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

[Rose&Mike]

we got lucky--all the tornadoes stayed south of here, a couple counties away. It's crazy how much destruction there is.

Nancy--I'm sorry about the babysitter. And I am really sorry to be the friend who bales on you. I really wanted to run together, I still do, but I really reached a very low point this weekend and it wasn't good. And I just don't think it is even remotely realistic to try a full now. Maybe not ever. I am starting to think I am going to be chronically injured. I need to google and see if this an issue people with gluten problems deal with. I just can't seem to fix anything without something else breaking. When does John come home?

Lindsay-- I can empathize on the school stuff. I hope the lunch was good!

Lisah--how is the back????

Kathy--it was a pretty bad meltdown. I had to walk away--twice. I hate feeling that out of control.

Oh and it was Mara for lunch. We had dinner at Boma with some other Princesses.

Hello to everyone!

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Good day at work, though I'm not sure what I did! I am hoping to sleep really good tonight.

My pt appt is Friday morning. Did I already tell you that?

Nothing much new. Our fridge is really empty so I need to get up off the couch and wipe it down when there is nothing in it. But it seems so far away right now. Too far to walk I think.

TTYL.

 

[camnhan]

so sad to hear about all the dissapointment of the weekend...but remember...YOU RAN THE RACE AND WE ARE ALL SO JEALOUS AND PROUD OF YOU

I am the same way when I am tired.....have no control over my emotions! I remember our flight to Jamaica for our honeymoon...I had been up for 24 hours, had a few drinks and the plane was sitting on the runnway waiting to take off for 2 hours i just started crying and demanding to be let off the plane ..I didn't care about our honeymoon and just wanted to go home!! Needless to say the stewardesses steered clear of us for the entire flight!!!
point being...don't sweat it...we can all get that way at times...

So I am wondering....if you don't eat breakfast and have 1 hard shell taco with little meat and lots of lettuce is it acceptable then to eat an entire bag of jellybeans racking up 900 calories and it all goes downhill from there......

hoping when you have time you can post 1 or 2 pics....would love to see them

Love the "all star" story!!!! Sometimes it takes repetition to get our point of view across

Have freshman meeting tonight for eldest so better start thinking about getting ready....

talk to you all soon.

 

[jbm02]

Hi everyone.
...time to admit it..I've been steathily stalking this thread since re-connecting with the DIS. Hopefully I'll make it back to WDW for another race...
Rose, I'm sad that the race didn't live up to expectations..or rather, that outside influences kept it from being a better time. I know how much you were looking forward to it. But don't beat yourself up over it, please!! OMG, I turn into a raving you-know-what when I don't have enough sleep (my DH reminds me that I am like the diva in the commercials who needs food to transform back into a "real person"...) You dealt with all of that, plus an injury, plus GF issues - and still ran 13.1 freaking miles - and the last 1/4 of it was UPHILL!! (that darn cloverleaf!!) If you can do this, you can do anything.


Maria - I could just "hear" the inflections in your recitation about the value resort. ...and I'm thinking about doing Providence this year!! (it's my 25 year reunion from there too...)

...thanks for letting me live vicariously through you guys!!

Jude

 

[mikamah]

Hello Jude!! It's great to see you again. I hope all is well with you and your family. We'd love to see you more on this thread. Once a princess, always a princess!!!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Hi Jude! We'd love to see you around more if you have time! Thanks for the kind words.

Ok, all you east coasters--did you get snow? The sun is out here today. Though I guess more storms on Friday.

I swore I was going to exercise today, but I am feeling very lazy. Might just go for a walk after work. I will not be a maintain this week, I don't think. But hopefully next week.

Have a great day!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

drive by post here to say good morning to everyone! can't wait to catch up a little later.

had kind of a bad thing happen between my friend and me that i'm pretty mad/sad about and i'd like to "talk" to you guys about it. nothing huge or whatever but i need some girl advice.

i am running out for mommy and me and then supposed to go to noreen's house to help her plan out her disney days! she leaves on saturday! yes, lindsay she's the one staying in the pirate rooms.

john was at MK on tuesday and told me he just HAD to buy a pair of mickey boxers. apparently he was one short for his trip. hehe

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning Princesses!

