In search of my body...not the one I ate! Part Deux... We sit at the popular table!

[SeptemberGirl]

I totally love the New Yankee Workshop poster on the wall.

Oh, and the Mickeys are cool, too!


Erika, Dawn is right. Now we both have a jealous friend!


My day is filled with dust. Nick sanded last night and made no attempt at containing the dust that results from sanding. No, wait, let me elaborate. He didn't even remove things from the kitchen table, let alone move the table. I think the dust may have entered his brain and made him feeble-minded. He's lucky he's in NYC today and I can't get to him. Maybe by later tonight I will have cooled down and he will keep all his limbs.

Gotta go clean the dust off of every single thing on the first floor of my house.

 

[goofyfan-12]

Grumps... welcome back... we missed you around here...

Dawn - great input into the whole friend not noticing thing... definitely some food for thought there...

DWD - I am lovin the basement room.... too cute....

It has been a crazy day so far. I will have to post pictures from my awards luncheon for my 40 under Forty awards once I get my camera back from my sister. It was pretty cool...

talk to you later,
Goof

to the DIS Moderators... I am sorry for my mistyping in my last post. Thanks for catching that and I will not do it again I promise....

 

[3DisneyKids]

That was me. I'm brilliant.


You ARE!


I am in a fog with this virus. Anything I say today, cannot be held against me in a court of law, K? Ut-oh, I gotta do payroll today too!

Sorry you are feeling gross. Hope the meds help.

Hi EriKa,
Ok...here is my spin...

Thanks for your perspective on this. I don't feel the need to bring it up with him at all, I was just surprised, that he didn't. But he said plenty of other things that were nice and fun, etc.

Hi GUYS! For our Dec. gathering...

I Saw that the Mickeys Christmas party dates are out...does anyone want to plan on going??? Dates??? Let me know cause we want to date it and not miss out...

I am up for anything any time...

Hi all sorry I have been away for a while.

I Have decided to return. Sorry I have not gotten the nimbers out to you. Dawn and I will talk and get those out soon.

Erika-- are you wearing baggy clothing? You have been a drastic transformation based on the pictures you posted. Keep up the good work and dont let those folks get you down.

YAY! Grumps is here! Good to see you back ! Well, it was chilly, so while I wasn't wearing baggy clothes, I wasn't scantily clad either...

Erika, Dawn is right. Now we both have a jealous friend!

Does this mean another color war??? Or do we share the green?

My day is filled with dust. Nick sanded last night and made no attempt at containing the dust that results from sanding. No, wait, let me elaborate. He didn't even remove things from the kitchen table, let alone move the table. I think the dust may have entered his brain and made him feeble-minded. He's lucky he's in NYC today and I can't get to him. Maybe by later tonight I will have cooled down and he will keep all his limbs.

Gotta go clean the dust off of every single thing on the first floor of my house.

He BETTER be dealing with dinner then!

Lyz--LOVE the family room! Totally fun! And the Mickey's are great!

I will post my house pics shortly--as promised!

 

[3DisneyKids]

Ok--so this is the outside....(grass is still scraggly!)

 

[3DisneyKids]

And this is the kitchen, living, and dining rooms...all one open area. (Lyz--we now have all of the crown moulding on top of the cabs...I knew you would notice something like that!

 

[3DisneyKids]

And here are the beer taps in the bar (bonus room above the garage). I promised these to Lyz ages ago...and it is still a wreck up there, so I am sorry about the mess!

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

I totally love the New Yankee Workshop poster on the wall.

Hubby is a BIG fan. That standup is one of two gifts I've ever gotten him that he liked. (The other was a chainsaw.) We've met Norm, and have gone to Bawston to look at TOH Projects.

Oh, and the Mickeys are cool, too!


Erika, Dawn is right. Now we both have a jealous friend!


My day is filled with dust. Nick sanded last night and made no attempt at containing the dust that results from sanding. No, wait, let me elaborate. He didn't even remove things from the kitchen table, let alone move the table. I think the dust may have entered his brain and made him feeble-minded. He's lucky he's in NYC today and I can't get to him. Maybe by later tonight I will have cooled down and he will keep all his limbs.

Gotta go clean the dust off of every single thing on the first floor of my house.

Arrrrgh. This is what happens when Wall Street Executives decide to sand!

to the DIS Moderators... I am sorry for my mistyping in my last post. Thanks for catching that and I will not do it again I promise....

Goof - you rebel, did you get repremanded?

Ohh, 2 Ms. Greens. LOVING IT! It can be JGreen(SG) and KGreen(3DK)

Thanks for the compliments on my tv room. Can you tell we're NASCAR fans, we like to brand!!! (Dawn - the color on my walls is Sherwin Williams "Blond." It is hands down the BEST COLOR EVER. Everyone loves it when they come in.)

