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Boingo1
Cathlete
Hey Kathy!
Hey everyone!
Yesterday was sucky. What a long boring day. My buttocks KILLED from sitting all day , it was crazy. And the commute during rush hour back and forth.....yet another reason I like to work nights/weekends!!!
Anyways, I'm one day behind you guys now. So today I'll do DISC 2, Back and Triceps! And I'm going to do abs of some sort to keep on THAT schedule.
I'll BBL to catch up with everyone from yesterday.
Hey everyone!
Yesterday was sucky. What a long boring day. My buttocks KILLED from sitting all day , it was crazy. And the commute during rush hour back and forth.....yet another reason I like to work nights/weekends!!!
Anyways, I'm one day behind you guys now. So today I'll do DISC 2, Back and Triceps! And I'm going to do abs of some sort to keep on THAT schedule.
I'll BBL to catch up with everyone from yesterday.
bitmover
Cathlete
Good morning....... Kathy, thanks for the advice on S&H -- if anyone else wants to chime in (should I buy it, even though I have STS and cannot even do that?!), feel free... 
Chris, sorry yesterday was awful! Did you learn anything at least?
I had another mish-mosh today.... not sure it was very good. I started out with the total body solutions neck & shoulder work -- that disc arrived yesterday -- Mary is so fast! I think those exercises will be really good for me if I can stick with it (pretty dull!), then I did -- what was I thinking when I got this?! -- jazzercise dancin' abs. Please, people, remind me not to buy dance dvds! And then I did P57 express leaving out the arm work I couldn't do, which was, I guess, pretty much all of it! I think all in all, maybe I should have just stayed in bed!
Larry bought a motorcycle last night. I really do think it's part of some mid-life crisis thing -- he just feels he needs something to do that's fun for him. I can see that -- he works so hard. I just wish he had picked something safer. And, I feel like I cannot tell my family about this because they are almost all in a terrible financial crisis, and I feel like they think we should be helping them out, and I feel like we should be, but Larry thinks it'll just start a long trend of them always counting on us to bail them out. Ug...... I hate thinking about it all and it's probably more info than you wanted to read this lovely morning..... Thursday! We'll get through the day and it'll feel like a weekend..... when we are done with piano lessons on Thursdays I really do feel like that is the start of the weekend. Fridays are so much easier to face......
happy, happy......
Chris, sorry yesterday was awful! Did you learn anything at least?
I had another mish-mosh today.... not sure it was very good. I started out with the total body solutions neck & shoulder work -- that disc arrived yesterday -- Mary is so fast! I think those exercises will be really good for me if I can stick with it (pretty dull!), then I did -- what was I thinking when I got this?! -- jazzercise dancin' abs. Please, people, remind me not to buy dance dvds! And then I did P57 express leaving out the arm work I couldn't do, which was, I guess, pretty much all of it!
I think all in all, maybe I should have just stayed in bed!Larry bought a motorcycle last night. I really do think it's part of some mid-life crisis thing -- he just feels he needs something to do that's fun for him. I can see that -- he works so hard. I just wish he had picked something safer. And, I feel like I cannot tell my family about this because they are almost all in a terrible financial crisis, and I feel like they think we should be helping them out, and I feel like we should be, but Larry thinks it'll just start a long trend of them always counting on us to bail them out. Ug...... I hate thinking about it all and it's probably more info than you wanted to read this lovely morning..... Thursday! We'll get through the day and it'll feel like a weekend..... when we are done with piano lessons on Thursdays I really do feel like that is the start of the weekend. Fridays are so much easier to face......
happy, happy......
jojobean
Cathlete
Hi ladies!!
Chris, sorry yesterday sucked!! I hate just sitting around, too, which unfortunately is what I do a lot of the day at work. Blech!
Kathy, KPC is fun!
Beth, I hear ya on the mid-life crisis thing. We have a boat in our driveway because of it. That's a tough one. I know you want to help your family, but I can see Larry's point of not setting a precedent. NO more dance DVDs!! I'm sure your legs must have gotten a good workout from P57. I have S&H - I'm not crazy about it, but it's probably just that I get bored with all the rests and am not sure if really heavy lifting is the best for me. I actually haven't done it in forever. But, it's good to have if Cathe has it in her rotations. So, I'm not much help. How long is the special? I could actually lend you my copy and you could see if you'd like it before buying? Let me know.
