Biggest Loser--Fall 2011 Challenge for Losers & Maintainers!!

[pjlla]

Pam, Sorry to hear about DD. She must be really stressed, it does not even sound like her usual self. I am sure she realizes all the help and support you provide but just too stressed out right now. Hope she gets a break soon or gets used to all she's got going on. Hope you enjoyed the Kindergarden class.

Actually, I am hoping that the T.giving break cuts her some slack and allows her some rest and relaxation. Then it will be a big push before Christmas. She has a "We The People" competition 12/6 and another one 1/9... once those are done things will lighten up a bit. She doesn't have that class next semester, so that will definitely take some of the homework off her shoulders. But if the team does well at local competition, they will go to Nationals in late February, which will probably mean some after-school/before-school meetings. And, of course, swim season will be in high gear by then.

QOTD: With unlimited funds, I would take a long vacation (assuming I can take the time off work . I would go back to Europe and see all my old friends and visit some old favorite places and some new places. Greece, Israel, Turkey, Dubai are some places I would like to go one day. I would like to have a travel companion other than my family for once! (They have to pay their own way)

I'll come with you!!

Well, my landlord and the plumber are installing the new hot water heater now. I'm actually impressed that it only took him one day to do it. I'm so used to my old horrible landlord in Germany.

Went to Yankee Candle today and bought a travel tin that I read about on the Budget Board. I plan to take use it in our hotel room next week. It's a tiny little air freshner that you just slide open and shut. I got the "Clean Cotton" fragrance, hoping it will just be a very light scent and not too perfumy.

I can't believe we are leaving for NYC next Weds !!!

I am not a big YC fan, but I do like the Clean Cotton fragrance.... nice and light and fairly natural. It should be fine.

Ooh, unlimited funds! I like the sound of that! Not to be greedy, but like Lisah I would do an ABD trip! I don't even know which one, but I'm just going to say the Egyptian one they cancelled -- assuming it's back on and safe If not, I think I'd do one of the Italian itineraries. Now that would be magical

Maria

Ooo....oooo... CAN I COME???

Well, I tracked most of what I ate today. It was not pretty. I exercised, so that's a positive.

I have no idea what I ate for dinner. My father made it when I wasn't home and it likely included a more than necessary amount of whole eggs and an abundance of GF breadcrumbs.

I am exhausted for some reason. I napped for about 2 hours today. I'm not sure why I'm so tired. I have a few plans for tomorrow, which will hopefully keep me busy enough that I won't end up taking a nap.

Lisa: Thanks for the support with my mom! It's been another rough night with her. I am hoping one of tomorrow's errands helps resolve an issue or two. (Of course, they are her's, not mine, but guess who is trying to calm things down? )

It occurred to me that since I started the WISH BL Challenges, I have gained 40 lbs. I feel like I am completely stuck. I checked with the pharmacist today and it is not my meds. Actually, some of them cause weight loss. I will be bringing plenty of water with me tomorrow and am optimistic that that will help. I figure I'll "start at the very beginning, for that's a very good place to start."

I want to be in charge of preparing every dinner, but that just leads to complaints. My mom doesn't like the way I grocery shop, my father is sick of chicken, and neither of them like how many dishes they need to wash after I cook/fry/bake, etc. anything. (Because goodness knows I can't wash the dishes myself. ) I can't menu plan; that gets rejected. I went grocery shopping about 2 months ago to 2 grocery stores, Ocean State Job Lot, and CVS and spent $130. I came home with meat for about 10 meals, plus deli meat, some GF stuff for me, and other odds and ends. I don't understand how that means I don't grocery shop well.

Anyway, enough venting. I think I'll go write a grocery list.

Hope everyone has a great rest of the night and a great day tomorrow!

Sorry I've been out of touch for the past few days - just busy with "life".

Didn't have the best week weight-wise - I was PMS'ing, and was craving salty foods. Normally, I just have a little bloating - don't normally crave things, but I couldn't get enough of the salty stuff. Popcorn, pistachio nuts, Special K chips, etc. Needless to say, the scale was up a few pounds.

Yesterday, though, I did the coolest thing. My sister, a friend, and I went on a Pizza Walking Tour. It was a three-hour walking tour through Little Italy, Chinatown, and Greenwich Village. We learned all about the history of pizza - how it came to NYC from Italy, the history of the old coal-fired stoves, etc. Along the way, we stopped at three different pizza places and sampled slices. We also stopped at a small cheese shop and got to sample fresh mozzarella cheese that was made just minutes earlier.

