Follow the yellow briCK ROAD -CK's LOG TO COMPETITION

[velvett]

Re: Follow the yellow brick ROAD -CK's LOG TO COMPETITION

I looked more pregnant than Daisy when she was 4 months preg post cheat. I took pics.

MY GOD WOMAN!
You are a masochist...





























and I wuv you for that

 

[ck2006]

Ill show you what ever you want you know that.
You are right though, thanks for the tip, I may blow up but Ive been so blown up constantly I wonder if I'll ever notice.

I love it, play gym , that is so cute!

Not sure what the deal with emotional progress reports. Daisy is a teacher (if I remember correctly), maybe she would know.

I should post my bloat up hee hee, damn I can't find my camera.

What the heck did you eat to look 4 months prego, at least in mine I only looked 2 (well that is 2 for me anyway LOL)

 

[ck2006]

Hey girlie! Just coming by to send a you're way! glad to hear the eatin is stayin on track keep on it

Thanks, enjoying my protein shake as I type and then off to do some christmas card making with the girls.

 

[ck2006]

I've heard those long car drives can be bad for backs. Take care of yoself.
Just finished reading an article in a magazine about education. It refers to U.S. curriculae, but it may be similar. the gist of the article was that, decades ago girls were behind boys academmically due to social responsibilities. So, they tailored curriculum to allow girls to excel, but in the meantime, those same guidlines marginalized boys. Now boys are actually punished for acting like boys, and girls are excelling. The boys are becoming resentful & disruptive because they're being treated like idiots, instead of ;itt;e boys. In essence they are being punished for being male.

As it should be..... LOL just joking! LMAO! I am in a goofy mood today, must be no sleep, hmmmm, coffee, coffee, coffee.

I feel bad cause his emotional report was excellent with the exception of not bringing his reading log or agenda home which really isn't got to do with emotional but we have been harping on him since september so he got in trouble for that. But I made up for it the next day. Told him if he brings those items home and gets everything done he can play on the computer for an hour, however if he doesn't he goes to bed a 1/2 hour early, no computer and one more chore added on. So it is really working well, he forgot it again yesterday LOL. (pulling my hair out) something so simple and for easy marks and he just doesn't care. But in the grand scheme of things, I really don't either but it is the only thing I can harp on him about cause he is an A+ student, soooo I can't let him get off too easy, he needs to have some accountability for something. any whoo rambling.....

 

[HiDnGoD]

As it should be..... LOL just joking! LMAO! I am in a goofy mood today, must be no sleep, hmmmm, coffee, coffee, coffee.

I feel bad cause his emotional report was excellent with the exception of not bringing his reading log or agenda home which really isn't got to do with emotional but we have been harping on him since september so he got in trouble for that. But I made up for it the next day. Told him if he brings those items home and gets everything done he can play on the computer for an hour, however if he doesn't he goes to bed a 1/2 hour early, no computer and one more chore added on. So it is really working well, he forgot it again yesterday LOL. (pulling my hair out) something so simple and for easy marks and he just doesn't care. But in the grand scheme of things, I really don't either but it is the only thing I can harp on him about cause he is an A+ student, soooo I can't let him get off too easy, he needs to have some accountability for something. any whoo rambling.....

When my daughter was in school, I didn't really care how smart she was. I cared how much she tried. She is hella smart, just, through those years, had no drive. Wonder where she got that from. Drove my wife nuts, but I understood her.

 

[ck2006]

When my daughter was in school, I didn't really care how smart she was. I cared how much she tried. She is hella smart, just, through those years, had no drive. Wonder where she got that from. Drove my wife nuts, but I understood her.

We feel the same, especially since our other son is autistic. We tell them no matter what mark they get as long as they try and we know they tried there best that is all that matters. Fortunately and unfortunately my oldest son doesn't have to study really hard to get it. He DID NOT get this from me, I constantly struggled in school.

 

[ck2006]

Teacher meeting went almost too well, scary, actually (thank god)my kids are amazing, I cried the whole way home, I am so proud of my baby!

Next week is my younger sons and well.... though he doesn't get straight A's with what he has been dealt with I always bawl, they didn't even think he would ever talk cause he didn't when he was three. He not only talks now but was doing division and multiplication in grade 2. The little bugger has the most determination of any child I have ever seen, he doesn't comprehend the way most people do, but then I understand him soooo LOL

No workout today, mother in law came over and we continued to make christmas cards, made nanimo bars with the girls and I ROCK, didn't have one! Diet is solid and the exercise will come again one day arrrr LOL.

Back is extremely sore, going to make an appointment with the doctor tomorrow, I can barely walk now and this is the fourth set of anti-inflammatories they have prescribed for me and well they aren't working either.

 

[HiDnGoD]

Teacher meeting went almost too well, scary, actually (thank god)my kids are amazing, I cried the whole way home, I am so proud of my baby!

