Biggest Loser Princess and Tinker Bell 2011 and 2012 -- OLD please see NEW thread

[Worfiedoodles]

I'm here, but no time for a real post -- maybe some snippets until I can really do you guys justice -- anyway, my taper madness purchasing had been limited to some socks, but now dh is taking me shopping for "whatever else I need" tomorrow afternoon, so who knows what will come to FL with me?!

I can't wait to catch up, forgive me if I do it in spurts...

Maria

 

[dumbo_buddy]

bwahahhwhaahhaahhahahah!!!! that poor kitty! this is hysterical! cat-breading. i can't!

make sure you keep up with the PT. it's SO important for your back. having back issues really stink but strengthening and being in shape really helps so i bet you'll be feeling better soon! an exercise that really helps is lay on your belly and alternate arms and legs...lift up one arm and the opposite leg like you are swimming. then switch. do that a bunch of times and it really helps to strengthen the lower back. after doing that you can switch it up by still laying on your stomach and pretend you're doing jumping jacks - arms out to the side then together then out to the side again. same with the legs.

after years of back PT, i feel your pain.

hi ladies!!!

today is my friday so I am thrilled and am wishing the day would go faster.

I have been working on loosing the 3lbs I gained from saturday to monday. Not sure how that happened as I didnt eat that horribly but I think part is that TOM always does this the week after and part is I am running for longer timeframes now. I really hope I dont maintain for long now that I am getting into longer mileage. The same thing happened during the princess training and it was frustrating. Although i wasnt counting calories then either. I ate well yesterday and ran last night and than got on the scale thinking I was going to be close to last wks weigh in and instead I went up from yesterday. I actually said "screw you" to the scale quite loudly this morning and Mike thought I was talking to him He was like "what did I do" Made me laugh anyway.

So thats where I am at mentally right now. Im just back to feeling a bit sorry for myself that I am not thinner. Im sure it could just be the gloomy weather but whaaaaaaaa.

don't feel down - you are doing really great this challenge! just keep up the good work. what has your running routine been like lately? i'm trying to tack on more time and it's been rough!

how's mr. ryan doing?

Nancy--I don't know what to tell you about the Poconos and the outlaws. Honestly, it's one of the few things we fought about in our marriage. I thought when Mike's mom died about 10 years ago that it would get better, but then more drama started with his sister. It was the same kind of arguments that you have too. I used to think it was mostly my fault, but they were not nice to me. Period. And Mike would do anything to avoid the drama with them. He really was between a rock and a hard place. I think if at all possible try to remove the emotions from the decisions. I think it is perfectly reasonable for you not to want to go, so the question then becomes--is this a good time for Matthew to be away from you. If all else fails, read the Four Agreements--and remember it's their issues, don't make them yours too. Remember at the end of the day, it is about you and your family.

Try drinking a mug of hot water about an hour or so before you run. It really helps me to avoid potty issues.


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I am really looking forward to next week, though I really wish you all were coming too!

Who all is doing January???? We are booking our dvc in the next couple of days. I think we are only going to be able to do Thursday (after work flight) through Monday night. But we will be there!

My foot is doing so much better, I am beginning to think I will actually be able to do the marathon! So who is going to run with me and Nancy?????

As for the foot--it is doing really, really well. Not perfect, but no complaints! I have even been wearing regular shoes and wore heels one day this week! I got my new skirt to wear with my tutu and ran in it on Tuesday. It's a little longer than my other skirts, so I think I can actually wear it out and about if I want to.

I hope you all are doing well. I really am a little sad that we will not get to see everyone next week. But I'm sure I speak for Maria as well when I say, I will be taking you all with me when I run.

Oh and one more thing--Mike and I are thinking about doing this race in Philly in May if anyone is interested:
http://www.oddysseyhalfmarathon.com/

TTYL.

thanks for the advice about the in-laws. he's not going this weekend. we had a big ole fight about it last night but...ugh, whatever. turns out we actually have a major plumbing issue in the basement so it's just not a good time for him to go anyway (not that he'd admit that)

where do you think you guys will stay for marathon weekend. i'm trying to think about what would be the best place for us to stay. we'll be there for 10 days (woot!) and i'm thinking that OKW might be very comfy for us all. then again, BCV or BWV might be nice since it's such a fast walk to epcot. i'm assuming transportation on race day will be easy no matter which resort we pick.

Nancy: Chicago is ok...i wish I lived someplace that the tallest point was not an overpass these flat lands are so boring!!

Getting excited for all the upcoming racers...wish I could attend and cheer everyone on! Can't wait for the trip reports and pictures

on a side note:
THE HOUSE SALE WAS FINALIZED TODAY
the idiot has 2 weeks to get his stuff out...not realy thrilled with that but at least the house is no longer in his name and the end is near!!!

Sorry to hear of the monster-in-law issues...I can SOOOO relate!!! Thank goodness my husband can't even deal with his mother any longer so I am not forced to deal with her. Kind of feel bad because we don't get to see his brothers and sister much because we avoid all family gatherings because all she does is make snide comments the entire time and we can't enjoy each others company.

talk to everyone soon! have a great nite...

in-law issues abound here on this thread! what is WITH that dynamic that it seems to be more crappy than it should be? for me it's mental reasons as my in-laws are all certifiable (really, i'm not just exaggerating that one!).

congrats on the house!

Good morning princessabelles!!

Hmmmm just reminiscing about packing and painting t-shirts a year ago for our princess trip. I went a little crazy with the fabric paint. Ah, the taper madness.

I'm so excited for you Rose and Maria!!

Not enough time this morning, so hope to be back tonight. Poko's going to daycare today, so I can chill this evening.

Have a fantastic friday!!

i loved your shirts at the princess for both the meet-up and the race! and michael's shirt was cool too!! i wish we were all going!

I'm here, but no time for a real post -- maybe some snippets until I can really do you guys justice -- anyway, my taper madness purchasing had been limited to some socks, but now dh is taking me shopping for "whatever else I need" tomorrow afternoon, so who knows what will come to FL with me?!

I can't wait to catch up, forgive me if I do it in spurts...

Maria

oooo what do you think you'll need? new shirt...running shorts...maybe a tiara...

speaking of, what ARE you planning on wearing?


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morning friends.

we have some major plumbing issues going on right now. as in...water main pipe is leaking. expletive! expletive! expletive! doesn't the universe know that all of our disposable income goes to disney and not pipes?? we had the DEP here last night around 9pm and they gave us a 3 day ticket or something that says we have to have it fixed in 3 days or else. awesome.

the drama with john going to see his parents got pretty nasty last night. ugh. it's a fight that just will never end. i guess he will go when he gets back from his business trip to florida. he'll be gone for 8 days. waaaah. 8 days on my own is NOT going to be fun.

i ran yesterday. i did 4.1 miles in 45 minutes! not bad. i even did it while it was raining - not hard, just a drizzle. i felt really good for the most part but at mile 3 i slowed down because i had potty issues. i'm going to try the warm water trick that rose mentioned.

have a great day all!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Can you believe it's in the mid to upper 50s today, and we have an advisory for "accumulating" snow for Saturday night. Yuck! I heard up to 6 inches. Its one of those storms that gets nasty around here cause the moisture is coming from the Gulf and the cold air from where ever cold air comes from. When that happens we just get dumped on! One year we had 21 inches (over 3 days). Man I hope they are wrong and we get nothing. Have I mentioned I don't like snow?

