Team Goddess - Volume 11. Rocking 2012 Goddess Style!

[lisaviolet]

And my mom has fallen again. Out of a car at a car show - at least she did it in style.

They went to the hospital and she's okay. I have no idea what that woman is made of - it's unreal. Just like her father. He used to fall down a hill - every single year - onto the sidewalk and never broke a thing. Well that sounded weird without added information.

Their house was on a hill and he insisted on mowing his own lawn despite the ongoing pattern . I know it's not funny. I just have to laugh at this point. Just have to - sighing.

Please DO NOT let your BP or Cholesterol get high. Do not - more important than any size. Both Mama and Mom had issues that were unchecked for a bit - both stubborn - and I would bet that they will one day have a certifiable link there with dementia.

 

[lisaviolet]

Well, she's not okay.

She fractured her spine and broke/crushed a vertabrae. Sighing. Just feel very empty inside.

I guess any positive thoughts would be that she was lucky that nothing touched the spinal cord. I've been reading - and most people that do this look into back surgery. There's no way for her.

They're probably moving out their home. I can't even explain to you - my parents are beyond neat and clean BUT they don't throw and I'm sure there's an 8 trak somewhere down in the basement along with skis that need soft or hard snow wax. Blasts from the past all over the place.

 

[DisneyGalUK]

Well, she's not okay.

She fractured her spine and broke/crushed a vertabrae. Sighing. Just feel very empty inside.

I guess any positive thoughts would be that she was lucky that nothing touched the spinal cord. I've been reading - and most people that do this look into back surgery. There's no way for her.

They're probably moving out their home. I can't even explain to you - my parents are beyond neat and clean BUT they don't throw and I'm sure there's an 8 trak somewhere down in the basement along with skis that need soft or hard snow wax. Blasts from the past all over the place.

Lisa!! I am so SO sorry to hear that your mum has fallen
I know that there is nothing I can say or do, but all of my good thoughts are being sent your way

 

[AKASnowWhite]

To think I say "get back on the thread" and you find such a beautiful - wonderful - magnificent reason to be here.

I so need to be back here! (more on that below). The big question: Did you get the gizmo for your birthday? Or did the voice of reason win out

AAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!! SEVEN blasted weeks and I haven't lost so much as an ounce!!!

Me either. But I have to admit it's due to lack of focus. My nutritional life has fallen apart. I must get back into some sort of planning routine. Oh, and drink more water. Still. That has always been my #1 nemesis!

And my mom has fallen again. Out of a car at a car show - at least she did it in style.

Well, she's not okay.

She fractured her spine and broke/crushed a vertabrae. Sighing. Just feel very empty inside.

I guess any positive thoughts would be that she was lucky that nothing touched the spinal cord. I've been reading - and most people that do this look into back surgery. There's no way for her.

They're probably moving out their home. I can't even explain to you - my parents are beyond neat and clean BUT they don't throw and I'm sure there's an 8 trak somewhere down in the basement along with skis that need soft or hard snow wax. Blasts from the past all over the place.

Oh, Lisa! I am so, so very sorry! How is she feeling now? Are they moving? Are you sorting/cleaning/packing? How is dad doing with all of this? How are YOU doing? I'll be praying for all of you.

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Lisa! I'm so sorry, I did not see this the day you posted it! I cannot imagine what you are going through, but you're on my mind.

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Lisa I am so sorry, what is her recovery going to be? Is she in the hospital? I will be praying for you both

 

[lisaviolet]

Kelly - how is your grandfather? Or I guess the better question is how is everyone else?

Thanks everyone. I'm just emotionally spent. Just gone. And you know I probably will be until she passes. Because she mentally and physically needs me. And I'm working so hard to be there that's there is little room to cry and such. And it's just draining in general to watch the progression. So I'm sure this will continue. I know how awful and negative that sounds but I know it's the truth. (But I'm making sure I'm getting in fun and sometimes she's fun!!).

It's even more difficult dealing with my father - on one side being his cushion and the other well he's filled with extreme pain over this - and it's slides out too.

She's not in the hospital. There won't be a recovery in the sense that this will decrease her mobility and the brain will forget very quickly. She will just be on pain killers. Dementia patients often don't show pain as much or in the same manner as we do - that's why we'll never know where she's at. And the communication is short anyway. So hard to tell but I think the pain is pretty constant though. I've read most who this happens to get back surgery. She won't of course.