Lisa, I think I missed you accidentally yesterday -- sorry! Hope that DD is feeling better and your house arrest ended. I only had one day of it so it wasn't too bad.

Maria, hope that you enjoyed your day off yesterday and didn't work too hard.

I think one of the worst things about the All Stars is the buses. When I left the WISH meet last year I had a terrible trip back to AKL Jambo through DTD -- called it the bus to you-know-where. I am a resort snob and I am not afraid to admit it.

So glad that you got to have a nice visit with Rose&Mike.

Rose, so sorry about the bad food experience at Mara. How did they even remember on Saturday what they served you on Thursday? I know the meltdown was upsetting. Hope your day at work went well and glad that the tornadoes missed you.

Thanks for asking about my back. It gets better every day but slowly. Still not cleared for weight bearing activity over 15 minutes. I am told that I just have to patient and let my body heal. So I will be starting the biking portion of my triathalon tomorrow and see how that goes and do some walking, too. It does not help that I am getting flooded with emails and FB posts about my 10K on Saturday.

For crying out loud, I will be well in Onederland for marathon weekend 2013, whether I'm in fla or ma!!!

Of course, you will be, Kathy! By then it will totally be a way of life for you!

Lindsay, if you get an iPhone I recommend the Otterbox case for it if you are going to use it to run. It is a big, hard case. You can clip it to your belt or hang it on your belt. It really protects your phone for when it hits the deck -- which it will, especially with two boys.

Big on Ryan. I'm sure he is trying as hard as he can. Is there some type of behavior specialist that he could work with short term in the school or outside? I'm sure you have access to lots of resources through your office. I know when Robert had his speech issues it got better quickly because we did private pay on top of the 20 minutes a week school could do. If he is able to do the work then being held back shouldn't be an issue. I would talk to the teacher about it so you don't worry the rest of the year. He is a sweetheart!

so sad to hear about all the dissapointment of the weekend...but remember...YOU RAN THE RACE AND WE ARE ALL SO JEALOUS AND PROUD OF YOU

Very well said!

Hi everyone.
...time to admit it..I've been steathily stalking this thread since re-connecting with the DIS. Hopefully I'll make it back to WDW for another race...

Hey Jude! So nice to see you! Please come and chat more often. We miss you and Jen!

Hello Jude!! It's great to see you again. I hope all is well with you and your family. We'd love to see you more on this thread. Once a princess, always a princess!!!

Nancy, sorry about the brou-ha-ha with your friend. Sounds like John is missing you all in WDW but is bravely carrying on. Hope your tummy is better now.

Pretty much everyone in our house had a bad day yesterday -- we are all glad leap year only comes once every four years. I talked to everyone that I don't really want to talk to yesterday so I'm hoping that the rest of the week will be better. Had a couple of big storms come through and dump about 8 inches of snow and incredibly we also have a pollen alert for trees, which our allergies have started to notice. I see a quiet week-end in our future.

The good news is that I was able to book our return flights from MCO in June using miles. That saved about $1000. Still trying to figure out how to get to MCO. The airfare prices are ridiculous. They are going to have to come dowm though because the planes are not even 25% full right now. I know there are way worse problems to have.

Have a wonderful day ladies!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Nancy--I am sorry about the stuff with your friend, whatever it is. I hope you had a good day.

LisaH--So glad the back is improving. When we went to Mara I pretty much asked for the same thing I had Thursday. That's when they informed us they had no such thing that was g-f. And when I freaked out the first time. Eventually they figured out they used a Udi's pizza crust (which I love) to make a pita sandwich. It was a very creative chef! He told me I could have the flat bread with it. Well the allergy chef who was there didn't know what Udi's was--and I didn't know that's what the other chef used. Long story, short, two or three meltdowns later it finally got straightened out and the head chef made me a yummy veggie flat bread. Start to finish this took about two hours and the remainder of my patience for the day. It's so funny, cause last year I had such a good time after the race. I think the key is to stay somewhere where it is easier to get more food options. All of the Princesses at Boma that night (we had a party of 6) looked a little strung out. It was just a long day!

And ITA--airfare is crazy right now! I forgot about June--this is a family trip, correct?

