Rocky's Friends May 2004

[Lazy Daisy]

Wow, a new month already. April whizzed by...........


Was going to post some words of wisdom to get us off on the right foot but unfortuntely i'm feeling a little brain dead right now.....lol.

Maybe next month!

[Lazy Daisy]

Happy Wednesday....

well it's finally here. Only 1 more sleep.

This will be the last post from me for i don't know how long. My computer is up a big flight of stairs and i've been forbidden to climb up them for a while. I'll try to talk my mom into getting on line for me and posting for me.....or at least get an email to one of you to let you know how i made out...I'm sure everything is going to be just fine....i'm unusually calm and collected today.

So big hugs to everyone ((((hugs))))); i'm gonna miss staying in touch with each and every one of you. Just know that i'll be thinking about you everyday. I know we all have alot of things going on in our life right now; i'll be saying prayers for those that need them and sending lots of happy karma to all!

Going to spend the afternoon with relatives that are in from Norway, then head to Norms for the evening and try to just have a nice laid back kind of night....

Have a great day, week, weekend etc....and i'll be back before ya know it!

Love all you losers!


BBB- bye, bye, belly!

[LadyTexun]

Dag Nab It LD!!! where are the "before" pics????


Good luck girl!! We'll miss ya!!

[Susan Prudhomme]

Lazy Daisy - I can't believe the time just flew by. I wish you the best of luck tomorrow. Sorry to hear you won't be able to get right back on line and let us know how you are doing. Have your Mom at the keyboard and then you can just yell the directions up the stairs to her. {{{{{{HUGS!}}}}}} You will be able to talk on the phone though, right? I will probably give you a call if I can find your number in this mess.

Been packing and lugging boxes around all day. Have moved all the boxes that I moved the other day from the downstairs bedroom to the garage and added another 15 or 20. I hate the stairs today. And my knees are screaming at me. I am having some friends for dinner tonight, and I am desparately trying to clear out this one room. Still have to pack up things in the laundry room before the open house, but I am not going to get that done today. But pretty much all ther other rooms are done enough to still look lived in, but much neater than normal. Then I will just have to do the thorough cleaning now that things are mostly packed up. Have to do windows before Sunday, but it has been raining for a couple of days. Also need to mow the lawn. Hope it dries out for a couple hours between now and then.

Well, back to clearing this room. Talk to you soon.

[scobee]

Hi there- down another pound today- only two more to go to get back to siggy, and this time I will hopefully continue to lose. Might be tough though, because on Saturday we are leaving on a one week Disney cruise to the western carribean- there will be a lot of desserts staring at me- hope i can be strong! Sweets have always been my downfall....

B: Ham & muenster omelette, green lemon tea
L: Turkey roll, soy chips with melted cheese (convinced myself these were nachos)
S: almonds
D: will grill some bacon-wrapped filets, make a salad

Good luck, LazyD!!

Super- think of all the exercise you are getting

WHEW!!! thought I lost everything- the kids were crawling under the desk and the screen went blank- I guess they just disconnected the monitor- we will see if this posts...


Keep up the good work, all!

[zukpr]

Good luck my friend!! I'll miss your posts! Call when you are up to it.

Catharine

[bkcorya]

Hi Everyone!!!

I'm back and a little thinner to top it all off!!! I'm down under 145 now! WOOHOO!

Sorry it has been a while to catch up. I've been trying to read updates when I can, but, between the new position I have and the Humane Society I have NO free time.... I repeat, I have NO free time! I'm actually going to take a few 'mental health' days for myself next week because something has got to give in my schedule!!!!

I hope everyone is doing well and as soon as anyone has any status on Lazy D, please do post it!

Thanks!
Brandi

[zukpr]

Good Morning all!

Finally - a warm & sunny day here in south eastern Ontario--woo hoo!!

Lazy - I know you won't read this for a while-- but boy oh boy have I been thinking of you while you get niped and tucked-- you must be soooo uncomfortable. I wish I could help. Lazy's Mom -if you're reading this for her upstairs - go downstairs and hug her for us - gently.


Where is everyone? Playing outside?

