tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56674072024-03-13T11:25:38.774-05:00Do I Really Have to Have a Catchy Name?Just ramblings, not intended for any grand purpose other than to keep myself accountableDenisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.comBlogger258125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-4264599422243932192011-04-08T21:26:00.002-05:002011-04-08T21:31:44.645-05:00Fish and MoreI guess it is not really a surprise that I have fallen off the blogging bandwagon yet again, is it?Things are going well on the WW front. There has been some bumps along the way and my loss has slowed but I am still down over 25 lbs since September so that is not bad at all.I just need to be really diligent in tracking, that is the key to keep me losing. When I don't track, I am Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-13411084473410287142010-10-21T10:01:00.002-05:002010-10-21T10:07:16.285-05:00Catching UpThe Great Pumpkin 5K was on October 9th. Kaity, Nicholas, Greg and I all ran it.I had a goal time in mind and was actually 7 minutes under it. I am not going to post my finishing time because, frankly, it is rather embarassing. It shows me how much I have let my running slide but I am trying to get back up to what I would consider to be an acceptable pace for me. Nicholas, who Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-57184588716926565272010-10-05T09:45:00.002-05:002010-10-05T09:50:58.943-05:005%!!Since it is Tuesday, I had a weigh in today. I didn't post last week but I did lose last week as well. As of today, I am down another 3.2 lbs, putting me at 5% of my starting weight lost! Woo hoo!I have to say, I really thought I would not like Weight Watchers much. I was sure that I was going to be limited in what I could eat and because of that, I would feel unsatisfied and hungry.This Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-77151131938812830452010-09-21T22:21:00.002-05:002010-09-21T22:25:46.761-05:00Down!Woo hoo! I was down almost 9 lbs at my first weigh in today. I know I won't continue to lose that much each week but it was pretty darn awesome to see.I will be so glad when my mouth is healed. I had to get a root canal and then a crown fitted. While I was numb, I bit my cheek....which was then further irritated by shots to numb it for additional work. So I have a very swollen mouth, a Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-69438161210952550822010-09-16T08:19:00.003-05:002010-09-16T08:23:37.212-05:00Wake Up CallOnce again, I have let my blogging fall to the side while I do other things.I knew I was overweight (seriously, how could I not with a blog titled what it is) but always kinda kidded myself that I “carried my weight well”, I was “tall so I could weigh more anyway”. I was shocked, horrified and embarrassed when I saw a picture of myself that my son had taken at the beach. No swimsuit Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-25941657318305564312009-08-17T15:30:00.001-05:002009-08-17T15:31:37.726-05:00Something New!I decided that this blog was looking tired and needed a facelift. I am not sure how I like this but it will do for now.Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-12257988167276698152009-08-16T22:02:00.001-05:002009-08-16T22:05:31.759-05:00Plodding AlongAfter months of nothing but lackluster running, I decided to kick myself in the butt and start running more again.The past week, I finished out a 5 day running week with double digit milage. It sounds much more impressive than it actually is given that my weekly milage is less than some of my previous single runs. Bleh.Still, I know the only way to get back there or close to Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-14659108346597421452009-03-26T09:33:00.002-05:002009-03-26T09:34:06.304-05:00Second verse (or third or fourth), Same as the FirstYes, I have fallen badly off the blogging wagon. I do tweet and discuss things over on Twitter. I like to think of it as blogging light.It is the time of the year for WTP and I did sign up for my third year with them. I have been doing various exercise for 30-60 min a day in addition to getting out on the trail.This is something I need to do forDenisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-48083645465870051462008-06-30T20:14:00.002-05:002008-06-30T20:20:13.824-05:00How IronicYou know the song I am talking about...Isn't Ironic? Well, I so had that happen to me.As I mentioned way back in May, I joined the Women's Training Program again in a (vain) attempt to kick start me into activity. Yeah, I did my runs, yeah, I showed up but I just felt my motivation was about -5.On race day, my 5 yr old who wanted to run, decided that it was too darn hot and humid (and Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-88644324037501234132008-05-02T19:42:00.003-05:002008-05-02T19:46:45.398-05:00Good Grief!I knew I had fallen miserably off the blogging wagon but I didn't realize I fell quite so hard.I could give a whole list of excuses for not blogging, for not running as much as I should, for not doing a lot of things but they are just excuses. Boring, not of interest to anyone but enough to suck the will to do a lot of things right out of me.I signed up for the Women's Training ProgramDenisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-28399254237262854922008-01-25T20:32:00.000-05:002008-01-26T20:36:06.402-05:00Yay Jenny!Fantastic news for Jenny! Lumpy has not returned, no signs of cancer! Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-74851065472939357122008-01-24T22:43:00.000-05:002008-01-24T22:50:31.304-05:00Spirit of the MarathonA Jenny update: Her biopsy showed it is not AML, her WBC is going down and she is feeling good. They are still checking to rule things out but it was incredible to see the milage being ran for Jenny yesterday.Today was a special showing of the movie Spirit of the Marathon It follows six runners as they prepared for the 2005 Chicago Marathon. We got tickets for it a few Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-59055098739690031282008-01-23T10:39:00.000-05:002008-01-24T22:43:21.583-05:00For JennyJenny is a poster on Runners World Beginners Forum. She is a lawyer and runs an insane amount of milage each week. Now, what is your idea of insane? 