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Nava - You know that person who has the right clothes, but can never quite pull it off? That's me. :P But yeah, most of my clothes either come from Torrid or Maurices.

Katheryne - I've never heard of them called taboggons. We've got beenies or hats or stocking caps (so called because of the type of knitting! ), but I think that's about it.

Victoria - You can use a phone to call to Skype, but I've always used my video chat for things. My computer is a convertible tablet, so it sits nicely on the book ledge of most treadmills.

I seem to have misplaced Nerd. O.o

lol, it's amazing all the different meanings of the same word. To me a beenie is a little cap with a propeller on the top. After i received a few of your responses i googled it. Apparently, according to Wikipedia (and we all know how reliable they are) the skull cap is called a taboggon in some parts of the Appalachia Mts. I grew up in the foothills, so maybe Wiki is right . Either way, I'm not shareing with my husband that none of you called it a taboggon.

Sarah, Don't feel bad about goodwill. Here in Juneau, pretty much everyone shops at this second hand store called Alaska Dames and Gents. Outside of used clothing, the only option is Walmart, for cheap prices and cheap quality; or you can get clothes at Fred Meyer for cheap quality at not so cheap prices. Otherwise everything has to be ordered out of catalogues or off line and shipped in. To be a capital city we really don't have much.

-Katheryne

Katheryne- I also call that warm thing on your head a "toboggan." and I'm in NC

I call it a boggin as well!!

Hailie- as for bras. That is an area I do not treat myself in but should be the first. Im just a B so finding bras in a doable size means I go to target. I'd love to get fitted but I wont spend 50 bux on an undergarment no one sees.

I went to the state fair tonight. I ate part of an F-word......funnel cake. I split it with 2others and ate less than my share. Could have done better....or could have been way worse.

Btw, I've also heard that ur food and drink is 80% of ur weightless. My aerobics teacher preaches that every class.

Hailie dear. Are you trying to get out of writing a book report!? Lmao!

Lacey: No, it's not a book report. It's a 20 page analysis. I am on page 11. I have no clue what to write because I can't figure out any other themes.

I hate English instructors, seriously, it couldn't be a 3 page book report/summary? I could do that in my sleep, they have the drawings, they battle, the districts, blah, blah, blah, see I can so do that! But no, I have to take college lit classes.

Sorry I'm really b * t c h y about school lately.

Hallie - the book has a strong female lead character that self sacrifices for family (so her sister doesn't have to go).... She breaks rules to feed her family and gains skills that help her do well in The Games... There is a love triangle... Compassion for others (singing chick that dies)... Unexpected team work.. Bucking the system so both of them live... What's not to love about the book... Maybe you should google and Wikipedia the book to gain insight into themes, then write about them. I had bookclub tonight on John Grisham 's "The Confession"... Several members thanked me for suggesting "The Hunger Games" last month - they loved it. Not sure what else you need... 20 pages does suck..

Sarah (rain) – Heehee thanks! I FELT adorable

Hailie – Yay for C’s instead of D’s!!! But now I have all kinds of questions for you! What’s going on with U of M? Whatcha gonna do in Atlanta? Friends take awhile to grow on you… and vice versa. Maybe they’re trying to figure out if you care about them too Your cousin… ugh. New clothes… I have no idea I’m still trying to fit into old ones :’( About your fight with your mom: maybe try to make her understand that you are doing this not just for fun but for your health! Great job on saving up that much, btw, that is quite an accomplishment!

Kendal – That BK billboard was funny. My husband hasn’t eaten fast food in three years (fast food being McD’s/JintB/BK type places, Taco Bell, KFC, etc). Even though he doesn’t count sandwich places like Subway, and he doesn’t count pizza as being fast food, it’s still pretty impressive. I can’t help stopping at McD’s once in a blue moon for their Bacon Egg n Heart Attack Biscuits when I’m super hungover, but he’s always been resolute. Now with MFP, it REALLY puts it out there that this stuff is NOT GOOD STUFF. But anyway… Winter ONEderland… YES!!!!

Nava – “Shedding the Stuffing” is perfect!!!! I go to Macy’s for work clothes (haha maybe I’m a little biased but forreal it’s good stuff!). I think that the Style&Co brand is contemporary and cute but still cut forgivingly for real women.

Amy – Ooooooh girl I hope you feel better SOON! Thanks for the compliment I like to keep busy or I’d go out of my mind worrying about my hubby when he’s gone. And I really really like being around people. Your cake sounded delicious and I’m so j that you’re so far into Game of Thrones. I’ve only read the first book so far but was hooked. I just need tiiime… Speaking of time, I like that you’re also in a weird time zone It makes me feel less isolated all the way over here in the middle of the Pacific knowing that another friend is also far from the mainland

Katheryne – Thank you for the compliment But YIKES sorry to hear about all the sickness in your house! Feel better soon lady! WHAT is WATER Zumba??? It sounds AHmazing. Oh but boo for it being on the other side of town – bleh! We call the caps “beanies” too in AZ/CA, I’m not sure what they’re called in Hawai’i because it’s never cold here haha, but I have never heard of toboggan (besides as a sled). But just did a search and apparently we’re ALL wrong, the hat’s official name is a “Tuque” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuque. Although I like Victoria’s “Sex Hat” hahaha! Learn something new every day

Jessi – Thanks :-D I’m super excited for you to get your treadmill! Glad your preFIL is doing better! Where is Nerd from that he hasn’t seen snow? I like to visit snow, but I don’t think I would like to live in it. And awesome job on your radio guest! That’s such a great feeling!

