Penpal? SAHM or homeschool Atkins mom?

[kidsdogsbirds]

I'm hoping to find one or two pen pals, though I'm not sure how that will work since I have not been on this board for 25 days??

I'm a stay at home mom who had a LOT of trouble adjusting to staying at home. I have no family within 5 hours of me and dont get out enough to make any real pals here.

I homeschool which works great for my family, though the local school is excellent. I'm a Christian. I have 2 boys, the most horrid ::::four years apart::::: and have dogs and birds, obviously lol. I have a good sense of humor but fold up like a tent if someone tries to hurt my feelings.

I watch too much tv and would not need my pen pal to like them, but my shows are General Hospital (since the 4th grade!), 24, American Idol, House and I Shouldn't Be Alive/Mythbusters/Man vs Wild. I also watch Court TV in lieu of toooo much news or fluff on tv. ::hew::: Aren't I exciting?

[BamaRednek]

We could be sisters...lol

I'm a Christian SAHM with 3 kids (14 yr son, 11 yr daughter and 5 yr old son) I am trying to find out more about homeschooling my kids starting next school year. I have 1 dog and 2 birds and dozens of fish. I also live at least 7 hours away from any family. I have lived here 6 yrs and have yet to make friends with anyone but a few elderly neighbors.

I would love to be your lowcarbing penpal.


BTW I only joined this site yesturday....

[kidsdogsbirds]

Boy you are right! I think we can both understand a few things the other is going through. My boys are 6 and 10, I have homeschooled for about 4 years. My youngest is doing his stint in public school this year so that he can learn to stand in line, listen to someone other than me, you know. But then it's back to full time learning here. I can tell you as much as you care to hear about homeschooling. It's great if you have the initiative. I LOVE IT.

I also have a Bernese Mountain dog, a yorkie and a poodle mix. My birds are a tiel named George and a Green Cheeked conure named Holly. She is on my shoulder chewing on my ear right now, lol Got to get rid of that habit LOL

Tell me about yours!!

How do we email eachother if we can't post email addys I wonder?

[Tiffys3]

I read your post this morning on here... then just saw your post about your husband... and thought... boy.. we are a like!! I have started a penpal forum on here about losing 50lbs... and I am a homeschool mom.

Jeez... the child I started homeschooling with in second grade is graduating this year!! I have homeschooled a total of 10 years now... took my two girls through eigth grade and now I am homeschooling my son who is in 2-3rd grade. It is a struggle... but I love the relationship you end up with your children! We moved to a better school district... and I was worried about homeschooling through high school so I figured... let them know what the "real life" was like... and let them go to the prom! lol

Hey.. if it helps... my oldest is graduating with honors... going to a 4 year college... and is going into civil engineering... she has her first two years paid for already in scholarships!! And she has not even graduated yet! We are so proud of her! You can see pics on the other forum...

I have been married almost 19 years... and my husband has always been a gym junkie!! Always working out. I used to... when my girls were younger... but then I decided to stay home with my kids... quit that job and my full-time one... to open a home daycare. Here I am 13 years later... and 50 lbs heavier - fixing all this junk food... and don't seem to have as much time for working out. And boy... does DH give me a hard time about my weight. I dont think he means to... he thinks he is being supportive... but he has made many comments in the past that are just hurtful. Cause he can still fit into his 32 jeans! Like last night... he sat down... and was eating some powdered doughnuts in front of me.. I am like... jeez... at least eat those in the kitchen.. but then I realize.. its my issue.. not his.. and I am not doing this for HIM... its for ME!! This time... its all about me!!

My daycare kids.. eat chicken nuggets.. mac and cheese... etc... and so do my two littlest ones... but I what I did.. was Sunday... made a bunch of chicken breast... itialian sausage... hamburger patties... etc.. and froze them. Tonight... my family is having spaghetti... but i am taking some of the sausage... and a salad (which they are eating too) and eating my dinner... and I am not going to miss that fattening pasta a bit!! If its already cooked...and can be heated up easy... then I dont have to worry as much... (my way of thinking anyhow)

You should come up and join Ilsa, determined and I in our forum... I think you would like it... I am not sure how much you wanted to loose... but I think I can help be supportive! This forum has really helped me so much this time around.. i know I am going to get to my goal weigh!!

hope to talk to you soon.

P.S. BamaRednek is more than welcome to join too!! The more support the better!

[kidsdogsbirds]

Tiffiny, wow, another twin! I am glad to hear someone else is surrounded by chicken nuggets and mac and cheese! Pasta is by far my downfall. And please dont say to eat the brown kind or the squash kind. It offends my Italianishness. (Honorary Italian here)

I would love to join your forum. How do I find it? My ideal weight loss would be 45 to 50 pounds I am striving not to ever hit that 200 mark but it looms...looms....

