H*A*T*E Mondays

[JT]

Hello Haters.
How are you all doing?

My cats, Seville and Madrid, were the Great Hunters last night and got two mice. It started around 1030pm and ended around 6am. Yes, I heard all the graphic sounds of it. One mice was an reward, the other one they left for me. It's always good to have a little garden shovel around to remove the unwanted from the premises. Now, the little guys are sleepy from all the excitement. The two mice came through the front door although it's sealed and shut and were greeted by the two.

It's supposed to be in the 70s here. I see SNM updated the web so the new workouts are no longer preorder status.

Have a Good Monday.

 

[purple_magada]

Good morning Jennifer and all to follow. I hate Mondays too except for today b/c I'm home from work. Gabe had off school today so I took a vacation day. Although having 2 little boys and one wild dog home with me all day is no vacation!!! Do you live in the country or a rural area that your kitties are catching all these mice? It is a good thing that you have your kitties or you'd be having a heck of a lot of mice problems.

About 3 years ago, we had a major mice problem in our garage. My DH would set a trap, come in the house and like a minute later there'd be a mouse in the trap. One night, we caught 12 mice!!!! But the root of the mice problem was all DH's fault. He bought a 1970 Chevelle that he was going to restore (he has gotten rid of it), this car was stored in someone's barn for at least 10 years and that is where all the mice were coming from!!! And the most gross thing of it all was, Gabe was probably 3 at the time, would want to sit in this car and pretend he was driving and I'd sit in there with him. OMG I'd have peed my pants if one of those mice crawled on me!!!

Michele - your DH is such a sweet guy!!!! Did you guys end up going the movies? What else did you end up doing?

Terri - Hey, I saw that you stopped by over the weekend! I hope thatyou are able to join us again soon! We all miss you!

August - so know that you're home are you going to try out the kitty shampoo? OMG I'd so love to see you attempting that. Please make sure that you wear gloves and a long sleeved shirt while attempting this. You may even want to recruit someone to help you. How was your weekend?

How was everyone's weekend? Mine was nice. Saturday I took the boys to a fall festival and we went on a hayride and Gabe got a gooseneck pumpkin so I could make a pie. Last year I made a pie w/a jack-o-lantern and it was disgustging. Now this pie (I got the recipe online somewhere), I'm telling you, it is the best pumpkin pie that I have ever made. It was a lot of work but I still have enough pumpkin to make one more pie. Speaking of pumpkin, I have to make pumpkin muffins for our boss' day breakfast tomorrow. I'm making cream cheese pumpkin muffins. I made them for DH 2 weeks ago to take racing and I tried one. It was so good.

Did you all receive the e-mail that the DVD's may ship today? I'm really excited about these - esp since they are all 60 minutes. I don't have the kind of time to do longer workouts. I'm really looking forward to these.

Jen - did you and Chad have a nice weekend? What'd ya do?

I have some things I want to finish up in the house. Laundry, vaccuming, etc. I'm hoping that I can finish up by noon and I'm going to take the kids outside to burn off some energy. We're going on a 3-mile walk.

I booked my spa service - not doing anything chocolate. I am getting a hydrating body-wrap which is "hydrate the skill & relax the senses during this soothing body wrap. A rich lavendar body butter combined witgh lavender therapeutic complex of 100% pure essential oils are smoothed onto the body. Relax in a warm cocoon while a gentle scalp massage is enjoyed, 50 minutes". My friend that is going with me wasn't going to go to the spa b/c she is short on money so I booked her the ocean hydrotherapy for an early birthday present. I didn't want to "spa" all by myself!!!! After I booked them, I discovered that Ralphie chewed up my glasses!!!!! So, the money I am spending on the spa would've paid for new glasses. DH pieced them back together for me. DAMN dog!!!!!

Have a wonderful day everyone!!!

 

[JenL13]

Good morning!

Wanted to pop in real quick to say hello since I was MIA over the weekend. I have calls today again from 1-2:30CST so I may stop back then if anyone is around. I was busy this weekend doing "stuff" -you know the things I've put off now for weeks because I haven't been home much. The good news is besides the paperwork stuff I wanted to deal with I got the rest of it done so I feel better and the house is very clean!

Chad had his boys this weekend and his mom was up to stay with him for the weekend- she lives in Kansas City. So I was able to get some much needed relaxing time too after running like crazy last weekend. He did come over last night though and left about midnight, I am a little tired today. ;-)

My workouts this weekend were:
Fri-Firm It Up (was supposed to be my off night)
Sat- Drill Max, CTX Kickbox, Reach standing, Tone It up
Sun- Powerstrike 1, Burn It Up, Beach body great abs & thigh trimmer

Dana- sounds like you had a good weekend - I am jealous that you have the day off!

Jennifer- Hey there, so I see that Nick stopped by the Cathe forums- do you guys have plans to go out again?

Michele- Did you see my PM?

Hello to everyone else & "Happy" Monday, I'll BBL!

 

[Miss Lee]

Good morning!