She's declining rapidly since she came home from Florida (April). Big changes. Physically. Mentally. Verbally. But she's lovely in her ways. We're extremely lucky there. Mama was SO full of I don't know shall we say angst and mischief. But at least she seemed full of life. My mom can seem no response kind of energy more. So pluses and minus of both.

The house - well long story. Could be moving momentarily or not. I'm not trying to talk in riddles. There is something very stressful going on around that but I feel like it's my father's business sitting out here - LONG STORY and I can't type it. But I have started the sorting. I told my mother she'll have twenty outfits ( I was thinking 20 summer/20 winter but wasn't sharing!!!!). Deal? She says thirty. She has about four hundred and twenty three. 424 is we count the polka dot cullotte pant suit in the basement. Unreal. I'm so not my parents - I can't call them hoarders cause they're not - they're NEAT and CLEAN and ORGANIZED but nothing leaves. Ever. I can throw and donate and give away with ease. The beauty in living in a small space I guess.

It's so weird to see a woman who loved clothes and shoes not care in a way. Strange but I'm sure my father is thrilled in some weird way! I didn't expect to get her down to anywhere close to 20 outfits but looks like she's agreed on thirty. I have about five. Laughing. I'm exaggerating all over the place - for both of us.

I so need to be back here! (more on that below). The big question: Did you get the gizmo for your birthday? Or did the voice of reason win out
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No Nancy I didn't get my gizmo!!!!!!!!! Dam@ you!

I was all ready and so ridiculously optimistic that she might have ignored us both.

NOPE.

I have shortened my workouts but still on 6 on - 2 off. Why shorten? Because I'm so emotionally drained that I wasn't going down for a bit and that scared the crap out of me. And then my brain had no physical release. And the most important ingredient in any workout is consistency (getting it done).

So now if I'm emotionally low around my mom I can say "it's a short one - get down there NOW". And it's worked. Lord I didn't even care about the body right now anyway with workouts. It is my mental health around it all. My head was dying without it.

I will do this the entire summer - I'm very curious to see how shorter and more intense plays out for me either way. I don't think I've ever had the guts to keep it short for a long time and see. Should be interesting.

You know I love my intensity but whenever I chose it I did it for an hour and quite honestly I'm not sure if my body can take it anymore. And I HATE slower choices.

Okay, well that was quite the ramble.

What's new everyone?

Hey Nancy - I NEED A RACE REPORT!!!!

 

[AKASnowWhite]

I know! I owe you much more than a race report. I owe you a bit of a LIFE report. I had hoped to do that tonight, but crap that is beyond my control happened and I was forced to change direction mid-stream this afternoon. As a result, we JUST finished dinner. Yes, it's 10:45 pm. And Becca has school tomorrow (well, technically only an honors chemistry final....) and we just now finished dinner.

That's all part of my life report

 

[lisaviolet]

I know! I owe you much more than a race report. I owe you a bit of a LIFE report. I had hoped to do that tonight, but crap that is beyond my control happened and I was forced to change direction mid-stream this afternoon. As a result, we JUST finished dinner. Yes, it's 10:45 pm. And Becca has school tomorrow (well, technically only an honors chemistry final....) and we just now finished dinner.

That's all part of my life report

I'd say good start but then I would be lying.

Here's to crap saying b-bye!

 

[AKASnowWhite]

for you Lisa!



The Warrior Dash. So.Much.FUN!

As you may or may not know, my cousin talked me into signing up for this crazy little event called the Warrior Dash. And as the reality of what I was about to do sunk in, I panicked just a little. I signed Seth up as my "crutch". Then, the day before the event the 3rd woman that we were supposed to run with had an unfortunate run-in with a hoe that resulted in a broken nose.

Saturday morning Seth and I left just after 8 am, expecting to arrive just before 10:00 for our 11:00 race. As we arrived at the race location, I got a text from my cousin. She was *stuck* (?) in a car with 4 other women from her town and they were running LATE! We went thru registration/check in easy peasy and spent a few minutes watching people on the course. There were all ages/shapes/sizes and I was feeling a whole lot more confident about my chances for success! Finally just after 10:30, my cousin texted me that they had arrived and were in the parking lot....BUT!...it's a bit of a hike to the race area and she still had to check in, etc. She shows up and hands me a lei, grass skirt and shell bra. You know "in case I wanted it". right. Seriously? Have you met me? I was wearing a t-shirt that had SLEEVES. That's as much clothing as I can take! We were cutting it super close, so we ended up starting with the 11:30 crew instead. No biggie. We didn't care. We were there for fun.

