Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) (Page 205)

Happy Friday Eve Manatees - today is brought to you by my favourite sponsor... COFFEE!

This is thanks to a couple of things: 

1) Tony left for NYC last night and it was weird having the entire apartment and bed to myself;

2) the seemingly endless effing police sirens;

3) the idiot Harley/Harley wannabe riders with their idiotic loud pipes; and

4) my neighbour who decided to display his impressive...um... "stamina" last night on a very squeaky bed until almost 2am. 

I experience this occasionally in hotels. I can't imagine dealing with it on a regular basis. Like Chris, I've lived in a house too long to share walls.

I was kinda thinking along those lines, I guess I just don't have that modelled for me. I come from farm stock, where the women work hard but they're... fluffy.  My mom isn't fluffy but it isn't because she eats healthy or has an active lifestyle. Her metabolism went wacko a few years back and she can't gain a pound if she tries. (She makes a pretty mean biscuits n gravy too).

I guess it goes back to the feeling of comfort with  grandma making yummies in the kitchen, the warm stove, oldies on the radio (even at my mom's). I must admit I have the habit of expressing love through food too. I try to keep it healthy on a regular basis for DH and DS1, but I love the feeling of someone enjoying food I've made. "Eat!! Eat!!"

I experience this occasionally in hotels. I can't imagine dealing with it on a regular basis. Like Chris, I've lived in a house too long to share walls.

Even with shyte like that I LOVE inner city living. I think I am the opposite. I lived in a house in the burbs with a ton of acreage (ie yard work) for too long 

I'm a wee bit outside of "downtown" but I could totally handle more.

However, I love motorcycles and all but Harleys annoy the crap out of me. 

So, now my focus has shifted to this weekend's big race.

The milk mile.

It goes: drink, lap, drink, lap, drink, lap, drink lap.

Gawd I am hoping for 8 oz glasses of milk, Puullleeeeeease

I'm the same - lived in a house in the 'burbs growing up, and so far - I don't miss it. 

We go out to friends' houses and every so often have the thought of 'maybe we should look at moving to...' and then those thoughts go away when we think of having to buy a car to go anywhere, not being able to walk to work, the theater, restaurants, grocery stores, shops, the lake, being 2 blocks from the lakefront trail, having all the festivals, etc. within walking distance... I'll put up with a little of the eee-oooo, eee-oooo night time noises for what I do get out of it. 

I miss having a motorcycle - but no way are you getting me on a d a mn Harley!  I'm a sport bike girl. 

So, now my focus has shifted to this weekend's big race.

The milk mile.

It goes: drink, lap, drink, lap, drink, lap, drink lap.

Gawd I am hoping for 8 oz glasses of milk, Puullleeeeeease

P.S.

I've also gone vegan (and whole foods organic whenever possible). Not strictly: if someone gives me a cheese-flavored cracker I'll eat it, I won't turn down ice-cream, and if someone made a veggie soup with chicken broth that's cool too.

But no meat, dairy, eggs, very little processed food.

Exceptions are made for things like Pop Tarts (but I do have some organic vegan ones!) and Nutri-Grain either before long sessions or as recovery food after.

You're so gonna hurl! 

P.S.

I've also gone vegan (and whole foods organic whenever possible). Not strictly: if someone gives me a cheese-flavored cracker I'll eat it, I won't turn down ice-cream, and if someone made a veggie soup with chicken broth that's cool too.

But no meat, dairy, eggs, very little processed food.

Exceptions are made for things like Pop Tarts (but I do have some organic vegan ones!) and Nutri-Grain either before long sessions or as recovery food after.

P.S.

I've also gone vegan (and whole foods organic whenever possible). Not strictly: if someone gives me a cheese-flavored cracker I'll eat it, I won't turn down ice-cream, and if someone made a veggie soup with chicken broth that's cool too.

But no meat, dairy, eggs, very little processed food.

Exceptions are made for things like Pop Tarts (but I do have some organic vegan ones!) and Nutri-Grain either before long sessions or as recovery food after.

That's great!

I will NEVER be vegetarian but I have made some efforts to scale back on the meat which is INSANE for me. I went like 3 days without. Madness!!!