Today I bought a pair of Clarks Daisy sandals. It's these in black:
http://www.bonton.com/shop/shoes/sandal-shop/clarks-daisy-glow-flip-flop_362744.html

I looked for some Merrel's but I didn't see any I liked in my size. These are really comfy and hopefully the foot will cooperate. So I am taking two pairs of running shoes, my not so lovely black merrel sandals and my new clarks. I swear I could pack a suitcase full of shoes! We like to do carry on bags only, so I am trying to rein it in, and the tutu takes up a lot of room!

I still need to find a new black running shirt. Nothing like waiting until the last minute.

Nancy--sorry about the plumbing and the fight. We argued so much about Mike's family. I really hope you are able to figure out something that works for you. We are staying at BWV. Friday-Monday. We might fly down Thursday after work. Not sure yet. We'll go home Tuesday.

The hot water kind of works like coffee for me. In that if anything needs to come out--that will take care of it. Gross I know, but it has helped me immensely! Really settles my stomach too. But don't do it right before you run.

Kathy and Maria--hope your days weren't too crazy!

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I went to strength today. Holy cannoli Batman! My arms and legs were shaking at times. We did sooooo many reps. I am going to be in a ton of pain tomorrow. My arm felt weak this afternoon when I raised it to put mascara on.

Ok, off to check what's up with the snow!

 

[liesel]

I'm having computer problems so I better make this quick, I at least wanted to say I'm still here, just busy!

Apparently I can't use any of the fonts or smilies so this is going to be boring! =) there, I just made one myself!


Jen-Thanks for taking the time to introduce yourself. I hope having a new landlord goes much better for you. Welcome to the inlaws issues club!


Nancy-Oh no! I hope the plumbing situation gets resolved soon in a cheap manner. Yay for booking your marathon weekend, I think if we can swing it-we'll decide at the end of the summer-we would most likely do Thursday-Monday, somewhere around there. I'm glad the inlaw visit was put off for now. I bfed too and would not have been ready to have my baby a 2 hour drive away for the day so I think you are totally entitled to have reservations on that front, no matter who the kids were visiting!

LisaH-Thanks so much for posting the cat breading picture-we all enjoyed it! Is your local half in May the next race on the calendar for you?

Kathy-No, you got cut off from you DIS time at work?! I forgot to mention how much I loved your George/Gary exchange. I reserved the book "The Descendants" at the library and its finally in, I need to go pick it up today! I hope its good.

Lindsay-I've gained a little too, my Superbowl/Vday gain is sitting at 1.3 lbs right now, the same weight I was the day before leaving for the Tink 3 weeks ago. I know we can kick this to the curb and get back to new territory in no time. I did go to Zumba today! Sorry about the potty mouth trouble, no fun.

Maria-I'm getting excited for you and would love to hear your wardrobe plans too!

Rose-I'm so glad the PT went well and that you are ready to run next weekend. I did realize with the time difference I think you will both be done with your races before I even wake up, so I'll have to look at your results then. Hopefully a meet will be in our near future, it sounds like a pretty good crowd is doing that Pilla race in May.

I've got an uncomfortable evening ahead with Dan's brother's family (our SIL is a character, putting it nicely). They never invite our kids to their kids birthdays and have finally invited them to a party tonight (the kid is turning 8 and it will be our first one). We always invite them, but whatever. This was a total afterthought on their part, we were sent the email a week after the other party guests, but at least they are invited. I also have to take Ella to my cousin's daughter's party on Sunday, so party party! Time to go put on my happy face that doesn't give away that I know to disregard everything coming out of my SIL's mouth. Dan is doing his first 10 miler race tomorrow, so excited for him! Of course he'll be finishing in much less time than it takes me to do a half (for now!). I'll try to get on here later and do a proper introduction, but if the computer craps out on me again, have a wonderful weekend ladies!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Rose- i think ryans issue is more wanting his friends to think hes cool. He always seems to attach himself to the kids who cause trouble and he is such a follower. It drives me crazy. The race in philly sounds cool it is a month after mine here but since its so close i would consider it. Eve if i dont run i could still come meet up with you to visit. So let me know what you decide.

Nancy- uggghpipes breaking.....that really stinks. Sorry about the ffighting to
it sounds like your training is moving along well. I am at least getting in 1-2 40 min runs during the wk and the past 2 wkends ive done 4 miles. This sun i plan to do 5. I have been feeling pretty good and it all seems to be coming back quickly although i am a tad slower but im also 17 lbs heavier too.

Lisah- i hope your back is doing ok.

Maria- have fun shopping. And thanks for the belated bday card.

Lisa- more crazy in laws......we all have so much in common i hope the partys go well this wkend.

Hi kathy..

I am getting so excited for our princesses. I cant believe its been a yr already. I will miss being there with you but i will be cheering from home. I will get up early just for you ladies.

I had a nice day off today. My kids were relatively well behaved. Ryan is back in his glory because today he was allowed to watch tv again. Hope it helped him learn his lessonwe had our first disney movie night tonight. We are doing this once a mth until our disney trip. We pick a movie and then theme the dinner around it. The kids got really into it and came up with lots of great ides. My parents joined us too. Heres what we did:

Theme: cars 2

Dinner:
tires aka burgers
Dip sticks aka fries
oil aka ketchup
gasoline aka choc milk, diet ice tea, diet soda, water

Dessert:
Dirt race track aka dirt pudding

We had cars plates, cups, and napkins

While we watched the movie we also had popcorn. It was a fun time.

Tomorrow my parents most likely are letting the boys have a sleepover and i am pretty excited about that.
Talk to you all soon

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning Princesses and Belles!

Lindsay, your theme movie night sounded like lots of fun! Nice that you could get your folks over and help everyone get excited.

Sorry that you are frustrated with your losses. Sounds like a pattern. It still is sucky but at least you know that's what it is and not something else.

Hope that you have a fun week-end!

My foot is doing so much better, I am beginning to think I will actually be able to do the marathon! So who is going to run with me and Nancy?????

I'll be there Scream Teamin' for you and Nancy, Rose,! I think I read on FB that Corinna and Jen B are doing the Goofy again.

How's the snow thing? If it was in the 50's hopefully the snow won't stick around too long.

I think the flip flops look cute. Maybe the Merrell spring shoe catalog will have some other ones that you would like. No one is looking at your shoes anyway, they are looking at your happy, smiling face!

Jen, hope that you are having a great week-end!

