pjlla
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If I had a place to stash her for the night I'd get DD the day before but I have no extra room in the house.
We definitely need to get together again.
We will get together this summer.... even if I have to drive down there to crazy CT! We can pencil in a date after we get all of our summer camp schedules and such!
DS has a 5K next weekend, but we are in training for the 5K at WDW in October. I'd like to find a 10K, because my goal is the Princess 1/2 in 2012. Not sure if that will happen though.
OH my gosh.... what a great goal!! I know you can do it!! DD wants to return to Disney so badly that she has offered to start training for the Princess half this summer.... even though she hates running!! Unfortunately February is the HEIGHT of swim championship season, so we couldn't be gone then.... plus it looks like she is going to Costa Rica next February/March for a school trip.... so no money for Disney next year.
Let me know how I can help DD and DS. Would love to come to the crop if the timing is right, if not I'll sponsor a chair, you can slap my name on it!!! LOL
Thanks for the generous offer! Not sure exactly how/when this will happen, since I recently got roped into being Team Captain for DD's swim team Relay for Life team!
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UGH rain, again!!! there seems to be no end in sight. All I want to do is take a nap!
I have 3 kidlets home sick and DS14 has practice today, if it doesn't get rained out. We thought the season was over but apparently DS has been invited to an invitational on the 23rd.
Invitational is GOOD! 3 sick kids.... not good. And the rain.... I am SO over it! I wanna go back to Orlando!
Wore my Everest race shirt in hopes of drumming up the energy to run. I'm just so darn tired! I haven't slept well in a week. And I've made some poor food choices. Easy to do the right thing while out but not so well when I'm at home.
I need to figure out how to revamp my summer food plans so I can drop some weight.
We are planning to do the Wine and Dine 5K as a family in October so the plan is to run with the kids in the morning. But I just need to get the food situation squared away.
I agree.... it is hard when I am home. Too many other things to do, too much on my mind, too many food choices to grab. And I find summer to be really hard, despite the quantity of nice fresh foods....too many barbeques and cook outs and vacations! Plus no regular "routine" to stay in.... too much staying up late and sleeping in!
It will be great if you can get all of your kiddos on board for exercising together over the summer!
My mom made it through the biopsy well and was in recovery. She was scheduled to go home a little while later.
Glad to hear some good news.
Ash will be home in a half hour. We're have chicken yellow curry. I've already cooked up the chicken and we will have it with rice or egg noodles depending on what Ash wants. I will run to the grocery store while she's at dancing and pick up a tiny cake so she has one for tonight. We won't go for ice cream as it's too cold and damp tonight. There are a few other things that I also need to pick up. We'll eat when we get home at 6:30 tonight. Then she can also open the rest of her gifts. All Star Wars stuff so she'll be excited!
Had some tea and that perked me up a bit. I didn't sleep well last night so that was needed. I'll probably have more later.
TTFN
Did she enjoy her birthday dinner??
It was so nice to see your trip report on such a cold and dreary NE day. You look skinny in your pictures. I dare say you actually look thinner than DD (though you shouldn't tell her that) You guys really need a chance to get away after the last year
We had such a blast! Thanks for the compliment.... all I seem to see when I look at the pictures are gray hair, wrinkles and muffin top! (On me, not DD). I am a bit smaller than her..... she is taller, has broader shoulders and lots more muscle!! But we fit into similar size clothes.
I have been horrible this entire challenge at responding to everyone. I swear that I do read along and think of everyone throughout the day, but the time never seems to arrive when I can just sit and DIS. Hopefully in another month I'll find life a bit slower. DH is really pushing for me to give up my night job and just work a regular 40 hour week. I am certainly thinking about it especially if I end up working 4 10 hour days. There is no way that I could work a 10 at my regular job then head off for another 5 at the restaurant. I would not get enough sleep which would not be good at all.
But you've stuck with it here with us and we are so happy you did! We all totally understand being busy... and you are CRAZY busy! So don't feel so bad. I'm sure I speak for the group when I say that we are just happy you are still with us!
