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

[Worfiedoodles]

Just in case something really annoying happens and we lose power and don't get it back in time for me to make a long post, I wanted to check in

Nancy -- I am sure you will be fine, I bet Thomas will be quite pleased he's found his way back into your bedroom. He may like it so much he doesn't want to leave Dr. Who is sci fi -- he's a timelord who travels through time and space with an Earth companion -- a great deal of his adventures take place in Earth's past, present and future. It's a British series that has been around for 40ish years, the most recent version rebooted about 5 years ago. It's on BBC America. While it is appropriate for older kids (scary monsters and stuff), I'm not sure if I would classify it as a kids' show. It has a spinoff called "Torchwood", which is definitely only for the grown-ups. If you like sci fi, you'd probably enjoy it. If you don't, not so much.

Rose -- I agree, not sitting together on the flights would definitely be a pain. You may find some nice stranger who offers to move Great job on the 6M! I haven't run in forever. I'm having a fresh, new start when we get back from Montreal. It will be a great time for me to mentally and physically get going again, particularly with the new Challenge!

Lisah -- I hope Wally is already feeling better and enjoying a pampering day Just don't run yourself too ragged playing nursemaid! it is a good thing I don't have to clean because I am so not in the mood

Lindsay -- Don't keep us in suspense, how did the Beast do in his first game?! Were the little cheerleaders at the game, too? That is so adorable! Are you ready for some ?

Here's a big for Taryn, Jude, Jennifer, Kathy, and Lisa!

Lucky me, Dennis agrees with you guys and I'm calling when we get back to switch to Movies and the preferred room. When I explained it would be closer to civilization and more secure (not that I'm really afraid at WDW, but still...), he asked me why it was even a question I probably should have told him I would have ultimate security at the Poly, but somehow I don't think that would exactly fly

We have laid in all the food we could want for tonight and tomorrow, we have water, we have a good supply of kitten vittles and litter, we put away everything in the backyard, my balcony furniture is in my bedroom, and I have more books and magazines than I could read in a month of Sundays. Now I just need to watch the weather and finish the

We have to turn off our phones when we leave the country 'cause I cannot afford to roam that much , so I won't see any posts or be able to post for awhile. I'm going to miss you guys and I can't wait to hear what went on while I was "gettin' some culturalization", as my rural Missouri relatives would say

Hopefully I'll be able to post tomorrow without a glitch

Maria

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Maria- Just in case we all loose power....Have a nice treat and enjoy getting culturalized.

Nancy- At least its down to a Cat. 1. Its sounds like you are prepared as can be and will be fine.

Rose- I have extreme flying anxiety and during the princess trip on the way home I had to sit by myself. It wasnt as bad as I thought it was going to be. Oh and a drink in Atlanta will definitely help.

Lisa- Sorry about poor kitty but glad it was nothing too serious. I hope she is doing better already.

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Ryan's game went great. It started raining about 15 min after they finished. I was so glad they started early. He got one flag....actually it was considered a sack since he grabbed the quaterbacks flag before he passed off the ball to the running back. He was very excited about that. Overall he did really well and did exactly what he was told to do. His team dominated and won 4 touchdowns to 1. It was very fun to watch. It was a Bowl Game that is a tradition to be played every year. So the team wins a trophy to keep in their field house. The kids loved that.

Oh Maria----these are not the pittsburgh steelers...we dont cheer for them either Our hometowns biggest company at one point was The Bethlehem Steel. So that is how they got the steelers name. We are black and silver. But for the record I have yet to hear my dh say lets go steelers. In fact Ryan wore an eagles wristband on his arm today for the game.

Our friends who came to ryans game came back to our house and we had hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill. They just left a little while ago.

