~~~6 month alumni~~~ Week of Jan 23

Kim, the weird thing about my wound is everything looked fine and pretty much all healed up :confused: Then all of a sudden it was infected. I'm wondering if it happened from being rubbed on the top of my jeans or something??? The last few weeks I hadn't paid any attention to it as everything has been fine. Then all of a sudden I looked down that day and it was so red it was almost purple and I touched it and YOWZA was it ever sore! So long story short...I'm wondering if my jeans had rubbed it or something and some bacteria got in there. I think I said this earlier I really don't think it's an inside problem just an outside problem. The Dr gave me cephaloxin - something like that.

School, I'll probably still take two classes :) - this session has just been exceptionally hard. But if I take writing and something else I won't have as much stress on me. I hate to only take one class and it would push my completion date out and ya know...I've got a plan! :p I think if I do drop down to one class, I'll do it in the summer when I'll want to be outside more (but I probably won't!) Oh and I can't believe I forgot to tell you guys this. But his paper I did last week for mgmt class, I did it on Lululemon again! Remember I did a paper on lululemon in my accounting class last session but for different reasons. Anyway, this paper was doing some business analysis on them. BUY THEIR STOCK! :eek: LOL!

Thanks again for supporting me through this - you girls are the best of friends! I appreciate your understanding and encouragement while I get through this! Even though I'm complaining about the work, I love what I'm learning. If I just had a little more time....next session will be better. Okay, DH is telling me to get to bed and now it is after 12! G'night!

Oh and Kim, I got a good chuckle about the cleaning lady! Glad you got a day off from everything!
 
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It's lunch time. I'm having a quick bite and then off to a meeting. Wow, I'm feeling a lot less stressed than I have over the past couple of weeks. My bb is looking better! :D My hair is looking awesome today and I noticed last night that it's starting to be light later again! It doesn't get dark until 5:15! YEAH!!! Life is good!
 
Good Thursday Afternoon!

I have been busy busy today. My FIL was getting a load of dirt and wanted DH to come spread it with his tractor and I thought I would go with him to get out of the house. The other night while we were at FIL's house I noticed it neede a good dusting so I was going to do that and ended up pretty much just cleaning his house. LOLIt is one of those houses that looks clean but there is a lot of neglected areas that needed to be wiped down. His floors were in terrible shape so I wanted to get those done. Needless to say, what I thought might take just a couple of hrs ended up taking more like 4. It felt very gratifying though since I have cleaned my house to death.:rolleyes:

This mornings workout was CCC and I felt like I did better this time than last. I have been getting up around 5 these last few days just to get back into it. That way when I have to go back to work next week I won't have the tired from getting up early and tired from work...just the tired from work hopefully.

Yep, We have 2 small jobs lined up for next week so I am hoping they turn out to be good little jobs. I like the little in and out ones sometimes. Although it is hard to plan a schedule since you are not going to the same job everyday, they normally pay a little better than the standard pricing and they are over quickly.

Jo-It is so good to hear from you. I know you are so busy so it is nice when you get a little break that you pop in to keep us updated. It seems like it is always the way that when you need to see a dr. you almost can never get in when you need to.:rolleyes:
Now that you have our employee reviews over with hopefully you will have a little more time for working out. The three weeks for these classes to be over will go by before you know it.

Kim-I forgot to tell you the other day that the floor in the gym is actually the laminate we took up in out living rm when we replaced it with the wood floor. That reminds me I need to post some pics of that too:eek:...I forgot. I need to clean the puppy prints off again though. LOL There are a few nicks in it from where we had to use a screwdriver to get it apart but other than that it looks great. I thought I made a mistake after we put it in there...I thought it was going to be real slippery but its not. It really works out just fine.

Cendrine-I am really starting to think I want something different with my hair but I just don't know what to do to it. I like it long but it is starting to kind of look stringy if I don't fix it and I hate that. I like to be able to just blow dry it and it look decent at least. I am going to have to talk to my hair girl next time to see what she thinks. I am horrible with that sort of thing.


Oh I forgot to mention...It is a beautiful week here in East TX. We are going to be near 70 tomorrow...I am trying to figure out how to send yall some warmth!:D;):cool:

Have a great day!
 
we've got pretty balmy weather ourselves, Rachel, so much so that ds wants me to take him to the outdoor pool this afternoon...LOL I just might oblige....
I have a hard time finding something for my hair that works, too. I am a very low maintenance girl so even blow drying is something that takes too long for me on most days ....LOL So I usually just get some kind of style that I can wash and wear....;) There are plenty of styles I like and know I would look good in, but I can't see myself investing the time every morning.... Maybe when the kids are grown! Right now the long layers and bangs in front help keep my face shape balanced. I have a longish oval face, so no bangs would just make it look longer, the waves add some sideway volume. What is your face shape like? That might help in deciding what style you would like to try.
