True Confessions Tuesday

again, its been a while but here we go....

• halloween candy-be gone already! ugh.
• up 3# since last weigh in ... at least a month ago
• took the week off post race (as usual) but then took last night & tonight off too... ICK.
• dreading the dreadmill tomorrow thru Saturday!
• most of my f/v servings have been juice but IMO this time, that's better than none @ all
• have only done yoga w/the kids once in the past 2 weeks
• pumpkin cake,pumpkin cookies, pumpkin bread, time to find some healthy recipes for all of this pumpkin in the freezer
• do pumpkin seeds have healthy qualities?? pleassssssssse say yes.
• how about a warm chocolate soother?? nutritional value please :)
• coffee has been my go to weekday breakfast

ok there we have it.. seriously need to get better -again :)
what do you have to confess??

true confessions tuesday

Good Morning all!!  Yes I said Good morning! I feel Fantastic today! YAY!!!  Its True Confessions Day & I am going to take a good, bad, ugly approach this week..

Good:

• Friday night:  I only ate 1/2 my movie theater small popcorn
• AND I only drank 1/2 of my medium fountain mountain dew @ the same movie
• Then for drinks I only had one vodka/cranberry then a bud light draw
• Saturday: I kept my snacking to the healthy variety-veggies & gardettos
• Sunday: I did my w5d2 on the treadmill

Bad:

• Friday: I had popcorn, mountain dew, a vodka/cranberry & bud light draw
• Saturday: I only had a mccafe(iced caramel coffee) for breakfast
•  a slice of Casey's breakfast pizza for am snack
• I snacked all day
• then had Casey's bbq pizza & apple dessert pizza for supper
• And I only had 64 oz of water for the whole day
• I am still only walking the dogs on my non-running days

Ugly:

• Friday: I skipped w5d2 & napped b4 supper instead
• Saturday: I skipped w5d2 & napped most of the evening instead
• Sunday: I only had 32oz of water all day
• I didn't eat anything that would resemble a meal all day

What do you have to confess this week? good bad or ugly! lemme have it, you will feel so much better :)

Time to get serious!

ok so maybe its past time but better late than never I suppose :)

as many of you know I attempt to shrink w/the sisterhood. however, this winter I have grown instead of shrunk :( I put on 24# in the past year! GET OUT!! I have said for a few (5) years that I don't need to lose, just maintain & get healthy. well if getting healthy is THIS I take it all back!! b/c now I need to lose!

I am doing something I have never ever done b4, I posted my weight over @ the 'hood. EEK that scares the crap outa me!!! I won't be putting it here b/c that's just too much. hoping that putting it up over there will keep me that much more accountable for doing something to shrink.
There is a new challenge @ the Sisterhood. Shrinking days of Summer!! just like last year & I did great last year. I think. of course I wasn't happy w/what I weighed then either but that is a whole different post (a pretty deep one that I have actually typed up & ready to go when I am feeling either especially brave or down in the dumps or maybe it might take both) . The Sisterhood ROCKS!!! they have DAILY activities planned for this challenge! whohoooooooo!!! just what I need! something new every day to keep me thinking about what I am doing, eating, walking, etc. & why!

SO far I have tried on 2 pr of shorts from last year & they FIT. *whew* I was terrified they'd not even go on & some won't, but at least they fit. they are TIGHT but atleast they fit! :) some of my shirts may not as I have a full blown muffin top this year. ouch. working on it! wii fit yoga reminded me last night just how much I looooooooooooooooooove yoga & how powerful it can be & I hope to get some in 3x/week! OH speaking of Yoga!! Lauren & I are doing some @ the lake this weekend!!! :) camping + yoga. I bet we can find some quiet out of the way -hopefully out of sight- spot to do some quick morning yoga a couple of the mornings :) YAY!!!!

