The Royal Blog

Happy New Year!

Happy 2010!

Merry Christmas!

I didn't think Santa would be able to come this year.  E1 got up during the night with an upset tummy, and E2 got up during the night as well.  Fortunately he snuck in sometime between 3:00 am and 5:30 am, which is when Z woke up.  Z then woke up E1, and they HALLELUJAH hung out in the basement until the more civilized time of 6:45.  Christmas was pretty much over by 7:15!  Partly because the kids raced through their presents, and partly because we (and Santa) cut back this year.

Now B is sleeping, Z is playing Wii, and the girls are coloring.

We never did get to see the Zoo lights, but I guess we can still go next week if the kids want to.  I forgot to get the kids their ornament for the year but I guess I can pick those up next week (and probably on sale) too.

Anyhoo, Merry Christmas, and thanks for making our holidays so wonderful!

[Good gravy I need coffee - wonder if Krispy Kreme is open?]

The Tree is Up.

Mea Culpa

So many little, insignificant things have irritated/annoyed/consumed me lately that I have neglected to acknowledge some things that are actually quite important to me!

Happy Belated Birthday Grandma T! We hope you had a wonderful day!

We are so sorry Grandma B was in an accident but very relieved it wasn't worse than it was!

Angel Baby D, we still think about you and wish you were here with us. You will never be forgotten.

Oh noes!

*Twitter is down* and I am having massive Facebook issues!  Must be a sign to do some cleaning!

*Regular blogging will resume once school starts.

*Please join me in a collective eyeroll:

"Please Sign The Petition to Food Network to Give Jeffrey His Well Deserved Show"

  Well deserved? Ick.  What a tool.

*eta: They are experiencing a denial-of-service attack.

Happy Birthday B!

Blog Break

Taking a short break from teh internets - back in a few days! :)

Easy to say, Hard to do

 

25 random things about me

A few years ago, a big thing was a "100 things about me" list that everyone put on their blog.  I had one on a geocities page that has vanished for some reason.  That list took about an hour to put together.

Now, thanks to Facebook, the big thing is "25 random things about me".  My list took forever, I don't know why! 

My list ----> http://theroyalblogat.typepad.com/the_royal_blog/25-random-things-about-moi.html

Happy New Year!

Blog Break!

I have nothing to say (that isn't whiny, negative or complainy), no pictures to post, and some decluttering to do, so I'm taking the week off!  See ya in the New Year!

Merry Christmas!

The Royal Family Is Off To Their Winter Palace

 

There may be some twitter tweets this week, but probably no blogging. "See" you in a week!!

Spam, wonderful Spam

If you are expecting email from me, please check your spam.  Seems like *sniff* nobody likes yahoo! Toodles!

I'm thankful for YOU!

fyi

I'm having my emails forwarded to my yahoo account.   I can't access email directly from my computer and lately, accessing our internet provider's web mail has been spotty. 

GO BUCKS!!!

Thank you Rival Fanatics, and GO BUCKS!!!

GO BUCKS!!!

GO BUCKS!!!

I love you too B.

Happy 10th Anniversary Sweetie!

Kelli Shults

Kelli Shults was a second grader at the school Z & E1 attend.  I hope you will consider making a donation in her honor to Heifer International. 

Yes, We Can!!

Thinking of you today, Baby D

I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength, and I stand and watch until at last she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come down to mingle with each other.

Then someone at my side says, 'There she goes!'

Gone where?

Gone from my sight ... that is all.

She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and just as able to bear her load of living freight to the place of destination. Her diminished size is in me, not in her.

And just at the moment when someone at my side says, 'There she goes!' there are other eyes watching her coming and their voices ready to take up the glad shouts 'Here she comes!’

~Henry Van Dyke~

Happy Belated Birthday Grandma T

                   

Please keep Grandma T in your prayers and hearts this week as she deals with the loss of her father. :(

Forbes' Most Affordable Places to Retire

No. 1 Columbus, Ohio

Home to the Ohio State Buckeyes, Midwestern Columbus has a low cost of living and affordable housing--seniors seem to get along just fine. More than a fifth of folks over 65 are employed, and that age group only constitutes 6% of persons living under the poverty level, which indicates that independent living is en vogue in this river city.

A significant number of Americans will soon retire, but many won't be looking so much for a place to settle down as to live it up.

That's what they'll find in Columbus, Ohio. This river city tops our list of most affordable places to retire, thanks to reasonably priced housing relative to income and a 4.5% inflation rate that allows a buck to stretch a little further than other quickly growing areas. With tens of thousands of Ohio State Buckeyes, folks will enjoy the verve and energy that comes with a bustling college town.

Yes, I know the banner above is huuuuge.

No, I am not going to fiddle with it anymore.  I like owls. So there, B. 

