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!
Sunday, May 07, 2006
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.
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
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.
**** 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!
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.
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.
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.
Sunday, April 30, 2006
I WILL NOT HAVE TO WEAR GYM SHORTS
I did it! I did it! I found dress for the wedding! In fact I found three dresses and a pair of shoes and a watch and some earrings. We went to store called Goodies and I found a nice blue long dress. In fact my daughter said it made me "look so thin". How could I walk away from a dress like that. So I checked the tag and winced....$79. I do not like to pay that much for an article of clothing unless it is in the form of a running shoe. But after realizing the wedding was NEXT friday and with the knowledge that it "made me look thin" I was like "what the heck" and dutiful bought the dress. Big surprise...when the girl rung it up it rung up at $30! Then we went to another store and I found another dress that would actually look nicer because then I would match with my husband who is in the wedding party and it was on sale for $30.00! Then my sister found another dress for me to try on and I looked at it and said "yuck". She said "Shut up and try it on anyway to see how it looks" I tried it on...thought it looked okay. Went out to be inspected by daughter, sister, neice...they gasped "OH my gosh you look great...you look so skinny" Okay when you have people staring with their mouth open and uttering the word "skinny" I would not have cared if that dress was $100.00. It was mine....and yes yes it rung up as $30.00! I almost fainted from joy. I then got the shopping fever and finished up my trip with a pair of low heel sandals, 2 pairs of earrings, one earring/necklace set and a watch. I was like a junkie...I needed more and more. Only stopped shopping because my daughter and niece were complaining like old ladies...they were tired, they were hungry, their feet hurt. 40 year old woman out shopped the two 20 year olds. Go Middle Aged Women Go!
P.S. I found an awesome pair of black heels that I was vehemently told by my three shopping partners "NO NO NO you do not look like a nice woman in those shoes" (words slightly cleaned up for public reading) I sighed..I wanted them...I remembered the coat incident (see previous post/coat/man/Las Vegas) and put them back. Have a great day!
P.S. I found an awesome pair of black heels that I was vehemently told by my three shopping partners "NO NO NO you do not look like a nice woman in those shoes" (words slightly cleaned up for public reading) I sighed..I wanted them...I remembered the coat incident (see previous post/coat/man/Las Vegas) and put them back. Have a great day!
Saturday, April 29, 2006
THIS IS WHAT I MEAN
Daughter reads blog, says to me "I see someone took her sensative pill this morning."
This is why I love my family.
This is why I love my family.
GOAL OBTAINED and BEING MUSHY
I have succesfully completed my training schedule for this week. In fact a day ahead time. I did my 3 mile run today. While not fast I did complete it. I thought about quitting several times but talked myself into slowing it down but not walking...so I made it! I usually take Saturdays off but am trying to switch from Sunday to Saturdays for several reasons: 1. The races are usually on Saturdays, 2. I need to get to Sunday School on time and 3. I need to stay awake during the service. Saturdays are hard for me because I run on Thursday (granted a short one but running nonetheless), and Friday is spinning and boot camp which burns my legs out. But I thought well since all the organized races are usually on a Saturday I should probably get use to it now. My food day has been good so far. My daughter laughed when I told her because she pointed out that was only 9:30 am. I told her that I have managed to screw up my food many many Saturdays well before 9:30 am. Right now I am eating an apple like a good girl and this morning I had oatmeal with apples (not instant...my own homemade). I did open the cubboard and saw Oreos so I quickly slammed the door. So far so good! Well I better get to work...kitchen clean now and off to work on the laundry room...blah I hate housework.
WARNING: MUSHY AND CORNY READ WITH CAUTION!~
Note to my Family as a whole: I love you all and am so grateful for all of you.
To my Children: I love your senses of humor. You make me me laugh and that is a gift! Kendra I am thankful that we are finding our way back to each other. Believe it or not we are very much alike (which is what caused friction when you were young but this will keep us tight in the long run)You are going to be an awesome mother and you are an awesome daughter.....James..you are a determined and focused man...you hold your path steady.... Brad...you are caring man and loving man...you have a strong and tender heart. Brad you a an awesome father and James when your times comes to have a child you too will be an awesome father. You my children are gifted with the compassion, tenderness, loyalty, strength and very important... humor. You love with your entire heart.
