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[mikamah]

Good evening Princess pals,

We had a fun weekend in NH, and am both very tired, so we watched POTC #2, and are going to go to bed early. Michael's camp this week is the classic Y camp on a pond a few towns over. He'll swim, canoe, kayak, paddle boat, go ponding which is just an excuse to get all muddy looking for live things in the mud. He'll come home filthy and we'll fight for him to shower every night, but he'll have a blast. Paddle ball was another favorite for him last year. He's just doing one week here this year. It's one of my favorite camps because a bus picks him up at 8:05 around the corner, and I'll have my 30 min of coffee/computer time in the mornings again. I'm working an extra 4 hours this week too, so I only have one short day on thursday.

Rose-I'm tired just reading all that you are doing. I can't imagine getting my house in order enough to put it on the market. It is great that you feel so much better now that you are gf, and can appreciate that although it's a big pita sometimes, it's worth it.

Lisa- So glad the training went well, and the coach is happy to let you go at your pace. Good luck with the hills this week. And sorry those dang stomach bug pounds came back. that's just not fair.

Maria-Hope you got Ben off smoothly, and you're enjoying some alone time. He'll be home before you know it, but I can understand how big a change it must be without him. Some days I just can't wait for overnight camp. Congrats on the new tankini!!!

Lindsay- Very cool pics of the jersey shore gang. I've only watched it once, but I'm sure it was exciting for you, being a fan.

Nancy-Hope all is well with you and you're enjoying the weekend.

Hello to all our other prinesses. Off to watch a quick show with ds before bed. He's a bit overtired, you would have thought I was cutting his toes off just now, not trimming his toenails.

Have a fabulous night.

 

[Rose&Mike]

Good morning! Sleeping is over rated right???? I woke up before 5:00. I cleaned out my inbox, did a load of laundry, put away laundry and finally started putting together an itinerary for w&d. I seriously considered having a g-f brownie (which I made yesterday) for breakfast, but I have so far avoided the temptation. My weight was exactly at the top of my maintain this week. Not good, but still maintaining.

Kathy--Michael's camp sounds so great! Do you hose him off before you let him in the house!

Lindsay--cool on the Jersey Shore pics!

Ok, here's the agenda for today:
*work
*2nd pass on cleaning out the Master bedroom closet
*wipe down the bathroom cabinets (I did the kitchen cabinets last night)
*maybe get in the pool for a few minutes
*look at the listings the real estate agent sent us
*hopefully be in bed by 10:00 (since I've been waking up so early I am going to attempt to go to sleep earlier)

Keep your fingers crossed that my air conditioner works for one more week. They are putting in our new system next Monday. It's supposed to be very hot here this week!

Have a super day!

 

[flipflopmom]

Morning lovelies! I am happy to report that I am in a much better frame of mind. I spent Saturday with some chick flicks and ended it with a little wine and enjoyed my family at mom's yesterday, so I am feeling more like me. I was actually dreading going to church and her house, it's like the more I sequester myself, the deeper I get and less I want to be out, but once I do, I am okay or even better. When will I learn that? Brad also brought up a point last night, he mentioned that he thought I had WDW let down. Build up, anticipation, and then it's over? Maybe. Worth considering!

Girls spent the night with mom, so I am taking today to clean. It's scary how I let the house go last week, so I have lots to catch up on. I have 3 more papers to write this week, one is about half done, but I think I'll be in a better frame of mind if my house is clean.

Maria - thanks for the encouragement. It's good to know I'm not the only one that needs to venture into lurkdome for a while! Your staycation sounded like lots of fun, and your patience with Tristan was commendable. Enjoy your DH this week!

Lisa- your running stuff sounds AWESOME! How cool to learn from what some consider to be the master! Kudos to you for going at your pace and not letting anything ruffle your feathers! Thanks for sharing! We see some of those stories of stat. rape that are really sad. We had a parent last year that the same thing had happened to them, an upset mother of a 17 year old girl acted before she thought. (He was 18 at the time.) Now, as an adult, he can't come eat lunch with his child, come to conferences, or see the child in a school play because he is not allowed on school property. I felt really sorry for him.

Kathy - Need a hose? I don't want to do your laundry this week. Of course, I have enough of my own. Maybe he could camp out in the backyard to complete the camp experience and just not head indoors this week?

Lindsay - on the paycheck and raise stuff. I hope your boss sees you for what you are worth, and gets you that raise quickly!!!!! I liked Lisa's idea of a "go me" folder. I have to admit, I will forevermore read yoru posts with a Jersey shore accent, and think of you in heavy makeup, long nails, and big hair.

Rose- You've handled this really well. I, like you, don't deal well with unknowns and change, and you've done a great job. While I was rooting for Durham, I can totally see you as a Florida babe! As for Tom, what a lot to have to take care of. Have you found a dr. that will do the tests necessary? Will that mean that he will see a dr. at USC for prescriptions, etc? I thought of you as we drove through Columbia coming home! When does he have to go back?

Nancy - You make me feel bad, running pregnant in the heat pushing a stroller, when I think it's just too flippin hot to even be outside, much less run! Hope you are okay!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Nancy- glad you perked up a bit. I love your beach pics. Dont laugh because I am horrible with geography but what body of water is that?? the hudson?

Lisa- I hope you feel better soon. wow 7lbs. I love the movie devil wears prada and the one assistant says "im one stomach virus away from a size 2" well I am many stomach virus away from a size 2 but I think that quote is hilarious.

Ok well I did get my paycheck and I didnt have my raise so coincedentally I had a meeting with my boss today. It went well and I brought up this topic. He thought I was in range and therefore didnt increase my salary. He annoys me with this stuff...too busy to worry about little details such as my PAY CHECK!!!! Then I got our financials back for our fiscal year and our revenue actually bumps me into the next management tier which is actually the starting salary is thousands of dollars more than I am making now. So I emailed him asking him in my title can be changed and my salary adjusted to that level. Hes probably really loving me right now. The thing is I am confident that I am worth more and the salary that that level pays I feel is adequate and I would be happy. Even with my current increase I still feel very under compensated for the work and responsibility I have.

Good night all.

hi lindsay - i'm not laughing - DH didn't even know what body he was swimming in for the first year we lived at our house! it's not the hudson. the hudson is on the west side of NYC - it separates manhattan and new jersey. it's the one that plane LANDED in a few februarys ago. as you go north on the hudson you pass the george washington bridge (bridge between nj and ny) and even farther north it separates part of new york state. we are on the east side. so, technically the water we swim in is pretty much the end of the east river (i know, sounds gross but it's not!) and the beginning of the long island sound. from the beach as you can see the manhattan skyline which is beautiful (and a little sad when you don't see the twin towers) and also queens (which is on long island).

wow, that was a long-winded lesson on trivial geography! lol!

glad about the paycheck and i hope that you get bumped up!!