Happy Birthday to Me

Ha:

Har-dee-har-har:

Oooh what's this:

Awww, thank you B, my forever sweetheart:

Update on Grandpa B

From Grandma B:

He goes to the cardiac cath lab at the hospital -- probably the same room in which they cleaned out his cardiac artery.  I'm quite familiar with the waiting room there - they have lousy coffee.  They semi-sedate him and make him glow in the dark, then they take all sorts of pictures of his artery.  If the blockage is localized (as it was in his cardiac artery) they will try angioplasty -- clearing it out by going in through the femoral artery at the top and blowing up a balloon in the artery to press the blockage out of the way.  If this doesn't work, then they might try putting in a stent - which is what ended up happening in the cardiac artery.  Worst case scenario - they either find out that the blockage is too severe to fix immediately, or the balloon or stent don't work, and schedule him for arterial bypass surgery.

So now you know what I know --- I'll give everyone an update on Thursday.

8/8/8

And it's 8:08! 

8/8/8

6/6/6

7/7/7

Week Four/Twenty Four Cardio Day

• 20 minutes on the treadmill (10 walking on incline, 10 running on no incline). The last couple minutes I was going at 7 mph which was a mistake because we did a
• Triathlon: .5 mile on treadmill/300 steps on elliptical/2 miles on bike. I finished first but couldn't celebrate because it was time for
• Walk/Jog/Sprint for close to 15 minutes and I think only two or three of the intervals were walking and I was hoping we were done but no it was time to do
• 20 pushups and 25 crunches and finally!
• Stretching

After all that cardio I was considering skipping the park anyway; ended up gabbing in the parking lot for 45 minutes and came straight home.

To-do Today:

• Z to soccer camp
• E2 to summer program
• Take E1 to see Kit Kittredge movie?  Nah, no superfluous driving today
• E1 to gymnastics
• Start getting E1's stuff organized for next week's camp
• laundry
• bathrooms
• Sign E2 up for ballet

~*~   Please keep Grandpa B in your thoughts and prayers this week.  He will be undergoing tests to determine a treatment plan for the blocked artery in his leg :(    ~*~

Posts to read when you need perspective

Spider Webs

Life isn't fair

There is nothing wrong with you

Happy Birthday Grandma B!

 

Happy Belated Bday DH!

                        

Thank you Grandma & Grandpa T!

Thank you for a wonderful week! In the middle of uploading about 1200 photos.  Here's one:

                  

Now I'm tackling email. 30 spam emails and 50 I didn't care about. (Yes. I counted.)  Off to read/respond!

Happy Birthday Z!!

I just remembered I could set entries to post at a future date! Yay me.

Hear Ye, Hear Ye

The Royal Family is headed north to their Summer Palace for Recreation, Relaxation and Rejuvenation.

                     

                            See you next weekend, or occasionally on Twitter!

                                             or maybe, right here.....

Happy Father's Day!

Fathers

Are

The

Heroes

Everyone

Requires!

Since I can't twitter today apparently

I'll just say here that B will be home in about 12 hours! Hooray!

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha *gasp for air* hahahahahaha

The 10 Worst Places to Raise a Family (from best to worst)

10   Springfield, Missouri
9     Dayton, Ohio
8     Corpus Christi, Texas
7     Flint, Michigan
6     Columbia, South Carolina
5     Waco, Texas
4     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3     Fayetteville, North Carolina
2     Beaumont, Texas
1     Clarksville, Tennessee

And, can somebody explain to me exactly HOW Akron is #47, and Columbus didn't make the best 100??? Akron? Akron?

Happy Birthday Grandpa T!

Reminder to me

Go buy coffee at Tim Horton's to support Camp Day!

Happy Memorial Day

Looks like it's going to be a wet one here.  Fortunately, the only thing on our agenda is boxtops, boxtops and boxtops....

No work out today, either because of the holiday or Coach S may be at a tournament.  I did get up and jog.  Three laps!  Clocked in at 8:32, 17:43 and 26:47!  I was just going to jog one lap and then walk one. I kept telling myself "just a little farther" and I made it!

The boys (and two of Z's teammates) had a lot of fun at the Crew Soccer Festival yesterday.

E1 is doing okay.  The coach thinks that, while she was working on her kips, she either had a muscle spasm or bruised a rib. 

No one is awake yet so I don't know how they liked the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Go out and savor the fresh air! 

Happy Mothers Day!!!

We are off to sit at a soccer tournament in the pouring rain, and I couldn't be happier!!

Have a wonderful day!

Go Gomma!!!

Down FOUR sizes!!  You go, girl!

Thank You!!

 

The Royal Blog wishes you a very Happy Easter

                        

Fingers crossed for a Blue Ribbon weekend

We're outta here! "See" you Saturday!