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ha ha you are a mess! lol I say that affectionately of course! lol you've had quite the busy weekend with eating out! Love Steak and Shake but don't go often, Stevie Bs? nah - if it isn't Big Pie I can justify wasting those points LOL and Shane's Rib Shack - I've never been! Sandy and I ate at Longhorns for lunch Saturday and that was kind of bad..not kind of, really of LOL I had the soup and 1/2 sandwich but it was the loaded baked potato soup (yum! have never had that) and then 1/2 a braised beef sandwich - yikes! couldn't even begin to figure up points..only saving grace is I treadmilled today and bagged leaves for an hour this afternooon..all that bending and lifting has got to be worth mega activity points...plus i'll treadmill tomorrow and tuesday also - I have to go to the meeting Tues because I won't be there Thanksgiving week. Hopefully i'll be swimming and losing 5 Pds if I'm lucky! ha ha!

I think this has been an unseasonably warm November. I'm wondering what the weather will be like on Thanksgiving. In past years it has always been overcast and 50...always! Unfortunately our Giants aren't playing then, but it should be no matter.

Is there a discount that Disney gives you from booking so far out? I understand that cruise lines offer this, and I had thought Disney offers something similar.

I'm so glad you guys enjoyed the Cali Grill so much! We might be tempted to eat there again, having not eaten there in what is going to be eight years! Maybe we'll be lucky enough to catch some fireworks.

Hi there! My week is going like yours. Started great & now it's ok LOL not doing great but not doing bad so I guess so so haha! It's ok though because I know what i'm not doing right & what to take more heed on but still in a funk. I think when I get back from Punta Cana it will be all systems go again gearing up for Lindsay's Myrtle Beach 14th birthday trip tho..you know, like another goal. To get me 30 down was my Disney trip goal & I pretty much made that sans 2 pds. I tried to get Punta Cana as another 8-10 pds more down but for some reason it didn't work LOL So when I get back, I'll work on 6-8 pds per month until May & that will give me another HOPEFULLY 30 pds down more for total of 60. that is my plan anyways lol

If you send me the carbs, fiber & fat on the poptarts, I can figure it out for you.

Lindsay has her psychologist appt Mon. after work, then Tues. is WW...Friday I leave work @ 130 to take her to get her tips done again..sigh LOL

Now it's my turn to apologize for being completely out of the loop! (Almost exactly a week from when your last message!)

At any rate, things have been absolutely crazy around here. Lots of five-hour nights, though I've had a lot of good things happen in the past week, which makes up for it.

That week sounds even better! Don't forget that you'll be dealing with a lot of folks from "Joisey" during that week. Regardless, it's a very uncrowded time to visit.

All the snow is gone...thank goodness! I finally got a chance to get my car washed, and it was looking filthy from all of the slush. Our temps have been in the mid-60s lately...unseasonably warm but I won't complain. Lots of good weather for bike rides and such, unfortunately with daylight savings time, there's a lot less time to enjoy the nice weather!

What's your favorite candy?

hi there! it's going ok. been working out..staying relatively on track and tracking LOL yeah for us!

we were supposed to get our bonuses tomorrow..then realized after they hit "submit" that it's a holiday so guess what - we won't see them until monday - ugh! good thing my boss gives me xtra LOL out of his own pocket. asked him cash please instead of ck tomorrow and he said no problem so yeah! i can shop too !!! LOL

Look at the Iphone delay this way...you only have about 6 weeks to wait ha ha! and it will make it that much better.

LOVE this colder weather! tomorrow when we wake up it's supposed to be 32 - wish it would snow woohooo!!!

Lindsay has a chorus concert tonight honoring Veterans Day at the Wildwood church on Wade Green - should be fun!

