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[mikamah]

Good morning ladies,

Nancy, funny you mention baking the cookies. They were m&m with chocolate chips because I didn't have a whole bag of either so I mixed them. But I wished I had baked them friday night, but forgot. So anyway, while I was baking, I gave michael a modge podge of lunch, the rest of the ham, a mini bagel, and I put a can of chicken noodle soup in the microwave, in a bowl, not the can, I wasn't that fried. It was princess soup I bought as a joke, well this was saturday at 1ish, and last night he showed me his bookmark that is the fab 5 on one side, and the princesses on the other and that jogged my memory that he never ate the princess soup, and low and behold it was still in the microwave. Whoops, guess I was a little chicken fried after the race.

So I'm feeling better, and I know I did eat a lot this weekend, but my scale is up 5 pounds. My eyes are puffy too, so I know it is fluid, but that's an awful lot. I'm going to drink lots of water today and try to flush it all out. We had bacon and pancakes for dinner yesterday, and leftovers for lunch at my sisters, chicken/broc/ziti, and I know that was salty too.

I need to get my eating under control. I'm almost back up to 220. I know some of that won't stick around, but it is a wakeup call. I didn't like seeing that number on the scale today. Tonight I will make my shopping list, and meal plan for the week, and today I'll start tracking again. If I can walk/run 13 miles, I can certainly control what goes in my mouth. Imagine how much I could do once I get this weight off. Next week, I will start getting out and running in the mornings again. I think I"m going to pretend I'm doing the Tink with the Lisa's and that might motivate me to get the runs in.

Nancy Such an emotionally draining weekend you had. Hang in there. Can you and bronxbaby try to take a nap with Thomas today? Don't you be doing no housework. Just relax with your feet up and let thomas do whatever he wants. John will clean it all up after work.

Rose - Slacker is one word that does not describe you. Some times you need to take a little break. Hope you enjoy the gym, and if you decide not to go, so what. Your doing a half marathon in disney this weekend!!! When do you leave? Do share more details please. Any dis meets happening?

Hello LIsa, Maria, Lindsay, Liesel. Hope all is well!!

Off to work now. Have a great day!

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning Princesses and Belles!

Kathy, hope that you got some rest yesterday! How funny to run into Kelly again at the race. I'm not a fan of white tech shirts either. Too see through when wet. Maybe that sax playing will help you keep up with your running -- you can run around the block a few times while Michael is practicing. I was kind of relieved when Robert exchanged the violin for choir.

Rose, sorry about the regular beer. I could not imagine how terrible you would feel if you had to do gluten for six whole weeks before a test. You would have a horrendous day every day the whole time. I know that you feel so much better when there is no gluten in your life. And the thing you were forgetting?!? It was your trip plan!

Nancy, sorry about the headache. It was quite an emotional week-end for you and with the hormonal soup you have going on there -- it's the double whammy! Take it easy today and enjoy yourself with Thomas. Maybe he will take a nice long nap for Mommy!

Lindsay, hope your relaxing, family day was fun!

We had a nice time at the Opera. It was interesting. I'm not a big fan so I will be looking for a symphony or musicals for the rest of those assignments. Robert seems like he might be coming down with the first bug of the school year so I am waiting to see how he feels in a few minutes. He had a bit of a fever last night so I'm guessing he will be home today. We will do a coin toss to see who takes which shift.

Have a great day Princesses!

 

[liesel]

Hi, I'm back from Hawaii! We had a fantastic time, but are exhausted after taking an overnight flight Saturday night, I didn't sleep at all, too uncomfortable. We got home yesterday morning. I've managed to get the pictures loaded onto the computer, but that's it so far. I'll do a mini TR later. I have a very horrifying weight gain to report for this week. I know part of it is water and the fact that I pulled an all nighter, but still! I hope to get back on track this week, I need to resume Tink training tomorrow, so I think I'll just go on an easy walk today.

I am on vacation countdown again already, 22 days until DLR and our nephew's wedding. We didn't plan on having 2 vacations so close together, but with this wedding it just worked out that way. At least the kids will be out of school on fall break for this one. So far I want to drive the Tink route while I am there and go for a run roughly 48 hours after arriving (around the same amount of time I'll be in Anaheim before running the Tink) so I can better gauge the difference in temperature and altitude and see what my pace is like.

I missed two halfs while I was gone, so congrats Lisa and Kathy! I enjoyed reading both of your race reports, it just gets me excited for my own race. You are both so inspiring!

Rose I can't wait to hear all about your trip this weekend. Sorry about the rotten year and the gluten issues. I totally understand the desire to have an official diagnosis, but 6 weeks of gluten would be so awful!

Maria I saw your earlier posts and that you are very busy with work right now, I hope you find time to stop in and say hi.

Kathy and Lindsay I enjoy hearing all about your adventures with football. Kathy my DS just started playing trumpet, its very interesting hearing him practice!

Nancy I'm sure you are doing a fantastic job coaching, it seems like a very big group over there, overwhelming at times. I haven't even posted on this challenge, I need to be more involved. I'm trying to remember the people that personally reply and respond to them more, I've wasted a lot of time replying to people who only post what they are doing and then never hearing from them! about your parents. I hope things get better and that they want to take a more active part in your awesome family's life.