I am freezing too! My robotics team was working outside yesterday on our project for the fall competition and I was absolutely FREEZING! It felt like March, not May! I haven't turned the heat back on yet, but I may need to soon!
Get some rest this week! Enjoy the turkey burgers. I LOVE the Wholly Guacamole..... yummy stuff!!
I did pretty good on this--I actually got them all right. So if I understand all this stuff, why do I still eat too much?!
Because eating isn't always about fueling our bodies or about making sense....it's about EMOTIONS!!
Pamela--Just wanted to tell you I am enjoying your trip report. Your DD is too cute! And, FWIW--I don't think you need to lose another pound, but I do get the wanting to reach a specific goal.
Glad you are enjoying it.... I'm not much of a writer and I know that the report part is pretty dry.... I'm not very witty. But at least it is a little taste of Disney for those who aren't traveling there soon.
Phew, it took me forever, but I got through everything! I went to the Y after work and did a 1.3 miles on the elliptical and a 50 minute strength class. I really, really, really want to run, but I am resisting the urge.
I ate too much for dinner--green beans and corn, veggie burger no bun with 1/2 slice of cheese and g-f mac and cheese. I over did it a bit on the mac and cheese. I have to stop buying it!
Anyhow, I hope everyone has a great evening. One more day of work for me then Wednesday I'm going to do some last minute errands, pack and clean up my house! I am really looking forward to a change of scenery for a few days. And having restaurant meals! Too excting!
Your leg will thank you for foregoing the run last night.
Enjoy your trip! I will be thinking of you! DD and I had been playing that game of "last week at this time we were....." but now we are more than a week out.... so sad. It comes and goes SO quickly!
Hi Everyone!
whew its been a long day. Add me to the list of dreary rainy weather! Its amazing how moody I feel when the weather is like this. I really wish I could just pick up and move south. Sunny FL just sounds so wonderful right about now. Well at least I can daydream and live vicariously through Pam
P thanks so much for sharing your TR. You look absolutely amazing and are quite inspiring. Your daughter is gorgeous as well. I love your matching t's. I would have never done that with my mother at her age so I think you must be one cool mom. Although I love my mom to pieces she definitely wasnt the "cool" mom.
Well....I'm not particularly cool, but most of the kids' friends seem to think I'm okay. She was all about the matching shirts! It was actually kind of funny, but I'm so pleased she wanted to do it. It makes it so much fun! DS did not want ANYTHING to do with matching shirts last year!Guess I can't blame him! But I made sure that at least we were kind of color coordinated for scrapbooking purposes!!
Glad you are enjoying the report.
Buffy you have a very handsome son too. I can see why pams dd wanted to drive 4 hrs to get a burger.
And funny and nice too! What a great combination!
Talked to my mom this evening. She sounded good but tired. They took 4 samples during the biopsy. The incisions were only pin prick size. She slept all afternoon. They were amazed how quickly she came recovered from the procedure. They gave her anxiety medicine which made her quite loopy. I have to say I'm very proud of her as she's doing much better than I expected.
Glad she was able to recovery quickly...that is a good sign of her overall health and hopefully she will stay strong for the fight that is ahead.
Trying to get more donors for my Relay for Life team. Our walk is Friday night. Our team is in 2nd place for our town. Hoping the weather improves for the walk as it's supposed to rain most of the week.
But I heard Friday and Saturday are going to be good!If you are interested in making a donation, you can send me a PM and I can send you the link to our team page.
PM on its way!
Can't believe how late it is! I guess I should think about bed now!
Don't forget those WEIGH INS! I'll be on a chat for the NE Cars 2 Meet tomorrow night so I may not get the results up until Wednesday morning.
Have a great night! And thanks for all your support during this stressful time!!! It is very much appreciated!!!
TTFN
I've totally bailed on WI this week....even though it will be a terrible number, due to the "disney weight" I will get it off to you today!
Rose - Hopefully we can meet up if you don't mind meeting my brats...I mean adorable angels.
Just about spit out my coffee laughing at this!
Not having a good evening. Just went ape you know what crazy on the kids. Why is it when I say 9 pm bed time, they think that's a grand time to start homework and play a game.
