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  1. Whose kids? My children? Yes. Everyone else's? Do I really get a vote on that? I didn't vote in the poll. :)
  2. If she expects him to fly through, I would think the Intensive Practice might bore the life out of the child. My 2 cents!
  3. Similar scenario here too. Clients have been wanting websites done by us, because they knew I used to do them...so I've been buried lately brushing up my dusty (eight years dusty!) dev/design skills. Work is done early in the morning, during recess, during the kids' dance and swim practices, and in the evening after they go to bed.
  4. No but it is abhorrent enough that 75% of the folks who I know to have been "severely Catholic" :D to no longer feel comfortable within the Church. That's a mighty fine mess in which the Church has left us! To be complicit with them?? Is that our only choice? So many standing out in the field...just waiting... And then an Archdiocese like Philadelphia, puts all the right moves on its website...looks good. What does the new Cardinal do? Have a convocation dinner where DEFROCKED priests, not just "moved around" possibly guilty folks, are invited. This is cool? And OK? Really? Two of the defrocked I knew personally. Personally. They are at a Catholic priests of the Archdiocese dinner? Still a loooonnnggg way to go.
  5. So you are the one who should really be asking "What day is today?" ;)
  6. Kindred souls. I figure my clean eating balances out my alcohol intake. I also had a Shamrock Shake last week. One has to live, a little. :lol:
  7. Just hang in there. :grouphug: :grouphug: It's a bumpy ride. And it may not be short. I've been on this trail for 5 years now. The thing is, in between all the insane moments, there are treasured moments too, that will keep happening, right up until the end. Remember to breathe deeply. And regularly... :grouphug:
  8. Our library has a few copies along with a mess of other books on homeschooling as well. They host an annual meeting to go over everything they have.
  9. UrbanSue, this year's blessing of the animals should be epic! :coolgleamA:
  10. Being he's a Jesuit, I would have thought St. Francix Xavier. Either way...
  11. nono

    I'm back!

    I'm soooo confused!!!!! :tongue_smilie: Glad to see "you" again!
  12. FTR, I think it is a WTM record...I believe it took 171 posts before the LUST word was mentioned. Heck, I look at the adults. I point them out to my dh -- he's a little slow on the uptake. Pretty people are pretty. Better than some of the stuff I see hanging out here in Wildwood. Ooooofa! And yeah, I don't think he's lusting. Look does not equal lust. A luster needs a frying pan upside the head.
  13. I teach from the textbook, both sections (I have one in 1B and the other in 3B), and then we do some of the workbook. CWP I only started this year with my older, and we do them for fun, while we're waiting for something to start or end (sports practice). I do use the tests. After every even unit I use a cumulative test. (For my younger, I use ever odd unit...working off of one test book for both students). The rest of the tests I use as homework for practice. We also do one Miquon book per grade year as another way to cement ideas. My kids aren't fast in math. They are thorough. We sometimes take 2 hours to get through math. If math is going poorly, we table it, go onto other assignments, and then start it again late in the afternoon. My kids love math though, so it isn't a burden to them to have it 2x a day sometimes.
  14. Honestly Audrey, if I came into $25,000 now that you asked the question, I'd respectfully ask that I could come visit when the crazy lady was coming to dinner. I'd have enough $$ to get there and bring some serious wine. The rest, I'd probably use to rebuild a nest egg that was pretty much decimated over the last couple years.
  15. I did a qualified yes. A string bikini would be a no go or any two piece designed more for show than for sport. Any 2 piece designed to stand up to her sports, sure thing. (She swims competitively and surfs with a club). Now, someone said her dd wouldn't be walking out the door in the equivalent of underwear. Mine either! I am aghast that folks choose not to employ cover-ups as they parade through town. It's culturally not acceptable here, but the folks who come in for a week's vacation don't much care about our local culture. Sigh.
  16. Our crossing guard assistants were 7th and 8th graders, and there was still, at minimum one adult crossing guard. I don't even know if there are "Safeties" anymore around here. That's what the 7th/8th graders' positions were called.