Great job on the weight loss Brandi

Susan, did all of your boxes finally snow you under - can't reach the keyboard to call for help?

Kathy, I just spoke with a customer of ours that we're building for who is "stationed" right now in Melbourne. It sounds so beautiful-- and he said that the dollar is about equal to Canadian dollars and most things are comparable in price to here to---I wanna come see you!!!! Just aint got no cash.

Hi Lady T--Spend all your money yet?

Scobee, where abouts do you live, don't give away state secrets but I wonder if a massive road trip couldn't be done sometime to meet or something? I have no head for geography.

Hi to all --got to go make up cheques for a supplier before he gets here.

Hope the anestetic (sp) didn't make you puke with your belly stiches and all Kari!

See you guys -- I'll post again on Monday.

Drink your water!!!

Catharine

[Susan Prudhomme]

Dh, ds, Chewy, Turbo and I went to the lake yesterday. Had a trailer and truck loaded with boxes and stuff. Pretty much my car held, ds and Turbo and me. Got all of the stuff unloaded, but now it is all over the cottage, and I am not sure where it will all go. And that is really only about 1/4 of what we need to move out of this house. I am rethinking my garage sale, might be bigger than I first thought. Then we loaded up one of the sleeper couches we had there, cause we are giving that to ds for his new apartment. We will bring the sleeper couch from home after we have a buyer for the house, as I want it to look lived in. My living room would look pretty empty without a couch. I raked up 12 large trash bags of leaves while there. There are so many more, but at least the ones close to the house and on two of my gardens are now done. We only have one tree on our lot that has leaves, the rest of them are pines. But all the neighbor's leaves land on our property. It is always a big spring project. But the sun was shining, the breeze was heavenly most of the time, and I could now, at 8:00 PM, crawl into bed and fall asleep.

I said an extra rosary today for you Lazy Daisy. You are in my thoughts. I bet you are glad that it is over. And right now you probably feel okay, cause you are probably medicated. Next couple of days might be tough. You will not be far from my thoughts. Even though you have an "ouchy" right now, I do wish it was me. Maybe someday.

Zukpr - the boxes are heaped in the garage, not anywhere near my keyboard. I am taking 3 Motrin IB every 4 hours to help with all the "mushkle" aches I have. They used to be muscles, but now they are mush.

Scobee - You going away again? Now I insist - ADOPT ME!!!! I have heard such wonderful things about those Disney Cruises. Don't worry about the food, I think you will be so activie, it will compensate.

Lady Texun - How are things going with you? Are you spending time at the Home Depot getting things for your repairs????

Brandi - Nice to hear from you again. Congrats on losing more weight. What is your new position?

Everybody else, Hello out there!!!!

Got to go get my feet up and watch some tv with my eyes closed....

[scobee]

Hi- all packed, about to leave- wanted to find out how LazyD was doing- guess I will have to find out when I get back- hang in there all of you-

WTG Brandi!! That is great!

Zukpr- I am no good at geography either- we are in the middle of the hand. I think I am at least 6 hours away from you as i cannot go the way the crow flies- but it would be great if could get together.

[LadyTexun]

Just a quick note to let everyone know I'm still alive

I've been going 20 directions at once, trying to get all the bills paid, arranging for repairs on my house, checking on a dumpster to get rid of junk on the property, looking for a truck... then to top it off I got the bank statement for David's account yesterday. This account is in my name but he is the only one that used it. He wrote a check and over drew the account. I'm going to close it today. I will not continue to support him now that he is gone. I haven't heard a single word from him since he left in March. I sent an IM to this lady he had been seeing (she's the one I'm sure he went to be with in New York... long story) and an IM to his Yahoo account. Then just to cover my bases I called his mother and left a message on her voice mail. Just to be nice and let him know I closed the bank account. He's not even around but is still going to drive me crazy LOL.

Here's thinking about you Lazy, sure hope you're starting to feel a little better... Gee I wish your mom would let us know how you're doing.

Susan, just think of all those mushkle's you're getting into shape pat your DS on the head and give Turbo a hug for me

Everyone else.... HI YA!!! hope things are going GREAT for you this weekend.

