Goodbye Old blog of mine

Well Marc and I decided that it is time to say goodbye to this blog. Between old friends that find it and get drunk and post obnoxious comments. My ex finding it and emailing about how great his life is without kids and how sucky my life looks in this blog. And now we found out (because of the blog tracker) that Marc's ex also has been lurking as well without ever commenting .

I have also been pretty honest in my blogging never sugar coating our life. Airing my concerns about the direction we are taking ect. I thought I was talking to friends , family and a few Internet friends with similar interests/ values. These people would comment or if they did not feel comfortable commenting send me an email about a post. We were both pretty shocked to see our ex's checking the blog 5 , 6 sometimes 10 times a day. It freaked us out.

We may start another blog . This time using initials or nicknames and if you want to know where you can email us or just post a comment here. Maybe we will start it after the 2nd baby is born.

Anyway I am still going to be checking up on all my favorite blogs and staying in touch with all my Internet friends. We were just hoping that this blog would keep us in touch when we moved away in January, but we might try again . Take care.

My B-day is tomorrow

Question: Am I too old to put pink streaks in my hair for a month? You vote by post.

Belly Shot

So we are watching the Women's Marathon via bunny ears (can't get cable till Tues) but I am pretty happy to watch it. We were supposed to go out for my B-day but the babysitter called and had "something" come up. Oh well. I am happy to be home and watch the marathon. Marc ran the club Championship this morning. I did not . I think my last race was last week. I was pretty wiped out after. Anyway it was great to see the team. Everyone did really well in the hot and VERY Humid morning. Jared took his amazing pictures.

So i have gotten some emails asking me for a shot of myself. So i am posting this shot . Rory is trying to get me to stand up at the race. I know that I have about 7 pregnant readers. And some of you guys are runners. So I just want to put a quick disclaimer on this. As you guys know the past month has been a bit stressful. And as I start my 33rd week of pregnancy I am not proud to say I have only gained 15 pounds. At this point with Rory I had almost gained 30 pounds. The baby is fine ...however the doctor would would like to see me gain weight. And ask Marc I am doing my best. I have also cut my mileage back. But I really dont think it was running it was literally moving twice and all the drama.


oh No Deena Kastor just dropped out !!

Pine Bush , New York

Who are you ?

Isaac Hayes tribute

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX8cIdXlHuU&feature=related

lurkers

So yesterday I put a blog ticker on my blog. Basically it tracks how many hits I get and it gives me the IP address of anyone that visits. With that address I am able to obtain the city and state in which they are lurking from. I always suspected that I had more viewers then actually posters , which i guess is always the case. But I am really shocked and a bit alarmed to see almost 70 hits 24 hours later. Also shocked to see California (Chel is that you ) , Chicago (cousins??) , Portland ( is that you Dana?). So I ask show yourself!!?? who are you guys?

Italian Federation 5K

So we took a break from moving in to run a local 5k. I am pretty happy with my time 31 weeks pregnant I ran a 24:27. Marc ran with the jogging stroller at 21:10. And Rory won her heat at the kids fun run. Jared took his signature amazing pictures and here are a few. \

If you have ever sat naked on a hotel bedspread you dont want to miss this post .

If you want the rest of this story email me at sunboojr@aol.com . Lets just say we are moving again. Nicer place , river view , very happy . Should have the keys tomorrow . Special thanks to Jeff and Sara who are letting us use there home while they are away while we figured out what to do.

30 plus miles for 30 weeks

My goal was almost realized except for 2 weeks. Week 28 only saw 25 miles. My excuses: heat, decided we were going to move, parents visit. Week 30 also saw only 21 miles excuses: heat, and actually moving . With hopefully 10 minus weeks to go in this pregnancy I want to still try and maintain close to this mileage.

Things are looking up.

You know it has been a rough couple of weeks. But this morning I received an email from an ex that made me feel great. Even though I am pretty sure it was not his intention. I have copy and pasted it below for you all to evaluate. I deleted his name (although all you GL people will know who he is) and I doubt he will look at this blog again becasue he seems pretty busy. :)

Hey,

If you look at the "time sent" stamp on this you'll see it about 2:30am. I'm up late because I got back from the Sheryl Crow concert late and decided to check my email before I went to bed. For some strange reason, I googled you and finally found your blog. Looks like you have had quite a busy, and sometimes difficult couple of years. I'm only writing because as I read your blog, I realized just how different our lives are now. I am still very busy with the property, I 'm in the second year of my corn crop, 720,000 corn plants this year. Not to mention an extensive garden with a multitude of different veggies and flowers. Very satisfying. Most of Wednesday was spent on the boat, Today was the track and the Sheryl Crow concert, tomorrow is the Police with Elvis Costello, Sat. is the annual Yacht Club Town Hall Meeting, Sunday I'll be in Cooperstown for a special gift for Dave, etc. You get the idea. My days are filled with fun, or hard work, or relaxation, or whatever I choose for myself when I get up. I am happy and content, and Lindsay is a wonderful gift. The wedding is only about 5 weeks away, and we will be in Maui for 2 weeks after. We travel often, only because of the wedding did we slow down at all, but it will still be about 4 vacations this year. (Just shorter) We'll be going to Burlington VT (where I was born), for the first time since I left 50 years ago, for my birthday on the 15th.
The entire point of this email is that I just wanted to tell you that despite all the difficulty that I encountered after our breakup, I really believe (especially after reading your blog) that the right decision was made. I really believe that all the work, and strife, and difficulty you encounter raising a child (soon to be 2), despite all the rewards, would have ever been something that I could deal with on a daily basis. Lindsay and I have extremely fulfilling and exciting lives. We love each other deeply, and we our constantly doing both big and little things to surprise each other. Her family is great, and since there are a few nieces and nephews, not to mention Dave's son, I can get my fix of kids when I need, without all the other stuff. Love EX


Anyway what this made me realize is that I am really happy and lucky to be where I am today.