DISappearing Peeps...A fastpass to THIN! Part 3

[Minnie_Moo]

Do you have a picture? I have never seen a recumbent bike

Snow, this is the one I got - I paid a little more to get the model that doesn't have a bar that you have to step over because my knees have pretty bad arthritis. I rode for only about a half hour yesterday and it didn't bother my knees, but I'm still going to work my way up slowly.

I can't stand to wash dishes or do laundry either...

Good one, Dene'!!!!!

Jo, kudos to you on the family walk! That sounds lovely.

 

[snowwite]

Ditto the running shoes suggestion and the shots. All the 'over the counter' options I tried helped but did not really relieve the pain. I had the shots and I was almost normal. Yes, I hate needles. Actually hate is not a strong enough word. I am terrified of them. But he leaned my chair back so I didnt have to watch, I cried silently in the chair, and it was over. I wont lie, it hurt... but it was nothing comapred to not being able to walk on my feet in the morning after a long day. My craptastic insurance didnt cover much of it and I paid about $80 per foot out of pocket. I think 'retail price' was about $100 or something per foot. I go tthem back in October I think and I am starting to get some pain back. He said I may have to repeat the shots so I was prepared for it. I am just not ready to do it again just yet.

I hope you find something that works for you. I know how miserable the pain is firsthand and I suffered a Disney trip in Sept before getting the shots. I will never do that again if I can help it!

Do you see an orthopedist, general practitioner, podiatrist or something else? My plan does not require referral. My regular MD has been worthless. Chiropracter fit me for the orthotic. The rheumatologist cant see me until NOVEMBER - Um HELLO? So, I am leaning toward calling a podiatrist but aside from trimming nails I really dont know what they are capable of doing.

 

[denecarter]

Being a girly girl is expensive! I spent $58 at Walgreen's yesterday getting a few makeup things, shampoo, and hair color.

Okay, so I was going to post before and after pictures because I colored my hair... but it's the exact same color it was!!! MAYBE just slightly more strawberry in the strawberry blonde, but basically the same.

Soooo, I decided to post a before and current photo instead (if I can remember how).

See? My hair is the same color... I didn't want a drastic change, but sheesh!

And by the way, the person I see in the mirror is not the person who always shows up in my pix... why does that girl keep getting in the way?

 

[snowwite]

Snow, this is the one I got - I paid a little more to get the model that doesn't have a bar that you have to step over because my knees have pretty bad arthritis. I rode for only about a half hour yesterday and it didn't bother my knees, but I'm still going to work my way up slowly.

Good one, Dene'!!!!!

Jo, kudos to you on the family walk! That sounds lovely.

Thanks! That looks like another laundry rack to me I have a similar devise in my room that I need to dig out. It is by Nordic Track.

 

[snowwite]

Being a girly girl is expensive! I spent $58 at Walgreen's yesterday getting a few makeup things, shampoo, and hair color.

Okay, so I was going to post before and after pictures because I colored my hair... but it's the exact same color it was!!! MAYBE just slightly more strawberry in the strawberry blonde, but basically the same.

Soooo, I decided to post a before and current photo instead (if I can remember how).

See? My hair is the same color... I didn't want a drastic change, but sheesh!

And by the way, the person I see in the mirror is not the person who always shows up in my pix... why does that girl keep getting in the way?

we have the same mirror. You did a great job

 

[snowwite]

Ok. I officially HATE the oerson who dreamed up the FAFSA form. I have a few other ideas on what those letters stand for (but I cant say it here )
This is miserable. DD needs it done and it uses info from taxes,taxes I cant complete because my father in law hasnt sent in the schedule K yet so I dont know what to enter. Grr.
Vent over.

 

[Minnie_Moo]

Dene', you are looking AWESOME, girl!!!

Snow, I'm going to try really hard not to let the bike become a clothes rack. I never could do the Nordic track, so I was never tempted to buy one of those. I see that my hubby just moved the treadmill to a more accessible location, but the TM kills my knees.

