RR - 5-6K easy run/walk.

TR - new habit is to wake up with a relatively dry diaper and use the toilet. Unfortunately pooped twice on my watch yesterday and then polished off the rest of the cauliflower mac so I expect more poopsplosions today.   Love affair with the smoke detector is apparently over as last night he said, "I skeered, smoke detector!"

FR - chicken pie, salad.

RR - 13k. It is getting cold out. My days of shorts/skirts wearing may be numbered!

TR - For the first three weeks, she loved swimming lessons. Now she hates them. All she wants to do is float on her stomach, kick and blow bubbles. So she's really good at that stuff but whenever they ask her to do anything else, she says "no!no!no!" and starts screaming if the instructor tries to touch her.

FR - Roasted chicken, potatoes and beets with parsnip and apple mash. I have a lot of root vegetables on hand.

NRR - Halloween party at the library today. Hopefully it's not a potluck because, if so, I forgot to make something. Pumpkin carving tonight!

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zorbs - Is B pooping on the toilet now too, or did you get stuck with unfortunate cauliflower diaper changes?

eh - Oh no on the foot. Did it just start hurting? I've never had that message when trying to upload my garmin data, but your computer may just need to update, so restarting it may do the trick. How did the roast turn out? Prime rib is delicious but expensive! Do you get those freezer packs from a butcher?

Morning!

RR - 8k at lunch, easy.  I'm just taking everything super easy this week to be ready for one more big week before taper.  Massage yesterday was very intense.  I have lots of areas that feel bruised now, but released also.

TR - she is going through a challenging time I think, she's been tired a bit, and when she's tired she acts out, and is goofy.  Yesterday morning as DH was trying to get everyone out the door she was kicking him in the head.  I am also rising in popularity as DH is stepping up and disciplining more, and I'm not the main serious parent.

BR - her cold is really hanging on, she's got a cough now, poor baby.  She's happy enough but I heard her coughing in the night.  I hope it clears up so she doesn't need antibiotics.

FR - leftovers tonight, we have both spaghetti w/ meat sauce and meat loaf.

NRR - in the office before 6am for a global telecon, once again I could have done 6pm last night also, but that's a bad time for our family so I'm hear early drinking crappy office coffee.

eh - roll your foot with a frozen golf ball. A lot of weird Garmin problems are fixed by unplugging and replugging in the USB port.  No Frills is the only place where meat prices don't give me a heart attack.

ernie - I wear skirts in the dead of winter to race in, but the ones that I can layer tights under are limited, so it is for special occasions only.  I didn't start B in swimming until age 3, because I figure I could take him to drop in family swim for a lot cheaper and the same result.  B hasn't pooped in the potty for AGES.  Did you see my FB post about how I stepped on a turd that had fallen out of his diaper?

bermy - I absolutely suck at tempos so my only advice won't help you at all...I run tempo at the slowest end of the range, that way I can complete the workout and not feel like a total failure.  I am horrible at running fast without race day magic but other times I don't worry about it too much, I know a few people who run all their training s-l-o-w and then burn it up on race day.

CA - when B is bad he thrashes, punches and throws things.  This morning he threw my Stick at my head. B isn't waking up dry..just not 10 pound diaper.

Quick post, bbl for personals.

RR: just over 5 miles with R this morning. We ended at the park and are playing now.

TR: has woken up at 5:30 the past two mornings. This scares me since we are putting the clocks back an hr this weekend. I don't want him up at 4:30!!!!

NRR: mom an dad are coming out late tomorrow. My current manager at the gym is an idiot- more on that later.

zorbs- R likes this little carbon monoxide detector at the fire station that makes an earsplittingly shrill beep when you press the button. Its like 10x worse than a smoke detector. Thankfully he's more interested in the fire trucks these days. Oh yeah, after my post about R doing good PT yesterday, he peed 3x at daycare. He just does it to be stubborn sometimes I think.

eh- my garmin did something really weird a couple weeks ago and I had to do a hard reset. I've made prime rib a couple of times, I usually wait til it goes on sale for $5-7/lb around christmas and then dry age it in the fridge for a few days.  But, truth be told, prime rib is something that's almost always better in the restaurant.

