Late Nighters

Okay I am sitting here....at my desk eating Sweet Gherkin Pickles......out of the jar with a knife.
And let me tell you....DELICIOUS!
I might have to finish the entire jar! LOL

Whatcha all doin??

[JoyRenee]

I'm watching Dr. Phil

[JoyRenee]

Okay I just made an Iced Vanilla Soy Latte (DECAF) because I know I'll be up late anyway. I'm about to make a very intense reply to a friend who is driving me and my family crazy. I'll post that on another thread for advice because I am NOT good at confrontation (with people I know anyway! LOL!).

[Gina209]

Ohh that Latte sounds YUMMY...what is in it besides the obvious Soy?

[JoyRenee]

It's really easy to make!!! I buy decaf instant coffee crystals, soy milk, and then ice. That's all it is! Fill a tall cup with ice. Next, make about 1 tablespoon of instant coffee with 1 ounce of hot water. Pour over ice, then pour soy milk to top! That's it!!!

[Gina209]

Do you brew the Coffee? Sorry, I just don't know if there's a difference between coffee crystals or the coffee you buy in the container (say folgers).

[JoyRenee]

No, they're instant. You just mix them with hot water! They are way different from the ground coffee beans because they are dehydrated or something. Not sure how they work! The brand I have is folgers. You could brew coffee and make the latte, too, though. It's just way more work and you only need an ounce or two.

I used to work at a coffee house and the espresso they make is very similar to what I'm describing to you. They just make LITTLE bits of coffee at a time to put in the drinks.

You're at your desk? Does that mean you're still at work?! What do you do?

[Gina209]

Ohh I see....so I could find the instant coffee right where the coffee bean section is in the supermarket? Huh, I've never used them, I just always brew coffee cuz I drink so much of it! haha. My Mom used to be the folgers singles...heat up some hot water and dunk. I'm assuming its similar to the crystals you buy. I'm definitely gonna try these, they sound yummy and I love anything with coffee in it! Thanks!

I'm at home, at my desk. I have my own business so I work from home, unless I'm out at shows or meeting with clients. But I'm usually home, hence why I'm always lurking on here :) I work in Travel, selling Vacation Packages to businesses all over the world, who use my Packages to promote and expand their business-it's fun and good $$

[Gina209]

Oops *used to buy* is what I meant

[JoyRenee]

Yeah, you buy it where the coffee beans are!

Okay, I want a vacation! LOL! I don't have any money or I'd so do it!!!

[JoyRenee]

We want to go to Disney World as a couple (no kids, yeah!). I've been twice but hubby hasnt' been. I just love how clean it is there, how fun!

[Gina209]

Tell me about it! I wish we had the time for a Vacay!!!

I have an issue here...I have trouble keeping hydrated. I know thats a serious problem when you're Pregnant and I'm terrified! I don't like water at all...tasteless...but I force myself to drink it. I only enjoy it after a workout, but other than that I have to force myself to drink it..it makes me gag! Soo weird.
I've tried mixing it up like using Crystal Light...Gatorade, stuff like that and thats fine. But there's only so many things I can do before I start drinking things with too much sugar or things that aren't caffeine free. It's just so hard cuz so many people love water and I can't stand it...I try and force myself to drink 60 or more ounces a day but that rarely happens.

[Gina209]

Weird, I've been to Disney a couple times but hubby has never been! I was going to surprise him for his birthday this year and have the two of us go! Fun Fun!

[JoyRenee]

What's your fave thing there??? I love the World thing where you can visit different "countries"! Their chefs are all from the designated part of the world. I LOVED the cheesecake in France.

My fave ride was the Space Mountain (indoor rollercoaster, in the dark!)

[aeslehc15]

Ohhhh vacation ... I'm in desperate need of one of those.

[Gina209]

YES Space Mountain was cool!!!

Used to LOVE the Tower of Terror...... both my sisters cried and I was like "lets go again dad!" Now I'm scared to death of all those rides! haha.