The bike will live in the LR/DR for the time being so I'll feel guilty if I don't use it!

 

[eeyore45]

Hey snow, I came to vent to, I'm so angry and hurt right now I just want to scream, or get in the car and drive far away.

DD is a "talent show" for "school's PTO" bad enough, but we are not enamored of one of the girls who is just mean, she says things that make you go "WHAT?" so hurtful so we end up lecturing dd on why its not ok to lol at those insults... Then the whole inapporopriate hip hop music... now the "outfit" - I drive all over looking for jean capris that have the rhinestones (under $20) and found them and a "cami" for under the tshirts they made... success - big time - I made it to the gym in time too!! me again!!

Now today, the practice is to be at 1, perform at 3pm. The call, we decided to spend the night, and have practice at 11, and we're going to do makeup, oh and eat lunch because we're not going to give you anything to eat! (again, understandable, and no big deal, that girl just comes across as harsh tho) Well, dd asks me to do a pony tail, and at rehersal her hair was all over, so I spray it - omgravy you'd think I just slapped the girl or worse!! SHE FREAKED!! I gave up, locked myself in the bathroom, dh ponded on door, he was through with all the hormonal females, just give him the good shampoo! FINE< JUST FINE - dd didnt want to take a shower... drama....

Now she left, the cami showed through and looked like a bra, who knows how she did her hair, or if, and she didnt take the makeup I bagged up for her - so there!!

I am done being a mom of a teenage girl.

 

[eeyore45]

Dene you are looking FABULOUS!! WTG

I love your determination!!

Snow, dh needs to do FAFSA also, but I cant get him to do the taxes!! Now, the thing that angers me about the blankity blank loans is it always falls to the Parent Plus loans/?? HUH>>> In my day I had to take out all the loans, dh too , we finally paid off our loans, and now we have to take them out for our kids??? SOMEHTING smells in smallville - its a CONSPIRACY!! JAck up the loan % and stick it to hte parents!! (its a problem here one of dh's first work companies messed with us so bad we lost everything to the IRS, so we have no legs to stand on, but both boys are in college!)

I believe in miracles... and I need a miracle!!

 

[snowwite]

Dene', you are looking AWESOME, girl!!!

Snow, I'm going to try really hard not to let the bike become a clothes rack. I never could do the Nordic track, so I was never tempted to buy one of those. I see that my hubby just moved the treadmill to a more accessible location, but the TM kills my knees.

The bike will live in the LR/DR for the time being so I'll feel guilty if I don't use it!

Good idea. You have motivated me to try to dig out my exercise equipment.No easy task. I bought a tri fold screen last year and at first it just hid the bike but now the bike is beyond buried under blanmkets,christmas boxes,snow pants, pillows and God knows what or who else might be lurking back there

 

[snowwite]

Hey snow, I came to vent to, I'm so angry and hurt right now I just want to scream, or get in the car and drive far away.

DD is a "talent show" for "school's PTO" bad enough, but we are not enamored of one of the girls who is just mean, she says things that make you go "WHAT?" so hurtful so we end up lecturing dd on why its not ok to lol at those insults... Then the whole inapporopriate hip hop music... now the "outfit" - I drive all over looking for jean capris that have the rhinestones (under $20) and found them and a "cami" for under the tshirts they made... success - big time - I made it to the gym in time too!! me again!!

Now today, the practice is to be at 1, perform at 3pm. The call, we decided to spend the night, and have practice at 11, and we're going to do makeup, oh and eat lunch because we're not going to give you anything to eat! (again, understandable, and no big deal, that girl just comes across as harsh tho) Well, dd asks me to do a pony tail, and at rehersal her hair was all over, so I spray it - omgravy you'd think I just slapped the girl or worse!! SHE FREAKED!! I gave up, locked myself in the bathroom, dh ponded on door, he was through with all the hormonal females, just give him the good shampoo! FINE< JUST FINE - dd didnt want to take a shower... drama....

