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Oh no! Make sure to ice it.

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Week 2 Day 2 done. My ankle feels "twingey". Hopefully I can keep doing this. I love getting out and running! Greta, how is your ankle doing?

Usborne has a great series called Beginners that has many nonfiction titles. They also have a Story of Inventions and a See Inside Inventions. Let's Read and Find Out is a wonderful series, as is the Robert Wells science series. For fun they might enjoy the picture books "Coppernickel, The Invention", "Rosie Revere, Engineer", and "The Most Magnificent Thing".

Ds LOVED Ramona, and Henry Huggins too. Although we did have a box of Kleenex where all the tissues mysteriously got pulled out of the box..... We also have our own PTA story with our youngest, who insisted on getting some food item that didn't exist.

Week 2 day 1 done again. In the rain! (ok, a sprinkle...)

I did calligraphy fairly young and really liked it. I agree about markers rather than a calligraphy pen and ink. It is so much easier to start with a wedge-shaped marker, and then you still have a related gift for later that is special.

I'm guessing that there are a lot of kids being asked to spell "interrupting" due to this thread... How long ago did your dd start reading? If she hasn't been reading very long then I probably wouldn't think much from this one misspelled word. I don't have any personal experience with dyslexia, so I don't know about that. I did find it interesting that she got the first and last syllable but jumbled everything in between. It reminds me of when ds was an early reader and would guess at long words based on the beginning and end, but didn't take time to sound out the middle properly.

I know several people who started running by taking part in running clinics. I would have never gotten started with that as I just don't have time with littles at home. Fitting in the 30 minutes to run has been enough of a challenge. And you ladies provide at least as much motivation (probably more!) than any local group. But one thing I do miss is listening to experts giving running advice. I could have used a "don't overdo it" lecture before I got injured! So I was looking about online and found a good site for advice: Runner's World. Here is an interesting description of overtraining symptoms: "Common symptoms of overtraining include the inability to finish a workout, poor energy levels, insomnia, weight gain or loss, aches and pains, depression and personality changes, sickness, an elevated resting heart rate on several consecutive mornings, and halted progress." The rest of the article (What's the Difference Between Pushing Hard and Overtraining?) is here: http://www.runnersworld.com/ask-coach-jenny/whats-the-difference-between-pushing-hard-and-overtraining

The new week's thread is here: http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/557368-couch-to-5k-july-12-18/

It's a new week! Let's hear about the progress everyone is making this week. If you haven't started yet, it is not too late. We are doing the Couch to 5K beginner running plan. Several of us have either repeated weeks or started over, so we are at different points. Take the plunge and join us! ETA: To do the poll, fill in the first workout when you do 1 run. When you do your subsequent runs you need to delete your vote and then you can vote for multiple options (for example, you can select BOTH Workout 1 and Workout 2).

I have always cooked them, but I have a nifty way of doing it if you have 2 lasagne pans. Put a trivet or pot holder under each pan. Lay your noodles in the pans so there is no overlap (this lets me do 9 noodles, but I usually have to break one to get it to fit). Boil water and pour into the pans so the noodles are covered. Cover pans with cookie sheets and let sit 20 minutes (while you make the other components). Drain both pans and dump all noodles into one of them so you can use the other to make the lasagne. When assembling the lasagne, use olive oil to grease the pan before laying the noodles in or they will stick. I do this with the Tinkyada brown rice noodles and it works really well.

I just wanted to give an update about how I LOVE the Breville toaster oven! Thanks to everyone who suggested it. My previous toaster ovens I have used mostly for toast and reheating things. With the Breville I have baked muffins and cooked pork tenderloin for dinner. I really enjoy how it has several program settings that remember your last time/temp/doneness. I use it daily!

I love my warming drawer to keep our plates and food piping hot as I dish everything up. I like having a cutlery tray (a full 3rd level drawer) in my dishwasher. I love having a water dispenser on the fridge, but I would ensure next time that the drip tray is removable for cleaning.

Yay!! :hurray:

Thinking of you :grouphug:. Thank you for the update.

Good for you!!!! It's so exciting to see everyone come so far. I want to get out there and run right now!!! (except... not enough training, overdoing it, etc. I must be patient!)

Glad to see you back, LavenderGirl! Sorry you aren't doing well right now. :( I will post the new threads for you. I just started C25K over again, and you can do it too when you are rested and recovered. You got us all up off the couch and running -- thank you so much! We'll still be here when you are ready to go again.

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Yay for you for getting out there and doing it!

I'm from Canada and we use these terms too. I am from Out West (west of the Rockies), I went to university Back East (from Ontario to the east coast), Up North is from the midpoint of my province to the North Pole, Down South is the continental USA. We live on the coast, but we go to the beach (which is only ever the ocean, not a lake).

Is corn ok? Corn tortillas can be used in Mexican dishes or as sandwich wraps. You can also use collard greens or lettuce as a sandwich wrap. Use quinoa where you would otherwise use rice in Middle Eastern and African dishes. Use ground turkey in place of ground beef, but add more seasoning for added flavour. This would be good for tacos (make your own seasoning to avoid onion/garlic powder in the mix). It sounds like chicken is ok, so you can make chicken fajitas, stir fries, other chicken dishes. Quinoa pasta is delicious. We use GoGo Quinoa brand. Sometimes it helps to list for yourself all the things you CAN use to prepare dishes. I used to find that it helped me match items together for meals, rather than me just aimlessly thinking of all the things I couldn't use. :grouphug: Hugs. It's hard. I understand.

I also have a story of how 911 led to us living in this home. The people who sold us our property had been planning to build on it themselves, but reevaluated their lives after 911 and decided they needed to simplify. They sold it to us three months after 911, retired, and moved to Florida. I have always felt a little weird that we had an opportunity come about due (indirectly) to 911.

I think every part of history that I have personally witnessed (through TV or Internet) I have known at the time that it was significant. A few that come to mind: I remember as a young child we were driving in the car and the radio announced that Elvis had died. I was too young to understand, but I remember my Mum being very upset and I knew something was very wrong. I still remember which intersection we were driving through when Mum reacted. Watching the Challenger shuttle explode. I was in school at the time and it was one of the first times I realized something like that could go wrong. Life doesn't always have a happy movie ending. Sometimes things are unpredictable and there are dangers and risks, even to good people. The Berlin Wall coming down was a big deal, even though it felt so far away. It was such a positive moment and everything seemed so optimistic. Tiananmen Square was an eye-opener to how people in other countries didn't have the same opportunities as we did. I also had been sheltered from cruelty and was shocked to see people purposely harm others. The Pan Am flight, Oklahoma City bombing, Columbine (and many school shootings since) were all tragic and horrific, but far away, isolated, and not personally impacting my day to day life. 911, on the other hand, felt like it was happening "to us" (North Americans as a whole). I don't even live in the U.S., but I felt "we" were under attack. I remember everything about when dh told me that the first tower was hit. I watched live as the second tower fell. I went to work, gathered my employees (who were all students), and spent the rest of the day watching everything unfold on tv while we sat on the floor of a student area together. One of my students lost a friend in the towers that day. It felt so close to home even though physically it wasn't. It was a day that changed my life and my world forever in ways I can't even describe.