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

[mommyof2Pirates]

Nancy- I hope your day turns out better than the morning. Enjoy the seafood fest tonight. Yum! Lehigh is quite a hilly campus and not necessary in the best spot of town either. It is a great school.

Rose- Whoever said patience is a virture must have never had to wait for a really big decision to be made that they had no control over and that would mean alot of adjustments would happen in their life. Hang in there. Hopefully no news is good news at this point. I can understand wanting to crawl under the covers during this waiting process.....the stress is overwhelming Im sure.

Kathy- Horray for michael. Im so glad he did it. Sounds like a really awesome camp experience this week. I hope the two of you enjoy your laid back weekend.

Maria- Bags!!!! How cool.

Lisa- Wow that was great that you got those vacation pounds off so quickly. I agree not running yesterday was being smart not wimpy.

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Well I envisioned my morning going alot differently than it did. The kids woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Completely miserable. I told Ryan yesterday he couldnt race because we wanted him to rest his ankle and he was in tears. My dh and I talked it over and decided that it probably would be fine and that it may give him a little bit of warm up so he is not just jumping right into football again from scratch. So this morning I tell him he can run. He kept giving me the excuse that his leg hurt. So when we got there i asked him to run a little and after like 5 steps he started limping...on the opposite leg that was injured and c/o pain in his thigh. Ummmm sure Ryan do you think I was born yesterday. So that got me aggrivated and I told him that if he was so injured that I am pulling him off the FB team because I am not wasting anymore money on it if he is going to complain about everything....Yep Real Proud Mom Moment today. So Nancy when you felt bad about arguing with a 4 year old...no need we all forget our age every now and then.

Then it was time for races to start. Nick lined up with the kids to do the warm up and began hysterically crying and saying he was scared. Really....So I told him there was nothing to cry about and that he needed to stop or we were leaving. He stopped and then I walked him with the group to the start line. He didnt want me to walk away and then started crying because he said the horn they blow was going to be too loud. That was it...I had it so I gave him one more chance and he didnt stop crying so we left. He cried hysterically all the way to the car. My mom and dad were upset because they came to watch him. Gosh what an embarrasing moment. umm hello kids this is suppose to be fun.

Once we got home they seemed better. Mike and I weeded our flower beds. I did a few louds of laundry and stopped at the grocery store. Shortly I will start getting everyone showered. We have Ryans FB team pics and family fun night tonight. Lets hope there is some fun in that.

Yes Kathy....I agree another thing to spend money on. We are getting the team photo, one photo magnet (I love those too), and 8 wallets for 21. Not too bad of a price I guess.

The FB organization is trying to get everyone to buy laces for childhood cancer. I forget what the actual name of the charity is but you pay 5$ and get a gold pair of laces that the child wears on his left shoe. I dont mind spending the money on this since its a great cause.

Ok ladies well I hope you all are enjoying the weekend. TTYS

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Rain, rain go away...lookin' mighty wet today. Definitely running for fun!

Maria

 

[dumbo_buddy]

oh no rain! i saw the weather forecast for providence just now. ick! well, it could be worse - it could be 95 degrees...or snowing! right? right??? have fun today. at least by the end of the day today you can say you ran a half marathon. me? i'll have done some laundry...maybe.

omg. you guys. you are all going to lose weight this week. because i, nancy, have eaten all of my allotted calories for the week AND all of yours. holy stomach ache! seafood feast was a blast yesterday. it was really windy and some of us even had sweatshirts on! the beach club is like a wind tunnel. as soon as you went out of the gate it was hot. anyway, it did start to rain but not until dessert so it was a great success. i demolished everything in sight. and subsequently i was up all night with a belly ache.

and i just realized that i left thomas's brand new bucket, shovel, and watering pail that he got for his bday. it was really cute - the bucket had his name all nice and paintpenned on there and decorated. that thing probably flew away and is halfway out to sea by now. darn!

