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Was on a week long fun family (Can you say 40 relatives ranging in age from 2 to 69?) vacation last week. We ate, drank,swam, floated in the lake, played Scrabble, boated and sat around the campfire. 
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NO-41_RAZZYS_PL
8/14/2009 7:32PM
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How EVER did I miss THIS, Lynn?!! I am reasonably quite quick to pick up on my friends writing their blogs, but... it's like yours were lost by SP in the Twilight Zone or somethin'!! SHEESH!! This sounds like one a' those most PERFECT days, and you shared such a FUN experience, and I never got an email that you blogged!! Sooo... here I am, over a month gone by, laughin' & 'seein' ya' blow those kid's minds with your agility and grace!! LOVE IT, girl!! Hope you took tons a' pictures and hope more than anything else that you NEVER lose that 17 yr old girl, again!! Love, yer' *´¨) ¸.·´¸.·*´¨) ¸.·*¨) (¸.·´ (¸.·´ *Annie Ya' know, Lynn... I just happened upon this blog, by glancing over (came to your site to talk about how AWESOME it was that I didn't know you taught other grades, but I thought you'd be good at em' and YOU wrote back stating that those were the EXACT grades you've taught in the past...) and... anyway... FREAKY that your blogs have been escaping me... Comment edited on: 8/14/2009 7:38:22 PM Report Inappropriate Comment |
NEWMOMOVER40
7/29/2009 10:28PM
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   (they don't have a waterskiier icon)Rock On Lynn!!! I know just what you mean - triumph and elation that you can recall a day later through your groans of Oh My Gosh What Did I Do To My Body - that's just how I felt after I tried ice skating again for the first time in years, a few months back. :) Report Inappropriate Comment |
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2LABS2LOVE
7/29/2009 9:58PM
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Sounds like fun!
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MISSDIANE1
7/13/2009 7:18AM
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Lynn, that is a picture that I would have loved to have seen in person. I can just see your smile and hear your "hollerin" as you floated effortlessly in the water (going 100 mph). I'm so glad you had a great vacation. Love, Diane Report Inappropriate Comment |
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_RAMONA
7/12/2009 5:09PM
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OMG, Lynn!!! I know what smile you're talking about... I'm wearing it right now, too!!!! Good for you... that's going to be me on skates next year (I blame falling this year on lack of strength and flexibility in my legs and back). I'm no great water skier, but I love it! I always wanted to ski, but had little opportunity, the one time I had as a girl (age 13), I fell backward (obviously a pattern in my life... darn back end of mine!), 'forgot' to let go of the rope, and got dragged a long way under water as the rope proceeded to tear the snot out of my legs... inner thighs to knees. I was a mess... used diapers to bandage them, and it took two weeks to heal! LOL! BUT I STILL WANTED TO SKI! I dreamed about it, fantasized, envisioned myself skiing well. It wasn't until I met my husband 12 years ago that I got my chance. I was scared spitless (thought I might be too old to start this sort of stuff) but I went for it. I was up almost immediately, and I stayed up (shows you what positive visualization can do). I jumped the wake, I slalomed, I flew... and they couldn't peel that grin off my face, no way, no how! It was one of the BEST days of my life! Thanks so much for reminding me! I'm so glad you had such a blast on your holiday! Next year you won't be sore afterward! We don't need to be 17 again (wouldn't be as sweet if we were), we just need to be the best and strongest we can be now... we've still got IT... we've just got to use it MORE! {{{{{{{{{ HUGS }}}}}}}}} Comment edited on: 7/12/2009 5:16:49 PM Report Inappropriate Comment |
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JKPONYGIRL
7/12/2009 4:56PM
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Take 2 more advil and get ready to do it again on your next trip! Whoo hoo Lynn! Report Inappropriate Comment |
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TINATC26
7/12/2009 1:06PM
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Rock on, indeed... Oh I am so glad I heeded the call of the computer as I walked passed it just now. I am smiling at the thought of first, you out there skiing, but more, the thought of the smile on your face and in your heart.. Thank you for sharing that story with us, Lynn.. I hope that memory and feeling stays with you until you do it again next year!! Love ya, T Report Inappropriate Comment |
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EDGE_OF_DAWN
7/12/2009 12:24PM
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To have that wonderful feeling all over again. Keep on smiling!
