Oct. 22 Mad Hatter Chatter
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Beautiful Seehe. Thanks for sharing!0
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Katein, enjoyed hearing from you. Sounds like you live on a ranch. I really enjoy hearing from the different hatters, their life styles and the same battles we share. Seehee, I have added this park to my bucket list. Your pictures are beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
We still have power, but heavy wind & rain. My area is projected as likely to loose power today and told to expect it out for a couple of days. Work has been canceled for today. I am working on some projects for next weeks church fair and keeping an eye to the storm. I am about 5 miles from the ocean, I do live across the street from a major river, that is tidal, but 60 feet above it so am safe from any flooding, unless I see Noah & the Arc comming up river. If I do I will be sure to keep my camera handy and post a picture so you can know what happened to me.
Take care all my Hatter friends.0 -
Bisland, don't mess around - evacuate when advised to!!!
Seehee, gorgeous pictures! But how is your ankle? Ice-20 minutes on, 20 minutes off. There are a number of places out west that I have on my bucket list and this park needs to get on the list! We always went to the ocean on vacation, and I was surprised how much I liked Santa Fe and Taos.
Kate, even though it was as if I had to be forced into it, kicking and screaming, I now find that logging food is critical to keep me on track. Once you have been doing it for a while it gets quicker, because most of us do have a relatively small circle of foods.
Snoozie, enjoy the day shift.
Speaking of oceans, while we still have power we are watching the wrath of Sandy playing havoc on our beloved barrier islands. Hopefully Merobi and all of our coastal hatters are safely evacuated.
When our kids were little, losing power was always an adventure, we would play games, a monopoly marathon, one year and a card tournament another time. But now the kids are gone and it is just the two of us and MIL. I really don't know what she will do when the tv goes off. Although I won't mind, because she is driving me nuts telling me to do every goofy thing that the tv tells her to do, when I sign off, I am going around the house to take pictures of everything for insurance in case a tree comes flying from across the street and knocks down our house. I guess I should take pictures of the three of us and post them on shutterfly, so my kids can prove that we were in the house, because if the house is destroyed I am pretty sure we would be too.
Although freaky things can happen. In Anne Tyler's newest book a tree is the reason that the main character is a widower.Speaking of freaky things, a young coworker is in Hawaii on a trip with her parents and when she told me where she was staying I told her to be aware of where she would need to go in case of a tsunami and suggested she go up the hill to the landfill. Fortunately, the tsunami was very weak, but she would have heard the sirens and I hope she followed my evacuation advice!
The only thing that has me concerned is being in this house, with no tv and listening to MIL that I will be sorely tempted to eat anything and everything and won't have access to my MFP pals to help me avoid the temptation.
Until then I am going to taste my new iced tea. I bought loose tea and empty tea bags and used my K cup machine. I am psyched that it worked, because there are so many loose teas that smell amazing and I have never brewed loose tea at home.
Be safe Hatters! Janet0 -
@seehee - beautiful pics
@katie - friend request sent
@hairspray - stay safe and good luck with the MIL ... "smiles" - you can get thru this.... I personally prefer my tea from long island - now i'm addicted!... "jk"... "smiles":drinker:
@bisland- stay safe up there - the water sounds way too close for comfort!:noway: :glasses: :flowerforyou:
Sandy hit landfall - I think near Cape May / Atlantic City / - near MeRobi's neck of the wooods.... still hoping she's OK....
Cape May / AC are about an hour or so south - we just have lots of wind and rain.... and of course Monday Nite TV (CBS) has been taken over by the storm:grumble: .... no 2 broke girls or mike / molly....:frown:
but the good news is watched once up on a time last night... the vault with all the hearts was "interesting".... and the frankenstein reference too.... looks like CPT Hook and Snow's daughter (what is her name again?) have to climb a bean stalk....
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Just checking in to say that we have weathered Sandy. Most of the town lost power and still don't have power, but we have been good with electric, cable and internet service. Still waiting to hear news of family members who live next to rivers. Praying for them and for everyone so impacted. Hope to hear from MeRoBi and other Hatters in Sandy's path, a very wide path!
This morning since I could not get out, I put some music on and did my own makeshift body pump class, when I was cleaning out my closet I found a pair of 3 lb weights and I used them, for most of the exercises, when I did squats I used our fire extinguisher for weight. Not as good as a class, but got me moving. Janet0 -
Hey girls! Starting to get caught up on your posts, such success!
Carol/Janet "Sisterhood of the Traveling Purple Pants"?
Carol, I'm sure you've seen the pictures of your beloved beach and boardwalk, surreal isn't it?
Tonya, OMG too cute (I'm very jealous!)
Snooozie, as always inspirational thoughts...much appreciated!!
Gail/Tonya, as soon as we get power back, I am so watching that show!
Glad you're all doing well. I feel like I've been on a roller coaster...dealt with the broken collar bone/surgery of our 16 year old, and then leaving for 12 days. I had done a lot of research and preparation for our trip and then left without any of it...left it sitting on the steps for me to grab on the way out...idiot! Thoroughly enjoyed the time with my husband but thought on occasion how fun it would be with friends who LOVE to eat
. Now dealing with the storm and its aftermath...no power, no gym, no bike (all my routes either gone (Atlantic City Boardwalk), or under a foot of water (Ocean City)...so unbelievable, the scope of the devastation. We feel so fortunate.