OH I feel your pain...I'm on track but not tracking and this damn chocolate from Halloween left all over work and home needs to go LOL I already had gained 2 pds last week...I need to lose at least one of those this week to get my mindset back. Maybe we just need to smack each other back into submission LOL

Sorry you had to stay late...yep it's $$ for you and weather occurrences do happen....I used to argue with Kids R Kids...Ok, it's POURING out, I work in Tucker and left 2 hours ago but yes I'm going to be late and you want to charge me a $1 per minute? UGH drove me crazy. One thing if its perfect out and the parent is being irresponsible but weather happens...and you get stuck in the middle! lol

hey guess what..only 15 days to Punta Cana - I SO am ready for some sun, swimming, relaxing and hitting the casino at midnight LOL

Early December seems like a great time to head down to WDW...and you get to see all of the Christmas decorations! I was supposed to go during that time this year, but family stuff came up and I don't think I'm going anymore. But low crowds, good temperatures, and decorations make going during that time seem very worth it.

I think eventually we may have to break and buy a new TV. Unfortuantely they only seem to be selling widescreens, and our living room set only has space for a "full screen". (If that tells you how old our living room furniture is!) Do you have a home theater/TV set up?

You will laugh. I was talking to my sis earlier today saying yes I was thinking of doing another solo trip either the 1st or 2nd week in December. She said NOOOO! Pop Warner is there then and the Cheerleaders. She said it's a mess. Her suggestion? The week right after Thanksgiving! So that's what I'm going to look into...the Sunday after Thanksgiving to Saturday. Something along those lines. Christmas-y without crowds is what she said and she'd know. She goes about 6x a year! LOL

Lindsay and excited...a bit? Hard to tell. The only thing that excites her these days is her friend Justin LOL

This summer, we are taking a week-long Norwegian Cruise Line trip to Bermuda with our close family friends. As it turns out, it's a lot cheaper than WDW because we don't have to pay for airfare...the ship sails right out of Bayonne. With the economy the way it is and our family being where we are now, I'm not sure how this will affect our next WDW vacation. We have a lot of potential spending to deal with in the meantime!

Well, it's October 29th, and we currently have snow on the ground. How sad is that?! I forgot how cold 34 degrees really is...I'm going to migrate south!

I'm so glad to hear Sean's party was great! That sounds like a perfect party for a kid like him. Bowling alley parties are always fun, regardless of pizza (and I do sympathize with you on that!)

When do you normally get your tax returns? I hope you can find out a way to pay for it in time! Late January always seems like a perfect time to head to WDW...no crowds! (Needless to say, our living room needs an overhaul, too. Would you believe we've been using the same TV for over 12 years!?) We're still not sure when we're going/how we're going to pay for our next trip.

HI there...writing before work to catch you early
Lindsay has an orchestra concert tonight at Kell - love those! Friend (Jan) flying in from Boston...surprising Linds tomorrow leaving work at 130..grabbing Linds and the 4 of us our heading to Six Flags for Fright Fest LOL woohoo! Saturday Halloween party at some friends...Sunday I hope I sleep LMAO!!!
Got my airfare for LOWER! $912 (included all taxes and fees) but leaving Sun 11/20 and returning Thanksgiving eve which is good...nobody will be at the airport LOL
Hope you get your dates figured out! I'm still thinking I might go back for 5 nights solo in maybe November next year so I get my xmas fix!!! Just not when everyone else will be there! ha ha!!!
Looking forward to seeing you again Tuesday!

hi there! missed you last night - however LOST 1.6 so I'm psyched! This is email TWO by the way LOL hope the birthday party went well and that everyone had fun. Look forward to seeing you next Tuesday so we get back on meetings together. Although I'm trying to get my tickets to the Dominican changed to 11/20-11/24 so I can pay for the tickets to get there. My original flights were over $1400 holy cow! if I can change the dates to Sunday to Thanksgiving day...with all taxes and such there are only $994 (thats' for both btw LOL) so keep your fingers crossed that I'll be buying 2 tickets today! Still waiting to hear from the Hard Rock to see if they have rooms available for my requested new dates.
Talk soon!

