Biggest Loser 10 Fall Challenge -- for losers and maintainers :)

[lisah0711]

Tracey! Your counter says ONE MORE DAY!

 

[cclovesdis]

CC, have a great first day at work today! And don't worry about the replies -- it's fine! We are glad that you checked in.

Thank you for saying this! I especially appreciate this because I am ready for bed. I love my new job! I just also need to get used to an entirely new schedule. Even though I was trying to get up by 6 when I wasn't working, that didn't help nearly enough. I am up at 4:30 AM now. But, it's worth it.

So, again I apologize that that I only have time for a few replies.

Pamela: So glad to hear that DH will be going to rehab soon and much closer to home will definitely make things easier.

Joanne: So sorry to hear about DS's loss.

Taryn: I need to get to your PC website tonight. I have things picked out so I have just enough time before I fall asleep. I hope.

Deb: Thanks for being such angel to Pamela.

Tracey: Congrats on reaching goal! Have a great trip too!

We will need to keep an eye on our page numbers -- it is possible that we may have to open another thread before the challenge is over -- I will try and give you plenty of notice if we do have to switch. Last time I opened another thread and we would have made it without it so I think I will wait and see. If you have any questions or comments, please let me know.

Sounds perfect! Thanks for everything you do for these challenges!

 

[Rose&Mike]

11/29/10 Monday QOTD: Bippity-Boppity-Boo! Your fairy godmother has just magically transformed your kitchen and it now has a window where you can pick up all the food items you want today from WDW and DL (yes, counter service, resorts, DTD, any food served on property), but you can only have each item once. What, if anything, do you order? This is a one-day only option, tomorrow it's back to scrubbing the floors and doing the laundry!

Maria

I don't know what it's called but they have a veggie plate at the Marrakesh take out that I love! That would be my lunch. For dinner I'll have whatever the veggie entree is at Narcoosee along with the beet salad and the almond crusted dessert--can't remember what it was called.

We have only 19 days remaining in our challenge! Time to review your goal and get focused! You can do it! Also today is “Cyber Monday” and don’t forget Tayrn is offering free shipping on all orders over $75 on her PC website. I have 8 items in my cart for $75 !!! They have some great specials in the outlet but you need to hurry because I had a really good deal disappear from my cart so I guess it sold out.

Not sure how I will run tomorrow with all this snow? Any tips from those who run in this type of weather? Also, I saw a tip on another WISH board about the Garmin Forerunner 305 for only $99 at WM. It was sold out there but I saw it at Amazon for $99 last night too. Today it is up to $129. Anyone have feedback?

Shawn

Shawn--I don't know if you are considering being a coach on the next challenge, but I think you would do a great job! You are very positive!

We have a garmin 305. It's works great, but just be aware that it is really big. As for the snow--do you have access to an elliptical or a tm? I am praying there is no snow on any of my long run days and the short runs I am doing inside already because it's dark before and after work. I know there are special things you can buy for the bottom of your shoes to make them grip better.

Rose, glad you had a good rest last night. That makes such a difference! I don't see any rest days in your workout schedule.

It will be a busy week around here but I feel ready after my "staycation." Another winter storm warning in effect for 4 to 8 more inches tomorrow -- my snow removal guys at home and at work are going to have a great winter I think.

Have a great day all!

More snow! Oh my. Please keep it all up there! We actually had a dusting on Saturday, but it stayed on the grass. That's the kind of snow I like. Sunday morning we had freezing fog. I didn't actually run yesterday, so that was kind of a rest day. And I actually consider the bike to be a rest because I do it at such a lower pace than the elliptical. I am planning next Sunday off.

Well, I never got back on yesterday to catch up fully, so I'll just go forward from here again. I did my 6 miles, at 15:02 pace. I find that the first couple miles I seem to struggle finding a rhythm, but by the third I'm usually feeling pretty good, and I finished still feeling good. Just hope that continues as I increase my distance. Have a great day.

Great job on the 6 miles. You are almost halfway there! I often struggle with the first mile or so especially on long runs. I can't tell you how many times Mike has told me--you can't stop, it hasn't been 5 minutes yet. By the 3rd or 4th mile I am usually pretty happy and ready to go and go and go!

Pamela--I'm so glad your DH is going to be closer to home. I am hoping the recovery process is as smooth as possible for your DH.