Today was Cardio Power and Resistance from Insanity. I actually can do some push-ups on my toes now. For me, that is amazing. They're not pretty, but I can do a few. So, it's doing something for me. I'm really trying to watch my eating to actually let the workouts do what they're supposed to!!
Jameson did well at school yesterday. Says he doesn't have much work to make up, which worries me a bit. He's a good student and really conscientious about that stuff, so I'm trusting him. Tonight is open house at his school, so I'll have a chance to talk to some of his teachers. He really seems to be feeling much better. This really scared me. I know it's crazy, but I had thoughts about him not making it. He was never anywhere near that, but when he just wasn't getting better, I was freaking out. But, it seems to be behind us now.
Hottie, how are you feeling today?
Vilma - waves!!
See ya all later...
Joanne
Chris, sorry yesterday sucked!! I hate just sitting around, too, which unfortunately is what I do a lot of the day at work. Blech!
Kathy, KPC is fun!
Beth, I hear ya on the mid-life crisis thing. We have a boat in our driveway because of it.
That's a tough one. I know you want to help your family, but I can see Larry's point of not setting a precedent. NO more dance DVDs!! I'm sure your legs must have gotten a good workout from P57. I have S&H - I'm not crazy about it, but it's probably just that I get bored with all the rests and am not sure if really heavy lifting is the best for me. I actually haven't done it in forever. But, it's good to have if Cathe has it in her rotations. So, I'm not much help. How long is the special? I could actually lend you my copy and you could see if you'd like it before buying? Let me know.Today was Cardio Power and Resistance from Insanity. I actually can do some push-ups on my toes now. For me, that is amazing. They're not pretty, but I can do a few. So, it's doing something for me. I'm really trying to watch my eating to actually let the workouts do what they're supposed to!!
Jameson did well at school yesterday. Says he doesn't have much work to make up, which worries me a bit. He's a good student and really conscientious about that stuff, so I'm trusting him. Tonight is open house at his school, so I'll have a chance to talk to some of his teachers. He really seems to be feeling much better. This really scared me. I know it's crazy, but I had thoughts about him not making it. He was never anywhere near that, but when he just wasn't getting better, I was freaking out. But, it seems to be behind us now.
Hottie, how are you feeling today?
Vilma - waves!!
See ya all later...
Joanne
bitmover
Cathlete
Joanne, I can completely understand you being afraid during Jameson's illness -- it was very serious and I think it's just hard for your mind not to go there. I'm so glad to hear it went well yesterday, and hopefully he's really not far behind if at all.
Thanks for the offer to loan me S&H -- very sweet of you! But, the special is just this week -- 30% off, so it's a great deal.... I'm just not sure I really "need" it, you know? Seems a little crazy to buy it just because the price is good, but... I'll probably not see it that cheap again maybe ever. Who know?! Chris/Hottie, want to break the tie?
Yes, Hottie, how are you? What about that dizziness? That was what I (we?) thought you should go to the dr. about! And what dresses did you get yesterday? Who had the great sale?
I went to two meetings at school yesterday -- one was the school site council, which I'm a part of, and the other was about our test scores, which were great. I'm so sad -- this school is really so great these days, but because of the CA budget crisis, I think it's going to suffer, and unfortunately I think the middle school is going to get hit harder (and of course that's where my kids are headed). The state may be taking $1000/kid of our budget, which is actually more money than they even give us. There's some talk about figuring out if it's even legal for the state to do this. I really love the way the middle school is set up now, but if the budget cuts hit as bad as they are predicting, I'm not sure I will want to send my kids there......
Thanks for the offer to loan me S&H -- very sweet of you! But, the special is just this week -- 30% off, so it's a great deal.... I'm just not sure I really "need" it, you know? Seems a little crazy to buy it just because the price is good, but... I'll probably not see it that cheap again maybe ever. Who know?! Chris/Hottie, want to break the tie?
Yes, Hottie, how are you? What about that dizziness? That was what I (we?) thought you should go to the dr. about! And what dresses did you get yesterday? Who had the great sale?