EriKa, your home is so very lovely. And clean. Do you have a cleaning person? I like the black. Very sleek. And the Japanese (?) characters above your couch, what do they mean?

I couldn't see the birthday party pic last night, it was too dark on the dinosaur. Glad you posted these today.

Who plays the drums?

 

[goofyfan-12]

Arrrrgh. This is what happens when Wall Street Executives decide to sand!



[B]Goof - you rebel, did you get repremanded?
I didn't get repremanded, but I did noticed that what I had originally typed was changed so I figured I would apologize to the moderators before it became a problem. I keep forgetting that not everyone works on a construction site like me..... oops...

Ohh, 2 Ms. Greens. LOVING IT! It can be JGreen(SG) and KGreen(3DK)

Thanks for the compliments on my tv room. Can you tell we're NASCAR fans, we like to brand!!! (Dawn - the color on my walls is Sherwin Williams "Blond." It is hands down the BEST COLOR EVER. Everyone loves it when they come in.)

EriKa, your home is so very lovely. And clean. Do you have a cleaning person? I like the black. Very sleek. And the Japanese (?) characters above your couch, what do they mean?

I couldn't see the birthday party pic last night, it was too dark on the dinosaur. Glad you posted these today.

Who plays the drums?[/B]

I am going to have to check out the blond color now... My mom is looking to paint again and wants me to pick the color...

Goof

 

[goofyfan-12]

Hi GUYS! For our Dec. gathering...

I Saw that the Mickeys Christmas party dates are out...does anyone want to plan on going??? Dates??? Let me know cause we want to date it and not miss out...

Dawn - my family is looking at going on Thursday, 12/4....

Goof

 

[DISNEY4XMAS]

Ok--so this is the outside....(grass is still scraggly!)

Can I just say this is my DREAM HOUSE I total love your house!
even my Dh loves it this is what we want to build. Dh is saying over my shoulder a SMALLER VERSION! I want this version

 

[3DisneyKids]

Erika - I am not quoting as you asked, but *** is up with those comments.... Are these people blind??? Based on the photos you posted here, there is a difference and don't let any of those blind Mainers tell you otherwise!!!!!

You get double goddess points for today for having to put up with that crap yesterday...

We love you and we notice the difference!!!!

Goof

Thank you so much for your support, Paula! And everyone...thanks, I am much better now.

And I forgot to post about my SECOND work-out of the day. So I ran like 5.5 miles out at the beach today. Then I had my first session with the trainer. Instead of private training, this is group training...he sets up the whole back half of the gym with all of this crazy stuff to do. It is totally like BL that way. And he yells. And times stuff..."30 more seconds....gut it out...no stopping!"

So...the group is going to meet with him 2 x/week (Tues. and Thurs.) through May. And since it is a group, we split the rate of what an hourly private session would cost (b/c I don't want to pay those rates! ). Anyway, it is 5 men and me. Fun. Not. And they have all been doing it since November. Me? Day one. And what I couldn't believe was that he had me at the same weights and everything as all of them. I did the same workout as all of them.

It is constant moving from one thing to another...and then we run 3 laps around the parking lot...then wall squats while throwing a 10 pound medicine ball to a partner...then barbell stuff...and on and on. KILLER. Now, I am a gym rat...have been going to various gyms for basically all of my adult life. I have NEVER had a workout this intense. All of us had absolute puddles of sweat on the floor around us. Honestly, I thought I was going to throw up. For real. I managed to hold on to my stomach, but ugh...I just cannot explain how hard and intense it was. But I stuck it out and did the whole thing. (And I lapped the guys when it came to running the parking lot! ) And all of this was AFTER a 5-miler!

Note to self...do NOT run on training days! I am going to be insanely sore tomorrow. But now I know what the BL contestants feel like. If this doesn't kick my weight loss into shape, NOTHING will. The trainer said it was a 1200 calorie-burning workout! And I already burned around 800 from my run.

I am reclaiming goddess status after that!

Major downside...since it is all guys, they don't talk...at all. It was like a silent class (other than grunting and groaning from all). For the first 10 minutes or so I was chatty...trying to joke it up with them. Like, at one point I jokingly said, "How do you all keep from swearing at him [the trainer] the entire time?" Response: "We just stay focused." Ok. So you are not interested in having fun while you sweat half of your body weight out. I don't understand this, but maybe it is a guy thing.

Sounds like a fun job. I like medical settings. Seems so sterile.

Freakshow.

EriKa, your home is so very lovely. And clean. Do you have a cleaning person? I like the black. Very sleek. And the Japanese (?) characters above your couch, what do they mean?

Who plays the drums?[/B]

Drums are Jeff and Riley. Father/son jam sessions up there. It is sound-proofed.