My official results came in and it was only the guntime which was 36:32 I think I was more in the 35 min range but I guess it doesnt really matter either way it was a PR for me.

That's a bummer that you didn't get the actual time, but irregardless, congrats on the PR!!!

I've had a really good OP day. Did my cross training this morning. Had a good day calorie wise. I wish every day was as easy as today!

Have a great evening all!

Woohoo for a good day!

I love my new job!

I'm so glad!

Long day. We have so much going on at work. I'm not sure how it's all going to get done before my vacation on the 21st. I did 23min on the elliptical and took my strength class. I am going to be sore tomorrow. She really was tough tonight.

Mike strained his hamstring today. Hopefully it's just a little strain, because I will be really lonely without him on our weekend runs if he has to take time off and I know he will really miss running. I told him he could ride his bike beside me. I don't think he liked that idea very much.

I was 2 pounds over the high side of my maintain weight this morning. Not sure if I can get if off by Friday, but I'm going to try. I am not going to make a chocolate cheesecake again anytime soon! It was too hard to resist!

Have a good evening!

 

[tigger813]

Thanks, everyone! I'm really excited about reaching goal and our trip. I think we are finally all packed and ready to go!

I just spoke to redwalker and she wanted me to send thanks to you all. She's doing ok. She was very close to her grandmother! She was collecting photos for the funeral tomorrow. One of her sisters is doing the speech during the service. Unfortunately neither DH or I can make it due to work. With leaving on Wednesday and being sick all weekend we both have to be at work and finish the final preps for the trip. Please say a prayer for her and her family tomorrow.

Pamela- Redwalker sends her love and prayers for your DH's recovery!

Just did 1.5 miles on the elliptical. Worked off any bad stuff I had to eat today. Having at least one big glass of water right and will probably have one more. Plan on getting up at 5 and doing either the 3 or 4 mile WATP and doing my weigh in at 6:30. Heading to work at 9 and then hopefully I will be home to get this place cleaned up around noon. I promised DD1 I would pick her up at school so she can get her homework done before we leave. We're going to go out to supper after going to the dump tomorrow so all the garbage will be out of the house. DD1 has hip hop tomorrow and then we'll come home and get ready for bed!

TTFN

 

[corinnak]

Hi Corinna! Another one with an exercise plan with no rest. Love your project title!

Not to worry, Lisa - I'm having a couple of life-enforced rest-days this week. Missed my run on Sunday due to those projects. That dinosaur project didn't really have that subtitle....but it could have!

And today, well, it's not that I was inactive - I did the painting the floor part, which involves a lot of squats and crawling around etc. Why do I always end up painting checkerboard floors? It's such a hassle - oh my word.

I'm liking the new WW plan - it is considerably different from the old plan, at least in the way they figure the points and encourage healthy food choices over more empty calories (i.e. 100 cal. apple vs. 100 cal snack pack of cookies - which would you choose? if they were both 2 points? Which would you choose if the apple were 0 points and the snack pack were 3?) though functionally, it all feels very easy and familiar, which is nice.

Hope everyone has a great night! I still have work to do on the program - it needs to go to the printer tomorrow afternoon.

 

[SettinSail]

Good morning losers! 18 more days in our challenge and 18 days until our visit to USA !!!

Not much going on at my house today. It's very quiet here, the snow has everything so muffled. I'm not sure how the roads are so I didn't drive DS to school today. I asked him to call me when he made it in (he can ride the train to school) but of course he didn't DH took the train to work as well. I think I will attempt to drive DS into Scouts this afternoon if they still have it. This is for his Cub Scout pack that he is assisting. Regular Boy Scouts is tommorow night and DH can drive him in to that.

I am catching up on some Oprahs I have taped this morning. Every time there is a commercial I pause it and make myself do a chore. So far I've made my bed, folded a load of laundry and got another load going, and dusted the living room. I really need to mop the kitchen floor today, not one of my favorite chores There is a very interesting thread on the budget board about housecleaning - "Has anyone gotten rid of their cleaner and if so, was it manageable?" Quite a debate!