How'd Sean's birthday go? The Kindle Fire sounds perfect for him! Very clever with the iTouch, though.

I was back this week, and thankfully feeling better save for a crazy cough. Unfortunately,I'm now even more behind on work, but I couldn't bring myself around to working on it when I was sick. (But now seems like the time of year to be sick.)

I don't find that hard to believe. How many days away are you now? Is it too early to start booking Art of Animation for then?

Ok on your 1st message - yes BUT if you were going to take them out of school anyways, you could do the 1st or 2nd week in December. LOW crowds....crowds like we had in September and then you would still get all the holiday stuff! Just a thought!

Stopped at WW late yesterday and got the deluxe member kit! Has the 3 month tracker, cookbook and dining out companion, and the calculator (mine died!) and it's all spic and span in a beautiful blue zipper thingy majingy LOL so I feel much better. Buying that motivated me and I've been dead on 2 days now...

had to go out and buy some of that magnesium junk to unplug me LOL it's been 3 days now and I feel like I'm going to explode. I shared that because you needed to hear that - NOT! lol

Here it is 1215 in the morning friday night but really VERY early saturday morning! LOL finally got here. Congrats on your loss & your 5% - that is awesome! I MUST be there Tuesday no ifs ands or butts...I'm really struggling so need to get back on track & correctly. Not back and forth. I'm scared about Tuesday but going anyways - maybe I'll indulge and buy the kit to help cheer me up and put me back on track. Still exercising & doing pretty good....but find myself using up my extra points every day which I didn't used to do so need to figure it out!

Don't feel guilty about the gift bags...the older they get they seem to be a mute point anyways & the kids are just happy to get out & about!! It will be fine!

running to the bank to deposit my check tomorrow & then priceline.com my airfare to the dominican so keep your fingers crossed I do good. It's running about $1200 RT for 2 of us. without priceline. Going to see if I can get both RT tickets for $600 so fingers crossed! lol

Plus, as I always like to say, the number one problem with WDW is: other people.

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You don't want to be cooler than NY! That's blasphemy! I hear that a cold front just went through the SE, so maybe nowhere is safe.

I took today off, but uncharacteristically could not even finish my work on the computer, as I was too congested to do so. I sat in bed trying to read, and fell asleep with the book in my hand! (And this is from someone who can count on one hand the number of times he has taken a nap!) At least I got some time to watch Public Enemies, which I thought was a great movie.

Was that your first time on Toy Story Mania? We went on it in California and waited around twenty minutes for it. We don't think it'd be worth it to wait any longer. But you're right- patience kind of evaporates once you get to WDW. Everything else may be perfect, but once other people get involved, it's a terror!

In my opinion, I think it'd be worth to take the kids out again (provided it's not right before a holiday). In our opinion, we feel that we get our money's worth better when it's less crowded, and you have more time to actually ride the rides instead of waiting around. For this reason, we're not going back when it's crowded, at least until it's absolutely imperative that we do.

You're fifteen degrees ahead of us. I think the weather is doing me in here in NJ. With all of the dry/wet cold, my immune system just isn't what it should be. I've been fighting a cold all week and finally succumbed today- yet the best I felt all day was when I was in a 95 degree shower! I guess I should move to Florida where it's hot and humid constantly.

Brunswick Zone sounds like tremendous fun, I'm sure he'll have the time of his life (it's incredible how double-double digits comes so soon!)

I'm surprised at how nice the Art of Animation is starting to look, and I'm really liking the Cars/roadside America theme. Have you heard about the pool? It sounds like it's goingto be great!

ok so I guess we are going to go thru DBFF withdrawal then LOL
Lindsay's concert was pretty cool. It was neat being in a high school setting...then it sunk in. She will BE in high school next year - help! LOL

So how did you do last night? I feel like you did really really good! I'm doing much better. Staying on track much better this week except for dinner last night. Look at my FB post. I had enough points but yikes on the Arby's marketfresh sammy LOL