Yes, this is going to be my last blog. You all don't need to know how much candy I ate, my pooping experiences, whether or not I love my children, what hurts this time; ass, knee or shoulder, if I have my period or not and to see how crazy Stacia Cardillo's life really is. As you all have been reading, my life is nuts, the kids drive me crazy, I "do too much" and I never shower. Just like all of you! I have no goals set to be blogging about and my blog turned into a bitch session about my life. In a nutshell we are all experiencing the same things; weight problems, kids, cravings, jobs etc.
So I will leave you with this last entry to my blog:
Woke up to find the refrigerator totally broken. Okay then! The meat from the "broken freezer" was being stored in the fridge and now the fridge is broken. Time to eat everything in sight and cook up all the meet. My morning was spent getting the kids ready for school and packing up coolers with ice (Todd hit the store) and making sure things get put away in the coolers to stay somewhat chilled. What else can happen? Really! Once everything is situated I brought the kids to the bus stop and hit the gym for my WOD.
WOD = 100 yard swim, 10 squats, 10 pushups 10X's. OMG! I have not swam since July 24th which is actually the New London Sprint Tri. Can you tell I have my priorities straight. Let's just say it hurt really bad. I could not get my breathing down, arms were sore and the pushup piece totally sucked. When I was done it was nice to know that I swam 1000 yards, 100 squats and 100 pushups. Yippy me!
In the car to get T at school to bring to DR for a shot. Back to the school and home for a quick lunch. Fed R and back out the door to meet Todd at Lowes to buy a fridge. Back home to make sure our measurements are correct and we were off by a "c" hair. Damn fridge we wanted would not fit. Shit! Back to looking online and find another one that is most likely smaller in size but will fit into our cabinet area. My kids are eating me out of house and home.....I need the mama jamma fridge!
Put R down for nap and I headed into the kids bathroom to paint. Yeah me! Now let me set the scene for you; I pull out an old t-shirt to paint in. Decided to take off my shorts so I would not ruin them. Now I'm in the t-shirt and my underwear. Hair is tied back in a semi-pony tail that looks like a fucking bird landed on my head. Barefoot and 1/2 naked I start painting. I'm sweating since there is no air in the bathroom, paint all over my legs/t-shirt/arms. Bending over and getting all the cracks and touching up all the trim work. Time to pull out the big roller. Sweat is still pouring down my face, I get the roller ready and I start finishing up the paint job. How could painting a small bathroom be so messy? Finished rolling, found the white ceiling paint to touch up some spots on the ceiling. Time to let it dry.
Downstairs to throw some chicken in the oven so it won't go bad. Some computer work, kids come home time to head back upstairs. This is when I can't get anything done because everybody is bitching and moaning downstairs. It is sickening! Back on my hands and knees in my underwear and t-shirt that is now loaded with paint. Time to caulk the toilet. Caulking the base of the toilet bowl because I told the plumber that I could do it. No need for him to come back and charge us more. Sweating again, caulk job is done.....time to clean the bathroom to put the accessories on tonight or tomorrow. Cleaned toiled, new counter top, scrubbed the shower from top to bottom and scrubbed the bathroom floor via my hands and knees. I'm fucking done at this point. Shorts go back on and take the kids outside (they obviously cannot play with each other when an adult is not around. They have no fucking clue how to act nice to each other). Time to pitch some balls to L and R while Trinity is doing crafts on the table on the back deck.
What is happening now? It is 5:50 p.m., husband is not home yet, kids are covered in paint (I'm not shitting you....I'm having them strip down naked before they get into the house it is that bad) and I need to start supper......Taco's tonight! I'm such a "calgon take me away" commercial it is pathetic.
Is it bed time yet? Maybe I'm thankful that tomorrow is a work day!
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
There is only so much that I can take......
......when does a person really snap? Now I know why parents are on drugs or abuse alcohol so they can "run away" from all this crap. I on the other hand run to food in these situations and sadly I don't feel good when I do it either. I usually feel worse!
First day of school for my minions. Two in school and one more to go. Can I please throw Roxy in kindergarten now????? She is the straw that is going to break the camels back.
Yesterday was a beautiful day and everything actually fell into place. The kids had no school due to the storm on Sunday and I had my company picnic at Lake Compounce. It was a gorgeous day and I was very happy that the kids did not have to go to school so that we were able to take full advantage of the picnic.
Started the day off with chores followed by a family run. I pushed Roxy and Trinity and Lincoln rode their bikes. It was a flat 4 mile loop that we usually do. Todd worked from home so he joined in on the run too. It was really nice. Back home and into the shower to get ready for the picnic at 1 p.m. Once there we hit the water park and the kids had a blast. Roxy did fall asleep on daddy for about an hour or so which was great. She really did need the nap. What didn't we do at LC? Water park, rides, games, food, food and more food. Don't forget the free beers they were serving all day/night. I had about 4 beers in the water park while hanging with the kids and I was very "happy" after those beers. I was on cloud nine while we walked around the park eating, playing and hitting some rides. Finally I fell apart when I went on Zoomerang for our last ride. The flips and turns killed my head. Lets just say I couldn't get home and into bed fast enough. I was so nauseous! Just call me a light weight.
Finally got everybody home around 8:30 p.m. and I had three really exhausted children on my hands and two tired parents. Lets just say I wasn't too happy!
Today was a "get shit done" type of day:
Get everybody up and ready for school along with doing my morning chores (cats, plants, litter box etc), Kohl's to exchange a shirt, Walgreens to pick up medicine for Roxy, teach class (WOD hour spin class - kicked my own ass), light grocery shop, home to unpack (always lugging around a thousand bags), call Maytag guy (freezer died.....whole other story), call DR (make apt for Trinity), DQ visit to order b-day cake for my b-day dinner that we had tonight (My b-day is not until Sept 8th but since Todd is going to Germany and won't be around for my b-day he wanted to celebrate it with the family tonight), bake cupcakes for kids' first day of school, fold laundry, Roxy fell asleep on couch so I put her to bed, cleaned up garage and put some furniture back on patio, fed the bunnies, frost cup cakes, help plumber (remodeling kids' bathroom), Roxy is up and time to feed her lunch (me too!), computer work, help plumber again (he was putting a new sink top on and needed my help lifting it), pack up cupcakes to bring down to bus stop, get kids off bus, plumber leaves, neighbor comes over to see the bathroom job and ends up helping me fit the back-splash behind the faucet (of course nothing fits the same when you decide to buy new stuff), other neighbor comes over house (I hand her a pork roast because everything is thawing out), all neighbors finally leave, throw kids in car to hit ESPN and bring Grigs some chicken (again more thawed out stuff from freezer) and pick up b-day present at ESPN store for my mother's husband whom was also part of the b-day celebration, home, L and R wrapped the present (R decides to throw the tape under the stove and I could not reach it), took showers with the kids (brought each one in one at a time....they were NOT happy), dressed everybody up, dressed myself up (still wore a visor over my wet hair....I was NOT going to do my hair), grabbed all the stuff we needed and once Daddy got home we hopped in the car to go to Tonio's in Plainville and have pizza with the whole family......PHEW! I'm not even done yet. Back home after 8 p.m. to put the kids to bed, pack their lunches and fill out their paperwork that the school needs ASAP. Here I am....it is 9:55, I'm shot, bloated, exhausted, emotionally drained and totally fucking DONE! The problem with this crazy day? My kids sucked pond water. I had issues with R whining all day and the other two did not give a shit about anything all afternoon and would not listen to me. I was so frustrated and beaten down. I do nothing but talk all the time and they do the same shit over and over again. I don't understand how they can just keep on ignoring me. We have rules in this house you little fuckers! Remember these rules???? I have been teaching them to you from day one. Why is parenting do damn hard. I hate it!
First day of school for my minions. Two in school and one more to go. Can I please throw Roxy in kindergarten now????? She is the straw that is going to break the camels back.
Yesterday was a beautiful day and everything actually fell into place. The kids had no school due to the storm on Sunday and I had my company picnic at Lake Compounce. It was a gorgeous day and I was very happy that the kids did not have to go to school so that we were able to take full advantage of the picnic.
Started the day off with chores followed by a family run. I pushed Roxy and Trinity and Lincoln rode their bikes. It was a flat 4 mile loop that we usually do. Todd worked from home so he joined in on the run too. It was really nice. Back home and into the shower to get ready for the picnic at 1 p.m. Once there we hit the water park and the kids had a blast. Roxy did fall asleep on daddy for about an hour or so which was great. She really did need the nap. What didn't we do at LC? Water park, rides, games, food, food and more food. Don't forget the free beers they were serving all day/night. I had about 4 beers in the water park while hanging with the kids and I was very "happy" after those beers. I was on cloud nine while we walked around the park eating, playing and hitting some rides. Finally I fell apart when I went on Zoomerang for our last ride. The flips and turns killed my head. Lets just say I couldn't get home and into bed fast enough. I was so nauseous! Just call me a light weight.
Finally got everybody home around 8:30 p.m. and I had three really exhausted children on my hands and two tired parents. Lets just say I wasn't too happy!
Today was a "get shit done" type of day:
Get everybody up and ready for school along with doing my morning chores (cats, plants, litter box etc), Kohl's to exchange a shirt, Walgreens to pick up medicine for Roxy, teach class (WOD hour spin class - kicked my own ass), light grocery shop, home to unpack (always lugging around a thousand bags), call Maytag guy (freezer died.....whole other story), call DR (make apt for Trinity), DQ visit to order b-day cake for my b-day dinner that we had tonight (My b-day is not until Sept 8th but since Todd is going to Germany and won't be around for my b-day he wanted to celebrate it with the family tonight), bake cupcakes for kids' first day of school, fold laundry, Roxy fell asleep on couch so I put her to bed, cleaned up garage and put some furniture back on patio, fed the bunnies, frost cup cakes, help plumber (remodeling kids' bathroom), Roxy is up and time to feed her lunch (me too!), computer work, help plumber again (he was putting a new sink top on and needed my help lifting it), pack up cupcakes to bring down to bus stop, get kids off bus, plumber leaves, neighbor comes over to see the bathroom job and ends up helping me fit the back-splash behind the faucet (of course nothing fits the same when you decide to buy new stuff), other neighbor comes over house (I hand her a pork roast because everything is thawing out), all neighbors finally leave, throw kids in car to hit ESPN and bring Grigs some chicken (again more thawed out stuff from freezer) and pick up b-day present at ESPN store for my mother's husband whom was also part of the b-day celebration, home, L and R wrapped the present (R decides to throw the tape under the stove and I could not reach it), took showers with the kids (brought each one in one at a time....they were NOT happy), dressed everybody up, dressed myself up (still wore a visor over my wet hair....I was NOT going to do my hair), grabbed all the stuff we needed and once Daddy got home we hopped in the car to go to Tonio's in Plainville and have pizza with the whole family......PHEW! I'm not even done yet. Back home after 8 p.m. to put the kids to bed, pack their lunches and fill out their paperwork that the school needs ASAP. Here I am....it is 9:55, I'm shot, bloated, exhausted, emotionally drained and totally fucking DONE! The problem with this crazy day? My kids sucked pond water. I had issues with R whining all day and the other two did not give a shit about anything all afternoon and would not listen to me. I was so frustrated and beaten down. I do nothing but talk all the time and they do the same shit over and over again. I don't understand how they can just keep on ignoring me. We have rules in this house you little fuckers! Remember these rules???? I have been teaching them to you from day one. Why is parenting do damn hard. I hate it!
Sunday, August 28, 2011
One word SPONTANEOUS!
That is exactly how my weekend was. A weekend of fun activities that we had planned all day Saturday and Sunday turned into plan B and then plan C due to the hurricane and Roxy being sick. It was a good fatty weekend but it could have been much worse if all my plans stayed in place.
1. A trip to the Terryville Fair turned into a DR visit for Roxy at 9 a.m. that went on FOREVER. I can't stand DR's especially on the weekend when their office is packed like sardines. Roxy's 104 temp finally broke and was down to about 99. No ear infection or strep throat but they did give her amoxicillan anyways because of a nasty head cold that she has. At this point it was pouring rain in Plainville and in Terryville so we decided not to go. Instead, we went bowling with the kids. Hooked up with the Cambi family (thanks Jen for coming out and playing with us) and my cousin Jen who I was supposed to meet at the fair. A rainy morning turned into something very unpredictable and fun for the kids. I did want some fried dough though!
2. The afternoon birthday party on Saturday was canceled so we stayed home and got some cleaning done around the house before the "big storm".
3 The evening 40th birthday party was canceled but we still had the babysitter. We hit Fuji's in Bristol for some supper and then the theatre to see Rise of the Planet of the Apes. It was really a good movie.
4. Family of five in bed last night. Because of the lightening and wind everybody was getting a bit scared with the storm coming. Nobody slept because there was no room. Finally, Trinity slept on the floor in our room, Todd took off and slept in Trinity's bed and the rest of us finally had some room to sleep. They kids sleep so restless it is crazy. I'm still sore from Roxy's foot up my ass all night.
Today was a very different day completely. Ms. Irene hit this way but not as bad as elsewhere. We had power all day long and maybe a few leaves in the yard. We did make sure everything was out of the yards, even the rabbits had shelter in the shed. Well, it was another day of cleaning up, organizing and doing who the hell knows what. Once the storm passed we quickly took off to see the damage around our house. Lots of trees and power lines down along with some killer flooding areas. I think our gym buddy Joe Chasse had to be rescued out of his house in Forestville where the major flooding took place today. Been thinking of you all day Mr. Joe.
Since our "social drinking" night last night didn't happen we decided to do it tonight. When the sun came out we decided to have a block party at 6 p.m. with all the neighbors. We dragged the grill out to the curb along with tables and chairs. The neighbors brought down meet to grill and Trinity went through the hood knocking on every body's doors inviting them to a social gathering at the cul de sac. It was great! Chilly with the crazy wind but it was great! We even had a serious kick ball game going on.
WOD's for the weekend - absolutely NOTHING! I have not worked out since Wednesday. It's going to hurt tomorrow when I run.
Food - Ate all the bad shit that I could find. Again, it's going to hurt tomorrow when I decide to eat "right".
1. A trip to the Terryville Fair turned into a DR visit for Roxy at 9 a.m. that went on FOREVER. I can't stand DR's especially on the weekend when their office is packed like sardines. Roxy's 104 temp finally broke and was down to about 99. No ear infection or strep throat but they did give her amoxicillan anyways because of a nasty head cold that she has. At this point it was pouring rain in Plainville and in Terryville so we decided not to go. Instead, we went bowling with the kids. Hooked up with the Cambi family (thanks Jen for coming out and playing with us) and my cousin Jen who I was supposed to meet at the fair. A rainy morning turned into something very unpredictable and fun for the kids. I did want some fried dough though!
2. The afternoon birthday party on Saturday was canceled so we stayed home and got some cleaning done around the house before the "big storm".
3 The evening 40th birthday party was canceled but we still had the babysitter. We hit Fuji's in Bristol for some supper and then the theatre to see Rise of the Planet of the Apes. It was really a good movie.
4. Family of five in bed last night. Because of the lightening and wind everybody was getting a bit scared with the storm coming. Nobody slept because there was no room. Finally, Trinity slept on the floor in our room, Todd took off and slept in Trinity's bed and the rest of us finally had some room to sleep. They kids sleep so restless it is crazy. I'm still sore from Roxy's foot up my ass all night.
Today was a very different day completely. Ms. Irene hit this way but not as bad as elsewhere. We had power all day long and maybe a few leaves in the yard. We did make sure everything was out of the yards, even the rabbits had shelter in the shed. Well, it was another day of cleaning up, organizing and doing who the hell knows what. Once the storm passed we quickly took off to see the damage around our house. Lots of trees and power lines down along with some killer flooding areas. I think our gym buddy Joe Chasse had to be rescued out of his house in Forestville where the major flooding took place today. Been thinking of you all day Mr. Joe.
Since our "social drinking" night last night didn't happen we decided to do it tonight. When the sun came out we decided to have a block party at 6 p.m. with all the neighbors. We dragged the grill out to the curb along with tables and chairs. The neighbors brought down meet to grill and Trinity went through the hood knocking on every body's doors inviting them to a social gathering at the cul de sac. It was great! Chilly with the crazy wind but it was great! We even had a serious kick ball game going on.
WOD's for the weekend - absolutely NOTHING! I have not worked out since Wednesday. It's going to hurt tomorrow when I run.
Food - Ate all the bad shit that I could find. Again, it's going to hurt tomorrow when I decide to eat "right".
Friday, August 26, 2011
Can I get a large order of sound sleep and a side of clean house please.....
.......I'm cranky so watch out. Jen Cambi, I'm in the same boat you were in earlier this week. OVERWHELMED! That is the word. Here is what I'm losing sleep over:
1. Roxy has a fever and has been up for the past two nights.
2. What the hell do we do with Roxy today since she cannot go to daycare.....God bless Grandma!
3. Who is going to bring the kids to the camp bus and Roxy to Terryville?
4. What do we have for supper tonight?
5. I need to get b-day present for party tomorrow afternoon (just found out it was canceled) and for a party tomorrow night (still on).
6. What do I get my friend for her 40th? Shit!
7. Kids bathroom being tiled etc. I need to paint. When can I paint?
8. Kids rooms are trashed and I cannot clean them until the bathroom stuff gets put away back into the bathroom.
9. When is the sink coming in? Again, when the hell can I paint?
10. FUCK! I don't want to go to work.....I want to stay home and clean!
11. Sunday is supposed to be really rainy....AMEN! Uh oh, we need to get all the patio furniture off the back porch....We can do that Saturday afternoon. Todd already did most of it!