ACCOUNTABILITY for Tuesday:

• 96oz
• 5f/v
• 3 dairy
• no vites
• 1.5 mile @ 3-4mph on treadmill
• 30 fit minutes

On our Facebook group we decided that June's challenge should be combining miles/minutes moved (walk, run, jog, bike, swim, etc.) w/a fresh fruit or veggie every day! thanks Stacey!! I am totally pumped to get it rolling on Tuesday!!!
I am energized by it all now.. I just hope I keep it :) what are you doing for yourself?

crazy busy week.

that will be best described in list form:

• 2 child care visits--food program & DHS spot check
• 1 nurse visit (finally remembered to fast:))
• 1 chiro visit
• followed the next day by a headache that took way too much ibu to kick
• finales almost every night!! Castle, Grey's, The Mentalist, Medium, Private Practice (online from last week)
• rain 2 days
• outside 3 days
• no treadmill
• completely organized 3 field trips & started 6 others- not sure if we have that many weeks of summer vacay:)
• worked on organizing Thursday night in the Park for Early Childhood-Stacey do you girls want to do a table for your ps?
• cutting things from the weekend plans to leave breathing time. sometimes it just has to be done!
• field trip today -rain or shine- singing for senior citizens CANNOT be skipped! :)
• made granola bars/cereal, banana bread, 1/2 wheat choco chip cookies, 4 loaves of homemade bread
• haven't transferred photos from camera from LAST weekend yet haha
• hoping to sleep in tomorrow!
• wishing you a WONDERFUL weekend!!!

True Confessions Tuesda

ok so I started & worked on a post 3x yesterday.. guess I will store it as draft to pull out later :) b/c I have a LIST of confessions this week!!

• I had a skinny cow fudge bar last night AND Junction creamery ice cream --OOPS
• I haven't been on the treadmill in a week
• I messed up my fasting blood draw last week (already posted a ton about it LOL) retest tomorrow! 9:30AM wish me luck!! ;)
• I had ALOT of beers Saturday night ... it was Light but still.... ALOT.
• I am in love w/Spagetti Works! but I did great & didn't clean my plate of their already reasonable serving size!
• I stopped@ my first garage sale in YEARS. bought a bag of wooden blocks, a memory game & a chutes & ladders game for the child care. all for $4! saweet!!!!
• Had a blast @ the DM farmer's market Sat!!! but bought Strawberries that were NOT local :( however the green & red onions, ugly tomatoes, & jars 'everything sauce' were!! YAY!!!
• OH & then I read the label on the sauce.. 550mg of SODIUM helloooooooo!!!!!!!! that stinks!
• I am addicted to 'projects' :) current project: scheduling weekly field trips for local childcare providers
• I love to make lists :)))

okie dokie.. planning some SERIOUS outside time today!!! have a GREAT DAY!!!

OOPS!!!!

welllllll so we have had this appt for fasting blood draw @6pm for almost 2 weeks & did fine noon-3 then it was snack time & dummy me snacked on cheese & crackers every time I cruised by the table @ snack time!!!!!! THENNNNN the kicker is that it never dawned on me that I was doing something BAD until an hour later when Tim came in & found me cleaning the stairs & he asked if I was finding things to do to keep busy & not eat. WHAAAAAAT?! OH CRAP! so he got his testing done but I have to reschedule for next week *sigh* dumb dumb!

But I got some filing done while he was in his appt :) & the house is fine tuned-company ready. Which will come in handy tomorrow for my interview.

BUT I have taken 2 nights off the treadmill & last night was too rainy to even go out & walk BOO so must get back on the treadmill tonight!

21 day ACCOUNTABILITY: exercise (fail), vites (success), f/v (strawberriesx2 @ supper, the end of the scalloped potatoesx2 & ham for lunch, OH RATS.. just one serving short!)

so how's your 21 day challenge coming?

Happy Hump Day!

Look @ what I earned :) that's right I have shrunk 5# (& stayed @ or below that mark consistantly) since I got back on the treadmill! I am still holding steady from last week -tho my yo yo was 2 below one morning :)- So I know I can keep on this roll!! I had to skip the treadmill last night for tonight's blood draw for life insurance but we did go ahead & walk our mile :) I can't wait to get back on it, who would have thought I'd say that!!

21 days Accountability: I forgot my vites last night, I ran out of multi's so I guess I blew off the rest. oops! f/v:lets seeeee... scalloped potatoes & ham for supper -2 veg servings, ugh, I think that's all I got in yday! dang it! I only got 64oz in & the exercise I already mentioned.

Child Care: I have an interview for 2 new kids on Friday. Interviews always make me nervous-scrub the counters, cupboard doors & vac the corners nervous - so I will be fine tuning the cc today & tomorrow for that.

