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

[Worfiedoodles]

Hello Beautiful and Lovely !

I am so happy to be back with you and making some time to post (shh, don't tell anyone I am posting instead of putting my nose to the grindstone)

Lindsay -- I am so pleased Ryan is feeling better and doing so well in football I am sorry about the kids race, but it sounds like you handled it perfectly. Being a mom is much harder than being a buddy! Eagles camp?! Ok, I admit I'm not a fan (being a Patriots fan and all), but you do have one of my favorite tight ends (which may or may not be his position ) Assante Samuel.

Kathy -- Hospital camp sounds like a ball, so much fun! And I love that Michael is starting to see the benefits of a shower I hope that continues, it's a fight I'm still having...

Nancy -- How's that housework coming? I would have totally blown that off. Enjoy the nice day, I think you are getting rain tomorrow, I know we are :rain: I have to read back and find your poo story, I'd hate to think I missed that Are you looking forward to the movies this weekend? Looks like I'm going to have a Tivofest of "Daily/Colbert". We are going to be 16 episodes behind, and Ben wants to spend his one night home between camps catching up. You need a , too! Moms should not make us any % unhappy. I'm thinking back to Rose's fabulous advice, you can only control you, and you can't change others, and their actions may not be a reflection on you at all, it is a reflection of them
Lisa -- You are doing a great job coaching this week

Rose -- I am so sorry this is dragging out and you are having a hard time It is no fun when you are injured and it affects your running. Just keep reading, and post when you feel like it. Sometimes that's the best we can do.

Lisah -- Wow, you had so much going on this weekend -- I am really sorry it was pouring on you with more bad and ugly than good You deserve a fabulous loss this week, and I fervently hope you get it

Taryn -- How is the start of school working for you? I know it is a big change for your family. I hope you are taking care of you in all of this.

Ok, so I'd better get to the TR portion...

We left Boston later than we wanted, of course, but traffic wasn't completely horrible, just very slow because we were of course mixed in with the traffic going to Cape Cod for too long. We got to Providence and checked into the Westin. Nice hotel, the $18/day parking charge I could have done without, and it was $10 every time you left the garage. We elected to stay parked

We got Ben situated with his dinner in time for him to watch the new Phineas and Ferb movie (he said he didn't care if he saw it, but it was obvious he did ) and went to dinner at Joe's American Bar and Grill. I had a burger and only ate a few of the fries, which I considered a great accomplishment. We walked a little and went back to the room, I was sound asleep by 9:30.

We slept in as late as we wanted (9ish) and then went over to the Expo. We picked up our t-shirts and swag bags (volunteer seemed surprised I was running ) and then went through the Expo. It was Princess sized, but didn't have speakers or presentations. I scored a couple bags at RunDisney, and asked them if the cancellation of ESPN the Weekend meant the Princess might move back to March in the future. They were not encouraging at all They also didn't have the Tink, Chip n Dale, or special Donald medal, so that was a bummer. I wanted to see the Tink live!

I saw Dan and Jackie (mother/son orange team) from the BL. They both still look really good, so I guess they are still doing well. Lots of free samples at the Expo, there was also a decent amount of race-specific merchandise, it didn't seem to be moving much.

We then decided to grab some lunch and walk a little more. We went to Pizzeria Uno, and I decided it was time to really let some carbs in (we aren't going to talk about the HoHos I ate before bed). I had a whole wheat pasta dish in a tomato sauce with veggies. It was absolutely delicious!

We walked over to the state house and took some photos. Nice building, looks like all the other state capitols I'm familiar with.

We went back to the room, laid out our clothes for tomorrow, and Dennis went in search of ponchos in anticipation of the rain. He found one in the car, and bought a box of trash bags to make another one. Such a good husband, I got the real one We had dinner in the room (who knew Popeyes was this far north?) Dennis went and got pre-bed smoothies from Panera Bread. I had a black cherry, it was absolutely yummy!

