DISappearing Peeps...A fastpass to THIN!

[UtahMama]

Thanks Guys. It's dark now so we took one last spin around the neighborhood and surrounding area. SO! Now we are rubbing salt in our wound with Air Buddies (the golden retriever puppies of Air Bud, complete with it's SAD ending of all the puppies getting different homes!!!!)

I ate my Kashi and it was a very good (frozen meal section) and filling. And I ate an orange and a string cheese. Time to stop because I am aware how NOT hungry I am.

Anyways, funny how not funny I am when my kids are sick or hurt or my wuppies are missing. Sorry! I'm just putting YOU guys through this with me so I wont overeat, which is exactly what I want to do. I wont.

Thanks for all the well wishes and thoughts and prayers. I believe strongly in the power of prayer and can only have faith that they are safe and warm in the cold night. Someone has them because they are so friendly. Someone nice.

Good Night Peeps!!!! Love You Guys TONS!!!!

 

[Disneyfreak92]

Oh my UM! I am so sorry to hear about the wuppies! I hope they are safe and warm with some very nice family waiting to find your posters, and you are reunited with them very soon! I know how distraught I would be if our puppy was missing. Good for you for staying strong and not turning to food.

Speaking of food, I picked up some hummus, black bean chips, rye crackers, honey wheat tortillas, and reduced fat peanut butter at the store on the way home from dinner tonight. I have low fat cottage cheese and yogurt already. Any more ideas for future shopping trips? I need string cheese, but I'm looking for more ideas.

 

[mousehouselover]

UM and family. Your wuppies are safe and warm with a family like mine who takes in wuppies who lost their way home. They'll be back before you know it. (I hope you have them microchipped, it makes getting them home so much easier.)

Bee~ You were missed! I hope your mom calls soon.

to all the newbies

It sounds like every one is doing good! What a positive way to end the year. We have bigger and better things coming next year!

Happy New Year Skinny Minnies!

 

[summersk]

Okie Dokie Guys and Dolls, time for bed before I look like this guy ! So sorry to hear that the last spin around the neighborhood didn't turn up the wuppies, but I am praying that they will appear soon!

Happy New Years Eve peeps! One last day to end 2006 right, and get ready to start the new one with a fat burning bang!

By the way, I did Tae Bo tonight (or shall I say partially this morning) with Billy after all, but I am counting it with the Saturday workout, as I have plans for my body to do even more workout torture on Sunday laughing: insert evil laugh here )

See ya after a short nap!

summers

 

[aries1980]

Um Ill keep your family and the Wuppies in my prayers tonight.... They will be home soon!!

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Utahmama, have you puppies come home??

 

[lexmelinda]

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE!!!

UM!!!! Hope the pups are back! We lost our 15 yr old deaf/blind dog one winter night last year when the temp was 2 degrees. One of the kids left the back gate open. We looked until past bed time and then just prayed that a sweet angel would take her to a safe place which of course she did....right to the house of some dog lovers just a couple of blocks over. I'm sure you'll find some happy, safe pups today.

Bee....Glad you're back!

Sandy....Glad you're coming back around!!!

Summer.....You are in my prayers every day since you first told us of your divorce. I know how tough that can be on parents and kids....my parents were divorced when I was 8.

Lindsay.....WELCOME! Don't think I said that yesterday.

Where Danielle??? Still at DL? Niki??? I predict the numbers on this thread will explode....starting tomorrow with everyone's NY resolutions.

AS FOR ME.....I'm still being bad and can't wait to get back in my good girl habits when the kids go back to school next week. Happy to have a couple pounds to re-lose so I can up the total.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Hi Melinda! G'morning!!

 

[lexmelinda]

Lindsay....not sure how much of the thread you've read but starting on page 94 there are some bios of the peeps here on the thread if you're interested. You can add yours too!

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Awesome Melinda! Thanks!

 

[PrincessV]

Welcome Disneyfreak92 and LindsayDunn228! You'll love it here

mony - okay, I didn't get your mandatory activity message, but I must have read your mind 'cause I DID in fact get some activity in! I never made it to the TM, but only because I spent 7 hours cleaning out two storage closets and putting away the Christmas decorations! A combination of aerobic activity AND strength building - woo hoo!

UMama - are the puppies back??? I'm so so sorry, that's a horrible thing to go through. I'm sure they found a nice temporary family and they'll be home soon, if not already!

I'm off to catch up on some TR's, write a bit more of my own, then it's TM and yoga time for me. I KNOW I'll be snacking tonight, so I'll try to make up for it early!

Wishing you all the very best for 2007!

