Poor Sad Kim.....

Okay I am in a feel sorry for poor Kim mood. Why does everyone in the world get to eat whatever the heck they want and I can't? As I am walking downtown I see people eating...just stuffing their faces and looking happy as can be....and I am heading back to the office to eat a disgusting salad, sandwich and apple. BLAH! I want to eat and I am most resentful of this body that can't have food AND REFUSES to run a 10 minute mile! You would think since I have been such a nice compliant diabetic that the very LEAST my body could do is let me have the 10 minute mile. I ran 3 miles yesterday (at 5:30 am.)and it was fun and relaxing but slow.....I had a great lifting session after my run and then in the evening I went to the Core Performance class (at 5:30 pm) and then this morning back up at 6:00 am to do my boot camp class. Tomorrow will hopefully be a 4 miler , providing my foot cooperates. Sunday I think I will take a nice bike ride. I have got to make a schedule for running, however, my schedule is at the mercy of how my foot feels...Once again showing how defiant my body is.... I must make by body obey my mind!!!!! My mind says "Kim you are a warrior...you are an athlete..." my body however giggles and says "Ha Ha...you fool" Okay back to work now...I will go and continue to be in the depths of depression due to my inability to consume cookies and cheese nips.....I guess I will go eat another apple...sigh......

In Search of Abs of Steel

Last night started a new class at the Y called Core Performance....kick butt class. I am not yet sore but look to be screaming in pain tomorrow. I am rarely sore the day after a hard workout...it is ALWAYS the second day. Needless to say today I am tired because I did the Eliptical for 45 minutes yesterday morning and got it up to resistent 20, then lifted...then had the evening class and then this morning was swimming (which I HATE). I was going to run but given as I reinjured my foot last Wednesday I thought I better give it some lower impact. For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to try to run without my inserts last Wed...thinking surely by now I do not need them...WRONG...even doing two miles I tore my foot up. It is feeling better again and I have learned my lesson...I have resigned myself to the fact that I am now flat footed and must always wear my arch supports. Sigh...now it is just a matter of letting the foot completely heal so I can actually do more then 4 miles....baby steps...that is what I keep telling myself. The mind is willing...but my flesh (in particular my foot) is weak.
Updates:
Daughter: My daughter is Pregnant! Another Grandchild for Grandma Kim and a cousin for Carissa....Yeah Kendra!
Grandchildren: Had Tyson overnight December 30th and we went to see Chronicals of Narnia...which he really enjoyed!!! I have also determined that he is an agressive card player and will pull all kinda tricks to win!!!!! Way to go Tyson!!!! Carissa...growing...growing....cute cute cute. I went over to see her last Saturday and I could barely put her down and leave!
Ooops got to go lunch bell is going to ring in 4 minutes and don't want to be late back to work.....

Oops her name

I have been calling her baby girl so long that is probably what I will continue to call her till she is 40! Her name is Carissa Joanne. Joanne is her maternal grandmother's name! I have already got my pictures uploaded to Walmart and will be picking them up on the way to the hospital. I may have to beat the other grandma over the head to get a chance to hold her! This child is going to be sooo loved and nurtured because she has lots of family within 10-15 minutes of her house!!!!

WOW

Here is my granddaughter and her father (my son). She is beautiful and I guess he is pretty cute too!!! She is one of the few things I will reschedule my gym for!!!!!

