::::: CHEETAHS ::::: Thurs., 2/15

Hi! I don't have time to post much today again. I helped out in DD's class this morning then stayed to eat luch with her. Now I have to study for a test that I have tonight. Today is panning out to be a rest day but the kids have off for President's Day tomorrow so I will get a nice long workout in then.

Cathy, Did you get the $$ I sent for the shirt? I can't remember when I put it in the mail.....last week maybe??

Carole, Thanks! Yep I made it through 4 days and there are even two dozen cupcakes leftover from DD's Valentine Party and I'm not even tempted. It feels good not to feel suffocated in my regular jeans and not to be wearing on of a couple pair that I save for when I am "fat". Eat To Live arrived yesterday. I wanted to ask you how you make sure you get your B12.

Out of time so I am sorry that I can't say hi individually but I'll be here for sure tomorrow. See ya then!!
 
Susan - I'm so sorry to hear about your mom. That is great she is fighting this. I'm glad you back is feeling better. You are on the road to full recovery. Not sure where the eating check-in is. I bailed on it because my diet as of late has been a huge faux pas. I'm trying to bide my time until Lent starts in a little over a week and then I will fully reign myself in. (Let's hope it works this way.)
 
Wendy - Unfortunately it would take me just a little bit longer than 15 minutes to come pick you up. LOL I'm in Kentucky. I guess it will just have to be virtual coffee. Oh wait, you already made coffee before you came back for more personals. Enjoy your java!!
 
Oooh, I'm excited! The SAP Tennis Open is here in San Jose and DH is a HUGE tennis fan. My company has a skybox at the HP Pavillion, and has a directive to make sure ALL tickets are used. So, DH and I are going tomorrow night to see the Quarter-Finals. I think we're going to get to see Andy Roddick play! *does the happy dance*
 
OK. I have time for one more.

Susan, I happened to notice your post about your mother. I pretty much know exactly what you mean. My brother died from lung cancer and he too was a smoker. Funny thing is that I wasn't so much mad at him but rather at my mother because she was a heavy smoker from the time she was a teenager. She did quit when she found out about my brother's cancer and I imagine that she could possibly be dealing with some guilt. But I was just so pissed that she set the example that it was OK to smoke and did so until she was 70 years old. And who gets the cancer????? I'm thinking the anger thing is normal.

Also, I just happened to catch Terms Of Endearment on TV a couple of weeks ago. Even though I've see that movie a half dozen times I watched it again. When the daughter dies after her fight with cancer her mother (Shirley McClain) said that she had thought that when her daughter did die she would be relieved. I was so amazed to hear that because I had very similar thoughts and feelings but had never verbalized them or pondered them much really. My brother was sick for so long and I remember just wanting it to be over. Not that he would just die already but I wanted him to be better. I got very weary of it all. When we got the word that everything that could be done for him had been done and that it was time for him to go home and die it was terrible watching that and I felt the same exact way that Shirley McClain felt in that movie. When he died there was no relief at all though. I was glad that his suffering was over but the hole he left was unimaginable to me while he was still here, regardless of the state he was in.

Anyway, I'm sort of rambing here but I think I understand some of what you are feeling. You know we all love you and are here for you. I'm so sorry that you have to go through this and it is my hope and prayer that your mother comes out of her battle having licked it good. Lots of hugs to all of you......
 
Shelly - Sign up for the race. As another cheetah said, you can wear your Cheetah shirt. It would be an easy race for you too.
 
Elaine: Your post brought tears to my eyes.

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I have seen many in my family be taken from me due to cancer. It is a horrible disease. I know what you mean about wanting it to be over. All to often it is a slow killer and it is so very painful to watch a person suffer. It's not that we want them to die, it's that we want them to be out of pain. Unfortunately though, that sometimes means dying.;(

With that said, I have also seen many survive the disease. I have 2 relatives who are breast cancer survivors.

