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

[lisah0711]

THIS DAY SUUUUUCCCCKKKKSSSS!!!

WAAAAAHHH!!!!!!



when i tell you this child has done nothing but cry all day i mean this child has done nothing but cry ALL DAY.

thomas is making my WORST clients look like angels!

i wanted to stay home. i wanted to stay home. i wanted to stay home....

that's all. carry on with your day. i'll just be over here banging my head against the wall.

Awww, poor guy! Poor Mom! Is he coming down with a bug or cutting teeth? Did you try crying with him?

I remember those days. We used to joke about standing in the driveway holding the kid waiting for the other person to come home in our day. Hope John comes home soon to give you a break.

 

[liesel]

Nancy Hang in there, I've had days like that too, where I felt like I'd rather deal with drunk guests at a catering gig than a screaming impossible to please toddler. I hope you can squeeze in a nap for yourself. I love the ultrasound pic!

Thanks for the biggest loser well wishes everyone, at first I didn't feel like they were deserved since I am convinced at least half of my vacation weight gain was water. But DH pointed out that I was right back OP when we got back, ate really well and got my workouts in so I should be proud of that. I kept losing and am happy to say that as of Tuesday all the vacation weight is GONE and then some! I am so hoping that my body is finally responding to all my efforts. Before vacation, I had some bloodwork done and found that I was still pretty Vitamin D deficient. I have to take a megadose of Vit D once a week for 12 weeks. For some reason my body isn't absorbing vitamins the way it should. I'm being really good about taking them now, and I really hope this is the answer. If not, the doctor wants to study my liver and kidney functions in March, so I hope to have really good results before then! I've had a good loss before only to stall out quickly, but I am so hoping I'm finally losing this time. It can be frustrating to eat the calorie intake and do the exercise of someone who weighs 140 and weigh much more. Onederland before the Tink!

Lisa My kids don't have school tomorrow either! I'm taking them to get haircuts so they'll look good for the upcoming family wedding and I was thinking since we have time tomorrow of letting them do the meal planning for dinner tomorrow and help with the food prep. Good luck with the 10K this weekend! I know you can do the 16 mm pace!

Kathy So glad to hear that your car is allright! I think you can definitely do better than $143 for Hojos. First, there is a 15% disboards discount. They also accept AAA if you have it. Mousesavers also sometimes advertises sales to their subscribers. I've gotten the biggest savings through their entertainment rate. Every few weeks, they release dates that this rate is available (using the card that comes with entertainment books-any book will do!). It is $59 for a standard room (faces the freeway, not as nice), $69 for a deluxe pool view room (good size, refrigerator and microwave, looks at the garden pool, comfy bed), and $79 for a Disney view room. I've actually managed to get this rate every time we've stayed there, 2 weeks from now being our 4th visit. They've instituted a 30 day cancellation policy for this rate, much to the ire of many disboarders who often book this rate as soon as it pops up, not even sure if they are going or not.
I second the Blue Bayou, such a fun restaurant. If you are looking at TRs on the DL side, you may see a few mention the Lily Belle. It is a beautiful train car that Walt Disney used for him and his family. It is only on the DL railroad certain times of day and you have to go to the Main St train station and talk to a CM to get a time to ride, but people really rave about the experience, especially if you get a CM who is enthusiastic and shares all about the history of the car. Its definitely a "only at DL" experience.

Rose Congrats on the race, thanks so much for sharing your experience! My shin splints are much better, I've been good about stretching and not running so fast! I think I was just pushing too hard, I'm just aiming to finish my first half and feel good, not kill myself for a great time!

Lindsay I'm so glad your eyes are much better. Bummer about the expense. I just spent money to take my dog to the vet and she has allergies, so at least your money went to a good cause.

Maria I hope you are having fun!

I need to go get the kids from school so I'll chat with you later!

 

[liesel]

OK, I'm back from getting the kids and trying to get some stuff done.
A few random thoughts I forgot:

Kathy If you can't get into Club 33, I believe you can at least see it on the "Walk in Walt's Footsteps" tour. I think there are a few reviews of the tour in various TRs, it sounds like an interesting tour.

