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I really need to get myself together. This summer we rode our bike alot and did about 2000 miles. My weight never changed one bit. My husband and I usually walk a few times a week, about 3 miles each time, but when it gets snowy and icy on the road we will not be going out. I guess then I will have to use my indoor equipment. Ski season will be starting soon and I usually ski 3-4 times a week. All this and I do not loose anything. I need to loose about 30 pounds. The only thing that worked last time was to eat about 1000calories a day. I am just having a hard time making myself to that. It is hard when I look at two of my sister who wear size 0 and 2. I am not proportional, I wear a size 6-8 on the bottom and a size XL on top. That breast reduction looks good at time.

I never thought that Clay's looks were that bad. Sure he was skinny and had big ears, but I did not find most of the other guys that attractive. Clay was cute, many others were not. I never found Rueben to be anything I wanted to look at especially with all the sweating. I look at Clay's pictures from back then and I did not notice the ears. It may be because my middle child had huge ears. When he was born we laughed and said they would need to be fixed. When he was in elementary school he started coming home crying all the time because he was being picked on for his big ears. I really never even noticed them anymore. I could not stand the fact that he was hurting and had them fixed. What a change in a child, his self esteem went way up. I just got really angry when Simon would make a comment about Clay's looks, I know Clay would make his own comments to ward off Simon, but it had to hurt him.

WANDACLEO - I am so sorry. It sounds as if you did your best to insure your MoM was well taken care of. As our parents age we all know this is coming, but that does not make it any easier. Take care of yourself.

Haved loved all of the stories today. Cotten, your story reminds me how when we traveled I was always taken count of children before we took off from the rest stop. On a smaller scale, my husband and I and all our children rode in many bike tours. My youngest was five and on the tandem bike with his dad. My husband was in such a hurry to leave a rest stop, he jumped on the bike and took off. My son was running after him, yelling, and flailing his arms. He just keep yelling, Daddy, Daddy you forgot me. I sent in my story but it is not very long and I am not a great writer, so I do not feel I will be picked. That does not really bother me, I am sure there will be some other great ones. Tomorrow is a day I hate every two years. I have to recertify my Pediatric Advance Life Support status. The written test is usually not to bad but the scenerios stations are nerve racking. No matter how much I prepare I am really nervous. Read GAD report of Rewind this weekend. I really dislike Simon and even Randy more than I thought.

This week has been great just reading and enjoying every picture and clack that has been posted. He is just gorgeous in those pictures and that voice can not be denied. Love this morning view of A12 rewind. I missed the early auditions because I was teaching a class. I had read that not much was shown. It is great that we are now getting this. I have always found Reubens version of Superstar very slow and boring. This small snippet by Clay was great. Hee looked so young but yummy at the same time. I will be at Kalamazoo and I am glad that the book idea came about. I was glad that ideas were posted. It has been awhile since I had to buy children books.

I will take "D"

Jamar1700- At least your trees have dropped their leaves. Our leaf pickup is this week at the curb for city residents. Our trees have not dropped. I guess we will just keep running over them with the lawnmower until the snow comes. I have mixed feelings about snow fall. They are reporting we may see snow on Tues. this week. I am not looking forward to driving in it. I live about 50 minutes from work,and when it gets bad out the roads are horrible. I also have to start Ski Patrol as soon as it is cold enough for natural snow and man made snow on the hills. We have had recertification the past two weeks, with one more on Wednesday night. I also have to take Pediatric Advance Life Support class in two weeks and spent all day yesterday studying the material. Still have to view the cd and take the pretest. With all that said, I am not wishing for snow to after Kalamazoo. It is about a two hour drive to get there and I would prefer dry roads. We are also returning that night unless the weather is really bad.

Have been very busy lately but did watch AYSTAFG thought he was adorable and looked quite cute. The hair was not that bad. Went into work on Fri. and had very positive comments. Thought he was very smart and enjoyed him more than Regis. My friend who does not watch much TV, but I have given her MOAM and MCWL, watched it also. She e-mailed me and commented he was very intelligent and loved his personality. I am looking forward to reports from Vegas. I have to get up early on Wednesday, so I will not be able to stay up for reports to come in. For once we in the midwest are at a disadvantage. I like the "B" pin.

Idyjocely: I am so sorry for your loss. As our parents get older we know that the day will come but that does not make it any easier. I know that with my mother being 86 that one day that call will come. She has been by herself since my dad past away when I was 17 and is such a strong person. I hope you remember all the good times and can share them with many other family members.