I was up a little this morning on the scale, did not make good food choices yesterday afternoon into the evening. Same ole problem I've always had. When we are socked in with snow, I just want comfort foods. I ate a lot of rice with butter and soy sauce mixed in
Today I am determined to do better. Chugging water with lemon all day. I would like to get the extra weight off and go forward one pound. That is my goal for Friday. I am going to try to get out there and do my run in the snow about 1:00, we'll see how it goes. The sun is shining brightly right now

Good morning! I'm here with DH. He is doing okay in his regular room, but just getting up from the bed has absolutely wiped him out... his oxygen sats dropped, he got clammy and sweaty. Plus he finally saw himself in a mirror when they took him to the bathroom. Wish I had been with him when that happened. I feel like he looks fine except for the shaved head and black eyes, but I think it was a shock to him.

PT is returning at 1:30 to get him up again. I'm trying to let him rest to get ready for that.

GOOD NEWS... looks like they will be moving him to a rehab hospital about 35 minutes from home!! That is a big step in the right direction. It will be so much easier to visit and leave as necessary from that distance!! That said, they are looking at many more days in rehab than I anticipated. But we will take it as it comes. The move closer to home is a blessing that we will appreciate for now.

I'm gonna take a break and get some lunch while he is dozing. TTYL.............P

Can't believe he's already standing up! He will begin to get stronger every day! So glad he is being moved closer to home. Once he gets started with rehab, it may turn out to be not as long as they are thinking. So thankful it is going well for his recovery!

I actually use the stopwatch on my cell phone, I just carry with me in my hand. I got the nike air pegasus shoes that have the nike + sensor insert. I think I might splurge and get the nike sports band and sensor. I have a 40$ GC to amazon.com that I can use. I love love love my new shoes.

My official results came in and it was only the guntime which was 36:32 I think I was more in the 35 min range but I guess it doesnt really matter either way it was a PR for me

CONGRATS ON YOUR NEW PR!!!

COOL shoes! Hey, I could try that with my cellphone too - may try that today!

I
Keep enjoying Cyber Monday -- I scored some great Wii game deals!

How long will you get to be in the US for the holidays?

Hi Lisa

Just shy of 3 weeks. Arriving Dec 18th and leaving on Jan 6th

I love my new job! I just also need to get used to an entirely new schedule. Even though I was trying to get up by 6 when I wasn't working, that didn't help nearly enough. I am up at 4:30 AM now. But, it's worth it.

Great !! But, 4:30

I Shawn--I don't know if you are considering being a coach on the next challenge, but I think you would do a great job! You are very positive!

We have a garmin 305. It's works great, but just be aware that it is really big. As for the snow--do you have access to an elliptical or a tm? I am praying there is no snow on any of my long run days and the short runs I am doing inside already because it's dark before and after work. I know there are special things you can buy for the bottom of your shoes to make them grip better.

Mike strained his hamstring today. I was 2 pounds over the high side of my maintain weight this morning. Not sure if I can get if off by Friday, but I'm going to try. I am not going to make a chocolate cheesecake again anytime soon! It was too hard to resist!

Have a good evening!

I would be happy to be a coach, as long as no one minds the time difference I am 6 hours ahead of the USA East Coast
and 9 hours ahead of the west coast. I do have ALOT of time on my hands most days

We are looking into the Garmin more, not sure if the GPS would work here if I bought a US model. And, the Eurpoean model is 129 euros, more than I want to spend and then it would not work when we move back home. (we are assuming they work the same way as car navis) It DID look big in the picture on amazon, glad they pictured it on someone's wrist. Looked like a very cool gadget for $99.

We do have an elliptical, but no access to TM. I like to use the elliptical on the days I don't run. I'm gonna get out there this afternoon and see what happens Thanks for the tip on shoe grips . Hope you can keep the snow AWAY !

Hope your Mike is back to 100% soon! Great job keeping an eye on things while maintaining. That is so crucial to keeping it off (I've heard)

:I'm liking the new WW plan - it is considerably different from the old plan, at least in the way they figure the points and encourage healthy food choices over more empty calories (i.e. 100 cal. apple vs. 100 cal snack pack of cookies - which would you choose? if they were both 2 points? Which would you choose if the apple were 0 points and the snack pack were 3?) though functionally, it all feels very easy and familiar, which is nice.

That's one thing I dislike about WW, you were not really rewarded for making healthy, unprocessed food choices. Sounds like some good changes.