Gotta run.... errands, errands, errands

[zukpr]

O.K. - I wasn't going to post until Monday - but I'm at the office today for month end. I'm hoping that I'll be able to take Wednesday off this week to go to Ottawa with Chris again. On Wednesday, Chris and I will have been married twenty years. Wow - that flew by fast! I'm sooooo lucky to have him. Here's to fifty more years!

Susan - you poor thing! I don't envie you this summer. Between the new restaurant and moving and selling.........oi.

Kari - Miss your posts! Mom - if you are reading this to Kari, let her know that we are thinking of her ( a lot!)

Lady T, good thing you have closed that account--is there any thing else that you jointly have ?-- credit cards etc. You must be soo careful. So you've lost all that weight and are all sexy again ( lost 200 lbs overnight - the BF) and now I'm thinking that you need to go to the Salon ( that's the beauty parlour, not the salooon!) and get your hair and nails done. Highlights, new hair style, maybe a push up bra --- whatdaya think?

Scobee -- have fun - and leave the bus boys alone!, most of the time.

Kathy, Is the house done?

Alls good with you Critterma, Brandi?

Queen J -- any news? Thinking of you.

Must do month end now. Take care all.

[zukpr]

Well I just heard from Kari--she called me at work. SHE IS DOING JUST FINE!!!!!!!

She is all trussed up with a corset on, flat on her back ( is any one else thinking of Madeline Kahn in Blazing Saddles, or Marlene Dietrich?)

Kari is the proud new owner of an "inny" on her flat flat flat tummy.

She is doing better than expected and says "Hello"" to everyone.

I sent all of our best wishes back at her.

She is now officially a sexy babe.

Catharine

[Lazy Daisy]

Originally posted by Lazy Daisy
Wow, a new month already. April whizzed by...........


Was going to post some words of wisdom to get us off on the right foot but unfortuntely i'm feeling a little brain dead right now.....lol.

Maybe next month!

Happy Saturday !

Just a quick note to let you know that I have survived!. Everything went as planned. Got my first look at my tummy this morning and am happy to report it is as flat as one on LadyT's LC pancakes.....
Still can not go up the stairs so I am having Mom post this for me ( Hello ladies ).
Hope all is well....have a great Mothers Day....Catch up with everyone soon...

Later losers

[green gal]

Scobbeeeeeeeee...... A one week WHAT!!!! That's it Adopt me at ONCE!!!!! I need to go on a Disney Cruise. By the way I do wish you would stop having the ahm and muenster for brekky as I keep speed reading and thinking you’re eating hampster omelette and I get this mental picture of a cute little face poking out of a roll. I know I know its just me being weird.
My brain has totally had it. I have been hard put making 10,0000001 decisions each day for the house and as soon as I make one something changes and then Im making more decisions on the run. So no matter how hard Im preparing Im still having to go by the seat of my pants way too often . SO will it look any good. Who knows. The carpets and tiles are in. They look individually but looking through the house I could have got a tighter toning with the lounge carpet and the kitchen cupboards.
Work is driving me nuts too. My psoriasis has erupted and so my arthritis is making its self known. Ill be glad when ( if) all the stress is over , it will make it easier for me to make good food choices.
Food wise I have been doing very well up to this evening, when I not only had chocolate but I went out to buy it. Its 2 hours since I had it and my fingers are puffy already. Boy am I going to suffer tomorrow. Serves me right.

Z – now lets see. Have no cash but want to visit Oz . Making up cheques for a supplier. I see an answer to your problems.

I miss LD already. And I wish it was me. Except for the anesthetic which makes me hungry. Starving in fact.
Way to go with the weight Brandi.
Some people don’t get it do they. Im half way through my post and someone appears and wants to talk house stuff with me. Great now I have to get up horribly early to do concrete stuff. Now he wants to take control of the keyboard. If people didnt read over other peoples shoulders they would hear bad things about themselves. Would they? But people in towels shouldn’t make threats.

Yay just got to the good part of the posts. So glad to hear LDs doing well. An inny how cool. And HI MUM ! Big Hugs from down under.

