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

[MA pigletfan]

i had a great workout last night, too! anna did a new BLT (butt, legs & tummy) workout last night and i think that did me in was the squatting dead lifts. OUCH!!! this morning i'm SOOOOOOOOO sore! hope your mood gets better today!

Ok Dawn..the only BLT that i am interested in is the sandwich..

I'm Baaaaack!

From my book... I'm done with the Twilight series! The last of the 3 was over 600 pages so I'd literally be standing at the stove stirring the spaghetti with one hand and holding the book with the other!

While keeping up with lurking and some posting here and there. Now I have post-good-book syndrome. NOW WHAT? I wish Stephenie Meyer would hurry up with the 4th book (due in the spring...where upon I will be extinct here once more for a few days) I likes vampires!

Diet? What diet? I don't think I've eaten a balanced meal since picking up book 1 last week.

Wow..I have so many books i WANT to read but never stick with them..good for you Miss Bookworm!

Supposedly we are getting some nasty snow tommorow..and even more this upcoming weekend...gotta love New England! Greg put my snow tires on my car though, so I won't have any excuse not to go to Curves tommorow..which I have done for the past 2 days as well..thankfully!

OH Self Pimping: My first installment of the actual TR is up..for those that are bored/interested
have a good night everyone!

 

[monymony3471]

Snow? What's that?


Remember that stinky mattress we bought and was told that's the way they are supposed to be? And did I mention it was smaller than the box spring by about 4 inches and they said it's supposed to be like that?

Boy were they wrong!

Turns out stinky mattress had collaspable sides. I kept feeling like I was gonna fall off the bed. Tim laid on my side and he was like somethings wrong.

So, I called them again, and this time they came out to "investigate". Called back and said we will replace your mattress with a new one.

WELL, the new one has no smell. If you press your nose up against the mattress really really close you can smell a smidge of what engulfed my room with the first one. AND guess what? It's a perfect fit on the box spring with no gaps.

Those stupid mattress people can go fly a kite.

Plus this mattress you can feel the difference. I can't explain it in words, but I can say you feel level.



You will probably hear this a 100 times from me: If there is something out there with a glitch, I will be the one who picks it.


I will be purchasing those books, Twilight series, on Friday when I do the rest of my shopping. Me and my GF's are going out to shop and have dinner. With no kids or Dh's. Hee Hee!

 

[monymony3471]

Talk about disfunctional products:

So, I was cooking my favorite Soy Chicken recipe in the oven today and all of a sudden my smoke detector is going off. The kitchen is filled with smoke. I open the oven and the bottom is covered in black, sticky, burnt goo.

WT? I had it covered in tin foil, I didn't use that much marinade? How could it bubble over like this? So I shut the oven off, go to take the casserole dish out and it is in 7 pieces. The glass dish cracked and bottomed out.

My oven is a mess. The goo is under the bottom and I'm not sure I can get to it to clean it. I scrubbed what I could. I just hate when crap like this happens to me.

 

[HockeyKat]

Oh no!!! What a pain! I am so the person that kind of thing happens to. I bought a pizza once from Sam's (the fresh kind) that some idiot had decided to pre-cut. I put it on the rack without a sheet like they tell you and man, my oven was bad off.

Do you have a self-cleaning oven? If not I would recommend some of that horrible oven cleaner, just be sure to buy good gloves and follow the directions.

And Dawn, BLT is a sandwich to me too. I wish I had an Anna in my life to push me to doing things like that.

Hope everyone had a great day!

 

[lexmelinda]

GOOOOD MORNING!

I had the biggest, longest post and in an igno-second....I closed it by mistake!

AAAAHHHHH!

I'm not having much online luck today. The dog as "unplugged" the computer twice already.

Anyway my post had some fun holiday stuff to do. I promise to recreate later if I have time.

HAVE A GREAT DAY, EVERYBODY!

 

[my2boysrtwicethefun]

Good Morning Everyone!


Welcome home Tia!

We're leaving at 4 am Sunday morning and the forecast for this weekend's weather here is yucky. Sat.-wintery mix Sun. snow Melinda what are your local channels giving for the weekend forecast? I told my husband that we'll keep an eye on the weather and if we have to we can leave on Friday evening, which is tomorrow.

 

[lexmelinda]

Melinda what are your local channels giving for the weekend forecast?

COLD RAIN!!! Nothing south of freezing! Are you flying out of Lexington or Cincy? HAVE FUN, FRAN!!!

 

[pigget74]

Monica--sorry about your oven. Seems like the two of us are alike--always get the bad as well. Hopefully your oven willnot be to hard to clean.