Taryn--hope your down time helps you recharge!

Nancy--have fun at Harry Potter!

Lindsay--another beach day! I am so jealous! I think the original psychiatrist relied too much on self-reporting because Tom is an adult, though he did go by dsm iv (???) standards. Our pcp was fine with his diagnosis. The university wants something different--I am assuming cause of the rampant abuse of adderall and ritalin on college campuses. I'm fine with that cause I really would like an official iq test done. (He topped out some unofficial tests that they did in school.:scared1 I think the original guy was a good starting point because he has adhd and it really made Tom feel ok about himself and Tom knows how he doesn't want to be when he grows up now--the guy had a few issues.Anyhow, he got Tom organized and explained to him why he had to do things a certain way, etc and that helped. But despite his initial claims he seems to rely heavily on medication. We are all now in agreement (Tom, our pcp, and Mike and I) that transferring care to campus is probably a good thing since we are so far from him. It will all work out, it's just a hassle sometimes! I have looked at symptoms of adhd for years, and now that I understand things a little better he has had symptoms his whole life. But it never really interfered with things too much. Some of the stuff I read said it's really not uncommon for really smart kids with adhd to hold it together until college and then things start to fall apart. Even through high school we were pretty strict with Tom's schedule--home by a certain time on week nights, no late night studying cause it triggered migraines. He always did homework on Sundays--but it was such an ordeal. He would get up every 5-10 minutes and walk around. He got distracted so easily. There could be no noise in the house, etc. But his grades were good and it was manageable. Anyhow, sorry for the book. I feel a little guilty we didn't deal with this earlier, but everyone keeps telling me he was doing ok earlier. Maybe I was just doing too much time management for him. He's handling everything really well--no drama yesterday when he found out about USC--which is such a positive thing. Actually a lot less drama period. So this is a good thing.

As for the gf--he keeps saying it's no big deal--she will be a freshman this year at Western KY I think. I did ask if she was 18 yet. She's a cute girl and I know her Mom from PTSA. He seems to be enjoying hanging out with her so I'm glad. We are going to have to have a little chat about no funny stuff when Mike and I are in Florida. Just look what you all have to look forward to.
Mike and I went out to dinner last night. Since we came back from WDW we have been out to dinner twice. We got Moe's take out a couple of times but that doesn't really count. Going out to dinner stresses me out. But there is a local restaurant that someone told us to try. On their menu they mark whether each item can be made g-f or not and when they bring the food out they tell you that the item is g-f so you know they got it right. It was so fun! I miss going out to eat. We shared a bibb salad with pears and pecorino (sp?) cheese and champagne dressing and I had a tomato and goat cheese sandwich on some kind or g-f flat bread with fabulous roasted potatoes. (I forgot to tell them to leave the chicken off, so I just picked it off and Mike took it home to eat today.) I am so over stressing about that kind of stuff. I am mostly vegetarian--that's the best I can do. I didn't eat most of the bread--which Mike thinks is so funny--but I could have ate if it I wanted to, that's the important part! I did eat most of the potatoes--they were so good! Then we shared chocolate creme brulee for dessert! It was fabulous! It was a perfect night out that I really, really needed.

Ok, enough slacking. Time to get up and clean something! I hope everyone has a great day!

Lisa--I hope you are feeling better!

rose i wish there was something to say that would make you feel better about what tom's going through. personally i think you did the right thing with being strict with tom while in high school. i bet alot of that is why he did so well! my parents were SUPER strict and while i resented it at the time, i would have never done well and gotten into a good college! i think having help while he's back at school will be great. and i'm glad he's not being too dramatic about it either! i thought it was the GIRLS who were supposed to be the dramatic ones! ah, guess not!!

sounds like dinner was great. sounds yummy...and healthy! healthy eating....need to get back on that.

good morning, princesses!!

We are off to my sisters camp today, just for one night. It will be fun and relaxing. We try to get up there once during the summer if we can coordinate a weekend. It's a trailer, with beds, so easy packing. Just gotta throw pjs and an outfit for tomorrow in the bag, and swimsuits/towels sunsreen bugspray should do it. I do want to run or walk in the morning too since I slacked this week on the exercise. This week coming up, michael's camp is a few towns away run by the Y, so a bus will pick him up about 50 min before I have to be at work, so I'll have my morning coffee/dis time again. It worked out well to be my coaching week.

Rose-You seem more your happy self today, and I'm go glad for you. Sounds like a nice, much needed night out. I am not looking forward to ds and dating. Glad tom's friend is 18. My nephew is 20 and dating girl who will be a high school senior this fall, and it makes me nervous.

What will I be like when it's Michael? He's already looking at the girls. He came home tuesday from camp, and said, Brendan's sister Grace is pretty. He tells me she's older than him, but just a year because she's almost 11, and he's almost 10. Yah, in december. They were in camp together this week. The next day he said he has a crush on Grace, and he thinks she likes him too because she knows his name. Then yesterday, the last camp day, they have awards, and michael got the arts and crafts award, and he said Grace got the same award, and then he says, wouldn't it be cool, if I was to marry Grace in like 20 years, and we got the same award when we were kids. I think I'm going to be in trouble. It's cracking me up now, but what will he be like once those hormones kick in.

Lisa- How are you feeling today? Hope the gi bug has left the house, and you're all recovered, and enjoying a warm summer weekend in Idaho.

Lindsay- Good for you for sticking up for yourself and talking to your boss. Hope he knows how valuable you are to the company. Enjoy the beach.

Maria_ Good luck with the 11 miles today!! You can do it!!!

Nancy- I hope thomas is ok and doesn't have a stomach bug. I'm sorry, i think i just chuckled at the mess, and didn't say anything about the diarrhea. Hope you are both enjoying a warm sunny day without any problems.
Taryn- Hello there. I totally get the need to take a break. If you lurking, we miss you, but hope you're enjoying the summer and reenergizing.

Have a fabulous weekend!!

It's 11. Time to get my butt in gear.

oh man sounds like michael is already a ladies man!!! i see the beginning of a beautiful relationship with grace!

where was your sister's campsite?

oh, and thank you for your concern about thomas. he's fine. he gets diarrhea every so often but the next day he was totally fine. you just have to laugh at the mess sometime. while it's happening it's icky but eh, poop happens!

