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23768. David Ehrenstein - 3/9/2008 3:35:24 AM Just in case you're not feeling GAY enough. 23769. thoughtful - 3/9/2008 5:04:19 PM So sorry about the family issues, MsNo. I have no words of wisdom to offer other than you're not alone. I've long ago decided that a normal family is dysfunctional and a 'functional' family, whatever that is, is totally abnormal.
Families...can't live with them and can't live without them. 23770. Magoseph - 3/10/2008 7:53:01 PM Good afternoon! 23771. iiibbb - 3/11/2008 5:17:29 AM Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck...
... I'm at a conference in my hotel room and I can't find my wedding ring.
fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck...
The security people won't let me in the room where I know I had it off my finger because it was itching a bit. I don't know if I dropped it or not.
sigh. 23772. arkymalarky - 3/11/2008 5:50:11 AM Oooooh, that's bad. Maybe you could speak to the hotel management. Let us know if you find it. 23773. Ms. No - 3/11/2008 7:11:38 AM Good luck, i3b3 -- hope this post is moot and you've already got your ring back by the time you read it. 23774. alistairconnor - 3/11/2008 11:34:56 AM There's a short story in that, iii...
Or rather, in the way my imagination ran riot when I read your post.
Sorry, not making fun of you, hope you found/find it!
Something like : you're nervous about going to the conference function without your wedding ring because a sexy young researcher has been giving you the eye. 23775. Wombat - 3/11/2008 5:26:34 PM i3b3:
I have a similar story. Not long after I returned from my honeymoon, I took our dog out to chase tennis balls on a nearby soccer field. I had noticed that my ring fit loosely, but didn't think anything of it. I was relaxing on the couch after dinner, when I noticed that I was no longer wearing my wedding ring. A cursory search did not turn it up, and I was preparing to take a flashlight and search the soccer field--in by inch at night (you think my wife would notice??), when I checked behind the couch cushions and found it. I got it tightened the next day. Told my wife after it was resolved. Good luck! 23776. iiibbb - 3/12/2008 12:00:09 AM Short story = I found it this morning. 23777. iiibbb - 3/12/2008 12:02:04 AM I've lost 35 lbs since I was married and my ring has been fitting really loose lately, and sometimes gets itchy.
I've developed a bad habit of taking it off and quickly forgetting it's not on.
I hope to develop the habit of putting it on the opposite hand when it gets uncomfortable. 23778. Ms. No - 3/12/2008 1:49:24 AM Excellent news, iiibbb! How about on a chain around your neck when you have to take it off? That way you may forget that you haven't put it back on, but you'll never have to worry that you've left it someplace. 23779. alistairConnor - 3/12/2008 1:51:57 AM ... and if it's too heavy, I'll carry it for you, Mr Frodo. 23780. Wombat - 3/12/2008 3:53:19 AM The jeweler soldered a little metal strip inside the ring. Now it fits fine. Glad you found it iiibbb. 23781. arkymalarky - 3/12/2008 4:05:01 AM Great 3i3b!
LOL, Alistair! 23782. alistairconnor - 3/12/2008 11:41:52 AM I surpassed myself this morning.
Girlfriend worked the night shift, she got home just as I was getting out of bed, and went straight to sleep. I had breakfast and dressed discreetly, then let myself out. The instant I pulled the door to, I knew I'd left my phone and keys behind.
I started to leave the building... changed my mind (expecting phone calls)... went back and rang the doorbell, wearing a contrite expression.
She didn't answer the door. Then I realised I'd closed the hallway door, to protect her from noise, and wouldn't hear the doorbell unless she was awake.
I'll go back at lunchtime and try my luck. 23783. Magoseph - 3/12/2008 4:23:45 PM How did you start your car if you left your keys inside? 23784. alistairconnor - 3/12/2008 5:29:01 PM I rode my bicycle to work, my dear. Like I always do.
Well actually, I don't always ride my own bicycle. Often, I take a public bike from the stand in front of the apartment building. 23785. alistairconnor - 3/12/2008 5:30:04 PM ... The kicker (you can probably guess...)
... is that I woke her up, she did indeed come to the door, but I'd gone by then. 23786. judithathome - 3/13/2008 4:23:30 PM I have discovered the secret to enjoying salad if you have to eat it every single day as a meal...delay your meals until you're literally starving.
Just kidding...but I have been eating a LOT of salad lately in an attempt to lose a few pounds. It hasn't worked. I honestly think my thyroid is "off"...because I am being scrupulous about adding up my calories, so much so that I fear becoming obssessed over them. I am NOT glopping salad dressing onto my healthily structured salads...using lemon juice or measuring out carefully only two tablespoons of low fat dressing. (I have never like a huge amount of dressing on my salads...always have it "on the side" at restaurants.)
My salads are different each day...I add fresh steamed green beans to some of them or steamed cauliflower. I add cucumber or shaved carrot or shredded cabbage to my mixes of romaine, field greens, mixed "European greens", butter lettuce...I have grape tomates and sugar snap peas, grapes, sliced strawberries...I've varied my salads every day.
And for protein, I eat less than four ounces of broiled steak or smoked turkey or steamed salmon. I have canned tuna...in water, not oil...or canned Alaskan salmon.
I eat 2 pieces of fruit a day and I have one slice of whole grain bread or a whole grain tortilla. No chips, no desserts, no sugar or added salt. I drink water or iced tea...no cola.
Only once a week do I eat something that might be considered bad for me: biscuits on Sunday morning. And I only have two at most...Arky can tell you how difficult THAT is, limiting myself to two small ones. Keoni makes these special small ones just for me, too...he uses a juice glass to cut them.
I keep my calorie intake to 1200-1300 a day and have done so for the past 3 weeks...in a sane world, I should have lost 5 pounds in three weeks...that's not an excessive estimate at all. But I haven't lost any and have even gained 2 pounds.
I'm really at a loss to explain this...I'm swimming and doing water aerobics at least three times a week, too. I know it is more difficult to lose when you're older and especially when you can't do regular exercise. I'm going to start my daily walking next week...have had some bone problems lately and haven't been able to walk much since early in the year.
It's demoralizing...I could see where I couldn't complain if I'd been whipping up to Taco Bell every other day or scarfing down cookies and ice cream. But I don't do that. I do everything you're supposed to do and nothing is working. It's pretty depressing when you're getting no results...I feel hopeless about it. And I'm not obese...I just want to lose a little bit of weight. 23787. thoughtful - 3/13/2008 4:39:31 PM Sounds to me like you're not getting enough fat in your diet. I'd skip the low fat dressing and put olive oil on your salads. Fat is essential to the diet, including saturated fats.
Also, are you using artificial sweetener in your tea? If so, switch to sugar or drink it without. Drink more water. Do you drink fruit juice?
You might also add more protein. 6 oz per day is considered minimum for the average woman.
You might also try to substitute the whole grain bread with a starchy vegetable like peas, or sweet potatoes.
If it is a thyroid problem, it's easy enough to check with a blood test...ask for a T3, T4 and a TSH.
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