Thank you Brad, James and Kendra for I can "count" on my children if I need them. I love you!
To my Children's spouses and soon to be spouse: I am so grateful my children have found you and that you have become a part of our family. It takes a brave person to enter this family willingly. I LOVE you all! You are my children! Lucas: you are always there when I need you...and you NEVER complain....you are my son and I love you...Natalie...I love you...you are my daughter...as with Kendra believe it or not we are very much alike...Tasha...officially entering our family in November...we don't have to wait till November to say you are part of the family..I love you...you are my daughter....the first time you came to a family function you impressed me with your quick wit and inability to be shaken those qualities will serve you well in this family.
To My Grandchildren Both Born and Unborn: I have always wanted to be a grandmother!.Tyson the first time you slipped your small hand into mine to go trick or treating...you had my heart. You are an awesome kid...you make me laugh...and I am so thankful that you are in our lives I may not have been part of your life when you were a baby but I feel like I have loved you your whole life. Carissa...my first granddaughter...no words can express how my heart feels... Adam: you are not here yet but you fill my heart! I am counting the days till I can hold you in my arms.
To my Sisters: I love your loyalty and knowing even if we don't see each other every day that you always "have my back" You make me laugh...laugh...laugh and how lucky am I to have sisters! We fight, we cry, we scream, but we always love each other. I love you.
To my Mother: I love you for supporting me and listening to my endless gabbing about my fitness goals. Because heaven only knows only a Mother's love could tolerate that! I am so glad that you are back in town. And I truely love that I can share my Y experience with you because it is such a big part of my life. You make me feel loved! I love you.
To Sue (My other Mother): Thank you for helping to raise us and loving us like we were your own. What a heart to raise 2 bratty little girls! I love you.
To Mae: I am so grateful that my father married you and brought you to our family. Thank you for taking such good care of my father...we know that was quite a task! We love you and thank you for loving us (and we are a hard bunch to love!). I love you.
To My Grandma Casey: You are a strong woman and you are my role model for strength. I love you and wish that we had gotten to spend more time together when I was growing up. I love you.
To My Neices: I love you. Over the years I have watched you grow up...Amanda you have grown up to be wonderful caring woman, I love you, Amber..you are still young and have a long road yet till adulthood...keep your path steady...you are strong young woman I love you . Abby: you are still a very small girl but think you are going to be quite a magnicient woman, I love you.
To my Husband: I had to save you for last because the best is always saved till last. I love you. We have had a long long journey but we made it and it is worth every tear shed (on both our parts). I love you!
To those of you that are not mentioned it not for lack of love but lack of time. I have to be ready in one hour to go out of town but please know that all my family is in my heart and if even one person was missing it would leave a scar on my heart. I LOVE YOU all!
WARNING: MUSHY AND CORNY READ WITH CAUTION!~
Note to my Family as a whole: I love you all and am so grateful for all of you.
To my Children: I love your senses of humor. You make me me laugh and that is a gift! Kendra I am thankful that we are finding our way back to each other. Believe it or not we are very much alike (which is what caused friction when you were young but this will keep us tight in the long run)You are going to be an awesome mother and you are an awesome daughter.....James..you are a determined and focused man...you hold your path steady.... Brad...you are caring man and loving man...you have a strong and tender heart. Brad you a an awesome father and James when your times comes to have a child you too will be an awesome father. You my children are gifted with the compassion, tenderness, loyalty, strength and very important... humor. You love with your entire heart.
Thank you Brad, James and Kendra for I can "count" on my children if I need them. I love you!
To my Children's spouses and soon to be spouse: I am so grateful my children have found you and that you have become a part of our family. It takes a brave person to enter this family willingly. I LOVE you all! You are my children! Lucas: you are always there when I need you...and you NEVER complain....you are my son and I love you...Natalie...I love you...you are my daughter...as with Kendra believe it or not we are very much alike...Tasha...officially entering our family in November...we don't have to wait till November to say you are part of the family..I love you...you are my daughter....the first time you came to a family function you impressed me with your quick wit and inability to be shaken those qualities will serve you well in this family.