I did not watch House last night, I was watching Dancing with the Stars, but I did tape it so I will see the commercial sometime today. I did have Fox on for my local news at 10pm and was able to see the commercial then. I can not wait. I informed my husband the recorder is mine. I am now eating a honey crisp apple. I had to try it after all the discussion. It is good but I think I still like granny smith better. This apple is huge! I do not worry about Clays promotion. We can not do a thing about it. I just enjoy when he is on. I do not have cable so whenever he is on that I have to have my mother tape it for me. Im reading people reactions at the time and wishing I could see. It is just so fustrating when a great performance occurs and people are negative especially about his hair , what he has on, the time he is on, or anything else they may find to bitch about. I was glad to read not one negative comment on Fri. night. I love the pictures and have watch it more times then I want to admit. My friend who is going to Kalamazzo with me does not go on the boards and has not seen it yet. She is coming over on Thurs to view.

Have been in and out all weekend. I have watched Clay performance more times then I can count. It was just beautiful. He looked fantastic and loved the smiles. I have always enjoyed his interpretation of that song. When I went to the JBT it was one of the songs I could not wait to hear. Have to work 12 hours tomorrow and hope it is better than when I worked on Fri. My patient went bad. He is a young man who is very compromised from a accident when he was 9. He is now 16 and has many issues including a trach, feeding tubes, not very mobile, and comes in with pneumonia alot. I hope over the weekend he was able to improve. Today is my youngest sons birthday. He turned 23. I am feeling old! We took him and his fiance out last night. He has really grown up since he graduated from college in 2006. They both are so happy and are planning their wedding for next September. Can not wait for Thurs Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader. My husband usually tapes CSI at night because he does not stay up late. I informed him today he can not have the machine that night. It is mine!. I have a meeting to go to and hope to get back in time, but if I don't I want it taped.

Children! Now that my three boys are in their 20's I look back at the teen years and shake my head. All three have totally different personalities, making those years very interesting. All of my children are very indepentant, my second being the most stubborn, and the hardest to get along with. My husband had the most clashes with him. I would remind hubby that his personality and his son were the same, thus the problem. I gave up grounding because when my husband would ground them he was also grounding me since I was in the house with them all the time when I was not working. Instead we went with what I called "community service hours to me." Depending on the offense they were given hours to burn off either by jobs around the house or actual volunteer hours . They hated the fact they had to clean out the garage or pull weeds or many other chores and I would assign the number of hours that each earned. I was not easy on what they could burn off. They are all employed, on their own, and I look back and think I loved that time in their life. Everyone raising children in their teen years, know that one day you will realize what a wonderful time those years were, and all you can do is your best and hope all works out.

Idyjocelyn & Hubby hang in there. My Mother had a stroke in fall of 2003 and went through rehab. She was 82 at the time. She has slight residual in the Lt. hand. Up until this year I took her to three of Clays concerts. It is just getting harder for her at the age of 86. She tires alot easier. But she remains a true fan. She can not wait for him to bee on tv. I think she has almost all of his tv appearances taped and watches them alot. I just pray that your outcome is as good.

I know how you are feeling for those not going to NYC. I am in the same boat. I would love to go. I have never been there. Having been alot of places in the U.S but not in NYC. My husband would never understand, so I am not even bringing it up. I will live through the recaps of all who go. We have been married for 30years and I know when to push and when not to. I remain happy for those who will get to go. It will be great. I am hoping for a few pictures, knowing that clack probably will not exsist. It is so nice to see Clay so happy now. I wish him great success. I know he will be great in this part.

I just lost my post after being almost done! I try very hard to not answer some of the negative post at the OFC. I have never posted there. I get angry and probably would get deleted with my reponse. Clay is an adult and does not need our approval for what he wants to do. I have three adult boys and sometime do not like all their choices, but it is their life. I have today off and trying to organize myself for this weekend. I am up to 160 people taking cpr. I have 20 people helping me at this point. I gave my hubby the job of organizing breaks and also getting everyone out on the ski hill to take the chair evac class. At least they are not making us get up on the chairs this year and be brought down by the ropes. Not my favorite thing. The first time I took this class I had to bring someone down who was 7 months pregnant. I was afraid I was going to drop her even with help. She was about 30 ft up. I am only 5 ft tall, so it was scary.

I would love to go the NY but know it is out of the question. My hubby just does not understand! He thinks I am crazy for going to another Christmas concert. I was on the OFC, lurking and reading when he went into chat, so I headed over there. Moves fast but was able to read his responses to questions. Also loved his reply on the spamalot thread. Glad for him that he can go off of the Paxil. Just shook my head when someone said he had been off for a month and had not lost weight. I do not think it is just going to go away instantly. I will probably take a while, and it may not come off. My son who is 28 was a stick to age 23, and a 6'0 went from 160 to about 240 within 3 years. He is trying to loose it but it is not easy. He was very active until work took over and the time spent on being active stopped.