Hmmmm just reminiscing about packing and painting t-shirts a year ago for our princess trip. I went a little crazy with the fabric paint. Ah, the taper madness.

I'm so excited for you Rose and Maria!!

Ah, I have Princess envy, too, Kathy! I know Rose and Maria are going to have a great time!

I was looking at one of my t-shirts the other day thinking it could use a bit of Kathy painting!

So was that a picture of you when you were a baby that was posted on FB with the dog? That sure was a cute, smiling baby no matter who it was.

I'm here, but no time for a real post -- maybe some snippets until I can really do you guys justice -- anyway, my taper madness purchasing had been limited to some socks, but now dh is taking me shopping for "whatever else I need" tomorrow afternoon, so who knows what will come to FL with me?!

Ooo, shopping! Can't wait to hear what you found!

I just signed up for runner tracking for you and Rose and Mike.

make sure you keep up with the PT. it's SO important for your back. having back issues really stink but strengthening and being in shape really helps so i bet you'll be feeling better soon! an exercise that really helps is lay on your belly and alternate arms and legs...lift up one arm and the opposite leg like you are swimming. then switch. do that a bunch of times and it really helps to strengthen the lower back. after doing that you can switch it up by still laying on your stomach and pretend you're doing jumping jacks - arms out to the side then together then out to the side again. same with the legs.

after years of back PT, i feel your pain.

Thanks, Nancy! It's amazing how much you use your lower back for everyday moving around. I'll let you know what kind of treatment I get on Monday -- they are open even though it is a holiday.

Bummer about the plumbing! Hope it's not too much to fix.

I'm having computer problems so I better make this quick, I at least wanted to say I'm still here, just busy!

Enjoy your outings. Hope you get to do something fun this week-end!

Nothing too exciting going on here. We will take it easy and hang around. I wish I could go swimming since I still have 1.2 miles to go for my triathalon but I should still make it if they release me for some exercise later this week. In theory I am supposed to be doing a 10K in two weeks. We will have to see whether that happens, too. There is a 3 hour time limit. I think I could make that even now. I just don't think my back would appreciate being on my feet that long.

Have a great day ladies!

 

[camnhan]

I had a nice day off today. My kids were relatively well behaved. Ryan is back in his glory because today he was allowed to watch tv again. Hope it helped him learn his lessonwe had our first disney movie night tonight. We are doing this once a mth until our disney trip. We pick a movie and then theme the dinner around it. The kids got really into it and came up with lots of great ides. My parents joined us too. Heres what we did:

Theme: cars 2

Dinner:
tires aka burgers
Dip sticks aka fries
oil aka ketchup
gasoline aka choc milk, diet ice tea, diet soda, water

Dessert:
Dirt race track aka dirt pudding

We had cars plates, cups, and napkins

While we watched the movie we also had popcorn. It was a fun time.

Tomorrow my parents most likely are letting the boys have a sleepover and i am pretty excited about that.
Talk to you all soon

That is such a cool idea!! I may have to try that sometime

Well it is official...DH and I are going solo to Disney April 18th for 4 days

Not sure how or when we are going to break the news to the kids

So I know have 2 reasons to stay on track....Heartball at the hospital in March and Disney in April....I am sooooooooooo excited!!
off to change my siggy

 

[mikamah]

I survived the visit at work, but I am brain dead and chicken fried!

Brain dead and chicken fried together. Must have been rough.

Our CMIO at work just bought our entire team tickets to our Heart Ball and it truly is a ball Now I have until March 10th to drop a few pounds and find a gown to wear....really nice that he is taking us all..not something I would spend the money on although I have often thought it would be fun...we don't get to bring our DH's so should be a fun night

Sounds like a fantastic time. lol on not bringing the dh's. We have a retirement party coming up for 2 coworkers and some of the girls were saying the same thing about bringing spouses, it's a lot more fun without them. Not all of them though.

what is going on with mike and his neurological stuff? is he still on that medication? how long has it been since he had that seizure?

wait wait wait...your DIS time has been cutoff? wow. that just sounds like a fate worse than death!!! say it ain't so!!

i agree- get an iphone! they are addicting ....and calorie free!

We are obsessed with the dis, aren't we, but I felt it easier to step away this week after a nice big post was poofed. Time spent here on the dis is time well spent, but if the posts disappear it is a little disappointing.

We went to the neurologist thursday. Michael's been having these mini-seizures occassionally, it's nothing that I can even see, but he feels in his cheek a tingling, spasm type of feeling, and they only last a few seconds. It was what he described after he had the one bigger seizure in sept. So we met with the neurologist who drew a blood level of the med, and he's having another eeg in march. They don't monitor the med levels any more because the therapeutic range is really high, like 5-60, so they usually just watch and treat per symptoms. He's on the average dose, so if his level is in the low range he'd increase the med, if it's in the high range, he wouldn't increase this med, but depending on the eeg, and future seizures, discuss going on another med. So, I did ok with all this, and then he said, see how this goes, and then consider another mri just to be safe, and of course that freaked me out a wee bit. So we're keeping track of any of the mini-seizures, the eeg on 3/6, and go from there.

On top of it all, our new insurance has 4 tiers, and Boston Childrens is the most expensive tier, but NEMC floating childrens is the 2nd tier, so not to make it about money, but god forbid anything serious occurs, maybe I should switch him now to floating, but I went on line to check out their neurology dept, and it's so much smaller than Childrens, and I really liked the doctor we saw, and they are in Peabody, the next town over there's a new boston childrens north, so for now, I'm going to stay put, and have the eeg done there, and follow up with this doctor. His physical is the end of the month, so I'll discuss it with his pcp. I mentioned it to the neurologist, and he gave me the name of someone at Floating, and said he'd help in whatever way I needed.

And then the HH was think about the future this week, and I start thinking about him and what his future holds, and I get so emotional and worried. He's got allergies, asthma, seizures, and I just wish he didnt have to worry aobut anything, and could live and grow up carefree and grow up and do anything he wants to. And I know it could be so much worse, and most of the time, I'm ok and we'll just do what we need to do, but it makes me so anxious at times.

thanks for asking, Nancy. And thanks for listening too. Sorry for the book, but it definitely helped me process too.

i could have used him at about mile 3 when i was hoping to do 4! lol. i actually only did 5k because i got some baaaaaad stomach issues. almost didn't make it home. ick. hoping my body is just getting used to moving more and being on the metformin again. ugh.

john mentioned that he wanted to take the boys to the poconos to see his parents on saturday. matthew is only going to be 12 weeks old and i have no desire to go. he said, oh just give me some bottles and i will feed him. nevermind the fact that it's not that easy for me to just skip a bunch of feedings (ouch!) but i don't know that john would feed him enough. plus the poconos is like a 2 hour drive each way! and i really hate the idea of my kids seeing those crazy people. i swear when they say jump john says how high. if they need to be with their grandkids so badly why did they move out to PA?? i should probably just let him take them but i hate letting them "win" with anything. john tells me that i need to just let my issues with them go. WHAT? why do i get to be told i'm the devil and i've ruined his life but i have to let it go. but god forbid he say to his mother, "mom, you don't get to act crazy and then be allowed to see the kids. you don't get to complain about the christmas card and expect us to go running out there to you." but nope. and it really makes me mad. and of course i sit and stew about it.

wah, wah. i don't know what to do. maybe let john take thomas but not matthew. john said i could just go with him but i'd rather shoot myself. !