Now she left, the cami showed through and looked like a bra, who knows how she did her hair, or if, and she didnt take the makeup I bagged up for her - so there!!

I am done being a mom of a teenage girl.

and so it starts My DD will be 19 in Sept and is in a chorale and 2 theatrical groups. I feel your pain.

 

[denecarter]

I HATE the FAFSA form!!!!!

I HATE that I have to take out the loans... I hate that I have to put DVC as an asset (some don't, but that's the way I read it).

At least this year, DD only has 5 or so months of Social Security that gets counted against her.

 

[the Fidge]

Dene you are breathtaking!!! You loook wonderful!!!!!

Might I say I am a bit envious, well watch out exercise guy Dene IS the BOMB!!!! Oh you must be on cloud 9 all that hard work has paid huge dividends ok Dene...so when are we going shopping for new outfits???? Fo your NEW Look??? It is a must do!!!!

 

[dwheatl]

First of all, UM, get your throat swabbed and get antibiotics if you need them! Take some time for mama and take care of yourself. Strep is serious and can cause permanent heart damage if you don't get it treated.

Being a girly girl is expensive! I spent $58 at Walgreen's yesterday getting a few makeup things, shampoo, and hair color.

Okay, so I was going to post before and after pictures because I colored my hair... but it's the exact same color it was!!! MAYBE just slightly more strawberry in the strawberry blonde, but basically the same.

Soooo, I decided to post a before and current photo instead (if I can remember how).

See? My hair is the same color... I didn't want a drastic change, but sheesh!

And by the way, the person I see in the mirror is not the person who always shows up in my pix... why does that girl keep getting in the way?

Cue Mulan, "Who is that girl I see...?" Wow! You can really see the weight loss. You look great!

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Snow, dh needs to do FAFSA also, but I cant get him to do the taxes!! Now, the thing that angers me about the blankity blank loans is it always falls to the Parent Plus loans/?? HUH>>> In my day I had to take out all the loans, dh too , we finally paid off our loans, and now we have to take them out for our kids??? SOMEHTING smells in smallville - its a CONSPIRACY!! JAck up the loan % and stick it to hte parents!! (its a problem here one of dh's first work companies messed with us so bad we lost everything to the IRS, so we have no legs to stand on, but both boys are in college!)

I believe in miracles... and I need a miracle!!

Don't even get me started! DS didn't turn in his finanacial aid forms last year because he was sure we wouldn't qualify. I guess I can't spank a kid who's 6' 2", but . Now, conveniently, he can't apply for work study because he doesn't have the FAFSA on file. And Grandma gave him a big chunk of change, so he sees no incentive to work. Like I said, don't get me started!

I finished my DL trippie this morning. I didn't post a picture of the chocolate creme brulee, just some light lemonade, so it's Peep-safe!

 

[Minnie_Moo]

snowwite, glad to hear I helped motivate you to unbury your bike! I'm just about to hop on for a "ride"! Join me?!

Sounds like I lucked out by not having to fill out the FAFSA form. My DH and DD always took care of that. And now that our DD is in grad school, she is on her own. We are still paying on those dreaded parental PLUS loans and will be for a few more years, so I feel your pain there, Sandy. I think I'll be eligible to retire about the same time they are paid off

 

[harleygirl]

YA don't think you woke up at 8 because we set the clocks ahead an hour do ya .

Thanks for releaseing us from the velcro wall. It was torture. Fidge kept reaching over to give we wedgies!

Pixie I love your wicked sense of humor

I guess mine were worse than yours because even crocs dont help me really. My crocs are great for short periods but they dont help if I am standing for long periods. Nothing did. I literally could not walk at all if I had a long day on my feet. And those walkfit sucked for me too. I actually just returned them to target yesterday.

crocs are ok, but my asics are by far the best

Being a girly girl is expensive! I spent $58 at Walgreen's yesterday getting a few makeup things, shampoo, and hair color.