It was great - if anybody is looking for something different to do in NYC, I totally recommend it. The tickets were $35 and well worth it. We even got a "pizza goody bag" to bring home. We also lucked out with the weather - we are having some unseasonably warm weather and yesterday was perfect walking weather.

Back on track today.

- Laura

That sounds so neat! And nice of the weather to cooperate! I would like to spend some time looking around HERE for neat things like that. We don't have a lot of free weekends as a family, but when we do, we struggle to find something new to do.

Good Wednesday morning everyone.

Had a great day yesterday. Got a text that ds2 was coming home to pick up a package that had arrived at the house. So I made meatloaf and mashed potatoes for dinner (his favorite). We had a nice evening


You're such a good momma! That is my DS's favorite homemade meal as well!

I finished my grades yesterdayso I am pretty excited

And you're a good teacher too!Question of the Day

Share your favorite go to breakfast and lunch

Will be back later. Off to get dressed.

Have a happy and healthy day.

I presume you mean HEALTHY breakfast and lunch!

Breakfast..... steel cut oats topped with 1 tb. of brown sugar and a splash of almond milk.... sometimes with a bit of fruit. That is a splurge that I usually have only once as week. On a more daily basis I really enjoy egg white omelets with veggie fillings like sauteed spinach and onions or broccoli and roasted red peppers. Sometimes with a bit of light cheddar, sometimes not.

Lunch is all over the board for me..... salads, hummus and veggies, cottage cheese, greek yogurt, turkey wrap with lots of veggies and sprouts on flaxseed and oat bran pita.

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Good morning everyone!

Had myself a big ol cheeseburger last night at Texas Roadhouse. We went to visit my aunt and uncle at a rest home in nh after work/school and got lost on the way, and when we got there they were eating in the dining room, so we were there a lot longer than we thought we would and I had not planned or brought any snacks, so when we got back toward home around 8 we stopped for supper, and we were starving. So I ate too many peanuts, half a roll, almost the whole cheeseburger, but I did get a cup of chili instead of fries, and a big glass of sangria. I blame my sister for that, she's a bad influence, but it was delicious. So I've only got one more off day on the pjlla plan before Thanksgiving. Funny thing, I stepped on the scale and was down half a pound. I thought I'd be way up with the late dinner and sodium. So today is a fresh day, healthy lunch packed, healthy breakfast eaten, and we have the football banquet tonight, and I will plan and follow through and just eat what I have left for points.

YEAH for half a pound!!

Pamela -The muppet move would have been fun, but it's michael's birthday and we're having the family over that day. I met so many nice people at the christmas train dis meet, even if no other bl folks go, it would be a lot of fun, I'm sure.


I won't go it there aren't other WISH folks going.... I'm too weird about meeting new folks.

Hello to everyone else!! Have a great day!!

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Morning friends! I sitting in my Kindergarten classroom and gotta fly out to get the kiddos in about 2 minutes, so I'll be quick!

Got up at 4:30 am to get DD to her swim practice car pool. Came home and did a solid 20 minute workout of calesthenics and free weights while watching the conclusion of last night's BL show (fell asleep before the end). Hit the shower, got DS up and of course, flew through the rest of my morning! If I can get in a 20 minute walk at some point today (either at lunchtime or after school) I'll consider it a good day, exercise wise!

I had a brand new blouse I bought last spring to wear today, so I feel kind of pretty!

I am looking forward to a good day with the kids! ................P

 

[pjlla]

Well, the morning went well. It was a nice bunch of kids and we had plenty to do, plus we played outside for about 25 minutes. Not too tough.

Got my salad next to me now..... I have an extended lunch break since I am in for a Kindergarten teacher and not an aide. I will have my salad now and then have my little sandwich in about 30 minutes. I saved half of my apple from snack for later today.

I have a beef roast in the crockpot today to make shredded beef soft tacos tonight. I was rushing this morning and couldn't put my hands on the recipe (should have found it last night....), so I hope I put the right stuff in the crockpot! It should be fine, regardless.

DD is skipping swim again tonight because of homework..... she RARELY does this and two nights in a row is unheard of!! I feel bad she is slammed right now with so much work, but other than not asking her to do any extra chores at home and trying to help her out with stuff like laundry and bed making, there isn't anything I can do to help.

