self revalation

Yes he would love it there! My brothers both work at a gravel pit and they
have an open house once a year in the summer for one day. Wanted to take
Nicholas this year, except it was when DH was sick in the hospital, so we
couldn't make it. Next year we will.

"Joyce" wrote in message
...
Oh, he would definitely love it here! When each of the kids hit a certain
age
(maybe 4) he would take them to work with him on Saturdays ... donuts and
applejuice, along with a day filled with gobblegobbles, diggers, pushers,
etc. I
remember when my son was in pre-school, they had a *field trip* to see the
additions being put on at their facility ... complete with the heavy
equipment. I
had to tell the supervisors to NOT let him climb on the machinery, don't
even let
him think about it ... he knew how to start them, knew how to operate them
already
- and unless they wanted the machinery to start doing it's job, KEEP HIM
AWAY!

There are also a few benefits ... good paying summer jobs for the kids,
helps a
bit with the college expenses and spending money. We put them at the
menial end
of things, hard work tends to make them appreciate going to school to be
able to
do something a tad easier. G BUT having them on the jobs also means the
operators tend to stay on track and take fewer breaks ... they are never
quite
sure what will get back to the *boss*.

My grandson is now being broken in gently. His biggest request for
Christmas is
now *trucks*. For his birthday we bought him one of those power wheel
battery
operated trucks, which he just adores. This year he is going to get the
smaller
ones that he can push around on the floor. LOL

Joyce

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 20:53:00 -0800, "Brenda Hammond"
wrote:

My son would love your household. As you know he's into the
gobblegobbles
(gravel trucks), diggers and pushers. We can't get enough of them here!

"Joyce" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 06:13:29 -0800, "Brenda Hammond"
wrote:


"Joyce" wrote in message
.. .
I'm sure I'm going to get spoken to about this again when tax time
rolls
around,
don't know what I'll do. I've learned to live on what hubby brings
home,
and
getting it all in one chunk has worked well so far. I know my
habits,
and
if I
put the money into savings, even to *hold* for tuition time - I'm
not
gonna be
willing to pull it back out again. g

What type of business are you in Joyce? I've probably mentioned this,
but
we have a store where we repair electronics (computer, printers,
faxes,
copiers) and also do sales stuff and ink and toner refilling. We have
two
employees besides ourselves.

Diggers and pushers of course. G We run a construction consulting
type
firm,
very small, have a few pieces of heavy equipment. Hub actually works
for
a
different company, our equipment is then leased to their jobs ... we
will
haul
dirt, sell dirt, etc. - anything that brings money in. Our goal is to
keep it
operational until the youngest is through with college ... 5 more
years,
then
dissolve it. I am the only official employee, but hub actually digs up
the work,
makes the deals and coordinates it all.


We do all the quarterly tax paperwork, just send the stuff in as
'0' -
then at the
end of the year we pay the deductions/unemployment/state/ whoever
whatever - they
all have their hands out.

We can't get away with paying once a year, we send in monthly payments
to
the provincial government for sales tax and monthly payments to the
feds
for
payroll deductions/taxes. Every three months we pay the feds for the
goods
and services tax. Seems like there are always these huge amounts
going
out,
kind of depressing!

In the US you can set up businesses in several different formats, in
regard to
taxing benefits (or so I'm told). Since I'm the only employee, I can
submit the
paperwork quarterly, but claim I was paid no salary. Then actually pay
the taxes
at the end of the year. We have an accountant handle it all, so far it
really
makes no sense to me but it keeps the government off my back. g


With you and your hubby both working for your company, I can see why
you
would
want to draw a more regular paycheck. It would be awful difficult
to
live
with
nothing coming in until the end of the year. I'm good at budgeting,
but
not sure
I'm THAT good.

We never used to collect a regular cheque, but paying the income tax
once
a
year was getting to be a pain in the ass, so now we collect the
paycheque
and pay our deductions along with the other employees once a month.
Will
be
better for us come tax time.

Paying once a year isn't a big deal to me. We also have to pay our
individual
taxes near the same time. At least I'm only annoyed with the
government
one time
a year. g

Joyce

I'm reading back from when I fell behind and this post hit home for me.

I eat a lot when I'm bored and it's not usually healthy stuff, it's
chocolate and chips and junk food, luckily this doesn't happen often but it
happens at least once a month.

I also find that if I don't eat when I'm hungry then I wander around not
able to find anything "good" to eat, the only difference for me is I get to
a certain point where not only am I grumpy and miserable but I become
"unhungry" and don't want to eat all of a sudden.

--
Janice
263/256.25/150 (maybe 130)


"JulieB" wrote in message
...
I don't think I was really surprised, but WW certainly crystallised a few
things I always deep down knew about myself:

1. I eat when I'm bored. If there's no-one around and I've got nothing
interesting to do, I'll go raid the cupboard. I need to find a hobby

2. My stomach is on a military timer. It knows when it should be getting
food and complains mightily if it doesn't get it within about a 30 minute
window. This means I have to plan if I'm going to be out around my
stomach's "meal window". If I miss the window, then I a) have no idea
what
I want to eat and can walk around aimlessly for what seems like hours not
being able to decide on anything and b) am grumpy and miserable the whole
time I'm looking for food. I need to decide what I want *before* I get to
the grumpy and miserable stage!

I hope the kitty adoption goes OK Lee. It really is amazing how attached
we
get to the little creatures.