Ok well it looks like for our area this storm may be more of a pain than a threat. The winds are now down to 30-50 mph. Is it silly that I am actually going to be disappointed if we dont loose power. I put alot of work into this preparation for power outages. Really I am just kidding. I hope we have nothing but a bad storm and that everyone else in her path stays safe too. We shall see soon. Looks pretty ugly in the outerbanks and VA. and why oh why do those weathermen stand out on the shore during a hurricane....really we can tell how bad it is without seeing how hard it is for them to walk. Thats just plain silly.

Talk to you all later.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

ok, there is such a thing as watching TOO much news! shoo! i think i'm going to turn it off.

maria - i stayed at Movies for the princess last year. i didn't do the preferred but it would have been nice if i had! it was a loooong walk back to the room after the race!

rose - hopefully you can get seats together on your flights. if not, at least you'll be in disney afterwards, right? i've flown so many times and used to fly ALOT for work that i'm ok with flying by myself. in fact, the flight i had down to disney for the princess was my favorite flight! lol! no baby and no husband to bother me

lindsay - glad ryan's game went so well! it doesn't look like you guys really are going to be hit by irene but i'm sure you'll get lots of rain! adn you know what? BECAUSE you prepared that means you won't get hit. that always happens! is it raining where you are now? it's starting to come down here.

lisa - how's the kitty feeling today??

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i posted in the other thread that i heard the bullhorns telling people to leave. the evacuation zone is just down the block so that's why i can hear them. it is a very strange feeling hearing it! my one friend's husband is a captain in the nypd and he's not leaving his house even though it's zone A. probably not the best idea to be a cop and disobey but i kind of get that he wants to stay home. i'm so glad we're not evacuated! what a pain!

so...i had a voicemail around 7:15 this evening from my parents house. it was my dad. which is VERY bizarre. he never calls me. i think in the last 5 years he maybe has called me twice. it's always my mom who calls. his message was just basically hi just calling to see what's going on down there. call me back. didn't call back. not going to. it's a shame really. i have a feeling that my dad and i would have an awesome relationship if my mom wasn't around. oh well.

anyway, i hope everyone has a lovely and relatively dry evening! we decided to put thomas in his crib in his room since the weather really isn't all that bad right now. if the wind kicks up a whole lot we will take him out. but for now we're just business as usual

 

[lisah0711]

Hope all our Princesses and Belles are safe tonight!

I am keeping my fingers crossed that since we haven't heard from Kathy that she and Michael headed someone place safe and dry for the second part of their vacation this week.

Rose, sorry about the seats on the flights. They do have seats that aren't booked until the last minute so maybe you will get to sit together. It's only for a bit and at the end of the ride is WDW! Sorry for the sore run today.

Maria, have a wonderful time. Hope that the kitties don't mind the storm too much.

Lindsay, glad that Ryan had a great game! I'm thinking football scholarship here!

Nancy, that would be weird hearing the bullhorns telling you to leave -- very surreal! I don't blame you for being tired of waiting.

Wally is feeling better but still not eating or drinking except for a tiny bit. I hope tomorrow that he will feel good enough to at least drink more as I don't want him to get dehydrated again. It doesn't help that it is the hottest weather all summer here.

So I will be getting up very, very early and going for my 10 mile run tomorrow. Then it's time to make sure that Robert is ready for his first day of school on Monday.

Stay safe, ladies, and do check in here or on FB when you can so we know that you are safe 'cause we love you and worry about you!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Glad everyone is doing ok so far.

Thanks for the replies on the flying. I don't mind so much sitting by myself, I mind sitting in a middle seat surrounded by what I am sure will be two sweaty strangers who did not wear any deodorant that day. I am really at a good place with most things. As stressed out as I have been this summer I am a billion times less stressed than before I went gluten free. I can't explain it, but it's like things just aren't as edgy as they used to be. I still get stressed out and I've had a few mini panic issues, but it is so much more manageable. From what I've read it is not uncommon for people with gluten issues/cd to have anxiety depression issues for years that often resolve themselves when you go gf. I don't think they know why, but one theory I read is that the gluten doesn't digest correctly and what is left effects your whole body, including brain stuff, this is in addition to the damage to your intestine which causes the malnutrition, etc. It's such a systemic disorder!

