CollinsMom
Cathlete
Quick, before someone else starts the thread....
---> c&t FOUR DAYS til XMAS
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CollinsMom
Cathlete
Well, despite the 18"+ of snow, I am headed back to work today. I am actually thankful - my kid is driving me crazy! Of course his preschool is closed today, so that makes things interesting. Either Chris will stay home with him or I will take him with me to work, or some combination of the two, not sure yet.
Hoping for a workout today - I am still not feeling great, but I might just need to fake it. STS Shock Cardio is coming today, so I might try one of those workouts this evening.
Happy Monday - 4 days til Christmas!!
Hoping for a workout today - I am still not feeling great, but I might just need to fake it. STS Shock Cardio is coming today, so I might try one of those workouts this evening.
Happy Monday - 4 days til Christmas!!
bceogirl
Cathlete
Good Morning Katie !
What a whirlwind weekend ! Saturday was shopping & wrapping. I think I made 2 kinds of cookies.
Yesterday finished the shopping early in the morning, got groceries for Christmas dinner too.....more wrapping, then my older daughter brought 2 grandsons (her 3 year old and her brother's 2 year old) over and we baked & decorated sugar cookies (think a storm of flour and sprinkles EVERYWHERE ! LOL) and decorated a gingerbread house.( a storm of gumdrops and frosting !!)
It was a mess but a blast !!
No workout all weekend ......but back to it today.
Shock Cardio SHOULD be coming to me today, but I can't count on it, so I'll pick something else for today, maybe a circuit ??
Yikes, your snow Katie !!!!!!
Will be back later......hope everyone had a great weekend !
Becky
What a whirlwind weekend ! Saturday was shopping & wrapping. I think I made 2 kinds of cookies.
Yesterday finished the shopping early in the morning, got groceries for Christmas dinner too.....more wrapping, then my older daughter brought 2 grandsons (her 3 year old and her brother's 2 year old) over and we baked & decorated sugar cookies (think a storm of flour and sprinkles EVERYWHERE ! LOL) and decorated a gingerbread house.( a storm of gumdrops and frosting !!)
It was a mess but a blast !!
No workout all weekend ......but back to it today.
Shock Cardio SHOULD be coming to me today, but I can't count on it, so I'll pick something else for today, maybe a circuit ??
Yikes, your snow Katie !!!!!!
Will be back later......hope everyone had a great weekend !
Becky
chefkate
Cathlete
Katie, Good luck today! I loved going to work w/ my mom when I was C's age!
Nina, When does your STS come? Mine's Tuesday
Becky, Busy weekend! Have a fun WO!
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yesss! My big girls are still sleeping! But Junie's waking up.....
Going to chiro today - my shoulder's getting better but still not right.
Kicked butt on ellip & vc this weekend. Will today too
Date night tonight! Laura offered to babysit - YAY!!!! Can't leave til I get Julia to bed but that's ok. It will be so nice to get out just the 2 of us.
Nina, When does your STS come? Mine's Tuesday
Becky, Busy weekend! Have a fun WO!
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yesss! My big girls are still sleeping! But Junie's waking up.....
Going to chiro today - my shoulder's getting better but still not right.
Kicked butt on ellip & vc this weekend. Will today too
Date night tonight! Laura offered to babysit - YAY!!!! Can't leave til I get Julia to bed but that's ok. It will be so nice to get out just the 2 of us.
bostonwendy
Cathlete
happy monday everyone =)
katie, i remember those days of bringing ods to work with me in emergencies. when he was little i worked in a shelter program for moms and kids so on snow days there were other kids around and toys to play with. but there were other staff who didnt thinkhighly of me doing that, the ones without kids, imagine that.
becky, your grandkids weekend sounds FAB!! hope your shock cardio arrives today~ mineis due, too.
kate, yay for date night!! whats the plan?
nina, hope you get your SC so can try one! how are things going with dh away?
i was so sure we wouldnt get out to my moms but we postponed until 6 (from 2) because thats when the parking ban was listed. ahhhh, the pleasures of city living =) fun time but my mom is not babyproof by any means nor is she an entertainer, i have to do a lot to keep things moving (so we are not there for 6 hours...). the cheesecake was a hit, esxcelent recipe if anyone wants it (but a full-fledged cheat, be warned).
