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

[liesel]

Wow, its taking a lot of time to keep up with the other thread. Thanks for all the coaching well wishes, I didn't know how busy it would be at the end of the summer challenge! I thought that I might end up talking to myself for a week, so I'm very glad of the participation.


Maria I'm sure you'll do a fantastic job coaching this week. How do you feel after your half? Not too sore I hope. How many days do you usually rest after a half?

Kathy That hospital camp sounds like so much fun! I hope you get your gas turned back on soon, cold showers are no fun.

Lindsay Brag away! I do hope that the work stress gets better. I'm sure you are doing a fabulous job!

Rose Glad to see you back. I hope Tom gets his med situation taken care of and your windows and garage door get done soon.

Nancy I love the website, very professional. I don't blame you for not wanting to visit your inlaws. Even with the realization that they are the ones with the problem, those negative comments are still hard to take.

LisaH Hi there! Sorry about your BIL, what a tough time. I hope you have a good loss this week, you worked so hard. I saw that the registration for the Tink kids races was at 50%, so I went ahead and registered both kids yesterday. They are very excited.

Our Hawaii trip is to Kauai for 8 days, which will fall during the birthday extravaganza that is DH, DD, and DS. They each get to plan what we will do during their birthdays. DH so far has chosen snorkeling and we will go out to a nice dinner since it is a special milestone birthday for him (we'll say 29 ). DD has chosen to go tubing down the old sugar plantation irrigation ditches and wants to go snorkeling and see sea turtles. DS wants to take surfing lessons. We will also do plenty of swimming at the beach and hiking. We are staying at a condo and will be cooking a few meals. As a cook, I am especially looking forward to visiting their farmers markets and seafood markets and fixing some yummy meals. Its our first time to Kauai (but our 4th Hawaiian island) and I can't wait!

I had a good run today and finally broke the 14mm barrier, coming in at 13:50mm. This is mostly due to the fact that I have finally had a week where I got all my runs in, which is making a huge difference. I have been OP with food, coming in under my calories all week, I got plenty of exercise, and as of today I am showing a gain!! So frustrating, I hope its water retention from my increased activity, but I get really sick of working so hard with no scale results. Well, I had better go get ready to go to school and help the first graders with their lunches. Have a great day!

 

[Rose&Mike]

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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.

I would be so unhappy about this! I hope it gets straightened out soon!

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.

Thanks for saying this Lisa. I question whether I should just let him sink or swim on this one. Actually I have really been beating myself up because we probably did way too much for him in high school as far as making sure he got stuff done, and if we wouldn't have maybe he would have had to deal with all this earlier. I don't know. It's been hard to come to term with, plus there's all that Mommy guilt. But he's a good kid, and he wants to be successful, so hopefully it will all work out in the end.

Wow, its taking a lot of time to keep up with the other thread. Thanks for all the coaching well wishes, I didn't know how busy it would be at the end of the summer challenge! I thought that I might end up talking to myself for a week, so I'm very glad of the participation.

Congrats on the run! Your trip sounds great--is it coming up soon or is it next summer?

As for the main thread, it's been a strange summer. Last summer was really quiet. Just a core little group. This summer there have been a ton more people that have stuck around, but it's been kind of weird, I think. Not a lot of interaction, just a lot of "this is what I'm doing." Which is ok, just different. It will be interesting to see what this fall is like. I am just glad someone volunteered to hostess!

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I ended up running 3 miles this morning and went into work a little later. I've been going over my hours, so it worked out well. The weather is perfect here--mid 80s, low humidity (in the 60s this morning). I woke up this morning feeling anxious, so the run really helped. So now hopefully we can get back on our standard training schedule--run Tues, Thurs, Sat.

Still no news on the job front. Mike is going to call the hiring manager tomorrow. He figures he has nothing to lose at this point. We keep reminding ourselves that this entire process has been very slow, so why should this part be any different. Can you believe he applied for this job at the beginning of June?