LisaH Sorry Robert announced no trick or treating this year. DS10 did the same thing to me. I'm still trying to at least convince him to get a costume and do the trick or treating at the zoo, which is fun. He says he doesn't really like candy (which is true, you should see how much candy I end up throwing out from parties, Halloween, Valentine's Day, and Easter-its crazy!) and doesn't really see the point. Its making me nervous about Christmas.

Have a good evening everyone!

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Checking in since I'm up at 5am -- not adjusting well to the time change. So much I'd like to say, limited by my thumb typing...

Flight long but ok -- people on the street seem more rude than I'm used to. Conference workshops are great, food is scary carblicious. Yesterday they offered only small pastries for breakfast. The coffee break did not include hot tea. Some meal failures, some victories.Last night I had a salad from Earl of sandwich -- with chips and brownies left over from lunch and the afternoon snack. I went to Walgreen's and got my bfast for today -- an apple and 2 cheesesticks. I can't bring myself to pay $13 for a serving of scrambled eggs in the cafe.

My hotel room is huge and amazing. I can't believe how much more built up the strip is than when I was here 6 years ago.

I'm going to the Hard Rock to get Ben a t-shirt, and Margaritaville to get me a Tervis tumbler after my sessions today. I'll be walking a good portion of the strip. I walked for 2 hours yesterday evening. I'm drinking more water, but I'm definitely dehydrated.

I love the chai lattes, I'm missing those and my Keurig. This is a great and specialized conference for me, but I'll be glad next year when it is in Indiannapolis. It is so bright and smoky here, I'm not lovin' that. And it is surreal to be walking to a session through the casino before 8 am and see people gambling, smoking and drinking. To me, it seems more desperate than fun.

Today's opening address is being given by the First Lady of Nevada. That seems funny to me because we never see ours -- she has mental health issues and doesn't do public appearances, from what I can tell.

Well, I guess I'll shower up. The mountains here are gorgeous!

Maria

 

[mikamah]

Good morning ladies,

Nancy- Sorry you were having such a rough day yesterday, and hoping today is the complete opposite. It is not easy, is it, and hard to believe when you're in the throes of the craziness that it will get easier, and they will grow up, and you'll miss thos days.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIBediEAcUQ Don't know if this link will work, but it's you right now. Trace Adkins- You're gonna miss this. Hang in there!!! In just 2 months you can have 9 months worth of grown up drinks to help.

LisaH- No trick or treating? Sad, but it can only help your journey to One-derland. They do grow up so fast, and I'm sure those little boy moments are very infrequent now. Yesterday, michael took a bubble bath, it's been years since he's done that, and when he was in there, he called me to get him some of his "guys" Ninja turtles actions figures, and he played in there for a while. So cute, but I know these days are numbered. He's still my little boy. This morning on the other hand he's my -pre-tween pissed off because I made him wear a coat. Only 9 more years til I'm crying he's gone off to college. Sheesh.
I am loving all the links you've sent me. I am going to be so well informed when we get to DL.

LIsaL-I'm so excited for you the weight is coming off. Sometimes that vacation boost in intake and boost the metabolism too. Hope it continues, and everything is ok with the vitamins. You reminded me to start taking my vit D again. I am so not good with the vitamins. But I know it can help with weight loss too. Thanks for all the DL tips. I have checked out a few trip reports, and that's where I saw Club 33. I found it intrigueing. I won't be booking anything til spring, but when I had thought about dl 2 summers ago, there were some deals out there, but at the time wdw's deals were much better, so we did that. But this time, I know dl will cost more than i could do wdw, but I am planning ahead for that.

Rose- How are you today? Hope your transition back to reality is going smoothly.

Maria-How's vegas? Did you win enough to bring us all to the princess. The 7-11 where my nephew works and we buy our scratch tickets sold a million dollar scratch ticket yesterday. Why oh why couldn't it have been me?

Lindsay- Hi honey, hope you're doing well.

Off to work now. Then football practice, and tomorrow I'm on call, so I hope to just hang out and clean up the garage and yard. But we'll definitely get our scratch tickets this week. And maybe we'll be staying at the Disneyland Hotel next summer. If that happens, we'll be scream teaming the Tink and Princess!

Have a great day!!

