In my time between jobs, I didn't post for whatever reason... the following is a conglomeration of two weeks of weigh-ins. I don't expect this week's weigh-in on Wednesday to be so great, but maybe I'll be surprised...
Hubby has successfully maintained for two weeks (almost three now)... a little more than three to go before he becomes a lifetime member!!
TODAY'S STATS
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Change from two weeks ago: -2.4
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Change since starting WW: -33.6
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Pounds to goal: 8.4
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Monday, July 6, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Another "trifecta" complete
Yesterday at lunch I was talking to a co-worker about the fact that both Ed McMahon and Farrah Fawcett died this week. I speculated on who else would pass this week since I subscribe to the theory that celebrities die in threes. I started composing this blog entry in my head. But before I actually had time to get online and write it, Michael Jackson died. Thus ended the speculation.
Michael Jackson?!?! Wow. I mean, he was only 50 years old!! I was thinking Patrick Swayze, Liz Taylor, maybe even Liza Minelli. Not Michael Jackson. Granted, he's looked a little (okay, a lot) frail in recent years. Certainly odd. But wow.
I admit that most of my thoughts of Michael Jackson in the last, oh, 15 years have been about how odd he'd become; how he was painful to look at; how he wasn't making great pop music any longer. If I'm being honest, I actually didn't think of him at all unless his latest gaffe -- dangling his kid over a balcony railing, showing up for court in pajamas, losing his Neverland Ranch -- was being widely publicized in the worldwide media.
But he was a great and ground-breaking musician. You can't argue that. Back in the day, I watched the making of the Thriller video over and over so I could learn parts of the dance. I had a Michael Jackson poster on my bedroom wall. I knew all the lyrics to every song on the Thriller album. I know I was not alone in those "achievements."
Michael Jackson leaves a legacy. Hopefully the tarnished parts will fade with time and he will be remembered for his artistic accomplishments.
Perhaps the only person today who is thrilled about Michael Jackson's passing is the governor of South Carolina...
Michael Jackson?!?! Wow. I mean, he was only 50 years old!! I was thinking Patrick Swayze, Liz Taylor, maybe even Liza Minelli. Not Michael Jackson. Granted, he's looked a little (okay, a lot) frail in recent years. Certainly odd. But wow.
I admit that most of my thoughts of Michael Jackson in the last, oh, 15 years have been about how odd he'd become; how he was painful to look at; how he wasn't making great pop music any longer. If I'm being honest, I actually didn't think of him at all unless his latest gaffe -- dangling his kid over a balcony railing, showing up for court in pajamas, losing his Neverland Ranch -- was being widely publicized in the worldwide media.
But he was a great and ground-breaking musician. You can't argue that. Back in the day, I watched the making of the Thriller video over and over so I could learn parts of the dance. I had a Michael Jackson poster on my bedroom wall. I knew all the lyrics to every song on the Thriller album. I know I was not alone in those "achievements."
Michael Jackson leaves a legacy. Hopefully the tarnished parts will fade with time and he will be remembered for his artistic accomplishments.
Perhaps the only person today who is thrilled about Michael Jackson's passing is the governor of South Carolina...
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Heard...
Sung to a sing-songy, unrecognized tune...
I am the ice cream man,
runnin' over fat kids with my van...
Go ahead... laugh and be offended at the same time. We were.
Where did we hear this, you might ask? J-Mav was singing it the other night as he got ready for bed. No, we don't know where it came from. Yes, we told him that it wasn't appropriate.
And yes... we came downstairs and cracked up out of sight and earshot of the kids because, while it was SO wrong, it was just so funny coming out of his little mouth. Goin' to Hell for sure...
I am the ice cream man,
runnin' over fat kids with my van...
Go ahead... laugh and be offended at the same time. We were.
Where did we hear this, you might ask? J-Mav was singing it the other night as he got ready for bed. No, we don't know where it came from. Yes, we told him that it wasn't appropriate.