I need to get this out of the way before I talk about my trip later and post a few pics. I am not happy with any of the pics that I am in. I need to pick a couple to post on FB, but its going to be hard. Especially the photos of me surfing. I was so proud of how well I did, especially because it was physically demanding (and lots of fun!), but my legs look awful. It didn't help that I had a funky shorts tan line that make my thighs look even worse. Plus my back was to DH who was taking the pics in all the pictures, so not flattering! But that is where I carry my weight, so it is what it is. I'll look better and be even stronger next time I try surfing!

Have a good day everyone, I have so much to do!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Holy cannoli batman! I have a race in less than a week and I don't know what I am going to wear. I did get some new stuff for my hair that keeps the frizz down, so the important part--how will my hair look in the before race pictures--is covered. I guess in the back of my head I wasn't sure if I would actually be able to do this race, so I didn't plan very well. The foot is still not perfect, but I think I will at least be able to start--and giving how stubborn I am, I am guessing I will finish.

Liesel--I'm glad Hawaii was fun. I can't wait to hear about it. I'm sorry about the pictures--I really get it. I honestly don't recognize myself in older pictures. But I know I speak for everyone--we want to see the surfing pictures! So cool!

Lisah--How is Robert???? And thanks for the pep talk. I guess I have felt so cruddy for so long and the doctors always looked at me like I was a hypochondriac that I just feel without a "real" diagnosis that people still think I am a hypochondriac. Not Mike and not you all and not my doctor. So who else matters? I don't know why this bothers me so much.

Kathy--I hate the "after race bloat." Hopefully it will be gone quick! You can do the food Kathy! You can do it! You can do it! Picture how proud of yourself you will be. Picture how fast you will be!!!!

Hi to Maria and Lindsay and Nancy and Taryn and Pamela!

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So I felt crappy all day--again. But I went to strength and I'm happy to say, sweating it out seemed to help. I am now icing my knees and foot. The foot is driving me crazy! But hopefully I will be able to do the race.

I am going to be have to be the *itchy mom this week. Tom still doesn't have a doctor. I'm going to have to tell him I will pick up one more prescription and that's it. Uggn!

Ok, I promise a little pre-trip report later. TTYL.

 

[liesel]

Ok, I have some pics on FB. They are pared down quite a bit because there were around 350 of them! If you want to friend me, you can either PM me or look on Lisah's list. I also sent your friend request Rose! I'll try to post some pics with a mini tr on here tomorrow, yes Nancy, there are mac nut pancake pictures!

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Good Morning, and !

We got up at 4:30 to take the 'rents to the airport, and now I have a few minutes before ds gets up and demands the computer to print the homework he inevitably forgot to print last night

Ok, the super-busy continues at work, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I have plenty to keep me busy, but if people actually start to get their stuff in a little early, I may only have to work one day next weekend. We shall see...

I am eating any carb that crosses my path, and exercise is a dim memory. Tonight I am going to bed at a decent hour, getting up and running, and then going to work. I am going to ignore the fact that TOM is being particularly evident (perhaps a side effect of no exercise and the crappy diet ), and just do it.

Last night we had Ben's Open House. I was very impressed with all the Masters (teachers). He has a challenging year, but so much opportunity to educational and personal growth, I really hope he takes advantage of it. We'd better start saving, it seems that the French classes take a trip to the MotherLand during their junior year. Ooh La La!

Lisa -- Now I'm going to have to go to FB and see if we're friends. I have 21, you could be on the list! I am so bad about keeping up with that account or even checking, but I want to see these photos!

Rose -- I have no doubt you will finish W&D, you are a get it done kind of gal! And I can't wait for the PTR. You have no idea what a nice read that will be for me, to dream along with you a bit. I'm sorry the gf is getting to you -- I don't see how it couldn't, considering everything you have had and have going on. Taking some time for you is a good thing, I promise! Thanks for the support on the church thing. You hit the nail on the head, I didn't come to that decision lightly and I really resented her acting like I did. We go through cycles with our involvement at church. With Ben going through confirmation this year, we have to be there a lot. I need to not resent showing up all the time. I have a meeting coming up right after Columbus Day I need to prepare for, and I've done absolutely nothing. I guess I'll try to get to it soon. I definitely have fatigue and I need a break. I'm sorry she just got here, but I've been slogging it out for years and I do resent the constant demands for my time and energy. I only have so much, and I have to put my oxygen mask on first

Lisah -- I'm with you on the opera. I've tried, but I just can't get into it. I would totally be heading for the musicals, I love them! Ben really wants to see "The Book of Mormon", but I'm not sure when we can make a trip to NYC and getting tickets is a whole other matter...I'm jealous Nancy has all the new shows right in her back yard! How is Robert feeling? Those first bugs of the year can be rough.

Kathy -- Clearly we need to tackle this weight thing together. I am inching so close to the point where I said I would not go again, and yes, there is a 2 involved...so we are going to make a plan, follow the HH, and hit this thing hard. Do not let the post-race weight gain fluster you. That is temporary. That's what I'm telling myself about TOM -- Hey, have you guys noticed we seem to almost all be in sync with TOM --we must be in the same tribe! Apparently my e-mail questioning the confirmation schedule was not the only one they received. We got a new e-mail with a reduced schedule (including no class on Christmas). I think they didn't think through the fact that people actually go to visit their relatives on holidays, and don't all stay home all the time. I also think people are more compliant with whatever they are told to do regarding church in the native countries of our pastor and youth pastor (the Philippines and South Korea), and they just expected we would not have issues with whatever they set. In their minds, what better than a class about becoming a church member on Christmas? The more I think about it, the more I think it is cultural.

