Kentucky Derby . . . . . . Keeping on Track

[jersey]

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Good Morning Derby Girls~~~

What a week, huh? Just like the weather, my scale has been down and up...but the gym is working out pretty well (went 4x this week)....TOM has been putting up a fight and I can't help but think I'm way too old for this aggravation....work has been and so has DH with his dang pneumonia . Next week will be better, right? Did a fast review of the posts -



Cat~wow, you and Tash look great! And Sunny is right about which closet are you gonna lock that pretty child in when puberty hits, lol
LaShon ~ vacation!!!! swoon!! full report please
Sunny ~ glad to hear you're on the mend - your Easter service sounds like it will be beautiful!
Sherri - I am so jealous of your beautiful weather - Spring!!!
Lisa - Welcome Home - you must be so happy to be out of that hotel.
Glenda - repeat after me, Spring is coming, Spring is coming
Marty ~ I can't keep up with your schedule! How do you do it?
Kass ~ you and Marty put the rest of us to shame with your schedules - hang in there!

Waving ~~~~~ to all the MIA Derby Girls

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yesterday was gorgeous here - mid 50's! Let my hens out of the coop to free range....Brutus, the rooster, decided to lead a hike into the farmer's field so I started tromping out to herd them back to the barnyard. Picture all 240 lbs of me, 6 ft+ tall STUCK in the field in the MUD!! Couldn't move forward or backward! Had to leave my shoes and run to the road. Too funny. Now to find my shoes once the ground firms up....you had to be there

Here comes the sun Off and running.

Catherine

[OzLover]

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Oh Catherine you have no idea how much I needed a good chuckle!! Thank you for sharing your getting stuck in the mud...I have a great visual!! Thank goodness it was such a warm day!!! So did you manage to get Brutus & the girls back to the coop??

Have a great day everyone!
Glenda

[jersey]

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Why yes, Glenda....just like me, those fat hens came runnin' when I threw some CORN into the barnyard!!! What we girls won't do for CARBS, LOL

[OzLover]

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Still continueing to chuckle here in snowy Vermont!! Now I have a vision of me back in the day running to the barnyard when CANDY CORN was being tossed!!!

[lisadallasr]

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Good Morning Derby Ladies!!! So glad to be home, i tell you, did not sleep to good here though. We had some really bad weather last night here in metro atlanta and atlanta got a tornado and it tore up something. I will sleep good tonight though, i guess just the anxiety of another tree falling on my house scared me out of my mind last night.

Im getting ready to go grocery shopping and i will get all kind of legal goodies to start this fight against my yeasties. I have some coconut oil here, just got to figure out how to use it. Also i bought some olive oil for dipping so i will have to use that instead of my mayo, i bought all of that the day the tree fell on my house, but have not been able to use it at all. Im going to go to sams and get all kinds of meat, then over to publix and get my produce. We have nothing here but a few can goods, and a couple of boxes of rice and mac and cheese. I told my hubby if state was to come here they would think i starve my children lol. I always keep my freezer full of food, but i took most of it to my stepmoms, and so i got to go get that too, but when we ate over there that day i let them cook up a good bit of my meat so i dont have eneough to fill back up my freezer. Ok im just gabbing away here, it just feels so good to be home. I will check in later on. I hope you all have a blessed day!!!!

[purplecat]

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Hey girls!! I've been reading your posts and ROTFLOL!!

Sunny, oh I'm so scared of when she hits that age because are already fawning over her now....wanting to sit beside her at breakfast, etc.. I will definitely need valium. I found this house....the first one I saw while house hunting...and the only one I looked at. I just knew God had chosen this one for me. You see, there are hardly any houses here that have actual porches. They might have a stoop but nothing you can lounge on. I found this one and I sent up a prayer to my grandparents. They would have loved this house. I can't help but believe they were on the look-out for me. The level of peace I felt when I first came in the house and now feel again (after kicking my brother out) is surreal. You'd have to be here to understand what I'm saying. I have several pictures I took when we first moved in and "surprise" there appears to be a cross in every window of the house in the pictures that were taken. God has such a sense of humor.