And yes... we came downstairs and cracked up out of sight and earshot of the kids because, while it was SO wrong, it was just so funny coming out of his little mouth. Goin' to Hell for sure...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Screeeeeeech...
The all-star team managed to play its game tonight through an annoying mist. It's always sad when officiating contributes significantly to a loss. Tonight was, unfortunately, probably one of those instances.
The boys contributed to the loss with plenty of fielding errors, but the ump (the LONE, large ump who didn't stray more than five feet from home plate for the entire game) blew two calls that definitely affected the score. One of our kids was called out at first when he was clearly safe, and a ball that was about two feet wide of the baseline was called fair in the top of the sixth, allowing the winning run to score for the opposing team. Terrible call.
Why there was only one ump is a good question. "Scheduling conflicts" was the official answer. All the other games we played had FOUR umps... a plate ump and one at each of the bases. And the officiating has actually been good. Not to say the kids would've won had those two calls not been made correctly tonight; however, we would've definitely had a better chance! The final score was 9-8, and Keeper Boy's all-star career for this season came to a screeching halt.
He has nothing to hang his head about. He had a GREAT post season. He was the team's leading hitter over the three games played. He'll tell you that tonight he batted for the cycle. He did have a single, double, and triple. The homerun is suspect, but we'll let it slide. He hit a solid single (maybe a double if the scorekeeper is feeling generous), and then kept running and made it home due to fielding errors. But hey, we'll take it!! :) He was SO excited!! That almost happened to him during the regular season one time. He hit a triple and the coach got caught up in the excitement and sent him home when he probably shouldn't have and he was tagged out at the plate. So maybe tonight made up for that. :)
Anyway, he also had some great plays in the field. He was the right fielder on this team. Not a position he is used to playing, but he has a great arm, so he is a strong outfielder.
The only positive to come from tonight is the knowledge that we now have our evenings free again! Woo hoo!
I think all around it was a great experience for him... and now we have yet another baseball cap to find lying around the house. Joy!
The boys contributed to the loss with plenty of fielding errors, but the ump (the LONE, large ump who didn't stray more than five feet from home plate for the entire game) blew two calls that definitely affected the score. One of our kids was called out at first when he was clearly safe, and a ball that was about two feet wide of the baseline was called fair in the top of the sixth, allowing the winning run to score for the opposing team. Terrible call.
Why there was only one ump is a good question. "Scheduling conflicts" was the official answer. All the other games we played had FOUR umps... a plate ump and one at each of the bases. And the officiating has actually been good. Not to say the kids would've won had those two calls not been made correctly tonight; however, we would've definitely had a better chance! The final score was 9-8, and Keeper Boy's all-star career for this season came to a screeching halt.
He has nothing to hang his head about. He had a GREAT post season. He was the team's leading hitter over the three games played. He'll tell you that tonight he batted for the cycle. He did have a single, double, and triple. The homerun is suspect, but we'll let it slide. He hit a solid single (maybe a double if the scorekeeper is feeling generous), and then kept running and made it home due to fielding errors. But hey, we'll take it!! :) He was SO excited!! That almost happened to him during the regular season one time. He hit a triple and the coach got caught up in the excitement and sent him home when he probably shouldn't have and he was tagged out at the plate. So maybe tonight made up for that. :)
Anyway, he also had some great plays in the field. He was the right fielder on this team. Not a position he is used to playing, but he has a great arm, so he is a strong outfielder.
The only positive to come from tonight is the knowledge that we now have our evenings free again! Woo hoo!
I think all around it was a great experience for him... and now we have yet another baseball cap to find lying around the house. Joy!
I thought things were slowing down!
Well, I thought things were supposed to be slowing down with hockey over and the end of baseball season being this past weekend. But that hasn't been the case. Keeper Boy was named to the All-Star Team, so that's been every night this week. It's a double elimination tournament. They lost their first game and won last night, so they're still alive. They're supposed to have a game tonight, but it looks like it will be a wash-out. Not sure what that does as far as the schedule.