lindsay i have to commend you though on your follow through. really! ok, yeah, it was annoying that the kids were being whiny but i think it is a sign of a great mom that you were like, "ok, kiddo, buck up or we're going home." AND THEN YOU DID! i can't tell you how many times i hear moms say things like, "you have to stop now or we're going home. if i count to three we're going home, don't do that. did you hear mommy?" and it goes on and on! one of the girls in my mommy and me class is SO BAD. she is always playing way too rough. she literally gets the look of the devil when it's instrument time and just HAS to have the drum. she will push and shove and hit...and then if she doesn't get it she goes insane! and the mom is just doing that stupid baby voice trying to get her to stop. she starts counting to three like a million times. one time i looked at the mom and said, "you know, now would be a good time to get to three and take her our of here."

i don't know who was more shocked - the mother or me! but i couldn't take it anymore and the kids were getting hurt! she had to drag the daughter out and she was hanging onto the door! well don't you know she was perfectly behaved the next class??!!

i appreciate that you followed through and left and i know the boys will appreciate it in the long run too. i wonder why ryan is acting like his leg hurts? limping on the other leg?? oh man that's like out of a sit com! funny now but i'm sure not funny at the time!!

rose hope you're feeling better today. glad you came on to post but don't feel you have to. we'll just stalk you every day until you come back. you know, no big deal

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i just wrote a big long thing complaining about DH. but i erased it. let's just say the whole taking-care-of-two-children-when-i-really-only-have-one is getting really old.

i miss drinking.

 

[mikamah]

Rain, rain go away...lookin' mighty wet today. Definitely running for fun!

Maria

I'll do the sun dance! Hope you have a wicked fun race today, Maria!!

Lindsay- Sorry your day started out so rough yesterday. We all have our proud mommy moments, and I just pray the kids don't remember them. Hope football pics went better last night. We got the uniform yesterday, and boy is that going to be fun to get out of on a hot summer night. I already am envisioning a meltdown or two.

Rose- I so hope you hear early this week. The waiting is the hardest part. Hope you didn't have too much bourbon and you have a great run today.

Nancy-Glad you had fun yesterday, and remember since you're not drinking, you saved on calories there. I'm sorry you can't drink. It just can take the edge off. Dang that husband. hope writing it all out was cathartic, and you're feeling better now. I think you need a nancy day, and dh should take Thomas away for a day. And thanks for trying to eat all my calories too.

Hello everyone else!

Hope you're enjoying the weekend. It's raining her this morning, so I'm doing nothing, and michael is playing wii, and already I'm anticipating he'll spend too much time on the tv/video games today, just like yesterday. Oh well, I got some me time yesterday. I sat on the back porch and read for several hours again yesterday, michael came out and we had lunch and he read for a bit, and then he went back to the tv. Oh well, that's his mental health method of choice. We met some friends at panera for supper and then went to the Smurf's movie which was cute. George Lopez is hilarious as these characters. Had a nice salad for dinner, but then a big box of reeses pieces at the cost of 16 ww points. We went to 5 Below for our candy and all the big movie boxes are 1 dollar, and the water was 2/1$ so the price was right. Michael had a soda with lunch, and I made him get water for the movie and he was so mad. If just the 2 of us were going, I wouldn't have gone. I did make him go in the hallmark store with me as punishment for being a brat.

We have my nieces' birthday party today, pizza and cake. I need to make a plan. Either 2 pieces of pizza and no cake, or one of each. I guess I'll decide when I see he cake. It's raining, so I think I'll do some wii fit, if I can steal it from ds.

Have a nice sunday.

 

[lisah0711]

Rain, rain go away...lookin' mighty wet today. Definitely running for fun!

Maria

Might be rainy but your time is looking good!

Here is the link to the live results -- you have to search by the last name.

http://running.competitor.com/live-results

Go, Maria, go!

 

[mikamah]

Might be rainy but your time is looking good!

Here is the link to the live results -- you have to search by the last name.

http://running.competitor.com/live-results

Go, Maria, go!

Thanks, Lisa. This is awesome!! Maria and Cam are both doing so well!!

 

[lisah0711]

Thanks, Lisa. This is awesome!! Maria and Cam are both doing so well!!