Next week is my younger sons and well.... though he doesn't get straight A's with what he has been dealt with I always bawl, they didn't even think he would ever talk cause he didn't when he was three. He not only talks now but was doing division and multiplication in grade 2. The little bugger has the most determination of any child I have ever seen, he doesn't comprehend the way most people do, but then I understand him soooo LOL

No workout today, mother in law came over and we continued to make christmas cards, made nanimo bars with the girls and I ROCK, didn't have one! Diet is solid and the exercise will come again one day arrrr LOL.

Back is extremely sore, going to make an appointment with the doctor tomorrow, I can barely walk now and this is the fourth set of anti-inflammatories they have prescribed for me and well they aren't working either.

I guess that's what being a parent is all about. Extremely aggravating one moment & a source of immense pride the next. Glad to hear it went well.
One thing I've learned from other parents with challenged kids. Never believe the Doctors, when it comes to limitations, physical, or mental. If you push the child, as you would a regular child, but within reason, they will respond. And depending on their desire, they may even excel.
I have a cousin with Downs syndrome. Her parents were told to institutionalize her, because she wouldn't live into adulthood & she would require too much care. They kept her home, & while she never became independant, she has had a full & rewarding life, for all concerned. She's in her 40's now.

Good going on the treat denial. Keep it up. .

 

[HiDnGoD]

I hope y'all have a good day. & your back straightens out. I'll be thinkin about ya.

 

[treilin]

Oh it has always been a problem, just becomes more of an issue when I drive long distances, pick up heavy things, shovel the snow, vacuum, wash the floor, sleeping at night, or do things the wrong way. LOL

My family doctor thinks it is anglo spongolitis (spelling) type of arthitis in your back. They found something on my lower spine and SI joints during a bone scan. However, the arthritis specialist wants to make sure because the scan didn't specifically say that is what it was, so he is sending me for another MRI however this time on my lower back.

He said the running and skipping are pounding on my back or somehting like that and it probably isn't a good idea until they find out specifically what it is.

I don't know if the skipping did anything, it was sore before, it usually gets worse in the evening so I guess we will see. I am going to keep on skipping cause other than that I don't know what other cardio to do at home, I guess I could get my old aerobics tapes out again LOL.

However I am going to really make sure I do my lunges and squats accuratley. Treil made a post about travelling lunges and that is actually when my back started hurting again, was right after I had done some and at the time I was taking really small steps and leaning forward. (girls were in the basement with me trying to copy so I wasn't paying attention to what I was doing) LOL

Back pain, back pain, back pain... probably the number 1 complaint I see...
Ankylosing spondylitis

-Daily bending, twisting, and gentle range of motion exercises help prevent postural deformities and restriction of joint range of motion.
In a flare up I know because I have this... almost everything is out the window and this is about all I can do. Make sure as soon as you get up to do 15-20 minutes of some light stretching. There is a yoga DVD series that has a AM and PM component that's only 30 minutes in length that is very gentle and could help to get the blood moving and get some flexibility back into your back and SI joints.

-Work on some physical therapy (Which I am suprised they have not sent you to one?!?!) Supermans, opposite hand and leg extensions, back extensions (carefully), breathing and bending motions. All of that helps to increase the limited flexibility you'll encounter and help prevent further progression of the disease.

-Breathing exercises are recommended to prevent chest wall immobility.

-Good sleeping posture with a small pillow on a firm mattress in the supine (Lying on back) position. Best to lay on your back and elevate your knees on a pillow to take the stress off the low back. In this position it's also nice to lay a heating pad under the SI jointas and low back.

-None of the NSAID's really help me either. The only thing that helps:
MASSAGE, heat, sleeping on my back (ALWAYS) with a good pillow (not one making my head 10 feet off the bed..) more or less just a neck support. People don't need pillows... You can roll a towel up and stick it under your neck with the back of the head on the bed, and that is the best position for your head and neck anyway. MOBILITY, STRETCHING, FLEXIBILITY are all key! You have to move. If you don't the spine can fuse and you can lose ROM. All of that stuff is a requirement in my life, it's not an option to miss it, because then you end up like me 8 years' ago not walking for a week because the SI joints lockeed up. Hot baths with epsom salt works well, or just letting the hot water from a shower pound on it! They have those Shiatsu chair massagers you just throw over a chair ($100). I have one on my desk chair and whenever I feel pain (every day) I sit on it and if I can't get a massage done you can always take a hot bath and plop on that. That way the muscles are nice and warmed up and more pliable and easier to give with the fake shiatsu guy.

-Things that aggravate mine are some ab exercises!! Try to stick with simple ab stuff. Like crunches, side crunches, I prefer stuff on the ball because you add that extra instability component.

-It is important no matter what exercise you are doing the ABS have to be tight to support the spine, HAVE to. If you have to drop weight to focus on that then do it for your physical health in the long run.

-Just be cautious on any spine loaded exercise as you are more prone for fractures. That's why I limbo with the squat rack... Want to do it because I know the huge benefits in muscle development, but know what it can also do to me.

O.k. my 2 cents over...