I just got home from a day at the beach.

loved the pics of the jersey shore crew! i watch that show too when it's on. it's such a trainwreck - you just have to feel good about your own life when it's on! lol!

my friend/around the corner neighbor was at seaside this past week with her hubby, 2 year old and 3 month old. they saw the jersey shore folks a ton too!

i think i prefer ocean city to the other places too. i used to go with my babysitter (she was more like my second mother) and her family when i was little to wildwood. we stayed in wildwood crest. i LOVED the boardwalk with all the rides and stuff. and then with my parents we did ocean city. now that i have a family i appreciate the quiet of ocean city. and it's just much more....classy. i think it's still a dry town too, right?

Yesterday went really well. I got up and we got Dennis and my niece off. She's travelling as an unaccompanied minor, so Dennis had to wait until her plane took off to leave the airport. Anyway, while he took care of that I got on the TM. I did my 11M, and it wasn't too bad. It was a little warm, and I started to get really wanting to be done after 9M, but I was determined to make it work. I'm a little sore today, but not too bad. The rest of the day we worked on packing Ben, doing some laundry, and catching up on my Tivo. I also was able to go to the Hallmark to pick up my ornaments. Now I'll rack up more points for my next reward certificate to use at the October event. I still have 8 ornaments I need to buy -- and some of them are even for other people

Ben is in the shower and I have to get Dennis moving. The plan for today is to do more laundry and bang off more items on my general list, while also taking time for at home mani/pedi, facial, and relaxing with my magazine pile. I still haven't finished my closet (although it is much better), and I need to make a new workout schedule, organize a few drawers, and finally get the clothes pile ready for the Salvation Army. My radiator is overflowing with items to donate. If I get most of the items done from that list, I will be satisfied.

Everyone have a fabulous Sunday!

Maria

maria, how do you train on your long runs? do you bring water with you? do you eat? how often? i just cannot figure that stuff out. i mean, it's been forever since i've done anything more than 3 miles but eventually i'll get back and i NEED to figure out how to stay hydrated and get some calories in.

nice job on the 11 miles. it was hot too!

I'm not looking forward to the girlfriend thing. There were a few rumblings at the end of the year but since DS' school doesn't allow PDAs of any kind it doesn't seem to get too far until you get to high school. I don't blame you for wanting to have a talk about when the house is empty. A birth control reminder wouldn't hurt -- hey, you embarassing yourselves anyway! Can't they just have sex in the car like we (well maybe not you ) used to?

LOL!!!!!!


Maria gave you a great description of Janet Evanovich and her Stephanie Plum books. I started the series with Ten Big Ones when I was on vacation -- I'm just reading it again this week actually. It is one of the funniest ones. I liked it so much I went out and got eleven, even though it was only in hardback, which I never do. I always wait for the paperback. I think the later ones are the better ones.

There is also the Joanna Fluke murder mysteries set. They all have food names like Apple Pie Murder. I think of that heroine Hannah Swensen as the cleaner, midwestern version of Stephanie Plum. She has two men in her life, too, but it never goes anywhere. Be warned that Hannah owns a cookie store and is always baking and has recipes in her book. I'm never inspired to suddenly make things from scratch on the spur of the moment and especially because I usually read these books when I am in Iowa and it's too dang hot. Another one of the "family reads."

Maria, how was your 11 miles yesterday? Hope it went well and you are feeling ready for your half soon! It will be here before you know it! Have they told you who any of the bands are going to be? I guess there is one every mile so that should be entertaining -- even if they stink. I was interested to read that the Rock n' Roll has several levels of medals if you do multiple RnR marathons through the year. Something to shoot for after that coast to coast medal!

I am recovered for the most part from my stomach bug and my weight went back to the same number I've been stuck at for three weeks. Well, I haven't actually be stuck at it for three weeks. I have it for my weigh in, eat too much over the week-end and gain a few pounds, work like crazy and get back to the weigh in number and repeat again! I'm breaking that cycle this week-end.

Yesterday was my first run with my training group. The beginners group went 1 mile with the coach with the jogging stroller and baby. I thought of you Nancy. Our group went out for three to seven miles -- your choice -- and if you wanted to do intervals they were doing 4/1. But you could do slower intervals if you wanted. So the group went out and started running right away -- you people run to warm up? And I did my own thing and was perfectly happy. I knew where they were going and had my new Run Keeper so it worked out fine. I saw they in various groups as they came back and at the end in the store when in for water and they had a really tasty electrolyte drink. I thanked the coach for letting me do it at my own pace. I would have been miserable trying to catch up or holding people back. And it was hot -- like in the 70's -- so I was in my perfect Galloway recommended pace, had a good run and am all ready for hills on Tuesday!

Oh and all the hardcore Ironman folks were not there cause they were doing a little tri at Hayden Lake. I really respect and admire those guys but they are a little intimidating, not to mention some can be a tad arrogant, or maybe that is me in my insecurity. Going to work in the yard this morning and do a little laundry this afternoon and take it easy.

Hello to all our other princesses and belles!

thanks for the book recommendations (you too, maria). i think i will start on them! i meant to yesterday but didn't have the energy to read anything other than doing a little facebook stalking

glad the running group went well! i'm sure the coach with the jogger looked way better than me! i always look a little awkward because i don't know how to move my arm that's not holding the jogger! i still need to download that interval app. my running has pretty much stopped though. i'm doing pretty much just walking now. it's been very hot out and just walking has been enough to tire me out.

don't be intimidated by the iron man folks. ok, i would be a little intimidated too. but i have this belief that people who are starting running later in life (meaning like, anything after 30 or so!) are to be more admired than those folks who have just always been doing it. i mean, i have some friends who have ALWAYS been running. since high school i'd say. what's it to them to get out for a run. it's engrained in their brains. for those of us who haven't always been doing it, it takes that much more motivation and oomph to go out and do it! and it takes more balls! lol! so they should be intimidated by YOU! so there!

Forgot to mention I'm wearing my new Lands End purple polka dot tankini -- one size smaller than last year on top and bottom! Ok, it would look better 7 lbs lighter, but it's still comfortable and fits ok...and the purple polka dots make me happy!

Maria

nice job on the smaller size! woot! i love lands' end bathing suits! it's all i wear! they offer DDD cup which is perfecto for me. and they LAST! i'm still wearing a suit that i've had for a few years now which makes me feel better about spending the extra dough on those suits.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Icing my knees and ankle....The knees aren't bad but the ankle hurts like crazy when I ice it. I can only leave it on for about a minute at a time.

Maria--enjoy your camp week. Tom started going to camp at the end of sixth grade. It was really hard at first, but once we got used to we really enjoyed away camp! Great job on getting in those 11 miles! Yep, eating out is not so fun, but at least we have a couple of places to go now. You sound like you have a great day planned!

Lisa--glad you are feeling better. That's horrible about your client's son. It's becoming a big concern which is really sad. I have been saying that to Tom for years--you have to ask how old they are. This girl is out of high school, so I figured she was 18 and I think the age of consent here is 16, but still. And there probably is nothing going on......I will say every once in a while stuff like--no surprises, no accidents, do you need dad to go to the drug store for you. He usually roles his eyes and asks me if we really need to be having this conversation.