Nancy -- Oh my, you have had quite a weekend. I hope you give yourself a few days to recover emotionally before you start thinking too much and making decisions. You need to let yourself settle before you decide what your next move is. I am so proud of you for having that talk with your dad, I know it was really, really hard -- and you did it! I am sorry I haven't answered a single one of your questions yet. I am not doing well with making it to the main thread this week. If I get a little time later today, I will just post something -- I do appreciate the work you put into the questions, and they are making me think! I also get frustrated with the people who use it as a blog and never say a word to anyone else. I get that way when I'm overwhelmed, but even then I try to at least at a few people!

Lindsay -- Ok, my "reach back" doesn't go to your last post, but I believe we left off with you about to have a day of footbal and bday partying. I hope it was a blast and the Beast had a great game!

Okay, gotta get everyone moving and myself to work.

Everybody have a wonderful week, I'll check in when I can. Sometimes I have to just take ten minutes, reply to a post or two and chill out...

Maria

 

[Rose&Mike]

Liesel--great pictures!

Maria--Hang in there! Things have been so crazy for you! And I think you might be right--it very well may be a cultural thing. There were a lot of things that kind of put us permanently off the church thing, but one of the last straws was when they had their confirmation retreat. In the history of this church they always had an overnight retreat. Well Tom's class was the first class where they had public school kids and church school kids. (They started a school when he was in 2nd grade and confirmation was 8th. So a lot of the 8th graders went to private school and some went to public school for the first time.)

Well some of the parents of the church school expressed some concerns about the overnight retreat--they didn't want their daughters around the public school boys overnight. We were LIVID!!!! Then they scheduled the retreat on the same day as the public school showcase of schools--the day when all the 8th graders can learn about the different high school choices. We told them Tom might miss a few hours and it did not go over well and I got a big old lecture. So fine, we go to the retreat and half the church school kids were missing because of a volleyball game. Seriously. Mike thought he was going to have to hold me down. I can't even tell you how angry I was. There were A LOT of other things, but I won't go into them. Mike was a mass rep and I did a lot of sewing and decorating for the church and after that we were done. I feel loads of guilt, but it was not a healthy place for us. Hopefully this new pastor will settle in and things will go well. The funny thing--we loved the priest. We just couldn't stand all the bs.

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Ok, typing that out was oddly cathartic.

Today is my last day of work for 8 days!!! I am really looking forward to a break. I know I only work 3 days a week, but I feel like I cram a lot into those 3 days.

So here's the plan:

Work today. Dick's after work--my running shorts are kind of huge and I don't feel like wearing a skirt for the race. I haven't bought new running shorts since last summer--I was probably 25 pounds heavier. I know I am breaking the cardinal rule of "don't wear something new." I'm going to look for a new t-shirt too. Maybe the chafing will distract me from the foot issues.

Wednesday--rehem some pants and shorts and a pair of pants. Lately we have had so many things where the hem has come out. What is with that??? I need to make a trip to the library and pack. I also need to pack my emergency food. I hope to be packed by the time Mike gets home from work. Mike will take the dogs to the kennel when he gets home. They love our dogs. I'm so glad we found such a good place for them to hang out when we are out of town. One of our dogs is a shelter dog and he has some "issues." The plan is to be in bed by 9:00pm. Oh, nevermind. Mike has a conference call with Korea or china or somewhere. Can't remember. Ok, in bed by 9:30.

Thursday--up at 4:00. Our of the house by 4:30. Airport 4:45. Flight 6:00am. Arrive MCO 10:30. I'm hoping to be having lunch at ESPN zone or Mexico. I have been CRAVING a hamburger. I haven't decided if I am going to give in or not. I might wait until after the race. Thursday afternoon I am hoping the weather is warm because I want to sit at the pool and do nothing. Thursday night we have 8:30 reservations at Narcoosees!!!! We will be able to see Wishes from there. It is so wonderful. They pipe the music in and watching the fireworks over the water is lovely.

Friday morning we don't have any plans. Maybe sleep in and then go to the expo. If we wake up early we will probably hit a park for an hour or two and then go to the expo. Friday afternoon at 4:00 we are going to Raglan Road and then heading to Epcot for the evening.

Saturday morning I have planned am emh at DHS and then a 10:00am breakfast at Captains Grill at Yacht Club. But I'm on the fence. It's the 40th anniversary and I can't decide if we should deal with the crowds at MK. If it weren't race day......Saturday afternoon I might try to get my foot taped and we will have ice cream somewhere and watch Carolina football. Saturday night--race and party. Hopefully I will feel better at the party this year. Last year I was pretty nauseous and couldn't eat or drink anything.

Sunday--sleep in. We have Boma reservations for 5:00. DHS has evening EMH and we will probably head there to ride TOT.

Monday--Rose&Crown for dinner and then hang out at epcot. I have read that R&C does a good job with gf.