Hope I can get back on track soon. Although I've stopped the weight gain, it would be nice to drop some of this vacation weight (which I had so much fun putting on!).
Thanks for your support and words of kindness, you guys are great!!0 -
Hi Hatters!
Thanks to all who have checked in so far, will be glad once all the Hatters are accounted for after Sandy; hoping everyone has been as lucky as the rest of us as far as limited damage and no injuries.. we only got the tail end of it here overnight; winds were hitting 100km when I left for work but as I write most of the province has power restored, and of course we didn't get anywhere near the horrific weather those in the U.S. did; I did take 2 min to call a friend of mine who lives in NJ from work yesterday afternoon; they were huddled in the basement and fine but a neighbour's big old tree had just been ripped out by the roots and fallen across their lawn, missing the house, just scared the heck out of them! Got an email today they're all ok so once I know our Hatters and MFP friends are all unharmed, I'll sleep better! Sorry I haven't been posting much; things like the storm place a heavy demand on our resources in my gov't department, so not much energy left by the time I get home and just wanna crawl into bed; have been trying to keep an accurate log but once or twice, have just done a quick calorie count (but I rounded UP just to play it safe!)
Hope to do a full, slow read catch up on everyones posts tomorrow when I get home; I have speed read all of them but just not enuf brain cells left for all the comments here tonite.. sowwy.. but i've been thinking of each of you over the past 2 days; funny how things now remind me of each of you in some way during the day; today between wedding talk and that of the teachers on a work to rule, janet and TA came to mind, and stairs always remind me of T2 and bikes Merobi, while purple will always bring cbm to mind! One of my bosses has been emailing me pics of her new lab puppies; i snuck into work and brot up Tonya's pups as payback today!! i also saw some of our hatters are celebrating losses, some having a bit of a struggle (gsp - hope you're feeling better!) and glad to see merci and some of our newer members like Kate joining in.. so know you're all in my thoughts even when I can't get to comment for a day or 2.. expect by tomorrow things will slow at work so tomorrow night im booking time for me and my hatters (and quite possibly a glass of wine!!)
Will keep popping in til all Hatters are accounted for; big hugs to everyone!0 -
Just a quick check in to let everone know I am ok. In the 20 years I have lived here I have never felt my whole house shake like it did yesterday. Winds were clocked locally at 82mph, We lost power for 24 hours, but no damage. I caved & did some stress eating and did not log despite my best intentions. I notice when I start off my day with exercise I do well for the day. I will hit the treadmill tomorrow with a new resolve.
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Thanks for checking in Bis.. glad to hear everyone is ok.. have to hit the sack but will check in at 0400 again before heading to work.. hugs to all the Hatters!0
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Happy Hallowe'en Hatters!!
Have a great day, and remember... you only get to eat candy if you're under 12 years old!! :bigsmile:0 -
Good morning everyone. I hope everyone is doing well this morning, and all are safe. Here is middle Ga all is well, just too dry and very cold for us. I have been extremely busy, with all the normal work and family things, adding that this is the end of Breast Cancer Awareness month tonight the "best night of the year" according to my children. At least all of our big programs are over, yesteday being the last day. I don't know about the rest of the world, but here in the south, we can't have any type of gathering without food being involved. That throws me off all my good intentions more than anything. If you don't eat what is being offered it is a true insult. The only good thing is we also added a 1.25 mile walk to one of the events yesterday.
As long as I keep myself from touching the candy tonight, all will be good. I eat one, I know I am done for.
Hope eveyone has a good day, I will try my best to remember Snooozie's rules about candy today. :-)0 -
Snoozie, take care of yourself and don't work to hard. Hopefully...the pups will be coming to live with us this Saturday! It may be another week but it is a possibilty
Bis- So glad you are doing ok.
Merci- I too live in GA, just north of Atlanta. I know how the food and insults if you don't eat it can be so hard. I try to eat before and then eat just one bite of everything....or I just pretend I don't have an appetite due to tummy troubles:blushing: Hopefully I won't get in trouble too much for telling a little white lie.
I hope all of you have a great day and a Happy Halloween!0 -
It's not a white lie Tonya. You are having tummy troubles. You don't want it to stay that size and eating all that food is trouble! lol!:laugh:
Enjoy your day hatters, and let's just say no to the candy and move right away from it!0 -
Love your candy guideline Snoozie! Halloween is a challenge! it's like the Olympics of restraint for me after a year of practice and pretrials because my husband is a chocoholic and has always snacked on candy while he is at the computer right next to me every night! :ohwell: However, in an effort to show me support, he now hides his stash and tries to refrain from eating it in front of me most of the time at least
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A good Halloween food possibility. I am going to stop at Target tomorrow on my way to the office. They will have all of their Halloween goodies at ½ price. Most of it is candy and I won’t be getting that. But they have also stocked some healthy treats which were not selling very well and sure to be available pretty cheaply. They have large bags of single serving little pretzels, 50 calories and perfect for scooping up salsa, and single serving kettle corn popcorn, 100 calorie bags. Both of these treats are the kinds of things that I can eat a single serving-IF I have a single serving size bag. They also won’t be going stale anytime soon, so I will stock up.