Well have fun with the warmer weather everyone.
Bets wishes
KAthy

[zukpr]

Wow - did I ever have a good Mother's Day! The kids and Chris cooked and cleaned and even bought me presents -- and my MIL and DM both came over - and both behaved! Stellar day! I watched my boys row in the Henley Regatta, both did well, placing 3rd & 4th. Not bad since they had them racing against college and University men as well as highschools from all over. I do feel bad that I missed my DD speech at church on "Crew Ministries" - Her travelling ministry with the church this summer. Can't be everywhere at once. Send in the clones.

Kathy, have you found any difference with your arthritis or skin since starting Atkins? As for your "answer" to my cash problem, I never looked good in orange jumpsuits.

Hope every one is well.

Talk to ya later-
Catharine

[queenj]

Hi All.

Hope all the moms had a great day yesterday. Happy belated Mother's day.

Hubby will see the surgeon next week. We don't think he will qualify for disability though. He is feeling better with the Kenalog shot and still taking the antibiotics, but we would still like to know what is going on in those lungs of his. Will let everyone know when we see the surgeon.

Lazy D - So glad to hear that you are doing well. Can't wait to see those wonderful before and after pictures. Take care.

Hope to be coming back to WOE soon. I have gained 13 #s in the last 4 months. Hope everyone is doing well.

queenj

[green gal]

Not to worry Queen J as soon as you can destress you'll be able to refocus and then we'll be able to catch up (down) to the goodies on this page who can cope with anything and stick to the WOE and lose weight. (Yes you all know who you are.) Good luck with hubbys appointment.
Bob has totally given up dieting until the house is finished. He bought a bottle of Baileys the other night and its almost empty already. Im keeping fairly well but keep having little OOpses. That doesnt look right does it. Oop's Oops'. You know what I mean. Of course it doesnt help when mel is in a cooking mood and the entire house smells of cookies. However today I bought some corn thins ( like rice cakes) and though they are about 4 carbs each I think thats a better option than doing what I did this morning which was Maccas. WHat can I say.
Mostly my skin has been better with the WOE but as soon as I stress the whole cycle starts up again. It the worst its been since we came here Ive even had to take off my wedding ring as I broke out under there.
Well better go Im having a netball meeting in 1 hour and the house looks like a bomb hit it. Better go and put the wine in the chiller and find a pretty plate for ther cheese and crackers.
Kathy

[green gal]

Where are you all. A bit of sun and you all abandon me. Im trying to cook and I really need Lady T or anybody to teleport in and take over before I mess it all up. Im trying to make something lasagne-ish and Ive going to use zuchinni instead of pasta but then Ive just spent ages blanching some spinach because Id really like the taste of spinach and ricotta but I dont know if I can do it all together or maybe I should do two seperate ones. OH woe is me I cant cook. I can eat just not cook.
Take care everyone and come back soon
Kathy

[Lazy Daisy]

I miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisssss you all.

Just made the trek up the stairs, feeling a little dizzy so i'm gonna have to make this quick, and catch up on everyones post another day.

Recovery is coming along. Won't say it's easy. When it's really bad i get mom to get me naked and put me in front of a mirror.

I can't tell you what this surgery has done for me both mentally and physically, I am so happy with how i look even though i'm still swollen up like a balloon. He did an awesome job. I can hardly wait to give the doc a big hug and a kiss.

I look sooooooo good. Don't mean to brag, but if anyone understands i think it may you guys.

Zukpr-glad i got ahold of you on the weekend. It's always nice to talk to you.

Susan it was so nice to hear from you the other day. You sound so warm and bubbly, but i already knew that. I really look forward to spending some time with you....funny how one can feel so close to someone they have physically never met...

okay the spinny blond chick is getting spinnier. Time to get flat out again...

Will post as soon as i can..

I love you guys even though you're a bunch of losers!

[queenj]

Hi All.

Just wanted to say "Hi" to everyone. I am plugging along. May have found a job. If I get it, it will be at a bank. It will only be 20 hrs per week, but it will give me reason to get out of bed and to quit eating myself out of house and home.