Okay, so I was going to post before and after pictures because I colored my hair... but it's the exact same color it was!!! MAYBE just slightly more strawberry in the strawberry blonde, but basically the same.

Soooo, I decided to post a before and current photo instead (if I can remember how).

See? My hair is the same color... I didn't want a drastic change, but sheesh!

And by the way, the person I see in the mirror is not the person who always shows up in my pix... why does that girl keep getting in the way?

DENE!!!!! OMG YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I have been waiting and waiting for you to let us "see" you....I am so very proud of you girl...look at how skinny you are in your current photo....evn tho its a head shot I can see in you face how much you have lost!!! You are smokin hot girl....watch out Jay, here comes one fine mama!!! WOOHOOTY

 

[DisneyJo]

Dene you look wonderful, you can so see how you got your nice shiny ribbon, way to go

 

[pixie dust 112]

Being a girly girl is expensive! I spent $58 at Walgreen's yesterday getting a few makeup things, shampoo, and hair color.

Okay, so I was going to post before and after pictures because I colored my hair... but it's the exact same color it was!!! MAYBE just slightly more strawberry in the strawberry blonde, but basically the same.

Soooo, I decided to post a before and current photo instead (if I can remember how).

See? My hair is the same color... I didn't want a drastic change, but sheesh!

And by the way, the person I see in the mirror is not the person who always shows up in my pix... why does that girl keep getting in the way?

Awesome! You are a beauty ...and an inspiration!

 

[Wonders10]

Happy Sunday everyone!

DENE - you look fabulous!

Re: FAFSA's: I have to do mine soon as well. I hate filling it out because I never know if I'm answering the questions correctly or not. Plus I have not filed taxes this year or last (accountant said I do not have enough income - umm, yeah I have no income) so I don't have to file. Which sort of makes filling it out even more annoying because I do have mutual funds, etc. that I have to include.

Today was the christening of my DSIL's niece and now goddaughter. It was very nice. My cookies were a hit even though I did not like one of the designs I made. I will hopefully be able to post some pics of them. My DB took them on his camera. I ate sort of horribly though. They had tons of italian food delivered- eggplant parm, baked ziti, meatballs, garlic rolls, salad, etc. I had a small square of eggplant and picked off the top layer of cheese, one meatball, one garlic roll and salad and 2 bottles of water. Then my sweet tooth was yelling at me so I had a big handful of peanut M&M's and a bite of some sort of s'mores dessert. Not the best day I've ever had. Luckily I have a few days to counteract the damage.

I have to make the cookie dough for my next order. 100 cookies. I'm just waiting for the butter to soften up a bit more. I really am not in the mood to make them but I'm most worried about when I will have time to decorate them. Luckily I do not have too many school assignments this week to get in my way, but even still I am gone a lot and not in the house to work on them.

My DB was talking about his weight loss today. He is doing some sort of weight loss challenge at work and has lost 10 lbs and would like to lose 10 more. I think he is looking a little gross (too thin for him) Ok, not gross but not that good. I think he should stop right now. And then he is just going on and on about what he's doing and my mom mentions that her and I are doing WW. She is always saying that we don't have to tell anyone and here she is blabbling. I did not want him to know because he is so psycho about food (probably just as much as me but I don't talk about it publicly). I know he was probably just speaking for himself or trying to be nice but I do not need his diet advice. "I'm not eating refined carbs, you know white rice, bread, pasta, etc" Yes believe it or not I know what that is. I know exactly what I need to be doing. I just need to do it. And thank you but I've lost 11 lbs so I think I'm getting the hang of it. That and he was saying how DSIL wants to lose some more and good grief this girl is a string bean. If she loses any more weight she is really starting to look bad. Especially because she loses it in her face and neck which is not looking so hot right now. I know I'm sounding mean but it was just really getting to me today how the 2 of them are constantly talking about diets and losing weight and exercise, and I know they are wanting me to lose and think I'm out of control. But I personally think that their attitude is not any healthier than mine. Ok, so that was a very long and confusing rant. Sorry. Plus he was getting on my nerves for something else that you will just have to read in my Pre-TR in a couple of days.