I went to two meetings at school yesterday -- one was the school site council, which I'm a part of, and the other was about our test scores, which were great. I'm so sad -- this school is really so great these days, but because of the CA budget crisis, I think it's going to suffer, and unfortunately I think the middle school is going to get hit harder (and of course that's where my kids are headed). The state may be taking $1000/kid of our budget, which is actually more money than they even give us. There's some talk about figuring out if it's even legal for the state to do this. I really love the way the middle school is set up now, but if the budget cuts hit as bad as they are predicting, I'm not sure I will want to send my kids there......
Boingo1
Cathlete
Hey again!
I finished DISC 2! I know my tri's are going to be killing tomorrow. I do have to say, I ended up using heavier weights because of my 1RMs today. I wouldn't normally pick up a 10# weight to do 15 tricep kickbacks, and I *almost* picked an 8, but thought I'd at least try it. And I DID it! (struggled like heck to keep it "UP THERE" for 8 counts at the end though) I added on KPC Abs for my ab work. I'll plan to do KPC on Sunday without the abs....
I'm catching Jake's cold, started popping Ziacam this morning. I can feel it in my throat and nasal passages. And today is dreary, cool and cloudy out. I'm going to go shopping for some chicken soup stuff in a bit....
Kathy: Hope you enjoyed KPC today! I think adding on a little run or run/walk later in the day is ok after STS, if you feel good about it, too!
Beth: You made me LOL at your Jazzercise Dance workout today! I'm not a dancer either. I have Shaun Ts Hip Hop Abs, and even though I've done it, and it's a pretty decent workout, I feel SO uncoordinated and stupid!. Oh, so the Express P57 workout is mostly arms? I haven't done those yet. ... I am glad you did the stretch though!. If it were me, I think I'd get S&H!! They are in a lot of Cathe and FitnessFreak's rotations. I like them, but I also like the variety of heavy lifting. How do you feel about heavy lifting? (not counting right now with your shoulder/neck thingie). ..... I think I wouldn't be so against Greg getting a motorcycle if the boys were out of the house. I like riding on the back of one! .... Not sure the details about your family's financial issues, but if it were my sister, who I'm very close to, I'd help her in a heartbeat (but she probalby would never let me or ask). As for one of my brothers, he's very reckless with his money, and i"m not so sure I'd be the first offer to help HIM out!
Hottie: Hope your tummy feels better today! Did you do the elliptical yesterday on an empty stomach? Why the dizziness? or perhaps the dizziness was a prelude to the awful headache (migraine?). Any how, hope youfeel better today!!! Did you do DISC 2? Did Joe? what did you guys think ?.... Yesterday's educational day was "ok". It was definitely overload. It's so I can get "cerfified" as an Oncology Nurse . I let my membership/ certification lapse a few years ago. Some of the day was very VERY intense, and my brain was fried. Next Wed. I have to do it again, with a test at the end to receive the certificate! ACK!
Joanne: Yes, I know, I was unhappy that Natalie got $50,000. What a weasal she was! I liked how Ronnie called her out though! And Jeff didn't look as "hot" to me at the finale. Not one of his better days. Maybe because he wasn't watering a garden shirtless!!!!!.... Glad that Jameson is back in school and doing ok!! I understand about being so worried , thinking he wasn't going to make it. I had THE SAME worry on Day 3 of Zach's flu last June. I seriously had vivid thoughts of him getting so sick and then not being able to make him better because he went past the point of being able to help! It scared the SHIT out of me! ... Cool on the push-ups!!! I know, I'm trying to clean up my eating too. I'm so good during the week. The weekend will be the tough part. But I really want STS to do more this time for me!!
*BIG WAVE* to Vilma!!!! Miss ya!
I've had this window open forEVER, doing other stuff and then coming back to type here! You guys have all probably RE posted since I started!
off to get some chicken parts!!!!
I finished DISC 2! I know my tri's are going to be killing tomorrow. I do have to say, I ended up using heavier weights because of my 1RMs today. I wouldn't normally pick up a 10# weight to do 15 tricep kickbacks, and I *almost* picked an 8, but thought I'd at least try it. And I DID it! (struggled like heck to keep it "UP THERE" for 8 counts at the end though
) I added on KPC Abs for my ab work. I'll plan to do KPC on Sunday without the abs....I'm catching Jake's cold, started popping Ziacam this morning. I can feel it in my throat and nasal passages. And today is dreary, cool and cloudy out. I'm going to go shopping for some chicken soup stuff in a bit....
