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[tttessa]

and Tessa...NO ONE is EVER allowed to diet during their birthday so who cares what the scale says for now!

Debbie - I love you!! .... ever thought of being a life coach!

Tessa

 

[DizzyErin]

Oh Tessa i totally agree with you our weather is sucky right now .. it's raining oh no it's sunny oh no wait it's raining .. washing in, washing out .. it's all enough to drive a person insane!!!! To top it all off Chloe should be going to a guide cookout tonight and it has literally rained 5 times in the last hour!!!!

Ooh i looooved EE .. Well done Cammie i'm soooo proud of you Mind you i looove all fast rides!!

 

[UsNew2Disney2008]

Debbie - I love you!! .... ever thought of being a life coach!

Tessa

That is good advice from Debbie - no dieting on birthdays!

Oh Tessa i totally agree with you our weather is sucky right now .. it's raining oh no it's sunny oh no wait it's raining .. washing in, washing out .. it's all enough to drive a person insane!!!! To top it all off Chloe should be going to a guide cookout tonight and it has literally rained 5 times in the last hour!!!!

Ooh i looooved EE .. Well done Cammie i'm soooo proud of you Mind you i looove all fast rides!!

I didn't realize you guys get such nasty weather.

We are sunny and beautiful here. Today is 70 - then mid 80's by the weekend.

Nicolas had his graduation already. So cute! He did really well. He was obsessed with where his Dad was. He was on the stage saying "Mommy, where's Daddy". I was struggling trying to tape it and take pictures for Carlos. Turns out, he made it there for the program, he was just standing in the back. I wish he would have came in and sat with me so Nicolas could've not been so worried about him missing it! MEN!

 

[UsNew2Disney2008]

Debbie - I love you!! .... ever thought of being a life coach!

Tessa

And BTW Tessa, yay you!

You are over a quarter of way way to your goal!

Go TESSA!

 

[UsNew2Disney2008]

Anyone ever had one of those days where if you were to pull each of your teeth out with your hands that it would be WAY LESS PAINFUL than dealing with the kids?

That is me today.

Hope everyone's day is better!

 

[tttessa]

Anyone ever had one of those days where if you were to pull each of your teeth out with your hands that it would be WAY LESS PAINFUL than dealing with the kids?

I have had many such days....

I once read a quote that dealing with kids can be as painful as digging your heart out with a spoon, going in through the guts.......

My 2 are ok today since one has a friend round so the other is on the computer... divide and conquer....

oh, and after all the heartache and angst my weight stayed the same ---- phew.....

Tessa

 

[UsNew2Disney2008]

Oh Tessa, you can't be ashamed of that! Girl, you had your birthday - ate outside your plan and YOU MAINTAINED! YOU GO! You didn't gain - so you bought yourself a week of standing still.

It is GOOD you did this, becuase if you approached it hard and never let yourself have treats or special occassions - what kind of life would that be? And how likely would you be to stick to it? You couldn't.

So. Welldone! You did good. Be proud of that!!! You managed to CELEBRATE and not GAIN!

As for me, today the kiddos are really tap dancing on my last nerve. It is noon, and I put them both down for a nap.

Nicolas is ill. Mom promised him he could come over today but she called 30 minutes before we were to go - headache. So she was going to bed.

Funny, just yesterday she was telling me to consider going back to work and she would keep the kids. I brought up how she gets sick and wants no part of anyone for days. She said it would be different if I were paying her. Yeah, right.

I'm planning a bit of our trip to perk me up.

I'm trying to decide on watching Wishes, Going to a comedy show, or just strolling around the BW area. Fantasmic just doesn't seem to interest me that much.

I only have two nights - so it isn't like I can do too much, but I know I want to see Illuminations!

I've so got wanderlust! I just want to be anywhere but here. A N Y W H E R E!

 

[CRdisMom]

i'm right there with you....aghhh!!! Calegon take me away......

