Shoes

Ok, so I am searching online for some shoes before I hit the stores.

Normally I love shoes in all shapes and forms. It's almost like porn for me. Shoe porn.

But this seasons shoes... I can't even begin to describe how unattractive this season is. All I want is a simple mid height dress shoe.

Hopefully there is still some summer stock left when I go shopping IRL. Fingers crossed.

The fox and the grapes

Æsop. (Sixth century B.C.) Fables.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

The Fox and the Grapes


ONE hot summer’s day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch. “Just the things to quench my thirst,” quoth he. Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and just missed the bunch. Turning round again with a One, Two, Three, he jumped up, but with no greater success. Again and again he tried after the tempting morsel, but at last had to give it up, and walked away with his nose in the air, saying: “I am sure they are sour.”
“IT IS EASY TO DESPISE WHAT YOU CANNOT GET.”

It looks like

We are going to see Phantom!

I told DH to go ahead and book The One Man Star Wars Trilogy and he said he wanted to go to see The Phantom of the Opera!

Apparently he is wanting to repay me in some small way for looking after his parents (not that he needs to, but I have to admit, it is a wee bit exhausting at times).

What a sweetheart.

I am going to have to buy a new dress, unless I just wear this one and buy new shoes and maybe an aqua or black wrap. Thoughts?

Still more randomness

For a start, as I type this, Lucky the cat is staring me out.

I don't know what she wants. She has had 'noms', has had a belly rub, and just woke up. She is a freak. I love that cat.

Moving on.

I just got home from MIL's after doing her shopping and getting FIL showered and back into bed. DS is running a temp is all achy and sneeze-y, so I have him drugged up on cold medicine, and he is happily playing his new PS2 game. We are heading out in about an hour to take MIL and Aunt D out for dinner at the local Asian place. Personally, I would have preferred to just get take out, and to get my kid home early for a change, but C'est la vie.

I have decided not to go back to work till FIL has passed away. Now that they are living closer to us, they seem to need more of my attention and time than before. Perhaps thats because FIL's health (mental and physical) took a nose dive when they moved... But anyway, as it stands right now, I have had to turn work away because I just don't have the time or energy to run my business and care for MIL & FIL. It's not earth shattering, I kinda knew I would get to the point where I was their carer, but I didn't expect it so soon.


My Mac still isn't back. I haven't got the call to pick it up either. I hope it comes home soon. I miss it so.

Random crap

MIL went for a rubbibng (massage) today at my urging. At the ripe old age of 70 something she had never been rubbed before.

I think she is in love. Because before she left she booked a months worth of weekly rubbing visits! She insisted that I come with her next time for an hour long rub (I usually only get the 30 minute quickie) And a hot stone rub.

I think I have created a monster.

While we were out, I managed to buy a purple sweater for SIL's birthday next week (so she is done) and I got Dexter Darkly Dreaming ordered finally.

When almost 11 year old DS overheard that I managed to order a copy finally, his eyes lit up, and he BEGGED me to let him read first! (yes, we do let him watch Dexter, no we are not bad parents, we do watch with him, and no, I will be reading Dexter first to make sure it it suitable for him to read)

DH's Auntie is coming home from Melbourne via MIL's house tomorrow, and being that it is her birthday, we are going to have to do something.. So it is down to me to get cards, cake and presents in the morning. No wonder I don't have time to read all the threads at LBT!!
Dammit! I need a break! And a rub. Mmmmmm A rub ((drools))

Kid free?

It is likely that during the April school holidays, DH and I will be kid free.

As some of you might know, during the holidays, SIL and I do what we now call a "Kid swap" I get 3 of hers for a few days, and she gets my one for a few days. I works well for both of us.

So, the school holidays are coming up, and DH and I are really looking forward to some time alone as a couple.

I am thinking of dinner at The Summit, followed by either The Phantom of the Opera, or The One Man Star Wars Trilogy.

I am tempted to make an executive decision and say Phantom. But... DH is going to have to sit through The Barber of Seville, Turandot and Swan Lake. So I think I will have to be be kind to the poor sod and go with Star Wars (I can still dress up for that, right?)

On a brighter note....

DH is doing amazing things with his running! Today he ran a fairly hilly 5km in 33.24 minutes!!

After he caught his breath, he asked what the distances of Park2Park in July are.