Back to business

Okay now the holidays are over...no more desserts...no more candy....back to once a week dessert. wah wah! I will tell you that I do feel every single thing I ate in my roly poly gut. When I run it just jiggles....what a horrible feeling. I have also given running alot of thought...and have decided that I really need to get off at least 20 pounds. I have been reading about runners alot and I noticed one thing all the woman are lots thinner then I am. I weigh anywhere between 166 to 171 and I think that is just too much weight on my poor stressed foot. Those extra pounds are making me slow and also putting my foot in additional stress. So my new years resolution is to take off a minimum of 10 pounds with an ultimate goal of 20. Lookwise I am not too bad because I am muscular and people are surprised when I tell them how much I weigh, but running wise I am in sad shape...too big to be fast! Today I tried to do 4 miles and suffered. 4 times I had to stop and walk 100 steps and then start up again. It is probably because for the last two days I have had very little protein and lots of carbs...which for a diabetic is VERY bad...so I felt like crap and I ran like crap.
We had a substitute run our power hour class on Friday(Mike) and he made it very fun and at the same time gave us an awesome workout....we had to run sprints (for like forever)...not so fun...but then we played power hour muscial chairs. He put some chairs in the center of the gym and we had to run around the chairs and when he blew his whistle had to try to get a chair....if you did not...drop and do push ups....I laughed my butt off....when I was not the one doing pushups. We also had to seal walk to half court(using user upper body to "walk" across the gym while dragging you feet...sounds easy...it is NOT) then sprint the other half court to the end where there were hula hoops which we had to hula for one minute then sprint back to the beginning. By the time we were done I was dripping in sweat and leaving a sweat trail everywhere I went. AWESOME class. Last week I also spent some time on the eliptical which I love...love that resistent...increase it till my legs are screaming...loving it! You know that Mellencamp song...Hurt so good....that is how I feel about workouts...I love the tired, sore feeling....I think I am sick in the head!!!! When I had to stop running completely for two weeks I felt so odd because nothing on me felt stiff or tight....I missed it terribly.
Okay so ends my holiday and all the talk of exercise has got me all pumped up...my new year wish is for a year of awesome workouts, increased running endurance and speed, some great muscle definition and a nice strong body.... GO ME!

We had a Holly Jolly Christmas

Ah Christmas....my favorite time of year...I love the excess of it...shopping, eating, shopping, eating, gift giving, lots of family, lots of food, lots of love. My sister found me a set of Buffy the Vampire DVD season 1-6. That is my secret shame...I am a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. When it was it on(Tuesday nights from 8-9) I would accept no phone calls. Awesome gift...found by my sister at a yard sale for a very good price! Love it! I also love my yaks, and my Chi running book from my sons Brad and Jamie. Kendra thanks for the blowdryer (so now I can get ready in record time with the high watts) and now I do not have to use Qtips to put my makeup on as she also bought me a make application kit! ah Kendra what was wrong the Qtips..hahahahaha. AND TA DA my husband bought me a belt......A belt...I can't believe I can wear a belt now! He also bought me two really nice comfy cords and a sweater.....I had other gifts as well those were just the ones I got a kick out of! Well now that Christmas is over I have been having cookie withdrawl and will likely have to go into cookie detox. I can also feel my cookies when I run...blah they jiggle and wiggle when I run!

Yet more excuses why I have not blogged

Okay, the wedding reception was after this but I had to post my son's birthday party...where a poor innocent woman was attacked by her grandson with silly string....Her crime...taking the first bite of birthday cheesecake before the birthday boy got his....I warned him not to shoot his grandma but my warnings were to no avail...one grandma covered in silly string.

Wedding Reception

Oh I am such a very bad blogger...but then I have very good excuses.... birthdays, wedding receptions, christmas eve, christmas day, new years day.... We had my daughter's wedding reception on December 10, 2005, despite the bad weather we were still able to have a reception. It was quite lovely if I must say so myself. We had a shoestring budget but I think we did an excellent job and stayed within our budget.

whew I made it

The 5K was rough. Since my foot had been healing I have not been going as far but I finsihed...no walking...time of 33.43. Next time I will do it in 30 MINUTES. My body will comply and I will accept no less. I am going to work hard this year!!!! I am going to work on a training program over the next week. I would be open to any suggestions on training....

MY MAN

Just wanted to include this picture of my handsome husband. He is at one of his favorite places...the woods. He loves to fish and tromp around in the woods. He will spend hours in the woods..hunting, fishing, rock hunting. I only will go with him in the fall...all the other times...there are too many bugs, its too muddy, its too hot...etc....He spends most of his weekends in the woods throughout the summer. Last summer I was whining (which unlike running I excel at) I whined "How come you never ask me to go" He reponds," Why don't you go with me today!" I respond VERY quickly, "Oh no it is too hot maybe another time!" Poor man he just can't win.

