Black Team week ? -- Pollyanna Challenge

familygirl37167

Marla- :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Tamara- in this whole process with our son we found out he also has a bicuspid aortic valve, it's working fine now, but chances are someday it will need replaced, we now will add yearly echo-cardiograms to his list of stuff to do

Yes Lori that is what my son has also..He is not allowed to do much..only baseball becasue its not really physical where other kids are hitting him..No lifting weights no soccor no football no army navy marine no nothing..he also has to go every 6 months for checkups with his heart dr..The only real reason she cleared him to play baseball I honestly believe is becasue she wanted him to do SOMETHING!!! and he had already played baseball for so many season before we found it, so she was like go for it...

Well off to bed my fine friends....My auntie is coming in from Alabama tomorrow and staying until sunday so I will probably be MIA this weekend,but I will also be exercising also..Hope everyone has a great day..I will report my weight tomorrow morning!!!

Marla64

Marla- :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

:devil: :laugh: :devil: :laugh:

Ain't I a stinker?

Just had a great run-- 3.5 miles-- right on schedule. Tomorrow's my day off, then 5 miles on Saturday. Also did my strength training with Aaron tonight-- I'm pooped. Sweat like crazy, too, which is good-- also released a lot of water naturally, if you know what I mean, all day. I'm drinking a lot of water, and so far, so good-- my eyes did look a little puffy, but I'm also due for my period. But, day one is in the books, and I'm doing okay.

Girls and I worked like dogs outside today. Trimmed hedges, pulled weeds-- still more to do, then planting the rest of my flowers in the flower beds out front. REALLY need mulch, but that's a luxury right now. So it shall have to stay dirt. We also need new railroad ties since the old ones are all rotten-- the front of the house needs some massive work-- but, alas, again that must wait until we learn the fate of our mortgage nightmare.

So, for now, I trim, pull weeds and plant.

Heading to type for as long as I can stay awake-- later.

Marla64

:brokenheart:

Kids--

Later.

familygirl37167

Ok my fine friends..

I am down 1.6 pounds. to 143.6..I will take it.

Eating my french toast drinking coffee

Headed out to gym..onthe agenda for today

daughter has graduation at 830. then home changed back to gym for an hour then to laundry mat to wash a few loads my washer is broken then my aunt willbe here then dinner at 430-500 and then my son has a ballgame at 730...busy busy busy

Hope everyone has a fabulous weekend, I know I wil..because I am blessed!!!

72lori

Have a great day all.

Headed for a run, throw down some breakfast, hit the gym, errands out the wazzoo, house is a pigsty, hair needs dyed...... busy day ahead!

mumsanutter

Hello all,

Walked to school this morning and as the sun is shining it was a really nice (actually relaxed!) walk. Poor little Christopher is on anti-biotics, one of his inner ears is inflammed and he has a wheeze in his chest, so today I am thankful for the nhs.

Marla - are you ok??

Tamara - have a great weekend with your aunt and I hope that the graduation went well

Lori - good luck with your workouts and your chores

To everyone else, have a happy day

I am making my first ever lasagne today, which has to be diary free, so special cheese sauce is in the kitchen and we (chris has been helping me :noway: ) are waiting for the mince to cool so I can do the layers - I hope its ok unfortunately I won't be able to tell you, I can't eat duram wheat so heyho the boys will have to let me know later :laugh:

arewethereyet

I lost control of my eating yesterday. Do you want to know how I KNOW this?????


Well after gorging on pizza............way more than anyone my size needed at one serving............I sat there for an hour.

I looked down and saw a very suspicious mole on my chest. I scared hell out of me with its brownish middle, uneven reddened edges. I asked Kelly to come closer and look at it because I was afraid.

She gets her official nursing pen light and comes over to look at it..............................


MOM>..................it is burned pizza crust with tomato sauce. Sheesh, get back on your diet, wouldja???


:blushing:

arewethereyet

:brokenheart:

Kids--

Later.

hugs honey............{{{{{{{marla}}}}}}}}}}

mumsanutter

Jeannie - so very funny about the pizza crust :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Tamara - weird question for you, if your little one is graduating from kindergarten - how old is she? Is this the same as Reception in the UK (school year they turn 5, sept to july)? Sorry being noisy :blushing:

Marla64

Jeannie-- put down the pizza, and step away.

Tanya-- good luck on the lasagna-- I hate making it. Wayyyy too time consuming for my life these days.

Soooo-- you all know the trials and tribulations we've been going through with my eldest. This child, my friends, will deny himself nothing if it feels good and right at the moment. Raised a Christian, taught scripture that teaches self control, obedience and honoring your parents, my son rejects it all--

He is the eldest of 9, and held in esteem for years as the "leader of the children." He was lauded and respected as such. With it came responsibility, but also reward and love and honor from his parents and sibs.

