DISappearing Peeps...A fastpass to THIN! Part 2

[denecarter]

Have tons of fun UM!

Sorry all you guys who hate to exercise... 'cuz I LOVE it!

Okay... I did the coolest thing last night at the gym (and no, it doesn't have anything to do with the hunky-trainer-dude ). I went over to the free weight section and found a dumbell they weighed the closest to the amount I have lost. Picking up that thing was a real boost in the perspective department! Give it a try!

 

[snowwite]

Thank You!!!! My DH and I did a video good bye for my TR. I'm worried it'll seem ego-ish, though. I'll post it there later, just before I run out the door!


We leave first thing in the morning. YAY!

Have a BLAST!!! Tell Mickey we will see him in April

 

[aldisneygrl]

Have a GRAND TIME UtahWendy and family!!!!

Hope you have a pleasant trip! Here's some extra pixie dust! (just in case ya' need it )

We will miss you!

 

[winkers]

May I please get a woo hooty! I ran into someone today whom I haven't seen in a while. SHe said wow you lost alot of weight. You look five years younger. It was great because I was getting very discouraged about the whole plateau thing going on. So if after 15 lbs I look 5 years younger, I figure I'll look like I'm 8 years old by the time I'm done!

WOO HOOTY!!!!!

 

[spongemommie05]

I hate this computer it never works right.

Hey all just checking in.

[[/COLOR]I have been working in Minneapolis a lot lately. I have had the opportunity to spend some time with Dizneydawn's family and go to her son Treyner's soccer game. It was a good time except for the fact it is so freaking cold here. I have been assured by the eskimos though that it gets warmer in July and August (they say it is very unusual if it is not at least -12 degrees by that time of year)

Ok well I have to run again. See everyone next time. Same bat time, same bat channel

Hey there grumpy i haven't seen ya on here for awhile, but then again i haven't been on alot so HHHHHHHIIIIIIIIII:

Man, that ring makes the one I bought my wife look like it came out of a Cracker Jack box.


Yep, Friday Fish Fries are huge around here. In fact, we are heading to a local Catholic Church tomorrow for the first one of the year. But around here, it isn't just for Lent. Almost every restaurant here has Friday Fish Fries every Friday of the year. The most popular is Perch, but you can also get Cod or Blue Gill (my personal favorite).


My thoughts and best wishes are with you and your family.


I get very angry when I hear about irresponsible dog owners like that. Even if your dog doesn't have a history of this sort of behavior, they are still wild animals at heart. And they can snap at any time.


How adorable!!! To tie back to my Saint Bernard story, here is a recent picture of Molly.

Because of the Saint Bernard incident, we decided to change things up a bit last night. We are building a house across town, so we decided to walk around our new neighborhood instead. After we walked, we drove the route we took and it ended up being .8 miles. Unfortunately, we were only able to get one lap in before it got too dark and cold. We came across a couple dogs, but they were all on leashes. So besides Molly having a grand old time splashing in puddles and hopping around in the snow, it was a very unadventurous walk.

Oh, and I have spoken to my wife about joining us here, but she respectfully declined. She told me to pass on any good tips or advice that I get, but that she gets all the support she needs from me and her friends at work. And I know how stubborn she is (almost as stubborn as I am), so it didn't pay to argue.

Very adorable what a cutie

I guess he is! That's funny!



I love it when you blog Sandy! You tend to motivate when you blog.

I have been very distracted this week, which is very dangerous for me. I didn't exercise on Monday or last night, which I should have done! If I am busy, I find it VERY difficult to motivate myself. I will do something tonight though! I extend my 30 minute challenge to UM and anyone else willing to take it on! Aunt Flo arrived today too, which never helps my motivation level. I have even been behind in posting my totals and didn't quite hit the low end of my calorie range at least once this week, but at least I was close. Who would have thought I would have trouble eating MORE? Anyway, I am a bit nervous about tomorrow's weigh in, what with my only exercising 3 times and Aunt Flo arriving. We need to get out of this funk! Crank up the tunes and work it ladies & gents!

hey don't be too hard on yourself i did not even weigh in last friday and omg is it friday tommorow... where has this week gone.. i have not been to the gym at all this week but maybe all the waliking i did last weekend in vegas did me some good the pants i just bought last thurs are falling off my behind.. just as long as we are trying i guess...

Thank You!!!! My DH and I did a video good bye for my TR. I'm worried it'll seem ego-ish, though. I'll post it there later, just before I run out the door!