Ok, gonna call it a night.

Lindsay--glad the game was fun!

Stay safe tonight everyone. I really hope this is a non-event.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Glad everyone is doing ok so far.

Thanks for the replies on the flying. I don't mind so much sitting by myself, I mind sitting in a middle seat surrounded by what I am sure will be two sweaty strangers who did not wear any deodorant that day. I am really at a good place with most things. As stressed out as I have been this summer I am a billion times less stressed than before I went gluten free. I can't explain it, but it's like things just aren't as edgy as they used to be. I still get stressed out and I've had a few mini panic issues, but it is so much more manageable. From what I've read it is not uncommon for people with gluten issues/cd to have anxiety depression issues for years that often resolve themselves when you go gf. I don't think they know why, but one theory I read is that the gluten doesn't digest correctly and what is left effects your whole body, including brain stuff, this is in addition to the damage to your intestine which causes the malnutrition, etc. It's such a systemic disorder!

Ok, gonna call it a night.

Lindsay--glad the game was fun!

Stay safe tonight everyone. I really hope this is a non-event.

Gosh, this gluten issue is a nasty little you know what! Systems is right. I'm glad you feel less edgy about things but it must be very difficult. At least god made gluten free beer! Ok we are going to hope that not only do you and mike sit together but we will assume everyone will be properly bathed and deodorized!!! Stinky people are the worst!!!

Can't sleep anymore. Rain is nutso and I turned on the news. That was dumb!! Scary out there but so far so good here!!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Nancy--I hope you got some sleep and that things are still going ok. We are watching good morning america right now.

Would you believe our power went out last night???? We didn't even have thunderstorms. Won't that be funny if i'm the only one who lost power this weekend. I'm guessing someone hit a pole. We have underground power, but when someone hits a pole on one of the streets nearby we often lose power.

I hope everyone is still doing ok.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Well I am sitting at my computer desk with my legs crossed on my chair. Why you wonder.....well my computer is in our basement and my basement has about 6 in of water in it. uggh. So I am taking a mini break from shop vacking to check in and say hello. It is still raining horribly and very windy but that is about it. The worst is over us. Now its moving towards nancy.

The craziest thing was that our dog who is not at all bothered by weather had gotten me up multiple times last night panting in my face. He has finally calmed down. I kept checking outside and although it looked nasty everything seemed ok. There was no thunder or lightning. Im not sure what his deal was. I wonder if he sensed the water in our basement. It was bizarre.

I think I am going to event a shop vac that has a drain tube that you can just set in your sink. It only takes about 30 sec to fill and then I have to lug the heavy canister up and over the basement sink to drain it. What a royal pain in the butt. I just yelled at dh to get his lazy but off the couch and come help me. You would think I was the man in this relationship. So annoying.

Ok well I hope all my east coast friends are hanging in there.

I hope Kathy is enjoying her vacation somewhere dry....I cant wait to hear from her.

 

[mikamah]

Hello Princesses!!!! I have missed you all so much. I definitely had some dis withdrawal this week. My nephew was up with us for part of the week and had his laptop, but the wi-fi connection from the store next to us was off and on, so I didn't get to come and dis at all. Which is probably a good thing or I would have spend too much time on the computer.

We had a wonderful week. The weather was awesome, though we had a couple rainy days and one day we hung in and played games, and the other we went to an animal park/zoo for all animals that were either injured or rescued, all Maine type animals, bears, moose, foxes, wolves, fisher, and the most adorable possum we'd ever seen.