I still love the teacups...and honey I shrunk the kids and all the animal kingdom stuff. I am a huge animal lover, so thats prolly my fav.

[JoyRenee]

I went on the safari! I liked the 3D shows, too. Tower of Terror is NOT something I like! I think now that I have kids, it's a lot more scary to go on the rides in case something were to happen!

[Gina209]

Yea I remember I saw this scary 3D shark thing...OMG it was terrifying!

Oh the Tower of Terror....I enjoyed that when I was WAY younger. I'm soo scared of heights and things that go down real fast or upside down! I stick with the tea cups these days.

[KStarr07]

Gina, you know that problem staying hydrated is probably associated with your love for coffee! it dehydrates you, actually..  just a thought I thought I would share with you..

[Gina209]

Ohh I know I know! :) But I've completely cut back...I only have 1 cup of Coffee a day, if that. I know that can still dehydrate me, but my hate for water still exists. And even before I drank coffee I was always dehydrated...so it's really just me hating to drink water and never drinking enough of it!

[KStarr07]

You don't like water even when it's real cold?  I don't like water either, ESPECIALLY tap.... I just won't drink it. yuck! however, we get the bottled water from wal-mart.. and when it's really cold, man.. it's so good, and refreshing.. Haha... but that's me.

[BritanyG]

I LOVE water!!! ughhhh ladies onyl an hour an a half left of work, I can't wait to go home for the day!!!! I'm so bored, iam playing games on the computer, but the clock doesn't seen to move!!! How old were you ladies when you started drinking coffee?? I hate hate hate coffee, i don't know why but even with sugar and everyhting the taste makes me want to gag...lol

[KStarr07]

Do you like flavored water? I don't see how that would really be much more appealing, to me it seems really gross because I hate kool-aid even.. it seems like it would be like watered down kool-aid or something.. But a lot of people like it.. or fruit juices? that's always good. :)
Oh, I just made myself want some pineapples.... Hahah darn it.

[BritanyG]

MMMMM i liek juices, i'm not a fan of the flavored water because i do think it tastes watered down but i could drink juice and water all day long, i drink anywhere between a gallon to 2 gallons of water a day

[Gina209]

Yea HATE tap water...If and when I do drink water, it has to be freezing cold! If its in the fridge it's cold enough but if I leave my cup around for 30 min, I have to add lots of ice. It has to be super cold! But even then, it makes me gag sometimes, I just can't drink enough of it!
Eww hate Kool-aid...but I love Crystal Light...which is what I mostly drink. Iced Tea, Lemonade (even though that dehydrates you too) but I like that stuff and thats what I drink to get my water. I don't like fruit juices either....LOL I must sound like a freak!

It's really hard for me...I eat a lot of fruit but don't like fruit drinks...mostly Crystal Light like I said and Powerade...

[KStarr07]

Mmmm french vanilla coffee... I have a bad habit of adding a ton of sugar to mine though, making it even worse.. hah. I drank it when I was about 13.. but I never really was an every-day-drinker, really.. whenever I drink something with a lot of caffeine in it since I've been pregnant, my uterus hurts.. YES I know how crazy that sounds.. but that's the only way i can describe it.. like at the bottom of my belly kind of gets a pain... it's weird. maybe it's all in my head, telling me not to do it.. :P

[Gina209]

Ohh and I started drinking coffee when I was about 14 I think..Iced Coffee, than as I got older I started drinking hot and iced. Now it's strictly decaf!

[BritanyG]

Wait ice tea and lemonade dehydrate you? because i drink them everyday im a big fluids person if that makes sense

[Gina209]

Iced Tea doesn't....but Lemonade does..makes you thirstier because it dehydrates you.

[KStarr07]

powerade and gatorade = yuck.. Haha.. I get what you mean about the water having to be cold.. we keep a 24pack case in the fridge, and when my bottles get warm, i get a new one and they stay in my room.. and i end up with a ton of half or one fourth bottles of water and i add them all into a few bottles and put them back into the refrigerator... sounds silly, but it works for me.. haha

[KStarr07]

actually tea dehydrates you too, because of the caffeine in it.. but there's not a whole lot and it's made with a lot of water.. so it kind of evens out

[Gina209]

LOL I do the same thing with my water bottles!!