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning Princesses and Belles!

Kathy, woo hoo for doing 4 miles yesterday! Yeah, I hate that first mile, too.

I will be ready to do the Onederland dance for you any time, my friend!
We will get there! We can do this!

Onederland by the first of the year is going to be tough for me -- I think it's more like Onederland for the Tink. Unless my fairy godmother comes along and zaps some pounds away for me. I'm just about to get rid of my summer weight gain and start working on what was gained after the Princess. Then in November I will be in new territory again.

As you can see from one of my pics from my half I have a ways to go:

Nancy, hope today is a better day! Aren't you going apple picking with your Mom?

Lisa, I was also informed that all that is wanted for Christmas is money. I tell myself we would be sad if they didn't grow up. Thanks for the reminder about the vitamin D. Is it next week-end you will be at DL?

Maria, glad you are having a good time and staying away from the scary people. Nice work getting the alternative, healthy breakfast!

Lindsay, hope the eye is getting better!

Rose, hope the foot and ankle are getting better, too! Was W&D your last race for the year?

Hello to the rest of our princesses!

I have to confess that when I was running yesterday afternoon in the rain and 45 degree weather that my resolve for outside training was not as strong as one would hope. I did 2 miles.

Have a great day ladies!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Just a really quick hello with a huge promise to be back later for replies....I PROMISE.

I had a recheck for my eye today and it is doing good. The ulcer is just about totally gone. The wierd thing is my eye has been tearing and irritated feeling all day. Not sure what that is about but I am thinking maybe the eye drops now that I have been using them for almost a week and they are so strong. Not that I am rushing to get back into contacts after this whole debacle but I have been worried how I am going to run in these glasses because I feel like I am going to fall when I walk.

The dr assured me that I should be ok to at least wear the contacts for the race. He does want me to wait awhile to put them back in on a regular basis but I can deal with that. I have my 5K next saturday. I also havent ran in weeks....

I too am ready to get back into it...this is my vow for the 400th time this year. Really one of these times it will click...I know I can do it. Just need to get there. I swear I need hypnotherapy or something to change my brain.

I weighed in today and the initial loss number from last year is slowly getting smaller and smaller. I am now only 10lbs away from my highest. I dont even want to see a picture of myself because I know it will put me into a depression but I really should take one and post it side by side with my last one from months ago. That might be what I need to kick myself in the butt and get motivated....or a disney race in my future. The thing is I could afford to go this year to the princess by myself but I feel way to guilty leaving the boys behind again. Darn kids.

My best friend and her family are on their way now to disney for 10 days. I called her last night to wish her a good trip and Ryan said..."no fair they get to go" and I was like you got there a few years ago and we are going back in the next year or two....he said " I wish I lived with them and you could just be my stepmom". Nice Hes trying to get rid of me already. What a kid.

Ok well we are heading out to the halloween store to find costumes. Lisa- Ryan wanted to be a wrestler Ray Mysterio but we went on to order it last night and I had to veto it. It was a costume with a mask and a bare chest with tatoos...one saying MEXICAN across the abdomen and then black baggy pants. I just did not think that was appropriate for school. I dont know what my husband was thinking when he told him he could be that. Men. So he said he didnt have a back up plan so we are going to the store tonight to look for plan B. Nick changes his mind on a daily basis but he has been saying that he wants to be anakin skywalker so we will see.

I will be back later with Replies.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Nancy- I hope you got a good night sleep after the day you had yesterday. I hope today is nice and relaxing for you and that you and john are getting along and having a peaceful day. If your weather is like ours today it should be a beautiful day outside!!!!

Oh and you asked me awhile back about that firefighter nutcraker post on my FB page. It was one of my employees and they joke with me because last year I was with my friend whose family is all city fire fighters. We were at the station and I saw a dad who brings his kids to our practice. He never struck me as an overly attractive guy when he comes to the office but he was in his pants with the suspenders and he had just a tshirt on without the big bulky jacket. He was sitting in the truck and he leaned out and yelled hello to me. I couldnt help but blush thinking how hot he looked. So I shared this story with the girls as work one day at lunch and now they dont let me forget about that. The funny part is my husband also asked why she tagged me in that photo. I made up some kind of a story.