You are an angel for cleaning your FIL's house! I hope he appreciates it!

Jo, I'm glad you are able to take a breather! It's nice seeing you popping in more often than usual! I totally know what you mean about having a plan! I get that way too! Why take longer, right? At this rate, I'm sure you have told us this before, when are you expecting or hoping to graduate?

Kim, did you have to go in today or another one of those 'go get some errands done while you can' days? ;)

I did tm and weights and plates abs. Abs are getting stronger all the time, the plates section was done with much better from and endurance today! YAY!
 
Long day in court today. I know way more about analysis of DNA, etc now. It was like being in a science lecture all day! DH is off work for the move!!:D:D:D He did school dropoff and pick up so that was a big stress relief for me. He got the insurance all sorted out and some other odds and ends. This evening will be CCC for me as well.
At lunch tomorrow, DH will pick me up and we have to run to the lawyer to sign all the legal stuff for the house.

Sorry, quick post for me I need to run.
 
Good morning

Quick in and out for me since we have a little job to do today.
Workout was low max. I did alright but my energy was a little off this morning. Most likely from the super early wake up call.:rolleyes:

Yesterday we noticed that they had marked a boundary line of the trees that back up to our land:confused: I hope they are not cutting all the timber off the deer lease.:mad:

OK better go..
BBL
 
Woke up early this morning so have a few minutes. I did get CCC done last night but my legs felt tired so I wasn't jumping very high! I'm finding this week very intense on the legs, what do you think Rachael? Last workout should be tonight, LowMAx, fun workout to complete the rotation and to be the last workout in this house!

Jo I've been noticing the longer days as well. It really helps the spirits!

Cendrine Did you get to the outdoor pool?? THat sounds like so much fun at this moment! My sister and her family leave today for a cruise so they will be enjoying some of the warmer weather.

Rachael Enjoy that warm weather for me! I'm going to see if I get a chance to post a picture of our snow we have an incredible amount this year. That was so nice of you to clean your FIL's house!!! Did he appreciate it?

So court again today but DH and I are going to try and get to our own lawyer at my lunch break. I'm a little worried about the timing of all this as they are very serious down at the court and I would hate to be late.
 
Friday pop in! Oh Kim that would be awful if you were late for court!! LOL Can't have any of that!

Rachel, hope your little job is little! LOL! You sweet sweet girl for doing FIL's house! I agree with Cendrine, I'm sure he really appreciates it!

Cendrine,

Oop sorry, someone needs me...
 
OK Groceries and work done and even got to go look at 2 jobs for next week so all and all it has been a productive day.

DH is leaving tonight to go stay the night with a friend so they can get up and leave super early in the morning to shoot some kind of promo for something. There are going to be tanks and Hum V's and explosions so he is really excited! SO I am going to be home alone tonight so I just won't know what to do with myself!

I really as hoping they are not clear cutting the woods behind our house. I am 34 and it has been this way since my parents moved here and I would be sad to see it go.

Kim-I found this week super intense on legs so I am right there with you. I think that is why I had a hard time with Low Max today and I still have Intensity tomorrow!:eek:
I can feel your excitement even from how far away I am.
I hope it is still not in the negatives there as far as temps go. Can you believe my windows are open? Then on Monday it is going to be in the 40's again. That would be a nice change for yall though.

Cendrine-I asked DH if he thought I was an oval face and he said "say it's roval" LOL That would be round /oval in boy speak. :rolleyes: I am about at my wits end on the hair thing. Even though I just went to my hair girl I am thinking about going back really soon just for a different cut. I wanted to grow it out but it just doesn't seem all that healthy looking and I hate ratty hair. haha

I forgot to tell yall that when I left my FIL's yesterday , he had not been in yet so he did not know the extent of the cleaning that I did. So last night he called and thanked me and asked me how much he owed me...:rolleyes: I laughed and told him it was my idea so no worries. You know I think he is kind of like me and it is hard to relax in a dirty house but he is still a guy and the extent of their cleaning only goes so far.

Jo-Hope you got to spin!!!!
Hug Ibo for me!
