support... we drove up to the lake and watched for a while... it was VERY rough... white caps... I took a few pics... will post tomorrow...

I'm glad you had a good day. So did you find some shoes :confused3

Kathe

[katypop]

Well, Tyler's little girlfriend is about to be dropped off to play, so I'm going to move my car out of the driveway so he can drive his firetruck out to take her for a ride. ;) The storm in the distanced passed north of us and all we got were a few sprinkles, so it's perfect playing outside weather! :yay:

Holly, how did Tyler's playdate go?

Kathe

[gaylean93]

Hi Gaylean:hug: How was Brooke's camp?

Kathe

It turned out really good....the best part was that no one had to pee at night :thumbsup2 That's saying a lot for 5 to 8 year olds

[HollyTyler]

Holly, how did Tyler's playdate go?

Kathe
Oh, he had a blast. This little girl has no problems playing firefighters and pretending to do karate with him, and any other boy things. It's funny though, because she was wearing a skirt and carrying a purse the whole time. :rotfl2: He had fun fixing her a snack and bringing it to her. They're very cute together.

[HollyTyler]

It turned out really good....the best part was that no one had to pee at night :thumbsup2 That's saying a lot for 5 to 8 year olds
:rotfl2:That's funny! Do they usually have to?

[gaylean93]

Good morning.

Beautiful day here, but the good weather is going tomorrow and it is going to be wet, breezy with odd periods of sunshine - all week. I think I might just fly off to somewhere warmer.;)

When should I pick you up ;)

[gaylean93]

:rotfl2:That's funny! Do they usually have to?

Well mine doesn't but we figure the 5 year olds are just getting night time trained. I'm just going off my kids :rolleyes1

[katypop]

It turned out really good....the best part was that no one had to pee at night :thumbsup2 That's saying a lot for 5 to 8 year olds

I'm glad it went well. I can appreciate the night pee thing! We camped for many years and my son ALWAYS woke up and had to go :rolleyes:

Oh, he had a blast. This little girl has no problems playing firefighters and pretending to do karate with him, and any other boy things. It's funny though, because she was wearing a skirt and carrying a purse the whole time. :rotfl2: He had fun fixing her a snack and bringing it to her. They're very cute together.

:goodvibes I'm glad they enjoyed their time together. Too cute about the purse :laughing:

Goodnight all! I have another early morning at work tomorrow. Must get some sleep.

Kathe

[Tink rules]

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Of course Serenity is much younger, but I asked her mom if she would like to come over with Serenity on my day off , which is Wednesday, and she said yes but then I added OR I can come and get Serenity on Tues after work for a sleep over and bring her home later on Wed.... she answered before I even finished asking ;) oh, yes, you can take her for a sleep over :lmao:

Kathe

:cheer2::cheer2::cheer2::cheer2: Don't spoil her too much ok????

I'm glad you had a good day. So did you find some shoes :confused3

Kathe

No... I tried on tons... different sneakers and some Tevas and some Birkenstocks... I need some support in my shoes and I'm trying to figure some things out... I have another place to try later in the week... it's in Saratoga Springs (the real one... :rotfl:) so I will run up there one afternoon...

[HollyTyler]

Not a great picture, but you can see the purse with pink handles. Off to fight a fire, but a girl's gotta have her purse! :rotfl2:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/hollyntyler/SANY0085.jpg

Need 2 firefighters to hold the fire hose:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/hollyntyler/SANY0083.jpg

And.....she's got her purse in the fire truck again:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/hollyntyler/SANY0079.jpg

[disneylover5]

Good morning.

Beautiful day here, but the good weather is going tomorrow and it is going to be wet, breezy with odd periods of sunshine - all week. I think I might just fly off to somewhere warmer.;)

Come to Washington DC...all weekend it we 92-94 degrees. I heard tomorrow is supposed to be 97!! The sun has been shining!!

