Check out this widget for the Ultimate Flirting Championship sponsored by Extreme Style by VO5 to see if you can achieve Victory Hair! I had a ball playing the game. I forgot how many “lines” people use to pick people of the opposite gender actually come from the movies. I’m not sure that many of them would actually work on me as I watch too much TV and too many movies as it is. I have to tell you my favourite line though. It’s the one my husband used on me. “Do you know why the sun sets everyday? Because it hangs it’s head in shame at your beauty.” All together now…awwwww!

For the last few days I have woken up with a bite from something on me. I am allergic to mosquitoes and wasps I know, but I don’t think it is either of those. They aren’t reacting like that. I may need to set out a few spider traps just in case. I know the thought gives me the heebie geebies and I hate to KILL spiders (in fact I really like spiders…thus the tattoo I have) but I sure don’t like being bit by them. It has to be all the heat and humidity driving them inside.

Lance Cpl. Ryan T. McCaughn
19 years old from Manchester, New Hampshire
1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force
November 7, 2006

“I just can’t believe it,” said Nicole Cote, mother of L/Cpl. McCoughn. “It’s not supposed to happen this way. Your kids aren’t supposed to leave you.” McCoughn joined the USMC during his Senior year of High School. “He said he needed to do this. He said if he could keep one dad from going to Iraq and he could take his place instead, then he’ll feel like he’s accomplished something.”

Lance Cpl. Ryan T. McCaughn was killed on November 7, 2006 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. He leaves behind his mother, father, step-father and two brothers.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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All Time High: 177.5
Last Weigh In: 144.0
This Week: 148.0
Change: 0.5 Gain
Over all change: -29.5
To go: 33.0
Goal: 115.0

EGAD! Another gain for me! Well, only half a pound, but I was doing so good until the weekend hit! And it was a three day weekend as well. I had Becca with me so I didn’t work at my waitress job, I go back there tomorrow and I work Wednesday through Saturday this week.

This week we are adding a contest! It seems we all need motivation after all. So, for everyone who reports a LOSS (maintaining doesn’t count, sorry!) on the next weigh in will have their name put in a drawing for 100 assorted Mary Kay samples! So drink your water and count your calories. We can all do this!

And check it out! We had an over all loss! Congrats to Christy for being this week’s biggest loser of 5 pounds!!

Chris - 3.2 LOSS
Tammy - 1 LOSS
Life With Hashi-Thyroid Blog - 0.4 GAIN
Grace - 0.4 LOSS
Leigh - 0.5 GAIN
Clara - 0.5 GAIN
Dette - no report
Julie - 0.2 LOSS
Cheryl - 0 CHANGE
Audrey - 2 GAIN
Christy - 5 LOSS
Tina - 1 LOSS (from last week)
Danielle - 2 LOSS
Jessie - 0 CHANGE

This week’s total - 9.0 LOSS!!

Lt. Col. Nathan Blood

Lt. Col. Nathan Blood, brigade effects coordinator for 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light), Multi-National Division - Baghdad, says “Hello” to his 16-month-old daughter, Mackenzie, during a web camera communication.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Have Every Right To Dream Heroic Dreams. Those Who Say That We’re In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don’t Know Where To Look

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So, I know all of you are wondering how my new job went last night. I mean you HAVE GOT to be sitting on the edge of your seat, right? RIGHT?? {grin}

Ok, to start tropical emo fay was coming back through here again yesterday so all day we had flash flood warnings and tornado sirens. Oh, and rain…lots and lots of rain. Now, imagine trying to drive from one end of the largest city in the state of Alabama to the other in the pouring rain during rush hour while there are weather warnings. It’s not a pretty picture, I promise you. However, my car (with the invisible bull’s-eye some of you may remember) actually made it across town in just under the hour I had to make it to the second job. WHEW! It did get tense when I came up on a car that had flipped over off on the side of the road and EVERYONE had to slow down to look…I mean stop if you’re going to help, if not get the hell out of my way!

So, I arrive at work phase 2. The manager tells me he thought I was going to be there at 5:30….I explained to him that I had told the owner who hired me that I could not be there until 6 since I worked my day job until 5 and I simply could not get there before 6. He was very understanding. It seems their schedules are quite flexible. So we agreed that when I worked weeknights I would work from 6-9. I like this a lot! Three hours isn’t a lot, but this is supposed to be part time anyway AND it means I don’t have to CLOSE the place! WOOT!

It was really easy and straight forward. The hardest thing to learn is where everything is I suppose and the menu of course. But I can get all of that down fairly quickly. This week I am on training pay, not waitress pay. Hopefully by next week I’ll be making full tips or some such.

The best part was when I left I felt pretty good about myself. I not only beat the fear of applying for the job I made it through my first night. I felt accomplished. My husband has been so supportive about it and really sweet these last few days. While I was in my first hour at Bentos he sent me a text saying “You go waitress girl. I love you!” Is that sweet or what? And when I got off work I went by HIS work to see him and I saw a Hello Kitty key ring and snatched it up! (I lovers Hello Kitty) He took it from me and bought it for me out of his own account. {big grin}

So the moral of the story is that I liked it and I really think I am going to enjoy working there. And who knows, maybe I’ll be able to afford some Schlage hardware for the house!