I was in bed by 8:30, but of course not sleeping. Shrek was on tv, so it was nice to kind of listen along and it entertained Ben as he now gets the grown-up jokes. It was like he saw a new movie

We were up at 5 and quickly got ready. Did I mention TOM was not done, and I could have made better decisions in my necessary choices? Yeah, that came back to haunt me at the end, but I almost didn't care about being embarrassed, I was so cold and wet...It was absolutely pouring outside. We waited as long as we thought we could, then went to our corrals, or what should have been our corrals. They had no separation, and they were very close together. People could easily move into whatever corral they chose, regardless of their placement I was in the right one, luckily for me that's where a group of WISHers including Cam had decided to congregate. The race started half an hour late, so we had plenty of time to catch up

The race finally started, and we were literally going up an incline at the beginning, it was a real hill. I assumed that must be to get us to the "top", but I was wrong....I think I counted another 4 or 5 good hills, which was a bit more than I had trained for (0). I took the poncho off between mile 1 and 2, it was getting really hot and I knew I was going to be soaked anyway. Anyway, there were bands at some of the designated places, but not all. I think they had no-shows. Even in some of the places where there were people, they weren't playing live music, it was from a speaker system like at Disney. There were cheerleaders along the route in various locations, it was nice to see them out in the rain. There was plenty of water and Cytomax and Gu at the designated stations. The volunteers could not have been nicer or more encouraging. I knew I was steadily falling off my pace (the hills really did me in), but I was smiling and having fun...I was a bit surprised when all those people passed me in the middle of Mile 12, but we won't go there again. To add insult to injury, the end of the race was literally up another hill. Seriously? I was not happy, but by that time I just wanted a hot shower.

I finished, got my medal, and walked back to the hotel. The family reunion area was out in the open rain, so no WISHers at the W, of course! I got back, took that shower, and we hurried out of Providence to get home and get Ben to NH.

Thank you so much for all the support you have given me in my whining, and helping me be proud of the best I could do that day. You guys

I am glad to be done, and I don't know I want to do another RnR. Dennis loved it and would be happy to do it again next year, I need to figure out if I can live with the bus system and not let it bother me...

I'm resting most of this week. I went back to my lower carb diet yesterday, and I'm feeling pretty good. Not too sore, but I don't recommend riding in a car 4 hours after you do a Half. My poor legs barely got stretched, and I felt it much more yesterday. We won't make that mistake again. If we do this race, Ben is not going to camp that Sunday.

I've got to start thinking up questions for my coaching week starting Friday. I'd better get on that soon!

Maria

 

[dumbo_buddy]

thanks for that trip report maria! it sounds like a tough race! and all those hills! i don't train on hills, like, at all.

how did ben like the phineas and ferb movie? that show is pretty good! we aren't quite there yet but the few times it's been on i've definitely chuckled at some of the jokes what kind of camp is ben at?

lindsay i laughed out loud at ryan showing everyone the gun show! sounds like he's feeling MUCH better!

kathy that hospital camp sounds awesome!!! what a cool thing to learn about during summer vacation! and he gets to go look at all the babies. fun!

quick hi to everyone else! i'm glad we got out this morning but it's pouring cats and dogs right now! i don't keep lights on in the house during the summer since it generates so much heat but it's pretty much black in the house except for my laptop and winnie the pooh on the tv

spent some time at the pool today. thomas's swim bubble is supposed to arrive in the mail tomorrow and i can't wait. he wanted to jump in the big pool into my arms a million times again today and i'm exhausted!

i did a little sweeping and loaded the dishwasher. that's it for the housework today. good enough.

gonna lounge for a bit then start dinner before dh gets home.

today's one of those lather, rinse, repeat days. nothing thrilling. but that's necessarily a bad thing.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Maria- Thanks for the report. I wonder if it would have been a little more exciting for you without the rain and maybe some more live bands. Gosh with all those hills you probably could have used some extra excitement. Like an army guy yelling at you to go faster. You did great though and should be very proud of yourself. I thought about doing the R&R in philly one year but I dont know if I could deal with the bus thing either.

Nancy- The jump and catch thing in the water is quite a workout. Nick is still at that stage even with his swim vest because he is afraid to go under. I cant imagine doing that while pregnant. You are such a superwomen. I hope the swim bubble comes soon.

Hello everyone else hope all is well.

Work was pretty calm today although everyone is getting a bit crabby with each other.....I have a feeling hormones are acting up. In an office of 11 women and 1 man I guess we will have this.

Ryans practice had some drama tonight. I think I told you about the kid that told ryan he was on his kill list???? If not remind me to tell you that story. But anyway tonight this kid hauled off and punched another kid right in the face. The coaches pulled him off the field and took him to his grandmom. Then a little while later another child punched a kid in the stomach. Yep and we are talking about 5-7 year olds here. So the coaches had the parents gather around the kids at the end of practice and reminded everyone that hitting will not be tolerated and this is acting as a final warning because if any more instances occur the child will be immediately thrown off the team. I dont even know why they are even giving these other kids 2nd chances but whatever.

Not that I think ryan would ever punch anyone but I still read him the riot act. He said he knows that punching is wrong and he would never do that because I would go to judy. I was like whats judy...and he said the jail kids go to. Juvy. Gotta love it. I dont even know how he knows about that. Gosh I am really not ready for him to grow up yet.