Tuesday--I don't have reservations but plan on going back to Raglan Road for onion rings. Our flight is 7:30 pm so Magical Express will probably be 4:30pm.

Sometime in all this we will visit babycakes and ghiradelli. And get fries somewhere. What a junk food eater I am!

We are having Garden Grocer deliver breakfast and lunch food--so lots of healthy choices. I'm going to get a bag of gf bagels tomorrow to take along.

So that's the plan. Very low key. We are planning on renting some kind of water craft this trip. We keep talking about doing it and we never do. And we might go to DTD and just ride the boat to OKW and back. I have been trading messages with Cam but haven't worked out anything yet. I still am hoping we can meet up with some Wishers, but I haven't worked real hard. Let's face it, I have been a little depressed. But hopefully things are looking up.

I hope I didn't bore you all. Thanks for reading!

**Please keep my niece in your thoughts. I emailed my sister this morning and I don't think things are going well.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

good morning friends! i'm doing a quickie post and then going back and reading. i keep reading the posts and then don't get a chance to respond and then i wind up not getting back on for a while. i'll post back later hopefully during naptime.

rose - i didn't get to read the pre trip report but i did remind myself that i have the maturity of a 13 year old boy because i giggled that you're going to Dick's today. what is wrong with me?? really excited about your trip! oh and i noticed rose and crown - i haven't eaten there in probably 12 years - looking forward to hearing what you think of it.

maria - 4:30 wake up time? ew. that's only acceptable when you're up to catch a 7am flight to disney! sheesh. glad there's a light at the end of the tunnel with all this work crap. oh and you think YOU'RE eating every carb? not possible as i've crammed most of them in my mouth!

liesel - i just friended you!

lisa - how's robert feeling? still sicky? feverish? seems like kids get sick right when school starts, right? those schools are like big petry dishes of ick!

kathy - mmmmm i bet that princess soup was delicious the next day!! chicken fried is right! or, just mommy brain! i do stuff like that all the time.

lindsay - hi!! i saw you were tagged in a nutcracker picture...what's the story there??? and ryan's team is undefeated?! woot! we need to start making BEAST t-shirts!

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well i posted more than i thought! typical. yesterday i'm pretty sure the devil took over my child. my aunt came over in the morning for coffee and thomas took a HARD toy ball and chucked it at her FACE! she was bleeding a little. i felt horrible, embarrassed and pissed! she of course was like, "oh don't worry about it." yeah, ok. and it just kept going on from there. we are trying to now limit the pacifier ("gogie") to only at nap and bedtime and it is not going over well. and that's putting it VERRRRY lightly.

yesterday at 3 my mom called. i bit the bullet and picked it up. thomas was screaming for his gogie right when i picked up so we talked about that right off the bat. and we wound up talking for like 2 hours! and not once did anything about the last few weeks come up. i'm ok with that. i talked to my dad. he knows. and he's the reasonable and rational one. i know they at least talked a little to each other b/c my mom knew about how john went to PA on sunday (i had told my dad that). and she said they were coming to visit on saturday. i plan on saying something like, "i hope we will be seeing you more now" and then letting it go. i will be holding my father accountable though. in a couple weeks i'll remind him that thomas needs another visit. so, that's that.

i STILL have not started my trip report. one of these days...one of these days...

 

[mikamah]

Good morning, Princesses and Tinkerbelles!!

LisaL- I friend requested you, and can't wait to see your pics. Love the profile picture, guessing it's the hawaiian coastline, and can only imagine how beautiful it was to be there. I hear you on the pictures too, but you were out there surfing!! That is something to be proud of. So glad you had a great time, and only have 3 weeks til DL!! Phew, I've really got some vacation envy going now.

Rose-So sorry things aren't going smoothly for your niece. She will be in my thoughts and prayers. It is so scary for everyone involved. I hope they get the work up done quickly and a plan in place soon.

Love hearing about your disney plans, as if any of us would be bored living vicariously through you. The narcossees with wishes sounds so romantic. Vacation is all about the splurges, have those onion rings as much as you can fit in.

Nancy-No, you're not immature. Yesterday I took a message for my charge nurse from our manager that she needed to do an eval on a guy we work with named Dick, so I wrote, "Linda, do Dick today. His eval, I mean. " I wonder where michael gets it from. lol. Glad your folks are coming to visit this weekend, and I hope the gogie thing improves. Michael had his pacifier til his 3rd birthday when he was going to give it to santa for a new baby, but when we went to the mall, he changed his mind, so the binky fairy took it from him that night, and he got 10 dollars which we spent on a big rubber wrestling guy at the mall. You have a lot of changes coming up with the new baby too, and for thomas, I'm one to think if it brings him comfort and you some quiet time, so be it. I hope it is a quick adjustment, but if it's too much, it is ok to wait longer too. I don't see any kids getting on the bus with their binkies, but some kids need it longer than others. Guess I'm pro binky. Good job coaching this week. Sorry I've not been there as much either.