So exciting to see Usher again!! Sorry for the inlaw drama and fighting. It's got to be so hard, but you 4 are your priority, and you need to do what's right for you guys. Sorry to hear about the water main break. Sounds awful and expensive. I hope it's fixed soon, and not as painful on the wallet at you're expecting.

Thank you all for the good wishes, pixie dust and positive thoughts about my back. It gets a little better every day and I will be starting physical therapy next week. There are no visible fractures on the x-ray. Hopefully this is it for me for a long time! I am very thankful that I was so active this past year because otherwise I think my recovery would be much longer.
And since you asked here is the "cat breading" picture. Actually the cat doesn't look too mad so it must have been fast.

So glad there's no fracture and you'll be starting pt monday. OMG that cat breading picture is priceless. Giving michael some ideas for poor poko, but she'll need a bigger loaf of bread for sure.

I have been working on loosing the 3lbs I gained from saturday to monday. Not sure how that happened as I didnt eat that horribly but I think part is that TOM always does this the week after and part is I am running for longer timeframes now. I really hope I dont maintain for long now that I am getting into longer mileage. The same thing happened during the princess training and it was frustrating. Although i wasnt counting calories then either. I ate well yesterday and ran last night and than got on the scale thinking I was going to be close to last wks weigh in and instead I went up from yesterday. I actually said "screw you" to the scale quite loudly this morning and Mike thought I was talking to him He was like "what did I do" Made me laugh anyway.

Sorry on the scale. I'm right there with you, and too funny Mike thought the screw you was for him.

[BKathy--Sorry about the no more dis'ing at work. I don't dis at work--they monitor our computer usage, so it makes it easy for me to avoid it.

Don't stress at all about the 100 day challenge. I felt guilty for about a week, and then realized I am a very, very active person who needs a day off on occasion. You have been doing fantastic with the activity this year. Don't beat yourself up!

I got over quitting the challenge easier than no dis-sing at work.

I am really looking forward to next week, though I really wish you all were coming too!

I wish we were all coming too, but I'll be cheering you on from here for sure!!!!!

Who all is doing January???? We are booking our dvc in the next couple of days. I think we are only going to be able to do Thursday (after work flight) through Monday night. But we will be there!

Time will tell if I'll be cheering you and Nancy on in fla or ma. Fingers crossed it's sunny florida in my lime green with Lisa, Maria, Lindsay and Lisa!!!

I know you all are dying to know if there was drama in SC Just a tiny bit, but honestly I kind of stirred things up, so I am going to take responsibility for this one. It was a nice visit, but boy that is one rotten only child who thinks that our lives should revolve around him. How on earth did that happen? I'm sure it wasn't my faultDS is doing well in classes, but Mike and I are both very frustrated by his lack of motivation in finding something to do for the summer. He seems to always think everything is always going to work out perfectly at the last minute. And maybe it will. Anyhow, I don't want to deal with him right now, so Mike is going to talk to him.

I'm thinking your Tom is really one awesome kid, and all of our "onlys" will probably have that world revolving around them issues too. But it won't be any of our faults. Hope it all works out.

The work visit this week went well. I got tons of compliments about how much I get done in the amount of hours I work each week and about how prepared we were for the visit. I also got tons more work assigned to me. I was exhausted by the time it was over, because it was 3 days of having to pay attention. There were three people from our office in the meetings, but I answered most of the questions, since I maintain our data base. So I couldn't even zone out cause every time I did they asked me something. It was really good though, cause I have struggled with the fact that I didn't work for so long, and I am now realizing that I am still pretty smart and capable. My boss gave me a ton of compliments and made me feel really good about things.

As for the foot--it is doing really, really well. Not perfect, but no complaints! I have even been wearing regular shoes and wore heels one day this week! I got my new skirt to wear with my tutu and ran in it on Tuesday. It's a little longer than my other skirts, so I think I can actually wear it out and about if I want to.

I hope you all are doing well. I really am a little sad that we will not get to see everyone next week. But I'm sure I speak for Maria as well when I say, I will be taking you all with me when I run.

Oh and one more thing--Mike and I are thinking about doing this race in Philly in May if anyone is interested:
http://www.oddysseyhalfmarathon.com/

TTYL.

SO glad it went well at work, and the foot is doing so well too. I'm looking forward to running the princess vicariously through you and Maria.

I'm here, but no time for a real post -- maybe some snippets until I can really do you guys justice -- anyway, my taper madness purchasing had been limited to some socks, but now dh is taking me shopping for "whatever else I need" tomorrow afternoon, so who knows what will come to FL with me?!

I can't wait to catch up, forgive me if I do it in spurts...

Maria

Are you shopping now? Can't wait to hear all abou the "whatever else you needed" and hope the credit card had a big enough limit.

i ran yesterday. i did 4.1 miles in 45 minutes! not bad. i even did it while it was raining - not hard, just a drizzle. i felt really good for the most part but at mile 3 i slowed down because i had potty issues. i'm going to try the warm water trick that rose mentioned.

have a great day all!

Awesome time!! Sorry about the potty isssues. That's a great idea, the warm water. I'll have to remember that, but lately Poko and I go out pretty quickly after waking up.

Can you believe it's in the mid to upper 50s today, and we have an advisory for "accumulating" snow for Saturday night. Yuck! I heard up to 6 inches. Its one of those storms that gets nasty around here cause the moisture is coming from the Gulf and the cold air from where ever cold air comes from. When that happens we just get dumped on! One year we had 21 inches (over 3 days). Man I hope they are wrong and we get nothing. Have I mentioned I don't like snow?

Today I bought a pair of Clarks Daisy sandals. It's these in black:
http://www.bonton.com/shop/shoes/sandal-shop/clarks-daisy-glow-flip-flop_362744.html

I looked for some Merrel's but I didn't see any I liked in my size. These are really comfy and hopefully the foot will cooperate. So I am taking two pairs of running shoes, my not so lovely black merrel sandals and my new clarks. I swear I could pack a suitcase full of shoes! We like to do carry on bags only, so I am trying to rein it in, and the tutu takes up a lot of room!

I still need to find a new black running shirt. Nothing like waiting until the last minute.

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Very cute shoes. I always bring too many shoes on vacation, and usually end up wearing the merrels. I need a new pair my strappy merrels broke last year, so I only have the flip flops. I hope the forecast is wrong and the snow misses you.