katie, i remember those days of bringing ods to work with me in emergencies. when he was little i worked in a shelter program for moms and kids so on snow days there were other kids around and toys to play with. but there were other staff who didnt thinkhighly of me doing that, the ones without kids, imagine that.
becky, your grandkids weekend sounds FAB!! hope your shock cardio arrives today~ mineis due, too.
kate, yay for date night!! whats the plan?
nina, hope you get your SC so can try one! how are things going with dh away?
i was so sure we wouldnt get out to my moms but we postponed until 6 (from 2) because thats when the parking ban was listed. ahhhh, the pleasures of city living =) fun time but my mom is not babyproof by any means nor is she an entertainer, i have to do a lot to keep things moving (so we are not there for 6 hours...). the cheesecake was a hit, esxcelent recipe if anyone wants it (but a full-fledged cheat, be warned).
bostonwendy
Cathlete
no cheats today!! you and me ~ we can do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
b - oatmeal and apples
l - turkey, pesto, spinach sandwich (leftovers)
d - donno but will be clean! MUST be clean!
hoping to get to spin but theres a TON of snow on the ground, not sure we can make it in the stroller... if not i am holding out for santa in the brown uniform!
b - oatmeal and apples
l - turkey, pesto, spinach sandwich (leftovers)
d - donno but will be clean! MUST be clean!
hoping to get to spin but theres a TON of snow on the ground, not sure we can make it in the stroller... if not i am holding out for santa in the brown uniform!
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chefkate
Cathlete
Wendy, Late dinner out and some shopping. Nothing toooo thrilling - it will just be nice to get out kidless!
me *heart* cheesecake. I'm making one later this week, ....and covering it in homemade fudge & butterscotch sauces. Glad it went well @ your mom's. Unkidproof is so hard at this age!
Pop that boy in the Ergo & get yo' bottom to the gym! Think if the cal burn just getting to and fro!
YUMMY Bfast - my fave!
Good job, Becky!
me *heart* cheesecake. I'm making one later this week, ....and covering it in homemade fudge & butterscotch sauces.
Glad it went well @ your mom's. Unkidproof is so hard at this age!Pop that boy in the Ergo & get yo' bottom to the gym!
Think if the cal burn just getting to and fro!YUMMY Bfast - my fave!
Good job, Becky!
trixie42
Cathlete
Hi Everyone!
My STS has arrived! Too bad I am at the car dealer waiting for my car. I think I feel a little sick - maybe I need to go home and preview STS instead of going to work. I wish! I am so happy to be done with shoveling. DH and I spent over 3 hours shoveling this weekend. No wonder I woke up hungry this morning. Workout was 4DS HIS followed by a shoveling session. May do legs tonight if I have time.
I will be back later when I am not on my iPhone for personals.
My STS has arrived! Too bad I am at the car dealer waiting for my car. I think I feel a little sick - maybe I need to go home and preview STS instead of going to work. I wish! I am so happy to be done with shoveling. DH and I spent over 3 hours shoveling this weekend. No wonder I woke up hungry this morning. Workout was 4DS HIS followed by a shoveling session. May do legs tonight if I have time.
I will be back later when I am not on my iPhone for personals.
trixie42
Cathlete
Well I almost stopped home to pick up my STS but I figured I would get busted previewing it at work (maybe not - there is only a handful of people who made it in). I will look at it tonight.
Kate, not really sick - just pretending so I could be home with STS. The car dealer was pretty speedy especially since they were skipping complimentary car washes due to the weather.
Becky, how do you like Jillian's workout?
Katie, sorry you have to take Collin to work. I generally don't mind having little ones around as long as the parents keep an eye on them. One company I worked at I walked off the elevator and was hit with a beachball. The mother had no idea what was going on.
Nina, I am not sure which was I am going to try first. Maybe circuit blast so I can do some weights.
Robin, good job on a lot done yesterday. I worked retail one year for the holidays and on Christmas day I couldn't move because I was so exhausted. I overslept for work the day after Christmas too. Good luck making it through.