Ernie- aahhh.. toddlers are so temperamental.

Bermy- sorry about the migraines. Ugh that really sucks if it is chocolate that's causing it, you are such a healthy eater that you should have SOME kind of indulgence!

CA- Even though I'm the main disciplinarian, R is still really attached to me. But then again, last night when he was in agony from his hives he was crying for daddy.  I guess that's because DH's 2 things that he likes to do with R are hugs/cuddles and wrestling.

Becky- when DH is being a stressed out jerk, the cause is usually work. He will wait to tell me until he's really frustrated about something and then its a total diatribe. I try to coax stuff out of him but I think he's got this weird macho thing where he doesn't want to complain about stuff at work to me. He's on the union negotiation team this contract and management is trying to do something really jacked up to his schedule and he said if it passes then he will be looking for new employment, because it will basically turn their relief week into an on-call status period for 7 days with 24 hour notice for shift change, its a dick move. So he's going to have to fight that one pretty hard.

Runnergirl- Yup. Today was 5:15 here. I feel your pain.

RG:  Yes, he does need to go for a run.  He's been distressing in front of the tv for baseball and beer.  I've told him he needs other outlets   C was exposed to HFM this weekend so I am just praying that a cold is all he catches.

Spike:  Yeah, we don't have the same kinda schedule issues you do but they hit him up with last minute meetings, trainings etc when they know he has an altered work schedule (leaves at 2 p.m. on T/TH).  Of course they try and schedule everything during that time and tell him he's just gotta deal with it, which in turns means I have to deal with it since he leaves early to be at home with C.  Ugh.  So today, tomorrow and Friday he's basically unreachable during the day, but he will be home for dinner.  How scary about R.  Do you know what it was from?

CA:  LOL, we've been in a challenging phase for awhile now.  I am just glad that it is not all the time.  it seems that it is only when he's tired.

Bermy:  Booo to the migraine.  Glad your first AA meeting was a success.  Way to rock your runs.  You are one speedy lady!

Ernie:  We haven't tried swimming lessons yet because C just pretty much hates pools.

Eh:  Ouch on the foot!  LOL on the prime rib.  I love it but refuse to order it as well.

Zorbs.  hahaha on the poopsplosions.  I think I have the only kid that won't eat mac.  Well pasta/noodles of any kind.

RR #2 - have been rolling and icing my foot.  It is very sore when I walk.  I have made an appt.  w. the chiro this afternoon.  Oh, and I solved the garmin thing by installing the plugin again.

ernie - At least S isn't scared of the water.  I think she is pretty little to have to follow all kinds of instruction at swimming lessons.  At this age, getting used to the water is the important thing.   My shorts have been retired for a while.  I hate feeling cold!  I took DD2 to the library program yesterday for the first time since she was really little - she LOVED it.  She was kind of shy, but the smile never left her face.  Ernie the roast was good.  It is from a local farmer/meat store.  They raise their own beef and they also sell local farm chicken, pork and other game meats.  It is antibiotic and hormone free, but not organic or grass fed.

bermy - nice workout!  I love tempos - I do wimp out at times though - I would do a tempo over a long run anyday! The only advice I can think of is a word or saying that you can repeat to yourself to keep you going.  Hope DS feels better soon!  Yay on the friend progress

CA  - yay for the awesome massage!  haha on DH doing more discipline.  DH is much better at sticking to his word.  I need to be better about this - the kids whine to me and I tend to give in.  They don't even bother w. whining to DH b/c he doesn't give in.  I think it is PF

beky - woot, woot for taco Tuesday!  We are having fajitas!  Hope DH cheers up soon.  How was the Halloweed parade?  Sounds cute!

rg - uggh on the gym manager!  How ridiculous!  Glad you will be getting out of there soon.  A 430 wake up call would be gross - hope DS adjusts his schedule accordingly.  I always stress about the kids and the time change, but it always seems to work itself out.  Yay on your parents coming!!!

spike - oh, poor DS and poor mama!  I am tired just thinking about that!  WOW on the house progress - that would be great if you could be in by Christmas!  We got our cabinet hardware at Ikea.  Much cheaper and I am happy with it!