SAHM 3/22 - 3/28

Ok this will probably be my last post until we get back from vacation, we leave tomorrow, and will be back late April 1st, but then its our anniversary that weekend, so will have "us" time while kids are at grandma's house, so I probably won't be able to check in until April 5th, WOW a long time, I will miss all you and probably miss lots about you! I'm thinking of taking a small notepad and logging my calories everyday while on vacation, just to keep me on track a bit, it will be hard not having a computer to do this, (no free wifi), but I'm planning on eating very healthy.

So..........my oldest wakes up 20 min., ago, says she's dying, has a fever, sore throat, runny, nose............Uh we leave tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. I may run her to the doc to make sure its not strep throat, or worse (the flu), I want to know what I'm dealing with before we pack 7 of us in a car for a 10 hour drive. Seriously, this happened 2 years ago, we took a spring break trip with the kids to San Diego, flew, and the day we leave, 2 kids came down with what I think was a mild flu, we had to go, tickets were non-refundable, beach house was non-refundable. Needless to say they hung in there, loaded up on meds while we were down there, all in all the trip turned out fun........only to come home, with me with the flu, and 2 days later my hubby was in the hospital on our anniversary having emergency surgery to get his appendix out. This feels like deja vu, I hope and pray she just has a little cold, the kids are SOOO excited to get away for a vacation, has been 2 years.

On a good note, though, I worked out real hard this week, stayed under my calories, not sure how much exercise I will get on our trip, I'm going to try and wake up before everyone and use the hotels gym, but we will see. I hope everyone has a great week!!!!!

And Nicole

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Good Luck, Good Luck, Good Luck, I'm going to come back and read the post so I can see how you did on your run, I hope you have a great time!

Will talk to you all when we get back!!!!!!

Trish - maybe its her ears. Sometimes w/ teething or a cold they get blocked up and infected. A little garlic oil on a cotton ball on her ears might help. Hope she feels better.

Dophin- have a terrific time on your vaca and I hope everyone is feeling better in your house too!

Doing this low carb things has been good but I'm having a hard time staying under on fat. Today I was way over on fat and protein but way under on carbs and calories. I was even under on sugar. I think that has happened twice since I started. It's all good fats, like eggs, cheese, nuts, meats etc. but I don't like going over. How can I possibly lose fat if I eat more fat than I need?!

I took the 1/2 way point pictures. It was really hard for me. They are so awful. I consider myself photogenic and I'm not camera shy generally but it was a different story in spandex :laugh:

I hope you are all having a great weekend!

ok.....Let me just say that I have run in quite a few races, ran in different parts of the world, competed in triathlons that the scenery was awesome...BUT NOTHING COMPARES to running in the redwoods! It was breathtaking....We ran on a dirt/muddy road right through the redwoods...sunny, 55 degrees...perfect! Now....the raving is done with the scenery because my run itself was poopy. Let's chalk it up to alot of things...first...last night I didn't sleep well, nor did I the night before....I was nervous...not sure why...I usually dont' get nervous before races. Third...a started out way too fast...ugh ....I know better....and the biggest pet peeve of mine is when they don't have bathrooms at the start...which they didn't and I really had to pee...so I held it...big mistake! Here's the funny part...towards the end of the race I finally said ...ok...I gotta get rid of this pee..since I had started to pee myself...I was alone...no other runners around me at this point...so I duck to the one side of a tree....the side away fro mthe runners behind me..started to pee...and wouldnt' you know a soon as I started....a car comes from the direction of the side I was on....so I tried to pull up my panst and stop peeing at the same time...and peed all over my pants!!! I waited until the car passed and I tried to pee again and I couldn't!!!! I guess I scared it away!!! I don't even know my exact time Somewhere around 10 min miles. I forgot to stop my watch right away....turtle pace,...I will check it out on the website tomorrow. Not happy with my time though.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

hi girls! lotsa reading--
wtg nicole!! you did it!! that's what counts. i'm so impressed by what you have accomplished these last few months! (and your pee story had me laughing!!)

trish--sorry that grace still isn't herself. i hope she improves.
dolphin--you've probably left on your trip already--but safe journeys.
val,, i hope everyone recovers soon. rough week.
melissa, i'm glad you took pics. you will be so glad to see later how incredible you look!

welcome nik! and i'm sure i've left out....but hope everyone is having a great day!

tomorrow is passover so i am cooking cooking cooking today. il's coming in town today to stay for seder tomorrow night. i've got the chkn soup done and the potato kugel (casserole) is in the oven. i still have to make the matza balls and tidy up the house 2nite. and i could use a shower. thought i'd get a workout in, but iffy now b/c grating potatoes took way longer than i planned.
maybe dh will take kids with him and il's to dinner tonight and leave me at home to exercise.

chk back later!! you ladies are always on my mind/in my head....:flowerforyou:

just a funny update--potato kugel turned out GROSSSSSSSSS

i had a tiny bite, cdn't even swallow it cuz it was so disgusting! so into the garbage can it went. no redeeming it.
if we decide to still have it, hubby will buy the boxed kind.

oh well. i don't mind trying new things. the rest of the meal will be yummy!