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If I am not blogging, it probably means that I am really being productive or just plain busy.

Highlights of the last days ...

*3 day swim meet which amounted to about 23 hours at the pool. The four older girls swam. We had some mixed results and a sick (throwing up) child on day 3.

*Monday night I took my oldest daughter and 4 of her friends to see TWILIGHT. I heard mixed reviews of this, but I actually liked it a lot. This was a movie that you could take a teenager to see and there was no sex, no foul language, no nudity, and just a few relatively mild kisses. When I was a teenager you had all those John Hughes movies like Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and a bunch more. While I did like those movies, the acting was just okay (if you watch them as an adult), and there is a whole lot that I don't think I would want my 13 year old to see (yet). Of course the movie had differences than the book, but I still found it enjoyable and the romantic side of me was just a little bit stirred up ;)

*Tuesday I had a haircut/highlight appointment with my hair lady. We chatted about Twilight, the holidays, women who obsessed with altering their looks, teeth whitening, and a few more topics. There are days in my normal schedule that I do not talk to an adult for more than 5 minutes (aside from my husband of course). Hopefully I did not appear too needy of a good chat session. Hairdressers are probably used to talking and hearing all sorts of stuff. They, like a bartender, are not too far off from a therapist. So I feel like I got my quarterly therapy session in.

*The husband and I are embarking on a new exercise/fitness/lifestyle change together. Of course I have been running, but my husband hasn't done anything in a bunch of months and I know he isn't happy with the way he feels or looks. So yesterday we did loads of pull-ups and push-ups (60 minutes of that stuff). Today we were into the lunges big time. Already I can feel the body is sore. After today, I'm not sure I will be able to walk normally, but I will get used to it. This program is intense and for those who stick with it, they see some big time results. SO, I wonder what we will see ??????

and of course

*Shopping and getting ready to cook/bake for THANKSGIVING. I'll try to post if my fingers aren't too sore, but if not ... HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!

Feeling every bit of 46 ... ugh!

When I was 45, I was feeling fabulous. I was fit, energetic, and I thought I could easily pass for 40;) Age was just a number and I certainly didn't think I felt or looked my true age. Then February 11th came and I turned 46. I have sciatica on my left side, my left knee is stiff, and I have plantar fasciitis in my right foot. I've resorted to stretching all the time and popping the occasional anti-inflammatory. There are dark circles under my eyes that I've had to start putting concealer on. My hair is growing out from last years 45 year old short hair, but it's just in an awkward stage. I can't decide if I want to cut it again or let it grow out. I even thought of styling my hair differently by doing a different hair part. That was a terrible idea because I was SHOCKED to see how much gray is now growing in the center of my scalp. I also think my metabolism is slowing down because my mid section seems a little thicker ... ...

"The Loveliness of The Seashore"

What is the "Seashore" like? "Where the sky meets the sea ... The seashore is a place where the sea and the sky are the same smoky gray until ... the morning sun breaks through. The hot noonday sun feels warm as a big soft cat covering you. And it seems there is nothing in the world except the sound of the wind and the rising and falling of waves." Over at Dawn 's there are so many wonderful books suggested on her blog. Earlier this month I couldn't help but to peek at some of them ... thanks Dawn! *The above quote came from The Seashore Book . The ocean moves in and then moves out. This place where water, sky and earth meet is never the same. The tide comes in, the tide goes out, each wave that returns pushes against the incoming swell as it is pulled back into the endless depths and swallowed into the vastness of an unknown deep. Such is each day of our "daily" lives. I grew up enjoying the sights, sound, and the surf of the NY/Jersey "shor...

A scattered post ...

I throw myself into stuff all the time. It can be anything from the start of a swim season, a new school year, the election, a vacation, an exercise routine etc. I'm kind of in a phase where I really don't know what my focus should be. I turned on the television and honestly, I have no idea what is on this fall season ... NO IDEA AT ALL . If I watched television in the past few months, it was something kid related or Fox News. I NEED A NEW FOCUS. My current thoughts ... reading a fictional, just for fun book stepping up my exercise routine thinking about our Christmas wish lists and shopping baking more ... I really am slacking in this area ways to save money so that we can get a new (second) washer and dryer for the upstairs (not a fancy kind because this would mostly be used by my oldest two children)... I actually have hookups. I wonder if a lot of people go through a sort of "lull" period this time of the year. Surely it doesn't last long with the start ...

"A Wink and a Smile"

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