Kathy--hope you are having fun with your sister! Cute story about Michael.

Lindsay--I love fried pickles! Well, I used to love fried pickles. They have fried dill pickles at buffalo wild wings. They are sliced in rings--so yummy! I would totally consider cheating on them--though I wouldn't actually do it, but I would consider it!

Nancy--I hope Thomas is doing better.

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We had a really productive day yesterday. We cleaned all the windows and put a piece of painters tape on all the ones that need a section replaced. If I were staying here I would just get new windows, but I think this will cost half what new windows would cost to put in (maybe less) and be a lot less hassle. I rearranged some of the stuff she wanted me to rearrange and got a couple more bags for good will. If someone called me to show the house today I could have it ready to go in about an hour. It's not perfect yet--we have some painting to do--but it's getting there.

I also have been trading pm's with a dis'er who lives in Melbourne. I am so glad I contacted her. She had a lot of really good input and gave me the name of a different real estate agent who I'm going to contact today. Mike has not been thrilled with the responses we've been getting from the other one. We told our neighbor what was going on--she actually figured it out cause we have been putting so much trash out and hauling so much stuff to good will. Mike wants me to go ahead and tell my boss tomorrow and let the chips fall where they fall. Louisville is such a small town in that if one person knows something everybody knows something. I still don't know what I'm going to do, but it would take some of the pressure off me. I think that's part of the reason I am sleeping so poorly. I really don't like disappointing people and I will do anything to avoid conflict. We'll see.

We ran 6 miles this morning and it was hard! It was hot and my workout on Friday just wore my legs out. My legs were fatigued from the first step. But I finished and I was happy. We actually ran hard the last .4 (we call the last .4 running to the bench--long story). Anyhow, I was sub 8 when we finished--so I'm happy that I could pull it off despite being beat.

Ok, time to make breakfast. We bought gluten free bagels to try. I'm going to make an egg and cheese sandwich.

Have a great day!

i'm glad the melbourne DIS'er is being so helpful! it'll be nice to know someone even if you haven't met them yet! at least you'll have a shared interest (DISNEY!)

how were the g-f bagels? my cousin has celiac and some of the g-f breads she sometimes has look a little questionable but others look good!

Good evening Princess pals,

We had a fun weekend in NH, and am both very tired, so we watched POTC #2, and are going to go to bed early. Michael's camp this week is the classic Y camp on a pond a few towns over. He'll swim, canoe, kayak, paddle boat, go ponding which is just an excuse to get all muddy looking for live things in the mud. He'll come home filthy and we'll fight for him to shower every night, but he'll have a blast. Paddle ball was another favorite for him last year. He's just doing one week here this year. It's one of my favorite camps because a bus picks him up at 8:05 around the corner, and I'll have my 30 min of coffee/computer time in the mornings again. I'm working an extra 4 hours this week too, so I only have one short day on thursday.

Rose-I'm tired just reading all that you are doing. I can't imagine getting my house in order enough to put it on the market. It is great that you feel so much better now that you are gf, and can appreciate that although it's a big pita sometimes, it's worth it.

Lisa- So glad the training went well, and the coach is happy to let you go at your pace. Good luck with the hills this week. And sorry those dang stomach bug pounds came back. that's just not fair.

Maria-Hope you got Ben off smoothly, and you're enjoying some alone time. He'll be home before you know it, but I can understand how big a change it must be without him. Some days I just can't wait for overnight camp. Congrats on the new tankini!!!

Lindsay- Very cool pics of the jersey shore gang. I've only watched it once, but I'm sure it was exciting for you, being a fan.

Nancy-Hope all is well with you and you're enjoying the weekend.

Hello to all our other prinesses. Off to watch a quick show with ds before bed. He's a bit overtired, you would have thought I was cutting his toes off just now, not trimming his toenails.

Have a fabulous night.

glad camping was fun! where in NH? my uncle (who lives in groton, MA) has a "cottage" aka bigger house than i will ever own on lake waukewan (near winnepesa...oh geez i can't spell it so i won't try! lol). it's so pretty up there

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i've been MIA for a few days. not really on purpose though. just...i don't know...i've been in a funk. i've been eating like crazy and gaining and gaining. i started the pregnancy at 135 (my goal weight) and this morning after a weekend full of eating nothing but crap i weighed in at 152. i'm just beside myself about this. i have zero control. i haven't been on my metformin since 12 weeks pg and it feels like all hell is breaking loose. not that the metformin stops me from eating but it helps me in that it keeps my sugar a little more stable so i don't wind up craving the carbs and sugar even more. i'm not blaming it on that though. i'm just eating everything. i'm eating more than DH! and the pregnancy excuse just isn't cutting it.

i've been feeling VERY rundown the last few days too. yesterday we went to the zoo for about an hour and i told DH we had to go home because i felt sick. it was really hot so that was probably it but i just know that if i had been eating healthier i'd be feeling better.

i hate this. this whole i-know-i-should-stop-eating-junk-yet-i-do-it-anyway-and-then-complain-about-it thing. i'm setting myself up for some real depression the way i'm going.

ok, stop it nancy, you're bringing us all down! i have to get out and try to walk. it's going to be hot today and it's supposed to thunderstorm later. i better at least just try to go out for 30 minutes.

we did have a nice weekend (apart from the eating). saturday morning i saw harry potter at the imax. nice to have some alone time. in the afternoon we went to a friend's BBQ over in rockland county (NY) which was great apart from the ridiculous traffic getting there and coming home. when we pulled in front of the house my uncle eddie and aunt mary must have seen us b/c they came right over to play with thomas for a little before he went to bed.

sunday we skipped church again (john said he's taking the summer off! whoops! nice catholics, huh?) and went to the diner and then to the zoo. we walked through jungle world then went on the monorail (it's an open one that passes through all these habitats kinda like the safari at AK). then lunch at home and naps for the whole house. well, i laid there, couldn't sleep. watched the women's soccer final (darn!) then took Aunt T (she's not our aunt but that's what we call her as she might as well be family) out to dinner to an italian place to celebrate her retirement.

and as you can see i'm putting off going for a walk. must go! bye! ok now...i'm going...bye! see ya! real soon! ok! bye...here i go....

 

[mikamah]

Nancy and Taryn, glad to see you back and posting, but my 35 minute of alone time has passed, and i need to run to work. Didn't even have time to read all your posts, but did like the geography lesson, Nancy. Not my strong suit. lol.

have a fabulous day princesses!!!!

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning Princesses and Belles!

Congratulations to Princess Corinna who finished her first triathalon yesterday!

