Posted by Carrie on 09 Mar 2010 | Tagged as: Samuel
You know, it’s such a pleasure to see your child reading. That’s not a surprise, is it? From the moment they’re able to toddle over to you with a book, there’s something so incredibly warm and fuzzy about seeing your son or daughter take pleasure in the written word, especially if you’re a [...]
Posted by Carrie on 08 Mar 2010 | Tagged as: Fitness and Health, Samuel
So glad to have Eric home, finally. Even when he’s at work, unreachable and in meetings, just knowing that he’s here in the same town with us, only a mile away, takes a ton of weight off my shoulders and makes me feel whole again.
On the other hand, it feels weird today [...]
Posted by Carrie on 06 Mar 2010 | Tagged as: Fitness and Health, Samuel
Okay, figured out now. I’ll be using this training schedule, with some slight adaptations, for the 50K in July. It accommodates the Mount Pleasant Half, Green Bay, and Lighthouse pretty well, which saves me some headaches. My only reservation is the initial brevity of the midweek runs and the early weekly mileage [...]
Posted by Carrie on 25 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: Gabriel, Samuel
We went back to the dentist today. Sam cooperated. Gabe…did no handstands, I’ll give him that. Sadly, that’s the only credit he can get for the visit, aside from not actually screaming in the dentist’s face that he hated him or wished him violence. It did end in the hygienist and [...]
Posted by Carrie on 24 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: Completely random, Samuel
Workin’ on somethin’. It’s a little consuming, but it’s almost done, at which point, I’ll be happy to share with the class. At the moment, though, I’ve got to wrap that up, do a quick look-over Sam’s homework with him (which appears to be mostly stuff due next week, thank goodness), [...]
Posted by Carrie on 25 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: Gabriel, Samuel
SAM: ::pant, pant, pant::
ME: “Hi, Sam. How was school?”
SAM: ::pant, pant!:: “Water!”
ME: “Sink. What’s going on?”
SAM: ::pant, pant; glug, glug:: “Running!”
ME: “Why were you running?”
SAM: “I…heard…a noise! It went fzzzzzzz-chunk!”
ME: “What do you think it could have been?”
SAM: “I don’t know! Maybe a ghost knocking over something, or a skeleton!”
ME: [...]
Posted by Carrie on 25 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: Completely random, Fitness and Health, Pictures and movies, Samuel
I’ve been thinking lately about doing and trying new things. This morning, while on a typical, not new in any way, run, I got chased by a dog for the very first time. That wasn’t exactly what I’d had in mind. (It was actually a little white, fluffy, yappy dog, [...]
Posted by Carrie on 14 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: Fitness and Health, Samuel
Heard a noise upstairs. (Gabe’s ears immediately perked: “I think we should go check on Sam now…”) Slipped off my shoes and crept up the stairs to find Sam playing in the playroom walk-in closet. He knew he was busted immediately. I stayed straightfaced. “Oh, you must be feeling better! [...]
Posted by Carrie on 14 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: Fitness and Health, Samuel
I sent Sam off to school this morning, and all seemed fine and normal, but by 9:30, I got a call from the front office letting me know that Sam was sitting there, feeling miserable. No fever or visible, symptoms – just pale skin and a sad face proclaiming that he felt like he [...]
Posted by Carrie on 11 Dec 2009 | Tagged as: Samuel
You know, these days are long enough without adding in a trip to Urgent Care, both kids in tow. It was for Sam this time; I would have preferred just taking him to the doctor, of course, but when I called the office, I found out they were heading out early. Oh, well.
Sam [...]
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