I told him 5km, 10km and a half marathon (21.2km).

He went quiet for a momet, cocked his head to the side and said "Do you think by July I will be up to running the 10km?"

So, it looks like DH and I will be running the 10k event of the Park2Park!

I got this comment the other day in reply to the ROFLMAO post;

The "perfect BMI weight" for me is around 130. I haven't weighed that since I was in elementary school. The statistical weight loss puts me at 192. To be honest, 130 seems like a fantasy right now.......I have dreamed of it and failed at it so many times.. let me get to 192 and then RESET my goal?

Yes, I will exercise. Yes, I will use all my resources to follow my surgeon's directions 100%. I will not be the woman on LBT who eats ice cream and wonders why she's not losing weight.

But Chickie, as amazing a goddess as I think you are, remember that we all have to walk our own path.

I have never, ever said anyone should be a particular weight. I HATE that people get that from me. I don't know what I am saying besides 'You can get to a healhty BMI if you want to" to make people believe that I am thinking/saying this.

I fucking KNOW we all have our own path to walk. Hell. My husband is overweight. If I don't pick on him, and condemn him for being over weight why the fuck would bother with anyone else?

I honestly don't CARE what size or shape you (general you,not anyone in particular) want to be. All I say (and I am beginning to sound like Rainman) is that if you WANT to be at a healthy BMI you CAN. Not that you have to. Not that you are required to. Not that I will think less of you if you don't(and lets be honest, why would you care if I did anyway?)

But I am getting sick and tired of people thinking they know what I think.

If you want to know what I think, here it is.

If you want to be fat. Fantastic!
If you want to be thin. Fantastic!
If you want to be somewhere in between. Fantastic!

Because at the end of the day, when I put my head on my pillow, all I care about is the fact that my husband is beside me, and sleeping soundly in the next room is my son.

I really don't care about the aims and goals of random strangers I come across on the interwebs. Honest, I don't.

So next time the Grace's and Shortgals of this world decide to read my blog, or look at my pictures, and decide that I would think they are fat, they can guess again. Because I don't. Until someone opens their gobs, and spews forth bullshit and ugliness, I don't think anything negative of them.

Since I can't get a fair trial at LBT

I never said that Grace should weigh xxlbs. I never said that she should have xx BMI. I never said she was fat.

I did say that she should examine why she feels women within a healthy BMI look unattractive.

To this, I was called boney, unattractive and too thin.

So, it appears that yet again, it is fine and dandy to put those who are at a healthy BMI down, but don't you DARE call Grace or Shortgal fat! Ohhh!!! Nooo. And even if you don't, they will say you are THINKING it, and that is just as bad. Then you can be burned at the LBT stake. You are fair game. They can call you what they like and their Dr Phil degrees in psychology allow them to dx you with a addiction transfer (apparently because I exercise for the recommended 30 minutes to an hour a day I am addicted to exercise)

Good times.

ROFLMAO

All in all, it looks like the average weight loss is about 50 to 60% of excess weight.

So don't bother trying any harder. Mmmmkay?

Ok. Obviously I need to clarify this post.

The people who posted this were saying that a 'healthy BMI' is unattainable anyway, so the 50-60% all they are shooting for. That along with the fact that what's considered a healthy weight is too skinny for them and their 400lbs of muscle.

It wasn't an attempt to put anyone down, it was more me being totally frustrated with the way people underestimate themselves and their ability.

Not every person is the same, nor are their goals. I have never said that anyone should be a certain weight,or BMI, but I HAVE said that a healthy BMI is attainable, and it is considered a healthy BMI for a reason. And there is a BMI "range" for a reason. To accommodate the differing body types.

1 thing I do hate

Something I do hate, with a passion is when I post about goal weight being attainable, and I get told that I only got to goal because I am young.

I have had 2 close to term pregnancies (one being a multiple pregnancy), have PCOS, had type II diabetes, and was overweight for the majority of my adult life, and I had 190lbs to lose. But I had it easier than most, because I am young.

I am more than amused by this reasoning.

Well FUCKER!

The HD on my Mac just failed.

I didn't back up that wedding I shot.

Wahhhh!

Posted from my son's computer in his smelly room.

Edit;

Ok, so it's covered under warranty, but data recovery is not. But data recovery IS covered if the people I am taking the computer to can bill it to Apple creatively enough. If they charge anything, it will be $99

YAY!