Melinda--I know how you feel about closing the post -- I have done that numerous times.

We fianlly have our Christmas cards to send out. I thought DH was going to go balistic at WalMart. He went on Tuesday to get them--we did them in one hour and then they said he had to have a release from teh photographer. Ok--he called her and she got him a release. Went back yesterday with the release and they still would not give them to him. Said that anyone could have made it on their computer. He told them that yes anyone can make anything on their computers these days. They still would not give them to him. He called the photographer and she literally had to speak with 3 different people and has to fax them something as well. CAN I JUST SAY HOW MUCH WE HATE WALMART!!!!!! We did not have any trouble last year using our CD from DISNEY. Only reason we used them was because we were supposed to get them in 1 hour At least they are getting in the mail today.

 

[dwheatl]

Hey, look at me. I'm posting in the morning. I should be getting ready for work, but it's so cold, I'm having trouble getting moving.
I think my night anxiety is related to the 2 teenagers in my house. I had a physical last summer and was in pretty good shape.

Wow what a beautiful day!! Supposed to be 77 this afternoon. I talked Mr Kat into letting me drive the convertible to work, and came in with the top down.

I have to admit to having skimmed through a bit today... sorry.

Mr Kat and I have been having some marital problems, but I think that perhaps things have taken a turn for the better last night. Both of my bosses are out today. So, I am in a pretty good mood!

Kat- DH and I are reading THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES by Dr. Gary Chapman. It is a relationship book that tells how to live your love for each other in a way that strengthens your relationship so the bumps don't do permanent damage. It's actually a fun read. DH and I got to meet the author a few years ago, and everything he had to say made perfect sense. Even if your DH won't read it, it's good for even one spouse.

OK,I better get moving. Have a skinny day before weigh-in all!

Oh, and welcome home, Tia. Prayers for your health.

 

[DisneyLaura]

Hmm, NC in February?? Not sure. It isn't extremely warm here then, can count on high temps between 40 and 60.
I see NC as more of a summer destination, with the beaches at the Outer Banks and in Wilmington.

Thanks for the advice. DH wanted to go somewhere warmer than CT when the kids have off from vacation. He said we always go away when it's hot but this year he'd like to go somewhere where it is a little bit warmer than here. I will tell him. Anyone have any ideas we were can go (besides Orlando which I would love to but that's not an option this year)?

GOOOOD MORNING!

I had the biggest, longest post and in an igno-second....I closed it by mistake! AAAAHHHHH! I'm not having much online luck today. The dog as "unplugged" the computer twice already. Anyway my post had some fun holiday stuff to do. I promise to recreate later if I have time.
HAVE A GREAT DAY, EVERYBODY!

DD turned off my computer when I was posting something once too. Hopefully you'll have time later because I can't wait to read it.

Good Morning Everyone!

We're leaving at 4 am Sunday morning and the forecast for this weekend's weather here is yucky. Sat.-wintery mix Sun. snow Melinda what are your local channels giving for the weekend forecast? I told my husband that we'll keep an eye on the weather and if we have to we can leave on Friday evening, which is tomorrow.

Yeah for four more days. We're getting snow today too. They cancelled school even before it started to it better be a good one because I had things to do today. Of course the kids love not going to school today.

BTL with mayo of course right guys?

 

[DisneyLaura]

We fianlly have our Christmas cards to send out. I thought DH was going to go balistic at WalMart. He went on Tuesday to get them--we did them in one hour and then they said he had to have a release from teh photographer. Ok--he called her and she got him a release. Went back yesterday with the release and they still would not give them to him. Said that anyone could have made it on their computer. He told them that yes anyone can make anything on their computers these days. They still would not give them to him. He called the photographer and she literally had to speak with 3 different people and has to fax them something as well. CAN I JUST SAY HOW MUCH WE HATE WALMART!!!!!! We did not have any trouble last year using our CD from DISNEY. Only reason we used them was because we were supposed to get them in 1 hour At least they are getting in the mail today.

Yes I agree Walmart is not one of my favorite places either. Last year I took a picture of my two sons and DS8 best friend that was moving back to TN (They hated CT) anyway, I wanted two prints, one for him and one for us to put in a frame for him and give to him before he went back home. They tell me that I had to wait until tomorrow which was fine. So I go back the next morning and this girl who was the nice one (the girl yesterday was a such a grouch) said oh we don't get our deliveries until after 2ish. I then said lloking straight at the girl who took care of me the other day "I wish I was told that yesterday because I would have not wasted my time to come in the morning then. Sometimes I feel people who work with the public shouldn't. They look like your the one bothering them. So another trip back to the store the next because I wasn't going in that store again the same day.

