I was thinking that you and
Maria could continue the Kisses theme by dressing up as Kiss band members for the Wicked Half.
LOL!!!! GREAT IDEA!!! who will be gene simmons? incidentally, gene used to live in my uncle's building in midtown. said he was a really nice and normal guy (then again, my uncle isn't all that normal so perhaps "it depends on what your definition of 'is,' is")
I loved the 80's, too. That was a great decade for me. I was in my 20's, pretty, skinny, had a fast car and my own place,
dating a fighter pilot, good times!
did you date the fighter pilot pre- or post- top gun????
Here's a picture of me when I was about 20 in 1980
and another one with my friends drinking beer at spring training -- I'm the one at the back
love this! you look great! love the hair - how the heck did you get it like that? i'm so lucky that big hair isn't in because i don't do anything other than put it in a ponytail every day.
thanks for updating the name of the thread. wonder if we'll get any new people??
The Cape Cod Potato Chip Factory is located in Hyannis, not far from the main highway that runs through town. It took us about an hour to get there, which is perfect for my dad. It's a self-guided tour, you basically walk through a long corridor with windows so you can see what is happening, and placards telling you what you are seeing. We saw raw chips go into giant kettles, cooked chips go through a conveyor and get salted, and then they went up to packaging which we could not see. They are a big believer in using local products, all their potatoes come from the eastern seaboard (sorry, Lisah!). The day we were there they were using potatoes from New York. The tour took about 15 minutes, and emptied into their gift shop. You could get four good-sized bags for $10, so who could resist that?! I had chips all set for NYE. After the tour we went to the Hearth and Kettle, a restaurant attached to the Cape Codder Resort. This resort has an indoor water pool, so I've been thinking about doing a night or two here during the winter to break things up. It looks ok. Nothing fancy, but that would be fine.
my mom took my grandpa (who is really going downhill big time) to the pretzel factory in york, pa when she visited him a few months ago. he usually just wants to sit in the house and tell old pipeline stories but after hearing them a zillion times you just HAVE to get him out and doing SOMETHING. they had to wear hair nets and booties over their shoes because you actually went in to the pretzel making area. apparently my grandpa kept asking if the stuff coming off the belts were samples and tried to take them. makes sense to me...i'd do it
cape cod chips are SO good. i remember my friend becky (who i used to go to N. Truro with every summer for a week) used to bring cape cod chips to school for lunch every day. i was so jealous. i wasn't allowed chips....or anything bad for that matter. and now we wonder why i can't seem to put the crap food down....
Maria- great job on the run today and being 5lbs down from last years is better than being up right?
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Nancy
Sorry the night wasnt better. How annoying! Your MIL is an idiot to think that about the card. I thought it was beautiful and completely appropriate. Im glad you made it out on your walk today.
the more i think about what MIL said the more pissed i get. she is so nuts!
I think if I dont loose weight before the hershey half I will definitely just wrap myself in aluminum foil.
yeah, i hear you on that one!
My training plan starts on 1/24. I have a similar plan of doing 2 time runs during the week and long runs on the weekend. I am going to do walk/run intervals. I think if all goes well I may try to change things up a bit for the hershey half and try to run most of it. I feel like I will need a new challenge to keep me going. so thats the plan and if all goes well I will be able to do WDW half 2013 and that will be enough of a goal in itself to keep me going.
i don't do intervals but have been really thinking about it. i have a problem with starting and stopping and starting back up again so i don't know if intervals would work for me. i ran the princess up until mile 10 when i walked through the water stations because i was pretty sure i was going to die at that point.
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Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was convinced all the numbers meant it would be a great year and then last night I got into mikes car to drive home after midnight and his odometer said 66666.
see, my crazy mind would be ok with this. the devil number is 666, right? and your number was 66,666 which is 5 6s. that's an odd number of 6s and therefore ok - if it was 666,666 then i would freak because that would make 2 sets of 666.
i think about numbers way too much. OCD, much?
So do you think it's possible that Mike's sister is haunting us?
It's a little windy today and we didn't have power this morning for a couple of hours. I still can't believe she died last year on New Year's Day.
that gave me the chills!
