tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11371317063754747502024-03-12T16:14:20.643-07:00MayhemA little everyday drama from my house to yours...Jilliennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14285624906489864685noreply@blogger.comBlogger176125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137131706375474750.post-41964364197337614162012-07-10T17:35:00.001-07:002012-07-10T17:36:06.537-07:00Mud Pie Fun<br />
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A couple of weeks ago Emersyn told me that she wanted to make mud pies. Hmmmm, I thought to myself, sounds like fun. So I set her and Maximus up with some cupcake pans, utensils and of course water and dirt. They had a GREAT time and were so dirty! GROSS. <br />
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But dirty is just fine, because I don't do baths, that joy falls squarely on their daddy's shoulders. Don't get me wrong, I have been known to give a bath in desperate daddy hasn't been home in a week circumstances, but they usually include bathing suits, Jacuzzi tubs and older siblings. :)<br />
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By nature I am not a "player." I am much better at setting the kids up with activities than getting down on the floor with them. Realistically I just don't like the silly games, or running around like a nut. I don't love doing projects with my kids and I don't like playing Polly Pockets or Little People. You will rarely find me coloring with them. I will board games when they are old enough to play. Just sayin'.<br />
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You know what I do like though, finding that one super fun idea that they will just go ga-ga over. I don't care how messy or annoying it is. Play-doh or finger paints, goop or rice. Shaving cream with food color. Highlighters on the windows. Water play in the sink. And, of course, mud pies. I don't even mind picking it up when they are done. The 20-30 minutes of peace I get while they are occupied with something fun is worth the trade off to me.<br />
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Their father on the other hand is a whole different animal. He finds giving baths relaxing, and you will NEVER find him breaking out ANY sort of messy toy or craft; I actually think the thought gives him hives. He would much rather run play baseball with the kids or practice hip-hop moves in the living room. Wrestling is also a much loved past time. And even now as I write this he is out in the yard with the kids playing a loud and annoying game of Capture the Flag.<br />
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Me, I am going to finish this, post it, and then go inside to get the ice cream ready. Give me a good mud pie any day.<br />
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<br />Jilliennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14285624906489864685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137131706375474750.post-83742016537274542642012-07-09T17:50:00.000-07:002012-07-09T17:50:06.789-07:00A Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I don't know why I find it such a challenge sometimes to write in my blog. Most times, I think it is because I get so caught up in the everyday stuff that I just don't make the time. Some of the time I think it is because really as a stay at home mother of 6 kids I don't really feel all that interesting. And sometimes I think it is because, while I love to write, I just don't know what to say, how much to share. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>For those of you who know me IRL (in real life), you know that by nature I am a talker (shut up). I have a hard time being quiet, I like to share and probably share more than I should at times. I also change my mind 16 times a day on big and small things. I am sure that I make my friends head spin trying to keep up with what I am planning. I like to call it "idea ADD" but I am very sure that is politically incorrect. When it comes to writing it down for the world to see I wonder how much is too much.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> I feel like if I write it down, it can't be changed, it's just out there for all the world to see and to judge. Or even worse for no one to even care about, to be invisible. And I think somewhere in the in between lies the truth. I fear being invisible everyday. I fear that in no way, when I go, will I leave MY mark on this world. That no one will remember me because, well, I am just not that interesting.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>You see, I am just a mom, I have no unique ability, nothing that really makes me special. I am not a super volunteer, I am overly charismatic, or strong or anything really. Nothing about me makes others sit up and take notice.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>But, on the other hand I am a mom, a wife, a woman, a daughter and a friend. Maybe, just maybe, that is enough. So I am going to challenge myself in a different way, to write, to share, and to not hide behind the fact that maybe no one will notice. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>'til next time,</b></span><br />
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<br /></div>Jilliennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14285624906489864685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137131706375474750.post-31852799233804360462012-04-21T21:04:00.000-07:002012-04-21T21:04:32.878-07:00Bullet PointsWhew, it has been wild and crazy around here! We are smack in the middle of our CRAZY time of year! With 6 kids, 5 of whom are in some kind of sport or class, it is a bit insane! <br />
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High school soccer is going strong and it seems like we have practice, a game or a tournament every day! It's also competition season for Alainna so we are running like crazy for that! Both girls are having a very good season!</div>