I know! I'm so happy for them! Their DH's are already done.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

On the way to NH, promise to post more tomorrow. I finished but my time was way off. Totally more hilly than I realized.

The good news is I am determined to run some hills, get outside, and lose enough weight to make a difference.

I was with the WISHers before the race. Cam was llokin' like the BL she is!

I will do a real TR, and post photos on Facebook if I can figure it out. If not we'll have to wait on Ben to be home!

Maria

 

[dumbo_buddy]

nice work maria!!! congrats! hills...ew.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Great Job Maria. I bet you fell so great now that the race is behind you. I am going to try to capture some of your new found mojo because I need to hop back on the bandwagon too. I saw cams pic of the medal and it looks awesome. Im glad you had a great time.

Sorry about the rain but much better than 90 degrees with the blarring sun.

Nancy- Glad you had a great night at the beach club. I have eaten enough calories today to get me through an entire pregnancy and I am not even pregnant. Dont feel bad. We all have those days. Sorry about the belly ache though.

Thanks for the nice words about my parenting yesterday. I admit I am one of those who sometimes gives them an extra chance. but thats only if they straighten up a bit. I have a low tolerance for whiny screamy children.

In my days before becomming the manager at my office I worked as a medical asst. and I gave the kids their Immunizations. I can not tell you how many parents would try to sit and talk all babyish to their kids when they were completely throwing a tantrum about getting the shots. I am a very compassionate person but I found myself so many times having to step in and be the parent. They would say ok will wait until you calm down and are ready for the shot. I would say no we are just going to get it over with because waiting is only going to make it worse. Your going to be just fine. You have a choice. You can sit here still with your mommy and if you want to cry and scream its ok but you must stay still. Or you can choose to continue to kick and scream at me and I will have the doctor come in and they will have to hold you down. What do you want to do? 90% of the time the kids would choose to sit still on their own and I would quickly give them the shot and they would be like "that was It". On the other hand there were those kids that dont listen to anybody and then it would take 3 of us to hold them down. I am talking about 4 year olds and up here. The ones that know entirely what they are doing.

Anyway so really long story short. I dont mess around.

Rose- I hope you are doing ok today and keeping yourself busy. I am praying you here something early this week.

Kathy- Part of having a down time wkend is tv and video games I guess. Im sure with how busy the summer has been for michael he hasnt had to much screen time. So count the hrs from yesterday and today and divide it by all the days of the summer that he didnt have any and you should still be at 2 hrs a day on average. No worries.

Hi Lisa!!!! Hows the running coming along?

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Well we were up bright and early to go to eagles camp today. We got great seats. Sat there for 45 min until the practice started. The team came out and did a few drills. Then they got into running the plays. Then they started to do a little scrimmage. About an hour into it Nick announces that he has to pee so bad. We then had to climb over at least 20 people to get out of the stands and that was it for us being able to see anything else. Yay well thats life with young kids. The kids played in the kids area. Ryan tried kicking a field goal a few times and threw the ball at some targets. Nick was afraid to try anything. He must be going through one of those phases.

On the way out we got an eagles flag to hand outside on our pole. We have been wanting one for awhile but never really felt like we had the extra cash to spend on it. Well today we shelled out the 25$. It looks great waving in the wind. Especially since our neighbor has a giants flag. BOO! sorry Nancy.

Then Mike and Ryan got a pic with 2 of the cheerleaders. They told Ryan he was so handsome and looked very cool in his jersey. I never saw him that shade of red before. Too cute. I think my dh was sad they didnt tell him that. Then nick told me I should wear an eagles cheer uniform for the games and I just cracked up at the site of that.

We came home and spent the day with my inlaws. ate way to much! I ended the night at my nanas where the kids played on the slip and slide.

Tomorrow starts another nutty week. We are back to football practice this week. Hopefully no more ankle problems.