Ok, guess that's it. Hope everyone is having a nice afternoon.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

WOW! no posts at all yesterday evening! what? do the rest of you have like, lives??

rose hope mike gets some answers when he calls about the job today. i'm not surprised at all that they would take that long. any job i or john has ever had seems like it takes months to get. it's so annoying! especially when budgets are concerned there is a ton of bureaucracy that goes into just hiring one person. ick. i'm glad you're feeling better though! and it's so nice that the weather isn't so darn hot!

tom better get his butt to the doctor! i get it though - i was 20 once and in college. when you get there the last thing you want to do is pull away from your friends and go see a doctor. he'll do it. he's a good boy

any news on the trip?? i still think you should go the following weekend i love the 44 on the 4th thing! my favorite number is 4 so i always love when things are on the 4th or have to do with 4s. my bday is on the 4th too - just not til october

kathy short day today, right? i can't wait to hear about michael's hospital camp performance! take pictures! i will have a nice little baby whose diapers will need some changing - you can just ship michael down to the bronx! what happened with the gas company? how frustrating! i hate waiting on stuff like that. i need to get the cable company here b/c our internet isn't really working that great and i just KNOW they will say, "oh we'll be here between 8-2" which means 4:30.

lindsay how did practice go yesterday? omg i had a dream about ocean city last night! weird, right? i haven't been there in so long but i guess it's been on my mind since you were there. did you watch jersey shore last night? i was in bed before then but it's DVR'd! i feel like such a classy gal when i watch that!

lisa anymore 5am wake up calls? hope you got to sleep in a bit!

maria i saw that you posted pics of the race on facebook. i need to go look at them. the wifi in my bedroom doesn't seem to want to work. so i'm going to do that after i post. how has your rest week been going? did you go out today?

taryn how's school going?

liesel nice job coaching this week! the group does seem different than the last challenge. it moves so fast that i don't catch up alot.

i'm pretty bad about talking to the people on there too. i try but sometimes i feel like some of the people don't bother saying ANYTHING to ANYONE, EVER! and because i'm not that nice of a person i don't talk back to them.

ah, friday. which means tomorrow is saturday. which means john's taking thomas for the day. trying to not think about his stupid parents and just think about how i'm going to go for a nice walk by myself, take a shower without someone looking at me the whole time, head to a movie without rushing to get back, and just relax. i think it's supposed to rain tomorrow. maybe i'll see TWO movies!

mom rant ahead: yesterday the mother calls me while i'm down at the beach and asks me if i have any interest in going with her tomorrow (today) to see my grandpa...IN PA! as in, a 4 hour drive. i told her that john's taking thomas to his parents in PA on saturday (they live in the poconos, a bit less than 2 hrs away) so i needed to be home. she said she was planning on just going for the day. ok so...she will drive 5 hours EACH WAY (she's in CT so another hour for her) to see her step-father for a few hours BUT she won't just drive ONE hour each way to see her GRANDSON?? mmkay. i told her i just couldn't put thomas in the car that long for one day. i mentioned that john will be away in phoenix mon-wed and that maybe we could go and stay overnight next week. well then all of a sudden she's not sure when she's working and blah blah. she is a nurse, works 4 days/week but never the same days. after i got home from the beach i realized that i can't go to PA next week b/c john will be gone which means nobody to walk the dog. i called and left her a message: hey mom, looks like i can't do next week after all but maybe we can plan another time? also, what if we plan another time and instead of you going to PA tomorrow you come here for the day - we'll go to the zoo or the botanical gardens or something and since we're members at both i can get you in for free. it's supposed to be nice out and thomas and i will take you out to lunch for your BIRTHDAY. call me back."

no call back.

well anyway, today is shaping up to be a beautiful day. maybe thomas and i will go for a walk and then hit the zoo on our own. i'd take him to the pool again...maybe in the afternoon. i put the darn swim bubble on yesterday at the beach and he wouldn't go in the water. oh family friend (thomas calls her nana) was yelling at me yesterday that the bubble is stupid and i wasted money and i can't trust it and blah blah. i didn't buy it to just not watch him! and i'm telling you EVERY SINGLE KID in this neighborhood has it! they all took swim lessons together (silver beach is a little cliquey and i'm not in the clique) and were told to get that!

it's august 12th. one month from today i'll be getting ready to check into our first character breakfast at chef mickeys

this post would have been finished like half an hour earlier but thomas is already driving me insane this morning! he lost his shoe on the street when out with john walking the dog and we had to go looking for it (found it!) and now he wants me to move my right hand so he can smack my belly nonstop and just doesn't understand why i wouldn't allow that!

 

[mikamah]

Good morning everyone!!

