Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Don't let Virginia Fool You

Ahhh she speaks of old lady, don't let her fool you! She camouflages herself well behind her sedate sweaters and sweet smile but lurking beneath is the mind and spirit of a 20 year old and a razor sharp sense of humor! That humor was inherited by my father and passed down to myself as well as my sisters and my children.

Dental Pain: Unbelievable my mouth was more bothersome yesterday and today then the day of the surgery.

Running: Tried to do 3 miles outside this morning. I hate heat and humidity. Give me the frigid cold anyday. Had to stop and walk up the two little hills. Whined and carried on all the way up the hill. Had to walk several other times about 50 paces each time. I was dripping wet and yet again unable to catch my breath. I think Missy Elliott was trying to kill me with the beat of her music. So much that I went looking for other music and what should I find but some Running Military Cadance CD's. Which I ordered two and am so excited and can't wait to get them! Hopefully a steady beat will help me with that pesky little I can't breath problem. For some reason I have not been able to get in my music the last couple of times and anytime I can't feel the music my run is unsuccessful. So tomorrow is another day and maybe before my swim I will try to do another run. My long run is 5 miles this week and I have it slated for Sunday so I can use Saturday as a recovery day in preparation for my 5 miles. I will be volunteering for the Triathalon this weekend. The athletes are AMAZING.

Grandma Mae: Mae called her father is doing well and she was able to talk to him on the phone. She will heading to New York to spend some time with him. Have a safe trip Mae we love you!

MWA: Went to the doctor for his followup from surgery. He is doing well and recovering nicely.

Better get to bed. Already was asleep but woke up because I fell asleep to early. I am ashamed to say it was around 8:00 p.m when I was sawing logs in my recliner.

Monday, May 29, 2006

And she cried and cried and cried

What happened when one previously very overweight woman went shopping for a bathing suit? Hint: The answer is in the Title of the post. She cried and cried and cried. My current swimming attire is gym shorts and tee shirt OVER my bathing suit. I am getting some incredible drag in the water from this outfit so thought I would buy a new bathing suit. I just feel very exposed in a normal swimsuit so I thought I would go more for the board short and swimming tank. It was not pretty! It still did not cover up all the damage to my body. Shiver Gag! There was skin all over. I know people talk about self acceptance but I guess while my physcial health has improved my mental health that deals with self acceptance has NOT recovered. I should embrace my fat damage and be proud of it....but I can't. For those of you that do not know what I speak of when I say "Fat Damage" I will give you two examples of what a woman, who was fat for 20 years, looks like when she loses weight. 1)A balloon that has been inflated to its fullest mulitple times and finally you let all the air out and 2) A candle that you lit and burnt and then taken the lighter and melted the outside of the candle till all the wax drips down the outside. Okay see why this aint pretty? At any rate I still don't have a swim suit so I guess it is yet another week of tee shirt and gym shorts. While I was already crying I thought I might as well try on some standard woman workout clothes. All I can say is everyone should be THANKFUL that I wear mens shorts and baggy shirts. It was horrible...again with the skin everywhere. I finally settled on some regular woman's tank tops to wear with my gym shorts. It isn't quite as horrible but I think I can only wear them at home when I workout...in the dark! Needless to say I came home in quite a mood which my husband had to bear the brunt of. I have decided the swimsuit designers need a BIG LESSON in swimsuit design! First why can't they make the long boardshorts for woman like the do the guys? I bet woman would buy them. Then why do all tank tops have to have spagetti straps or the criss crosses so that fat and skin can mush out the little holes the criss crosses make? Can't they make a swimsuit top that looks more like a regular big woman's tank? I would bet a year's salary that kind of combination would sell to the big girls. While I am ranting about clothes and the big girl I might as well discuss cap sleeves. Why does every single shirt have cap sleeves. Cap sleeves do not cover up saggy underarms! They are also small so when i tried them they squeezed my arms and made my arms look like a sausage. Okay I have much more inner rage about clothing, designers and big girls but I am going to stop because I will set myself up to be cranky all day and I am already edge because I have on the "Tank Top". Okay next topic

Man without Appendix (MWA) and Little Pumpkin: I went over to MWA's house and took care of him and his little pumpkin a/k/a Carissa because Mrs. MWA was scheduled to work. MWA is not suppose to lift and Carissa is getting quite big so Grandma got the ultimate fun of getting to care for her son and her son's baby. It was fun and I have to say my hat's off to Mothers. I think people forget what hard work it is to tend to others. I have to say while Motherhood is wonderful I am sincerely glad that I have left the motherhood stage and have gone to the Grandma stage. Lots of fun with none of the on and on daily responsibility. I can drop in nuture to my heart's content and then with a wave dissappear when I have had my fill of fun. We had a wonderful night. I played scrabble and LOST, cooked hamburgers on the grill and just sat and talked. Carissa got to hold her first scrabble rack. That is a milestone in our family. Carissa loves her Bunny Foo Foo (a stuffed pink bunny) and he was sopping wet by the end of the evening because she likes to eat Bunny Foo Foo. After the evening I spent with MWA I remembered how much I just LIKE my children. I don't just love them but I like them as well. They are funny and smart and just plain fun.

