[Timirose]

Love your hair Chester! LOL on your nose!!!

We tried the Australian accent once. It was funny! He called some things by different names though and it became confusing so we switched back to the one we named Karen. She gets miffed at us though when we take roads she doesn't have in her electronic brain. We run into that in big cities that have lots of new road construction going on.

[mmmmdale_jr]

Redsox - I am happy Junior got away from Teresa Earnhardt, it was a long time coming I believe. I think he will do well at Hendrick, I don't particularly like Gordon or Johnson, but I will follow Junior wherever he goes. My husband is a Gordon fan, so it makes for some interesting fun, ha ha! I was disappointed that he didn't get to keep the #8, but I guess #88 is not too bad. I don't like his new car design, I don't know, it just doesn't do it for me.

Well, the bad weather has started, we are under a tornado watch already. I hate this kind of weather cause it usually hits when I am driving home, drives me nuts.

[lmball]

Chester I love your hair! Haven't you learned that your mother is always gonna say something like that!! I wish we could see the back though. It wasn't what I thought you were going to do, I thought you were doing the Victoria Backham doo...

Timi-your Nuvi gets annoyed? That's interesting, I could see me driving down the road cussing my nuvi and screaming at my kids ....

Dale, we had a tornado watch yesterday, I'm glad Dale Jr. is away from Teresa too....I think his dad would have wanted him to have his company, its sad that she isn't even involved anymore and sits back and gets richer. I think she should have given him whatever he wanted.

[Timirose]

Oh WOW! I just learned something cool from the Oprah show! They have a designer there and he was telling people easy ways to decorate.

Here's the cool one: Take the little notes you have that you've saved and don't want to throw away, frame them and display! I have the back of a receipt that one day HH got ahold of on the way to school in the 1st grade. She wrote:

Plese dont make HH ran todaa. She dosent like it.

She wanted me to sign it so she could give it to the PE coach. Of course I said no, but I saved it. I just didn't have anything cute to do with it other than stick it under the glass on my desk.

[LZ]

Dale, I got myself up and did 30 minutes of intensive step aerobics and 15 minutes of my ab crunch video. My mind felt a lot better.

RedSox, "working farm" is a little grandiose for our 45 acres; however, we do have a herd of 8 cattle and grow a nice big garden. Red Neck ranch might be a more appopriate term. We are located 70 miles North of Dallas.

,,,,a Gordon guy, oh, no. Seriously my family are all big NASCAR fans. My driver is nice Guy Jeff Burton. Hubby has Carl Edwards, son Denny Hamlin and Daughter Jr. I can't wait for Daytona!

Michele, I don't know the tea sounds so appetizing. My stomach has been acting up today. I didn't even take my phen. Too bad it doesn't make me not want to eat at all. I want to eat salty starches. I am trying to keep my total calories down. After all, I am due to hit the scale in the morning.

Chester, your new hairstyle is very flattering. Uh, I think Hubby would know the picture of Choco was not you. LOL My Hubby likes long hair too.

These days getting carded is the highest compliment.

Timi, your comment on oprah reminded me that I was going to ask anyone if they ever watch "Clean House"? I just started watching it in the last one-two months and love it. I think I like it so much because it makes me feel like a stellar housekeeper when they show how those houses start out. Ha, Ha!

What about "The First 48"? anyone watch that? The season premiere is on tonight.

[Choco-cat]

Chester, me and my "bountiful locks" tried to come here this morning! I posted something (don't remember what now) but the page wouldn't load after I clicked the post button. I waited and waited, and then the page went to that page that says that it can't be loaded. Drat! Foiled again!
But I was running late, so it didn't say much of anything anyway.
Btw, the pixie cut looks too cute!

Timi, our tomtom gets annoyed too. Sometimes he says, "Turn around at the next possible cross road." And then he repeats it again, and again! I'm just like "reconfigure your satellites, dammit!" Poor tomtom. He tries to do things right for us, we just screw it up.

Ok, so since you're all asking about me, I'll tell you. I hate to just tell you when you're not asking because then I feel like I'm complaining. Anyway, today was ok for most of the day, but along lunch time (same as yesterday), my back started feeling really fatigued, right in the small of the back, then the spasms started again. Argh! We only worked 1/2 a day, had a lunch meeting, then I went to get my nails done. I came home and rested, even though I thought I could've done an E workout, I was hearing my doctor's voice in my head saying "You need to rest in order for it to heal..." So I came home and napped on the heating pad. Actually I had to fight my cat for the heating pad, then I took a nap on it. Kitty loves the warmth. Or maybe his back hurts too, I'm not sure...