Maria--how are you???? Did you get some rest?

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So I started typing up my tr/race report on my journal, but I just thought I would attempt to explain myself a little bit.

When Jen and then Lisa reposted the comment about everyone being proud and jealous my initial thought was--why on earth would anyone be jealous of me? I guess cause we got to run the race.

Mike and I talked a lot about this stuff over the weekend. I am really proud that I trained through the injury and finished the race with a respectable time.

However, I am HUGELY disappointed that I was slower than last year and that my body continues to break.

And after talking a lot and processing , I figured out--I don't want to run the races to finish. I want to run them full out hard and nasty to get the best time I possibly can, leaving nothing on the course. That is my personality. That is what makes me happy. That is why I continue to be so frustrated.

It was kind of a relief to admit that/figure it out over the weekend. We also talked a lot about what that means as far as training/rehabbing, etc.

I had to separate the part of me who hears her mom in the background saying--what did you expect, you're big, you're not an athlete, from the healthy part of me that likes a little competition. They kind of overlap a little bit sometimes.

But I have somewhat figured out that I run for stress relief and I race because I can and it's hard and I like pushing myself.

It's all a work in progress. And I hope explains some of my frustrations and motivations. We are signed up to do kdf in April. Not sure what I will do. See what they say tomorrow at physical therapy, I guess.

TTYL.

 

[camnhan]

ok so you will LOVE this
talking with DH tonight and he is telling me that after school yesterday he had the 2 older ones help him with dishes...so while they were bonding over the dirty dishes he asks them if they would be ok with us going away for a few days without them and they say SURE...so then he tells them that we are planning on taking off in April and they say OK so then my daughter says
"are you going to Disney!" and he says "why would you think that?" and she says "because mom has been talking about Disney again for the past couple weeks"

guess the cat is out of the bag and they don't care I think I need to trade them in for new kids!!

has been a rough day here as well...got in a big fight with my manager over stupid stuff...forgot the kids had a performance tonight so was running WAY late "hate being rushed!" ended up having burger and fries from Wendy's for dinner..not good...so not up to exercising...would love to just soak in a hot tub but went spray tanning for ball next weekend and can't take shower till morning...just want to curl up and go to sleep!!!!

enough whining!

 

[camnhan]

Mike and I talked a lot about this stuff over the weekend. I am really proud that I trained through the injury and finished the race with a respectable time.

However, I am HUGELY disappointed that I was slower than last year and that my body continues to break.

And after talking a lot and processing , I figured out--I don't want to run the races to finish. I want to run them full out hard and nasty to get the best time I possibly can, leaving nothing on the course. That is my personality. That is what makes me happy. That is why I continue to be so frustrated.


TTYL.

sometimes good just isn't good enough in our minds...i am glad you have figured it out for yourself.. hopefully it will allow you to find the joy and happiness you deserve to experience!! I think it is ok to be disappointed in our outcomes at times as long as we can take that deep breath and realize that our dissapointments can also be our joys!! Here is to finding joy in your next race regardless of the outcome!! (am I making any sense??)

drive by post here to say good morning to everyone! can't wait to catch up a little later.

had kind of a bad thing happen between my friend and me that i'm pretty mad/sad about and i'd like to "talk" to you guys about it. nothing huge or whatever but i need some girl advice.

I am having one of those momments as welll...talk away!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

after a day of stewing about what happened i've decided to just do my best to let it go.

i just started typing it out and it's just a long story to get into but basically i found out that my so-called best friend said some hurtful things about me. she got mad that i told her that we needed to see each other more often (she has a new bf and has basically stopped doing anything except for with him. she just got divorced and shouldn't be forgetting about her friends) and then told her brother that all i do is sit at home, i have no life, i just sit on facebook all day and that i'm a jerk for expecting her to drop everything to see her. it's totally not what i meant when i said we should get together. it's happened before that she has "forgotten" about her friends and then when she hits rock bottom she comes back to me. there is way more to this but i'm just really sad and mad that she said those things.

i'm letting it go because i know that girls tend to say bad things about other people. it's not like i haven't complained about her to john. you just don't even want to have proof of it.

