Archive for April, 2009

It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood …

Posted on April 27, 2009. Filed under: turning 40 |

Feeling really really good today, got everyone out the door with no arguments raised voices or eye rolls! SUCCESS…put on my sneakers ready to go for my walk – and ran back inside because I had forgotten about the honor roll assembly this morning! It must be a beautiful day for me to [...]

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great day!

Posted on April 21, 2009. Filed under: watching the scale |

Finally, after two weeks of thinking about it (and that is after months and months of reading about it) … I have finally put together my wl plan (56 weeks to get to my goal … but only 16 to get to my pre-stroke weight) … AND I finally walked with my good friend today. [...]

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the redhead is mine!!

Posted on April 20, 2009. Filed under: "me" stuff |

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and now, back to our regularly scheduled programming…

Posted on April 20, 2009. Filed under: "me" stuff |

spring break is over. I know there will come a day when I am relieved that the kids will be back in college after a REAL spring break having survived safe and sound, but right now, I am a little sad that they are back to their regular schedule and I am back to [...]

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in memory

Posted on April 14, 2009. Filed under: just 'stuff' |

after my complaining about the rain and cold … I learned about a tragic accident that took the lives of two 9 year old girls and one girl’s grandmother that happened yesterday. Of course it is rainy and cold today as three families have to find a way to say goodbye to such darling [...]

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rain rain go away …

Posted on April 14, 2009. Filed under: just 'stuff' |

yes, I know how much we need the rain, but with a house full of kids, no heat on the lower two levels (quite the statement after the $1600 bill for them to fix the system yesterday and THEN tell me that we need to wait for warm weather so we can run the AC [...]

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Happy Easter Monday

Posted on April 13, 2009. Filed under: just 'stuff' |

Yesterday was certainly a joyous one! We made it to 8am services and I have never felt so sorry for those in charge! Everything that could go wrong at the 2nd most crowded service of the year, DID!! Jack was acolyte and thank goodness he wore his blazer to church because his [...]

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SPRING BREAK …

Posted on April 11, 2009. Filed under: "me" stuff |

is here!!! Yesterday I subbed at the kid’s school and felt the same envy that I felt when I was in college. EVERYONE ELSE IS GOING AWAY … I am just going to be at home doing nothing! When I was growing up, my family was fortunate to live in a resort [...]

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why "questioning"

Posted on April 7, 2009. Filed under: turning 40 |

my husband saw the title of my new blog and asked me why I used the phrase “questioning”.
“God willing, you are going to turn 40 … so what is the point in questioning it”
“Because I couldn’t think of another phrase” was my oh-so-pithy answer. But it has been bugging me – I mean, he [...]

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my birthday present to myself …

Posted on April 6, 2009. Filed under: turning 40 |

ultimately I will lose all of the weight (and then some) that I have gained since being an adult took over my daily existence. for right now, I will, in time for my birthday – JULY 30th – simply lose the sucky weight that went on after I had the stroke in June (approximately [...]

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