Hump Day Java!
I have a complaint and a question! Why do parents send SICK kids, running fevers, that are unable to focus on ANYTHING but feeling miserable, TO SCHOOL? AND then tell me, if they feel worse, have him/her call home. KEEP THEM AT HOME!!!! Nobody else wants to be sick over break! Grrrrr....
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. ~e.e. cummings |
You know why parents do that Tina---- its a free baby sitting service for them, they don't have to miss work, and they don't have to stay home with a sick kid. Poor kids get to sit in the classroom all day feeling miserable and infecting others.
As for the QOTD, I have so many "do-over" wishes that I couldn't pick just one.
As for the QOTD, I have so many "do-over" wishes that I couldn't pick just one.
Judy
Good morning everyone,
I am enjoying my morning glass of Crystal Lite Orange Sunrise. What would I hit the rewind on in my life and change? There is only one thing I have always wished I hadn't done and would change if I could.
If it were possible to go back and change anything, I would not have broken my college girlfriend's heart. She was a wonderful and sweet gal and I dumped her for all the wrong reasons and in one of the worst ways you can. I just told her goodbye, out of the blue, and walked out of her life. I am not saying that things would have worked out better if I had not left her. I am saying I would have done it softer and kinder. She deserved that much from me. That has been my only real regret in life.
Boxermom if there is one thing I have learned in the last year it is that it is never too late to follow your dreams. If they are truly your dreams, you can always find a way to accomplish them.
The only road blocks in life ahead of us that we can never conquer are the ones we put put there and refuse to take down.
Nick
I am enjoying my morning glass of Crystal Lite Orange Sunrise. What would I hit the rewind on in my life and change? There is only one thing I have always wished I hadn't done and would change if I could.
If it were possible to go back and change anything, I would not have broken my college girlfriend's heart. She was a wonderful and sweet gal and I dumped her for all the wrong reasons and in one of the worst ways you can. I just told her goodbye, out of the blue, and walked out of her life. I am not saying that things would have worked out better if I had not left her. I am saying I would have done it softer and kinder. She deserved that much from me. That has been my only real regret in life.
Boxermom if there is one thing I have learned in the last year it is that it is never too late to follow your dreams. If they are truly your dreams, you can always find a way to accomplish them.
The only road blocks in life ahead of us that we can never conquer are the ones we put put there and refuse to take down.
Nick
QOTD....oops I forgot!
There isn't anything I'd do over. There isn't anything I regret doing or not doing. I hoped things would work out a certain way in my life and they didn't according to how I thought should, but ultimately those things that I wished would happen did. For example....I never thought I'd be having my first child at 39! Would I change it? Probably not. Hubby and I are in a great place in our lives. If we had had a baby at 20 when we first got married and he was deployed...who knows how our lives would've turned out. So, I'm content with the way things have turned out, overall!
There isn't anything I'd do over. There isn't anything I regret doing or not doing. I hoped things would work out a certain way in my life and they didn't according to how I thought should, but ultimately those things that I wished would happen did. For example....I never thought I'd be having my first child at 39! Would I change it? Probably not. Hubby and I are in a great place in our lives. If we had had a baby at 20 when we first got married and he was deployed...who knows how our lives would've turned out. So, I'm content with the way things have turned out, overall!
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. ~e.e. cummings |
Good morning all!
Finished off my protein chai tea and coffee. Need to start on the crystal light... but I feel like I'm going to float away at the moment. :-)
QOTD -- my answer relates to college too. I wish I hadn't dropped out of college back when I was in my 20's. Then when I went back to college a few years later... I wish I hadn't dropped out again. So now, at age 39, I'm going back to college again. This time I'm not dropping out! I can't, actually, since I'm doing student loans and when I stop taking classes I have to start making payments. Tonight is actually my first day of classes. Wish me luck!
Finished off my protein chai tea and coffee. Need to start on the crystal light... but I feel like I'm going to float away at the moment. :-)
QOTD -- my answer relates to college too. I wish I hadn't dropped out of college back when I was in my 20's. Then when I went back to college a few years later... I wish I hadn't dropped out again. So now, at age 39, I'm going back to college again. This time I'm not dropping out! I can't, actually, since I'm doing student loans and when I stop taking classes I have to start making payments. Tonight is actually my first day of classes. Wish me luck!
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Morning everyone!
I'm at work drinking my Chai tea.....yummmmmm...I love it. I've been having it every day to help get my protein in.
QOTD: What a great question!! I have been thinking a lot about this lately and in fact my daughter (who goes to EMU in Ypsi) and I were just talking about this on Sunday.
