SAHM 5/3 - 5/9

Hey girls! Got back from my trip on Monday, and it's been crazy ever since! Who knew that I'd be constantly cleaning for no one in particular while the house is in the market?! I just know the moment it's not clean, they are going to call for a showing HA!

My race was fantastic! I finished in under my goal, but those hills were a bit more than I expected...not as steep...but much much longer! UGH! I ordered some pictures, so I'll post them as soon as I get them! I made a point to make funny faces and smile at all the camera people LOL

There was not a moment when I WASN'T full the entire time I was in WA...having a hard time getting back on track. Maybe tomorrow?? ugh!

Good morning! I'm still here! Busy week for me.

Kim - (((hugs))) The arthritis in my toe is bad enough. I can't imagine how the hips would be. I agree with a 2nd opinion, trying some other exercises like pilates and also trying the Glucosamine/Condroitin. You may be able to get back into walking after you rest it and get some of the meds in your system too. You just may have to take it slower, at least for a while.

Val - That is great news about the van!! I know you're going to love it!

gm ladies!

Kim- ((hugs)) I will be definitely runnign for you next week!

Val- Bummer about being sick, but yay! for having a great time on your cruise!

Amy- YAY! with your running! Keep it up!


As for me....just trudging through this last month of school. Ashley is going to the prom next week. We found a cute little dress for $20 at Ross.:drinker:

Oh my goodness Nicole, I read that and thought, "no WAY does she look old enough to have a daughter going to the prom!"
So I looked in your profile and you have stepchildren.
That explains it!
I thought you looked about my age, and I started reasonably young and mine are only 5 and 6! :blushing: :bigsmile:

Well done with the running Amy! That's an awesome effort, I hope you're well proud of yourself

I hit rock-bottom the other day, and found myself polishing off nearly 1/2 a jar of peanut butter with a spoon because I was bored at work. Suddenly something just hit me and I thought, wtf am I DOING??? This is ridiculous! Since then I've been in a completely different headspace, and things have been going really easily.

Hi all! Wanted to thank all of you for your encouragement and suggestions about my lovely bum hip!

Amy--I think we are on the flip of each other--can't imagine my toe feeling like this!!!
Val--thanks for the pilates suggestion--I have enjoyed that in the past & I think excluding a couple of moves I will be fine with that. Right now just taking it 1 day at a time.

We are actually on vacation for a couple of days. We are in Branson. DS's b-day is tomorrow & he wanted to go so here we are. Truly we needed some family time before the graduation in 10 days!!!! Only problem is that we are doing a lot of walking. Hubby is being gracious and taking the kids around to the water rides while I sit and listen to shows or work on my cross stitch. Not ideal but it is working for now. Oh the riding in the car for 4 hours probably didn't help! (Sigh)

Stacey--glad your daughter is happier w/ the new teacher. Thanks for the comments about making right choices--it makes such a difference to consider each thing we do as a choice for helping us towards our goals or not.

I am off to play games & eat some dessert. Thankfully all the walking gives me calories to spare!

Kim

GM!!! Val, I'm glad you had fun on your trip, it does suck to be sick, the last 2 major trips we took with the kids, a couple of them were sick, but we all managed and ended up having good time. I cleaned up the downstairs yesterday, doesn't it feel good to have the house clean, even if its only for 15 min., til the kids walk through again, LOL

Kim, your always on the go, glad you were able to get away with the family, thats a very good idea to do before your DS graduates, family time is always the best. One of my younger brothers is graduating early June, we are so excited to drive to norther idaho to see the family for his graduation.

Stacey isn't it wonderful, when your kids are happy in school. One of my son's has a great teacher this year, and I mean great, she totally gets him. He has had a few bum teachers the past few years, but this year has been totally different, he loves going to school, and loves to learn. I think we are going to do something special for her at the end of the year, just to let her know.

Oh Sarah, I think we all have those days, of just giving in to our cravings, I do that once in a while, but I try for the once in a while, then the next day I always seem to get back on track, and remember where I was. Good luck!

Great job on all you runners, that is awesome.

Crazy weather here, we've about seen it all this past week, rain, lots of wind, thunderstorms, hail, flurries of snow, and when the sun comes out, it's like a beacon, we all run outside. So we've been busy. My youngest DD birthday is Sunday, she's turning 3, I'm having a bit of a hard time with this birthday for some reason, we're not having anymore kids, 5 is plenty, but I'm going to miss having the little one's in the house, and she keeps trying to grow up way too fast on us. She's so excited for her "3rd" birthday, she picked purple as her "theme" so I'm decorating a purple castle for her cake, and we're having the family over for the party tomorrow night. Ah, she's not a baby anymore......but she's still refusing to use the potty chair, the only time we could get her to use it was when we drove to Vegas on spring break, she used the potty chair the whole week, I don't think one wet pull-up, day we get home, she quit. I'll have to get creative to get her to start again.

Well lots to do, as usual, we don't stop going in this house, I need to finish up cleaning, get ready for the birthday party, and hopefully spend some time outside this weekend, have a great weekend everyone!!!!!!!

happy mother's day! :flowerforyou:

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