He was a golfer who had more talent than his sister-- truly the talent to be on the PGA-- shooting amazingly low scores even as a 10 year old-- and yes, through his junior golf career, his dad was hard on him, accepting nothing less than 100 percent effort, and discipline and hard work-- and yes, the relationship through golf soured beyond repair.

But, as I reminded David, his life was also very happy, and he received a lot of love from his parents and siblings, grandparents and friends, and we have many, many happy memories. And also reminded him that it is his failure to deny himself his desire of the moment has ruined his life, since he was 14 years old.

He supposedly acknowledges all this-- puts on his humble, 'Aw shucks, Mom' puppy-dog eyes, and tries to con me.

His latest is thus-- we found empty cigarette boxes in his room last week. The lad was raised knowing the ills of smoking. I make no judgment about anyone reading who may smoke-- at whatever point you started, you know you were stupid to do so-- it is not good for you. But, I don't judge your character-- but this child felt very strongly about smoking being bad and disgusting, and is allergic to the smoke, et cetera-- and we, of course, agreed.

I addressed the smoking with him yesterday, telling him honestly we weren't sure how we felt allowing him to remain home....that the last thing we needed was for one of our younger kids to see the cigarettes in his room, find one, think of trying it-- or simply just seeing that their beloved David is smoking, and having it seem somehow okay now because David's doing it.

Had a passionate conversation with him in my side yard-- blah, blah, blah-- even told him I was sure I was wasting my breath, that he wasn't listening, but telling him he must get his life together, get some self-control, clean himself up, that the person he has chosen to become is simply disgusting to be around-- but also stressed our love for him, our desire to help him--

I'm typing last night, and we start smelling cigarette smoke wafting in through our windows. In the very side yard where I had my conversation with my son, this kid is outside sneaking a smoke. The smoke poured through the open windows into my family room, into Aaron's room-- the absolute disrespect of this little **** to go out and do this after everything we discussed, everything we've done to help him get his life together, get it back on track, get him back to college--

Sooooooo-- heartbroken though I be, the kid was told last night that he's out the door today. His car will stay here. He'll most likely go back to his druggie friend, and I predict he'll either end up in jail. With any luck, he'll wise up and follow our counsel and enlist in the military, first-- he won't discipline himself, but does work hard when someone is whipping him over the back and telling him what to do.

Sad mama today-- sorry, again, to use you as my diary. Haven't cried much yet-- younger kids don't know what's going on. Sarah woke up last night when I totally lost it on David-- screamed at him. What a thankless child. I've bled for this child.

So, I'm staying strong for the kids. Unlike the last time we kicked him out, this one is permanent. So, we'll tell him he may come back occasionally for a visit. Last time, we told him to stay away from the kids until you were willing to come back and get your life back on track.

He doesn't want to do that, apparently-- so he can go find his way out in the world on his own, and come back for holidays or whatever-- he's made his bed. Prayers that the Lord will claim him and straighten him out-- I've done all I can do. you can lead a horse to water-- ya know?

Busy day on tap-- really didn't need this distraction-- but, to man belong the plans of his heart, but the Lord determines his steps, according to scripture-- this is what God planned for me today, so must persevere and handle it to his glory. Prayers coveted for strength, my friends--

Sending love--

familygirl37167

Marla- My thoughts go out to you and your family..Not sure how I could or would repsond to my son, if he did that..Sorry Momma your a strong person stand your ground!!

Tanya- My princess will be 6 in August,,She had to be 5 by sept 30 in order to start kindergarten last fall..They will start this next year on her birthday I believe...Aug 14..what a birthday present,huh???

Her graduation went well, I did pretty good I didnt cry until they played music and then they played a song that we played at my dads funeral in Jan..They raise me up....and then I lost all control..Not only is my baby growing you you are reminding me of my dad. My step mom told me its because dad was there...

On a positive note my aunt will be here in about 30 minutes and then we are off for pizza!! I burnt 1500 calories today working out then came home and cleaned house..I was a busy little beaver today but got everything accompished that I wanted to, so I am good. My son has a ballgame tonight at 730 pm that my aunt is so excited to watch!!!

Well I am off people,my princess is crying because it just hit her she wont have the same teacher next year!!!

Her teacher sent home a poem and I couldnt even read it from crying...Well thats the way the cookie crumbles when your babies grow up..Right marla???