So since we had no power, we went to see a movie--The Descendants. I really liked it, Mike and Tom thought it was ok. The power was back on when we came home and hopefully it will stay on. I was bummed though, cause I wanted to make pancakes for breakfast, so I had movie popcorn instead.
Tom goes back probably on Thursday and I'm starting to get a little stressed out/sad.
I feel like we hardly saw him this break, and I am guessing he won't be home for the summer this year. I'm probably just being too girly, but I feel big changes coming....and you know how I feel about change. I guess I should stop anticipating things.
As for my weight....I weighed in at 146 this morning--which is pretty high for me. I am doing t.o.m. so maybe that's part of it. I'm a Loser for right now, but Mike and I have decided to just put the whole thing on hold until Tom goes back. Which is not an excuse to eat everything in sight, but I just don't feel like stressing about food right now.
I'll be back later with replies.
rose, can i please be at your "high" weight?? ugh, i have a ways to get back there! i wonder if i'll ever see the low 140s/high 130s again. wait. scratch that. i WILL get there dammit!
what year is tom now? a junior? it's pretty normal to not come back the summer before senior year since that's the big internship summer. i did an internship in DC that summer. i know you'll miss him though!
i hate change too. but, for me, without change i won't get to where i need to be
Okay,
Nancy, time to get out that floss. I was just reading something that said you can add five years to your life by flossing every day. You have a lovely smile!
ok, i get it, i'm gross. i need to floss. and i need to get to the dentist. i promise i do brush my teeth, usually 3 times a day (i have to in the middle of the day because i'm afraid of coffee breath!)
Galloway does about 12 min miles with the 30/30 intervals. He did the DL half in 2:33 and the Wine and Dine at 2:51 -- please note that our own
Rose did pass him and finished about 1/2 an hour before he did.
really interesting! does he run the rest of the way? what i think would be hard is to start off with the intervals. in my head i'd think, "really? i'm taking a break after only 30 seconds?" wonder why this DL half and W&D times were so different?
I'm going to the community center tomorrow morning so I may not have a chance to get on here in the morning since I'm coaching the Mickeys this week.
what's at the community center? ours is a little house aka one little room across the street from the deli. there's a table and a couch. sometimes girl scouts meets there and sometimes mr. jack from the silver beach office does story time. i bet yours is more exciting!
Uggh. I did not enjoy today. None of us really did, but I guess that's ok. We were all three kind of bleh and melancholy. I think all along I have kind of been looking at the new year as officially starting tomorrow. Then Mike's cousin that I talk to occasionally on fb posted a rip picture of his sister which kind of threw us for a loop. I guess I just wasn't expecting it.
RIP pictures on facebook should come with a warning. like, "attention people: my next post is going to be of a dead person that you may have loved so watch out!" my aunt posted a pic of my grandparents right before christmas (my grandma's bday was early december) and it depressed me all day.
Lisa--have a good run tomorrow! We did see JG at Princess and the first w&d. I think he finished ahead of us at w&d and we finished ahead of him at Princess. It was kind of cool to run along side him for a little while.
was he doing the intervals? that is cool that you ran next to him! i'd have a hard time getting to him i think! my corral was D. don't know what they'd put me in now.
Nancy--I agree! Get that floss out and get yourself to the dentist! I skipped it for a year or so and ended up with some issues that I will now deal with from now on. I floss almost every day, and usually only skip it if I'm sick. Once you get used to it, you will feel gross if you don't! Good for you for standing up to the sil I thought your card was lovely! Your mil sounds like a crankpot!
she's terrible and i can't stand her. and then she wonders why i never let her see the kids! it's fine to have an opinion about something but it's NOT fine to share it so that the person will find out!
i'm buying floss today.
I hope everyone had a great day! I have eaten so much crap today, it is unbelievable. And I feel disgusting. I am definitely doing some self-sabotaging. But hopefully I will get it under control quick. At least there is a Once Upon a Time marathon on tonight. And thank goodness I took tomorrow off!
what do you think about once upon a time? it's pretty good so far. getting better. i liked the last episode best i think.
Today was a good start to the year. Ryan is back to normal. We got all our xmas stuff down and put away and the tree is out of the house. I got the groceries and a clean kitchen. tomorrow we will be getting all the clean laundry put away. Currently we have a ton of bins full of clean clothes. I cant stand it.