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The boys are hanging strong with their various extra-curricular sports. Ki is taking hip-hop and gymnastic, he is also planning to do soccer in the fall (as long as his dad coaches him). </div>
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Griffen is taking weekly music lessons on both his trombone and keyboard. He seems to prefer the keyboard though. And he has a great ear for music! I am not sure where he gets it! It must be his Grandpa because it's not from his dad or I, that's for sure! Oh and he now wears glasses! And he is TALLER than I am! The first kid to do it!</div>
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Emersyn is finishing up her first year of pre-school dance. She was in gymnastics for a bit too but our schedule was out of control so we didn't re-sign her up. And we hear about it everyday! I am thinking come the fall she will be back in the gym too.</div>
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*Sorry I don't have pictures of all the kids this time! I am too tired to keep going!</div>
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We had a crazy and amazing weekend, although you can't tell it from the lack of pictures that I took, or maybe you can. Yeah, let's say it that way, we were just too busy having fun to take pictures! </div>
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First off we celebrated my Brenna's 16th birthday! We had posters, we had friends, we had the Hunger Games movie and we even had a bit of a glow party!! We had 9 girls sleeping in our basement Friday night! And as far as this mom knows NO DRAMA!!</div>
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<br /></div>Jilliennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14285624906489864685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137131706375474750.post-66951260734537112002012-03-21T10:24:00.003-07:002012-03-21T10:25:11.550-07:00Going Down the Domestic Path<span style="font-size: large;">Surprise!! We have decided to try a Domestic Adoption. It still feels sort of odd to tell people that we are no longer paper chasing for a China adoption. But, after lots of research and talking to our new social worker (still miss Audrey but we do like Heidi too!) we started to feel more and more pull to the African American domestic program. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Honestly, we never really put much thought into adopting domestically mostly because of our family size. Then it was brought up to us and so we started asking questions, attended a couple of meetings and talked a bit with Heidi. And we really liked what we heard, it felt, I don't know if this is the right work, comfortable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think one of the biggest reasons that we are drawn to this program is because it is a chance for Brian and I to do everything together. From paperwork to baby. With the China program there was always the knowledge that only one of us would travel, and get to experience those first days with our new little one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I don't know if this is popular opinion or not but as someone else recently said to me, "Hague, is a pain in the ass." True that!! For those that don't know the Hague Convention is supposed to be: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter-Country Adoption (Hague Adoption Convention) is an international agreement to safeguard intercountry adoptions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">I don't know if it really works or not, but I will venture to say that it definitely makes things much more tedious!</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">We are so excited and nervous around here right now! It's all different to us, making a profile (which is basically the story of us), complete with pictures. Hoping that a birth mom will feel a connection with us and choose us to raise her child. It's sort of unnerving to put ourselves out there like that. I still have some skepticism that our family will be picked but I am trying to be cautiously hopeful.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">OMG! A baby! I haven't had a baby in almost 3 years!!! I will have to say that this is the first time that I feel like we might be getting too old for this! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">We took a trip to Babies R Us this past weekend to look around and I have to tell you we were the ONLY people there wandering around over 30 with 6 kids. Awkward! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"> Where is the hey my family is huge and we just keep growing but my husband gets rid of the baby stuff EVERY time store? That's the one I need to be shopping at!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">Oh, and holy crap with the bottles....there are glass bottles and BPA free bottles, and bottles with tubes? and tomee tipee bottles and bottles that are super short and fat, and bottles made from recycled sheep skin (ok I just made that up). I am feeling slightly out of my depth here.</span></span><br />
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That's right!!! The number <span style="font-size: x-large;">7!!</span><br />
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After a year of stops and starts, ups and downs, country changes and craziness. We are finally able to say with some certainty that the number of kids in this family will be growing by 1!<br />
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Our application has been approved! And our social worker will be here next Thursday to decide if we are fit to add another little one to our family.<br />
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We are heading to China this time to find our newest little nut job.<br />
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As Ki was so quick to remind me today, I had promised a special treat on Mondays to get us started with our school week. <br />