Then made the mistake of going into the boys room because DS9 couldn't find gym clothes for tomorrow. Oh, fatal error!!! It's disgusting!!! granted all 3 share a room but they are worse then girls when it comes to clothes on the floor. And DS10 had the gall to ask me to buy gym pants because he was running low. well sonny boy if you put your clean clothes away and sort and wash the dirty ones maybe, just maybe I can get into that biohazard of a room and find out what you have in the way of clothes!!!!
LOL!!!!!
Then because my kids used every dish in the house before I woke up this morning, DD managed to get water all over all the counters and the floor. The pile of plates was higher then the edge of the sink so when she turned the water on it ran everywhere.
And to think I even ran the dishwasher this morning and there is still a huge pile of dishes.
And to top it all off DH is moody because he's lonely. yes, I get that your job stinks. I get that you miss us, we miss you too. But I can't control that stuff and I can't fix it. I would love to move so we could all be together all the time but now is not the time. DS14 is at a very good school, which is fast tracking him to Johnson and Wales so he can be a chef (ultimate goal is working at Boma). I don't want to screw that up for him. DH doesn't get that I was uprooted and moved every few years and I wanted my kids to start and finish school in one place. I never expected to move back here and I never expected to have 4 kids so spread out in age.
This is so VERY important!!
ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will not eat. I will not eat. I will not eat.
Repeat it OUT LOUD to yourself as many times as you need to make it FACT!!
OK I'm going to bed. Hopefully I can sleep tonight, we'll see. I won't take a tylonel PM though because I won't take them when DH isn't home.
ETA: sorry for the ultimate pity party.
Pity, party of 1, your table is now available.
I am most proud of giving up the running. I know it sounds silly, but I really wasn't loving it, but I kept feeling like I MUST run (not sure why). It was nice to say I was a runner. It felt good to talk about miles and minutes and such. And people in the family seemed "impressed" that I had become a runner. But it was putting me in a bad place, mentally, with exercise. I started skipping workouts because I was DREADING having to run. So I made the decision that I don't have to be a runner! I can be a walker, a jogger, a wogger, a biker, a swimmer.... whatever else PLEASES me and encourages me to continue to exercise... because ultimately it is about moving my body in a healthy way and making me stronger.
Like Kathy said.... you forgot YOU!!
I will take on another week if it is needed..... just let me know.
Being completely honest here, I wanted to quit soooo many times this challenge. Honestly if I wasn't running things, I really think I might have bailed.Things started off on New Year's Day with Mike's sister's very unexpected death. And they just stayed crazy all spring. The kid has had a very tough time this semester, the g-f stuff has been very challenging, and the injury almost pushed me over the edge. None of it too terribly bad in the big scheme of things, but all of it tiring.
Having said all that I am most proud that I did not quit! Anything. I stuck with the challenge, I stuck with my job (I really just wanted to stay in bed for a while there), I stuck with the g-f diet, I did not disown my kid, and I stuck with the exercise. In the past I would have used any one of those things as an excuse to throw in the towel. And I feel like I have come out the other side in such a better place.
We are so glad you stuck with it all too. It has been a very difficult late winter/spring for you with so many issues! You HAVE come out on the other side a stronger person!
My weight is still at the very high end of maintain, which I am not liking. I am going to have to probably make a decision about whether I want to raise my maintain a pound or two, go back on the loser team, or just keep it the same and know that I might go out of the +/- 2 range occasionally.
Anyhow, I am glad that I stayed on the wagon. I may have been barely hanging on a couple of times, but I stuck it out. It's a huge thing for me.
Thanks for all your support.
You're welcome! Thanks right back to you for ALL you do for us!
Yeah, ok! LOL
Funny story. We are out Saturday for Mom's birthday and as we leave the owner of the restaurant says your kids are so well behaved, it was a joy having them here. To which DS9 pipes up, "Yeah, but you should see us at home!" OMG so funny!!!
Another coffee spitting moment, thanks to Buffy!!
They are good kids, they drive me crazy sometimes.
Isn't that their job??
QOTD--Tuesday, May 17
Congratulations! You have just about made it through the very long spring challenge! And I believe everyone accomplished something positive this challenge. What are you most proud of?