Have a great week Ladies!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

good morning everyone! i have NEVER been so glad for monday to come in my entire life! is that bad? i don't care! i am just so thrilled to have DH back at work. i almost did a little jig when he left. thomas didn't nap either saturday or sunday and ...ugh! enough of that. back to normal.

a friend of mine asked if i wanted to join her at wee play (a kid's indoor play area) in rockland county today. as much as i'd love to go, they aren't going until 11 and i'm planning on being here at home around nap time! so, my plan for the day is to go for a walk - stomach feels a little weird today so we'll see how much i do. then i MUST plan my meals for the week and go grocery shopping.

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lindsay right on with holding those kids down for their shots! one of my friend's youngest daughter is 5. she has had to have her two front teeth bulled already because they were rotten (i love this friend but her parenting style is just NOT mine - the kids drink soda all day and only eat crap). well, the daughter screamed and cried before the tooth pull so my friend just said, "ok you don't have to do it" and they went back another time and put her completely under! when her kids have to take antibiotics she leaves it up to THEM to remember the medicine and every time i'm there i'm the one asking if they've taken their meds. and so many times one of the kids says, "nah i'm not taking it, it tastes bad."

glad the eagles practice was fun! it sounds like a cool thing to do! my DH has no interest in sports. at all. it's SO annoying because i always loved sports but going to any sporting events or watching any game on tv is a chose with him. he would hate that practice thing! but i'd love it! poor DH, i've done nothing but poo on him all weekend on here! it's HIS fault i'm so hormonal!

how's ryan's leg this morning? better? practice back on? i'll be thinking of him tonight!

kathy loved your new pics on facebook. michael's whale pics are so cool! and that ring pop looked tasty. he is the opposite of me when it comes to feet though. i hate 'em! lol!

how is everyone else doing? rose? lisa? how are you feeling post-race maria??

off to put some exercise clothes on and head out for the walk.

 

[mikamah]

Just a quick good morning today. Time's going by too quickly this am.

Michael comes to the hospital for the Good Works day camp the volunteer dept runs, and he's very excited. He'll get a scrub top they wear the whole week, and they visit different depts, and on friday they put on some type of show. He had to choose between putting on the show or doing newspaper interviews/cartoons. I'm sure it will be fun. It will be nice to have him at work and only have one stop in the morning.

Lindsay- Sounds like a fun day. So cute Ryan and the cheerleader, and poor dh.

Maria-COngratulations on your half!!! So excited for you!! And the bling is beautiful. Can't wait to hear all about it.

Rose- hope you had a good run yesterday and are doing ok.

Lisa- Did you enjoy your weekend? Hope you all regrouped and reenergized.

Nancy-Hello there. Hope you didn't have to kill your husband this weekend. Enjoy your day getting back into your routine.

Have a marvelous monday!!!

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning Princesses and Belles!

Congratulations, Maria, on finishing the RnR Providence Half yesterday! It sounds like it was a very challenging race. You should give yourself a big pat on the back for persevering and finishing in spite of all the hills and rain! Can't wait to hear all about it.

Did you get to use the VIP bathroom by Brooks? Their catch phrase was "pee like a rock star." Well, who wouldn't want to pee like a rock star? Really I need to get over my bathroom issues in my races so stuff like this isn't so intriguing.

Lindsay, big hugs for a Saturday morning melt-down. Some days are just like that. Hope people stay off the injured reserve list this week.

Lisa, you are doing a fabulous job coaching this week! Enjoy that first day of school tomorrow! We are right behind you in three weeks.

Nancy, glad that Monday is finally here for you! Some week-ends are just like that. I remember being glad some mornings that I got to go to work. Hope the tummy feels better soon. Take it easy today.

Kathy, camp this week sounds like fun but there goes your alone time in the morning. Is it just one more week before vacation or two? I loved Michael's pictures, too. I think you both look great!

Rose, hope that you had a good run yesterday and get some news this week! So many things are going on in your life and in the world, I don't blame you for being quiet.

Taryn, how is school going? Hope that everything is going well.

I had a nice run on Saturday -- just a bit shy of 7 miles. Next week-end is 9 so I should be fine. I actually kept my running group in sight for a long, long time so I am getting faster. It was hot so I went out an hour early and did two miles before going to join the group. That helped alot. My hips are happy that I started running again -- they did not enjoy all that resting.

