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Juice Death... yeah, I tried it...
So, gloomchen has gone on many times about this juice death fast thing that she does and Mike and I finally got around to trying it. Two days, nothing but juice, 1600 calories. Ummmm... can I say ow? Good news is on Saturday morning I weighed myself and I was 187.5 and as of this morning, I was 180. So, it definitely works, but boy the cranky is just out of ( Read more... ) -
Back in florida again...
Apparently there are 3 crazy days in a row followed by flying home on Friday.
I'm tired, am having issues sleeping because of the 3 hour time difference but I've got to be up and meeting my ride in the morning and showered and looking all business pretty....whee.
Ok I'm going to try to go nod off now! -
Somehow..
...this weekend was oddly productive ( Read more... ) -
YAY!
This may not sound like an accomplishment to a lot of people but to us it's HUGE!
After 2 weeks of constant repetition, Mike and I have finally made it past Week 3 Day 1 of the 100 Push Up Challenge.
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Post in many parts or how I spent my summer vacation part 5
Sunday
- Jim Thorpe
- High Elevations restaurant
We went into Jim Thorpe on Sunday and visited the Asa Packer mansion (and made it up that blasted hill) as well as visited the Old Jail (which I was shocked to learn was still in operation until 1995) as well as looked at tons of awesome Italianates and Second Empire houses. We found a coffee shop ( Read more... ) -
Post in many parts or how I spent my summer vacation part 4
Saturday:
- Meltdown by my sister
- Moved to a hotel
So yeah, Saturday was eventful. I got the number (finally) for my aunt and uncle in New Jersey so I could call them myself because I honestly didn’t think that my mother properly conveyed my need to see him and I wanted to talk to my aunt myself to see if I could come see my uncle even for 10 ( Read more... ) -
Post in many parts or how I spent my summer vacation part 3
Friday:
- Go to Philadelphia for the day
- Mutter Museum
- South Street including Zipperheads (now Crash Bang Boom), Jim’s Cheesesteaks, Hats in the Belfrey, an antique shop that was a bit overwhelming
We drove down to Philly, it was only about an hour and 45 min drive down the PA turnpike. We got lost looking for an exit that apparently doesn’t ( Read more... ) -
Post in many parts or how I spent my summer vacation part 2
Tuesday:
- Leave the house 7am pst to get to Portland for an 11:30am flight (gotta be there 2 hours early, you know)
- Fly / layover
- Get to Allentown, PA at 9:30pm EST
- Get rental car
- Drive to parents house
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Post in many parts or how I spent my summer vacation part 1
So, I’ve been milling about making this post for a bit and realized that I needed to do it just to get all this crap out of my head. I’m going to start at the beginning … way back a month ago…
I found out that my great uncle/godfather had gone to the hospital with chest pains and wound up having an emergency quadruple bypass. I haven’t seen or ( Read more... ) -
It's summer dammit!
Life stress is lower...we've got deadlines...we're back to work on the house...I am updating the house blog... enjoy!