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Saturday, November 26th, 2005
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10:53 am - Need Music
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Okay since you guys are really good with music, I shall seek your advice.
I need some more good songs to burn onto a CD to listen to when I go to the gym.
Here is what I have so far :
Somebody Told Me-The Killers
Take Me Out-Franz Ferdinand
Sugar We're Going Down-Fallout Boys
Santa Monica-Everclear
Seein Red-Unwritten Law
Learn To Fly-Foo Fighters
Shout It Out-Republika
I'm embarassed to admit that these are also on my list but I'm a dork and I can't help it:
Fighter-Christina Aguilera
Hey Jealousy-Gin Blossoms
What other songs would you recommend??
current mood:  cold
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| Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005
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10:09 pm - Yay Thanksgiving
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Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
I'm planning on sticking to my Weight Watchers plan even on Thanksgiving. Wish me luck, it is going to be difficult!!!
current mood:  hopeful
current music: Ready To Go
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| Tuesday, November 8th, 2005
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12:44 pm
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Everyone else is doing it...
51 Things You Might Not Know About Me..
Erase my answers & put in your own. Then REPOST as a bulletin.
1. What is your middle name?
Erin
2. Last person you kissed?
Mark
3. What are you listening to right now?
The sound of the air conditioning. Seriously-it's November and the office is still running the air. Seriously.
4. What are you eating right now?
Nothing
5. What are you drinking right now?
A low-fat smoothie..yum.
6. Last person you hugged?
Mark
7. How is the weather right now?
It's decent, not freezing like it has been.
8. Last person you talked to on the phone?
My Mom
9. The first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
Sense of humor
10. Favorite type of Food?
Mexican
11. Do you drink?
Not really
12. Do you smoke?
Never
13. Ever get so drunk you dont remember what you did?
Never
14. Hair color?
Red
15. Eye color?
Brown
16. Do you wear contacts?
No, but I want to, I'm just afraid I'll poke my eye out.
17. Favorite Holiday?
Christmas
19. Have you ever cried for no reason?
Yes, a lot!
20. Last Movie you Watched?
First Wives Club
29. What books are you reading?
None
30. Piercings?
No
31. Favorite movie?
Tough one....um.....probably Tommy Boy.
32. Favorite basketball Team?
Bulls
33.What were you doing before filling this out?
Working
34. Any pets?
No :(
35. AIM?
I don't have a computer at home
36. Butter, Plain or Salted popcorn?
a little butter
37. Dogs or cats?
Cats
38. Favorite Flower?
White roses
39.Have you ever been caught doing something you werent supposed to?
Who hasn't
40. What's color underwear are you wearing right now?
Blue
41.Do you love someone?
Yes :)
42. Who would you like to see right now?
My friend Danielle
43. Have u ever been bummed?
Yes
44. Have you ever fired a gun?
No
45. Do you like to travel by plane?
I don't like landing because I feel like I'm falling, but other than that, sure
46. Right-handed or Left-handed?
Right
47. If you can be with someone right now, who would it be?
Mark
48. How many pillows do you sleep with?
Two
49. Are you missing someone?
Sure
50. Do you have a Tattoo?
No
51. Do you still watch cartoons on saturday morning?
No, I'm usually at work on Saturday mornings!
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| Monday, November 7th, 2005
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3:19 pm - Wow
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Does anybody still use these anymore?
I haven't updated in over two years.
Since that time, I moved into my own apartment in the northwest suburbs of Chicago which are very expensive but very nice.
Still working at the same place, still no promotion to workflow coordinator.
I got a new car, an 04 white Malibu that I adore.
Gained back pretty much all of the 70 pounds I'd lost. I've gone on and off of Weight Watchers but I'm back on again (third or fourth time I think) and I've lost 32 pounds so far.
Pretty sad I can sum up two years of my life in seven lines of text, isn't it?
current mood:  tired
current music: All The Small Things ~ Blink 182
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| Sunday, April 20th, 2003
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7:02 pm - Happy Easter
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Happy Easter everybody!
I lost 3 pounds last week, for a total of 71.8, I'm trying really hard to get my 75 next week.