I drink Decaf Iced Tea....so no caffeine.

[BritanyG]

MMM good becuase  I LOVE ice tea. before i got pregnant i used to be a huge fan of energy drinks, HUGE, but i cant anymore, so if i even have a little bit of caffeine since ive been pregnant, i am sooo hyper, and then the baby kicks alot and then i feel bad, so it try not to do it but i cant always stop it because i want it sooo bad!!! lol, everyone at work and my DH always yell at me, so i sneak it, i guess im addicted to caffeine liek people are to cigarettes, in a way, bu ti always freak out htinkin gim hurtin the baby

[Gina209]

Oh FYI-I just looked it up and read 3 articles that said Tea does NOT dehydrate you, it actually rehydrates your body..I guess it replaces fluids and contains antioxidants..COOL!

[KStarr07]

well the amount that is in about a cup of coffee [some even say two] a day, is safe.. and especially if you are past your first trimester [since you're feling your baby kick, i'd say you are] so in moderation, it's fine.. :)
i drink a caffeinated drink maybe a couple times a week, although i "quit cold turkey" so to say, for atleast 4 and a half months..

[BritanyG]

thats sweet. a caffeinated drink 9well kind of ) that is ok to drink, im sooo gonna be addicted now...lol

[KStarr07]

oh, yeah? well a pregnancy book that i had, said that caffeine dehydrates the body [which we all know i'm sure] and it listed different drinks and their caffeine content, and tea was on there.. but yeah, i knew about the antioxidants.. but with me when i drink tea, i feel so much thirstier afterwards.. so i just assumed.. Haha

[BritanyG]

i did the same thing quit cold turkey for liek 4 months and i cant hold off anymore, yes i am in my 22nd week of pregnancy, past the first trimester but liek i said i have to sneak it becaus everyone flips out and lectures me about how i am hurtin the baby and then i feel bad and then i cry because im at that emotional stage, lol, and i show them the internet saying a little is ok but then i hear well why would you even want to risk it that much and im like jeeze people ok fine..then i sneak away and sip some...lol..ohh hif my dh found out, i would be so dead right now!!!

[Gina209]

Tea is one of the best things you can drink, Pregnant or not! And I'm reading more and more studies on how its as good as water if not better! It helps to protect you from developing heart diease and even cancer. Always protects your teeth and bones! All the
flavonoids, polyphenol antioxidants are what makes it soo healthy! So drink away your Tea girl :) I'm gonna start drinking more of it!

[BritanyG]

Meee Tooo now, if you ladies dont mindme asking howmuch weight have yo ugained so far and how much is healthy to gain like a week or so??

[KStarr07]

i've always loved tea, but just with the coffee, i make it kind of unhealthy but adding unecessary amounts of sugar... haha. how far along are you, gina?

[BritanyG]

MMM sorry Gina!!! i just realized ou werent preggo yet, so when are you expecting to do the big test????

[Gina209]

HaHa yea but after I drink water, I'm thirstier too!! Thats common after drinking anything. And I bet the Caffeine in Tea is cancelled out due to all the Antioxidents and other great herbs Tea has in it. Well now that I know it definitely doesn't dehydrate you, I'm so happy cuz I love Tea!

[KStarr07]

well britany, it depends on the woman.. they say roughly you should gain about half a pound, to a pound a week.. but EVERYone is different.. i haven't gained much, i found out my scales here at home are broke so i won't know until i go to the doctor on the 6.. but i only gained like 3 pounds :S after i lost a pound and regained it,  [due to stress] but i'm okay now and the doctor wasn't concerned.. but i told him, and he said we'll just keep an eye on it.. but the baby weighed and measured just fine, slightly ahead of schedule. :D

[Gina209]

Not Preggo yet! I was Pregnant last year but had a M/C.
Planning to test this Friday-crossing my fingers!!!

