tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29061310064536649502024-03-13T04:13:50.750-04:00Heathers-ClosetA day and the tales of a SAHM, looking for interesting bits to blab about.heathers-closethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069126003864639056noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906131006453664950.post-70681576423805475012010-05-18T08:58:00.004-04:002010-05-18T11:53:18.792-04:00Ironman FL 70.3 May 16, 2010Race Report for my first and possibly ONLY half ironman.We arrived the day before the race with plenty of time for checking in. Getting to Disney was easy, and traffic was light. We had the option of either riding our bikes to transition or taking a bus. We were going to take the bus over, but then after we realized the bikes had to go in the cargo holds on their sides, we opted for riding over. heathers-closethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069126003864639056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906131006453664950.post-55000906066250520592010-04-25T14:42:00.003-04:002010-04-25T14:57:43.411-04:00DNFI still shake my head in disgust at myself. What in the hell happened yesterday??!! That wasn't even my first rodeo and I COMPLETELY FREAKED OUT. I was calm and collected and my only concern for that race yesterday is whether or not my swim group would have stupid pink caps. (We had purple, thank goodness). Anyways... I am fairly certain that wetsuit is the culprit and I never want to wear one heathers-closethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069126003864639056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906131006453664950.post-86134568009028640562010-02-01T17:40:00.003-05:002010-02-01T17:48:08.517-05:00Neglected little blog....i'm so sorryI was really gun ho about this blog... apparently... then life got in the way or something...Anyways, I feel really bad I haven't posted anything in some time.My how time changes. Training for this half ironman has proven challenging, more than you might possibly understand. I have a non-athletic gene (my father says) and I guess deep down I want to show it up. And not so deep down, I want to heathers-closethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069126003864639056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906131006453664950.post-37964916593730754852008-09-05T13:49:00.004-04:002008-09-05T14:06:40.925-04:00Cleaning, cleaning, cleaningI did clean the carpet. Wow. Nasty. It amazes me every time how dirty that carpet gets. Grody, grossness. If we stay- no more carpet. All hard floor. Now I need to dust (with pledge, not the easy way with the swiffer) and clean the bathrooms and kitchen. Mop floors. Wash sheets. I'll do this over the course of the next 3 days. Then the house will be PERFECT while we are gone for all the lookie heathers-closethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069126003864639056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906131006453664950.post-85900955770655416092008-09-04T14:09:00.003-04:002008-09-04T14:33:34.444-04:00New HairOh, I finally did it. I got the red highlights. I have been threatening for awhile now. I got the best haircut ever, too. No seriously- I never spend any money on my hair. So I spent a little this time. What, praytell, have I been holding back for? *shaking head, and rolling eyes*I feel like a new woman. I told the awesome lady who did my hair (she's actually a neighbor that has her own salon) heathers-closethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069126003864639056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906131006453664950.post-6882573176696505872008-09-01T15:32:00.003-04:002008-09-01T15:50:10.419-04:00Oh dear- today's rantI am going to just say it out loud. I fear for our country's future. I have major disdain for Obama and that guy has NO record of ever doing anything except for talking a good game. What everyone sees in him is way beyond me.I think McCain is unstable and he picks a woman (that's not a problem) with 5 kids with a soap opera of her own. I don't even see how she would be able to focus on her dutiesheathers-closethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069126003864639056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906131006453664950.post-214499360672499922008-08-30T13:55:00.002-04:002008-08-30T13:58:41.340-04:00WordleJust went and had a look at a blog I like to check every now and then. She posted this bit about wordle. Pretty cool. Here's my wordle for the 5 or so posts I've ever done.heathers-closethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069126003864639056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906131006453664950.post-17741942448541562742008-08-30T13:09:00.003-04:002008-08-30T13:29:58.784-04:00Wounded SnailI'm totally regretting that power class. I can barely move my legs. If someone just looks at them they hurt. :/Why do I think that every