12. Crap! The rabbits! They can't stay out in the hurricane. We'll have to bring their cage into the garage on Saturday. So excited to have piss and poop on newspaper in the garage.
13. Oh my word! My house is so filthy....Sunday I'm going to get lost in house work. What needs to be done? Everything! The kids will be under my feet the whole time......this could get ugly.
14. ESPN Summer Picnic at Lake Compounce on Monday. Will it be canceled?
15. First day of school on Monday, will it be canceled?
16. Trinity has a DR appointment at 10:45 a.m. on Monday. I'll have to pick her up at school, get her to the DR for her shot and then back to school. If school is in session.
17. If ESPN picnic is still one what time should I go?
18. My head hurts....I hope I'm not coming down with something.
19. I'm so damn tired! I need sleep! Just sleep Stacia for crying out loud. Fall asleep! NOW!
20. Yearly review time at work. Great! I need to brag about myself and get my 1% raise. I've been saying the same shit for 12 years "I'm awesome!". They just don't believe me.
21. What needs to get done at work? Am I ahead of the game or way behind?
22. Truck needs gas. I'll get it before work!
I shit you not! This is everything that has been going through my mind for the past two nights when I am woken up by Lincoln or Roxy. Once they are up for something around 2 a.m. or whatever time it is....I can't fall back to sleep because all the 22 reasons above are why.
So, today is Friday and I just need to take a deep breath. I did not workout yesterday and I was going to run this morning but with the NO SLEEP for most of the night I shut my alarm off. So I guess no workout today either. I could go at lunch but I don't want to. I feel like such a slacker! A fat slacker that is.
I'm just guessing an early bed time tonight for me since It has been almost 11 p.m. the past two nights and getting up 2 - 3X's with the kids......damn kids!
Last night took Trinity and my neighbors girls to a Fancy Nancy Fundraiser for the Lexi Fund. Can I just tell you we had a blast. Only four girls showed up (they had a 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. party too that was filled with kids). I guess the 7 p.m. was not a popular time, however, they dressed up and we had a tea party. They left with all this fun make-up and jewelry. It was really cute. I've added a picture!
Enough complaining about my life. Time to get into my work and get something done today!
1. Roxy has a fever and has been up for the past two nights.
2. What the hell do we do with Roxy today since she cannot go to daycare.....God bless Grandma!
3. Who is going to bring the kids to the camp bus and Roxy to Terryville?
4. What do we have for supper tonight?
5. I need to get b-day present for party tomorrow afternoon (just found out it was canceled) and for a party tomorrow night (still on).
6. What do I get my friend for her 40th? Shit!
7. Kids bathroom being tiled etc. I need to paint. When can I paint?
8. Kids rooms are trashed and I cannot clean them until the bathroom stuff gets put away back into the bathroom.
9. When is the sink coming in? Again, when the hell can I paint?
10. FUCK! I don't want to go to work.....I want to stay home and clean!
11. Sunday is supposed to be really rainy....AMEN! Uh oh, we need to get all the patio furniture off the back porch....We can do that Saturday afternoon. Todd already did most of it!
12. Crap! The rabbits! They can't stay out in the hurricane. We'll have to bring their cage into the garage on Saturday. So excited to have piss and poop on newspaper in the garage.
13. Oh my word! My house is so filthy....Sunday I'm going to get lost in house work. What needs to be done? Everything! The kids will be under my feet the whole time......this could get ugly.
14. ESPN Summer Picnic at Lake Compounce on Monday. Will it be canceled?
15. First day of school on Monday, will it be canceled?
16. Trinity has a DR appointment at 10:45 a.m. on Monday. I'll have to pick her up at school, get her to the DR for her shot and then back to school. If school is in session.
17. If ESPN picnic is still one what time should I go?
18. My head hurts....I hope I'm not coming down with something.
19. I'm so damn tired! I need sleep! Just sleep Stacia for crying out loud. Fall asleep! NOW!
20. Yearly review time at work. Great! I need to brag about myself and get my 1% raise. I've been saying the same shit for 12 years "I'm awesome!". They just don't believe me.
21. What needs to get done at work? Am I ahead of the game or way behind?
22. Truck needs gas. I'll get it before work!
I shit you not! This is everything that has been going through my mind for the past two nights when I am woken up by Lincoln or Roxy. Once they are up for something around 2 a.m. or whatever time it is....I can't fall back to sleep because all the 22 reasons above are why.
So, today is Friday and I just need to take a deep breath. I did not workout yesterday and I was going to run this morning but with the NO SLEEP for most of the night I shut my alarm off. So I guess no workout today either. I could go at lunch but I don't want to. I feel like such a slacker! A fat slacker that is.
I'm just guessing an early bed time tonight for me since It has been almost 11 p.m. the past two nights and getting up 2 - 3X's with the kids......damn kids!
Last night took Trinity and my neighbors girls to a Fancy Nancy Fundraiser for the Lexi Fund. Can I just tell you we had a blast. Only four girls showed up (they had a 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. party too that was filled with kids). I guess the 7 p.m. was not a popular time, however, they dressed up and we had a tea party. They left with all this fun make-up and jewelry. It was really cute. I've added a picture!
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| Acting like movie stars! |
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| Look at all the loot they are bringing home! |
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Oh I'm sitting!
It's a wonderful feeling to finally put my ass on the couch. Oh yeah baby!
Another busy day in the Cardillo household. We are remodeling the kids bathroom so the tile guy came t 8:30 a.m. Left him to do his work while Roxy and I took off to gym to teach class:
WOD #1 - hour spin class climbing three major hills. 100% of class was in the seat! Butt was a bit cranky!
While at the gym the daycare contacted me because Roxy seemed to have a fever. Well, they were right poor thing. Came home and she laid on the couch barely eating any kind of lunch. I did give her some medicine before:
WOD #2 - 4 mile run with Grigs. She wanted to go really bad so I thought I would suck it up and run with her......just kidding Grigs! Grigs came to the house for a visit and a quick run if we wanted to join her so we did. Roxy jumped into the jogger and we took off. While I pushed her she fell asleep but boy oh boy was I a boring running partner. I did not talk much because I was so pooped! Legs did okay but coming back there was a head wind and with a jogger, wind is not my friend. We all survived. Tried to get Roxy to bed but she woke up and wanted more lunch.
Tile guys are still here so I fed them lunch too....why not! I even packed Grigs a small sandwich, soda and a pudding for lunch. Anybody else need to eat?
Put Roxy down for nap and medicine started to work because she was getting a bit "happy". Lets just say she barely slept. While Roxy was watching some more TV, I was on the computer, tile guys left and I did some laundry, picked up the kids and back home for supper. I have been digging up a massive flower bed along side my house and that was hanging over my head. I wanted to get it cleaned up and the ornamental grasses planted before the crazy rain this weekend. After supper, which was filet mignon and corn on the cob, I cleaned up the dishes and headed right out. All the kids stayed inside and watched TV. They are super tired after camp so I don't get on their case about lounging around. Out in the yard I went and got my yard chores done. I wanted to pick up some butterfly bushes at Winterberry Gardens but when I got there at 4 p.m. they were closed. I was so pissed that they weren't open because I wanted to get the flower bed totally finished. I guess what I did was enough for now. That was WOD #3, carting around a wheel barrel, bending my ass over and picking up rocks/weeds and raking.
Then when that was done I came in to back banana nut bread with the three rotten bananas that are in the fridge.....my house smells so good. Shower and her I am! Work tomorrow so I needed to get as much done as possible.
Time to head to bed and read a page before I pass out!
Another busy day in the Cardillo household. We are remodeling the kids bathroom so the tile guy came t 8:30 a.m. Left him to do his work while Roxy and I took off to gym to teach class:
WOD #1 - hour spin class climbing three major hills. 100% of class was in the seat! Butt was a bit cranky!
While at the gym the daycare contacted me because Roxy seemed to have a fever. Well, they were right poor thing. Came home and she laid on the couch barely eating any kind of lunch. I did give her some medicine before:
WOD #2 - 4 mile run with Grigs. She wanted to go really bad so I thought I would suck it up and run with her......just kidding Grigs! Grigs came to the house for a visit and a quick run if we wanted to join her so we did. Roxy jumped into the jogger and we took off. While I pushed her she fell asleep but boy oh boy was I a boring running partner. I did not talk much because I was so pooped! Legs did okay but coming back there was a head wind and with a jogger, wind is not my friend. We all survived. Tried to get Roxy to bed but she woke up and wanted more lunch.
Tile guys are still here so I fed them lunch too....why not! I even packed Grigs a small sandwich, soda and a pudding for lunch. Anybody else need to eat?
Put Roxy down for nap and medicine started to work because she was getting a bit "happy". Lets just say she barely slept. While Roxy was watching some more TV, I was on the computer, tile guys left and I did some laundry, picked up the kids and back home for supper. I have been digging up a massive flower bed along side my house and that was hanging over my head. I wanted to get it cleaned up and the ornamental grasses planted before the crazy rain this weekend. After supper, which was filet mignon and corn on the cob, I cleaned up the dishes and headed right out. All the kids stayed inside and watched TV. They are super tired after camp so I don't get on their case about lounging around. Out in the yard I went and got my yard chores done. I wanted to pick up some butterfly bushes at Winterberry Gardens but when I got there at 4 p.m. they were closed. I was so pissed that they weren't open because I wanted to get the flower bed totally finished. I guess what I did was enough for now. That was WOD #3, carting around a wheel barrel, bending my ass over and picking up rocks/weeds and raking.
Then when that was done I came in to back banana nut bread with the three rotten bananas that are in the fridge.....my house smells so good. Shower and her I am! Work tomorrow so I needed to get as much done as possible.
Time to head to bed and read a page before I pass out!
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
It's Only Tuesday????
....I feel like it's Friday, that is how spent I am. I just need to suck it up and get through the week don't I?
Time is sneaking away from me that I didn't get a chance to blog last night. So much going on that it's no excuse to forget you guys but it did slip my mind until Grigs yelled at me this morning when she had nothing to read. Sorry Grigs!
Monday - The daycare at the gym was closed due to their yearly cleaning so I opted to take Roxy out for a run with me. This whole Hartford 1/2 Marathon is looming over my head and I still haven't started to get serious with my running. I'm comfy plugging in a 10K (at a slow pace) but I haven't gone longer then that in a while. A LONG while!
Since I was pushing Roxy I took a flat route with some kind of rolling hills. I didn't know how I would feel pushing her because I don't do it too often. Well the burn in the beginning really sucked and I just thought "Why do I do this shit? Do I even like running?" And of course the red tide is starting to flow. I mean, I could actually feel my uterus lining being ripped off the wall in my stomach and the tide flowing down the "canal". Really didn't feel so comfy and wonderful but I had to deal with it. 48 minutes later I ran around 5.2 miles. Not bad considering I was pushing a 40 pound sack of potatoes.
My high school friend TK and her family came to the house at 10 a.m. and we drove down together to visit another high school friend Suzanne who lives in Wilton. Suzanne had a baby back in June and I have yet to visit. It was AWESOME! These high school friends are the most amazing people. When we get together the conversation never stops, we are always telling stories about HS, picking on each other and the husbands get a long really good too! It was really hard to leave around 2:30 p.m. to head home because I was just so comfortable and could have stayed all day and into the night. I'm really looking forward to my 20 year reunion with these guys. The hotel in Hartford is already booked.....so essssited!
Came home to get the kids off the bus, finish up some yard work, cook super, take T-bird to Target for some shoes and then home for bathes and bed. Bam.....it's only Monday girlfriend.
Today - It's my last day to take my neighbors kids for the day. Got T and L on the camp bus for 8 a.m., picked up girls at 9 a.m. and off to gym to teach class at 9:30 a.m. WOD - 90 spin/weight class and lets just say my muscles are really feeling it already. It was a tough workout and I'm the one teaching the damn thing. Quite funny!
Took kids out to lunch, miniature golf, home for R to nap, rest in front of the TV for a bit and feeling the amazing earthquake while on the computer, R up for nap, took the three kids over to neighbors pool to swim, picked up T and L from bus, brought them to neighbors house, now all 5 kids are swimming and having fun, home for a quick mac n' cheese dinner, off to Parent Night at Camp Sloper with neighbors son in tow, out to Friendly's for 12 scoop sundae, home to bath/shower and into bed. Now it's only Tuesday....damn!
Story behind the 12 scoop sundae. If you hit a baseball over my neighbors fence which borders my yard we take the kids to Friendly's and get the big mama jama sundae. We did it once when Lincoln hit the ball over and Jayden (neighbor) hit one months ago and finally confronted me about his sundae. So we thought it was only fair to take him out and all of us would dig into the bowl of fat. Todd and I could barely get our spoons into the thing because the kids were like animals. They are definitely like their parents.
Time to make a new play list for class tomorrow and fold laundry before I can hit the sack. I have a big day ahead of me tomorrow with class in the morning and a run with Grigs at lunch time. Maybe she can push Roxy.....Just kidding Grigs!
Time is sneaking away from me that I didn't get a chance to blog last night. So much going on that it's no excuse to forget you guys but it did slip my mind until Grigs yelled at me this morning when she had nothing to read. Sorry Grigs!
Monday - The daycare at the gym was closed due to their yearly cleaning so I opted to take Roxy out for a run with me. This whole Hartford 1/2 Marathon is looming over my head and I still haven't started to get serious with my running. I'm comfy plugging in a 10K (at a slow pace) but I haven't gone longer then that in a while. A LONG while!
Since I was pushing Roxy I took a flat route with some kind of rolling hills. I didn't know how I would feel pushing her because I don't do it too often. Well the burn in the beginning really sucked and I just thought "Why do I do this shit? Do I even like running?" And of course the red tide is starting to flow. I mean, I could actually feel my uterus lining being ripped off the wall in my stomach and the tide flowing down the "canal". Really didn't feel so comfy and wonderful but I had to deal with it. 48 minutes later I ran around 5.2 miles. Not bad considering I was pushing a 40 pound sack of potatoes.
My high school friend TK and her family came to the house at 10 a.m. and we drove down together to visit another high school friend Suzanne who lives in Wilton. Suzanne had a baby back in June and I have yet to visit. It was AWESOME! These high school friends are the most amazing people. When we get together the conversation never stops, we are always telling stories about HS, picking on each other and the husbands get a long really good too! It was really hard to leave around 2:30 p.m. to head home because I was just so comfortable and could have stayed all day and into the night. I'm really looking forward to my 20 year reunion with these guys. The hotel in Hartford is already booked.....so essssited!
Came home to get the kids off the bus, finish up some yard work, cook super, take T-bird to Target for some shoes and then home for bathes and bed. Bam.....it's only Monday girlfriend.
Today - It's my last day to take my neighbors kids for the day. Got T and L on the camp bus for 8 a.m., picked up girls at 9 a.m. and off to gym to teach class at 9:30 a.m. WOD - 90 spin/weight class and lets just say my muscles are really feeling it already. It was a tough workout and I'm the one teaching the damn thing. Quite funny!
Took kids out to lunch, miniature golf, home for R to nap, rest in front of the TV for a bit and feeling the amazing earthquake while on the computer, R up for nap, took the three kids over to neighbors pool to swim, picked up T and L from bus, brought them to neighbors house, now all 5 kids are swimming and having fun, home for a quick mac n' cheese dinner, off to Parent Night at Camp Sloper with neighbors son in tow, out to Friendly's for 12 scoop sundae, home to bath/shower and into bed. Now it's only Tuesday....damn!
Story behind the 12 scoop sundae. If you hit a baseball over my neighbors fence which borders my yard we take the kids to Friendly's and get the big mama jama sundae. We did it once when Lincoln hit the ball over and Jayden (neighbor) hit one months ago and finally confronted me about his sundae. So we thought it was only fair to take him out and all of us would dig into the bowl of fat. Todd and I could barely get our spoons into the thing because the kids were like animals. They are definitely like their parents.
Time to make a new play list for class tomorrow and fold laundry before I can hit the sack. I have a big day ahead of me tomorrow with class in the morning and a run with Grigs at lunch time. Maybe she can push Roxy.....Just kidding Grigs!
Sunday, August 21, 2011
You Should Be Proud
I added an app to my iPhone. It's called TAG. I can scan a bar code and watch movie trailers from Todd's Entertainment Weekly magazine. We're in bed and just saw three movie trailers.....so cool!
Another Eventful Weekend......
What "didn't" we do this weekend?
First of all I was beyond excited to go mountain biking on Saturday morning. A small group of Tri Club members showed up and we had the best time. Crazy log jumps, hills and some fast down hills. I was like a kid in a candy shop getting back on my mountain bike. I love it so much! The best thing about it? My legs were strong from the beginning to the end. I could have kept on riding for hours. I was one happy mama!
But I did receive a phone call from my daughter while I was half way into the woods about how Lincoln was jumping on the furniture and not listening to the babysitter. I was pissed! Lets just say he spent the rest of the morning in his room until we got home and then the rest of the afternoon. Not happy about his listening issue.
Headed to our friends house for 5-ish for a picnic (thank you Mr and Mrs. Veo for taking such good care of us). Great time hanging out with friends, watching the kids on the water slide, playing wiffle ball and football. A few beers under my belt but drank way too much! We couldn't wait to get home and into bed. We're getting very old! It could be that the bike ride in the a.m. and the serious yard work I did in the afternoon finally took it's toll. I dug up a ton of shit in my yard and replanted. I was on FIRE!