MY LOVELY BINGO PLAYING FAMILY

I am the one sitting on the couch. I am the bingo caller. The young lady that is appears to be disgusted during bingo time is actually having fun...she just has not yet had a bingo and Roger (my neices fiance had three bingos in a row). I am the one on the sitting on the couch. I got to be the bingo calller. We played White Elephant bingo. Which means everyone brings something from home that they no longer want and we use the items for prizes. We had much more family they were just in the other rooms.

Help! Sleep Eludes Me!

Ack! I can't sleep I am too excited and nervous. I know that a 5K is not much for most people but it is for Poor Kim! This is only my second run ever and I want so much to improve my time! Last time was 36 mins and a few odd seconds. However, I have alot against me...weight, sore foot, general sore muscles (got spunky in the weight room this week), and the run does not start till 9:00 am. That stinks because I am an early morning girl. My favorite time is 5:00 a.m. I am also depressed because I am one of the slowest woman out of our group at the Y. I do have one edge....the cold. The other woman hate the cold and I LOVE it. Maybe that will slow them down a little. The other day is was 21 degrees and all I had on was a short sleeve shirt and a hoodie...by the time I was done it was all I could do not to rip the hoodie off because I was hotter then heck. I only kept it on because I was all sweaty and did not want to catch a cold (which I still do not think is caused by that...but better safe then sorry). Okay I am going to post a picture of our Thanksgiving fun and then try to go back to bed. I am going to dream of fleet feet! I am going to dream of myself breathing well and staying strong! Does anyone know how long it will take my breathing to get under control??? I am sick sick sick of sounding like a three pack a day smoker when I don't even smoke! Sprints??? Patience? Both???? Also just to let you know how dedicated I am becoming...I gave up Christmas Shopping last night so I could rest my legs for today...now that is dedication!

Insanity, Gluttony and More

I have been advised that I have not blogged on matters of general interest so here we go:

Day after Thanksgiving Shopping: Yes I was one of the insane people that stood outside of Best Buy at some horribly early hour. However, my sister is much more insane then I am....she was outside Best Buy by 11:30 p.m. the night of Thanksgiving to save us a spot in line so that I could get a $150.00 computer. I did not get to Best Buy until 2:00 a.m. Oh my...my sister did suffer because it was colder then cold. At 11:30 Thanksgiving night there were already 55 people ahead of her. Because of my sister's ability to withstand the cold and her incredible zest for a bargin hunting I was able to purchase the $150.00 computer. However, as usually, our joy was struck down because BEST BUY inadvertently resold our computers. We had left them at Best Buy for the Geek Squd to upgrade our memory and somehow they thought they were extras and SOLD them. So now both my sister and I are awaiting Best Buy to deliver us two more computers. SIGH....it was just to good to work out easy! At any rate back to the incredibly cold weather. Some people actually had like a little campsite set up...complete with Kerosene heater as for the others all you saw were mounds of blankets with what I am assuming were human forms under them. What a site...next year if the lure of a bargin overtakes my common sense I am going to take pictures....what a sight. Denise did remark while waiting that our $150.00 computer might wind up being a $1000.00 computer after we pay for the doctor's bills, medication and hospitalization from catching pneumonia. (oops can't spell that big word). All that suffering and I still as of today do not have my $150.00 computer.

FUNNY COMMENT FROM MY MOTHER'S DOCTOR: Mother at Doctor's office. Doctor says, "Do you exercise". Mother "Why yes I do" Doctor says "Do you break a sweat" Mother responds: "I do not sweat" Doctor slam dunks her" Perhaps you should" Hahahahahahaah.
My Mother's Delusion: My mother thinks she is a princess... She was born to be a princess. I told her that not one woman in our family is "Hot" enough to be a princess.

Gluttony: I was very hungry the other day because it was past my lunch time. So when I was at Walgreens I bought some sugar free peppermint patties. I then proceeded to eat the entire bag ( I am a GLUTTON). I should have read the back of the bag. It clearly states,"Individuals sensative to sugar substitutes may experience a laxative effect." THE BAG TELLS NO LIES! Runner Susan if you read this don't bother spending more money on yourcolon cleansing product just buy some of the sugar free Peppermints. You can get them this week at Walgreens buy one bag for $1.99 get a second bag of one penny. I can promise your colon will be completely empty within 24 hours (painfully so). So once again I have harmed myself thru gluttony.