Kathy: Hope you enjoyed KPC today! I think adding on a little run or run/walk later in the day is ok after STS, if you feel good about it, too!
Beth: You made me LOL at your Jazzercise Dance workout today! I'm not a dancer either. I have Shaun Ts Hip Hop Abs, and even though I've done it, and it's a pretty decent workout, I feel SO uncoordinated and stupid!. Oh, so the Express P57 workout is mostly arms? I haven't done those yet. ... I am glad you did the stretch though!. If it were me, I think I'd get S&H!! They are in a lot of Cathe and FitnessFreak's rotations. I like them, but I also like the variety of heavy lifting. How do you feel about heavy lifting? (not counting right now with your shoulder/neck thingie). ..... I think I wouldn't be so against Greg getting a motorcycle if the boys were out of the house. I like riding on the back of one!
.... Not sure the details about your family's financial issues, but if it were my sister, who I'm very close to, I'd help her in a heartbeat (but she probalby would never let me or ask). As for one of my brothers, he's very reckless with his money, and i"m not so sure I'd be the first offer to help HIM out!Hottie: Hope your tummy feels better today! Did you do the elliptical yesterday on an empty stomach? Why the dizziness? or perhaps the dizziness was a prelude to the awful headache (migraine?). Any how, hope youfeel better today!!! Did you do DISC 2? Did Joe? what did you guys think ?.... Yesterday's educational day was "ok". It was definitely overload. It's so I can get "cerfified" as an Oncology Nurse . I let my membership/ certification lapse a few years ago. Some of the day was very VERY intense, and my brain was fried. Next Wed. I have to do it again, with a test at the end to receive the certificate! ACK!
Joanne: Yes, I know, I was unhappy that Natalie got $50,000. What a weasal she was! I liked how Ronnie called her out though! And Jeff didn't look as "hot" to me at the finale. Not one of his better days. Maybe because he wasn't watering a garden shirtless!!!!!
.... Glad that Jameson is back in school and doing ok!! I understand about being so worried , thinking he wasn't going to make it. I had THE SAME worry on Day 3 of Zach's flu last June. I seriously had vivid thoughts of him getting so sick and then not being able to make him better because he went past the point of being able to help! It scared the SHIT out of me! ... Cool on the push-ups!!! I know, I'm trying to clean up my eating too. I'm so good during the week. The weekend will be the tough part. But I really want STS to do more this time for me!! *BIG WAVE* to Vilma!!!! Miss ya!
I've had this window open forEVER, doing other stuff and then coming back to type here! You guys have all probably RE posted since I started!
off to get some chicken parts!!!!
hottiescientist
Cathlete
Wow, so many questions...I'll be happy to be chatty today.
first off, I don't have KPC so I subbed it with 4DS KB (I LOVE THAT WORKOUT!) and the vertical step mix of the KCM Cardio Step Boxing. Nice good sweat. It may have actually helped the body that has been breaking down on me.
So they had no spots for me yesterday that's why I couldn't drop by the health center. I think the problem may be with my vision given that the dizziness happened around the same time as the previous day. I went home and changed out of my contacts into glasses and that seemed to help. Today, I put contacts in for my workout and instant dizziness. unfortunatley, I can't wear my glasses when I work out so contacts in. I think there's sinus pressure behind my right eye actually and that may be the cause of THOSE problems.
As for the tummy...that one I really want to see someone about. I always have complained about "tubing" issues in my belly. My stress levels affect me in my stomach, always have been. Anyway, I sometimes feel like I have extraordinary gas trapped inside of me. That happened a couple months ago where Joe had to take me home...sometimes GasX and Maalox and a lot of burping/farting (sorry if its TMI) make it better but this time it diminishes everything but isn't making it go away. Its screwing up my sleep because I wake up in the night from the pain (which I didn't have when I go to bed). And then I get my GasX/Maalox combo. Its not associated with any particular type of food -- like I did I eat something spicy (for weak people) the last two days but I also ate things like that and not gotten this problem and I've also eating stuff completely bland AND have gotten the issue. One time I remember, I had this pain in my belly, this pressure, but I tried to work through it on the elliptical, and then I remember feeling like all the gas finally got through ONE nozzle and there was sweet release. Exercise, if I can do it, actually helps sometimes because it pushes everything around (but not floor ab work...that sucks). Ahh, anyway, maybe tomorrow someone can see me.