Today after sleeping in a half hour longer (still woke up tired) we decided to do stuff around the house and then take the kids to Lake Compounce before the rain hit this afternoon. Todd had to paint a bathroom ceiling and I took the kids on a bike ride to the school so they could play on the play scape. Our neighbors joined us for the ride. By the time I got home Todd was done and the bag was packed to hit LC. Alrighty then! Time to leave. We had a blast! Did quite a few rides and then hit the water park to cool down. The lines were short and quick but by the time we decided to head home (insert enormous black cloud coming) the lines were getting really long.
Trinity had given us the worst attitude ever for leaving and I was ready to slap her across the face. I could not believe the bullshit she kept complaining about. After all the crap Todd and I do for our children I just want to be thanked properly. Instead we get a frown and attitude about how we had to leave and she could not go back on the Zoomerang! Have you seen the fucking sky? It's going to thunder/rain like made and I don't want to get stuck in it. Not happy! So when we got to the car I told her she was to go to her room until supper (about 3 hours). When she came down to eat, did I get a "sorry" or any kind of apology? Nope! Okay Trin, back to your room. Todd felt bad and wanted her to stay down but since we did not receive an apology I was not going to have any of it. Screw that! While we had dessert she didn't. Finally I got up to her room and told her that my feelings were hurt and that I could not believe she did not apologize. I was heart broken. Finally when we brought the kids up to bed I went into her room and she was practicing her singing. Okay, she still doesn't get it....WTF! After she sang her son she turned off the radio and ran right over to me crying and apologizing! There ya go! About fucking time! I hope the total of 5+ hours in her room helped. At least for now!
Time to sit and chill in front of the boob tube and think about what I need to do tomorrow!
But I did receive a phone call from my daughter while I was half way into the woods about how Lincoln was jumping on the furniture and not listening to the babysitter. I was pissed! Lets just say he spent the rest of the morning in his room until we got home and then the rest of the afternoon. Not happy about his listening issue.
Headed to our friends house for 5-ish for a picnic (thank you Mr and Mrs. Veo for taking such good care of us). Great time hanging out with friends, watching the kids on the water slide, playing wiffle ball and football. A few beers under my belt but drank way too much! We couldn't wait to get home and into bed. We're getting very old! It could be that the bike ride in the a.m. and the serious yard work I did in the afternoon finally took it's toll. I dug up a ton of shit in my yard and replanted. I was on FIRE!
Today after sleeping in a half hour longer (still woke up tired) we decided to do stuff around the house and then take the kids to Lake Compounce before the rain hit this afternoon. Todd had to paint a bathroom ceiling and I took the kids on a bike ride to the school so they could play on the play scape. Our neighbors joined us for the ride. By the time I got home Todd was done and the bag was packed to hit LC. Alrighty then! Time to leave. We had a blast! Did quite a few rides and then hit the water park to cool down. The lines were short and quick but by the time we decided to head home (insert enormous black cloud coming) the lines were getting really long.
Trinity had given us the worst attitude ever for leaving and I was ready to slap her across the face. I could not believe the bullshit she kept complaining about. After all the crap Todd and I do for our children I just want to be thanked properly. Instead we get a frown and attitude about how we had to leave and she could not go back on the Zoomerang! Have you seen the fucking sky? It's going to thunder/rain like made and I don't want to get stuck in it. Not happy! So when we got to the car I told her she was to go to her room until supper (about 3 hours). When she came down to eat, did I get a "sorry" or any kind of apology? Nope! Okay Trin, back to your room. Todd felt bad and wanted her to stay down but since we did not receive an apology I was not going to have any of it. Screw that! While we had dessert she didn't. Finally I got up to her room and told her that my feelings were hurt and that I could not believe she did not apologize. I was heart broken. Finally when we brought the kids up to bed I went into her room and she was practicing her singing. Okay, she still doesn't get it....WTF! After she sang her son she turned off the radio and ran right over to me crying and apologizing! There ya go! About fucking time! I hope the total of 5+ hours in her room helped. At least for now!
Time to sit and chill in front of the boob tube and think about what I need to do tomorrow!
Friday, August 19, 2011
Some old photos of the Cardillo's. Not sure if I even knew some of you then!
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| Lincoln's 1st Birthday on the Norwegian Cruise Line |
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| A Summer day in VT. Roxy is maybe 6mos or younger. |
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| The kids making elf hats as part of their Advent calendar activities |
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| Lincoln and Trinity froliking in the leaves |
Really PEOPLE??????
.......if you happen to have really bad breath don't you know? Can't you tell that your breath really stinks? And in regards to BO, have you smelled yourself lately? Ever hear of a stick of deodorant? Chew gum and put on some deodorant will you please?
Got my eyebrows waxed and of course the lady was breathing on me with her awful stale breath. Same lady as before too. Then in the grocery store I'm in line waiting behind this lady and once I got close I almost threw up. Her BO was rancid. It could kill anything in her wake and just about killed me. I wanted to puke. I'm not saying that I am the cleanest person on earth since you all know I don't shower in three days but at least I change my knickers, brush my teeth and put on deodorant. It's called being courteous for everybody around me ;-)
Another work week has gone by. My friend Rouski who lost her father two weeks ago is still not back in the office so I have been covering for her which makes things more crazy. But I was able to get a lunch break in yesterday and today.
Thursday WOD - 20 swim/20 bike/20 run. I survived and felt like a million bucks. Haven't been in water to swim since the Ocean Beach Tri on July 24th so I'm working on almost a month without swimming. 20 minute swim = 1125 yards, 20 minute bike = 6.7 miles and 20 minute run = 2.32 miles. It was a really good sweat!
Friday WOD - Nothing so far! I could go home and do 300 squats for time or I could say screw it. I'm going mtn biking tomorrow morning so I could use the rest in the legs. Mtn biking really works by lower half and since I have not been on my mtn bike in a year, I need all the energy I can get. I decided to go out on my lunch break and get a pedicure and my eyebrows waxed. It was great!
I was pondering about something yesterday that I'm willing to open up for discussion:
Endurance VS. Speed......which is better do you think?
I can't say one is better then the other but I know for sure that I am built for endurance. I will swim across that lake and back, climb that 7 mile hill and keep the feet moving while running. I will cross the finish line. HOWEVER, wouldn't it be great to do all that and be fast? Maybe I should set a goal to become quicker next year. Is that even possible? Of course I'm sitting here and thinking of all this while I'm PMS-ing and eating a ton of chocolate. Damn hormones! They SUCK!
Time to wrap things up in the office and head home to a crazy household with screaming children, clothes and toys everywhere and a list of things that need to get done. That list might take me all weekend long because the damn thing keeps growing on me.
Got my eyebrows waxed and of course the lady was breathing on me with her awful stale breath. Same lady as before too. Then in the grocery store I'm in line waiting behind this lady and once I got close I almost threw up. Her BO was rancid. It could kill anything in her wake and just about killed me. I wanted to puke. I'm not saying that I am the cleanest person on earth since you all know I don't shower in three days but at least I change my knickers, brush my teeth and put on deodorant. It's called being courteous for everybody around me ;-)
Another work week has gone by. My friend Rouski who lost her father two weeks ago is still not back in the office so I have been covering for her which makes things more crazy. But I was able to get a lunch break in yesterday and today.
Thursday WOD - 20 swim/20 bike/20 run. I survived and felt like a million bucks. Haven't been in water to swim since the Ocean Beach Tri on July 24th so I'm working on almost a month without swimming. 20 minute swim = 1125 yards, 20 minute bike = 6.7 miles and 20 minute run = 2.32 miles. It was a really good sweat!
Friday WOD - Nothing so far! I could go home and do 300 squats for time or I could say screw it. I'm going mtn biking tomorrow morning so I could use the rest in the legs. Mtn biking really works by lower half and since I have not been on my mtn bike in a year, I need all the energy I can get. I decided to go out on my lunch break and get a pedicure and my eyebrows waxed. It was great!
I was pondering about something yesterday that I'm willing to open up for discussion:
Endurance VS. Speed......which is better do you think?
I can't say one is better then the other but I know for sure that I am built for endurance. I will swim across that lake and back, climb that 7 mile hill and keep the feet moving while running. I will cross the finish line. HOWEVER, wouldn't it be great to do all that and be fast? Maybe I should set a goal to become quicker next year. Is that even possible? Of course I'm sitting here and thinking of all this while I'm PMS-ing and eating a ton of chocolate. Damn hormones! They SUCK!
Time to wrap things up in the office and head home to a crazy household with screaming children, clothes and toys everywhere and a list of things that need to get done. That list might take me all weekend long because the damn thing keeps growing on me.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Ho Hum!
....nothing fancy today! I am now teaching the 9:30 a.m. spin class every Wednesday in exchange for my Wednesday evening class. Today was my first day teaching the Wed morning class and it was great. Same faces that I see around the gym and in my Tuesday class and surely some newer faces.
WOD - 1 hour spin class with fast hills, 20 sprints and more hills to end it off. I was drenched!
Roxy and I headed over to my friends house in Burlington to drop off her birthday present. We hung out for about an hour and a half and Roxy swam for about 10 seconds. I didn't think anything of it but she curled up in my lap and asked if we could go home so she could nap. Well aright then! Let's go home! When I got her to bed I unpacked the truck and threw in a load of laundry and just tried to clean up the best that I could. I really needed to get my ass outside and weed around my flower beds so that is what I did. Boy oh boy was I drenched. I even showered after class, why did I bother? Once I was done I came inside and laid on the couch with R once she woke up. We had about a half an hour before we needed to get the kids from the camp bus stop. I enjoyed that time relaxing but I did notice that she felt warm and again didn't think anything of it. Todd came home early and was able to hang with L and R while I took T to get her back to school haircut at a real salon. $30 later (including tip) she looked pretty much the same just smelled better :-)
Picked up pizza for supper and then home.
R barely ate and she quickly left the supper table and headed to the couch to lay down. Uh oh! She must be sick because she never does that! Well, she was warm but we didn't dope her up until bed time because she would get off the couch and piss off her brother like normal so I didn't think she was that bad. We did give her meds before bed because tomorrow is work day and I cannot call out. Todd will have to work from home if she's not doing too well. OR dope her up in the morning and send her into school hoping they don't notice anything....how mean is that!
So I have two races left on my "race schedule" this summer; Madison Sprint Tri on Sept 10th and the Hartford 1/2 Marathon on Oct 17th. Have I done anything to get myself ready? Nope! I have not swam in over two weeks and I barely run. I'm thinking that I really need to run tomorrow at lunch but I am afraid that I will poop! I'll just need to pack the tissues in my shorts :-)
WOD - 1 hour spin class with fast hills, 20 sprints and more hills to end it off. I was drenched!
Roxy and I headed over to my friends house in Burlington to drop off her birthday present. We hung out for about an hour and a half and Roxy swam for about 10 seconds. I didn't think anything of it but she curled up in my lap and asked if we could go home so she could nap. Well aright then! Let's go home! When I got her to bed I unpacked the truck and threw in a load of laundry and just tried to clean up the best that I could. I really needed to get my ass outside and weed around my flower beds so that is what I did. Boy oh boy was I drenched. I even showered after class, why did I bother? Once I was done I came inside and laid on the couch with R once she woke up. We had about a half an hour before we needed to get the kids from the camp bus stop. I enjoyed that time relaxing but I did notice that she felt warm and again didn't think anything of it. Todd came home early and was able to hang with L and R while I took T to get her back to school haircut at a real salon. $30 later (including tip) she looked pretty much the same just smelled better :-)
Picked up pizza for supper and then home.
R barely ate and she quickly left the supper table and headed to the couch to lay down. Uh oh! She must be sick because she never does that! Well, she was warm but we didn't dope her up until bed time because she would get off the couch and piss off her brother like normal so I didn't think she was that bad. We did give her meds before bed because tomorrow is work day and I cannot call out. Todd will have to work from home if she's not doing too well. OR dope her up in the morning and send her into school hoping they don't notice anything....how mean is that!
So I have two races left on my "race schedule" this summer; Madison Sprint Tri on Sept 10th and the Hartford 1/2 Marathon on Oct 17th. Have I done anything to get myself ready? Nope! I have not swam in over two weeks and I barely run. I'm thinking that I really need to run tomorrow at lunch but I am afraid that I will poop! I'll just need to pack the tissues in my shorts :-)
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
It's A Wonderful Day In The Neighborhood......
....a beautiful day in the neighborhood, won't you be mine, could you be my neighbor! Remember Mr. Rogers! When I think back to that show he is one scary dude!
Today was "neighbor" day. Dropped T and L off at the camp bus for 8 a.m., back home for R and I to get dressed for the gym, out the door at 9 a.m. to pick up my neighbors girls (I take them every Tuesday), teach class (90 minutes today), over to Kohl's to use my 30% off coupon with R and the girls and then met my other neighbor at McDonald's with her grandson for lunch and then to the Plainville Library for some frog lecture type thing. Then back home to put R down for nap and my neighbor and I hung outside in the sun for well over an hour bullshitting while the kids played......and they weren't even my kids. It was beautiful! I honestly have to say that my neighborhood is the absolute best. Everybody is so friendly and you could knock on any body's door looking for eggs or a cup of sugar.
My great day turned sour when I had to pick up my two from camp (neighbor stayed at my house to watch the kids and make sure R kept sleeping). I swear, the soon my two kids are in the shuffle everybody starts fighting. I really want to say that I think it's my children. Or T for that matter! Granted, it could be the girls against the boys type thing but a nice play time turned bad with my neighbors grandson crying because nobody will play with him. Of course everybody points their fingers at Trinity and there she is standing her ground saying she didn't due anything. Well, we cleaned up real fast and everybody went home. I was not happy! So I sat L and T down and ask several questions about what happened and then a lecture on top of that. "If you see your friend crying no matter what you did or did not due, you get your ass over to that friend right away and say you are sorry and show some god damn compassion!". That was the lecture! Probably not the best way to handle it but I'm hoping it worked. I just kept getting the "I didn't due anything!" from T.
I wanted to hit Winding Trails for their last triathlon tonight to take photos but everybody left around 5:30 p.m. and I was in no mood to pack them all up and head into Farmington. They all looked tired even Roxy! I said fuck it and stayed home, heated up leftovers, gave everybody bathes and watched a bit of "How To Train Your Dragon!". Everybody just went to bed without any reading and they did not complain. Bid daddy is out for a business dinner so the house is quiet and I'm getting my ass upstairs to read and sleep. I'm just minutes away from that happening.....oh joy!
WOD - 90 class - Biked about 9 - 12 miles taking everybody through a mountain bike ride (as best as I could) and off the bike three times for weights and abs. I would say it was a good class because my clothes had not one dry spot on them. I sweat like a pig anyways!
Food - Salad at McD's and nibbled this afternoon on some zucchini cake and pasta for supper tonight. Didn't eat much at all and I'm actually still hungry. Time to slug some water and hit the hay!
Today was "neighbor" day. Dropped T and L off at the camp bus for 8 a.m., back home for R and I to get dressed for the gym, out the door at 9 a.m. to pick up my neighbors girls (I take them every Tuesday), teach class (90 minutes today), over to Kohl's to use my 30% off coupon with R and the girls and then met my other neighbor at McDonald's with her grandson for lunch and then to the Plainville Library for some frog lecture type thing. Then back home to put R down for nap and my neighbor and I hung outside in the sun for well over an hour bullshitting while the kids played......and they weren't even my kids. It was beautiful! I honestly have to say that my neighborhood is the absolute best. Everybody is so friendly and you could knock on any body's door looking for eggs or a cup of sugar.
My great day turned sour when I had to pick up my two from camp (neighbor stayed at my house to watch the kids and make sure R kept sleeping). I swear, the soon my two kids are in the shuffle everybody starts fighting. I really want to say that I think it's my children. Or T for that matter! Granted, it could be the girls against the boys type thing but a nice play time turned bad with my neighbors grandson crying because nobody will play with him. Of course everybody points their fingers at Trinity and there she is standing her ground saying she didn't due anything. Well, we cleaned up real fast and everybody went home. I was not happy! So I sat L and T down and ask several questions about what happened and then a lecture on top of that. "If you see your friend crying no matter what you did or did not due, you get your ass over to that friend right away and say you are sorry and show some god damn compassion!". That was the lecture! Probably not the best way to handle it but I'm hoping it worked. I just kept getting the "I didn't due anything!" from T.
I wanted to hit Winding Trails for their last triathlon tonight to take photos but everybody left around 5:30 p.m. and I was in no mood to pack them all up and head into Farmington. They all looked tired even Roxy! I said fuck it and stayed home, heated up leftovers, gave everybody bathes and watched a bit of "How To Train Your Dragon!". Everybody just went to bed without any reading and they did not complain. Bid daddy is out for a business dinner so the house is quiet and I'm getting my ass upstairs to read and sleep. I'm just minutes away from that happening.....oh joy!
WOD - 90 class - Biked about 9 - 12 miles taking everybody through a mountain bike ride (as best as I could) and off the bike three times for weights and abs. I would say it was a good class because my clothes had not one dry spot on them. I sweat like a pig anyways!
Food - Salad at McD's and nibbled this afternoon on some zucchini cake and pasta for supper tonight. Didn't eat much at all and I'm actually still hungry. Time to slug some water and hit the hay!
Monday, August 15, 2011
Very Sorry.....
.....for my fresh mouth last night. I was beyond frustrated trying to get work done that I just went off the deep end. Sadly, the trash mouth and anger continued this morning as I was trying to finish things up. My poor husband called from work and I just f-bombed everything and could not talk without swearing. I felt really bad. Once I did finalize everything and sent out my newsletter I went shopping.