I was not on last evening though I should have been because I was waiting for, fuming and calling the gas company until they finally arrived at 1135 pm. I called at 345 to say I'm home, and they're supposed to call as they arrive, so I figured I'd just leave football for a few min to let them in. No call. Called at 8, they're still coming and will be there. 10. They are on the way now, watch for them. 11 pm. "I don't know what happens, it says here they called your cell at 10 and you said the gas was on. I'll send them right over" 1130 I called to ask when should I expect them, and if they aren't here when should I call you back AGAIN. They work til 1230, "if they're not there by then you'll have to reschedule in the morning." I went ballistic on the lady. No manager to speak to in all of National Grid. I got in my pajamas and laid down, not that I was going to sleep, and they showed up. Took all of 2 minutes. I was sooooo aggravated. But I only at a poptart through all of it. So I guess that wasn't too bad. The technician said they had the wrong address. Hello, I"m in the computer under my phone number correctly. Ah well, thanks for listening. Like you had a choice.

Had a nice hot shower this morning, thank god or I would have killed the poor man who came today.

Football is going well for michael, but I'm rethinking the whole running while he's at practice. A boy hurt his ankle last night about 20 min before it ended, and his parents weren't there and noone else came up or seemed to be responsible for him, and they iced it, and they ended up having the ambulance come since they couldn't reach his parents, and I felt so bad for him and the parents. The mom showed up at 7:30, and took him in her car. I made a pact with the other moms that they'd go to michael if I wasn't ever here and he got hurt, but I would feel so bad if that happens, I doubt I'll leave him. He got his team assignment and is on with some friends from his school, and one of the dads is coach, so he's happy. Clifton is on the team too, but I'm hoping it will all work out and if they have issues, they can push each other around during practice to work them out.

Nancy- on your mom. She just doesn't think or care does she. Ugh. Her issues, not yours, but I know it's so hard on you. You, like Rose, are an amazing mom in spite of the mom's your grew up with. I wish you so much peace when you deal with her.
On the bubble- that's the one our Y uses. I bet he will get used to it. If you want something so you don't have to watch him at all, that would be a nanny, but they cost some bucks. Stick with the bubble.

Rose- I think a trip labor day is perfect, and hopefully you'll be celebrating a new job for Mike by then. Glad you got out for a run yesterday. I'm so slacking. It's been hard to fit it in this summer during the week. I can't believe I'm supposed to do a half in sept.

Lisah -Hope you got some peace and quiet at work. Man, you were all up early yesterday. It has been nice having michael come to work with me. And yesterday and today I'mstarting early so I didn't have time to kill before work.

Maria- Have fun coaching this week!

Lisal-You did great coaching for such a busy and emotional week over there.

Lindsay- Hope your week is going well.

Taryn- Hope your school years starts off on the right foot.

Well, time's up. Got a few extra minutes since camp is serving pizza for lunch today. Yesterday they went to the ER and had casts put on their thumbs, toured an ambulance, and visited Bob after his surgery on the pediatric ward.
He is excited for the show today. I'll definitely take pics.

Have a fabulous friday!!!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Hi Nancy! It's just you and me here lately! Everyone else must be having fun! Still not sure about the trip. Depends on if Mike gets to talk to the hiring manager today. I have the money, especially if this move is not going to happen. But the reality is the w&d is only a month later, so we can suck it up and wait another month. We are just both really exhausted and burned out after this summer. We talked about going somewhere around here, but there's no where we want to go. The closest beach is 600 miles away and we are not lake people. We considered going to the mountains, and we still might. We go to Carolina to see Navy play USC on Sept 17, I think, so that's something to look forward to.

Sorry the bubble still isn't working. I think Tom had a swim vest, if I remember correctly. And sorry for the Mom drama. One month until your trip! That is so exciting!

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So does anyone know anything about security on facebook? Can you make it so that certain individuals can only see certain things, like on a person by person basis?

The window guys come this afternoon. The new garage door goes in on Wednesday. Hopefully that is it for a while!

Thanks to everyone who recommended the Help. I am really enjoying it. And it makes me so sad sometimes to read, even though it is really funny, too.

I have made it to within 3 weeks of maintaining for an entire year, but I am up today over a pound, so it's not looking good. We're running tomorrow, so it might still work--yes, I have used a "last chance workout" to stay within my maintain range. I'm trying to not get too upset about it. I am still 5 pounds below where I started maintaining last summer, so that's a victory. But I'm a pound and a half higher today than my current maintain weight. Could be the g-f cupcakes and chips I've had this week. Or maybe I am really starting menopause. It still feels like I am a little young. I have an appointment in a week, so we'll see what my dr. says. After all the problems this spring, I don't think she will be as upset as I am about my weight being up a pound or two.