Well, my Slingbox froze up on me earlier so I jumped on here to wait it out and when it unfroze on me while I was typing about 30 minutes later it scared me

I'm going to continue my DVR/chore schedule for a few hours and then get out there and try my run. Will do some needlework this afternoon if nothing else going on. Going to try to add a German "soap opera" to my schedule and see if that help with language skills Should be able to do both at the same time

Have a great day all

Shawn

Oh yeah, Tracey have a great trip

 

[donac]

Good Morning It seems that everyone had a great Monday.

Work was very busy for me. I I had my classes, had to get ready for my workshop, had to get lessons set for being out on Tuesday and then had an exam meeting after school. I still want to look over the material this morning before I leave. I hav an extra hour here at the house before I leave for the workshop I am giving. I know that I have enough material for the day but I am always nervous about how it could go. Teacher often make the worst students.

I am in charge of the question of the day today and for the rest of the week.


Question of the Day
If you celebrate Christmas and put up a CHristmas tree do you have some Disney ornaments on it? If yes, what is your favorite one?

We have one that we got at DL on our honeymoon that I love to put on each year. We usually get some each trip. We did not get them the last trip but we have many that we have gotten over the year. Many years one of the last places we visit is the Christmas shoppe in MK. If we think we have enough room we carry them on but we sometimes have them shipped home.

Off to have breakfast and look over the workshop one more time and sort out what I want to do when.

 

[cclovesdis]

I'm feeling well rested and ready to go to work today. I only have a few things to do in the morning and think that I have planned out my mornings well.

You know what one of those things is...

Mini-Challenge for Tuesday, 11/30: Including today, we have 18 days left in the Fall 2010 Challenge. Find one change or addition, etc. you can make to end this challenge as positively as possible.

For me, it is no more soda, including diet caffeine-free soda. I haven't drank that much, but when I do, it's not a good thing. Also, I need to exercise more than just "power walking" through the mall and grocery store. My schedule is pretty packed through work on Friday, so the first time I can get to the gym is Friday afternoon.

Tonight, I'm baby-sitting, so unfortunately, you probably won't hear from me until tomorrow morning.

Have a great day everyone!

 

[tigger813]

Good morning,

Well, this time tomorrow I will be on a plane heading to Disney!!!!! Too bad it wasn't this morning since I was wide awake at 3:30!!!! I may have gone back to sleep for like 5 minutes and then the alarm went off. I got up and did the 4 mile WATP workout.

Need to get DD1 up so we can head for the wellness center for my weigh in for the week. I will do my weigh in for this challenge shortly as well. Just weighed in 146.0 up a smidge from yesterday but it's probably because I actually ate something yesterday or more than I had for the precious 3 days. I'm keeping my clippie since I plan on being close to that by the end of the challenge and maybe a smidge lower.

I think the ticker I used is a bit off since we actually don't leave until tomorrow morning but, oh well I don't care! I know when I'm leaving!!!!

Gotta reset the alarm clock for 3:15 so we will be up in time!!!

I'll post again in a bit!

TTFN

 

[flipflopmom]

Morning. Another blah morning here. Raining hard, kids and dogs were up and down half the night. AK did something to her back in PE yesterday, and it was bothering her too much to sleep. Her resolution? Sleep in my floor. Can't see how that helped ANYTHING, but at 4 she went to bed. About the time Sophie got up. Then the dogs wanted out, Brad's alarm went off, Sophie wanted to play and potty..... Sheez. It's going to be one of those days!

Running into scheduling issues today, don't have time to go into it, but trying to plan the day is driving me nuts! Just wanted to stop in and say hello. Feeling mighty overwhelmed today. Just "WISH" I had the energy and time to do what needs to be done. This sleeping my afternoons away is KILLING my productivity!

CC - glad you were up and going!

Tracey - I'm excited for you. Congrats on goal!

Maria - you're doing a great job coaching, even if I am just skimming

Dona - hang in there! You're right, teachers do make the worst students!

Lisa - more snow? Send it to me. I need a day at home. Sounds funny after a 4 day weekend, but I wasn't at home!

Rose - hugs to you! I'm up too, and it feels NASTY!

Shawn - have fun with Oprah! Would love to have some of your free time.

Cam - hope HHI was a blast!

Linds - congrats on your PR

Kathy - what up girl? LOL.

P - great news about the move. When will that happen?

