TEAM MICKEY--Biggest Loser 11 Spring Team Challenge!

[KristiMc]

Ok, I have been to wdw over a dozen times, and I do not know what COP stands for. Someone enlighten me.

Carousel Of Progress

 

[jenjolt]

I believe COP stands for the Carousel of Progress!!!!! One of my fave rides at MK!!!!

 

[Disney Yooper]

1-9-11 Sunday QOTD

Which is your favorite Disney Park and why?

Magic Kingdom because it was the first park at WDW. Lots of memories from my first trip there with my mom, dad, sister, brother & cousin when I was 14. Then many added memories with my DH & 2 DDs over the years. The castle (especially at night), Carousel of Progress, the People Mover, Pirates, Haunted House, characters, and ... too many things to name.

 

[my3princes]

STRESS VENT - FEEL FREE TO SKIP!

Yesterday was really, really hard.

Don't give up the faith that things will be alright. It seems that most businesses are extremely slow right now so that has everyone on edge. DH doesn't earn an hourly income, he's flat rate which means he gets paid for the jobs that he does. last week he spent way more time waiting for jobs to come in than he did doing anything. We'll be lucky if his paycheck is half what it usually is. Then there is my new job. They had a layoff less than 2 weeks after I started. My department was spared, but we have literally had nothing to do for the last couple of weeks. I was told when I was hired that we do not cold call, we only call people that have shown an interested in solar. Last week I was given a list that a partner company had given us and I probably spoke to several hundred people who were 1) not interested in solar 2)couldn't believe that the other company shared their info 3)were either renting, in a 55 and older community or in condos where solar isn't even permitted. Every morning we went in wondering if we would still have a job. We need the insurance so we are praying that the company stays afloat. That not knowing feeling is horrible. The restaurant that I work at is also dismally slow. Lots of little shops and restaurants have closed doors recently. The economy sucks and I don't think that there are many households out there that aren't feeling stress in some way.

1-9-11 Sunday QOTD

Which is your favorite Disney Park and why?

I love all things Disney. We always open and close our vacations at the MK because it has that Magical feeling that we associate with WDW. We love the rides at HS, but my favorite is AK. I love the laid back pace, riding the safari early morning and again in the evening. Expedition Everest (DH and I got a tour of the control booth and some riding tips when we did a couples trip). Kali River is great for cooling off on a hot day. Festival of the Lion Kings...I just love it.

 

[SettinSail]

STRESS VENT - FEEL FREE TO SKIP!

Yesterday was really, really hard. I was trying to be so strong for DH, because I am not proud of my initial reaction. He feels like he has let the family down, and I know I added to that by my initial hysterics! He feels very betrayed, scared, worried, and completely depressed. Didn't sleep at all Friday night. I keep trying to pump him up, and he had a few moments of that yesterday, where he was all"I'm going in and SHOWING them what I'm made of. They gave me an impossible list, and I'm going to do it just to prove them wrong." He said some of the items weren't as impossible as he first made them out to be, but it's going to require EVERYONE who works for him to work harder than they ever have. I basically told him to start his morning meeting tomorrow giving them the details, and showing them a picture of the girls, and telling them that if they don't care about him, to think about his children that they would be letting down. I am still scared senseless, but MAD!!!!! He was nominated earlier in the year for THE PRESIDENT's AWARD from corporate because of the performance of his department. Corporate leaders have been down to personally congratulate him, and know his name (Fortune 500 HUGE company with lots of holdings) HELLO!! I told him that if worse comes to worse, he OR I would be contacting corporate. Don't know if it will do any good, but we'll see. We're going to write out an hourly plan for him, and his employees tonight, and hope we can nail down a solid plan for him to indeed "SHOW THEM" His boss, in all honesty, we think has some sort of mental disorder, because he can be "you're lucky I'm not writing you up" one minute, and 1 hour later shaking his hand and telling him what an awesome job he's doing. There have been many complaints about this guy....

We finally got the Christmas decorations down yesterday. I do EVERY room in the house in a different "theme" We acquired A TON of Christmas decor over the years, both from students of mine, and we had a "Christmas shower" when we got married. I was so over it by the time we were done getting it all packed up and back in the totes and out to the building, I said "next year, tree, stockings, nativity, and Christmas dishes. THAT'S IT!" Then I had a total FEAR moment that we might not have a home next year, and could tell DH was thinking that too as he took down the outside stuff. That brought him back down, and I couldnt' cheer him up the rest of the day.

Same thing with the mess the girls made playing yesterday. They had the best time, and I was so happy they were able to play despite the tension, even thought they don't know what's going on exactly. I got SOO ILL over the fact that I had spent hours organizing and cleaning and they had trashed the house, then I thought "wonder how much longer they'll have this house to play in" and let it go.....

Did some stress eating yesterday, but I don't think it was tooo terribly bad. I realized what I was doing, and stopped myself before it got too out of hand. I spent a lot of time thinking what we could cut out if we had to to keep the house (internet, satelite, gymnastics, preschool, home phone line). That's my main goal. We have enough in savings for 2 months of payments, and should get a decent tax return that will add several months to that total. I am just TRYING very hard to get some Pampered chef shows booked, ended up with one long distance catalog show so far, and 3 more that are looking at calendars for dates. EVERY dollar will help!

Sorry for this vent guys, like I said, I can't really get this all out with DH around. I tend to go from worst case scenarios to it's all going to be just fine, he can do this, then back to we're going to lose everything.

Hi Tayrn

Just wanted you to know I am thinking of you & Brad and hoping and praying for the best outcome. I don't know what the best outcome would be in this situation - either that things turn around at the job he's at and he's allowed to keep the job or that he gets another job he's happier at - but I know it must be so stressful. I don't have any advice for you but it sometimes helps me to imagine the worst case scenario and what plans I can make to prepare for that and it sounds like you are already doing that. Forget about your initial reaction and just continue to stay strong and positive for DH and the girls. I am so glad you can come here and let your feelings out, continute to do that over the next week and let us know how things turn out. Be at peace that there's nothing else you can do right now, you are already working two jobs and giving DH the support he needs and praying, the rest is out of your hands. Good luck

Shawn

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

So sorry you are going through the whole insurance thing. But glad you made it through the procedure okay! My daddy had clotting disorder - hemophilia, which sounds like the opposite in what you have going on. It can be something that you have to really watch, so I'm sending lots of positive thoughts your way. Have you done any research as to which foods will help? I know there are certain foods that you should eat, and some that you shouldn't, when dealing with clotting (WARNING MEN, TMI - dr. told me some about to help with TOM issues)


I love the writing letters part. That's exactly what I would want to do.

thanks so much for the positive thoughts. yes, I have looked at the foods, but it is more about foods I can't have rather than will help. I can't eat greeen leafy veggies such as spinach, broccoli, cabbage, etc. Kind of stinks as those are great veggies for losing weight. It interferes witht the coumadin.

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

STRESS VENT - FEEL FREE TO SKIP!

Yesterday was really, really hard. I was trying to be so strong for DH, because I am not proud of my initial reaction. He feels like he has let the family down, and I know I added to that by my initial hysterics! He feels very betrayed, scared, worried, and completely depressed. Didn't sleep at all Friday night. I keep trying to pump him up, and he had a few moments of that yesterday, where he was all"I'm going in and SHOWING them what I'm made of. They gave me an impossible list, and I'm going to do it just to prove them wrong." He said some of the items weren't as impossible as he first made them out to be, but it's going to require EVERYONE who works for him to work harder than they ever have. I basically told him to start his morning meeting tomorrow giving them the details, and showing them a picture of the girls, and telling them that if they don't care about him, to think about his children that they would be letting down. I am still scared senseless, but MAD!!!!! He was nominated earlier in the year for THE PRESIDENT's AWARD from corporate because of the performance of his department. Corporate leaders have been down to personally congratulate him, and know his name (Fortune 500 HUGE company with lots of holdings) HELLO!! I told him that if worse comes to worse, he OR I would be contacting corporate. Don't know if it will do any good, but we'll see. We're going to write out an hourly plan for him, and his employees tonight, and hope we can nail down a solid plan for him to indeed "SHOW THEM" His boss, in all honesty, we think has some sort of mental disorder, because he can be "you're lucky I'm not writing you up" one minute, and 1 hour later shaking his hand and telling him what an awesome job he's doing. There have been many complaints about this guy....

We finally got the Christmas decorations down yesterday. I do EVERY room in the house in a different "theme" We acquired A TON of Christmas decor over the years, both from students of mine, and we had a "Christmas shower" when we got married. I was so over it by the time we were done getting it all packed up and back in the totes and out to the building, I said "next year, tree, stockings, nativity, and Christmas dishes. THAT'S IT!" Then I had a total FEAR moment that we might not have a home next year, and could tell DH was thinking that too as he took down the outside stuff. That brought him back down, and I couldnt' cheer him up the rest of the day.

Same thing with the mess the girls made playing yesterday. They had the best time, and I was so happy they were able to play despite the tension, even thought they don't know what's going on exactly. I got SOO ILL over the fact that I had spent hours organizing and cleaning and they had trashed the house, then I thought "wonder how much longer they'll have this house to play in" and let it go.....

Did some stress eating yesterday, but I don't think it was tooo terribly bad. I realized what I was doing, and stopped myself before it got too out of hand. I spent a lot of time thinking what we could cut out if we had to to keep the house (internet, satelite, gymnastics, preschool, home phone line). That's my main goal. We have enough in savings for 2 months of payments, and should get a decent tax return that will add several months to that total. I am just TRYING very hard to get some Pampered chef shows booked, ended up with one long distance catalog show so far, and 3 more that are looking at calendars for dates. EVERY dollar will help!

Sorry for this vent guys, like I said, I can't really get this all out with DH around. I tend to go from worst case scenarios to it's all going to be just fine, he can do this, then back to we're going to lose everything.

A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT!!!

Okay, first weigh in is over. Some things to think about if you didn't have the results you expected!

1. How much salt are you consuming? Trust me, that stuff can add POUNDS of bloating!

2. Are you drinking the water? It will flush out all sorts of bad stuff, the more you drink, the better. Plus, you feel full!

3. You might be replacing fat with muscle if you are really incorporating a lot of exercise for the first time. Muscle DOES NOT weigh more than fat, but it takes up much less space. If you are doing WIN, you'll see the differences in your measurements in a few weeks. So if you replaced 5 pounds of 5 with 5 pounds of muscle, your weight would stay the same, but your body would look like this:

How's that for a little Sunday morning motivation????

Thanks for being here, and keep sending up the PPD!!!!!
Have a great day!
Taryn

I am soooo sorry that you are going through this right now. That really stinks. i sure hope that your hubby can make it through this, and I second that otherwise I would be going to corporate with ALOT of documentation on this. And documentation on his prior outstanding work. Hang in there!


AND I have to say that visual of the fat vs. muscle is very motivating, thanks for posting that.

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

Now my turn to vent!

Some may remember that I brought up the vacation issues. some people didn't follow the rules, and I got screwed for following the rules requesting off. My manager said we need to take it to the unit council to come up with vacation rules since she is now the one filling out the schedule. OK fine with me, my issue wasn't the rules of how vacations are created, my issue was people not following the rules.

NOW we voted for new unit council members. I am now "magically" voted on this council and I am now forced to have to deal with this. I am not happy about this at all!!! I really feel like I was completely screwed in all of this.

 

[disneymom2one]

Taryn and everyone with job issues : I'm so sorry you're going through this. I just can't imagine. We went through some money issues about three years ago and it was a tough time but employment for my husband was never an issue, thankfully.

And thanks everyone for the well wishes as far as my gain. I keep reminding myself of how far I've come - just last week a former student came by to get something and literally walked right past me - she didn't recognize me. I forget sometimes that I have lost over 80 pounds and have completely changed my life and that of my little family.

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

Hey everyone!
I am happy to report that I didn't overindulge at the kids parties yesterday. I did have a piece of pizza and cake and a glass of wine, but thats good compared to what I would have eaten had I not been on a diet (chips, fries, mozz sticks, 2nd piece of cake lol) We had a nice time

Here's pics of the cakes I made for kids
For my cousin:

and for DD

 

[tmfranlk]

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STRESS VENT - FEEL FREE TO SKIP!

All of our good thoughts and pixie dust are winging your way, Taryn! That's a tough situation, I can only imagine, but DH sounds like he's on top of it. I wish you both the best!