The UP side to this is that I won't have to go out tonight! I might actually spend more than 10 productive minutes at my scrapping table! I'm fairly caught up with laundry (one load in the dryer instead of the line today because of rain), and dinner won't create a lot of dishes, so I should have some free time tonight!

Well.... off to get prepped for afternoon class!.................P

 

[4HOLIDAYS]

QOTD TRIPS- I have a list of fantasy trips. Europe,all of it. Several Med cruises, river cruises, Like to see all the disney parks around the world, Alaska, Hawaii.

I would also love to hit all the big events for one yr at WDW, like f&G, SWW, F&W,as well as the parties and specials weekend,festival of masters...this of course would be while I have a suite resvd at a deluxe, and being ale to do all the tours, fireworks cruises, sig dining, shows and such that are avail.

I need to hit the powerball for these!

QOTD Goto B and L- Fiber 1 cereal with skim milk or egg beaters on a slice of hi fiber tst. Quick and easy. Lunch is dif items. Salads with chix on it, tuna, wrap or sand, lots of leftovers from dinner.

I think lunch is always my hardest to figure out.

 

[Disneywedding2010]

Hi everyone...

Sorry, I tend to disappear in long lengths of time and this time I didn't even realize it had been that long.

Update:

Still trying to get TX house rented out. I'm about ready to strangle this realtor. Told her she has til beginning of December to get it rented out or I'm just going to put it on the market to get it sold. She's had several people look at it and people are so dang picky. "Oh I like it but don't want to deal with the pool." So we got the pool knocked down. "Oh we like it but the driveway is dirty." HELLOOO!! Its a freaking driveway!! I'm so sick of having to shell out all this money for them to get stuff done. I'm having enough issues at it is right now I'm sick of the headache.

Maddie's birthday was yesterday. She would of been 6. Sunday I was okay but Monday - Wednesday I was a complete mess. I got half a**ed workouts in, ate pizza hut the last two days, didn't wear my pedometer, and just overall blah. I did a short 20 minute strength workout yesterday. I know it was all emotional and its expected this time of year for me.

I'm trying to get in a better frame of mind and trying to enjoy the holidays again. I even turned on my Christmas station on my Pandora while I worked out yesterday. I'll have days where I'm okay and other days where I'm the biggest Grinch on the planet.

I'm hoping the few days at Disney with my best friend for my birthday will help to turn this really massive emotional funk around. Then I'm going to see my mom mid December for a week for her birthday.

Sorry, to be such a debbie downer.

Oh, and for those of you who want to see my beautiful angel here ya go:

 

[Disneywedding2010]

The WISH Biggest Loser Fall Challenge Week 9 Superstars!!
#10- 0.58% - MickeyMagic
#9- 0.60% - goldcupmom
#8- 0.61% - ClassicPooh2
#7- 0.65% - carmiedog
#6 - 0.86% - Craftydawn
#5- 0.91% - Disneywedding2010
#4- 1.21% - Worfiedoodles
#3- 1.39% - 4Holidays
#2- 1.53% - lisah0711
and now
The WISH Biggest Loser Fall Challenge
Week 9 Biggest Loser is:
#1- 2.48% - thunderbird1

Congrats everyone!

 

[bellebookworm9]

Just selected my dates for the college program: January 11th-May 11th! It's the second move in date, so I'm very excited-and that means less time between my last day of work at school and first day of work there!

 

[SettinSail]

Well, I tracked most of what I ate today. It was not pretty. I exercised, so that's a positive.

Hey, atleast you tracked it I like your attitude, yes you are at a very good place to start! Not like all the fools who "start" on Jan 1st!
For you CC, you do so much for others, I wish you had more support for you at home. Are you still thinking of moving out or waiting until you have another job? Hang in there

Just set my alarm for 5:30 tomorrow morning.

This is what time I get up every morning! But I wish I could get things done, instead I am going to work. What a time sucker that is
I hope you got a lot accomplished today.

Yesterday, though, I did the coolest thing. My sister, a friend, and I went on a Pizza Walking Tour. It was a three-hour walking tour through Little Italy, Chinatown, and Greenwich Village. We learned all about the history of pizza - how it came to NYC from Italy, the history of the old coal-fired stoves, etc. Along the way, we stopped at three different pizza places and sampled slices. We also stopped at a small cheese shop and got to sample fresh mozzarella cheese that was made just minutes earlier.

