13 (in Georgia)

1.  It is weird that I never run into anyone I know.
2.  Such a small town, but I really never see anyone, unless I plan it.
3.  I am glad to just be at my sister's even if she is not here.
4.  My kids are outside playing with her dogs, I am enjoying quiet in a house that I don't need to clean, lol.
5.  I have killed about 1/3 of a bottle of rum.
6. YIKES
7.  Miss the gym.
8.  I guess we should make some plans or go do something today.
9.  We plan to go to Atkins Park sometime during this trip.
10.  That is where we had our first date, and rehearsal dinner before our wedding.
11.  But I need to get off the computer and go take a shower first.
12. Torn between wanting to relax and not wanting to burn day light.
13.  Twelve days a year is not enough time.

one day....

i will be in heaven and i will be able to hold the babies i never had the chance to meet on earth.  i wonder about you two and wonder what you would have been like.   "clumpy"- i do know that if you had lived, i would not have helen; but know that i still loved you and wonder if you were a boy or a girl (i never got a clear feeling).  dr. willimson knows, but i do not- i will wait until someday to know.  as for your "brother"(i KNEW you were a boy- i am sorry.  sorrier than you will ever know, that you are not in my life.

This week- typical day

2.5 miles/ bike
thighs- 80 pounds
leg extension- 60 pounds
leg curl- 60 pounds
calf raises- 40 pounds
glutes- 30 pounds
hip adduction- 75 pounds
hip abduction- 70 pounds
shoulder press- 30 pounds
pecs- 40 pounds
row- 40 pounds
triceps- 40 pounds
biceps-25 pounds
planks- 3 sets/20 seconds each (this is WAY harder than it looks- still working on holding form)
LOTS of stretching- this helps with lower back SOOOO much. I can feel it when I am not stretching every day.


Still watching what I eat- could do better, but am doing so much better than before..... why am i not losing any weight???????

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Thirteen things I will miss while I an in Georgia (plus one I won't)
1. The Blentek blender- I NEED my morning smoothies.
2. The Keurig- I NEED my coffee FAST.
3. The gym- I feel bad if I go too long without a workout.
4.  Hot guy from the gym.
5. The pool- that is my relax time- I read, I might swim, kids get out of my hair.
6. Cable. Yep- my mom does not have cable, she has 4 channels of boring.
7. Internet- yeh, mom doesn't have that, either. That means I go sit at Chik fil A or the coffee shop and loiter.
8. My bed.
9. My shower- my mom's water pressure sucks.
10. Target.
11. Ozzy (the cool dog).
12. Benny (the cat).
13. David.

AND the one thing I won't miss- BUDDY (the annoying poop eater).

13 for Thursday!!!!

1. Vegan day is hard when your husband brings home lobster.
2. It was yummy, though. :)
3. I was also quite lazy and unmotivated yesterday.
4. Still working on Helen and nutrition.
5. I still wonder how all these waif-like girls sit around eating Chex Mix, candy and big ass sodas and stay WAIF-ISH.
6. Really not fair.
7. Did read that fat people who eat right and exercise are healthier than skinny folk who do not.
8. So I guess my fat ass will be around longer than their skinny ones.
9.  But it is shrinking------
10. I can now remove my capris without unbuttoning them and have stolen clothes from my child.
11. I guess I will need to go shopping soon.
12. But I want to know if I am teaching or cleaning houses (or working at the gas station) first......
13.  and I still have a LONG way to go. 26 pounds down, 50 to go!

vegan day......

tomorrow is vegan day again and i am not prepared. sigh.  i guess i need to plan my food for the day a little better.  i definitely do better when there is a plan!

as for today:
exercise:
AM
.75 treadmill @ 3.7 miles per hour
thighs- 80 pounds
leg extension- 60 pounds
leg curl- 60 pounds
calf raises- 25 pounds
glutes- 25 pounds
hip adduction- 75 pounds
hip abduction- 70 pounds
shoulder press- 30 pounds
120 crunches
PM
swam laps with helen- about 250 meters

food:
breakfast
spinach/peach smoothie
lunch
*boston market- 1 chicken breast- no skin: creamed spinach; roasted potatoes (only ate a few)
green tea
snack
sugar free misto shake
dinner-
one corn tortilla, 1/4 cup roasted pork

felt like i had too much earlier, plus my stomach hurt- really didn't eat much dinner

i feel very tired tonight and might go to bed early...... (on a plus note- down another pound)

a thought

considering a separate blog for fitness and nutrition.  not sure- since this is just about my life and has no theme, and the fitness and nutrition has become so much a part of my life, i could just keep it this way.......  i need to think about it, i guess.........

Dear Boy in High School,

I wanted to say I'm sorry.  I would tell you in person or in a letter or on Facebook if I knew how to get in touch with you.  I was a freshman and you were a junior.  I do not even remember what class we had together.  But recall joining in with my friend who made fun of your shirt.  We called you "crazy quilt".  I am still,  30 years later, appalled at myself for it.  It was wrong and I had never done anything like that before.  But I thought my friend was funny and I would have done anything to make her like me.........  Even if I hurt someone's feelings.

Truth is, I thought you were sort of cute.  And I got to know you better the next year.  You were sweet, too!   And funny.  I would have gone out with you if you had asked.  But I ruined that by trying to be impress someone.  I am sure you turned out to be a great man, and that anyone would be lucky to know you.  You probably don't even remember me or the shirt incident- you pretty much ignored us, even though I could tell it bothered you......  But I remember, and have told my daughter the story.  I hope she knows it is not worth insulting someone for a laugh.

Susan

4th of July

My father was born on the fourth of July.  Now that he is gone, after being out of my life for years before that, I get kind of sad on the 4th.  I realized last year that I miss the stuff we used to do on the 4th.  There was usually a cookout, there was always homemade ice cream and fireworks.  We would go to the old mill area of Covington, and sit in the road in front of Trinity Methodist Church and watch fireworks with friends.  After my nieces and nephews were born, we had bigger gatherings.  So, I miss all that junk.  Today David is making peach ice cream and we will go somewhere to see fireworks.  Not a big gathering, but at least I get my ice cream.  And I will think of my Daddy and remember when I was little.  Happy Birthday, Lanier.

really?

watching stupid video on youtube....... please explain why ****'s daughter has a $700 Loius Vuitton purse? I thought that poor single mother could not afford to pay bills. I guess she could have stolen it......