Good morning, everyone!

Back to work for me after a nice, relaxing long weekend. Busy day today - lots of work to do and I'm meeting my mom & grandmom for lunch (Thai ).

Have a great day!!

lol right at the same time too. i'll edit mine and erase it.

Good Morning! Happy Tuesday. I am off work until 3pm.

Have a good one!

Jackie

Work as usual . . . driving to a new project location over in east Ft. Worth near the Airport. Hope the icy bridges are going to be gentle with me today . . . the roads are fairly clear otherwise.

Wee bit nippy this morning, -7 degrees. I have my monthly staff lunch today at Palomino, free lunch, anything I want. Huzzah!

Looks like they have some nice alcohol free drinks and also tiramisu! yum!


It's cold here but somehow saying it's 25 doesn't sound as cold as people saying it's -7. But, for where I live in california, 25 is pretty cold. I can't remember it getting too much colder than that. There's a chance of rain tonight and it would be neat if we got some snow but I doubt we will. Every few years the snow level will drop to about 1500 feet and the surrounding hills/mountains will get a dusting, but down at my level, which is around 450 feet, we rarely get any. I think it's snowed here at my ground level maybe 4 times in my life.

My honey is still stuck in Alexandria though he was supposed to leave monday evening. He managed to get online at about 430 am his time today (6:30 pm for me last night) and tell me how much he missed being home and talking with me at night.

Oh well.. looks like another boring day at work for me.
And now it's tiime to get on my torture machine for the day.

It's hovering around 30 degrees in San Antonio with freezing rain -- which could turn into sleet

It was 70 just a couple of days ago. Take back your dern Arctic air, Canada !!! We don't want it !!!!!!!!

hey that's canada's biggest export

hubby is gone to Vancouver, WA this week and will probably be a wee bit grumpy traveling to the West Coast and back really sucks, which is one reason for tossing around moving mid-country - but then i would wind up in Kansas (yeah - sorry charles, no freakin way unless Emerson comes up again )

the weather as been crazy - it will be 80 here again today. its almost like winter has been skipped for us, only a few days around 50 then right back up - very odd for Tampa (will typically stay between 40-55 throughout winter).

well at any rate - my pink grapefruit tree is lovin it! (an so am i since i started eating them - perfect fruit this year!!!)

where's that polar bear draggin his azz pic 'cause that's how i feel today.

American Idol starts tonight though!!!


Anyone notice that this site is freakin slow lately? Took about 2 minutes to just pull up the reply form.

quit bragging, it's 0 degrees here!

Still cold here to 17 with frozen sleet still everywhere. I developed a (sudden) illness so felt it best if i stayed home one more day. To bad with all this time off and i still dont get the (pushed aside) things done.

Sorry, MK, had to send it your way . . . we were tired of getting it in Dallas . . . and the same thing happened here on Friday . . . 70 in the afternoon and while I drove home in the freezing rain with the really strong winds it was dropping into the 40s . . . of course, today it is in the 20s, LOL!!! It will pass soon!

Just wondering about the place in Louisiana where the bragging that "it's 70 today" was making me laugh . . . going to check the weather over there.

Oops!!! well, it's not in the 70s anymore . . . but no freezing rain it seems . . . just 70% chance of precipitation in Baton Rouge with temp hovering around 40/30. Hi, Noura!!

I have a Dr. appt today with my OB and I am sooo scared of getting on that scale Last time I made the nurse laugh so hard. She said "Ok Massouna get on the scale" and I sighed real deeply. So she said "What's wrong ?" and I said "Well I feel like I am on the Biggest Loser .. I get weighed every month but instead of it going down it keeps going up and up" I know it's baby ... but I was so skinny before (if you were in the yahoo group you should remember what I look like) and now I feel like a fatty. Wish me luck


Sending Baby Dust to DollFace ... come on girl we need more members in our "Babies with Babies Club !"

11 degrees brrrrrrrrrrrr I am dreading going out today. Back to gloves weather.

Jackie

LOL LebaneseMama - Let's go Dollface we can't be the only ones!! Don't worry about the scale issue - it is really scary when you start losing weight, then the doctor's freak out and man it's just scary. Youssef insisted I ate like 6 meals a day when I started losing weight instead of gaining it. Just think you'll drop off a bunch of weight when the baby is born and if you're breastfeeding you lose weight even faster. It usually takes at least 6 - 8 weeks after the baby is born for your "baby tummy" to start going away. I hate those damn celebrities who have babies and come out looking like before they had them it is so unrealistic!!

Cold, cold, cold here today! rahma I need to get a job where you work - all this vacation and lunches mmmmm! We are seriously considering move to the cities after Youssef gets back from Morocco so if you hear of any good job openings let me know!

Back to work today...blah. It's freakin cold outside!

I wish just a little bit of cold would head our way! It's been ridiculous this winter. We've had mostly 70 degree weather for weeks now. Most everyone I know has been sick, and I think it's due to the weird weather. Someone told me it's because it hasn't been cold enough to make some of the viruses die. I don't know how medically sound that theory is, but it makes you wonder.

We had to work yesterday, so no 3 day weekend for me! Rahma, I want to come work at your law office! Ours is very small, and we only get 2 weeks vacation a year, period. I've been here 5 years now, and I have the same amount of vacation I had when I started. I've seriously got to start looking for a new job!

I'm going to the gym tonight, then I'm going to cook something really quick, and watch American Idol with my husband. Fun night, I hope!!!

Hope everyone is having a good day!