 
Disk 6 done. I really pushed on the band bonus work, we'll see if I can tell later...LOL! I'm glad it's weekend. It seems lately there is not much time for anything but the daily things at hand, which makes me sort of tired... I guess that's what happens when you sign up your kids for all these different activities....;)

Kim, we did make it to the pool. Ds loved it but got cold once he was out of the water (the water was 80°F thanks to the solar panels on the pool house) But dd totally pulled a weird one on us. I think it's because she was tired, but she simply would not do any of the stuff she learned in swimlessons last year, she was acting very afraid and just did not want to do anything...:( I hope she warms up to it next time, because I would hate for her to act like this come time for swim lessons....

Rachel, I don't like my hair unhealthy either. I used to hate seeing split ends on my hair... But now that I am mostly air drying it, I have had no problems with it. I used to enjoy getting highlights, but they always made my hair frizzier than usual so I stopped that. And I don't color my hair, so it really has not stressors on it. Why don't you google hair styles and see if you can get some inspiration? Looking at other peoples' style usually helps me know what I like.

Kim, I hope you made it back to court on time. That would stress me out too, if I was in your shoes!

Jo, I had to laugh at your post interrupted...;)

So I went grocery shopping and treated myself to another juice from the juice bar. I tried the detox one which was broccoli, celery, kale, apple, beet and cabbage plus wheat grass.... the lady asked me if I wanted the wheat grass in or out.... I asked her how bad it was because I've never had a wheat grass shot before.... LOL She recommended getting the shot over with and then enjoying the juice... LOL So that's what I did. the shot was so so, not as bad as I expected, but probably nicer on it's own that in the juice...;)
 
January rotation is done!! I'm looking forward to the week off from exercise actually.

Well a little excitement today. The city was having bit of a snowstorm which wasn't a big deal except I was trying to run out to the lawyers during lunch hour.
We actually were in the jury room, not the court, all morning, I guess there was issues that the lawyers/judge were working out. The jury room is just a table, 12 chairs, fridge, coffeepot, small bathroom. It's a good thing that the 12 of us are getting along well, we sure spend alot of time together.

Finally about 11:15 they called us and the judge said they weren't finished so we might as well go for a long lunch which was great that gave me 2 hours to get my errand done and it was only about 6 blocks away. I called DH and he was trying to dig out the car which was stuck on the street about a block from home.:rolleyes: He finally got there, couldn't find any parking:rolleyes:. all the parkades were full, ended up parking at the baseball diamond and walking in kneedeep snow 3 blocks. The meeting was only about 20 mins, then back to the car which was stuck again! Some strangers helped pushed us out and I got back just in time. I'm so glad that we didn't have just a hour for lunch:confused: Thank goodness that is done!

The afternoon had some really interesting witnesses. I'm sure the info is here www.winnipegfreepress.com if you are interested.

Rachael Any way to find out what is going on in the woods behind you? What did you find to do tonight? It's still in the minuses here (Celsius) it will be until March or so. We are always below freezing with snow on the ground from Oct-march/april. I have seen snow on the ground in May. How nice of your FIL to call you!

Cendrine I wouldn't worry too much about your dd's behaviour at the pool, that's kids for you. Maybe she just didn't want to swim. I don't know if there is anywhere around here that you could get a juice like you describe but the hotel in Mexico had some at breakfast which DH really enjoyed.
 
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Wow, Kim, what a story! And still you made it back to the courtroom in time! Whew! Now that's done too! One less thing on your list! I can't believe that kind of snow! Amazing? Do you think this will cause flooding in the spring?

Today is a busy day for us. Ds has to finish his pinewood derby car for the Wolf cub race tomorrow, dd is going to a birthday party and we have a basketball game. Then I need to get the floors done. Luckily I was able to get the laundry done again yesterday. I don't have time for my workout today, so just did my back routine and will plan on doing tm and abs tomorrow before the race.

Enjoy your weekend, everyone!
 
I hope everyone is having a nice Saturday. Our weather is just too nice to stay in so that is why this is going to be a short post for me!;)

I am enjoying the nice quiet of the day. Dh is gone so there is just literally only the noise of the birds outside and It is just too relaxing to rush around straightening the house for the hundredth time. I have been outside most of the day reading and fully intend to head back out after I put the clothes in the dryer.:D

Kim-End of the rotation for me today!!! WoooHooo! That was a really tough one and I am proud of both of us for sticking with it!. I normally do not pick the rotations that are that cardio intense so it made me feel really good to complete that one.
Just your 3 block jaunt in the knee deep snow was a workout! I am glad you made it back to the court room in time!

Cendrine-It sounds like you are going to have a pretty eventful weekend. If you can, post some pics of the derby car. I bet it is super cool!
The juice sounds great again. I would have never thought about having the wheat grass shot first. I would have ruined the whole shake with it. I would have never thought to ask the juice lady.:rolleyes:

Jo-I hope you are having a swell :)D) weekend!
 
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