Another day another victory

For DH and his running!

(Yes, I am re living my early running days through DH... Sad, isn't it?)

DH ran 4.35km without stopping, in 27.22 today wOoT for DH! He is going to be a fantastic runner.

Ahhhh

"I don't need to get down to a normal BMI because I would look skinny / unhealthy / like a dinosaur (?WTF?) / anorexic"

Can I just roll my eyes and have a little internal laugh?

The things you think about when you vote

I got handed a bit of paper for each and every candidate on my way into vote this morning... About 30 pieces of paper in total (not counting the two ballot papers).

Some of these people who are standing for local government are very, very big on climate change and everything that goes with it.

So where does the glossy bit of paper fit into all of this? A bit of paper that I am just going to have to either throw away or recycle?

How does it help climate change to chop down trees in order to get votes?

I just find it a horrid waste.

Thank you all!

I have had my blog open to the public again for less than 5 hours, and the response I have had has been incredible!

I guess it is comforting to know that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't an oncoming train!

You are all amazing, beautiful individuals who are capable of everything you desire. Don't forget to have faith in yourself! Everyone in the world can have faith in you... But if YOU don't have faith in YOU, you won't get anywhere.

Have faith. And thank you all.

Odds and ends

DH and I went for a decent run this morning despite the humidity. DH managed 3.5k in 22 minutes, so he is really improving! He just has to break that magic 4k mark and he will be set for the MDC.

Today is the first day I did very little in about 2 weeks. I took DH to work, the went shopping (I only brought a sweater, nothing too exciting) but my heart just wasn't i it. I am just too tired.

Hopefully I will get some rest soon. I just need a week where I do nothing. I might even take a break from running for the week. I am just exhausted.

On a brighter not, DS had a lesson with SIL and it went really well. She is pleased with his progress. SIL and I talked about our plans for Easter (time with MIL & FIL then off to lunch with our DH's and all 8 kids) and I asked her if I could "Kidnap" one or two of her older boys for Mothers Day (we need someone to look after DS while we run) So we are going to have DN's age 15 and 13 to hang with DS while we run. They are thrilled that they are going to be hanging in the City then going to breakfast at a fancy cafe.

Apart from that not much else is going on really!

Duuudddeee....

I just ate WAY too many M&M's.

It's a dammed good thing I went for a run this morning.



(5.5km in 27:21)

MDC

Registrations for the Mother Day Classic opened on Monday.

DH and I are entered in the 4km event. Today, my darling husband worked hiss ass off, and ran 3.5km of the steepest, hilliest road I have ever taken him on.

He is a freaking CHAMP! He took it all with a smile. And a sweaty kiss!!

Not bad for a man who only started taking running seriously about a month ago.

Oh! And before I forget!

Visit the new Coffee Talk Ladies!

Everyone is welcome! Come on over!

What a week!

It's been so busy this last couple of weeks. Last week was like I was on auto pilot all week. We moved MIL & FIL on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. DH was only home to help on Thursday, so it was down to me to help pack and sort crap.

Sometimes I hate being the "Good DIL". I really do. It would be so much easier to say fuck it, like everyone else does. But I know I couldn't live with myself if I did. Sigh.

So I am exhausted. MIL needs to go to the pharmacy today, and rather than going to the pharmacy 2 minutes away, she wants to go to her old pharmacy that is 45 minutes away. Guess who gets to take her?

So I am trying to avoid it if I can. But I don't think I will get away with it. I already talked with DH about it, and he said that it will take time for MIL to adjust to being out here. True. But in the mean time *I* am the one running her around, doing 1.5 hour round trips to the fucking pharmacy!

I know I could refuse to take her, but his family are guilt trippers of the highest order. Even though they don't do anything themselves, the act like by not running a 1.5 hour trip to the pharmacy, I am not pulling my weight.

Actually I feel pretty dammed sick at the thought of going that far to a fucking PHARMACY. Passing roughly 20 pharmacy's o the way.

I haven't had a day to myself in 2 weeks. Every day I have done something with MIL. I feel guilty that I don't want to do this. I do. But I am fast getting to breaking point.

I have a set of wedding photos that need attention (wedding was shot 2/2, today is 5 March), I have a house to maintain, a family of my own to look after, and MIL is demanding I run her to a pharmacy 45 minutes away.

I think I need to cry.