Why I suffer:
1) I am going thru intense cookie and candy withdrawl.
2) It is cold outside and I still have to run anyway cause the mini is about 12 weeks away. Yesterday was Brrrrrrr cold!
I have also determined that I don't run well under the following conditions: cold, heat, rain, snow, ice, hunger, exhaustion, to much sleep, to heavy of a meal the night before, PMS, POST MS, cookie withdrawl, morning, noon, evening or night...hmmmm
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Mission Accomplished
50 minutes run on treadmill
60 minutes walk on treadmill
45 minutes spinning class
2 hour of wandering around Walmart
GO KIM GO!
I thought for sure I would be sore and unable to walk today but feel good and my knee does not hurt anymore then if I had run 2 miles so all looks well. However, I am not going to think I am all in the clear until tomorrow morning because I tend to get my stiffness and soreness on the second day. I think for my knee I have to make sure I stretch it after every activity and then keep it braced for the rest of the day when I use it hard. I am pretty sure I have an IT Band issue going on....Did anyone realize I was a doctor?
Baby Adam: Got his first pair of shoes yesterday and I found him and awesome 4 piece sports outfit for $7.00 on clearance! What a bargin! He put up with the shoe on and off thing really well but then he started getting irritated with us. Baby Adam does NOT suffer silently, when he has had enough he lets us know!
Posting some new pictures on Flickr...please check it out....
60 minutes walk on treadmill
45 minutes spinning class
2 hour of wandering around Walmart
GO KIM GO!
I thought for sure I would be sore and unable to walk today but feel good and my knee does not hurt anymore then if I had run 2 miles so all looks well. However, I am not going to think I am all in the clear until tomorrow morning because I tend to get my stiffness and soreness on the second day. I think for my knee I have to make sure I stretch it after every activity and then keep it braced for the rest of the day when I use it hard. I am pretty sure I have an IT Band issue going on....Did anyone realize I was a doctor?
Baby Adam: Got his first pair of shoes yesterday and I found him and awesome 4 piece sports outfit for $7.00 on clearance! What a bargin! He put up with the shoe on and off thing really well but then he started getting irritated with us. Baby Adam does NOT suffer silently, when he has had enough he lets us know!
Posting some new pictures on Flickr...please check it out....
Saturday, January 27, 2007
If it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all
That title is not entirely accurate because we had some awesome news. Jerry's medical procedure came back with good results. The downside to that is that we still don't know quite what is wrong with him. So the doctor will move on to the next thing but we are so thankful to God that there is no cancerous colon. I thank all my wonderful friends and family who kept us in their thoughts and prayers!
Okay now to address the title of today's blog. For some reasons things I have been touching have just been breaking for no apparent reason. I am a SHLEPROCK. For those of you that have been deprived of the really good cartoons. Shleprock was a character in the later Flintstones when Bam Bam and Pebbles were teenagers. Poor Shleprock everytime he walked passed things they would collapse or burst into flames etc....So for no apparent reason my digital camera will not work. I used it one day and put it nicely back in the case and next time I used it...nothing...I tried everything...new battery, cleaning the terminals...dead dead dead and at that same point my computer went down...well first my internet went down just out of the blue for no apparant reason and in an attempt to fix that the computer crashed. Okay there was more to that...perhaps I deleted important files to the running of my computer but it still crashed....then Thursday after returning home from the hospital I went to get in my car and it would not even turn over...just right out of the blue..right in front of my house. So my husband called the Sear's roadclub so we could get it towed to the shop and the lady on the phone FROM SEARS ROADCLUB asked my husband how he was going to pay for the tow...and he said,"Wiiiiith my Sear's roadclub which I have already paid for" DUH LADY! OH and the CAR COST ALMOST 400 TO REPAIR..SO NOW MY BUDGET IS BROKE.
Okay the whining was fun so now I am going to make a list of things that are irritating me....
1) Why do I fall asleep in church? I can run or not run, get up early, sleep in late and I STILL FALL ASLEEP IN CHURCH. A couple of weeks ago I took a stacker and drank 3 cups of coffee and still FELL ASLEEP!
2) MY DOG STINKS BAD....LIKE NASTY OLD TUBE STOCKS WORN IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEAT WAVE and the more hyper he gets the more stench he emits. I bathe him and in a day or so it is back...blah Horsecoat Sharpeis stink!
3) My insurance man came over to look at my house due to the garage fire (arson August 2006) because the company is thinking about dropping us...he says should be okay and then Friday leaves a cryptic message on my machine about "Where were going to go with this". Friday afternoon...could he not have left this message on Thursday so I am not dwelling on this all weekend.
4)My knee....I want to be an athelete...my knee is not in agreement
5)My house is dirty and unorganized. I am a bad housewife. I am surprised my husband does not divorce me on grounds of 'Disorganization and Laziness" I want it to be clean..truely I do...I just don't want to be the one to do it.
Okay I better stop because this list could go on and on so now 5 things I am grateful for from this week.
1) My husband and that my husband got a good report on his medical procedure
2) Baby Adam's sweet smile when Jerry and I were feeling down
3)My new kitchen cabinet that my husband put in for me this week...he also ordered my new sink, countertop and another cabinet. We will be doing flooring shortly
4)My one good knee
5)That it was only a starter in my car and not the whole engine and that if my car had to break down at least it was polite enough to do it in front of my own house.
UPDATES:
Baby Adam: Says Da Da
YMCA: Back to spinning and back to some light running. Looking at time right now since the Mini is coming up. I need to be able to run/walk for 3 1/2 hours so for me since speed is not a factor...finishing is the goal....I am looking at time during trainings. Tuesday 30 minutes, Thurday 40 minutes....today is 50 minutes and one hour walk and then one hour of spinning...ouch my body declares in advance. I did find that after I ran on Thursday and kept it wrapped all day that I had very light knee pain as opposed to "I aint walking up stairs because it hurts to darn bad" pain.
WARNING SOME PEOPLE MAY FIND THIS INFORMATION OFFENSIVE
***Sugar Free Products will give one GAS*** Use these products with care*** Gas Mask may be needed****
Okay now to address the title of today's blog. For some reasons things I have been touching have just been breaking for no apparent reason. I am a SHLEPROCK. For those of you that have been deprived of the really good cartoons. Shleprock was a character in the later Flintstones when Bam Bam and Pebbles were teenagers. Poor Shleprock everytime he walked passed things they would collapse or burst into flames etc....So for no apparent reason my digital camera will not work. I used it one day and put it nicely back in the case and next time I used it...nothing...I tried everything...new battery, cleaning the terminals...dead dead dead and at that same point my computer went down...well first my internet went down just out of the blue for no apparant reason and in an attempt to fix that the computer crashed. Okay there was more to that...perhaps I deleted important files to the running of my computer but it still crashed....then Thursday after returning home from the hospital I went to get in my car and it would not even turn over...just right out of the blue..right in front of my house. So my husband called the Sear's roadclub so we could get it towed to the shop and the lady on the phone FROM SEARS ROADCLUB asked my husband how he was going to pay for the tow...and he said,"Wiiiiith my Sear's roadclub which I have already paid for" DUH LADY! OH and the CAR COST ALMOST 400 TO REPAIR..SO NOW MY BUDGET IS BROKE.
Okay the whining was fun so now I am going to make a list of things that are irritating me....
1) Why do I fall asleep in church? I can run or not run, get up early, sleep in late and I STILL FALL ASLEEP IN CHURCH. A couple of weeks ago I took a stacker and drank 3 cups of coffee and still FELL ASLEEP!
2) MY DOG STINKS BAD....LIKE NASTY OLD TUBE STOCKS WORN IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEAT WAVE and the more hyper he gets the more stench he emits. I bathe him and in a day or so it is back...blah Horsecoat Sharpeis stink!
3) My insurance man came over to look at my house due to the garage fire (arson August 2006) because the company is thinking about dropping us...he says should be okay and then Friday leaves a cryptic message on my machine about "Where were going to go with this". Friday afternoon...could he not have left this message on Thursday so I am not dwelling on this all weekend.
4)My knee....I want to be an athelete...my knee is not in agreement
5)My house is dirty and unorganized. I am a bad housewife. I am surprised my husband does not divorce me on grounds of 'Disorganization and Laziness" I want it to be clean..truely I do...I just don't want to be the one to do it.
Okay I better stop because this list could go on and on so now 5 things I am grateful for from this week.
1) My husband and that my husband got a good report on his medical procedure
2) Baby Adam's sweet smile when Jerry and I were feeling down
3)My new kitchen cabinet that my husband put in for me this week...he also ordered my new sink, countertop and another cabinet. We will be doing flooring shortly
4)My one good knee
5)That it was only a starter in my car and not the whole engine and that if my car had to break down at least it was polite enough to do it in front of my own house.