Ahh -- the dresses. So, its this website RueLaLa which is some special invite boutique sale site? My sister has it, and she let me log into her account to check out some crazy ass sales. A lot of the coolest stuff was sold out but I got two Vera Wang dresses. One is beautiful, sort of like a let's go out to dinner on the promenade almost party dress and the other is a bit more like business casual/sexy dress? I wanted the second because my sister always buys me pretty dresses and I have NO occasion to wear them. I mean, seriously, I wake up, try to work out, go to lab, come home, cook dinner, clean the floors, do the bills, do the laundry, sanitize the countertops, etc etc. I think the most reasons I'm OUTSIDE of my house or my lab is to go pick up Evee's poo and I don't think the dresses are suited for that. It's the same reason why my "dowry" is in NJ -- when am I going to wear that much gold? I'd be terrified of being mugged wearing that bling wear I work! But yeah, so anyway, I got a $450 and a $560 dress for $79 and $89 respectively. They're both sort of black and grey which my labmate teased me about but I like dark colors...what can I say...but I still feel funny even spending that much on me. It'll probably end up being my durga puja (hindu holiday in Octoberish) gifts from my mother.
Oh and yes, Joe did STS disc 2 last night and he liked it a lot. I think he's been enjoying the structure of doing the rotation a fair bit too. We both like disc 2 more than disc 1 but I think it was that we weren't scrambing around. We both soooo wanted the tower for the pull ups and chinups but we'll just have to wait until next week when we get it. I'm so happy that Joe has absolutely no "me man" stereotypes. Like, my closest friend in grad school who just graduated and I were talking and its like, wow, Joe gets sexism and Joe gets feminism and its like he has an extra X chromosome or something. Maybe its because he only had women growing up (his father was a deadbeat). He actually told me last night that he couldn't understand why more of the Catheletes' husbands aren't into STS. He joked about how he could never let me get buffer than him but he really just views Cathe as a superb instructor (particularly with lifting) and doesn't see any reason to turn away from the best. Once I teased him for being excited for lifting as much as Cathe ("awww, you lift like a girl") and he responded with, "THAT is not a girl. THAT is a superwoman." I really am proud of him in this respect. As for *getting* him onboard...that's me and being the sense of order in the house. But it works for us...
Yeah, you know, i'm going to win the "me posting" gold medal of the forums...
Kathy -- I would sooooo love an empty day like that. I hope you enjoyed KPC and that library trip.
Beth -- NO MORE DANCE DVDs! I understand what you mean about not telling your family though. My mother in law has her own issues and we've been paying for this and that for years but its her sister that takes the lions share of her financial issues. They jumped on us a couple weeks ago because MIL's car was breaking down but instead of paying $300 to fix the problem, they decided the car wasn't worth even the $300 (which may be true) so they just bought a $3K for her and then told us to pay for it. Let me just say, it did not go well (though the whole thing could have been avoided if say, they had bothered to talk to us before the went and bought said car). My parents used to be really critical of me for resisting helping her out but then they realized, it wasn't so much that I had a problem with giving $$ or even being expected to be the person that they went to for $$, but that I had a seriously hard time just giving $$ if I thought it was going to spent poorly, and I realize that not everyone is the competitive shopper I am, but seriously, it goes through her hands like sand. But whatever decisions are made, I hope you and Larry both come to decision together. I think that's the only way Joe and I could not resent each other in those decisions even if it meant us arguing for hours until we came to the conclusion. (And I realize I'm telling you stuff from someone much younger than you and I hope I don't sound super arrogant for it, but we've been dealing with the lending for so many years now..) I hope it works out for the schools though. But I almost groan every time I hear about someone talking about middle school. Freaking three years wasted in my life academically and socially. But you're probably sending your kids to a much better school than I went to.
Joanne-- I am SO happy to hear Jameson is doing better. I can do like, 3 pushups on my toes...a month or two ago I could do 8 and I was freaking ecstatic. Ahh...calorie control -- what is that again? Some new age concept right?
