a life beyond running shoes.

one of the blunders in moving is that we have lost our email access. for those of you that know my email.... it is the same just with gmail.com now. i have retired my earthlink account that i have had for 10 years. i shed a tear. some photos: our living room at 8:00pm on Friday night..... our living room at midnight..... all the boxes have just been moved to the appropriate room. my hutch that is not a toy storage is now a real china hutch....

this family looks cute & content..... we looked haggard, spent, exhausted, and worn. it was a long day. while getting home last week via weather & plane delays was an opportunity to look on the bright side....i missed this opportunity because it took all of my prayer strength to simply maintain composure. FRIDAY, AUGUST 17TH 8:00 am movers expected...... 9:45 movers arrived. 10:30 am i arrive at new apartment to get keys & figure out the lay of the land for the movers who are finishing the first load and heading over in approximately 20 minutes. i am greeted by the super whose first response is, "didn't anyone call you?" that would be a negative. he proceeds to get the building manager to take me up to our new apartment. i walk in to find a full work crew painting, hammering, grouting what is supposed to be our finished apartment. the manager says, "i don't think you will be able to move in today." FUNNY!!! HA, HA, HA! he wasn't joking but...

yup...the battle of the bulge. i lost... the cookies won....and so did the ice cream AND the publix brand cookies with the frosting on top. it was a tasty battle......every last calorie that made up the three pounds i gained while vacationing. now, to get back to reality.

could have been the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day......if i wasn't convinced that it could have been worse. i woke up with menstrual cramps....my first in 17 months. at least i wasn't pregnant. we left for the airport. we were running late because we let A get a quick little nap. we found out upon check-in that our plane had not left new york yet. at least we didn't miss our flight. in the midst of our delayed flight.....we enjoyed a sweet flight attendant who entertained our two year old as we figured out our flight situation. new york was flooded, our flight canceled, there were no car services with available cars to pick us up from the airport, subways were not running reliably, the cab line was going to insane,and it was too much to ask of our friends to pick us up....we decided to fly out first thing this morning. at least we didn't figure this all out in new york, at dinner time, with two hungry & tired little boys, and no baby food. i checked in ...

and it is SO GOOD!!!! here on the beach with lots of family to help with babies... full time dad help and cousins to boot. is this heaven? 1 book read. (that would be harry potter) 2 pieces of birthday cake 3 runs (two on the beach; one with my mother-in-law and the jog stroller) 4 days of relaxing 239 oreos consumed (not really but it could feel like that) ah....vacation.