Ok, have a great day everyone! Hopefully Mike will hear something today.

 

[Rose&Mike]

Kathy--we were posting at the same time! Woohoo for the gas being on! As for the running during practice, that's a hard one. If you had a parent to trade off with being there, I think that would be great, but otherwise I would be nervous, too. I am so glad Tom played soccer instead of football!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Hi Ladies. I started posting last night and then I got sidetracked because nick woke up crying. After getting him back to bed I just didnt feel like going all the way back down to the computer. (its only a matter of 2 floors and 10 steps) I was just a bit chicken fried as Rose would say.

Practice was a little rough last night. Ryan had no attention span what so ever and they pretty much did the same thing the entire 2 hours of practice so that didnt help. The started working on the offense. Ryan is a lineman and when you dont have anyone to play against I can understand it being a bit boring. All they do is get ready, set (into a 3 point stance), and then go. Go meant just run 10 steps. He wasnt the only kid not paying attention sometimes but it seemed that the coaches kept pulling the kids out to sit who were a little spacey. He was standing in his spot but just swinging his arms side to side or starring at the birds. So although being well behaved he just wasnt really into to it. I just hope this doesnt affect him getting to play. The coaches talked to them about this at the end of practice and said if they dont pay attention they wont play. It really aggravates me that it is like this at the age of 6. Kathy I like so much better what your coaches are doing with the kids and they are even older. Ugggh!

So thats my football update....No practice until mon so you all get a break from my football talks for a few days.

I really have no will to be here at work today. I really wanted to just spend the day in my bed.

On a brighter note it is beautiful out today. sunny and a high of 80. It actually felt like fall this morning with a crisp to the air.

Taryn- Wow that sounds like quite a class roster. I hope it went better than you can imagine and I hope sophie is doing well in PreK.

Liesel- Your hawaii trip sounds wonderful and how fun to celebrate bdays while there. Congrats on breaking the 14mm. That is so exciting. You are doing so great and now are inspiring to me.

Lisa- Wow 5am. I hope the day turned out ok after that early start. I hope you got some peace and quiet.

Kathy- oh my that whole gas thing would have put me over the edge. you handled it with such grace and only 1 poptart. Im glad it is now all taken care of. Glad michael had a great night and has some friends on his team. Oh no I hope clifton stays out of his way.
I cant wait to hear about michaels performance. That sounded like an amazing camp. our hospital doesnt do anything that fun.

Nancy- how frustrating your mom is....she is frustrating me and I am not even related. I agree with everyone else. you are a better person and a better mom because of her faults. Oh and only 1 month to disney. I am so darn excited for you......and a bit jealous to I keep telling myself my time will come. I hope the bubble works out better today and maybe now that he has the bubble you can be part of the silverbeach clique. I wonder how far of a drive it is from where I am to the bronx. I think typically it takes about 2 hrs to get to the city. I have off the week of 8/22 but ryan has football every night except friday. If it is not to much maybe we can arrange something if you dont have anything else going on. I would love to come hang out in person.

Rose- I am hoping mike gets some kind of answer today. I would also like to say that I agree the whole dr thing is not something you want to let tom fail on. We have so many parents still call and accompany there child to the doctor even at 22. There is a time to cut the cord but still be there to support and i think you and mike have that happy medium down pat. Your a great mom and should never question yourself of that.

Maria- How is your recovery going. I love the medal!!!!

Well have a great day I am counting down the hours until 5 oclock.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

lindsay! come come come!! allentown is SO easy to get to and vice versa. you take 78E to 95 and go over the GWB. then just stay on the cross bronx all the way to the other side of the bronx, get off the exit towards the throgs neck bridge, take the last exit before the throgs neck bridge, left, right, left, right...my house! done and done! just a little over 2 hours we can hang in silver beach or go to the zoo and then eat pizza and pretend it's fat free!

too bad practice wasn't as successful as the night before. but the kids are 6! oh course they're not going to pay attention the whole time! heck i can't do that and not swing my arms and look at the sky! yeesh!