72lori

Tanya- hope your lasagna turned out, I agree with Marla, I don't make it often, too much time, I make ziti, throw together, stir, throw in over, faster, just as tasty

Jeannie- you crack me up! The funny part is that I can see myself doing something like that.

Marla- hugs, hugs, hugs

Busy day, busy night ahead, sat down to eat a quick snack and thought I'd steal a little computer time. I was just laughing because I'm such a good Mommy, I was cutting up an apple, DS (13) reached for a piece. I threatened to stab him with my knife if he touched it. Ok, first off, it's MY apple. Secondly, the brat already ate cookies, drank a whole glass of milk and ate a fruit roll up. Third, it's MY apple in case I didn't say that earlier, hands off, plus he's old enough to cut up his own!

arewethereyet

Tanya- hope your lasagna turned out, I agree with Marla, I don't make it often, too much time, I make ziti, throw together, stir, throw in over, faster, just as tasty

Jeannie- you crack me up! The funny part is that I can see myself doing something like that.

Marla- hugs, hugs, hugs

Busy day, busy night ahead, sat down to eat a quick snack and thought I'd steal a little computer time. I was just laughing because I'm such a good Mommy, I was cutting up an apple, DS (13) reached for a piece. I threatened to stab him with my knife if he touched it. Ok, first off, it's MY apple. Secondly, the brat already ate cookies, drank a whole glass of milk and ate a fruit roll up. Third, it's MY apple in case I didn't say that earlier, hands off, plus he's old enough to cut up his own!

You reminded me of when I first started here. Had logged my dinner after measuring a cup of this and an ounce of that. Went to the bathroom only to come back to a big bite gone from my plate. I :sad: much to Ernie's chagrin!

He felt so bad he offered to make me more :blushing:

The thing is I am a food sharer....I love to share a plate, offer you a bite, taste a bit of yours.......but not when I am dieting.....no siree.....keep your hands off my food bud!!:flowerforyou:

Marla64

Ladies, you're crackin' me up-- my family already knows to steer clear of my food once I've measured it. Mini pretzels? Nope, there's 22 of them in there, kids-- MINE. Get your own.

Marla64

Did more weeding and planting out front-- and the girls, Rebekah and Hope (12 and 10) decided to tackle the brick walkway project-- which is really, really in need since the railroad ties that border the walk are rotted out-- but, they took the worse half, took all the bricks out, smoothed the ground and are in the process of putting 'em all back together.

I will regret this most likely-- but I did what I said I wasn't gonna do, and planted flowers in a flower bed out by the front steps-- a flower bed that's been empty since moved in, and is a main thoroughfare for my kids and the neighbor brats. But, I've already threatened mine within an inch of their lives, and can't wait to do same to aforementioned neighbor brats.

the only thing more fun than scaring my own children is scaring the neighbor kids-- life is good.

Have a great night-- may enjoy a glass of wine on the deck.

Tomorrow hubs, Aaron and I are heading 40 minutes away to pick up the refrigerator we won on ebay for 99 cents-- can you believe it? To go with our .99 washer. Too funny.

Love to all--

arewethereyet

Have a great night-- may enjoy a glass of wine on the deck.

Do it!!

72lori

Pizza and I just had an encounter. Pizza is evil, not because I really even like it, but because I never feel full and eat way too much. Add to it that hubs and I got a thin crust mushroom from Dominos, so each piece is like eating nothing. They cut the round pizza into these little squares, hubs claimed he ate 3, there were about 4 left, so he's implying I ate the rest of the large pizza. Granted, I was hungry and wasn't feeling the slightest bit full, but do you not think I would notice inhaling 3/4 of a large pizza?

I ate well all week, kicked it in the gym and because it was 7:30, I hadn't eaten dinner yet and was starving, things fall apart easily in that situation. The whole way home I kept thinking I would eat leftover chicken breast and make a sweet potato... something happened when I sat down the pizza on the counter. I lost all self control and dove face first into the pizza.

Oh well. :ohwell: :ohwell: Not sweating it too much. At least I don't have a freaky mole after my pizza encounter. :laugh: :laugh:

Edit: I added up my food for the day and counted half the pizza.....:grumble: :grumble: ..... still only hit 2000 calories, burned 1200 earlier, so I say I'm still ahead, sorta. Granted, eating 1200 calories at 7:30 at night isn't ideal, but whatareyagonnado? I realize NOW I am full. Maybe I should have slowed down earlier. Guess I better start drinking and flushing it out.

arewethereyet

Pizza and I just had an encounter. Pizza is evil, not because I really even like it, but because I never feel full and eat way too much. Add to it that hubs and I got a thin crust mushroom from Dominos, so each piece is like eating nothing. They cut the round pizza into these little squares, hubs claimed he ate 3, there were about 4 left, so he's implying I ate the rest of the large pizza. Granted, I was hungry and wasn't feeling the slightest bit full, but do you not think I would notice inhaling 3/4 of a large pizza?