Lisa- I have to say that you look absolutely lovely in your picture. You will get back to where you want to be one day....keep working hard! I am still just so proud of you for all the running and racing you are doing. Your are very inspirational. Oh and the whole running outside thing....I definitely would try to get outside as much as you can during the winter. You get use to it after a week or two. I am surprised I actually miss it... and for the record even though I got out there and ran even in the snow....I complained about it alot. I would have been booted off the team. Was your 10K this weekend??? or next?

Kathy- I hope you dont get called in today! One of the gas stations near us has a sign out saying 100,000 ticket sold. Its like rubbing salt into the wounds. Heres hoping you get a big winner.

Rose- Glad tom is going to fly...Im sure that will take some stress off of you having to worry about him driving alone. I think I may have already said it but just in case I didnt...I loved reading about your trip and am so impressed that you were able to better your time even with all the injuries and GF stuff you have been dealing with. You are a super women Hang in there with the emotional stuff and vent hear when needed...we will always be an ear to listen.

Lisa- Snow today at your house! Thats insane...I bet you are really thinking about Hawaii today. Congrats on your loss whether it was water or not it still was a loss and you deserve every bit of the credit.

Maria- Im glad you are having a good time at your conference. I turned down going to the one in vegas this year. I am holding out to see where next years is being held. I would much rather go somewhere I normally wouldnt travel to on a vacation. At least you are making the best of it. I do have to agree that conference food is the worst. All heavy and salty things and then your sitting around all day. I always feel like vomiting at the end of those.

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So after 2 hours of searching the halloween costumes were finally chosen. Nick is going to be a policeman (and he looks so darn cute I might add) and Ryan is going to be captain america. The harder of the two was Ryan because now he has to make sure its cool and not something he will get made fun of.

We all stayed up late last night to watch the phillies loose. Its sad that they had the best record in baseball...even broke records and then they loose in the first round. Thats philadelphia sports for ya...by now I should be use to it.

Today I cut the bushes that line our back yard and while I was raking all the branches up the neighbor from across the street came over with his 3 kids. He asked if they could play. I said sure and then he said OK just help them cross the street when they are ready to come home. UMMMMM OK. So for 4 hours this morning I had 5 Kids. I guess we were like that as kids just hopping from everyones house in the neighborhood but today I thought people would be more leary about that. I mean granite we lived her for almost 5 years but they really dont know anything about us. Anyway the kids all played together great and I actually got alot of cleaning done so it was nice. They invited the boys over later to play wii at there house and I guess I will trust that it will be fine. At least it would give me some quiet time.

Mike is out playing golf today...I guess its his turn for the break. He took care of alot last weekend while I was gone so its only fair.

The best part is no Football this weekend. We have a bye week. and I also have the day off on Monday since school is closed.

I hope you all are enjoying your weekend too.

 

[mikamah]

Good morning princesses!! My name is Kathy, and I am now addicted to Disneyland trip reports. I can't stop myself. Maybe it's the soothing green color of the disneyland board, i don't know.
I just realized that Mr TOads Wild Ride still exists in Disneyland, and got soooo excited. I always remember that ride when were on Winnie the Pooh at WDW, and I know Michael would love it. So now that's another reason this trip must happen.

Lisa and Lisa- I've copied and pasted all your tip and links to one email to myself so I will be all set when we go. I am getting so excited, and looking at citipass- it's dropping the san diego zoo next year, and I wonder if a longer than 3 day disney pass would be better for us, and we can do the baseball games and disney on the same days. One of the trip report's was a DL race one, and they did the 5k on sat am so that is another thought, if ds and I did the DL 5k together. Oh so many decisions. I am getting very excited for this.

Nancy and Rose- Hope you too have just been busy, and all is well and you are having a good weekend.

Lindsay-What, no football?? What a bunch of pansies down there in Philly. We have a 3 o'clock game today the middle day of our 3 day weekend, in Marblehead, which you need to drive through Salem the crazy halloween city to get to, so allow lots of extra time for traffic. Yeah, looking forward to that. Church was smart, and we didn't have CCD this morning, but we tried to go anyway. Oh well, at least we were up and at-em early. Glad the eye ulcer is feeling better. I bet those drops are so strong they must be irritating to the eye. Enjoy your 3 day weekend!!

