Lisalyn

I'll see you tonite then. Not sure how I did, I'm STILL not tracking! Will that put me on the naughty list?!?

Wow, Lindsay's school has a lot of concerts! When Tristan had orchestra they only had 2 a year. But I did enjoy going to them. I think he should find out soon what his classes next semester will be.

Before I forget, what is your address? I would like to send you a Christmas card.

See you later - I'm off to wrap!

:xmas:

Sorry! I have been marathon Christmas shopping and I am now 100% done!! WooHoo!! It's always a relief to know I don't have to go out into the crowds or traffic anymore. Well, other than my usual shopping, groceries and such.

How has your week been? Are you ready for a new meeting? The new location is much more posh than the old one. And that's good phrasing because now it makes the other location looks ages old!

I'm tired because I got into bed late last night, then couldn't sleep and ended up getting out of bed till 1:45 am and then waking up at 7:30 this morning. And was shopping from 12 to 3:30. I think I'll go to bed early tonite.

I bought myself 2 more pairs of boots while I was shopping! That makes it a total of 5 pairs I own now! LOL, I think I might become a boot addict, there's still yet another pair I want!!

I was disappointed you weren't there tonight. I am glad to hear though it's not because of anything terrible. I understand about the money thing, we're in the same boat until we both get paid on Fri. You did miss a good meeting Jaime went over the new Points Plus plan that's starting for 2012. More flexibility. I think it's great for people who've gotten to their weight goal or maintenance but it won't affect me yet. I had an unexpected week - lost over 3 lbs!! I have come up with a new goal since I said last week that I seem to have been floundering after WDW with no goal. Jaime gave me a high five so I think it's a good one - 20 by 12 (meaning hitting the 20 lb. mark by the start of 2012. I think I can do it!!

Howdy! How did your week go? In general, not just point wise. Mine was okay in both areas. Not 100% back on board but not doing terrible either. I haven't started tracking my points for one thing. I'll get there though.

I have been feeling terrible since Friday. I've had a constant headache and as I said on FB it feels like my head is filled with cement. I'm fairly certain it's my sinuses and I'm feeling a bit better now but I just was hoping to have at least ONE day of the weekend where I felt fine. Dang it!

How are you on your Christmas shopping? I will get the rest of mine done this coming weekend after we get paid. I'll be glad to get it over with. I promised myself I was going to start wrapping early so I wasn't doing it all at the last minute. Yeah, I haven't wrapped a single thing yet!!

Not packed yet??? OMG, you'll be running around like a mad dog trying to get ready, LOL. You'll get there and once you're on the flight you can finally relax. I hope Lindsay gets into it more and enjoys it, too. How lucky is she getting to go to such an awesome place?

We are leaving tomorrow and I'm looking forward to it and dreading it at the same time. Oh well, hopefully things will be calm and fun. Laundry today and a bit of last minute shopping on the list too.

Happy Thanksgiving!! :slurp:

Kinda not looking forward to tonite. Not a rough week exactly, just not a smart one. LOL, must pay the piper though. Plus, I have my awful monthly visitor which doesn't help either.

The kids are going to be craaazy this week since it's the week before a break. It's as if their ears have completely disappeared! Not too much fun.

Not much really going on. I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving and dreading it. I spoke with my mom yesterday and everything was going okay till she said, "the kids don't like me. Why don't they like me? Over the years I gave those kids all the time and attention!" I was annoyed and just said she needs to ask the kids about it. Of course she hasn't done ANYTHING to make them treat her like that, she's never mean or yells. She conveniently forgets how she runs everyone in the family down to them, especially me. Yeah, it's hard to believe they don't like someone who talks badly about their MOM!

Go, go, go. That's all it's been for a while for us both. But, it will slow down a bit with Sean's soccer over now. I'll be glad to get my Saturdays back.

Today I took the kids Christmas shopping for me and Lee. I let them shop on their own and gave Tristan my debit card to use. It wasn't a bad day and they finished for both of us.

We ate out all weekend and my points are definitely shot for the week! Steak & Shake on Fri, Stevie B's last night and today we ate at Shane's Rib Shack at the mall. I'm not eating any dinner at all, just fruit and water. So far, so good.....if you don't get another message you know I didn't make it! LMAO.....

I definitely want to get the calculator next week. Then I could know for CERTAIN how many pts. those Pop-Tarts are! LOL, too much trouble to take it upstairs to our computer.....

How is your weekend going? Mine is okay, not great but it doesn't suck either, so I suppose that's good, right? LOL.....

Sean's last game is today - thank goodness! I thought I'd like a longer season but it's taken forever. After his game is his team party. There's supposed to also be a tournament but I've gotten nothing about that at all.

I bought some more boots yesterday! Got a good price at Kohl's. They're gray and very cool. I can't wait to wear them.

How are you doing eating/tracking? I'm doing okay, not as good as in the first part of the week but I'm trying. I figured I'll start with a salad first at Stevie B's and then get pizza. Control the dressing and I should be okay.

Oooh, I bought Gingerbread Pop-Tarts and they are soooo gooood! Only ate one out of two in the package cause I know a whole package is 11 pts! Crazy!

How is the rest of your week going? Mine is going well. I'm still doing well with my tracking! Yay!

I think I'm going to buy myself 2 more pairs of boots. Lee will probably have a heart attack, too bad!

I got paid today which was a nice surprise. I forgot the banks will be closed tomorrow for Veteran's Day. I suppose that means I have some serious Christmas shopping set for my weekend. I'm a bit torn. Should I start or wait till I see sales on stuff? I thought about just buying then returning but what a hassle that will be, right? What are your thoughts?