My stomach has not been feeling to well today. Not sure if it was all the greasy salty food I ate yesterday or if I am getting a touch of the bug going around. Or it could be withdrawl kicking in. No soda or fast food in over 24hrs.
I did take pics of myself tonight both a frontal and a side view. Wow is all I can say....I knew I felt bad but never realized how bad it really was until I saw the pics. Even more motivation. I promised myself before I took the pic I would not sulk in misery about how hard I worked before and let it all come back. So Im not.
Talk to you all tomorrow!!!!!
i had a headache all day on new years day and i'm pretty sure it's because i hadn't eaten any junk that day. is that gross or what??
good for you for taking before pics. it will be great to see the differences. maybe i should take a before pic...
Well, my post worked. But too many smilies so I had to go back and delete. I know i could have copied half and split it in half, but I've been known to highlight my post and then hit a key accidently and it disappears. Without the poof fairy.
i do the hit-the-wrong-key-after-a-long-post-and-poof thing all the time. it's so annoying!
I took my before pictures today. I wore my wish shirt and capris, and my goal is to actually be able to wear them out in public for the Wicked Half. I think a lime green sparkle skirt would be perfect with the outfit and for my next disney race I will splurge on that. Although the black sparkle might be better and more versatile. Oh I've got some work to do if I want to justify a new sparkle skirt.
Poko and I had a nice walk this morning and I jogged a little of it. She still just walks with my jog. Maybe one day she'll be able to trot a little harder as I pick up my speed. I definitely need new shoes, and plan to get some in the next 2 weeks. I don't have a short work day this week, so probably won't get there til next week. Poor me, worked only 1 day out of the past 10.
Michael's getting a little mad since I haven't made his breakfast yet. I think we're going to see the chipmunk movie at 1140. Need to get Poko used to being in the crate during the day again. She has been really good at night. knock on wood.
Happy New Year!!
yeah, i need to do some before pictures. it's so depressing to think that i'm yet again at the "before" stage. my BIL and SIL said something on new years about how i "used" to look really skinny when i was "doing that running thing" - so nice to know that i used to be skinny which means that i now look fat. grr
i think i'd really like to do that wicked half! could be fun, right? what's the theme? i will have to practice saying things like, "this run is wicked haaahd" and "where did you paahk the caah?" hehe. good thing
i don't have an accent
how was the chipmunk movie?
Feeling a little snarky today.
maybe you've been hanging around me a little too much? hehe
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I wish there was a race that we could all meet up at this year--no boys. I need a yaya sisterhood weekend. Have you all read that book? What about the KY Derby Half in April? I will kick Mike out and you all can stay at my house.
I'm right in the middle of everyone.....just saying......And I mean it, I really would kick Mike out......
i think that would be really fun! i don't know if i'd be able to get up to a half by april though. plus, you know, leave with a still nursing baby. darn! i'd be allllll over coming to kentucky though!
We were making an a** out of my aunt yesterday during dinner because she was telling everyone to eat there peas because it means you will have money in the new year. Guess what Mike ate a big portion of peas and today bought a scratch off and won 50$.
Guess she was right.
lol! that's great!!
Nancy -- You are welcome anytime! Just keep in mind my "guest suite" is in the basement, which has mementos of the Patriots, Celtics, Bruins, and Red Sox, and although I think it's pretty comfortable, you do sleep in the shadow of the exercise bike and TM. But we also have our medals down there, so you can see how Dennis has done twice as many races as I have
Did I mention the bathroom has it's own heat lamp? You can put it on so when you step out of the shower it is quite lovely
I don't even know what to say about your MIL and the photo. Yep, I think that would be my excuse to be done sending photos. The way I look at it, it's Dennis's family. If he wants to deal with them it's fine, it's not necessarily my responsibility. Although I will admit, when Ben was little I felt responsible to give them access and make it easy, because I thought he needed to have a relationship with them more than I needed to be away from them. As you know, I'm revising that opinion...
well, i might have to just leave a giants jersey in your basement by accident! lol! celtics i'm ok with (love larry bird and, well, i'm irish so it's cool) as well as the red sox (i'm a die hard mets fan so i hate them "yankee dogs" as my grandpa used to say). and the bruins? i don't follow hockey though i was happy to see the rangers beat philly yesterday in that outdoor game.