I ate well all week, kicked it in the gym and because it was 7:30, I hadn't eaten dinner yet and was starving, things fall apart easily in that situation. The whole way home I kept thinking I would eat leftover chicken breast and make a sweet potato... something happened when I sat down the pizza on the counter. I lost all self control and dove face first into the pizza.

Oh well. :ohwell: :ohwell: Not sweating it too much. At least I don't have a freaky mole after my pizza encounter. :laugh: :laugh:

Edit: I added up my food for the day and counted half the pizza.....:grumble: :grumble: ..... still only hit 2000 calories, burned 1200 earlier, so I say I'm still ahead, sorta. Granted, eating 1200 calories at 7:30 at night isn't ideal, but whatareyagonnado? I realize NOW I am full. Maybe I should have slowed down earlier. Guess I better start drinking and flushing it out.

Let me confirm......1200 cals but MOLE free, correct?? Then all is good!! :laugh:

Of course Kel texted me all day about that. Somehow I think she is goign to call that her first official diagnosis :blushing:

72lori

Yes I ate 1200 calories at dinner, but I did not find any strange moles, so it's all good. I'm sure your daughter is enjoying this one Jeannie. You gotta admit, it's hysterical!

Marla64

Still laughing over the visual-- "dove face first into the pizza-- " you kill me. I've done that once or twice before.

We had a delish dinner of chicken breast-- go figure. It was on sale. And with my handy-dandy new knife set, I can slice the breasts into lovely razor thin filets and get tons for all of us-- marinaded it in lemon pepper gunk and hubs grilled it-- some broccoli, Italian bread and fresh watermelon and pineapple for dessert.

My family is thrilled that I'm sooooo tired of eating our budget crap. One way or another I'm trying to get the worst of the worst out of our diet-- they're lovin' it. Me, too--

Worked like a dog all day outside in the front-- it is definitely the poor man's version of a patio-- but, looks so much better. The girls are so tickled....me, too.

SOMEBODY hasn't gone to buy the wine yet-- :grumble: and now I have to get to work-- but, oh well--

arewethereyet

Still laughing over the visual-- "dove face first into the pizza-- " you kill me. I've done that once or twice before.

We had a delish dinner of chicken breast-- go figure. It was on sale. And with my handy-dandy new knife set, I can slice the breasts into lovely razor thin filets and get tons for all of us-- marinaded it in lemon pepper gunk and hubs grilled it-- some broccoli, Italian bread and fresh watermelon and pineapple for dessert.

My family is thrilled that I'm sooooo tired of eating our budget crap. One way or another I'm trying to get the worst of the worst out of our diet-- they're lovin' it. Me, too--

Worked like a dog all day outside in the front-- it is definitely the poor man's version of a patio-- but, looks so much better. The girls are so tickled....me, too.

SOMEBODY hasn't gone to buy the wine yet-- :grumble: and now I have to get to work-- but, oh well--

zippy111

PIZZA is EVIL!!!!!!

hugs to you Marla

familygirl37167

Hey everyone...Had great ballame last night..we lost..no biggie to me, with my sons heart condition I am just grateful he is able to play..I am off and running, told auntie that even thouh she is here I have to stick to routine and its work before play, so gonna go run my ten miles then head to the gym for 90 minutes, then heading to mom and brothers house about 50 minutes away for my nephews balllgame and then bbq...

Tomorrow I will actually get to sleep in..I dont get to say that very often..I wll probably sleep until 8 30...I hope know me my eyes will probably be awake at 330-400 am just like normal..Then we are going to cracker barrel for pecan pancakes, then I am off to the gym or running, depending on how I feel after today run, usually m butt muscle is sore the next day!! LOL Or that evening to be correct..

Hey everyone we are alive and well in 2010, that my friends is something to smile about... have a wonderful enjoy your families your friends and be blessed!!!

arewethereyet

Hey everyone we are alive and well in 2010, that my friends is something to smile about... have a wonderful enjoy your families your friends and be blessed!!!

Hugs to you!! have a great day with family and friends Tamara :flowerforyou:

Marla64

yeah, uh, about that "stay off the scale" part-- crash and burn.

Up 6.5 since Wednesday morning with no meds. Interesting.

So far, so good on the blood pressure.

Busy day again-- gotta fly.

zippy111

yeah, uh, about that "stay off the scale" part-- crash and burn.

Up 6.5 since Wednesday morning with no meds. Interesting.