This particular course is REALLY crazy narrow at the beginning. It started on a trail thru the woods that was really at best 2 people wide. Super slow going as 500-ish people went into the woods, down a nasty embankment, thru a knee-deep stream (cold!), up the embankment on the other side. We were literally walking at a snails pace - no other option as the course was so congested. Thru the first knee deep mud bog, back thru the stream, up a dirt cliff, before we could even run at all.

Seth was wearing his army gear - boots, fatigues, t shirt etc. He kept unning BACKWARDS so he could see where my cousin and I were! (show off! lol) as we approached the first real obstacle I heard a girl behind me say to her friend "see that Army guy up there? Maybe HE'LL help us over". Made me chuckle.

The first obstacle was all about balance. Walking across elevated planks basically. Easy. On to the next one. Most obstacles had a bit of a line at it, so we had to wait a moment or two before we went for it. The second one was a series of an over the wall/under the rail type obstacle. Again, no difficulties. We forged onward.

The obstacle that I was afraid of most is called "Giant Cliffhanger". It's essentially a smooth plywood wall (no foot grips...) with a rope (no knots....) to haul yourself up with. It's not nearly as hard as it looks. The trick is to lean back and literally walk up the slope. If you get yourself too vertical you'll have to actually rope climb (which is something I know I could never do!) As soon as I got over that wall (with ease!) I knew I'd be fine.

The obstacle that did me in was the junk yard. First you have to do about a 50' tire run, then go up and over a 1/2 dozen junk cars, then thru another 50' tire run. The lateral landing and pushing off on my left leg was exactly what I didn't need. After we went thru there, running was horrifically uncomfortable. Thankfully each "run" portion was short because there was luckily another obstacle to defeat!

There was a tight-rope over a big water pit. Rope to walk/shimmy on and a
thin little clotheline type rope for holding on to. Totally core.

Some belly crawl thing under a series of posts/nets. And a cargo net climb.

More walls - 4 in total. One of them was like a rock-climbing wall with a fire pole to slide down.

The last 4 obstacles were right in a row. First was the Great Warrior Wall. Looks nasty in the pictures. It's not all that difficult. There is a rope (with knots!) to hold on to, and 2x4 "steps". A lot of leg work, but not hard. To get down, it's like a ladder on the backside. Easy. Then it's leaping over the fire. Twice. (marshmellows anyone?) then the BIG cargo net.

Last obstacle of the course is the mud pit. It's probably about 2' deep. And you have to go IN it because you have to go under a series of barbed wire strands. Trick to this one is hands only - don't try to crawl, it will take too long and wreck your knees. Hands only with feet floating out behind you.

I came out of the mud pit, and across the finish line looking like I'd been fondued. First thing they do is put your medal on. Head to toe mud. Yes, the medal gets dirty. THEN a girl was handing out bananas. Really? A banana? Do you have a towel for me to wipe my hand on first? Then it was off to the fire hose station where they hose you down. OMG COLD WATER! The picture on FB is after the hose down.

Free beer. Free granola from Bear Naked.

I would do it again in a heartbeat. As a matter of fact, Stephen and I are planning on doing one together in September.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Happy Flag Day everyone! (huh. no Patriotic smiley? ). How are YOU celebrating?

I'm celebrating by making monkey bread and 2 pounds of bacon for breakfast. Yes, that's right. The breakfast of champions. Well, that or the breakfast of hungover college kids Yesterday was Seth's 21st birthday. I must say my house guests were extremely entertaining, and all good natured FUN drunks!

 

[lisaviolet]

Happy Flag Day everyone! (huh. no Patriotic smiley? ). How are YOU celebrating?

I'm celebrating by making monkey bread and 2 pounds of bacon for breakfast. Yes, that's right. The breakfast of champions. Well, that or the breakfast of hungover college kids Yesterday was Seth's 21st birthday. I must say my house guests were extremely entertaining, and all good natured FUN drunks!

SO wonderful.

I'm on lunch - will be back to take in my RACE REPORT!!!

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Happy Flag Day everyone! (huh. no Patriotic smiley? ). How are YOU celebrating?

I'm celebrating by making monkey bread and 2 pounds of bacon for breakfast. Yes, that's right. The breakfast of champions. Well, that or the breakfast of hungover college kids Yesterday was Seth's 21st birthday. I must say my house guests were extremely entertaining, and all good natured FUN drunks!

How is everyone feeling today?

 

[AKASnowWhite]

How is everyone feeling today?