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I really loved this because it mirrors almost exactly our feelings on paying for college for our kids. Go over and read it.....and then we can talk about it some more!<br />
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We researched a few different kinds and these, while looking a bit strange, were the most comfortable to pick up. MUCH more comfortable than the ones that rhyme with fowblex.<br />
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Watch out world, I'm about to get my muscle on!<br />
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I believe in goals and resolutions. I think that they are a great way to help keep you accountable and on track for what you want. Unfortunately, I tend to set too many goals (resolutions) that make them hard to attain. <br />
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I say things like this is the year that I am never going to yell, go to the gym 6 days a week, plan perfect balanced meals and have all my homeschool plans made 6 weeks in advance. Plus, I am going to organize the whole house in the next 6 months and save a million dollars, plus take a trip to volunteer in Ethiopia. Ummmmm.....not so much. Usually by the next week I can be found yelling on the couch, eating bon-bons and buying things on Amazon!<br />
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This year I have exactly one resoultion! To make myself and my marriage a priority!<br />
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What! You say, how can you be so selfish? What about world peace and helping others and those 6 beautiful children you are raising? I am glad you asked. Of course I still care about these things. Of course our children will be well loved and adored. If by loved and adored you mean driving them back and forth to their millions of activities with minimal amounts of complaining. <br />
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I am not looking to dump off my responsibilities, just tweak them a bit. You know the big things, like, why does my teenage daughter have 10 pairs of jeans while I only have 2 (ok, 1) that fits. Why can't I remember the last time I said something nice to my husband or even the last time we went out on a date? It becomes all are you going to take out the garbage today or seriously how hard is it to pick your underwear off the floor? Or, just today I am going to run out in my pajamas....... until you can't remember the last time you got dressed unless you are going to see people you know.<br />
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Seriously things get so hectic and we get so stuck in the everyday, that the little things can get left behind. Kids and responsibilities are a lot like puppies, they will NOT let you forget them, they will jump up and lick you in the face, whine to be fed, ruin your favorite shoes, hell they might even wet on your floor to get your attention. They can also be soooo cute and cuddly that you don't want to put them down. Don't worry you won't forget them. I promise!<br />
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On the flip side it becomes very easy to forget yourself and your spouse. I am not sure why that is. Why does it seem important that the 4 year old have a new dress to go to the family Christmas but you wear the same sweater for three years straight? And, I would never let my kid out of the house without having showered for the past 3 days but .......ok, nevermind on that one.<br />
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When was the last time your man came down the stairs and you told him how good he looked? But you will bend over backwards to try and say and do the right things to help your children build their self esteem. Quick note: Men and Children need the same amount of build-up, I think there is a study on it somewhere!<br />
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As a mother I think that we find a certain amount of comfort in the "giving up". We feel we must be doing it right if, we are sooo busy making sure our kids are happy or (insert your volunteering of choice) thinks we are amazing, that we can barely sleep at night for all the things we have to remember to do the next day. It's almost a badge of honor to realize you have been so busy you haven't changed your underwear in a week. Just keepin' it real.<br />
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So for 2012, I say I pick ME! I pick that man I loved enough to marry, I pick making the effort to spend time and effort on myself. Get my hair did, find a hobby that interests me, make the time to shower. Go on dates with the husband, do something nice for him just because I can (wait until you hear the Hunger Games story), remember he needs to hear nice things too. Oh and communication! Remember I can't read his mind and he can't read mine. Shocking.<br />
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Make time for the Adults in the house!!!<br />
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I have a sneaking suspicion that if we can make these changes we will be happier and a little more stress free. Which will in turn make us better parents, partners, people.<br />
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I know because all the blogs and self-help books tell me so.<br />
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That is my resolution for 2012.<br />
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We had some left over M&M's last night and I started wondering what kind of project Max and Emmy could do with them. I headed over to one of my favorite easy peasy kid sites <a href="http://www.makinglearningfun.com/" target="_blank">Making Learning Fun</a> and sure enough a whole heading for M&M's.<br />
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I quickly printed off a M&M pattern page that I thought they would enjoy and thought, DONE! Then Bri brought me the printed page, which showed that we were running low on color ink and the color of the M&M's was not anything close to what you could find in a bag of M&M's.<br />
