My Magical Journey to Running the Half Marathon TR Link! p.107

[LaurenMic]

Congrats Carissa!! That is awesome, you should be SO proud of yourself. 18 pounds is a huge accomplishment! Keep up the great work

 

[winkers]

Congratulations!!!
What an amazing accomplishment!!

 

[carissanboys]

Congratulations! 18 pounds is wonderful.
Glad you downgraded, but it would be nice if it could come up with nicer terms. Whatever happened to pleasingly plump? That sounds better than obese, and you certainly never looked obese to me in any of your pictures! Silly wii!!! I fear what it would say to me!

Thanks! At least my mii is getting slimmer!

Carissa! Great job on completing the program. And if you get up to 10 minute miles you'll be faster than me. I usually run around 11 minute miles (5.5 mph). If I do much faster than that I breathe harder than I like and get tired too fast. You will be so ready to start the half training come the fall

I might find that going that fast has the same affect on me. We'll see.

Congratulations Carissa!! For the 18 pounds and for finishing the program!!

I can't wait to hear about your half-marathon!

CONGRATULATIONS CARISSA !!!​

WAY TO GO ! ​

Yay Carissa!

(I just crossed that "obese" to "overweight" line too....it definitely is a milestone! Good for you!)

Carissa!

I am so happy for you!! Keep up the good work!!!! I can't wait to see what you do for training for the marathon, and of course hearing all your Disney plans!!

Congrats Carissa!

Congratulations Carissa (and thanks for sharing your highs and lows with the rest of us- you really have motivated so many of us to try too!)

Congrats on finishing the program, Carissa!!! You rock!

Hip, hip, hooray!!!

So proud of you!!!

awesome job carissa. Keep up the good work. You are my inspiration!

CONGRATS Carissa!!!

Amanda

Thanks everyone!

 

[carissanboys]

Whoooo hooo Carissa!!!!

Girl, I am so proud of you!!! You have achieved something I so desperately need to do for myself. Hats off to you. I have all the respect in the world for what you have done. I can't tell you how many times I have tried to do this but gave up without really trying, or just kept putting off til tomorrow.

You are so inspiring!!!

Congrats Carissa!! That is awesome, you should be SO proud of yourself. 18 pounds is a huge accomplishment! Keep up the great work

Congratulations!!!
What an amazing accomplishment!!

Thank you so much everyone! You're all the best!


Sorry I've been MIA. Just so much going on around here lately. I feel like all of my time on the computer is spent researching more and more stuff. I promise to fill you in soon (like tomorrow or Monday).

I'll just say that we have 1,001 new additions to our family in the works.

I also have some trip news to share.

And I need to get to everyone's PTRs and TRs and get caught up!

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend.

 

[glennbo123]

You've achieved some MAJOR accomplishments Carissa. Congratulations!!!

 

[MeMom]

I'll just say that we have 1,001 new additions to our family in the works.

I also have some trip news to share.

Fun on both counts.
I look forward to hearing all about everything!

 

[DrMomof3]

No fair with the teaser!!!

Amanda

 

[All7OfUs]

Hmmm.... now I can't wait for Monday

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Cant wait to hear your news. I am definitely in for the princess 1\2 too!

 

[mommytothreeboys]

I'm sure you are a busy girl with all your research!

 

[eandesmom]

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!

You have worked so hard and I am so impressed, you truly are an inspiration.

 

[carissanboys]

You've achieved some MAJOR accomplishments Carissa. Congratulations!!!

Thanks Glenn

Fun on both counts.
I look forward to hearing all about everything!

Coming up!

No fair with the teaser!!!

Amanda

Hmmm.... now I can't wait for Monday

Cant wait to hear your news. I am definitely in for the princess 1\2 too!

Good for you!

I'm sure you are a busy girl with all your research!

I feel like my head is spinning these days.

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!

You have worked so hard and I am so impressed, you truly are an inspiration.

Thanks Cynthia!

 

[carissanboys]

Where to begin??

First off, I will admit that I haven't worked out or been on the treadmill since last Tuesday. The past two days have been because of migraines, but I have no excuses for the other days except laziness. I will run tomorrow and if I don't, you all can get after me.

Some of you may have noticed that Liz and I have been hashing out some plans for our January trip. I will get an itinerary posted soon.

Sadly, I have decided to cancel the California trip at this time. It was going to be difficult to squeeze in another trip. I also don't really want to be leaving my husband after spending almost the entire year apart. I'd rather spend the money and time taking a short family trip. We rented a cabin in West Virginia two Christmases ago and it was one of my favorite trips ever. I've been wanting to do something like that again.

So, the 1000 visitors that I alluded to are red worms that will be arriving this week. I have decided to begin vermicomposting. Last week I got the bin all set up and now we just wait for our new friends to arrive. I think it will be a great learning experience for the boys.





And the 1 of the 1,001? Well, since I guess I didn't think my life was crazy enough, we've decided to finally add a dog to our family. A Miniature Schnauzer puppy to be exact. Chuck and I have wanted a dog for a long, long time, but we were never in a great place to get one. I figure the boys are all at a perfect age and with us homeschooling, we're home all of the time, which will help with training him.

Here is his first picture:

And this is him at 5 weeks:

We will be bringing him home in 2 - 3 weeks. Still working on a name so any suggestions are welcome!

 

[glennbo123]

How cool! I've thought about vermicomposting, but didn't want to order a whole pack of 1,000 worms. It sounds like they multiply pretty quickly and you could just start with a few. We have a big Mantis composting double-bin that you can crank to turn.

Cute puppy! A name? Hmmmmm.

 

[mommytothreeboys]

The puppy is adorable! What a great addition to the family!

 

[carissanboys]

How cool! I've thought about vermicomposting, but didn't want to order a whole pack of 1,000 worms. It sounds like they multiply pretty quickly and you could just start with a few. We have a big Mantis composting double-bin that you can crank to turn.

Cute puppy! A name? Hmmmmm.

Actually, you need about 1,000 to be able to eat through the amount of scraps a smaller family would produce during a week. And yes, they multiply quickly, but unless you transfer a bunch of the worms to another bin, they will actually maintain their population. Some will die off because their castings are toxic to other worms and when you take out the castings, the cocoons or baby worms that are in them will not survive in the garden or plants you add them to. If you're not increasing food to the bin, then the population will stay around the perfect size (this is from everything I have read, not experience of course).

The puppy is adorable! What a great addition to the family!

Thanks! We're very excited.

 

[MHTeacher]

Well, I'm sort of girly-girly in the aspect of worms and such things, so as far as the worms go .... .......................

BUT, the puppy is adorable! How could you not fall in love with him? My neighbor's girlfriend had the same dog and his name was Baxter.

 

[If U Had Wings]

The new puppy is adorable! Congratulations!!!

 

[Charleston Princess]

The puppy is just precious!

 

[OhMari]

First, congradulations with finishing the program.


What an adorable dog. I just read a great book, and the dog in the book was much loved and they called him "Lump" or Lumpy. Dumb name, but if fit the dog in the book.