Wendy, I hope you can get through with the stroller. I know our streets are still really slushy and not many sidewalks have been shoveled. I watched someone trying to walk through a snowbank on the side of the road to get to the bus stop.
Kate, not really sick - just pretending so I could be home with STS. The car dealer was pretty speedy especially since they were skipping complimentary car washes due to the weather.
Becky, how do you like Jillian's workout?
Katie, sorry you have to take Collin to work. I generally don't mind having little ones around as long as the parents keep an eye on them. One company I worked at I walked off the elevator and was hit with a beachball. The mother had no idea what was going on.
Nina, I am not sure which was I am going to try first. Maybe circuit blast so I can do some weights.
Robin, good job on a lot done yesterday. I worked retail one year for the holidays and on Christmas day I couldn't move because I was so exhausted. I overslept for work the day after Christmas too. Good luck making it through.
Wendy, I hope you can get through with the stroller. I know our streets are still really slushy and not many sidewalks have been shoveled. I watched someone trying to walk through a snowbank on the side of the road to get to the bus stop.
angie_mitchell
Cathlete
Hey all! Today is the first day that we are having somewhat of a normal schedule!
Our trip here was an absolute joke. It snowed in Brussels the day before we left (about 4 in.) and we left our house at 5:30 a.m. for the 1 hour 45 min drive to the airport. When we got to the Brussels Ring (main highway) we were about 20 minutes from the airport and it took us 3.5 hours to get there. Our flight was scheduled for 10:40 and we knew it had been delayed until 11. We got to a point at about 9:30 when we realized it was taking us about an hour to go 1.5 km that we probably were going to miss the flight. Ryan started to call AA to figure out what we could change to and since we were responsible for missing the flight, we were going to have to pay a change fee and the last minute fare for any flight we would take which amounted to about $3000 per person. There was no way we could do that so we were thinking that we were going to miss Christmas, miss our cruise, etc. It was pretty much the most stressful day of my life. Ryan called AA as we were getting a little closer to the airport and they said the flight had been delayed until 11:30. We got to the airport at 10:55 and literally ran to the check in. The lady that drove us (a coworker of Ryan's) just left her car on the side of the road and ran in with our luggage. We got to the gate right about 11:30 but they didn't board us until 12:15. THEN WE SAT ON THE PLANE UNTIL 2:45 PM before taking off. GEESH. I'm pretty sure my heart didn't stop pounding until I woke up the next morning. Anyway, we made it and I'm so thankful. I just keep praying and praying that the flight would be delayed. What an ordeal.
So, we're enjoying our time with our family. Trying to keep our portions low and eat well when we can. We didn't workout the day we got here (Friday) but have worked out every day since. I'm doing the firm workouts and my in laws have a stair stepper. Tomorrow I'm going to multi step at Lifetime with my mother in law.
My shock cardio is coming here tomorrow. I am hoping to at least try one or two before we leave on Saturday!
Kate, that's so fun that your girls are getting to sleep in. Everyone loves a relaxing morning. And YAY for date night. Where are you going? ^5 on your great WOs too. Are you going to wait until Jan for SC b/c of your knee?
Katie, sorry about the snow closing Collin's school. Post some pics of all that snow! Sorry your'e still not feeling well. Hope you can kick it before Christmas!
Nina, does your SC come today? I'm really excited to start it as well!
Becky, your weekend with grandkids sounds fabulous! How fun! I hope your SC comes today as well! And great job with JM trouble zones. How do you like it? Now if SC comes, you can have a "fun" double!
Robin, I can't believe the schedule you've been keeping lately. I'm assuming you have to work the day after Christmas? Your SC comes Wed? Have fun!!
Wendy, hope you can get to the gym and get that WO in today. Great job with your clean eats motivation!
Colleen, I would be wanting to go home to get my new WOs too! Great job resisting and being an adult. Are you working through Christmas eve?
Well, it's fun to be in touch with everyone again. have a great monday!!