UPDATES:
Baby Adam: Says Da Da
YMCA: Back to spinning and back to some light running. Looking at time right now since the Mini is coming up. I need to be able to run/walk for 3 1/2 hours so for me since speed is not a factor...finishing is the goal....I am looking at time during trainings. Tuesday 30 minutes, Thurday 40 minutes....today is 50 minutes and one hour walk and then one hour of spinning...ouch my body declares in advance. I did find that after I ran on Thursday and kept it wrapped all day that I had very light knee pain as opposed to "I aint walking up stairs because it hurts to darn bad" pain.
WARNING SOME PEOPLE MAY FIND THIS INFORMATION OFFENSIVE
***Sugar Free Products will give one GAS*** Use these products with care*** Gas Mask may be needed****
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Running in a Winter Wonderland
Snow is falling and Kim was running. Well more or less running. I was moving swiftly. I have not worked out on the weekend for at least 12 weeks. I decided last week enough with the sitting on my rear so Kendra and I went spinning. So this weekend I spun on Saturday, accompanied by my beautiful daughter Kendra. Last night I told myself okay Kimmie you are gonna get up in the morning and do a walk/run. Got up this morning 5:30. Looked out the window just appeared cold. Told myself I would go at 6:00. Husband gets up and I asked him if he would like to accompany me on a walk/run. He points to Vandal Cam and says, "Not in that stuff" I look SNOW SNOW SNOW. It was not snowing a half hour ago! CRAP I DON'T WANT TO RUN IN THE SNOW!The mental whining began and for once my body did not participate it in the whining. It was solely a mental mutiny. So my body took over and took me into the back room to grab my stuff. I put on my yaks/got my mittons (a gift from my mother in law who said she read an article that runners should use mittons as opposed to gloves...made the gift extra special that she bought it for that reason!) and went out in the SNOW. It was lovely...quiet...could just hear my feet crunch in the snow...beautiful, peaceful and I got this fabulous feeling of wonderfulness that not only did I run but I ran in cold snowy weather when most people were laying snuggled under their blankets. So now I feel very unslug like as I spun yesterday and ran today..granted it was only 2 miles but I did something.
Time to run a warm bath and my wonderful husband is fixing me a yummy breakfast. I will try to post some pictures later today and my sweet grandchildren!
Time to run a warm bath and my wonderful husband is fixing me a yummy breakfast. I will try to post some pictures later today and my sweet grandchildren!
Monday, January 15, 2007
Wazzzzzz Up
Okay I was trying to be cool with my title but it just ain't working but here's whats up anyway:
Running: I STINK. Due to my slackage because of knee pain for the past month or so I have regressed back to beginner. I did 3.64 miles on Thursday...okay I walked/ran 3.64 miles on Thursday and it was HORRIBLE. My corn was screaming at me. My lungs in protest shut down on me. My mind was was chanting over and over "I am not doing this" "I want coffee" "I hate you" I had to once again argue with myself and tell myself that I am slacker not to mention a HUGE WHINY BABY WITH FLABBY THIGHS. I thought I was past all this argument between my will and my traitorous mind and body but guess not. At any rate I am starting from scratch and it makes me furious.
Mini: Due to my knee pain. I probably won't be able to make my goal for the mini but that is okay I am still going to do it and if I have to walk/run thru the entire thing I can live with that.
Okay I lied I can't live with that but I will deal with it. Okay I won't deal with it well. I will probably whine for six months afterwards but what the heck that is what my blog is for.
Knee: Knee pain is improving..slowly but improving I can now go up and down the stair almost straight instead of at an angle. Heel pain has diminished rapidly.
Spinning: I have resumed spinning. I LOVE SPINNING. My daughter joined me on Saturday. She says she now can't sit down, stand up or climb stairs. I laughed. She says she will see me there next Saturday. She is her mother's daughter. Hurt her and she comes right back for more.
Food: A good clean weekend for Kim. I am going to try really hard to get off some weight and and try to weigh in around 155 or so by mini time. I was strong on Friday. Despite the "please pick me up and call for Pizza" vibe that my phone was sending out. I refrained. I had some scrambled eggs and a lowfat waffle with sugar free maple syrup for dinner. Saturday I got up and had 2 slices carb control bread and one tablespoon of reduced fat peanut butter then went to spinning. Once again stood strong and did not buckle to the "go out for lunch" habit. Came home and scrambled eggs and had a pancake with fat free syrup. Yes this is more then what I eat during the week but that is okay because it is ALOT less then what I usually eat on the weekends. I had shrimp and rice with snowpeas for dinner. Sunday got up really really early and ate some Fruity Cheerios so had to forego my Sunday morning bacon. This made me very very sad as I have had a lifelong love affair with bacon. I had some chex mix for a snack when I got home from church. It has like 4 grams of fat and 120 calories. For lunch I had two wheat tortilla with some cheese and peppers. Cooked with pam not oil...a little dry but good. Side of salsa and lowfat sour cream...repeated for dinner with some sugar free reduced fat mint chocolate chip icecream with sugar free chocolate syrup and 2 table spoons of whipped cream. I know that sounds like alot but compared to what I have been eating it was like a starvation diet. Over the holidays I have been routinely consuming large amounts of Cherry Kisses, Nuts, Cookies, cookies and more cookies. Matter of fact one day around Christmas. I had a plate of cookies for breakfast, had more cookies for snack, ate a plate of cookies for lunch and had cookies for dinner. So my only consumption that days was COOKIES. BAD KIM! So go Kim go for a good weekend. Like I have said before it is all about habit and routine for me. When I am out of a routine I eat like a pig. I am sort of like a horse....put a bridle on me and I do well. Take that bridle off and set me free and I run wild.
Okay enough about food. Plan today is to pick up Ty and take him bowling...but first spinning and power hour.
Baby Adam: Went to church for the very first time. He did great in Sunday school. He sat on my lap and just was so interested in his surroundings. He was arching back so he could check out the HUGE ceiling fans. He loved the singing. During church he went to the nursery. When I went back I asked if was he a good boy and she said he was excellent as long as she was singing to him...which just so happens she sings in the choir so she got her practice and he got to hear a pretty choir lady sing to him. Baby Adam is a very happy morning boy!
QUESTION OF THE DAY: Why must I have a mind that is athlete but a body that is a slacker?
My most frequent thought for the week: "I STINK" mostly thought while working out and really it wasn't stink I said but the word I really said sounds trashy and I don't want anyone to think I am just another trashy hoosier woman so I substituted the word "stink" HINT take out the tin and put in uc and that is what I really said but like I said I am not a trashy woman so I won't actually write it.
Running: I STINK. Due to my slackage because of knee pain for the past month or so I have regressed back to beginner. I did 3.64 miles on Thursday...okay I walked/ran 3.64 miles on Thursday and it was HORRIBLE. My corn was screaming at me. My lungs in protest shut down on me. My mind was was chanting over and over "I am not doing this" "I want coffee" "I hate you" I had to once again argue with myself and tell myself that I am slacker not to mention a HUGE WHINY BABY WITH FLABBY THIGHS. I thought I was past all this argument between my will and my traitorous mind and body but guess not. At any rate I am starting from scratch and it makes me furious.
Mini: Due to my knee pain. I probably won't be able to make my goal for the mini but that is okay I am still going to do it and if I have to walk/run thru the entire thing I can live with that.
Okay I lied I can't live with that but I will deal with it. Okay I won't deal with it well. I will probably whine for six months afterwards but what the heck that is what my blog is for.
Knee: Knee pain is improving..slowly but improving I can now go up and down the stair almost straight instead of at an angle. Heel pain has diminished rapidly.
Spinning: I have resumed spinning. I LOVE SPINNING. My daughter joined me on Saturday. She says she now can't sit down, stand up or climb stairs. I laughed. She says she will see me there next Saturday. She is her mother's daughter. Hurt her and she comes right back for more.