I'm so excited over the thought of getting the WW app for iPhone. The only drawback is we've decided to wait until Christmas to open our iPhones (mainly as a suprise for Tristan) so I won't be able to start until afterwards.

I'm doing terrible!! I'm eating candy like crazy. I decided to stop hiding the candy from the kids and let them have at it so I don't continue. It's awful. I'll never lose the lbs. I gained if I continue this way.

How is your week going? I ended up staying an hour late last night because a parent was stuck in traffic! I couldn't wait to get home and then that. Oh well, more Christmas money I suppose. Although at a dollar a minute that parent had quite a steep fee. It was supposed to be $54 but they were given a slight break down to $45 due to the weather and the fact they called. It seems like people are late more often than not, I usually don't get off right at 6 like I'm scheduled to.

Guess what??? Scratch those dates!! OMG. Now I'm thinking Nov. 1-10, 2013. According to my Passporter it's a tiny bit warmer, but still waaaay cooler than Sept, and the crowds are smaller than in Dec. Plus for the kids it won't be - week off for Thanksgiving, go to school for 4 days, be off for a week to WDW, school for 5 days and then 2 weeks off for Christmas! Crazy, huh? I don't know how much Christmas decorations we'll see but even a little would be awesome! I am now going to go put my head in the oven......:hammer::brick::dazzle:

Are you wearing your Disney Halloween shirt tomorrow? Is Lindsay going out? Tristan is staying home and giving out our rice crispy treats. Sean is going to be a Swat Team officer with a fake mustache! I can't wait to see that!

Tonight I picked out our Christmas cards and will order them soon. I used all pictures from our WDW trip. I think they are going to look great, I can't wait to see how they turn out.

Omg - the date thing is going to drive me crazy!! I just looked again at the calender after seeing your message and the week after Thanksgiving is the 1st week in December and that's the week I was looking at so I'll keep those dates then. I think it's Dec. 6-15, 2013. Whew! What a mess this was and it's so far away now. Boo....

I have my WDW Halloween shirt I'm wearing tomorrow!! I could hardly wait to wear it, LOL! But I waited and now it's here. It's black with BOO on it in MM ears (I think.) I decided against wearing my princess ears to school I think the little girls in my kindergarten class would all want to mess with it and most likely mess it up somehow. It took me 3 trips to finally buy those things! I should've bought them when I first wanted them and they were about $5 cheaper (at least).

I'm so happy to see you got a decent deal for your trip! YAY! Is Lindsay excited about it?

Well, I think we may have some new dates for our next trip. Jan. is out, we simply need to have our tax return this year. So, tell me if you think (school wise) if these dates are doable for the kids - early Dec. I have it in my head that it may be kinda hard on the kids since they will have a lot of time off in a 2 mo. period but between price and crowds that just seemed the ideal time.

So I thought we had our new dates all figured out. Nope! New snag! Lee and I had finally decided on late Jan. '13. Then it hit me - we'd have to use next year's tax return to pay for that trip and we usually have the money in between the trips to use for stuff we need for the house. Lee is going to be in need of a new vehicle (money we could use for a down pyt.) and we are definitely in need of a new livingroom sofa! So, more discussion is in our future. Dang it!! I was so excited - if we went that early in '13 that means our trip would only be a little over a year away!!

Oh, I hope everything works out in your favor! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you on the airline tickets and room availability!!

Congrats on your loss!! WOOHOO! It's a nice feeling to keep having successes like that! Don't know how I'll fare next Tue. with cookie cake, brownies (Sean's "cake" I made for his actual birthday yesterday) and Halloween around the corner. You know what a sweet fiend I am! I'm trying, I'm definitely trying to stay on track!! LOL....

And don't worry so much about your weigh in. We both need to remember it is a journey with hills and valleys. I just went thru that myself and it's important to not give up completely. I think this two weeks in a row which one of us can't make a meeting is also a bit of a test. Like I said, I almost didn't go last week cause you weren't there but I'm really glad I did. Every meeting ends up being very motivating for me. So, keep on, keep on. You'll get back to where you want to be. Life itself is like that too, we just cannot give up.

Ooooh, I hope you get what your looking for airline ticke wise. Good luck on that.

We all went to the Haunted Museum last night in Kennesaw. It was fun and entertaining (and a bit scary) but it wasn't what I thought it was going to be. It was like live theatre and I was expecting wax figures! LOL, but I'm glad we went, though. While we were waiting Lee and I discussed our next trip. Neither one of us want to pay more money to wait more for rides so we've decided to just take the kids out of school again. But the change is we are going to go when it's cooler. Lee suggested Feb but I told him we have to see about the Presidents holiday cause that's peak, also. I'm glad we figured that out. So, it looks like Thanksgiving is out. I'm bummed, I was very excited to spend that holiday in WDW but none of us wants to deal with the crowds.

I did great which suprised me! I was down 1.4 lbs., which means I lost .6 with the gain from last week. I was happy and it made me recommit to staying on track, Yay! I also got my 5% celebration and sticker. I actually made my 5% on Sept. 6th! And now my grand total loss so far is 16.2 lbs - a great big YAY!!

I'm glad you enjoyed Lindsay's concerty. It was always amazing to me how much the orchestra improved not just during the school year but also all thru middle school. They sounded awesome by Tristan's last concert. I wish I knew if he was getting orchestra in HS, but he still doesn't know what his next semesters classes are yet.

Well, I am feeling a little guilty for not getting goody bags for Sean's party but at this point we can't afford to do them now. I need to remember from parties past some kids always left before getting their bags anyway, so that helps. Silly, huh?