Lots of family drama this week-end. Umm, I thought we left that in Iowa. Some bad behavior by people who should know better, a memorial service, and the icing on the cake, BIL (who just finished cancer treatment) fell and broke his hip. When DH got up this morning he asked "did anything else happen?"

I am keeping up on my journalling and planning. Hoping for some good numbers this week.

Have a great day Princesses and Tinks!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

hm, i wrote a post after lisa's earlier today. did i just never hit submit?? duh.

lisa, sorry about the family drama. does it ever end? and BIL breaking his hip? ugh, the poor guy! brings new meaning to the term, "give a guy a break" huh? i hope things settle down.

roooo--ooosssseeee....where arrreee youuuuu???

lindsay i guess practice is going on right now - did our patient get to play? i hope so!

kathy how was michael's new hospital program today? sounds interesting and fun!

maria feeling recovered? did you have anything extra bad-for-you to eat and/or drink after your race? my frozen margarita and nachose from mexico followed by my champagne and cheese plate and salad in france post-princess were the best things i've ever eaten

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not much to report today. talked to my mom on the phone for a while. it only made me 50% mad when i got off the phone. mostly she just talked and i just said, "mmhmm, wow, mmhmm" but then paid attention when she told me they had a bat in their house yesterday gross!

i posted in the other thread about my poo fiasco. good times.

gonna head to bed early tonight and read more of The Help. i'm really enjoying it. i wish i could finish it before saturday though. i think john is going to take thomas to his parents in the poconos. i usually like to go to the movies or something when they go and i'd like to see that. no way i can read that much that fast though. darn!

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Can you guys handle one more totally selfish post from me? I promise to get back to being a good thread buddy tomorrow, but tonight I just need to vent.

I wasn't really happy with my performance in this race, but I was living with it, until I saw my overall finish, and realized something was really off -- then I found out the race officials were pulling people who were too slow for the course, putting them on buses, and moving them up the course, dropping them off, and letting them finish with official times. Crowded busloads of people. So not only are they not doing the entire 13.1, they are nice and fresh from their bus ride and they get to sprint to the finish...I told Dennis I knew something just didn't seem right when two elderly (and I mean in their 70s) people passed me in the middle of mile 12, and literally were sprinting ahead. I had never seen them before, and they were totally booking it. But, I figured I must be just slowing down that much...they had to have been behind me, and all of the sudden they were doing 12 minute miles? Really? It just didn't feel right. And that kept happening. I'm always progressively slower at the end than the beginning, but that many people passing me just doesn't usually happen. Ok, my other five Halfs were at Disney, but I think it's fair to say I know when the field is faster than me, and this field as a whole I should not have been at the very end of the pack. I should have been in the middle.

Dennis was shocked when he saw my overall finish, because he said there were many, many more people behind me than that. Well, there were....I know I sound bitter instead of cheerful and upbeat, but I don't think that was fair. They paid for the race and I'm sure they were doing their best, I don't care if you give them a medal, but don't put them in the official standings.

Maybe this is how races normally happen -- this was my first non-Disney race and I don't know -- but I have no desire to participate in an event like this again.

Ok, there it's out. I will work on a race report tomorrow and try to be a bit more positive.

I hope everyone is doing ok, kids behaving, spouses supportive, and getting ready for a great week. This one is only going to get better for me, I'm not related to Lisa so it should be ok...(I really hope you take that with the joking, ironic spirit it was meant, I am so sorry your weekend was a dud, 'cause you are the BEST!)

Maria

 

[Rose&Mike]

Oh, Maria, honey, that just sucks. I would be so po'ed. I think you deserve the rant and then some. It just leaves a really bad taste in my mouth--why would the race directors think that was a good decision? I am so sorry. I hope in time you can celebrate your finish.

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I'm here, I'm reading, but I have had a major crash, and I am just having a hard time pulling out of it this time. This year is catching up with me, I guess. Faking it just isn't working and you all really don't want to hear my whining. We even looked at going to wdw over labor day, but it's going to be more than we want to spend. My foot was hurting so bad after our run yesterday--the fatty pad thing, which I guess can be another celiac issue. And the knees were hurting, etc. Not a good day. Anyhow, I love you all, keep posting, I am here, just not very talkative.