time I go grocery shopping by some mysterious power, my son will behave like a normal human being? Why? I think I subconsciously enjoy the torture. I never give in, why does he think I will?Now, onto today's rant:Do I have some invisible sign that lights up to heathers-closethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069126003864639056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906131006453664950.post-46121410443124808352008-08-28T18:06:00.002-04:002008-08-28T18:19:02.621-04:00Oh busy day...Hadn't done power class in FOREVER, so decided to go this am with the neighbor.My legs were shaking 20 minutes into class. Not good. Got home and was completely exhausted. Seriously. Took a look at the weather and saw that rain was threatened this weekend. I don't cut the grass. I hate to cut the grass. It was looking bad. Hubby wouldn't get to until next week. So what did I do? I cut the grass. heathers-closethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069126003864639056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906131006453664950.post-66938395765006145222008-08-27T20:37:00.003-04:002008-08-27T20:45:57.961-04:00will breaker countWe use a bit unconventional method for handling tantrums. We call it the 'choke-hold' also known as the 'will breaker'. It's a bit of a wrestling move and you win. Every time. Because you do not let go until they break. Their will, that is.It's a great workout for you arms. Trust.So, will breaker count for today: 2Want to know more on the will breaker? Read this book:Changing your Child's Heart heathers-closethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069126003864639056noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906131006453664950.post-61887047740866875472008-08-27T15:57:00.005-04:002008-08-27T16:28:59.567-04:00Natural weed and ant killerI read somewhere a few places that vinegar was great for killing the weeds. I was looking for a solution to the clover problem. I like to hand-pick most of my weeds, but clover really likes to stay put. In the ground. Roots and stuff. So it can grow more clover. To make you insanely crazy.I thought I would test this theory. IT WORKS!!!! It works really well! TOO WELL. It kills EVERYTHING it heathers-closethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069126003864639056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906131006453664950.post-16051961268486565842008-08-27T12:28:00.000-04:002008-08-27T13:32:18.283-04:00What's that?God bless the small and inquisitive 4 yr-old minds. I feel ill-equipped to answer questions creatively. Being frank and honest usually ends up biting me in the butt.Let's see how today's question of the day will end up regretfully answered.I'm sitting on toilet taking care of business. (we are a pretty open family here, OBVIOUSLY)Son: What's that blood??Me: Ummmm...Son: Is that from working out?heathers-closethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069126003864639056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906131006453664950.post-18964829832872758932008-08-27T08:40:00.000-04:002008-08-27T08:57:18.421-04:00Rain, Rain, GO AWAY!We are officially waterlogged around here. Today is the first day in 4 days that I didn't open the blinds to see it raining. If we had a dug a large hole in the back yard we could have had our own pool by now. I think we are finally on the tail end of it! Hooray!It was good for the church's newly planted landscaping, however...Last night we had a FABULOUS dinner with our neighbors. Curried heathers-closethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069126003864639056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906131006453664950.post-49003314772636293442008-08-25T13:36:00.000-04:002008-08-25T13:42:45.068-04:00Still MizzlyThe rain has subsided for now. Scratch that- it just started up again... Still supposed to see it for the next few days.Went to the extension office to get information on vegetable gardening. My mouth drools at the thought of home grown vegetation. We do have a slight problem though... my thumb is BLACK. So, we'll see if the gardening ever becomes a success story.I put an old dishwashing heathers-closethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069126003864639056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2906131006453664950.post-85607441778243329932008-08-24T22:21:00.000-04:002008-08-24T22:33:01.829-04:00Drizzly MizzlyDibble dibble dopDibble dibble dop dopIt's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring...Fay has sent us a little weather. We needed the rain. It rains. It stops. The sun comes out for a bit. Repeat, two times and then just omit the sun part. It's nighttime now.The Olympics are over. I didn't watch one second of the closing ceremonies. No interest. I loved the events, just wasn't interested in heathers-closethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069126003864639056noreply@blogger.com0