*****

enough of that. how about my running story from yesterday?? those cadets and i were all laughing pretty hard. they were so shocked when i was like, "throw me the rock!" i can't believe i caught it!!

not only that but i wound up finishing that run (4 miles) at a 10:43 pace which was really fast for me.

hi jude!! so nice to see you here! i totally agree - once a princess, ALWAYS a princess! hope you'll join us more!

jen well, that was easy! all that stressing over telling the kids and they are totally ok with it? nice!! now go enjoy your time!

lisa what are your june plans for WDW? i can't believe how expensive those flights are! i still think Disney should work something out with the airlines to offer DVC owners 15% off or something. right?? 8 inches of snow. wow. we haven't even gotten that all winter! isn't that crazy? last year we had multiple storms of 12+ inches and this year? nada. fine with me

rose i feel a little sad about how you feel about the race. but i get it. you're definitely at a different running level than i am. for me, i'm just happy to finish the races where you have done graduated to the racing for time stage. so when you don't get a time you wanted it's more frustrating. still, i just have to say that i'm really amazed and inspired by you. with all those injuries and the phooey year that was 2011, you really kicked that princess half's booty! and you looked good doing it (hello tutu and pretty hair!!)

WDW marathon weekend is still 316 days away. that means i have about 315 days to try to convince you to do the full with me. not for time, just for a fun time and the mickey medal.

lindsay i'm sorry about the email you received from ryan's teacher. what other solutions and strategies did she provide? ryan is such a good kid so i'm sure it's just so frustrating. but, he's only in 1st grade, right? what 6 or 7 year old kid can pay attention all day? i was one of those kids who could never sit still, talked to much, and always got in trouble and i turned out to be a huge nerd and went to a great college. so there!

hi kathy! maria! where are you gals? did boston shut down or something?

john's coming home tonight around midnight. thank goodness. i made it! baby was up at 3 today so i'm pooped already and it's not even 7am. thomas is up yelling at me so i better get moving.

i did weigh in at 150.5 today. i remember after thomas it took me a long time to get out of the 150s. i have a gift certificate for a mani/pedi. i told myself that once i'm out of the 150s for a full week i will use it. i'm 5.5 lbs away from getting back into the "healthy bmi" range.

 

[mikamah]

I would just like to say I completely agree with every word that Nancy posted above me, and if I had the time, I love to chat more.

Boston did not shut down. Though some people think we should have after the winter of no snow, we got a few aggravating inches, and everyone is up in arms. Well, not that bad really.

I had a retirement party last night, and it was a rush to get the kid, the dog, supper, etc before I went, but I had a really fun time, a few beers, lots of laughs, and let me tell you, the 2 ladies who retired this past month, look absolutely beautiful and so happy. Now that's something to be jealous of. Only 18 or so years for me.

LisaH-What is this June trip! I'm so excited for you!!!! Tell us all about it, how many days, where are you staying, where are you eating, I can't wait to hear all about it. The free dining email was in my box this morning mocking me. Actually a girl I work with is talking of taking her boyfriend who's never been in sept, so I'll be able to pass along the info to her. Nothing like getting excited for everyone else going to disney!! It is the next best thing to going yourself.

Nancy- Sorry about the friend thing. You are a good friend, and it sucks that your friend does not always reciprocate, and it really stinks that she will find a bf and then ditch her girlfriends. It seems very immature. I hope you can work things out, and be ok. Yay for John coming home, and new mickey boxers. Too funny.

Rose-I love how in touch with your feelings and emotions you are, and how you are able to work through and process things that have happened. It is not easy to do. I am totally the opposite runner as you, but imagine as I lose weight, and get faster, I could definitely be more interested in the time. I don't really want to be last in a race, but second to last was ok.

Maria-are you all snowed in there? What a long, drawn out storm. I think it might have been better back in the days when they didn't talk nonstop about every little snow storm. It was an icy walk this morning, but I hope it warms up and melts a little today. How's recovery and back to reality going? Hope all is well and the boys are happy.

Lindsay- Hang in there. The girls had some good advice, and I have nothing to add but a hug, and to tell you that you are such a good mom, and you will do the right thing, and Ryan is an amazing little boy, and everything will be ok. It sucks sometimes though. and theres a drink cuz sometimes you just need one.