RUNNING and EXERCISE: Saturday is the 5 K Sleigh Bell Run. I am so excited. I want so badly to beat my time from last year. Last year was my first run and it took me 36 minutes and some odd seconds. This year would be wonderful if I could make it in 31 or 32 minutes. However, that is unlikely as my foot is just now allowing me to run outside. Poor Kim I was built for endurance not speed. I love to run I just wish I was better at it. However, I am very proud of my work in the weight room. I can now leg press over 220 pounds...woo hoo...I am going to have some kick butt legs. My husband says my calves are disgustingly muscular. I love it! I can kick open a door....( I actually did this in a fit of rage one time...but that was a long time ago before I started lifting so now I could probably kick a door in and make it fly off the hinges) hahahaha. I am much more in control of my temper now. I have channeled my inner rage and feel no inclination to kick doors in now. Just knowing I can is enough!

Poker: My sister defends herself (see previous post). I will no longer believe a word that comes out of her mouth while at a Poker table. I will win all at our next game. I am reading Texas Hold Em for Dummies! I will be "All in" next time.

Pets: My female dog will not stay off my bed. I put a baby gate up..she somehow wiggles under it.. I raise it she jumps over it. She walks past me in the living room..smirks at me and waltzs her little prissy butt up the steps to my room and if I have left my door open (which I always seem to do) she flops herself on my side of the bed. My male dog has taken control of my couch! He lies on my couch and refuses to move so I can sit down. The other day I was actually able to get to the couch first and laid down . He came up to me whined and pawed at me. I told him to go away I had the couch first and I was NOT moving. He actually jumped on top of me did that circling thing dogs do before they lay down and then LAID down on top of me. He would not move...my husband had to drag him off of me. Now if gets to the couch first which he almost always does I have to go to the kitchen and knock on the door then he goes all crazy running and barking to the kitchen door like a crazed lunatic and I have to RUN into the living room to throw myself on the couch to save my spot.. He is getting smarter...he saw me head for the living room, outran me, jumped on the couch and GROWLED at me. I think the dogs have overthrown me and now rule my house. I will probably end up sleeping in their nice soft dog beds I bought for THEM.

IS THIS CHEATING?

Ok here is the question...Is this Cheating? (Denise are you paying attention?)
Location: Kim's Kitchen Table
Participants: Me, My son James, Son's Fiance Tasha and my sister Denise
Activity: Texas Hold Em
We were playing Texas Hold Em. It was Denise's deal. Due to a comment made by my son which alluded to the size of the Poker Players ( I tried towrite about it but you just had to have been there when it happened) my sister says " Just for that comment I am all in and I haven't even looked at my cards" Seeing as I HAD looked at my cards I went all in because what was the chance of beating my hand without even knowing what she had and I had what I thought to be a fair to decent hand. Well guess what? Her hand beat both James and mine. Okay so here is where the question comes in. The next day while shopping she said she had a confession to make. Her confession...she MAY have briefly glanced at her cards. She says this is good poker playing and I say CHEATING! What is your take on this???
Lesson Learned: Do not trust your sister when she is at the Poker Table. The woman has NO MORALS when it comes to gambling...hahahahahaha

Okay aside from my sad pathetic poker playing I had an awesome Thanksgiving with my family. Lots of food!!! Ummmm. Because I did 4 miles on my treadmill Thanksgiving morning I accumulated a pie credit and could eat a big piece of pie for free. I will now spend the next 3 weeks working for Christmas food credit! My aim is to accumulate enough pie credits to eat an entire pie on Christmas Day.

This morning thanks to Bonnie and Mike I actually had to hustle on my run. Even though they went very slow for them it was very fast for me. I think every once in awhile I need to have someone to run with me to push me...because I am like an old pickup truck...don't look so good, don't run so good...but can eventually make it to where I need to be.

I am so tired I could cry!

