MM Warriors Part Deux (As of October 27)

[Daniele]

I moved the computer into the bedroom because the living room is too crowded, and it's harder to check in now. I just came in and read everyone! It's good to hear you all. Kate, you sound so much more upbeat than you did this morning!

I opened bunches of our old moving boxes today and covered most of the new garden area! It's going to be neat. I would like to add a very small pond. All I need is a dark waterproof container of some sort. I will put the goldfish out there to avoid any mosquitoes!

 

[momtozac]

Today I said to myself, "Natalie is my sister from another mother!" It's a big step that you are going to the center and you are connecting here, so you are making lots of steps in the right direction! Bless you.

haha!! I have 4 brothers and no sisters so its great to have 'sisters'!!!

 

[momtozac]

Lisa and Natalie - I had a vision of the two of you wearing miner's caps with the little light on the front!!! Add that to the Godiva ride outfit!!

I love it!!! Robin--you're so inspiring with all your exercising!! keep up the great work!

 

[momtozac]

Thank you Natalie and Lisa! Actually, thank you to everyone today. I don't feel as alone as I did this morning.

Love you Kate--you can get back on track (we both will!!!)

 

[Wisteria1956]

I made a point of taking a walk in the sunshine today with my dog! I grew up in Fresno and know what it is like to have fog for days on end...

Good for you! I'm glad you took that walk and so is Halle!

 

[Wisteria1956]

haha!! I have 4 brothers and no sisters so its great to have 'sisters'!!!

Men are important to us, but there's nothing like girlfriends who feel like sisters. We can overcome anything!

 

[kater]

Love you Kate--you can get back on track (we both will!!!)

I know we will!

 

[kater]

Good for you! I'm glad you took that walk and so is Halle!

I take Halle to my office a lot. One of the other attorneys in the building likes to give her treats. Today he got some fancy dog treats in the mail that he had ordered from some fancy pet place and gave her a couple. Then he told me that they were dehydrated sheep lung. YIKES! I dunno about that one? I told Halle not to get any ideas about me ordering any of them. We will stick with the chicken strips from Costco. No bullysticks in my house either...

 

[kater]

Men are important to us, but there's nothing like girlfriends who feel like sisters. We can overcome anything!

AMEN! Isn't it amazing what can happen when you put a few women together? We can do ANYTHING!

 

[Daniele]

I take Halle to my office a lot. One of the other attorneys in the building likes to give her treats. Today he got some fancy dog treats in the mail that he had ordered from some fancy pet place and gave her a couple. Then he told me that they were dehydrated sheep lung. YIKES! I dunno about that one? I told Halle not to get any ideas about me ordering any of them. We will stick with the chicken strips from Costco. No bullysticks in my house either...

Sometimes when the store has ham hocks on sale, I buy them and cook them up for the kids. They love them!

 

[Virginiaponygirl]

Wow, just got back from the gym and reading all this makes me feel like DANCING!!! So glad you sunshine deficient MM's are all sounding happier and full of.....um...Vitamin D..yeah, thats it!! BTW, Pony CANNOT dance...at all...Im a clutz!!

Did a little extra time with the weights tonite since I cant go to the gym friday or saturday nights...tomorrow I have to get myself in bed ASAP since I have to be back at work at 7am saturday for a 14 hour day....OMG, what was I thinking?? Of course I will be WAY too tired to go saturday night after that too...guess I will have to go on Sunday instead after church...LOTS of coffee for Pony the next couple days!!

Im not sure if you can teach an old pony new tricks, but I will tell the girls they have to gear up for the MM dance!! Wouldnt that be a sight with all of us dancing on a bunch of dancing, prancing ponies!! I swear that Ride gets more interesting and involved by the day!!

Ok Kate...just had to say SOMETHING about the whole sheep lung thing...OMG WHAT!!!

Just got done frosting a double chocolate cake to take to the potluck along with my sausage and peppers tomorrow...dont know where along the line it became possible for me to not only BAKE a double chocolate cake, but then to FROST it too without even a single little itty bitty taste!!

Keep up the good spirits "Sistas"...I love you all!! Nite!

 

[gettinhealthy]

Good morning everyone! My you were all chatty yesterday! LOL
Kate, I am so sorry you're having such a hard time. I can relate to what you're saying. I have suffered from depression since Carrie was born. It got pretty bad. I did end up taking Zoloft for a while, but like you, I hated the side effects. Over the years, I have tried a lot of the anti-depressants, and they just made me feel like a zombie, so I didn't take them. All most every morning, I had to drag myself out of bed. I would cry about anything. As I was driving one day, someone passed me, and I cried! Since starting this WOL, I have noticed I don't even think depressing thoughts anymore! It just dawned on me one day that it had been a while since I felt like that. I also take the vitamin D at Lisa's suggestions a few months back. I have noticed it gets worse when we turn the clocks. I will be praying for you. Remember, we all love you, and we understand. If you want to talk, PM me, I'll be happy to give you my number. I'm a good listener, and I have been where you are.

I know there were other things I wanted to address, but can't remember now. I'll get back to you all later today. Going shopping Saturday, going to Ross! I'll get that purse yet LOL.
Have a great day everyone!

 

[Virginiaponygirl]

Good Morning All, I see its just Kathy and I awake this early again! LOL, I am working on 6 hours of sleep again, heading into a couple wild days, so by Sunday Pony will be asleep on her feet!

