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Comment on 2 runs in 3 days by rubyjean

rubyjean — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:06:10 +0000

Great about your conquering the morbids, okay, not so great about the job but it sounds like you’re doing well. Your children are beautiful, I see a lot of you in their faces, and I echo soclose - you and your beloved must have raised them both well.
Hey! We wear the funny hats at my house at Christmas too, and I have managed to find crackers most years. Love your enthusiasm, and it will be nice for your friend to have you and you to have her as a band buddy.
Take Care! RubyJean

Comment on 2 runs in 3 days by soclose

soclose — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:32:10 +0000

Excellent on the tm exercise!!! ….And on the job front.

Ahhh…young love! His attitude sounds healthy on that front; congrats to mom and dad for giving him the resilience to get through it. Hope he and bestie are having a fine time. The pics—just want to eat him up; sooooo cute; yeah he DOES look like you.

Comment on 2 runs in 3 days by tiny2b

tiny2b — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:01:30 +0000

You’ll be running the marathon in no time, I can feel it.

Our little kids grow up into big kids and the bruises and skinned knees become broken hearts, which is almost as heart breaking for us moms as it is for them.

Comment on 2 runs in 3 days by eryn76

eryn76 — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:40:56 +0000

Now your post yesterday makes SO MUCH MORE SENSE!!

I read “I’m going to go have a cuppa and Ribs…” Even though I am a Yank, I do know that “cuppa” means to have a cup of tea (I read a lot of Brit Lit) or I was also thinking coffee so I was thinking to myself “What a weird combination… coffee and Ribs.” Now I know you were saying you were going to go get a cuppa WITH your friend Ribs!! :lol:

Glad your meeting went well. Good for you to be on the treadmill!! Thanks for the two tickers. It makes much more sense.

Comment on 2 runs in 3 days by susan

susan — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:56:20 +0000

Regarding the Chrissy photo: gosh, you guys really DO wear those hats!
RB sounds like he has a good head on his shoulders (it certainly is a handsome head). Glad he has the support to pull through this heartbreak.

Congrats on beating that snail!

Comment on 2 runs in 3 days by getupnow

getupnow — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:50:43 +0000

Awesome job dropping the “morbid”. CONGRATS!!!

Radio boy is just too cute and you have me all sappy now. And oh my gosh! He looks just like you, doesn’t he?

Glad your job meeting turned out ok, albeit a bit discombobulating.

Comment on 2 runs in 3 days by round

round — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:00:35 +0000

Great job on the consistent exercise!

I like the 2 tickers - makes sure that EVERYONE can cheer you along.

I know what you mean about the BMI classifications. I was horrified to see that I’ve let my weight get so out of control I am no longer just regular Obese. It’s actually my first goal to get down to Regular obese…

The metric vs Imperial measurement thing is a constant issue for me. Since I now live in Europe I have to make certain adjustments but i still think mainly in Imperial. Except I can never figure out weight in the UK - they use Stones and I think it’s like 13 pounds to a stone or something but it’s just meaningless to me. I stopped buying the UK fitness magazines because of it, in fact. At least kilos are easy to compute.

Comment on I’ve stopped being morbid by soclose

soclose — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:26:17 +0000

It’s a shame—so much of the rest of the world speaks English, can go back and forth from our system to metric and here we sit (most of us anyway) w/o a clue. In my ladies aerobis class almost half are foreign born and ALL of them had mandatory English classes in school!!! I love hearing the mix of accents–Japanese, Puerto Rican, French etc.

Good luck on the job front; maybe you can get either a leave of absence or dibs on the first opening when you come back.

Congrats on the new bmi level.

One of our national shown Tv shows is broadcasting from Austrailia; it’s been fascinating…today they are in Manly Bay (?) Beach? Anyway it’s beautiful!!!

Comment on I’ve stopped being morbid by tiny2b

tiny2b — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:12:02 +0000

How did the meeting go with the head honcho? Did any mustache twirling ensue? Cheering for you here, whichever way it goes.

Comment on I’ve stopped being morbid by bigprof

bigprof — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:01:09 +0000

UGH! I really hope you’re wrong about your boss!

Thanks for the tickers…& congrats on breaking into a new BMI!

They tried to teach us metric in school (in the 70s), always with the threat that the metric system was coming & we’d have to change to meet it.

Well, the metric system had yet to encounter the recalcitrant American public. So while the world measures to the beat of a different drummer, we’re too firmly entrenched in our old ways to get in step with everyone else.

Although…maybe President Obama will drag us screaming into the world. Sometimes at night I fall asleep to the phrase “President Obama.” Lovely!

Okay, I’m wishing you luck with your boss. Raise? Promotion? He wants to transform part of the theater into a coffee house with poetry readings & he needs your help? Could be any number of good things.