YARD SALE: I have to say I have found the all time weirdest thing at a yard sale. A basket of USED SOAP SLIVERS. Yes that is right! The cost was $1.00 and the soaps came with a basket. I just stared at the basket. I was dumbfounded! I just don't know what to say about this other then the lady selling it was at least 80. But I don't think that is even an excuse because my Grandma is 83 and I am 100% certain that she would never ever ever sell a basket of used soap slivers.

FOOD: Aunt Denise is back from her trip and she had fun. She taunted me with descriptions of yummy yummy foods that I have not yet tried. The best was the fried cheesecake with rasberry sauce. I have a passion for rasberry sauce and the last time I had some I was almost licking my plate to get all the sauce. She better take me to the Taste of Cincinnati next year or I will hunt her down and hold her hostage that week so she can't go.


Dental Recovery: Still tender. Still feels like somone socked my in the jaw. I can't open my mouth all the way and the packing is driving me nuts. Defintely a tolerable recovery and I will not be scared when I get my left side done at the end of the year.

Exercise: I got all my running milage in during the week so did not have to run on the weekend. Which is a good thing because I think my mouth would hurt when I ran. But I did get an awesome bike ride in on Sunday. I did 10.18 miles and discovered that my seat is too low on my bike. I am not getting a good extenstion on my legs and my quads and knees are bearing the load alone. If I get the seat moved up my glutes and ham strings can kick in a little. It was a beautiful morning for the ride. Today, sob sob the Y is closed so I have to find something to do at home. Maybe another bike ride then I will mow the grass? Tomorrow is 3 miles and lifting. I hate it when the Y is closed. My mother a/k/a the Slug is not sad. She is joyous. She is probably dancing around her apartment releasing balloons, and tossing confetti...nah she is probably sitting in her rocking chair in some kind of mental joyful stupor.

Time for coffee, time to comet the bathtub, time to start a load of laundry. Have a great day!

Saturday, May 27, 2006

Aunt Denise Flees Town

Aunt Denise has fled Lafayette without being hindered by her young. Amber went to spend the weekend with a friend. Abby was being cared for first by James and Tasha and then to be handed off to Amanda for the rest of the weekend. HAVE FUN DENISE you deserve it after a hectic year of wedding planning! Denise went to the Taste of Cincinnati...the mecca of all fun for family. We love places where you can get multiple types of food in one vicinity and having music thrown into that WOW.

James and Tasha brought Abby over to my house where she ran in and gave me and oh so gentle hug because she knew I was "sick". She got to eat pizza, play with her dolls, skate and play with bubbles. The whole time she was just chatting away and several times mentioned that "Baby Adam Flickard" was going to come to her house when he was born and "Baby Adam Flickard" was going to get to play with her toys and she was going to be nice to him and not take toys away from him. Evidently ripping toys away from other children is a favorite pasttime of my niece. She was so funny I could hardly stop laughing which of course made my mouth hurt!
Abby likes to sing, play with dolls and eat cheese. Her current movie fascination seems to the "The Grinch". She is a very bright girl! She also took a bath at my house and put her pajamas on. Abby LOVES to take baths. See the phrase of the day for Abby's bathtime.

Phrase of the Day: "Hey you are not suppose to pee in the bathtub" Spoken by Me. Response by Abby"I am sorry".
I forgot that warm water sort of relaxes the bladder of the young (and the old too I suppose). At any rate Aunt Kim was at fault for not making her pee first. (I thought it was hilarious but put on my most sober face so that I could impress into her little mind the good hygiene thing.)

Jamie and his Dad are going target shooting today. My boys and their guns! They are going to make breakfast first then head off to the country. I am going to stay home, straighten up my house and then perhaps hit a few yard sales. Boring day...maybe I will go see the new Xmen movie. I dearly love superhero movies. When I was little I use to pretend I was Wonder Woman. Before Wonder Woman came on tv I would watch I dream of Jeannie and Bewitch and yes I pretended to be them as well. Matter of fact I had a pair of pajamas that made me feel like the real "Jeannie" As an adult I have progressed from the need to wear costumes to merely carrying a "Wonder Woman" keychain. Though If I had the clevage of Wonder Woman I might be tempted to get me a "Wonder Woman" outfit to workout in. Alas I do not and my workout clothes consist of Men's gym shorts and baggy tee shirts. Which leads me into a story. Last week I had come in from a run (in my usual attire), when my daughter spots like three itty bitty holes in the back of my favorite workout teeshirt. She remarks on them and I advise that they were my airvents(made by adding too much bleach to my whites I might add). My husband then notices them and states that I look like a hobo running around town in my raggy teeshirts. He then RIPS MY SHIRT and made my itty bitty air vents the size of half dollars! He says there now you can't wear it anymore. I told him it all good he just made my airvents bigger. He then RIPS IT COMPLETELY DOWN the back. I told him now everyone would see my bra. He just glared at me. He does not think I am funny. My shirt is in the trash. I now don't have a favorite workout shirt.
Okay have rambled long enough. Must clean my house!