Yup! woke up to 38 degree weather today (brrrrrrrrr)... at work now but having a slow day - should get some other work done, but I think I might just go home and have lunch w/ my sweetie. Got a call from a friend of mine opening a new massage place and they want me to come to work over there - could be enticing, but I *really* like working by myself! It's just across the street from my office now. One of her "selling points" is that they are going to have childcare, so if I end up pregnant, I can still work w/ the baby right there on site... hmmmm.... dunno.
High today is 47!
Hi Catherine!

I love larb tofu. Might have to drive and get some for lunch.

I love Thai food!!!!!!!!!!! Yum... now that's what I'm hungry for

I'm planning on going in to get my Hepatitis vaccinations in a couple of hours. I'm as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs!!! I hate having any kind of medication in me and I always worry about having some horrid side effect.
I made dua and insha'Allah it will be fine but I always worry anyways.

I love the green papaya salad . . . my latest fav along with the tom kha gai soup (cocunut milk/lemongrass/chicken) . . . yum. seems like a good day for that soup! maybe I can stop by on my way back from looking at some new/pre-owned vehicles.

All work and no play makes Limah a dull Gal!!!!!!!!!

Will be starting my work from home in a couple of weeks, something else to do to keep busy!!! Right now I am at my desk reading Stephen Kings "Dreamcatcher". I just finished "The Stand" last week.

Well, I'll be........... One of my students just left the school. She was supposed to be here at 1pm for lecture. She has a contusion on her head... but she was telling me... crying.... that she can't finish the program. She was feeling self conscious about her skill in phlebotomy. Keep in mind she hasn't failed 1 test in the duration of this course! NOT ONE!!! I told her that I am not trying to hear it and I will see her thursday for her exam and she can go home after or maybe take it next week, but quittin is not an option. I gave her my cell #, which is a no-no for students typically. But this aint a typical case. I feel like her mother has taken to me as I have to her. She has come into my office closed the door and prayed with me and for my husband and I so many times I can not count! I found out from her daughter that she is an evangelist at her church. I am muslim, and to me it does not matter how you serve God or how you acknowledge Him, as long as you do.

She thanked me for pushing her daughter, as her daughter has been to so many "technical" schools and not finished. This is the closest she has ever come to success in a career. She hugged me and told me that she loves me, like she always does. I have been telling her that I am trying to get back to Morocco to see my husband and was extremely distraught about the fact that I wasn't able to make it over the xmas/new year break.

She hugged me again, and she was looking me in my eyes, (and for me, I cant look you square in the eye when I am talking to you, never could as far back as I can remember), She took my hand, held it for a minute, and walked out the door. I was just standing there near tears, as I always am when I have an encounter with her. I am coming back to my desk to finish this message, I though it would have been short and simple..... and there are papers falling out of my hand. It's $300. Now the phone rings and its her on the line saying, "This is for your trip to see your husband and I have something for you next week. Will you be here next week?"

Of course I will be here next week but not because she "has something for me", but this is where I work. So, I guess I kinda gotta be here, you know?

She reminds me of my mother in a lot of ways. On the 25th of this month it will be 13 years since my mother passed away. The winters are always excruciating for my brothers and sisters and I. Never does it fail! NEVER EVER!!! I have enough to deal with as it is and my mother has been on my mind and in my dreams lately, more than any other time of the year.

I was talking to my husband and he had to leave early for work. I wanted to cry about that , but I sucked it up. And now my spiritual mother dunn laid this bomb on me, the tears I called myself holdin back.........

Have a happy and blessed Tuesday, yall!

Limah

What a wonderful woman to have as a friend, Limah!!!

Anybody got some idea for what to make for dinner tonight....I'm totally not in chef mode

howzabout some fish w/ rice and a salad? or steamed broccoli instead of salad? or chicken breast instead of fish?

oh!!! a yummy/easy thing to make - place chicken breasts in a casserole dish w/ some cream of mushroom soup & sour cream (mix soup & sour cream, spread over chix) and bake at abt 350 for abt 1 hr.... serve it w/ some rice or pasta and a veggie!

It's awefully cold here too today. There was a train derailment in the next county which ended up spilling burning propane everywhere. Needless to say the highway close to home is closed which means it will take us forever to get home. I'm just happy I'll have company in the car with me. The warm weather spoiled me. IT'S TOO DARN COLD!

Dinner.... hmm. Planned on meatloaf and mashed potatoes (Moh loves it) but if we're too late it may be pizza night.

HI everyone. Just thought I'd poke in while I have a moment. So Hi!

ooooooohhhhh..... that sounds good - perhaps what we'll be having tonite w/ a veggie - Said loves veggies & salads! Hope you make it home safely and w/o much delay.

I hope rahma posts another quiz. I love those!

LOL, even ones about theologians most people wouldn't have any clue about? I'm lookin, i'm lookin...

Do those threads manage to stay open Rahma??

just wanted to say that Said recieved his SS card today! - and only 1 week after applying... who says LA is last for everything?

Yay! Congrats guys!

Choukrane!

My son is 12 and it still hasn't gone away!!

Vote for Petra!!!

Hey JP, did your grandma leave? I noticed you were around the boards more.

Yeah, she left at the beginning of January. SHe never let me use the PC, she kept yelling at me every time I went near it.

You should have tried to show her some "granmaish" things on the computer!
Anyways, I'm sure you missed us all tons and are happy to be back to your 'disfunctional' MENA family!!!

Mine is 17!! Oh well, maybe it will all go away after the next one.

Richie Cunningham was just on MASH and I missed it!!!
I MASH