Now I'm depressed

[Tiffys3]

Cool.. it definitely seem we are in the same boat...

http://lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=467067

Here is what we have all written so far

[kidsdogsbirds]

By the way, congratuations on your amazing achievement in homeschooling! I love other hs moms, they understand when you say your child is in 5/6 grade LOL

[Shadygirl]

Hello,
My name is Shannon. I live in Massachusetts,have 4 kids,(not homeschooled,but I am VERY involved with their school) and I also have a Berner. His name is Zeus. I am also new here. Nice to meet you all!!!

[kidsdogsbirds]

Nice to meet you! Have you posted a pic of him yet? Aren't they the best family dogs??!!

[Shadygirl]

There.......that's Zeus. They are the BEST dogs. The only thing I could do without is the shedding!!

[Sweet-n-Low]

I didnt get here fast enough

I just came to the board looking for a penpal who homeschools! I am also doing atkins and have 5 kids 15-2 years old .

I need to lose about 65 lbs. I dont have any family near me at all I am starting a new generation of functional people .... I dont know if you will understand that LOL

I am also a Christian! I am a bus kid ! Thank God for those who come to the ghetto and bring those snot nosed kids to church ..... that was me ...........the Lord is truly in the miracle working business .

Let me know if your open to any other penpals I might have to go hunting for one

We can do it !!!

[kidsdogsbirds]

First....amazing Berner that Zeus! What a beautiful dog! I kwym about the shedding, it's a freak of nature, isn't it? We have hardwood floors (thank God) and every am the ceiling fans push huge piles of fur into every corner, lol!

Second, I can't seem to figure out how to email anyone! I can post but how do I send an email to a poster?

Sweet-n-low... 65 pounds would be so great. I am going to start the CLA and the GLA today, I will let you know how it works. Are you doing it?

A new generation of functional people. I like that and would love to talk to you about what you mean, it sounds like we may have almost everything in common lol

[kidsdogsbirds]

PS If any or all of you would like to continue discussing things here, on this thread, we sure could. We all have a lot in common I think. Hopefully weight loss and cute bathing suits will be a part of that soon. lol

[kidsdogsbirds]

Sweetnlow, wow..scary how much we have in common. I moved here from Sacto! (I used to manage a gym there lol) I also have a (newfound) LOVE for starbucks and a long past with sushi. I am going to make low carb sushi this week! I used to make typical sushi all the time. This time I will make rolls with seaweed, then minced shrimp and mayo, dash Morton's Hot Salt, cucumber and roll up. OHMYGOSH so yum!

[Sweet-n-Low]

Great - I see you checked out my homepage

I havent had sushi in over a month and I'm suprised that I'm still alive! Let me know how yours turns out !

Where are you from here in Sacto? Ive been here all my life .... BTW How old r u ?

Help me !!! Im starting to feel selfish spending more time on myself ! I have so much to do and its hard to just ignore it and hit the gym......but Im going to do it anyway.Im am ready to kick this weight loss into high gear ! I would love to be 40lbs by at least June ! I walked 2 miles yesterday and did upper body weight training.

As far at the new generation of functional people ...lol .... My family just has drug,divorce,crime issues lol...............were the sacto mofia hehe not even close.... I would just like to see my children grow up happily married,kids,steady job..... you know functional LOL .....

I also have a dog named Bruno....hes the best !

My favorite show r prision break, bones ,american idol, wife swap, and of course I love dog the bounty hunter ! Plus I like most other shows ....and my all time favorite screen is the COMPUTER ......which I spend way to much time on. I feel a little obsesed with checking my e-mails and now the message boards....Im just sociable

We can do this !!!!

[Sweet-n-Low]

Tiffy- I was reading your posts and saw we have some thing in common too.

I have a almost 16 years old daughter .....she will be in August
And I have custody of my 7 year old niece, I have had her since she was 5 months old....long story....just boils down to my brother being a loser

I have been married 13 years this June ... Hubbys are great support when we tell them how they are not being supportive ....lol..... they dont get it sometimes....but men are differnt thinkers than us

My kids ages are 15g,12g,10b,7g,2b Look at my profile pic.... they are there.

I will be posting my activity tonight !

[kidsdogsbirds]

Originally Posted by Sweet-n-Low

Great - I see you checked out my homepage

I havent had sushi in over a month and I'm suprised that I'm still alive! Let me know how yours turns out !

Where are you from here in Sacto? Ive been here all my life .... BTW How old r u ?

Help me !!! Im starting to feel selfish spending more time on myself ! I have so much to do and its hard to just ignore it and hit the gym......but Im going to do it anyway.Im am ready to kick this weight loss into high gear ! I would love to be 40lbs by at least June ! I walked 2 miles yesterday and did upper body weight training.

As far at the new generation of functional people ...lol .... My family just has drug,divorce,crime issues lol...............were the sacto mofia hehe not even close.... I would just like to see my children grow up happily married,kids,steady job..... you know functional LOL .....

I also have a dog named Bruno....hes the best !

My favorite show r prision break, bones ,american idol, wife swap, and of course I love dog the bounty hunter ! Plus I like most other shows ....and my all time favorite screen is the COMPUTER ......which I spend way to much time on. I feel a little obsesed with checking my e-mails and now the message boards....Im just sociable

We can do this !!!!