Maria-Ok, let's do this!! Let's get this weight off once and for all. I was just saying to lisa why is it I can get up one day, like today and be all pumped, got my healthy shopping list, and i'm going to do this, and then in a few days, I'll find myself just gorged on thousands of calories of crap. We can do this. We have done it before. That is funny about Tom. Mine lasts so long now, it's easy to overlap with me. Love getting old. I need to do the hh too. I feel like I don't have enough time in the week to keep track of it all, but I guess that is just an excuse. My table is piled high with papers from school I need to go through. I am going to commit to run/walking 3 days a week starting next week. We can do it!!!

LisaH- Hope ds is feeling better this morning, and you'll be able to get to work and school. Opera does not appeal to me at all. We try to do a christmas show with my sister each year, we saw the Grinch, and Christmas Carol, and I saw the Rockettes are coming to Boston, so maybe we'll do that. I don't know how much michael would enjoy that, so we'll see. It will be here before we know it. I did my pto tally to figure out what days we'll be closed and how many hours I'll have. I'd like to take a couple long weekends off too. Was today the day you were going to get out running again? Good luck!! Hope you're feeling fully recovered from your half.

Lindsay-Hope you're having a good week. You're probably being the responsible mom/wife and taking care of the house, family, work, instead of dissing like me and letting my house fall apart. That is great that Ryan's team is doing so well. We got a long email from our coach this week about some parents behavior. Apparently there are quite a few monday morning quarterbacks trying to tell them what to do, and one actually said that losing is unacceptable. Freaking ridiculous. We're 1-2. This weekend we did better 14-0 rather than last weekends 36-0, so I thought that was pretty good. As long as michael's happy, I'm happy. And he is. He really doesn't let the losing get him down for very long. Hope you're having a great week.

Well, I was going to go check out Lisa's hawaii pics, but she's not my friend yet. She's probably working or getting kids off to school or something less important than checking facebook for new friends. Sheesh. I guess I'll pop on the bl thread and try to catch up a bit.

Have a perfectly princessey tinkerbelley day all.

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning Princesses and Belles!

Lisa, so nice to have you back! Looks like a wonderful time and you all looked like you were having a blast. And you look lovely in your pictures!

I will be interested to hear your report about the Tink route. See this lovely outfit that Kathy found for us http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs048/1103343696052/img/82.jpg from sparkleskirts?

Rose, can't wait to hear what you find to wear for your race! Loved the PTR. And really who cares what other people think? All you have to say is "my body doesn't tolerate gluten" and leave it at that. Sending lots of and good thoughts for your niece.

Maria, hang in there! Do you have something fun planned for yourself for when you get through this busy time? A special book or movie?

Nancy, glad that you had a good conversation with your Mom. It may take some reminding to get them with the program but you can do it. Oh, and I'm in the Kathy camp on the gogie. You think these stages will last forever but they don't. There are a lot of big changes coming in your house. Whatever people need to get them through it.

Kathy, loved the story about how the binky was traded for something that could be beat up.

Lindsay, looks like the Beast is having a great season!

Robert is home sick again today. Can't shake the fever. He was up at 4:15 am this morning. Popped him in the bath and he is camped out on the couch now. We make sure it is boring at our house when you are sick, no computer or Playstation games. I tried to get him to watch some Playhouse Disney or Nick Jr for old times sake yesterday but was shot down fast. So we watched Andromeda Strain and The Towering Inferno. Looks like it is Voyager today. You know that they feel bad when they really just want you right there with them -- just like the good, old days.

Have a great day!

 

[mikamah]

Good morning Ladies!!

Lisa-So sorry Robert was still sick yesterday. It must be getting up time in your house soon, so I hope he's all better today. Smart not to have the video games available so staying home if you're not really sick is not as enticing. So funny, no nick jr for him. He really is growing up. During our vacation one morning, I came out and michael was watching Dora the Explorer. Did you order the tink dress yet? You and Lisa will look just adorable in them!!! The towering inferno was one of my mom's favorite movies. Hope he's better and you had some nice bonding time.

Not much happening here. I'm only up 2.4 pounds now. So that is good. I shopped yesterday, controlled myself at the snacks, so if I want chocolate, I'm not going to find it here.

I know it's quiet at work today, so I may get out early, and with no football tonight, it will be nice to just have a relaxing evening. Maybe we'll watch a movie.

I guess the main person complaining about football is little Clifton's mother. Big surprise there. She is just out there. She called me yesterday and asked me to drop him home after practice, but luckily she didn't get into it. Clifton is not in michael's class this year, which is a great thing because the two of them together too much is not a good thing, and they are getting along just fine for football.

LIesel- Your pictures are just amazing. The view from your hike was breathtaking. And I am so proud of you for surfing!! I think you and ds looked great. I for one don't think I'd even be able to get up on my feet. Very impressive.

Rose - In 24 hours, you'll be on the plane, the plane!!! So excited for you!! And so jealous too. But even through my jealousy, I can't wait to hear all about it.

Hello to everyone else!! Maybe I'll have time to answer some of nancy's qotds.