I am finally sitting down and taking a 5 minute break. Since I got home I have done nothing but cook cook cook in preparation for our Thanksgiving feast. As soon as I am done complaining and whining on this post I am going to finish peeling the last of the 10 pounds of potatoes. I am so tired but I am going to push thru because the more I do tonight the less I have to do tomorrow. Yesterday had a great relaxing run. For the first time in awhile I can say I actually enjoyed it! I felt pretty strong, my breathing was much better (after the first mile that is) and I actually was getting into it. I was still slow but my body was much more cooperative Now maybe I can start gaining some ground. Today was swimming day, as I have said before, I HATE SWIMMING! I do it only because it gives my foot a rest! I have made progress now...I do not have to wear the bubble belt. I still stay within an arms reach of the wall (in the deep end) but I am BUBBLE FREE! I like to think I sink because of my awesome muscle mass. But when I shared this tidbit of information with my fellow swimmers they laughed at me!!!! Ha shows what they know....they just can't see my awesome muscle mass because I wear a shirt and shorts into the pool...so I won't intimidate them with my awesome physique.
Special Note to my Daughter and Daughter in Law and Soon to be Daughter in Law: If one of you girls don't come over here and learn how to do Thanksgiving dinner you are all going to starve or have to eat at MCL when I drop over dead!
KUDOS: To my mother who has been making a very strong effort at Power Hour Class! She acutally almost sweated this week. She is truly seeking her inner warrior. A big thank you to her heart doctor who layed it on the line for her.
How True How True: Taken from the WLFI website from Mr. Food. This perfectly describes my Thanksgiving experience:

'Twas the night of Thanksgiving, but I just couldn't sleep.I tried counting backwards, I tried counting sheep.The leftovers beckoned, the dark meat and white,But I fought the temptation with all of my might.Tossing and turning with anticipationThe thought of a snack became infatuation!So I raced to the kitchen, flung open the doorAnd gazed at the fridge, full of goodies galore!I gobbled up turkey and buttered potatoes,Pickles and carrots, beans and tomatoes.I felt myself swelling so plump and so roundUntil all of a sudden, I rose off the ground.I crashed through the ceiling, floating into the skyWith a mouthful of pudding and a handful of pie.But I managed to yell, as I soared past the trees,"Happy eating to all - pass the cranberries, please!"

Bye time to peel potatoes.

LIFE LESSON

Eating an entire box of Shredded Wheat over a weekend will give you one heck of a belly ache!

Knock Knock Knocking on Heaven's Door

How ironic that just as I felt like dying on my run this morning that Axel Rose's rendition of Knocking on Heaven's Door came on. I cann't believe how much ground I lost while recuperating my stupid foot! Now parts of my body are at war with each other: My brain is the instigator it starts out with "I am so excited lets go for a run. I need to feel the endorphins...no no don't worry about coffee you can have a cup when we get back...it won't take long" So my stupid body complies..... 1/2 mile down the road my lungs start screaming" Help Help we can't breath! Stop Stop we are burning!" Then my knee joins in, "Ugh you big lug I am not made of titanium", if that is not enough then my foot starts yelling "Hey you big pig lose 20 more pounds your killing me down here" The then instigator turns traitor and starts whining" You didn't even let me have a cup of coffee" So then all the body parts joined forces and made me miserable the entire run!
ENJOYABILITY FACTOR FOR THIS MORNING: 0
PREDICTED OUTLOOK FOR TOMORROW'S ENJOYABILITY: 0
On the upside though I did finish without walking and even did sprints back the last 1/2 mile.

Yes as you can see I am in top whining moan! So lets see do I have anything else to whine out....hmmmm I believe I do! The house next door has been sitting empty for more then two years and we not seem to have a little mouse problem. I have set traps and that was pretty effective for awhile. However, the mice must have lost their craving for peanut butter and/or cheese because now the don't touch the traps...I know their still in my laundry room because they are still leaving their little calling cards. Blah! I have called the city and they still have done nothing about the house next door! Meanwhile my house is like a little mouse buffett (on account of my dogs and their dog bowls).