--
Julie.
93.5/73.2/74 (WW)/72 (Personal) kg
205.7/161.0/162.8 (WW)/158 (Personal) lb


"Miss Violette" wrote in message
s.com...
I have read a bunch of posts here about emotional eating and binges
brought
on from emotional upset. I knew I was not a binger but couldn't really
think of a time I had eaten emotionally from an upset that was not a
binge.
This week I think I found a home for my foster kitten. We have had him
since may and he is such a wonderful creature I was beginning to look
into
finding an organization that could use him for a service animal. A man
called me that is perfect and I am more attached to this little guy than
I
thought. I will of course do what is best for the cat. Where this
relates
to this group is that I realized that instead of emotionally eating I do
just the opposite. I completely lose any inclination to eat at all.
This
I
further realized is a fit with my patter of eating to little for long
periods of time. Lee, wondering what if anything, others have realized
about their eating patterns that is surprising to them.

"Janice Kennish" wrote in message
news:1mdAb.35760$_M.163107@attbi_s54...
I'm reading back from when I fell behind and this post hit home for me.

I eat a lot when I'm bored and it's not usually healthy stuff, it's
chocolate and chips and junk food, luckily this doesn't happen often but
it
happens at least once a month.

I think this happens to many of us Janice. It's been happening to me this
week. I've been stressed about things at work, with renos and everything,
then in the evenings I'm bored, but still thinking about work stuff and I
end up munching on all kinds of awful things. Last night I had peanuts and
chocolate chips! I'm having trouble getting back into that mindset of being
OP. I do well during the day, but then the evening comes.....


I also find that if I don't eat when I'm hungry then I wander around not
able to find anything "good" to eat, the only difference for me is I get
to
a certain point where not only am I grumpy and miserable but I become
"unhungry" and don't want to eat all of a sudden.

Wish I could become "unhungry" in the evenings!


--
Janice
263/256.25/150 (maybe 130)


"JulieB" wrote in message
...
I don't think I was really surprised, but WW certainly crystallised a
few
things I always deep down knew about myself:

1. I eat when I'm bored. If there's no-one around and I've got nothing
interesting to do, I'll go raid the cupboard. I need to find a hobby

2. My stomach is on a military timer. It knows when it should be
getting
food and complains mightily if it doesn't get it within about a 30
minute
window. This means I have to plan if I'm going to be out around my
stomach's "meal window". If I miss the window, then I a) have no idea
what
I want to eat and can walk around aimlessly for what seems like hours
not
being able to decide on anything and b) am grumpy and miserable the
whole
time I'm looking for food. I need to decide what I want *before* I get
to
the grumpy and miserable stage!

I hope the kitty adoption goes OK Lee. It really is amazing how
attached
we
get to the little creatures.

--
Julie.
93.5/73.2/74 (WW)/72 (Personal) kg
205.7/161.0/162.8 (WW)/158 (Personal) lb


"Miss Violette" wrote in message
s.com...
I have read a bunch of posts here about emotional eating and binges
brought
on from emotional upset. I knew I was not a binger but couldn't
really
think of a time I had eaten emotionally from an upset that was not a
binge.
This week I think I found a home for my foster kitten. We have had
him
since may and he is such a wonderful creature I was beginning to look
into
finding an organization that could use him for a service animal. A
man
called me that is perfect and I am more attached to this little guy
than
I
thought. I will of course do what is best for the cat. Where this
relates
to this group is that I realized that instead of emotionally eating I
do
just the opposite. I completely lose any inclination to eat at all.
This
I
further realized is a fit with my patter of eating to little for long
periods of time. Lee, wondering what if anything, others have
realized
about their eating patterns that is surprising to them.

On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 07:28:45 -0800, "Brenda Hammond"
wrote:

I'm having trouble getting back into that mindset of being
OP. I do well during the day, but then the evening comes.....

That's how I've been lately. Do you have a hobby you could take up in
the evenings? Some sort of a craft maybe? Wrap Christmas presents,
fold washing? That's what I've been doing and it seems to be helping.
Good luck :-)

--
Erin in NZ
125/87/75 kgs
275.3/191.6/165 lbs

NYNY goal 180.6lbs (82 kilos)

"It is not the mountain we conquer, it is ourselves"
Sir Edmund Hilary

Thanks for the good luck wishes Erin. Lately I tend to get interested in
something then I seem to lose interest quickly. Think it's stress, but
haven't figured out how to deal with it yet.
--
Brenda
209/173/150
NYNY goal 160

"Erin Marsh" wrote in message
. co.nz...
On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 07:28:45 -0800, "Brenda Hammond"
wrote:

I'm having trouble getting back into that mindset of being
OP. I do well during the day, but then the evening comes.....

That's how I've been lately. Do you have a hobby you could take up in
the evenings? Some sort of a craft maybe? Wrap Christmas presents,
fold washing? That's what I've been doing and it seems to be helping.
Good luck :-)

--
Erin in NZ
125/87/75 kgs
275.3/191.6/165 lbs

NYNY goal 180.6lbs (82 kilos)

"It is not the mountain we conquer, it is ourselves"
Sir Edmund Hilary

Me too Brenda

"Brenda Hammond" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the good luck wishes Erin. Lately I tend to get interested in
something then I seem to lose interest quickly. Think it's stress, but
haven't figured out how to deal with it yet.
--
Brenda
209/173/150
NYNY goal 160

"Erin Marsh" wrote in message
. co.nz...
On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 07:28:45 -0800, "Brenda Hammond"
wrote:

I'm having trouble getting back into that mindset of being
OP. I do well during the day, but then the evening comes.....

That's how I've been lately. Do you have a hobby you could take up in
the evenings? Some sort of a craft maybe? Wrap Christmas presents,
fold washing? That's what I've been doing and it seems to be helping.
Good luck :-)

--
Erin in NZ
125/87/75 kgs
275.3/191.6/165 lbs

NYNY goal 180.6lbs (82 kilos)

"It is not the mountain we conquer, it is ourselves"
Sir Edmund Hilary