So I understand your pain.

 

[HockeyKat]

I actually love Walmart, but I don't expect good service there, just good prices. Did I mention I was cheap??

Danielle, I will look into that. Even if it doesn't help the two of us, it may help me down the road.

My pre-weigh-in day peek said okay things... hoping for 1 more lb by tomorrow but with my luck more likely to be a gain.

Hope everyone is having a great and skinny day!!

 

[DisneyObsession]

Hi All!!!

I never got here yesterday and I'm not sure I posted Tues...I just can't remember! With Christmas coming, my life is very busy!!! Sewing, baking, decorating, wrapping...all of it keeps me on my toes! Are you guys this busy or am I just disorganized???

Anyway, I haven't had a chance to catch up so I hope everfyone is doing well. 's to you all!!!

 

[born2bird]

Hello All,

Well, I am in a much better mood today despite the ugly weather we are having. rain, rain and more rain....where is my snow? I am super busy at work. Every year we host an International Luncheon for 300+ people and I get to organize it every year because stupid me volunteered to do it the first time three years ago. The food is, shall we say, interesting. The "International" part certainly adds some flare. The Korean department always has some interesting dishes. Last year it was black, that's right, BLACK eggs. UGGGHH! and some kind of fried insect. Honestly....why?!?

I think it will be easy for me to stay on track tomorrow. Yucko! I am starving today though. I can't seem to fill-up. I hate that. I really want something sweet, say a GIANT, warm, chocolate chip cookie. What is wrong with me?

Anywho, sorry for the drive-by post but I must go. I will try to check in later. to my peeps!!

Oh yeah, I kept to the goals and did 45 mins of cardio on the crosstrainer and then did upper and lower body strength training. Tonight is all cardio night which includes, much to my disgust, a 2.5 mile run. I still hate running.

~Kim

 

[monymony3471]

While scrubbing my oven I noticed there are 2 screws on the bottom in the back. Then it also appears that the bottom is being held in because of those 2 screws. I am thinking I can unscrew the 2 screws and take the panel out so I can clean the underneath. There are holes along the sides that allow me to see goo under the bottom panel. I'll let you know how that goes. Oh bother.

Monica--sorry about your oven. Seems like the two of us are alike--always get the bad as well. Hopefully your oven willnot be to hard to clean.

Melinda--I know how you feel about closing the post -- I have done that numerous times.

We fianlly have our Christmas cards to send out. I thought DH was going to go balistic at WalMart. He went on Tuesday to get them--we did them in one hour and then they said he had to have a release from teh photographer. Ok--he called her and she got him a release. Went back yesterday with the release and they still would not give them to him. Said that anyone could have made it on their computer. He told them that yes anyone can make anything on their computers these days. They still would not give them to him. He called the photographer and she literally had to speak with 3 different people and has to fax them something as well. CAN I JUST SAY HOW MUCH WE HATE WALMART!!!!!! We did not have any trouble last year using our CD from DISNEY. Only reason we used them was because we were supposed to get them in 1 hour At least they are getting in the mail today.

From here "closing the post" means being at this bar and staying until it closes. I had to chuckle at that, cause I might have done that a time or two. Even when I couldn't remember.

As far as your picture story, I hate when people do stuff like that. When did Walmart turn into the picture police?

Hello All,

Well, I am in a much better mood today despite the ugly weather we are having. rain, rain and more rain....where is my snow? I am super busy at work. Every year we host an International Luncheon for 300+ people and I get to organize it every year because stupid me volunteered to do it the first time three years ago. The food is, shall we say, interesting. The "International" part certainly adds some flare. The Korean department always has some interesting dishes. Last year it was black, that's right, BLACK eggs. UGGGHH! and some kind of fried insect. Honestly....why?!?


~Kim

I wish I didn't have a mouthful while I was reading that. (It was a salad, thank you)

Hi All!!!

I never got here yesterday and I'm not sure I posted Tues...I just can't remember! With Christmas coming, my life is very busy!!! Sewing, baking, decorating, wrapping...all of it keeps me on my toes! Are you guys this busy or am I just disorganized???

Anyway, I haven't had a chance to catch up so I hope everfyone is doing well. 's to you all!!!

I am busy. Should be busier, but, 3 days in a row, and no work has been done to my kitchen. She called today to promise it will be done tomorrow.

I just want my sink back, I just want my counters too.

I just want my sink back, I just want my counters too.


Please, please, please, please! With a giant chocolate chip cookie on top!