We leave first thing in the morning. YAY!

WHOOOOOO HOOOTY have a grand time and i will pray your drive will be fast and safe i am watching alladin and the forty thieves i will hit thye genie up for a wish of no whinning take lots of pictures and check out the castle inn for me and tell me if it's okay love ya and have funnnnn.

May I please get a woo hooty! I ran into someone today whom I haven't seen in a while. SHe said wow you lost alot of weight. You look five years younger. It was great because I was getting very discouraged about the whole plateau thing going on. So if after 15 lbs I look 5 years younger, I figure I'll look like I'm 8 years old by the time I'm done!

way to go those are the best whooo hoooty times .. you rock wow then my goal is to look 4 yrs old .

Is anyone else ITCHING to see Grey's tonight?!?!? I can't wait!

i am so waiting is it time yet i almost suck a peek online but i am gonna wait.......... it's good to know i am not the only obsessed person who watches grey's ...
well there is all my time taken up the kids are at it again good thing wuppy is asleep and loud noises don't bother her ,,,
all my love

 

[spongemommie05]

okay just read my post so sorry about all the spelling errors can ya tell i was typing fast....

 

[jeriber]

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Also, I've been wanting to get my mom a Mother's Ring for years now, but I really can't stand the styles I see in stores or catalogs. Do you think a jeweler would custom make a ring? Or do you have other suggestions of places to go? It'd be from me and my DB and family so I'm ok with spending a decent amount of $$$$. All I want is a solid band with 5 stones (one for each kid/grandkid) in it - not too big but big enough that you know what the stone is . I would like to be able to add to it so she could add my kiddos on it someday but thats not a deal breaker. I think she would it!

Thanks Peeps![/QUOTE]

My DH designed one for me a couple of years ago and the jeweler made it for him. I will get a picture and post it for you.

I really like this style because the stones are big enough that you can tell what they are and I think extra bagettes could be added as kids are born. Just an idea for you.

 

[Disneyfreak92]

OK, so I am pretty much obsessed with Grey's! My DH picked me up for lunch today and told me about this interview online that says that at least one of six things is going to happen before the end of the season (It's on the TV Guide website. Didn't want to post it here in case anyone didn't want to see it.), and OMGosh! I am just going crazy here! I want it to be 8:30! (I have to wait for DH to get home from work, and then we start from the beginning of our DVR recording and fast forward through commercials.) So, can someone else check that list out & freak out with me please?

 

[spongemommie05]

i love that ring gorgeous......

 

[spongemommie05]

OK, so I am pretty much obsessed with Grey's! My DH picked me up for lunch today and told me about this interview online that says that at least one of six things is going to happen before the end of the season (It's on the TV Guide website. Didn't want to post it here in case anyone didn't want to see it.), and OMGosh! I am just going crazy here! I want it to be 8:30! (I have to wait for DH to get home from work, and then we start from the beginning of our DVR recording and fast forward through commercials.) So, can someone else check that list out & freak out with me please?

okay i am heading there now ...........

 

[spongemommie05]

okay now that did not help is it grey's time yettttttttttt.....................

 

[Disneyfreak92]

I know! Not that we will find out about any of that tonight, but we might get a clue. I just love that show! I don't think I have been so into a TV series since Friends. (And Trading Spaces back when Ty and Paige were still on it.) I just keep thinking, what is it gonna be??? Any of those things would be wowsers!

 

[pixie dust 112]

i love that ring gorgeous......

What she said!

 

[pixie dust 112]

Have tons of fun UM!

Sorry all you guys who hate to exercise... 'cuz I LOVE it!

Okay... I did the coolest thing last night at the gym (and no, it doesn't have anything to do with the hunky-trainer-dude ). I went over to the free weight section and found a dumbell they weighed the closest to the amount I have lost. Picking up that thing was a real boost in the perspective department! Give it a try!

What a cool idea! Thanks!

 

[eeyore45]

I think I skipped a page - reading that is ... I feel like I missed a few things!!

Love the ring too!! The mother's day ring that is!!

DS has his head back on earth, and I've sent him a few "practical" websites for rings that I think would suit.. (ie under $1,000 and no little blue box!) he appreciates it, and is going to work an extra shift and has already started a savings account... to which I contributed $50!! One website is the jewelry exchange, they have a store near here, and boast that they sell diamonds "factory direct" and have onsight jewelers and they guarentee the jewelry will "appraise for at least double"... the other is my fav site, jtv.com - so we shall see!!

gotta run...