Tomorrow is going to be a bit of a crazy day for me. I have a zillion meetings to rush to and from so Im sure at least it will go fast. Have a great hump day tomorrow.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

lindsay JUDY!!! LOL!! i can't! that is too funny!! you MUST save that one in your back pocket and remind him of it when he's older! so cute!

i can't believe how the kids were punching each other! yikes! i guess i can only think that maybe these kids who have ALWAYS been told not to hit others are suddenly being told to push and get people to the ground. maybe they are confusing pushing/blocking/etc with hitting? still, not a good thing!

that is a baaaaad ratio of women to me at your office. one of the things i liked about finance is that it's basically all men. i mean, the whole glass ceiling thing was hard and all but at least i didn't have to deal with the catty stuff. i heard it from alot of the assistants but usually i could just walk away from it and it didn't involve me.

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yeesh guys, i'm beginning to think i need a life! i'm on here way too much! just woke up and sat down to the DIS with my coffee. i hope kathy posts soon so at least i'm not ALWAYS the last poster!

i made a really healthy meal last night but ate about 12 servings of it. and then last night i sat IN BED with my book with about 10 chips ahoy cookies. gross. i wolfed them down without even tasting them and then had a belly ache all night. there seems to be a pattern with me: eat well during the day, stuff myself in the evening, belly ache all night. wake up, do it again!

according to the fedex site thomas's swim bubble should come today. watch, he'll refuse to wear it!

ok, i'm trying to type while thomas is jumping right on my belly. ouch! will be back later! have a great day!

 

[mikamah]

I"m here, Nancy, but haven't made lunches yet and michael's still asleep, so I gotta get moving and I'll be back for a real post soon. Just didn't want you to be lonely.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

I"m here, Nancy, but haven't made lunches yet and michael's still asleep, so I gotta get moving and I'll be back for a real post soon. Just didn't want you to be lonely.

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning Princesses and Belles!

Things seem to be quieting down a bit here finally -- yay!

Nancy, glad that you are having a good week. Hope that the swim bubble gets here soon.

Lindsay, it sounds like Ryan is going to be quite a football player! Good luck with all the meetings. I think a full moon is coming, too.

Maria, thanks for a great race report! That whole "sag wagon" thing stinks, they could make it work if they cut off the tags when you got on the bus. It looks like a lot of the RnR races have that feature. That takes away my desire to do one for sure.

Oh, and I had another one who was interested in Phineas and Ferb "but not really."

Kathy, sounds like Michael is enjoying camp. How were the babies yesterday.

Rose, you know that we are always here to vent to whenever you need it.

Lisa, you're doing a great job coaching! It's kind of a crazy busy week on the main thread, too. Good luck with your 5K this week-end! Can't wait to hear all about it.

Oh, and in case any of you ladies are rethinking the Tinker Bell Half it is now 84% full. Sounds like they are only taking 10,000 registrations this round.

Have a great day Princesses and Belles!

 

[mikamah]

I'm back!! Lunches packed, michael's dressed, watching a show and eating breakfast, (nothing like eating while watching TV to get the boy moving) I've got my coffee and 25 minutes to dis.

Lisah-Glad thing are calming down at your house this week. Ooooh, I'd so love to do the Tinkerbelle. I could definitely use a future disney race to get me moving. Though 2 and a half years I'll turn 50, and I really hope to do one then, but it's not close enough yet to get me out on those long runs. I'm envying your motivation for the long runs for your sept half. I hope it rubs off on me soon.

Lindsay- Michael loved the Judy story. So funny. I remember a couple years ago, he came home and was talking about Juvy, and being shocked. They here so much at school now. You can't stop them from growing up though we'd like to. I hope they follow through if those kids punch again. I'm sure they would need to. In Icu we had all women and only 2 guys and it was not pretty sometimes. I like Endo where lots of our techs are guys and most of the md's so it's a better ratio. Women can be so catty.

Nancy-I hope Thomas will wear his bubble. It will give him so much more freedom and maybe you'll be able to relax a little more at the beacy. At the lake last week there was this 17 month old who had on his life vest, and would wander a little deep, fall under, turn around come back up and do it again, happy as a clam. He was so cute and going to grow into a little fish, no doubt.

