Our marathon DVDs topped by a father's triathalon!
Adam ordered us videos of glimpses of our marathon, in San Diego. When I found out what they cost I was slightly disturbed. However, I am glad that he ordered them, especially since that may have been my last. It was cool when we actually received them and were able to share our experience with the kids. We had a good laugh when I remembered seeing a camera and picking up the pace from a walk to a run at the 20 mile point. I was exhausted, but at least I will be memorialized on that DVD in better shape than I was or at least smarter. If I would have been a smarter runner I would no doubt in my mind have run the entire marathon, but I did walk a lot of the last 6 miles, the last 1 1/2 and in front of the camera I gave it my all. Here is an event that brought not laughter, but tears to my eyes, AMAZING! To view go to:
www.filecabi.net/video/can1986.html
Siblings
Scenario: Two older siblings and two younger siblings at a sleepover
Sebastian comes in the house and alerts Loredanna that her presence is required for a game outside on the trampoline. Loredanna's response, "I don't want to play outside." Sebastian tries to woo her with, "We get to be the bad guys."
Accountability
If you share something with someone there is a bit of accountability that goes along with that shared knowledge. That's my philosophy for the week. Victoria's was that if you don't like eating something that you should just keep eating it and eventually you will like it. So, what is it that I would like to share. Well, this morning I woke up at 6:30 naturally, an entire half hour before my alarm would wake me up. I had told myself the night before that if I could wake up even 10 minutes before my alarm that I could get up and do pilates before I had to wake up the kids. Getting up early was phenominal! So, tomorrow my goal is to wake up at 7:00 or ealier again. I'll let you know how it goes.
A bit of criticism: 1. Saw is not a slasher, but very disturbing. I like a bit of suspense, but I guess I prefer some resolution. So, I would rate Saw as one of my top ten most disturbing movies, closer to the number 10 position. 8 mm, Quills, and Titus are closer to the top 3. I wouldn't say that they are the worst movies, just the most disturbing.
2. Adam and I ate at Bob's Big Boy and I would give them 2/5 stars. Service was O.K. and it wasn't super pricey, but quality lacked. I'd rather eat at the 5 & diner for a sit down and be served burger or at In & Out for really tasty fast food, both are better quality in my opinion. We probably will not give them repeat business, and yes we did fill out a comment card.
3. We tried checking out Las Vegas Athletic Clubs. It was a blessing that the guy we were ready to sign a contract with, if we were going to, was not there today. I'm
glad that we are loyal, because on the way out of the parking lot Adam decided that he would be so stressed out dealing with the traffic that a membership there was out of the question. I had the same thought cross my mind on the way there. So, I guess Adam will have to keep running the roads, and doing push ups at the house, and I will continue to use home video workouts.
4. For a more posative movie review, V for Vendetta was enjoyable! I think after watching it that Adam will read it! As with any book, of coarse it was better, but there is just so much that you take notice of in the book when you're looking at vs. it's 2 second flash on the screen, Ooooooh, look at all the pretty lights. How sad are we as a society that so few of us read any more. You know you are who you hang around with. I guess my mom was right, but I am glad because my friends all read, even the guys, who seem to be as a whole less likely to read. I just need to finish what I've been in the middle of for a while now. I have really been enjoying Independent People, but it has been such a journey, so many characters!
Time
We have been home for almost 2 weeks. I feel like we have been playing catch up until the last few days. We are trying to get our schedule hammered down, which hasn't been very successful??????!!!!! We finally had some of the kids friends spend the night last night. I was suppose to pick them up early so they could play all afternoon, but didn't get there until 5. They chose to watch a movie which ate up the first 2 hours. One of the children had to be somewhere at 8 in the morning, so I tried to get the kids to retire early, FAT chance! At 11:30 I told them that they needed to chill out an try and relax. Victoria said to me, "Mom, we didn't even get to play yet." O.K. minus the movie what did they do for the last 4 1/2 hours? Boy, I think time flies, I guess when you're a kid having fun, it moves at rocket speed!