I've got an uncomfortable evening ahead with Dan's brother's family (our SIL is a character, putting it nicely). They never invite our kids to their kids birthdays and have finally invited them to a party tonight (the kid is turning 8 and it will be our first one). We always invite them, but whatever. This was a total afterthought on their part, we were sent the email a week after the other party guests, but at least they are invited. I also have to take Ella to my cousin's daughter's party on Sunday, so party party! Time to go put on my happy face that doesn't give away that I know to disregard everything coming out of my SIL's mouth. Dan is doing his first 10 miler race tomorrow, so excited for him! Of course he'll be finishing in much less time than it takes me to do a half (for now!). I'll try to get on here later and do a proper introduction, but if the computer craps out on me again, have a wonderful weekend ladies!

Hope you all had fun at the party. I loved the movie, so I'd bet the book will be even better.

I had a nice day off today. My kids were relatively well behaved. Ryan is back in his glory because today he was allowed to watch tv again. Hope it helped him learn his lessonwe had our first disney movie night tonight. We are doing this once a mth until our disney trip. We pick a movie and then theme the dinner around it. The kids got really into it and came up with lots of great ides. My parents joined us too. Heres what we did:

Theme: cars 2

Dinner:
tires aka burgers
Dip sticks aka fries
oil aka ketchup
gasoline aka choc milk, diet ice tea, diet soda, water

Dessert:
Dirt race track aka dirt pudding

We had cars plates, cups, and napkins

While we watched the movie we also had popcorn. It was a fun time.

Tomorrow my parents most likely are letting the boys have a sleepover and i am pretty excited about that.
Talk to you all soon

What a fun idea for a countdown. Did you take pictures? Our first trip we made signs each month up to 7 months before that said stuff like, 6 months til tigger time, and michael was dressed as tigger. My favorite, was 1 month til our first mickey bar, and we made cardboard mickey bars for michael and taylor to hold. One month I made a sign and took him to the disney store for the picture. So who's more excited, mom or the boys?

Ah, I have Princess envy, too, Kathy! I know Rose and Maria are going to have a great time!

I was looking at one of my t-shirts the other day thinking it could use a bit of Kathy painting!

So was that a picture of you when you were a baby that was posted on FB with the dog? That sure was a cute, smiling baby no matter who it was. Ah, princess envy, we all have it. I have been wearing my disney shirts this week, guess to get in the mood for cheering on Rose and Maria. The baby pictures were Michael. Wasn't he cute? And of course I was looking smart with my striped jeans and perm.


Nothing too exciting going on here. We will take it easy and hang around. I wish I could go swimming since I still have 1.2 miles to go for my triathalon but I should still make it if they release me for some exercise later this week. In theory I am supposed to be doing a 10K in two weeks. We will have to see whether that happens, too. There is a 3 hour time limit. I think I could make that even now. I just don't think my back would appreciate being on my feet that long.

Have a great day ladies!

Glad to hear you're having a low key, relaxing weekend. I hope the pt is helpful and works quickly. I know you are so right, if you haven't been in such good shape this year, it would be so much worse. But you are right, this must be the end of your bad luck.

Well it is official...DH and I are going solo to Disney April 18th for 4 days

Not sure how or when we are going to break the news to the kids

Whoo hoo!! So exciting, and I vote for telling the kids where you're going about april 23rd.

Well, I finally caught up here and on Donald, so I'm feeling very productive today. Not that looking at my dirty house you'd know I was productive.
I'm on call, but no calls yet. I figured I'd do laundry today, and clean tomorrow, plus I have monday off too.

Have a great night!!

 

[mikamah]

ACK!!! I'm the threadkiller!!!!

I guess I need to revive this ol' thread!! Though someone else may be typing as we speak.

Hmmmm next weekend at this time I have a feeling we'll have been chatting away as we watch the live feed of our Princesses!!! I think you'll all be done by now!! OMG, I am so excited for you.

I relived my trip on facebook last night and tagged myself in pics so when I go to facebook I see the princess trip on top of my page. I'm such a dweeb.

I ended up with just .4 gain this week, and did great eating yesterday, and today am off on the right foot. No plans again, except for the ever exciting laundry and dishes this morning. I do need to vacuum and the sun is shining, so I'll send Michael and Poko out for a walk in a bit.

Hope you all have a wonderful sunday!!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

a very quick post before i head to church with the baby. i have 3 minutes.

i just wanted to thank kathy for updating us on michael's doctor "stuff". i have been thinking about him and praying for him (does that sound hokie? well it's true). you are a great mama and very strong to deal with this! it's scary! but it sounds like you and the doctors have a good plan going. don't you HATE that insurance crap?? this isn't anywhere close to dealing with neurological stuff but when we were trying (and failing) to get pregnant we were on my insurance which was terrible. it cost me over $500 just to get clomid! we didn't know how long it would take or how far into treatment we'd have to go (just clomid? injectables? iui? ivf? oh my!) so we changed to john's insurance which was RIDICULOUSLY expensive but covered infertility treatments better. luckily we didn't need it. isn't that the way? you pay more for something that you wind up not needing!

maria and rose it's almost time!

jen hi! yay for adult only trip. do you HAVE to tell them you're going to disney?? couldn't you just say you're going on some historical retreat of old colonial homes??

lisa i still can't stop laughing at the cat breading. hehe. let me know how PT goes.

hi lisaR!! how did dan's race go??? and he got the promotion?? so...are you moving?

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ok i have 8 minutes to get to church i ran 5 miles today. took me an hour.

plumbing issue doesn't look good. will know more tuesday.

6 minutes!! ttyl!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Good morning, good morning! I'm singing the MK park open song in my head this morning.

Kathy-- I know I said all this to you yesterday, but remember, it can get better. But I know it's very scary as you go through it. None of it ever really seemed to bother Tom--until high school. Then he started to get a little burned out with the skin stuff. Make sure you talk about it to your friends--don't be worried on your own. And insurance stuff just stinks!

Nancy--loved that picture of baby Matthew this morning. So sweet. I wish we lived closer so we could watch him for you. I'm sorry about the pipes! That just stinks.

Jen--very exciting about the trip!

Lisa--good luck with the pt. The office I went to was rarely closed either. Which is good when you are trying to work it around work schedules. I would be very up front about the cost issues. I know I said this before, but it really did help me immensely. And I might even go back for some more ultrasound on my ankle.

Lindsay--your movie night sounds like so much fun! Did you all get a kid free/ night out??

Maria--I keep meaning to ask you--when do you want to come see the animals? Maybe before we go to dinner Friday night? Just let me know what works for you.

LisaR--Congrats to Dan! How was his race? How was the party?

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We ran 4 miles in under 40 yesterday. It was rough--because like I was afraid, my legs were rubber from the strength class on Friday. Yesterday every muscle in my body HURT! We tried a 4min run 45sec walk interval, and I think I am going to stick with a 4:1. I could always start running earlier if I need to, but that 15 extra seconds really made a difference. And I think I can still get the finish time I want. My goal is under 2:20, which will be my second fastest half time, but slower than last year which was 2:12:36. I decided not to go to strength on Monday--not worth the pain this week.