Maria- thanks for the race report. That a lot of hills. Funny, when I think of providence, I think of the river there and would imagine it's relatively flat. Guess in a car it's very decieveing. But I haven't been there in a while. My sept half seems relatively flat except for miles 4-7 that go around marblehead neck. I hope to do the neck before the race and check it out. So I'll know when to cry. What camp is Ds going to? I've been scoping out overnight camps to get a feel for what is out there. I've heard good thing about Calumet in NH. Then I looked at baseball camps and there's a Nike one at Endicott COllege in Beverly where I work, so I'll look into that next year. How old was ds when he went away?

Rose- Hello there! (g-f of course) Hope you're doing ok.

LisaL-You're doing a great job coaching this week. I'm sorry I haven't been there as much as I'd like to keep up. Thanks for coaching.

Taryn- Hope school is good and you're not tied up by a bunch of hell-raisers this year.

Michael loved camp again yesterday. There was only one baby in the nursery at the time they were there, but they got a tour and they showed them the baby class stuff, and taught them how to change a diaper. They did some work on the show they'll put on friday, but he won't tell me anything about it. Want's to surprise me. Cute.
We went to a friends for dinner lastnight, and stayed a little later than I had planned. We both crashed when we got home. Tomorrow and friday are my short days, so if they don't need me to work extra, I'll bring my book and sit in the garden at the hospital after I bring michael to camp and read.

We have football tonight, and tomorrow night nothing. Maybe we'll go mini golfing since we haven't been yet this summer.

My time is up. Have a fabulous day!!!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Maria--so do they do the bus thing at all of the RnR races? I just can't get over the fact that they actually let people finish with a time! Ridiculous!

Lindsay--judy, juvie, too funny! I think you were right to get on Ryan with the reminder of not hitting. It would be awful if he was the one who got made the example of--not that I think he would hit, but you know what I mean.

Kathy--enjoy your short days! Sounds like Michael is having a great week!

Lisa--Your poor BIL. I hope he is on the end and your week is getting less crazy.

Nancy--I hope that swim bubble comes today!

Liesel (Lisa)--Fabulous job coaching this week. I feel like I have abandoned you with a lot of drama over there, and I am really sorry. Thank you so much.

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I am feeling a little more human today. Thanks for not throwing me out of the club. Honestly, you all know how this year started--Nancy, you might not. Mike's sister died very unexpectedly on New Year's day--and I feel like that has just set the tone for the year. I have tried so very hard to stay positive and optimistic through everything that has been going on, but the last couple of days I just couldn't do it anymore. I think Tom sucked the life out of me this summer. And my knees and foot were so uncomfortable at the beginning of the week, which was not helping at all. Anyhow, Mike and I got up and went for a very slow run this morning and I am feeling much better. I think I just needed a couple of days to be unhappy and sad and grieve some of this stuff.

We are still looking at a trip for Labor Day. We can afford it, I just don't know if I want to spend the money. All the economic stuff this week has not been helping my mood!

Today is going to be longggg--this morning they are coming to fix my windows--they are already late and it's supposed to take several hours. At some point the guy is coming to do the inspection on our new furnace and someone is coming to give me an estimate on a new garage door. Did I tell you all that Mike hit the garage door trying to get around Tom's car? The dent wasn't too big, but now it's starting to crack. Lovely. Not a great way to spend a day off, but hopefully they will all get done early enough so that I can have some down time.

Have a great day ladies!

Oh, and I almost forgot to tell you all the other things going on this week that added to my great mood. I have now skipped 2 t.o.m. When I called to make an appointment the girl at the dr office asked me if I had done a pregnancy test. Yep, 2, both negative, thank goodness! And while getting reading for this data conversion for this big project at work the duplicate check found 5000 duplicate records that I have to clean up. Yes, that's right 5000!!!!! I don't think they have ever cleaned up duplicates. I want to move so bad just so I don't have to do the data clean up! I did have my review this week and it was very positive, so that's good I guess!

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Good Morning and !

I have 20 minutes before my conference call starts, let's see how far I can get...

Rose -- That data clean up is insane! And negative pg test or not, Dennis would be panicking right about now You have had a very rough year, with so much going on, it's ok to take a minute, process, be a little sad, and then be ready for new things I am learning that the sag wagon is apparently the RnR motif. I keep hearing reports of them doing the same thing in other races.

Kathy -- Yep, I totally thought Providence was flat. Boy was I wrong! This was a seriously convoluted course, and that may have had something to do with it. Ben is at Camp Wanakee, it's a United Methodist camp which has a different focus every week. This week it's Sports Camp, with an emphasis on cooperation rather than competition. Next week he's going to Night Camp, where they stay up and sleep during the day. Then my little vampire will come home. I have to admit this is the first year he's done sleep-away camp. He just refused until this year, and Dennis wasn't really keen on it until he got big enough we wouldn't have to worry about anything untoward. Dennis's cousin had a bad experience with a boy scout leader (completely unrelated to going away to camp, but I know you understand), and he's been very hesitant to let Ben go away. I started going to sleep away camp when I was 9 and loved it, but we just come from two different perspectives. Dennis never went to camp, so he was more cautious.