Hello to everyone else!! Times up!! Have a fantastic day!!!

 

[Rose&Mike]

I had this great reply, and then had to close my browser and restart my computer cause I had this weird popup that made me nervous--no viruses!!!

Nancy--sorry about the friend drama--I get it, been there done that. So exciting about being so close to the 140s! Loved the football story yesterday--what a way to break up the run! Thanks for understanding about January. We haven't cancelled our reservation, but Mike did say he would rather go to Princess than marathon weekend. He was not liking the cool temps at all.

Jen--are you relieved that the kids know? What you said yesterday made total sense to me. Thanks! Do we have another "deep thinker" on our thread. I am proud and disappointed at the same time. I am trying to enjoy the greys and pinks in life rather than worry about the blacks and whites.....my weird way of saying things are not always cut and dry.

Maria and Lindsay and Kathy and Pamela--how much snow?????

Did you all see on facebook that Jude might be doing Princess next year.....

More tornado watches for today...yuck! But no snow!

Ok, time to go. PT and then work!

Have a great day!

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning Princesses!

When Jen and then Lisa reposted the comment about everyone being proud and jealous my initial thought was--why on earth would anyone be jealous of me? I guess cause we got to run the race.
Mike and I talked a lot about this stuff over the weekend. I am really proud that I trained through the injury and finished the race with a respectable time.
However, I am HUGELY disappointed that I was slower than last year and that my body continues to break. .

We are also proud of you, too! You worked through a tough time, you did great in spite of all the obstacles, you looked marvelous, got to have a glass of champagne at the finish, and got to go the WDW!

I'm glad that you worked through everything and are feeling better. This running thing is so totally about the process, otherwise, we would all stopped after we finished the first race.

I hope they can help you a lot at PT today.

I thought of you yesterday when I was at PT and the therapist was telling me "oh, you should be feeling better in a month on so." I said "a month! I have a half marathon in 90 days!" He said "I know." in a tone that told me no more discussion. Now to his credit this was also after we had a discussion about working out and alternating riding the bike for 15 minutes at a time for the Krocman and walking gently for 15 minutes at a time and going for an hour or two if I am up to it. This is obviously at the stage of treatment where they are trying to keep you from doing more than you should and slowing down the healing. I hate this part!

Luckily I had a book from JG waiting for me at the office by John E. Sarno, M.D. called Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection. It's very interesting. JG talked about it at running school and has incorported some of the techniques into his newer books regarding retraining your brain for running. The book talks about how pain can manifest itself in a variety of locations, and it tends to move around, particularly if something is being done about the disorder. (People who have these kind issues also have the pain show up in their feet, ankles, hips, knees, elbows). It talks about working things out in your brain to help your recovery. Kind of reminds me of some of the things from the Four Agreements that you and Maria have been talking about. I'll be done with it on Monday if you want me to mail it to you so you can check it out.

ok so you will LOVE this
talking with DH tonight and he is telling me that after school yesterday he had the 2 older ones help him with dishes...so while they were bonding over the dirty dishes he asks them if they would be ok with us going away for a few days without them and they say SURE...so then he tells them that we are planning on taking off in April and they say OK so then my daughter says
"are you going to Disney!" and he says "why would you think that?" and she says "because mom has been talking about Disney again for the past couple weeks"
guess the cat is out of the bag and they don't care I think I need to trade them in for new kids!!
has been a rough day here as well...got in a big fight with my manager over stupid stuff...forgot the kids had a performance tonight so was running WAY late "hate being rushed!" ended up having burger and fries from Wendy's for dinner..not good...so not up to exercising...would love to just soak in a hot tub but went spray tanning for ball next weekend and can't take shower till morning...just want to curl up and go to sleep!!!!
enough whining!

Sorry for the tough day, Jen! Glad the kids took the news about Disney well. Sounds like they are keepers to me!

Darn you smilie police . . . BRB

 

[lisah0711]

sometimes good just isn't good enough in our minds...i am glad you have figured it out for yourself.. hopefully it will allow you to find the joy and happiness you deserve to experience!! I think it is ok to be disappointed in our outcomes at times as long as we can take that deep breath and realize that our dissapointments can also be our joys!! Here is to finding joy in your next race regardless of the outcome!! (am I making any sense??)I am having one of those momments as welll...talk away!