 

[UsNew2Disney2008]

I'm so bad - I am almost considering dropping the Nov Disney trip and marching the family down to the beach! I just got a quote on an oceanfront 1 br (sleeps 6) for 579.

I know I shouldn't be tempted. But I have no Calgon here, and I need some bad!

 

[karajeboo]

I haven't read a thing yet, but thought y'all would like to know that none of the DISers we met were axe wielding serial killers lurking on these boards, and we made it back safely......

Lots of funny stories, and once Ellen gets back I'm sure we'll start the TR - she gets in tomorrow night I think. The Wanyama Safari at AKL was A M A Z I N G!!!! The animals were close enough to touch - I took over 70 photos of the animals, and about 40 of those shots are giraffes that were almost sitting on our laps. Way cool! Def my new fave animal. Gorgeous creatures!

 

[UsNew2Disney2008]

Welcome home Kara!

Can't wait to hear the stories!

I've decided somewhere in the world there is a full moon tonight, and that is REALLY affecting my kids.

I'm still plotting and trying to figure a way to get myself planted in front of the ocean. While it is the noblest of causes. I think I will get this look tonight - and then this - with no remorse of course

And then I will be

 

[MAGICFOR2]

Welcome back Kara! I can't wait to start reading - your safari sounds so amazing! I'm glad there were no axe wielding serial killers there!


Lorrie and Laura - I'm there with you. I keep having random things remind me of WDW, and stopping to daydream and wish I were anywhere but here.

Here are a couple of pics from Easter

And Mason's Birthday Party:

 

[tttessa]

Oh Tessa, you can't be ashamed of that! Girl, you had your birthday - ate outside your plan and YOU MAINTAINED! YOU GO! You didn't gain - so you bought yourself a week of standing still.

It is GOOD you did this, becuase if you approached it hard and never let yourself have treats or special occassions - what kind of life would that be? And how likely would you be to stick to it? You couldn't.

So. Welldone! You did good. Be proud of that!!! You managed to CELEBRATE and not GAIN!

Another life coach in the making!!! You girls always lift me up - thanks Lorrrie

I would watch Wishes any day....

Love all the photos of the little ones - and the cake! mmmmmmmm cake.....

Hi Kara - can't wait to read of the adventures.....

I have had a silently cheesed off with hubby day today....
Go out to school run there is cat mess on the step - now, he must have stepped right over it .....
kids have piano tonight - his mum's computer is in bits all over the room right where teacher and I will be sitting, so I cleared that up....
then the drawer front in the kitchen which he was going to fix last night - well, I fixed it this morning....
then he rings and tells me the car needs more work than he thought, so he left it at the garage.... littlest has a dance festival tomorrow night, we are going away on Sunday - so he told them to take as long as they need ....
and the pile of wood waste in the driveway - remember I asked him to move it in, like, November (twice in Dec, Jan,Feb,March and April..... well, no prizes for guessing - it's still there....

That time of the month is coming - can you tell, can you ???, is there an axe murderer smiley on here........ I love the way you all call it "Aunt Flo" by the way.... sounds cute - here it's THAT time, the CURSE etc.... doesn't sound quite so pleasant...

But since I know it's hormonal, I really need to keep my calm for a bit.... hence the venting on here..... I am happily married really... just Aunt Flo has a habit of making little molehills into mountains

So I need lots of nice escapism Kara - we need a trippie...

Tessa

 

[Camster0307]

Hi guys! Wanted to say a quick hello before I head back to bed. Had tons of fun but I'm exhausted! Magical Express picked me up at 5am yesterday. We didn't get to sleep until after midnight and then I proceeded to wake up ever half hour because I was a afraid I missing the alarm! By 3:30am, I just decided to lay in bed awake until it was time to get up.

Kara - It was so creepy being up and out that early. There was NO ONE in the lobby when I went down there! Finally, at 5am, a CM showed up to open up the airline checkin desk. ME arrived at 5:05 - I was the only pickup. Nice driver; we chatted on the way to PopCentury. He was from NY and a Yankee fan so we got along. At Pop, 20 people got on. It was still a very quiet bus to the airport though. Couldn't sleep on the plane. Just not comfortable enough.