Lisah -- I so wish I could do Tinkerbelle, I know it will be so much fun! You just have to keep doing it until I make it out there --I know you want to! I hope things are shaking out better with the family this week. Isn't it funny about how they have to be so grown up, but they really will be sad if they miss a tween/young teen movie? Ben also won't admit he's waiting for the new iCarly, but I saw it written on his calendar

Nancy -- I was going to post a quick one this morning but Kathy beat me to it. It's comforting knowing that you might be here whenever we stop by. You are our rock! And really, I think you have plenty of life going on -- pregnancy, 2 yr. old -- Yep, you are busy!

Lindsay -- omg I love the Judy! That is awesome. When Ben was little, like 2, we would watch the Disney SingAlong Songs, and one was about visiting Disneyland. The lyric was "I'm walking right down the middle of Main Street USA, It's the Heart of America - the Heartbeat of a Holiday" and Ben would sing the second part, "It's the heartbeat of an animal, the heart's beating every day".

Lisa -- Thanks again for doing a great job on the other thread. It is really hard during the dog days of summer, and you are a coaching machine! Glad the first day of school went well!

Ok, gotta call in. Really quickly -- I've been back on the lower carb since Monday, and it's working very well. Turns out I can lose weight when I don't eat chips, candy, cookies, cake....who knew?! I'm also not back to running yet. I'm scheduled to do 3M Friday. I'm letting myself sleep in and rest in the mornings, which I think is also helping me recover more quickly.

Hang in there Taryn, -- I'm thinking of you and all those bright, smiling faces!

Maria

 

[Rose&Mike]

Rose -- That data clean up is insane! And negative pg test or not, Dennis would be panicking right about now You have had a very rough year, with so much going on, it's ok to take a minute, process, be a little sad, and then be ready for new things I am learning that the sag wagon is apparently the RnR motif. I keep hearing reports of them doing the same thing in other races.

Seriously, the data cleanup is ridiculous! Some of it I can do through batches, but it is just crazy. Some of the batches go really quickly and one I did yesterday took an hour and 20 minutes! Of course I started this one 15 minutes before I wanted to leave. Uggh. I could have cancelled it, but I didn't have anything else to do. I got through about 350 records yesterday. I contacted someone at our national office to see if she has any suggestions, but honestly it just kind of sucks. I am going to have to do it in the background while I do my regular work.

Tom started going to sleep away camp at the end of 6th grade. We had a really good relationship with him, so I felt like if there were even teeny tiny issues he would let us know. I can definitely see why Dennis would be nervous, with my background I was nervous, but Tom needed it, and we needed it. They get so much from sleep away camp--which I am sure you have figured out. It was one of the best and hardest things we did--sending him to camp.

Kathy--look at some of the local universities. Sometimes they have affordable camps. Tom did band camp through Eastern Kentucky University and it was pretty reasonable. They don't need a ton of bells and whistles to have a good time at camp.

And cute kid llyrics--Alannis Morrisette--it's a free ride when you're already there. Tom's version--it's a free ride on your own teddy bear. Still makes me smile.

Well the furnace dude was here. The window guys are part way done. They have to come back. They were missing a piece (we are having a ton fixed) and two pieces were wrong. It had to do with the grills. The good news is, they are going to order two more pieces to match the ones they replaced so more new window parts and it won't cost anything, except a couple hours on my day off, but I can live with that.

So I found airfare into Melbourne for pretty cheap, and a room at dtd at the Hilton for not too bad, so I am seriously debating a trip over labor day. My birthday is the 4th.....I'll be 44 on the 4th, how cool is that? Mike said we could always turn into a house hunting trip if they EVER get around to making a decision. His boss thinks this is going to drag out until October--some of the funding for the stuff Mike will be working on won't be signed for until then. This is what happens when the economy starts tanking--stuff keeps getting put off, etc. The guys who are fixing my windows have told me a couple times what a nice house we have, so that's making me feel really good about all my hard work this summer.

Ok, can you tell I'm bored today and feeling human again? TTYL!