I also joined Curves, a circuit training program for women. I joined Saturday and did my first circuit and my abs are kinda sore, but that's okay, at least I know it's working.
Easter was okay, went to my Uncle's house, came back home. I plan on relaxing tonight, maybe cleaning my room, I still am not fully unpacked from our Seattle trip last month, how sad is that.
Anyway, wish me luck on this Curves dealy, I think it could work out very well for me!!
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| Thursday, April 17th, 2003
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8:11 pm - WW
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I lost 3 more pounds this week for a total of 71.8, I hope I get my 75 next week!
Not much else new, just checking in.
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| Wednesday, April 9th, 2003
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8:28 pm - Update
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Well well well....here I go again.
I've lost a total of 63.8 pounds.
If I lose 1.2 this week, I will hit 65.
If I lose 1.8, I will have lost 20% of my body weight.
I think I should hit that, I've had a pretty good week so far!
I found Klondike Slim-A-Bear bars at the store, they are very good! I would highly recommend them.
So work is going okay on my new team, I got kind of stressed from the move over there, it's hard going from being someone with all the answers to someone who has to go find all the answers. I'm starting over, in a way. This new team does things differently, there are a lot of contradictions with the way they do things, but that's what I've been brought over there to fix. I guess I can kiss my goal of being promoted to Workflow Coordinator by the end of the year goodbye, that won't happen now. Ah well, what can I do, I have two states to learn. IL taxes are due soon, so I'll get my first exposure to that. I'm not looking forward to fourth quarter, that's hardcore crunch time for my new team--we have Cook County (Chicago and suburbs) 2nd installment taxes due in November and then WI in December thru January, then we go back to Cook County first installment 2003 tax in March of 2004! It's like once September hits, the shit is going to hit the fan. :(
I guess it's a challenge and I'll have tons of overtime opportunities, but it worries me this being my first time through it all. No sense in worrying about it I guess.
We went to WM in Seattle, that was fun but I don't think I'd go back, Seattle's downtown streets are jacked up. WM was good, it was fun, the Jericho match was great!! It was sort of difficult to enjoy myself the last half of the show because I was freezing, it got cold and I forgot to bring a jacket because it was nice when we went there. Ug. We met Rico, and met Matt Hardy, Lita, the Hurricane and Kanyon at the space needle restaurant. I saw Kurt Angle at the airport.
I'm tired, I'm going to bed now.
current mood:  thirsty
current music: Think by Aretha Franklin
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| Friday, February 21st, 2003
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8:38 pm - Major Update
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I haven't updated in a while, so here goes.
I've lost a total of 62 pounds so far.
I got my review at work, and got a great review, my boss and her boss (our VP of operations) are both extremely pleased with what I've done. I got a promotion and an 18.5% raise!!!! I'm so thrilled. Plus I'm getting a $1000 bonus next Tuesday. I am so incredibly happy, things are really looking up for me.
This raise I got is way more than I was expecting, it should be enough to pay my credit cards off by August/September. I already paid off and cancelled one, yaaay!!!!
Anyway I'm doing well, hope you all are too.
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| Monday, February 3rd, 2003
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8:21 pm - WW/Tax Return
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I lost 3 pounds last week for a total loss of 53.6. I think when I lose 100, I'm going to buy myself an amethyst ring that I've had my eye on for some time. It's very pretty!
Anyway, I filed my tax return tonight and I'm getting $891 back, WHOOOOOOOOOOOO! I'm thrilled, I can't wait until I get it back, I'm so dedicated to paying off my credit cards now.
current mood: cold
current music: I'm Cooooooold
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| Tuesday, January 21st, 2003
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12:40 pm - Stinky Mcdoogal
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Okay I have another thing to add....I sit behind this lady at work who we call Stinky Mcdoogal. In the year and a half (almost) that I've been here, hardly a day goes by that she does not stink.