Rose, sorry that you woke up so early this morning. You have a lot on your mind and it's easy to wake up, have the brain turn on, and there goes the rest of your sleep. Of course, I get up before 5 am every morning but I really like it, and you can probably stay up past 9 pm too! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that the a/c holds out this week.

Kathy, I'm glad that you had a great time in NH. What a mean mom you are to make your child bathe and trim his toenails. I suppose you insisted on trimming his fingernails, too.

It could always be worse. My friend has a son who won't get out of the shower. Her husband went down and turned a valve that he thought was turning the hot water off. Instead, it turned off the drain to the septic system. They had gone somewhere and came back to a sewage flood to the tune of $20,000+ thousand dollars of damage. That kid is showering last when he visits here next month.

Wasn't it Tom, Rose, who would stay in the bathroom for hours? Nancy, get Thomas and Bronxbaby used to bathing every day now. It will make your life so much easier if you do.

Taryn, I totally understand the WDW letdown. That's one of the nice things about DVC, you can get that next trip in the works, even if it is just planning. I know that you'll feel better when you get your house straightened up. It's probably not as bad as you think and I know that is important to you. Get those papers knocked out and enjoy the rest of the week with those girls!

I didn't think about the school grounds thing but it makes total sense because that kid I was talking about is going to be a registered sex offender for the rest of his life.

On a totally different topic, did the heathens ever shape up? I'm sure it wasn't fun being in a room with them all year but they sure were entertaining at times.

Nancy, it's hot, your preggo, don't be afraid to just do walking now. If you feel like you are too slow, try some interval walking, walking a bit faster, then a bit slower. I think it's wonderful that you are getting out there and moving every day! It's hard to be pregnant and take care of a two year old, too, so don't be so hard on yourself. And don't be afraid to rest if you are tired.

Lindsay, hope that you have a fabulous week at work this week!

Maria,purple polka dot tankini girl I bet you looked marvelous! With your purple Vera Bradley bag I bet you looked just like those ads. And woo hoo for a smaller size!

I'm ready for a week where I end the week weighing less than I started and hanging on to that loss.

Have a great day!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

well i had my own little disney moment today! as i was doing my walk around maritime college i passed a few groups hanging outside. they do a few camps and activities there during the summer. there's also summer classes going on there too.

i was passing by one of the buildings and a huge group of high school/college age kids came out with maybe a chaperone or two. the group took up the whole sidewalk even though they saw i was moving much faster than they were. so i had to say excuse me a few times until finally a chaperone tells the students in Portuguese that they needed to move. it was like my own personal brazilian tour group in my way all they way up in new york!!

 

[Rose&Mike]

well i had my own little disney moment today! as i was doing my walk around maritime college i passed a few groups hanging outside. they do a few camps and activities there during the summer. there's also summer classes going on there too.

i was passing by one of the buildings and a huge group of high school/college age kids came out with maybe a chaperone or two. the group took up the whole sidewalk even though they saw i was moving much faster than they were. so i had to say excuse me a few times until finally a chaperone tells the students in Portuguese that they needed to move. it was like my own personal brazilian tour group in my way all they way up in new york!!

Glad you got your walk in. The gluten free bagels--eh, not so good. And they are HUGE. I split them all in half and put them in the freezer. I toasted it on the George Foreman so it was edible, but I really do miss real bread.

Taryn--glad to see you back. I'm glad you are starting to feel a little better. We're hoping Tom will be able to see the psychiatrist on campus--he has an appointment tomorrow here to talk to someone about doing the testing. He just has to jump through a lot of hoops--the university doesn't want to be a drug dealer, which i can appreciate. Hopefully he can get it all taken care of. He is teaching Kaplan classes this fall and just found out they want him to teach his first class on August 7th so he wants to go back a few days earlier than planned.

Lisa--Yep, Tom lived in his bathroom. He would turn the shower on and let it run for 30 minutes and sit and read a book. We were VERY close to taking the door off. That old impulse control problem will get you everytime! At least now we know why he was doing it! And yep, if I was going to sleep at 9:00 I would probably not be so exhausted. I have been on a midnight to 4:45 schedule lately. Saturday night I did midnight to 6:30, so a little better. Hopefully tonight will be better!

Hi to Kathy and Maria and Lindsay!

Congrats to Corinna!

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So I did go ahead and talk to my boss today. It took a huge amount of pressure off me. I made it very clear that I was not giving notice. She told me multiple times that she was very glad I let her know what was going on.

Ok, out of time. I hope everyone has a great evening. TTYL!

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Good Evening, and !

My evening plans have changed as we have to take our bed apart. Why would we do that? I discovered Chewie hanging out of the box springs this afternoon. He and Spock made a hole, and he had climbed in and was enjoying his new accommodations. We're going to get a piece of plywood to put under the box springs. This sounds like fun

Rose -- I'm so glad speaking with your boss worked out well. It had clearly been weighing on you, and now you can relax and keep the cleaning going! Seriously, you are a cleaning machine, I am totally impressed! Over the last 2 days I've done 7 loads of laundry, but that's about all I've accomplished. Well, that and totally cleaning the main bathroom. I'm resolved to mop that floor more often

Nancy -- How rude! I'd like to say I'm shocked by your Disney moment, but not really I'm all for skipping church, guess I'm not the best United Methodist, either My new training fueling is based on what Dennis learned at the sessions before the Boston marathon. I have an energy drink and three clif bloks before I start, and then three more clif blocks every 5 miles. I need to start adding in Gatorade, too, probably every couple of miles. I've come a long way from my first race when I literally ate Jelly Bellys , and then only because when I went to the WDW Expo, everyone seemed to be getting some kind of fuel, so I thought I'd try something I knew I could tolerate...And I agree with Lisah, the later Plum books are better, although I have to say after finishing 17 (and reading the next title is "Explosive 18"), I'm afraid we are now getting to "Nasty 19" and "Tantric 20" By the way, I'm a Ranger girl Yeah, I feel a little guilty buying LE suits when I know I'm hoping it won't fit next year, but I figure as long as the sizes are getting smaller, I'll go with it

Lisah -- I wish I looked like the models in those VB ads...but then I wouldn't be me! You'll appreciate this...I was all set to go to Miss Vickie's and use my gift card, when Dennis said, "Why don't we go to the Patriots' Hall of Fame while the kids do their adventure?". Um,...yeah, sounds great, honey! Actually, I do love the Patriots, so that was good, but no new cuties for me that trip!

