Black Team Week 14!!!!

tell you guys here cause I wrote something on FB but I can't say for sure until monday. But it looks like my hubs is getting fired over something he didn't do. No write up no warning just fired. I hope he can get some kind of unemployment and that they don't fight him on it. I hate that he got fired but glad that he is done with that place. The only thing is that now we don't have insureance for our kids.

Just thought this needed to be posted again!! :blushing: :blushing:

Hey-- bad news on the golf course today--

Sarah shot four over par, and is in 132nd place-- lovely stuff. So much for the power of prayer-- story of our lives here in Brownville.

We'll be canceling her appointment with the sports management guy on Monday-- she had to play well this weekend to have him show even a hint of interest-- and he all but told my husband that. Said in the lack of a "stellar junior resume" he had to be sold on her future-- which, obviously won't look good when she's shooting four over par.

The girl has both hands tied behind her back-- poor parents, and living in the north-- we have no money to get her into events, no money to get her south to play-- and her coach, my husband, simply can't work with her and go out with her on the course as much as she needs him to to stay on top of swing flaws, et cetera.

The girl's been practicing and working out like a dog-- but having to be her own swing coach is the death of her game.

This is sad-- nobody's gonna send this kid money to play--

Oh well-- it's an answer, anyway-- sometimes God says no. Maybe this avenue isn't the one he wanted us down all this time. Sure wish either He'd have made it abundantly clear sooner, or he (lower case h) would have heeded this earlier.

I won't throw stones-- say any I told you so's-- I'm the one that fails to dream. Hubs is the dreamer. Dreaming isn't bad. I'm the one who simply tries to be content with the status quo. It's the dreamers that achieve big things--

So, while I think this message shoulda, coulda been gleaned years ago, it is what it is-- I think this journey may be coming to an end.

Whaddyagonnado?

Will catch up tomorrow, up early for my long 2.5 hours work out running and hitting gym, paid for my trainer today...yippee

Hi Everyone!--

Hey Janie - I definitely share that peep addiction. I went into CVS tonight to pick up some things for my trip tomorrow. There they were STILL on the shelf!!! The were suppose to be gone by now....Yellow peeps! and 50% off! How could you not? Bought 3 boxes and yep....they didn't even make it home! God help me! Now I am drinking water like mad to flush them out. Don't know if that actually does anything but I have to make sure I'm very hydrated for my race on Sunday anyway, so it will make me feel better.

Lori- Deck looks great! and your bro? oh my.....

Sam- Sorry to hear about hubs. That's terrible! Sounds like he wasn't happy there? I hope it works out.

Tanya - DD is home from your homeland! She had the time of her life and wants to go and live there! what????? maybe I will have to come over to your side of the pond to meet you when I visit her!

Marla- I'm so sorry to hear about Sarah. It is so hard to be living up here...certainly not to her advantage. I just went out twice with DS15 to the driving range. Getting the bug to get out there. Can't imagine if I actually had any talent what it must be like not to constantly out there hitting a ball.

I'm worried i will not hit my 100 days of logging on next week! I won't be back home until Monday night. I'll log in tomorrow morning but Sunday I might not have any access to a computer......I'll figure it out!

Have a great weekend everyone! Wish me luck!

Hello from the UK,

Had quite a good day yesterday (except for the maryland cookies but I logged them and still came in under calories ). I started to rearrange the leanto, to make it look bigger - its nice having the bike out there so I can use it when ever I want but when I moved the bike into the house the other moring the leanto looked so much bigger :laugh: , played with the kids in the garden, and once I'd seen Thomas off onto his first Sea Cadet camp (my inlaws took him, so that I didn't have to take the little ones out for approx 3 to 4 hours in the car) and the minded had gone home, I did 35 minuteson the bike - stopped to put the little men to bed and then did another 25 minutes on the bike and my hip/back doesn't ache or hurt:laugh:

Marla - sorry to hear about Sarah, and that you ate everything in sight. Good to hear about your trainer , what age did he start working out? My eldest Sam is interested in the weight training stuff in the leanto but not sure if he's old enough yet!

Lori - the deck looks amazing and I agree that wearing the same clothing all the time or not getting a chance to get dressed up does get to you. I wear the same work jeans most of the time - easier to change nappies, get on the floor etc in jeans, but do like to get dressed up occassionally.

Donna - Glad that your daughter likes the UK. Hope you enjoyed the peeps and good luck with the race

Shuntae - I don't like banana's either, but they make nice muffins :laugh:

Sam - sorry to hear that abut your dh, but if his company is like that then he surely will be better off out. Thinking of you

Tamara - good luck with your trainer, and have a good family day

Andrew - Well done on doing so well at work, hope it works out for you all.

Roni - hope that you are having a good time, and enjoying yourself

Jeannie - hello, and well done on the weight lose

To all that I have missed, hello and morning :flowerforyou:

I am going to try to finish rearranging the leanto today, go for a walk, and chill out. Also going to try to sepnd some time with dh tonight as he flys out to Hong Kong on monday :frown:

Shuntae - they are chocolate chip cookies. Maryland is the brand, from burton foods in the uk.

Have rearranged the leanto, done 30 minutes on the bike and also done some weights. Now trying to figure out what to do next, clean under the sofas, sort out the toys........... get lunch :laugh:

Good morning all-- off to type a small file.

Tanya-- he just started lifting this year, age 14. He played quarterback in football for the freshman team, and is tall and lanky-- 6' 3" -- and you could blow him over.

Coaches told him he needed to lift to be competitive, and want him to lift with the team. Our high school eats, sleeps and breathes football and have the players lift all year long.

However-- call me over protective-- I don't mind my kid practicing and playing with the team-- that's obviously necessary-- but he's not gonna spend every other waking second with them-- these are some rough, crappy, foul-mouthed kids-- not happening.

So, he's doing it on his own. Really proud of how dedicated he is.

Have a great day everyone.

Didja ever hear that line of crap..."this is going to hurt me more than it hurts you" prior to a spanking?

Well, my friends, if the parent in question has severe arthritis in their hand and wrist-- it's NOT a line of crap.

O-U-C-H--

Just had to paddle Abby for profuse complaining about her chores this day-- it definitely hurt me more than her. Mommy.

Didja ever hear that line of crap..."this is going to hurt me more than it hurts you" prior to a spanking?

Well, my friends, if the parent in question has severe arthritis in their hand and wrist-- it's NOT a line of crap.

O-U-C-H--

Just had to paddle Abby for profuse complaining about her chores this day-- it definitely hurt me more than her. Mommy.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I can count the number of spankings I got on one hand, but my mom used to say that when she would yell at us about something.

My response..."Mmmm Hmmm, sure."