Have a great day. You ladies are on my mind, even if I'm not being the best of friends right now!
Taryn

 

[mikamah]

Good morning everyone. Michael is cracking me up this morning, reading his library book- More than 1500 Amazing Facts, and every other fact he has to read out loud to me, things like did you know the gas from 10 cows is enough to heat a small house?

We finished up our turkey leftovers last night, and need to make a grocery list for tonight or tomorrow. Tomorrow is my early day, so I think I'll try and push it off til tomorrow. I didn't to the wii last night, I was very tired.

I'm heading to work early because i need to pick up my bil and bring him with me for a procedure. I hope to have more time tomorrow to spend here. I ordered a laptop yesterday from walmart, and am excited to be able to sit in the living room and have the dis up while I'm watching tv. Of course, I need to set up the wireless router.

Pamela- Glad to hear dh is doing well and should be heading to rehab soon.

DVCcruiser- I think today was the day your ds was having his surgery. Thinking of you and sending prayers and pixie dust that all goes smoothly.

Gotta run. Have a great day.

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning all!

Thanks again, Maria, for being our coach these past few days and a big BL welcome to our coach for the rest of the week, donac!

Be sure and PM those weights and WIN! numbers if you haven't already and help our coaches!

I know it is tough with the holidays and the end of the challenge approaching to keep that momentum going but there is still time to make some great progress in this challenge! Don't give up with the finish line in sight!

CC, glad to hear that you like your new job and had a good first day. Thanks for doing our mini-challenges to keep us motivated for the rest of this challenge!

My addition for the rest of the challenge is my official Princess training! That will help get the exercise level back to where it needs to be.

Hope that Mike is feeling better soon, Rose, and that it calms down at work before you leave. It's pretty quiet at our office between Christmas and New Year's. Hopefully it will be the same for you.

Thanks, everyone! I'm really excited about reaching goal and our trip. I think we are finally all packed and ready to go!

Yay! Have a wonderful time, Tracey!

Do you know about the purple cat in the Osbourne lights display? That is something fun for the girls to find.

Not to worry, Lisa - I'm having a couple of life-enforced rest-days this week. Missed my run on Sunday due to those projects. That dinosaur project didn't really have that subtitle....but it could have!

Well, it was a very catchy title! Painting the floor doesn't sound very restful.

Good morning losers! 18 more days in our challenge and 18 days until our visit to USA !!!

I think that you would make a great coach, Shawn! I'll add your name to the planning thread.

Question of the Day If you celebrate Christmas and put up a CHristmas tree do you have some Disney ornaments on it? If yes, what is your favorite one?

We have a Disney tree. It is a small Christmas tree on a table because of Sadie the black labrador with her wagging tail of doom! I would have to say the castles are my favorite. We have one of Cinderella's castle and another of Sleeping Beauty's castle. I know we bought an ornament to commemorate our trip last Christmas but I can't remember what it is -- it will be a surprise!

Running into scheduling issues today, don't have time to go into it, but trying to plan the day is driving me nuts! Just wanted to stop in and say hello. Feeling mighty overwhelmed today. Just "WISH" I had the energy and time to do what needs to be done. This sleeping my afternoons away is KILLING my productivity!

, Taryn, a bad night's sleep puts a bad start to the day. Just pick the stuff that absolutely needs to get done today and put some rest for yourself at the top of that to do list. How much longer until Christmas break?

Good morning everyone. Michael is cracking me up this morning, reading his library book- More than 1500 Amazing Facts, and every other fact he has to read out loud to me, things like did you know the gas from 10 cows is enough to heat a small house?

Thanks for that interesting fact -- I'm sure it will be appreciated by all your co-workers, too.

The Guiness Book of Records and Ripley's Believe It or Not books are good books of gross useless facts that fascinate boys. I spent an interesting morning in the Ripley's Museum a couple of years ago.

Have a great day all!

 

[50sjayne]

Maria--the dvd player we got is a wifi sony too. It actually will play 3d movies, but we didn't get a 3d tv. It was really easy to hook up to the wifi--took about 10 minutes. I'm pretty happy with it. Hoping they add more apps when they do software upgrades. Our tv is internet too, but we haven't hooked it up yet, so not sure what applications it has. Hoping something sports related. I really do not want cable/direct tv. We get our sportscenter fix at the Y while working out.

Taryn--I have found that sometimes you have to act 20something in order to remember that you don't really want to be 20 something anymore. Glad it was fun.

