*weekend log*

[and i don't mean the kind you leave in the toilet on sunday morning]

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uh!

so...topic:

~what made up my weekend~

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Yes,

there was some

pool-swimming

involved,

as hoped for

in my last post.

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that was a major plus from my weekend.

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there was,

however,

a whole

lot of

lowlights from the weekend as well!

Ugh!

Were there ever!

a ton of chores,

my dad's pathetic & childish behavior,

my just-about-ready-to-break down car,

tears, tears, and more tears

after being berated by my

overworked-overstressed-overheated

mother,

and

some drama on our bike ride

involving a raving lunatic woman

blowing her coast guard whistle in

the boyf's ear

[won't go into it]

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FUCK ALL THOSE THINGS!

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here are

some pictures

of the highlights:

[tee hee hee!] a bunch of lovin' from *the babies*

[oh, & my make-up done by *bitt*]

above,

i'm smoochin' Alejandro on top of the box,

and

a little jealous Carmen Sandiego is lookin' at the smooch
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above,

Carmen & me

[try to notice the sweet honey,

and not the overtaking shnoz]

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below,

Ale-Ale-jandro & me

[look away from the sideburns!]
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the babies were taking

Saturday afternoon

naps:

above,

Carmen Sandiego,

sleeping like she tends to sleep,

in her brother's bed.

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below,

Alejandro

in his sister's bed.

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oh,

another

highlight from

my weekend:

*yay*

after two years of

being on WeightWatchers

for, like, the

gazillionth

time,

it's clicked.

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~i'm a Lifetime Member of WeightWatchers~

[no more paying to get weighed = more money for clothes]

[woo hoo!]

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got my

little

*golden key charm*

and all.

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in truth,

i only needed

to lose

between 12 & 15 pounds,

but it's taken me

two friggin' years to do it.

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i credit it to my adopted

hobbies of biking & running

[*magic formula*]

and

also

getting smarter everyday

about food & portions & why and when I eat.

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i recommend WW to anybody.

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another [kind of] highlight:

the new clothesline my mother installed

in the backyard

in her words:

"we need to start budgetin', gurls.

if we can save a few hundred dolluhs

two munths of thuh yea-uh,

we should dew it."

[my attempt at conveying her 'New Yawk' accent]
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i consider it a highlight because i love

the old-school, back in the day,

1960s Summer concrete

backyard feel to it,

even if it does take

3x longer than throwin' the cothes

in the dryer.

Whatev.

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another

total highlight

from the weekend:

the super Shish-Kebobs we grilled

oh, yeah.

chopped veggies...

...and fruit!

secret *added* ingredient?

puh

puh

puh

peaches!

kebabbed with beef

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oh, dear.

looked

so sexy

on the

grill!

they did, they did.

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finally,

the highlight that took place

sunday night

was

our bike ride

into Manhattan.

{{deep sigh; smile}}
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we pulled up to Astoria Park

and

parked right under the Triborough bridge:

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below,

Tomas & Damian

[you know them in more detail from this post]

unloadin' my bike from the

back o' Damian's truck:

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view from our potty stop:

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while on the bridge:

"Bronx, Keep Left.

Manhattan, Keep Right."

[we'll be keepin' RIGHT]
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the boyf.

breakin'.

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yes.

motto for biking.

motto for life.

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this shot, above, is pretty much us chillaxin' at the half way point, three hours in.

yeah. the ride took us about 5 hours.

started @ 4 pm; ended around 9-ish.

the pic above was taken @ 7:01pm.

;)

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*weekend log*

COMPLETE.

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over and out.