Morning everyone!
I came down with the flu yesterday and spent the day either in the bathroom or on the couch. By about 3 p.m. I finally started getting a little energy back. I was able to get up and make dinner for my family and then went straight to bed. Today, a little tired and being careful what I eat but I am upright and working (which they are grateful for). So happy Presidents Day everyone, I hope someone else is working too!!
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Kat, loved the hockey game details! It sounds like you all held your own. David lost his front tooth on Thursday and I told him NOW he looks like a hockey player in all his gear. Too funny. I will have to post a pic. Great job!!
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Valentines day, Mike does not subscribe to all that. Mother's day either.
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Glad you are feeling better!
I'm working too! No P-Day off here.
Actually they changed up our vacation/holiday policy. Basically, sick time and all holidays except t-giving, xmas, july 4, mem day, labor day were taken away and we were given 10 more days of PTO in addition to the 2 weeks vacation (which also turned into PTO). Since sick days around here = work-at-home days, I am not really worried about the sick time, and I am quite happy about not getting random holidays off and getting to take the time when I want to!
We don't have to worry about missing teeth... I wear a mouthguard and a full-face plastic shield. We are required to wear at least a cage.
No V-day here either. Considering with my hockey and his work, we basically saw each other for 10 min or so that day, probably a good thing!
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Guac--my recipe is exactly the same as Roddy's and I don't measure either. Just throw it all in there. Kat, this means you would not like my guac since it has tomoatoes in it (from the salsa).
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Depends on how many tomatoes... I can handle them in moderation, and I love guac enough to pick them out, anyhow!
Kat - Sounds like a great tourney for you and your team. How much detail is in scorekeeping? Cool that you got to bring another generation along! I loved playing pond hockey as a kid. I caution children everywhere that it should not be played with figure skates. That's all I'll say about that.
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It was a quiet weekend. My Valentine's gifts were perfect. A couple of oil drizzler bottles and a quick read meat thermometer. I love to cook, but it's only been the last couple of years that I've started taking it seriously. Nothing gourmet, just good food. DGF's gift was to rearrange the living room and add another mission style recliner - she's the decorator. Now to make the couch fit crossways ; )
I ordered a small freezer from Sears - compared to Lowe's and HD they had the best deal. Now I needed freezer recommendations. What do you keep on hand? I want to take advantage of Costco.
I did C25K day 1, week 3 yesterday. The runs go from 90 seconds in week 2 to three minutes. I did not die. In fact, I'm anxious to do it again tomorrow. This could become a new addiction. The trail/track was sloppy from rain last week and slippery and mushy in spots. I ran in the grass and between dodging the dog poo (why, oh why, do people not pick up after their pets? why) and the uneven terrain I felt mentally tired at the end. The next session is on a treadmill.
I bought a new Ultimate Directions water bottle. I have several and wanted the one with the hand strap. Note to self: read instructions before use. The new bite valve mystified me. I am embarrassed at how wet I got and how little I drank. DGF asked, did it have instructions? I said it's a bottle. What could it have said? TRANSLATION - Yes, I didn't read them.
Question to the seasoned runners... do you follow a program even when you're not training for a run? Do you run daily?
Off I go to stimulate the local economy.
Ronda
Yes, there actually is some detail in scorekeeping. Some of the teams in the tournament care a lot about the official scoresheet, as they are trying to go to Districts in the adult women's category. So for everything that happens (goal, penalty, etc) you have to change it on the scoreboard and make sure to write the details down on the scoresheet. You do generally get pretty good direction on that from the ref, as they keep track of the # of the scorer and any assists, and of course of the penalty. One good thing is that we play 3 20-min runtime periods, so you don't have to worry about stopping the clock except for an injury or the last 2 min of the game (and only if it is a less than 2 goal differential).
I like to cook, too... what are these oil drizzle bottles of which you speak??
Glad that you are jumping in. I need more math/computer types around here!!
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Thanks for all the support on the gym, i was there by 6AM this morning
and it was great, so it looks like i'm enjoying the dark side.
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Kat - you go girl, i can't even imagine how tired you must be from this weekend!
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Wow, that is a darker side that I can get to!! 6AM!!!
Glad to see that you are enjoying it, though!
I do have an accent though not nearly what Mike's is. I lived away for awhile with my first husband who was in the military. I learned really quickly that not having my accent was better and I also learned to drop lots of words from my vocabulary or reuse them like cellar (we use that for the basement), cupboards (cabinets) and dooryard (driveway). I never used Ayuh and neither does Mike. I also despite the word ain't and we charge Mike .25 everytime he uses it! He gets .25 for every F-bomb also which is a very common word in his circle of friends kind of like "like" is to Shelby.
Life is different up here, I bet Steph will back me up on that!!
Heh! Go about an hour east of here, and you get the same kind of local idiom. Just ask Roddy, he can probably come up with more phrases than I can!
My favorite that my in-laws and extended family do, is call all police officers "the law."
Paula, hope you are feeling better emotionally, and Liz, better physically.
Okay, I need to get back to it. Just wanted to say, though, (if I haven't already), that I weighed yesterday and the 2 weeks I have been on this no-sugar, low-carb no-alcohol thing have taken off 8.4 lbs (4.3% of body weight). So, yay!
scared1: ) and lack of teeth 
I can't take credit for her talent....just for her quick wit and sarcastic tendancies (so proud 
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Look Erika. Another one took the bait. Now we just gotta reel her in! 
And we had strawberries left over, so I had some with my breakfast this morning - forgot how much I like them!!!
Go Kat 
Go Kat 