I feel like I've only done a few "Fly by" posts - I've said prayers where needed, laughed and smiled...

lets tie a knot and hang on!!!

 

[aries1980]

Make your visits unannounced and at several different times of the day. All three of my children were raised in daycare. I was "EXPELLED"
from the first one because I asked too many questions that the director thought I was harrassing her staff. All I wanted to know was why my 18 month old was in timeout in a highchair and how long she had been there or if I was told of an accident (a cut or a scrape) no one could explain it - it always happened when someone else was on watch and now that person was not available. So being expelled probably was worth it.

Our next try at daycare was advertised as "loving and Christian" - the facility was beautiful, brand new, best toys, very, very clean, Beka curriculum- teachers required to wear dresses- it looked good on the surface- BUT:

My kids always came home hungry- I mean starving- I couldnt understand why. They were being served breakfast, hot lunch, and an afternoon snack. Well, lunch was something like 3oz milk, 1/2 slice bread and 1/2 meat pattie. After the children drank their 3oz milk they were only allowed water. Snack was 3oz juice(koolaid) and 2 cookies. My kids were 2yr and 5 yr at the time. I didnt know this was the menu until a former teacher told a friend of mine.- she stated that her reason for leaving this center was due to the "abuse of the children"

The final straw:
I came in unannounced. And found the teacher tying a child to a chair for time out. They were using an assistive device designed for children with disabilities to aid them to sit upright in the chair. This wasnt my child but it could have been. When I questioned the procedure, I was told that the director purchased the chair restraint and instructed the teachers to use it if the children would not sit in the chair during their timeout. I exploded! And told her that this is an inappropriate use of timeout. (Im a pediatric nurse by the way)

After calling several of my friends who also used the center, we discovered that our toddler children were imitating the timeout procedure by tying their dolls and stuffed animals to chairs- interesting that more than one child was imitating the behavior. Leads me to believe that it happened alot. One mother arrived to find her child locked in the dark bathroom for so called timeout. He took forever to potty train- wonder why?

Needless to say- We shut this center down with word of mouth. The Department of Human Resources stated that they could not do anything because there had been no "physical injury" i.e. no child was mamed or died.

I did find suitable daycare. The center was older. The toys were second hand and well loved with play. Teachers dressed casual and were often seen in the floor playing with the children. I felt welcome at anytime. And the teachers could give me written reports of my childs day or more often took time to share with me personally something from their day.

All this said- just be careful. I learned the hard way. My children are 10,15and 18 now- I dont think they are damaged- well, maybe that 18yo male I tell any new mother I can my story- not to scare you but to make you aware so you can make the best decision for your child.

I agree one hundred percent to be careful on picking a daycare and I absolutley love what you did at each of the schools. There should be more parents like you out there making there voices heard and ?'s asked.

I used to work in day care that was going to be my future but I changed all that back in 2004 I had enough with centers and there methods and parents. It the kids were for at least 8 years was the only reason I woke up but not even they could keep there grasp on me to stay.

First from a teachers point, some of those kids look at us the teachers like the parents we had them from 7am to 6pm. Now I know its hard and people have to make a living but I'll tell you this the kids I had were well off even if one parent or no parent worked. It seemed like they had these kids just to say "Hey I have a kid" and could careless that they only so them for a total of 4 hours max a day. Some of the kids would even slip and call us mom.

2nd centers in general unless you find that needle in a hay stack and there are some that are perfect, are generally speaking chaotic, unbalanced places. Teachers should know the rules and have the answers for parents and be able to make the parent feel comfortable leaving there child there. Now there are those days maybe even most days, where that room your child is in is out of ratio (meaning not enough teachers to students) And that makes the teacher not so chipper and wanting to be helpful because this happens way to often. I know Ive been there but just bear in mind it may not be the teacher being uncooperative but the one who pays her who is. Most of us try to work past that and appeal to the parent but its hard knowing you got sally kicking mary and joey peeing on the floor and tommy fell down and then a parents is trying to ask questions and getting upset when everything maybe falling apart even if the eye cant see it. Just always know most teachers are just there for the kids, not the pay, not the aggravation, not anything. Just the kids.