 

[born2bird]

Monica, Sorry about that..

I was wrong, the black eggs were from our Chinese department. Here is a picture and description of the 1000 year old egg just so you know what I am up against... CARP BAD LINK. Trust me they are gross!

 

[monymony3471]

Monica, Sorry about that..

I was wrong, the black eggs were from our Chinese department. Here is a picture and description of the 1000 year old egg just so you know what I am up against...

[http://http://www.thisisvlad.com/gallery/albums/hong-kong/1000_year_old_egg_ewwww_1.jpg

I think that's a bad link.

 

[Wonders10]

Hi peeps!

I haven't been checking in all that much. Most of my online time has been consumed with my new obsession - Facebook and checking the Orlando weather forecast for this weekend. Hope you all have been doing well. Pixie dust and hugs to everybody...I've been thinking about my peeps!

So I'm leaving for Disney tomorrow! I am so ready for this weekend. I'm not doing a trippie because I was unable to finish the last 3 I had started in the past...but I will post some pics of my hopefully fun adventures. The weather forecast for our only full day, Saturday, isn't looking so hot so send some weather pixie dust that the rain stays away!

Have a great night peeps!

 

[punkin413]

so i stepped on the scale this morning and i was up 2 pounds. but AF was here (and now she's gone....i think) AND i'm super sore from that BLT workout we did, which means i'm retaining double the amount of water/lactic acid that i normally do. add in the big meal i had on saturday and the alcohol i consumed at said dinner, and that explains the 2 pounds. i'm hoping that because AF left and maybe because the lactic acid will hopefully be gone by tomorrow morning, those 2 pounds will be gone by then. we'll see! it's SO HARD to lose weight this time of year!!!!

monica - good luck with cleaning that oven.....what a pain!

And Dawn, BLT is a sandwich to me too. I wish I had an Anna in my life to push me to doing things like that.

it really is a blessing. although lately i've been doing more running than going to the gym because i've been so busy with work. i like going to the gym better.

I had the biggest, longest post and in an igno-second....I closed it by mistake!

i hate it when that happens!!!

We fianlly have our Christmas cards to send out. I thought DH was going to go balistic at WalMart. He went on Tuesday to get them--we did them in one hour and then they said he had to have a release from teh photographer. Ok--he called her and she got him a release. Went back yesterday with the release and they still would not give them to him. Said that anyone could have made it on their computer. He told them that yes anyone can make anything on their computers these days. They still would not give them to him. He called the photographer and she literally had to speak with 3 different people and has to fax them something as well. CAN I JUST SAY HOW MUCH WE HATE WALMART!!!!!! We did not have any trouble last year using our CD from DISNEY. Only reason we used them was because we were supposed to get them in 1 hour At least they are getting in the mail today.

when i took the CD in to have the pictures done for my dad for christmas, the photographer (a friend of mine) gave me a letter with CD releasing her copyright so i could print them. sure enough, when i had them printed at walmart, they asked for it first thing, so no biggie, right? UNTIL they took the letter and filed it away in this big file drawer they had. i asked what he was doing and he said they keep the letter for 7 years so if i want to have something else printed off, i'll have to go back to that walmart to do it. i DON'T get that AT ALL!!!!! luckily the photographer's a friend of mine and if i ever need additional prints she'll write me another letter.

Anyone have any ideas we were can go (besides Orlando which I would love to but that's not an option this year)?

we love savannah, but that's kind of a drive for you guys. don't know if you're planning on driving or flying. charleston is nice, as well.

So I'm leaving for Disney tomorrow! I am so ready for this weekend. I'm not doing a trippie because I was unable to finish the last 3 I had started in the past...but I will post some pics of my hopefully fun adventures. The weather forecast for our only full day, Saturday, isn't looking so hot so send some weather pixie dust that the rain stays away!

HAVE A BLAST!!!!!! i can't wait to see pictures!

 

[punkin413]

i know we have some dog lovers on here and i just had to share this. ray sent it to me. if you can't find a reason to dislike michael vick (former atlanta falcons quarterback, just sentenced to 23 months on dog fighting charges), just watch this. as most of you know, i have two precious beagles and i'm almost positive the beagles in this story were used as bait dogs. and those poor pit bulls....all of them are so scarred up and just butchered. so sad…..i cried when i watched this. 23 months doesn't seem like a long enough sentence to me. i hope he loses everything he has and never plays football again.

don't worry.....there's no violence or anything in this video. just the story about the victims of these crimes.

http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?videoId=3153352&categoryId=3060647&n8pe6c=1