HATE - Weekend Edition May 17-18

[August]

Good morning,

Well, as good as it can be knowing there is no protein powder in your home.

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And not knowing when the delivery will come.

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I'm going to have to put my workouts to a complete stop until The Powder gets here.

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I've got all 4 monsters today and I've noticed their spazzy behavior has really calmed down in the last couple weeks. Of course that has me all worried - is it the food? Too much dry? Not enough dry? Not enough food in general? Am I mixing too much water with the wet? Is my apartment too warm? Are they too old to run around now? Is my protein powder coming today?

They seem to be eating and sleeping normally (more on the sleeping) and nobody seems to be sick....but I'm glad I have them all day so I can make sure everybody really is doing their #2 Business. One down, three guys to go.

That reminds me. Cham, who happens to be the one done with her #2, hates to have her feetsies in the litter. So she'll balance on the sides of the now hoodless box, with only one hind foot propping her whole body up. It looks ridiculously cute.

But where does she have to stand? Right ONTOP of the start button to the automatic litter box LOL. A couple times she tried to go to the bathroom (over the course of a week), and she pushed the START button by mistake, making the rake come out, much to her surprise http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/confused/confused0066.gif After the 2nd time she did that, I ended up deciding to unplug the thing.

On the time she went to do her business after I'd unplugged it, she went and sat in front of the box and meowed a bunch. "I need to go to the bathroom, Mr. Litter Box. Is Mr. Rake settled down right now?....I'm coming in! I'm...I'm coming in now!" After a long conversation, she finally decided it was safe, and from then all is going well. Except that the automatic box is off now.

But no problems. http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/rolleye/rolleye0014.gif


I've got a (non-Caribbean) Sweet Potato & Bean Stew in Miss Crock! YES!

And I'm thinking it's time to go get the makings for some vegetarian Sloopy...maybe I'll pick up something extra to go with Mom's portion, since, if I remember clearly, and I'm fairly certain I do, her comment after her first bite of Sloop was, "You know what would taste good in this? Bacon."

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Okay, today is my day off working out (really. Really.). I'm going to go water Oogi's plants and then get to work.

JENNIFER - Good to hear your foot is doing better. What's going on with our sleep here? Is nobody in Hatersville sleeping properly?

>Seville was acting crazy a minute ago, and now he's gone.

LOL!

DANA - Woo woo on your workouts!

>I have it ready to go in the DVD player, like that's an incentive. LOL

LOL!

How was your pizza? When I eat pizza, I can eat an entire head of lettuce.

>I didn't tell you guys, I kicked my work coffee habit.

I can see how a huge bug in your work coffee would inspire cold-turkey. LOL.

>It is black with white paw prints on it and it says, "Coffe & Dog Hair, I Never Leave Home Without Either of Them"

LMAO. How's Ralphie's skin these days?

SHANNON -

>when is that protein powder supposed to arrive? You'll be buried in the stuff before long!

I have no idea when that stuff is supposed to get here and it's driving me nuts! I do plan to be up to my gills in it when it gets here, though.

I once tried putting whey protein in my oatmeal and it tasted so disgusting...but I keep reading about people putting it in and it tasting to delicious, so I'm going to have to try that out again.

I hope you're enjoying your weekend (no homework, I hope?) and that your hips are all good and stretched out.

MICHELE - You, too? No sleep? What on earth is going on?! I took a nap yesterday around 5:30pm and when I woke up at 6:15pm, I was sooo disoriented, it took me a few moments to figure out what was going on LOL. It was a good, deep nap, and I thought it was going to make for difficult sleep tonight, but thankfully I was wrong!

I hope you were able to get some sleep, too.

>Johnny just recently started sleeping on my pillow right next to my head, and sometimes he licks my eyelids or chews my hair. It's so funny, but I LOVE it when he's purring right next to my ear. I find it very soothing.

That's really so cute that he licks your eyelids and chews your hair. Awww, he's grooming his Mommy! Yes, I also find it really soothing to have Mooch purring away next to my ear.

He has a system - first he'll come up and tap my shoulder a few times so that I'll put my arm out. Then he'll plop down (and I do mean plop LOL) on my extended arm facing me, and then five seconds later he'll start his kneading process which will inspire me to happily pet him. Then after he's drooled sufficiently, he'll stand up with a really sleepy face and shift left and right, back and forth for a second, then he'll plop back down on my extended arm, but in the crook of my armpit facing away from me to fall into purring sleep. It's adorable.


All right, thanks everyone for making me want to eat pizza. http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/angry051.gif


Have a great weekend!

Laters! :*

 

[JT]

Hello August and Haters to Follow.

How are you? Here I am Again.

Last night afterwork, I went grocery shopping came home to find many insects right inside my home. Previous years, it had always been in my office/cat room. So, I had to spray again and get out the vacuum for about an hour. Seville and Madrid were hiding in the basement from the vacuum. In both places, the sun gets the areas quite warm and it must attract them intensly.

