Great quotes, Don. I like the Albert Einstein quote. It reminds me of of my Uncle Sverre. Just add a back pack and tent and he was happy.

A very happy 2008 to everyone! Katie, I agree with the others..drag the dog along, oh wait you meant your husband. See, Joe has the same idea! Linda, are you on the same coast as me? ItÂs been quite blustery for the last few days And yesterday later in the day it started raining and didnÂt stop til about an hour ago..now the sun is out but the wind is still whippin. The candles are always ready here, the only thing I do once we get a few flickers is fill up some pitchers of water..I can cook and heat the house (gas)..so the only thing we suffer from is toilet flushing. LOL Sharon, The Last Supper..now that is cheeky. LOL And what is it with the dishwasher duty? IÂve been trying to convince the boys itÂs funÂbut apparently since IÂm the only one that does it..they arenÂt buying it! Annie, well that "contract" is bindingÂbetter keep up on those 6 mo checks! And I agree with Maggie..a girl AmandaÂs age shouldnÂt be settlin..she should be playin the field and experiencing as much as possible. Happy Birthday Elery! Gina, can you "see" someone else on the side? ~snort~ and if Ms Gabor can pull it off so Can you! Nancy, as much as I love to have tan skin..but know how bad it is..IÂm really thinking about a quick jaunt to the local electric beach! Just to feel warm all over! So I do know how you feelÂ.A tiny bit! Crafty, do you have a box that holds all those stragglers until you find them all? Sue, your brunch sounds like a good idea to me..nothing wrong with chocolate that time of day! MaggieÂI hope you get everyoneÂs cough undercontrol..ItÂs not fun at all..to do it, hear it and watch your kidlets suffer with it! When you are all done with your closet..I have a few that could use someone elses "eye" to clean them! Plus that would get you out of the house. LOL A walk on the beach today, would be cold..but beautiful here. Tonight at our house will be homemade pizza and Rush Hour 3. Tomorrow will be a morning of basketball for the boys and Daddy. He coaches the middle sons team and the oldest son coaches the youngest ones team..I just get to watch. J Over course this week, they are playing at the same time. So IÂm with the 2 boys. Then I have a little bit of time to spend collecting registration forms and giving out information for Little League. Other than that..we donÂt have much planned for the rest of the weekend. IÂve got a cup of Green Tea ChaiÂso clinkÂclinkÂ

I'm not sure about doing it through Photobucket but here's how to size it when you post it. After the img src="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/0903/althetrainer/Wiicake.jpg" add a space and then size it how you want. This photo is 600 wide by 800 high. To make it about 1/4 the size, 150x200 add width="150" and a space, then height="200" and it'll look like this: html would be: img src="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/0903/althetrainer/Wiicake.jpg" width="150" height="200" with the brackets on either side which I'm sure you know. To make it about 1/10, width should be 60 and height 80 and you'll get: html would be: img src="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/0903/althetrainer/Wiicake.jpg" width="60" height="80" with the brackets on either side. Hope that makes sense.

Thanks, Wildchild for the invitation. I work out of town four days a week and have been doing so since February. This was when I started losing weight. Prior to this I worked at home and had WAY too much refrigerator access. While I am here I walk in the mornings before work between 45 minute and an hour and do a light weight work out. At home I am able to do a longer weight work out. I just use dumbbells. I have no scale access while I'm out of town so I don't weigh while I'm here. I find that if I don't get enough sleep I don't lose weight. Today I had grocery store sushi for lunch, I wish I had any kind of idea about the calorie count is in this stuff! I had a few fresh figs for dessert. Lots of water all day. I still have at least 50 pounds to lose. Seems like a long long journey sometimes. I really want to be thin right now! I didn't have any patience with WW, I hate sitting still for meetings! And I don't have the fortitude to go back several times and check out the different meeting leaders to see if one suits me better than another. One thing I have noticed about the WW (and many others as well) frozen meals is that the sodium content is rather high. I have just eliminated cookies, chips, crackers, bread and butter, and all fried foods, as well as ice cream. More vegies and fresh fruit and smaller portions. More exercise. So far so good. BarnMom