To backtrack a little bit, J-Mav had his last baseball game Saturday morning. The kids did a great job, and we had a little party for them afterward. They each got a personalized baseball from the coach and a trophy. He had a great first season of baseball!
Saturday evening, we had the seasons end party for Keeper Boy's baseball team. It was a potluck cookout at one of the assistant coach's house. A good time was had by all. It was supposed to have taken place after the championship game, which was originally scheduled for Saturday at 3pm. However, the game was moved to Sunday afternoon after several games last week were postponed due to rain. So we had the party before the season was actually over because Keeper Boy's team made the championship game!!
They showed their opponent they meant business right from the start, scoring the maximum five runs in the very first inning. They never slowed down. Great hitting. Great defense. I think the final score was 13-4 or something like that. The kids got great trophies, and Keeper Boy got the game ball for being the game MVP!
The all-star tournament is to be over by 6/23; however, I don't know how rainouts affect that. We will pretty much be playing every night until the team loses another game. Then they're out.
I have been productive during my two weeks "off;" however, it is clear to me that I will not get everything done that I wanted to. Two weeks at home seems like a long time until you make a to-do list!
To backtrack a little bit, J-Mav had his last baseball game Saturday morning. The kids did a great job, and we had a little party for them afterward. They each got a personalized baseball from the coach and a trophy. He had a great first season of baseball!
Saturday evening, we had the seasons end party for Keeper Boy's baseball team. It was a potluck cookout at one of the assistant coach's house. A good time was had by all. It was supposed to have taken place after the championship game, which was originally scheduled for Saturday at 3pm. However, the game was moved to Sunday afternoon after several games last week were postponed due to rain. So we had the party before the season was actually over because Keeper Boy's team made the championship game!!
They showed their opponent they meant business right from the start, scoring the maximum five runs in the very first inning. They never slowed down. Great hitting. Great defense. I think the final score was 13-4 or something like that. The kids got great trophies, and Keeper Boy got the game ball for being the game MVP!
The all-star tournament is to be over by 6/23; however, I don't know how rainouts affect that. We will pretty much be playing every night until the team loses another game. Then they're out.
I have been productive during my two weeks "off;" however, it is clear to me that I will not get everything done that I wanted to. Two weeks at home seems like a long time until you make a to-do list!
Accountability...
Not a banner week for me. Kinda slacked off on exercising this week... Hopefully starting my new job on Monday will get me back into a "normal" routine... that and getting the treadmill serviced on Saturday so we can actually use it again!
Hubby reached goal this week!! Now he has to maintain for six weeks and then he'll achieve lifetime status.
TODAY'S STATS
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Change from last week: +1.4
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Change since starting WW: -31.2
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Pounds to goal: 10.8
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Hubby reached goal this week!! Now he has to maintain for six weeks and then he'll achieve lifetime status.
TODAY'S STATS
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Change from last week: +1.4
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Change since starting WW: -31.2
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Pounds to goal: 10.8
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Drugs are good...
This morning I am thrilled that Keeper Boy still has three days worth of antibiotics left to take from his strep throat diagnosis. Why? Because this morning I found out that one of the kids on his baseball team has been diagnosed with what is likely the swine flu! While it's not likely that he would've passed it along to anyone on the team, I'm sure the concentration of penicillin that's currently in Keeper Boy's system can't hurt in helping to ward off the possibility!
Bad for the baseball team, though. The team has it's first playoff game on Friday night, and (if they win) the championship on Saturday afternoon. The kid with the flu is one of our best pitchers. That's gonna hurt.
Oink!
Bad for the baseball team, though. The team has it's first playoff game on Friday night, and (if they win) the championship on Saturday afternoon. The kid with the flu is one of our best pitchers. That's gonna hurt.
Oink!
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