rose - i want to say don't worry about the extra pound over maintain but there's no way i can say that. i'm sure it's not easy but you'll get down! the fact that t.o.m. hasn't showed up in a couple months probably isn't helping - retaining water??

so who do you cheer for at the navy v. south carolina game???

you know, i'm not even gluten free but just the word cupcake has me drooling right now. i've been craving a chocolate cupcake with white icing for the last few days. as much as i want to say, "hey, don't eat that and you can have 12 of them in disney" i don't care...i want one now!

kathy - are you KIDDING me with the gas co showing up at 11:30??? helllllllll no is that ok. and the worst part is that they know they have you. what are you gonna do, switch gas companies? overnight? grrr! our heat went on on christmas day a few years ago when we were hosting my ILs (nightmare x100000) and they had no problem taking their sweet time.

liesel - i'm so excited about your hawaii trip! it sounds great!! can't wait to hear about it and see pics!!!

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naptime now. i wish it would last 5 hours. a certain toddler has been screaming/whining all day. the pool was a bust. only lasted 30 min. blah.

my friend from college just sent a bunch of cute things for bronxbaby from target. she knows i love elephants and she sent some blankets, hooded towls, burp cloths, and a sleep sack all with a cute elephant pattern on it. very cute...except i thought...OMG burp cloths! i totally forgot about those! oh boy...6 months in and it hasn't hit me! haha

oh and remember "usher" my "friend" down at maritime college who waves at me every day. well for the last two days he's actually stopped and said hi and we talked about the construction going on around the school. today he told me he was really impressed how i get out all the time even when it's really hot or really cold. except he said it all in ebonics.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Nancy- that sounds like a plan. Either the beach or the zoo whatever works for you. I most likely will have both boys with me and I will need to keep it fairly inexpensive. Let me know how much the zoo costs to get in and then maybe we can decide from there and obviously it will depend on the weather too. Oh I am so excited. Is that friday 8/26 ok for you. and also do you know if there are any tolls on that drive?

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Nancy- that sounds like a plan. Either the beach or the zoo whatever works for you. I most likely will have both boys with me and I will need to keep it fairly inexpensive. Let me know how much the zoo costs to get in and then maybe we can decide from there and obviously it will depend on the weather too. Oh I am so excited. Is that friday 8/26 ok for you. and also do you know if there are any tolls on that drive?

The zoo would be free for you since we are members. So that saves you like $75 or so right there. And I have parking passes too. There is a toll over the bridge but that's just one way. There may be one when you get off 78 and onto 95 but it's not alot. The beach here is free too Friday the 26th would be great!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

ok well the zoo sounds like it would be great. the boys would love that. Im going to say its a go and then we can finalize the details as it gets closer. I am so excited.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

good morning friends!

it's 8:08am and my day of freedom starts.....NOW! woot! john just took thomas and i hear them driving away as i type this. they left with me threatening his life if he doesn't stand up for me when they say nasty things about me. yeah, like that will happen. oh well. i don't have to see them, i don't have to see them, i don't have to see them.

all my exercise clothes are in the dryer right now so i'll wait a little til i hear the buzzer and then go out for a nice walk.

most importantly, i need to think about what kind of food i want to bring to the movies with me.

how was everyone's friday night? we had pizza as usual and then my uncle eddie and aunt mary came over for a little to visit with thomas. he's starting to call her mimi. it's very cute we watched the jersey shore episode from the night before and i may or may not have sent john out to get me an oreo mcflurry

has anyone read Sarah's Key? i'm about 100 pages in - very good but a little depressing. and by a little i mean, dying-children-in-the-holocost depressing.

anywho, i'm going to finish my coffee and wait for the dryer to buzz and head out. it's MUGGY out today!

 

[Rose&Mike]

So, Mike finally talked to someone about the job stuff yesterday. It's not dead, but it wasn't exactly encouraging. They decided he didn't appear to have enough technical skills. Uggh. If anything they tell him here he gets too technical and needs to see the big picture more. Anyhow, he sent the guy some stuff that he's done to look at and we'll see. This position is not a demotion--it's a lateral move--but he won't be managing anyone, so it's kind of frustrating to him that it's been this difficult. He thinks because the funding for the new project doesn't start until fall, the hiring manager has to work a little harder to convince people they want to spend money on someone now. So we continue to wait. At least now we know it will be slow and painful. It is a little frustrating that no one got back with him sooner. I think since they don't really need anyone at this very moment it's become a low priority. Who knows, I'm just guessing. While we're both disappointed, if it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out. And the kicker in all this--Mike's truck wouldn't start last night. It was an issue with the stupid key and it started when I took him the other key, so I guess that's good.

