@lauren_989 - Invitations have been sent for most teams now. There are 2 teams that haven't posted on the leader team that invitations have been sent, but that doesn't mean they haven't. Yours is one of them though, so give them a bit more time. They should be out today or tomorrow. If you don't have one by tomorrow afternoon, I'd check in again.

Good Morning VIP friends:

I hope you are all doing well this morning. Today is Thursday and normally I would have today off, but today I work so that I can have Saturday off. I work 10 to 7 today which is different than my normal schedule. So I do get to relax a bit more today than normal. That will be awesome. I am looking forward to that. The baby shower is going to be great. Here is one of the games we are playing.

It is called My Water Broke. You have to be the first to melt your baby out of the ice. You then yell my water broke and you get a prize. This was the prep to get them frozen. So I have them all frozen. I am thinking of getting more babies because I don't have that many and I want to make sure I have enough. We have other games I printed off as well. Definitely something we need to keep track of. I want to make sure we get them to the shower. I am so worried things will not work out right. I want it to be nice for her.

@Dianedoessmiles1 - We are definitely excited for the new baby. I honestly cannot wait. I am wondering what they will do though when both parents go back to work. I live an hour away. I could not do daily babysitting, but I would be willing to come up on Thursdays my day off and take the baby for a bit so my daughter can relax at home after work.

@Grannysue91 - Hope you were safe with the storms.

Well I hope you all have a wonderful Thursday

Tabatha

@Tabatha_Cain Oh my goodness GF lololol that game, "My Water Broke"! That's a scream! I wish I had known about that one. Awww you'll be a wonderful grandmother! Lol hold that baby ,, there are no words to describe the feeling. You'll know soon! I think I told you when my GD 1st son was born hehehe as looks at him, to me, back to him telling him "I'm sorry this is your grandmother. You'll understand someday why I said this." Of course, we were laughing so hard "Just give him to me! Hi Bud awww". I'll never forget that and more than I do her birth.

I hope work went well.

@Patti241 do you have anyone helping you with what to do? It's so hard not just knowing what to do, but also the emotional aspect, our heart hurting etc. We aren't robots. Hugs

@Patti241 That's so good to hear. It's hard to do, but having that support is helpful so you don't have to carry this type of thing alone.

@gardenergal24 - All invitations should have been sent now, at least for anyone who signed up in advance. I'm going to tag Ceri, as she is in charge of placing members on teams and can be sure you get to the right place.

@Ceriusly1

BEST TO EVERYONE for the BACK TO BASICS for our LOVELY SPRING 5% Challenge!!

The chat will continue to be open. Its nice to hear from those not only on our own team, if we have the time and desire. I'll be around.

good morning everyone

Diane: Yeah I have been okay. We have rain here.

@Patti241 Glad you are not being affected by the weather either Patti. It's been crazy here temp wise, rain tons of rain, but NO Flooding!! We are also very fortunate.
@macrat12 Are you in an area that gets any tornado's? Lovely thoughts towards those who are and hoping you are not in such an area. We have a few members on PS4L who are, so far though they are not harmed though in those areas.
@lavalily Your area can be scary from time to time also with hurricanes. We always hope you are very safe.

Good Morning VIP friends:

I hope you are all doing well this morning. Today is Tuesday and it is going to be a great day. I am back at work. Yesterday I took a personal day as my daughter needed my help with some things. We got all the baby clothes washed, bottles sanitized, dresser organized, night stand in place. We had some discussions on child birth so she isn't completely blind going into it. We also packed her go bag for the baby, and started on the go bag for her. She has to pick up some things from the store, but otherwise she is good to go. I am so happy I was the one who was able to help her with her go bag.

@lavalily - We still have people in our state without power. It was rough with the U.P. getting hit with the ice storm and then a couple days later the upper part of the mitten then got hit with tornadoes and storms. So we were double hit and several people were without power. Not enough resources to go around to restore power quickly to all locations.

@gouldsgranite - Thank you. I also thought it was fun. That is great that you got this opportunity.

Well I hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday.