My Pregnancy went to its 13th week and I didn't gain a single pound. I'm a tiny person though..pre-pregnancy I was only about 95 pounds.

[BritanyG]

I'm the same way, I put unhealthy amounts of sugar in teh tea, for me it just gives it that taste thats makes me want more and more, and actually now i want some right now!! lol

[BritanyG]

WOW yo uar etiny i was in the 130's when i got pregnant, and im only 5'2" but i lifted weights all teh time, ehcich i cant do now, sucks but i've only gained liek 3 pounds and the doctor make me come in and get monitored (weighed) every coupel of days, i was just making sure im not the only one in this predicament but i think at the end of the pregnany i will blow up like a balloon...lol...

i'm sorry Gina, i wil lkeep my fingers crossed for you and pray pray pray....it will happen again hunny, if yoou dont mind me asking, do you know what happened with the first one

[KStarr07]

i agree on the tea!  and oh, good luck!!.. i was about 115 or so.. last time i was weight, i got to a whopping 118.. Hahaha [it was up to 117, then 116, then back to 118] now i'm not sure.. but yeah.. i just said this to my boyfriend.. haha, funny.
"i went for a walk yesterday.. and after walking for a while i noticed that my posture changed, to support my weight.. like my back bent more, and my belly stuck out more. and i started to feel like i was waddling after a while. i'm turning into a duck! :("

[Gina209]

Yea my Doctor is always telling me I need to gain weight! I was worried when I got Pregnant because I ate and ate and ate and I didn't gain a pound! And than when I M/C I was so depressed I lost even more weight! It was bad....but my family says I'm going to be this tiny Preggo gal...I think I'm going to be huge! Like you said, tiny at first than huge towards the end :)

Of course I don't mind you asking...my Doctor told me I had a blighted ovum...I couldn't believe that could happen at 13 weeks. I think it was a missed M/C...but I never really found out. I just moved to this area so it was a brand new doctor---not too good and I was in such shock when it happened. All I know is I was 13 weeks...I know I'll get Preggo again I just hope it's sooner than later!

[good2bhere]

Hi! girls...hows every1 doing....

[Gina209]

Hi there! Good just chit chatting...how are you?

[KStarr07]

my doctor actually was not concerned with my weight for some reason.. i was surprised, because i sure was.. but as long as the little guy is safe and healthy then it doesn't really matter. i'm just now starting to get bigger, yet probably still capable of hiding my belly if i wanted to for some reason, and i'm 6 months now. i love my belly i'm proud of it, and i show it off.. :)  i get such odd/mean looks sometimes though.. me  being so young and all.. but i don't mind it, i just keep on going.

[good2bhere]

well not so good...AF showed up and very depressed...im all doomed...so jus hanging around to keep myself occupied so not to think of it...did a bit of online shopping at macy's to make myself feel better...then got in here...whats with ya...

[BritanyG]

I'm good, how bout you??

What is a blighten ovum, i so dont know anything about medical stuff, just that i am pregnant, and stuf fbecause of experience, lol But your BFP will come soon enough Gina!!! I hope sooner for you too!!

Do you ladies know how many kids you want?? i come form a family of 10 brothers and sisters and i want a whole van full too but DH swares we are only having two and that  the one after this one we cant have for five years! i was liek five years is a big gap between children there dear, ya know, he wouldnt even let me buy a mini van because he says if we are only having two kids why do we need a van, and i was liek i just want to be the cute little soccer mom in a mini van...lol

[KStarr07]

hahah britany... my boyfriend and i are finding we disagree on a lot of things.. if only we would have figured that out FIRST.. but i guess you'll have that.. i want maybe... i don't know.. 3, not too many.

good2bhere, i'm sorry :( i hope you get to feeling better.