To My Grandchildren Both Born and Unborn: I have always wanted to be a grandmother!.Tyson the first time you slipped your small hand into mine to go trick or treating...you had my heart. You are an awesome kid...you make me laugh...and I am so thankful that you are in our lives I may not have been part of your life when you were a baby but I feel like I have loved you your whole life. Carissa...my first granddaughter...no words can express how my heart feels... Adam: you are not here yet but you fill my heart! I am counting the days till I can hold you in my arms.
To my Sisters: I love your loyalty and knowing even if we don't see each other every day that you always "have my back" You make me laugh...laugh...laugh and how lucky am I to have sisters! We fight, we cry, we scream, but we always love each other. I love you.
To my Mother: I love you for supporting me and listening to my endless gabbing about my fitness goals. Because heaven only knows only a Mother's love could tolerate that! I am so glad that you are back in town. And I truely love that I can share my Y experience with you because it is such a big part of my life. You make me feel loved! I love you.
To Sue (My other Mother): Thank you for helping to raise us and loving us like we were your own. What a heart to raise 2 bratty little girls! I love you.
To Mae: I am so grateful that my father married you and brought you to our family. Thank you for taking such good care of my father...we know that was quite a task! We love you and thank you for loving us (and we are a hard bunch to love!). I love you.
To My Grandma Casey: You are a strong woman and you are my role model for strength. I love you and wish that we had gotten to spend more time together when I was growing up. I love you.
To My Neices: I love you. Over the years I have watched you grow up...Amanda you have grown up to be wonderful caring woman, I love you, Amber..you are still young and have a long road yet till adulthood...keep your path steady...you are strong young woman I love you . Abby: you are still a very small girl but think you are going to be quite a magnicient woman, I love you.
To my Husband: I had to save you for last because the best is always saved till last. I love you. We have had a long long journey but we made it and it is worth every tear shed (on both our parts). I love you!
To those of you that are not mentioned it not for lack of love but lack of time. I have to be ready in one hour to go out of town but please know that all my family is in my heart and if even one person was missing it would leave a scar on my heart. I LOVE YOU all!
Me and My Baby
Me and my baby! This picture was taken in our basement. Note the gigantic scene behind me. For some reason we thought that decorating scheme was awesome. Also note the lovely burnt orange couch. We were very poor and most of our furniture was found on "Trash Day". We had a giant Telephone Spool in our living room for a coffee table. Our upstair furniture was that big wooden burlap looking furniture. We had crates for shelves and our kitchen table was a card table and chairs. I would lovingly make Tuna Cassarole for my spouse and set our "Table" for dinner. Poor guy ate lots of Tuna Cassarole because that was one of the few things I could cook. (I cook now though!) We had an old wringer washer to use and then I would hang our stuff out to dry...I still remember how stiff our clothes were from sun drying. My kids have started their adult lives MUCH MUCH better then their father and I did.
Random Memory: We bought our first TV at Kmart and had to bring it home on the city bus because we did not have a car. The TV was very heavy and we had to carry it from the bus stop to our house (which was several blocks). We were soooo excited when we plugged it in even if we only got like 2 channels. We've come along way baby!
Thursday, April 27, 2006
New Training Schedule and FAMILY NEWS
I am ready to train for the 10k in October. Here is the first part of my training. When I complete this series I will move to an intermediate series. My workout schedule will stay the same for Monday, Wed, Friday: Spinning/Power Hour, Swimming, Spinning/Power Hour. I will still lift on Tuesday and Thursdays mornings. The running schedule will be as follows:
Week 1: Tuesday 2.5m, Thursday 2m, Sunday 3/m (This week)
2: Tuesday 2.5m, Thursday 2m, Sunday 3.5m
3: Tuesday 2.5m, Thursday 2m, Sunday 4m
4. Tuesday 3m, Thursday 2m, Sunday 4m
5. Tuesday 3m, Thursday 2m, Sunday 4.5m
6. Tuesday 3m, Thursday 2m, Sunday 5m
7. Tuesday 3m, Thrusday 2m, Sunday 5.5m
8. Tuesday 3m, Thursday 2m, Sunday 6m
This new training schedule is suppose to be a gradual increase in milage (.5) per week. This is suppose to help reduce the likelyhood of injuries. After I get this series done then its moving onto the next level! At some point if I do not feel ready to move on I can repeat weeks. Since I have lots of time till the 10k I can train slow and steady. However, the 10k route is VERY hilly so I am going to HAVE to work some hills in. I don't do well with hills...come to think of it I don't do so hot on flat land either. So far so good with my foot. It is feeling stronger and stronger. Though it still doesn't feel entirely right...but darn close.