Food: A good clean weekend for Kim. I am going to try really hard to get off some weight and and try to weigh in around 155 or so by mini time. I was strong on Friday. Despite the "please pick me up and call for Pizza" vibe that my phone was sending out. I refrained. I had some scrambled eggs and a lowfat waffle with sugar free maple syrup for dinner. Saturday I got up and had 2 slices carb control bread and one tablespoon of reduced fat peanut butter then went to spinning. Once again stood strong and did not buckle to the "go out for lunch" habit. Came home and scrambled eggs and had a pancake with fat free syrup. Yes this is more then what I eat during the week but that is okay because it is ALOT less then what I usually eat on the weekends. I had shrimp and rice with snowpeas for dinner. Sunday got up really really early and ate some Fruity Cheerios so had to forego my Sunday morning bacon. This made me very very sad as I have had a lifelong love affair with bacon. I had some chex mix for a snack when I got home from church. It has like 4 grams of fat and 120 calories. For lunch I had two wheat tortilla with some cheese and peppers. Cooked with pam not oil...a little dry but good. Side of salsa and lowfat sour cream...repeated for dinner with some sugar free reduced fat mint chocolate chip icecream with sugar free chocolate syrup and 2 table spoons of whipped cream. I know that sounds like alot but compared to what I have been eating it was like a starvation diet. Over the holidays I have been routinely consuming large amounts of Cherry Kisses, Nuts, Cookies, cookies and more cookies. Matter of fact one day around Christmas. I had a plate of cookies for breakfast, had more cookies for snack, ate a plate of cookies for lunch and had cookies for dinner. So my only consumption that days was COOKIES. BAD KIM! So go Kim go for a good weekend. Like I have said before it is all about habit and routine for me. When I am out of a routine I eat like a pig. I am sort of like a horse....put a bridle on me and I do well. Take that bridle off and set me free and I run wild.
Okay enough about food. Plan today is to pick up Ty and take him bowling...but first spinning and power hour.
Baby Adam: Went to church for the very first time. He did great in Sunday school. He sat on my lap and just was so interested in his surroundings. He was arching back so he could check out the HUGE ceiling fans. He loved the singing. During church he went to the nursery. When I went back I asked if was he a good boy and she said he was excellent as long as she was singing to him...which just so happens she sings in the choir so she got her practice and he got to hear a pretty choir lady sing to him. Baby Adam is a very happy morning boy!
QUESTION OF THE DAY: Why must I have a mind that is athlete but a body that is a slacker?
My most frequent thought for the week: "I STINK" mostly thought while working out and really it wasn't stink I said but the word I really said sounds trashy and I don't want anyone to think I am just another trashy hoosier woman so I substituted the word "stink" HINT take out the tin and put in uc and that is what I really said but like I said I am not a trashy woman so I won't actually write it.
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Colts Excitement
The men folk are giddy over yesterday's Victory. Please note the food that is crucial to football...Crackers, Cheese in a Can, Summer Sausage and Sliced Cheese. I thought the Chex Mix added a nice touch but they turned their noses up at it. FYI to all football ignorant woman. The men folk must wear the exact same clothes for the next game so the Colts win again. The jersey CAN NOT be washed. My daughter and I inquired as to whether the "wear the exact same thing" rule applied to underwear and socks. It does not! The rule only applies to shirts and hats. No other shirts and hats may be added. So James who forgot his Colts hat is forbidden from wearing it at that next game. Boy there is alot of rules to football watching! I tried to get some action shots of them jumping up and down and waving their arms in the air (which they usually do) but I got bored and left to go to the sporting goods store to buy my patella band.
Christmas is over and the Goose Has Gotten Fat
I love the holidays but this year I am mightly glad we are through them. This has been an eventful holiday season!
Updates:
Running: No running on the weekends since the second weekend of Thanksgiving. So back to my weekend runs this next weekend! I was going to run this weekend but could not due to dental surgery (see dental surgery update below). Not only has Christsmas Shopping stood in the way of my running but a very sore knee. I purchased a patella band last night. My knee is not that excruitating but bad enough that running on it is not that pleasant. I can walk well but going up and down steps is a killer. It feels stiff....So I took this week off from running and went and bought my band so I will start back easy on Tuesday. I am going to start spinning again because I really miss it. I will just find a way to fit it in my schedule. The summary of my non running is my thighs feel flabby and loose and my belly shakes and yes just like a bowl full of jelly, my jeans feel uncomfortable and I miss that used up feeling. Even my power hour workouts I have not gone full blast. So now back at it with full force...except the running due to knee recovery will introduce running back gradually. So I will start updating my side bar. Hopefully next weekend I will go get a new bike (as my previous bike was damaged in the garage fire).
Dental Surgery: My bone grafting on the left side of my mouth was done on Friday. Today it just feels like someone socked me in the jaw and my mouth does not want to open all the way. So $6,080 later I have a fairly good mouth. My insurance should pay about $1,500 of the $3,080 I had to pay for the left side which is better then nothing! I special thank you to my friend Jill who left me a gift of soft foods. What a thoughtful friend she is!
Christmas: It was so wonderful Christmas Eve to have all my lovely family around me. Abby looked adorable and sweet in her little Christmas dress and Carissa looked like a little Christmas Princess in her green velvet Christmas dress. Adam wore a baby's first Christmas outfit and I must say he looked extremely cute and adorable. Tyson was aglow with Christmas excitement and came in waiving his $$$$$$ of fake money he got for Christmas at his other Grandma's house. I love seeing that look of excitement on his face! To begin our festivites Amanda read us a lovely book to help us keep in mind what Christmas is really about. We had a wonderful time as always. Christmas Day G-ma Carnahan, James, Tasha, Lucas, Kendra and Baby Adam came to join Jerry and myself. We opened gifts and then had a delicious lunch (Heavenly Ham yummmmmy). I don't care if a Heavenly Ham does cost $50.00. I work hard all year and if I want a Heavenly Ham on Christmas day I will have one as long as I can afford one!
New Years Day: We had a nice lunch and played board games all afternoon. We played my two new games Fact or Crap and Uno Spin...both fun fun fun! I am a big fan of games and wish we played games more often. I think in Feb I am going to have a Chili dinner and have everyone over to play board games.
Carissa: Is now 1 year old. It is amazing how much they grow in one year. She is walking and playing and laughing. We went to her birthday party on Wednesday and boy did she love cake!
Upcoming Events: Family Girls night Out: Kendra, Denise, Amanda, Tasha, Natalie, G-ma C and any of our friends (must be over 18). Lets get together for a night of bowling and dinner or movie and dinner. If anyonoe has any better ideas throw them out there! We need some bonding time!
Ty: Grandpa and I will pick you up on Martin Luther King day and we will have fun day...what sounds fun to you???
Upcoming birthdays: Jerry and Mom in February and Ty in March.
I had Baby Adam for the night and expect him to wake up at any moment to be fed. He sleeps really well through the night but he makes alot of little sounds. The first couple times I jumped up to check on him and then figured out those are just his sleep sounds so then I would just listen to them to see if they got to be "I want someone" sounds. (Which it only did one time and then it was not a "I want someone" sound it was a "I want my Pacifier" sound.) I was so scared that I would sleep thru his cries but no I popped awake at the first little sound, so did Grandpa Jerry. All those times he slept thru our children crying I bet he was faking because he heard Adam! Jerry is such an amazing Grandpa! Adam is one lucky lucky boy because they are going to have lots of fun when Adam is older and Grandpa teaches about outdoor stuff!
That is all I have no current raves other then the Governement shutting down for President Ford's death. Yes he was good man but come on he got paid to be president. It's not like he volunteered and did not get any compensation. We didn't need to bring the goverment to a grinding halt! I am not just saying this because I had to work..really it did not impact me directly except for I did not get my usual delivery of credit card offers and my "your subscription is going to expire soon" notices. I just think it was gigantic waste of money and time.
Please pardon any typo as this is very early and I have not yet consumed my full cup of coffee. I have to go and rescue Baby Adam as Grandpa wants to wake him up and play with him. I had to tell him "NO waking the baby"
Have a great day everyone! I love all of you! Not just my family but I hold my friends close to my heart as well!
Updates:
Running: No running on the weekends since the second weekend of Thanksgiving. So back to my weekend runs this next weekend! I was going to run this weekend but could not due to dental surgery (see dental surgery update below). Not only has Christsmas Shopping stood in the way of my running but a very sore knee. I purchased a patella band last night. My knee is not that excruitating but bad enough that running on it is not that pleasant. I can walk well but going up and down steps is a killer. It feels stiff....So I took this week off from running and went and bought my band so I will start back easy on Tuesday. I am going to start spinning again because I really miss it. I will just find a way to fit it in my schedule. The summary of my non running is my thighs feel flabby and loose and my belly shakes and yes just like a bowl full of jelly, my jeans feel uncomfortable and I miss that used up feeling. Even my power hour workouts I have not gone full blast. So now back at it with full force...except the running due to knee recovery will introduce running back gradually. So I will start updating my side bar. Hopefully next weekend I will go get a new bike (as my previous bike was damaged in the garage fire).
Dental Surgery: My bone grafting on the left side of my mouth was done on Friday. Today it just feels like someone socked me in the jaw and my mouth does not want to open all the way. So $6,080 later I have a fairly good mouth. My insurance should pay about $1,500 of the $3,080 I had to pay for the left side which is better then nothing! I special thank you to my friend Jill who left me a gift of soft foods. What a thoughtful friend she is!
