JJ—Thanks for saying that you enjoy hearing about Africa. That makes me feel good. I’ll try to keep sharing in bits and pieces. And I'm joining you in the "sore" category after KPC yesterday.
Heather—You are such a sweetheart. The Fiber One bars are at all grocery stores—not just health food stores. Most packages to Uganda take about 4 weeks. It can be longer or shorter, but that’s average.
Karin-I’m impressed with your “real life workouts.” I always feel proud of myself when those happen for me. Sometimes I can be frustrated that I’ve missed my Cathe video, and then I remind myself, “This is the whole point, isn’t it? So I can do these things (either fun like the biking or necessary like the leaves) and not kill myself?!” For example, yesterday a friend had borrowed my car, so I had to manage on my bike. Most everything is close here, so it was all fine until I had to bring my 75 pound DS home on the back of it. Yikes. (And that was AFTER KPC!) I was worn out but proud of myself.
Wendy—Yes! I definitely want those zucchini and green bean salad recipes. Those sound delicious. I’m sorry about DH’s job stress. It’s hard when the DH has stress, isn’t it. We want to help, but our feminine help can sometimes seem so patronizing. I’ve been trying to learn how to console and encourage in a masculine way. It’s tough! Prayers and best wishes to you.
And, speaking of DH, I know that you all know that I was TOTALLY kidding about the nanny versus DH2 yesterday, but I feel honor-bound to add a disclaimer.
I have ONE husband whom I dearly love and have been married to 13 years and plan to be married to for the rest of our lives. While certainly not as intuitive in the “house help” department as some females, he is a wonderful DH and extremely helpful.
In particular, he is in charge of the nightly “kid routine” for our children ages 8, 6, and 4. (No small feat.) As soon as we finish dinner, I clean up the table and the kitchen, and he herds them all through the process of vitamins, baths, and teeth brushing. The timing is perfect for us to both finish about the same time, and we can collapse on the couch together to read, watch TV, etc. I am so blessed that I have a husband who is thoughtful of me and the kids and doesn’t abandon us after dinner to do all of the above tasks on our own while he goes to veg out.
Today was a 4 mile run. I was proud of myself because I did NOT feel like working out ahead of time. But DH and friend were setting up for P90X, so that helped me at least manage to get my shoes on. Great music on the iPod kept me going.
Hello to all the rest of you to come!