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GIRLINMOTION
7/12/2009 12:15PM
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Oh what a wonderful feeling to feel young again and that you can conquer the world, lol. Do you think if you would have done some stretching afterward it would have helped?
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Well, we are now into our second week of summer vacation here in Michigan. It's due to be a long one as we don't start back to school until after Labor Day here.
I told my kids they could watch as much TV as they wanted last week, BUT the amount of TV time they got this week was directly (and minute for minute) related to how much brain expanding time they spent last week. (For our purposes brain expanding = reading, journaling, practicing their instruments, time spent in tutoring. ) And that , that plan would stand for the rest of the summer. They didn't believe me, I think, until when we got back home at 8:30 last night and they flipped the TV on I said you're going burn your TV time on that. (The most time any one person accrued was 3.5 hours) They were dumbfounded, but turned the TV off.
Today, all three had their instruments out, everyone read and two of the three journaled. They all have at least 1.5 hours set aside for next week, or half their total for the week before.
Record keeping is easy... write down start time, stop time and activity, and be prepared to defend your records.
I am hopeful!
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JKPONYGIRL
7/7/2009 10:24AM
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Did I ever mention that you were a genius?????
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BUGS_MOM
6/22/2009 8:59PM
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I love that plan Lynn.
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NO-41_RAZZYS_PL
6/22/2009 8:59PM
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My Dear Irish... you NEVER cease to amaze me! Every single 'brain expanding' item is simply BRILLIANT!! How do you come up with this stuff?!! Wow... you could run for President with your organizational skills, girlfriend!! I'll bet (at this time in their lives) that the kids are thinking 'mom is pretty strict' but that won't last for long BECAUSE... as you said... THIS is 'brain expanding' which MEANS... they can't help but gain INTELLIGENCE (yoo-hoo, hello) and KNOW that their mom is pretty AWESOME!! Thanks for the email, Love. Still a little 'in a' funk' today... but much better with all the support and care of my SP family. Figure I'll wait... not be as rash as I was when I left L.I.L. for the 2nd time... and maybe 'see my way' clear of 'the funk' which knocked the wind out a' my sails... Love, yer' *´¨) ¸.·´¸.·*´¨) ¸.·*¨) (¸.·´ (¸.·´ *Annie  Comment edited on: 6/22/2009 8:59:58 PM Report Inappropriate Comment |
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GIRLINMOTION
6/22/2009 7:13PM
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What a great idea! Report Inappropriate Comment |
hahahahaha!! SHEESH, Irish, how the heck did you plan on SQUEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZing in anymore 'to do' on that list?!! Did ya' plan on NOT allowing your body to heal?!! Jiminy Cricket, girl-y girl, you've painted nearly every room in the house, totally remodeled the bathroom, started your 'summer brain expanding' routine, pulled off a MAJOR Kindergarten Celebration, went through that devastating 'learn to tell time' clock trauma 
on top of ALL the other smelly catastrophes of school year endings, PLUS... encouraging all of us here at SP with touching, uplifting, heartfelt, quotes we could ponder, as well as 'words to live by' and... not only sending your kids to camp or setting up sports for them, but taking time for extended family vaca!!
You're the 
Lynn!! 
OH 
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pirates AWAY. Those who try to STEAL our faith, and trust, and pixie dust, girlfriend!! I am sooo gonna' trot this over to my page!! THANKS, BEAUTIFUL!!
HILARIOUS!! 
(here... hehe!! to go with your shower cap... heeheehee!! do ya' want me to sing ya' the rubber ducky song? hahahahaha!!)