My foot is a little sore, which is a reminder to me that I can't stop the rehab yet. She told me I would always have the lump of scar tissue in my foot but hopefully it won't usually hurt. Yesterday it was pretty sore--it feels like a small marble in my foot. (At one point it was the size of a grape--then it really hurt!) So good reminder to keep icing, keep stretching, keep doing the exercises!

And can I just say--there are not enough 80s in the forecast for this Princess trip. I know I am in the minority, but I like it warm. I might have to rethink my running outfit.

Ok, off to be productive! Have a good Sunday!

 

[liesel]

OK, I have a couple of minutes before taking Ella across town to yet another birthday party-this one is for my cousin's daughter-my side of the family this time! After I posted on Friday I immediately realized that I forgot to thank Maria for the wonderful vday card, I'm so sorry! I haven't had time to post, I'll try to get on this evening.

The race was fun, it was a rare opportunity for me to see the elite runners come in and their awards ceremony, something I had never seen before! It was the state of Colorado's 10 mile championship race and there were some amazing runners there. Dan had a good race, except for his knee bothering him starting at mile 7, he is rehabbing it now. Long story short, Dan is a total Galloway convert now! He did the run/walk ratio based on his MM pace, run 7 minutes, walk 30 seconds, and he couldn't believe how many people he passed during the race, many who had gone out well ahead of him. He finished in 1:35 (9:35 pace), which was around his goal time. Someone went down at the finish, passed out cold, which was scary. They had to reroute the runners around him (it was just before the finish) until the paramedics could get him into an ambulance. Thoughts and prayers are definitely with that poor guy.

Now I have to go, I'll post more later, it looks like we'll be going out to California next month to visit their Sacramento and Redding offices and decide where we are going to go. I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Can you believe it?! I finally get to do a post! I'm saying a little prayer the poof fairy does not pay me a visit!

Please forgive me if I leave out something important -- at the time I read the posts I knew what I wanted to say, but like the comment I had for Nancy's new 'do, some are so beyond fresh at this point I'm going to just do stream of consciousness and intersperse my stuff with comments, so enjoy the jumbled world of Maria's mind

LisaR -- The race sounds fantastic! What a great opportunity. And I am excited you are going to check out the Cali offices. Hopefully you will see something in one of the communities that makes you sure it is right for you!

This was Tranfiguration Sunday at church, and it was all about transforming ourselves by letting our divine side show through, like Jesus did. How timely! Even though I seem to be on the extremely long road, so long I'm sure everyone has pretty much given up I'll make any progress, I'd like to think I'm transforming in some way or other...

Rose -- Shopping yesterday has got me thinking about my schedule. I hadn't thought about seeing the animals Friday, but that would be great -- depending on what you guys are doing, I don't want to throw your schedule off. I'll pm you. I do think that might work better for me than Sunday, as I have a much bigger window to work with. I'm glad the visit basically went well. I think you are in a very difficult stage of parenting, and you are handling it admirably. By the way, I've already told Dennis he won't be bored out of his mind at our Princess WDW marathon weekend events because Mike will be there. He's hung out with Debra's husband at Team Ohana events and had a blast. It seems like the runners can always find something to say to each other.

This makes me ask -- I know John will be there, what about our other Princes? If I remember correctly Lindsay is making a great guy-free escape, and George will probably be busy accepting more awards Tell Ed and Dan we don't bite. Much.

Nancy -- Those pipes are just big meanies! I hope they are put in their place and leak-free soon. I'm so glad you asked about Michael! I've been wondering how he is but I was too chicken to ask Our Kathy is one strong princess! So sorry about the IL drama. I wish I could tell you it will get better or just go away. He is going to have to realize on his own that this is not good for his nuclear family. Hopefully it will take less than 18 years Yep, a little bitter, but glad my guy finally gets it.

Shopping yesterday was so much fun! But I'd better start with the beginning of my day. I ran 5M, and I'm so glad to be done with that! It was not as easy as I would have liked, but then I remembered I didn't eat anything before, and I generally don't do blocs for anything less than 6M. I just needed more gas in my tank.

Kathy -- I'm on patrol today, too. You'd think I would make a better effort to get started, but I promised myself I was posting before I did anything else today There is absolutely nothing wrong with the Floating, but I would stick with Children's if you can. They just have more to offer. It may be a bunch of stuff you don't even need though, so something to consider.

So, after my shower we started with a stop at the Hallmark. My Hallmark carries all the VB stuff, but doesn't necessarily stick with the VB stores promotions. There is a new bag coming out March 1, called Shoot From the Hip. It's on the back of the latest catalog. It's an adjustable cross body with a magnetic flap, an outside pocket, and a really small interior -- just room for cards, some money lip balm and sunglasses -- ok, does that not sound perfect to take into the Parks?! Yep, I am the proud new owner of one -- when it isn't even supposed to be for sale yet! Score!

I think I'd better stop and post and pick up with Jen in a minute...

Maria

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Jen -- Your trip sounds wonderful! My dh and I love to get away for little trips. I think it's good for everyone. It's ok to take a trip and leave the kids at home. Trust me, they will think it's ok to take trips and leave you at home

It was after 1pm after Hallmark so we decided to have lunch at our favorite local Mexican place. We were the only ones there, which was fine with us. I treated myself to a glass of Sangria, I was just in that mood Dennis told me he wants to get concert tickets to one of his scary people (Pink Floyd guy? something like that) this summer, and I could not have been more accomodating. Then I sprung my trap. I told him Ben wants to go to Disney for our family vacation this summer (which he does!). I made sure to talk about visiting his sister near Tampa, and also my aunt who is almost 80 and not in very good health. He flat out told me he wasn't going, and then --- the piece d' resistance -- I asked him why he had to be so inflexible. He prides himself on his negotiating skills, so this was a shrewd move on my part. He had to back down. I started tossing out numbers for hotel, tickets, etc., and we ended with him saying he wasn't going to say yes right then. Cross your fingers, if I have enough patience this just may happen! Or it could backfire and I could be booking a cruise to Bermuda , either way I'm not going to cold, rainy Montreal this summer! (I'm sure Montreal is often lovely, but it wasn't my favorite).

LisaH -- Yep, I would definitely play it by ear on the 10K. You know your healing has to come before your desire to race, as stinky as that is. I hope the tracking works for you and I don't disappear this time! I'm definitely looking at near 3 hours, so don't worry if you see Rose has finished and there's no sign of me

So, after we finished eating we drove to Kathy's mall first. I went to Macy's to see about a few more bras, so I could have something comfy to put on after the race. The ones I bought from VS are flattering, but not so comfy. They had a buy 2, get 1 free sale, so I now have three nice, comfy bras. Then I went up to get a pashmina in a lovely bright teal blue. I think it's going to go well with my weekend wardrobe. Even better, I had Macy's gift cards from Christmas, so I didn't spend a dime.

Lindsay -- I am coming to your house to get excited about my next big trip, that sounds like so much fun! I love the menu, the theme, the whole plan. You are an awesome Mommy!