Could not get reservations until 10:30 a.m. at the gym so I hit TJ Maxx with Roxy before hand. T and L are in camp for two weeks so I'm back to school type hours and school type life. Just Roxy and I doing nothing and taking naps (at least she is). After my frustrating morning, spending some money at the school was really good therapy. $135 later! Oh Boy!
Today I'm back to the "I need to run" plan. I pulled off a workout from the white sheet and went to town (after talking to everybody for over a 1/2 hour first) WOD - 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 of burpees, squats and situps followed by run 1 mile, rest 4X. Well I was running behind so I just ran at 5K in 26:34. I needed to know if I could survive that 5K first before I really started pushing myself. I'm still alive so I guess it's time to really push hard! Well, as hard as I can :-)
Again, loved all the rain. Had the windows open in my house and I let in all the fresh cool air. Baked another zucchini cake (my boss is going to be so happy), laundry, computer work and a shower, yes I took a shower today AND shaved. Do I hear a whoop whoop! Got the kids from the bus around 4 p.m. and took my bird carcass from yesterday and made chicken noodle soup for supper tonight. Great night for comfort food. Pulled out the play-doh for the kids to play with before bed and then ni-night time. Trinity is not happy going upstairs at 7:30 p.m. to read but I need to condition her for school. She probably won't fall asleep until 9 p.m. anyways.
Food intake was okay today but not too great. Roxy totally forgot where her listening ears were and I was tired so it made it for a "I'm not going to take any body's shit today" kind of day! They all ignored me anyways!
Could not get reservations until 10:30 a.m. at the gym so I hit TJ Maxx with Roxy before hand. T and L are in camp for two weeks so I'm back to school type hours and school type life. Just Roxy and I doing nothing and taking naps (at least she is). After my frustrating morning, spending some money at the school was really good therapy. $135 later! Oh Boy!
Today I'm back to the "I need to run" plan. I pulled off a workout from the white sheet and went to town (after talking to everybody for over a 1/2 hour first) WOD - 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 of burpees, squats and situps followed by run 1 mile, rest 4X. Well I was running behind so I just ran at 5K in 26:34. I needed to know if I could survive that 5K first before I really started pushing myself. I'm still alive so I guess it's time to really push hard! Well, as hard as I can :-)
Again, loved all the rain. Had the windows open in my house and I let in all the fresh cool air. Baked another zucchini cake (my boss is going to be so happy), laundry, computer work and a shower, yes I took a shower today AND shaved. Do I hear a whoop whoop! Got the kids from the bus around 4 p.m. and took my bird carcass from yesterday and made chicken noodle soup for supper tonight. Great night for comfort food. Pulled out the play-doh for the kids to play with before bed and then ni-night time. Trinity is not happy going upstairs at 7:30 p.m. to read but I need to condition her for school. She probably won't fall asleep until 9 p.m. anyways.
Food intake was okay today but not too great. Roxy totally forgot where her listening ears were and I was tired so it made it for a "I'm not going to take any body's shit today" kind of day! They all ignored me anyways!
Sunday, August 14, 2011
I Fucking Hate Computers
I'm beyond annoyed right now. I'm trying to send out my Tri Club newsletter and the damn piece of shit computer is acting up and I can't download photos. It is 9:24 p.m. and I want to hit the send button so fucking bad but it's not finished......UUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Now I will have to wait until tomorrow to do this. Shit!
Okay, back to being nice!
We had a weekend of staying home and doing housey stuff! My manager at work brought in this enormous zucchini from his garden and I told him that I would bake some zucchini breads/pie/cake etc. My weekend was focused on baking:
Saturday:
WOD - Hour spin class. I'm so done having my vagina on a bike seat. I taught enough this past week that I think I'm off the sub list for a while. But the class was great and it was a good end to a crazy week.
Back home to bake my ass off! Four zucchini breads later, I was changing the kids bed sheets, rearranging their rooms, laundry and cooking a dish for a party that we went to at night. Not bad if I say so myself. We finally brushed our teeth and got dressed to head out to my friends party which was an absolute blast by the way. Ate, swam, talked, ate, drank, ate, swam, ate, danced (they had a DJ) and had loads of fun. I felt bad taking the kids away from the party at 9 p.m. but they will turn into Satan's Devils if I don't get them home and into bed.
Sunday:
WOD - Nada.....And thank goodness for this awesome rain. I LOVE rainy days! Again I was a baking whore making chocolate zucchini cake, cooking a nice bird with stuffing, more laundry, grocery shopping and maybe a wee bit of TV time. Probably 15 minutes while folding laundry!
Funny story about today, for the past 3 days there has been this awful smell inside or near my washing machine. Smelt like a dead mouse which happens in our walls every now and then. With the cats around they catch most of them but can also hide them. I thought this was the case! Finally after the awful smell again today I said FUCK IT! "honey, help me get the washer and dryer moved!". First nothing under the dryer and then we go to move the washer and there is this carcass that looks like a fucking bat. Todd picks it up and IT'S A FUCKING BAT! A smelly ass dead bat. How the hell did this fucker get into my house and under my god damn washer! Now I'm a paranoid freak checking every corner of the house waiting for the whole damn bat family to scoop down and attack me. Yuck!
Kids are in camp starting tomorrow. Back to me and Roxy for two weeks and then they are in school. I'm really looking forward to the quiet time with my baby. I can actually put her down for a decent nap and get some stuff done in the house. Like maybe pick up the vacuum, mop or dust cloth. Well we are remodeling the kids bathroom so I'll probably have to paint. Oh joy!
Now I will have to wait until tomorrow to do this. Shit!
Okay, back to being nice!
We had a weekend of staying home and doing housey stuff! My manager at work brought in this enormous zucchini from his garden and I told him that I would bake some zucchini breads/pie/cake etc. My weekend was focused on baking:
Saturday:
WOD - Hour spin class. I'm so done having my vagina on a bike seat. I taught enough this past week that I think I'm off the sub list for a while. But the class was great and it was a good end to a crazy week.
Back home to bake my ass off! Four zucchini breads later, I was changing the kids bed sheets, rearranging their rooms, laundry and cooking a dish for a party that we went to at night. Not bad if I say so myself. We finally brushed our teeth and got dressed to head out to my friends party which was an absolute blast by the way. Ate, swam, talked, ate, drank, ate, swam, ate, danced (they had a DJ) and had loads of fun. I felt bad taking the kids away from the party at 9 p.m. but they will turn into Satan's Devils if I don't get them home and into bed.
Sunday:
WOD - Nada.....And thank goodness for this awesome rain. I LOVE rainy days! Again I was a baking whore making chocolate zucchini cake, cooking a nice bird with stuffing, more laundry, grocery shopping and maybe a wee bit of TV time. Probably 15 minutes while folding laundry!
Funny story about today, for the past 3 days there has been this awful smell inside or near my washing machine. Smelt like a dead mouse which happens in our walls every now and then. With the cats around they catch most of them but can also hide them. I thought this was the case! Finally after the awful smell again today I said FUCK IT! "honey, help me get the washer and dryer moved!". First nothing under the dryer and then we go to move the washer and there is this carcass that looks like a fucking bat. Todd picks it up and IT'S A FUCKING BAT! A smelly ass dead bat. How the hell did this fucker get into my house and under my god damn washer! Now I'm a paranoid freak checking every corner of the house waiting for the whole damn bat family to scoop down and attack me. Yuck!
Kids are in camp starting tomorrow. Back to me and Roxy for two weeks and then they are in school. I'm really looking forward to the quiet time with my baby. I can actually put her down for a decent nap and get some stuff done in the house. Like maybe pick up the vacuum, mop or dust cloth. Well we are remodeling the kids bathroom so I'll probably have to paint. Oh joy!
Friday, August 12, 2011
Oh I'm so naughty it's shamful
.....Do you have any idea what was sitting in front of me for lunch? A nice big plate of boneless buffalo wings with ranch dressing for dipping. OMG it was beyond orgasmic. You'd swear I was pregnant with these crazy cravings! Last night I wanted pasta with mozzy balls and pine nuts. Today I wanted buffalo wings. Go figure! It was so damn good though.
WOD - 5:45 a.m. spin class. I took them through a mtn bike ride! At least I tried. I just visualized the trail we usually bike at the reservoir and I had them jumping rocks, going down drop offs, climbing some steep hills and pedaling through some sand. It was fun! I was in no mood to workout because I didn't get to bed until 11 p.m. and slept like shit (damn cat) but once I got through the burn I felt great. I was a very happy girl when I got off the bike. Endorphins were kicking in.
Remember my "ass" chafing issue yesterday? Well, I kind of felt it on the bike today and in the shower. So I was thinking of wearing a simple sundress today that won't cram anything up my ass and make things worse. So I put on my sundress with no underwear and I honestly pulled out the body glide and gave my ass a good lube job to prevent anything else happening today. I should be embarrassed talking about all this but I'm not. This probably happens to a lot of people so I am not ashamed. When it comes to the heat and dresses/sundress/skirts I develop chafing issues. This is probably due to my big ass and the constant chub rub. A girl has to do what a girl has to do. But I do have to brag and say I look HOT today. Bow-chica-bow-wow!!!!!!
Work is beyond crazy today. That means I did not leave my desk all day until 1 p.m. which was for a half hour to pick up lunch and some groceries. My ass has been in a chair too long that my tail bone is very unhappy! Writing this blog is my "smoke break". I should head outside and soak up the sunshine for a few minutes but I still have too much to do before I can leave.....boo hoo!
Looking forward to the weekend; spin class tomorrow morning (subbing again), party at my friends house later in the afternoon on Saturday and then maybe a chill day on Sunday with groceries, yard work and some house work. We are remodeling the kids bathroom so we need to tear it apart so I can start painting. The tile/sink will be put in in about two weeks. Then we need to remodel Lincoln and Roxy's room. It is well over due.
Enjoy your weekend!
WOD - 5:45 a.m. spin class. I took them through a mtn bike ride! At least I tried. I just visualized the trail we usually bike at the reservoir and I had them jumping rocks, going down drop offs, climbing some steep hills and pedaling through some sand. It was fun! I was in no mood to workout because I didn't get to bed until 11 p.m. and slept like shit (damn cat) but once I got through the burn I felt great. I was a very happy girl when I got off the bike. Endorphins were kicking in.
Remember my "ass" chafing issue yesterday? Well, I kind of felt it on the bike today and in the shower. So I was thinking of wearing a simple sundress today that won't cram anything up my ass and make things worse. So I put on my sundress with no underwear and I honestly pulled out the body glide and gave my ass a good lube job to prevent anything else happening today. I should be embarrassed talking about all this but I'm not. This probably happens to a lot of people so I am not ashamed. When it comes to the heat and dresses/sundress/skirts I develop chafing issues. This is probably due to my big ass and the constant chub rub. A girl has to do what a girl has to do. But I do have to brag and say I look HOT today. Bow-chica-bow-wow!!!!!!
Work is beyond crazy today. That means I did not leave my desk all day until 1 p.m. which was for a half hour to pick up lunch and some groceries. My ass has been in a chair too long that my tail bone is very unhappy! Writing this blog is my "smoke break". I should head outside and soak up the sunshine for a few minutes but I still have too much to do before I can leave.....boo hoo!
Looking forward to the weekend; spin class tomorrow morning (subbing again), party at my friends house later in the afternoon on Saturday and then maybe a chill day on Sunday with groceries, yard work and some house work. We are remodeling the kids bathroom so we need to tear it apart so I can start painting. The tile/sink will be put in in about two weeks. Then we need to remodel Lincoln and Roxy's room. It is well over due.
Enjoy your weekend!
Thursday, August 11, 2011
I need to stop having fun....
......because I could barely fit in my pants today since my ass is getting big! Oh my word! I don't recall these damn things being this snug. I need to get my shit together NOW.
Okay, done bitching....but wait there's more.
WOD - was supposed to be 20/20/20 of swim/bike/run but with work things are a bit crazy this week so I chose to go for a run instead. Hubby asked me to run to the store to meet him to pick out granite for the bathroom sink. All I had to do was run up the hill behind work and back down the other side to meet him. Maybe 25 minute run or so. Pushed hard on the hill going up and felt great. Picked out our granite, needed to poop (go figure) so hit KFC to use their potty (granite place didn't really have a "good" potty) and ran back to work. This is when shit hit the fan:
A. It's fucking hot out!
B. Since I pushed hard and stopped to shop I could not get started again.
C. Why do my feet hurt? Oh great, blisters! I haven't had blisters in ages. Not even during my IM races.
D. Uh oh, is that chafing under my arms. Damn it!
E. OMG I want water so bad!
Phew! Made it back to work in one piece looking like one big sweaty mess! Hit the locker room to get cleaned up and stretch and that is when more shit hit the fan:
A. I can't get my 2 inch sling-back shoes on for crying out loud. My feet hurt too bad with the blisters.
B. Why the hell can't I just wear my sneakers and shorts in the office. Do I really need to look "pretty"? Because right now I look like shit.
C. Stupid chafing. It stings and rubs against my shirt. WTF!
D. Why is my thong bothering me? Shit, I have chafing in my ass crack. Nice!
So here I am at my desk with all these issues. I don't want to walk because my feet hurt in these fancy shoes (hate fancy shoes), thong is rubbing my chaffed ass (I should just take them off) and I'm realizing that I need to run more than once a week and I also need to start watching my diet. I hate the word "diet" but I do need to focus. I'm going to say that I will start on Monday. Oh boy! I hope I can do it!
Okay, done bitching....but wait there's more.
WOD - was supposed to be 20/20/20 of swim/bike/run but with work things are a bit crazy this week so I chose to go for a run instead. Hubby asked me to run to the store to meet him to pick out granite for the bathroom sink. All I had to do was run up the hill behind work and back down the other side to meet him. Maybe 25 minute run or so. Pushed hard on the hill going up and felt great. Picked out our granite, needed to poop (go figure) so hit KFC to use their potty (granite place didn't really have a "good" potty) and ran back to work. This is when shit hit the fan:
A. It's fucking hot out!
B. Since I pushed hard and stopped to shop I could not get started again.
C. Why do my feet hurt? Oh great, blisters! I haven't had blisters in ages. Not even during my IM races.
D. Uh oh, is that chafing under my arms. Damn it!
E. OMG I want water so bad!
Phew! Made it back to work in one piece looking like one big sweaty mess! Hit the locker room to get cleaned up and stretch and that is when more shit hit the fan:
A. I can't get my 2 inch sling-back shoes on for crying out loud. My feet hurt too bad with the blisters.
B. Why the hell can't I just wear my sneakers and shorts in the office. Do I really need to look "pretty"? Because right now I look like shit.
C. Stupid chafing. It stings and rubs against my shirt. WTF!
D. Why is my thong bothering me? Shit, I have chafing in my ass crack. Nice!
So here I am at my desk with all these issues. I don't want to walk because my feet hurt in these fancy shoes (hate fancy shoes), thong is rubbing my chaffed ass (I should just take them off) and I'm realizing that I need to run more than once a week and I also need to start watching my diet. I hate the word "diet" but I do need to focus. I'm going to say that I will start on Monday. Oh boy! I hope I can do it!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Watch Hill R.I. here we come!
What an AMAZING day! Today is really my last full day with the kids before they head to camp on Monday for two weeks from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. and then off to school. Since I work tomorrow and Friday, today was technically my last day with them. So I decided to pack up the Tahoe and head to Watch Hill R.I. for some great body surfing. And body surfing we did!
My day started off really early...WOD was 5:45 a.m. spin class. When I got home I had to pack up lunches and get everything situated. On the road by 8:47 a.m. and we were on the beach and unpacked by 10:43 a.m. Not bad! The drive was really easy since we left just after morning rush hour. Arrived in RI early enough to get a decent parking spot. Granted, if we wanted the waves we needed to head to the beach away from the public beach which was a wee walk. Thank goodness we chose that beach because the waves were unbelievable. T and L's eyeballs almost popped out of their heads. They were so excited to take their boogie boards and ride the waves.
We stayed ALL DAY! I think we left the beach to head back to the car around 4-ish. By this point, Lincoln was knocked on his ass from this enormous wave, Roxy was eating everything and getting antsy to go home and Trinity's friend (the one she met at the beach) left so I finally had my daughter back. Here are all the funny things that happened today (at least I found it funny):
1. Trinity was digging in her crotch so bad due to the sand. The girl was in the water all day long, no wonder why her ass/and jay-jay is all full of sand. Mine would be too.
2. Every time I looked at Roxy she was sneaking something out of the cooler or the snack bag. She's just like her mother.
3. Trinity finally came out of the water very upset because she was chafing in her armpits from her suit and then between her legs because of the sand. Poor thing is like her mother too!
4. Had to help a family jump their car in the parking lot. And I had absolutely no idea that I had jumper cables in my "emergency kit" that I have in the back of the truck. Good to know!
5. Lincoln locks himself in the bathroom stall and a guy is yelling into the ladies room looking for Stacia. Are you fucking kidding me. I was trying to poop and I have this strange guy yelling for me. Trinity and Roxy were with me too and they bolted out to see what was going on with Lincoln. Talk about interrupting mama during a much needed moment!
6. Kids spilled an entire bottle of water at pizza place. We were on our hands and knees with paper towels cleaning it all up.
7. Pulled off all the kids' bathing suits to have an enormous pile of sand dumped into my truck. I can't even begin to think how all that sand got in their suits.
8. Forgot shorts for Trinity so she needed to wear my skirt into town so I could buy her some shorts. Poor girl would never survive in her itchy/sandy suit. Found a shop that sold regular cotton "Watch Hill" shorts that I bought for her. Woman's Small! Ouch!