Medical News

Grandma Mae: Grandma Mae called last night and her father is not doing well. He has been in the nursing home for quite awhile. He now has some kind of bleeding in the brain and may not make it. Mae our thoughts are with you and we love you!

Brad: Recovering going well. It is still hard for him to get up and down but he is doing better. I am going over tonight to help with Ty and Carissa while Natalie works.

Me: Surgery was not as bad as I thought. It took about 2 hours to do 1/2 of my mouth. My jaw feels tight and stiff and sore but not bad. Sort of liked I got socked in the jaw. Just a little swelling. My husband says I look like a chipmunk with a nut in its mouth.

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Brad+Pain=No Appendix

Poor poor Brad had his appendix removed. Sunday night my son was having horrible abdominal pain. He was taken to the Urgent Care escorted by his trusty companion Jamie (his brother). Urgent Care in turn sent him to the ER because they did not know what was wrong with him. The hospital admitted him to "observe him". They were not forthcoming with what they thought might be wrong..just some vague answers. Monday morning still no concrete answer so I being his mother went into my full "What is the Worst Scenerio" Mode. Finally Monday afternoon some answers and by around 4:00 pm he was heading into surgery to have his appendix removed. You think when your kids are grown that your worries are over! I am hear to tell you that will NEVER happen! A mother's love and worry does not have a time switch and does not switch off just because the child might be 25, and married with children. All is well now. Brad is recovering nicely and may be going home today! Plus he has some real cool connect the dots scars. In our family scars are considered VERY MANLY. My husband is all kinds of manly. He has some very cool scars. The best scar is when he shot the nail thru his hand. Being a manly man he tried to pull it out with pliers. That hurt really bad so he put away his tools, loaded his ladder on his truck and proceeded to drive himself to the Urgent Care. They removed the large roofing nail and offered him pain medication which he declined (because MEN don't need pain pills). The next morning I was calling Urgent Care, upon husband's request, to tell them that he changed his mind and he would like the pain pills please. End result one very cool scar and an excellent story to tell at family dinners.

BABY FLICKARD: Baby Flickard's nurse has advised the he will likely be well over 9 pounds at birth. So all those that may be considering buying baby an outfit you might want to forego the newborn size and go to the 0-3 months/or larger. We grow em big in this family! Poor Kendra...this is gonna hurt!

Baby Carrissa: Utterly adorable! She has her Grandpa's heart in the palm of her little baby hand. He was constantly taking her away from me saying, "She wants her Grandpa".

Tyson: Spent some time with my boy. Played some basketball. Showed him Grandma was no slacker on the Court. He should be impressed to have such a cool grandma...who else has a grandma that will jump on a trampoline and shoot hoops.

Sunday, May 21, 2006

"Flickard"

That is what my 3 year old niece calls my soon to be born grandson. She cannot pronounce the word "Richard". So when you ask her what Kendra's baby's name is she replies "Baby Adam Flickard". It was so funny that I asked her what the baby's name was like 100 times.

KUDOS TO: Jamie and Tasha for finding a crib set at a yard sale for $125.00. It had not even been used because the parents said their baby likes to sleep with them. So we got crib, mattress, changing table and dresser! Good Job!

Grandma Sue: Went to Grandma Sue's birthday party (She is my stepmother but we all just call her Grandma Sue because that is what the kids call her). Had dinner at the Moose in Frankfort (or as our family calls it Frantucky)...talk about stepping back in time. When I walked into the building I felt like I had been transported back to the 60's and 70's. I ordered steak, baked potato, greenbeans and garlic bread. The greenbeans were delicious. I was shoveling them down my throat as fast as I could..thinking yum yum. When I got to the bottom of the bowl I discovered about a 1/2 inch of some buttery greasy sludge. No wonder I liked them they had been cooked with a diet killing, cholesteral busting mix of butter and bacon grease. Those greenbeans were more deadly then the cake and ice cream.