Lisa--omg the snow. I just can't do snow this year. Glad you are enjoying your staycation.

Tracey--hope you are feeling better.

P--

We had fun last night. But I am exhausted. I need to start keeping track of how much I am sleeping, because I'm thinking I might need to breakdown and see the dr for something. It's not so much that I want to sleep only 6 hours a night, I just can't stay asleep and sometimes can't fall asleep. Every couple days I will sleep for 8 hours and start to feel better, but then it's back to not sleeping. And I think I am rambling, that would be the tired part I guess. I still feel like a cruddy Mom. I adore my son, but I swear, I am just not good yet at being the Mom of an adult. I just want to fix everything and his laid back attitude about everything drives me insane. This is a huge challenge for me. This morning Mike had to take him to meet the kids he's driving with at 10. At 9:35 DS was still upstairs and it's a 25 minute drive. Mike is asking me what the plan is, and I finally said--I'm done, I am tired of being the Mom police. You deal with it.

I don't know, I guess in the big scheme of things none of it really matters. But I like things how I like them and that includes being on time and having a plan. A little aha moment--I think I think that if there is a plan everyone will be safe and nothing bad will happen. I never thought of it that way before. And DS rarely has a plan for anything more than 10 minutes ahead of time. And there still is no plan for coming home at Christmas which is in two weeks. It's not like he can just stay down there if he doesn't figure something out and Mike told him he doesn't want him driving by himself through the mountains. Uggh. I guess to a certain extent a plan will keep some things from happening, but you can't plan away all the bad things in the world. I guess it's just a matter of figuring out what is necessary and what just isn't. I think I am using plan to mean control--by having a plan I feel more in control or feel like I can control things better. I need to think about this some more.

Mike has even said it's driving him a little crazy too, so that makes me feel a little better. But the biggest problem is that when I start feeling this anxious what do I want to do--eat of course. When I type all this stuff out it seems extremely trivial, but at that time it seems so important and causes me huge amounts of stress. I am definitely overreacting.

So anyhow that's where I'm at this morning. Tired, wanting chips and dip, and a little weepy. My DS will be back in two weeks, so I don't think it's so much about that, but more that I'm afraid I'm never going to get a handle on things. Day to day when it's Mike and me and work, etc I do just fine, but adding a teenager back into the mix just makes me stressed out which = eating, which is where I was this time last year.

Sorry for the rambling book. "Talking" it out helped though. Thanks for the QOTD, Maria. Helps to focus a little. I really have no desire to exercise right now, but I know it will be good for me.

And if anyone else likes 80s alternative--I made a new station with The Ghost in You--Psychedelic Furs, and it is awesome!!! Listening to Boys Don't Cry right now. Earlier the Smiths were playing. I am really enjoying Pandora!

QOTD:
Sunday--short run, 4 or 5 miles--I REALLY want to skip this one, but need to get my final steps in for the challenge,
Monday--60 min strength and and 20 min elliptical,
Tuesday--4 mile run,
Wednesday--45 min strength and 20 min elliptical,
Thursday--4 mile run,
Friday--bike at the Y for 60 min or so,
Saturday--long run--9 miles or so.

Sorry 'bout your boy troubles--if it helps any--be happy he's not a girl--they are trickier teens.
Can you post a link to your station?

Question of the Day
If you celebrate Christmas and put up a CHristmas tree do you have some Disney ornaments on it? If yes, what is your favorite one?
Of course--my favorite is a Lady and the Tramp painted glass - husband has a whole set of them but that one's my favorite.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Not a whole lot of time to post today. i have a flu clinic once again tonight tonight; wont get home until 830p or so. I will miss watching rudolph with the kids. but on the positive note Im sure it will be on another few times before christmas. its not like when we were kids.

I weighed in yesterday since I was off on friday and had no access to my scale. It was not good. i put on 2 lbs over the wkend. Im still feeling gross and bloated today but I just realized that TOM should be here in the next few days, so I guess that explains why I felt the need to eat all the time the past few days. I am trying to drink lots of water!!!!

QOTD- Tuesday

I have bought a disney ornament every year since 1996. My favorite is the one I got in disney on my honeymoon. Its mickey and minnie dressed as a bride and groom standing on a white ball the says just married and the year. The sad part is xmas of 2001 my dh (BF at the time) and my dad picked out of xmas tree and it was huge. We decorated it and that night we heard a bang. Here the darn tree fell over and a few of my disney year ornament broke. So I am missing a few years.