50 miles? 70 miles? Would you believe that she routinely clocks in over 100 miles a week?Jenny not only runs and lawyers, she is also a cancer survivor. Last year, she found Lumpy, who turned out to be Hodgkin. Jenny completed her Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-40685770508852902102008-01-22T22:24:00.000-05:002008-01-22T22:30:12.149-05:00Feeling MiserableNot me! Woo hoo...not that I am glad that anyone is feeling miserable. If someone has to be feeling miserable, I am glad it is not me.I got up at 5:40 am to take Nicholas to seminary. He was still in bed so I got himm up. I heard him get into the shower. It is nearly 6 am and he is still not out and ready to go so I went to see what was up. He was back in bed and mumbled Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-20235792234338399792008-01-21T22:14:00.000-05:002008-01-21T22:22:02.772-05:00We Have Ice!Since I have not yet filled in the missing posts, you don't know that our freezer fritzed out on us. First the dryer, now the freezer. It was still keeping things relatively frozen but no ice. Naturally, we discovered this on Saturday morning. We had hopes that one of the kids had left the door open but with no ice and nothing refreezing solidly, our hope went down in flames.The Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-89490796421069618452008-01-20T21:46:00.001-05:002008-01-20T21:46:53.646-05:00Grooming 101See yesterday, I am still whippedDenisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-22810783174860677312008-01-19T23:44:00.000-05:002008-01-20T21:45:39.121-05:00Cool ToysPlace holder, I have this written and just need to upload it!Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-62541799584890735202008-01-18T23:04:00.000-05:002008-01-18T23:08:51.071-05:00Can We Get A Break?Two hour delay this morning for school. Big surprise...Yes, it actually snowed yesterday but along with it, Devin started to complain of his ears bothering him. He saw an oncologist on Tuesday, his ears were clear. He came down in tears last night so I gave him something and sent him back to bed.I called for almost 2 hours this morning before I finally got through and was Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-88427579887390647572008-01-17T22:37:00.000-05:002008-01-18T23:03:57.560-05:00Snow! Snow!We had snow in the forecast but you all know how that works. Yeah, we may get snow and we may not. We were on the edge of the light snowfall and the heavier snowfall. It started snowing about 10 am yet school remained in, not even a 2 hour early release. I was surprised since we ended up getting more than 5" of snow. The kids wanted to go out and play so badly but today was the Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-24468327964312768152008-01-16T23:18:00.000-05:002008-01-18T23:00:23.741-05:00Place markerI am marking my place until I can write up today.Now, don't take that to mean anything earth shattering is going to be here, just sick kidlets that want momma and no one else will do.Wednesdays are always hectic around here because there is so much going on in the evenings. We have dinner earlier than normal so we can get out the door for Young Men, Achievement Girls and any other Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-62461178944961978232008-01-15T22:03:00.000-05:002008-01-15T22:17:27.345-05:00Two Weeks!!!I mentioned a few days ago that our new dryer, under warranty, stopped working. We had this happen in October and got it repaired quickly.The appliance repair place can't get out here for TWO WEEKS! TWO WEEKS with no dryer! If it was the summer, no big deal, I could hang stuff outside but not when it is below 30F outside. I am all for renting a dryer but Greg doesn't like that ideaDenisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-79370451417187626142008-01-14T21:12:00.000-05:002008-01-14T21:33:08.627-05:00Who Knew??It is true, I have delved deeper into My Little Pony Land. Last night, we took Precious Gem, washed her hair, conditioned it and then curled it with straws. While she was in curlers, we took a Magic Eraser to her and cleaned her up. This morning, she looks like her ravishing self once more. I took the 4 most frizzy ponies today and treated them to a make over. Rainbow Dash was Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-33056944548452492008-01-13T21:22:00.000-05:002008-01-13T21:32:43.034-05:00SicknessIt is a sign of how deeply troubled I became after working 2 hours on pony tails and manes yesterday. It really bothered me how frizzy they looked after they were combed out and detangled. Kierynn didn't care, she thinks her ponies are simply lovely.So, I spent an hour searching the web for tips on how to make the ponies look better. We have tested a few out by washing them in gentle Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-53319886817207029412008-01-12T22:34:00.000-05:002008-01-12T22:46:44.277-05:00Priorities and PoniesIs it a law written down somewhere that if something crucial to family life (more so in a big family) is going to stop working on the weekend? Our dryer fritzed out on us (again) in the middle of weekly laundry. This meant we had 2 loads of wet laundry and about 5 loads of unwashed clothing. After much debate, we continued to wash clothing and bagged it. Once all of it Denisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667407.post-4771028640839580752008-01-11T23:12:00.000-05:002008-01-11T23:20:38.636-05:009 on the 9th Sweetheart ShuffleAs I was reading a blog about a week ago, I saw a notice on one side for a "virtual" run and a race logo. It caught my interest so I went searching. What I found was, indeed, a virtual run called 9 on the 9th Sweetheart Shuffle.Non-runner Nancy is the person behind this. Last year, she started a virtual run called Eight on the Eighth, compelete with race resultsDenisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482413606154824233noreply@blogger.com0