Running: Thought I better run on Saturday to prepare for the Hog Jog which is on a Saturday at 8:00. I set my run later (at 8:00). I hate to run after 7:00 a.m! So off I set at 8:00. Though it was actually 8:15 before I started running because first my shoes laces were to loose, then they were too tight, then my ankle brace felt funny so I had to adjust it, then I noticed my batteries in my MP3 player were getting low. So I had to go back in the house for new batteries. Then I decided my shoe laces were too loose. Got my shoelace situation under control, at least I thought so, and decided I probably should get a drink of water. So at long last my ran began about 8:15. There was traffic and car exhaust. The sun was out and made me feel hot. My shoes STILL did not feel right. It felt like the shoelaces were so tight they were making my feet numb. So I knew this was gonna be a doomed run. I could never seem to catch my breath. My music was not right. It was either too fast or to slow. I made it to the 2 miles and then another 1/4 mile. Then my legs just stopped. Just like that (SNAP)! So walked for about 2 minutes then started running again...another 1/4 mile and IT DID IT AGAIN! Walked for 2 minutes. Decided to punish myself my doing a few sprints. My traitorous body will suffer for its rebellion. My legs shut down again! So finally I got back in the groove and finished the run. As further punishment I made myself sprint around the block then run up and down our little alley hill like 5 times. One of our neighbor hood drunks/displaced person was sitting beside the dumpster at the Village Pantry watching me run up and down the little hill. He probably thinks sober people are crazy. The rest of the day my body was so sore! It has not been this sore in a long long time. I think I had several factors going on...one I did not get a day of rest before my long run. Thursdays and Fridays are pretty hard days! We also had a sub instructor for Friday Power Hour. Having a different instructor does make a difference. The instructor may not be "harder" but they do different exercises that your body is not use to. I also forgot to stretch after my run so my tendon in the bottom of my foot throbbed. So yesterday I was grunting and groaning everytime I did anything!. In addition I took down a set of shelves that my husband has put up in the laundry room. When my honey puts something up it is put up to last. I don't think a tornado could blow his wall shelves over!

Well time to get ready for church! Have a great day!

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

My Grandson was Hopped Up on Frosted Flakes

My daughter had her ultra sound yesterday and without a doubt Adam is an Adam! He was also the bounciest baby you ever saw....he rolled and flipped all over the place and my daughter said the Nurse had a hard time getting his heart beat because he was bouncing all over the place. Kendra said he was overactive on account of the pure bowl of sugar she had for breakfast (Frosted Flakes). She must have washed down those frosted flakes with Jolt soda because that boy was all over the place. You could see his chubby little cheeks (on his face that is) and he has very long legs and some pretty good size feet on him. Only about 14 more weeks to go till he is here! I will try to scan his ultra sound pictures and post it. I can't wait to hold him in my arms!
Exercise: I SWAM a 1/2 of a lap....go kim! It wasn't that pretty but I actually moved! When I got to the 1/2 lap I came up sputtering because I am still learning that "take a breath" thing. I try to take a breath and all I get is a gulp of water. Believe it or not I was quite relieved to be in the water because my LEGS are tired. 4 miles on Sunday, 1 hour of spinning/45 minutes of Power Hour, and 3 miles on Tuesday makes for a very tired Kim. Soft day tomorrow...just 2 miles and lifting.
Food: Oh my how I have suffered. I was so desperate for a dessert last night, but did not want to violate my food program, that I put whipped cream on my watermelon. You can have 2 tablespoons of whipped creame for hardly any calories! Whipped Cream on Watermelon is YUCK! I ended up licking the whipped cream off the watermelon then just ate the watermelon. While I was doing this my husband was stuffing a cupcake down his throat. I felt like a lioness ready for the hunt while watching him. I was poised..I was ready to leap..when he stuck the last bite in his mouth...another delay of 2 seconds and he would have gone down. I HATE that I cannot eat cupcakes. I hate that I must be a food nazi thru the week. The quality of my food life STINKS. I want Cheese Nips, I want M&Ms I want anything but vegtables. Sigh. Nothing good to eat till the weekend. I hope I can make it because I need to get off 20 pounds by next year.

Family Event: Don't forget Grandma Sue's bday will be held in Frankfort at the Moose from 5-7 on Saturday night.

Phrase of the Day: "Kim, there are cops standing around your car" uttered by Melissa. We had some overparking issues in our lot so I could not get a spot. (The contruction workers and their gigantic trucks were taking up TWO Spots) So had to go to the next lot which I thought was all our parking and in fact the one row I was parked in was not ours. They were taking down my plate info...no doubt to give me a ticket...when Melissa called I scurried out to the lot and moved my vehicle. FYI the one "off limit" row was not marked! I thought for sure when she called and told me about the police that my poor little car was the victim of a hit and run....my legs are still shaking!

Oops back to work....gotta go earn my bread and butter (which I might add is not on the diabetic diet!)so I guess I should say gotta go earn my apples and cauliflower.

Sunday, May 14, 2006

WHAT DO YOU THINK? SHOULD I FOLD?

SHOULD I RAISE?