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<br />Jilliennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14285624906489864685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137131706375474750.post-17947413556076986912012-01-02T11:56:00.000-08:002012-01-02T11:56:21.908-08:00Happy New Year!Sigh. All the Christmas stuff is down, the house is back to normal. Normal meaning crazy and chaotic. School starts back up tomorrow. And it's 2012.<br />
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I am really looking forward to 2012 (as long as the world doesn't really end next December). I have some big things I am looking to accomplish and lots of fun ideas to make life interesting!<br />
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But for now I am going to spend this last day of vacation with my family, make some of <a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/" target="_blank">Pioneer Woman's</a> amazing <a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2011/11/broccoli-cheese-soup/" target="_blank">Broccoli Cheese Soup</a> and probably watched the first episode of the second season of NY Ink. Thank you DVR for remembering!<br />
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We are going to see some Christmas lights, open a present or two, watch a movie together as a family, this year it's going to Home Alone 2, and maybe play some games or something! All in preparation for the big man to show up while we are sleeping.<br />
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We managed to finish the last of my project ideas today. <a href="http://mostlymayhem.blogspot.com/2011/12/another-stolen-idea.html" target="_blank"> Frosting Christmas Trees</a>.<br />
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Here is a breakdown of what we did/ will do this year:<br />
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Frosted Sugar Cookies<br />
<a href="http://mostlymayhem.blogspot.com/2011/12/santa-hat-brownies.html" target="_blank">Santa Hat Brownies</a><br />
<a href="http://allrecipes.com/recipe/peppermint-bark/" target="_blank">Peppermint Bark</a><br />
<a href="http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/blog/2011/12/handmade-handprint-ornaments.html" target="_blank">Hand print snowman ornaments</a><br />
Gingerbread Houses<br />
Frosted Christmas Trees<br />
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Lots of Christmas Stories including this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Life-Adventures-Santa-Claus/dp/1420932373/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324760638&sr=1-1" target="_blank">one</a> which Ki loved. And this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/How-Grinch-Stole-Christmas-Seuss/dp/0394800796/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324760696&sr=1-1" target="_blank">one</a> which I love. And last but not least this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Llama-Holiday-Drama-Anna-Dewdney/dp/0670011614/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324760759&sr=1-1" target="_blank">one</a> which Max and Emmy love (they love all the Llama books).<br />
And a trip to<a href="http://www.bronners.com/" target="_blank"> Bronner's</a> for a new piece to our Christmas Village<br />
<a href="http://www.geneseecountyparks.org/pages/Christmas" target="_blank">Crossroad Village</a> to look @ the Christmas Lights<br />
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With all the projects, the parties, Emmy's birthday, our little get-away and our regular schedule this month has been a whirlwind so I just want to take a moment to say.....................<br />
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It seems like yesterday that we brought home this tiny little 4 month old baby from Ethiopia. And now she is a big girl. Sweet and sassy, she is full of things to say and not afraid to let you know when she is mad at you. Loves all princesses and really loves her some Bubble Guppies (hello dangerous). She has the BEST hair ever and crazy good hugs. And couldn't take a decent picture if I paid her.<br />
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Mom and Dad and your brothers and sisters...........Jilliennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14285624906489864685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137131706375474750.post-62382543861465599282011-12-22T07:10:00.000-08:002011-12-22T07:10:49.376-08:00Not So Much Running Going On....At least not for me, Bri on the other hand is up to 5 miles (on the tread) @ an 8:06 min mile. We still hate him.<br />
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Then this, don't mind the crazy kid in the foot picture, who wouldn't want to be in my foot picture, right? Left ankle relatively normal and right ankle a puffed up mess. It didn't so much hurt as ached for a few days, and I did notice that I was favoring it a bit. <br />
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Holy crap my feet are ugly! Must lotion, must paint toe nails!</div>
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I have been taking it easy for the last week and its seems to be pretty good. My pride though continues to take a beating while Brian does crap like accomplish 8 minute miles (refresher-16 minutes is good for me). </div>
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I think that I am ready to get going now, we have had to split up our times so Brian will be doing the morning workouts and I will be do the later evening ones. Tonight I am going to test out this ankle by seeing how fast I can do a mile. I am hoping that it can be better than 16 minutes. Seriously, my pride needs this.</div>
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'til next time,</div>
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me</div>Jilliennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14285624906489864685noreply@blogger.com0