For my mental well being I am going to list the positives that have happened this summer before I decide to climb up on my two story roof....Just kidding.

1. Through all this I have managed to maintain. Yes the scale was down this morning. Thank goodness! My eating has not been great--way too much g-f mac and cheese and g-f cupcakes and potato chips. But I am still mostly managing to hold it together!

2. I got really cheap tickets for our trip in October! Thank goodness I went ahead and bought them!

3. My kid seems to be doing ok and mostly seems to have his act together. He called me yesterday and we had a nice chat.

4. I have a new furnace, windows that you can see out of and a very decluttered house. Most of the projects that we never got around to finishing are taken care of and our yard is looking pretty good.

5. I am still able to run, though my knee is flaring up a bit, it's still tolerable.

Mike is taking our dogs to be boarded for the night. I know that probably sounds terrible, but they wake us up before 6:00am most days, and we are both really pooped and need a doggy free day. I told him to look at it like kids spending the night at grandma's except we have to pay for it.

Lindsay and Nancy--I am so jealous that you all are getting to get together! If I were closer I would so crash your party!

Have a great day everyone!

 

[mikamah]

I wanna go to the zoo too!! But I think it might be beergaritas at the lake that day, so I can't make it.

Good morning ladies!

I ran/walked 3 miles this morning with michael on his bike. My first exercise since sunday. He wants to go for a bike ride with me too, so we will do that in a bit. There are some new gravelled rails to trails paths we haven't checked out nearby. I also need to go to the bike shop and get a rack for the back of my bike before our trip to the cape.

I need to do some cleaning and yard work this weekend too. It's a good weekend for it, and with football 3 nights a week, the evenings are limited. I'm on call today til 7pm, and michael has a birthday party tomorrow afternoon, otherwise, it's a low key weekend again, but I do need to be a bit more productive than last weekend. Last night we met a friend at Salem Willows, a park in Salem on the water with arcades, and a beach, and had supper, and walked around. There's a chinese restaurant who sells chop suey sandwiches for $1.83, so everyone goes there for them. Once it got dark, we saw about 6 skunks slinking around the area, so close to all the people, but none had sprayed and you couldn't smell them, so maybe they are babies. There was a 3 yo in our town bit by a rabid skunk last week, it was a baby that came out from under their porch and just grabbed on the kids leg and the parents had to beat it off. Awful. As we were getting ready to leave we saw fireworks across the harbor that had been rained out last weekend, so that was a bonus and it ended up being a fun night.

Nancy- Enjoy every minute of your day alone today, and your movies and movie feast. That baby need the calcium of a mcflurry every once in a while.

Lindsay-I hope practice gets better for Ryan. I can imagine it's not easy to keep the attention of all those 6 year olds. They're kids, and it's supposed to be fun, too. Michael's 9, and really this year has made a big turn around as far as his interest in sports, and understanding of how the games work. I know he's rather be tossing the ball around than doing all those drills, but at least they are older and it's easier for most of them.

Rose- That is awesome you've maintained for almost a year!! I hope the run helped keep your streak, but even if you're just a pound over, I know that will be gone tomorrow. Really with the year you have had, you have done amazingly well keeping your eating under control, and reigning it back in when you start to stray off track. I am so impressed with your resolve.

Hello Maria, Lisa, Lisa, and Taryn!! Hope you're all enjoying the weekend!!

Oh, michael's show was very cute at camp. One girl pretended to break her leg, and then they acted out what happens in the hospital and all the different departments. I'll post some pics on facebook. It was such a great program, and I was so happy he was able to go. They came home with painted t-shirts, and frames they made with a pic of the whole group, and a lovely assortment of freebie hospital stuff, such as a disposable stethescope, gloves, shoe covers, hair nets from the cafeteria. He loves free stuff, so he was in heaven.

I think I'll go have a cup of coffee on the porch and read a little before I get productive.

Have a lovely day!!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Nancy- Have a great alone day today. I hope you get to relax and have some fun.

Rose- Sorry it wasnt better news with the job. That is completely frustrating but I hope all works out in the end. Im glad you listed the positves and your positives are great. You have gone through alot this year and will only be stronger from all of it.