Kass, I have to admit when I found out I was pregnant I was terrified of having a girl for my inability to fix hair. Luckily I've learned over the years (because I didn't want my child to look bad). She is such a mini-me, down to the temper....which is quite dangerous when we're both irritable and tired. We usually have to retreat to our own corners. As for my hair, thank you. It was thinning and falling out bad (due to the thyroid). A few years ago it looked nothing like this which left me in a slump because I had massive hair when I was younger. I couldn't deal with the dryness. However, Dr. Miracle (have you seen their products) has done wonders for my hair.

Catherine, okay....I'm laughing so hard at the thought of you losing your shoes. Please tell me it was not cold. Oh, were you mad at those chickens? And why the comment about what we won't do for carbs? I laughed so hard. You see I've had a very rough week....period, depression, and cravings. I overate so much in the last two days....nothing illegal but too much of the legal things. I've got to do better. I really think it's because I'm dehydrated and my body really wants (NEEDS) water. I'm going to up the ounces to 100 or more today (no less than 100) for the next week to get my body back in order. Wish me luck.

Lisa, I'm so happy you're back in your house. There is really "no place like home". I'm like you....when it's high winds, I can't sleep. I can deal with ice and snow anytime before high winds. This is the most we've had to deal with high winds and I DON'T like it. Oh, don't forget to look into the GSE for the yeasties (www.pureliquidgold.com).

Glenda, I think I need to invest in one of those lamps. When I'm home I open all the curtains and let the sun shine in and it really does make me feel better. My fingers are crossed for Spring.

Marty, you are wearing me out. Where do you get all the energy to do these things? Send me some please. Oh, and please don't kill your boss (that goes for you too Glenda). I guess I better say that to myself as well.

Sherri, I find out the results of my labs in two weeks. However, I told the doc that they always come out normal....even when I had the goiter. I just want this Chronic Fatigue to go away.

Lashon and Liz, hope you both have a great day.

[lisadallasr]

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Hi ladies, just checking in again. Just sat down to relax after a running around kind of day. I went to Sams and walmart and my freezer is full again. Ok i need to put my 7yr old on a better eating diet as well, but i think maybe eating the way i eat will be to much for her. I hate to say it but she is getting too chunky. Me and my hubby were talking about getting bikes for all of us, and start our walking again, which might be all she needs, but im not trying to be funny but when she has a bowel movement it smells like a grown person, and i think its something she is eating that is not agreeing with her. I know she would not be happy doing the whole yeast thing with me, and i dont want it to be to obvious that she needs to lose weight, she is really sensitive, like today her friend told her she had a mustache, she doesnt have one, but she has dark hair and dark features so its a little darker above her lip but not with hair or what not but it really bugged her out about it, so i dont want to make her weight something she feels bad about, and be like me, use it as comfort, instead i want to encourage her and be an example so i got to get it together for her.
Ok well im just jabbing away here. I got to read up on all of this yeast stuff, just to make sure i got it right. I know i cant have any mayo, or anything with vinegar, im going to be honest, that is the hard part with me, im a dipper, i always have something i dip my meat in, and now i have to eat it plain.
Well im off ladies i will check in later.

Oh yeah before i forget, Cat, i might need some pointers from you on how to get my doctor to test me further with my thryoid, i know i tested positive last yr for antibodies, and i also have an enlarged thyroid, but i always test within the normal limits on those test, but i dont think they test it in depth also. I use to take my temp first thing in the morning but i havent done that in a while, but it use to be around 95. I have the hardest time losing weight, when im really trying. Im going for that physical on tuesday so im going to bring it up to him, but i hope he doesnt give me the same answer i got from him last yr about the normal test again. I went to an endo last yr, and they did a biopsy and that is when i found out it was enlarged but i really did not like the endo i seen last yr, she had no bedside manner whatsoever. Im just going to have to convince my doctor to test me for the other test, the t3 and t4 i think is what they are called. See i need to talk to someone who knows exactly what i need to ask lol.