Christmas: It was so wonderful Christmas Eve to have all my lovely family around me. Abby looked adorable and sweet in her little Christmas dress and Carissa looked like a little Christmas Princess in her green velvet Christmas dress. Adam wore a baby's first Christmas outfit and I must say he looked extremely cute and adorable. Tyson was aglow with Christmas excitement and came in waiving his $$$$$$ of fake money he got for Christmas at his other Grandma's house. I love seeing that look of excitement on his face! To begin our festivites Amanda read us a lovely book to help us keep in mind what Christmas is really about. We had a wonderful time as always. Christmas Day G-ma Carnahan, James, Tasha, Lucas, Kendra and Baby Adam came to join Jerry and myself. We opened gifts and then had a delicious lunch (Heavenly Ham yummmmmy). I don't care if a Heavenly Ham does cost $50.00. I work hard all year and if I want a Heavenly Ham on Christmas day I will have one as long as I can afford one!
New Years Day: We had a nice lunch and played board games all afternoon. We played my two new games Fact or Crap and Uno Spin...both fun fun fun! I am a big fan of games and wish we played games more often. I think in Feb I am going to have a Chili dinner and have everyone over to play board games.
Carissa: Is now 1 year old. It is amazing how much they grow in one year. She is walking and playing and laughing. We went to her birthday party on Wednesday and boy did she love cake!
Upcoming Events: Family Girls night Out: Kendra, Denise, Amanda, Tasha, Natalie, G-ma C and any of our friends (must be over 18). Lets get together for a night of bowling and dinner or movie and dinner. If anyonoe has any better ideas throw them out there! We need some bonding time!
Ty: Grandpa and I will pick you up on Martin Luther King day and we will have fun day...what sounds fun to you???
Upcoming birthdays: Jerry and Mom in February and Ty in March.
I had Baby Adam for the night and expect him to wake up at any moment to be fed. He sleeps really well through the night but he makes alot of little sounds. The first couple times I jumped up to check on him and then figured out those are just his sleep sounds so then I would just listen to them to see if they got to be "I want someone" sounds. (Which it only did one time and then it was not a "I want someone" sound it was a "I want my Pacifier" sound.) I was so scared that I would sleep thru his cries but no I popped awake at the first little sound, so did Grandpa Jerry. All those times he slept thru our children crying I bet he was faking because he heard Adam! Jerry is such an amazing Grandpa! Adam is one lucky lucky boy because they are going to have lots of fun when Adam is older and Grandpa teaches about outdoor stuff!
That is all I have no current raves other then the Governement shutting down for President Ford's death. Yes he was good man but come on he got paid to be president. It's not like he volunteered and did not get any compensation. We didn't need to bring the goverment to a grinding halt! I am not just saying this because I had to work..really it did not impact me directly except for I did not get my usual delivery of credit card offers and my "your subscription is going to expire soon" notices. I just think it was gigantic waste of money and time.
Please pardon any typo as this is very early and I have not yet consumed my full cup of coffee. I have to go and rescue Baby Adam as Grandpa wants to wake him up and play with him. I had to tell him "NO waking the baby"
Have a great day everyone! I love all of you! Not just my family but I hold my friends close to my heart as well!
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
10 Things I love about my husband
Okay Amy wrote about things she loved about her husband so I thought I would give 10 things I love about my husband.
1. He will always share the food evenly with me even when it is something he really really likes.
2. He will do all the nasty yard work and doesn't ever ask me to help
3. He lets me spend lots of dollars on running shoes and never says a word.
4. He helps me carry in groceries without being asked
5. He washes dishes
6. He will make dinner if I give him a menu
7. He remains rational in the midst of my PMS and gently reminds me that I can't kill the people in Kmart for just being in the store the same time as me.
8. He can fix just about anything (which is good because I am forever breaking things)
9. He is a FANTASTIC grandpa
10. He will go all the way downstairs to bring me a drink of water so I don't have to get out of bed.
Updates:
Baby Adam: ROLLS OVER.
Workout: Precor today....not in the mood for treadmill. Pounded the heck out of the Precor...resistance 12...I am going to have thighs of iron which is good seeing as my true name is Kim the Iron Maiden.
Husband: Starting his own business...FINAL PUNCH...geared to home builders but also works for homeowners.....does an array of home repairs for individual home owners...for builders he does punch out and their warranty work. He sums up his job as "I don't build homes. I just make them better"
Christmas...tra la la is almost here and I am giddy with anticipation. I love to see my family open their gifts. I love that the kids get so excited they just can't sit still (Tyson and Abby). Use to be Amber too but she is now a patient young woman. I love waking up on Christmas morning and have a cup of coffee while cuddled up on the couch. ahhhhhh
Random Thought/Pondering: How many miles would I have to run to be able to eat an entire pecan pie?
Saturday, December 16, 2006
I CAN'T SLEEP THEREFORE I CLEAN
1:30 A.M. and I was wide awake. What's a girl to do at 1:30 a.m? She mops floors, cleans toilets and scrubs out the bathtub. Now I am going to be a grump this afternoon! I actually got down on my hands and knees and peeled all the paint droplets off my bathroom floor (from the mess I made attempting to paint 4 years ago!) and I scrubbed my kitchen floor on my knees with bleach water and a scrub brush. I will not go into what I wore to scrub my floors but I will give you a hint....it was not pretty.
Workout: Going great! I did 3 miles of incline sprints on Tuesday, Swam on Wednesday,did 5 miles on Thursday and 2 miles and power hour yesterday. I also found if I lift before I run on Tuesday I can get my whole lift in. If I wait till after I run all my friends are in the weight room and the only thing that gets worked out is my yappy mouth. You might notice nothing is listed for Monday that is because I went into full Christmas meltdown. My cards were not addressed. I had unwrapped gifts laying about and I just panicked so I stayed home, addressed Christmas Cards and wrapped presents.
Christmas: My husband violated the honor system and LOOKED at my Master Christmas List! Granted it was laying out on the nightstand but that is what the honor system is for! He WROTE a note on my Master Christmas gift that he particularly liked one gift idea I had for him! I think the honor system is going to go....because when I told my daughter her father violated the honor system and looked at my Master Christmas List she says, "Mom we all look at your Master Christmas List" So now it will be put under lock and key or maybe I will invent a code so that no one can read it if in error it is left out.
Baby Adam: Baby Adam spent the night with Grandma last Saturday while his mom and dad went to a Christmas party. He slept the entire night! I thought I would not get much sleep keeping him...and I did not...not because he did not sleep....but because I kept checking on him thru the night because his sleeping so soundly it freaked me out. What a sweetie he was and he woke up all nice and happy and sat in his bouncy seat and kicked and kicked and kicked. I think he was very dissappointed when his dad picked him up before he could have bacon and eggs with grandma....mom just lets him eat rice cereal...poor boy.....
Christmas Ornaments: Saturday night Amber and Abby came over and we made Christmas ornaments and had pizza. Abby really likes to do projects and she is especially fond of glitter.
Well better go for now...will have more to say later....and post some pictures.
WARNING: CHRISTMAS COOKIE SHORTAGE IS EXPECTED. IT IS THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND ALL HOLDS ON CHRISTMAS COOKIE EATING IS LIFTED. BEWARE KIM QUEEN OF THE GLUTTON IS ON THE LOOSE.
Workout: Going great! I did 3 miles of incline sprints on Tuesday, Swam on Wednesday,did 5 miles on Thursday and 2 miles and power hour yesterday. I also found if I lift before I run on Tuesday I can get my whole lift in. If I wait till after I run all my friends are in the weight room and the only thing that gets worked out is my yappy mouth. You might notice nothing is listed for Monday that is because I went into full Christmas meltdown. My cards were not addressed. I had unwrapped gifts laying about and I just panicked so I stayed home, addressed Christmas Cards and wrapped presents.
Christmas: My husband violated the honor system and LOOKED at my Master Christmas List! Granted it was laying out on the nightstand but that is what the honor system is for! He WROTE a note on my Master Christmas gift that he particularly liked one gift idea I had for him! I think the honor system is going to go....because when I told my daughter her father violated the honor system and looked at my Master Christmas List she says, "Mom we all look at your Master Christmas List" So now it will be put under lock and key or maybe I will invent a code so that no one can read it if in error it is left out.
Baby Adam: Baby Adam spent the night with Grandma last Saturday while his mom and dad went to a Christmas party. He slept the entire night! I thought I would not get much sleep keeping him...and I did not...not because he did not sleep....but because I kept checking on him thru the night because his sleeping so soundly it freaked me out. What a sweetie he was and he woke up all nice and happy and sat in his bouncy seat and kicked and kicked and kicked. I think he was very dissappointed when his dad picked him up before he could have bacon and eggs with grandma....mom just lets him eat rice cereal...poor boy.....