ETA, ok so I would have to pay to replace the other two pieces to match the two new pieces. So back to the original plan, they have to fix them to match and I won't get as many new ones, but that's ok. Now I just need the garage door guy to come!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

swim bubble arrived today. as soon as thomas was up from his nap i dragged his cranky butt back to the pool to try it out. he wasn't crazy about putting it on (it's one of those floaty things that rests on the back and snaps around the waist) but once we get in the water he's happy. i let him go and.....


tip! front end under the water and feet up! gah! every kid in the darn neighborhood has this thing and of course it doesn't work for him. i asked this one mom who has a 4 yr old boy if i had it one correctly. she is SUCH a snob! one of these days i'm going to say, "look, megan, there's no reason to be so snotty. you live IN SILVER BEACH! we're not in some fancy place up in connecticut!!" anyway, she was most unhelpful but did say that they need to be kicking for them not to tip. mmmkay. i've seen kids younger than thomas with the same floatie thing and i doubt they knew to kick.

ah, the worries of a stay at home mom. sounds ridiculous, i know.

i loved camp! i went to day camp from age 8 til 13 on the upper east side of manhattan. when i started going we lived in the bronx and both my parents worked in manhattan so it made sense for me to go there. i used to do gymnastics at this place and they decided to do a summer camp. i was there for the inaugural year there were 60 campers then and when i finished going at age 13 there were over 500! even when we moved to CT i still went to that camp. i used to take the train into the city with all the rest of the commuters after that i did week-long sports camps at different places. kathy and maria i did basketball camp a few years in a row at holy cross. not boston but close enough in high school i went to sleepaway camp for 6 or so weeks at a time. it was heaven. i mean, here i am, a kid whose mother is like, THE WORST and i get to LEAVE her for over a month?!?! could life GET any better?? that place was in PA and definitely not expensive.

i'm totally pro-camp.

oh here's some good news. i think i mentioned that john and i have a side consulting gig (ok, mostly john but it's in my name since he has another job hehe). we just re-did the website and launched it yesterday www.bulldogms.com

i almost done with The Help. definitely want to see the movie. i'm really enjoying the book! they mentioned how miss leefolt had some pregnancy tranquilizer. um, what is that and can i get me some??

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Rose- Glad to see you were more chatty and feeling better today I was getting a bit worried about you but I knew you would come around. Glad the house stuff is getting done! Thats a ton of work but nice to know that it is noticed by others. Hopefully buyers will just eat it up when it comes time. I hear ya on getting things pushed out due to the economy. It seriously took me 3 years from the time I interviewed for the manager position to get the job. I basically had to do the job anyway without the title too. So I really can relate to the waiting game. I hope they will at least give him a yes or no before then. Gosh if you have to wait to oct to find out anything that would be horrible.

Nancy- I posted a tip for swimming gear on facebook. I hope you dont mind the advice. I sometimes feel like I am often giving out advice and I hope you dont take it as I think I know everything or do everything perfect. I am just a misses fix it and when someone is having a problem I feel like I need to help them with a solution. I am always paranoid that people will think I am a know-it-all. Totally the opposite.
The website looks great. If I had a pet product I would definitly use you.

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I was so overwhelmed again at work today. I felt a bit panic attacky. Like lightheaded, heart racing, etc. I knew it was just anxiety so I closed my door and just took some long deep breaths for a few minutes and that helped. I just have so many big time consuming high profile projects that I am working on right now including my daily job. I dont want to slack on any of these because I feel like so much is riding on me and if I dont do well I will fail and some people will be saying told you so. I know my boss probably got some questioning as to why a brand new manager is working on such big projects. I dont want to dissappoint him. So I spent some of the afternoon really organizing myself even more because as we all know it just makes u feel so much more in control.

Then it was a race to get to ryans practice on time. god forbid if we dont the poor kid has to run an extra lap. Yep like its his fault! If anything the parent should run the lap and actually I could use the kick in the pants to do that right now. We havent been late yet though so thats a good thing.

They had the kids do kick offs tonight. They then choose the top 8 kids and had them each kick 3 times. Then they choose the top 3. Well ryan made it. He was pretty thrilled with that. they dont make a big thing out of it and most of the kids probably dont even realize whats going on so there are no hurt feelings. So ryan didnt even realize that he will sometimes be the kicker until we told him after practice. So then he said he needs to practice all weekend so he can be the best and be the starting kicker. ummmm guess who he takes after.

The coach told us tonight that he is there top line backer and gave us some things to work on with him.

Have you ever been so proud of your kid that you want to cry. Thats how I feel right now. He is just surprising the heck out of me. Sorry to brag and constantly be talking about football. I actually dont brag like this in real life but I guess since this is whats on my mind you all get the brag session.