Lisa- Are you up and running already!! GOod luck on your 10k today! I know you will be awesome, and i hope the rain stays away, the sun is shining, the temperature is perfect, the joints don't ache, and you feel like you're floating on air through the whole race!!
Your earlier post about 2 miles in the rain, it's not easy, is it? I think you will adjust, and as the Tink gets closer, it will become easier to get out in the colder, miserable weather because you will see the finishline of the Tink a little more clearly. You're rocking the weight loss this challenge, and you're gonna rock the TInk!!

I think I"ll take a page out of Lisa's book and look at the weight loss in terms of how I just regained it all and go back month by month. I was 215 at the end of vacation, and i'm just about still there. July was 210, so I will get to 210 in nov, and princess I was 203, so I want to be at princess weight for christmas. I know what to do. Now I just need to do it. I'm such a broken record.

I have my best friends 50th b-day party today. Her mom is here from Ireland, so she's having all her family over to see her, and he DH is somehow going to segue a surprise birthday party into the party, so it will be interesting. Our football game is at 3, so I'll drop the food over before we leave, and come back after. I figure we'll miss the meal, and get there for dessert. I'm making chicken broc, ziti, so we'll have some here before we leave, and I'll make extra for tomorrow too. I already made congo bars, and ate 2. But I was dressed to go exercise when michael was at ccd, but there was no ccd, so I didn't but my intention was good.

Off to the kitchen now. No more sweets to make, and all the congos will go with us.

Hope you're all enjoying the weekend!!!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Hey--how are you all? I have been trying to pay more attention to real life lately and less attention to the computer.

Lisa--I hope your 10k went great today!

Lindsay--I'm glad the eye is getting better.

Kathy--I think that's a great way to look at the weight loss--small goals. Slow and steady.

Liesel--snow, seriously. OMG. It was in the 50s here when we ran this morning and I thought I was going to start wheezing. I don't think I need to remind anyone how I feel about snow.

Hi to Maria and Nancy.

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Work was really busy Thursday. I'm still not caught up, but hope to catch up tomorrow. Friday I did a 70 minute strength class and 22min on the elliptical. Holy crud that strength class was tough. We did a bunch of plank/core stuff and my ribs/the muscles around my ribs feel like they have been punched. If I keep going to the class on Friday and the class on Monday, I should be in fabulous shape by Christmas.

Yesterday we actually test drove a car and went through the whole buy the car crappola and right at the end the guy just p'd me off and Mike and I went outside to talk about it and just decided, nope we could live without a new car. Basically he said they would match carmax for our trade in--well they were off by $500.00. And we weren't going to get one of the rebates cause we weren't taking there awful financing. So, he said well, since we aren't going to be able to give you that $500 how about we just let you put down $250 deposit instead of $500--kind of split the difference with you. Hello!????? How is that helping me pay less for the car. Do I really look like I don't have $500 to put down on this car???? If he would have just been honest and said, sorry this is the best we can do, I think we would have just gone ahead and bought the car. But no, he had to go and act like a sleazy car salesmen. And most importantly act like I am stupid and couldn't figure out that putting less down and getting less trade-in just means I have to pay more. Duh. Big mistake. Mike and I figured not counting what the trade in was, this car was going to cost us 100 plane tickets. Seriously, I will drive my car around here, save the car payment in a fund and rent a car when I need one. I don't know when I became frugal. Actually some things, I like to pay for, a new car not so much.

Today we ran 4 miles. Things were a little sore, and my itband was talking at the end, but we finished in under 40, so I was happy. There is a 1/2 here in November that I am thinking about doing, but I'm going to take a few more runs and see how it goes before signing up. It looks like a great course--through the park we always run in along with some other interesting areas. My foot, as long as I tape it, is doing really well. The tape is keeping the ankle pain/swelling down and helping with what ever is going on with the fat pad. My calf was very sore during this run, so I have to continue to work on that, but to be honest I was kind of lazy this week. So the plan for this week--Monday-strength, Tues-run, Wed-off, Thurs-run, Fri-strength and elliptical, Sat-off, Sun-long run.