9. Kids were thirsty all day that we did nothing but piss in the public bathroom once in town. We just about lived in the loo. It wasn't the nicest place either.
So once we got back to the truck, jumped somebodies car (I'm going to heaven for doing a good deed), dressed the kids, walked into town, bought T shorts, bathroom break, a couple of carousel rides, sliced pizza at the Watch Hill pizza shop, another bathroom break, ice cream, another bathroom break, back to car I finally arrived home by 7:45 p.m. Now I needed to unload the truck and get every body's asses/crotches scrubbed. Trinity needed to be lubed up with bag balm for all her chafing and finally get my own ass out of my bathing suit and into the shower. I needed to scrub my ass real good too. I was hitting those waves with the kids so sand found it's way up my crotch and in my top. Yahoo!
Another wonderful day with the kids. The only thing that I'm really sad about is that my kids did not thank me for the special day that we had. Instead Trinity bitched about her chafing, Roxy complained that she was "hungry" and Lincoln was just following the crowd and picking on his sisters. I guess I was expecting "Mommy, thank you so much! I had a great day with you today!" or "Mommy, that was the best day ever! I love you!". Nope! I didn't get anything at all. Very sad! Oh well!
My day started off really early...WOD was 5:45 a.m. spin class. When I got home I had to pack up lunches and get everything situated. On the road by 8:47 a.m. and we were on the beach and unpacked by 10:43 a.m. Not bad! The drive was really easy since we left just after morning rush hour. Arrived in RI early enough to get a decent parking spot. Granted, if we wanted the waves we needed to head to the beach away from the public beach which was a wee walk. Thank goodness we chose that beach because the waves were unbelievable. T and L's eyeballs almost popped out of their heads. They were so excited to take their boogie boards and ride the waves.
We stayed ALL DAY! I think we left the beach to head back to the car around 4-ish. By this point, Lincoln was knocked on his ass from this enormous wave, Roxy was eating everything and getting antsy to go home and Trinity's friend (the one she met at the beach) left so I finally had my daughter back. Here are all the funny things that happened today (at least I found it funny):
1. Trinity was digging in her crotch so bad due to the sand. The girl was in the water all day long, no wonder why her ass/and jay-jay is all full of sand. Mine would be too.
2. Every time I looked at Roxy she was sneaking something out of the cooler or the snack bag. She's just like her mother.
3. Trinity finally came out of the water very upset because she was chafing in her armpits from her suit and then between her legs because of the sand. Poor thing is like her mother too!
4. Had to help a family jump their car in the parking lot. And I had absolutely no idea that I had jumper cables in my "emergency kit" that I have in the back of the truck. Good to know!
5. Lincoln locks himself in the bathroom stall and a guy is yelling into the ladies room looking for Stacia. Are you fucking kidding me. I was trying to poop and I have this strange guy yelling for me. Trinity and Roxy were with me too and they bolted out to see what was going on with Lincoln. Talk about interrupting mama during a much needed moment!
6. Kids spilled an entire bottle of water at pizza place. We were on our hands and knees with paper towels cleaning it all up.
7. Pulled off all the kids' bathing suits to have an enormous pile of sand dumped into my truck. I can't even begin to think how all that sand got in their suits.
8. Forgot shorts for Trinity so she needed to wear my skirt into town so I could buy her some shorts. Poor girl would never survive in her itchy/sandy suit. Found a shop that sold regular cotton "Watch Hill" shorts that I bought for her. Woman's Small! Ouch!
9. Kids were thirsty all day that we did nothing but piss in the public bathroom once in town. We just about lived in the loo. It wasn't the nicest place either.
So once we got back to the truck, jumped somebodies car (I'm going to heaven for doing a good deed), dressed the kids, walked into town, bought T shorts, bathroom break, a couple of carousel rides, sliced pizza at the Watch Hill pizza shop, another bathroom break, ice cream, another bathroom break, back to car I finally arrived home by 7:45 p.m. Now I needed to unload the truck and get every body's asses/crotches scrubbed. Trinity needed to be lubed up with bag balm for all her chafing and finally get my own ass out of my bathing suit and into the shower. I needed to scrub my ass real good too. I was hitting those waves with the kids so sand found it's way up my crotch and in my top. Yahoo!
Another wonderful day with the kids. The only thing that I'm really sad about is that my kids did not thank me for the special day that we had. Instead Trinity bitched about her chafing, Roxy complained that she was "hungry" and Lincoln was just following the crowd and picking on his sisters. I guess I was expecting "Mommy, thank you so much! I had a great day with you today!" or "Mommy, that was the best day ever! I love you!". Nope! I didn't get anything at all. Very sad! Oh well!
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Party, Party, Party!
.....that is what I have been doing in VT all weekend log and not giving a shit about my health :-) Meaning, no working out, eating whatever I want and having a few cocktails. Giddy up! I love weekends like that.
Saturday -
Hung out at the Killington Grand watching the Spartan BEAST Adventure Race. 12 miles of crazy shit with 25+ obstacles. I was very happy that I was not participating. Back to the room for lunch followed by a nice swim in the pool. That is when the drinks started to kick in and everybody was getting very happy. Headed back to the mountain to watch the racers finish up (some raced past 6 p.m. and started at 9:30 a.m.). Caught some tunes from Badfish which is a Sublime Tribute Band, more beers and then back to the room. By this point it was supper time and I never should have eaten. We sat down to stuffed shells and everything hit bottom so fast that I grew lethargic and had a headache. I should have kept my liquid dinner flowing. This is when I realized that I'm getting old :-)
Sunday -
Todd's family checked out early but we decided to either stay at the Grand for another night, head to the VT house or go home. It was raining and very cloudy so the decision was hard to make. While Todd was trying to get his family situated I took the kids to the pool and we swam in the rain. Thank goodness the pool is heated. Got out, showered, ate lunch and packed up the truck to head back to CT. Noticed the sun was peaking out more south so we decided to take a different route home that would take us towards Manchester and Dorset. In Dorset there's this marble quarry that kids swim at. If the weather was really nice we were going to stop for a bit. Got to the quarry and there were tons of people swimming and jumping off the cliffs. The sun was out full throttle by the point that we decided to swim for a bit. Trinity and Lincoln jumped right in and headed towards the 17 foot cliff. Of course Lincoln wants to jump off and he did just that. I was so proud of him. Roxy was even jumping off the 6 foot cliffs. We had an absolute blast! It was getting late and everybody was having a good time so we decided to find a cheap motel in the area and spend the night. The kids were super happy. Todd had Monday off anyways so it was nice to stay in VT.
Monday -
Clouds again but we decided to hang in VT in hopes that they would burn off. Headed up 7 North and hit the Emerald State Park which is new to us. Gorgeous lake with a small beach and beautiful grounds. We were the first ones there and the sun was trying to peak out but it was more cloudy then we had hoped. Kids swam for a bit and then people started to come into the park. Before you know it the sun is out, we are swimming like fish, rented a row boat and ventured over to the rope swings that were along the lake. All I have to say is that my kids have some serious balls. Trinity, Lincoln AND Roxy all did the rope swing and we could not get them off the damn thing. It was such a blast! Even big momma jumped a few times screaming like such a girl. Left around 4 p.m. and headed back to CT. Roxy passed out instantly in the car and we stopped for supper in Brattleboro before the 2 hour drive home.
Kids - Were totally AWESOME all weekend long. A few crazy episodes here and there which was no big deal but really some hormonal things and typical 3 year old crap.
Food - Bagels, shells, salami sandwiches, hot fudge sundaes, milk shakes, pop tarts, beer, fries, nachos, Burger King (I know!), chips and everything else you could think of. Shame on me!
Today -
Reality slap! Class (ugh!), cleaning, laundry and just about everything else when you are in your own home. I felt good in class and it really beat me up, rushed home to have friends over for a BBQ lunch to say good-bye to my friend Jill who is going back to Japan after coming home in January (Thank you ladies for coming over and bringing such wonderful food), drove T-bird to Winding Trails for the Kids Triathlon (she did great), back home for supper, play time with kids and now it is 9:07 p.m. and I'm packing my bags to get ready to teach at 5:45 a.m. I almost forgot about it....
Again, still love my children because they are doing pretty good. Did not behave on my food intake today but I will get back on track at some point. Need to get my ass outside and run soon but teaching too much spin class this week. I'll wait until next week to run more. Hell, my shorts still fit so I think I'm doing okay!
Saturday -
Hung out at the Killington Grand watching the Spartan BEAST Adventure Race. 12 miles of crazy shit with 25+ obstacles. I was very happy that I was not participating. Back to the room for lunch followed by a nice swim in the pool. That is when the drinks started to kick in and everybody was getting very happy. Headed back to the mountain to watch the racers finish up (some raced past 6 p.m. and started at 9:30 a.m.). Caught some tunes from Badfish which is a Sublime Tribute Band, more beers and then back to the room. By this point it was supper time and I never should have eaten. We sat down to stuffed shells and everything hit bottom so fast that I grew lethargic and had a headache. I should have kept my liquid dinner flowing. This is when I realized that I'm getting old :-)
Sunday -
Todd's family checked out early but we decided to either stay at the Grand for another night, head to the VT house or go home. It was raining and very cloudy so the decision was hard to make. While Todd was trying to get his family situated I took the kids to the pool and we swam in the rain. Thank goodness the pool is heated. Got out, showered, ate lunch and packed up the truck to head back to CT. Noticed the sun was peaking out more south so we decided to take a different route home that would take us towards Manchester and Dorset. In Dorset there's this marble quarry that kids swim at. If the weather was really nice we were going to stop for a bit. Got to the quarry and there were tons of people swimming and jumping off the cliffs. The sun was out full throttle by the point that we decided to swim for a bit. Trinity and Lincoln jumped right in and headed towards the 17 foot cliff. Of course Lincoln wants to jump off and he did just that. I was so proud of him. Roxy was even jumping off the 6 foot cliffs. We had an absolute blast! It was getting late and everybody was having a good time so we decided to find a cheap motel in the area and spend the night. The kids were super happy. Todd had Monday off anyways so it was nice to stay in VT.
Monday -
Clouds again but we decided to hang in VT in hopes that they would burn off. Headed up 7 North and hit the Emerald State Park which is new to us. Gorgeous lake with a small beach and beautiful grounds. We were the first ones there and the sun was trying to peak out but it was more cloudy then we had hoped. Kids swam for a bit and then people started to come into the park. Before you know it the sun is out, we are swimming like fish, rented a row boat and ventured over to the rope swings that were along the lake. All I have to say is that my kids have some serious balls. Trinity, Lincoln AND Roxy all did the rope swing and we could not get them off the damn thing. It was such a blast! Even big momma jumped a few times screaming like such a girl. Left around 4 p.m. and headed back to CT. Roxy passed out instantly in the car and we stopped for supper in Brattleboro before the 2 hour drive home.
Kids - Were totally AWESOME all weekend long. A few crazy episodes here and there which was no big deal but really some hormonal things and typical 3 year old crap.
Food - Bagels, shells, salami sandwiches, hot fudge sundaes, milk shakes, pop tarts, beer, fries, nachos, Burger King (I know!), chips and everything else you could think of. Shame on me!
Today -
Reality slap! Class (ugh!), cleaning, laundry and just about everything else when you are in your own home. I felt good in class and it really beat me up, rushed home to have friends over for a BBQ lunch to say good-bye to my friend Jill who is going back to Japan after coming home in January (Thank you ladies for coming over and bringing such wonderful food), drove T-bird to Winding Trails for the Kids Triathlon (she did great), back home for supper, play time with kids and now it is 9:07 p.m. and I'm packing my bags to get ready to teach at 5:45 a.m. I almost forgot about it....
Again, still love my children because they are doing pretty good. Did not behave on my food intake today but I will get back on track at some point. Need to get my ass outside and run soon but teaching too much spin class this week. I'll wait until next week to run more. Hell, my shorts still fit so I think I'm doing okay!
Friday, August 5, 2011
Sat on my ass.....
.....all day today. I brought my gym bag into work today in hopes to get a run in at lunch but I never left my desk. Yes, I could have gone out but my mind kept me at my desk. It could be a number of things; 1. I'm sore from yesterday. 2. My workload is crazy and I would stress about it. 3. I'm leaving early and I want to make sure I have everything done before I go or 4. I flat out don't want too! I think reason #4 is what sealed the deal!
I bought my kids a package of cookies n' cream pop tarts for a treat and what do I do? I bring a package (2 pop tarts per package) and eat them on the way to work. Real good way to start the day. Very yummy though! But then I did sit down and had my protein shake :-). Salad and greek yogurt for lunch and now I just sat down to some nutter butters. I just set myself up for failure when I had the pop tart this morning. The box was yelling "eat me woman!" so I did. no WOD and ate like shit. I guess tomorrow is another day!
Not talkative today because nothing really fun, interesting or embarrassing happened! Sorry!
I bought my kids a package of cookies n' cream pop tarts for a treat and what do I do? I bring a package (2 pop tarts per package) and eat them on the way to work. Real good way to start the day. Very yummy though! But then I did sit down and had my protein shake :-). Salad and greek yogurt for lunch and now I just sat down to some nutter butters. I just set myself up for failure when I had the pop tart this morning. The box was yelling "eat me woman!" so I did. no WOD and ate like shit. I guess tomorrow is another day!
Not talkative today because nothing really fun, interesting or embarrassing happened! Sorry!
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Is it a serious injury?????
I'm not sure but right now it hurts like hell. Remember how I mentioned that my right shoulder has been acting funny lately? It doesn't prohibit me from doing anything but it's just sore when I do some exercises. Well, today my WOD was 500m row, 50 kb swings, 500m row 40 kb swings, 500m row 30 kb swings, 500m row, 20 kb swings, 500m row, 10 kb swings and 500m row followed by 100 sit ups. Other then feeling like I had a pole up my ass every time I got off the rowing machine, I felt great. I'm not sitting at my desk with an extremely sore shoulder to the point where I need to ice it and swallow some Advil. I am praying to the big guy above that this is just a "today" thing and nothing serious. I actually cannot ignore it because it aches that bad. SHIT!
Oh well, suck it up Bendza!
Work day today. It's already 4:20 p.m. so the day did go by really fast. Ass is doing great by the way! Got rid of that problem for now and adopted another one.
Kids were super tired this morning driving up to Grandma's house. After 6 hours of playing around at Lake Compounce yesterday, Grandma took them to the Beardsley Zoo today. Lets just say that when I called they were on their way home and the kids were passed out in the car. They sure did need the shut eye time!
Heading to VT tomorrow night through Monday so when I get home I need to pack up. When we go to VT I usually wear the same thing all weekend long so packing won't take long :-) Who needs a bra and underwear anyways while in VT. They are all a bunch of granolas!
Today was my first day back to FOCUS and get my shit together. I ate really good, worked out hard and starting to run more to get ready for the Hartford 1/2 Marathon. I have plenty of time to train and I already have a decent base but I just need to add more "running" to the menu. My favorite activity.....NOT! I'm thinking tomorrow I'm going to sneak out at lunch and run a 10K. We'll see how I feel after that run. I just hope I don't shit my pants. Speaking of shitting my pants, I have this intestinal thing that started yesterday where I cannot keep anything in. I eat a cracker, I shit! I eat lunch, I shit! I breath air, I shit! I feel great but the belly isn't too happy! It should go away soon....I hope!
Oh well, suck it up Bendza!
Work day today. It's already 4:20 p.m. so the day did go by really fast. Ass is doing great by the way! Got rid of that problem for now and adopted another one.
Kids were super tired this morning driving up to Grandma's house. After 6 hours of playing around at Lake Compounce yesterday, Grandma took them to the Beardsley Zoo today. Lets just say that when I called they were on their way home and the kids were passed out in the car. They sure did need the shut eye time!
Heading to VT tomorrow night through Monday so when I get home I need to pack up. When we go to VT I usually wear the same thing all weekend long so packing won't take long :-) Who needs a bra and underwear anyways while in VT. They are all a bunch of granolas!
Today was my first day back to FOCUS and get my shit together. I ate really good, worked out hard and starting to run more to get ready for the Hartford 1/2 Marathon. I have plenty of time to train and I already have a decent base but I just need to add more "running" to the menu. My favorite activity.....NOT! I'm thinking tomorrow I'm going to sneak out at lunch and run a 10K. We'll see how I feel after that run. I just hope I don't shit my pants. Speaking of shitting my pants, I have this intestinal thing that started yesterday where I cannot keep anything in. I eat a cracker, I shit! I eat lunch, I shit! I breath air, I shit! I feel great but the belly isn't too happy! It should go away soon....I hope!
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
So I Was Thinking........
......that I really need to get my ass in gear and run! I did sign up for the Hartford 1/2 marathon and I have not run since Sunday July 24th and that was only a 5K. Today I decided to run a quick 4 miles to see if it would kill me or not! I survived and ran 4.1 miles in 35:27 which was under a 9 minute mile. T and L rode their bikes with me and they argued the whole way just about. They raced each other, complained about who gets to ride in front blah blah blah. I had to waste my breath and yell at them to ride safe and stop acting stupid. Kids! It was a little after 9 a.m. and I was home ready to start my day!
Roxy was in daycare today because I was bringing L and T to Lake Compounce for the day and I wanted them to enjoy the whole park and not have to worry about Roxy the whole time. After a quick visit to see Grigs and my friend Katie at work, we headed over around 11:15 a.m. Hung out by the fence waiting for the water park to open at noon. We found a couple of chairs and we went wild and did whatever we could. My friend Rouski brought her kids and we met up with them around 2 p.m. By 3 p.m. we dried off and did some of the rides before we left at 6 p.m. Of course we had pizza for lunch (their pizza is AWESOME!) and a granola bar for a snack. By 6 p.m. I was ravenous and the fried dough, fries and everything else looked so damn good but I had to head home for supper. I did hit the sweet shoppe and bought the kids some fudge and candy for the ride home. I totally spoiled their supper! They weren't too hungry for leftovers tonight. Shit we ate at 7 p.m. you would think they would eat the asshole out of a skunk! I sure could have!