Anyway so that was it for my day. Now tomorrow we do it all over again.
Talk to you tomorrow!!!!!

 

[flipflopmom]

Hey everyone. I really don't even have time to catch uip and read, maybe this weekend. i've been getting up at 4 and mega cleaning trying to get my house back under control, working late to get ready for school, back to school nights, school supply shopping, etc. etc. I banned myself from the computer as a distraction until I feel better, but Brad said Rose had posted on my FB (which I haven't been on all summer) so I thought i'd better check in.

today is first day of school, my class looks absolutely unreal, 4 possible special ed referrals, 2 unintelligble speech, 1 completely non english speaking, 2 semi bililingual that dont' have command of either language, 2 major behavior issues, many that have never been away from home, several that still don't know their COLORS!!!!!! yeah, i'm freaking out. Wish me luck today.

sophie starts pre-k, I was really weepy about it yesterday, but too stressed this am to cry!

Ak had her physical yesterday, she's really gained a lot of weight since quitting gymnastics, dr had a nutrition talk with her (she's still okay, but poor kid is only on 38 percentile for height and 52 for weight, I'd like those numbers to be closer. some is muscle, I know, but we are nipping in bud. she's a carb freak due to her texture issues and now braces that have cut out her raw veggies.


Send me ppppp[ppppppppppd that I survive today.

good news? all this cleaning and going back on using protein shakes for lunch ang breakfast equalled a 6 pound loss over the last week or so!!1

Love you all bunches and beedoooddles.

 

[mikamah]

Nancy- Where are you? Why haven't you posted yet this morning? Sleeping in are you?

 

[dumbo_buddy]

good morning friends!

taryn glad to hear from you. not so glad to hear about your class. god bless you! how old are these kids? sounds like you're in for a tough year! nice job on the SIX pounds lost! wow! i guess that's what happens when you don't stuff your face nonstop, huh?

oh lindsay lindsay lindsay if you think you're giving me alot of advice now you don't even KNOW what you're in for once bronxbaby is born! shoo! you is in trouble girl! (lol, i'm reading The Help now and feel the need to talk like a southern maid from the 60s apparently)! i think i figured out how to give the bubble another try before buying something else. i think i need to fasten it around his chest and not his waist. i'll give it another try today. so glad to hear that ryan is having such a great time at practice! heck, i get proud when thomas says mommy so if he actually does something like kick a ball properly i'd probably cry for days! good luck with all that work stuff. you will get it done. and sometimes you need to take a breather to reogranize yourself.

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just a few more pages left of The Help. could have finished last night but was falling asleep and wanted to finish it fresh. i have really enjoyed it. john is taking thomas to PA this weekend to see his parents. of course i have anxiety about it as they are just so crazy but it does give me a day to not have to do much. i'm thinking of maybe a double feature at the movies that day. i think it's supposed to rain. i really can't stand the ILs. i know i should just realize that MIL is nuts and doesn't realize what she's saying half the time but there's only so many times you can take her saying how horrible i am before you say enough is enough. but i get it, they are still john's parents. that doesn't mean i have to see them though!

one month from today we leave for WDW!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Nancy- Where are you? Why haven't you posted yet this morning? Sleeping in are you?

i was posting when you were!!!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Taryn--I guess facebook does serve a purpose. Good luck with those little angels. I hope it doesn't end up being as crazy as it sounds!

Nancy--I looked at the website yesterday. Very nice! I hope you get the swim bubble working right today. And that girl--Megan--there's always one, isn't there?

Lindsay--I am sorry you have been doing the panic thing. I have been doing it a lot lately, too. And I've been very weepy. I wish I had an office door to close at work. I just get up and walk outside for a few minutes. I'm glad football is going so well!

Kathy and Maria and the 2 Lisas--

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So the window guys come back Friday afternnoon. After the confusion yesterday about what they were going to replace, I thought maybe I was having brain fog and that I misunderstood what the guy was saying. Well the other guy who was working on the job pulled me aside and said he didn't know why he decided they had to charge me and that the whole thing didn't make sense. That made me feel better. At least it won't cost me any more money. It is frustrating that I am spending another day off dealing with this. We're going to have a new garage door put in and then hopefully that will be it for workmen for a while!

I had to read Tom the mini-riot act yesterday. He has been down there for a week and has made no effort to get the doctor stuff set up. Mike and I talked about it last night and decided this was not the thing to let him fail at, so we will keep on him. He needs a doctor, he needs the meds, yes he is an adult, but we feel as if he needs some successes after last semester. He is doing a good job with other stuff. He started his new job--he is teaching SAT prep for Kaplan. He's already doing stuff for judicial council. For some reason his is missing the fact that this should be a priority.