The thing I would do over again in a heartbeat would be to change the way 'raised' my kids as far as their eating and nutrition. I have three kids (20, 19 & 17) and all three of them have weight problems and it absolutely breaks my heart to see them struggle. My daughter and my youngest son really struggle with wanting to lose weight. My middle son kind of takes it with a grain of salt. I often think how different it would be for them if I had been better about not allowing them to grow up on sweets, chips, pop, junk food, etc..... I should have been better at teaching them the importance of good nutrition and exercise. There isn't a day that goes by that I wish I would have made different choices for them as they were growing up foodwise....after all, I was the one buying the groceries!! My son is pleading with me to have WLS, but he is only 17 so he has to wait until he turns 18. My daughter works so hard at exercising everyday but I don't think she's making right food choices to allow herself to lose weight.
Anyways, I'm rambling, but that was a very good question. My daughter and I were just talking on Sunday about this and I said to her "Katie, if there is anything I would do differently I wish I would have made you kids eat healthier growing up'.
Have a great day everyone!
Nan
I'm at work drinking my Chai tea.....yummmmmm...I love it. I've been having it every day to help get my protein in.
QOTD: What a great question!! I have been thinking a lot about this lately and in fact my daughter (who goes to EMU in Ypsi) and I were just talking about this on Sunday.
The thing I would do over again in a heartbeat would be to change the way 'raised' my kids as far as their eating and nutrition. I have three kids (20, 19 & 17) and all three of them have weight problems and it absolutely breaks my heart to see them struggle. My daughter and my youngest son really struggle with wanting to lose weight. My middle son kind of takes it with a grain of salt. I often think how different it would be for them if I had been better about not allowing them to grow up on sweets, chips, pop, junk food, etc..... I should have been better at teaching them the importance of good nutrition and exercise. There isn't a day that goes by that I wish I would have made different choices for them as they were growing up foodwise....after all, I was the one buying the groceries!! My son is pleading with me to have WLS, but he is only 17 so he has to wait until he turns 18. My daughter works so hard at exercising everyday but I don't think she's making right food choices to allow herself to lose weight.
Anyways, I'm rambling, but that was a very good question. My daughter and I were just talking on Sunday about this and I said to her "Katie, if there is anything I would do differently I wish I would have made you kids eat healthier growing up'.
Have a great day everyone!
Nan
Nan
HW 300 / SW 280 / CW 138 / GW 140
Hit Goal 4/2/2010
Hey Nan,
I am right there with you. I feel so stupid about what I fed my kids. For a period of two years, after my ex left, all I could afford was spaghetti o's and kraft mac and cheese. Thankfully my youngest has good genes. He is really active and has a huge appetite, but no weight issues.
Just an FYI, U of M does have a pediatric WL program now.
I could just kick myself for not introducing good food to my kids. I don't like ANYTHING, and I fed them what I liked. When I met my DH years ago, he would bring over fresh veggies and fish and my kids would look at him like he was crazy. So even though now we eat so much better, it does make you feel bad to think about the past.
Don't be too hard on yourself....life is full of learning opportunities. Hopefully your future grandkids will benefit from your new nutrition knowledge!
I am right there with you. I feel so stupid about what I fed my kids. For a period of two years, after my ex left, all I could afford was spaghetti o's and kraft mac and cheese. Thankfully my youngest has good genes. He is really active and has a huge appetite, but no weight issues.
Just an FYI, U of M does have a pediatric WL program now.
I could just kick myself for not introducing good food to my kids. I don't like ANYTHING, and I fed them what I liked. When I met my DH years ago, he would bring over fresh veggies and fish and my kids would look at him like he was crazy. So even though now we eat so much better, it does make you feel bad to think about the past.
Don't be too hard on yourself....life is full of learning opportunities. Hopefully your future grandkids will benefit from your new nutrition knowledge!
Thanks Brenda. I can totally relate. My fiance (he is from Chelsea) eats very healthy and when we first got together with our kids, his kids would eat veggies and most anything you sat in front of them, although his daughter had a huge weight problem and has just been thru WLS in Dec. But they would eat salad, veggies, fruit, etc....my kids....I think the only veggie they new of was corn! LOL
The only problem with my son getting WLS now is my insurance requires you to be 18 . So I told him this summer we'd start going to our PCP for his 6-mo supervised diet and see where it takes us so he'll be ready when he turns 18 next Feb.
I think when I divorced in 2003, the kids also turned to food for comfort too, so that didn't help. I was telling my daughter this weekend that maybe she could follow the pre-op diet I did and then kind of eat like a WLS patient even though she hasn't had surgery. She's the type that needs to see quick results. She's tried WW and Adkins. I just want to help her.
The only problem with my son getting WLS now is my insurance requires you to be 18 . So I told him this summer we'd start going to our PCP for his 6-mo supervised diet and see where it takes us so he'll be ready when he turns 18 next Feb.
I think when I divorced in 2003, the kids also turned to food for comfort too, so that didn't help. I was telling my daughter this weekend that maybe she could follow the pre-op diet I did and then kind of eat like a WLS patient even though she hasn't had surgery. She's the type that needs to see quick results. She's tried WW and Adkins. I just want to help her.
Nan
HW 300 / SW 280 / CW 138 / GW 140
Hit Goal 4/2/2010
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