Nope.... no house calls, sorry! (Although I often help DD clean her dorm room when I visit!). Thanks for the good trip wishes!
[QUOTE="DisPup75, post: 54572654, member: 554595"]Just another quick check-in.... I'm so happy we will be home Wednesday night. This week has been trying, the family is stressing me out, I'm grouchy about getting knocked slightly off plan (I was prepared for eating out every night and instead it's been a let's eat in and have macaroni and cheese with no vegetables three nights in a row type of week), and my apparently never ending sinus infection is back.
[B][COLOR=#ff00ff]Oh my, my, my! That sounds like a tough situation to be in as far as food choices! Prayers that things get back on track for you soon. And SO SORRY about the sinus infection. If it really is an infection and anti-biotics haven't worked yet, you should DEFINITELY go back to the doctor for another look-see. Those infections are NO FUN!![/COLOR][/B]
I wish you a restful, happy, wonderful trip with mom and daughter![/QUOTE]
Thank you!!
[QUOTE="JacknSally, post: 54572711, member: 163780"]
[CENTER][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#b35900][B][SIZE=3]OK, I went back to page 1 and went through every post on every page trying to pick up every participant! Haha. If I still missed you, I am SO SORRY! Please let me know!![/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#b35900][B][SIZE=3]If there is no number next to your name, I did not get a result post/message for week two. Please be sure to post your percentages, too, so they can be added here! If left on my own to calculate, I will likely come up with some absurd number, LOL.[/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]
[COLOR=#000066][SIZE=5][B]WEEK TWO RESULTS![/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/CENTER]
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@contempgal - 24%
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@Flossbolna - 13%
@robndani -
@mickeyfanachey1999 -
@pjlla - 90%
@bigsis1970 - 45%
@courtneybeth - 70%
@SwimminAtAKL -
@dsnyfn1022 -
@meghammy - 34%
@SarahDisney -
@SureAsLiz -
@belle032 -
@DVCFan1994 -
@CruisingKate - 25%
@Raenstoirm -
@disneycheerleader - 40%
@ohMom -
@ThistleMae -
@Qmom -[/FONT]
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Some GREAT numbers there considering we aren't even at the half-way point of October yet!!
NO ONE LOSES WEIGHT LIKE GASTON November Challenge will be epic - but I won't start thinking about that until after tomorrow. You're doing great this month and it's been awesome to see so many gifs of Hercules.
Getting EXCITED for November (well, not the cold weather, but definitely the CHALLENGE!).
Big strides were made but still a bit of a journey to go. Just had a Mt Dew at 11pm - so I'm ready to roll. Got a great score on the exam from last week - 95%. Yeah! I'll take it.... let's keep the momentum for tomorrow.
WONDERFUL job on the 95%! Hopefully that gave you a confidence boost so that you know YOU GOT THIS! Good luck today!!
Healthy Recipe is just making some homemade Zuppa Soup using Cauliflower vs. Potatoes and not as much cream at the end.. It really is delish..
Pam have a great trip with your Mom and YAY for DS (even though I feel your sadness when the last one can drive themselves)
Hope everyone is having a great day .. Michelle
What a great idea with the soup! Glad someone else can understand that sadness about that big independent steps of DRIVING! And silly me..... when I got behind the wheel I drove halfway to the high school before I realized I would be overshooting the mark since I only had to go to the elementary school! Nearly 6 years of driving my kiddos to the high school every day..... guess it will be a hard habit to break!
You definitely have earned a vacation after all that preperation that you managed for it! I am so impressed!!
Don't be too impressed.... most of the house was LOOOOONNNGG overdue for a good cleaning! And I am combining my "pre-trip cleaning" with my Fall cleaning.... so other than windows that I'll do when I get back, Fall cleaning is done!!
Have a fantastic time in Bermuda with your mother and daughter! I hope you will show us some pictures when you get back!!
I will DEFINITELY share pictures!! Thanks for the good wishes!
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I am here to report a personal success!! I was out at lunch at a thai place that we often go to. I had a pumpkin and chicken breast dish, so heavy on the veggies, lean meat and the sauce was not heavy either. But the best was: I was able to slow down when eating and then realised that I was full before I had eaten everything on my plate. I was able to leave some food on the plate even though it was delicious!! I am struggling so much with making myself stop eating at the right point. I know that when I am very mindful of how I eat it gets better and I have been trying hard those last weeks to improve in that regard. So, this was a major success for me!!
That is a HUGE success! It is such a hard thing when you've been brought up to belong to the "clean plate club" as many of us were! It wasn't until I started talking to my OWN kids about not finishing if they weren't actually still hungry that it really resonated with me that I have been guilty of that in the past! And it is EXTRA HARD when it is a delicious restaurant meal!
@JacknSally I saw over the weekend that Netflix here in Germany has Hercules available! That's my plan for tonight - I have a huge basket full of laundry that needs to be ironed and I think it will make for a fun evening to watch Hercules while taking care of my ironing!