Thanks for the compliments. Yeah, you wouldn't know 3 kids lived there from the "main rooms" but they have a huge playroom plus the music room/bar upstairs and their bedrooms. So the kid stuff is fairly well out of sight from the main part of the house. Yes, I have a lot of black...not sure why. Also a lot of deep red (like a Tuscan red or Moroccan red). We have lots of Asian influences around the house since we have spent a fair amount of time there. Those characters mean "eternal family" which I love.

As for the cleaning thing...no, we don't have a cleaning lady. You are chatting with the cleaning lady. We keep saying that "as soon as XYZ is taken care of, we will get a cleaning person." Of course, we never get there. If anyone should have one, we should. We are dual income and as it is...I work full time and I care for the kids full time. I have worked full time right on through...never took time off, and the kids have never spent a minute in day care. (Which is why I work in the middle of the night often.) So I feel like I have 3 jobs...my actual job, caring for the kids, and the whole cooking and cleaning thing. (Yes, I cook a family dinner every night. Every one. We hold family dinner time pretty high up on the priority list.) This is why I love it when Jeff goes out of town like now. I feel like it is a break from one of my "jobs." I let the house go a bit. Feed the kids grilled cheese or whatever in front of the tv...that kind of thing.

Sorry...guess I had a mini rant in there and didn't even realize it.

 

[3DisneyKids]

Can I just say this is my DREAM HOUSE I total love your house!
even my Dh loves it this is what we want to build. Dh is saying over my shoulder a SMALLER VERSION! I want this version

WOW! Thank you so much! What a nice thing to hear!

 

[Dizneydawn]

to the DIS Moderators... I am sorry for my mistyping in my last post. Thanks for catching that and I will not do it again I promise....

I don't think anyone caught that but the auto screener programmed on the threads...it scans and deletes stuff all the time...like when I typed the word h0m0phobic...it deleted the h0m0 part even though it was not an off color comment. You are the least of naughty writers here....

IT IS SNOW WHITE TRYIN TO BE ALL PURE AND SUCH...

 

[MaMabearJo]

Hi EriKa,
Ok...here is my spin...

First off...it is totally natural to have a measuring post...we all do...that person we expect great advice from, great insight with and the person who holds up the mirror to your success and will be your biggest chearleader no matter what...That is how I see your friend D. He is the person you were at your best with (even as friends) and the person who you expected to reckognize that you were there again. That is the friend that, like parents you want to hear accolades from, unabashed overtones and all and out pride. I would have been the same way...I bet he was at some level your sounding board when you felt not the best about yourself and the person who let you know your worth always.

I have a few thoughts on why his reaction was subdued...
#1 he actually likes you as more - regardless of lip service...he is getting older and self-reflection is bound to happen - and now...sees you at your best again...your pride will affect your bubbly personality...and he at some level feels like he was left out...missed out...and now...no turning back...

#2 He is afraid of his feelings about how you look and did not know how to handle them...so avoiding is better than dealing with...

#3 He was totally preoocupied with something and will notice later...(I am not betting my money on that one)

When I met Dan..he acted indifferent...now I know that his reaction was a total fake and he was so afraid of his feelings..

He did not know the status of my marriage...and regardless of the fact his mariage was over...he was not sure where I was and thus...acted like I was a simple friend....

Later...after he told me how he felt...I was totally shocked...I pointed out his actions and our strict friendship beginnings, that I did not see any signs of more..and how did he expect me to read through them...he said..."What did you expect me to do?" To that I had to admit...I was not sure.

I think your friend is jealous...seems the Jonses is a big thing there...so acknowleding your feelings means that she would have to admit D should have noticed...which means she should notice..you have changed....You are a great catch...have a great marriage..3 beautiful kids...and the eye of many men in your area I am sure...sexy comes from within...D saw that in you always...now the perfectionists with views of body perfection have nothing left to cut you down with...to lower your value in order to raise theirs.

If he is that special friend to you...give it another week...than call him out on it....but be prepared for an answer that may shock you...have some thoughts on what his reaction might be and how you are ready to deal with it. What if he says he has always hidden behind humour and really wants you? Stranger things have happened.

Dawn very well said

And this is the kitchen, living, and dining rooms...all one open area. (Lyz--we now have all of the crown moulding on top of the cabs...I knew you would notice something like that!

Love your house picture perfect!!!! The little green envy guy came out but just a little. I would love to knock our house down and start fresh.
Keep up the great job with working out you are my idol really!!!!!

Lyz I love your family room and the Mickey's really do accent the room. Very Very Nice...

Both DD Hanna and I are sick now head and chest crap. I brought her in this morning then had to go back to town and pick up a prescription, I did something I normally would not, after picking it up, I went for a walk around town. It looked like rain so I thought, by the time I got home it would be raining so I better get it in now... I have also been writing everthing I eat down. In a way I have been having fun planning and getting excited when I can have extra something if I wanted. Tonight was Fat free cholate/vanilla pudding YUM!!!!!