Have a great day!!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

kathy - what's the deal with clifton? is he a bad kid? sounds like the apple doesn't fall far from the tree with him and his mother. nice work on controlling the snack purchases. sometimes they all just look so good!

rose - i love raglan road! i had the shrimp risotto last time and john had fish and chips. not that you're going to be eating their bread but the dip they had along with it was olive oil with a touch of guinness. and you know what? it worked!

lisa - how's robert feeling? that's smart to make the house as boring as possible when he's home sick so he doesn't "enjoy" himself too much being home. poor thing though, high fevers are the pits. hope he got the rest he needed and he's on the mend!

liesel - seriously, every single picture was beautiful! and YOU look awesome! you look so strong on that surfboard! you totally rock. and those views? they look fake! lol!

hi maria! hi lindsay! how's work?

i'm running out of time! late for mommy and me now. DISing is such a time suck sometimes, huh?

xoxo

 

[lisah0711]

Hello Princesses and Belles!

Kathy, that Tink dress is adorable but I'm thinking Tinks are going to be a dime a dozen at that race. They do have regular black running skirts now and you can do a WISH feather logo on it so I'm thinking that might be just the ticket for me. I don't know a cute costume is tempting though.

Glad that the race water weight is whoosing away like it should!

Robert should be getting up soon. He will be going to school today. He was feeling better yesterday afternoon so was getting very, very bored.

Nancy, have fun at Mommy & Me today! Sorry that I've been missing your great coaching! I'm reading along though.

I have my running stuff so I can finally get out today. Should be fun.

Hello to the rest of our princesses and belles!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

So sorry I havent posted in days I am just totally "chicken fried"

I feel like I am just doing all I can to keep my head above the water.

I dont have time for much replies...actually this is my 3rd attempt at posting in 3 days I just keep getting interrupted and never get back to finish.

Really quick though:

Rose- I loved your PTR and it is so much fun to hear about it. I too am jealous but not in a mean way...I guess more envious. I hope your foot doesnt give you much trouble and that you have a fun time. Have a safe trip.

Nancy- So glad you had a talk with your dad. I hope they wake up and smell the coffee.

Maria- I hope your days at work start to lighten. I so know how you must be feeling. Life should be more fun and less work.

Lisa- I sent you a friend request on FB. Cant wait to see your pics.

Kathy- Uggh what horrible things for those coaches to say. Im glad michael isnt bothered by that. We have 4 games left and a total of 5 weeks of practice to go....not that I am counting down or anything. As much as we are loving this I am so ready to have a normal evening life back again. Although then I will complain about being bored.

Lisa H- I love the tink outfit but I agree there probably will be thousands of tinks there. I saw a boat load of different tutu's at the halloween store this wkend and I thought about how if I do another princess race I will definitely try to dress up more this time. I think the sparkle skirt with the Wish logo sounds like a great idea.

Im sorry if I missed some important things....I hate to be the friend who doesnt respond to things. (I agree nancy there are certain people on the main thread that only ever talk about themselves and never respond/support anyone else) That drives me so nuts.

Ok so my quick post is now getting lengthy but since Im on a roll I might as well update you on my weekend.

Sat was great! The boys stayed at my parents and mike and I had dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings. I absolutely loved it and we had a few beers which was so not our norm for our dinners anymore. It was really nice to spend time alone. I even put makeup on and did my hair.

Sun- It started off by driving to my parents to get the boys for sunday school. I got off the highway and my car started smoking. It overheated. I made it to my husbands friends house who lived a few blocks away and they drove me to my moms. I got my car towed. Luckily it is already fixed. Something with the thermostat and radiator cap. It cost 300 bucks and that really sucked but it could have been so much worse.

I got the kids home for a nap after sunday school and I took one myself. I woke up just to watch the end of the eagles getting their butts handed to them by the giant. Then I had to work the snack bar at football for an hour or so prior to ryans game. It wasnt as bad as last time.

Ryan had a good game and their team won. My whole family came to watch and that excited him.

Mon- I left work at 230 to get ryan so he had time to eat and do his homework before his game. I picked him up from school and he was a "walker" so that excited him. I chatted with the moms for awhile and they were talking about how they cant stand waiting to eat dinner for their husbands to get home at 6pm. I said well it could be worse you and your husband could both get home at 6pm and then have to make dinner. I have such issues I need to just keep my mouth shut. Its not their fault I have to work but I just cant get over the resentment. Its not that I resent them for being SAHM its that I hate to hear them complain about things that could really be so much worse. I really need to work on this or I wont have any friends.

Ok so then we had ryans game. It was against the other bethlehem team and they are big rivals apparently. The other team usually wins. Not this year. We stomped them 28-0. Ryan was a super beast and got 5 flags in the backfield (equals sacks if we were playing tackle). He played so good and so did his whole team. We were leaving and the one coach said "hoffman there was no stopping you tonight" and ryan said "Yep I was beasting it up tonight." He cracks me up. I guess he hears us talking.

Yesterday was more uneventful. I left work early again to go to my eye dr appt. Then we went grocery shopping and made dinner since we had a night off from practice.

Today is work and practice.

If you read this whole thing. God bless you. Sorry I guess I really just felt the need to catch up. I missed you ladies.

Talk to you soon!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

drive by posting here!

hi to everyone!

rose - have a very safe trip tomorrow and good luck on the race if we don't get to chat before hand. i think you said you can get on facebook from your phone, right? post if you can!!

lindsay - both of my teams beat the philly teams this past weekend (mets and giants). what a nice surprise for us, esp the mets! lol! the news the other day said, "it's official...this year's mets are even worse than last year's mets" it's not easy cheering for them year after year. glad bww was a fun time! you did your hair AND makeup!? you are way ahead of the game than me! i'm lucky if i see a brush everyday! (and i'm not kidding!) i still have those t-shirts for the boys. maybe you can PM me your address so i can send them??

lisa - did you run today? do you just leave from your office to run? i used to workout during lunch when i was first working but then wound up taking jobs where there was no such thing as a lunch break. perhaps the reason why i kept gaining weight year after year!

kathy - hi! how was work today? oh, did you already have that dinner for your work anniversary? and did you get the trampoline??