Tabatha

@gouldsgranite Oh, Janey, this was so much fun to read!!! The 5% Helps us to help others, and be the leaders we wish to be and you EXCEL!!! We knew you had what it takes and we were RIGHT!!! But, you were the one who worked so hard. ENJOY working for DS!!! NO DOUBT you'll shine!! We look forward to any stories you share with us.
@Tabatha_Cain Awww super precious to be able to help your D with the questions and any fears she had to do with the birth. Asking your Mom as she did, she'll always carry that as super special. As will you!!! Hope work went well. YO that the UP had tornados!! WOW!!! That's like us getting them, were they mostly F1's or F0s? Here if we get them and we do now, we never used to, they are generally a F1. Some damage, but not nearly like the lower states. Plus the other storms. YO!
@macrat12 I remember it hitting Joplin!! We had a member on the Dawggie team who lived there. We were friends so in contact as she could be after. Her place was spared, but not by much. She was not the same after. Once the buildings are built back up (if they are) businesses open again, many do not realize the trauma does not go away that easily and will always affect them. TY TY TY for letting me know of the documentary!! Did you live there? A friend of mine here did live in Ohio when their school got hit, she was a teenager (now about my age or within 10 years). She put it up on Facebook the other day.

we had SNOW TODAY!! It didn't build up, but it was so cool to have. The weather continues to be CRAZY!! In the 50s then the 30's back to the 50s. Eventually, it'll not snow again until the fall. I'll MISS IT!

@macrat12 I find if I let them sit in the request room for days they tend to ignore me for a while. It comes in waves. Because I do the recruiting my posts are out there in the public forums. MFP is aware of them, but now these freaks are usually BOT related, and MFP as well as others can not keep up with them. I never ever ever look at any of their pages (I doubt any others do or very few!) yet enough must because they do NOT give up. It's just what happens on any public forum.
@gouldsgranite I hope you enjoy the new job!! Question: If DS asks you to do something you do not want to do are you going to lay on the floor while kicking and screaming at the top of your voice? LOLOL Hey, that would be so funny. I did copy someone I saw online. My GS was trying in the store started to cry because he wanted something and his Mom said no, I got on the floor also and acted the same, LOL he got up, came over to me "Grandma are you okay?" I laughed so hard. He's not pulled that with me along from what she says he only acts out now at home when he's exhausted. He has a hard time realizing when it's time to give himself a time out for rest. She's helping him to recognize it. He will be 8 next month ALREADY!! MAN!! WHERE DOES THE TIME GO???? His little brother will be GULP 2 in a few weeks. WHERE DOES THE TIME GO!!??? My GD is amazing with the kids!!

@Tabatha_Cain How was the day? Awww before you know it your GS will be here!!! Awww sweet!!! A friend this past Sept was told her S would be 10 lbs, and HE WAS!! HAHAHAHAHA I saw them a few nights ago he's only 7 months old, but the size easily of a 1 year old, he's so ADORABLE!! Oh, we are all very taken with him!! He has many Grandma's and Aunties, Uncles, and Grandpas!! As does his sweet sister who is already 3. WHERE DOES THE TIME GO? On the national news last night, they were showing the states by the number of tornados in them UNREAL ALREADY!! I hope they slow way down. SCARY STUFF!

Today once I became active was a day to get errands outside the house done. PHEW They are done for at least 5 days. One of the errands was taking old electronics to Best Buy!! That feels so good!! They are no longer hanging around here, I have more I'll bring over. But you can do only 3 (Check the site first they do not take them all, especially monitors, they are very choosy on those! Thankfully, my extra one works very well) I now have an all in one computer, I LOVE THIS FOOLISH Thing!! It has only one wire that plugs in everything is in the monitor which is small also! Well, it's a 26" screen, but it's maybe at the most a half inch thick.

@cormierannie HI How are you doing? Great to see you again!!

@gouldsgranite Awww I have zero doubt you are a fantastic Mom and the kids learned so much from the both of you! Its quite interesting to see them as adults huh?
@Patti241 Hope the day went well today and you got to relax some.
@Tabatha_Cain Did you have the baby shower this weekend? Sorry, I'm not quite sure of the date.

It rained and POURED ALL DAY again today. Gave me a great day to just relax and I DID just that!! Yesterday was busy, I am grateful for days like this. Thankfully tomorrow it's going to be sunny tomorrow.