How are our carolina dissers doing? I thought of Taryn, Shawn, Nancy and Lindsay all right in the line of the storm, and hope you're all doing ok. I actually thought of you too Rose, since my geography is not the best, but came to the conclusion that Kentucky is inland, and hopefully you're all ok. Hope they did ok through the storm. It looks like we are not getting hit too hard here since it's sped up and moved more west. My brother and fam drove home last night since they have a 4 hour drive from the lake, which was a good plan for them. We stayed til this morning, and just got home now. Driving was awful at times with heavy downpours, but overall could have been worse. Our tv access wasn't the best, so we didn't really have current storm info, and yesterday we were all at the beach and thinking it would hit us tonight, so we were watching all the boats being pulled out of the lake, all the campers closing up their awnings, and someone said, "should we be more worried than we are?", and someone else said, "want another mimosa?", and so we chose not to worry too much. My cousin was there from arizona and going to NH today, so we may have come home last night if she wasn't staying, but I am happy to be home now. I got a bit stressed on the drive, so I'm relaxing with a big glass of sangria. Gotta keep that vacation mode going.

I skimmed real quick the last page, but I'll go back and read more and catch up with you all.

Lindsay-Ugh on the basement. THat just sucks.

Nancy- Hope you're all ok. I didn't see a post from you today. I'm thinking if you are still on the ipad, that may be it, or some power failure. Hang in there.

Maria- Have a fabulous vacation. Hope your power is on still!!

Lisa- Thanks for thinking of me today. Hope your kitty is ok. I am home and we'll head to the cape either tomorrow or tuesday. I'm on the fence now. We were going to go mon-thur, but the storm was supposed to stick around into mon, so I thought we'd go tues instead, but now it looks like monday will be beautiful too, so I think I'll need to see how much wine I drink today, and how much unpacking I do and then decide. Nice job on 10 miles!!! You are one motivated runner!!

I'll be back. I missed all you guys.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

she's baaaa-aaaaack! hi kathy! we sure did miss you over here but so glad you had a good time! that zoo sounds nice! mmm and the sangria sounds lovely!

 

[mikamah]

I think you are right about Princess Kathy having to change her plans. I keep thinking since she hasn't checked in that maybe she came up with a Plan B. Poor thing I think there was a hurricane around when she went on vacation this time last year at WDW.

You have the best memory. We did have a big storm here at home while we were in wdw in august last year, but we had a miraculous 7 day wdw august vacation without one drop of rain. It was amazing.

One more task to check off my list...I officially have a reservation for the Princess!

Whoo hoo!! So excited for you and doubley excited you are staying at Movies. You are worth it. I love, love, love the salad bar at movies. You chose what you want and they make it in a big bowl for you and mix it all up with the dressing. I know you can get grilled chicken or steak and they have so many vegies and stuff to pick from too. Probably not good for the night before the race, but after for sure.

I did a mile and half of the elliptical and went to strength class. But I did not make my maintain. I'm going to check again tomorrow. The frustrating part--I increased it by a pound, so I'm up a pound a half this week. Still hoping to see it tomorrow. The gluten free beers at the ball game are probably not helping. That and the chip binge earlier this week. Uggh. But I do feel like I am slowly getting back on track. I don't feel this constant urgency that I did earlier--cause the moving stuff is indefinitely on hold. Mentally I am in a much better place than I was even a week ago, so I'm sure I can get the weight under control!

I'm going to hit the stores this afternoon and see if I can find anything cute for our trip.

TTYL

Sorry you didn't make your maintain, but I know you will get right back down there. You have shown such resolve this year, and I know you will do it. Hooray for disney!!! I'll read back more, but when are you going? So glad you decided to do it. You deserve a magical vacation.

well, as suspected, the answer is no. my father wrote an email back that started with "certainly. but....." and then went on about how we are up high and that the chances of flooding on poplar ave are so slim and blah blah. thing is, it's not the FLOODING i'm concerned about. it's the hurricane WINDS. he of all people should know how these houses are - he grew up here in silver beach! these are little bungalows built originally to be summer homes in the 20s!