Mother's Day Dinner

Yesterday was a day of fun for the Mother's Day Dinner. We had a full house! Since the weather was not great we had a cook in. Beef stew in one crockpot, chili in another. We had garlic Chedder Biscuits, Salad, Cheese Ball, Cheese and Crackers. Dessert was my Mom's homemade Peanut Butter Pie (very yummy, very rich!) and my "store bought" Coconut Cream Pie. My sister made a special request for No Bake Cookies so I whipped her up a batch! We played Bingo (for prizes). Then wooooo hooooo POKER! Guess who was the Poker Champ! None other then yours truely. HA pushed my son out because I made a "Big Bet" and because I routinely (at 9:00 pm) go all in because I am tired and want out....he seemed to ASSUME that this was the case.....However this time, while I was tired, and I might have said "I am tired I just want to get this game over with" I just HAPPENED to be in possession of TRIPS. HA HA GOODBY JAMIE! I think I have room for your chips over here. Irritated my sister because she says, "How do you play with a person like that" I told her when it is getting close to my bedtime my playing becomes Erratic. You never know whether I have a good hand or I am just wanting out of the game. She says I am stupid. I say I am sly like a fox. Either way I WON! Happy Happy Dance by Kim. You gotta see the Happy Dance....invented by Aunt Suzie (a/k/a Aunt Snoozy). I bet your wondering why Aunt Suzie is a/k/a Aunt Snoozy. So now I will give you a run down of a few family nicknames and how they came about.

Aunt Snoozy (a/k/a Aunt Suzie): She worked 3rd shift for a long time and would sleep during the day. Her neices (Kendra and Amanda) were young and really did not understand the whole work all night sleep during the day thing. They just thought Aunt Suzie slept alot. Hence the name Aunt Snoozy.

Aunt Hee Hee (a/k/a Aunt Denise) My kids could not say Denise so the best they could do was Aunt Hee Hee. When she use to pick them up they would run to her car saying "To the HEE HEE MOBILE!"

The Slug (a/k/a my mother Janice): Given for lack of desire to MOVE anything except for the leg movement it takes to get her rocking chair going!

Rat Boy (a/k/a my son James): He LOVED cheese! He also likes to refer to himself as BIG DADDY!

Big Mamma Jo/Big Mamma Shakalaka (a/k/a Me): Given by my Son James. I think he might have been referring to my generously proportioned body. I think the Shakalaka sounds almost Shakira like so I just pretend that it means I am a Hot Chick that just happens to be a Mother...its a stretch but I almost have myself convinced.

Kookie Lukie: Poor Lucas just got his nickname because it rhymes and sounds cute!

The Princess (a/k/a Kendra): Given by her father. After years of being called the Princess she has come to believe that she ACTUALLY is a princess!

Buddy Brad (a/k/a Brad): Given by his father upon his entrance in the world. He held our newly born son and said "Hey Buddy Brad" And that is what we called him for years! Another nickname for Brad is Braddy: given by Tyson. Braddy is a cross between Daddy and Brad. Cool nickname!

EXERCISE UPDATE: Thanks to J-Lo, Missy Elliott, Gwen Steffani, Black Eyed Peas, Blue Cantrell and Rhianna for getting me thru my 4 MILE run! A special Thank You to ELO for helping me bring it home! First mile/I think I am dying Second Mile/I'll never make it the whole 4 miles Third Mile/Okay Feeling a Little Better Fourth Mile/Baby I am on fire! I can go forever! I guess its hard to tell but I succesfully made my 4 mile run. Forgot to look at the time when I left but it felt like good time! So my weekly goal was ACHIEVED.

FOOD: Awesome all week! Could have been a little better this weekend but much improved!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Happy Mother's Day to all! Giving birth to a child makes you mother, adopting a child makes you a mother but in my opinion any woman that nurtures and loves is a "mother". All the women in our family are nurturers!!!! So Happy Happy Mothers Day to Me, Denise, Susie, Mom, Sue, Mae, Grandma Casey, Kendra, Tasha, Natalie, Martha, and Amanda. I love you all!

Thursday, May 11, 2006

HOG JOG

Now how could I not sign up for a run called the "Hog Jog"? So tomorrow I will sign up. Really I am just doing it because I want a tee shirt that says Hog Jog! They have a 10k and a 2 mile. I am not quite ready for a 10k so will do the 2 mile and just run to get a better mile time then I had for the 5k. I will have to go out there and do a warm up mile because my first mile is always my worst! So I will warm up for a mile and then maybe I can try for two consistent 11.5 minute miles. HOG JOG...hahahaha I have been laughing about that all day. When my son was in high school and played football he was lineman and they gave him a shirt that said "Hug a Hog". He offered that shirt to me few years ago and I might add 120 pounds ago, which I declined to wear. How horrifing I thought it was to have a fat fat woman wearing a shirt that said "Hug a Hog". NOW I am purposely signing up for an activity to get a HOG SHIRT.
I have almost totally committed to running the Mini next May. I went to sign up today and then got scared and exited out! But this weekend I am going to committ and sign up...then I know I will show up because I hate to waste money and it costs $45.00. I have already asked for the Friday off so I can go to Indy to pick up my race packet. One of the guys from the Y says he will run it too. He says we can share an oxygen tank! He should be about my pace so I will have someone there. I hear they segregate the peopled based on their goal/mile/time. I will be in the "Please let me Finish" Group.