It was great - if anybody is looking for something different to do in NYC, I totally recommend it. The tickets were $35 and well worth it. We even got a "pizza goody bag" to bring home. We also lucked out with the weather - we are having some unseasonably warm weather and yesterday was perfect walking weather.

Back on track today.

- Laura

Can you give me a link for that - it sounds like something fun for us next week when we visit! I bought a down coat for next week but now I'm not sure if I need it. I would rarely ever need it here.

Good Wednesday morning everyone.

Had a great day yesterday. Got a text that ds2 was coming home to pick up a package that had arrived at the house. So I made meatloaf and mashed potatoes for dinner (his favorite). We had a nice evening

I finished my grades yesterdayso I am pretty excited

Question of the Day

Share your favorite go to breakfast and lunch

Will be back later. Off to get dressed.

Have a happy and healthy day.

That is DH's favorite meal here.

Fav breakfast: cereal & skim milk - fruit about 90 mins later

Fav go to lunch: If I'm at home I make my fake buffalo chicken sandwich. For work I like a sandwich on the sandwich thin bread with veg strips/hummus dip, almonds and a yogurt.

Had myself a big ol cheeseburger last night at Texas Roadhouse.

Shawn- glad someone is proud of me for gorging on cookies. I like that clean cotton scent, and the travel tin sounds awesome. What a great idea. Maybe one year after all our children are grown and college is paid for, we'll all take a big trip together.

Cheesburger and a big glass of Sangria? Now you are MY hero

I will hold you to going on that trip with me and now Pamela wants to come too so it will be a girls European adventure

Funny how the scale is. I think sometimes a heavy eating day in the midst of several light eating days is just the trick to get things moving on the scale!
Nice of you to visit the nursing home

I am not a big YC fan, but I do like the Clean Cotton fragrance.... nice and light and fairly natural. It should be fine.

Me neither.....I can almost get a headache before I walk out of there!

I have a beef roast in the crockpot today to make shredded beef soft tacos tonight.

Yum, that sounds good! I get tired of ground beef, that sounds like a good alternative. I have some bocca crumbles in the freezer but I'll have to use them in some heavy sauce like for a spaghetti so the family won't know.

Maddie's birthday was yesterday. She would of been 6.
Sorry, to be such a debbie downer.

What a cutie I hope you are able to focus on the good memories you have Hoping for better days ahead for you.

Around here, rental houses get under contract very quickly. A lot of people move to this area and I guess they want to try things out first. We were very lucky to get the rental house we did although it seems to be falling apart around us. Atleast the landlord is very responsive.

Just selected my dates for the college program: January 11th-May 11th! It's the second move in date, so I'm very excited-and that means less time between my last day of work at school and first day of work there!

That was fast!

About time for me to pick up son from Driver's Ed. 2 more days and he is done with the classroom part. He'll have the behind the wheel part in about 8 weeks. Got our new hot water heater yesterday and it's working great. Right about bedtime, DS pointed out the water stains on the ceiling in his bedroomso we had him sleep across the hall to be safe and had landlord come back over today. I don't think it's so bad that the ceiling would fall in but now I'm worried about mold/mildew. He says he's going to have some one spray it next week-not sure what that means...

 

[pjlla]

Hi everyone...

Sorry, I tend to disappear in long lengths of time and this time I didn't even realize it had been that long.

Update:

Still trying to get TX house rented out. I'm about ready to strangle this realtor. Told her she has til beginning of December to get it rented out or I'm just going to put it on the market to get it sold. She's had several people look at it and people are so dang picky. "Oh I like it but don't want to deal with the pool." So we got the pool knocked down. "Oh we like it but the driveway is dirty." HELLOOO!! Its a freaking driveway!! I'm so sick of having to shell out all this money for them to get stuff done. I'm having enough issues at it is right now I'm sick of the headache.

Wow... I can't believe people are SO picky about a rental property. When I was younger and trying to rent, I just wanted something safe and affordable!

Maddie's birthday was yesterday. She would of been 6. Sunday I was okay but Monday - Wednesday I was a complete mess. I got half a**ed workouts in, ate pizza hut the last two days, didn't wear my pedometer, and just overall blah. I did a short 20 minute strength workout yesterday. I know it was all emotional and its expected this time of year for me.