Okay on to family news:
Daughter/Son in Law/Grandson: She had her prenatal checkup and Baby Adam is doing great. She has an ultrasound scheduled for next week. They have also had the offer accepted on the house and hopefully will be moving in June...well before Adam is to make his arrival. Its a really nice house and I know they will be very happy in it.
Mother: Recoving well from her surgery. Hope she is up and about soon!
Niece/Nephew in Law: Amanda and Roger are getting baptised this Sunday. Congratulations! Wedding countdown: 8 DAYS. I noticed today that my neice Amber has become a vegatarian....eat Protein girl...not so much peanut butter though...that makes Groleau woman expand!!!!
Food: WE GOT MUSHROOMS....yummy........ Please be proud of me I passed on not one but two requests for lunch dates....because I am strong...because I am good...because I gotta run the mini next year and must abide by my only one lunch out during the week per everyother month rule.
CAR: i cleaned out the moving trash bin that is also my car. I swept up graham cracker crumbs. I threw away Altoid Tins, empty water bottles, stryofoam coffee cups and even old newspapers (yard sale ads). You can now see my floorboards and my seats. My other car was disgusting and when I bought this Saturn I made a bet with my son that I could keep my car clean for a year. I made it and then the day after the year was up...I quit being neat and tidy. I did notice I had an odd assortment of stuff in my trunk: 1 pair of rollar blades, 3 bags of sidewalk melt, one mini portable grill in a box (no charcoal though), 1 stadium cushion, and umbrella, a fold up seat with an attached umbrella, a bag containing gloves, a book, and some papers that at some point I must have thought important enough to put in the bag, and 4 (yes 4) ice scrapers.
Home Improvement: Guess what my back room is not empty! I hate home improvement. I must finish the emptying process this weekend. I think I should just move to a new house.
Okay very hungry must eat dinner. I am very delayed on my meal as I stopped by my mother's to make sure she was doing okay and also stopped at my sister's to drop off the festival cart..She was eating dinner.....so hungry...fried chicken...wanted to rip it out of her hands...but had my doubts on whether I could take her....the woman in our family are freakishly strong and our powers are magnified when we are defending our food. I know I could probably take down Hulk Hogan for a cookie....
Week 1: Tuesday 2.5m, Thursday 2m, Sunday 3/m (This week)
2: Tuesday 2.5m, Thursday 2m, Sunday 3.5m
3: Tuesday 2.5m, Thursday 2m, Sunday 4m
4. Tuesday 3m, Thursday 2m, Sunday 4m
5. Tuesday 3m, Thursday 2m, Sunday 4.5m
6. Tuesday 3m, Thursday 2m, Sunday 5m
7. Tuesday 3m, Thrusday 2m, Sunday 5.5m
8. Tuesday 3m, Thursday 2m, Sunday 6m
This new training schedule is suppose to be a gradual increase in milage (.5) per week. This is suppose to help reduce the likelyhood of injuries. After I get this series done then its moving onto the next level! At some point if I do not feel ready to move on I can repeat weeks. Since I have lots of time till the 10k I can train slow and steady. However, the 10k route is VERY hilly so I am going to HAVE to work some hills in. I don't do well with hills...come to think of it I don't do so hot on flat land either. So far so good with my foot. It is feeling stronger and stronger. Though it still doesn't feel entirely right...but darn close.
Okay on to family news:
Daughter/Son in Law/Grandson: She had her prenatal checkup and Baby Adam is doing great. She has an ultrasound scheduled for next week. They have also had the offer accepted on the house and hopefully will be moving in June...well before Adam is to make his arrival. Its a really nice house and I know they will be very happy in it.
Mother: Recoving well from her surgery. Hope she is up and about soon!
Niece/Nephew in Law: Amanda and Roger are getting baptised this Sunday. Congratulations! Wedding countdown: 8 DAYS. I noticed today that my neice Amber has become a vegatarian....eat Protein girl...not so much peanut butter though...that makes Groleau woman expand!!!!