I think we broke one Well, technically he broke himself. We cut him off, but apparently not soon enough... He drank a couple of the smaller gatorades and is sleeping it off right now

 

[lisaviolet]

for you Lisa!



The Warrior Dash. So.Much.FUN!YEAH! SO happy to hear that! Do you know that I found some old report cards recently and apparently my grade 3 teacher was worried that I used SO too much. SO WHAT!

As you may or may not know, my cousin talked me into signing up for this crazy little event called the Warrior Dash. Good cousin. I love her! And as the reality of what I was about to do sunk in, I panicked just a little. I signed Seth up as my "crutch". Motherly love at its best. Then, the day before the event the 3rd woman that we were supposed to run with had an unfortunate run-in with a hoe OMG. What? that resulted in a broken nose.

Saturday morning Seth and I left just after 8 am, expecting to arrive just before 10:00 for our 11:00 race. As we arrived at the race location, I got a text from my cousin. She was *stuck* (?) in a car with 4 other women from her town and they were running LATE! Late makes me INSANE. I'm not good with late. We went thru registration/check in easy peasy and spent a few minutes watching people on the course. There were all ages/shapes/sizes and I was feeling a whole lot more confident about my chances for success! Finally just after 10:30, my cousin texted me that they had arrived and were in the parking lot..Yeah! ..BUT!...it's a bit of a hike to the race area and she still had to check in, etc.Oh no. She shows up and hands me a lei, grass skirt and shell bra. Funny. You know "in case I wanted it". right. Seriously? Have you met me? I was wearing a t-shirt that had SLEEVES. That's as much clothing as I can take! We were cutting it super close, so we ended up starting with the 11:30 crew instead. No biggie. We didn't care. We were there for fun.YEP!

This particular course is REALLY crazy narrow at the beginning. It started on a trail thru the woods that was really at best 2 people wide. Ouch. Super slow going as 500-ish people went into the woods, I guess so.down a nasty embankment, thru a knee-deep stream (cold!), up the embankment on the other side. We were literally walking at a snails pace - no other option as the course was so congested. Thru the first knee deep mud bog, back thru the stream, up a dirt cliff, before we could even run at all.

Seth was wearing his army gear - boots, fatigues, t shirt etc. He kept unning BACKWARDS so he could see where my cousin and I were! (show off! lol)Funny Seth! Love it. as we approached the first real obstacle I heard a girl behind me say to her friend "see that Army guy up there? Maybe HE'LL help us over". Made me chuckle. You look SO So again - you look SO damn young that they would have passed out if you said he's my son!

The first obstacle was all about balance. Walking across elevated planks basically. Easy. I wonder where Seth got his show off from? Hmmm? On to the next one. Most obstacles had a bit of a line at it, so we had to wait a moment or two before we went for it. The second one was a series of an over the wall/under the rail type obstacle. Again, no difficulties. We forged onward.Go Nancy!

The obstacle that I was afraid of most is called "Giant Cliffhanger". It's essentially a smooth plywood wall (no foot grips...) with a rope (no knots....) to haul yourself up with. It's not nearly as hard as it looks. The trick is to lean back and literally walk up the slope. Wow. I wish I had video at this point. If you get yourself too vertical you'll have to actually rope climb (which is something I know I could never do!) Oh I bet you could! As soon as I got over that wall (with ease!) I knew I'd be fine.

The obstacle that did me in was the junk yard.So curious. First you have to do about a 50' tire run, then go up and over a 1/2 dozen junk cars, then thru another 50' tire run. The lateral landing and pushing off on my left leg was exactly what I didn't need. After we went thru there, running was horrifically uncomfortable.Sorry Nancy. Dam@ junk yard! Thankfully each "run" portion was short because there was luckily another obstacle to defeat!

There was a tight-rope over a big water pit. Rope to walk/shimmy on and a
thin little clotheline type rope for holding on to. Totally core.Did you you thank HER as you went over? Has she popped her baby in plank position as yet?

Some belly crawl thing under a series of posts/nets. And a cargo net climb.

More walls - 4 in total. One of them was like a rock-climbing wall with a fire pole to slide down.Neat.

The last 4 obstacles were right in a row. First was the Great Warrior Wall. Looks nasty in the pictures. It's not all that difficult. There is a rope (with knots!) to hold on to, and 2x4 "steps". A lot of leg work, but not hard. I'm loving this confident cocky Nancy! To get down, it's like a ladder on the backside. Easy. Then it's leaping over the fire. Twice. (marshmellows anyone?)Marshmellows anyone? then the BIG cargo net.