Continuing through the mall, my next stop was Sears for Land's End. I knew I also needed a new pair of comfy post-race pants. I got a pair of Starfish pants in a medium grey. If it's too warm for them no big deal, but I wanted to have them. I used a Visa gift card from Christmas, so again, no money spent

Rose -- Your new sandals are totally cute! You are going to look very stylish as you float around AKL! I hope you weren't snowed on. I can't believe this winter, we have barely had a flake! Last January Ben didn't have a full week of school because there was snow every single week.

We were "done of" that mall, so we headed back South toward our end of the world. We stopped at Michael's to see if Dennis' Boston Marathon "collage" for lack of a better term, was ready, it was not. Then we made our next mall stop, and headed to that Sears to see if they had the shorts I wanted which the first Sears did not. This time, Land's End was on my side, new khaki shorts are going to FL with me! All out of gift cards I could use here, so I had to actually pay for these...a quick stop at Dick's for Gu for Dennis and we were on our way. They did not have the last item on my list.

Jen -- I know you are so excited about the house sale! Hopefully this will lead to greater stability and less insanity! Thank you for introducing yourself! It sounds like you have your hands full with kids and a stressful job, and a Disney race is definitely in order!

There was one more thing I decided I needed. See, I always run Disney races in my WISH shirt. I just do. Then last year for the Princess, I barely saw any. And I started thinking about it, and I decided this year I'm going to run in something that isn't lime green (I think, I'll bring it so I can always change my mind race morning). Anyway, I'm still wearing my WISH visor, my WISH Princess headband, my black running shorts, my new Nike elite dry fit running socks (my taper madness purchase), my fairly new Asics nimbus Lucky 13s -- and my new purple running shirt with built-in bra! I also run with an ifitness pouch, which has tabs to hold my number. I stick my blocs, Key to the World, and money for a massage in there, and I'm good to go!

Last night Ben and I watched a marathon of bad movies on SyFy. We had a great time. Oh! And Rachel Hunter (yep, the supermodel who was married to Rod Stewart) was in one of them, and she was bigger than I am. It was kind of stunning. When I told Ben she used to be a supermodel, he almost wouldn't believe me.

After church we came home and watched "Tangled". I really liked it! I hadn't seen it before, and it was cute. Now I'm DISing, then I really have to start that pesky I still have last week's "Once Upon A Time", three hours of GH, and "Merlin" to watch. Oh! And tonight is the Christmas episode of "Downton Abbey", so I will go to bed well-entertained.

My Kindle is all hooked up, and I need to download some books to take with me on my trip. It's going to be weird not lugging the paperbacks I had picked out -- but it's also going to be nice not to need to!

I need to pull out my trip clothes and see if I have any gaps. I have to check the weather again, too. Every time I do the the temp for Sunday goes up

I'm going to float my tentative plans by Rose soon, then I can post my schedule -- in far more detail than you care about, and also likely to change as only a Disney trip can

If I just weighed 10lbs less, I would feel like I was destined for a PR. Sigh. Well, I have plenty of time to get it together before my next Half in August...

I'm working tomorrow, and I should be writing continuously all day --ok, I'm calling until 2 or 3 a full day tomorrow. I may do little spurt check-ins, just to have some breaks. I am determined to get to where I need to be before I leave, but it's not going to be easy. Why is it that every time I try to go away my workload gets jammed? On the bright side, it is definite that the only way the merger is affecting me is to increase my workload. I'm choosing to call that a blessing!

Maria

 

[Worfiedoodles]

I forgot to say, "Hi!" to Beth!

And Rose -- I meant to tell you I understand the stress from your visit from the national office, and you clearly did a stellar job! Where would they be without you? I know you are a smart cookie, I'm glad you got a little reminder!

Maria

 

[Rose&Mike]

I forgot to say, "Hi!" to Beth!

And Rose -- I meant to tell you I understand the stress from your visit from the national office, and you clearly did a stellar job! Where would they be without you? I know you are a smart cookie, I'm glad you got a little reminder!

Maria

Thank you Maria. The longer I am g-f the more I realize what a bad place I was in for a while and it scares me. This time last year I was still having trouble completing sentences, etc. Mike and Tom were constantly "talking" for me. It would just take me so long to get a thought out. And I think that's why I was so worried about this visit. I was so afraid of being thought of as incompetent.

To top that off, when we were in SC over the weekend one of Tom's new friends asked what I did and when I briefly tried to explain it he said--oh, data entry is important. Seriously. Luckily I had already had half a drink cause I didn't rip him a new one. While I do enter the "data" my main job is maintaining our database and extracting donor information, reports, etc. It's not rocket science, but you actually have to have an occasional independent thought. I told two of the people I work with about what he said and they both said omg--what did you say to him????? So I walked into the meeting stressed, worried about talking, and feeling like a lowly data entry person. (Not that there is anything wrong with doing data entry.) But honestly, it couldn't have gone better. I have still been stressed all week, but I told Mike I think that is residual stress from being so worried about the visit.

Sounds like you had a fabulous shopping time! Did you see that the temps for Saturday night are now down to 49? I am SO NOT happy about this. I know we shouldn't want it too hot, but that is getting cold! We were scrambling today to find extra throw away gloves, etc. I hope it settles out somewhere in the 50s for the start.

And Maria--I have not given up that you will make progress. I could list a million "progressing" things about you and I'm sure everyone else could too. (I know that's not a word, but I couldn't think of the right one!)

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The tutu and g-f snacks, and throw away gloves and shirts are packed and ready to go to UPS tomorrow. I am shipping them down ahead cause the tutu is a little glittery and a little puffy.

Once again, I am avoiding doing something productive, but we have already started packing, so I feel like I am ahead of the curve.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Ok only a few minutes to post.

I am meeting a friend to see the movie The Vow tonight and need to get in the shower ASAP.

Just ran 5 miles. Not sure exactly how long it took me because the stopwatch app stopped at somepoint and I am not sure how much time lapsed. I have been trying to just run and walk when I need it. I think I am pretty much around a 12:30 pace which for me is not bad. It felt soooo good though I might add. I really think doing zumba is helping me tremendously getting back into the long distance.

Last night we were kidless and we slept in until 930 this morning. Cant tell you the last time that happened. It was great. The sad part was last night we went to dinner and then to the casino down the street and we were home by 730 with nothing else left to do. It gave us quite a chuckle. We officially have no life without our kids.

I have so much else to reply to and I promise I will do so either later after the movie or tomorrow. Im off tomorrow and have no plans so plenty of time to catch up.

Oh and even more exciting news. We booked our airfare today. 236$ roundtrip out of philly. Airtran is pulling out of our local airport so there is no more nonstop flights to MCO. philly is about 1hr and 15min drive so we will do a park and fly and stay overnight the night before and leave our car there. It will work out just fine.

Oh and I cant wait to hear every detail of your trip plans rose and maria.

Ok I really have to go now.