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i'm completely exhausted this evening. i think the half a tray of brownies may have done it for me. gross. i'm about to sign off and hit the sack.

big news though : we put a bid in on a house this evening! it's about 0.15 miles from our house now haha. we'll see. it's bigger than our house now (not like that was hard) and pretty much all new. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. and it's two floors which is nice. i miss the idea of going "up" to bed. we offered $399. they were asking $439. if they counter we will probably go as high as $409 or 415. i'm trying not become attached to it. if it works out, great. if not, it's not like we NEED to spend that money. plus, we'll be poor for a while if we do get it.

anywho, that's the story. i'm going to bed now to read and hopefully fall asleep. bronxbaby is not a fan of letting me sleep already

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

nancy- wow a new house! I hope it works out for you. Im sure you could use some extra room for all the new goodies bronx baby will bring with him. Keep us posted. I will PM you my address. I totally forgot I am so sorry.

I am unable to sleep so I thought I would at least catch up on things on here. I started a new pair of contacts yesterday from the eye dr and my eyes are so irritated and burning it is bothering me so much I cant fall back asleep. See I fell asleep on the couch around 9pm and woke up at midnight. Its been all down hill since then.

Now its thundering and pouring out. Hopefully the boys wont get woken up.

Ok well I better at least attempt to get back to sleep or I will be pretty miserable tomorrow.

Have a Great Trip Rose!!!! You should be up pretty soon and heading to the airport....so exciting.

 

[mikamah]

Good morning!

Michael just got on the bus, and I thought he wouldn't make it but he did. Thought I'd try to teach him a lesson he had a lot to do, and my final warning was 11 min til he needed to go, and he was watching tv, and I figured I'd drive him, but with about 3 min to spare, he got his shoes on, took out the recycle and trash, brushed his teeth, and he made the bus just in time. I'm thinking maybe I feel too stressed in the mornings and should just let him do his thing. A friend of mine would say I'm overparenting when I give too many warnings. Her kids went to montessori, so we joke about it. So starting now, I'm the relaxed morning mom. Today I don't go in til 10, so I wouldn't mind driving him, but on my 9 oclock day it would totally mess with my dis time.

Nancy- Good luck on the house!! That is very exciting, but nerve-wracking at the same time. Nothing like shopping for a house 7 months pregnant with a 2 year old. I bought my house when michael was 2, and it probably did help to narrow things down more quickly.
Clifton was michaels best friend in 2nd grade, but they got so close, they were goofing around way too much and getting in trouble, so we worked on that, and tried to separate them, and then they became enemies, and were fighting and picking on each other, and the 2nd grade teacher separated them for 3rd grade when they were buddies. They are fine together for short time, scouts last year, and football this year. But there have been issues with him with a lot of other kids too, and his mom is not the easiest to deal with. He's usually dropped off at most stuff, because she has 2 other kids too.
We had our party last week, but no trampoline. Michael wanted a telescope, but we decided on a cd player with ipod dock. My cd player is so old. It was a lot of fun, and we had a lot of laughs. Actually as we were leaving, we decided to go downstairs for an extra drink, and were talking to the hospital president who I had never met in the 2 years he's been there, so I said you should come visit us in endoscopy, and he said, I think I'm coming next month. So we were teasing him. Sick, huh? I'm taking that day off.
For some reason I'm craving brownies today. If I were you, it can go two ways, you can just finish the tray and be done with it today, or savor them slowly, or give them to your aunt and uncle. Unfortunately I'd probably go the finish them route which is why I'm here.

Lindsay- I hope you were able to get back to sleep. I hate watching the clock when I can't sleep, and then hours later, wishing i had just gotten up and done something. Hope you have a good, low key day today!! Cause I know how relaxing a pediatricians office can be the first month of school.
YOu made me count, we only have 6 games left!!! It will be so nice not to have practice 3 nights a week, even though it is fun to watch the boys and he's really enjoying it, I'm looking forward to some more evenings home. It's been so warm, I'm really looking forward to wearing a sweatshirt to a game soon. At least it is supposed to feel like fall this weekend.

LisaH-Glad Robert is feeling better and back to school. Hope the rest of the fam avoided the bug. I think you're right about there being lots of Tinks at the race, and the Wish running skirt sounds perfect. I wonder if the wish shirts won't stand out as much with all the green tinks running. How is your neck feeling? Were you able to get out this week and run again? I thought I'd go out for a short walk this morning, but that was last night, and this morning, I thought better of it. It's rainy. Just a few sprinkles, but enough that I didn't feel like it.

Rose- Ahhhh, you're in the air, and will soon be waving to the big white gloves in the magic express line!!!! Have a fabulous time!!! Good luck in the race!! And enjoy every single onion ring you can!!!

Liesel-Hope you're all settling back into the real world nicely.

