Week Goals

It would be wise of me to set weekly goals and put them out to the world here!

Let’s get started:

1. Run 2 today
Yoga on Tuesday
Body Pump Wednesday
Run 4.5 Thursday
Body Pump Saturday
East Nasty Run – Sunday. Annnnnd >> it’s supposed to be 50 on Sunday, yay!

2. Eat cleaner. Totally eliminate white flour & rice this week. I have already failed at this once today, but it’s never to late to start again.

3. Be cleaner. Geeeezzz I will try my hardest, but these kids I have put here on this good green earth are a constant saboteur of my cleaning!! Organization fairy, help me find space in my 1400 sqft home?!?!?!

4. Plan a trip to Art & Invention this week. Anybody game?

Remember these things Brecca, for they are important and written to you by the person who loves you most, yourself. xoxo

one step forward two steps back

the stomach bug
stop
the 5k time trial run 43:32
the chuck on chuck
the cleansing yoga
the strong 5 mile run
the body pump miracle
the amazing 6 mile run
the empowering vinyasa yoga
the flu
stop

After 2 weeks ago with my 5k time trial run & with my stomach bug, then the 1 amazing week of training, now sitting here on my 2nd day of the real FLU! All I want to do is body pump & run in my head, but my body is begging me to get well and rest. I am going to be well enough to do body pump on Sat & run on Sunday. I just might not be as strong as if I had a really healthy week. We will see. East Nasty meets in Percy Warner for the first time, the hills will be good training. I hear there is a new CMM 1/2 course this year and the hill difficulty will be serious. I better get well and get back to training.

Yoga this week was crazy intense. I loved the rythmatic flow of the substitute teacher’s moves. It’s funny how thoughts are realized in real life. I was thinking about how much I love the voice and sounds of my teacher Wendy, and how I was hesitant to try a different class because of this strange loyalty I felt to Wendy’s class. But then when I showed up, there was a new instructor about to start, different mat, different set up. BUT omg, She moved me into a place I have not entered with yoga breath. We did a 50 second meditation before we began, and focusing on my breath before the movement started really helped me find that space and breath in the hardest of positions.

What really bit me in the ass about it all is this flu is a coughing flu, and my abs were so sore from her class EVERY time I cough, I feel my whole cage tense up. hahaha

namaste & xoxox

Viva la Technologae

Today I helped Bayla’s teacher Mrs. Mott set up her own class wordpress site. I am so excited that she can now communicate her photos and videos with us parents!! What a fun time we live in, where technology is at our fingertips. I say viva la technologae! haha

Just Realized

Well! I just realized if I posted now, I can’t say “it’s been a year since I posted on my blog!” Yeah I know I’m lame.

Long and Crazy DAY

Bayla, Lexie, Livie, Archer and Colton have been running circles around me today. Up to make pancakes this morning, cleaned the house, girls were here by 10. We got all the art supplies out including glitter and paint. Made paintings and glitter glue pictures for an hour. Kids played dress up and I made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, grapes and chips for lunch. After lunch the sun was shining and we went outside to play. They crawled, played kick ball, ran from one end of the yard to the other Wet grass made the baby muddy, and the kids were a total mess. Olivia was a muddy mess, so I showered her, washed her hair. After, I wash clothed the other kids and put Archer in the bath, diapered him and threw him in the bed for a nap. He was out in 2 mins. after a fuss to be with the other kids. I gave the girls a yogurt snack, then made everyone sit in their own spot on the sofa with a blanket and watch Snow White. Then I did laundry, cleaned up the art mess including a layer of glitter on the floor, and washed the dishes. About 20 mins before Snow White was over I climbed up on the couch and fell asleep. The girls were told they could get up after the movie so I was awakened to the sound of the girls rolling around on the living room floor giggling very loudly. I forced myself to wake up, and started making apple snacks with peanut butter. Colton escapes to Honey’s. Spaghetti bake for dinner with iceberg and ranch, and caned peaches for desert. The two little ones played dress up for a while, and then in the bath for them while I dealt with Archer crying to get into the bathroom with them. I ended up on the toilet with archer on my lap holding him as he talked to Bay and Lex in the tub. Jewels was in there and Liv was close behind. Archer finally headed towards bed with a bottle, Matt got home, it’s about 7:30 and I am pumping up an air mattress for the girls to sleep on. Clean up dinner, Pop pop corn, make a milk sippie for all the girls. Mama has a shot of vodka and Malibu rum & grape juice ;b All I can say is today was a busy day. I am still not done with it, and dern, I want to read some more of my book, but Matt wants to go to bed! Oh well!

I am reading . . .

I am reading His Dark Materials trilogy, The Golden Compass, and I am loving it! Of course I would, its a fantasy style book.

Thinking of making a list of books I want to read before the end of the summer:

eyes hurt tired

Last night Archer had less sleep in a long long while. Made me so glad I don’t have another little baby around here to keep me up at nights again!!

About 9:00 am today I came to life and realized that I promised my mom and dad that I would go to the Lawn and Garden show, so I hopped in the shower and took off there. It was nice, I bought two great garden buckets and 3 new Bermilliads. It was a good day. Talked with a guy about how to build a retainer wall by my house, and now I have a pretty good Idea on what I want to do . . . now to just dig in the dirt. I have a lot of spring garden work ahead of me!!

As I sit here and type, my head is so tired, my eyes ache and hurt. The last thing I want to do is go cook dinner, but you know what, I am going to go and figure something out and it’s going to be good, baby!