I had to drop Johnny off at the vet this morning to have his teeth cleaned. I'm sure everything will be fine but I won't be able to relax until I hear from the vet and I can pick up my boy . Mr. Johnny was NOT a happy camper when I stuffed him into his bag this morning http://bestsmileys.com/cats2/2.gif

We never did see that movie. We opted instead to visit my IL's and cook dinner for them. They looked really tired to us and seemed genuinely happy that we fixed dinner. We got the impression that they haven't had a nice meal in awhile ;(

DH and I have been discussing Thanksgiving and wondering if we should relieve my FIL of Turkey duty (my FIL always cooks the turkey and dressing). You just never know with him -- he is easily offended these days and offers of help often result in making him feel like we think he's inept or something, when all we're trying to do is help. It's kind of a catch 22 -- he's upset if you don't help and upset if you offer to help. I bit the bullet last night and offered to cook Thanksgiving dinner and he didn't hesitate for a minute to take me up on it. So...I guess I'm cooking Thanksgiving dinner this year http://bestsmileys.com/panic/3.gif

My workout today will be P90 Sculpt 1-2. I'm going to stick with this program -- even though my DH hasn't been doing it (and no, he didn't do a workout this weekend x( ), but I'm going to break up the monotony by mixing in some Cathe and Jari weight workouts every Wednesday. For cardio I'm sticking with the walking DVD's and my elliptical. I absolutely HATE the P90 cardio.


Terri -

>I just read your post from last week: I'm still lurking. However, I may be back in the saddle again, quite soon. Life is better.

I'm so glad you posted! I think about you all the time and I'm happy to know that things are looking up for you. Pop in whenever you can -- we love hearing from you.

Jennifer - I'm ROTFLOL at Seville and Madrid! Oh yeah, my Johnny was never happier than when we had renegade mice busting in from under the kitchen sink. -- We're expecting nice weather today, too. I'm going to take my book and sit out on the patio for awhile. You have to enjoy this beautiful weather while it lasts

Dana - I was so excited to see a nice, long post from you this morning. You haven't been around much in months and we have missed you and your stories something awful!

It sounds like you had a lovely weekend. Mmmmmmm...pumpkin pie :9 . You made a pumpkin pie from scratch...with a REAL pumpkin!?!?!? I'm so impressed! I don't think I'd know what to do with an actual pumpkin, other than carve it and sit it out on the porch -- LMAO!! I bow to you http://bestsmileys.com/bowing/1.gif

>I booked my spa service - not doing anything chocolate.

This comment just made me lol!!!

>I am getting a hydrating body-wrap which is "hydrate the skill & relax the senses during this soothing body wrap. A rich lavendar body butter combined with lavender therapeutic complex of 100% pure essential oils are smoothed onto the body. Relax in a warm cocoon while a gentle scalp massage is enjoyed, 50 minutes".

OMG that sounds heavenly! I...I want one of those.

>Did you all receive the e-mail that the DVD's may ship today? I'm really excited about these - esp since they are all 60 minutes. I don't have the kind of time to do longer workouts. I'm really looking forward to these.

I got the email and I'm pretty excited, too. I doubt I'll do the cardio portions, but I'm looking forward to the heavy weight work.

>I discovered that Ralphie chewed up my glasses!!!!! So, the money I am spending on the spa would've paid for new glasses. DH pieced them back together for me. DAMN dog!!!!!

ROTFLMAO!!! That sounds just like my Siegfried.

It's awfully kind of you to buy a spa treatment for your friend. I'm sure she'll love it -- I would!!

Jen - I got your PM -- check your email

Exactly which part of your weekend was relaxing!? ROTFLMAO!!

Robin, Diane, August, and all - Did y'all have a nice weekend? Robin, are you going to Cathe's gym today? Diane, how are you and Ella doing? Augie, did you sleep well?

I'm going to grab my book and a cup of hot tea and sit out on the patio. It's a beautiful sunny morning and I want to bask in it.
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[JT]

Hello Haters.

Glad Monday is over and don't have the excitment to work out yet.
I live in the city swaremd with greenery, the cats love it. A big huge picture window to keep an eye on the birds and a basement that seems to have the adventure. Yes, I would be in big trouble if I didn't have the boys.
Nick and I haven't made plans to go out yet. He's discoverd Cathe and realizes I have cats, so far so good.

Enjoy your night.
No shipping notification here.

 

[dianet]

Hi ladies-

Ella and I are doing well. Ella had her 2 week appointment today and she has gained back her birth weight plus a little bit so that is good news. She is in perfect health! I am feeling so much better too. I am finally feeling almost normal. We have had so many visitors so I will be glad when that dies down. Today was actually my first full day alone with Ella and it went well.

Here is a more recent pic of her.

I am so ready to get back in shape, but doctor said only walking for the first 6 weeks. I have only been on one 15 min walk with DH and Ella, but with all the visitors and stuff it has been hard to get into any sort of routine. I have more visitors tomorrow but after that I should be able to start a morning walk.

 

[JT]

Hello Haters.

Diane-Ella is so beautiful!! She looks so peaceful. And, great news on her appt..Keep those pics coming!!

One more cat story for today. I came home from work and was going to eat dinner and found a dead mouse caught in my laundry basket. Yes, it was gross. Took the basket out and dumped the poor thing on my yard and came in and disinfected my basket.

Have a Great Night!