Updates:
Christmas Shopping: Ahhh it is only 5 days till BLACK FRIDAY! Enough said!
Thanksgiving: Food bought, Menu planned, House NOT CLEAN. (The upside is that my family does not care if it is clean as long as I have enough pie! I LOVE MY FAMILY FOR THAT!)
Birthdays: Today starts the parade of birthday cakes. My daughter's birthday is actually Thanksgiving day but we are doing it tonight. Then we have birthdays in the family the following days, Dec. 5, 7, 9, 18, and 22. Also throw my boss's birthday in that list too! I HATE birthday cake by the end of December as do my jeans.
Sleigh Bells" The 5k Sleigh bell run is December 3 and I believe I am recouped enough to handle it. Though the outlook on improving my time is dim as I am still very gentle with my foot.

WHATS UP WITH THE CARDIO?

I think my little hiatus (injured foot,despite doing other cardio work) has definetly put me behind. I only did 3.8 miles yesterday and thought my breathing would never get under control) It was all I could do to talk myself into finishing but finish I did. My legs weren't tired it was all the cardio thing (and a little mental). I tried to justify it by telling myself it had been 14 hours since I ate last...I am recovering still from oral surgery and foot injury...excuse excuse excuse!!!!I feel like I am starting all over which bugs the heck out of me since I have a 5k on December 3. I am also on the heavy side for doing this! I really really need to get off at a mininmum of 10-15 pounds. I probably should start measuring all my food again....BLAH. I am going to clean my house this morning and then just do a couple miles then do maybe 5 miles on my bike. Sometimes I feel like I will NEVER obtain my goal of being able to do a 1/2 marathon!!!! I guess not this May but I have targeted next May 2007 I am going to work for it with a PASSION! In the meantime I think I am ready to work on some sprints maybe that will help bring my cadio back to life....the only thing is it STINKS doing sprints by yourself. Maybe I can talk someone at the Y into helping me!!! My problem is the people there are either to advanced for me and the others are strictly walkers. There seems to be NO ONE at my level!
Updates:
Wedding: My daughter was married on Thursday evening...congrats to Lucas and Kendra. I am very happy and glad that they are marrried! My daughter and I have had our rough patches (Hey Kendra...you and I could probably do a entire blog devoted to nothing but mother/daughter conflict.hahaha). Maybe instead of yelling at each other over the phone we should set up a blog and just post our rude thoughts about each other there! Hahahahahah
We are having scheduling conflicts but hope to have reception within 30 days.
Grandchildren: Baby Shower today for the littlest princess in our family....the eldest princess (see wedding update) willl soon have a little princess to train!!!! Eldest Princess is waiting for mother (me) to keel over so she may inherit my title as "Queen". Queen refuses to keel over and will retain her title till she is 120 years old!!!!! Tough Luck Eldest Princess! Grandson Tyson will be at the baby shower today to help celebrate his little sister! I tell you that kid has a sense of humor! I love spending time with him because you never know what is going to come out of his mouth. He cracks me up. He is going to be happy next time he comes to my house because I added a new Ninja Turtle to the toybox and it came with a DVD also.
Nieces: Okay Amber time to get back to Power Hour and congrats on your weight loss. Just remember to keep it healthy! I love you and you are doing awesome...keep working at school. We all know you are brilliant we just wanna see it on paper. Cute story about Abby who is 3 yrs old): When I kept her overnight we went to Boo at the Zoo where we went on the enchanted train ride with assorted nursey rhyme themes to watch. We were at the Little Miss Muffett scene where Miss Muffitt was of course eating her curds and whey...when along came the spider...and landed on her head...sending Ms. Muffitt into spastic fit of fear....when Abby spoke up (making all the people on the train laugh their butts off)..and said "Why didn't she just smash the spider." Now that people is a future STRONG woman!!!!!!
House: Still messy...still don't care
Dental: Feeling better....still grossed out but adapting! Back to the dentist on Tuesday for deep cleaning and who knows what other kind of painful dental torture. FYI: The tooth fairy does not visit woman over 40 so don't bother!
Christmas: Have shopped myself into a Christmas frenzy. I have made a Master Christmas List and have it color coded for gift ideas, gifts purchased, gifts purchased and wrapped. I even have a little Christmas Code Legend at the bottom of my list. I think I have finally gone over the Christmas deep end. No doubt when I do keel over (see Grandchildren update for that timeline), they will find my body amid wrapping paper and bows with my Master Christmas List clutched to my chest in my cold dead knarled up hands.