Lyrics to me are not important as long as the music arrangement and the vocals are good. A song played here on the radio this summer all the time is Beautiful Girl by Sean Kingston. I turn the station everytime it comes on because I cannot listen to his voice. It is like nails on a chalkboard to me. I also like ATD but more so the live version then the recorded version. I love watching Clay perform this song. The way I post, instead of just lurking, I will be a dog walker forever. Manly the reason is I feel that I am not very articulate.

I couldn't wait for rewind to come on our local fox station tonight at 11pm, so I tape the show at 1:30am on a station that comes in very snowy on my TV. It did not effect the audio, and that was all I wanted to hear. Now I will retape the show tonight so I have a good picture along with good audio. My friend wants to badly see it but can not stay up that late, so I will have a descent video. Of course I new if I waited till tonight I would not see it to tomorrow evening because I have to be to work at 7am and I work 12 hours . Julia did look alot different now, but Frenchie has not change much. I thought Rueben looked good.

My middle son loves golf. Tried out for the gold league at high school level, but did not make the team. That is hard when 8 kids are picked out of of school of 2000 kids. His favorite player in Freddie Couples. He even has a set of his clubs. His best friend in high school was named Mr. Michigan for his play their senior year. My son would joke that if he made it on the circuit, that he would be his caddie. After colledge his friend went to qualifing school but did not do well, now he is in law school. My son just plays every one in a while. I have not played in 3 years. I was never good. Yes, I to would love to see pictures of Clay's reunion. But I also respect his privacy and understand we may never see any. I miss him, and know he needs down time, but I wish he would blog.

I love watching golf on TV. My husband does not understand, finds it boring to watch. We live were the Buick Open is held every year and work it. Our job is a volunteer job to make money for our ski patrol. Thus my job is to pick up the garbage bags and take them to the dumpster. My back by the end of the week is gone. Many people alsways ask if I see Tiger. My answer is yes, but I try to hide when he passes my garbage cart. By the end of the night, I just do not look very good! I do not have cable, I know now days that is hard to believe. I have to wait to Sunday night at 11:00 to watch rewind. Since I have to be up at 5am for work, it will have to be taped. l missed a lot of the second season, especially the start because I was teaching a class and taped it from the time of the top 12. By the time I got home and put it on, it was to late to vote. I was finally home the last two weeks, and could not get one vote in for Clay.

My problem with the paperless system is that I work in a Pediatric Intensive Care and paper towels are our friend when in a hurry to write things down. I know that now I just rewrite things into my notes carefully when I have time. Knowing where to put everything is the problem now. We are suppose to have a lot of help the first couple of weeks. I know that I am better off then some people who do not even own a computer at home and are clueless.

Hey Gibby. Feel for you. Our hospital is going paperless on Sunday. I have had 4 classes and I am scared shitless. I have worked at this hospital for 35 years and know what I need to do everyday, but the idea of remembering everything come Monday is frightening. To many new things. I keep saying everyone is in my position. I need prayers. Those pictures of Clay are just beautiflul. I can not believe he can look different in so many pictures.

I think I have been to one class reunion and that was a 10year. I only went to that high school my senior year. The school I went to for the first three years, closed the end of my junior year. Thirty students from that class went to the new school with me so I wasn't alone. My first three years of high school I did not fit into any particular group. I was a cheerleader, but did not fit the stereotype since I was a good student. You know you are nerdy when you are president of the latin club and your teacher buys you as their slave for a day at a auction. I sure Clay went there looking fantastic. I hope he took someone with him to enjoy the evening.

Just thought I try and post. Not very good with computers, so any changes sometimes are scary. Had a very busy weekend. I mentioned on Wed. that I was helping with our used book sale at our local library. These are books that patrons donate to us to sell. Well I just counted the money to deposit and with sellling books at $.25, magazines at $.10, and vhs, cd, or dvd's at $1.00 we made over $3400. This is the best we have ever done. It took us last night over two hours to clean up. I know this upset some people, but any left over books were placed in the dumpster. We gave people the option of free books while we cleaned. We start collecting again for the next sale in January starting today. We have limited storage space, I think we had over 15,000 to start this sale. I am not sure I like the blue, but whatever we do I am sure I will get use to it.

I am one of those people who liked ACAC. It was cheesey, but reminded me of the old fashion Christmas specials that used to be on. I had watched the Jessica Simpson special and thought it was tackey. Couldn't make chat tonight, was at our local library book sale(working) and did not get home in time. In two days we made around $2500. That is not bad considering we sell the used books for $.25 a piece. It allows us to buy things for the library and to put on children parties.