I have been racking my brains for the past week and I can NOT come up with a tittle for this blog and it is driving me CRAZY! I have been reading other blogs for inspiration but nothing is happening... it just makes it worse because I don't understand why I am having this mental block? All of you have such witty and cute names for your blogs and I cant seem to find one that fits!
This whole process has me questioning why I am even blogging. I am not that interesting...
Lately all I have been writing about is running and my funk ( I am feeling much better)! Maybe I just need a break! Just some time away from the computer/tv/iphone to refocus!
I have been sucked into this world of facebook and email and it has a hold on me and I need to get away... it started when J deployed the first time, when I sat and waited for phone calls or emails and now it is just part of a routine! Phone always on and close by and checking email and fb 8 million times a day, its ridiculous.
That's what I am going to do, take a break from technology! I really don't have a time table for this but until next time...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Up-hill Battle
Running around our neighborhood is the hardest thing I have ever done!!!
We live in a very hilly neighborhood and it feels like it is ALL up-hill! I started week three today and it was two cycles of 90sec run/ 90sec walk then 3min run/ 3 min walk and the last 3 min run almost did me in!!! But I am happy to say I did not stop and actually finished it!
I also push M around in the double jogger (hopefully the hills and the stroller burn a few extra calories), thankfully N rides his bike around b/c I wouldn't be able to push him too! I did try once but only made it about half way up a hill and I was toast. So we turned around and I bribed him with a cookie to ride his bike!!!
Shocking right?
I had to bribe him because about a month ago he had a big crash going down hill and he has been afraid ever since! He got a little big for his britches and was zooming down the hill and started wiggling his handle bars and BOOM, CRASH!!! Gave himself a black eye and gave up the bike, but now that I am running and J is not always available to push we had to work something out and a cookie did it! He still wont go down that hill but we are working on it!
We live in a very hilly neighborhood and it feels like it is ALL up-hill! I started week three today and it was two cycles of 90sec run/ 90sec walk then 3min run/ 3 min walk and the last 3 min run almost did me in!!! But I am happy to say I did not stop and actually finished it!
I also push M around in the double jogger (hopefully the hills and the stroller burn a few extra calories), thankfully N rides his bike around b/c I wouldn't be able to push him too! I did try once but only made it about half way up a hill and I was toast. So we turned around and I bribed him with a cookie to ride his bike!!!
Shocking right?
I had to bribe him because about a month ago he had a big crash going down hill and he has been afraid ever since! He got a little big for his britches and was zooming down the hill and started wiggling his handle bars and BOOM, CRASH!!! Gave himself a black eye and gave up the bike, but now that I am running and J is not always available to push we had to work something out and a cookie did it! He still wont go down that hill but we are working on it!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Prayers For Logan
My very good friend over at Goodnight Moon is raising money and prayers for a little boy who has been diagnosed with cancer, stage 4 Wilms Tumor!
So when you get a chance go check out her blog about Logan!
So when you get a chance go check out her blog about Logan!
Name???
I hate the name of my blog! It makes me mad and then I don't want to post anything because of the ridiculousness of it!!! So I really need to come up with something new and creative, but I am not sure just where I want to go with it. I don't know if I want this to be a family blog (about the happenings of our life) or a diary/journal like blog about my days???
So until I decide please be patient with me! How did you come up with the name for your blog?
So until I decide please be patient with me! How did you come up with the name for your blog?
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Random
Day 2 of my running journey went off without a hitch! It was a beautiful day to run and I am so glad that I found the motivation to get out and enjoy it! I found myself thanking God for the ability to get out and move and for the wonderful weather! I know that I skipped a day but it is a three day a week program so as long as I stay somewhat consistent I will be okay!
I don't like the name of my blog! So please hang with me as I try and get my creative juices flowing to come up with something witty and fitting for our life or maybe just my life!
Tonight is Super Bowl Sunday and we are getting ready for a party (not at my house) and I am super excited, a chance to go and have some adult conversation... yes please!!! I am not a huge football fan, don't watch it unless we are visiting my parents and my Dad has it on, so I have no loyalties to either team!!! Who are you cheering on?
Sorry for my randomness today but that's all I got!
I don't like the name of my blog! So please hang with me as I try and get my creative juices flowing to come up with something witty and fitting for our life or maybe just my life!
Tonight is Super Bowl Sunday and we are getting ready for a party (not at my house) and I am super excited, a chance to go and have some adult conversation... yes please!!! I am not a huge football fan, don't watch it unless we are visiting my parents and my Dad has it on, so I have no loyalties to either team!!! Who are you cheering on?