Food: WE GOT MUSHROOMS....yummy........ Please be proud of me I passed on not one but two requests for lunch dates....because I am strong...because I am good...because I gotta run the mini next year and must abide by my only one lunch out during the week per everyother month rule.
CAR: i cleaned out the moving trash bin that is also my car. I swept up graham cracker crumbs. I threw away Altoid Tins, empty water bottles, stryofoam coffee cups and even old newspapers (yard sale ads). You can now see my floorboards and my seats. My other car was disgusting and when I bought this Saturn I made a bet with my son that I could keep my car clean for a year. I made it and then the day after the year was up...I quit being neat and tidy. I did notice I had an odd assortment of stuff in my trunk: 1 pair of rollar blades, 3 bags of sidewalk melt, one mini portable grill in a box (no charcoal though), 1 stadium cushion, and umbrella, a fold up seat with an attached umbrella, a bag containing gloves, a book, and some papers that at some point I must have thought important enough to put in the bag, and 4 (yes 4) ice scrapers.
Home Improvement: Guess what my back room is not empty! I hate home improvement. I must finish the emptying process this weekend. I think I should just move to a new house.
Okay very hungry must eat dinner. I am very delayed on my meal as I stopped by my mother's to make sure she was doing okay and also stopped at my sister's to drop off the festival cart..She was eating dinner.....so hungry...fried chicken...wanted to rip it out of her hands...but had my doubts on whether I could take her....the woman in our family are freakishly strong and our powers are magnified when we are defending our food. I know I could probably take down Hulk Hogan for a cookie....
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Running like the "Wind"? Nah don't think so!
Okay today was a pretty good run. Did not keep track of my time but did about 2.5 miles. Which is my goal for today. Ran outside..in the wind (strong strong wind)...in the dark...and it was "GOOD" My foot did not hurt even though I was running on pavement. I have been running outdoors only one day a week and using the treadmill the other two running days to save my foot the stress of the hard pavement. Foot held up good but I think I will use the treadmill on Thursday for my three miler and ease back into it. Unless I get lucky and they leave the gates unlocked on the highschool track, then I could do the whole hamster on a wheel thing (but a nice shock absorbant wheel). Okay back to today. I ran the 2.5 (might actually have been a teensy bit more) then finished up another 1 mile on the treadmill, walking it on the 14 for incline...big indoor hill. I then lifted and did 1 1/2 chin ups all myself (not the machine). It hurt..I grunted...Julie our instructor for Woman on Weights/Power Hour said she was impressed I could bend my head back that far! Hahaha Julie! I guess I thought the harder I tilted my head back that faster my chin would get up there. At any rate my goal is to do 5 chin ups in a row. Considering that I am still lifting a substantial amount of Kim that will be an awesome accomplishment. Is it impressive for a woman weighing all of 100 pounds to do chin ups???I think not. It is us, the woman of girth, that are the heros when we hoist our generous proportioned bodies up there! Workout for the rest of the week...tomorrow Swimming, Thusday 3 miles/lifting, Friday Spinning/Power Hour and then for the weekend a 4 miler and my body better not bale on me. I am going to not give it junk and furnish it with lots of good nutrients. No pie, no cookies, no muffins, no cereal...well maybe some cereal. Lots of fruit, protein and vegtables. I am going to try to be good because if I can control my weekend food then I KNOW I can get in shape for a 10k and ultimately the mini!!!! I will be a Power Woman, A She Rah, A Warrior Princess, Mini Mama Shakalaka...I will be a "RUNNER".
Ohhhh my my I got myself so worked up it is all I can do to not throw my running shoes on and take off out the door! However, my inner slug is very dominent tonight and it is demanding my pajamas and my new issue of Runners magazine. That reminds me of the old days when I would watch Denise Austin doing her exercises while I sat on the couch drinking coffee in my pajamas. I would always say "Yeah I need to start doing this but perhaps I need to watch for awhile to get familiar with the moves" Yeah right...there is never a tomorrow for exercise....only a right now!
Enjoyability Factor of Workouts 100%
Perceived Effort: 1,000,000%
Actual Effort Probably: 85%
Phrase of the Day: "Mom, Do I need to hit you with the stupid stick again" Uttered by son (over the phone because he dares not say that in person on account of I could kick his rear! hahahaha).