Now thats my feel on daycares and I'll tell you this.... I will never have my daughter in Daycare for more than 2 days a week. I actually did that for 2 months and now shes home with me again because it wasnt worth the money and the school to me was not perfect and like since being in daycare, my standards are set so high to the point that she probably only go to a center that I ran. She can wait till Pre- k we are just doing storytime and mommy and me stuff .

 

[mousehouselover]

Hey everybody! I read most of yesterday, haven't read anything from today yet. I didn't have a good day and don't feel very social right now. I'm tired and don't feel like I ever get anything done. I start and stop things all the time. I might just be burnt out but there's no way I can take any down time right now. I know, if I don't take care of me I'll wind up unable to do anything at all.

I think I was riding in the back of the wagon dragging my heals on the ground yesterday. I was thrown off kilter by a bump in the road and had a lapse of judgement. I had almost half a doughnut (I had 2-3 bites of 3 different doughnuts..) and an almost transparent piece of b-day cake. It wasn't a huge mishap but I've been struggling to stay in control all week so any slip could've been my undoing.

I'm firmly seated in the middle of the wagon today. I had good meals and snacks and I'm well with in my points. I tried a sweet and sour chicken from Kashi at lunch. I didn't like it. I wanted to up my fiber so I thought I'd give it a whirl. Well, I forgot I had a fiber one bar this am and wound up with about 11 grams of fiber....... can we say CB???

I hope every one has a good weigh in tomorrow. I'm not holding out much hope for a loss. I got on the scale this am and I gained almost half a lb. I'm also getting another headache.........

 

[winkers]

Ok, I need to vent!!! I just got a call from someone who was a close friend of my family a long time ago. Actually he was close to my uncle, so around the family alot. Anyway, he had the nerve to rudely ask me why no one told him about my grandma dying. Ok, first of all that wasn't my job to notify him, and he hasn't had anything to do with my uncle in about 10 years . And he has the nerve to call and demand why he wasn't notified! Excuse me we're grieving and it was in the paper. UGGGGGG!!! I was having a really bad day today anyway, because I always went to visit her on thursdays while my kids were at dance. So I was having a pitty party. Anyway, I needed to vent so that I don't eat the cake sitting on my counter!

You may now go back to your regular programing!..............

 

[pixie dust 112]

Ok, I need to vent!!! I just got a call from someone who was a close friend of my family a long time ago. Actually he was close to my uncle, so around the family alot. Anyway, he had the nerve to rudely ask me why no one told him about my grandma dying. Ok, first of all that wasn't my job to notify him, and he hasn't had anything to do with my uncle in about 10 years . And he has the nerve to call and demand why he wasn't notified! Excuse me we're grieving and it was in the paper. UGGGGGG!!! I was having a really bad day today anyway, because I always went to visit her on thursdays while my kids were at dance. So I was having a pitty party. Anyway, I needed to vent so that I don't eat the cake sitting on my counter!

You may now go back to your regular programing!..............

Man that is rude!

 

[dance2874]

First from a teachers point, some of those kids look at us the teachers like the parents we had them from 7am to 6pm. Now I know its hard and people have to make a living but I'll tell you this the kids I had were well off even if one parent or no parent worked. It seemed like they had these kids just to say "Hey I have a kid" and could careless that they only so them for a total of 4 hours max a day. Some of the kids would even slip and call us mom.

That is SO true. I know from my days in a daycare that was the way it was a lot of the time....I would say over 75% of the kids were there so mom could go shopping and have time to herself. (because I heard them say so to the other moms, who would meet them at the mall or for coffee after dropping off.)And those were the ones who always wanted to drop them off early and pick them up the latest. Ugh. I could go on and on. It is just sad though.

Right now, I am a nanny but I also teach dance part time. That job has me going to several area daycares and preschools and I teach the dance class in the school. Lets just say that I have seen a lot of places I would never let my child attend, and I wonder if the parents even checked them out before enrolling their kid. There is at least one that I would send her to though. They are always checking their ratios and the director of the school will actually work in the classroom if need be to keep ratios under control. They are clean, safe and I have never seen an issue there. A huge tell tale sign is that the teachers there are all happy and there is very little turn over. That is a HUGE indicator I think.

OK, I have rambled enough. I know youa re all off watching Greys anyways! I am tivoing it so I dont have to watch commercials. I seriously cant stand the suspense of waiting through commercials when the show is THAT good!

OH, and have a gret time UM!! I am jealous, but I know Mickey will be glad to see you. He has been depressed since I left