I just can't imagine them doing this to their own daughter. Totally ridiculous, and I'm glad you didnt' call your dad back later. He doesn't deserve it. I'm so sorry they are like this, and so happy you have Rose who has been through the same thing, and I hope you will be able to make peace with it, and know that it is so their issue, and you are a wonderful person and mom, and you will not turn out like them.
I just can't imagine them turning you down to stay with them during a hurricane.
I hope you didn't eat a whole cake, maybe just a piece.

Rose- I was cracking up at the ryne sandberg fan. how annoying. I hope he settles down for the rest of the games.

Maria- Glad your trip is still on. Im glad you have your trip set for the princess.

Nancy- So sorry about your crappy parents. You are so right. They probably have no idea how you feel and they are moving on with their day. Even if you did tell them how you feel or cry to them they probably will see it as your problem not theres. That just sounds like how they are. I know it must be hard for you.

Lisa- I hope you are able to enjoy a nice relaxing weekend.

I hope Kathy is still having fun despite all this crazy weather stuff.

Hello everyone else!!!!!

Ok I dont know why but I am now in a panic about this darn hurricane. I spent like 100 dollars on stuff today. Water, candles, non-perish food, batteries, flash lights, etc. I feel better being prepared though. I am just hoping not to have an anxiety attack about it. We are not in an evacuation area but I am more concerned about the winds. Our shed is old and we have been meaning to fix up the roof this summer. Hopefully it doesnt blow off.

Well I got to get back to my hurricane prep. Talk to you later.

I am up way earlier than I usually like for a Sat but with a good cause. Today is Ryans first official football game. It was originally scheduled for 12 but they moved all the games up due to the hurricane. So he has to be at the field by 8. Last night was the pep rally. It was so darn cute. they announced all the kids individual as a team and then they ran through a sign that said Go Steelers while they played music. The cheerleaders did some cheers. Ryan was smiling ear to ear and it validated why I am putting myself through the stress of nightly practice and all the other stuff. He was just so happy. Afterwards he told me he was surprised that his cheerleaders were so little. He said: "Those girls must be like 5. I said yep 5 and 6. He said that is too young for me. The other boys like some of the girls but I said no way thats gross." I can only imagine what the conversation was like with the boys on the field. too funny.

So funny. If Ryan needs any woman advice, he can call Michael. He is 9, so maybe he can hook him up.

I may have splurged yesterday and bought myself a VB Hipster in Safari Sunset. It is the perfect size for touring, so I plan to use it in Montreal, Vegas, Orlando, plus local errands. I don't have any other bags of that size that are crossbody, so it's going to become an integral piece of my travel wardrobe.

I was a hallmark last week again, perusing the VBs, but just can't pick one. Maybe I'm afraid I'll get addicted, too.

My poor kitty got very ill yesterday and had to be rushed to the vet. Poor guy was dehydrated and had to get fluids, antinausea and B-12 shots, bloodwork and an x-ray to check for obstructions. All which came back fine. He just had a very bad kitty stomach flu. I have to monitor him to make sure the he drinks and eats a bit today. Also to make sure the dog doesn't drive him crazy as she did not appreciate the cat going on a trip and not her.

Hope your kitty is feeling better today. Glad it wasn't an obstruction, and hopefully she's getting her fluids in today.

Almost forgot--bib numbers are out for w&d--I am 2324 and Mike is 2323. Hopefully that will put us in the B corral again.

Nancy--where are you today. I hope you all are doing ok.

Yay!!! Those sound like very lucky numbers!!!

the projected path has irene going pretty much right over the bronx and long island. thank goodness this is a category 1 and not the 3 that it was.

So glad you're doing ok, and so happy the storm was downgraded and the damage hopefully limited. So scary what could happen. We did feel a little irresponsible yesterday not coming home to button down the hatches, but all worked out.

I figured I'd go back and catch up a page at a time. 2 pages, one glass of wine. I think I'll take a dis break, and look for a place to stay on the cape. It's supposed to be a beautiful week here.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Kathy- so glad you are home safe and that this weather did not ruin your plans. The vacation sounded so nice. You even sound so much more relaxed.....well that could be the sangria and wine.