Lacey – That recipe looks tasty, can’t wait to try it!

Hosanna – I DID have an awesome time, yay indeed!

Sarah(WnT) – Bikram sounds like an incredible experience and I cracked up at your reasons for loving it (#4). Had you done regular yoga before you tried this? A lot of my skinny minnie friends swear by bikram, but it sounds a little more intense than I’m ready for just yet. I’m so happy your friend is doing better and that you get more of a break; did you guys decorate her helmet?

Viktoria – Your “sex hat” made me laugh. Thank you I think I was horrible at kickball as a kid because I just didn’t understand what was going on lol. I didn’t really get anything about sports til high school.

Okay I think I’m all caught up, sorry if I missed anyone.

I had a really hard time sleeping last night (hubby still gone) but man, I did not have a problem sleeping this morning. Sleeping right through the first two works of my work shift. Oops. Didn’t we just talk about not liking mornings? Yikes. Anyway it was fine but I had to stay late and make up the hours, so I didn’t have time to work out in between that and my Junior League meeting like I said I was going to. Boo.

BTW, the meeting went GREAT and our speaker was good. We also had one of our members (also a survivor) speak to the league and she made our eyes water and our hearts ache. She was phenomenal. Please ladies, don’t forget to check yourselves and check yourselves often! You can’t abdicate your health to someone else like a doctor – you are the only one who has YOU as your number one priority. If that made any sense.

I do want to gripe about something though. My committee in this league is responsible for putting together monthly community events – we take weeks or months to prep for each one, but it is supposed to impact a number of women and also be done in a day. We ask a certain number of members to come and volunteer at these events each month (that’s one of the ways to earn their “Ways and Means” points that are necessary to keep them in good standing). They don’t have to do any prep work, just show up and perform some simple jobs. Anyway, our event next month is at a homeless shelter, and we’re doing a sort of a health expo for them – talking to the kids and parents about general health and nutrition, doing “cooking” classes with the kids and doing stretching and zumba instruction for the ladies. Well, one of the members was like, “Where is this place? Oh it’s in Chinatown? Can’t they do it somewhere else? Nobody wants to go there. Why don’t they make the people go somewhere else instead?” I was like $&#&$*#%^#%*!!! Well, in my head that’s what I said. I explained to the woman that the neighborhood was poor but it was safe. We had actually done an event there in April and had NO PROBLEM getting over 20 members to come participate. The facilities are great, and it wouldn’t make sense for us to spend money RENTING a different location, TRANSPORTING the guests there, and INSURING the whole thing when we could just use the absolutely sufficient place they had. ARg. Who are these people and how do they think they’re going to make a change in the community if they don’t want to GO INTO the community?!??!? Then the lady made some comment about how it was because of all the home foreclosures and I at that point was just like, “yes, it’s the foreclosures’ fault for AAAAAAALL these homeless. I’m going to get back to my table now.” Okay I’m done ranting.

Well, I didn’t exercise like I was supposed to and I’m reeeeally tempted to just go to bed because I am under my calories anyway… but I SAID I was going to exercise… so off I go to do some Turbo Jam.
Have a great night/day ladies!

Victoria: I wondered about food poisoning when I first got sick on Monday but I eat the same foods as The Kid and The Hubbs and they are both fine. My dogs only eat dog food (we are pretty strict on the no people food for dogs rule) and I am not in the habit of joining them for dinner (ew). I haven't been to the doctor for me, if I'm not straightened out by tomorrow, I'll go and see what they say (military doctors around here are pretty apathetic though). So far, my day of liquid diet has been good on the no diarrhea front but my tummy still hurts (I would imagine that would be due to the cramping last night).

Tasha: It sounds like some of your committee members are a bit brainless when it comes to homeless people. I'd be irritated if I was you so I think your little rant was totally justified.

Lacey: No, it's not a book report. It's a 20 page analysis. I am on page 11. I have no clue what to write because I can't figure out any other themes.

I hate English instructors, seriously, it couldn't be a 3 page book report/summary? I could do that in my sleep, they have the drawings, they battle, the districts, blah, blah, blah, see I can so do that! But no, I have to take college lit classes.

Sorry I'm really b * t c h y about school lately.

What about the social and political and religious aspects of the book? The fact that Panem is divided into sectors, each of which is responsible for providing a very specific kind of product that supports The Capitol. The sectors also kind of have a range of social standing in Katniss' eyes as well, until she sees that The Capitol people are a whole other social class of crazy and basically those sectors sole goal is to support the capitol. Politics is fairly self explanatory I suppose..and then the religion part. Well there isn't out and out religion but you can spin a page on it - people worship the game.

Hope that helps!