Kathy -- You are doing a great job coaching! It is hard to keep up with everyone, especially since there are so many relatively new people who's names I don't know by sight

Taryn -- Are your profs paper happy or what?! You seem to have so many to do...the summer I was in-between in grad school I took a class in the Civil War. We literally watched Ken Burn's documentary as it aired at home (yes, I'm that old), and then wrote a 2-3 page summary of our impression of each episode. It was actually pretty painless and the most interesting take I'd ever seen on the Civil War, which I've tended to try not to study. Yech!

Corinna -- Congratulations! I know this is a goal you have had and you must be so proud!

I'm still to Jude and Lisa!

Gotta go eat my dinner. Grilled haddock, brown rice and broccoli. I'm so glad I actually like it

Not really looking forward to going back to work tomorrow, but I would like to continue paying the mortgage so "Heigh ho, Heigh ho, it's off to work I go"...

Maria

 

[mikamah]

Good evening everyone,

Maria- I'm sorry you have to go back to work tomorrow. I hate the end of vacation. Hope it's a smooth day for you.

Rose- I'm so glad it went well and you talked to your boss. One less thing to worry about, and someone who maybe can be a support to you about the move too. I hope you can get a good night sleep tonight. You must be exhausted with those short nights.

Nancy- You are doing so well with the exercise, and I'm sorry the food is a struggle for you right now. THink of how much better shape you are in and even though you're gaining more than you'd like this pregnancy, you are going to lose it quicker because you are so much more active, and you have the 2013 disney marathon as your goal. Hang in there, honey.

Lisa-I hope this is your week with the scale!! How's Robert liking his camps this summer? Hope it's all going smoothly.

Lindsay- hang in there, girlfriend. Hope you are able to get some "me" time in over the next few days to regroup. I was thinking when michael starts football practice I might try to run the track while he's practicing, so I'll be close by, but not just sitting on my butt watching. We'll see.

Corinna- Congratulations on your first Triathlon!!! You are amazing!!

Well, michael had a fun day at camp overall. We were hoping his old friend Clifton wasn't going to be there, and he wasn't. He's had some issues with this kid off and on and they were put in different classes last year, but will be together again this fall. I hope it goes smoothly. He showered while I cooked supper without much of a fight. My AC is in, its even a bit chilly here, and I'm thrilled. We're going camping this weekend, and I just knew with the heat if I tried to pack up without a place cool off, I would be a madwoman, so I put it in.
I hope your ac lasts the week rose.

Off to bed now. Have a great night, princesses!!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Lindsay--just wanted to tell you to hang in there.

I am so tired. I did 11:00 to 5:45, which is a little better. I'm going to try some chamomile tea tonight. And it seems the more tired I get the more carbs I eat. I think I might skip the workout tonight.

Ok, have a great day princesses. Time to get going.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

A quick good morning, before I go to work and don't get anywhere near the DIS today...

I got up and ran 3M, which is good for me right now. I admit I am already starting to stress, thinking about all the work that came in on my Blackberry while I was away. I wish the scale reflected my intentions rather than my actions....

Everyone have a fabulous day, and here's a little quote from the first song on my ipod this morning:

We've been through this enough it gets rough but there's nowhere to run
This is where we belong we are strong we can never give up
If we wanted to we could, we've always understood
We keep lookin' for the good

Bonus points if you can name the song!

Maria

 

[dumbo_buddy]

good morning princesses and tinkerlisas!

kathy thanks for the encouragement. i'm going to snap out of the funk. i think it's just a combo of feeling not quite right (aka hot, pregnant, headache, chubby, etc etc) and feeling a little overwhelmed and anxious about the whole second kid thing.

it's funny you mentioned old orchard beach in the main thread! my aunt mary and uncle eddie (across the street) came over sunday night and asked me to look up hotels for them there because they were thinking of going up this weekend. they are the king and queen of last minute planning! yesterday morning mary came over for coffee before she went to work and said they hadn't decided yet and maybe they'd go to rhode island instead - newport beach? anyway, hope you have fun wherever you go and hopefully all of canada won't be where you are!

rose ever tried melatonin? i think it works pretty well - you just have use it for about a week before it starts working. sleepytime tea is good too but drinking before bed always means that much more peeing for me at night!

i'm glad to hear that talking to your boss went as well as it did. she probably appreciates the heads up! what's new with the melbourne search? anything? i was looking on zillow.com for houses in the disney area for giggles last night. looked at winter garden, fl which is like 30 min from disney. found houses that were like 3000 sq feet that cost like $300k! amazing! my little 800ft SHACK cost more than that. what the heck am i doing here?? ah, one can dream of being close to disney.

maria nice work on the 3 miles this morning! you must have been up EARLY! i'm going to look into the clif shot blocks when the time comes. i'm really not a fan of drinking while moving (b/c it never goes in my mouth properly!). i remember getting up to a water station at the princess and took my cup. each time i'd have to stop to drink. one time towards the end i wasn't paying attention and chugged the powerade they had. yuck! something i'll have to get used to as the electrolites and sugar and all that are probably good on that long run!

good morning to lisa and lisa and taryn and everyone else! lisa - when's the next running class? how is robert's camp going?

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not much to report here. the humidity is crazy here. feels like soup when you walk outside! it's going to be in the 90s for the rest of the week. i really need to get the little guy out and into the pool and having fun but i've been feeling so off lately that i don't want to do much besides hang at home with the air on. my anxiety about baby #2 is really through the roof lately. my grandmother had TEN children in a house around the corner that isn't much bigger than this place and she managed. and i can't handle 2?? i need to pull it together. this is a blessing dammit! not a death sentence! i'm sorry to be so down about this. i feel like i can't really say that to anyone around here. most people around here have two or more kids so for me to act like i don't think i can handle it sounds ridiculous to them.

blah blah blah complain complain complain. i get to sit around all day. don't have to work. what's there to complain about???

i'm going to get the kiddo out of his pj's and head out for a walk. probably just go for a little one and go slow. it's just way too humid! must go grocery shopping today!

have a great day everyone!

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning Princesses and Belles!

it was like my own personal brazilian tour group in my way all they way up in new york!!

Lucky you! Maybe the tour groups will be gone in September!

Have you started figuring out your touring schedule for your trip yet? I forgot which resort you are staying at, sorry.

Maria, hope your week goes smoothly. It's good to be needed. (That's what I try to tell myself. ) Nice job on the run this morning!

I got a big kick out of the kitty story. Our first cat did that, too, I discovered it when I saw a tail hanging out. We used duct tape for our repairs.

I do wonder when the Plum series will run it's course. I won't read seventeen until it comes out on paperback next year. The spinoff about Diesel sounds interesting -- it's based in Salem (which I guess must be near to you, too, since it is near to Kathy - duh! ) Truthfully I think both Ranger and Morelli could do better! I never got over my disappointment with the Ranger thing in book eight. I mean really, a guy who is supposed to be so good that he will ruin you for other men should have a little more finesse IMHO, if you know what I mean.

