Roll Call, Your Pic, 75K

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Registered: 05-13-2005
Roll Call, Your Pic, 75K
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Thu, 01-10-2008 - 10:16am

Hi to all:

We have so many new faces as well as old favorites, alumni, lurkers and more. It is time to tell us a little about you and post a pic(s)

- your age
- your kids and their ages
- your approx location
- are you not dating/ looking to date/ dating/ engaged /married
- about you - work/hobbies
- what do you want for the new year
- your pic - can be anything (optional)

PLUS we are almost at 75K for our posts - so this is a great way to celebrate and kick off the new year for everyone.

Here is my info:
- 45
- DS is 11
- Florida
- maybe looking to date - taking a breather after MA - but one very picky eye is open - LOL!!
- I work from home and love biking swimming and running
- I want to get caught up sometime this year!!

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Registered: 11-25-2007
Thu, 01-10-2008 - 8:49pm

44 for 2 more mths


DS16, DS13, DD10


So Cal, from England 19 yrs ago


Newly

mom_uk2socal - Mom to DS22, DS19, DD16

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Registered: 04-22-2007
Thu, 01-10-2008 - 10:22pm

39 ( in April will be 39 with 1 yr experience - refuse to turn 40!)


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Registered: 11-03-2003
Fri, 01-11-2008 - 12:27am

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Registered: 09-25-2004
Fri, 01-11-2008 - 5:55am

dance (33)

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Registered: 03-15-2004
Fri, 01-11-2008 - 4:28pm

Rebecca, just turned 40, Averey Elise who will be 8 next month, Kibo & Sana, my "Boys" (yellow Labs, whom I may just as well have given birth to! lol) & 1 crazy kitty.


We live in RI. Im an RN in Labor & Delivery, LOVE LOVE LOVE my job! Who wouldnt!???


Dating, looking to date, willing to date, happy to date!

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Fri, 01-11-2008 - 8:33pm

I'm 33, my boys are 12, 11 and 8 my daughter is 6.

 
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Registered: 03-15-2004
Sat, 01-12-2008 - 12:26am

LOVE your positive attidude!

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Registered: 06-04-2004
Sat, 01-12-2008 - 1:16am

- your age: 42 (43 by end of the month- guess what day, Judy!)



- your kids and their ages: MonkeyButt (10, with CP; loves Shrek), MonkeyBunny (7, 8 next month, loves computer & video games)



- your approx location: TX panhandle



- are you not dating/ looking to date/ dating/ engaged /married: Dating Hiker (52), closing in on 2.5 yrs (by next month). Just committedly dating for now, no plans to get married right away- but he IS someone I would marry (otherwise I wouldn't continue to date him). Was married for nearly 7 yrs before, divorced for nearly 6 yrs now.



- about you - work/hobbies: work with nursing school and supplemental instruction; used to be an ER RN- would like to do that again some day.


Hobbies?!? What is

~shrimpy

"A man who wants something will find a way; a man who doesn't will find an excuse." ~Stephen Dolley Jr.

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Sat, 01-12-2008 - 1:47am

QUITE impressive on the BEFORE and AFTER... congrats on that! I was wondering what motivated you to undertake such an endeavor and how long it took to reach your goal?

Kewl to hear about you and Hiker.

Hugs,
Mark
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May your soul be at rest.


May your heart remain open.


May you realize your own true nature.


May you be healed.


May you be a source of healing for the world. - a zen prayer






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Registered: 06-04-2004
Sat, 01-12-2008 - 2:17am

Thanks, Mark! I really, really like it when I'm fit. :-)


That first pic was from 2003. One of the many pics that year that made me finally "wake up" and realize how unhealthy and fat I'd let myself become. After that (for most of 2004), I tried to do my own bits of exercising and eating better, with minimal success, but I did lose about 10 lbs. Then in 2005, I "discovered" a great workout that WORKED to shed off those evil dratted "last 10 lbs" and I was psyched!!!! So I guess it took about 2 yrs to lose the total pounds... but had I found the workouts sooner, I would say I probably could've done it in less than 1 yr. I've been adding more workouts to my "collection" so I have quite a bit of versatility. That "after" pic was from spring of 2007, March, I think- when I was already at my lowest weight, but also at my fittest.


Unfortunately, since my Mom passed away last May, I'd let myself go a bit (okay, alot) and I'd gained alot of that back... but thankfully the muscle structure is still there underneath, as I'm starting to get it all back in shape again in just a couple of weeks. Not that I'm "there" yet... but I will get there soon... and more. I have to say, it's really nice to get that motivation and energy back again. :-)


~shrimpy

~shrimpy

"A man who wants something will find a way; a man who doesn't will find an excuse." ~Stephen Dolley Jr.

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