Last night at the gym!

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Registered: 10-15-2006
Last night at the gym!
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Thu, 03-08-2007 - 9:49pm

Before i left for the gym last night i told my two girls (the 17 and 15 the ones i'm having the problems with) that i was going to the gym. the 17 year old has a membership but my 15 year old doesn't. i told them i was going for water arrobics and if they wanted to go along they could. i told them they didn't have to get in the pool they could do the machines or whatever. both of them decided to go and do water arrobics. We got there and they loved the class. it is mostly elderly and a few people in their late 20's early 30's. they had a blast! The instructor said they lived up the class so much that would i bring them back. both girls said they didn't realise how much of a work out you could get in the pool. and both of them want to go back. at one point we were all sitting on noodles and you had to swim around the pool using only your arms no legs at all. well they were both infront of me and i knew the instructor was going to tell us to turn around and go the other way and just before she did I yelled to the girls "last one around has to do the toilets when they get home" well they were both infront of me and started laughing and just then the instructor said to about face so that made me in the front and them two trying to beat eachother out. once one of the other swimmers told them hey if your mom wins you can both come and clean my bathroom so that really got them moving!

Several of the adults came up to me later and thanked me for bringing them that they had had a better time in months with them there.

It was a good night for us and we all joked around. so i'm hoping things are looking up.

Tonight my 9 year old had her dance pictures done and when we got back the house was clean dishes done and there was even a load of clothes in the washing machine. I'm not holding my breath but it is a turn around for them. Now if i can just get my dh to open his eyes before it is too late.

Robin

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Fri, 03-09-2007 - 10:27am

Hey Robin,


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Mon, 03-12-2007 - 4:19pm

I had my remicaide treatment on friday and spent the weekend at my friends house. i slept the whole weekend away. my friend was taking my youngest 9 to see high school musical with her dd. so i had my 17 year old pick out my dd's clothes brush her hair and made sure she looked nice. my friend dropped me off as she picked up my dd and normaly on a sunay after a treatment i would have just went home and collapsed. but my dh had our sheets in the wash so i couldn't i crashed on the couch and woke up later and he was sitting on the other couch so we stayed up together watching a shoe. it was great but it wasn't bad either. today i met the little one's mom that i wastch at the peditrician for her 4 year old check up then we went out to lunch the dollar store and now home i'm really really tired and don't think i can do the gym tonight. i don't want to push it. but i do have to take my 17 year old dd to buy a shirt for her job interview tomorrow night. she put one in at the grocery store down the street. the two teens A 15 and #17 are goijng to the library with me and out for pizza at our favorite pizza place tomorrow. I brought home a treat and one of them told me hey mom if i clean something can i have some. i said sure here i was going to clean my bathroom sink but you can do it and you can have some. then the other one piped up hey what can i do to earn some. i said sweep the floors. so they are upstairs doing chores and enjoying their treats! now if i can just get dh bribed for treats lol.

Robin