Hi!
Well, Cdm, the good thing about you not moving is that we still hear from you regularly. ( I would imagine that you will be really busy right after moving and won't be able to post much). But that is not much of a consolation. It must be tough on you and your family~ having everything packed up and living out of a bare minimum. Chin up!!!!!! It will be over sooner or later!
Misti, I hope that everyone settles down and gives you a good day tomorrow!!!!! And that you did get a few minutes to read (sort of a mental minivacation, eh?) It can be so hard when the kids are fussy and quarrel. After a while I would get so batty from all the crankiness
. Maybe it did some permenant brain dammage to me...............what do you think!!!!!!!
(no comment, Jackie, if you are out there................)
Spryng- I hope that I did not sound too much like I was giving a lecture on potty training there.........each child is different and all 3 of mine trained differently. The earliest to train was our son, who gave up diapers at 26 months. (who says that boys are difficult to train?) But that was him and although he was easy to potty train, he sure has been tough to train in other areas. Take homework, for example..........I am still waiting for him to train there!
But I must say that the "special" undies thing worked for all 3 of my children, when they were ready.
As for me and walking. It is my sanity. I started with this walking thing 2 1/2 years ago. That summer I had been to the doctor for some routine stuff and my blood pressure was fine. At the end of that summer, I had some really screwy symptoms- in addition to some light headness and bad headaches ( I have a high pain threshold, so needing advil for a headache that persisted told me something was wrong). So off to the Dr I went. A mere 3 months after a very normal blood pressure reading mine was something obscene like 180/120! The Dr was shocked. The only thing that had changed in my life was...............Dd!!!!! Ah, the joys of a 13 year old daughter!!!!!!!!
But seriously (and she is a good kid, good grades, nice friends etc...) her mouth and the total and I mean total disrespect she had (and still has at times) for me was killing me. Long story short, I went on some medication for the Bp (which is quite normal now) and on the advice of my Dr started walking. I live in my walking shoes. And when Dd gets ugly (it still happens,but not usually as bad- or I have gotten used to it and deal with it better) I walk! I would be lost (or dead) if I did not. I love to walk and those early am walks are oh, so peaceful. (all self respecting teenagers are asleep at that 5 am
!!!!) And I am a winter nut- walking in the cold I enjoy, 'cause it wakes me up. So now that you all know I am clinically deranged................ Thanks for all the comments about being dedicated with walking, but what I am getting at is that it is really very self serving of me.
Enough babbling, Ginny!!!!
I had better go and try to get some sleep. I am hoping to get up early again for another walk tomorrow.
Have a great nite!
Ginny