I was home by noon. Was starving so I had lunch, unpacked, and downloaded my pix onto computer (all 275 of them; 100, I think are from the safari alone!) Then I hit the wall! By 2, I was dead tired. Fell asleep for about 30 minutes and woke up even more tired. Picked Lauren up at 3:15; Amanda was home by 4. Nurse came in a little early so I could go to bed early but Lauren was such a chatterbox - I didn't fall asleep until 10:30; up at 6am this morning. Back to reality. UGH!

So yeah- I'm going to jump back into bed for a little while before I miss my window of opportunity. Then will have to do some food shopping. Amanda is home early today so I'll be home for the day after 2. Will definitely be back on to catch up and tell some brief stories. Yes, Ellen isn't back until late tonite so I'm thinking our TR won't be started until tomorrow or Friday.

But I just have to say - we had so much fun! Kara - I love you to death and am so glad you are so normal and fun! (just like I knew you'd be!) Ellen and Lonnie were hoots also and the DISmeet was awesome. Have so many funny stories.

Back later. Oh, I think today is the first day of my diet also. I feel so gross!

 

[karajeboo]

Here's proof of Cammie's mountain exbidition!!!! She did it!

Just a couple more pics..... can't spoil the TR now, can I???

Lots of this.....

and this.....

this....

this.....

a dash of this.....

All led to a fun weekend!!!

 

[karajeboo]

And a couple pics from Ally's first swim team practice last Saturday....

She was worn out after an hour of nonstop swimming, but she did great and she was so bummed out that it was cancelled last night - it honestly has not stopped raining since I got home yesterday. Jeff said it has rained continuously since Sunday night...... I heard we had about 4 inches in 48 hrs..... crazy!

 

[tttessa]

Hiya all,

Hi Kara - love the pics - I saw celery on one of those drinks - so it's good for you right! We have a health campaign over here - 5 portions of fruit/veg per day - I'm sure it would count!

Looks like you had lots of fun....

Tessa

 

[UsNew2Disney2008]

Here are a couple of pics from Easter]

Tammie, your grandkids are just so cute!

How are you feeling?

Another life coach in the making!!! You girls always lift me up - thanks Lorrrie

I have had a silently cheesed off with hubby day today....

Tessa, I think we're on the same page. I'm grumpy. I am at a loss for what I need to do and I'm just grumpy.

Life coach - me - nope. Keep looking.

Cammie - get some rest - glad to hear you have fun.

Kara - wow she looks old in that pic! I think she'll like swimming!

Cammie and Kara - okay, Kara - I've seen you. You are small. Cammie is right there with you in pictures.

It looks like you had fun though! Can't wait to read the TR.

Okay - having trouble getting going today. Do I work outside? Do I do laundry? Do I clean? Do I do bathrooms? Do I pay bills? Run errands?

There is seriously just too much to do! I can't pick a starting point!

AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh!

 

[CRdisMom]

Right now I think I am in FL. It was 90 yesterday. Today it should be 87. Mind you we had a hard frost warning onfriday night. Love MN for the weather.

The pics make me sad. I so wanted to be there. I can't wait to see more. I'm glad to hear everyone is normal. LOL.

Lorrie. It is the worst part if being sahm. The forcing yourself to make the lists and stick to them. Yuck! Good luck finding a starting place. I find the DIS is always the best place because it reminds me I'm not alone.

Off to the girl scout( guides for tessa/Erin) store. Beth is bridging to brownies. Should be fun. Sad but fun. She can't be getingthat old.

 

[karajeboo]

Laura - you are about 20 degrees WARMER than we are!!! I saw it on TWC last night and was laughing. It is just like when TS Fay came through last year - nonstop rain for 3 days. So depressing - actually, I'm gonna nap today. Love napping on cold rainy days!