Christmas Ornaments: Saturday night Amber and Abby came over and we made Christmas ornaments and had pizza. Abby really likes to do projects and she is especially fond of glitter.
Well better go for now...will have more to say later....and post some pictures.
WARNING: CHRISTMAS COOKIE SHORTAGE IS EXPECTED. IT IS THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND ALL HOLDS ON CHRISTMAS COOKIE EATING IS LIFTED. BEWARE KIM QUEEN OF THE GLUTTON IS ON THE LOOSE.
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Up Down and All around
I have been so busy I don't know whether I am coming or going. I have been slacking on working out since November and have decided I better kick it into high gear as the Mini is in May. I did a 5k last weekend. Time not so good but I had fun....35.22.
Updates:
Vandalism: My husband's car got picked again. This time they took the lug nuts off and when he was driving to work his tire fell off and rolled past him.....damage $250.00. So far we have one burnt down garage, 6 punctured tires and drum damage (from the tire coming off). The neighbor got his windshield busted out the other day. The kids that we believe our responsible (or their friends) will be moving by the 1st of January. Hopefully this will be the end of the vandalism.
5k: Was fun. Jeff, Leo, Mike, Kathyn and Jill did awesome. It was a first 5k for Tom and he did wonderful. I was so excited for him and his time was GREAT. It was so nice to have all the morning Y people there! We are like family. We have a few more wayward morning Y friends to convert so that we have the ENTIRE morning Y group there. Special mention: Russ makes a great Elf. This 5k was different I was not driven to break my old time. I don't know if I was tired(I cleaned my carpet before I went. I was up at 4:30 am to do that or was I tired from repeatedly checking on the well being of my car all night?At any rate I was all relaxed and just was having fun) You can check times at the Lafayette YMCA site. I would put the link in but I am to lazy to try to figure out how to put a link in my text. I guess that will be a I am bored in January thing.
Workout. I need to update my sidebar! I have been working out! Monday 3 miles with .25 mile sprints at 10 minute per mile speed. Okay that is not really a sprint but it is for Athena Goddess of Chub. Recovery .25 miles were spent walking or a slow jog (okay my slow jog is my normal run but you know what I mean). Yesterday 4.75 miles. First .25 walking, then first .75 at 4.6, then raised to 4.8 for around two miles held at 5.0 (I think that might be a little over a 11 minute mile) then the last 1/2 mile I took it up to 5.2. I know I need a workout makeover. Today is swimming which I am looking forward to as I am sore because we have been moving our office and I have been hoisting heavy boxes. Whoops time to go to the Y will post a couple of pictures for now from the reception. And this weekend will get some pictures of my most adorable grandchildren!
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Dismayed, Defeated and Disgruntled
Dismayed: Someone slashed my husband's truck tires Last Tuesday evening. They got the two driver side tires. Wednesday night they came back and got the other two and my front driver's side tire and my daughters front passenger tire. Why do people do these things? Last year vandals went down and keyed cars...they actually wrote words in the car that described the people that lived in the houses so it was defintely someone who knows the neighborhood. I was lucky last time, they did not get my car or my husband's truck. They must have put us in their palm pilot for future vandalism because this time they did ONLY our cars. They must be highly organized vandals. I did not know vandals used a tickler system.
Defeated: I am defeated. Filth has overtaken my house. I have dog hair...enought to knit a sweater. The dust is everywhere. I can write "Kim was here" on every single piece of furniture in my house. Spider Webs have been spun in all the rooms of my house...it looks like the Munsters and the Adams Family lives here. My magazines (all unread except Runners World) are stacked so high that I fear for my life when I walk by the stack, Paperwork is in huge piles...If anybody would turn on a fan in my computer room it would be a catastrophe. I know I should clean it...but I just have no interest in it. I did get it somewhat cleaned up because people were coming over but I only cleaned the parts people would see. I think I need to be hypnotized to love housework.
Disgruntled: I am still in the same grumpy nasty mood I have been in for over a week. I STILL want to slap people. I still want to kick my dog. I still want to throw myself down and have one heck of a toddler tantrum. I think that Midol was useless. PMS should be gone gone gone so now what do I have? Post Menstral Syndrome...does that mean I will be grumpy 4 weeks of the month instead of just one? OH MY! I don't think my family can handle that. I don't think I can handle that...I am annoying my ownself to the point I want to SLAP myself. Maybe I need to tranqualized with a great big dose of elephant tranquilizer.
Updates:
Wedding Reception: Went Beautifully. I will post pictures soon. They had a nice turnout and a big thank you to those of you that helped:
Mom and Judy: Thank you so much for your hardwork at setting up! Mom the punch was delicious!
Kendra: Thank you so very much for all your help keeping the food stocked up and the incredible amount of work you did for clean up! I would have been there till midnight if not for you!
Thanksgiving: Fun fun fun. We had a great meal and the company as always was excellent. We had great fun playing survivor. I laughed so hard my cheeks hurt the next day. My daughter and daughter in law did not hesitiate to stab me in the back and boot me off the island. They did not look even sad when they voted me off. Son in law also flunked the loyalty test and attempted to boot me off! THEY WERE LAUGHING WHEN THEY WERE VOTING ME OFF! I am almost sure if we were stuck on a real island that I would be the one they would cook and eat! Anyway when it came to the end for the tribal counsel to decide who would be the lone survivor(tribal counsel being those that were previously voted off) we decided that we really did not want either one (daughter/daughter in law)to win because they were both sneaky little back stabbers so we made them answer a riddle which involved morality, which of course THEY COULD NOT ANSWER, so the tribal counsel deemed them both losers! Thanksgiving earned a 1000% fun factor (aside from the car tire incident). Also a special note Baby Adam layed on the couch while we played the game..we were loud...we were laughing....Baby Adam slept...he is going to do just fine in this family.
BLACK FRIDAY: A sad sad sad day for Kimmie. No shopping had to work. I figured I better not ask for that day off because I only worked 3 days at my new job then went on a weeks vacation (they knew about this prior to hiring me). Then worked 4 days and took a day off (they knew about this prior to starting also). Then have a dentist appointment this Wednesday. My sister, Aunt Hee Hee, called Friday morning at 6:00 a.m. and tormented me with your gleeful gloating about her FABULOUS sales she got. I told her I was hanging up she was killing me. She laughed.
WORKOUT: I have been a total slacker since I got back from Florida. This week not so great....Monday 3 miles on treadmill and then power hour; Tuesday 5.75 miles (2 treadmill the balance outside) and lifting; Wednesday was swimming; Thursday: NOTHING; Friday 2 miles on Treadmill and Sunday 4.78 miles outdoors. I stink. To much going on in my life. I need to refocus. I need to get back to running on Thursday with my group. I am scared to go with them. I have been slacking. I won't be able to keep up. It will hurt. I won't be able to breath. I will die on 4th Street hill. I am sure I will whine, cry and walk during the 5 miles. BLAH! I should not even be called a Turtle. What is slower then a turtle...whatever that is that would be me.
Off to pack my lunch. Monday is almost here again.
Upcoming Events:
Shopping, shopping and more shopping. Anyone care to join me?
Defeated: I am defeated. Filth has overtaken my house. I have dog hair...enought to knit a sweater. The dust is everywhere. I can write "Kim was here" on every single piece of furniture in my house. Spider Webs have been spun in all the rooms of my house...it looks like the Munsters and the Adams Family lives here. My magazines (all unread except Runners World) are stacked so high that I fear for my life when I walk by the stack, Paperwork is in huge piles...If anybody would turn on a fan in my computer room it would be a catastrophe. I know I should clean it...but I just have no interest in it. I did get it somewhat cleaned up because people were coming over but I only cleaned the parts people would see. I think I need to be hypnotized to love housework.
Disgruntled: I am still in the same grumpy nasty mood I have been in for over a week. I STILL want to slap people. I still want to kick my dog. I still want to throw myself down and have one heck of a toddler tantrum. I think that Midol was useless. PMS should be gone gone gone so now what do I have? Post Menstral Syndrome...does that mean I will be grumpy 4 weeks of the month instead of just one? OH MY! I don't think my family can handle that. I don't think I can handle that...I am annoying my ownself to the point I want to SLAP myself. Maybe I need to tranqualized with a great big dose of elephant tranquilizer.
Updates:
Wedding Reception: Went Beautifully. I will post pictures soon. They had a nice turnout and a big thank you to those of you that helped:
Mom and Judy: Thank you so much for your hardwork at setting up! Mom the punch was delicious!
