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I’m going to have to look at Payless for rubber boots if you can get cute ones there. I haven’t had rubber boots in… years. I just wear sneakers and live with wet feet.
Good morning everyone.
Hugs to both** LiLi** and Mindy.
Today is my RDO but I have much to do. I’ve got laundry to do, grocery shopping to do, and tonight is another workout night. I’ll have to make sure I cook low fat tonight again too. In fact, this weekend will be all low fat I think. I’m paying the price for last weekend and last night’s dinner. I ordered a salad for dinner, unfortunately, I also ordered drinks and I just about cried when I stepped on the scale this morning. Dammit.
I can’t find my friggin’ cell phone! I know I had it last night in the car, but now I can’t find it. I always put it in my coat pocket, but it’s not there.
I guess I’ll need to check my car again, but it’ll have to wait until I’m showered and dressed.
I guess I should start getting cleaned up now.
Tagfree, Muppet - it’s okay. We’re going to be okay.
In the meantime, I LOVE THAT HAT.
The weather is lovely outside. I should go out for a walk. And get some errands done while I’m at it.
{{{{{mork}}}}}
{{{Lili}}} {{{Mork}}}
It’s small consolation when our loved ones go peacefully. They’re still gone. 
**Ivory **-- I think the Chicago Chapter of the MMP will probably do the best job of, um, convincing your opposition not to run against you. I think **Haze **and **Rigs **will make an awesome hit-team. **MBG **will drive the getaway bus, of course. What do you mean you’re not sure it’s a good idea? Of course using a getaway *bus *is a good idea…!!! who’ll pay attention to a huge yellow school bus doing wheelies at 90 MPH outside an institute of higher education? 
I’m sure there’s a screenplay in here, somewhere…
Oh, and I saw the funniest joke in another thread today… Ivory, **Rosie **, Maybe M&M – and I think it was **Mousie **who said she works with Israelis? – you’ll almost certainly get it without help
What does Israeli Barbie say in bed?Ken, Ken KEN!!(For those who don’t get it: Ken=“yes”, in Hebrew)
Evening all. Quiet day at Casa Gumdrop today. HRH wrought her usual bunch of havoc (aside: how can one small child have 4 bowel movements in one day???), I made cheesy meatballs for lunch at the In-Laws and managed to get HRH to bed in time to watch Survivor. All good stuff. Now if I can just convince my husband to give me a foot massage, my day will be perfect! Sigh …
{{{LiLi}}} and {{{Mork}}}
Rainboots, huh? AKA wellingtons or gumboots. It rains about 3 days a year here on average, so I can’t see me needing a pair any time soon. I don’t even own an umbrella! The weather here was crappy today in an entirely different way - bad sandstorm, which may even have affected some flights at the airport.
I love hats, but I hate hat-hair! I have fine, fluffy hair which ends up plastered to my head after wearing a hat for any length of time!
I’ve finally finished typing up all of my article notes for my thesis.
So of course I forgot to write down the author of the last article. :rolleyes:
Time to abuse interlibrary loan!
Actually, no. Now is the time to hit up the used bookstore and get a chai. And a Spanish-English dictionary. Why have I waited so long to get one?
Nooney, I’m totally telling that one to the oldest, crustiest Israeli developer on our team. He’ll giggle like a little girl (assuming he hasn’t heard it already).
Haze, damn skippy we’re going to be okay. And we’re going to look FABULOUS while we’re at it.
So I checked. Target doesn’t ship to Canada. Double bastiges. If I wasn’t so fond of state-funded healthcare and clear separation between church and state, this might just be enough to tempt me to move to the US… Dammit, can you people just elect a Democrat already, so I can haul ass south and settle down in a place with better shopping and warmer climate?
Everyone at work is stupid today. Since I’m already asking for a miracle, maybe I should ask for someone to make them stop being stupid while I’m at it. Please?
Heh. This reminds me so much of my MA thesis trials and tribulations. It’ll all be over someday!
Mahna, if you really want those boots, I’d be happy to ship them for you. You could send me a box of nanaimo bars or something in return if you wanted. 
Thank you, Haze, I was coming to look for the MMP and it was top o’ the page.
Glad to hear things are looking better, Pie!
{{{{{LiLI and Mork}}}} I hope your uncle will be all right, LiLi
And now, the not so terribly awaited:Madrid flat album!