Last obstacle of the course is the mud pit. It's probably about 2' deep. And you have to go IN it because you have to go under a series of barbed wire strands. Under the barb wire strands would have done me in. TOTALLY. Can't stand any feeling of feeling trapped. I'm not claustrophobic but can't stand feeling pinned down. Trick to this one is hands only - don't try to crawl, it will take too long and wreck your knees. Hands only with feet floating out behind you.[COLOR="DarkOrchid)"]I'm not getting a visual. Hey is that a line from the Six Million Dollar Man because Steve Austin just jumped in my head. Although I loved Jaime Sommers much more.

I came out of the mud pit, and across the finish line looking like I'd been fondued. Fondued!!! First thing they do is put your medal on. Head to toe mud. Yes, the medal gets dirty. THEN a girl was handing out bananas. Really? A banana? Do you have a towel for me to wipe my hand on first? What the he!! do you have to wipe your hands first - that's why the banana has its yellow cover for! Then it was off to the fire hose station where they hose you down. OMG COLD WATER! The picture on FB is after the hose down.No wonder. I did think that was one clean race.

Free beer. Free granola from Bear Naked.Elaborate. What's that?

I would do it again in a heartbeat. Yeah!Yeah! YEAH! As a matter of fact, Stephen and I are planning on doing one together in September. [/COLOR]

BOOYAH!

Loved it Nancy. Wish I could have been there - watching.

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OMG!!! None of my colours worked!!!!!!!!!! WT H? For the love of klsdfjladskjf;dslkjf;lasdkjf!!!!!!!!!!

EDIT: It just took about 20 minutes to fix it - and I manually put the colour in and two turned RED where I typed in the DarkOrchid. FUNNY!!! What is going on in DISland?

Oh well - LOVED it Nancy! Just loved it.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Lisa. Banana, even with it's nifty yellow wrapping was so not happening. You must look at the mud picture. MUST

And thru the mud pit? The best I can describe is an alligator crawl.....or plank.

OMG plank too funny about popping out her baby in plank position No, not yet. She's due in September.

Bear Naked. It's a brand of granola. They gave out free samples. As did Miller Lite.

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Oh, Lisa my love i am SO sorry to hear about your mom! I am going back to read and catch up.

xoxo

 

[HockeyKat]

Lisa!! So sorry to hear about your mom.


I'm so behind.

Back home from my month in California, training, and will be home for this week and then off to Toronto for at least 6 weeks (Lisa country!!). I think I'll get to go home on weekends, though.

Definitely NOT been on plan and am probably at or over my highest weight ever and woefully out of shape. However, everything else in my life is going fairly swimmingly at the moment (well, except DH could use a job), so I suppose it could be tons worse.

 

[DisneyGalUK]

Kelly - how is your grandfather? Or I guess the better question is how is everyone else?

First off

He's fine - everyone else is slowly going crazy! He fell off his chair the other day. Just fell right off it. It looked like he'd forgotten how to sit on the chair if that makes sense?
So yeah, big fun! But I do have to say again - HE is fine. Happy in himself, good days and bad days but so far doing good. I know this will change at some point, but I'm just enjoying this time for a while.

Happy Flag Day everyone! (huh. no Patriotic smiley? ). How are YOU celebrating?

I'm celebrating by making monkey bread and 2 pounds of bacon for breakfast. Yes, that's right. The breakfast of champions. Well, that or the breakfast of hungover college kids Yesterday was Seth's 21st birthday. I must say my house guests were extremely entertaining, and all good natured FUN drunks!

I haven't done this for a while - WHAT is Monkey Bread?!?

I think we broke one Well, technically he broke himself. We cut him off, but apparently not soon enough... He drank a couple of the smaller gatorades and is sleeping it off right now

This is exactly why I don't drink - I realised a long time ago that one drink breaks me

Oh, Lisa my love i am SO sorry to hear about your mom! I am going back to read and catch up.

xoxo

Hi Liz

Kat, E, EE, Amy, Jo, Karen, Meg, Everyone I've forgotten - Hi

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Hi girls!!!

I am never catching up. Yet another thread banruptcy. So, what did I miss? Anything not covered in Facebook? I am trying for a daily check in!

Life here is all about change, change, and prepping for change. My mom was critically ill a few months ago, and she is recovering now. Em starts a new camp on Monday - new location, new activities, a bus! All kinds of new. I am starting the transtion from working to going to grad school and a new job. Lots of new!