That is what I do when I iron as well..... time to indulge my guilty pleasure of mindless television!! Hope you enjoyed it (the movie.... not the ironing!).
I have cheer practice tonight and I will throw my back handspring from the air track to the resi mat. I have done it before but I need to pull it.
ETA- I did pull but I undercut and it wasn't as good as with a spot.
Well... I don't understand most of that.... but I hope the handspring went well!
Yesterday was good in the office...today someone brought sausage biscuits for breakfast and another coworker baked a couple dozen cookies and brought them in! Add my birthday tomorrow to the list of pitfalls that are waiting for me! But on the right side of things I am exercising more than I have in a long time.
Oh my GOSH! Unless you work in a market or a bakery, I do NOT understand why there is SO MUCH FOOD at your office!!
HAPPY (early) BIRTHDAY!!
QOTD for Tuesday, October 13, 2015
We've talked about Disney foods. Last month we talked about Disney rides. So today, let's talk about Disney hotels. You've got a week long vacation at the Disney park of your choice, and your hotel room for that week is 100% comped, no matter what hotel or preference you want. SO! Which one do you choose? Do you have any special room requests? Views? Locations? Tell me, tell me!
Oh my!!! The list is endless. Because I am so cheap/thrifty/poor (choose whichever one you want) I haven't stayed beyond a VALUE in the past 24 years!! I stayed at the Contemporary in 1974 (first trip with my family) and the Carribean Beach Resort in 1992 (Honeymoon).... and it has only been VALUES since then.. Don't get me wrong..... I love the value Disney hotels.... but it is a DREAM to stay at some of the more "exciting" resorts..... AKL and Bay Lake Towers come to mind first. I would absolutely ADORE staying at a Monorail resort... and more specifically at the Contemporary/BLT so that I could WALK to the MK!! Magic Kingdom view, please!!! Poly and GF would be nice, but don't excite me terribly (but how fun to be able to say "been there, done that"). AKL with a view of the savannah would be delightful! I can only imagine waking up and looking out and seeing a GIRAFFE outside my window! Honestly..... ANY Disney hotel would be exciting! How about a Little Mermaid room at AoA!!??? With a private chauffeur please! I hate taking Disney transportation.... it makes my impatient, OCD, ADD personality go nuts!!
Special room requests you say?? Hmmmmmm... fridge stocked with sparkling water, fresh fruit, wine, and beer and daily morning breakfast delivery!!
In 2010 when I took my DS for a Mother/Son Disney trip, we ALMOST had this type of situation. We stayed at the Hilton at DTD (now known as Disney Springs) on Hilton Honors Points.... DH had been traveling a lot for work and we had enough points for our entire stay! Plus, since DH was a "platinum" (or is it diamond??) member, we got upgraded (without even knowing it) to an upper level with a Disney view AND free breakfast in the "Honors Club" room every morning (nothing fancy, but it was FREE.... eggs, yogurt, pastries, juice, coffee, deli meats, cheese)!! That was actually a pretty cool stay! The only drawback was having to pay for parking at the hotel.
So there you go!
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Morning all! Well..... my LUCKY STAR must be shining bright!!! I got to work today and was doing my morning duty when the office supervisor came out and told me I could GO HOME WITH PAY!!!! They ended up with an EXTRA SUB!
Honestly, there aren't enough SMILIES to express how excited I am! For the past two weeks while I've been proctoring tests with two other subs, I've also been covering the office in the afternoon (until about 3:10) when the test proctoring was done (one of the office staff is working half time due to an injury). The other two Subs that were proctoring left between 1:30 and 2:30 EVERY DAY! I was kind of grumbling in my head that since I know the office and have proven to be capable and trustworthy (I have administrative access to PowerSchool) I was getting "punished" and didn't get to leave early.But I kept my grumbling to myself... trying hard to be more POSITIVE on a daily basis. I knew that it may pay off in the long run and it did!!!!!!!!!!
Anyhow..... when I left this morning I was feeling pretty ready to go and I wasn't really in "panic mode"..... but it is so NICE to have a bit of extra time at home today to feel REALLY ready!
Off to fold just ONE MORE load of laundry and run the vacuum around one more time! I'll pop on again before I head out for WW later!...............P[/user]
ETA: That's weird..... my smilies aren't showing up. Oh well....
I'm also planning to actually try out the fitness center, even though I've never even seen it, let alone gone in. Big plans, but we'll see how it works out.
Everything on yesterday's list got DONE! My suitcases are packed (and unpacked and repacked and rearranged !!!) and in the dining room (just left open for the last minute stuff like my make-up and favorite hairbrush). I moved all of the casseroles I made for the men to the kitchen freezer, so they don't even have to go downstairs.
), then home after school to put my suitcases in the car, grab the fridge/freezer stuff we are bringing along and then heading to my WW meeting. I will leave straight from my WW meeting to my Mom's for the night. She has a neighbor who is driving us to the airport at o'dark thirty (only 5:30 actually.... not too bad). Leaving extra early because of Boston traffic. Then I'm OFF!
. The entire place just feels regal and gorgeous.
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