We can now see our basement floor again. My husband new what was best for him and he came down and helped. We took turns with the shop vac. He filled it up and empty it 10 times and then it was my turn, etc. After about 5 cycles of that we discovered that the drain seemed to be working again and the water was slowly draining. So that helped. Now we have our dehumidifier on and a fan blowing to dry it all out. Whew I am just so glad I prepared for this because there were toys and all kinds of stuff laying around and on Friday I picked everything up and piled it on a wooden platform we have. Hence the mess in the back of the picture if you saw my post of FB. Its definitely not a remodeled basement but more of a storage area.

Now we are in school preperation mode. Ryan's first day is tomorrow. I just cant believe I will have a first grader....where does the time go????

I ran out to CVS for some last min items I needed....oh I dont think I mentioned but CC Pm'd me and asked if I would be ok with her sending me some school supplies for Ryan...she asked if I had a list of the things he needed. I thought she just had some things at home from when she was a teacher so I happily accepted. Well she was so nice and sent him 2 packages of the supplies he needed. She even got him a backpack. She included a CVS giftcard for his sanitizer and mr clean eraser. She is such a sweetheart and I just cant believe her generousity. I just love her to pieces.

So we packed up his things in his back pack. I am trying to get on the website to load money onto his lunch card. I didnt have to do this last year since he only had half day kgarten...the daycare took care of lunch. This year he has the ability to buy whatever he wants with the card. this makes me a little nervous...I can see him buying junk and buying stuff for his friends too. What happened to the days of heres your school lunch and thats your only option....not chips,ice cream, snacks, etc.

We still need to pick out what he will wear on his first day and then I think he will be all set. I still have off tomorrow so I am looking forward to some quiet time by myself while he is in school and Nick is in daycare.

I guess you can tell I am a bit bored since I am so chatty huh.

Nancy and Maria I hope you are still doing ok.

 

[mikamah]

[BMike talked to the HR manager yesterday, and for now things are pretty much dead.

so sorry it didn't work out, and hoping something better comes along soon.

Ryans scrimmage was awesome tonight! He is starting on both offense and defense. He played almost the whole game. I am thrilled. He is improving more and more each day. I am just so proud.

I was thinking of letting him try gymnastics. He is constantly using my living room like a jungle gym so I thought that may be something he would like.

Mike got 2 tickets to the iron pigs (minor league baseball) game for monday night. Since ryan is back in school mike is taking nick. I think he will really enjoy the one on one time. Although when we told him he was sad his brother wasnt going. They just love each other.

That is awesome Ryan played so much and is doing well. How was the first game? I don't remember reading about it with the hurricane and all. Or maybe I missed it. Michael did gymnastics in preschool and again in 3rd grade and really loved it. We saw the Harrisburg Senators at our game in Portland last week.

I am suppose to work the snack bar tonight from 530-830p. Not really looking forward to that at all. I am really hoping for major thunderstorms with hail and lightening that last for at least an hour preferably from 6-7p if anyone can make that happen I would really appreciate it.

Did you have to work the snack bar? Thanks for the back to school reminder. Haven't done much about that yet.

Mike was singing the "there's not enough alcohol" song last night. Do you all know that song???

Luckily we never sang that song this whole week.

A long run and getting ready for school on the schedule for this week-end. Our county fair is here but no one seems to interested in going. Just as well as there might be some fair food to tempt me if we go.

mmmmm, the county fair is so about the food. Just not right. We have ours in october and I go for the apple crisp.

I seem to own stock in Yankee Candle, so it's going to be a fragrant and nostalgic hurricane

Hope you have power, and are burning the candles anyway to creat the mood.