Maria-Hope your week is going well, and if not that your mil left your some vodka, but I'm guessing if there was any left, she took it with her.
I signed michael and me up for a 5k on thanksgiving morning in Wakefield on the lake. A friend and her son do it too. We did it last year, and it was a fun start to the day, if you might be interested. Michael's excited to do it again, and he actually said he'd like to do a half marathon one day. I envision the disney half in his future. Now just to get the funding.

I had my evaluation at work yesterday, and there are still lots of unknowns as far at the doctors, but my boss seemed really confident that it will all work out, and if this group of 5 docs were to leave, which I find doubtful, with our Lahey affilliation, they will definitely get some other docs to fill the slots. Our unit is pretty new and a big money maker for the hospital, so they are not going to let it die. She is also hopeful that in the next few months, I should be able to increase my hours officially to 36 from 32. The extra 4 would change my insurance price too, so it would save me more money. It would be nice for when it's quiet to leave early once in a while without pay, but at 32 hours, I really need 32 hrs pay, so I have to use my pto when it's quiet, but with an extra 4 hours, I could swing it. And once that's official I'd be able to plan my next disney trip!!!!

Well, off to catch up on coach nancy's last day! Have a fabulous day everyone!!!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

well I am unexpectadly home today. Last night I think I couldnt sleep because my eye was bothering me. As the night went on it got worse. My one eye is so red and irritated and keeps watering. It hurts and feels like something is in there but I cant see anything. I think it may have something to do with my new sample contacts I put in starting tues. I have an eye dr appt at 1130. The only bad part is I have really old glasses and when donovan our lab was a puppy he chewed them up a little. So they are crooked with a hole in one of the lenses. I really cant wear these to work so now I am deciding if I should spend money for a new pair...lens crafters does 1 hr lenses....or if I should just use one contact in my good eye and suck it up. Ugggh....this is not our month for money things. Just as I think we are doing good stuff always happens. So frustrating.

The good thing is I can still see the computer with one eye. So I will check back in later with you all.

Kathy- Its hard to step back and let your kid be responsible but Im sure doing so will help michael in the long run. Im glad your boss thinks things will work out and increase for you soon. At least you will then have the wiggle room. Too bad your not closer...I will have an RN opening soon for 40hrs.

Talk to you all soon.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

lindsay - oh no! no sleep and now you can't see? sounds to me like you should get off the computer and lay down for a bit. try to relax and maybe even catch some of those ZZzzs that you missed last night!

ah, puppies - they LOVE to chew everything, huh??

kathy - hmmm, that clifton situation sounds like a toughie. first they're friends, then enemies, sheesh! and here i thought only women were like that! a new CD player sounds nice! glad the dinner was fun and yeah, have fun when the president comes in for his check up!

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quick update since i'm still tired from being up half the night due to my brownie overload. i'm hoping to lay down for a few while thomas naps. i have some things i need to do though.

this morning the folks whose house we're trying to buy texted me. it's hard b/c i'm friends with her so this whole thing is awkward. she texted saying they talked about it and the lowest they can go is $420. blergh. john and i had agreed that our TOP would be $415. $5k doesn't seem like that big of a deal but it's the difference between finishing the basement and not. so, i think we might tell them tonight that $415 is all we can do and just leave it at that. part of me doesn't want to lose the house for $5k but part of me definitely doesn't want to overpay for a house (the price is already ridiculous!). btw, we are looking to pay over 400k for a house that is 1350 sq. ft! but hey, coming from 800 sq ft, that's like -a BIG difference! lol!

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning Princesses and Belles!

Lindsay, sorry about your eye. Hope you can get some rest tonight. Those days when you don't have enough sleep are the longest days ever . . . Maybe you can find some cheap glasses that aren't very stylish to use in a pinch. Have fun at the casino!

Rose, glad to see that you are on your way! Isn't it funny how bunches of people are now "chicken fried" thanks to you! I know that you are going to totally the W&D!

Nancy, lots of on the house thing! It is a stressful process, as you know. Would you be moving before Bronxbaby arrives? That would be tough! Add the "friend" thing -- oy!

I tried to avoid my run by forgetting my shoes and workout clothes at home but I sucked it up and went for a 30 minute run at home so got that sucky first run after the race out of the way. This summer I was running early in the morning and I really liked that but it is too dark to do that now. Soon it will be too dark to run after work and we don't have sidewalks. I have the perfect loop at my office so will try to do that early in the afternoon. I have a hard time doing it at lunch because like you say, once you are at work you feel chained to your desk. I have so much flexibility and freedom with my schedule compared to a lot of people I don't know why I make it so much harder than it needs to be. I'm checking every darn box on this Tink training schedule come hell or high water so will just make it work one run at a time. (Aren't you sorry you asked? )

Kathy, I hear you on the mornings. We go through the same gyrations. It's a boy thing. Congrats on the great review and the increase in hours. The price for the Princess goes up on October 1st -- just in case you are thinking about that . . .

I typed this out this morning and then there was a homework crisis involving a paper that wasn't saved -- luckily I was able to email it to myself and as far as I know the homework is solved too. I have to hang out here for about another thirty minutes. Think I'll go look at pictures of MNSSHP.

Hello to the rest of our Princesses and Belles!