 

[liesel]

Hi, I've been so busy trying to keep up with the main thread that I haven't even said hi here! So hi!

Maria, congratulations on running through rain and hills and finishing without a bus! That really sucks, those people should not be in the standings. It makes me think twice about doing a RnR if this is their policy. I'm glad I'm only signed up for the tink right now. So vent away, I would be upset too! You know how hard you worked!


Rose, I hope you can get some down time this week. Waiting sucks. I figured there are a lot of stressed people on our thread right now, which is why I decided to do the pet QOTD. So feel free to scroll through and enjoy the pet cuteness.


Lisa, sorry about the family drama. I hope things settle down for you. I've got more than my share right now too. DH mentioned last Sunday he can't believe my family sometimes. I'm glad they didn't scare him away!

Lindsay, the eagles training camp sounds like fun. I'm glad you got to see them for at least a little while. I haven't checked in here for a while so a belated congrats on your financial windfall and I hope you get the increase in pay you deserve!

Hi Taryn, I'm sure you're busy with school stuff like me!

Nancy, we all have those days and poop stories. I hope you have a good week and on getting 5 miles in today.

Hi Kathy, I hope you are having a good week so far!

I think I am doing a 5K on Sunday. It may not be PR weather, but I would still love to beat my time from May. I haven't gotten nearly as many runs in as I would have liked this summer, but that all changes tomorrow when the kids go back to school. Have a great evening princesses and my fellow Lisabelle!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

maria i would be really upset if i were you. i don't blame you one bit for being unhappy. i mean, look, none of us are doing these races to come in first place or break any records. BUT, you still want to see where you came in with regard to everyone else! there's a difference between middle of the pack and end of the pack! if somebody got picked up by the bus, that should have been it for them, at least as timing is concerned. sure, let them pick up someplace so they can continue to run if they feel up to it but they should have to take their timing chip off.

just think about how they feel. i think a big part of everyone doing these races is that you actually complete the distance. their time and place is wrong! i'd feel pretty lousy i guess. people would be congratulating me on my great finish and i'd be forced to tell them that i actually RODE A BUS for part of it!

write a letter. i'm the queen of writing letters. at least maybe they'll realize that that is a dumb move and hopefully not do it again.

still, YOU did the 13.1 miles! YOU have something to be proud about!

rose you are very much allowed to come on here and complain every single day, 5 days a week if you need to! what if instead of going to disney over labor day you come the following weekend?? and i'll buy you a gluten free beer! and then i will drool as i watch you drink it

liesel where is the 5k? close to you? i can't believe it's back to school time for so many people already! school here doesn't start until after labor day! glad you can get into a running routine though when they get back!

morning everyone! nice day again today. i think it's supposed to rain later this afternoon so i need to make sure we get out in the am. hoping to walk, shower, then head over to the pool club before coming home for lunch and nap.

i'd like to get some housework done today too. ick.

have a great day everyone

 

[mikamah]

Good morning princesse & belles!! Sounds like many of us could use some pixie dust today.

Maria- That is just wrong that they did that and then posted their times. I can't believe with such a popular race series that that could happen. It is so not fair, but you did great, and deserve to celebrate your time in the rain and hill too! I'm so proud of you. I can imagine it was not easy, but you did amazing. When I first saw the pic of the medal, I thought I'd like to do it next year, since it's so close, but now forget it. That really is aggravating.

Rose- I'm sorry you're having such a tough time right now. Could you get away to someplace closer over labor day, out to a lake or something for the weekend? I know it's such busy weekend, and things are probably booked, but it always feels so good to just get away. Easy for me to say, I know it's not as easy for you with the gf issue. Hang in there.