Ok im gone for real now. I will check in later.

[purplecat]

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Oh yeah before i forget, Cat, i might need some pointers from you on how to get my doctor to test me further with my thryoid, i know i tested positive last yr for antibodies, and i also have an enlarged thyroid, but i always test within the normal limits on those test, but i dont think they test it in depth also. I use to take my temp first thing in the morning but i havent done that in a while, but it use to be around 95. I have the hardest time losing weight, when im really trying. Im going for that physical on tuesday so im going to bring it up to him, but i hope he doesnt give me the same answer i got from him last yr about the normal test again. I went to an endo last yr, and they did a biopsy and that is when i found out it was enlarged but i really did not like the endo i seen last yr, she had no bedside manner whatsoever. Im just going to have to convince my doctor to test me for the other test, the t3 and t4 i think is what they are called. See i need to talk to someone who knows exactly what i need to ask lol.

Ok im gone for real now. I will check in later.

Oh, I wish I could help. The doctors here are whack. I had a goiter (even though my tests came out normal). I finally switched docs (after 3 years of hearing what you're hearing). The new doc said that I had the goiter because my body was working too hard to make the thyroid hormones needed. I also went to an endocrinoligist who said my symptoms were not caused by my thyroid but to get tested for Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia. The new doc gave me Synthroid but the lowest dose. Well, that helped shrink the goiter but I'm still fatigued. He won't up the meds because he's scared I'll become hyperthyroid. He wouldn't switch me to Armour thyroid either (which I heard is better). Ticks me off. If this doc won't treat you....find another doc. It's not easy getting treated. Docs don't take females symptoms seriously. You have to fight for your right to be treated.

[OzLover]

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Good morning Derby Girls!

Day of resting for me unless my beeper goes off. Keep your fingers crossed that it remains silent.

Some cooking planned & that is about it.

Enjoy your day everyone!

[SunnySmile501]

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Remember my fears regarding the cantata today??? Usually, things turn out better than you fear--not this time. Actually, the song I/we were most worried about was messed up, not by us, but by the pianist. When the soloist (the soft spoken lawyer) was just getting ready to go into the best part, we all hear an unexpected key change, and she took a left turn without signaling, when she should have gone right and she lost us all. The director couldn't find where she was, so we never finished the song. It just sort of ran out of gas. I needed to clear my throat in the worst way, but couldn't because the mic was just over my head, so my voice kept cracking on the high notes. Sigh... I was sooo unprepared for this one. The director didn't want our heads buried in the music, but when you don't know the words, you can't look at her all the time. I did a lot of lip-syncing today.

Sunny!

[scaleskl]

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Hi All,

I am dealing with my hectic schedule. I have assisnment, after assingmnet due.
I can't wait until the 24th. I am on spring break and it is the last week of my night class.

I see that all of you are doing well. I will check in with all of you later.

[purplecat]

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Good evening everyone!! I'm sitting here worn out (again). There should be a law against being this tired.

Kass, take care of yourself girl. I don't know how you do it. Just the thought of school and work makes me want to crawl under the covers (even though I really do want to get that doctorate degree). Fingers crossed that they'll up my Synthroid or give the Armour like I want.

Sunny, I just noticed I didn't answer your question about the Armour. No, they did not give me the Armour. They did do bloodwork and will go from there. I'm not getting my hopes up. I'm sorry about the choir experience as well. I've been there (lip synching). I so enjoy singing. I'm hoping I can get involved in the choir at this church (if it turns out to be what we need).