So far, so good on the blood pressure.

Busy day again-- gotta fly.

I did not hear an I'm thankful for.....Ms. Pollyanna girl

zippy111

I feel like I have a free day today and don't know what to do with myself. Just dropped DH and both DS to the 24 hour relay challenge for CAPT (Citizens and Police Together) Relay teams of ten with 2 coaches for each team. Each member carrying the baton runs/walks for a mile around the track and passes to next member for that's right, you guessed it...24 hours! It's like Woodstock without the drugs and alcohol! Kids have a blast. Lots of activities going nonstop! Hubby is coach for one son and I'm the coach for the other. Me, being the smart one am splitting the coaching duties with another mom. I don't have to report in until 8 PM tonight. Hubby is there for 24 hours...hhmmm why didn't he think of that? Of course the harder shift is at night when these little ones want to sleep and you have to wake them up to get on the track for their mile! so far it looks like the rain will hold out.

Great 7 mile run this morning! Yummy breakfast! I ate like crap yesterday. Why is it we torture ourselves by eating this bad food when in the end it makes us FEEL bad??? Back on track today....and for that I am Thankful!

Have a wonderful day!

Marla64

yeah, uh, about that "stay off the scale" part-- crash and burn.

Up 6.5 since Wednesday morning with no meds. Interesting.

So far, so good on the blood pressure.

Busy day again-- gotta fly.

I did not hear an I'm thankful for.....Ms. Pollyanna girl

oh-- uh-- I'm thankful that it's not 7?

My son seems thus far to be up a creek without a paddle-- he's still here. Apparently he misunderstood yesterday when I told him he could stay to work out his car insurance problems that I meant for whatever days it took.

I mean for whatever minutes it took-- we're not letting him take his car with him until he can insure and register it-- he can't insure it until money in his account clears, blah, blah, blah-- so he comes home from work last night and proceeds to hang out.

I ask him why he's still here. "Well, you said I could work out my insurance problems." "Yes, but I meant until you got off the computer." It was now 1:00 in the morning-- so, okay, you can stay until the morning.

So far, though, seems like the parents of his druggie friend may have reservations about letting him come and crash there for the third time-- so, if I'm reading between the lines, this kid of mine is working on his car insurance problems so he can have his car to live in until he figures things out.

This kid better enlist in the military-- like, now, man. He's a mess.

Trying not to totally freak about my kid living in his car. But, my friends, he has absolutely no respect for his parents, our wishes, our rules-- hasn't since age 14. He's been one problem after another-- we really thought after letting his stew the last time we kicked him out, for at least 3 months with no family contact, that he'd have learned what a gift we have here, and to treat it as such. NOT.

Sooooo-- it is what it is right now. The kid's nearly 20 years old, this August-- time to start acting like a man.

Later.

Marla64

Hey everyone we are alive and well in 2010, that my friends is something to smile about... have a wonderful enjoy your families your friends and be blessed!!!

Tamara-- you are a blessing, my friend-- I read this this morning without it really making much of an impact. But, just seeing some posts from a friend of mine on facebook, I remembered this-- your attitude is so incredible. What a lovely reminder-- which is really the spirit of this challenge this week. And you nailed it-- you win the Pollyanna award!

I have a friend whose 15 year old son is in the hospital right now for "routine' treatment for his cystic fibrosis. With any luck, he has a life expectancy of about 10 more years. Can you imagine? He just had a friend of his die of the disease at age 23.

And here I sit and ***** about my healthy kid being a pain in the *kitten*-- wow-- just wow. What a kick in the head to remember how good I got it. My kid may end up living in his car for a bit-- but, HE'S LIVING, and has no such horrific life expectancy as the son of my friend.

Wow-- echoing Tamara-- enjoy your family and friends this day, and be blessed.

arewethereyet

Still laughing over the visual-- "dove face first into the pizza-- " you kill me. I've done that once or twice before.

We had a delish dinner of chicken breast-- go figure. It was on sale. And with my handy-dandy new knife set, I can slice the breasts into lovely razor thin filets and get tons for all of us-- marinaded it in lemon pepper gunk and hubs grilled it-- some broccoli, Italian bread and fresh watermelon and pineapple for dessert.

My family is thrilled that I'm sooooo tired of eating our budget crap. One way or another I'm trying to get the worst of the worst out of our diet-- they're lovin' it. Me, too--

Worked like a dog all day outside in the front-- it is definitely the poor man's version of a patio-- but, looks so much better. The girls are so tickled....me, too.

SOMEBODY hasn't gone to buy the wine yet-- :grumble: and now I have to get to work-- but, oh well--

Marla, this was for you :flowerforyou: