Well .. it's now 12:23 AM ...last folks left at midnight.  Hubby is "snoring" over on the other couch - my sleeping pill is taking effect so I'm going to go crawl into bed.

It was a busy/hectic day but it was worth it ... hole in the pool is fixed so the kids (young and young adult ones) were in the pool this afternoon - the slip n' slide we purchased at Aldi's a month ago was used today - that also was a big hit.  Hubby grilled hamburgers, hot dogs and brats - nothing was left.  We made our own veggie/pickle tray, had dips and 3 types of salad - a beautiful castle cake that my co-worker made for Celia and I made our infamous "coke" cupcakes since my other granddaughter is allergic to eggs.  Strangley enough the cupcakes were eaten instead of the cake hahaha 

Hope everyone had a nice Saturday ... it just rained here so our day was PERFECT :)  :)

 HA!   See you can't hide from me long.   I was reading back a few posts and the picture of you and the pool is so funny.  You didn't tell me about that!     I see how you are, save the best for here LOL.

The place I normally post just is too quiet.  I'm not having the best of days but daughter made some fun out of it.  My son lost his cell phone at MotoMart night before last and several of the family have gotten odd calls at odd times of the night.  So we called to see if they wanted to be honest and return the phone.  YEA RIGHT.   Stupid girl was very nasty so since it's just one of those OTC cheapos we have all been calling it and burning the minutes and battery.  Hey steal from us and suffer.   Stupid person actually answers it about half the time.   OH well was fun for awhile.

I need to do my check in today and I'm afraid to go up and weigh myself.   Heat and humidity has me bloated so I know it's not going to be pretty.  OK I see your finger pointing at me Sher,  BRB.    YEEEGADS!   in the last 3 days I've gained 6 pounds up to 195.    I've not been that high in several months.   OK time to get desperate and another day of water pills.   We are suppose to have more thunderstorms this afternoon/evening.   AT least after tomorrow it looks better.     Well now that i've invaded your space, I'll head back to my laundry.    Have a good day, don't work too hard.

HUGS, Char

 You knowwwwwwww I have a picture of you, that you can upload :)  :)  Several as a matter of fact !!!

Work to hard ?? At work ... not a chance hahaha  Now here at home was another storey .... I have that video camera, actually purchse the DVD's tonight at CVS but still haven't made the video = I'm making tomorrow my deadline ... I have NO idea what to say/do ??

I'd love to be under 200 but it's going to be a while (sniff sniff).

 Well just what pictures do you still have?    Is one a good face shot?  I tried to crop a good one I have (have to drop certain people out of it)  but it would not crop for some reason.   As for the video, just be yourself.  I know that if they see and hear you and Daryl they will pick you.     JUST DO IT!

You can and will get under that 200 mark.  Slow and steady wins the race.  You are doing so much better here than me.  But then you have not had the history of yo-yoing that I have.   My body just refused to give up at this point.   I did however lose 4 of the 6 pounds of fluid I was retaining.     So by end of week i should be back to my start weight.  

Do you think I should just redo my start here or keep my frustrating  record going?  At least it's honest  (REAL)

HUGS,  Char

MrsBuckeye:

 Well .. it's now 12:23 AM ...last folks left at midnight.  Hubby is "snoring" over on the other couch - my sleeping pill is taking effect so I'm going to go crawl into bed.

It was a busy/hectic day but it was worth it ... hole in the pool is fixed so the kids (young and young adult ones) were in the pool this afternoon - the slip n' slide we purchased at Aldi's a month ago was used today - that also was a big hit.  Hubby grilled hamburgers, hot dogs and brats - nothing was left.  We made our own veggie/pickle tray, had dips and 3 types of salad - a beautiful castle cake that my co-worker made for Celia and I made our infamous "coke" cupcakes since my other granddaughter is allergic to eggs.  Strangley enough the cupcakes were eaten instead of the cake hahaha 

Hope everyone had a nice Saturday ... it just rained here so our day was PERFECT :)  :)

 

 I'm so glad to hear that the party went well.  Kids love cupcakes. LOL Go figure. The castle cake sounds like it was awesome though. 

 I had a good weekend but now I'm so sore.  Kailey's dad dropped her off at my workplace friday afternoon.  Sweet kid, but sometimes she doesn't listen really well, like all 6 year olds.  We were in the waiting room in front of my desk for my mother. (We carpool) She asked if she could have a piggy back ride and I got down and told her to be careful and hold on.  Instead she runs and jumps on my back, grabbing my neck and pulling me backward.  I lost my footing and started to fall over on top of her but grabbed the info desk just in time.  Owwww....my shoulder is still not right.  I wrenched it good.  After I picked myself up and my mother came around we picked up pizza - Cheese for her and a Fit 'N Delicious pizza for me.  I think we spent most of the weekend in the pool. Somewhere along the way of swimming, watching every children's movie ever made, popcorn, make overs, nails, dress up, and debating why six year olds should not watch Austin Powers I've been bruised up and battered. LOL I even got kicked in the face.  That  one was my fault though.  I was tickleing her.  My face sure hurts though.  She can kick hard for a little girl.  We had a blast.  She's such a card.  My mother asked her if she had thought about what she might want for Christmas and with out missing a beat she starts singing "All I want for Christmas are my two front teeth."  Yup she is missing her two front teeth.  I couldn't help but laugh.

She's already calling me asking when Friday will get here.  I promised her that she could watch the Hannah Montana marathon Friday and the 3D concert Saturday night.  I'm thinking of surprising her with a Hannah Montana party.  I have a how-to on the cutest purple and pink guitar cake.  Any suggestions on how to really make her little party rock? 

Good Morning Sher -

How wonderful that the party was such a big success - and your cupcakes as well!!  The castle cake was probably just too pretty to eat (not that the cupcakes weren't pretty, but you know what I mean!)  I bet Celia had a great time!  You must've had a lot of people there!  I'm so happy for you - I know how you were looking forward to this!

I think I read on another post that you are remodeling your basement to make an efficiency apartment.  Is Celia the grandchild that will be moving in there?  I saw this post awhile ago and can't remember the specific details, so I hope I didn't get it wrong.  You are a wonderfully caring person to do that for your family! 

I hope you are having a wonderful day and a great week!  Now that the big party is over - what are you going to do with yourself?  Hey, have you gotten the old bicycle out lately?  My husband just got a bike from my parents because my mom bought a new one and gave him hers - tee hee - he has a "girl" bike now!!  He hasn't ridden it yet - in fact, I'd really love to see if he ever does - somehow I think the bike is just going to sit in the garage...

Well, have a good one and take care! 

By the way, what is the Dr. Phil challenge?

Bobbi 

Good Morning Rachel -

Gosh, I can't believe how long it's been since I've posted.  I really haven't even been on to read the posts either.  I'm funny like that sometimes - I go through spurts where I post, post, post (especially from work when I should be working, working, working) and then there's other times where I don't even come to the message boards (like this last stretch) :-)  At least I'm consistent about coming back though!! 

How have you been doing during the past week?  I did read your posts so it sounds like you had an awesome time - even if you did get beat up quite a bit :-)  And guess what? Tomorrow is Friday so you get to have more fun!!  Can't wait to hear your further adventures!

Congratulations to you on another pound gone - you go girl!!  Myself - I'm in yet another of my plateau phases.  I lose weight very slowly to begin with (I'll give the excuse of my hypothyroidism because heck, it has to be that :-) so I don't get too frustrated, but sometimes it is a little bothersome because I do exercise and I do follow plan, but my scale just doesn't always reflect the efforts :-)  I did my check-in today (supposed to be on Saturday, but as you can tell, I didn't come online) and I got yet another re-start - finished all of the Alli steps yet again.  Someday I hope to go to nextphase and get to the maintenance portion of the program.  Don't ask me why though because the majority of the time feels like it's nothing but maintenance anyways - LOL!!  Anyways, since I got a re-start today I went ahead and changed my check-in day to Sundays (just to be different) and my next check-in will not be until August 3.  Wow, I just re-read that and I sound like a big whiner :-)  I really didn't mean to be so whiny - it just happened to come out that way!

We finally got some rain yesterday - this monsoon season has been pitiful so far.  Today is sunny and should only get to 99 so I may get to the golf course again today.  I went yesterday after work and it was so nice because it wasn't that hot since it rained most of the morning, and it didn't really feel that muggy. 

Well young lady - have yourself a good Thursday!!  Can't wait to hear how you've been doing!

Take Care and talk soon!

Bobbi 

 Good afternoon ladies.

Its a monsoon here in the North East.Were under a severe storm watch.It just keeps thundering and raing.

Well im still yo yo ing.I gained 1 pound Sunday and the next day another pound. I just keep getting back on track, i think im the getting back on track champion. and i better get going i see Sher has now gone past me weight wise.I post on the 100 pounds + and a guy posted a very motivational post about food.I printed it out to read every day,cause every day is a strugle me against food.Well am going to keep this short ive already had trouble posting because of the wheather.So have a good day every one.

Linda

 It's been a crazy last week & week-end for me.  We had my 3 yr old granddaughter most of the week-end since Friday afternoon (I babysit her while hubby, son and daughter-in-law all go to a local race track and work).  The kids (son and daughter-in-law) were here Saturday afternoon, evening and all day yesterday and finished up tearing down the panelling in the basement - Saturday night we had a HUGE bonfire (actually surprised no one called the fire dept. the flames were going to high hahaha)

Anyway .. I had an allergy attack this morning and had no voice so I stayed home from work (couldn't exactly answer the phones sounding like Minnie Mouse's sister !)

