KarenAnnne Member

Hi! I'm a teaching assistant for self contain elementary. I'm down to my last two weeks of summer break before I have to return. I have had a life changing summer as this was my first break that I devoted totally to myself. After getting not so good news at the doctors in May, I decided to change my lifestyle instead of…

Wow!! What a great story. Congratulations. What an amazing accomplishment:happy:

Thanks for the replies. I generally use a few tablespoons a day so they do last awhile. How do you know if they have turned rancid and no longer fresh?

Wow Mark. I am bumping this so I can re read what you wrote. I thought it was great. This young woman got a heck of an introduction. Good luck to all:flowerforyou:

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leftovers from the fridge

There are a lot of recipes lately that replace oil for pumpkin in cake recipes. I use pumpkin and applesauce and the cakes come out moist and delish. Just google " pumpkin substitutes in baking" and you will come up with a lot of recipes.

I remember when all of the stores were closed on Sundays I remember when my sister and I would sneak into my brother's room to kidnap GI-Joe so our Barbie could have a date for the dance because we thought Ken was just a little to girlie for her

What?? Darth Vader is Luke's father?? Spoil Alert:noway: I remember having to go in our basement to get cool because we grew up without air conditioning.

Am I understanding this right: YOUR sister agreed that you looked 8 months pregnant???? Or did she just put the pic out there? I have 5 sisters and if one did that I don't know what I would do.

Dawn, I think you pegged me perfectly. Thanks:)

I really appreciate all of the replies. Most of my immediate family is local so I have that benefit, but sometimes when we get together, they start talking about did you read that or did you read this? I was at my sister's this Sunday and so many of my family and friends came up to me and was commenting on how great and…

Years ago when my youngest was 5, we went to Six Flags (Missouri), I thought I looked good, but, the young man(very young) suggested I might not want to ride the ride because it was advised against for pregnant people. He was such a fresh faced earnest boy that I didn't have the heart to tell him that I wasn't pregnant. It…

I'm doing a little beggin out there:) Nothing????

I completely agree! Before I found MFP, I would mess up one day and then I would just say the He## with it. With MFP, I know that I can start fresh every day. I usually am good about pacing 5 small meal a day, but sometimes it just doesn't work out that perfect. Life happens and its not an ALL or NOTHING mentality. Small…

Nice Muscles LilMiss! Now be honest, were you the one giving the barbie doll the dirty looks for using your mirror to check on her makeup???

This past spring, I was showing my 1st grade students the movie UP. During the scene where the old man gets in the chair and motorizes up the steps, on of my students ask what that thing was. I replied that it was called a chair lift and I told him that when you get really old, some people can't walk up and down the stairs…

Before today, I was only able to do 41 minutes on my elliptical. Today I rocked it at 62 minutes!

If you have a non stick Teflon type pan, you could do it without spray or butter; but if not just a sliver of margarine on medium temp will make them great. I've made them on both cast iron and non stick Teflon and they have turned our great. Good Luck

I'm an elementary Para Professional. Luv my summers off, but I am missing the wonderful feeling of helping children with learning issues. I go back August 10th. Can't wait but at the same time, I want summer to stretch forever:)

I've never been a sweet tea drinker but my teenage son likes it. I don't like keeping a lot of sugar in the house and one time I was out and I put Truvia in the tea and he did not know the difference. If you can tell the difference between sugar and substitute, try making a simple syrup with it. Boil one part water to 1/2…

That's great! Congrats!! My NSV moment was today when I was able to give myself a pedicure without getting winded. I was able to sit on a chair and lift my foot to polish the toes. The belly was no longer in the way and I was more limber than I have been in years. The best pedi ever!:happy:

One day my teenage son and I were out running errands and before hitting the WalMart, I went through the Sonic drive thru for his lunch and a soda for each one of us. We carried our sodas in (with the word SONIC on them). The walmart greeter stopped us and had to put stickers on them. When I asked her why she had to do…

I checked out this link and here it is 20 minutes later because I couldn't stop looking. Great Link!

A wonderful story! You are very inspirational:happy:

I turn it up to eleven!

I've said this before but my go to song is "A Little Less Conversation" by Elvis Presley I put this in the middle of my playlist because by the time I am flagging in energy and am playing mind games to quit, this song comes on and it just energizes me to keep going. Its about 6 minutes long, its got a great tempo and it…

Wow, I love that line! I will use that the next time I want to give up before the last mile I need to run

Wow! First of all, what I think you are doing is great. Do you feel good when you are done? Do you smile? How do you feel the rest of the day? I'm asking this because it HAS to be the way you feel when you do this. As long as you have no certain health conditions, I say go for it. Don't let some person that doesn't know…

I think you are owning that Superman symbol today. I was looking for a new trail that my husband and I can explore tomorrow when I tabbed over to your story. It's Saturday night and I am already looking forward to finding that new adventure tomorrow. Good Luck