Goal Accomplished today: Short run day 2 miles in 23.12 minutes. My first mile was slow then I had to really pick up the speed on the second mile to make up for the first mile. Did 2 chin ups then rested did 2 more...on my way to doing 5 consecutive chin up. Lifting session was awesome. My back is getting strong strong strong. Tomorrow...tra la la la SPINNING and POWER HOUR...wooooooo hooooo love to spin....love to power hour....

FOOD: I have discovered the joys of spinach salad. Yummy! Spinach, red onions, fresh mushrooms, a few bacon bits and some lowfat Vidalia Onion dressing....mmmm I have had one everyday this week, along with my usually boring lowcarb, low fat, turkey sandwich with mustard (BLAH!), and my big yellow delicious apples. I also had some pretzels with lunch this week because I have been hungry for crunchy stuff. I have been a GOOD GIRL all week! Tonight I made my husband chocolate chip cookies and nary a cookie crossed my lips. A+++++ for Kim's discipline.

Upcoming Family Events: Due to the weather the Saturday cookout will become a Saturday cookin!!!!! Who knows what will be served but I promise you there will be food! Don't forget to bring your poker faces! Kendra will be moving in June and we would greatly appreciate any and all family members that could help! Grandma Mae will be coming in to town June 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13th. She will be leaving on the 14th. I will keep you posted on family gatherings just as soon as the planning committe (Denise...hahahaha) has completed Mae's schedule. Kendra's baby shower it tentatively set for the first Saturday in July.

Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Out of the Depths and Into the Sun

I think I can safely say that the blues have been put away for awhile! At least I hope so! Last week I accomplished my workout goals for the week with a bonus 1/2 mile on Sunday. Monday's workout was HARD. I was tired from the weekend and I ate too much over the weekend. My belly was flopping all around and my legs felt like lead when I was trying to spin. Today's run...not so bad...hard...I sweat like crazy but managed the 2.5 miles. I think it was hard because I did a run on Sunday and then did Spinning and Power Hour on Monday so my legs were all burnt out. I also have determined what you eat makes a HUGE difference in your workout! Thursday is 2 miles and Saturday.....4MILES...can she do it? YES SHE CAN!
Updates:
Abby: Went to have ice cream with my neice Abby. We are eating our ice cream and she looks over at me and says "Kimmie I love you!" Talk about melting my heart.
Mother's Day: Mother's Day is fast approching. Children it is not necessary to buy me anything...having you is a gift enough! We will be having a cookout on Saturday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. Hotdogs/Brats, Chips, Watermelon, Deviled Egg, Dessert. Each family should bring a 2 liter of soft drink and if you would like bring a covered dish (and yes, for you comedians, it must have food in it!) We will be playing Euchre, Scrabble, Texas Hold Em and Baggo. We will get Jerry to build a fire and we can do SMORES! ymmmmm.
Surgery: The first bone grafting (on the right side) is scheduled for May 26...shiver..shiver... I know it is on Memorial Day weekend and think that is good for two reasons 1) Will only have to use one sick day and will still have 3 days to recover, 2) Will not mess with my training schedule. I can do my weekend run on Wed before I swim. What a brilliant mind I have! I will be working out Friday because I scheduled my surgery for 10:00 so I can get my workout in first!!! How DEDICATED am I???
Phrase of the Day: "Open wide....this might hurt just a little" Guess where I was at this morning? And it actually hurt quite a bit!

TIDBIT OF KNOWLEDGE: Do not try to drink out of a straw when your mouth has been numbed. It does not work.

Sunday, May 07, 2006

Wedding Review

My sister pulled it off! It was an awesome wedding. The bride was beautiful as were the maids of honors and the flower girl. The groom was handsome as were all the men in the wedding party! Boy are family sure cleans up good! The ceremony was beautiful and the memory candles were an awesome touch. My sister had a memory candle made for our loved ones that are no longer with us. My father, My other father and the Groom's mother. My sister sang a song to her daughter as she gave her daughter in marriage to Roger. That took ALOT of courage on my sister's part and just shows the depth of her love for her daughter.
Phrase of the Day goes to my grandson Tyson (the ringer bearer). "Abby (the flower girl) is wearing a dress and she looks beautiful. She is wearing a dress just like Amanda (the bride)."