Chris -- I'm glad your survived yesterday! Sometimes I think I should retake the certification exams to be a stock trader again which I let lapse but I just don't have it in me to go through thousands of pages of boring SEC laws. so will you be doing disc 3 tomorrow? I'm thinking of either doing it Saturday or at least in the evening tomorrow because i'm 1) afraid of Cathe legs, and 2) want to be able to move my butt tomorrow during the work day. Maybe I did yesterday wrong, nothing hurts/burns. Man, I can't beleive I'm almost done the first week of STS!
::yawn::
first off, I don't have KPC so I subbed it with 4DS KB (I LOVE THAT WORKOUT!) and the vertical step mix of the KCM Cardio Step Boxing. Nice good sweat. It may have actually helped the body that has been breaking down on me.
So they had no spots for me yesterday that's why I couldn't drop by the health center. I think the problem may be with my vision given that the dizziness happened around the same time as the previous day. I went home and changed out of my contacts into glasses and that seemed to help. Today, I put contacts in for my workout and instant dizziness. unfortunatley, I can't wear my glasses when I work out so contacts in. I think there's sinus pressure behind my right eye actually and that may be the cause of THOSE problems.
As for the tummy...that one I really want to see someone about. I always have complained about "tubing" issues in my belly. My stress levels affect me in my stomach, always have been. Anyway, I sometimes feel like I have extraordinary gas trapped inside of me. That happened a couple months ago where Joe had to take me home...sometimes GasX and Maalox and a lot of burping/farting (sorry if its TMI) make it better but this time it diminishes everything but isn't making it go away. Its screwing up my sleep because I wake up in the night from the pain (which I didn't have when I go to bed). And then I get my GasX/Maalox combo. Its not associated with any particular type of food -- like I did I eat something spicy (for weak people) the last two days but I also ate things like that and not gotten this problem and I've also eating stuff completely bland AND have gotten the issue. One time I remember, I had this pain in my belly, this pressure, but I tried to work through it on the elliptical, and then I remember feeling like all the gas finally got through ONE nozzle and there was sweet release. Exercise, if I can do it, actually helps sometimes because it pushes everything around (but not floor ab work...that sucks). Ahh, anyway, maybe tomorrow someone can see me.
Ahh -- the dresses. So, its this website RueLaLa which is some special invite boutique sale site? My sister has it, and she let me log into her account to check out some crazy ass sales. A lot of the coolest stuff was sold out but I got two Vera Wang dresses. One is beautiful, sort of like a let's go out to dinner on the promenade almost party dress and the other is a bit more like business casual/sexy dress? I wanted the second because my sister always buys me pretty dresses and I have NO occasion to wear them. I mean, seriously, I wake up, try to work out, go to lab, come home, cook dinner, clean the floors, do the bills, do the laundry, sanitize the countertops, etc etc. I think the most reasons I'm OUTSIDE of my house or my lab is to go pick up Evee's poo and I don't think the dresses are suited for that. It's the same reason why my "dowry" is in NJ -- when am I going to wear that much gold? I'd be terrified of being mugged wearing that bling wear I work! But yeah, so anyway, I got a $450 and a $560 dress for $79 and $89 respectively. They're both sort of black and grey which my labmate teased me about but I like dark colors...what can I say...but I still feel funny even spending that much on me. It'll probably end up being my durga puja (hindu holiday in Octoberish) gifts from my mother.
Oh and yes, Joe did STS disc 2 last night and he liked it a lot. I think he's been enjoying the structure of doing the rotation a fair bit too. We both like disc 2 more than disc 1 but I think it was that we weren't scrambing around. We both soooo wanted the tower for the pull ups and chinups but we'll just have to wait until next week when we get it. I'm so happy that Joe has absolutely no "me man" stereotypes. Like, my closest friend in grad school who just graduated and I were talking and its like, wow, Joe gets sexism and Joe gets feminism and its like he has an extra X chromosome or something. Maybe its because he only had women growing up (his father was a deadbeat). He actually told me last night that he couldn't understand why more of the Catheletes' husbands aren't into STS. He joked about how he could never let me get buffer than him but he really just views Cathe as a superb instructor (particularly with lifting) and doesn't see any reason to turn away from the best. Once I teased him for being excited for lifting as much as Cathe ("awww, you lift like a girl") and he responded with, "THAT is not a girl. THAT is a superwoman." I really am proud of him in this respect. As for *getting* him onboard...that's me and being the sense of order in the house. But it works for us...