Our trip here was an absolute joke. It snowed in Brussels the day before we left (about 4 in.) and we left our house at 5:30 a.m. for the 1 hour 45 min drive to the airport. When we got to the Brussels Ring (main highway) we were about 20 minutes from the airport and it took us 3.5 hours to get there. Our flight was scheduled for 10:40 and we knew it had been delayed until 11. We got to a point at about 9:30 when we realized it was taking us about an hour to go 1.5 km that we probably were going to miss the flight. Ryan started to call AA to figure out what we could change to and since we were responsible for missing the flight, we were going to have to pay a change fee and the last minute fare for any flight we would take which amounted to about $3000 per person. There was no way we could do that so we were thinking that we were going to miss Christmas, miss our cruise, etc. It was pretty much the most stressful day of my life. Ryan called AA as we were getting a little closer to the airport and they said the flight had been delayed until 11:30. We got to the airport at 10:55 and literally ran to the check in. The lady that drove us (a coworker of Ryan's) just left her car on the side of the road and ran in with our luggage. We got to the gate right about 11:30 but they didn't board us until 12:15. THEN WE SAT ON THE PLANE UNTIL 2:45 PM before taking off. GEESH. I'm pretty sure my heart didn't stop pounding until I woke up the next morning. Anyway, we made it and I'm so thankful. I just keep praying and praying that the flight would be delayed. What an ordeal.
So, we're enjoying our time with our family. Trying to keep our portions low and eat well when we can. We didn't workout the day we got here (Friday) but have worked out every day since. I'm doing the firm workouts and my in laws have a stair stepper. Tomorrow I'm going to multi step at Lifetime with my mother in law.
My shock cardio is coming here tomorrow. I am hoping to at least try one or two before we leave on Saturday!
Kate, that's so fun that your girls are getting to sleep in. Everyone loves a relaxing morning. And YAY for date night. Where are you going? ^5 on your great WOs too. Are you going to wait until Jan for SC b/c of your knee?
Katie, sorry about the snow closing Collin's school. Post some pics of all that snow! Sorry your'e still not feeling well. Hope you can kick it before Christmas!
Nina, does your SC come today? I'm really excited to start it as well!
Becky, your weekend with grandkids sounds fabulous! How fun! I hope your SC comes today as well! And great job with JM trouble zones. How do you like it? Now if SC comes, you can have a "fun" double!
Robin, I can't believe the schedule you've been keeping lately. I'm assuming you have to work the day after Christmas? Your SC comes Wed? Have fun!!
Wendy, hope you can get to the gym and get that WO in today. Great job with your clean eats motivation!
Colleen, I would be wanting to go home to get my new WOs too! Great job resisting and being an adult. Are you working through Christmas eve?
Well, it's fun to be in touch with everyone again. have a great monday!!
bceogirl
Cathlete
Angie ! It's great to see you !!!!!!!!
What an awful way to start the trip, but now the worse it behind you and you can enjoy every minute of the rest of your vacation !!
SC JUST got here ! I took a break from wrapping to open them and now I don't want to go back to wrapping ! I want to preview and try out !!!!!!!!!
I might force myself to behave and get my work done first, but ..........we'll see ! lol
If not a "double day" today , you can be sure tomorrows workout will be one of the SC dvds ! I'm so excited !
Becky
What an awful way to start the trip, but now the worse it behind you and you can enjoy every minute of the rest of your vacation !!
SC JUST got here ! I took a break from wrapping to open them and now I don't want to go back to wrapping ! I want to preview and try out !!!!!!!!!
I might force myself to behave and get my work done first, but ..........we'll see ! lol
If not a "double day" today , you can be sure tomorrows workout will be one of the SC dvds ! I'm so excited !
Becky
bostonwendy
Cathlete
robin, i missed you earlier! gladyou were able to fit a wo in. i can see why your joints would be sore, you are standing most of the day, yes?
angie, what a nightmare trip! so glad you can relax now.
becky, take your wrapping to your wo space so can preview AND do your work! and report please =)
kate, i hrt cheesecake too and it came out fab, it was pumpkin with gingersnap crust and cinnamon whipped cream. your sounds great too!!! are you getting dressed up to go out? how is your knee, btw? i go thru phases with my breakfast, oatmeal with apples is my love right now!
colleen, getting hit getting off the elevator at work... wowza!! some parents need a clue. dh actually drove me both ways because its a wet slushy dirty mess out there. and hes so proud of me for doing spin! love him.