The reception was fantastic...good food good cake lots of laughter! The tables looked lovely! My sister was very creative with her centerpieces. They had a DJ and my grandson Tyson was channeling John Travolta as he showed us some awesome moves on the dance floor. He did the Chicken Dance and the Cha Cha...oh and the Hockey Pockey and a little slow dancing with his momma. My neice Amber was up there showing us some good moves also. Amber looked beautiful and quite grown up. I did not know she was so full of the "Boogie Fever". Amber you should wear your hair in French Braids more often. You looked fantastic! My children and their spouses looked awesome all cleaned up in their Sunday Best! My grandson looked so handsome in his little Tux and my husband in his tux...WOW. My granddaughter was in attendance and I don't think her little butt hit her seat one time! It was pass the baby time! Who could help it...she is adorable!

The next day since Grandma Mae was in town for the wedding we went to a movie and then had a dinner in the evening. The Bride had to miss that party as she was on her honeymoon but I ate a little extra in her honor! We had a great time...played some games...of course had to play a little Texas Hold Em. The cards were not good to me! My grandson Tyson talked me into getting on the trampoline....that is not something I really enjoyed but he thought it was great that I was up there with him. After dinner he wanted me to go again and I told him I just ate and would likely throw up and it might get on him....He said that was okay....I passed anyway. My sister needs to get one of those trampoline cages because I was a nervous wreck watching the kids bounce I expected one of them to just bounce right off and land on the ground.

All in all a fun, laughter, food filled weekend! Thanks Denise you did a great job....maybe you should give up the 401K analyist thing and become a wedding planner!

More Pictures!



Wedding Pictures



The Bride! She is beautiful! The Flower Girl and the Ring Bearer are really tired of the picture taking process.

Friday, May 05, 2006

Semi Happy Girl


When Abby saw the picture I was going to put on the blog she said "I don't want my sad picture on the blog" I told her that I would put a happy picture too. This is the best she could do for a happy face.

FLOWER GIRL DISTRESS


Rehearsal

Thursday, May 04, 2006

White Lightening!

That is perhaps not entirely accurate but I think I did awesome this morning. I did my 3.5 miles today because I did not trust myself to do it on Saturday after being up late for Amanda's wedding on Friday. This way I only have to do 2 miles on Saturday(per my schedule for weekly miles) and if I do more then 2 it is a BONUS. I did 3. 5 miles each mile progressively faster with the last mile at 11.12 minutes...yea Kimmie...that is the best I have EVER done. I used the treadmill today because I did not map out a 3.5 mile from the Y before I left the house. My foot is a little tender today but not from running but because I wore my brown shoes with no arch supports. The brown shoes have absolutely no arch and no arch support and they always make my feet hurt if I don't wear the arch supports with them.

Wedding: ONE DAY! Bride is happy, Mother of the Bride...melting down...grandmother of the bride...bringing up topics that make the mother of the bride go further into meltdown mode. Aunt of the Bride is looking forward to her meal and she plans on eating any extra meals from the guests who FTA. Grandmother of the Bride plans on eating enough cake to put her in a diabetic coma. Why why why do all of our family functions center around the meal as the hightlight of the event? We are bad bad bad people! But we serve good good good food. Our family motto is "I love you now let me feed you" Love=Food

WELL WISHES: I wish luck to all the Indy Mini Runners for tomorrow's race and I wish I could be there with you. Many people at the Y have been training hard and I know they will do well because they are determined focused people.

DST: Daylight savings time is killing me. I am tired because I am running around like an insane person at 10:00 at night when previously I would have been lights out long long before that. It is light and it is still 9:00 at night. Last night I went to bed and told my husband I did not care if it was light out. It was 9:00 and I was going to bed. We are going to have a whole state of exhausted Hoosiers. No wonder everyone has been so cranky lately. I bet our crime rate goes up because sleep deprived people get edgy...domestic battery will go up because there are a bunch of cranky sleep deprived woman that have gone over the edge and start beating on their husbands, theft will go up as people are forced to shoplift to support their coffee habit, DUI's will go up as men flee their houses to go to bars to get away from the cranky sleep deprived wives that are battering them. See DST is a BAD BAD thing!

Signed:
Sleep Deprived but Fast as Lightening

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Phrase of the Day

"Go in and call me and tell me what you smell"


**** Kendra in reference to her having cleaned my carpets...GOD Bless the CHILD... and wanting to know if it smelt like wet dog.******* She also had many other blog worthy phrases in the last few days but some of them just can't be posted!!!!! I will tell you though I am still laughing about some of them!

P.S. Kendra not only shampooed my living room carpet (and spare room) but she also fixed my computer the other day. If I had known she was this useful I never would have given her to Lucas.

Arising slowly from Depths of Gloom

Slowly slowly I am arising from the depths of gloom. It was swimming day today, which did nothing to improve my mood. However, what should be awaiting me there but a present...I love presents...it doesn't have to a $ present...a flower...a pretty rock....a kind word..... My gift was from my friend Rebecca. She gifted me with a pair of swimming goggles and a swimming cap. The swimming goggles helped tremendously I can see the bottom of the pool. I now don't get that panicky feeling because I can't see where I am going...when I attempt to swim. Thank you thank you Rebecca!
Updates:
Running: Accomplished 2.5 outside miles...felt pretty good..it was dark, it was wet, it was muddy...our sidewalks are crap...slow slow had to keep leaping and working my way around mud puddles and downed tree limbs...but felt pretty good. Thursday is 2 miles and then Saturday I am scheduled for 3.5 miles. After running I lifted...which I love...and I only added a teensey weensey bit more weight on just a few things. Shshhhhh don't tell my husband!