[Tink rules]

AND MY AIR CONDITIONER HAS BEEN ON FOR 2 DAYS!!!!! :cool1::cool1::cool1:

[disneylover5]

Not a great picture, but you can see the purse with pink handles. Off to fight a fire, but a girl's gotta have her purse! :rotfl2:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/hollyntyler/SANY0085.jpg

Need 2 firefighters to hold the fire hose:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/hollyntyler/SANY0083.jpg

And.....she's got her purse in the fire truck again:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/hollyntyler/SANY0079.jpg



Very Very cute pictures!! :):):)

[HollyTyler]

I'm glad it went well. I can appreciate the night pee thing! We camped for many years and my son ALWAYS woke up and had to go :rolleyes:



:goodvibes I'm glad they enjoyed their time together. Too cute about the purse :laughing:

Goodnight all! I have another early morning at work tomorrow. Must get some sleep.

Kathe
Goodnight Kathe! :cloud9:

[Tink rules]

Well... I'm checking out early tonight... tired after the last couple of days of work... I think it's the letdown from that part and the wondering about the rest... The guys made it to London this morning...:thumbsup2 so we'll see... Keep your fingers crossed...

(Holly...it's my project that's set to go through...)

[HollyTyler]

Well... I'm checking out early tonight... tired after the last couple of days of work... I think it's the letdown from that part and the wondering about the rest... The guys made it to London this morning...:thumbsup2 so we'll see... Keep your fingers crossed...

(Holly...it's my project that's set to go through...)
OK, I'm very lost, but.......GOOD LUCK!!!! :hug:

[tink1963]

Today we had artichoke leaves. If any of WW posse likes them, I recommend them. It was filling and seemed fun at the same time. Now I'm wondering what to do with the hearts :cloud9:

I love artichokes, but I also love them dipped in mayo, which defeats the purpose. I will also eat the heart, with lots of mayo.:scared1: Needless to say I don't have them very often.

[gaylean93]

Glad to hear about the new members....and that explanation makes lots of sense. I think folks make a New Year's resolution to eat better....but still having winter months, cold weather, comfort food...they don't really get around to it till the Spring!


.

:eek: Summer clothes :scared1: Oh wait we wear them year round and so do you ;) Confort food year round here :lmao:

[HollyTyler]

Since this is our first day having all the windows open, I hate to close them! But I have to because it will get cold tonight. We won't be able to have them open for a while because it's supposed to rain all day tomorrow and Tuesday, then a whole bunch of days not warm enough for open windows but nice enough.

I guess I'd better get off here. I have a bunch of clean laundry sitting on my bed that needs to get put away.

Goodnight all! :cloud9:

[gaylean93]

Sightings of Monica.

Oh ye of little faith -

Monica & Ann at the White Cliffs of Dover

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicawhitecliffs.jpg

and with Dad (so it must be true) at Chartwell, home of Sir Winston Churchill

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicadadannchartwell.jpg

Battle of Britain Memorial

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicabattleofbritain.jpg

and a bed for the night at Maison Dieu Guest House, Dover

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/albertfair/monicabb.jpg

Monica is clutching her camera and detailed photojournalism is guaranteed to follow.

Albert

I'm not sure I believe it still (only because I'll never be there) and Monica looks great :cheer2:

[gaylean93]

13 more months(plus a couple of weeks) and I'll be there!

And we're not jealous at all :rolleyes:

[LisaG520]

13 more months(plus a couple of weeks) and I'll be there!

Us too :cool1:

[gaylean93]

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Of course Serenity is much younger, but I asked her mom if she would like to come over with Serenity on my day off , which is Wednesday, and she said yes but then I added OR I can come and get Serenity on Tues after work for a sleep over and bring her home later on Wed.... she answered before I even finished asking ;) oh, yes, you can take her for a sleep over :lmao:

Kathe

I savor alone days with Jon but they don't come very often :love:


And Bubba is thinking of gravy right now.

[gaylean93]

I'm glad it went well. I can appreciate the night pee thing! We camped for many years and my son ALWAYS woke up and had to go :rolleyes:



Kathe

going or wanting to play :confused3

[gaylean93]

I love artichokes, but I also love them dipped in mayo, which defeats the purpose. I will also eat the heart, with lots of mayo.:scared1: Needless to say I don't have them very often.

We ate them with the spray butter :confused3 Not perfect for you but ok in WW