Thanks for sharing with us. As you seem to realize, it is perfectly natural and normal for you to be in a total FUNK when these special days come around. Try to get in a few more workouts.... it might help you feel more "in control" of life and might bring you a few endorphins.
I'm trying to get in a better frame of mind and trying to enjoy the holidays again. I even turned on my Christmas station on my Pandora while I worked out yesterday. I'll have days where I'm okay and other days where I'm the biggest Grinch on the planet.

I'm hoping the few days at Disney with my best friend for my birthday will help to turn this really massive emotional funk around. Then I'm going to see my mom mid December for a week for her birthday.

Sorry, to be such a debbie downer.

Oh, and for those of you who want to see my beautiful angel here ya go:

Thanks for sharing the picture! Absolutely adorable... did she look like you or her Daddy?

Just selected my dates for the college program: January 11th-May 11th! It's the second move in date, so I'm very excited-and that means less time between my last day of work at school and first day of work there!

GO GRETCHEN!!! You must be so stoked to finally have a date and be ready to get packing!!

I will hold you to going on that trip with me and now Pamela wants to come too so it will be a girls European adventure

Well.... I don't have any $$ for it right now, but we can do some "dream planning" right????


Yum, that sounds good! I get tired of ground beef, that sounds like a good alternative. I have some bocca crumbles in the freezer but I'll have to use them in some heavy sauce like for a spaghetti so the family won't know.

STILL can't find the stupid recipe, so I'm winging it! Beef is seasoned and shredded and staying warm in the crockpot. Now I'm just waiting for the men to get home. Robotics must have run late.



About time for me to pick up son from Driver's Ed. 2 more days and he is done with the classroom part. He'll have the behind the wheel part in about 8 weeks. Got our new hot water heater yesterday and it's working great. Right about bedtime, DS pointed out the water stains on the ceiling in his bedroomso we had him sleep across the hall to be safe and had landlord come back over today. I don't think it's so bad that the ceiling would fall in but now I'm worried about mold/mildew. He says he's going to have some one spray it next week-not sure what that means...

I'm guess maybe they spray some sort of mold-repellent??

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Evening all!

I gave DD a bit of help tonight by typing up some notes for her, but of course, I couldn't read all of her handwriting, so she will have to go over what I typed and make some corrections. It was all I could do. I also made her bed and emptied her swim bag from this morning and emptied her hamper.

Work today was fine. I don't love my job, but this was as good a day as any. I'm subbing in Kindergarten (but another class) tomorrow. Then I'll be off Friday as DD has a dentist appointment in the morning.

I did get in another 15 minutes of exercise tonight.... I did some more calesthenics and free weights.

Well... I see headlights coming down the driveway! The men are home and we can eat! I'm starving! TTYL.....................P

 

[bellebookworm9]

That was fast!

GO GRETCHEN!!! You must be so stoked to finally have a date and be ready to get packing!!

It didn't feel fast at all! I wrote a blog post about it, but here's the summary: Disney said it would take two business days for me to get the e-mail saying I could pick my dates after I paid my fee. Tuesday evening came and went, no e-mail. Called them, but they were closed for the day. Started calling this morning at 8:30 (normal opening time, according to the phone message) but they didn't turn off that message until 9:34! Woman on the phone said there was a glitch, she'd forward my name to the team leader, and I should hear back in 48 hours.

12:47pm, I get an e-mail reminding me to accept my offer...which I already did. So I called again, and they sent me the e-mail within 15 minutes. January 11th is the second date for arrivals, but the first one that was available to me. Now I'm doing fuzzy Disney math to figure some stuff out with hotels/arrival day options.

 

[buzz5985]

Good Tuesday morning everyone

I finished my letters of recommendation yesterday

Now I only have to finish my grades for today and I will be in a fantastic mood.

Congrats to all the Biggest Losers and the HH participants.

Question of the Day

If you had unlimited funds, is there one special thing you would do on your next vacation be it Disney World or anyplace else.

Off to get dressed and finish grades.

Have a happy and healthy day

If I had unlimited funds - I would buy one of the places at Golden Oaks at Disney. LOL

Good morning losers and maintainers!

Congratulations to all our superstars and especially our biggest loser, thunderbird1! I see quite a few names of folks who mostly read and don't post much. Please take a few minutes and post and share what is working for you. I was happy to see my own name on the list and I'll make it to number 1 once this challenge, I hope.

CC, sounds like your life is getting back to normal after the big storm. And that voice that says that you don't have any friends and aren't good enough for things is a liar!