Kendra: Thank you so very much for all your help keeping the food stocked up and the incredible amount of work you did for clean up! I would have been there till midnight if not for you!
Thanksgiving: Fun fun fun. We had a great meal and the company as always was excellent. We had great fun playing survivor. I laughed so hard my cheeks hurt the next day. My daughter and daughter in law did not hesitiate to stab me in the back and boot me off the island. They did not look even sad when they voted me off. Son in law also flunked the loyalty test and attempted to boot me off! THEY WERE LAUGHING WHEN THEY WERE VOTING ME OFF! I am almost sure if we were stuck on a real island that I would be the one they would cook and eat! Anyway when it came to the end for the tribal counsel to decide who would be the lone survivor(tribal counsel being those that were previously voted off) we decided that we really did not want either one (daughter/daughter in law)to win because they were both sneaky little back stabbers so we made them answer a riddle which involved morality, which of course THEY COULD NOT ANSWER, so the tribal counsel deemed them both losers! Thanksgiving earned a 1000% fun factor (aside from the car tire incident). Also a special note Baby Adam layed on the couch while we played the game..we were loud...we were laughing....Baby Adam slept...he is going to do just fine in this family.
BLACK FRIDAY: A sad sad sad day for Kimmie. No shopping had to work. I figured I better not ask for that day off because I only worked 3 days at my new job then went on a weeks vacation (they knew about this prior to hiring me). Then worked 4 days and took a day off (they knew about this prior to starting also). Then have a dentist appointment this Wednesday. My sister, Aunt Hee Hee, called Friday morning at 6:00 a.m. and tormented me with your gleeful gloating about her FABULOUS sales she got. I told her I was hanging up she was killing me. She laughed.
WORKOUT: I have been a total slacker since I got back from Florida. This week not so great....Monday 3 miles on treadmill and then power hour; Tuesday 5.75 miles (2 treadmill the balance outside) and lifting; Wednesday was swimming; Thursday: NOTHING; Friday 2 miles on Treadmill and Sunday 4.78 miles outdoors. I stink. To much going on in my life. I need to refocus. I need to get back to running on Thursday with my group. I am scared to go with them. I have been slacking. I won't be able to keep up. It will hurt. I won't be able to breath. I will die on 4th Street hill. I am sure I will whine, cry and walk during the 5 miles. BLAH! I should not even be called a Turtle. What is slower then a turtle...whatever that is that would be me.
Off to pack my lunch. Monday is almost here again.
Upcoming Events:
Shopping, shopping and more shopping. Anyone care to join me?
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Today--Kim the Irrational
1. Did not run this morning now I feel guilty and fat. I think my thighs and waist have expanded by 5 inches. My pants are tight in the waist and cutting into my skin making me feel extremely disgusting.
2. Cranky, tired, moody and bloated .
3. I feel asleep in church...oh and Sunday School wanted to leave in the middle of church and go sleep in the car.
3. Went to Meijers, got irritated because there were other shoppers there. I had an overwhelming urge to run my shopping cart over the heels of the others shoppers because they were going so SLOW! Wanted to SCREAM at them to get "OUT OF MY WAY".
4. Glared at the woman who refused to move her cart from the middle of the aisles while she decided which type of marshmallows she wanted. It was all I could do not to slap her upside the head with a bag of mini marshmallows.
5. Wanted to scream at the meat clerk because he only had one type of frozen turkey breast and they were $1.89 a pound. Had a strong desire to throw myself across the frozen turkey breasts and sob.
5. Wanted to kick my dog because he would not shut up with that loud sharp annoying bark...***Attention Animal Lovers****Did not actually kick him just wanted to. I try to withhold his dog biscuit. Husband made me be nice and give him one.
6. Refused to return any phone messages that were on my phone due to severe irritability.
7. Had thoughts of calling off all pending holidays because of severe irritability. Considered having Kentucky Fried Chicken as the main entree for Thanksgiving. Also thought MCL might be a good idea for Thanksgiving cause then I would not even have to clean my house.
8. Wanted to eat an entire 2 lbs box of Fish Crackers. Could not because husband HID the fishes from me...per my request yesterday...but I was still mad that he hid them.
9. Have a horrendous headache that will not go away....since 3:00 a.m.....took aspirin....did not work...ate my weight in Nilla Wafers...headache still there....now feel like I want to upchuck.
10. Want to slap somebody... anybody...does not matter who....nobody here to slap except my hubby and he does not deserve to be slapped...he deserves a medal for putting up with me.
I think I need some midol or a tranquilizer.
2. Cranky, tired, moody and bloated .
3. I feel asleep in church...oh and Sunday School wanted to leave in the middle of church and go sleep in the car.
3. Went to Meijers, got irritated because there were other shoppers there. I had an overwhelming urge to run my shopping cart over the heels of the others shoppers because they were going so SLOW! Wanted to SCREAM at them to get "OUT OF MY WAY".
4. Glared at the woman who refused to move her cart from the middle of the aisles while she decided which type of marshmallows she wanted. It was all I could do not to slap her upside the head with a bag of mini marshmallows.
5. Wanted to scream at the meat clerk because he only had one type of frozen turkey breast and they were $1.89 a pound. Had a strong desire to throw myself across the frozen turkey breasts and sob.
5. Wanted to kick my dog because he would not shut up with that loud sharp annoying bark...***Attention Animal Lovers****Did not actually kick him just wanted to. I try to withhold his dog biscuit. Husband made me be nice and give him one.
6. Refused to return any phone messages that were on my phone due to severe irritability.
7. Had thoughts of calling off all pending holidays because of severe irritability. Considered having Kentucky Fried Chicken as the main entree for Thanksgiving. Also thought MCL might be a good idea for Thanksgiving cause then I would not even have to clean my house.
8. Wanted to eat an entire 2 lbs box of Fish Crackers. Could not because husband HID the fishes from me...per my request yesterday...but I was still mad that he hid them.
9. Have a horrendous headache that will not go away....since 3:00 a.m.....took aspirin....did not work...ate my weight in Nilla Wafers...headache still there....now feel like I want to upchuck.
10. Want to slap somebody... anybody...does not matter who....nobody here to slap except my hubby and he does not deserve to be slapped...he deserves a medal for putting up with me.
I think I need some midol or a tranquilizer.
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Time in a Bottle
Time has gone by so swiftly and so much has happened. Let's see where did I leave off...hmmm I guess it was my Halloween fun with Abby...off to Florida I went to see my middle son Jamie get married. The bride looked beautiful as you can see from the pictures and my son is so very handsome. My sister Susie a/k/a Aunt Snoozy a/k/a Baby Susan and I drove down (rather Susie drove and I was her lookout) and met up with my sister Denise a/k/a Aunt Hee Hee. Susie and Denise went on a couple ship excursions. I did not go because I am not a stay out all night person (and they are)and I am not particulary fond of ships. However, I did get to use Grandma Mae's awesome gym facilities at her Condo. They had an olympic size pool, a resistance walking pool, a hot tub and a really nice cardio room. The weight room left a lot to be desired (heaviest weight they had was a 40 pound dumbbell) and no free weights other then dumbbells...mostly nautalis I don't think most of the older people really lift heavy weights. It is a community of people 55 and older. The plus side to hanging out at a retirement condo was that when I was running on the treadmill they thought I was an olympic goddess. Granted I did 6 miles and walked 2 but you would have thought I did a full marathon the way they were staring...matter of fact on my walk back to Mae's condo some man said "Hey weren't you the girl running on the treadmill?" I found two things wonderful about that: 1) He called me girl! 2) He called what I do RUNNING! Since I have alot to say I need to quit rambling so I am going to put this in some semblence of order:
Wedding: The wedding was lovely but I had panic attacks thinking NO one was going to be on time. First off just the transportation arrangements were rough as we had lots of people that we we had to transport and lots of different places to be. We had a mixup of time on when we were leaving the condo to get the bride's hair done. Once there we decided we were going to have her makeup done but the salon did not have time so we ran off to Macys. Time was running out on us. My sister wanted to shop at the mall which about gave me a nervous breakdown as it was then about two hour before the ceremony. I told her NO NO NO to shopping and then I kept my eyes on her the entire time least she try to make a break for it. I also vetoed a stop for lunch because of time. My sister said I was starving the bride and her bridesmaid. I said if I can go without food then they can! (Promptness is even more important to me then food!) The bride ended up finding a muffin and packs of M&Ms in her purse and was eating those. At the time I was just glad she had them because then we did not have to stop for food. But now that I am thinking about it...why did she have a muffin and M&Ms in her purse? Maybe she had a steak and baked pototo stuffed into her gigantic bag/purse. End result everyone made it on time and my sister has deemed me the Time Nazi. I cried I was so happy for Jamie and Tasha! Bride and Groom went off on a honeymoon cruise and I talked to Jamie today he was heading back to Indiana and he said they had a great time! The reception will be this Saturday so I am gearing up for that.