Well, I'm pleased that I'm still here and attempting to make good choices as much as I can. It ain't easy!!!
I feel like I'm missing someone, but I can't think who?
ME!!! We are doing the organization challenge too.
Can I hear more about this???
You are right Deb!! Life isn't fair, tell my kids that all the time.
And I have my pity party then read about what Tracey's mom is going through and it does put it in perspective. (to which I thoroughly felt like crap after my vent in light of Tracey's moms illness).
Don't feel badly. No one ever set up a rule that in order to have a proper vent that it had to be a HUGE issue! Sometimes the daily "kid and family" stuff is just as stressful as the big stuff. I think we are all here for each other, no matter the size, severity, or complexity of the problem(s).
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So far today is a good day. We were late getting up but it's no biggie, only one kid was late for school. I have 2 home sick today, but we are headed out in a bit to get coffee and dinner for tonight then I'll tackle the dishes. My goal is to clean the kitchen from top to bottom, have DS10 put his laundry away, do some laundry and run.
Don't have to get kids til 2:45 so I'm good for the day. DS14 has practice today til 4:30. Then I need to get DS9's glasses.
Busy day but I'll get it done.
Hope everyone has a great day!
Keep singing Rain Rain go Away.........
Hopefully you can stay on track and get it all done today! That will mean you need to stay away from the DIS! Just back away SLOWLY from the computer!!
I don't love the cold rainy weather, but at least it means I don't have to worry about yard work for now!
Sunny and 80 on Sunday
Sunny and 80 on Sunday.
It's the only thing getting me through the week
Fingers crossed that this is TRUE!!!
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Happy Tuesday morning friends!
It is another day of "so much to do I don't know where to start!" Guess I'll just jump in where ever I can!
It is amazing how the weight I gained at Disney is making me feel so icky. I mean, my clothes still fit the same, so why do I feel so flabby around the middle? It is probably mostly mental, but I can't get past it. At least the feeling is keeping me on track this week!
Just found out that if DD wants to go to Costa Rica next year, the trip needs to be paid in full by this November! Kind of glad I didn't know this before Disney.... I would have felt bad about spending the money there! But I did stick with what I had budgeted while we were there (except for a few extra souvenirs) and I had saved more than what I had budgeted, so I had a bit left over. Plus I had a big paycheck waiting when I returned (well, big for me) and an insurance dividend that arrived a few days ago. I think that ALL of that will be set aside for fall swim season and Costa Rica. That way I won't have any big shocks like I usually do in September. September is always a tough month because I haven't worked all summer and suddenly EVERYTHING is due.... swim season/swim escrow and high school swim, robotics money, back-to-school clothes and supplies, lunch money, field trips, etc. I feel like my wallet is just continually emptied in September.
I've been trying to be more conscious of this over the past few years and make sure that my last few paychecks in the spring/summer are set aside for the fall stuff. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Okay..... I'm just thinking out loud here and rambling. Guess I don't really have anything important to chat about!
Oh yes..... 19 years ago today, on a BEAUTIFUL sunny warm spring day, I put on a pink (yes, pink!) gown and walked down the aisle in a lovely old-fashioned New England church and vowed to love a man for the rest of my life. Anyone wanna guess what today is?? Yup, my wedding anniversary. (Glad we didn't have weather like this that day.... I would have cried!). I think DH and I will have a (healthy, OP) dinner out tonight to celebrate. (He brought me pink roses over the weekend) We will probably leave DS home and go out after we drop DD at the pool.....which means I need to get in my workout at home today! So I guess I had better get moving! TTYL....................P
-- but at home he can be 
-- DH says we should be glad he feels comfortable at home. 
for good prognosis. 
some 
for you. Sorry that you are feeling cranky. I wish I could run the Wicked Half with you! 
Hang in there!
Ok, something is really wrong here. I didn't get a chance to futz with it since I needed to leave for school but it did not put me in a good place!!! GRRRR
Nancy
I can see it in my future, DS knows just how to play me and he's only 22 months old. Stay strong, don't eat. 
That is great! 