Well said!

enough of that. how about my running story from yesterday?? those cadets and i were all laughing pretty hard. they were so shocked when i was like, "throw me the rock!" i can't believe i caught it!!
not only that but i wound up finishing that run (4 miles) at a 10:43 pace which was really fast for me.

Nancy, that was a great story! And I noticed that John thinks you still have it, too.

Great pace on the run!

Bummer about the friend thing. I think that you are smart for just moving beyond it.

I would just like to say I completely agree with every word that Nancy posted above me, and if I had the time, I love to chat more.
Boston did not shut down. Though some people think we should have after the winter of no snow, we got a few aggravating inches, and everyone is up in arms. Well, not that bad really.

Glad that things are okay in Bah-stan! It's funny what a little snow does to people when you haven't had much all winter. Some one here is terribly, terribly disappointed that there may not be any snow days this year.

Lisa, hope everyone is feeling better at your house! That was a great quote on FB!

Maria, how's that post-race return to reality going? Smoothly, I hope.

Lindsay, hope you have something fun planned for the week-end!

Jude, another Princess would be exciting.

Spent all yesterday fighting with my computer which has a windows problem that will not boot or repair. IT guy is coming at noon and can hopefully fix it. It can be restored but I'm just not sure if everything is backed up properly -- it is on Carbonite but not on the local backup drive. I hate to lose stuff.

Now my computer bad juju followed me home and had to the email my post to myself thing to save it and post from work so sorry if it looks weird.

Our June trip has a lot of maybes before I know whether it will happen. We have six nights at OKW with just the three of us. We are going to take it easy and do a lot of hanging out. It's the first time we've ever been when it is hot. No one even wants to go to HP or even the water parks. They just seem to want to ride the boats. I can't even get any suggestions on ADRs right now but I think that is more the tough week.

DS informed me that he earned a 30 minute detention for using the word "sucked" in relation to himself and his disappointment with his first solo performance this week. He also was informed he did not make it into honor society because although he has the grades and character he doesn't have any service activities. He is actually taking it all very well and has earned many brownie points for taking things maturely.
I'm ready for the week to be over and spend the week-end doing a little Kroc stuff and resting up.

Have a great day all!

 

[liesel]

All right, March is a new month and its going to be great! I need to restart things too, all I did in Feb was regain the 1.3 pounds I lost Tink weekend. I haven't been able to be OP and get my exercise in at the same time: I'm either not eating well (Super Bowl, Vday, date night with DH, that work dinner, and DH's post race celebration meal-that's way too many WAY OFF PLAN meals in one month!) or not having time for exercise (sick at the begining of the month then taking care of 2 sick kids, one right after the other). But I am determined to kick that 1.3, get a new low, and keep going!

Well, its no suprise we are all thinkers, this is a planning forum. I've spent a lot of time lately thinking about our possible move, weighing everything over and over, and generally stressing about the whole thing. I'm looking forward to our trip, I have lots of things that I want to research and I think we will go ahead and meet with a couple of realtors to see where we are at in terms of what we can afford and what's out there. It will be a pretty jam packed working trip, but I know DH and I will sneak in some fun somewhere, we always have fun together. It just won't be the weekend of wine tasting in Napa that we'd rather be doing.

As for the weather here, we are now entering our snowy season. March is the snowiest month of the year and April can be pretty bad as well. We are already over our 62 inches a season average. Apparently we were 2 inches away from the snowiest Feb on record, we got a small dusting after our surprise 10 inch storm last week, but alas it was not enough to break the record. We also had a small dusting yesterday and last night, but that's not as bad as the hurricane force winds we've been dealing with. It was so bad Monday and Tuesday, the kids didn't get to go outside for recess. They also didn't get to go out yesterday since it was snowing. We are a little stir crazy here. The weather is going to be really nice Monday and Tuesday (low 60s ), I am so looking forward to it.

Maria I hope you are recovering from the race and getting back into the swing of things. I can't wait to hear all about your weekend! I hope the snow wasn't too bad.