You would definitely not be crashing the party. I wish we all lived closer so we could all get together. Although after spending a day with nancy and I, Im sure you would all be thankful that your out of the little kiddie phase. Considering between nancy and I we have a 2, 4, and 6 year old Im sure we will have some great stories to tell after our day in the bronx zoo.

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. I am on a cleaning mode today. Got a few loads of laundry done. grocery shopping done. cleaned out kitchen drawers that havent been gone through since we moved in 5 years ago. I think my family wants to do something so we are trying to decide what to do. Its not to hot out today but there is some yucky humidity hanging around.

 

[mikamah]

Rose- Sorry about the whole job thing, and the waiting has to continue, but at least it is still a possibility, and it makes sense as to why it will take a while.
Love your list of positives, and yay on the scale today!! Enjoy your doggie free day and night. You definitely deserve it.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

hi friends! looks like we're having busy weekends! we just spend the morning at the roosevelt field mall. went to the disney store - bought a little pooh and tigger and another set of pj pals for thomas. i don't even think he likes pooh and tigger all that much....by why else do you have a kid if not to buy them stuffed animals and play with them yourself?

rose i'm bummed about the job update. how frustrating! all the more reason to go to disney if you ask me! all isn't lost though - sounds like they still really like him. they would have just blown him off if they didn't want him.

lindsay - i'm looking forward to the 26th! all are welcome...but yeah, hanging out with three boys age 2-6 might be considered a fate worse than death for some! LOL! the ONLY thing i'm worried about that day is that you'll be going home on a friday....in the summer. so, the cross bronx/george washington bridge traffic has the potential to be a total nightmare. if you don't want to deal with that...could you come thursday? OR stay a little later on friday? like, leave after dinner? OR, you are MORE than welcome to stay overnight! i just would feel bad if you leave after a fun day and sit in traffic. that would put a damper on the day!

kathy - michael's play sounds so cute! would love to see some pictures! do you guys have this nasty rain that we have right now? ick.

maria - loving your coaching questions! i'm going to go back to the main thread to answer them as soon as i'm off here.

hi lisah, liesel, and taryn!! hope you are having lovely stress-free weekends

i think we're going to put thomas down for a nap and all go into different bedrooms ourselves and lay down! not much else to do on this rainy day except for eat and sleep! i'm glad i got in a walk yesterday - it looks like it's supposed to rain nonstop for the next couple of days! it's really going to put a kink in my "walk to disney" plan. every day off means more walking the other days!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Nancy--I'm glad you liked the movie. I finished the book yesterday, and I really loved it. Especially with living in the pseudo south and having a son go to school in the south, I really identified with some of the stuff. I'm not sure if I want to see the movie though, I hate it when they change the book! I cried reading the book at times, so I can imagine what the movie will be like!

Lindsay--I enjoy other people's little kids. I am just really glad they are not coming home with me! Hope you got lots of cleaning done!

Kathy--oh, I am so glad we don't have a skunk problem! When does you vacation start?

Hello to the Lisas, and Maria, and Taryn.

We had a nice doggie free day. They are back home now. We went to the game last night and were going to go out to eat afterwards, but right before the game started we had a horrendous t-storm come through. One of the worst I have ever seen. It turned out to be a nice night, but about half way through the game we started hearing reports about damage. The interstate near our house was closed. Over 100000 homes are without power. School is supposed to start tomorrow and 48 schools are without power. So we decided to leave and go home around the 7th inning. Thank goodness we did. There were lights out/power outages the whole way home. A teenager ran out in front of our car on one of the almost dark streets and Mike had to jam on the brakes. It was a kind of scary ride home. Luckily we had power and only minor damage, though I haven't really looked at my roof yet. Our swing was in our neighbor's yard. I'm kind of glad I wasn't home, cause I was scared at the stadium, I think I would have been more scared at home!

I am going to force you all to hear about my w&d trip, cause I need something to be excited about. I redid my dining reservations today.

Here's my itinerary:
Thursday: 6:00am flight arrive at MCO 10:30. Still not sure if we are renting a car. As of right now we are staying at AKV Thurs and Friday and switching to BWV on Saturday. We have a waitlist for Thurs and Friday and if comes through we will take ME, if not we will rent a car.
Dinner Thurs: Narcoossee at 8:30pm (we plan to watch Wishes from there!) I love, love, love Narcoossee.