1-9-11 Sunday QOTD

Which is your favorite Disney Park and why?

My favorite is MK with Epcot becoming my close second. My kids loved MK and we just had a blast there. I love COP! It is my favorite attraction in the park. Topping a day off with spectro/or the new light parade and wishes just makes my day. Epcot now runs a close second. I just love touring all the countries. It is such a beautiful park too.

That's pretty much my answer too! I love Epcot and could spend days just wanderng the counties and shops. However MK is definitely my favorite. The magic is palatable there. You can feel it in every ride, show, sight, sound and smell. It's the reason I get teary just pulling up to the bus stop/monorail station/boar dock. It is my happy place.

 

[BELLE1109]

1-9-11 Sunday QOTD

Which is your favorite Disney Park and why?

Epcot. I am obsessed with the world showcase and illuminations. I also LOVE the boat ride from BC (our favorite resort)

 

[Rose&Mike]

Carousel of Progress--duh. I love Carousel of Progress.

Lindsay--thought this explained how to carmelize onions pretty simply. I only use olive oil--and only about a tablespoon for a large onion or two. The trick is to do it on low heat, otherwise you will turn your back for a sec and they will be burned. One thing I read said to cover them for the first 5 minutes or so and another one didn't. They add so much flavor to food and are relatively easy to make.
http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/caramelizing_onions.htm

 

[Rose&Mike]

Ok, planned my menus for the week! Just have to make a grocery list. Mike will do the shopping if I make the list. I feel like this is a pretty good deal. Here's my plan:
Sunday--Carrot bisque and grilled cheese sandwiches
Monday--Veggie burgers and brussel sprouts with walnuts and cranberries
Tuesday--crustless broccoli quiche
Wednesday--African stew in the crockpot
Thursday--black bean spinach pizza
Friday--leftovers
Saturday--ravioli w/pumpkin sauce

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

Ok, planned my menus for the week! Just have to make a grocery list. Mike will do the shopping if I make the list. I feel like this is a pretty good deal. Here's my plan:
Sunday--Carrot bisque and grilled cheese sandwiches
Monday--Veggie burgers and brussel sprouts with walnuts and cranberries
Tuesday--crustless broccoli quiche
Wednesday--African stew in the crockpot
Thursday--black bean spinach pizza
Friday--leftovers
Saturday--ravioli w/pumpkin sauce

would you mind PMing or posting the recipe for the brocolli quiche, sounds good!

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Oh boy, I feel for you Taryn.

My dh is working and hopes they lay him off he hates it so bad. But he has to stick with it. I have to get a job soon so he can look for work below his pay grade. The stress is too much. But everyday we are thankful that he is working. It is just a bipolar existence.

He just went to another retirement party on Thur. This was one of his "big bosses" who could not take it any longer. The layoffs are nuts.

Anyway, I am sitting here once again with a fever of 99.7 and a resting pulse of 105. Not a good week for me again.

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

STRESS VENT - FEEL FREE TO SKIP!

Yesterday was really, really hard. I was trying to be so strong for DH, because I am not proud of my initial reaction. He feels like he has let the family down, and I know I added to that by my initial hysterics! He feels very betrayed, scared, worried, and completely depressed. Didn't sleep at all Friday night. I keep trying to pump him up, and he had a few moments of that yesterday, where he was all"I'm going in and SHOWING them what I'm made of. They gave me an impossible list, and I'm going to do it just to prove them wrong." He said some of the items weren't as impossible as he first made them out to be, but it's going to require EVERYONE who works for him to work harder than they ever have. I basically told him to start his morning meeting tomorrow giving them the details, and showing them a picture of the girls, and telling them that if they don't care about him, to think about his children that they would be letting down. I am still scared senseless, but MAD!!!!! He was nominated earlier in the year for THE PRESIDENT's AWARD from corporate because of the performance of his department. Corporate leaders have been down to personally congratulate him, and know his name (Fortune 500 HUGE company with lots of holdings) HELLO!! I told him that if worse comes to worse, he OR I would be contacting corporate. Don't know if it will do any good, but we'll see. We're going to write out an hourly plan for him, and his employees tonight, and hope we can nail down a solid plan for him to indeed "SHOW THEM" His boss, in all honesty, we think has some sort of mental disorder, because he can be "you're lucky I'm not writing you up" one minute, and 1 hour later shaking his hand and telling him what an awesome job he's doing. There have been many complaints about this guy....