My best friend's mom survived breast cancer as well. She now, unfortunately has bone cancer which is incurable BUT she is fighting it and able to live a pretty normal and pain free life. Her life expectency is unknown at this point but they are doing what they can to keep the cancer from growing/spreading for as long as possible. This woman is as strong as an ox. Her daughters and husband try thier hardest not to show how scared they are in front of her because they don't want to bring her down. She has such a great attitude about her situation and I think that is helping tremendously in her battle!
 
Elaine,
thank you for that post. I am just so angry with her for not only leaving me, but her granddaughters. I probably need to just talk about it more. I tend to just ignore it and put it away for awhile and think that I am okay and then someone brings it up or I talk to my mom and I am stunned at the strong emotions that it causes. I really am fooling myself that I am handling it well. I am just not handling it at all, which is so weird for me, because I am such a communicator by nature. I am such a person that needs closure and with this disease there is no such thing. There is just waiting. I don't do really well with that. Anyway, thanks for your comforting words. I am so sorry that you have had to go through this as well.(((HUGS))))

Susan
 
Hi cheetahs,

I re-PM'd the birthday list to everyone b/c it appears that I accidentally left off Gayle - ACK!!!(So sorry, Gayle!)

Please let me know if you did NOT receive the list!

Now, I'm off to read posts and catch up with personals. Be back shortly!

cathy :)
 
Susan-- ((((hugs))))) you are such a good person -- and I agree with what everyone has posted that your feelings are normal, but that doesn't make it any easier to deal with. We're all here for you. I think you are handling it really well, but no one feels like they are doing a "good job" with something hard when you feel like crap.

Elaine & Christine & Wendy -- (((( hugs)))) to you too for losing relatives to cancer. Such an ugly disease that takes so many good people from us too soon.

Shelly--I think you have to sign up for that race!

I think Elaine said something so wise about forever feeling like a zebra in a world of horses. When something awful touches your life, I think you are just never the same.

And then, Cathe told us to jump higher and we all felt better....and then she said we should act like we're having a blast....and that helps.

Then she laughed at me during those bicep things during Muscle Endurance and I wasn't entirely sure I liked her until I got to the stretch segment.

But then she says things that make my inner 13yo crack up e.g. "hiney." I swear no one I know around here says that word regularly.....

Barb
:) :)
 
Cathy!

I got your pm but it was just your avitar image!?!? Unless I missed something but I deleted it already! Please re-send it! Thanks! :)
 
Christine--that sounds great. Nice you will get to do something fun with DH when he gets back. I hope his flight/return travel goes well. Great w.o. with CM and the BB. Power cheetah!

Cathy--I got the new list, Thanks!

-Barb
:)
 
Marcia :: I don’t think it’s a copout at all – I don’t like to rush workouts, either…But also, your me-time/downtime is important for your health, too. Not to mention, you’ve got step class tonight, so there’s nothing at all to feel guilty about! You still have two more days in the week to hit legs and back. How’s the nutrition plan looking?

Judy :: no, Shelly is not on the list…she wasn’t around the boards for a few days, so she didn’t have the opportunity to enter her info…I figured we could add her on when she resurfaced. I wanted to get the list out before tomorrow since it’s somebody’s b-day. :) The pizza and fresh salad sounds great. Did you bring in the stray?

Laurie :: fingers crossed that Faith makes a full recovery for the competition!

Karen :: I lost power for a bit yesterday, too…sounds like a great time sledding y’day…glad the IT band is behaving.

Kristi :: ut oh…hope you can nip that in the bud…enjoy the long weekend sans kids! SWEET bonus!! If I had $700 to blow all on myself, I’d probably splurge on the Fluidity barre I’ve been eyeing, buy a few new pairs of pants (because mine are getting too big again, yay!), and plan a little getaway. That’s a fun dilemma ~ you’ll have to let us know what you do with it.

Barb :: oh wait, DH is away on his “working” ski weekend, right? Where did he go again? I forget.