I am still up a couple of pounds from vacation--and outside my maintain, so I need to get my act together this week.

And Maria--we haven't signed up but I am 99% sure we are doing Princess.

Ok, I will talk to you all later.

 

[Rose&Mike]

Two posts in one day...

So Mike is going to go ahead and sign us up for Princess tonight. So that's exciting. Not sure where we'll stay, but hopefully in a dvc.

Lindsay--I am making a big pan of carmelized onions. Every time I make them I think of you. Weren't you the one who had issues trying to make them once?

Lisa--congrats on your race! Don't you just love 10ks.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Rose- Yep that was me! I hope yours came out yummy. I hear ya on car salesman and paying for new cars. Mikes car will be paid off in June 2013. I am counting down the payments already...only 20 payments to go. Counting payments vs. months makes it sound so much quicker. Then I hope my car will hang in there for awhile so we can be car payment free at least for a little.
Im so glad your foot and knee has been holding up after the run. and for signing up for the princess.

Kathy- Showing up for something when it has been cancelled is something I would do. Well at least it got you moving early. I hope the party was fun.

Lisa- CONGRATS on your 10K!!!!! Isnt it funny that a 10K now seems easy.

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Wow its sunday evening already....where does the time go??????

Yesterday was nice and relaxing. I ended up sending the boys over to the neighbors at 4pm and mike got home shortly after. I told him to get them around 530 if the neighbors dont bring them home sooner. I went grocery shopping and got back at 7. He had just picked them up. Men.... Im still not sure how I feel about the whole sending my kid to the neighbors house I dont even know that well but the kids seemed to love it. Mike said there back yard looked like a house from the hoarders show. He said there were broken toys and junk everywhere. they also have a pool which just makes me nervous.

Today the boys had sunday school and then we went to my nana's. I cut some coupons and went to the store to see what kind of deals I could get. I got a bunch of stuff for 8$. I think I saved 16$. How exhilerating that was.

Then we went to my inlaws. They made dinner and we watched football. There were some really bad words used during the eagles game today that I hope my kids do not repeat in school.

Now I am going to lay down and watch tv. I am so excited that I have off tomorrow. Now lets hope no one bothers me.

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Have a great week!

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning Princesses and Belles! :belle:

Quick post because it is a work and school day for us today. Good thing we had Friday off!

Lindsay, glad that the eye is getting better and that you are cleared to wear your contacts for your race on Saturday! Sounds like a couple of good Halloween costumes were found. Enjoy your day off today! I know you can get back on track!

Kathy, yes, Disneyland has Pooh and Mr. Toad! It also has the Matterhorn Bobsleds, Alice in Wonderland and Nemo in the submarine ride. Hope the party went well yesterday. Sooner or later we will be in ONEderland for good!

Rose, I think DVC and a bunch of airplane tickets sounds like way more fun than a silly old car! Car salesmen aren't known for being too progressive or smart!

Hello to Lisa, Maria and Nancy!

My race was fun yesterday. They are a US Track and Field group and very serious. They were carrying signs "no headphones or you will be disqualified." I just had my phone and could still hear the intervals.

I would have been much closer to a Disney pace if I had not had to wait for over 5 minutes for a porta-potti at mile 3.5, even with Immodium. I'm going to have to get some stronger stuff from my doctor. I think it is a just a stress response but it is really cutting into my time. If I took that out, then I was only 3 minutes over. Otherwise it was a good race although being the shortest distance we got nothing -- no swag, no bling, and a t-shirt that you had to go to another place to pick up. Now time for Tink training in earnest!

Have a great day ladies!

 

[lisah0711]

Dear Diary:
Well, it finally happened . . . today I killed the Princess thread. Too bad 'cause I really loved those ladies.

 

[Rose&Mike]

Lisa, you didn't kill the thread. I'm sorry about the tummy issues. I'm not saying that you have a gluten issue, but it might be worth just cutting back the day before a race/run just to see if it helps. I've heard it works wonders.

Busy day. Work and a double workout. I did strength for an hour and the elliptical for 32 minutes. Still 2 pounds over the high end of my maintain. But hopefully will get back down soon.