Food: Gee I can't believe I am devoting an entire paragraph to food! The reception dinner is Florida was hosted by Grandma Mae and she picked the most beautiful restaraunt overlooking the beach in Fort Lauderdale. It was an italian buffet The food was some of the best I have ever tasted and the desserts were not only delicious but beautiful. Yes Mom you are right presentation is a good thing but bulk still has it! However, this place had bulk and presentation! The evening before the ceremony Mae made us a home cooked meal of Pot Roast, potates and carrots and salad with a absolutely yummy decadent chocolate cake. Sunday we went to a fantastic chinese buffet. I also gained a love for grits....just what I need...another carbohydrate to obsess over. Oh and on the way down to Florida we stopped at a Cracker Barrel in Tenessee and I had the MOST DELICIOUS apple dumpling I have ever had in my life! Which leads us into the next paragraph:
Exercise: Thursday night on the way to Florida we stopped in Tifton Georgia for the night. I felt so guilt ridden from the fact that I had not run Thursday morning because we left at 3:00 a.m. that I ran on the treadmill for 3 miles when we stopped for the night. Amazing because 1) I don't workout at night and 2) I had eaten a huge Apple Dumpling for lunch. It was the hardest 3 miles I have ever done but by golly I did it. After that I jumped in the pool for a few laps. Friday morning we got up early went for swim and then hit the road. Saturday morning I got up and ran 6 miles on the treadmil and walked one mile to the fitness center and one mile back. Sunday morning I did an hour of swimming. Monday morning I walked the one mile to the center did 3 miles of running on the treadmill and walked one mile back. Monday morning we were back on the road so by Tuesday morning I was just tired tired tired from traveling and all the food I ate so no workout Tuesday. Tuesday night we pulled into town at 12:30 a.m. I was just to exhausted to get up so I stayed home from the Y. Thursday I was still tired but I went and tried to start the 5 mile route and had to cut it short. I maybe did 3 miles with lots of walking. I was just too tired. Friday morning I was still just so tired so I baled and stayed home in the A.M. The upside to that is now my computer room is clean! Saturday morning nothing but I have 5 miles slated for tomorrow morning.
Saturday: Went to pick up Tyson. We went to a movie and out for pizza for lunch. We had a nice Grandma and Grandson day! He is such a great boy and he thanked me very nicely for our nice day. He is a pleasure to spend time with.
Oh and throw in that mix I started a new job. Worked three days and went on vacation! They are probably thinking what kind of employee is she but they hired me knowing I was doing that so it must be okay.
Here is a run down of my 2006 year. Husband started new job, Two new Grandchildren, two weddings ( one my son the other my neice), One Garage Fire, a sick hubby (now recuperated quite nicely) and one new job for me! What a roller coaster year!
Wedding: The wedding was lovely but I had panic attacks thinking NO one was going to be on time. First off just the transportation arrangements were rough as we had lots of people that we we had to transport and lots of different places to be. We had a mixup of time on when we were leaving the condo to get the bride's hair done. Once there we decided we were going to have her makeup done but the salon did not have time so we ran off to Macys. Time was running out on us. My sister wanted to shop at the mall which about gave me a nervous breakdown as it was then about two hour before the ceremony. I told her NO NO NO to shopping and then I kept my eyes on her the entire time least she try to make a break for it. I also vetoed a stop for lunch because of time. My sister said I was starving the bride and her bridesmaid. I said if I can go without food then they can! (Promptness is even more important to me then food!) The bride ended up finding a muffin and packs of M&Ms in her purse and was eating those. At the time I was just glad she had them because then we did not have to stop for food. But now that I am thinking about it...why did she have a muffin and M&Ms in her purse? Maybe she had a steak and baked pototo stuffed into her gigantic bag/purse. End result everyone made it on time and my sister has deemed me the Time Nazi. I cried I was so happy for Jamie and Tasha! Bride and Groom went off on a honeymoon cruise and I talked to Jamie today he was heading back to Indiana and he said they had a great time! The reception will be this Saturday so I am gearing up for that.
Food: Gee I can't believe I am devoting an entire paragraph to food! The reception dinner is Florida was hosted by Grandma Mae and she picked the most beautiful restaraunt overlooking the beach in Fort Lauderdale. It was an italian buffet The food was some of the best I have ever tasted and the desserts were not only delicious but beautiful. Yes Mom you are right presentation is a good thing but bulk still has it! However, this place had bulk and presentation! The evening before the ceremony Mae made us a home cooked meal of Pot Roast, potates and carrots and salad with a absolutely yummy decadent chocolate cake. Sunday we went to a fantastic chinese buffet. I also gained a love for grits....just what I need...another carbohydrate to obsess over. Oh and on the way down to Florida we stopped at a Cracker Barrel in Tenessee and I had the MOST DELICIOUS apple dumpling I have ever had in my life! Which leads us into the next paragraph:
Exercise: Thursday night on the way to Florida we stopped in Tifton Georgia for the night. I felt so guilt ridden from the fact that I had not run Thursday morning because we left at 3:00 a.m. that I ran on the treadmill for 3 miles when we stopped for the night. Amazing because 1) I don't workout at night and 2) I had eaten a huge Apple Dumpling for lunch. It was the hardest 3 miles I have ever done but by golly I did it. After that I jumped in the pool for a few laps. Friday morning we got up early went for swim and then hit the road. Saturday morning I got up and ran 6 miles on the treadmil and walked one mile to the fitness center and one mile back. Sunday morning I did an hour of swimming. Monday morning I walked the one mile to the center did 3 miles of running on the treadmill and walked one mile back. Monday morning we were back on the road so by Tuesday morning I was just tired tired tired from traveling and all the food I ate so no workout Tuesday. Tuesday night we pulled into town at 12:30 a.m. I was just to exhausted to get up so I stayed home from the Y. Thursday I was still tired but I went and tried to start the 5 mile route and had to cut it short. I maybe did 3 miles with lots of walking. I was just too tired. Friday morning I was still just so tired so I baled and stayed home in the A.M. The upside to that is now my computer room is clean! Saturday morning nothing but I have 5 miles slated for tomorrow morning.
Saturday: Went to pick up Tyson. We went to a movie and out for pizza for lunch. We had a nice Grandma and Grandson day! He is such a great boy and he thanked me very nicely for our nice day. He is a pleasure to spend time with.
Oh and throw in that mix I started a new job. Worked three days and went on vacation! They are probably thinking what kind of employee is she but they hired me knowing I was doing that so it must be okay.
Here is a run down of my 2006 year. Husband started new job, Two new Grandchildren, two weddings ( one my son the other my neice), One Garage Fire, a sick hubby (now recuperated quite nicely) and one new job for me! What a roller coaster year!
Monday, October 30, 2006
Yes Another Boring List
10 WAYS I KNOW I AM GETTING STRONGER
1. I do not think about stopping and calling a cab while I am out on a run.
2. I feel like puking, passing out and laying down in the road when I get to the top of the hill but I manage to refrain.
3. I was able to do math in my head while running (how may candy bars will this earn me for the weekend) (calculating whether this run could give me a calorie deficit for the day)
4. I am able to utter 4 word sentences periodically.
5. After a run I do not feel like someone took a ball bat and worked me over.
6. I am starting to think about time instead of just "Okay I just got to finish the route...it does not matter how long it takes"
7. I don't want to roll into a fetal position and cry at the thought of doing the Mini.
8. I don't have to wear my lucky shorts to run. I am relying on my own strength..not the supernatural powers of my faded old blue mens' gym shorts (neither do I need my lucky underwear or lucky socks..okay maybe my lucky socks)
9. My jeans have gotten tighter in the thighs on account of my awesome thigh mass increase...NO IT IS NOT FAT...OR THUNDER THIGHS...THEY ARE POWER THIGHS.
10. I always look forward to my next run!
Sunday run: AWESOME 4.23 miles in 42 minutes...quite good for me! And I was not sore afterwards!
PHRASE OF THE DAY: By Abby on Saturday: "Aunt Kim you have a lot of power" ...gee out of the mouth of a babe pours truth!
1. I do not think about stopping and calling a cab while I am out on a run.
2. I feel like puking, passing out and laying down in the road when I get to the top of the hill but I manage to refrain.