So between hitting Friendly's last night after the family dentist visit (which was very entertaining by the way) having a fried chicken salad and nibbling on the kids meals/ice cream to the pizza and fudge today, you'd think it was pms time but it's called......having a fun summer and who gives a shit what I eat! Actually, I do care but hey, I can't behave all the time.
Roxy was in daycare today because I was bringing L and T to Lake Compounce for the day and I wanted them to enjoy the whole park and not have to worry about Roxy the whole time. After a quick visit to see Grigs and my friend Katie at work, we headed over around 11:15 a.m. Hung out by the fence waiting for the water park to open at noon. We found a couple of chairs and we went wild and did whatever we could. My friend Rouski brought her kids and we met up with them around 2 p.m. By 3 p.m. we dried off and did some of the rides before we left at 6 p.m. Of course we had pizza for lunch (their pizza is AWESOME!) and a granola bar for a snack. By 6 p.m. I was ravenous and the fried dough, fries and everything else looked so damn good but I had to head home for supper. I did hit the sweet shoppe and bought the kids some fudge and candy for the ride home. I totally spoiled their supper! They weren't too hungry for leftovers tonight. Shit we ate at 7 p.m. you would think they would eat the asshole out of a skunk! I sure could have!
So between hitting Friendly's last night after the family dentist visit (which was very entertaining by the way) having a fried chicken salad and nibbling on the kids meals/ice cream to the pizza and fudge today, you'd think it was pms time but it's called......having a fun summer and who gives a shit what I eat! Actually, I do care but hey, I can't behave all the time.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Beyond Tired!
I could sleep standing up right now. I'm totally wiped and it's only Tuesday! I have a long week ahead of me....oh boy!
I think all my early mornings are catching up with me and I'm really feeling it today. Up around 6:15 a.m. with Roxy but at least she laid quiet on the couch so I can rest for a bit before she wanted breakfast. Dropped off Lincoln at camp around 8:45 a.m. (Friday was canceled due to rain so today was a make up day)...Headed to the gym to teach class for 9:30 a.m. (WOD - Biked around 15 miles and lifted weights) and class ended at 10:45 a.m. I think an hour and 15 minutes was long enough today :-)
I go to pick up Lincoln at camp and he runs over to me and cries. He was so happy to receive his medal/certificate from camp but also sad because it was his last day. I felt bad for him but he quickly regrouped and took care of the tears. He actually made me tear! Then I knew I was really tired if I was crying because of Lincoln. Then on the way home there was this old couple in their front lawn with two chairs and a small table of tomato's from their garden. They were selling them for $1/lb. I grabbed three baskets full and he said I owed him $6. I gave him $8 because he was charging such a cheap price. Then I started talking to them about my Dad and how he had a great garden every year.....blah blah blah. I get in the car and I start to cry. What the fuck Stacia! I just think that seeing this older couple selling tomato's on the side of the road really hit home and it made me think of Dad. I was also pissed because my father should be as old as them growing tomato's instead of in heaven at the age of 64. So I had my schmoopy moment.
Home for lunch and R for nap. T and L pissed me off because they kept fighting over the computer and fighting over feeding the rabbits. So sick of hearing their shit. Threw them in their rooms for a bit because I wanted a quiet house. Now the dilemma, nap on the couch or sweep/mop the kitchen floor and fold clothes. I decided to do the chores instead. If I lay down I'll be a mess all day.
Right now I'm sweating my ass off in this house. Did not put the AC on again because I thought it was going to be a somewhat decent day. I'm fucking boiling! I'm going to take the kids next door to swim for about a half hour before their 5 p.m. dentist visit. The entire Cardillo family will be taking over the dentist. R, L, T and Mommy are getting their teeth cleaned. Should be interesting!
I think all my early mornings are catching up with me and I'm really feeling it today. Up around 6:15 a.m. with Roxy but at least she laid quiet on the couch so I can rest for a bit before she wanted breakfast. Dropped off Lincoln at camp around 8:45 a.m. (Friday was canceled due to rain so today was a make up day)...Headed to the gym to teach class for 9:30 a.m. (WOD - Biked around 15 miles and lifted weights) and class ended at 10:45 a.m. I think an hour and 15 minutes was long enough today :-)
I go to pick up Lincoln at camp and he runs over to me and cries. He was so happy to receive his medal/certificate from camp but also sad because it was his last day. I felt bad for him but he quickly regrouped and took care of the tears. He actually made me tear! Then I knew I was really tired if I was crying because of Lincoln. Then on the way home there was this old couple in their front lawn with two chairs and a small table of tomato's from their garden. They were selling them for $1/lb. I grabbed three baskets full and he said I owed him $6. I gave him $8 because he was charging such a cheap price. Then I started talking to them about my Dad and how he had a great garden every year.....blah blah blah. I get in the car and I start to cry. What the fuck Stacia! I just think that seeing this older couple selling tomato's on the side of the road really hit home and it made me think of Dad. I was also pissed because my father should be as old as them growing tomato's instead of in heaven at the age of 64. So I had my schmoopy moment.
Home for lunch and R for nap. T and L pissed me off because they kept fighting over the computer and fighting over feeding the rabbits. So sick of hearing their shit. Threw them in their rooms for a bit because I wanted a quiet house. Now the dilemma, nap on the couch or sweep/mop the kitchen floor and fold clothes. I decided to do the chores instead. If I lay down I'll be a mess all day.
Right now I'm sweating my ass off in this house. Did not put the AC on again because I thought it was going to be a somewhat decent day. I'm fucking boiling! I'm going to take the kids next door to swim for about a half hour before their 5 p.m. dentist visit. The entire Cardillo family will be taking over the dentist. R, L, T and Mommy are getting their teeth cleaned. Should be interesting!
Monday, August 1, 2011
Absolutely No PATIENCE Today.
I think I'm sick of my children. Can that be possible?
Groceries in the morning and I was ready to beat them to a pulp in the aisle. Why do my children have to play "grab ass" everywhere we go? Come on guys! Just walk next to mommy, shut your damn pie-holes and behave. Is that so hard to ask? Trinity was pushing Roxy around the store like she's a race car driver, Roxy is screaming at the top of her lungs and Trinity and Lincoln are chasing each other down the aisle's taking off their flip-flops. I told my husband and the kids that they will be taught store etiquette 101. I will no longer put them in the Shop Rite daycare until they learn how to walk next to their parents without fucking around. If they proceed to be animals then I will punish them and take shit away from them. I just hope this works.
I wanted to take the Smurfs movie away from them but I called my mother to have her join us plus I really wanted to see the movie. Very cute movie. The kids will enjoy it!
The rest of the day we chilled out in our super humid house. I didn't put the AC on because I thought today was supposed to be a decent day....wrong! I was sweating in my ass crack it was that bad today. The rain finally came through and cooled things off but I'm still really warm. I ate my entire house and I could not stop. I must be really tired or frustrated because that is what leads me to eat. Damn children! They are making my ass fat!
I'm going to sit my ass down and enjoy some TV time. Then some much needed bed time.
Groceries in the morning and I was ready to beat them to a pulp in the aisle. Why do my children have to play "grab ass" everywhere we go? Come on guys! Just walk next to mommy, shut your damn pie-holes and behave. Is that so hard to ask? Trinity was pushing Roxy around the store like she's a race car driver, Roxy is screaming at the top of her lungs and Trinity and Lincoln are chasing each other down the aisle's taking off their flip-flops. I told my husband and the kids that they will be taught store etiquette 101. I will no longer put them in the Shop Rite daycare until they learn how to walk next to their parents without fucking around. If they proceed to be animals then I will punish them and take shit away from them. I just hope this works.
I wanted to take the Smurfs movie away from them but I called my mother to have her join us plus I really wanted to see the movie. Very cute movie. The kids will enjoy it!
The rest of the day we chilled out in our super humid house. I didn't put the AC on because I thought today was supposed to be a decent day....wrong! I was sweating in my ass crack it was that bad today. The rain finally came through and cooled things off but I'm still really warm. I ate my entire house and I could not stop. I must be really tired or frustrated because that is what leads me to eat. Damn children! They are making my ass fat!
I'm going to sit my ass down and enjoy some TV time. Then some much needed bed time.
Worst Parent Award......
....awarded to Stacia and Todd Cardillo. Trinity had lost her tooth last night and she was very excited to put it under her pillow for the Tooth Fairy. Well, Todd and I crashed really hard at 9:30 p.m. and Trinity was still semi-awake. We couldn't do the "fairy" thing just then so I told Todd that when I get up early for class I will sneak in the room an put the dollar under her pillow and take the tooth.
I get up for class (WOD spin class = 18 miles) and I come home around 7 a.m. and there's Trinity looking very sad on the couch. I asked what was wrong and she said "the Tooth Fairy didn't come last night!" and she showed me her tooth. Talk about feeling like the biggest piece of shit. I played dumb and asked her if she really looked around her room because maybe the fairy could not put it in her little case that she had. I ran upstairs to get undressed and I crumbled up a dollar and stuffed it under her sheets. I called Trinity up to her room to make sure she really looked around. So she started going through her pillows and sheets and she saw the dollar. She was very happy but she also looked suspicious! I played the best "dumb" part ever and made up a story and suggestions as to why she probably didn't get the tooth or why she did not put the dollar in her case. Hook line and sinker baby! She didn't care at the point but she did care about getting her $$. I felt so much better but could not believe that we had forgotten. Bad Mommy!
After a few cocktails with our neighbor on Saturday night we came home and passed out. Too much play and not enough rest. Todd let me sleep in on Sunday morning until almost 8 a.m. It felt great but I felt bad for him because he was really tired too. Chilled out at home all morning doing laundry, taking baths and building a fort in the living-room with all the chairs, blankets and sheets. Looked through the Sunday paper while drinking tea and doing some serious NOTHING at home.
At 12 p.m. my father-in-law and his girlfriend came to the house and we all piled into the Tahoe and headed up to the Stafford Motor Speedway to see the Monster Truck Jam. It was hot, dirty and loads of fun! The noise of the trucks and the atmosphere was rocking! Trinity had to hide in the shade for a bit because she is not a sun fan unless there is water involved. The rest of us hung out on the bleachers eating dust and hooting and hollering at the trucks. We all looked like Pig Pen from Charlie Brown when we were done. My boobs were even dirty from the dust getting down my shirt and into my bra. What a great afternoon.
We drove home and drove right into Farmington to eat at Garlic Joe's or Joey Garlic's whatever it is called. I was so happy to slug some water and devour a pizza. We didn't really eat all day and the solid food was very welcoming.
Back home to another round of showers because we were so damn filthy. By 6:45 p.m. the kids (even Roxy) were all chilling out on the floor/couch watching TV and not saying a word. Everybody was very happy! I on the other hand had some quiet time on the computer paying bills and getting some photos organized! I feel better now that it is done!
Today is a day of nothing! First I am going to just chill at home and maybe mop the kitchen floor. We already made french toast. I need to get groceries and maybe take the kids to the movies to see the Smurfs. I grew up with those blue bastards and collected all of the figurines and even had sheets. My Mom still has the figurines at her house too! I would like to see the movie if I can get them there today. But we are all going to have chill time this afternoon with a nice nap for Roxy and reading time for T and L!
I get up for class (WOD spin class = 18 miles) and I come home around 7 a.m. and there's Trinity looking very sad on the couch. I asked what was wrong and she said "the Tooth Fairy didn't come last night!" and she showed me her tooth. Talk about feeling like the biggest piece of shit. I played dumb and asked her if she really looked around her room because maybe the fairy could not put it in her little case that she had. I ran upstairs to get undressed and I crumbled up a dollar and stuffed it under her sheets. I called Trinity up to her room to make sure she really looked around. So she started going through her pillows and sheets and she saw the dollar. She was very happy but she also looked suspicious! I played the best "dumb" part ever and made up a story and suggestions as to why she probably didn't get the tooth or why she did not put the dollar in her case. Hook line and sinker baby! She didn't care at the point but she did care about getting her $$. I felt so much better but could not believe that we had forgotten. Bad Mommy!
After a few cocktails with our neighbor on Saturday night we came home and passed out. Too much play and not enough rest. Todd let me sleep in on Sunday morning until almost 8 a.m. It felt great but I felt bad for him because he was really tired too. Chilled out at home all morning doing laundry, taking baths and building a fort in the living-room with all the chairs, blankets and sheets. Looked through the Sunday paper while drinking tea and doing some serious NOTHING at home.
At 12 p.m. my father-in-law and his girlfriend came to the house and we all piled into the Tahoe and headed up to the Stafford Motor Speedway to see the Monster Truck Jam. It was hot, dirty and loads of fun! The noise of the trucks and the atmosphere was rocking! Trinity had to hide in the shade for a bit because she is not a sun fan unless there is water involved. The rest of us hung out on the bleachers eating dust and hooting and hollering at the trucks. We all looked like Pig Pen from Charlie Brown when we were done. My boobs were even dirty from the dust getting down my shirt and into my bra. What a great afternoon.
We drove home and drove right into Farmington to eat at Garlic Joe's or Joey Garlic's whatever it is called. I was so happy to slug some water and devour a pizza. We didn't really eat all day and the solid food was very welcoming.
Back home to another round of showers because we were so damn filthy. By 6:45 p.m. the kids (even Roxy) were all chilling out on the floor/couch watching TV and not saying a word. Everybody was very happy! I on the other hand had some quiet time on the computer paying bills and getting some photos organized! I feel better now that it is done!
Today is a day of nothing! First I am going to just chill at home and maybe mop the kitchen floor. We already made french toast. I need to get groceries and maybe take the kids to the movies to see the Smurfs. I grew up with those blue bastards and collected all of the figurines and even had sheets. My Mom still has the figurines at her house too! I would like to see the movie if I can get them there today. But we are all going to have chill time this afternoon with a nice nap for Roxy and reading time for T and L!
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Loving the Weekends......Giddy Up!
After a long Friday of work and coming home to tired/cranky kids, Todd and I were able to sit our asses on the couch and watch part of a movie "The Last 3 Days". It was very nice to veg out in front of the TV but I could not watch the entire movie and stay up too late. I had to get up early this morning.
Up at 6 a.m. for my WOD today - 1.5 mile swim in Lake Quassapaug with the QSC. I cannot even begin to tell you how gorgeous of a morning it was. Cooler temps, sunny skies and a very placid lake. It was breath-taking. After struggling to get my wetsuit on (always such a chore) I jumped in the water and took off. It was a .75 mile swim across the lake, a quick stop to have everybody catch up and then back to the club beach. It felt really good to swim but my lower back was very achy. I just need to focus on keeping my head down and body in alignment. 1.5 miles is a good distance and you really need to focus on your stroke and body to avoid hurting anything.
Home by 9 a.m. to the smell of pancakes in the air plus one extra child; our neighbors grandson. He came over for breakfast and stayed for a bit. The kids had a great morning playing and then we jumped into the car to shop a bit (remodeling my kids bathroom). After a tile purchase and some paint, we brought Lincoln to a pool party that he was invited too. Trinity went to our neighbors house to swim and we tried to put R down for an early nap. No good! Around 1:30 p.m. we collected everybody to head over to the Italian Festival in Southington. Trinity's Little Miss Southington group was asked to perform and I signed T-bird up. I posted the video on FB so you really need to hear it. She's our superstar!
I'm now home with a pint of vodka and lemonade by my side. I drank the full 16oz so far and I'm ready for another one. Off to neighbors house to get her drunk and use her pool. Love Thy Neighbor! We'll scrounge something up for dinner.
Oh by the way! I signed up for the Hartford 1/2 Marathon yesterday. Could not do the full because I don't think I want to run that far but 13 miles is long enough right now. Shelling out money like crazy! Sweet! It grows on trees at my house.....LOL!
Roxy is snoozing and I need to get her ass up because it is time to party. Damn kid is supposed to nap when it is NAP TIME! Now she is interfering with my drinking time. WAKE UP ROXY!
Up at 6 a.m. for my WOD today - 1.5 mile swim in Lake Quassapaug with the QSC. I cannot even begin to tell you how gorgeous of a morning it was. Cooler temps, sunny skies and a very placid lake. It was breath-taking. After struggling to get my wetsuit on (always such a chore) I jumped in the water and took off. It was a .75 mile swim across the lake, a quick stop to have everybody catch up and then back to the club beach. It felt really good to swim but my lower back was very achy. I just need to focus on keeping my head down and body in alignment. 1.5 miles is a good distance and you really need to focus on your stroke and body to avoid hurting anything.
Home by 9 a.m. to the smell of pancakes in the air plus one extra child; our neighbors grandson. He came over for breakfast and stayed for a bit. The kids had a great morning playing and then we jumped into the car to shop a bit (remodeling my kids bathroom). After a tile purchase and some paint, we brought Lincoln to a pool party that he was invited too. Trinity went to our neighbors house to swim and we tried to put R down for an early nap. No good! Around 1:30 p.m. we collected everybody to head over to the Italian Festival in Southington. Trinity's Little Miss Southington group was asked to perform and I signed T-bird up. I posted the video on FB so you really need to hear it. She's our superstar!
