CollinsMom
Cathlete
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CollinsMom
Cathlete
I survived yesterday and it was not bad at all!! Isn't that usually the way it works? We build things up as being so bad in our minds, and in reality it's not bad at all. Maybe I should work on that...
ANYWHO, Happy (belated) Birthday, Kate!! Tell us all about your day -- and your cake!!
I think the high temp today is around 40 degrees, with wind chills in the 30s and SNOW SHOWERS!
Today should be a pretty normal (hopefully calm) day at work. Tumbling class tonight.
Barack Obama is going to be holding a rally in my town (at my alma mater, actually, James Madison University www.jmu.edu ) tonight. It feels like the Queen is coming to town or something! I don't mean to turn this thread political, just commenting on how cool it is. Virginia is really being talked about as a swing state so I guess his appearance is understandable.
Okay, time to sweat it out. BBL!
ANYWHO, Happy (belated) Birthday, Kate!! Tell us all about your day -- and your cake!!
I think the high temp today is around 40 degrees, with wind chills in the 30s and SNOW SHOWERS!
Today should be a pretty normal (hopefully calm) day at work. Tumbling class tonight.Barack Obama is going to be holding a rally in my town (at my alma mater, actually, James Madison University www.jmu.edu ) tonight. It feels like the Queen is coming to town or something! I don't mean to turn this thread political, just commenting on how cool it is. Virginia is really being talked about as a swing state so I guess his appearance is understandable.
Okay, time to sweat it out. BBL!
Jazcam
Cathlete
Happy belated B- Day Kate. How was your exam?
I'm glad you had a good day y-day Katie.
Klaudia I hope you can post some h-ween pics.
Anne so sorry about your FIL. How is your family holding up.
Hey Shirl and Colleen how is everything going
Angie don't give up on Drill Max it is hard to get through.
Hi Steph what's new?
I really need to w/o today. I got Tracey new step DVD maybe that will motivate me. I brought Cathe new calendar and got 20% off my next purchase. I'll use it to buy some oldie but goodie step w/o.
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d-salmon
I'm glad you had a good day y-day Katie.
Klaudia I hope you can post some h-ween pics.
Anne so sorry about your FIL. How is your family holding up.
Hey Shirl and Colleen how is everything going
Angie don't give up on Drill Max it is hard to get through.
Hi Steph what's new?
I really need to w/o today. I got Tracey new step DVD maybe that will motivate me. I brought Cathe new calendar and got 20% off my next purchase. I'll use it to buy some oldie but goodie step w/o.
b-egg whites
l-??
d-salmon
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chefkate
Cathlete
katie, glad y'day went well. today will too! hillary was in our little town last month - clogged the bridge for hours!
robin, i got the cal too. not sure what to buy with the discount..... how are you feeling today?
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yday was soooo busy and i was too tired to get back here. midwife went well - im cleared for walking and light ab work but no step yet or anything that spreads my legs! lol!
bday was wonderful - tx for all the wishes! mike got me 2 tracey wo's and an IN-HOME 90 MINUTE MASSAGE!!!!!!!!!! i was a crying mess!gina said "aren't you happy??" i got lots of homemade cards too! my mom made me a cake and dropped it off to mike. what a great day!!!!!
ginas home sick today - WICKED cough. itll be nice to hve a slower pace today,
need to read over yday....bb soon,..........
robin, i got the cal too. not sure what to buy with the discount..... how are you feeling today?
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yday was soooo busy and i was too tired to get back here. midwife went well - im cleared for walking and light ab work but no step yet or anything that spreads my legs! lol!
bday was wonderful - tx for all the wishes! mike got me 2 tracey wo's and an IN-HOME 90 MINUTE MASSAGE!!!!!!!!!! i was a crying mess!gina said "aren't you happy??" i got lots of homemade cards too! my mom made me a cake and dropped it off to mike. what a great day!!!!!
ginas home sick today - WICKED cough. itll be nice to hve a slower pace today,
need to read over yday....bb soon,..........
mrsmel
Cathlete
Morning, everyone! Kate, I'm so glad you had a great birthday--you deserve it! I'm sorry Gina's sick, there's definitely a nasty bug going around.