Anyway, enough rambling.

Weigh in tomorrow!!!!

I know this week was a short one, and kinda sneaky on my part of expecting a weigh-in after only 5 days, but that's how I roll. We will continue to eat better and move more through the weekend, and I will post a new challenge of some sort on Monday. That challenge is currently up to my governor. He will let me know what he wants you all to do.

I'm gonna keep chugging my water and watching what I eat, even when I'm not able to participate in the "move more" portion of the challenge.

Be back tomorrow!

[lmball]

Choco- do you think the treadmill is aggravating your back? It seems like when I am use the treadmill more than the E my back hurts , and with yours already out of whack it might be.

Lz- I watch clean house too, it makes me feel better .. I make hubby watch and say, SEE SEE our house is clean!! He just rolls his eyes....

timi- love that idea!!

[chester12]

Hey guys. Thanks for the compliments on the hair. Macho's second evaluation went fine. They said that his motor skills and cognitive development appear to be normal for a 15 month old. They are going to review all their notes and evaluations and come up with some type of recommendation or referral. Ms. Thang has wiped out all my remaining patience for the day. I don't want to be a downer, so I'm just going to call it a night I'll talk to you guys tomorrow.

[clopez]

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to drop by and give my weigh in - 191.2 lbs. Ugh, I seem to be going the wrong way.

I'm confirmed to fly to Perth on 31st January and I arrive on 1st Feb which is my b'day. Then I have an interview scheduled and an appointment with my agent and hopefully, by the time I get back, I would have finalised things and I can look forward to my move to Aussieland.

Now I really need to get my butt in gear - I have 3 weeks to look....well, better than I look now. Not only do I have a job interview But I also have a date in Perth. (I bet lmball's perked up if she just read that last sentence)

Seriously, I am moving more and I did 45 minutes on the threadmill on Wednesday - but remember I had that fall in December? It bugs me at times and on Wednesday, towards the end of my walk, I was kinda limping again. The pain just comes and goes.

Oh well, I hope it gets better soon. I want to be able to walk like a normal person again. Ok, gotta go and pretend to work. See ya later.

[Timirose]

clo: WOOHOOO! You've been talking about moving for a long time. I'm glad you're finally going to get to do it!!

LZ & LM: I've never seen Clean House. What channel is it on and when?

Is today weigh in day? I'm not going to get to do my hour after all today. HH is getting recognized for her reading this morning so I have to go jump in the shower in a bit instead of working out.

Chester: I got my Arbonne order yesterday. I ordered a couple of the RE9 products. I got the deep pore masque and the reveal scrub. Have you tried those? My face seems to have calmed down thankfully so I'm scared to try something new right now. I've been using the Beyond basic (the stuff for problem skin) along with the moisturizer in the Not so basic line. Then a couple time a week I also use the Not so basic masque.

Ok, gotta go shower.

bbl

[Choco-cat]

C-Lo, thanks for your weigh in. And woohoo on getting things going for Australia! Yay! That's so exciting. When you get there, will you do me a favor? I think koala bears are just about the cutest things to ever exist, so if you'll pack one up for me and send it to the States, that would be great. I'll feed it eucylptus leaves and give it lots of love.

Michelle, yeah he told me NOT to use the treadmil, but instead if I'm feeling up to doing a workout to get on the E because it's less jarring to my back. So I'm being good. Bad thing is I have a treadmill and a bike here at home, but no E. I wanted an E, hubby wanted the bike. We got the bike. Now how much use do you think the bike has had? Hmmm...

Well my weigh-in is surprising...149. I'm ok with that. I'm not sure where those two pounds went to, but I'm gonna roll with it.

I'll bbl!

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Hey Timi, we were posting at the same time.
Yup, today's a weigh day.

[clopez]

Thanks Timi - It's not complete yet, I still have a way to go but I've struggled so hard to get this far. It feels good.

Choco - See? I told you I'd behave myself during this challenge Anway, I have been going to Australia since 1994 and I have never seen a real live koala. Of course, for you I would anything - so I'll get you the koala. Although, it would be really interesting to see how Daisy reacts to it

I am still at the office eventhough it's 8 p.m., but I'm going grocery shopping soon and I'm going to buy healthy food for the next week. So next week, it's going to be all about salads for lunch and definitely more water.

Hope you guys have a great weekend! Ta ta