I'm now home with a pint of vodka and lemonade by my side. I drank the full 16oz so far and I'm ready for another one. Off to neighbors house to get her drunk and use her pool. Love Thy Neighbor! We'll scrounge something up for dinner.
Oh by the way! I signed up for the Hartford 1/2 Marathon yesterday. Could not do the full because I don't think I want to run that far but 13 miles is long enough right now. Shelling out money like crazy! Sweet! It grows on trees at my house.....LOL!
Roxy is snoozing and I need to get her ass up because it is time to party. Damn kid is supposed to nap when it is NAP TIME! Now she is interfering with my drinking time. WAKE UP ROXY!
Friday, July 29, 2011
Fatty Patty!
OMG.....Can I just stop eating shit? Really! Period is over but my mind keeps thinking "eat shitty food and enjoy it!". After a great spin class at 5:45 a.m. I proceed to pack an amazingly healthy lunch to set myself up for a very healthy day. I get into the car and I want munchkins so damn bad. What do I do? I buy a box of 50 to bring into work and I ate about 25 of them on the drive in. My drive is only 2 miles! Fucking pathetic! So now I just need to ignore what I just ate this morning and continue to behave the rest of the day!
Enjoyed a great night last night at the YMCA for their Family Picnic. Had a hot dog and tons of watermelon and the kids tooled around making t-dye t-shirts, playing in the bounce house, dodgeball in the gaga pit and the slip n' slide. Everybody was very happy! But they quickly became unhappy when they finally realized that they were hungry and the grill closed down. I told them to eat before the event was over but nobody would listen to me. They just had a bowl of cereal when they got home. I had a bowl of ice cream after everybody went to bed :-)
Time to get my head out of my ass and behave! Plus I have to work too.....damn!
Enjoyed a great night last night at the YMCA for their Family Picnic. Had a hot dog and tons of watermelon and the kids tooled around making t-dye t-shirts, playing in the bounce house, dodgeball in the gaga pit and the slip n' slide. Everybody was very happy! But they quickly became unhappy when they finally realized that they were hungry and the grill closed down. I told them to eat before the event was over but nobody would listen to me. They just had a bowl of cereal when they got home. I had a bowl of ice cream after everybody went to bed :-)
Time to get my head out of my ass and behave! Plus I have to work too.....damn!
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Hello Chair!
....I'm very happy to sit my ass in you today! My whole nerve thing is feeling good so I am welcoming a chair under my ass and some chill time. Granted, I am at work and I'm not really chilling but it works!
WOD - Nada! Took today off because I have been teaching class all week.
Yesterday was my "chill" day but I was still very busy. Brought L to camp, back home, back out to pick up T's friend to spend the day with us, back home, back out to get L from camp and then back home. In between all this I was able to change sheets on all the beds, do two loads of laundry and scrub one toilet bowl. I wouldn't say that I really got anything done but I had to entertain everybody and feed them a million times that I think I did enough. I was happy to be home all afternoon and put R down for a nap in her bed! She didn't sleep long but at least it was in her bed and not in the car like she has been almost all summer long!
Grigs came over for lunch and brought the kids ice cream. My kids LOVE Sue because she's always bringing treats. Her pockets are filled with candy and there's always something yummy coming out of her purse. It was nice to have all of us sit together on the back deck and eat lunch. Granted there were about seven conversations going on at once but it was fun. Thanks Grigs! We always love to have you over for lunch!
After lunch I had my neighbor send her grandson over to play with L and that's when that extra kid made things more complicated! Now it's boys against girls and everybody started arguing. Really people? Just have fun for crying out loud! I don't see what all the fuss is! By this time it was really warm out and I was in charge of the slip n' slide, the sprinkler, the water balloons and everything else. Then it's "Mom, I'm hungry! Mom, can we have? Mom, I want! Mom, they are being mean to me!".....oh shut the hell up you ungrateful little shits. When the neighbor left I was able to get everybody inside to prep for dinner, pack my bag for class and then bring T's friend home. When I arrived at the gym and got into class I had no idea what the hell just happened to me this week. It was a whirlwind! I still had the energy to muster up a fun class for my final night of teaching (WOD - 5K at 60rpm, 50 squats, 5K at 60rpm, 50 squats and another 5K at 60rpm.). I will continue to teach in the morning just not at night anymore. I need to be around for the family!
After class it was HAPPY HOUR! I had about 3 drinks under my belt and nobody else was really drinking with me so I just went right to water. Very quiet crew last night but it was a great night with some great conversation! Thank you all for coming out to Sliders with me! I was actually in bed by 10:30 p.m. for some much needed zzzzzzzz's!
WOD - Nada! Took today off because I have been teaching class all week.
Yesterday was my "chill" day but I was still very busy. Brought L to camp, back home, back out to pick up T's friend to spend the day with us, back home, back out to get L from camp and then back home. In between all this I was able to change sheets on all the beds, do two loads of laundry and scrub one toilet bowl. I wouldn't say that I really got anything done but I had to entertain everybody and feed them a million times that I think I did enough. I was happy to be home all afternoon and put R down for a nap in her bed! She didn't sleep long but at least it was in her bed and not in the car like she has been almost all summer long!
Grigs came over for lunch and brought the kids ice cream. My kids LOVE Sue because she's always bringing treats. Her pockets are filled with candy and there's always something yummy coming out of her purse. It was nice to have all of us sit together on the back deck and eat lunch. Granted there were about seven conversations going on at once but it was fun. Thanks Grigs! We always love to have you over for lunch!
After lunch I had my neighbor send her grandson over to play with L and that's when that extra kid made things more complicated! Now it's boys against girls and everybody started arguing. Really people? Just have fun for crying out loud! I don't see what all the fuss is! By this time it was really warm out and I was in charge of the slip n' slide, the sprinkler, the water balloons and everything else. Then it's "Mom, I'm hungry! Mom, can we have? Mom, I want! Mom, they are being mean to me!".....oh shut the hell up you ungrateful little shits. When the neighbor left I was able to get everybody inside to prep for dinner, pack my bag for class and then bring T's friend home. When I arrived at the gym and got into class I had no idea what the hell just happened to me this week. It was a whirlwind! I still had the energy to muster up a fun class for my final night of teaching (WOD - 5K at 60rpm, 50 squats, 5K at 60rpm, 50 squats and another 5K at 60rpm.). I will continue to teach in the morning just not at night anymore. I need to be around for the family!
After class it was HAPPY HOUR! I had about 3 drinks under my belt and nobody else was really drinking with me so I just went right to water. Very quiet crew last night but it was a great night with some great conversation! Thank you all for coming out to Sliders with me! I was actually in bed by 10:30 p.m. for some much needed zzzzzzzz's!
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Can You Say POOOOOOOPED!
Oh my word! What the hell is going on man! The kids are having way too much fun and I'm paying for it by doing all the damn work....Is it school yet?
Yesterday I taught the 5:45 a.m. spin class which gave me the entire day to get stuff done. After I dropped off Lincoln at camp around 8:30 a.m. I took T and R to get groceries. Came home, unpacked them and hung around doing God knows what! Picked Lincoln back up and home for some lunch and nappy nap time for R. T, L and I played Sorry while she napped and then she was of course awake. I just wish R napped for two hours or more. I can use that time!
Last night was ESPN night at the Rock Cats game. We had a cook out and enjoyed the game in some really cool temps after the rain came through. Thank you ESPN for the free event. My kids were very happy getting signatures from just about every mascot. Lots of fun but we needed to leave by the end of the 4th inning. It was already 8:30 p.m. and R was getting restless. That means get her home and into bed NOW!
Once home it was awful trying to get everybody to focus on getting ready for bed. This mommy had her evil horns coming out of her head because I was super tired myself and getting more cranky then the kids were. I wanted my bed and my little shits would not cooperate! Once I slammed their doors shut I threw myself into bed right after. No need for TV or anything else. I want sleep!
This morning I could barely get my ass out of bed around 6:45 a.m. I knew I had to get L to camp, pick up my neighbors kids, get to gym to teach class, back to get L from camp and then finally chill out at the town pool for a bit. I bolted out of bed and did all my morning chores and packed bags/cooler for the day. Once I did all that and was in the car at 8:30 a.m. I was already drained. I knew my day was going to be crazy.
WOD - spin class.....warmed up then hit the floor for three rounds of 4 burpees, 8 pushups and 12 situps, back on bike for a fast 3 miles, back to floor for another three rounds, on bike for 3 miles, last round on floor and back on bike for final 3 miles. I kicked my own ass pretty damn bad. It did make me realize that I have been slacking off with my "white sheets" workout because I have not done pushups or burpees in a while and I felt it. Granted I'm technically done training for my Half IM races but I need to continue to work off the plan. I don't want to lose all my strength.
After class grabbed the kids, got L from camp, took everybody to pool and lubed them up with lotion (job in itself), headed home, unpacked to just repack again and head out to Winding Trails for the kids Tri. By this time I'm all fucking pissed off and cranky. I'm beyond tired and I don't want to do a damn thing. I aired out all our suits/towels and cleaned out cooler. Packed up the suits/towels and cooler AGAIN and dropped of neighbors kids. R did not nap, L was sunburned from camp and T was hyper about racing. Here we go round what???? 10! Shit! I just do this shit to myself.
At WT and the kids race took off. T did an awesome job for not moving all summer so far....LOL! She had a huge smile on her face and this momma was and is really proud of her. She'll be sore tomorrow.
Due to the rainstorm afterwards, Daddy did not race in the "big boys" race tonight and instead we all went home and headed out to Outback Steakhouse for the most delicious filet mignon. YUMMIES! I had nothing pulled out and planned since we were supposed to be at WT swimming and watching the race, so we were better off eating out. My belly was very happy!
I'm not sitting here with me feet up blogging and thinking about how excited I am to do absolutely NOTHING tomorrow. Yes, I have to bring L to camp but when I get home it's time to clean the house. Maybe scrub a toilet, change some sheets and do some vacuuming. T and R can watch TV all morning for all I care!
Yesterday I taught the 5:45 a.m. spin class which gave me the entire day to get stuff done. After I dropped off Lincoln at camp around 8:30 a.m. I took T and R to get groceries. Came home, unpacked them and hung around doing God knows what! Picked Lincoln back up and home for some lunch and nappy nap time for R. T, L and I played Sorry while she napped and then she was of course awake. I just wish R napped for two hours or more. I can use that time!
Last night was ESPN night at the Rock Cats game. We had a cook out and enjoyed the game in some really cool temps after the rain came through. Thank you ESPN for the free event. My kids were very happy getting signatures from just about every mascot. Lots of fun but we needed to leave by the end of the 4th inning. It was already 8:30 p.m. and R was getting restless. That means get her home and into bed NOW!
Once home it was awful trying to get everybody to focus on getting ready for bed. This mommy had her evil horns coming out of her head because I was super tired myself and getting more cranky then the kids were. I wanted my bed and my little shits would not cooperate! Once I slammed their doors shut I threw myself into bed right after. No need for TV or anything else. I want sleep!
This morning I could barely get my ass out of bed around 6:45 a.m. I knew I had to get L to camp, pick up my neighbors kids, get to gym to teach class, back to get L from camp and then finally chill out at the town pool for a bit. I bolted out of bed and did all my morning chores and packed bags/cooler for the day. Once I did all that and was in the car at 8:30 a.m. I was already drained. I knew my day was going to be crazy.
WOD - spin class.....warmed up then hit the floor for three rounds of 4 burpees, 8 pushups and 12 situps, back on bike for a fast 3 miles, back to floor for another three rounds, on bike for 3 miles, last round on floor and back on bike for final 3 miles. I kicked my own ass pretty damn bad. It did make me realize that I have been slacking off with my "white sheets" workout because I have not done pushups or burpees in a while and I felt it. Granted I'm technically done training for my Half IM races but I need to continue to work off the plan. I don't want to lose all my strength.
After class grabbed the kids, got L from camp, took everybody to pool and lubed them up with lotion (job in itself), headed home, unpacked to just repack again and head out to Winding Trails for the kids Tri. By this time I'm all fucking pissed off and cranky. I'm beyond tired and I don't want to do a damn thing. I aired out all our suits/towels and cleaned out cooler. Packed up the suits/towels and cooler AGAIN and dropped of neighbors kids. R did not nap, L was sunburned from camp and T was hyper about racing. Here we go round what???? 10! Shit! I just do this shit to myself.
At WT and the kids race took off. T did an awesome job for not moving all summer so far....LOL! She had a huge smile on her face and this momma was and is really proud of her. She'll be sore tomorrow.
Due to the rainstorm afterwards, Daddy did not race in the "big boys" race tonight and instead we all went home and headed out to Outback Steakhouse for the most delicious filet mignon. YUMMIES! I had nothing pulled out and planned since we were supposed to be at WT swimming and watching the race, so we were better off eating out. My belly was very happy!
I'm not sitting here with me feet up blogging and thinking about how excited I am to do absolutely NOTHING tomorrow. Yes, I have to bring L to camp but when I get home it's time to clean the house. Maybe scrub a toilet, change some sheets and do some vacuuming. T and R can watch TV all morning for all I care!
Sunday, July 24, 2011
BOO YAH!
My busy weekend has come to an end with my ass sitting on the couch with a bowl of ice cream in my lap watching the Kona Ironman Championships. Those damn racers are FAST! Shit! Great stories from some of the racers; testicle cancer racer who is still taking chemo, bike accident survivor, drug addict and in jail guy that got his shit together, 80 year old man who has raced in Kona 20 times (what the hell!) and a lady with a stress fracture on her foot and walked the whole 26.2 miles with a boot on. They all made it under the 17 hour cut off. I can't bitch about the little things anymore.
This momma needs her rest. It has been a busy weekend with some really really really late nights. Friday night with my buddy Rouski drinking beer and eating pizza by their pool. Did not leave their house until 11 a.m. and that means in bed my 12 p.m. Up early Saturday to MC Mom's Tractor Pull (again, don't ask!) but home in time to take a quick hour nap before we headed to the Southington Drive In to park our truck for the movie at 9 p.m. The town pool is a quick walk away so we locked everything up and hit the pool to cool off. It was so damn hot. The movie of the night was GREASE and I was very happy to be there and see it. The kids hung out in the back of the truck while Todd and I sat in our beach chairs. Again, home after 11 p.m. and in bed close to midnight again. At this point my kids really need their sleep because they are getting none at all. And up at 4:15 a.m. this morning to head down to New London for the AMICA OCEAN BEACH SPRINT TRI......Giddy up!
What a great morning. Still sticky and gross but cloudy with some rain. I won't complain about that. Of course the sun came out on the run which is the worst time for it to appear. We had 12 Tri Club members race this morning and it was great to see all of them attempt their first outdoor tri or for some others see them reach a time goal. I think we all came in within minutes of each other which I find funny! I completed the .5 mile swim, 16 mile bike and 3.1 mile run in 1:46 which I was happy with. I think my swim was really long. I was zig zagging like crazy because I was breathing on one side due to my goggles filling up with water on the other side. I usually swim away from everybody to get out of the mess of people and I sure did swim away from everybody this morning. I was going in the wrong direction have the time. Totally thought of you Grigs!
A few of us hung out on the beach afterwards and enjoyed the water, company and food of course. The kids had a blast playing in the water. By 2 p.m we decided to pack up and leave. I really wanted to get home and clean up. Plus my kids needed a serious bath and I just wanted to be so DONE! When we did arrive home I ended up doing some yard work, cleaning off my bike, hosing down my wetsuit and other miscellaneous stuff. It was 5 p.m. and this point and I was beyond sweaty and I needed to shower NOW! I get ready to hit the shower and BAM! I have my period again......Geez, I just had it didn't I? Well, it has literally been three weeks and now I'm pissed off about that. Yank my uterus out! I don't want it anymore.
With nice clean kids and a nice clean ME, everybody hit the sack early to read and hopefully fall asleep before 9 p.m. at least. I'm off to bed myself because I surely need the sleep. Plus I am teaching the 5:45 a.m. spin class tomorrow morning......oh yippy!
This momma needs her rest. It has been a busy weekend with some really really really late nights. Friday night with my buddy Rouski drinking beer and eating pizza by their pool. Did not leave their house until 11 a.m. and that means in bed my 12 p.m. Up early Saturday to MC Mom's Tractor Pull (again, don't ask!) but home in time to take a quick hour nap before we headed to the Southington Drive In to park our truck for the movie at 9 p.m. The town pool is a quick walk away so we locked everything up and hit the pool to cool off. It was so damn hot. The movie of the night was GREASE and I was very happy to be there and see it. The kids hung out in the back of the truck while Todd and I sat in our beach chairs. Again, home after 11 p.m. and in bed close to midnight again. At this point my kids really need their sleep because they are getting none at all. And up at 4:15 a.m. this morning to head down to New London for the AMICA OCEAN BEACH SPRINT TRI......Giddy up!
What a great morning. Still sticky and gross but cloudy with some rain. I won't complain about that. Of course the sun came out on the run which is the worst time for it to appear. We had 12 Tri Club members race this morning and it was great to see all of them attempt their first outdoor tri or for some others see them reach a time goal. I think we all came in within minutes of each other which I find funny! I completed the .5 mile swim, 16 mile bike and 3.1 mile run in 1:46 which I was happy with. I think my swim was really long. I was zig zagging like crazy because I was breathing on one side due to my goggles filling up with water on the other side. I usually swim away from everybody to get out of the mess of people and I sure did swim away from everybody this morning. I was going in the wrong direction have the time. Totally thought of you Grigs!