Also, I had a big pot pie from Peppridge Farms (on sale). Meijer is putting the better items on sale now to move them. And, was thankful my grocery bill came way under budget for a change.

In a few hours, I hope to be doing MM and maybe a walk. My three year old neighbour invited me to his birthday party for today but I won't make it. John and his little sister, Kara, are so adorable.


BBL

 

[Miss Lee]

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Another...sleepless...night...UGH! http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/mornincoffee.gif

I'm so disappointed because I was expecting to have a really good sleep last night, especially since DH was out of town. Of course, he called me at TWO AM! He wanted to apologize for not calling me before he went to bed. http://www.millan.net/anims/giffar/buttheadt.gif

I'm so glad I can come here to vent -- you guys are the GREATEST! http://www.millan.net/anims/giffar/giffar2/jollygroup.gif

So kitty got me up at 8 this morning ( x( ) and I've been climbing Mt. Washmore. http://www.millan.net/anims/giffar/washertyme.gif

Of course, Johnny's enjoying a post breakfast/pre-dinner nap. http://www.millan.net/anims/giffar/angelcat.gif

On a brighter note, I did my workout last night, well, all except for the cardio part . I'll make up for it today with a big, long CC session on Eli. I'm supposed to work core again, too.

There's a movie playing that I want to see--Prince Caspian. It's based on the book, The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, one of my favorite authors! DH wants to see it, too, but I'm not sure if he'll feel up to it today.

AUGIE -- Oh!...Oh!...by all means, you better not workout until your protein powder arrives! You need adequate fuel to sustain your rigorous routine.

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...is it the food? Too much dry? Not enough dry? Not enough food in general? Am I mixing too much water with the wet? Is my apartment too warm? Are they too old to run around now? Is my protein powder coming today?

OMG! ROTFLMAO!!! {{{{{AUGIE}}}}}

But where does she have to stand? Right ONTOP of the start button to the automatic litter box LOL. A couple times she tried to go to the bathroom (over the course of a week), and she pushed the START button by mistake, making the rake come out, much to her surprise After the 2nd time she did that, I ended up deciding to unplug the thing.

ROTFLMAO again!!!


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JENNIFER -- Insects!? What kind of insects? I have problems with ants and occasionally with roaches http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/shocked001.gif . I can't stand it!

Mmmmmmmmmmmm...pot pie http://bestsmileys.com/drooling/3.gif . what kind did you get? I like chicken and turkey. I haven't had one in ages!

Ohhhhhhh, that is so sweet that your 3 year old neighbor invited you to her party. You must be a very nice neighbor!

Enjoy MM!

Hello to DANA, JEN, ROBIN, and CUZ!!

I probably won't check in again until Monday, so have a great weekend and I'll see ya later! :* :* :*

 

[Miss Lee]

Oh noooooooooo, I think these are temporary smilies :-( . Darn it! And they're good ones, too!! Well crap -- I hope you guys get to see them before they disappear. :-(

 

[August]

Well, hello.

Mooch just barfed up the cotton stuffing part of his blue and orange wild turkey toy.

So here I am at 3:40am.


JENNIFER -

>to find many insects right inside my home

You know, sometimes I wish some insects would come to my place because it would be so much fun for the squirrels. Just a few would be good. Or maybe like, two. But I guess it wouldn't be too cool to come back to ones that would need vacuuming.

>Peppridge Farms

Ooh, that reminds me of cookies.

Oh, how cute to be invited by a 3 yr-old to his party! Too bad you can't go.

MICHELE - LMAO! Temporary emoticons? What on earth?! I'm guessing the ones you used passed their due date! All the while I was wondering what the emoticon meant LOL and even though they changed, there were still pretty dang funny!

Were you able to get back to sleep? I'm hoping to shortly.

I'm glad your workouts are going strong! Woo!

Have a good one and see you next week!


Okay guys, I'm going to attempt sleep now again.

 

[JenL13]

MIA hater checking in...but only for a minute.

Today's w/o was Powerstrike 1 & 30 min butt/thigh/hip w/o

Chad & I went to have drinks/food about 4:30 yesterday- I missed lunch I was so busy at work so all I had was oatmeal. So we went to a new Asian bistro. I had a wonderful mixed greens salad, dressing on the side & an order of sushi of which I ate 4 pieces & Chad had the other 3.

Today was APL from 11-2, home now doing cleaning, then off to shower & get ready for the TWO WEDDING RECEPTIONS & GRADUATION PARTY we have to go to TONIGHT- yes, ALL of them tonight!!! x( I am really not looking forward to it but whatever. One of the receptions is my 2nd cousin & one is Chad's friend, and then a kid Chad has trained since high school graduated college.