Shawn, wow good thing that the water heater let go before you guys left for your trip! It's too bad about not seeing your friends in NYC but I know that you will have a wonderful time. You did have a pjlla like day!

Sue, thanks for being our weightkeeper!

Janis, that is quite a crew that you have for your Thanksgiving celebration. Is fried turkey really as wonderful as people claim it is?



Dona, good luck getting your grades done so you can relax a bit!

If I had unlimited funds our next vacation would be the Knights and Lights Adventures by Disney tour with a little side trip to Disneyland Paris. DS really wants to go to London. It looks like a very fun trip but very, very expensive.

I got rid of my water weight from running so have these next few days to be OP and get a bit closer to my goal for November.

Have a great day all!

Good Wednesday morning everyone.

Had a great day yesterday. Got a text that ds2 was coming home to pick up a package that had arrived at the house. So I made meatloaf and mashed potatoes for dinner (his favorite). We had a nice evening

I finished my grades yesterdayso I am pretty excited

Question of the Day

Share your favorite go to breakfast and lunch

Will be back later. Off to get dressed.

Have a happy and healthy day.

Fried Turkey is just as good - if not better than you heard. It only takes, I think 15 minutes to cook a 10-12 pound turkey. The meat is moist - never dried out. But it's really hard to throw that skin away!!!

Janis

 

[tigger813]

Evening all,

Had a successful shopping trip this morning. Went to AC Moore and got the sweatshirts for my parents anniversary gift. Then went to eh Christmas Tree shop and bought a whole bunch of stuff. Then went to the liquor store to restock the cupboard for the holidays. Then I did a big grocery shopping at Market Basket. Lastly I ran into Costco to pick up 2 things and came out with 5 things.

Gotta take care of a situation at school tomorrow for Ash. We want to pull her from band but the principal is challenging it. She is the only 6th grader, as far as we know, that is taking both chorus and band. She is required to do 300-500 minutes a month of practice time but with all her other activities she doesn't have time. I have to meet with the principal and hopefully the school adjustment counselor to work this out. I don't see what the big deal is as technically she is taking an extra class and will have one more grade then everyone else unless the band and chorus teacher combine her grade. We are not happy and I will fight this. She is doing the musical, the AV Club and the Health Club. She also takes a dance class and plays sports. She has all A's and spends about 1-2 hours a night completing her homework carefully. Brian is frustrated about this. It's an elective. She tried to do both but just can't do it. She only goes to band once out of the 6 class days and chorus another day. I'm going into work late tomorrow so I can meet with the principal first. I figured that this being the end of the trimester would be a good time to switch. I was concerned about her band grade but she should do fine as she got an A on her scale test. I'll let you know how it goes.

Watching Survivor and then I think I'll go to bed. Going to get up at 5:30 again tomorrow and do WATP. It felt good to do it this morning. I was pretty good food wise. If I can do this everyday for the next few days I will be good.

I plan on weighing in on Friday! I forget what my last weigh in was.

TTFN

 

[mackeysmom]

Can you give me a link for that - it sounds like something fun for us next week when we visit! I bought a down coat for next week but now I'm not sure if I need it. I would rarely ever need it here.

Here's the link to the Pizza Tour - we took the Crosstown Pizza Walk:

http://www.scottspizzatours.com/p/tourdescriptions/

I think it is supposed to get a little cooler next week - but no rain in the forecast yet.


- Laura

 

[donac]

Good Thursday morning everyone.

I have a lazy day today. I have dr's appointment this morning so I took the day off.

Question of the Day

With Thanksgiving one week away is there something that you remember about Thanksgivings when you were a kids?

I miss being in my grandmother's kitchen cutting cabbage for cole slaw. No one in my house likes cole slaw and I miss it. It was a different recipe. It had pineapple in it and was little sweet. I also miss her large table. We all ate together and there was no kid's table.

Off to shower and get dressed. My appointment is fairly early.

The good thing about the appointment for today is that I am missing the Monthy Birthday Breakfast at school. SO I will be missing all the good food although I have been better this year. I have been only eating breakfast and then avoiding the cafeteria the rest of the day.

Have a happy and healthy day

 

[tigger813]

QOTD: I always remembered watching the Macy's Parade and all of the enormous amounts of food that we made!! We still watch the parade with our kids every year. Ashleigh just mentioned how excited she is to watch it this year. We also want to go see the Muppets sometime possibly on Friday. I don't like to shop n Black Friday though I am sending my husband to WalMart at 10pm on Thursday night in NH.