i keep trying to tell myself that thomas doesn't know that MIL is crazy and should be allowed to see her. well, he does. just not alot. john's nephew connor is 6 now and MIL is just nasty to him. sure,she'll play with him but then she'll make comments about how his hair is terrible (it actually is but that's not her place to say). she wouldn't sit next to him at church and wouldn't let him go up for communion with her like he always does on christmas because she was embarrassed that he didn't have a sport coat on. WHAT? he is 6. i would have flipped if i were there because apparently she was wearing one of her classic ugly christmas sweaters. how is that appropriate for anything other than the garbage??
The last page in the January issue of
Woman's Day says, "Though No One Can Go Back and Make a Brand-New Start, Anyone Can Start From Now and Make a Brand-New Ending". Let's get going on those new phases leading to those Happily Ever Afters!
love this quote. excellent.
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morning friends! i'm all caught up now. ok, i'll say it....this thread moves WAY to fast!
back to the grind now. john's off to work and it's just the two boys and me today. we don't have mommy and me class and it's below freezing. need to figure out something to do. thomas is getting to be a bit of a PITA when we go places. at the zoo and the botanical gardens this weekend he was SO bad. first wanted to walk then didn't want to move then didn't want to sit in the stroller and we left the zoo with him strapped into the stroller but hanging off the side screaming "HELP ME! HELP ME!" meltdown city. of course we got some fabulous looks.
anyway, my point is that i'd love to put the two kids in the stroller and maybe go walk around the mall but when i need to feed the baby i know thomas won't just sit there and i can't be chasing him with a baby on the b@@b. this sounds ridiculous to be complaining about, right? it's just that i HAVE to get out of the house with thomas. he is jumping on the couch next to me right now screaming "MORE CHOO CHOO MOVIE" and if i watch the polar express one more time i'm going to kill myself!!
anywho, i was inspired by
lisa and the other wishers to do that 100 day challenge so i need to figure out how i'm going to move for 30 min today! yesterday i went out for another walk. put some new tunes on my ipod and did 2 laps around maritime. it was freezing but the music and the fresh air pumped me up. i wound up trying to jog. i managed one mile. and i felt like dying. my chest was killing me from all the heavy bouncing. one mile and i felt like death. jesus. talk about losing fitness. oh well. i'll get there. at least i was able to do a mile!
we are currently still waiting to hear from disney about whether or not they will ROFR our contract for 240 pts at BLT. i'm thinking it's not going to work out because the seller agreed to a super cheap price and i'm sure disney will decide to buy them out instead. we're trying to plan out our points and thinking about jan 2013 already! i'd like to stay for 10 days that trip. do the marathon at the beginning of the trip and then have a nice long trip after. going on the plane a few hours after running the princess was the pits!
ooo! it's tuesday - i just remembered there's storytime at the library. woot! free!
That was a great way to start off the New Year.
That was a great decade for me. I was in my 20's, pretty, skinny, had a fast car and my own place, dating a fighter pilot, good times! 
I am ready to start the winter and hopefully have it fly by so the warm sunny weather will be back again soon. This year I am so prepared for snow for the kids. New boots, snow pants, jackets, hates, gloves, under armor thermal underwear, snow toys, etc. Now watch it wont even snow this winter.
you!
Glad you got home without incident! 
to Lisa, Pamela and Dona!
It felt good, but I was up another .4 on the scale. I know this is TOM, it's just annoying...ok, TOM and the barbecue chips. Today is my last day of non-specific eating. My dad goes home tomorrow, and I have lunch and dinner out to get through. I think I can have soup for lunch, and I'm hoping for shrimp fajitas for dinner. Of course that means chips and salsa, too...Sigh. 
I hope to join you this challenge. I don't have any clippies, but I think I finally decided that once I hit 50, I'll get one (I'm at 43 right now). I love your sparkle skirt. I'm not ready to run in a skirt yet, but I hope to be there someday. That would be very cool to see JG run, but right now I aspire to 12mm! I loved your pics from the 80s and am intrigued about this fighter pilot! What a past!
Between that and working out in the mornings my Dis time has been seriously reduced! 