3. I was able to do math in my head while running (how may candy bars will this earn me for the weekend) (calculating whether this run could give me a calorie deficit for the day)
4. I am able to utter 4 word sentences periodically.
5. After a run I do not feel like someone took a ball bat and worked me over.
6. I am starting to think about time instead of just "Okay I just got to finish the route...it does not matter how long it takes"
7. I don't want to roll into a fetal position and cry at the thought of doing the Mini.
8. I don't have to wear my lucky shorts to run. I am relying on my own strength..not the supernatural powers of my faded old blue mens' gym shorts (neither do I need my lucky underwear or lucky socks..okay maybe my lucky socks)
9. My jeans have gotten tighter in the thighs on account of my awesome thigh mass increase...NO IT IS NOT FAT...OR THUNDER THIGHS...THEY ARE POWER THIGHS.
10. I always look forward to my next run!
Sunday run: AWESOME 4.23 miles in 42 minutes...quite good for me! And I was not sore afterwards!
PHRASE OF THE DAY: By Abby on Saturday: "Aunt Kim you have a lot of power" ...gee out of the mouth of a babe pours truth!
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Me and Aunt Kim
This is a post by Abby (4 years old)
I baked cookies. We sprinkled them. We ate them. I am going to take them all home. We putting black frosting on the cookies and we put white frosting on the cookies. I made a project. I made a house and painted house. I played for 5 minutes before the cookies were ready and we put frosting on them and Kimmie put them in the oven and I put them on the baker thing and then I played for 5 minutes and then I was ready to eat them.
Wow So Much Going On!
Household (boooooring): Last Saturday got 1/2 of the privacy fence up. Fencing is not easy and I soon was very bored with it. Thank goodness my son in law came over to help and relieved me from the job. I have no concept of what is straight, neither do I understand the concept of a level....so I heard a lot of "Kim are you holding that up straight?" and my poor poor suffering husband heard alot of "I dunno". So I think he was every bit as relieved as I was when Lucas showed up. I also now have a bedroom door again! My weapon of mass destruction (Lizzie my sweet teddy bear looking dog)http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1216/1437/1600/dog.0.jpg completely chewed and clawed my bedroom door up. So it came off and we had to go doorless for awhile till we figured out what we were going to do. Our solution is that she is now locked in the laundry room while we are gone (Zedo however can be free) and my husband has reinforced the door frame with metal so she can't claw her way out. We have tried baby gates but she leaps over them effortlessly and if we put them up higher she snakes under...she completely flattens her body and goes under...it is amazing. So unless I have a babygate 5 foot high a baby gate will not stop my dog/gazelle. Oh and Zedo is not allowed in the living room without parental supervision...ever since he violated my gym bag by PEEING on it I have lobbied to have him banned from the living room. I was met halfway and now he can only go in there while supervised. DOGS ARE MORE TROUBLE THEN KIDS! Adam, Tyson and Carissa have yet to pee on my gym bag....though Adam tried to pee on my couch!
Tyson: Won his Superbowl! He did awesome and his name was called over the loudspeaker twice for tackles. Grandma was at the fence cheering him on! I know football players are not suppose to look cute...but by golly he does. Tyson don't forget to put November 11 on you calendar and I will pick you up and we will go to the movie and Chuckie Cheese!
Carrissa: She took a little wobbly step toward Grandma! Look out Brad and Natalie when she is completely mobile you will not ever sit down.
Adam: What a guy...my heart just fills with love everytime I think of him. He loves his Grandpa so much! He just lays in his Grandpa's arms and is just so content. He has his very first Halloween coming up and he is going to be a little skeleton. He is coming to Grandma's to trick treat and he is getting a can of Good Start Soy Formula for his trick or treat bag...and a owl rattle. Grandma bought him M&Ms too but I will have to be his M&M Proxy...too bad.......
Running: Ohhh my favorite part. Since I have been running with others I have been improving so much...not that it would be hard to improve as I STINK, but hey progress is progress. I did my Thursday run which is somewhere between 5 and 5 1/2 and I only stopped ONE time and that was at the water fountain which is a usual stop. I went up 4th Street hill and DID NOT STOP (granted I was slow as molasses)AND I did not stop when I got to the top and I made it up the two smaller hills on the way back. WOW. All I can say it I am so thankful for the encouragement I got from Jeff, Leo and Karen. No stopping for Kimmie whooooo hooooooo I am Athena Goddess of the Chubby Runner. Best of all I have no residual pain! I am gearing up for the Mini and under advisment have decided to add a 4th day of running which means I am going to have to cut something from my workout and after reviewing my workout it appears spinning will have to go. Why I chose spinning was because it is mostly legs and power hour is total body.
Swimming: So much improvement. I am even proud of myself and I am never never never proud of myself. My hope is to do and entire lap without taking that little break at the end...but at least now I can take a 30-60 second break and then go again...use to be I could not even make it 1/2 of the way down without stopping. Now don't get me wrong I still whine and complain during the Aqua power hour but I can whine and participate now. Usually I whine about the excessive amount of splashing and waves that the good swimmers make. Sigh...they never feel sorry for me and Jill just says for me to get moving (I love that girl..she has been a world of encouragement to me!).
WEDDING: One week from today my son Jamie will be married to a most wonderful girl. I am so happy that he found someone that he loves so deeply. I will be heading off to sunny Floriday on Thursday morning, on Saturday I will watch my son pledge his love to the future mother of my grandchildren. Jamie don't forget a woman can never have to many grandchildren and Adam, Tyson and Carissa need cousins...is that a subtle hint or what.....
WARNING: IF A NIECE CALLS AND STARTS THE CONVERSATION WITH "Aunt Kim" in soft conjoling voice. HANG UP AND DON'T ANSWER IF SHE CALLS BACK! What happens when you take a phone call like that is: You end up staying out late two Friday nights in a row, standing out in the rain and the cold, and walking people thru a very dark dark haunted mansion while wearing a black robe. Just kidding Amber I had a great time doing this with you!
Tyson: Won his Superbowl! He did awesome and his name was called over the loudspeaker twice for tackles. Grandma was at the fence cheering him on! I know football players are not suppose to look cute...but by golly he does. Tyson don't forget to put November 11 on you calendar and I will pick you up and we will go to the movie and Chuckie Cheese!
Carrissa: She took a little wobbly step toward Grandma! Look out Brad and Natalie when she is completely mobile you will not ever sit down.
Adam: What a guy...my heart just fills with love everytime I think of him. He loves his Grandpa so much! He just lays in his Grandpa's arms and is just so content. He has his very first Halloween coming up and he is going to be a little skeleton. He is coming to Grandma's to trick treat and he is getting a can of Good Start Soy Formula for his trick or treat bag...and a owl rattle. Grandma bought him M&Ms too but I will have to be his M&M Proxy...too bad.......
Running: Ohhh my favorite part. Since I have been running with others I have been improving so much...not that it would be hard to improve as I STINK, but hey progress is progress. I did my Thursday run which is somewhere between 5 and 5 1/2 and I only stopped ONE time and that was at the water fountain which is a usual stop. I went up 4th Street hill and DID NOT STOP (granted I was slow as molasses)AND I did not stop when I got to the top and I made it up the two smaller hills on the way back. WOW. All I can say it I am so thankful for the encouragement I got from Jeff, Leo and Karen. No stopping for Kimmie whooooo hooooooo I am Athena Goddess of the Chubby Runner. Best of all I have no residual pain! I am gearing up for the Mini and under advisment have decided to add a 4th day of running which means I am going to have to cut something from my workout and after reviewing my workout it appears spinning will have to go. Why I chose spinning was because it is mostly legs and power hour is total body.
Swimming: So much improvement. I am even proud of myself and I am never never never proud of myself. My hope is to do and entire lap without taking that little break at the end...but at least now I can take a 30-60 second break and then go again...use to be I could not even make it 1/2 of the way down without stopping. Now don't get me wrong I still whine and complain during the Aqua power hour but I can whine and participate now. Usually I whine about the excessive amount of splashing and waves that the good swimmers make. Sigh...they never feel sorry for me and Jill just says for me to get moving (I love that girl..she has been a world of encouragement to me!).
WEDDING: One week from today my son Jamie will be married to a most wonderful girl. I am so happy that he found someone that he loves so deeply. I will be heading off to sunny Floriday on Thursday morning, on Saturday I will watch my son pledge his love to the future mother of my grandchildren. Jamie don't forget a woman can never have to many grandchildren and Adam, Tyson and Carissa need cousins...is that a subtle hint or what.....
WARNING: IF A NIECE CALLS AND STARTS THE CONVERSATION WITH "Aunt Kim" in soft conjoling voice. HANG UP AND DON'T ANSWER IF SHE CALLS BACK! What happens when you take a phone call like that is: You end up staying out late two Friday nights in a row, standing out in the rain and the cold, and walking people thru a very dark dark haunted mansion while wearing a black robe. Just kidding Amber I had a great time doing this with you!
Sunday, October 15, 2006
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