Lazy D - So glad to hear from you. I bet you look awesome; I envy you. Be sure to get plenty a rest for your recovery.

Hope everyone is doing well.

queenj

[Susan Prudhomme]

Sunny and already 70 degrees here. I am in heaven. We are supposed to go to the lake today with another load of stuff. Dh and ds, and Chewy and Turbo. Should be fun.

Have to admit that I have been very bad with this woe lately. Actually, have been eating low carb stuff with lots of not low carb stuff. Amazing how that combination has put another couple of pounds. Scale said 219 this morning. I am very depressed about that. Means I have re-gained 18 pounds since my low point. Help!!!! I think I am totally stressed out about these moves, the possible site for the restaurant, etc. I am climbing back on the wagon. I am only half way on and I am afraid that the horses are going to start running before I am safely settled in....... But I have got to give this another full-fledged try. Say a prayer for me.

Lazy - so good to hear from you. So YOU are the dizzy blonde I hav always heard about - LOL. I bet you do look marvelous. And just wait till the swelling goes down. Your Mom is great. It was nice that she posted for you. And it was good to hear her voice on the phone when I called. And I so enjoyed talking with you. I can't wait till we meet. It will be such a blast.

Green Gal - I laugh every time I think of you. If I was smart, I would syndicate a cartoon and call it Crazy Cat and have little drawings depicting your posts. I would probably make millions. You are so funny. I am still laughing about the hamster omlette comment you made about Scobee's breakfast. And I can picture you right now with spinach hanging from your ears, you are too funny girl!

Zukpr - Your kids are so super. And that Chris, what a gem you have in him. Glad your Mother's Day was so good. Eric gave me a bunch of purple mums with white and red Gerba daisies. And he accompanied this with a beautiful card whose massage made me cry. He said it almost made him cry in the store. He also gave me a candle holder, one of the ugliest I have ever seen. I couldn't help but laugh when I opened it. It was two glass globes that someone glued together, bottom one had a bright pink plastic flower stuck in it, top one had a pink candle, there was white lace glued over the top and white lacey ribbon around both tops with pearls. Although it may sound pretty, it was gaudy and poorly assembled. I am not at all the frilly type. He admitted he stopped at a roadside where these two older folks were selling their hand-made things. He gave me permission to put it in my garage sale. I told him it was the thought that counted. We had a good laugh over it.

Queenj - So good to hear from you, your spirits sound good. I do so hope you get that bank job. You are right. Sometimes the structure helps. I am so in need of structure right now. My life seems nothing but chaos. Oh, I am being a bit dramatic, but with eating bad, and being stressed out, I am more apt to watch tv and run away from what I have to do. Boy, do I need some energy back.

Scobee - How's Mickey and Minnie these days? Can't wait until you get back and let us know how your cruise went.

Lady Texun - Come up for air, girlfriend. Where are you? Did you buy a truck yet? Is the dumpster full yet? Is all the money gone..... I'll bet you are just loving it, though. Getting things fixed and the yard and house cleaned out. Now that dh and I have done so much work on our house and cleared out so much stuff, I do wonder why we didn't do it long ago. It looks so much better this way.

Sprout, Critterma, bkcorya, kekevee - hello to you all. You are in my thoughts. Rattle our cages every now and then to let us know how you are doing.

Well, off to fill the truck and trailer full of more boxes. Urggg!

[Lazy Daisy]

hAPPY friday....

feeling 100% better today....and went to the docs and got both drains removed so i'm feeling alot freeer....lol. Hurt like a son of a you know what when they took them out though. I guess so; they must of been 4 ft. long...lol. I'm healing really quick. The doc said he expected that cuz i'm in good shape....

Did a little too much today cuz it's the first day i've felt well enough to get off the couch for more than the time it takes me to get up and go pee. Even showered myself for the first time in a week. Tried on my bikini today; WOW! I soo made the right decision. When i get my camera from Norm's i'll take some pics and post them....

Caught up on most of the posts....good luck with that job Queen J. I think you needed some positive stuff in your life right now.. How is hubby?