Lisah- Oh, your poor brother in law. The guy can't catch a break. I hope he does ok. Nice job on the journalling and planning. I'm back to slacksville again. But holding steady at my new 212.8. Oh well, maybe a new race to ONE-derland will help. Ready, set Go!! We have this week and next before vacation. 9 more work days!! Though I have my name up to get next friday off. I can't wait. 4 weeks til school starts here. Keep up the good work! Maybe I'll actually start sticking with it more than a day.

Nancy-You beat me posting today. I changed my routine, I'm all ready for work, lunches packed, breakfast eaten, and then I came on the computer with 30 min to spare. That way I'm not here too long and rushing out the door. And I have my coffee time while ds watches tv. I haven't read the other thread, but am looking forward to hearing about the poo fiasco. You still amaze me with all the walking you're doing. As I sit around and do nothing, I think of you. I don't always get up and move, but I think about it. Keep it up!! Hope Thomas is napping again.

LIndsay- How was Ryan last night at football? Michael had his first practice in uniform and they are darn cute. But as I did the sweat soaked, stinky laundry last night, I thought, hmmm, if he keeps this up, I only will have 9 more football seasons of launtry to do. At least he knew enought not to fight me on the shower. He'd never admit it, but I think it actually felt good. I can imagine that many times you need to step in and take over for the parents in the md office. What a fun job that is.

Lisaliesel- You're doing a great job coaching this week. I hope to catch up there later today. So excited for your 5k this weekend. You are right, the heat may make you a little slower. Don't miss those kids too much when they're back in school.

Taryn- Hi honey!! Hope you're doing well.

Michael had so much fun at the hospital camp yesterday. They got orange scrub tops they'll wear every day, and ID badges with their pics on them. They went to the lab and saw all the blood samples, took an X-ray of a skeleton, made a mini-first aid kit, and are making a big banner to hang up for the show on friday. He looked so cute. I'll take a pic and post later this week. Today he's thrilled they're going to the nursery to see the babies.

We're going to a friends for dinner tonight. My running friend. She's doing the Falmouth road race this weekend and is very nervous. She spent summers in falmouth and watched the race many times, so she's excited too.

Otherwise, not much happening. They're paving our other street today, so the jackhammers are going right now, disturbing my quiet, coffee, dis time. The nerve.

Have a terrific tuesday!!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Nancy- Glad dh is back at work....of course than you had your mother to deal with on monday. At least you were only 50% mad after the phone call. I guess that is better than 100%.

Maria- How frustrating. I mean Its one thing to let them finish and get the medal but they should take the chips off and not get an official time. Just not fair. I would write a letter to. Either way be proud that you did do the full 13.1 and your time was not affected just the place you finished. Your awesome!

Rose-

Lisa- Sorry for the family drama and for your poor BIL. Thats just horrible.

Kathy- Michaels camp sounds so great this week. Im glad he liked football and I know they are just so cute in their uniforms.

Lisa #2- Good luck with your 5K. You are doing great coaching this week and I am really trying to get on their more this week than I have been. You have had some great QOTD's.

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Well practice went really well for Ryan last night. No more ankle pain. I was sitting on pins and needles as he was doing the warm ups and running the laps. Then they got into their positions. He is playing linebacker. Well my kid is a beast. "thats what the coaches are calling him". To my surprise he was so aggressive and really was pushing the kids and blocking them. I was a little unsure how he would do emotionally once it started to get physical but he is thriving off of it. I actually felt bad and was a bit nervous about how rough he was. The one kid that was playing opposite from him started crying and had to be put with a different group. I asked the coach after if we should talk to him about calming down and not being so rough and he just laughed at me. He said no way this is football and thats what we want. He said they would tell him if he was doing something wrong. My dh was embarressed that I even asked them. I guess it was just a mom thing.
Ryan was loving it and towards the end I think he was realizing how much of a beast he was because after the one play where he knocked the kid down and then got the running backs flag he flexed his muscles and said "welcome to the gun show". The coaches were hysterical but I had to tell him later that show boating is not appropriate. What a kid.

So now I am not sitting on pins and needles worrying about his leg.....now I am worrying he is going to hurt someone. I am thinking this is not going to be as much fun for me as I originally thought.

So thats pretty much all that is going on in my world. I hope you all have a great day.