Robin, it sounds like you're feeling better, that's good news.
Katie, I'm glad yesterday wasn't as bad as you thought it would be. Isn't that always the way? I need to work on my mindset about stuff like that, too.
Well, yesterday after work I did the cardio portion of Cardio & Weights and the ab work. I just love that work out. It's short, but it was fun. After that I went to tap class. DH came over and told me his dad is not doing as well as they thought. Now they think he may have had a stroke in his brain stem. But, they can't test for it because the only test to do is an MRI and he has tremors, so he's not still enough for that test. And, they don't want to sedate him because they're afraid he won't wake up from it. So, he and his sisters are meeting with all his doctors later today. We should know more then. Yuck. I think the poor guy (my FIL) is just tuckered out. He was doing really well until about 3 weeks ago, even going out for a walk every day. So, 94 is certainly not young and as DH said to me last night, "Well, I had him for 49 years." I think everybody is finally realizing the end is near, but it's still sad.
Sorry to be such a downer! On a good note, I have another tap class tonight and that always makes me happy.
Hi to Klaudia, Steph, Colleen, Angie, and Shirl. Did I miss anyone? If so, I'm sorry! Colleen, I hope you're having a margarita for all of us stuck in the cold today!
anne
Robin, it sounds like you're feeling better, that's good news.
Katie, I'm glad yesterday wasn't as bad as you thought it would be. Isn't that always the way? I need to work on my mindset about stuff like that, too.
Well, yesterday after work I did the cardio portion of Cardio & Weights and the ab work. I just love that work out. It's short, but it was fun. After that I went to tap class. DH came over and told me his dad is not doing as well as they thought. Now they think he may have had a stroke in his brain stem. But, they can't test for it because the only test to do is an MRI and he has tremors, so he's not still enough for that test. And, they don't want to sedate him because they're afraid he won't wake up from it. So, he and his sisters are meeting with all his doctors later today. We should know more then. Yuck. I think the poor guy (my FIL) is just tuckered out. He was doing really well until about 3 weeks ago, even going out for a walk every day. So, 94 is certainly not young and as DH said to me last night, "Well, I had him for 49 years." I think everybody is finally realizing the end is near, but it's still sad.
Sorry to be such a downer! On a good note, I have another tap class tonight and that always makes me happy.
Hi to Klaudia, Steph, Colleen, Angie, and Shirl. Did I miss anyone? If so, I'm sorry! Colleen, I hope you're having a margarita for all of us stuck in the cold today!
anne
trixie42
Cathlete
Hi everyone!
Yesterday we went to 5th Avenue in Playa del Carmen. It reminded me of Mexico's version of the boardwalk. It was a few blocks from the beach and it had stores, a pizza place on every block, Mcdonald's, Burger King, Subway, Starbucks, Haagan Dazs and Papa Johns. There were some Mexican restaurants too, but those were sit down restaurants. I guess I expected more taco stands.
Today we are going snokerling and then parasailing (Chris talked me into that). The weather has been beautiful - not too hot - which has been great.
Kate, glad your able to start some light workouts. Hope Gina feels better.
Katie, I saw snow showers in the DC forecast. I am glad I am away. I hope it doesn't mean a long cold winter for us.
Anne, sorry about your FIL.
Robin, Tracey's new step is easier than her previous workouts. It mightbe a good one while you are recovering.
Hi Angie, Steph, Nat & Emily!
Yesterday we went to 5th Avenue in Playa del Carmen. It reminded me of Mexico's version of the boardwalk. It was a few blocks from the beach and it had stores, a pizza place on every block, Mcdonald's, Burger King, Subway, Starbucks, Haagan Dazs and Papa Johns. There were some Mexican restaurants too, but those were sit down restaurants. I guess I expected more taco stands.
Today we are going snokerling and then parasailing (Chris talked me into that). The weather has been beautiful - not too hot - which has been great.