  17. I would like to use Stephanie's comments as a jumping off point to talk about race strategy. So for race strategy, make sure you go out conservatively timewise. Miles 1-5 are not where you should be laying down any PR splits. Or even running your planned pace (and not even your half marathon pace from 2 years ago!). Some seasoned recreational masters marathoners run a "progression" from miles 1-5, with 1 being the slowest, and then shaving off a couple seconds each mile until you are at planned race pace by mile 6. Others just take miles 1-2 slower and then hit pace by mile 3. Another thing is, don't make your pace a "must do" for the entire time. If you are getting tired or something is hurting, try a different pace to find a "new comfortable." Believe it or not, occasionally that means running 1 mile a bit faster than the previous one. N.B.: Please don't do that and then try to hang onto that pace the whole rest of the race! That could really be the quick road to the whole rest of the race being, as Stephanie says, brutal. :ohmy: (Stephanie, while I agree that a marathon can be brutal, I like to think the training is the worst of it. ;) As my Dad used to tell me, it's all in your attitude. I would also like to say Dad never ran a marathon. Ha! :coolgleamA: ) Final thought is on breathing. When you are getting tired, try changing your breath count so that you are breathing out for 1 to 2 counts longer than you are breathing in. Some folks theorize that we don't get enough CO2 out of us later in the race. I find that in the painful miles if I go to a 2 count breath in/4 count out breath out, I ease a lot of tension (plus it give my loopy mind something to think about). Am I actually getting the excess CO2 out? I don't know, but you may want to try it on your next long training run and see if you get any benefit from the practice. Again, try to watch The Spirit of the Marathon. (Neflix has it, as does Amazon).
  18. Or the term "water sports" back in the 90s before more general safe browsing standards were in place! Learned a whole lot in under a minute that day. I was an adult working in technology (so fairly internet savvy) and wanted to find retailers who specialized in water sporting equipment. Instead, I found out I'm one of the saner people on the planet. :bored:
  19. Try on taping from youtube. :) It sounds like runner's knee. Though I like to call it "mover's" knee because I get it more when I'm moving furniture around. Also has some stretches and exercises to help stabilize your knee, too. (He also references taping. Taping is really a huge help, as is 10 min of ice on the knee cap a couple times a day.)
  20. Totally depends on whether it is business or personal. Around here, 48+ hours for personal. 24 hours max for business. I have to tighten those timeframes for my friends and business associates who aren't hanging out at the Coast. They need a quicker turnaround.
  21. Lil' Maids, your fueling looks fine. Try the chicken broth after your next long run to see if it helps you with the veritgo. Or coconut water (not the milk). The fact that you usually feel good the next day is great. If you are doing a Hal Higdon plan, then your ramp up is balanced. Put your mind at rest there. Where on the knee? Is it under the kneecap? On the side of the knee joint? Once we know what it is, among the group of us we should be able to give you advice on taping, stretching and booze to carry along (KIDDING!) to keep the pain at bay. So, instead of feeling guilty, how 'bout this? You made a promise to someone. You are going to do your best to keep that promise. Along the way, you'll probably learn a few things about yourself. Your children will notice. It'll all probably be for the good. Now, keep on modeling the good behavior. Everyone is allowed to have a down/off day. You're human.
  22. Well, now see, I would look at your situation completely differently -- your long runs are getting a lot of crappola out of your system! Isn't that goodness??!! :D The vertigo thing -- I get it running sometimes, and sometimes during pretty short runs. I think it's electrolytes getting out of whack in me. I have taken to having chicken broth after long, cold runs, and I have to tell you, I am feeling much better after all of them. Perhaps that is something you can try? What are you running during the week? Is the total of your other runs approximately 1/2 or more of your total weekly mileage? What are you using for fuel during the long runs? Do you ever use it on shorter runs too? Tell me a little bit more about what you are doing and I'll issue a verdict (which of course, I don't really expect you to follow!) Oh, and have you watched Spirit of the Marathon yet?? Now would be a good time to do so... P.S. Cheryl, thank you for the kind shout out. :seeya:
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