Wow! Let's see, I have 2 boys ages 6 and 10. My family and dh's family are both a mess. Lots of, let's just leave it at slackers on the board. My side, lots of abuse. My mother and I do not speak. Ever. It's not anger, it's very involved. If I can figure out how to email, I can tell you more than you want to hear. Lets leave this, for now, at: My mom is not healthy for my children to be around.

I know what you mean about time for myself. I do my own nails and feel guilty about that. Working out is easy for me to avoid, I have plantars fascitis (?) and my foot hurts all the time. I don't workout though, because I just can't force myself up there. lol I do have the time, if I'm being honest. I just hate it.

I just got my hair cut professionally, I usually do it myself. That's me, lol

I LOVE 24, General Hospital (my first love was Luke Spencer!), American Idol, Inventor, House MD and I like to watch Court TV. I used to watch Wife Swap, but they seem to have homeschool moms on all the time and they are always NUT JOBS. Sooooo extreme and self righteous and often hateful. When anyone hears I homeschool, the only 'contact' they have with hs'ers is Wife Swap, and they think I lock my kids in the basement or work them all day. UGH

I chose to hs (homeschool) for so many reasons. DS1 was in K when they told me he was overly prepared.
DS 2 and DS1 were what I would call normally active 6 year old boys, but they wanted to drug them into a stupor and I was against it. That is an involved story in itself...

TMI But some background. I, too, have nieces that are in bad situations. I applaud you taking in your neice and giving her a better life!

How do we email eachother?

[Sweet-n-Low]

Originally Posted by kidsdogsbirds

I just got my hair cut professionally, I usually do it myself. That's me, lol

I applaud you taking in your neice and giving her a better life!

How do we email eachother?

I go get my hair and nails done too! Another thing in common... lol

Go to my homepage and leave your email there on my guestbook. I will check it soon.

Thanks for the compliment about my niece
When do we get to private message here ?

BTW- you never told me where ur from in sacto and how old u r ??

[kidsdogsbirds]

LOL Sorry, Im forgetful too LOL

Im going to be 39 next month and that is spurring me on to lose weight.

I worked at Fit 1 Fitness Center in Rancho Cordova and used to walk to work. I mostly lived in Rancho Cordova. At one time I lived 2 blocks from the Air Force base, Mather. I moved there by following a guy to the USAF, then stayed after we broke up a minute later lol.

I have been happily married for 13 years! Moved to Sacto from PA but now live in VA. (I refuse to live anywhere that doesn't end in A.) JK

[Sweet-n-Low]

LOL - Again we have something in common - I live in Rancho now !!!
You probably wouldnt reconize where I am- They are building new homes at douglas rd and sunrise.....that where you'll find me. Too funny Small world !

Guess what Pittsburg is our favorite football team ! GO STEELERS !!!!!!!

And this June with me 13 years married for me too

My kids have such cabin fever right now! It needs to warm up just a little more! Im a spoiled Californian and this freeze we're having just aint (yes i educate my kids LOL) cool !

Oh the swimsuit challenge is on !!! No bikini for me though too many stretch marks ! BUT NO MORE FAT SUMMERS FOR ME EVER !!!

[kidsdogsbirds]

Ugh, swimsuits!

I tried to email you but had to sign up and then it wanted me to create a home page so I gave up. Did I go to the wrong place??

[Sweet-n-Low]

Hey there !

I have been sick and running my dd to the ER.......AH what a week ! Read my other posts ....it should catch you up !

How are you doing ? Still on program ?? I have entered Oneland and I am so excited ! Im more fired up now than ever !

I took the dog out to the fields today and let him run like a fool while I walked the path! It felt great!

Tell me how your feeling/doing on your weight loss journey !

School when to pot this week Lots of reading and educational shows! Works for me

Talk soon

[kidsdogsbirds]

Welp, I gave up on Friday. I know that lots of folks here can eat one way and feed their family a different way, or just eat the meat, whatever. But this doesn't work for me. Trying to keep my dh motivated is too hard and I don't want to do this alone.

Anyhow, I'm going to follow the CLA/GLA board and in a moment I am going to post a recipe I love, if I deem it low carb, then I'm out. lol

I'm so happy for you! Stay motivated! With school as well! We are learning about WW2 here, it's been fun really. I'm starting to get into it. DH and I watched Band Of Brothers for the first time...WOW, and amazing series. I had trouble thinking of Ross as a big jerk, but the role turned out convincing, lol

Hugs and blessings
Sheri

[Tiffys3]

Hi there...

I just saw the posts... for some reason this was taken off my "auto" reply section!!

Sweet - how have you been doing? Sounds like you are truely motivated!! Ilsa and I are still on track (my other pen pal) You can come join us if you would like!! It would be great to talk to another homeschool mom!! It has been a real struggle for me this year.

And talk about disfunctional... you guys dont want to hear about my family!!! LOL...

Talk to you all soon...

[SkeeterN]

I am a SAHM and a Christian too. I do daycare out of my home. April 15th I will have been faithfully on Atkins for 3 years