Well, life is good, Ken was finally able to get in touch again, and sent along yet another romantic poem, which I am NOT going to post, since I dont want anyone to get a cavity! He is having such a tough time there...both with the remoteness of the location, plus the whole communist side of the China experience...good news is I doubt he will ever be going back once this contract is complete!! He has about had it with them!

I actually feel a little less fluffy today...havent given up the gluten yet either...since I have to shop on Sunday to get alternate foods for the two weeks...maybe, just maybe, the step 2 bloat is starting to ease up on me?

Maybe I wont have to live the rest of step 2 on Shakeology after all!!

 

[kater]

Ok Kate...just had to say SOMETHING about the whole sheep lung thing...OMG WHAT!!!

Robin - I was thinking of you when I wrote about the sheep lungs! You have to wonder who came up with that and who makes them?

 

[kater]

Sometimes when the store has ham hocks on sale, I buy them and cook them up for the kids. They love them!

Now, that is a much better idea! Maybe I should suggest it to the fancy pet store and tell them to ditch the other gross things! Nell - I saw the pictures of your family on FB! Very cute.

 

[kater]

Good Morning All, I see its just Kathy and I awake this early again! LOL, I am working on 6 hours of sleep again, heading into a couple wild days, so by Sunday Pony will be asleep on her feet!

Well, life is good, Ken was finally able to get in touch again, and sent along yet another romantic poem, which I am NOT going to post, since I dont want anyone to get a cavity! He is having such a tough time there...both with the remoteness of the location, plus the whole communist side of the China experience...good news is I doubt he will ever be going back once this contract is complete!! He has about had it with them!

I actually feel a little less fluffy today...havent given up the gluten yet either...since I have to shop on Sunday to get alternate foods for the two weeks...maybe, just maybe, the step 2 bloat is starting to ease up on me?

Maybe I wont have to live the rest of step 2 on Shakeology after all!!

I am up early too. Technically, I think that I am up the earliest! I was wondering what time you were frosting that cake last night? Seemed pretty late from your post. Although, the clock thingy on the posts is weird. When we first moved over here I thought that I must not know what time zone I am in because the times for everyone's posts were off? Anyway, I am pretty sure that you were up too late. I will be sending you energy today. I am glad that you heard from Ken again. It must be tough with him so far away. How long has he been gone now. Three or four weeks?

 

[kater]

Good morning everyone! My you were all chatty yesterday! LOL
Kate, I am so sorry you're having such a hard time. I can relate to what you're saying. I have suffered from depression since Carrie was born. It got pretty bad. I did end up taking Zoloft for a while, but like you, I hated the side effects. Over the years, I have tried a lot of the anti-depressants, and they just made me feel like a zombie, so I didn't take them. All most every morning, I had to drag myself out of bed. I would cry about anything. As I was driving one day, someone passed me, and I cried! Since starting this WOL, I have noticed I don't even think depressing thoughts anymore! It just dawned on me one day that it had been a while since I felt like that. I also take the vitamin D at Lisa's suggestions a few months back. I have noticed it gets worse when we turn the clocks. I will be praying for you. Remember, we all love you, and we understand. If you want to talk, PM me, I'll be happy to give you my number. I'm a good listener, and I have been where you are.

I know there were other things I wanted to address, but can't remember now. I'll get back to you all later today. Going shopping Saturday, going to Ross! I'll get that purse yet LOL.
Have a great day everyone!

Thank you, Kathy. I am going to buy some Vit D today. I hope you get that purse! I was in Ross last weekend to get some serving pieces for Thanksgiving and I made myself walk right by the purses. They were calling out to me but I didn't listen to them. I told them you would be by later!

 

[Virginiaponygirl]

OMG...its Friday the 13th!!

 

[Virginiaponygirl]

Hi Kate - yep you win, its only like 6am there I think! I was frosting that cake at 1am...gabbing here, then up again at 8am! Now I have to go throw together the pasta and the sausage and peppers for this darn potluck and then figure out how to get it all in the car and off to work! I really hope that the Vit D helps you some...I know my doc checks my bloodwork for that all the time...she says it has such a detrimental effect on people with Vit D deficiencies...none for me so far, but if this weather doesnt let up sometime soon, I will be wearing my own miner's cap!! I am SO READY to see the sun again! Funny how you guys hear those purses calling out to you...when Im in the stores its the kitchen gadgets that call my name! I LOVE kitchen stuff, but I hate that they all take up so much counter space, so I try to limit to only the ones I REALLY want! When we win the lottery, Pony will have a 2500 square foot kitchen!!

Have a great day my friend...

 

[Wisteria1956]

Robin: WhooHooo on making the cake for others without tasting! Glad you got to talk to Ken! He really doesn’t give us cavities! Today is my Mom’s birthday so when people say it’s bad luck I say it’s always been good luck to me! She was actually born on a Friday the 13th. You would so love my Mom! She’s adorable and the most supportive person I’ve ever known. I have a Mom who doesn’t believe in changing people, but I have a Dad who makes up for it, lol!

I love kitchen gadgets AND purses! And shoes!

Kate: That sheep lung thing is pretty disgusting. Especially since I just had to help my client find a loving home for his 12 sheep before we could sell his property. He would freak out!

Kathy: Hope you find the purse that calls your name!

Mom and I are going out today for the day. We usually go to the Gold Country, have lunch and poke aruond the little shops, but she wanted me to compare the weather today so she can stay warmer so we're going to the outlet mall in Vacaville since they have Coldwater Creek - her favorite. Not nearly as scenic, but fun for a change.