 

[mikamah]

Thank you all so very much for all the love, hugs, prayers, pms, support and friendship. It really helped me so much to talk about it here, and to know I'm not alone. I did talk to Beth last night also. I was going to run things by a friend at work on friday, but every time I started to think of what to say, I'd start to cry, so I just kept it in til chatting with you. Not that I can't cry at work, but I just needed to think and process a little more first. I have a history of crying at work. Several of us do, and when somethings been happening with someone at home, mainly failing elderly parents, we often will share a end of the night cry, we call them a "5:30 cry". It stinks when someone needs one and it's too busy, but usually we have some down time before we close up.

We had a pretty fun day doing nothing. I was on call, so we hung home, walked the dog to the park several times since it was so beautiful out, and this evening we played board games and then some wii games, and watched a movie. Actually Michael watched the movie, and I fell asleep on the couch. If George or Gary isn't in it, I just can't stay awake.

Maria-So glad your shopping trip was so successful, and the purple running shirt will look awesome with the little bit of Lime green from the wish accessories. I can't wait to see pictures!!!! Have you been practicing uploading to facebook from you Iphone like Lisa did? I loved seeing the pictures througout the Tink trip. You could practice with a pic of your new shirt and VB bag. The bag sounds perfect for disney!!! And I for one, will be thrilled reading your more detailed plan. I so wish I was going too.
I'm kind of feeling that way about Childrens hospital, just by comparing the web site neurology info. And who knows what next years insurance will bring either. Funny the flyer in the waiting room was all about how they are trying to cut costs so you never know. Plus our hospitals pedi dept is affiliated with them too, and they are still the highest tier. I think it's totally blue cross on that. If we use any other beverly/lahey hospital it's the cheapest tier.

Lisa _I hope you are doing well, and the back is healing. Good luck at Pt tomorrow. Fingers crossed you are on the road to recovery. And thanks again for listening last night.

Rose-Thank you so much for sharing all that Tom has been through, and know what a comfort it is to know how well he is doing. Michael right now is so easy going and it is so nice he's young enough to be with me or someone all the time, but as he gets older, I worry. But maybe I won't have to worry either, don't need to jump the gun, but it is hard sometimes. So glad you've found the run/walk ratio that works well for you, and can you believe how fast you are planning to run the princess when you think of where you were 6 months ago. I am so happy for you, and I know you'll be posting pic throughout next weekend so we can live vicariously through you!!!

Nancy-I saw your friend Usher on the Justin Bieber movie this morning. He is a hottie. Michael was watching it, and it was pretty interesting. Gave michael some hope, you just never know. He liked seeing justin playing on the steps of a theater with his guitar bucket open for money, since he has that dream of playing in the subway. Yeah, I hate the whole insurance thing too. I was lucky when I had michael my insurance covered a lot of the fertility stuff. Sorry about the pipes.

LisaR-Congrats to dh!! How exciting and fun to see the elites. It is amazing how the walk breaks can make you go further and faster.

Lindsay-Congrats on the 5 miles and the great airfare. Enjoy the Vow. Girls at work were talking about it, and I think they liked it. But I can't remember. lol.

We're off tomorrow and may go to the Imax at Jordan's furniture to see Journey2. And then michael's sleeping over a friends house and staying there tuesday while I work, so I'll have the evening to myself. I put a quite a few movies in my netflix queue so if I can stay awake, I'll enjoy one of them with Poko.

Off to bed now. I love you guys. I truly don't know what I would do without you.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Kathy- i can only imagine how tough it is to handle the medical stuff with michael and especially all the worries that come with it. Hopefully most of this stuff he will out grow and will not have to deal with it as an adult. Stay positive and when you cant we are here for you to listen.
im so glad you had a nice wkend. I hope you can enjoy some of those movies tonight while you have the house to yourself.

Rose- awesome run yesterday! Im glad the foot is still doing well. Thats awesome that you got so much praise for your work from your boss. I know your job is much moe than just a data entry and for someone to say anything differently is just rude. My dh gets that alot with working in childcare. When he was looking to switch jobs my aunt told him he should get a real job. Apparently directing a childcare center of 200 children is not being grown up some people just have no filter.
I checked the weather for your wkend and it looks good but for your sake i hope it gets a little warmer in the morning. At least you are prepared.

Ok got to make bf for my kids i will be back with more replies.

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning Princesses and Belles!

Just waiting to go to PT this morning. Luckily it is first thing in the morning. So this may be a bit quick.

Kathy, you are obviously NOT a threadkiller! I'm glad that you and Mike and Poko got to enjoy your day yesterday and relax. What movie are you going to watch tonight?

Sending you lots of good thoughts and for the test results. I know it is so hard to be a one chick hen. Cluck, cluck, cluck -- I'm here for you!

I don't think you can do dog breading as easily as cat breading because the dog would eat the bread -- or at least mine would.

Nancy,am I the only person who thinks it looks like your child is under attack with that pacifier holder? All I hear is that line in Toy Story about "death by monkey" when I see him with that thing.

Sending you lots of for the pipe situation tomorrow. Thank goodness that you don't have to have the plumbers working on golden time.

Rose, I'm so glad that your run went well yesterday! It is amazing what a difference a few seconds can make in your intervals. I can't do 20/40 but I can do 15/35 all day long. Can't wait to see your pictures with your lovely tutu!

I got a bit of a chuckle when you said that you might want to go back to PT.

Lisa, congrats to Dan on his promotion and great run! He should email Galloway about his success with the intervals -- he loves to hear stories like that. Hope his knee is feeling better.

And how are you feeling? Everyone in your house healthy again?

Maria, I don't think anyone has given up on anyone on this thread nor will they. That must be the taper madness talking.

Sounds like a very successful shopping trip.

I agree there just aren't as many scream teamers at the Princess as there seems to be in January so why not wear a snazzy new top?

Can't wait to hear all about yours and Rose's plans. Anyone going to check out some hunky baseball players?

Yep, my 10K is on hold. I'm not sure I could even sit on a plane to get down to Phoenix right now. But in the back of my mind I think they did say you had to keep a 28:13 pace -- nope, not a typo.

Oh, and I tried to post that pretty Princess medal on your wall on FB but I couldn't. Maybe your tech guy can help you out so your friends can post on your wall? I had a lot of fun FB when I was at DL.

To top that off, when we were in SC over the weekend one of Tom's new friends asked what I did and when I briefly tried to explain it he said--oh, data entry is important. Seriously. Luckily I had already had half a drink cause I didn't rip him a new one.

Pshaw! Comments from the peanut gallery -- who needs 'em? Didn't that kid read about Target and all the information they track in their database and how important it is this week?

Lindsay, way to go on scoring the great airfare! That is a coup for sure! Airfare is ridiculously priced right now. And a great job on your run, too.

Jen, I'm with the camp of not telling the kids about Disney until you absolutely have to. And especially not now so you don't hear the whining and complaining for the next couple of month.

Have a great day ladies!