Good to see you Kath! The belly fat is whats making me crazy too...I have lost 30 pounds but cannot for the life of me figure out where it went...definitely in my legs, some in the butt, my arms and wrists, fingers, earlobes and toenails...but as long as this belly is sticking out, there is no way for me to go down another pant size...and I am sick of looking at it quite frankly!so Jorge is making me promises I just cant resist and I figure two weeks cant hurt...he claims results in one week, so if I see nothing after two weeks, then I will reconsider again...Im not even LOOKING at the scale, just want to feel that looser waistband and be able to see my darn toes without sucking in my gut! LOL, still posting from work only...trying to keep my cool and not throw the home computer out the window!!
Hope you guys have a good day tomorrow, I am off and who knows if I will be able to post from home! Off at 9pm now, so off to the gym and able to be home a little earlier...plus 2 Saturdays off a month! Yay!
I am going to shower in his bathroom today so I can clean it, order his ice cream cake (by request) and try to catch up on work so I can take the day off with him tomorrow. I'm off to yet another pest inspection this am. I should get my own inspection truck!
As soon as I get the ok, I'm making that if you find the recipe!!
Kathy: When you get a chance to juice, try cucumber with the other veggies. Even just smelling it when Tom was juicing gave me energy. He would add a probiotic powder to his juice and it was like rocket fuel. We need to do that again with acceptable veggies. J-P loves homemade juice.
He's coming home tomorrow!!!!!
Did I tell you he requested money so he could buy expensive kitchen knives with his birthday money? He also wants to make Thai soup while he's home. Wonders never cease.
I know you'll enjoy his time there. Thai soup sounds really good too!!
I have actually done cucumbers in the juicer. But the first time I did it, I had too many of them and not enough other veges, and didn't really like it. I love to eat them fresh too. Just peel them and pop them in my mouth. When we drove out to CO to visit my sister, I lived on them on the drive. But I ate too many of them and made the digestion work a little too well LOL.
The book Juicing for Life is an awesome book to have if you juice. It is an absolute must in my opinion if you juice at all.
Here is the link for it:
http://www.amazon.com/Juicing-Life-Guide-Benefits-Vegetable/dp/0895295121/ref=pd_sim_k_1
Here is another one I am interested in getting:
http://www.amazon.com/Juicing-Life-Book-Cherie-Maureen/dp/B000E4C7S0
I am so glad JP gets to come home!! I may have read about it earlier and forgot.
Oh, Kate, that is the most painful situation when your child has been hurt. How about encouraging her to have a conversation with the boss? She'll probably hear the things you'd like to say, but it would be better coming from the source. Then you can just be her Mom and her soft place to fall. I'm sure we would all cringe if we could look back at how we handled ourselves at 21. If we were born perfect, we wouldn't have to go through this human experience to grow, right? I still have dreams about old jobs and there are things I'd like to go back and tell people I used to work with about what I know now. Poor Demi, I'm so sorry she's sad. Other doors will open and she'll find the place she's supposed to be next. I say that knowing that platitudes aren't enough to take away the hurt. Demi may find that she's better being her own boss someday. I'm not the greatest employee either; I have way too many opinions and I don't like to be told what to do. Finding out what kind of working enviornment makes her truly happy will be a big gain for Demi. In the meantime, take her shopping and for a pedicure or a massage!
When one is driven, it's hard to change those qualities. It was very wrong of the boss not to meet with her and give her a chance to correct any misstep. I daresay, it might have even been illegal. Why do lessons have to hurt so much??!! There was a coworker of J-P's at Safeway (J-P's high school job) - an older guy - that used to run to management all the time because J-P would implement creative ways to serve customers - sometimes a couple of minutes after the clock would say they should be closed. Management loved J-P for increasing profits and the poor other guy is still working at the gas station at Safeway now 6 years later. He was way too stuck in the rules. We talk about it all the time. This is also reminding me of my favorite child pychologist who said be careful of the qualities you might want to instill in your child because what some people think of as qualities of a well-behaved child would be the same qualities that would make you not want to spend any time with that person as a grown up at at cocktail party. Seen and not heard, so to speak, is boring. Good luck at your dinner tonight with Demi. I'll be thinking of you.
Jocelyn - How did I miss the fact that you are on an extended cruise? I knew you were going to CA, but didn't realize that you were picking up an extended cruise. How cool that you can stop by home on the way! Have a great time, I am very greenwith envy.I am home for a couple of hours so have unlimited connection. The ship charges are out of site so just do e-mails off line and then Bob sends everything at one time.
Didn't Diane say she would not be answering e-mails anymore on her blog? I think those days are gone. She might have gotten too many questions from people who were not doing that well. On the blurbs for all of these diets that say you can lose many pounds a week, you have to weigh a huge number to begin with. I don't think any of us fit that category.
Personal e-mails without any attachments are fine to send to me while I am travelling, though.
Hugs to ALL
Have a wonderful time in Mexico. I'll be glad to see you back!
Diane - that really sucks! I'm sorry, but this just means that something better will come!I didn't get the job!I sent her an email today and she said they filled the position. Crap.
Robin - glad to hear you are happy with your new schedule!
Cindy - let us know how your vegetarian lifestyle goes. I don't think it would work for me, but am glad you have found something you are comfortable doing. I hope you recover quickly!
Kate - I am sorry things are so tough for Demi (and you) right now. Sometimes it is just too difficult to just "get by." There will either be an employer out there who appreciates her candor, or she will create the perfect job for herself.
Lisa - I love how excited you get about J-P's visits. It sounds like you have raised a wonderful young man.Kathy: When you get a chance to juice, try cucumber with the other veggies. Even just smelling it when Tom was juicing gave me energy. He would add a probiotic powder to his juice and it was like rocket fuel. We need to do that again with acceptable veggies. J-P loves homemade juice.
He's coming home tomorrow!!!!!
Did I tell you he requested money so he could buy expensive kitchen knives with his birthday money? He also wants to make Thai soup while he's home. Wonders never cease.
Lisa - you are so uplifting to all of us!Bless her heart! She has all the signs of an entrepeneur
It's late and I'm off to bed. See you all tomorrow.
Bless her heart! She has all the signs of an entrepeneur
In fact, she spent a lot of time sitting in chairs in the office at school or in the Vice Principal's office. And, we had quite a few meetings with her teachers over the years. Some of them loved her and some of them - not so much.... When we met last night, she told me that she had given herself the day to be mopey and that tomorrow (meaning today) she was going to get her resume out there. She said that at some point she will also try to talk to her boss. She said that there was some text messaging with one of the other employees yesterday and he said that he thought she could talk her way back into the job. But she says that everything has changed and she would rather take what she learned from the job and move on. Somehow, in some ways, I think it was harder on me than it was on her.
Jocelyn - How did I miss the fact that you are on an extended cruise? I knew you were going to CA, but didn't realize that you were picking up an extended cruise. How cool that you can stop by home on the way! Have a great time, I am very greenwith envy.