Kathy, glad that Michael is liking camp. on the Clifton thing in the fall. Robert is still enjoying his camp but it doesn't hurt that we will be leaving for Iowa for a few days next week either. Then it's only 2 1/2 weeks of camp and one week at home and school starts on the 29th so summer will pretty much be over here very soon.

I am so tired. I did 11:00 to 5:45, which is a little better. I'm going to try some chamomile tea tonight. And it seems the more tired I get the more carbs I eat. I think I might skip the workout tonight.

Darn! I was hoping that you would sleep better once you talked to your boss.

Lindsay, we will be here when things calm down for you so don't worry. Just don't give up and don't abandon us for good!

Tonight is our first short training run -- hills!

Have a great day all!

 

[lisah0711]

Awww, Nancy, I think the heat and humidity in your neck of the woods is enough to make anyone feel like they are in a funk, especially a pregnant woman. Honor your body and your baby and rest if that is what you need. No guilt, no worries. It's a big job growing that baby!

I've never known anyone who didn't wonder what the heck they were doing when baby number 2 (or more) was coming along. Heck, we even wondered ourselves with baby number one! It doesn't mean that you don't appreciate your blessings -- it means that you are practical and have more than an inkling of what you are in for.

You are a great Mom and you will do just fine with both kids. Will every day be a walk in the park? Nope. Will there be domestic disasters and fighting and lots of jokes about bodily functions? Yep. But you'll do great, you'll have fun and sooner than you realize you will look back and long for those crazy days.

Can you get someone to come in more often and help give you some more breaks? I think that is one of the most wearing things about motherhood -- you just never are off. Maybe you could go somewhere cool and read or see a movie? Hang in there.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Ok now you ladies know I cant stay away from here for long. My days are just not right if I dont reply to you all and post my daily saga's.

So although I may not get on the big thread as much as I like I will still make time for my favorite bunch of friends.

Maria- I hope your enjoying the alone week with Dennis. Im sure you miss Ben but try to enjoy the time alone. and your suit sounds so cute.

Lisa- your time with the running group sounded great. Glad you could go at your own pace and kuddos for joining.

Rose- Wow you are getting alot done in such a short period of time. Im glad you got you told your boss and got that off your shoulders. Isnt it great how much energy you have now that you feel better. I hope you continue to get a little more sleep each night and catch up on your rest. I hope the A/C hangs in there in this heat too.

Kathy- Glad you had a good time in NH. Woohoo for another camping weekend. Although it is going to be a hot one. I hope you have a pool or some kind of water there. Glad michael is having fun at camp that sounds like a cool one for a boy to be at.

Taryn- Glad you are feeling better. I get the disney let down too. Especially since I do not have another trip to look forward to in awhile. When you have some down time your going to do a TR right???? I was cracking up at your jersey comment. I told my friend who is short like snookie that I will loose weight and then for halloween we could be the jersey shore crew. I would have to be Jwow since she is tall but she is really skinny and has a big chest (fake ofcourse) so I will have to figure that out. But it will definitely be lots of makeup and big hair.

Nancy- ahh the east river I didnt even think about that. Well I agree that Ocean city is my favorite jersey shore point now. We stayed at wildwood a few times but to me thats just like seaside too much commotion. I think I may just be getting old. I like it quiet and peaceful now. My parents are saying that they are renting a condo for a wk next year at ocean city, MD and that we can come if we want. So we are going to see about that. I really prefer MD over Jersey. Sorry you havent been feeling so well. I remember getting to that point of pregnancy. Its not fun. I never really enjoyed being pregnant either. I get the anxiety you must be having because I had the same thing. Actually we planned #2 and I cried after I found out I was pregnant because I had that feeling of "oh my gosh what did I do". It will be ok. You will adjust and life will go on. You will have days still of "oh my gosh what did I do" but that is only human. Even sometimes now I think if I would have only stopped at 1. But I love my nicky to pieces and would not change anything even the times that get rough. There will be lots of times when you will just smile at the thought of your boys. Like the times they stick up for each other or play their own made up games together. There are some really special moments that having 2 kids brings. I am an only child to and I think its hard for us to imagine what life is like with multiple kids. That probably makes the anxiety even more heightened.

Corinna- Congrats on the TRI!!!!!

Ok well thats all the time I have. People are beyond irritating me at the moment. We had a mom annoyed because her appt was at 930 and she called at 930 to say she was just leaving her house. We told her she has a 15 min late window and if she arrives after that we will need to resch her appt. She said she will be furious if she has to do that because its hot out. So she arrives at 942 just in enough time. She was just saying as she checked out that she knew she would be able to make it because she only lives 5min from here but with traffic it takes 10-15. a duh there is traffic every day so obviously you dont like 5 min if it takes you 10 or 15. I mean really....

Ok now I am just venting and you really dont need to here this junk. I hope you all are staying cool. It is so hot and humid out I am glad I am inside even if it is at work.

Talk to you later.

 

[flipflopmom]

well i had my own little disney moment today! it was like my own personal brazilian tour group in my way all they way up in new york!!

Having just spent a week with them...

: We're hoping Tom will be able to see the psychiatrist on campus--he has an appointment tomorrow here to talk to someone about doing the testing. did go ahead and talk to my boss today. It took a huge amount of pressure off me.

I am glad they are being cautious, too! I know that talking to your boss had to be a big relief. I sure hope you can get some sleep, but I know the feeling of not being able to turn off the brain. I have to read myself to sleep a lot of nights. Poor Brad has started sleeping with a pillow over his head! When is your visit to FL?

My evening plans have changed as we have to take our bed apart. Why would we do that? I discovered Chewie hanging out of the box springs this afternoon. He and Spock made a hole, and he had climbed in and was enjoying his new accommodations. We're going to get a piece of plywood to put under the box springs. Taryn -- Are your profs paper happy or what?!

That sounds like a fun experiment. Hope it slept well! Sillly kitties! That's what you get for giving them sci-fi names. They were looking for unknown worlds. Paper happy is right. Guess that's the nature of the beast in online work. One professor- we meet 6 hours a week online for 4 weeks, and completed 25 papers!! The worst part was that she didn't start grading until we only had 1 or 2 more to do, so we had no idea what kind of work she was looking for. The other one I've done a paper a week since May 16 for, and the 3rd class was just one HUGE paper (19 pages!). Thankfully 3 more and I am done for the summer. Problem is I am so burned out, I just can't make myself do it! I think that might be part of why I haven't been contributing - I'm tired of typing and formulating thoughts.

Well, michael had a fun day at camp overall. We were hoping his old friend Clifton wasn't going to be there, and he wasn't. He's had some issues with this kid off and on and they were put in different classes last year, but will be together again this fall. !!