Kate, glad your able to start some light workouts. Hope Gina feels better.
Katie, I saw snow showers in the DC forecast. I am glad I am away. I hope it doesn't mean a long cold winter for us.
Anne, sorry about your FIL.
Robin, Tracey's new step is easier than her previous workouts. It mightbe a good one while you are recovering.
Hi Angie, Steph, Nat & Emily!
chefkate
Cathlete
Anne, ((hugs)) for you and your fam. Not esay decisions. Hope tap is a good stress reliever tongiht!
Colleen, Sounds like you're having a great time! I've never been parasailing. I snorkeled once and hyperventilated like crazy - I DETEST live fish, even minnows give me the heebie-jeebies!
Klaudia, was Nevena happy with her bday?
Nat, hows the settling in?
Angie, what's on tap for today?
Colleen, Sounds like you're having a great time! I've never been parasailing. I snorkeled once and hyperventilated like crazy - I DETEST live fish, even minnows give me the heebie-jeebies!
Klaudia, was Nevena happy with her bday?
Nat, hows the settling in?
Angie, what's on tap for today?
kgalas
Cathlete
Morning!
Yesterday turned out ok. I subbed 4DS Chest/Shoulders/Triceps for the P90X workout I was supposed to do. I just couldn't get motivated for Tony. It was tough. I thought I'd be stronger from doing the X, but man did I struggle on some of the exercises! Today is a run/walk on the treadmill and abs. Got to figure out when to workout. Nevena's got her 2 year well check this afternoon and I have to drive the girls to dance at 4:30. I somehow have to fit in a trip to Meijer's and the dollar store for birthday/halloween stuff too. I'm tired just from talking about it. And to top it off-it's TTOM. Oh, the joys!
Katie, glad your day went well. Have fun tonight at Collin's class.
Robin, I'll try and get pics up. I don't know how to upload them-that's DH's job! Once there up though, I'm good to go. Hope you get a good workout in.
Kate, what a great day you had! And what a great hubby Hope Gina feels better. I hate when they have a cough-it always sounds horrible Nevena had fun-my parents and brother came by. We ended up having pizza and cake. She loved being sung to and opening HER gifts as she told her sisters! We get to do it all over on Friday.
Anne, I'm sorry about your FIL. It's sad to see anyone's health deteriorate, even if they are 94. But what a life! We should all be so lucky. Have a good time tonight.
Colleen, your vacation updates are great-I keep trying to visualize your descriptions-it's keeping me warm in our 30 degree weather
Hi Angie, Natalie, Stephanie, Emily, and Shirl!
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BBL...
Yesterday turned out ok. I subbed 4DS Chest/Shoulders/Triceps for the P90X workout I was supposed to do. I just couldn't get motivated for Tony. It was tough. I thought I'd be stronger from doing the X, but man did I struggle on some of the exercises! Today is a run/walk on the treadmill and abs. Got to figure out when to workout. Nevena's got her 2 year well check this afternoon and I have to drive the girls to dance at 4:30. I somehow have to fit in a trip to Meijer's and the dollar store for birthday/halloween stuff too. I'm tired just from talking about it. And to top it off-it's TTOM. Oh, the joys!
Katie, glad your day went well. Have fun tonight at Collin's class.
Robin, I'll try and get pics up. I don't know how to upload them-that's DH's job! Once there up though, I'm good to go. Hope you get a good workout in.
Kate, what a great day you had! And what a great hubby
Hope Gina feels better. I hate when they have a cough-it always sounds horrible Nevena had fun-my parents and brother came by. We ended up having pizza and cake. She loved being sung to and opening HER gifts as she told her sisters! We get to do it all over on Friday.Anne, I'm sorry about your FIL. It's sad to see anyone's health deteriorate, even if they are 94. But what a life! We should all be so lucky. Have a good time tonight.
Colleen, your vacation updates are great-I keep trying to visualize your descriptions-it's keeping me warm in our 30 degree weather
Hi Angie, Natalie, Stephanie, Emily, and Shirl!
b-kashi cinnamon harvest
s-honeycrisp apple, string cheese
l-?
s-?
d-?