Got up for the 2nd day in a row to do WATP. THe heat was still on when I started so I was sweating up a storm.

Gotta deal with the band situation today and then go to work and then try to get more work done around here and continue getting my house ready in case my parents change their mind and come up for Christmas. I really made a push with them last night and I hope it worked! My brother is calling them today to say that they need to do this and NOW so we don't lose the flights and the decent prices or else they will have to pay their own way!

Time to get moving!

TTFN

 

[mikamah]

Question of the Day

With Thanksgiving one week away is there something that you remember about Thanksgivings when you were a kids?

I remember my mother always at the stove with her antique wooden whisk from Sweden making the gravy, wearing her apron, and her kicking all of us kids out of the kitchen when she took the bird out of the oven. We always used her fine china she had gotten for her wedding, and the good silver and we girls would set the dining room table. And we always had lipton onion soup dip with ruffles in her old 1950s blue chip and dip bowl.

Thanks for bringing back the memory, Dona. Fun question.

Have a great on plan day everyone!!

 

[pjlla]

Evening all,

Had a successful shopping trip this morning. Went to AC Moore and got the sweatshirts for my parents anniversary gift. Then went to eh Christmas Tree shop and bought a whole bunch of stuff. Then went to the liquor store to restock the cupboard for the holidays. Then I did a big grocery shopping at Market Basket. Lastly I ran into Costco to pick up 2 things and came out with 5 things.

Gotta take care of a situation at school tomorrow for Ash. We want to pull her from band but the principal is challenging it. She is the only 6th grader, as far as we know, that is taking both chorus and band. She is required to do 300-500 minutes a month of practice time but with all her other activities she doesn't have time. I have to meet with the principal and hopefully the school adjustment counselor to work this out. I don't see what the big deal is as technically she is taking an extra class and will have one more grade then everyone else unless the band and chorus teacher combine her grade. We are not happy and I will fight this. She is doing the musical, the AV Club and the Health Club. She also takes a dance class and plays sports. She has all A's and spends about 1-2 hours a night completing her homework carefully. Brian is frustrated about this. It's an elective. She tried to do both but just can't do it. She only goes to band once out of the 6 class days and chorus another day. I'm going into work late tomorrow so I can meet with the principal first. I figured that this being the end of the trimester would be a good time to switch. I was concerned about her band grade but she should do fine as she got an A on her scale test. I'll let you know how it goes.

She is FAR TOO YOUNG to be going through all of this already! Hopefully it gets worked out in a way that is good for everyone!
Watching Survivor and then I think I'll go to bed. Going to get up at 5:30 again tomorrow and do WATP. It felt good to do it this morning. I was pretty good food wise. If I can do this everyday for the next few days I will be good.

I plan on weighing in on Friday! I forget what my last weigh in was.

TTFN

Good Thursday morning everyone.

I have a lazy day today. I have dr's appointment this morning so I took the day off.

Question of the Day

With Thanksgiving one week away is there something that you remember about Thanksgivings when you were a kids?

I miss being in my grandmother's kitchen cutting cabbage for cole slaw. No one in my house likes cole slaw and I miss it. It was a different recipe. It had pineapple in it and was little sweet. I also miss her large table. We all ate together and there was no kid's table.

Actually, one thing I remember fondly from childhood was the kid's table! We had it at Christmas breakfast, and Easter. There were just 4 of us, so we fit perfectly around the folding card table. It was "tradition" so it was special!

Off to shower and get dressed. My appointment is fairly early.

The good thing about the appointment for today is that I am missing the Monthy Birthday Breakfast at school. SO I will be missing all the good food although I have been better this year. I have been only eating breakfast and then avoiding the cafeteria the rest of the day.

Have a happy and healthy day

Good planning, to miss the big breakfast! Hope all is well with the appointment.

I remember my mother always at the stove with her antique wooden whisk from Sweden making the gravy, wearing her apron, and her kicking all of us kids out of the kitchen when she took the bird out of the oven. We always used her fine china she had gotten for her wedding, and the good silver and we girls would set the dining room table. And we always had lipton onion soup dip with ruffles in her old 1950s blue chip and dip bowl.

Thanks for bringing back the memory, Dona. Fun question.

Have a great on plan day everyone!!