Ohhhh my my I got myself so worked up it is all I can do to not throw my running shoes on and take off out the door! However, my inner slug is very dominent tonight and it is demanding my pajamas and my new issue of Runners magazine. That reminds me of the old days when I would watch Denise Austin doing her exercises while I sat on the couch drinking coffee in my pajamas. I would always say "Yeah I need to start doing this but perhaps I need to watch for awhile to get familiar with the moves" Yeah right...there is never a tomorrow for exercise....only a right now!
Enjoyability Factor of Workouts 100%
Perceived Effort: 1,000,000%
Actual Effort Probably: 85%
Phrase of the Day: "Mom, Do I need to hit you with the stupid stick again" Uttered by son (over the phone because he dares not say that in person on account of I could kick his rear! hahahaha).
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Buddy Brad
Here is Grandpa and Buddy Brad. That is what my husband called my son when he was a baby. Such a sweet and cute baby and he is a handsome young man today. He is also a great father to his children and I love him very much.
I SCREAM YOU SCREAM WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICECREAM
My niece Amber and Grandpa (my dad). That year he came to visit he lit up a cigarette and Amber says to him "Bad Gampa" (yes she did leave out the R and the D).
Unsuccessful.ONCE AGAIN!
This morning's run turned into a jog 1 mile then sprint/walk/jog 3 miles. I could not get my head in the right place. To much drama in my life. I need to get over it and move on! So I will! No more thinking, thinking, thinking! The gloom that is enveloping me needs to go. I need to get back in my "Kim you are wonderful mode" It is horrible for others to have to live with but oh so very good for me! So I am going to chin up....chant "Kim you are awesome" Look at my calendar and realize I have only 1 year to be able to get in shape for the Mini and start RUNNING. Clear my mind, my heart and make my body work! The only tears I want to be shedding are the ones from when my body is screaming "Stop Stop you are torturing me!" So HERE'S TO LIFE AND LIVING...GO KIM GO!
Miles on My Car for Adam
Kendra and I have logged in the miles! We have yard saled like crazy. We have found lots of cute outfits. But I have noticed something. The nicer the housing development the higher the prices. I do not think people have the whole yard sale thing figured out! Yard Sale stuff should be priced to sell....you are getting rid of stuff...it is not a profit making sale. Okay in my mind who goes to yard sales? People that are looking for a bargin! Middle class people right? If I wanted to pay $6.00 for a baby outfit I would go to the store. I asked a lady if she would go down on an outfit and she just stared at my dumbfounded as If I had asked her to disrobe, put a daisy wreath in her hair and dance down the street. She said "Why those are practically brand new!" So I guess she can just cart them back into her house when her yard sale is over. My mom told me this is the formula for pricing large ticket items...1/4 of your purchase price...then be ready to dicker. Now for clothing that is another matter....I think .25, .50 and .75 for normal things and 1.00 to 1.50 for something especially cute. My favorite yard sale dickering story is when I tried to buy a purse( of course we were in the "nice" part of town). It was a unique looking kind of purse (unique meaning I thought it is ugly) but I knew a family member would especially like it. The price $5.00 bucks. Now I don't like spending $5.00 on ugly so I asked her if she would take $3.00. She said "Well it was a gift" I might add it still had the tag on it! I said "Oh that's nice will you take $3.00 for it though". She said "It's been in my closet and never been used sooooo nooooooo I can't go down on it." Okay so what's up?...it still had the tag...she never used it...probably never would...so why could she not sell it for $3.00. Needless to say I put it back and it is probably STILL in her closet. Now just to let you know, I do go to yard sales in all parts of town and I have found some really nice stuff from the "middle class" (which is me!) and it was CHEAP! Though I have found some odd things. My daughter and I were at a yard sale on Friday and she picked up a Ryan's (a buffet) nametag with the name Kim on it. It was $.25. She said "Mom you want to get this in case you ever work at Ryans" Hahahahah I have raised a comedian. To be fair though I can't rag on upper middle class yard sales all the time because I got some baby stuff from this absolutely sweet woman ( who lived in a BEAUTIFUL home)and it was CHEAP and in perfect condition. I really need to send her an email thanking her! But for the most part...the rule applies...the nicer the house the more $ you are going to pay for the stuff they have. You ask why do I keep going to the "nice" end if it sends me into a rant? Shouldn't I just keep to my own end of town and quit whining? It's because occasionally you will strike gold and find some nice wealthy woman that was graced with some good old fashioned yard sale sense. These are some yard sales guidelines I have come up with.