[BritanyG]

Awww, i'm sorry good2bhere, but all you can do is TTC this month ok and your bfp will come just keep busy at it so to speak...lol..shopping always makes me feel better tooo!!!!

i love my belly too, sometimes i worry what it is gonna look like after pregnancy, because it wont look like i'm pregnant but not liek it did before, so i try to picture it and it doesnt work...once my sister had her baby, you couldnt even tell she had been preggo, lol, i was liek dang i hope im like you!! so what tiem is it where all you ladies are from?? isnt it the middle of the night??

[Gina209]

KStarr-I just looked at your pics and your belly is adorable! I would definitely be proud of that no matter how old you are :) Soo beautiful!

Good2behere-awww I'm really sorry AF came. Boy do I know that feeling. But try to think positive about it..at least you got AF..some women haven't been getting their periods, their not Ovulating and their not Pregnant. Try to stay positive, it will happen!

Britany-It's basically when everything else develops but the baby. The sac, your hormones etc etc. But your baby doesn't develop or does but stops very early on.

We want 2 or 3 kids :)

[Gina209]

But then again I can't imagine only having 2 babies...I LOVE babies, haha I'll prolly end up with 7 kids! :)

It's almost 2:00 am here, just about to say I'm gonna head to bed gals. It was soo nice talking with you though! We should do it more often. Take Care and Gnight!

[BritanyG]

lol.. i want a whole herd!!! i guess that just comes with being raised with a total of 13 including parents and me in the house, i'm just used to the chaos, so when there is none its just not normal and i dont know what to do..lol..although i dont know if i could be pregnant 9 different times, that what 81 months!!! wow, my mom was crazy!! ohhh she was only pregnant nine times because she had twins ..lol.. so i figure if i get pregnant with liek sextuplets DH will just have to deal with it...lol..i htink that is the only way i will get a herd of kids...

[BritanyG]

Good night!!!! Its only 3 in the afternoon here, so i will be sleeping when you are awake!! lol..and yes we should i get so bored at work..

[KStarr07]

agreed, we should! goodnight gina.. it's a quarter til 2 here, as well..  i'm going to update my belly pictures probably on sunday [i do a bi-weekly thing] i don't always put them right up on here, though... but yeah... i'll be going before too long, as well.

[good2bhere]

well thats exactly how im looking at it...cos when i had pcos it used to take everything to get my periods...so much medication and stuff.now when i wanna have a baby here it is so faithfully right on time lol...

[BritanyG]

mmmm well you ladies have a nice nite, i'll be on the same time tomorrow, always am...lol..i would put pics up but i cant becausei dont have a computer at home and im in the military and they watch our computers and if i put a pic on this computer t post it to the net, it will show up in their tracker and then i will be in big trouble, but i'l lfigure out a way, i have been trying to get my sister to do it but since im here and she is there , she doesnt have any belly pics or u/s pics and i cant e0-mail them to her because all i have is a work computer!! so aggravating!!

[BritanyG]

kstarr... your beely pics are cute!!! i am 22 weeks and my belly is bigger than yours i cant wait toill eveyrone can see mine on the profile..... im am carrying really really high though...lol

[KStarr07]

thank you :)  hm, if only you had a cell phone with picture messaging, that would be useful..

[BritanyG]

i know but the problem is im in japan and you guys are in the states and i dont htink japan cell phones can sned messages to the states..lol..but i do come home permanently well not home im being stationed in NC in 17 days..i will definetly post it then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 17 days ..yay, 16 if youdont count today!!! well in a way yay, but as you prolly already know form my previous posts my DH will be stationed in CA, but at least i will be home in the states and i am thinking about having my sister com elive with me because indiana is like a 15 hour drive from where i will be stationed and CA is on thje other side of the country and i will need company, my sis has been wanting to move anyways

[BritanyG]

well goodnight ladies...i am FINALLY gettin goff work, I will be on tomorrow to chat it up with ya'll...lol

[KellyA74]

WOW...you girls were up LATE!  I thought I was the only one stuck up all night (work)....LOL......