 

[eeyore45]

*YAWN* Good mornin...

another night (3rd in a row... lost track of how many) of DD up 4- 5 times between midnight and 5 am!! (we even bought her a new night light!) The crying, the terror in her eyes.. the lack of sleep in dh and I! We're taking shifts now... he gets the late/early, I get the early early!! *sigh... *yawn...

Its raining, its pouring here.... so dark.

DS has invited friends over for dinner tomorrow, good thing I bought a ham!!

 

[summersk]

Morning Peeps! I'm hope UM is still sleeping (it's early in Utah ) , and praying that her puppers are found soon soon soon!

Today is NEW YEARS EVE!!! What are your dining plans? My menu is boring, but my Mom gets a good laugh out of it. I wanted to eat traditional foods since my girlies are here and I thought it would be fun lol but we don't eat red meat, so here's the plan.....

BF: Apple, H20
Snack: H20 church during this time so no real snack
Lunch: Salad, mixed greens, sweet peas, FF red Raspberry vinagerette dressing (yummy) sm. amount sharp cheddar cheese, H20
Snack: Unknown at this time, probably some SF trident gum to follow as I am trying to stuff something in my mouth that I can chew on for awhile
Dinner: Black eyed peas, cabbage, and WHAM meatless Ham it's as close as I can get!
Snack for the new year: 1/2 cup Rainbow Sherbert with the girlies with a lifesaver on top to show "coming full circle" an ancient tradition to have something circular but I don't want any donuts here lol

What are your plans? Party Hearty? Go to bed? Watch the ball (or peach in our case) drop? Post em here peeps!

Time to get ready for church! See ya is a bit!
summers

 

[monymony3471]

Second attempt at responding here.......

Please tell me you found your puppies UM......Put a sign on your car, as you drive. Put one at the foot of your driveway, make your kids walking buildboards, Do you have a sub entrance? Set up camp there.

Seriously, I hope you get them back today.

New Year's plans:

We stay home. The kids and us will play games, I will make them snacks. We'll make our own fun.

I have a pounding headache, if it gets better I'll get some exercise in. Usually mine go away when I exercise. I wonder why I got one? AF? We'll see. I'm late. 9 days and this is getting to me.......

 

[lexmelinda]

I have a pounding headache...I wonder why I got one? AF? We'll see. I'm late. 9 days and this is getting to me.......

Monica....This is a nail biter! As they told me at the OB/GYN when I was your age...."as we get older, our cycles become less regular." Then I got pregnant at 37! Hope the headache is from AF....I always get one just before due to dehydration....are you drinking your water??



This is me today....doing the 345 loads of laundry that I have been avoiding during the holidays.

 

[summersk]

hoping for an update on the wuppies soon! I know you must be so stressed and sad UM Prayers and positive thought still coming your way!

Thanks for the prayers lexmelinda One day goes well, the next baddly, we'll make it through this. My oldest DD is 8 and I worry so much about how she's feeling, and the confusion that goes with it She seems to have many good days and then she'll have a rough day with her feelings, I just keep encouraging her to talk to me or talk to someone, so that she expresses herself, even if she's hurt, angry, or just confused.

MonyMony, we have the same plans, games and fun together Don't stress out to much I found when I would do that when I was late, it would just make me later

Shake it today peeps before you put on your evening wear (even if your evening wear is PJ's like mine )

summers

 

[Ellester]

UM - I hope your babies are back by not. But if not, still don't worry. Right after we got him from the pound, my dog was chased off by another dog and was LONG gone. My DH was walking him at the time, I was at work. He and the neighbor (whose dog was the chaser) looked for hours and we called everywhere. We were leaving to visit my mom the next day and just didn't know what to do. We left our name with the shelter, called all the vets, left our gate open and after much crying went to my mom's the next day. The following day our neighbor called and Merlin had come back! He was on the porch looking for us. The neighbor took him to the vet where he was boarded until we got back a few days later. It was an awful two days, but he did come back! So, don't give up hope! They are probably having a good time rooting through someone's garbage and will come home when they are tired and want some lovin.

I've been OK this weekend, not great. We went looking at ellipticals yesterday, but they didn't have the one we are interested in (Schwinn 438). We'd like to try it before getting it from Amazon. A local place that wasn't open this weekend might have it, otherwise we'll probably drive up to Atlanta next weekend to test one out. Once I get that machine, watch out! The pounds are going to melt away! I have my 20th HS reunion next summer, and even if I don't go I want to look like I could!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

 

[monymony3471]

Here's a little history:

Never in my life have I been regular. Regular for me between my 8 year old and 2 year old is 4-5 a year.

After I had Mal I was the 5th every month, until a few months ago.

I'm back to skipping. Which drives me crazy.