In the past, I have not had trouble with Halloween itself, but it would usually symbolize the start of holiday weight gain. When the kids wouldn't eat most of their candy, the week after Halloween I would because it would talk to me in ever louder voices! November is filled with family and work birthday celebrations, our anniversary, Thanksgiving and then onto December with the calories of the holiday celebrations.
I decided I need a plan to deal with it all, so I can end 2012 no longer obese and for the rest of my life I will be able to say that I used to be obese, but I have not been since 2012! Only 3 more pounds to get to that magical number. So I am working on my healthy holiday plans and looking forward to sharing my efforts and hearing of your efforts to ending this year on a fitness high.0 -
Evening, Hatters!
5 shifts down,only 2 to go which means I get to be part of the "TGIF"for real this week. yay!!
Promised myself some Hatter catch up time today; so indulged myself with reading all the posts, so glad to hear everyone who has chcked in is ok but we still havent heard from a few .. am hoping it may just be a time constraint or lack of hydro power in some areas still, but will rest easier once roll call is complete!
I even treated myself to a glass of wine and a healthy pasta dinner while I put together a post to start off a brand new month tomorrow morning before I go to work.. strangely enough, it ties in very much with what Janet just posted on several counts.. must be Hatter ESP! :laugh: I'm heading for bed shortly, but a couple of notes before I plunge into the arms of Morpheus (and I better stay there tonight; last night had a nasty nightmare which resulted in a short set of zzzz's :sad: (and no, contrary to rumour it did not involve a large glass of vino just out of reach LOL) Sleep well tonight ladies.. for tomorrow... well, be warned.. it's a LONG post LOL!!
Hugs all around!!
Janet FAB idea on scoring the sized treats! It's amazing how grazing acn destroy a perfectly good day - I'm learning that and taking your earlier suggestion about doling out amounts in advance of eating them.. more re the holiday stuff in tomororows post but cannot WAIT til your post of the 3rd pound gone... so proud of you and happy for you!! You have done awesome work!
Seehee.. how are the leg/foot? loed the pics.. and bless hubby for making the effort to hide his "stash" Let us know how ya did my friend.. I chose my treat of a cooked dinner with a glass of wine and a mock "ice cream" bar for dessert!
PatriceL HOWLED at the "you DO have tummy trubbles" line... what a great idea for all of us!! Everyone understands if you don't each much once you tell them youre just feeling a little "off"... and i totally get the "insult" thing too.. east coasters are like that.. i gained 20 lbs in a month driving up the wes coast of Newfoundland one summer visiting family who all made my "favourite" foods... sigh!
tonya.. puppies might be home on the weekend? awesome!!! now that you have the pics down pat.. we'll expect to see more.. and cant wait to hear the names altho i have to admit im loving rumple lol0 -
had to post because i was afraid i was going to lose it.. but wanted to finish!
merci - hang in there !! and did i mention its lovely to have you back..
cbm - glad your enjoyng the mini vcation.. good work organizing those cloets!
Time2: seems like u were leaving work late today; hope it wasnt too crazy!
TA Hope all is good with you..
Think abbe is leaving tonite for the Breeders cup.. hope u have a great time! Merobi any picsof the cruise???
k.. my puter is slower than i am at this point so signing off ... see ya in a few hours... in November!0 -
I'm impressed with everyone's Halloween choices- I think I'm the only one who gave in and had a Reese's snack cup Well, at least it was just one! I don't think we had a single trick or treater, so lots of left overs-I'm going to ask Bob to hide it all with the rest of his stash
Snoozie, I read your Halloween substitution suggestion of a glass of wine too late, but will definitely remember that next year. BTW my right thigh is thankfully doing much better today ; my left ankle is a little slower to heal, but is getting better.- thanks for asking. It was all very well worth it, though. Funny how I am just not as agile as I used to be
On another note, I'm glad your shifts are getting better and that you get a real TGIF!:drinker:
Janet: great idea about the healthier bargains available tomorrow-guess I'll be at target , too :-) That is fantastic only 3 more pounds to get out of the OB category. What great motivation to help deal with the holidays.
Hope everyone has recovered from the storm and all are safely tucked under their covers snoozing away at this time (Snoozie, no pun intended lol)0 -
Seehee: I should have phrased it better about the candy - nothing wrong with having a piece or 2 on Hallowe'en at all my dear.. it isn't 'giving in" at all.. I just meant we should trade up for something we absolutely adore instead of just a candy LOL.. but if Reese's is a favourite of yours, good on ya!! I chose a glass of wine and a frozen ice cream bar lol - figured we get a treat too since it was Hallowe'en, but nothing says we have to eat the stuff we bought for the kids.. we could have our own treat giggle snort!!! So you did great just having one and hope it was a yummers for ya!
I got up a few minutes early to start a new thread.... be warned.. it's gonna be long ladies!! Need mroe coffee first...head on over to the new month when you've caught up!
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