A few of us hung out on the beach afterwards and enjoyed the water, company and food of course. The kids had a blast playing in the water. By 2 p.m we decided to pack up and leave. I really wanted to get home and clean up. Plus my kids needed a serious bath and I just wanted to be so DONE! When we did arrive home I ended up doing some yard work, cleaning off my bike, hosing down my wetsuit and other miscellaneous stuff. It was 5 p.m. and this point and I was beyond sweaty and I needed to shower NOW! I get ready to hit the shower and BAM! I have my period again......Geez, I just had it didn't I? Well, it has literally been three weeks and now I'm pissed off about that. Yank my uterus out! I don't want it anymore.
With nice clean kids and a nice clean ME, everybody hit the sack early to read and hopefully fall asleep before 9 p.m. at least. I'm off to bed myself because I surely need the sleep. Plus I am teaching the 5:45 a.m. spin class tomorrow morning......oh yippy!
Friday, July 22, 2011
I Love This 20/20/20 Shit!
You should all really try it. My WOD today was 20 min swim (1100 yards)/20 min bike (6.45m)/20 min run (2.31m). I felt indestructible, strong, confident and truly amazing! For all my racers that read this blog, you should do this 20/20/20 two days before a race. It warms up your body and gets you ready for the big day physically and mentally! I'm even a week away from my period and I still feel really good which never happens :-)
After a long day of sitting on my ass yesterday, supper was on the table waiting for me as soon as I walked in the door. Thank you Todd! Trinity had voice lessons so I stayed home to clean up the kids' rooms while Todd took R and L to the pool for a quick dip. They came home with hot fudge sundaes from McD's. How happy was this momma!!!!!! Very happy!!!!!! By the time we got the kids to bed it was after 9 p.m. and I quickly jumped into bed as well around 9:30 p.m. I really wanted to chill and watch some TV but I knew that I have a busy weekend ahead of me and sleep is very important right now. After a few minutes of reading my eyes started to blur and it was time to roll over. I don't even think I got the words "I love you" out to my husband before I fell asleep......Oh I love to sleep! Love it, love it, love it!
Today is another "sit on ass" day at work. I was able to get some of my class reunion stuff done (yes, I'm planning my 20 year class reunion), get my workout in and now it's time to finish this day up. We are going over to my friends house tonight for pizza/beer and some pool time. Looking forward to it! Tomorrow morning I am MC-ing my mother's tractor pull event at the Terryville Fair Grounds.....don't ask. It is going to be so damn hot that I'm actually not looking forward to sitting around in the heat announcing that Mr. Jim Dick is pulling with his 4500lb 1949 Farmhill Tractor. The announcing part will be interesting but not the heat!
Stay cool everybody!
After a long day of sitting on my ass yesterday, supper was on the table waiting for me as soon as I walked in the door. Thank you Todd! Trinity had voice lessons so I stayed home to clean up the kids' rooms while Todd took R and L to the pool for a quick dip. They came home with hot fudge sundaes from McD's. How happy was this momma!!!!!! Very happy!!!!!! By the time we got the kids to bed it was after 9 p.m. and I quickly jumped into bed as well around 9:30 p.m. I really wanted to chill and watch some TV but I knew that I have a busy weekend ahead of me and sleep is very important right now. After a few minutes of reading my eyes started to blur and it was time to roll over. I don't even think I got the words "I love you" out to my husband before I fell asleep......Oh I love to sleep! Love it, love it, love it!
Today is another "sit on ass" day at work. I was able to get some of my class reunion stuff done (yes, I'm planning my 20 year class reunion), get my workout in and now it's time to finish this day up. We are going over to my friends house tonight for pizza/beer and some pool time. Looking forward to it! Tomorrow morning I am MC-ing my mother's tractor pull event at the Terryville Fair Grounds.....don't ask. It is going to be so damn hot that I'm actually not looking forward to sitting around in the heat announcing that Mr. Jim Dick is pulling with his 4500lb 1949 Farmhill Tractor. The announcing part will be interesting but not the heat!
Stay cool everybody!
Thursday, July 21, 2011
I'm Sore.....
.....take a whole week off and look at what happens. My body is in shock!
Been working out all week teaching spin classes, running and lifting. I think the lifting is what is making me sore. I have not done pull ups in over a month. Today is a rest day and I'm sitting on my ass which my ass is not happy about but at least I'm able to "chill" at work. I have a sprint triathlon on Sunday with my PEEPS so I should be careful with my workouts. I don't need to be super sore for it!
I have been much too lazy at night to blog so I apologize for the lack of "Stacia's updates". My week has been hot, sweaty, busy, sticky, lazy and freaking nuts. I made sure the kids had fun on Monday at the CT Science Center after a brief workout in the morning. We were there almost all day (11:30 - 4 p.m.). I was exhausted from the constant stimulation. Then on Tuesday we picked blueberries at my mother's house and hung out with her all afternoon and then to my brother-in-laws pool after supper. Yesterday (Wednesday) was a "get shit done day!"........Jen I would have loved to have had you over for company but good thing you needed to get shit done too because I had some things to wrap up. Ran to a couple of stores very early in the morning before the heat got bad and then back home. After lunch is when things got busy because Trinity had a birthday party at 1 p.m., Lincoln was invited to his friends pool (neighbor across the street) at 2 p.m., I took Roxy with me to my DR apt. at 2:15 p.m., then drove back to neighbors house to swim with Lincoln, back home to get Trinity from party at 5 p.m. and left at 5:15 p.m. to go teach class. Phew! Dinner was on the stove and I high-fived my hubby and left. I did not come home right after class because I had to do some clothes shopping for two kids that I sponsored for the "Adopt A Child" program at work. I had so much fun buying them school clothes. Totally robbed JCPenney's blind. You should see the shit I bought! By the time I got home my feet were throbbing and my head wanted my pillow.
So far my kids have been doing really good. Granted, I don't put up with any of their shit and I do not give them a second chance, but they have been great. Roxy is a trooper especially with quick naps in car, lap or couch all week long. The poor girl has not been in her bed for a regular nap all week long. No complaints from her though. She is quite happy!
Going in Aug 2nd for my cortisone shot. Ass feels good but I can still tell that it's there. I'm getting the shot anyways to prevent any flair-ups that I may get from exercising. It's been almost a year now and it's about time I solve this damn problem.
Been working out all week teaching spin classes, running and lifting. I think the lifting is what is making me sore. I have not done pull ups in over a month. Today is a rest day and I'm sitting on my ass which my ass is not happy about but at least I'm able to "chill" at work. I have a sprint triathlon on Sunday with my PEEPS so I should be careful with my workouts. I don't need to be super sore for it!
I have been much too lazy at night to blog so I apologize for the lack of "Stacia's updates". My week has been hot, sweaty, busy, sticky, lazy and freaking nuts. I made sure the kids had fun on Monday at the CT Science Center after a brief workout in the morning. We were there almost all day (11:30 - 4 p.m.). I was exhausted from the constant stimulation. Then on Tuesday we picked blueberries at my mother's house and hung out with her all afternoon and then to my brother-in-laws pool after supper. Yesterday (Wednesday) was a "get shit done day!"........Jen I would have loved to have had you over for company but good thing you needed to get shit done too because I had some things to wrap up. Ran to a couple of stores very early in the morning before the heat got bad and then back home. After lunch is when things got busy because Trinity had a birthday party at 1 p.m., Lincoln was invited to his friends pool (neighbor across the street) at 2 p.m., I took Roxy with me to my DR apt. at 2:15 p.m., then drove back to neighbors house to swim with Lincoln, back home to get Trinity from party at 5 p.m. and left at 5:15 p.m. to go teach class. Phew! Dinner was on the stove and I high-fived my hubby and left. I did not come home right after class because I had to do some clothes shopping for two kids that I sponsored for the "Adopt A Child" program at work. I had so much fun buying them school clothes. Totally robbed JCPenney's blind. You should see the shit I bought! By the time I got home my feet were throbbing and my head wanted my pillow.
So far my kids have been doing really good. Granted, I don't put up with any of their shit and I do not give them a second chance, but they have been great. Roxy is a trooper especially with quick naps in car, lap or couch all week long. The poor girl has not been in her bed for a regular nap all week long. No complaints from her though. She is quite happy!
Going in Aug 2nd for my cortisone shot. Ass feels good but I can still tell that it's there. I'm getting the shot anyways to prevent any flair-ups that I may get from exercising. It's been almost a year now and it's about time I solve this damn problem.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Back To The Drawing Board.....
.....what the hell do I do now? Well, I'll tell you what I did, I pulled out my white "crossfit" workout plan and decided to start all over again. Today's WOD from January 1st was 5 dumbell thrusters/5 pull ups 5X's followed by 4 X 800m run (8min mile pace). Easy enough. Sweating like a pig and pushed hard on the run. It felt really good to get back into the workout routine after being a fatty all week.
Took the kids to the CT Science Center today with my friend Kathy and her kids. We arrived around 11:30 a.m. and did not leave until after 4 p.m. I'm fucking exhausted! All that stimulation and making sure the kids have all my undivided attention really pooped me out. Roxy fell asleep doing a tiny movie screening so we sat on a bench while she napped in my lap for a bit. The rest of the gang just ran around like wild indians touching every damn button. Great place for a free for all for the kids. Touch whatever you want guys!
Home to cook supper, laundry and play with the kids. They went to bed without any arguing too so I guess they were also really tired from today. Roxy was my snuggle queen tonight. She loves her mommy because I could not get her off me all night long. She was super schmoopy! She must want something. Trinity on the other hand was coping an attitude as if she was 15 years old. I'm not ready for these mood swings just yet. But let me tell you, I will make damn sure she snaps out of it because I will not put up with her crap when she's cranky. She's only 8 1/2 years old and about 3 years away from "bleeding" so I pray her "puberty" shit is not starting already. Lincoln, well, he just needs to sleep. He's my sensitive child and cries at everything lately. Plus he's in an argumentative stage right now. The little shit is arguing with me as if I'm wrong. Excuse me, but who pushed your head out of their VAGINA?????? ME! Don't tell me that I'm wrong buddy!
Time to go back to school??????
Took the kids to the CT Science Center today with my friend Kathy and her kids. We arrived around 11:30 a.m. and did not leave until after 4 p.m. I'm fucking exhausted! All that stimulation and making sure the kids have all my undivided attention really pooped me out. Roxy fell asleep doing a tiny movie screening so we sat on a bench while she napped in my lap for a bit. The rest of the gang just ran around like wild indians touching every damn button. Great place for a free for all for the kids. Touch whatever you want guys!
Home to cook supper, laundry and play with the kids. They went to bed without any arguing too so I guess they were also really tired from today. Roxy was my snuggle queen tonight. She loves her mommy because I could not get her off me all night long. She was super schmoopy! She must want something. Trinity on the other hand was coping an attitude as if she was 15 years old. I'm not ready for these mood swings just yet. But let me tell you, I will make damn sure she snaps out of it because I will not put up with her crap when she's cranky. She's only 8 1/2 years old and about 3 years away from "bleeding" so I pray her "puberty" shit is not starting already. Lincoln, well, he just needs to sleep. He's my sensitive child and cries at everything lately. Plus he's in an argumentative stage right now. The little shit is arguing with me as if I'm wrong. Excuse me, but who pushed your head out of their VAGINA?????? ME! Don't tell me that I'm wrong buddy!
Time to go back to school??????
Sunday, July 17, 2011
The Gears are Churning!
So I raced my two Half IM this summer, with a couple of sprints remaining. What are my long term goals? What do I do for the Fall? Do I just finish up the summer season and enjoy myself? Or do I continue to train for something? What can I train for? How about the Hartford Marathon?
After my 2nd marathon in Disney in January of 2004 I swore to never run another marathon in my life. I hated the training and the dreaded long runs every Saturday morning. Training just about drove me insane. With all my Half IM training via CROSSFIT it makes me think differently. I barely ran 13 miles for my races and with all the squats and leg work maybe I don't have to plug in such long distances. Oh I don't know! My gears are churning here and I'm trying to figure out if I'm biting off more then I can chew.
Back to reality tomorrow. Vacation is DONE! No more shitty eating, beer and bad habits. Time to put my sneakers on and work out again. I haven't done shit since the race. Shame on me! I don't regret being lazy but I do feel a bit guilty for not squeaking something in all week long. Hell, I have a sprint triathlon this coming Sunday so I better get back on the wagon this week.
After we unpacked the truck yesterday and put everything away, we took the kids to the Norton Park Pool to cool off. After a couple of hours swimming like fish, we thought heading to the Petit Pasta Dinner at GE would be great. We had absolutely no food in the house so it seemed crazy to not eat some pasta with Mr. Petit himself. What an AMAZING event! I cannot believe I have never done this before. For $5 per adult and kids under 12 free, the food and atmosphere was worth so much more. Dinner was delicious and they had all these great games for kids and they were handing out prizes. Of course my kids were trying to collect as many prizes as possible. Selfish little beasts! You'd think we stuffed our mouths enough but NO! We drove across the street to McDonald's and bellied up to the counter to order hot fudge sundaes, cones and milk shakes.......can you say FAT! Like really FAT! I looked 6 months pregnant by the end of the night. Oh my word! I was a very happy camper though.
After an enormous BM this morning (thanks to the ice cream) we hopped on the bikes and found a spot to cheer on all the Petit 5K racers. If I am a spectator at any event, I end up tearing because I am so happy and proud to be there. I had actual tears rolling down my face this morning. I was beyond excited to see everybody run and enjoy their day. The best part is seeing my fellow Tri Club peeps running like the wind. They are truly an amazing group of people. Very special people!
Back home to get everybody in the car and buy some groceries. Now I have a full refrigerator and I am one happy momma! We chilled out this afternoon at home while the kids played in their rooms, I did some work on the computer, laundry was working hard and daddy did some chilling out on the couch. No complaints from any of us. I had all good intentions of making a nice meal and hitting Lake Compounce with the kids but the meal idea flew out the window because nobody wanted to cook. So we decided to have pizza at LC and enjoy the water park. We usually go at night while everybody starts to leave. We have the place to ourselves usually......well, not tonight. Nobody was leaving and the place was beyond packed. We walked right into the water park and walked right back out. Hit a ride for Roxy and a ride for Trinity and Lincoln and quickly decided to head out. My friend Rouskie was there with us so she invited us over to her house to swim and eat some burgers. That is what we did and it was wonderful. Very spontaneous which is unlike us, but the kids had a great time and they really enjoyed the pool. I felt bad eating all her food but she invited us over.....LOL!
With exhausted kids in tow, we are all home and the wee ones are snuggled into bed. Time for me to shower (I haven't showered since Friday night) because the chlorine isn't cutting it anymore......ha ha ha!
After my 2nd marathon in Disney in January of 2004 I swore to never run another marathon in my life. I hated the training and the dreaded long runs every Saturday morning. Training just about drove me insane. With all my Half IM training via CROSSFIT it makes me think differently. I barely ran 13 miles for my races and with all the squats and leg work maybe I don't have to plug in such long distances. Oh I don't know! My gears are churning here and I'm trying to figure out if I'm biting off more then I can chew.
Back to reality tomorrow. Vacation is DONE! No more shitty eating, beer and bad habits. Time to put my sneakers on and work out again. I haven't done shit since the race. Shame on me! I don't regret being lazy but I do feel a bit guilty for not squeaking something in all week long. Hell, I have a sprint triathlon this coming Sunday so I better get back on the wagon this week.
After we unpacked the truck yesterday and put everything away, we took the kids to the Norton Park Pool to cool off. After a couple of hours swimming like fish, we thought heading to the Petit Pasta Dinner at GE would be great. We had absolutely no food in the house so it seemed crazy to not eat some pasta with Mr. Petit himself. What an AMAZING event! I cannot believe I have never done this before. For $5 per adult and kids under 12 free, the food and atmosphere was worth so much more. Dinner was delicious and they had all these great games for kids and they were handing out prizes. Of course my kids were trying to collect as many prizes as possible. Selfish little beasts! You'd think we stuffed our mouths enough but NO! We drove across the street to McDonald's and bellied up to the counter to order hot fudge sundaes, cones and milk shakes.......can you say FAT! Like really FAT! I looked 6 months pregnant by the end of the night. Oh my word! I was a very happy camper though.
After an enormous BM this morning (thanks to the ice cream) we hopped on the bikes and found a spot to cheer on all the Petit 5K racers. If I am a spectator at any event, I end up tearing because I am so happy and proud to be there. I had actual tears rolling down my face this morning. I was beyond excited to see everybody run and enjoy their day. The best part is seeing my fellow Tri Club peeps running like the wind. They are truly an amazing group of people. Very special people!
Back home to get everybody in the car and buy some groceries. Now I have a full refrigerator and I am one happy momma! We chilled out this afternoon at home while the kids played in their rooms, I did some work on the computer, laundry was working hard and daddy did some chilling out on the couch. No complaints from any of us. I had all good intentions of making a nice meal and hitting Lake Compounce with the kids but the meal idea flew out the window because nobody wanted to cook. So we decided to have pizza at LC and enjoy the water park. We usually go at night while everybody starts to leave. We have the place to ourselves usually......well, not tonight. Nobody was leaving and the place was beyond packed. We walked right into the water park and walked right back out. Hit a ride for Roxy and a ride for Trinity and Lincoln and quickly decided to head out. My friend Rouskie was there with us so she invited us over to her house to swim and eat some burgers. That is what we did and it was wonderful. Very spontaneous which is unlike us, but the kids had a great time and they really enjoyed the pool. I felt bad eating all her food but she invited us over.....LOL!
With exhausted kids in tow, we are all home and the wee ones are snuggled into bed. Time for me to shower (I haven't showered since Friday night) because the chlorine isn't cutting it anymore......ha ha ha!
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