Oh, I almost forgot Michael jumped off a cliff, about 15 feet high into the lake. He was sooooo excited and proud. I wasn't in the boat with him at the time, so I didnt' see it, but my sil took a video and she'll post it on facebook. I had seen it before, and told him he could do it with his uncle if he wanted, and when they went by it there were lots of other families out jumping, so they decided to do it. It was the highlight of his trip for sure. I think he probably did better without me there. I am nervous in the water, so I probably would have made him more nervous, but he loved it.

 

[mikamah]

I guess you can tell I am a bit bored since I am so chatty huh.

I'm so glad you're here so I can catch up with you live. I've caught up to tuesday I think.

That is so sweet of CC. She is so generous with the hh gifts too.
We have the school lunch card thing too, and it's nice to through a 100 dollars on it once in a while rather than every day or week. Your basement sounds so exhausting. I have a sump pump, thank goodness. Glad the water is starting to recede.

I must go get some lunch for us. BBl.

 

[Rose&Mike]

Lindsay--you might be able to put a flag on his account to keep him from buying junk, or to limit the amount of extras that he can buy. I know you could at our elementary school. Tom took pb&j EVERY day even through high school. Shoot even now. He would call Mike after the baseball games if he had to work later this summer and ask him to make him "2 open faced sandwiches." Mike makes better pb&j's than me.

Kathy--glad it was fun and glad you made it home safe. Very cool about the cliff jumping.

Lisa--how's the kitty?

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I must not have posted it, but I did see my maintain yesterday. (Without any extraordinary measures--like running 12 miles.) When I got up yesterday I was in the maintain range so I sent that weight to Dona. It's still up a tiny bit from last week, but I had already decided to raise it a pound anyhow, so that worked out fine. Now that's behind me and hopefully I can relax a little bit about the weight stuff at least.

It is cracking me up that I am the person who didn't have power last night!

I'm supposed to be making a food plan for today-Thursday. It's only 4 days, you would think it would be easy!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Im starting to wonder what I ever did to deserve this.... I try to take a week off for some peace. It gets interrupted by meetings, earthquakes, and hurricanes. Now I thought I would get one day of peace to recupperate and guess what School's Closed.

So now tomorrow I will have to find some more things to keep my boys occupied. Mike and Nick are going to the Iron Pigs game at night and I promised Ryan the two of us can do something special. I also need to go grocery shopping but doing that with the two of them never is fun.

Ok I am going to go wallow in my self pity.

Im sure I will be more upbeat and positive in the morning.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

aw, lindsay that totally stinks! no quiet time!! booo! what are you going to do today? good luck. i hope the day goes smoothly!

i came on here to vent. i ate really badly this weekend and my weight is up to 160 which means i've gained 25 lbs. i told john that i was mad at myself about it and said that i really wanted to be under 160 for when we went to disney. and he said, "well you still have two weeks!" WHAAAT???? it took him a second and then he said, "oh i'm kidding." no he wasn't! he didn't think. uuggghhh i'm so sick of him not thinking. his first thought is that i can lose weight and then, oooh right she's pregnant. and he tries to play it off like he's kidding.

i'm so crabby now.

i'm hoping that some of the streets have cleared so we can get to maritime. but it's not looking good - they might not let us on campus if any trees fell. i really need to go for a walk.

 

[Rose&Mike]

Lindsay and Nancy-- I hope today goes better.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Good Morning Pretty and Terrific !

I hope you are off to a good start, well, ok some of you aren't, but the day can and will turn around!

This is just about my last post on the DIS, I'll try to hit the main thread one last time too if I have time. You guys are the priority

We are all packed and ready, I need to wake Ben up in a minute and Dennis is finishing up. I'm waiting for my eggs to cool so I can eat them.

Nancy -- I am sorry about the gain, I know you are really frustrated. Pregnancy is not for the faint of heart, there are all kinds of toughies. I want you to focus on the most important thing -- BronxBaby is a healthy little bugger, and that is excellent! You know you can get off all the weight you put on, no matter how much or how little. You have done this before, and think how determined you will be!