We finally got the Christmas decorations down yesterday. I do EVERY room in the house in a different "theme" We acquired A TON of Christmas decor over the years, both from students of mine, and we had a "Christmas shower" when we got married. I was so over it by the time we were done getting it all packed up and back in the totes and out to the building, I said "next year, tree, stockings, nativity, and Christmas dishes. THAT'S IT!" Then I had a total FEAR moment that we might not have a home next year, and could tell DH was thinking that too as he took down the outside stuff. That brought him back down, and I couldnt' cheer him up the rest of the day.

Same thing with the mess the girls made playing yesterday. They had the best time, and I was so happy they were able to play despite the tension, even thought they don't know what's going on exactly. I got SOO ILL over the fact that I had spent hours organizing and cleaning and they had trashed the house, then I thought "wonder how much longer they'll have this house to play in" and let it go.....

Did some stress eating yesterday, but I don't think it was tooo terribly bad. I realized what I was doing, and stopped myself before it got too out of hand. I spent a lot of time thinking what we could cut out if we had to to keep the house (internet, satelite, gymnastics, preschool, home phone line). That's my main goal. We have enough in savings for 2 months of payments, and should get a decent tax return that will add several months to that total. I am just TRYING very hard to get some Pampered chef shows booked, ended up with one long distance catalog show so far, and 3 more that are looking at calendars for dates. EVERY dollar will help!

Sorry for this vent guys, like I said, I can't really get this all out with DH around. I tend to go from worst case scenarios to it's all going to be just fine, he can do this, then back to we're going to lose everything.

I hope everything works out for you and your family. I know its hard but try and stay positive.

 

[Rose&Mike]

would you mind PMing or posting the recipe for the brocolli quiche, sounds good!

It's actually listed as a goat cheese-asparagus crustless quiche, but you says you can use broccoli instead. If I get a chance I will put it in on our recipe thread. It was in this months vegetarian times, but I can't find it on their web site.

We also have a BL recipe thread. Look for it at the top of the WISh board under Healthy eating (I think). Anyhow, someone posted a crustless quiche recipe:
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36343765&postcount=5
The recipe I have calls for 2 eggs and 5 egg whites.

Oh boy, I feel for you Taryn.

My dh is working and hopes they lay him off he hates it so bad. But he has to stick with it. I have to get a job soon so he can look for work below his pay grade. The stress is too much. But everyday we are thankful that he is working. It is just a bipolar existence.

He just went to another retirement party on Thur. This was one of his "big bosses" who could not take it any longer. The layoffs are nuts.

Anyway, I am sitting here once again with a fever of 99.7 and a resting pulse of 105. Not a good week for me again.

Feel better! I'm sorry you are sick again.

Ok, grocery list is done! Off to get something accomplished!

 

[cclovesdis]

Hi Everyone,

I didn't think I had plans for the weekend and it's been pretty busy so far. My sister, BIL, and I saw HP last night and then I spent that night at their place. It was snowing, so that was a safer choice. I slept well, so it worked out fine. I was OP on Friday and yesterday, of which I am very proud! I have been OP so far today as well.

Taryn. Check your PMs in a bit.

for all of us. We are an awesome group of people with amazing goals and once in a while, we just need a hug. Hugs can be very powerful and virtual ones are just as good in my book, if not better!

Have a great day everyone!

CC

 

[Sugarglider]

Hi everyone
well - first a quick flood update: here are some images: http://tiny.cc/sdi8y
These are the worst floods in 120 years apparently. I can't quite explain how big this thing is - kinda like an area about 1/6 of the USA. Fortunately there was one town which was expecting 45ft river peak (above sea level - so maybe 8 - 10ft on land) but the peak wasn't that high and the sand bags held.
you can google queensland flood and score a lot of links
Hundreds of thousands of people affected, 50% of Qld's coal mines closed, Qld is a major food producer - crops and stock of every kind - gone!
And this is only Qld. I live down south in Canberra and the next town - Queanbeyan - was flooded 3 weeks back. It is all down the eastern side of Australia
Thanks everyone