My Dr. told me no more kids. I had to have C-sections with all my kids. My body doesn't work right to deliver, long story.

While I was in surgery after Mal, I was on the operating table for 3 1/2 hours because they couldn't get me to stop bleeding. He was calling in reinforcements literally. Morphine didn't even touch the pain I was in after.

He said that having another surgery would be detrimental to my health.

So, having more was nixed right there.

So this in the back of my head always adds a high amount of worry and stress. Which doesn't help at all.

Moving on!

Does adding exercise to your life change your cycles? Hmmm?

I just did 46 minues on the Tread Mill. Whew! Lots of running.
Being at bowling last night makes it hard to breath. All that smoke I breathed in. Wheez.....

I did have a great night of bowling. My personal best. 182, 210, and 200. Won some jack pots. So did Tim, but his average is 211. I'm only a 153 average. Plus he has a 300 ring. He's my hero..... Love ya honey!

Happy New Year everyone!

 

[monymony3471]

UM - I hope your babies are back by not. But if not, still don't worry. Right after we got him from the pound, my dog was chased off by another dog and was LONG gone. My DH was walking him at the time, I was at work. He and the neighbor (whose dog was the chaser) looked for hours and we called everywhere. We were leaving to visit my mom the next day and just didn't know what to do. We left our name with the shelter, called all the vets, left our gate open and after much crying went to my mom's the next day. The following day our neighbor called and Merlin had come back! He was on the porch looking for us. The neighbor took him to the vet where he was boarded until we got back a few days later. It was an awful two days, but he did come back! So, don't give up hope! They are probably having a good time rooting through someone's garbage and will come home when they are tired and want some lovin.

I've been OK this weekend, not great. We went looking at ellipticals yesterday, but they didn't have the one we are interested in (Schwinn 438). We'd like to try it before getting it from Amazon. A local place that wasn't open this weekend might have it, otherwise we'll probably drive up to Atlanta next weekend to test one out. Once I get that machine, watch out! The pounds are going to melt away! I have my 20th HS reunion next summer, and even if I don't go I want to look like I could!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

From a High School Reunion Planner, go. We do work our butts of trying to make them lots of fun. And in the end, they are.

 

[Disneyfreak92]

Good Afternoon Ladies!

I have been trying to catch up on some of this thread, and I was working on the bios this morning. I see why Monica told me this thread was too long to read before posting! And what a lovely group of women we have here! It is so nice reading and getting to know about you all.

UM:Hey, I don't know what your vacuum status is now since I'm not totally caught up here yet, but I own the purple Dyson, and trust me...you want it! I went through 2 vacuums within a few weeks of moving into our new house because of the new carpet shedding fibers. We gave up and got the Dyson, and I still love it almost 3 years later.

Now for my bio...well, I am 32 (for the next 4 days) years old, wife of DH for 4 years (5 in May), "mom" to kitty cat Oliver 3yo (never thought I would own a cat, but we are pretty sure he thinks he is a dog ) and beagle puppy Jasper 9mo (the cutest little puppy princess in the world who is not at all spoiled ), and professional photographer wanna-be. Let's see, what else? I went to Southern Illinois University for 2 years, majoring in Cinema & Photography, wanted to be a director, but film classes became cost prohibitive, and I ended up leaving school. I became a paramedic and firefighter for 5 years after that and before moving home to central Illinois. I began working at Best Buy when I moved home, and that's where I met DH. We were both getting our Associates degrees, mine in Computer Information Systems and his in Marketing and Mangement. He got a job at a car dealership as a salesman and has since been promoted to finance manager. I got a job in customer service at a large clinic in our area and then moved to the human resources department there. I like my job, but it isn't what I want to do forever. I have been studying photography on my own (much reading and practicing), and I have done my sister-in-law's wedding, senior pictures for a friend of my mom's daughter, some photos for a mailing that DH's dealership sent out, and I won a contest here on the dis for The Timeshare Store's latest brochure. Two of my photos are in the brochure, and I actually got money for that one!

Diet-related, I have always struggled with weight. Like I said, at my wedding I had lost some weight in order to fit into my dress. I had been maintaining a reasonable weight for a few years before that. It's hard to believe this was just 4 1/2 years ago!

Since then, I have gradually gained, and this is a recent picture.

I was having a bad hair day, but you get the idea. I especially hate the double chin and the extra tummy, and they need to go! So, today I am going to go buy that scale, and I'll probably be around here a lot! I need the support. So glad I found this thread (Thanks UM and Monica!). And if you want to know more about me and my Disney obsession, feel free to follow the link in my siggie to my trip report. (Another shameless plug! )