5 on Friday

WOW we've been busy doing lots of little things all week & not posting on the blog..sorry! today I am posting 5 things I am excited about today:

1. tomorrow: scrapping 9am-midnight w/the girls! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
2. gettting kickin' on my December Daily Twenty-Ten (its tomorrow's project)
3. the new team challenge @ the 'hood
4. amazing new loose leaf tea
5. Gus still feeling better

this weekend looks to be a bit more laid back than usual :) just hanging out tonight, Tim working & me scrapping tomorrow, & chores on Sunday... sounds DREAMY! What's on your weekend agenda??

Thankful Thursday

I really like this idea...
http://ellesstudio.blogspot.com/2010/10/thankful-thursdays_28.html

So today I am thankful for:

• My facebook friends & family!! wow! this week has been a rough one starting on Sunday when we thought we were going to have to put our 14 y/o dog down but he turned around & thanks to my friends & family on Facebook yesterday I had the courage to bring it all to Tim's attention & insist we wait. :)
• Super thankful that Gus is better & doesn't have to be put down this week! *whew*  now, don't get me wrong, I am all for euthenazia when is necessary, however I had a horrible sick gut feeling we were cheating him. Super Super glad we don't have to now!!
• The sun is shining today! after 2 days of grey windy-ness, I was ready for some sunshine!

What are YOU thankful for today?? link me up!

a weekend report:

it may have started out rough:



we threw stuff together like we weren't planning to go

we left later than usual

we went to a different lake than our normal

we didn't have the whole crew

we got POURED on most of Friday evening

we had to go to town @9 for supper

& dumped a ton of money on a meal we weren't planning to

we (I) misinterpreted the coverage of the rainfly & had a wet air mattress when we got back

we lived thru some nasty winds thru the night

but turned out fabulous:

• I did my w4d2 run Saturday morning around the camp ground
• we were joined by 2 families Saturday
• and 1 on Sunday
• we had gorgeous weather both days
• tried 2 new recipes in Hupp & Lauren's new dutch oven
• no one sick
• no one  got hurt
• the water was amazing
• sammy swam (in his lifejacket of course) & boated like a champ
• we were home @ a decent time Sunday
• everything was unloaded & unpacked b4 8pm Sunday

a late one.

What a busy day! We got to go see Toy Story 3 @ the local theater @ a special viewing. Great movie!! I can't wait to get it so I can see the end b/c I as in the bathroom w/8 kids that swore they 'couldn't hold it any longer' so actually, none of them know how it ends LOL  Then we went home to run in teh sprinkler while I prepped a fun lunch.  A wonderful busy day! Then 3 left early!!!  I had an interview for a family to start this fall that I will have to think about.  Oh yea & we had a 118 heat index too. hoping some of these storms roll thru tonight & cool us off! we will need outside time tomorrow!! :)

For supper we enjoyed some Iowa grown Peaches & Cream sweet corn from the local Farmer's Market. YUMMMM w/homemade mac n cheese & cheesy hotdogs. not entirely healthy but quick & yummy.  Then I had a chiro appt. WOW! I mentioned I was running & that I thought I was throwing a leg out & sure enough, that hip was out, also the same foot the PF was threatening again! hmmmm connection?? my back was out in 3 places & my neck was also out both directions!! EEK!!!

Then I cam home & I did my w3d1 work out on the treadmill in the a/c due to that heat index.  I am so proud to report that I DID IT!!! I DID THE WHOLE THING!! I AM NOT A RUNNER BUT I LOVED IT!!!  w3= 5 minute warm up walk followed by 90 sec run, 90 sec walk, 3MIN run, 3 min walk, repeat then follow w/a 5 min cool down walk. I managed 1.35 mile in 25 minutes.

After cooling down from that Gus wasn't settling so I took him for a short walk to the garden &  back. Sam layed on the guilt trip waiting on us on his chain when we got back so I dropped Gus off, took Sam.  I intended to just walk our normal .5 mile route but sprinted from home to the corner (1/2 block) then walked a bit, then did antother short sprint, then walked a ways, & another short sprint, & walked the last of it home.  I can't believe *I* am sprinting! *I* am not a runner! :) Guess what?! I think I am!!

I am pretty confident we will all sleep well tonight, hoping for all night long!!!  I think I need to find some protein snacks to follow up my work outs w/.  Any suggestions??
Thanks for reading!

Happy Hump Day!!

And so far its a good one!!! :) 

First: Sammy Slept All Night!!! hip hip hooooray!!!  Gus didn't but that's ok b/c he goes right back to sleep.. Sammy wants to stay up & play.

Second: I weighed in today @ the same thing I've been weighing for 3? weeks! time to get consistant w/the exercise!!!!!!!!

Third: speeking of exercise... last night I took both dogs for .5 mile walk then headed out on my own quiet mile. I decided to walk their .5 mile in reverse so I'd do the majority of the walk w/the sun in my face. GLORIOUS!!!  I ended up doing 2 full miles in total last night then came home& ran the north stretch of fence w/Sammy 6 times :) hmmmm maybe that's why he slept so well LOL

Fourth: I picked lettuce from my own garden last night! WOW!!!!!!! I washed it up & its chilling for lunch YUMMMMMM

Fifth: THE SUN IS SHINING so we are planning to walk this morning & probably play on the elementary school playground! YEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Sixth: first childcare event on Friday.. a bit nervous! but more excited :)

Seventh: crazy Saturday planned... City Wide Garage Sales, Farmer's Market, canning class in WDM, Sammy's puppy check up, father's day bonfire/weinie roast @ mom's for supper, birthday party invite to the south, wanting to visit friends & socialize the pups. thinking Sunday will be a big ole nappin day :)

offfffffffffffffffffffffff weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee goooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY Hump Day!!!

