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Archive for April 2008

Exercise log 04-29-08

Tuesday 04-29-08

Elliptical trainer at the YMCA
Miles: 3.5
Time: 35 minutes
Calories: 380

One of the best things about working out at the Y, besides the feeling I get afterwards, is going to Prime Time and finding Owen having an absolute blast with the other kids. Tonight was one of those nights. Michael and I went up to […]

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Would you allow your child to go off on their own to have conversations with strangers? Would you let your kid leave home, with no supervision, and no asking where they went or what they were doing? Parents are often on top of monitoring what their children do outside their home, but when they’re ’safe […]

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21

We went to see 21 tonight. It’s based on a book Michael read several years ago, “Bringing Down the House“, which was based on the real-life story of Jeff Ma, a member of the MIT Blackjack Team in the mid ’90s. It sounds like the book was better from an analytical standpoint, but the movie […]

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Hahahaha

Hungarian Puli sheep dog, Fee, jumps over a hurdle during a preview for a pedigree dog show in Dortmund on Thursday April 24, 2008.  (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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Dentist & a migraine

I worked up until Owen was finished with school yesterday. On the way to his school, I started feeling a migraine coming on. By the time we got home to let out the dog, my head was getting so bad I was starting to worry I wouldn’t be able to get him to his dentist […]

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Migraine log 04-23-08

Migraine: Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Characteristics
Unilateral, top and back of head
Steady strong ache with intermittent sharp pain
Able to function with great effort
Pain scale 0 to 10:
Wednesday: Afternoon: 8, Early evening: 8, Late evening: 3
Thursday: Morning: 2
Timing
Length: Wednesday 3:30pm - Thursday 7am
Worst pain: Wednesday 4pm-8pm
Additional symptoms
Very stiff neck, neck pain
Very stiff jaw
Strong nausea
Difficulty concentrating
Sensitivity to sound Wednesday […]

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Exercise log 04-21-08 and kickin it old skool

Monday 04-21-08

Elliptical trainer at the YMCA
Miles: 2.6
Time: 25 minutes
Calories: 275

I’m still not sure how it happened, but before working out, I got into a DDR competition with a little boy in Prime Time. I kicked his little bee-hind, of course.
When we finished exercising we went up to get Owen, and found him playing air […]

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Kites and Discovery World

Once breakfast, showers and homework were done, we went to Discovery World. It wasn’t too busy so the kids had the opportunity to try out pretty much everything they were interested in. (When Owen and I went last time, it was so busy we couldn’t get near many of the exhibits.) Michael and I got […]

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Saturday outside

Because of the great weather, we spent most of the day outdoors. The kids played baseball, drew with sidewalk chalk, went on the swings, squirted with squirtguns - Layne being the common target - and even helped us bag up leaves. We ate lunch outside. Afterwards the kids went right back to everything they’d been […]

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Quote of the day

Sheikh Riyadh: Most foreigners find our coffee too potent.
Frank: Back home we toss a horseshoe in the pot. Stands up straight, coffee’s ready.
Hidalgo (2004)

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