Friday: maybe AK morning EMH. Go to the expo sometime that day.
Dinner: Raglan Road 4:00pm, yep that's early, but I want to hang out at EPCOT that night.

Saturday: If we have to switch hotels, up by 7:00am. Check in at BWV by 7:30 and head to DHS for morning EMH. If we don't have to switch hotels, we can sleep a little longer.
Breakfast: Captain's Grille at Yacht Club at 10:00am
hang out the rest of the day. ice cream and snacks for lunch/dinner
PM-race and after race party

Sunday--no big plans. Dinner at 5:00 at Boma. And I am having the desserts this time even if they are not vegetarian!!! Sunday evening--DHS emh. I have to ride tower of terror in the dark at least once!

Monday--no big plans. Dinner--Rose&Crown at 5:50pm. We know we will be tired by then and are really hoping they get the g-f thing! Monday night 38special is the Eat to the Beat band. So we are going to watch them. Go have dinner and then run back to see them again afterwards. We are planning Illuminations that night.

Tuesday--check out. No big plans. Our plane doesn't leave until 7:30 so we have most of the day to hang out!

Mike is now talking about Marathon Weekend. We will be there for Christmas from the 21-27th. But he has wanted to do a marathon for a while now.....He's going to look at the point situation and see where we are at. I am still planning on Princess, though I have not registered yet. Not sure if I will run marathon weekend or not.

Then next October we told Tom we would take him and up to 5 or 6 of his friends for their fall break. We have been saving our BW points for a two br. It is going to be his 21st birthday present. I said I would buy tickets, provide the room, have food to eat in the room, and we could have one or two big meals out. So that should be lots of fun. Only children really get spoiled!

I hope everyone is having a good Sunday! I need to do a meal plan so we eat better this week and I am not stressing about not being at maintain again next week!

 

[Rose&Mike]

rose i'm bummed about the job update. how frustrating! all the more reason to go to disney if you ask me! all isn't lost though - sounds like they still really like him. they would have just blown him off if they didn't want him.

Yep, it was pretty frustrating! It's like no one wanted to tell him, either. The HR guy didn't want to say anything, so Mike finally talked to the hiring manager. He thinks the guy likes him and is still interested, but with no funding and the rest of the team not quite on board it becomes a harder sell. So, we'll see. It could still all work out, unless they couldn't just come out and tell him they weren't interested, but he didn't get that impression. Interviews are hard, and reading people is hard. You just never know. I just hope if they finally decide no, that someone tells him so that we can move on.

Oh and get this. After Tom spent weeks saying it was no big deal about us moving, etc, etc, he tells me yesterday he kind of hopes we are here at Christmas cause he wants to come home. Ok.......Too many emotions wrapped up in all of this! I just want it to be over! I wish we could afford to just move and find a job later, but we can't. Well we could, but I think it would be a stupid move and financially irresponsible. That's something you do in your 20s, not in your mid 40s. I think...I don't know. I had another nice chat with Tom yesterday. He talked to Mike too. He really seems to be doing well, so that's a relief!

Enjoy your rainy day. I kind of wish we would have a rainy day. I think we might both relax a little more.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Its a rainy day here. I went into work for 5 hours to get my employee evaluations done. I have to sit down with them this week to go over them. This is actually my least favorite thing to do.

Now we are all just relaxing. I got a lot of my backed up laundry done this weekend. I still had winter stuff in bins that needed to be washed. and blankets and towels too. I feel pretty accomplished and it seems like my house is finally starting to get organized again.

Nancy- Of course I got a letter in the mail yesterday from Ryan's childcare at school. Guess when the appointments for filling out new paperwork are...yep friday 8/26. I am going to call this wk to see if I can arrange to do it another day that week and I am thinking they will be able to honor my request. As far as the traffic. Friday is the only day I could come because Ryan has football Mon-Thur. I think it shouldnt be a problem to stay and leave around dinner. What time do you think is a good time to leave? I was trying to decide what time I should leave home to come to. Any suggestions?

Glad you had a good day alone yesterday. I was going to see friends with benefits by myself today after I left work because the theatre is right down the street but I couldnt get a hold of mike so I decided to just come home. Of course 5 min after I passed the theatre he called me back but I didnt feel like turning around. Now I wish I would have because my kids are being whiney and I could have used a few non-working hours to myself.

I hope everyone else is enjoying there weekend!!!!!