Wedding: 2 DAYS! Rehersal and dinner tomorrow night. I am surprised. My sister has not yet entered the meltdown stage. Quite remarkable for a woman of our bloodline. Usually we are in full meltdown mode a week before any event...I wonder if she is medicating???? or drinking?????Hmmmmm

YMCA: I will be volunteering for the YMCA Triathalon June. 3 If anyone else in the family would like to volunteer just give me call. You could also volunteer to supply a snack. It is an awesome event. I love watching the Athletes and as ususal I am eaten up with envy. My job is that of pointing. I "Point" the bikers at the turn. I feel sorta of like one of the models on the game show! I point so gracefully. They will also need voluteers for the Pumpkin Push (10k) and the Sleighbell Run (5k) so if you guys want to help out let me know and I will get you signed up. I won't be volunteering as I will be participating in the 10k and 5k (at least that is the goal). However, these events are not just for runners...walkers are there too. If you feel spunky sign up! You get a cool tee shirt and they FEED you snacks afterwards AND it raises money for the Y and you all know how I feel about the Y...I get that warm fuzzy feeling.

Signed:
Gloomy but looking for happiness!

Monday, May 01, 2006

Oscar Ain't Got Nothing on Me!

Oscar the Grouch...Kim the Grouch...now that has a nice ring to it. My mood has improved ever so slightly...and I do mean slightly. I spun...I power houred..it helped a little. Now I am sitting at my desk on my lunch hour having a feel sorry for Kim day. I just have this total black cloud of unhappiness hovering over my head. I hope it goes away soon. I want to throw my self on the ground and sob and sob and sob. If I was a drinking woman I would have a bottle open about now...no I would have had it opened HOURS ago. I am looking very forward to my run tomorrow. Perhaps that will shake the blues out of me? Tomorrow is scheduled 2.5 miles and lifting. Perhaps my mood is attributable to my upcoming doctors appointments.
Updates:

Grandma Mae: Grandma Mae arrives in town Thursday evening for the wedding! Yeah! She will be staying thru Sunday. We are trying to schedule family activities for Saturday. Hopefully we will get the entire family together so she can see everyone. She will be returning to Indiana for another visit June 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. So family keep your calendar clear so she can spend some time with you! I will be taking off the Friday and the Monday and Tuesday.

Wedding: 4 days and counting! I have a dress, Kendra has a dress. I have to pick up Jerry's tux Friday morning then we are set to go. I am taking Friday off so I can spend some time with Mae!

Adam: Kendra is looking most pregnant. She has an Ultra Sound scheduled in two weeks.

Medical: My oral surgery/bone graft is approaching soon. Scared...don't want my gums cut open....blah....I also have some other non dental medical testing coming up in a couple of weeks so please keep me in your thoughts and pray for low Liver enzyme count! I would hate to keel over dead after just putting $6500 in my mouth. Maybe I should schedule my bone grafting till after my other test? Hahahahahaha. My Mom is having some eye surgery done... please keep her in your thoughts a well...eye surgery is very dangerous...especially at the spot she is having it done.

Have a great day everyone.

I am a grouch

Warning to my family: I am a grouch...approach with caution.....danger....
Yesterday was one of those days from the moment I opened my eyes I knew it was gonna be rough. And yes my poor husband talked to me and yes that lit my fuse...poor poor man...another innocent bystander struck down by "the mood". I scowled during church...did not want to shake hands during "say hello to your neighbor time" during church, refused to move from my spot in the pew (well chair). Ate too much lunch...went to Walmart...thought for sure I was going to bonk some lady over the head with the summer sausage in my cart, wanted to smack the whining child, huffed, puffed and glared my way past the Sunday shoppers, got out of Walmart swallowed a entire travel pack of teddy grahams without stopping for a breath (my husband asked if I felt better after eating them I told him I did not", got home went to my neice's baptism, then put on my friendly face at my sister's house, when I got home Iquickly took the happy face off and put the crabby face back on. Sat in my recliner, dosed off and woke up spardacially to advise my husband that this day "stunk and was the worse day after". Finally he turned out the lights and said "Okay I think you should go to bed now". I am up now...I am still grouchy...I do not want to spin, I want to stay in bed..think staying home in bed will probably make my mood worse...will spin, will refuse to speak to my co spinners...they will probably ban me from the Y...then I will be in a REALLY bad mood....I bet my husband is glad I am going to work.