1. Do not base the price of your stuff based on the value of your home.
2. Do not sell things with your name, your children's names, dates and birth weights because NO BODY is going to buy it.
3. Have a sense of humor when we laugh at your baby's birth plaque and your nametags.
4.Do not throw your yard sale clothes on a blanket so they buyer has to bend over to sort thru the stuff. It is hard for preganant woman and their older mothers to bend over to look thru it.
5.Have change
6.Be willing to dicker
I had a yard sale once...never never never again...I don't care if I give it to somebody or it goes to the goodwill. I don't care if it is "practically new" and I could make money off of it. My last yard sale was a disasater and I ended up $10.00 in the hole. The family wanted a yard sale. Family members brought their junk over. Paid for ad, set up tables, put stuff out, oddly enough I could not part with hardly anything (hard to imagine) so I had hardly anything in it. It got late, people got hungry. I did not want to fix anything...paid for Wendys....there went my yard sale $. It rained (despite Buzz advising me it would be a lovely day). I had to put away stuff in the rain...it was all in my garage...WET BIG MESS! NEVER NEVER AGAIN!
P.S. When people started buying though I got "garage sale fever" and was running in to get stuff to sell of my husband's that I thought he did not need. He saw his boots...they were like new( he never really wore them often), I put a sticker for a $.25 on them. He removed the sticker and took his boots back in the house. He look offended. I TOLD him I was going to give him all the money for his stuff. He did not look any happier.
Well it is time to run. I am tired. My legs hurt. My head hurts. My eyes hurt. I do not want to run! But I know if I do not I will kick myself later. I must run in the morning because I do not run in the middle of the day or evening. I am a procrastinator so If I put it off it does not get done and there is just too much traffic out and people will stare at the poor pathetic woman that is panting and looking like she is in the throes of death. So I run while the town sleeps....Ususally I see very few cars on the weekends when I run early and during the weekdays when I run it is still dark so even when there is traffic they can't get a good looksie at my pain and agony . Time to shoe up!!! I hope Gwen Steffani can wake me up!
1. Do not base the price of your stuff based on the value of your home.
2. Do not sell things with your name, your children's names, dates and birth weights because NO BODY is going to buy it.
3. Have a sense of humor when we laugh at your baby's birth plaque and your nametags.
4.Do not throw your yard sale clothes on a blanket so they buyer has to bend over to sort thru the stuff. It is hard for preganant woman and their older mothers to bend over to look thru it.
5.Have change
6.Be willing to dicker
I had a yard sale once...never never never again...I don't care if I give it to somebody or it goes to the goodwill. I don't care if it is "practically new" and I could make money off of it. My last yard sale was a disasater and I ended up $10.00 in the hole. The family wanted a yard sale. Family members brought their junk over. Paid for ad, set up tables, put stuff out, oddly enough I could not part with hardly anything (hard to imagine) so I had hardly anything in it. It got late, people got hungry. I did not want to fix anything...paid for Wendys....there went my yard sale $. It rained (despite Buzz advising me it would be a lovely day). I had to put away stuff in the rain...it was all in my garage...WET BIG MESS! NEVER NEVER AGAIN!
P.S. When people started buying though I got "garage sale fever" and was running in to get stuff to sell of my husband's that I thought he did not need. He saw his boots...they were like new( he never really wore them often), I put a sticker for a $.25 on them. He removed the sticker and took his boots back in the house. He look offended. I TOLD him I was going to give him all the money for his stuff. He did not look any happier.
Well it is time to run. I am tired. My legs hurt. My head hurts. My eyes hurt. I do not want to run! But I know if I do not I will kick myself later. I must run in the morning because I do not run in the middle of the day or evening. I am a procrastinator so If I put it off it does not get done and there is just too much traffic out and people will stare at the poor pathetic woman that is panting and looking like she is in the throes of death. So I run while the town sleeps....Ususally I see very few cars on the weekends when I run early and during the weekdays when I run it is still dark so even when there is traffic they can't get a good looksie at my pain and agony . Time to shoe up!!! I hope Gwen Steffani can wake me up!
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