It's like a body odor and to be honest, this is nasty, but we think it's part coochie odor. Our supervisor went over to her desk looking for a returned check the other day and she almost gagged from the smell. She gave me and Sue $10 to go get cleaning supplies to de-odorize her desk. We bought Febreeze for her chair (we've done this before and it usually helps but we ran out, so we bought more), and Lysol, and stick up air fresheners. We Febreeze-d her chair, and sprayed her desk and the carpeting underneath it with Lysol. Well it didn't help, two (TWO) days later, I smelled it back again, it stinks so bad, it's the nastiest smell you can imagine. I am at my wits end, everybody on our team is sick of smelling it, and our supervisor doesn't want to have to talk to her about it because come on, how embarassing and uncomfortable would that be? Ug, I guess it's a no win situation, I don't know what to do anymore--ideas?
current mood: cold
current music: Stinky Mcdoogal!
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12:37 pm - WW Update Week 16
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So last week I lost like 2.4 or something, making a total loss of 49.4. .6 is all I need this week but I was naughty and had pizza Saturday and a brownie yesterday! Hehe.
I hope I do it.
Last Wednesday was Mark's 21st birthday, I took him to Friday's for some drinks and then we went to a club of sorts this weekend.
Our three year anniversary is coming up on the 29th, can you guys believe it's been that long? Sigh, memories.
Take care. Good luck Karen!
current mood:  hungry
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| Monday, January 6th, 2003
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6:44 pm - March 30, 2003
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I will be in Seattle at *Wrestlemania*. I hope my hotel-picking skills are as sharp as they were for last year's Wrestlemania, we were in the same hotel as the Godfather, and um Harvey Whippleman and we heard people singing Happy Birthday to Al Snow.
I'M GOING TO SEATTLE!!!!!!!!!!!
current mood: happy
current music: Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
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| Thursday, January 2nd, 2003
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8:24 pm - Weight Watchers Update
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Hey gang, I'm behind.
Okay so in the last 2 weeks, I've lost 4.8 pounds. Yay! I'm happy, I've lost a total of 45! WEeeeeee, can't wait, 5 more until I hit 50, whoooooo!
I bought a pair of jeans today that were 6 sizes smaller than what I wore when I started Weight Watchers, I was so excited!
Had a good Christmas and a good New Years, I'm looking forward to making 2003 a great year.
As far as resolutions go, I chose my biggest goal to lose 100 pounds before the end of 2003. I hope I can do it, wish me luck!
OOH! Today I bought something on Ebay, it's a Bally's Twist Disk, it's a circle thingy and you stand on it and twist around, it's a pretty good workout, Darlene got one for Christmas and really recommended it.
OOH! It's almost review time....pray pray pray for me that I get my promotion, I would get a 13% raise, which would really help me pay off credit cards and get me ready to move out, hopefully next year.
That's about all I can think of.
Take care,
Love,
Sam
current mood: excited
current music: Dead Leaves and Dirty Ground by the White Stripes
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| Wednesday, December 18th, 2002
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9:19 pm - Weight Watchers Update week 11
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I'm down 3 pounds, even after a massive splurge Friday which I made up for during the week by reverse banking points.
Yay!
Total loss: 42.
I can't wait until I hit 50. Whooooooooo!
Love you all!
Sam
current mood: excited
current music: Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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| Thursday, December 12th, 2002
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9:21 pm - Weight Watchers Update week .....10?
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I lost 4 pounds, which was pretty surprising to me because I really thought I wasn't going to lose any, we went out to dinner twice this weekend, long story.
Anyway, tonight I really pigged out, I went way over by having a piece of french bread pizza after I already ate dinner, it wasn't even that good...now I'm so full I can barely breathe.
Oh well.
I met Jimmy Hart and got his autograph! Oh yeah and I met Hulk Hogan too. I took the day off Monday and Mark and I went to an autograph signing in Aurora, IL. I didn't know Jimmy Hart was there, it was pretty cool to see him.
Anyway, we should be getting the pictures developed this weekend.
I'm almost done Christmas shopping, just have a few stocking stuffers to buy. I didn't charge a single thing this Xmas on my credit cards, everything is coming out of my savings account, but I still spent more than I planned to. Oh well.