Kathy I'm glad you had a good birthday celebration and a fun party last night. I was mocked by the free dining email yesterday too, its just way too soon to afford a trip to WDW! Besides no C2C medal with the TOT 10 miler, and that's the only race during that time.

Lindsay from me too! I think different kids learn different ways and I hope you and the teacher can find what works for Ryan. I hope you enjoyed Zumba this week. I can't go today because both kids are at home for a teacher inservice day. After finally getting them both back to school yesterday!

Lisa I'm glad your back is slowly getting better, you'll be back to racing in no time. Details about your WDW trip, you know we need them! My DS is in speech therapy too, he has a unique stutter (he pauses in the middle of words). We just had his annual review meeting this week and I think the 15 minutes a week they are giving him just aren't cutting it. He is still having trouble reading aloud and finishing within their time constraints. Then the speech therapist, who has admitted to me that she really doesn't know how to treat this kind of stutter, says that he will always be like this and that he needs to learn to cope with it. I think we need to look into other options, both here and if we move.

I'm worried about the poof fairy, so I will finish in another post.

 

[liesel]

Hi Lisa, we were posting at the same time! I hope your computer gets fixed soon. I've been having problems too, I really hope the backup drive has been functioning properly.

I'm glad you liked the FB quote, I think we sometimes talk about doing halves like they are nothing, but it is a big deal!

Nancy I loved your Maritime story! I think it would be awesome if we could all visit you in NYC and run there and see Usher. Your pace is awesome! Sorry about the friend drama, that's so high school. I hope she does realize that all you were saying is that you'd like to spend time with her. I'm glad John is having some fun down time in Orlando.

Rose I'm sorry about the aches and disappointment, I totally get it. I love what Jen wrote too! At least the marathon registration isn't until April and I think the training plan starts in June, that's lots of time to get assessed and figure out if you can do it. I think you did amazing for being sidelined for so long. I didn't really like the early start either. Between having to get up early for the airplane ride on Friday, then not sleeping well the night before because I really dislike post 9/11 air travel, then up early on Saturday for the kids races, then not sleeping well the night before the race and only getting 3 hours of sleep, I was exhausted. Only for Disney! I will definitely try to do things differently in the future and get more rest.

Have you considered coming out west for a race? Everything at DL is so compact, with the parks, DTD, the hotels (the expo is at the Disneyland Hotel), and the race start all right next to each other. If you used DVC and stayed at the GCH like Lisa did, the corrals are right outside the hotel. Walking back from the race, I walked through the lobby at the GCH and it was only a 5 minute walk from the finish. No busses, no long walk to the start! The DL half is labor day weekend, and usually quite warm. The average temp for the Tink is 69 on race day, but we had 82! I know that it would involve researching the food options there, there is a GF thread on the DL side, I'll have to check it out. Just somehting to consider, getting your C2C someday would be fun! If we move, I am looking forward to driving down for the DL races.

Jen I had that bubble bath for you last night, I needed it after taking care of sick kids for over a week! I'm glad telling the kids about the vacation went well. Have you made any ADRs yet?

Kathy I forgot to mention I finished the book "The Descendants" and really enjoyed it. It was a very quick read. I've got the soundtrack from the library right now that I am listening too. It will have to go on my Hawaiian playlist.


Jude Come join us anytime!

I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!

 

[camnhan]

well sitting here at work waiting for conference call that was supposed to start 10 minutes ago!!

Kind of mad at the kids for taking it so well....don't they realize we are GOING TO DISNEY for goodness sake

Struggling to keep a good attitude today at work and sitting here at my desk while everyone else went to lunch because of this call that does not seem to be happening is not helping!

Yes I have made more ADR's than we will use at this point but was not sure what we wanted to do!! For sure we are going to do California Grill on Thursday night. Our ressie is for 9:20 so hoping we will get a good view of the fireworks. Tossing around the idea of ordering a cake for us...have been lurking on the wedding blogs and saw some really cute pics of some mini cakes that I think would be perfect..guess we will see.
We are going to do Raglan Road on Wednesday night and enjoy some of the night life at Boardwalk and/or DTD. Really want to go to JellyRolls so we will see. Tentatively planning breakfast at CP on Friday morning as well as San Angel that night. Not sure what to do about Sat...maybe just play it by ear.