Such sweet memories! Are you Swedish or did your Mom just have Swedish utensils? My DH is Swedish, just second generation here. His Dad was born here, but his aunts and uncles and grandparents immigrated here in the early1930's.

With Thanksgiving one week away is there something that you remember about Thanksgivings when you were a kids?

Well, I commented on the kid's table earlier, but I just remember it being a special day. We always dressed up, even though we were only going to my grandparent's house about 10 minutes away! It was alway the same group of family..... my grandparents (Mom's parents), my other grandfather (Dad's dad), my aunt and uncle with their two girls (my two "double" first cousins, if you remember me mentioning it), my other aunt and uncle (mom's other sister), and my family. We had silly special foods, like Jello with whipped cream. (We NEVER had Jello any other time of the year.) We were all together, crammed into Grammy and Grampa's small house and small kitchen. They moved the living room furniture on T.giving and put a long table in the living room for us to be able to sit together. Once all of the food was on the table we had to take pictures of everyone sitting (although, in the old days someone always had to be TAKING the picture!). Then it was a special prayer and DIG IN!! And we were HUNGRY! No appetizers or special starter courses for us! Just on to the big event! And NO TV on in the background. It was really just eating and talking and laughing.

Then in the afternoon we played games (cards, scrabble, spoons) until we couldn't see straight! I miss those days so much. I didn't realize how special they were when they were happening.

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Well Happy Thursday friends! I'm at work again today and may or may not be able to pop on again at lunch time.

TOM made a very belated appearance yesterday.... not sure how that will translate on the scale.

I've gotta to get my kiddos! TTYL....................P

 

[AUdisneyDad]

Question of the Day
Share your favorite go to breakfast and lunch

My go to breakfast would have to be a piece of fruit (usually a banana) and yogurt. My go to lunch would be a 6" oven roasted chicken breast sandwich from Subway with lettuce, tomatoes, black olives, pickles and spicy mustard.

Question of the Day
With Thanksgiving one week away is there something that you remember about Thanksgivings when you were a kids?

I remember the entire family getting together first thing Thanksgiving morning and my grandmother making her homemade biscuits for breakfast. Then she would put the kids in charge of clean up and resetting the table for lunch while the adults prepared the food.


Gretchen: Congrats on getting into the college program!! Good Luck!!!

Hope you all have a great day

Tim

 

[pjlla]

I'm back, but things have been quiet on here! Morning class went well. Recess time was COLD! It feels like winter outside today! I know that they are predicting SNOW in the Northern parts of NH, but it definitely feels like it could snow around here today!

Lunch was yummy..... leftover shredded beef and fat-free refried beans wrapped in a half of a low carb pita (from last night), broccoli, and an apple. I'm glad I brought a warm lunch on such a cold day.

DD said she is definitely going to swim tonight. She is exhausted, averaging 4-5 hours of sleep a night for the past few nights, but misses swimming. So I will be out tonight and will definitely be hitting the grocery store. I was hoping we could make it another few days, but aside from some onions and celery, we are absolutely OUT of veggies. Plus we are nearly out of milk, fruit, eggs, cheese, bread (although I think I have a loaf in the freezer).... lots of staples!

I probably will not have the time to pop back on tonight between driving, shopping, unloading, etc. So I'll see you all tomorrow morning! I'm not working as DD has a dentist appt. at 11:30 am. I will be up bright and early to take her to high school swim car pool though! TTYL...................P

 

[tigger813]

Principal and I met and as of Monday Ashleigh will officially be a chorus student. The program is new where they can do both and apparently she was only considered a band student. She is one of only 6 students in the school who did both. He understood our concerns and said her schedule would be changed. She will only have a band grade and not a chorus grade. Not happy about that as I feel the teachers should come up with a grade for her combined. The principal said they are still working out the kinks with this program and they hope to have that in place next year. He said it's not fair for kids to have 8 grades that determine honor roll instead of 7. I said we assumed she would be getting a grade for both. Oh well, as long as our problem is addressed that is all I care about. She should at least make honors. Report cards go home either Friday or Monday.

TTFN

 

[4HOLIDAYS]

QOTD TDAY as a kid... T-day was usually just my immed family and my 1 grandma (the other 3 grandparents passed when baby and before us kids were born). We would go and just play while my mm and grandmother finished cookng. I remember the yrs of HS when Grandma came to our house, their was always a big game with our rival on T-day, the women all had huge mums on their jackets , hot choc in cold weather, and then home for the feast in the early afternoon.