Lindsay--I would be so mad if my car was egged!

Ok, time to make dinner. I might be back later.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

i'm here! i am! i promise.

i've been really busy. well, not that busy but busy enough that by the time i sit down i'm too tired to even look at the computer. so that means pretty busy for me

i will catch up later but just wanted to check in quickly. i'm 33.5 weeks preggo and really feeling fat and slow. i'm up over 35lbs. it's gross. and i can't stop eating. oh well. i'll be all over the BL thread starting in december-ish.

apple picking with mom on friday. saturday was the zoo and friends over all day and out to dinner with them. sunday was a trip to white post farm on long island for the fall festival. today was shopping, park, playing, attempting to nap and getting 500 phone calls instead, blah blah. still trying to sell the house.

so basically....i'm tired. and we still have ice cream cake from my bday in the freezer and i am going to attack it after thomas goes to bed.

and i still haven't gotten to the darn post office to mail lindsay's kiddos their t-shirts. no wonder they will be too small!

miss everyone!!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Hi all,

I have had a busy day off. Got lots of house work done. Now I wish I had a day just to say home and lounge. We all know that is not reality so off to work I go tomorrow. I only got about 15 phone calls from the office today. Why oh Why does everything happen when Im off. Anyway it was an enjoyable day....well minus the car egging.

Rose- I have to just laugh at stuff like that because I remember being a teenager and thinking it was funny to do stuff like throwing eggs at cars. Not that I ever threw them but I have to admit I was guilty by association a time or two. So I know it was just kids having a good time and thats why I laugh....plus my car is so old it gave the rust spots some camo for the morning.

Lisa- I have heard of runners diarrhea...dont know much about it but maybe something to google. Wow and that is the first race I heard of that they actually enforce the no headphone rule.

Nancy- Dont worry about the shirts I know you are really busy and really pregnant right now. If they are to small we can put them on their stuffed animals. Its the thought that counts.

Well tomorrow is my 8 year wedding anniversary. I have a flu clinic at work so I wont even see my husband for more than an hour tomorrow. Thats what happens after 8 years of marriage I guess....it use to be so romantic....maybe one day it will be again????? Next year I would really like to make this a getaway wkend even with the kids to celebrate our anniversary. Maybe head up north Kathy's way. I hear its beautiful this time of year up there, and the other night we were watching a ghost thing on tv and mike said he would love to take a ghost tour.

 

[lisah0711]

Whew! Glad I didn't kill the thread . . . I would miss you all so much!

Lisa, you didn't kill the thread. I'm sorry about the tummy issues. I'm not saying that you have a gluten issue, but it might be worth just cutting back the day before a race/run just to see if it helps. I've heard it works wonders.

Busy day. Work and a double workout. I did strength for an hour and the elliptical for 32 minutes. Still 2 pounds over the high end of my maintain. But hopefully will get back down soon.

Thanks, Rose! Nice job on the working and the double workout. I know you'll get back down soon.

I'll figure out the runner's tummy, eventually, it is just frustrating as I do. My doctor is a runner so he will be supportive of doing something about it. I kind of recall being tested for gluten at my last colonoscopy but I'll have to ask about it. Thanks for all the suggestions!

i'm here! i am! i promise.

i've been really busy. well, not that busy but busy enough that by the time i sit down i'm too tired to even look at the computer. so that means pretty busy for me

i will catch up later but just wanted to check in quickly. i'm 33.5 weeks preggo and really feeling fat and slow. i'm up over 35lbs. it's gross. and i can't stop eating. oh well. i'll be all over the BL thread starting in december-ish.

It's a big job taking care of Thomas and Bronxbaby, Nancy. And getting a house ready to sell and moving into another one -- whew! Glad that you had a fun week-end. Enjoy these times while you can because it is going to get a lot more hectic at your house very soon!

Hi all,

I have had a busy day off. Got lots of house work done. Now I wish I had a day just to say home and lounge. We all know that is not reality so off to work I go tomorrow. I only got about 15 phone calls from the office today. Why oh Why does everything happen when Im off. Anyway it was an enjoyable day....well minus the car egging.