We know we want to spend most of our time wandering the world showcase and really check out the countries. Outside of that and a trip to Magic Kingdom no real plans...

Hope everyone has an exciting weekend planned! Ours is busy as usual.
Talk at you later!!

 

[Rose&Mike]

So what's everyone doing? I am waiting out the storms.

It was pretty scary this time. There are reports that 22 miles north of here a small town was leveled. Everyone left work early--tons of places closed early. The front is not through yet, so I don't know what else we have to look forward to tonight. There are currently 4 active tornado warnings in the area....a warning means there is a confirmed tornado. Kind of reminds you what is important.

Lisah--I would love to read the book. Mike and I talk a lot about what is normal aches and pains for 40somethings and what is a problem. You made me smile with your pt comments. It is no fun when they talk in terms of weeks! That's cool that you can alternate bike/and walk. Rehab is as mentally challenging as it is physically challenging. Sorry about the computer problems. And the Robert problems. Though it sounds like he is handling it pretty well. I think OKW is a great resort for hanging out.

LisaR--snow! yuck! And I would be looking for a new therapist. Just cause she doesn't know, doesn't mean someone doesn't! The Tink suggestion was a good one. DL is sold out for this year, plus we have a busy fall. But Tink is somthing to think about. I am excited for your trip. I would definitely at least look at a few houses--just to get an idea...

Jen--Love California Grill! They have great desserts--in my opinion. Yum, yum, yum!

Kathy--sounds like fun last night! and I think sometimes I am toooo in touch with my feelings!

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Long day! People have been on edge around here all day.

Physical therapy went well. I liked the new person. She did a lot of evaluations, but basically said my pelvic bones are out of line and the glute muscles are very tight. So every time I do the exercises to strengthen the muscles all it is does is pull on the itband and cause pain and problems. This makes total sense to me cause that is exactly what is happening!

I have a ton of new stretches to do and a couple of exercises. She thinks it should only take 5 or 6 visits! How exciting is that?! And I can run a couple of miles, as long a I stop with pain. They did this new thing on me which is similar to accupuncture--just on one leg, to see if it works. It felt ok, a little uncomfortable.

What I really wanted to share with you all (and anyone else who is lurking) is a couple of comments that she made. We were talking about the pronation, etc and she made a comment that I was thin and kept my weight off so that was not in any way causing this problem. It made me feel great to not be told that---if I lost xxxxx pounds the problem would go away. We talked about how I pronated before I lost weight and she said it really isn't unusual to develop problems while/during/after losing weight. The simple explanation--your muscles/tendons/etc are used to doing things a certain way, and when you lose they do things differently. We talked about how I walk with my toes slightly out and she did not think I should try to correct that.

It was a really positive experience. And what I took away from all this, yes it is very frustrating to deal with the injuries, but maybe it is not all that unusual. And that maybe when I fix things they will be fixed for good (or almost good.) I also took from this--don't let things go so long! And I did better with that this time. This is not always about being out of shape--which I think, we as former overweight people assume. This may be about your body changing and adapting. It is not a reason to not exercise, though! It is a reason to be smart.

I do not think I did anything wrong to cause this, but my instincts that something was going on with my glutes/hips/back was dead on.

Hope all this made sense.

Have a great Friday night!

 

[Rose&Mike]

wow the pictures from these storms....

They are thinking there were ef4 or possibly ef5 tornadoes. (ef5 is the strongest.) There is video of some of the actual tornadoes and they are monsters--they look so big that it is hard to believe they are real. The hail was so huge--reports of tennis ball size hail.

Two little towns in southern Indiana were just wiped off the map. They think they got hit multiple times by tornadoes---2 or 3 back to back. So far 3 dead. There is just nothing left standing.

This afternoon the weather warning was "threat of severe damage to life or property." I have never seen a warning like that before in the 18 years we have lived here.

It was in the 70s today--which is why the storms were so very nasty.

Just a little overwhelmed tonight. Hopefully they will tell us what we can do to help.

****FWIW, I think the threats are over for the night. so that's good. Just windy now.

Very sad and very scary.