Ok, guess that's all. Hope everyone has a great Thursday.

 

[mikamah]

Good morning ladies!

Taryn- God bless you. It sounds like a tough year, but you are an amazing teacher, and you will make a difference in all those little one's lives. Congrats on 6 pounds!! Here's to a healthy school routine.

Rose_ So good to see you posting more. I hate dealing with workmen. Hope it all works out, and the rest of the work gets done without any extras. I think turning 44 on the 4th with 4 days in 4 parks would work beautifully. GO FOR IT!! You deserve it.

Lindsay- Yay for Ryan!! That is awesome he's doing so well. Michael was a little surprised to hear he may never touch the ball during a game. I think he'll be a lineman. Not that I am sure exactly what that is. I really should have paid more attention at my nephews games all those years. My nephew got a ton of play time in hs, offense and defense, and I reminded michael that he never touched the ball either, he felt better. We got a little talk from the head coach, who said to come to him with any issues, but he tried to explain how they put the kids into lines, and will have a couple offense and defense lines set up, and they use a rubberband system, so if the red band kids are up on defense, and the other team gets a touch down on the second down, they're only out for a couple minutes. I think he was trying to help avoid the "my kids not playing enough" nightmare that I'm sure happens a lot.
Hugs to you on work and stress. I hate getting that panicky feeling, but sounds like you did well calming yourself down.

Maria-Nice work on the low carb! It is amazing how it works, yet I just can't get there. I'm not totally out of control, but not on the losing train, that's for sure. That camp looks really nice ds is at. I know how Dennis feels too. We had a priest at our church as kids and it was all hush hush then, but I so hope this is a different generation of kids that will feel comfortable talking to their parents about such stuff. I don't know when or if Michael will want to go away, and that's fine, but I want to know what's out there if he is interested. Hope you're enjoying your kid free evenings.

Nancy -Poor Little Thomas. I can just picture him tipping over in the water. Michael had a little vest thing that had a circle of foam around the belly and a strap between the legs, and he swam like a fish in that. I hope the bubble works better higher up on the chest. Good luck. Glad to see you didnt over sleep today. Like that ever happens. You definitely should give dh and ds some quality alone time with his folks, and go see the Help.

Lisa Hello there!! Hope you're having a good week!!

Coach Lisa- You've done a fantastic job coaching this week. It's been busy over there.

Thanks for sharing all the info about summer camps. I never went to summer camp, and I want michael to get some good experiences. He has had a great summer so far. Yesterday they did surgery on Bob the lifesize teddy bear who had gall stones, a rubber glove filled with jelly beans, and they left him in recovery. I'm working 9-3 today and he finishes at 3:30 so we'll have a few hours before football to chill. He could use it. Little cranky yesterday.

I've been waiting for the gas company to put my gas back on. They replaced my pipes yesterday and the guy in the morning said they would have it turned back on, but they didn't, so I didn't notice til they were closed, and now they haven't gotten here and I have to leave. I'm so aggravated, just called back, and they can't guarantee some can come between 4 and 6 when I'll be here. PITA. A cold shower really made me cranky this morning.

Oh well, take a deep breath, kathy and get your butt to work.

Have a fabulous day.

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning Princesses and Belles!

Kathy, I think this Michael going to work with you thing is working out nicely for you. Next time you see a friend with a baby you should offer to have Michael test out his diaper changing skills and watch him go .

Rose, it's so nice to see you chatting and feeling like yourself again! Good job getting after Tom to get his appointments set up. Sounds like he is glad to be back at school.

Maria, I would so love to have Robert try sleep away camp sometime but he has no interest. You give me hope for when he is a bit older. Hope that you and Dennis are enjoying your adult time.

Nancy, sorry to hear the swim bubble wasn't a success right off the bat but hopefully it will work out better today! I thought your website looked very nice -- those changes in the packaging for the products were amazing. Just goes to show what good marketing can do for you . . . it's not all just playing golf and having nice lunches!

Lindsay, so glad that Ryan is enjoying football so much.
Maybe that toe of his can get him through college! Here's some for all those projects.

Taryn, enjoy that first day of school today. Your class sounds so challenging! Here's some for you, too. It was so nice to see you! Take some time to take care of you and stop by more often and a big woo hoo on 6 pounds!

Lisa, great job coaching this week! Tell us more about your trip to Hawaii next month.

Don't know why but everyone in my house decided to get up at 5 am today. I think I'm going to have to go to work to get some peace and quiet.

Have a great day all!