Sorry for my randomness today but that's all I got!
Friday, February 4, 2011
Running
So here is the deal, I have decided to get my butt in gear and lose the last bit of baby/holiday weight that has taken up residence on my body! I HATE working out but I am just going to have to get over that because my hubby LOVES to work out and has since forever! With his crazy schedule at work, time together is limited so what a better way to hang out than to work out... right?
Step 1. download couch to 5k app for the old iphone
Step 2. ACTUALLY use the app :)
Step 3. be nice to the hubby because his <3 is in the right place
Step 4. have fun and remember that I am doing this for ME!
My goal is to run in a race ( I did NOT say RACE in a race, just run in one)!
The app is great, it talks to you and you can play your favorite music with it and then at the end you can use the journal!
Yesterday was my day 1 and my journal entry looked like this:
Step 1. download couch to 5k app for the old iphone
Step 2. ACTUALLY use the app :)
Step 3. be nice to the hubby because his <3 is in the right place
Step 4. have fun and remember that I am doing this for ME!
My goal is to run in a race ( I did NOT say RACE in a race, just run in one)!
The app is great, it talks to you and you can play your favorite music with it and then at the end you can use the journal!
Yesterday was my day 1 and my journal entry looked like this:
Today SUCKED! J thinks he knows everything but ends up just annoying the s*** outta me! I know he is just trying to help but COME ON! It was really cold and my lungs hurt but I need to continue this and not give up!
So why am I sharing this??? That is a great question, but I don't know if I have an answer. Maybe it will help me to be accountable, maybe it wont! But I cant be the only one out there struggling to get into my pre baby jeans (and I have great pre baby jeans)!!!
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Same tune, different song!
I have not been a very good blogger of the past few months! I just get all wrapped up and when I think of something to write about I usually end up forgetting to sit down and do it! Anyway it has been pretty blah around here...
I have been in such a funk lately and I am so ready to move on, but some days it seems so much easier to just stay in my little hole and not come out! I know I really don't have anything to complain about, but this cloud just wont go away! So what is it? Depression? Winter Blues? A funk? Post-partum (I know its been a year but how long can it last)? UGH! It is just so frustrating! This post might make me seem weak or like I am just complaining but I really don't care!
We have had some hard learned life lessons over the past few months and I think that has a lot to do with the way I feel! Sometimes our eyes where bigger than our stomachs and now we are paying for it! We are also having to make some decisions about our future and with all the job uncertainty out there it is a bit daunting! We go back and forth and always end up with, "we are just going to have to wait and see".
I am also trying to forgive without an apology! There are people out there who refuse and expect life to go on, normally, happily as if there has never been any wrong done! I say I don't care or that I am over it but lets be realistic that is a lot easier said than done! I guess this mood I am in has turned me into a bit of a grudge holder and I don't like that one bit!
So, today is the day it changes!!! It is not going to be instant but it is going to change (it has to, I am driving my family nuts). I have to move on, I want to be that laid back, loving, smiley person again! Today is the day I let it go! I say to those that have hurt me, its not okay but I forgive you! I will not let you treat me or my family that way ever again but I forgive you!
It is time for me to move on! So after this post I am going to shake a few things up and make some changes to this blog!
I have been in such a funk lately and I am so ready to move on, but some days it seems so much easier to just stay in my little hole and not come out! I know I really don't have anything to complain about, but this cloud just wont go away! So what is it? Depression? Winter Blues? A funk? Post-partum (I know its been a year but how long can it last)? UGH! It is just so frustrating! This post might make me seem weak or like I am just complaining but I really don't care!
We have had some hard learned life lessons over the past few months and I think that has a lot to do with the way I feel! Sometimes our eyes where bigger than our stomachs and now we are paying for it! We are also having to make some decisions about our future and with all the job uncertainty out there it is a bit daunting! We go back and forth and always end up with, "we are just going to have to wait and see".
I am also trying to forgive without an apology! There are people out there who refuse and expect life to go on, normally, happily as if there has never been any wrong done! I say I don't care or that I am over it but lets be realistic that is a lot easier said than done! I guess this mood I am in has turned me into a bit of a grudge holder and I don't like that one bit!
So, today is the day it changes!!! It is not going to be instant but it is going to change (it has to, I am driving my family nuts). I have to move on, I want to be that laid back, loving, smiley person again! Today is the day I let it go! I say to those that have hurt me, its not okay but I forgive you! I will not let you treat me or my family that way ever again but I forgive you!
It is time for me to move on! So after this post I am going to shake a few things up and make some changes to this blog!
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