Well take it easy guys,
Love,
Sam
Oh yeah, I've lost a total of 39 pounds so far!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!!!!!
current mood:  guilty
current music: "French Bread Pizza Blues" ~ ME
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| Wednesday, December 4th, 2002
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8:09 pm - Weight Watchers Update, last 2 weeks
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Okay so last week I lost 3.6 and this week I lost 1.8, putting me at a total loss of 35 pounds which means....
I achieved my 10% goal!
Weight Watchers starts you out with an initial goal of losing 10% of your body weight...yes, that's right, 34 pounds is 10% of me. :(
Or was, I should say. I want to get down to around 160, maybe 150, so rather than focusing on such a huge goal, my next goal is to lose another 10% which would be 31 pounds.
There, you all know how much I weigh, enjoy the feeling, not many do.
Anyways, now that I made my 10% goal, I will be donating the weight in food that I have lost to a local food shelter, so I'm thinking a 20 pound bag of potatoes and a 15 pound turkey would be a good start for some family this Christmas.
I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving, and I miss you all.
Much love,
Sam
current mood:  full
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| Wednesday, November 20th, 2002
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9:28 pm - Weight Watchers week...7?
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7 or is it 8? I dunno.
Anyways...
I lost
6.4 pounds.
This is like...superhuman weight loss, I am still in shock that I lost that much in one week. It is right though, I wore the exact same clothes as I did last week, and the scale is correct.
I attribute it to the following things:
1. I decreased my food intake by one point to accomodate my new lower weight range.
2. My thyroid medicine is, in my opinion, overdosed. I am sure I need a lower dose.
3. I ate lower than my point range and didn't re-use those extra points. I didn't need to.
4. Here's the kicker: exercise takes 2-3 weeks to show up on the scale. Guess how long ago I really got serious with exercise? About 3 weeks ago.
anyway, I believe that those factors have contributed to this mammoth weight loss.
I have now lost a grand total of 29.6 pounds.
I'm actually slightly concerned about this huge loss, I called my dr's office and left a message and I'll talk to her tomorrow about it. I have my thyroid re-checked Friday anyways. I'm off Friday, whoooooooooo! Christmas shopping time for me. I'm actually making good progress Christmas shopping, several people totally done. Go me!
Take care guys. It was really cool to talk to you all the other night, I miss you guys.
Take care of yourselves,
~Sam
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| Thursday, November 14th, 2002
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9:15 pm - Weight Watchers Week 6
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I lost 3.4. Yaaaayyyy!!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy it went back up from 2.4 last week, whooooooooo!
I'm doing well, my jeans are so baggy on me, they look horrible. I feel frumpy when I wear them, they are so huge. Especially in the butt, but I don't think my ass is getting any smaller....I can tell mostly in my face and my fingers, my ring is getting looser, and my ankles too are not as chubby as they were.
I've lost 23 pounds so far, I'm doing quite well. I feel great. Can't wait to weigh in next week!!!!!!!!!!!!
current mood: happy
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| Friday, November 8th, 2002
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8:16 pm - Weight Watchers Update, Week 5
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I lost 2.4 pounds. I was two tenths of a stupid pound short of having 20. .2 stupid pounds!!!!!! Two tenths of a damn pound! Guess I shouldn't have eaten any Halloween candy. I didn't realize laffy taffys were almost an entire point each, I polished probably 4 of those off and didn't even count them.
Anyway, it's slowing down but I'm getting there slowly but surely. That's pretty much consuming my life now, it's all I talk about and think about. I can't believe I've lost almost 20 pounds already. Now that I am doing this program, I look back and wonder why I didn't start sooner. Ah well, what's in the past is in the past.
current mood: full
current music: If I Go Down You're Going Down With Me
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| Wednesday, October 30th, 2002
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9:28 pm - Weight Watchers Update week..4 I think?
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I lost 3.6 pounds. This is the week where it was supposed to kind of start leveling off, which is right, it sure did, but it's good, I guess I shouldn't lose it too fast. I'm kind of disappointed that it was only 3.6, and that's really dumb of me.
current mood: happy
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