I hate those personality conflicts, they really add so much drama, and can break a year. AK is in a group of "mean girls" and something goes down every day. First thing I hear when I leave school is the daily soap recap... I'll be glad when she gets to high school and isn't surrounded by it. When I say in the group, I just mean that out of the 70 kids in her grade at our school, broken into 3 homerooms, there are 5-10 mean girls in each homeroom!

kathy thanks for the encouragement. i'm going to snap out of the funk. i think it's just a combo of feeling not quite right (aka hot, pregnant, headache, chubby, etc etc) and feeling a little overwhelmed and anxious about the whole second kid thing.

Summertime pregnancy is no fun! AK was born in September, and I lived the last few months at home in shorts and a sports bra. Not a pretty sight, but I was miserable. I get the second kid thing! I was so worried about how I would ever love another as much as the first, how I would give them equal attention, etc. etc. Ak was 7 when Sophie was born, so she had been our center for quite some time. Guess what - you won't give them equal attention. There will be times one needs you more AT THAT MOMENT than the other does, and then the tables will turn. It all evens out. It's hard at the time, there are times you feel like the worst mother in the world, and it all falls on your shoulders, but you get some rest and start over, hoping to do the best you can each day. You love them, and that's what matters.

Then it's only 2 1/2 weeks of camp and one week at home and school starts on the 29th so summer will pretty much be over here very soon.

I go back two weeks from today. Our kids start August 11. BTW, I JUST got back my court case paper. Yep, month later. She commented on how well "I" understood the case and all the previous rulings. We know how little I really understood that legaleaze to begin with. THANK YOU AGAIN!

When you have some down time your going to do a TR right???? Ok well thats all the time I have. People are beyond irritating me at the moment. We had a mom annoyed because her appt was at 930 and she called at 930 to say she was just leaving her house.

Lord have mercy... let's hope the heat made her crazy!!!!!! What a piece of work! I hope I can do a TR... if I ever regain my writing abilities. Hang in there hon, we just have to do the best we can at that moment. I've had great moments, but they have been greatly overruled by terrible ones lately. Just when I think I am getting my head in the game, some new worry comes along and I just deal..... Oh, if I were rich.

Took AK for her first ortho consult this week, and came back with top teeth braces, and new bills to pay! Sometime or other, this has got to stop. Then, of course, DH and I argued about it, he thinks we could have waited a couple of years until we get some other bills paid off, which lead to arguements about those bills, which lead to... Well, it wasn't happy around here. Then the stress of money comes back, and then I can't think straight, and have the cloud of doom over my head again, and anxiety. And well, you all didn't need to hear all that. Sorry, I had to get it out somewhere.

I HAVE GOT TO WRITE THIS PAPER, it's due in 5 hours and I haven't done any reading for it. Leaving now. No more procrastinating. None.

 

[liesel]

Good morning princesses and fellow Lisabelle!

Taryn-Good luck with the paper. Hopefully by the time you see this it will be done! I'd love to see a TR too, I need a Disney fix!

Lindsay-I hope your salary situation is resolved and you get paid what you deserve! How frustrating to not even get your paycheck on time!

Rose- for all the stuff with Tom's medical care and the job hunt. It must have been a relief to talk to your boss. I hope you can get some better sleep soon!

Maria- reading about your cats. I haven't had a cat in a long time (we have a dog who thinks she's our third child) and didn't even realize they could do that! Congrats on the smaller swim suit, I bet you look great! I'll definitely have to consult all of you once my runs get longer concerning fuel.

Lisa-Congrats on joining a running group and not letting yourself get intimidated. I don't think I'm at that point yet, that's for sure. I know what you mean when you were talking about running a race at DL feeling like home. I didn't work there like you did, but I did grow up 5 miles away and it is definitely my home park (I love WDW too!). WDW fans talk about the bubble and how much they enjoy that aspect, but for me, when I was living there, I liked being able to glimpse the Matterhorn when driving by or seeing the fireworks on Friday nights. It was like having a piece of the magic in my daily life. Plus I like the idea of doing my first half there since I know the area so much better than WDW (I've never even stayed onsite!).

Kathy-It sounds like you have a fun weekend planned.

Corinna-Congrats on finishing your first triathalon. Hopefully you can come here and tell us all about it!

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I'm trying hard to catch up, its just so hard with the kids around all the time (DS is over my shoulder as we speak). I did my 3 mile run on Sunday and it was great to be back out after 13 days. It was so hot, I couldn't sustain my intervals (1 lap-.25 mile- on track-30 second walk) after 2.5 miles and ended up walking half of my last half mile. I think I went too fast on my second mile, there was a teenager on the track and I tried not to let his fast pace influence me, but I did a little anyway.

We also went to the running store so DH could get some new shoes and I made some purchases too. I have totally converted DH! He's got new running clothes, socks, and now shoes. I tried to tell them that the technology has really changed since he did cross country in high school! He even researched running belts online for me! I got a new running belt with a water bottle that I tried out on Sunday and I love it. It was comfortable and I really liked having water with me. I think I may wear it for the Tink, despite all the water stops, just in case I need it.

Well, I'm going to try running after 8PM today and see how that goes. I'm sure it will still be hot! Have a good day everyone! I'm still following along, even if I sometimes spend all my time reading and then have no time to post!

 

[liesel]

Nancy-I completely forgot your reply until after I hit submit and then I had to feed the kids lunch. Anyway, I know how you feel, as far as the being hot and miserable goes. I had both my kids in September (a day apart) and I was pretty uncomfortable. As far as the second kid goes, I remember just feeling so happy and fulfilled with Luke (my DS) that I was open to having another child but I didn't feel like I needed a second in order to be happy. Now I can't imagine life without Ella (my DD). I did feel a little overwhelmed at first, like I was being pulled in 2 different directions (some days I still feel like that) but it gets better and you get used to a routine. Then the oldest starts going to school and you have more special alone time with the second just like you did the first (while missing the first terribly when he's at school). We try to plan special things with each kid. Thursday DH and I are taking Luke to see Harry Potter while Ella spends time with the grandparents. Sunday I am taking Ella to a hair styling class put on by the children's salon. I'm terrible with hair and she loves the different styles they do there, so it will be a great chance for me to learn. DH and Luke will also do something together. They are learning a lot about compromise and taking turns since they are two different people with different interests. Here's a disney example: Luke's favorite ride: Space Mountain. Ella's favorite: IASW. And no, they don't like each other's favorite rides! At least they both love POTC! It will be a new adventure!

Maria and Nancy-I was feeling a little down about not running last week during the stomach bug and read both of your princess reports. Thanks for a much needed boost! It makes me all the more excited for my first half!