Hopefully the butter is soft now. Be back later!

 

[duncanssweetie]

Happy Sunday everyone!

DENE - you look fabulous!

Re: FAFSA's: I have to do mine soon as well. I hate filling it out because I never know if I'm answering the questions correctly or not. Plus I have not filed taxes this year or last (accountant said I do not have enough income - umm, yeah I have no income) so I don't have to file. Which sort of makes filling it out even more annoying because I do have mutual funds, etc. that I have to include.

Today was the christening of my DSIL's niece and now goddaughter. It was very nice. My cookies were a hit even though I did not like one of the designs I made. I will hopefully be able to post some pics of them. My DB took them on his camera. I ate sort of horribly though. They had tons of italian food delivered- eggplant parm, baked ziti, meatballs, garlic rolls, salad, etc. I had a small square of eggplant and picked off the top layer of cheese, one meatball, one garlic roll and salad and 2 bottles of water. Then my sweet tooth was yelling at me so I had a big handful of peanut M&M's and a bite of some sort of s'mores dessert. Not the best day I've ever had. Luckily I have a few days to counteract the damage.

I have to make the cookie dough for my next order. 100 cookies. I'm just waiting for the butter to soften up a bit more. I really am not in the mood to make them but I'm most worried about when I will have time to decorate them. Luckily I do not have too many school assignments this week to get in my way, but even still I am gone a lot and not in the house to work on them.

My DB was talking about his weight loss today. He is doing some sort of weight loss challenge at work and has lost 10 lbs and would like to lose 10 more. I think he is looking a little gross (too thin for him) Ok, not gross but not that good. I think he should stop right now. And then he is just going on and on about what he's doing and my mom mentions that her and I are doing WW. She is always saying that we don't have to tell anyone and here she is blabbling. I did not want him to know because he is so psycho about food (probably just as much as me but I don't talk about it publicly). I know he was probably just speaking for himself or trying to be nice but I do not need his diet advice. "I'm not eating refined carbs, you know white rice, bread, pasta, etc" Yes believe it or not I know what that is. I know exactly what I need to be doing. I just need to do it. And thank you but I've lost 11 lbs so I think I'm getting the hang of it. That and he was saying how DSIL wants to lose some more and good grief this girl is a string bean. If she loses any more weight she is really starting to look bad. Especially because she loses it in her face and neck which is not looking so hot right now. I know I'm sounding mean but it was just really getting to me today how the 2 of them are constantly talking about diets and losing weight and exercise, and I know they are wanting me to lose and think I'm out of control. But I personally think that their attitude is not any healthier than mine. Ok, so that was a very long and confusing rant. Sorry. Plus he was getting on my nerves for something else that you will just have to read in my Pre-TR in a couple of days.

Hopefully the butter is soft now. Be back later!

DENE ---- ITA, you are gorgeous girl, and I love the hair !!

Shannon, for some reason family are our worse critics, and for some reason when they same something it hurts 10 times more than if it were someone else, kwim? That's why I hate to tell my Mom when I am on a diet, she will call me long distance from Louisiana 3-4 times a week to ask if I have lost anything. PLEASE, I rec'd the getto booty, breeding hips gene from YOU woman, you ought to know I am going to have them, and how hard it is to take it off. Sorry, but she and I don't have the Gilmore Girlish relationship that Caylin and I do. Okay, my rant is over, too.

I just wanted to add also, that you are a BEAUTIFUL woman, inside and out, don't forget I've seen the pics to prove it maybe your DB and DSIL need to step back and look at the inside a little closer?

Today is my "cheat day" too. Panera Bread Co.