Indiana lopes are in the farm markets now ... ohhhhhhhhhhh so good :)  :)

Good Afternoon and Happy Friday BBW's!!

Wow, I can't believe how far back the thread got - it took a few pages to find it!  I hope everyone is well!

Sher - how is the remodeling coming along?  Any special plans for your special day today?  

Linda - how's your garden doing?  I am so jealous - I can never make a garden grow - well, the part that's supposed to - I don't have any problems growing weeds :-)

Rachel - how are you doing?  Haven't heard from you in awhile - look who's talking, I've barely been on the boards myself!

Well, looking forward to the weekend - only 2 hours and 15 minutes left of work and then I'm free for two days!!  Yay!! Our air conditioning was on the fritz again last weekend (second time this summer) and it was miserable last weekend, but it was fixed by Tuesday so it'll all be good this weekend :-) I'm looking forward to watching some movies, reading, and playing on my computer in cool, air-conditioned comfort - I sure do have big plans for the weekend!!

Take care everyone and have fun!!

Bobbi

Good Morning Ladies -

I hope everyone is well on this fine - HOT - Monday morning!!  I also hope everyone had a great weekend - even if it was a little too short!!

I had a very relaxing one myself - as I had intended.  Really didn't do too much of anything, but I did get a lot of reading in which was nice.  My little one went back to school today (she's actually a sophomore in high school so not so little, well, I guess she's little 5'2" and about 95 pounds - if her hair is wet - LOL).  I am so glad school finally started again, I was getting bored not having anything to pester her about...did you do your homework, did you eat lunch today, were you on time to school, etc.  I'm sure she's missed it as much as I have - ha ha!!! 

I was thinking recently that the Alli moderators must be pretty bored these days.  A year ago at this time there were so many posts going through it took a little while for them to get to them all - it sure has slowed down quite a bit.  The boards used to keep me occupied for most of the day - now I actually have to work because there aren't many new posts to read throughout the day - LOL!!

Well, I just wanted to check in and say hi to everyone!  I'm thinking about you all and hope that your day is going well!  Since it's so hot out - maybe drink a lot of water today - I know you will Sher!!

Take Care Everyone!

Bobbi 

 hello Bobbi

My garden is doing awful.To much rain and the wood chuck found the garden.I have 2 cucuber plants left and 2 zuchinni.My flowers are stragly looking.For the last week and a half we have been under serevre thunder storm watches every day in some part of New England.About 3 weeks ago there was even a tornado about 5 miles from here.

I weighed in this week and lost 2 pounds so im down 49 pounds,coming up on my first major goal of 50 pounds.  I bought a stationary bike and try to ride it 30 mins every day.

We had a family reunion Saturday.I had a good time and didnt eat to much.

Linda

Hi Linda -

How good to hear from you!  As you can tell, I'm working really hard at not working today!  I just can't seem to get the motivation to get going :-)

BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU LINDA ON YOUR 2 LB LOSS - 49 LBS TOTAL!!

YOU ARE AWESOME - AND MUST FEEL SO PROUD!!

Way to go Linda - that 50 lb milestone is just calling your name!  You are so good with your exercise, especially with your bike - you are such a great role-model for us!!  I have an elliptical, but would really like to get a stationary bike - I just don't have any additional room for it right now.  I've thought about selling the elliptical, but the thought of trying to get that thing out of the room it's currently in is enough to make me lose interest in that idea.  It was a pain in the butt to place it where it is now!! 

I'm sorry to hear about your garden.  Hopefully the rest of your veges will survive the storms.  We've been stormy out here as well - it just scares my dogs to pieces.  As soon as they hear thunder or see the lightning flash they turn into little vibrating hounds :-)  We've gotten some pretty good rain totals so far, and last week it was raining and hailing on Thursday when I was getting off work - I got completely drenched running through the parking lot to my car - the rain was going sideways along with the hail - such fun!  I was actually laughing my butt off by the time I was sitting in my car - but it was a long, wet ride home inside that car :-)  Funny thing is, I got a few blocks away from  work and the roads were dry as dry can be.  I felt so funny driving with my soaking wet clothes and hair and passing people that didn't even have a drop of water on their car. 

I'm glad you had a good time at your family reunion this weekend - it's always good to have get-togethers!  My mom and step-dad live here in Tucson, but the rest of my family is scattered back east in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania.  When we lived in Illinois I would go to the reunions every year, but I haven't been to one in years (since I've lived here). 

Well, congratulations to you again Linda!  I hope you have a great Monday!!

Take Care!

Bobbi

Good Afternoon Ladies - 

Just checking in to see how everyone is doing!

Rachel, Sher, Linda...hope everything is going well - take a minute to say "Hi" when you have a chance!!

Take Care!

Bobbi 

Having a rough day today .... Harley would have been 1 yr old today