Anyway, sorry I don't have time for personals but I barely have time for anything today. Hoping tomorrow will be peaceful although I do have a TON of crap to do around here & need to hit the grocery store.

Hope to be able to check in tomorrow! :*

 

[buffettgirl]

Hi haters.

Michele, temporary smilies?!?!? I was so confused until you said that. I went to the movies last night with DD and a friend. They wanted to see the Narnia movie, but decided to wait for next weekend when Tristan will be home. We saw Baby Mama. I loved it. I think Tina Fey is brilliant. She manages to make fun of everything, but gently.

August, I think you kitties are reaching middle age. That's why they are settling down. LOL at Cham and the litter box. Our boys don't seem to like to stand in the litter either. Half the time they totally miss the box. Men!

Whew, Jennifer, you have quite the social schedule tonight. Have fun.

Jenn, what kind of bugs? Yuck!

Today has been nice. I did some long delayed yard work this morning. DD and I went into town to do some errands after that. She and DH went to commencement this afternoon, so I worked out and had a nice read before they came home. This evening we are going to friend's house for spaghetti. Hope you all have a wonderful evening.

 

[August]

Morning! :7

I was able to get back to sleep without too much trouble, after having spent about ten minutes getting two stains out of my carpet.

And after falling back to sleep, I dreamt that I went to stay at a really fancy hotel, or maybe someone's very lavish home, and at the doorway were two huge white barrels filled with candy bars, as a welcome to the guests. I thought to myself, wow, that's so generous.

LMAO! I really did dream that.


JENNIFER - Hey you! Nice to see you here. We miss you. Salad and sushi, yum! You only ate 4 pieces of sushi? I hope it was a big salad with more protein on it somewhere. It must have been or else Chad would be giving you trouble.

>off to shower & get ready for the TWO WEDDING RECEPTIONS & GRADUATION PARTY we have to go to TONIGHT- yes, ALL of them tonight!!!

Oh gawd! I hope it went all right!

ROBIN -

>I think you kitties are reaching middle age.

LOL, they certainly act that way. Jeez, it takes so much to keep them interested in toys these days. It's like, "It's fun but you know, I could also just be sleeping."

Which isn't to say that Yoyo has stopped his meowling routine. Every day Mom calls early noon to ask if her two can come over and "play." I can hear Yoyo in the background EOWWWW! EOWWWWW! EEEEOOWWW! And then every night Mom will have dinner with me and pick up her monsters, take them back to her place, and then thirty minutes later will call and ask, "Are you sure you gave me the right boy cat?" EOWWW! EEOWWW!

LOL.

>Our boys don't seem to like to stand in the litter either. Half the time they totally miss the box. Men!

Baha! That's funny. Sometimes I'll see Cham really trying her best to balance her entire body on the sides of the litter box, with her one hind leg finding balance by very gently going up and down, and then at the last minute, she reluctantly puts that one hind leg in the sand so she can do her thing and not worry about falling in (which she has done once).

Sounds like you had a really nice day yesterday. I hope the spag at your friends' was yum. Why do I bet there was some kind of really good dessert...



Okay, today is Christi's Solid Gold Step (yes, that's right, CARDIO). However (LOL) I've just finished the oatmeal (& soymilk mixed with a bit of brown sugar) that was chilling in the fridge that was supposed to be my post-workout meal.

It was pretty good.　

 

[JT]

Hello Haters.

It's about 630AM EST, my insects are gone. There was a nest in my attic in my living room and they were entering my home through a ceiling lamp. After I realized it, I turned the light on and alot of them got BBQd and then it was all over with the Raid for them (twice).

This morning, I plan to do LM since MM was interrupted. Taking a nap after church/nursery. Then to clean the house, do a little surfing here on some stuff.


Have a Great Day!!

 

[JenL13]

Hey guys, another quick fly by for me. I am getting ready to hit the couch for a little nap. I haven't worked out & not sure I'm going to... that will be basically THREE days off this week! But I did do about 2 hours Tues night & 1 1/2 hour yesterday so I really don't care.

We didn't get to bed until about midnight & with no sleep Fri night I am moving a little slow today. I didn't drink TOO much but much more than I'm used to. Chad & I spent a relaxing morning in bed together... we needed it, we are always running like crazy.

He left about 10:30 & this is the first time I've sat down since then. Pulled weeds, did a little other yard work, spent an hour vacuuming the house, mopped, washing sheets, shower, some other ins & odds & now I'm FINALLY eating something. Having some egg beaters & oatmeal. :9

I can tell that cutting back on my workouts a little is allowing me to slim down some, which is what I want & why I'm not getting frustrated at 3 days off! Not going to make a habit of it but it is helping slim my thighs & I'll be doing more circuit & AWT workouts for the summer to keep my legs slim & not too muscular.

Okay, well Chad won't be back until about 7 tonight so I'll try to BBL. :*