BBL...
chefkate
Cathlete
klaudia, busy day for you! good luck! part of me misses being on the go but the other HUGE part of me loves just stayinghome to snuggle julia! That's too cute about Nevena's presents! It's fun when they "get" that its their bday, C'mas, etc. We have so much family that we usually have to do a couple parties too - fun for the kids, grrrrr for us!
eats are clean other than nibbling on leftover bday cake! need to throw it out!!!
eats are clean other than nibbling on leftover bday cake!
need to throw it out!!!
chefkate
Cathlete
I'm SAD to report that the cake and a bowl of ice cream was calling, no SCREAMING, my name!
I'm PROUD to report that I told that voice to SHUT UP and I ate a big ol' Honeycrisp instead! I'm stuffed now and that cake sounds nasty!
Take THAT post-partum pounds!
I have been eating anything that's not nailed down! I can't believe I'm actually losing weight! THANK YOU BREASTFEEDING!!!!!
I'm PROUD to report that I told that voice to SHUT UP and I ate a big ol' Honeycrisp instead! I'm stuffed now and that cake sounds nasty!
Take THAT post-partum pounds!
I have been eating anything that's not nailed down! I can't believe I'm actually losing weight! THANK YOU BREASTFEEDING!!!!!
mrsmel
Cathlete
Hey, everybody, thanks for the kind words and hugs.
I feel like all I do is whine when I come here, so I apologize. My life is just such a train wreck right now, I don't know what else to do. Tomorrow is another day, right?
The meeting with FIL's doctors' isn't until 5:30, so it will be a while yet before I know more.
Kate, I think you can eat as much cake as you want--you just gave birth!
Klaudia, it sounds like Nevena's bday was good, I'm glad to hear that.
Colleen, how was the snorkeling? I went in Cozumel last spring--it was amazing! That's such a beautiful area, I just don't care for all the tourism-related build up.
Natalie, Angie, Steph--shout out to you!
anne
I feel like all I do is whine when I come here, so I apologize. My life is just such a train wreck right now, I don't know what else to do. Tomorrow is another day, right?
The meeting with FIL's doctors' isn't until 5:30, so it will be a while yet before I know more.
Kate, I think you can eat as much cake as you want--you just gave birth!
Klaudia, it sounds like Nevena's bday was good, I'm glad to hear that.
Colleen, how was the snorkeling? I went in Cozumel last spring--it was amazing! That's such a beautiful area, I just don't care for all the tourism-related build up.
Natalie, Angie, Steph--shout out to you!
anne
mrsmel
Cathlete
Kate, I think you should have your cake and eat it, too! You just had a baby, for crying out loud!
Anyway, the prognosis for my FIL is not good. His doctors say he is not going to get any better and it's just a matter of time until his organs start to fail. They're saying 2 to 6 months. Boo hiss. At this point, they're trying to make him as comfortable as possible. So, now the family is trying to decide whether to have him cared for at home with someone in to take care of him, or put in a care facility. I have my opinion, but as an in-law I'm trying to keep it to myself. My MIL is terribly upset, of course.
So, I'm going back to their neck of the woods (an hour and a half from me) tomorrow. I don't know how long I'll be there.
Thank you all for the kind support, it really means a lot to me! Take care, I'll check back in when I can.
anne
Anyway, the prognosis for my FIL is not good. His doctors say he is not going to get any better and it's just a matter of time until his organs start to fail. They're saying 2 to 6 months. Boo hiss. At this point, they're trying to make him as comfortable as possible. So, now the family is trying to decide whether to have him cared for at home with someone in to take care of him, or put in a care facility. I have my opinion, but as an in-law I'm trying to keep it to myself. My MIL is terribly upset, of course.
So, I'm going back to their neck of the woods (an hour and a half from me) tomorrow. I don't know how long I'll be there.
Thank you all for the kind support, it really means a lot to me! Take care, I'll check back in when I can.
anne