I am excited to see my weight in the morning. Thanks for all your support.

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

Thank you so much for your support, Paula! And everyone...thanks, I am much better now.

And I forgot to post about my SECOND work-out of the day. So I ran like 5.5 miles out at the beach today. Then I had my first session with the trainer. Instead of private training, this is group training...he sets up the whole back half of the gym with all of this crazy stuff to do. It is totally like BL that way. And he yells. And times stuff..."30 more seconds....gut it out...no stopping!"

So...the group is going to meet with him 2 x/week (Tues. and Thurs.) through May. And since it is a group, we split the rate of what an hourly private session would cost (b/c I don't want to pay those rates! ). Anyway, it is 5 men and me. Fun. Not. And they have all been doing it since November. Me? Day one. And what I couldn't believe was that he had me at the same weights and everything as all of them. I did the same workout as all of them.

It is constant moving from one thing to another...and then we run 3 laps around the parking lot...then wall squats while throwing a 10 pound medicine ball to a partner...then barbell stuff...and on and on. KILLER. Now, I am a gym rat...have been going to various gyms for basically all of my adult life. I have NEVER had a workout this intense. All of us had absolute puddles of sweat on the floor around us. Honestly, I thought I was going to throw up. For real. I managed to hold on to my stomach, but ugh...I just cannot explain how hard and intense it was. But I stuck it out and did the whole thing. (And I lapped the guys when it came to running the parking lot! ) And all of this was AFTER a 5-miler!

Note to self...do NOT run on training days! I am going to be insanely sore tomorrow. But now I know what the BL contestants feel like. If this doesn't kick my weight loss into shape, NOTHING will. The trainer said it was a 1200 calorie-burning workout! And I already burned around 800 from my run.

I am reclaiming goddess status after that!

Major downside...since it is all guys, they don't talk...at all. It was like a silent class (other than grunting and groaning from all). For the first 10 minutes or so I was chatty...trying to joke it up with them. Like, at one point I jokingly said, "How do you all keep from swearing at him [the trainer] the entire time?" Response: "We just stay focused." Ok. So you are not interested in having fun while you sweat half of your body weight out. I don't understand this, but maybe it is a guy thing.

EriKa, this sounds Brutal. It's So You.



Freakshow.

Thats the pot calling the pettle black!


Drums are Jeff and Riley. Father/son jam sessions up there. It is sound-proofed.

Thanks for the compliments. Yeah, you wouldn't know 3 kids lived there from the "main rooms" but they have a huge playroom plus the music room/bar upstairs and their bedrooms. So the kid stuff is fairly well out of sight from the main part of the house. Yes, I have a lot of black...not sure why. Also a lot of deep red (like a Tuscan red or Moroccan red). We have lots of Asian influences around the house since we have spent a fair amount of time there. Those characters mean "eternal family" which I love.

As for the cleaning thing...no, we don't have a cleaning lady. You are chatting with the cleaning lady. We keep saying that "as soon as XYZ is taken care of, we will get a cleaning person." Of course, we never get there. If anyone should have one, we should. We are dual income and as it is...I work full time and I care for the kids full time. I have worked full time right on through...never took time off, and the kids have never spent a minute in day care. (Which is why I work in the middle of the night often.) So I feel like I have 3 jobs...my actual job, caring for the kids, and the whole cooking and cleaning thing. (Yes, I cook a family dinner every night. Every one. We hold family dinner time pretty high up on the priority list.) This is why I love it when Jeff goes out of town like now. I feel like it is a break from one of my "jobs." I let the house go a bit. Feed the kids grilled cheese or whatever in front of the tv...that kind of thing.

Sorry...guess I had a mini rant in there and didn't even realize it.

I don't understand why you haven't had a nervous breakdown!

And for the record, I didn't see any tv's. I looked.

 

[MaMabearJo]

I forgot to say hi to Dan, Miss you buddy and your partner in crime to....

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

I did something I normally would not, after picking it up, I went for a walk around town. It looked like rain so I thought, by the time I got home it would be raining so I better get it in now... I have also been writing everthing I eat down. In a way I have been having fun planning and getting excited when I can have extra something if I wanted. Tonight was Fat free cholate/vanilla pudding YUM!!!!!

I am excited to see my weight in the morning. Thanks for all your support.

She's a maniac!

 

[MaMabearJo]

She's a maniac!

Hey that took a big effort on my part, I hate walking by myself, noboby to talk with and I don't want to be the crazy lady around town who talks to herself.

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

Hey that took a big effort on my part, I hate walking by myself, noboby to talk with and I don't want to be the crazy lady around town who talks to herself.

were you talking to yourself! You'll get a reputation!

 

[MaMabearJo]

were you talking to yourself! You'll get a reputation!

Not to much, but I might go back that way tomorow, cute contruction guys working on street, had to go by twice very very nice,