You’ll be able to see the decoration on the closet doors; the unlit chinese restaurant pictures (which I kind of like… in chinese restaurants); the matching coverlet, tablecloth and lampshade in my bedroom; the bathroom that announces itself; a wallpaper sample; me playing Velázquez in the living room mirror; the matching knobs on the living room furniture; the view from the living room window (which isn’t bad at all as Madrid views go, it sure beats having the next building one meter away); a column from the living room and this lamp that I can only call breathtaking; the pool, which from how it was covered and the look of the grass around it I guess does be used. I haven’t labeled them in the album. You will also see parts of my fingers, but those weren’t intentional.
When I was arriving home I had a horrible vision. Some people are born deformed, or had a bad accident, or got caught in an explosion… why would a woman who may at some point have been sound of mind and body pay a surgeon to make her look like a reject from the cast of Close Encounters? Judging by her size and stiffness, I guess her as closer to 80 than to 75; her… I need to call them lips because I don’t know another word that may be appropiate… were so inflated that they looked like two rigid frankfurt sausages with the ketchup already on; judging by the amount of ironing that had been done on her, her armpits now need active-carbon pads instead of deodorant. Yeech!
Those shoes Mahna[sup]2[/sup] describes sound almost like the kind that are worn by the Sevillanas crowd…
I’m off work all of next week, including Monday of the other week, so I probably won’t be around much. I hope y’all who are having a bad time get better and those who are doing well keep on doing so!
You know, I got on the scale this morning and just about had a heart attack! I gained SEVEN pounds overnight! WTF!!! My left ankle and leg are swollen too. My right ankle is a little swollen, but not nearly as bad as my left one.
I am hoping beyond all hope that this is merely water retention. My er…monthly visitor is due sometime in the next few days, and like most women I tend to retain a little water beforehand, but it’s never been this bad. If it doesn’t clear up in the next few days, I guess I’ll have to go to the doctor.
This is very frustrating for me, because I am working hard to take off this weight and was finally fitting into some of my smaller clothes. I still have a ways to go, but cripes seven pounds in one night is just freakin’ ridiculous!
I told my husband, who saw my ankles last night when they looked much, much worse, and he told me he thought I should skip my workout, or at least not run the track. I told him there was no way I was skipping the workout. I’m working hard and I’m not about to backslide now, dammit. He still wants me to skip the track and just work out with weights and machines, but I want to do the track. Maybe I just won’t do as much on the track.
I’m drinking water in hopes it’ll help flush some of this out, but I’m not having much success.
Tonight’s dinner will be a black bean chili recipe from the Weight Watcher’s cookbook. My husband asked me to make it because he really liked it the first time I made it.
I am very surprised at how good most of these recipes were. There were a couple that were kind of bland, but that’s easily enough fixed by adding some more herbs or spices.
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The pictures you posted were missing the best looking feature of the apartment – you! (that tiny head in the mirror doesn’t count. You may be old now, but I’m older and my eyesight isn’t what it was :p)
Have a great vacation! Don’t forget us while you’re having fun 
If you have inflamed joints, it doesn’t matter what from, you should NOT work hard. Please!
I know IANAD, but ask your doc, or QtM, or picu…
It could lead to Very Bad Injuries, which is about the last thing you need.
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Are you talking to me Nava? I don’t think my joints are inflamed. There is no pain associated with this.
It just looks like water, really. It seems to be a rather large and unusual amount, but that is all. The closest I came to experiencing this amount of fluid retention is several years ago. My doctor thought that I had sun poisoning, but I don’t think it was that. He even refused to give me water pills although he could plainly see and agreed I was retaining a massive amount of water. I was not impressed by him and switched physicians.
**Taters **-- I agree with Nava; if your ankles aren’t 100%, don’t run. Or at the very very least, stop if you feel any kind of pain or discomfort. Better to lose a day of aerobics than be out for a month because of an injury!
As some one who has often hurt her ankles, I agree, Taters, be very careful if you do decide to get on the track. I would make sure I had an ankle brace on hand just in case. Injuries are no fun.
Just got back from getting my taxes done…I apparently owe the state of CA a lot of money.
Bugger
That money was put aside as wedding fund money
Arse
if you have not already done so, read Myndy’s thread - but only in a secluded spot so no one will hear you sobbing
Honest to Og folks, I really don’t think it’s inflamation or an injury. The swelling is consistent throughout the whole left leg. My left ankle is a serious cankle. When I press it, it leaves white spots, just like when there is fluid retention. I don’t feel any weakness or pain in the ankles either.
Rest assured though, I probably will take it easier on the track. I did push myself hard the other night and did a lot more on it than I usually do. I felt stronger, so I pushed myself harder. I’ll probably work more with the weight machines and maybe the rowing machine too.
How does one get rid of bat wings, hmm? Mine aren’t HUGE per say, but still, they are ever present, and I’d like for them to go away.