Christine :: I had a little Thin Mint binge yesterday myself…it was more out of boredom than anything else. *lol* about the guy dashing about in his skivvies…OK, this might sound a little twisted, but I had to laugh at this: they closed down Market St. in Philly yesterday b/c chunks of ice were falling off the buildings. One man witnessed another guy get hit with a block. He described it as being 3-4 ft. across, and then the journalist asked him, “Did you see the guy get hit?” And he said, “Oh yeah! It busted him dead in the head and he just dropped!” Something about those Philly expressions that get me…Good job not gaining! Woohoo!! Very cool about getting to see Roddick play…he’s quite the young hottie :)…oh, and a good tennis player, too, right? ;)

Carole :: hope you were able to run and use the ETX today. I love your little smiley in the snow.

Linda :: you’re welcome…I will keep you posted on the progress with the shirts.

Susan :: glad you enjoyed the V’Day part of your day…((((HUGS)))) re: your mom’s situation…I agree that feeling anger is a normal part of it as is being all over the map…I hope you feel free to talk about it here because we do care. How did the CAT scan turn out? The care package sounds like a wonderful idea…you are so thoughtful.

Shelly :: glad you’re able to get back to running and it’s going smoothly…we’ve missed ya! I PM’d you about adding your b-day to the list. I thought it might be easy if you just posted it on the thread and then we can all add it to our lists…does that work?

Wendy :: I don’t blame you – it was NOT fun clearing off the car this morning!! Considering your total body DOMS, I’d say a stretch is a good plan…sorry on the headache…if it’s any consolation, I’m in a foul mood today, too :( …long story and fairly trivial...Anywho, it sounds like the nap helped. Listen, you are anything BUT lazy, so when you are working as hard as you are and the body calls for zzz’s, I say you have to indulge.

Gayle :: so sorry about the b-day list oversight! That’s what I get for trying to do things too early in the morning. Hope you enjoyed another snow day.

Thomasina :: the run & L&G legwork sounds good…maybe I will try that tomorrow since I’ve abandoned my rotation this week and am just making it up as I go along…Yes, the shirts are dri-release…Were you interested in two? I have you, Gayle, Linda (who’s ordering two) and Laurie, so technically, that’s just five shirts. I can’t remember who else said they’d take two. *LOL* Run for the Cheetah? That sounds perfect! Too bad we can’t make THAT our GTG.

Elaine :: good luck on your test!…Yes, I received the money and will mail your shirt Saturday morning. WTG on avoiding the leftover cupcakes ~ THAT takes superhuman strength!!…Terms of Endearment – unh – that movie makes me SOB like a blubbering fool every time I see it…however did you watch it having just gone through a similar loss?? ((((HUGS))) I’m sorry that anyone has to battle such a relentless and terrible disease.
 
Oh, I forgot! Laura :: my Bar Method DVDs arrived today (sooner than expected), so I'll have to try them out after I k'box. I'm excited!!
 
Okay, I took excedrine migraine and my headache (which got pretty nasty for a while) is FINALLY dissapating! My plan right now is to do the first 30 mins of Cardio X. I think it'll be a good mix of high and low intensity work for tonight and then I'll stretch for 30 mins. I'm putting yoga on the back burner until my legs thaw out a bit more. ;)

I am tired now...DS goes to bed in about 15 mins. I think I will put my work out clothes on NOW so that I have no excuses not to work out once he is down for the night!

I'll be back later!:)
 
Hey Cheetahs!! Just peekin' in to say hi. I don't know what the problem is w/ our other computer but for some reason I can NOT post on this site from it!! So I've tried to keep up reading the posts & am using my kids' computer to post(and have a very patient 3yo who wants to play Dora! ;-) ).

I've had one of those *in a funk* days anyway. I did my new Winsor Pilates Dynamic sculpting ball workout (45 min) this morning & love it!! And did BC this afternoon, just for the heck of it.

For anyone that saw that post about the PB & salmonella, I'm wondering now if that's what caused my *flu* last week. I had 2 jars of Peter Pan w/ the number 2111 on it....

OK, just so you weren't wondering where I am, now you know. ;-) Sounds like (((HUGS))) all around today!!
 

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