The nice tradition we have made with this is that when I talk a ball out of the packing I say the year and dh and I have to say a special memory we have from that year. I am hoping as we get older we can still remember what happened during which year because to be honest its getting hard already.

Ok well here I said I dont have alot of time but yet I am rambling on. I need to get back to work.

Take Care Ladies!!!!!

 

[tigger813]

QOTD: I have a glass Tigger ornament that DH gave me several years ago for Christmas! We also have a few other Tiggers and some Winne the Poohs. We also have a Waterford crystal Mickey that my DMIL gave us the Christmas before she died that is at the top of the tree with a light shining above it. DH placed that one particularly!

Hanging at work for another hour or so and then I have to pick up some cards and then pick up DD1. She wants to get all of her homework that would be due at the end of this week done before we leave. Hopefully she won't change her mind.

When I get home I have to clean the kitchen and gather all the trash. I also need to put some Christmas boxes away downstairs so we can put our suitcases downstairs tonight. Hopefully I'll be in bed by 9:15 tonight. I've been awake pretty much since 3:30 so I shouldn't have a problem sleeping tonight.

Had my Herbalife breakfast and then just had a turkey club rollup and fries for lunch. I'll eat something small when we go out tonight or maybe have a protein shake for supper.

TTFN

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Question of the Day
If you celebrate Christmas and put up a CHristmas tree do you have some Disney ornaments on it? If yes, what is your favorite one?

We have a ton of Disney ornaments, some from WDW and some Hallmark. I'm a big Belle girl, so we actually seem to have a Belle collection. I usually get a new ornament from the Christmas shop at DTD on each visit. My favorite is a Belle in yellow with a big, full material skirt. I also love one of her dancing with the beast. It's a music box and when you wind it up they dance while "Beauty and the Beast" plays...

Still trying to get this eating under control. Yoga was cancelled today and I am totally bummed. Plan to get up and run tomorrow, if dh doesn't rush me out of the house...

Maria

 

[Connie96]

Howdy folks!

I currently have TWO of you reporting in for WIN! If you'd like to participate for this round, please send in your numbers today or tomorrow.

Thanks!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Our internet is down--so this is from my phone. i read everything. but it is a pain to post. Just wanted to tell Tracey to have a great trip!!!!! Hopefully the internet will be fixed soon.

 

[tigger813]

Our internet is down--so this is from my phone. i read everything. but it is a pain to post. Just wanted to tell Tracey to have a great trip!!!!! Hopefully the internet will be fixed soon.

Thanks, Rose!!!!! We're ready. DD1 is showering and then heading off to bed. DD2 is watching tv for a few more minutes. She tried going to sleep but couldn't get to sleep! DH and I are going to take showers after the girls are in bed so we can just get up and go in the morning. Bags are downstairs waiting to get put into the car.

Need to call my friend who is watching the house at 9 and I'm waiting to hear from a friend who had a book show. I need to close it tonight but I can't get a hold of her to finalize it! UGH!!!! I left her a message saying I was heading to bed early and I had told her earlier today that I would call her to close everything tonight! She'll probably call either the 2nd I jump in the shower or as soon as I go to bed.

I'll probably hop on tomorrow night after visiting AK or Thursday morning before heading to MK! I can't believe the trip is finally here!!!!

Thank you all for your guidance and support. I will probably have a few pounds to get rid of after the trip so I'm not going anywhere and I'm looking forward to being a maintainer next round as well as the weight keeper!

Love to you all!!!!!

 

[flipflopmom]

Have FUN Tracey!!!

No real time to catch up. First night in 1 month I haven't taken a nap when I got home. Maybe I am finally on the mend

Even after the rough morning, the day really didn't get a lot better. Had some unexpected things at work, Principal wanted me to sit in on some interviews. Made me feel rather important, but wish I had known BEFORE the interview had started. Hair was in a french braid, not the best outfit, wasn't sure which questions I could legally ask, etc.

BAD winds, rain, crazy, crazy weather! It was 40 at noon, now it's 60, going to be 30 by late afternoon tomorrow. Lights are blinking. Scared we'll lose power. Off to feed my DH, who just got home, and watch Rudolph!

Have a great night, all!