I totally made up for not taking the kids on a walk yday... Tim & I were loading firewood for the weekend & discovered the garden was dry enough to till, so I thinned out the radishes, planted more green beans, counted 14 onions & some lettuce babies peeking thru!! then we planted 4 rows of 3 variations of sweet corn! When we got home I jumped on the treadmill for my .5 mile walk/jog (while I watched part of Monday night's Castle online) & then took Gus for our normal 1 mile walk! (Tim couldn't go as his foot is hurting & the tiller had given him a work out!) I didn't get my shoes off until 10 till 9 when I was getting in the shower but it was so worth it when I jumped on the scale this morning :))

Weigh in Wednesday: I am down one from Monday & down 3 from last Wednesday YEEEEEEEEEEE-frickin-HAAAAAAAAW!!! feels so good to see that scale move! :D

21 DAYS: soooooo that is my 30 minutes of exercise, I got my 5 f/v in AAAAAAANNNNDDDDD I remembered my vitamins!! OH & I got my 96 oz in too for the first time all week.

Today is going to be about getting the camping bedding freshened up, going on a walk, & maybe work on repairing my bench planter if I get some time. OH & working on setting up weekly summer activities for the child care homes in Osceola! Stacey, I am contacting you today! :) Tonight is a provider appreciation get together in Creston & I am hoping to be back in time to walk-maybe I should have taken Gus out on our route @ 5 this morning when he was restless.

Look @ all the things I am DOing :) yay for the power of One Little Word!!! What are you DOing? Do you have a word for the year? if you do please share!!

Whata weekend!!

not quite ready for Monday but since I don't have a choice here we go!! :)

here are photos of Philip on Saturday. He is recovering @ warp speed! the only complaint he had yesterday morning was they were waking him every 1.5 hr for more meds & he wasn't in pain until they administered them. poor guy!

we spent the weekend busy busy busy... Saturday we did the Des Moines Farmer's Market, visited Philip in the hospital, got me these shoes, picked up an arbor for the wisteria vine, & finished cleaning the vinyl in the boat & it is now lake ready :) Sunday we spent outside!! Tim painted the end of the house where the chimney was removed, I worked on this gate for a new flower bed, painted a chair & picture frame, he mowed the Ayers Lot, we installed the arbor & we helped Gus thru a long seizure. He used to have seizures quite a bit, then we put him back on his boring treats & he quit. Well, he had one yesterday, the first in 5 yrs & it was long & horrible. but w/in an hr & half after, he was back to normal. We even attempted to take him on our normal walk but we got rained out.

So here's to a more laid back, relaxing sorta day :)

consistantly inconsistant!

I am nothing if not inconsistant w/myself & my standards for myself. I preach consistancy for the children in my care, I do everything possible to keep myself & their surroundings consistant day to day-makes everything so much smoother when we all know what to expect & when it should happen! however.. my consistancy to myself leaves much to be desired!! I want to drop 20# & be comfortable in my jeans-not to mention skin- again & I went gung-ho in January after that goal w/upping my water intake & Wii Fit time, monitoring every morsel that crossed my lips, & being all around ACCOUNTABLE... however.... february has been month for a different story. I cannot tell you when I was last on the Fit -it will I am sure exclaim its shock & dismay when I do finally get back to it-& my water intake has dropped from 80-100 oz/day to 40-60oz. I am back to relying on caffeine as an added boost almost daily, I haven't been baking daily or even weekly, OMG! I SUCK this month!! I have no good excuses either .. just that I've been lazy about it. extremely lazy. my bad! SO w/a new month entering the picture SOON, I have officially registered on the Sisterhood site & am sticking this cutey pie blinkie sticker thingy up here to announce to all that I am really & truely going to work harder in March than February :)

isn't she cute? I would love to be able to do that pose!

On that note I am going to acknowledge here & now that March is going to be a busy month! It will be full of birthdays, training days, paperwork, worktime visitors, a wrestling meet, finishing up yoga class second session *sniffle*, a flower & plant show/sale, sorting thru outside toys & deciding what will be replaced & what just won't, planning flower & veggie gardens, getting the boat out of storage & other of the like-those are just off the top of my head.

I did get out & walked last night-seriously amazed @ how much damage a month 'off' does! I went 2 blocks that's it! @ a decent clip & was surprised to 'hear from my muscles' in my legs! the walk back was awesome.. after dark couldn't see my breath AHHHHH SPRING!!! I slept the best in ages (on a non-yoga night)!

a completely different topic: GUS. our 14 y/o boston. all of my years of bragging about 'playing w/the kids & their toys but getting to sleep all night' (the way I have jusified doing child care in our home w/o having our own children for 13 yrs) has come back to bite me (ha funny). Gus has developed a habit of needing to potty in the middle of the NIGHT! HELLO?? what the heck? & Tim is not friendly upon waking soooooo I get up & take him out -looking thru slits the whole time to make going back to sleep easier. I am finding myself mentally running thru the next day sometimes while waiting for him LOL other times I realize I have dozed off & he's barking to be let in :) thankfully everyone else in the neighborhod is still sleeping w/their windows shut so they don't get bothered by him. :)) he got an official clean bill of health from Dr. Judy yesterday so we are just dealing w/it.

so anyway... its taken 3 sittings to get this typed so I will quit rambling :) have a great sunshiny day :)