Thats all for now folks...probably way more then you wanted to read but hey it is 6:15 am on Sunday morning I have no family members or friends that will allow me to call them this early and my newspaper is not here so what else do I have to do????? Whats that??? Did I hear someone say get my big butt out on the road and run..... Hmmm guess it is that time....Bye for now!

SLACKERVILLE

Yes I am a citizen of slackerville. My house is a mess, my filing at home is overflowing my "to be filed basket", my kitchen floor is disgusting, my check book is unbalanced (as I am), my yard is beginning to look like the Munster's yard, and on top of all that I have hit a weight and exercise plateau.
I have decided I need to muster up some major enthusiasm. I think I need some good old fashioned drill sargent to scream in my face to get me moving. I did move a little faster and farther this weekend on my run, when the police officer followed beside me to let me know there were 2 rottweilers running loose and I should take a deter. So I took a one mile deter and that was just to much for my foot and now it is tender. I was only going to do 3 1/2 ended up doing 4 1/2 on account of the vicious dogs. Hmmm that is a thought a drill sargent with vicious dogs NOW that would get me going and probably solve that little plateau problem.
I did successfully manage to stay away from CEREAL this weekend. I swear I am like a junkie when it comes to breakfast cereal. Once I have that first bowl I am thinking about my next "fix". So I have decided to go cold turkey on the cereal. It is just not normal for one woman to eat a jumbo box of Golden Grahams in two days!!! Yeah Kim!!! (not for eating the entire box...but for not eating ANY cereal this weekend)

Engagement Update. My son a/k/a blogger name BIG DADDY, got engaged during his vacation. Oops that does not sound right. He did not find a girl while on vacation and got engaged but rather he took the girl he already had on vacation and proposed to her. Welcome to the family Tasha! You gotta love a girl that does not get shaken when a family member says" I want the flaming head on a stick." (Inside warped family humor...you had to be there).

All I want for Christmas are my two front teeth!

PHRASE OF THE DAY: "Rinse and spit please"
Merry Christmas to me! However, Santa was exteremely generous and supplied me with FOUR new teeth. I must say oral surgery is disgusting...especially if you are awake and get to see him stitch up your mouth with what appears to be fishing line and a hook. I now know how a Trout feels. At any rate I am over and done with that and now only have four quads of deep cleaning and I will be done. I have taken an oath that I will do whatever the dentist requires of me for dental hygiene. The only worry I have is loosing my partial during power hour class and have it skid across the gym floor. The dentist has advised me that that is an irrational fear (one of many) and they are going to stay put and when I get my implants I will be in excellent condition. Thank you thank you to my daughter who was quite kind and took care of her mother while she recovered from her oral surgery. Aside from the remark they made about sneezing my partial out my daughter and husband were quite compassionate oh and also the hysterical laughing about my valium stupor. I fired my husband as my nurse and my daughter's employment as my personal nurse is on shaky ground!!!!!!

Okay enought about the yucky yucky dental stuff.... I am having NO foot pain still and it is awesome. I am going to gradually increase my mileage and if all goes well hope to be back to where I was within 12 weeks or so (6-7 miles). I also need to get off these last 25 pounds but I have to get control of my weekend food to do that and with the holidays coming up it is gonna be tough.

Wedding Update: My daughter will be getting married on November 10, 2005. So I welcome my new son in law to the Family. He is a great guy and I love him like he is my son!!!! And now he will be!!! ACTUALLY he is NICER TO ME THEN MY OWN DAUGHTER HAHAHAAH Is that because they are not married yet? Will that change after they are married and he knows I am stuck with him???HMMM we will see. He has to at least be nice to me till Christmas to get his awesome Christmas gift.

Baby update: My granddaughter is expected to arrive January 12, 2006. A little more then 8 weeks away! I am giddy...I am thrilled...I am joyous....I can't wait till she gets here! No name yet...though I love the name Olivia but I have been voted down...any suggestions???? And this is one lucky baby because she is going to have the most awesome big brother!!!!