Zukpr-sounds like you had an awesome mother's day and i'm so glad that you managed to get away for your anniversary; even though it's *ell trying to make up for the lost time at work. I can hardly wait to meet your family

Susan-jump back on the wagon. You will feel so much better about everything. And what about committing to a walk every second day. I know you get lots of exercising with all the packing and everything but sometimes it's nice to just get away from it all and go for a nice long walk by yourself. Gives you time to unwind and do some thinking.....you just wait till i get there...lol. I'll get you motivated!! and i look forward to cooking some awesome low carb meals while we are there...and just think you are only 20lbs away from getting under that 200lb mark. I KNOW HOW GOOD THAT FEELS. It will motivate you for the next 20. Love that candle holder story...your son sounds pretty cool. Do we get to meet him when we visit?

Greeng-my tummy hurts everytime i read your posts-STOP IT, just kidding. Don't ever lose your sense of humour......netball meeting, wine and cheese...man that sounds like fun. Bet you ladies have a riot! Hopefully i'll be able to attend one of those meetings when i visit...

Everyone prepare yourselves. I plan on doing alot of travelling over the next 2 years and can't think of better places to go than a place where one of my lc buddies live!

I had a pleasant surprise this morning. Jumped on the scale and it flashed 164lbs back at me....i can't even remember the last time i weighed 164lbs. Must be when i was 13 or 14. Of course, i had nothing to do with those last 4 lbs but who cares....i asked the doc today how much everything weighed that he took off; he didn't have the chart which he will have monday when i go back, but he said he remembers something about 5lbs....

geez that scobee and her family sure get away on a lot of trips....i think that is so awesome. I bet she is having a blast right now!

Well, gotta go and lay down for a bit now. I can hardly wait to get exercising again.....jess said today "Mom when you start working out again you're going to get a six pack just like Alicia on Survivor".....gawd i love that kid...

Toodles,

[Susan Prudhomme]

Lazy - you sound so wonderful. And you had the nerve to try on that bikini already. God bless ya! Glad those tubes are gone. I've never had them, but I can just imagine. And bless that Jesse, six packs. Go for it! And you lost weight, too. What a bonus. Hi to Mom and Norm.

I am trying to jump back on the wagon. Was much better today than the last couple of days. My stomach has been feeling really yucky. Paying for all the bad food. And my hot flashes have come back with a vengenance. Now I am thinking there is something about all the sugar and other nonsense I've been eating. Will try to note if it gets better when I do.

I have to share a funny story. Dh took a package out of the freezer to thaw something for dinner. When I opened it up, I was surprised, it was two round balls of pie dough that I must have put in the freezer around the holidays. Well, now it was defrosted, so I figured that I would cook up two pie shells and fill them with sugar-free chocolate pudding. I had read about a new method of lining the empty shell with waxed paper and then filling with uncooked rice to help keep it's shape. My crusts usually do a bit of "melting" when I bake them empty. Well, this new method didn't keep them from melting. Not only did they melt, but, in fact it made the crust kind of hard. It did not get flaky or fluff up like usual. Of course, this was during my bad period, so I was eating a piece now and then. It tasted okay, actually kind of sweet. It wasn't till later that evening that I realized what I had done. It wasn't pie dough! I realized it was cookie dough. No wonder it wouldn't hold a pie crust shape. ROFLMAO. That will teach me to cheat.

You are right, Green Gal is a scream. I would love to go visit her too. We have to plan a trip where we all get together. It would be so great.

And I will be happy to let you cook up some low-carb meals while you are visiting.

Don't know if you will get to meet Eric when you are here. It will depend if he has time off during your stay. He usually has Thursday and Friday off, so it does look good at this time.

Make sure you don't overdo. Stay well my friend.

Green Gal - How was your lasagne-ish?

Lady Texan - Well the he!! are you? I miss you. Were you anywhere near those tornados and bad weather?

Zukpr - How's the fam damily? How's that job?

Queenj - Are you working at that bank yet? When do you find out?

Scobee - M-I-C see you real soon - K-E-Y why because we like you
M-O-U-S-E - Remember that song from the Disney show? Where in the Jiminy Cricket are you? Hasn't it been a week already?

Sprout - Angela, Angela