so dh actually drove me to the gym for spin. he should be sleeping but hes having trouble getting his sleeping in line with the new sched. mySC isnt due till tomorrow, had the date wrong =(
ended up with wh wheat pasta for lunch and just had a pear.just wasnt in the mood to make a sandwich but i will end up making those for dinner.
gtg, have to pack 12 hours worth of food for dh...
angie, what a nightmare trip! so glad you can relax now.
becky, take your wrapping to your wo space so can preview AND do your work! and report please =)
kate, i hrt cheesecake too and it came out fab, it was pumpkin with gingersnap crust and cinnamon whipped cream. your sounds great too!!! are you getting dressed up to go out? how is your knee, btw? i go thru phases with my breakfast, oatmeal with apples is my love right now!
colleen, getting hit getting off the elevator at work... wowza!! some parents need a clue. dh actually drove me both ways because its a wet slushy dirty mess out there. and hes so proud of me for doing spin! love him.
so dh actually drove me to the gym for spin. he should be sleeping but hes having trouble getting his sleeping in line with the new sched. mySC isnt due till tomorrow, had the date wrong =(
ended up with wh wheat pasta for lunch and just had a pear.just wasnt in the mood to make a sandwich but i will end up making those for dinner.
gtg, have to pack 12 hours worth of food for dh...
bostonwendy
Cathlete
i so want to make this salad!!
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/03/my_most_favorite_salad_ever_ever_ever_ever/
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/03/my_most_favorite_salad_ever_ever_ever_ever/
chefkate
Cathlete
MAN O MAN!!! I am SPENT! Just finished my ellip time and I hear J waking up. What timing!
Colleen, Guess I'm a little slow today! Glad you're not sick!
Angie, What a heart-thumpin' disaster! GLad you made it safely! Are you about out of your skin excited waiting for your cruise?!?!? I cant even imagine a whole week childless! Last night we were talking abt takin gour belated 10yr anniv trip to Vegas for a long weekend. We really aren't gamblers but it would be fun to go see everything. We'll have to wait til J weans herslef....which seems like 3 years away. Girl loves her time w/ Mama.
WTG keeping up w your WOs! The 4step class..... I am so jealous! One of thses times your in Chi I might have to come visit you!
Becky, I can't wait to get started wrapping - I love it. BUt I'll likely be waiting til Cmas Eve...just too hard to find time before then.
Wendy, Knee seems to be all better, thank goodness! Now it's my shoulder that's giving me fits. I can't raise my arm above shoulder level. Makes it hard ot even do an LS. So ellip for now. Man, I hit 30 and fell apart!
Youe cheesecake sounds FABU!!! We had something similar to that in CO. WOW!!!!
mmmm...pear. Think I'll share one w/ J later today!
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NO DATE NIGHT!!! BOOO!!!!! Laura came down w/ the flu. Other sis Lib is going to babysit tmrw now. It will be nice to go then too but I really had my heart set on going out tonihgt. Oh well.
Colleen, Guess I'm a little slow today!
Glad you're not sick!Angie, What a heart-thumpin' disaster!
GLad you made it safely! Are you about out of your skin excited waiting for your cruise?!?!? I cant even imagine a whole week childless! Last night we were talking abt takin gour belated 10yr anniv trip to Vegas for a long weekend. We really aren't gamblers but it would be fun to go see everything. We'll have to wait til J weans herslef....which seems like 3 years away. Girl loves her time w/ Mama.WTG keeping up w your WOs! The 4step class..... I am so jealous!
One of thses times your in Chi I might have to come visit you!Becky, I can't wait to get started wrapping - I love it. BUt I'll likely be waiting til Cmas Eve...just too hard to find time before then.
Wendy, Knee seems to be all better, thank goodness! Now it's my shoulder that's giving me fits. I can't raise my arm above shoulder level. Makes it hard ot even do an LS. So ellip for now.
Man, I hit 30 and fell apart!Youe cheesecake sounds FABU!!! We had something similar to that in CO. WOW!!!!
mmmm...pear. Think I'll share one w/ J later today!
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NO DATE NIGHT!!! BOOO!!!!! Laura came down w/ the flu. Other sis Lib is going to babysit tmrw now. It will be nice to go then too but I really had my heart set on going out tonihgt. Oh well.