Yeah, you know, i'm going to win the "me posting" gold medal of the forums...
Kathy -- I would sooooo love an empty day like that. I hope you enjoyed KPC and that library trip.
Beth -- NO MORE DANCE DVDs! I understand what you mean about not telling your family though. My mother in law has her own issues and we've been paying for this and that for years but its her sister that takes the lions share of her financial issues. They jumped on us a couple weeks ago because MIL's car was breaking down but instead of paying $300 to fix the problem, they decided the car wasn't worth even the $300 (which may be true) so they just bought a $3K for her and then told us to pay for it. Let me just say, it did not go well (though the whole thing could have been avoided if say, they had bothered to talk to us before the went and bought said car). My parents used to be really critical of me for resisting helping her out but then they realized, it wasn't so much that I had a problem with giving $$ or even being expected to be the person that they went to for $$, but that I had a seriously hard time just giving $$ if I thought it was going to spent poorly, and I realize that not everyone is the competitive shopper I am, but seriously, it goes through her hands like sand. But whatever decisions are made, I hope you and Larry both come to decision together. I think that's the only way Joe and I could not resent each other in those decisions even if it meant us arguing for hours until we came to the conclusion. (And I realize I'm telling you stuff from someone much younger than you and I hope I don't sound super arrogant for it, but we've been dealing with the lending for so many years now..) I hope it works out for the schools though. But I almost groan every time I hear about someone talking about middle school. Freaking three years wasted in my life academically and socially. But you're probably sending your kids to a much better school than I went to.
Joanne-- I am SO happy to hear Jameson is doing better. I can do like, 3 pushups on my toes...a month or two ago I could do 8 and I was freaking ecstatic. Ahh...calorie control -- what is that again? Some new age concept right?
Chris -- I'm glad your survived yesterday! Sometimes I think I should retake the certification exams to be a stock trader again which I let lapse but I just don't have it in me to go through thousands of pages of boring SEC laws. so will you be doing disc 3 tomorrow? I'm thinking of either doing it Saturday or at least in the evening tomorrow because i'm 1) afraid of Cathe legs, and 2) want to be able to move my butt tomorrow during the work day. Maybe I did yesterday wrong, nothing hurts/burns. Man, I can't beleive I'm almost done the first week of STS!
::yawn::
hottiescientist
Cathlete
yeah, ya'll couldn't think I could talk more, eh?
This is blog post from my sister...you may like it:
http://sudiptabq.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/mom-clothes-moderate-success/#respond
This is blog post from my sister...you may like it:
http://sudiptabq.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/mom-clothes-moderate-success/#respond
bitmover
Cathlete
Hottie -- love your long posts! I thought I was posting a lot today.
Chris, I gave you the wrong impression of the express workout -- it's not at all mostly arms -- it's the normal tricep dips, pushups. It really is just a shortened version of the classic -- hits all areas. And boy, it did hit my legs and seat!
Very tempted on S&H. I sometimes like heavy lifting, I sometimes don't. Right now, I guess because of the injury, I'm not very fond of it! I'm sure you understand......
Sorry to hear you are coming down with a cold! And, you guys are making me want to do kpc -- I'll have to dig that out -- it's been a (long) while.
Hottie, great deal on the dresses! I was wondering if you ever wore dresses.
The money stuff..... Larry and I are mostly on the same page, which is a good thing, yes. It is an awkward situation I guess.
Chris, I gave you the wrong impression of the express workout -- it's not at all mostly arms -- it's the normal tricep dips, pushups. It really is just a shortened version of the classic -- hits all areas. And boy, it did hit my legs and seat!
Very tempted on S&H. I sometimes like heavy lifting, I sometimes don't. Right now, I guess because of the injury, I'm not very fond of it! I'm sure you understand......
Sorry to hear you are coming down with a cold! And, you guys are making me want to do kpc -- I'll have to dig that out -- it's been a (long) while.
Hottie, great deal on the dresses! I was wondering if you ever wore dresses.
The money stuff..... Larry and I are mostly on the same page, which is a good thing, yes. It is an awkward situation I guess.
hottiescientist
Cathlete
Beth -- i love dresses. in fact, i think pants are for barbarians. i am more likely to be in a dress or a tshirt at home than wearing pants. actually, its a joke between me and my friends that i tell them to call me when they're coming over so i can put on pants...