Happy Anniversary, Lindsay! I'm sure that you are still that beautiful bride to Mike, even though your life is crazy busy right now.

Sorry about the car getting egged.

I do think that you should keep track of the number of calls that you get on your day off. It's one of those "atta girl" things that could be brought up at an evaluation about how you go above and beyond for your job.

Hello to Lisa and Maria and Kathy!

I was happy to see myself on the BL list for last week. I need to keep getting on that list so I can get to my goal for the Tink!

Busy week getting ready for MIL and BIL visit. Choir concert one night and I might be coming down with a bug. Looks like a typical week ahead!

Have a great day ladies!

 

[mikamah]

Good morning princesses and tinks!

Lisah-Congrats on your race, and being so close to the tink pace too is fantastic. You've got more than 3 months to get there, and I know you will do it!! I dreamt about you last night. We were walking a half marathon together, it was partly the Boston Marathon route, part DIsney and part the route i did last month, and we were about halfway through and in Epcot so we decided to do some shopping, and then went on where somehow we ended up climbing up some big rocks and there was a wolf there, and that's where it ended. It's a good sign we had time to shop, so our pace must be right on. Bummer you had to work yesterday. On the diarrhea, I know staying well hydrated can help too. It's hard because you want to be well nourished and have energy, but the bathroom things sucks. Hopefully Disneyland has as many bathrooms/portapotties as wdw for the race. Is it a pretty flat course also? I saw for the DL half you run through Angels Stadium. How cool is that? Is it the same route for the TInk?

Rose -Whoo hoo!! You're going to the princess!! How exciting. I just got our fundraiser for football and it's 5 dollar tickets to win a new car from a local dealer. Maybe there's something like that down there and you could win a new car and still have money for vacations. I hate car dealers too. They are usually so sleazy. How is your niece doing? I was thinking about her last night. I hope things have turned around and she is ok.

Lindsay- Happy Anniversary!!! This is a great place to visit in the fall, and you could leave the boys here one night, and you and dh could have a romantic night out. I'm sure there's ghost tours in Salem. I only remember doing the haunted houses meant to scare the crap out of you, but if you were on a date, it was a good excuse to grab each other. All my siblings got married in sept or oct too. I think the romance will come back when the kids are grown. Did you enjoy your football free weekend? Michael's team lost again 26-0. oops. those poor coaches are having a hard time with losing, but the kids take it pretty well. They played well the second half of the game and the coach said they were Beasts!! We haven't had a home game since our first game, and we haven't won an away game, so I'm hoping next weekend, we might win since we'll be home again. Gross on the egging. There was definitely more egging when we were kids. I remember my brother couldn't go trick or treating one year because my parents made him go to CCD, and he got egged while walking home. Poor kid.

Nancy-Wow, 33.5 weeks, that baby will be here before you know it. Nothing like taking it easy the last 2 months, relaxing with your feet up every day, buying a house, selling a house, chasing a 2 year old. You must be exhausted. We miss you too. Hoping all goes well and you find a buyer soon for the house. Hang in there!!

Maria-Are you filthy rich? How was vegas? Hope you had some fun in between conferences.

LIsaL-Did I hear snow!! Ouch, that's a bit early for me. I saw lots of people on my facebook that were at the beach this weekend, it was in the 80s. Hope it was a quick melt and you will still have some fall weather left.

We had a fun weekend, three days does go by too fast though. My friends party was really nice. We did make it back after football for the surprise, and it was cute. She had an inkling about it, so it was easy to get her out back while they decorated the living room.

Yesterday we watched my nephew for a bit while my sister took my niece to the doctor and then went to a farm and saw the animals, and ate the donuts. 3 cider donuts I ate yesterday, hot off the press. Oh well, they're gone now. They have a winery there and were doing wine tasting, so we tried a few, but I didn't like anything enough to buy a bottle. We did go for a bike ride in the afternoon too, before dinner. I cooked the chick broc ziti, so we'll have leftovers of that tonight, and I bet it will last 2 more nights. I love not having to cook.

Hope you all have a lovely day!!

 

[mikamah]

Lisa- Congrats on being a top loser!!!!
You are rocking this challenge, and I'm so happy for you. I bet you'll be the biggest loser one week soon!!!