Well everyone, I'm going to finish checking messages and then get my munchkin ready for tomorrow. I'll be heading to bed shortly. Going to bed around 4 and getting up at 8:30 am to go to church was no joke!! I did like this new church though. Tashiana was so excited to go to children's church and had a blast. Our last church she refused to go to children's church because of the children's minister. She didn't like him and he gave me the creeps so I never made her go. That's just one I had to follow instincts on. You can also dress casual for services (jeans) which I LOVE because I don't own many clothes and can't afford to go buy a whole new wardrobe. That reason, alone, has kept me from attending church a lot of times. The majority of the choir are the ones that are present at Tashiana's aftercare (she goes to aftercare at this church and thus the reason we decided to give the church a try). I'm sending up a prayer that we have finally found a church "home".

[SunnySmile501]

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Well everyone, I'm going to finish checking messages and then get my munchkin ready for tomorrow. I'll be heading to bed shortly. Going to bed around 4 and getting up at 8:30 am to go to church was no joke!! I did like this new church though. Tashiana was so excited to go to children's church and had a blast. Our last church she refused to go to children's church because of the children's minister. She didn't like him and he gave me the creeps so I never made her go. That's just one I had to follow instincts on. You can also dress casual for services (jeans) which I LOVE because I don't own many clothes and can't afford to go buy a whole new wardrobe. That reason, alone, has kept me from attending church a lot of times. The majority of the choir are the ones that are present at Tashiana's aftercare (she goes to aftercare at this church and thus the reason we decided to give the church a try). I'm sending up a prayer that we have finally found a church "home".

I pray that this is the right church for you, too! I started back to church after I had lost about 100 pounds, which put me about 30 pounds too heavy to wear the beautiful dress clothes I still had from my 'dressy job' (real estate closing agent, title examiner), so when I went to drop off too big clothes at the Salvation Army store, I found really beautiful stuff there for a few dollars. Then, I started going to the Goodwill and found even more. I get so many complements on my clothes, and almost all of them cost less than $5. I get stuff with the tags still on for $2 that cost $40. I've only bought one pair of new jeans--I've gotten all my 'in between' sizes from those two stores. I won't buy used shoes or under garments, but the rest is like brand new, high-dollar stuff and no one can tell--until I tell them.

The early service at my church is casual, but I was brought up to "wear the best that you have" and it's all I can do to wear nice dress pants to church. Lots of people wear jeans to church, now, but I can't do it. I've finally started wearing jeans to Wednesday night bible study, but could never wear ratty shorts and tee shirts like some do.

Sunny!

[SunnySmile501]

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The Spring Into Summer challenge is posted! I'm gonna get into my white jeans if I have to use a crowbar!

Sunny!

[scaleskl]

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Good evening everyone!! I'm sitting here worn out (again). There should be a law against being this tired.

Kass, take care of yourself girl. I don't know how you do it. Just the thought of school and work makes me want to crawl under the covers (even though I really do want to get that doctorate degree). Fingers crossed that they'll up my Synthroid or give the Armour like I want.

Sunny, I just noticed I didn't answer your question about the Armour. No, they did not give me the Armour. They did do bloodwork and will go from there. I'm not getting my hopes up. I'm sorry about the choir experience as well. I've been there (lip synching). I so enjoy singing. I'm hoping I can get involved in the choir at this church (if it turns out to be what we need).

Well everyone, I'm going to finish checking messages and then get my munchkin ready for tomorrow. I'll be heading to bed shortly. Going to bed around 4 and getting up at 8:30 am to go to church was no joke!! I did like this new church though. Tashiana was so excited to go to children's church and had a blast. Our last church she refused to go to children's church because of the children's minister. She didn't like him and he gave me the creeps so I never made her go. That's just one I had to follow instincts on. You can also dress casual for services (jeans) which I LOVE because I don't own many clothes and can't afford to go buy a whole new wardrobe. That reason, alone, has kept me from attending church a lot of times. The majority of the choir are the ones that are present at Tashiana's aftercare (she goes to aftercare at this church and thus the reason we decided to give the church a try). I'm sending up a prayer that we have finally found a church "home".

Thanks Cat. What are you considering a doctorate in? I am happy that you found a church that you are comfortable with. I am going to visit one near my home in hopes of enjoying the people there and the good word. The last church I attended had....way too much drama. I didn't even go many times and picked up on it.