Lindsay -- I know this is not what you planned, but you have proven you are nothing if not adaptable. You will roll with it and still make it a good day! I am really sorry about your basement and the flooding. That stinks. Our ground is saturated and there is a carpet of green leaves over everything, but other than that we seem to have been quite fortunate. We have a beautiful, bright day of sunshine -- I hope you have the same! We are fortunate in that Benjamin really doesn't have time to stand in line for the school lunch and doesn't really enjoy it, so he takes a lunch from home. It has chips, but I know for sure he got protein and a fruit. Plus, we have always emphasized how important it is to eat right to do well in school, so he pays attention to his breakfast and lunch, he really wants to succeed, at least so far

Rose -- So happy you kept your maintain! And without power, too! I agree, it is odd you were the only one who lost it. I would not normally think of KY as the middle, but for this thread, it works I won't get to chat with you again before, so ! I hope you and Mike have the kind of trip dreams are made of Oh! And I'm going to be asking you a strategy question about DHS -- better EMH AM or PM for Toy Story Mania and Star Tours? I'm wrestling with the ticket options for Princess and I should figure this out

Kathy -- Your trip sounds wonderful -- and a cliff jumper! Wow, they grow so fast, don't they? Ok, now I am already looking forward to that salad bar at Movies! By the time I get to my resort after I land, I will be ready for lunch. That sounds perfect! Dennis would agree with you that I'm addicted to the VBs. I think I am done for the Fall, my next bag (unless they come out with something new will be a new bag I get for Princess if I lose those 20 lbs. When I lose those 20 lbs.

Lisah -- 10M in the hottest weather of the summer?! You Great job! I hope Wally continues to improve today. We are all wishing him a speedy and healthy recovery Ooh! Forgot to wish Robert a fantastic first day of school! Hope it goes well for Mom, too

I guess I'd better get moving and hope I have time for that last BL thread post...you guys have a Fantastic week, in the immortal words of Tarzan's mom (or Phil Collins, more likely ) You'll be in my heart!

Maria

 

[mikamah]

Good morning, princesses.

Lindsay- I am so sorry about school being cancelled. It is such a bummer when you have some alone time planned, and then it doesn't happen. I hope those boys stay in line today and you have a special mommy and me night with Ryan.

Nancy-Sorry about the number, but is is just a number, and that precious little baby needs that stupid number to keep going up. Hang in there. I loved the pic of your baby belly. You look amazing and beautiful. Hang in there. And helloooooo, 2 weeks!!! The dancing should be starting!!

Lisa- Hope you're able to get Robert up for school with out any issues. Will the butternut squash be in his class? That cracked me up. So funny. Guess there are more worrisome vegetable names though. I'm happy to avoid the cell phone texting for a while longer. Hope Robert has an easy transition back to school this week.

Rose-Happy you're back to your maintain!! Yay. So exciting 4 days til disney!! I hope you and mike have the most magical and relaxing vacation ever.

Jennz- So nice to see you back! Can't believe dd is in 8th grade. Hope the low carb is going well for you.

Maria- You're probably on the road, so have a fabulous trip!

Hello to all our other princesses and lisabelles.

We are going to go to Canobie lake amusement park today. It doesn't open til 11, so it's not a rush. It's a nice park with lots of grassy areas, and it's on a lake, obviously, so it's pretty relaxing.

Tomorrow we head to the cape for 2 nights. I booked a hotel last night that was 25 dollars cheaper now than a few weeks ago, so that a bonus. We're bringing out bikes and I think tomorrow we'll take the ferry to Martha's vineyard and bike there, then check in to our hotel late afternoon/evening. Our hotel is right near the falmouth bike path, so thursday I'd like to be a no driving day, and we'll bike around the town and to the beach, etc. The hotel has a pool too. and wi-fi, but I think I'll leave the laptop home and finish my book. I didn't read as much last week as I thought, so I'm determined to finish Cold Mountain and at least read another one before I go back to work.

Off to get some breakfast going. Have a fabulous day!!