I want to touch up the upstairs in spurts today for the insurance lady-I know she's not here for inspection but I still want the floors swept & vac'd, counters wiped & catch-all stairs picked up. :)

Weekend.. wow it looks like this weekend is starting a run of busy ones... This Saturday I had a crop but it got cancelled due to lack of participation, & a graduation reception, then Sunday we are doing a deep cleaning/purge of the garage. Next Saturday is a wedding & reception in Chariton & Sunday brings a graduation reception in Grinnell. the following is Memorial weekend=camping! Then in June the local farmer's market opens, I am hosting a Tastefully Simple party, & camping! During the week we are planning a weekly field trip for child care providers & a Thursday night in the Park hosted by the local chapter IAEYC. July is of course the 4th-my favorite holiday, attending a freezer jam class in Woodward, a crop till you drop weekend & 2 weekends of camping. I don't even want to THINK about August!

ah... totally shouldn't have done that list LOL now to make a stickie of what I want to get done TODAY to keep me moving :) I think I've already heard thunder this morning so I should have plenty of inside time to get busy. Have a great day! is your summer as packed as mine?! eeks

True confessions Tuesday

1. my breakfasts have stooped to the 9.5 oz bottles of starbucks frappuccino from the grocery store b/c they were on sale & I looooooooooooove them
2. I resorted to sleeping when I was sad this weekend-better than eating but not as good as working out
3. I need to get back to the treadmill in the mornings
4. I am so much better @ staying on track when I have someone to keep me accountable-Thanks Tators
5. I am planning weekly outings for providers & their children this summer, but I don't know how many weeks of summer we have
6. I need an accountant
7. Last night's post 'run' (term used losely) protein snack of greek yogurt & strawberries was 1.5 hrs later & after 7PM did it do any good? probably not
8. I am dreading taking tonight off the treadmill for the blood draw tomorrow for life insurance. I really don't need a valid excuse for a day off

there you have it folks. this week's confessions. not horrible but could be better! :)

doom & gloomy Monday

Oh Monday, you are such a struggle sometimes. thankful for the rainy afternoon = quiet nap time :)

first I am going to plug for a giveaway over @ the sisterhood :) (plus it earns me another entry hehe)

second a quick weekend recap: camping-cancelled due to crazy wind & very low over night temps, sad news of the loss of one of our camp attendants, movies watched & generally vegged around the house.

third, my accountability report: Friday we walked 2miles in the morning in prep for none that night, but I ended up taking Gus anyway on a mile, vitamins I remember but f/v I don't :( Saturday, we walked 1.25 mile in the evening, vitamins taken but f/v I am sure I skimped on. Sunday, I did 1.5 walk/jog on the treadmill then walked Gus 1 mile in the evening, f/v & vites acheived!

fourth, today I pulled out the retro record player & 45s & introduced the kids to it all :) "what is that black thing & why is it going round & round?" hehe way fun!! great way to spend the gloomy chillly morning.

final, I plan to get 2 miles in on the treadmill tonight since its raining out & sounds like it will be until tomorrow sometime :( blah!!

sorry all words & no photos.. it was just one of those weekends.

Thursday 3 & others...

over @ the Sisterhood they have a weekly Thursday three... I have never participated .. I have no idea why.. but I am going to start.. today :) "when I look in the mirror I like my... " name 3... here's the kicker.... POSITIVES of yourself in the mirror. OYE! why did I pick today to start I am asking myself.... ok ok.. thinking.... OH 1. my skin that is Sooooooooo much healthier, tight & softer when I drink my 96 oz of water every day :) ok that's a good start kim... only 2 more... 2. how much more alert my eyes are when I remember my vitamins (even just 2 nights in a row has helped a ton) 3. my (sometimes overly) expressive expressions :) I am not one that could talk w/her hands tied down nor can I listen or talk w/o mirroring it all in my face. *whew* I made it!! :)

ALSO over @ the Sisterhood, they are challenging everyone to do a mile.. walk, run, jog, whatever your level is do a mile :) I can proudly say that I did one this morning w/the child care .. it was almost painful, as they were C.R.A.B.B.Y. before we even left the house but we were going no matter what :) & we did & they are all sleeping now *sigh* I also plan to jog a mile on the treadmill tonight while watching the rest of Monday night's Castle online hehe

21 days: I got 96oz in yesterday YAY!!!!!!!!!!!! but only 3 of 5 f/v & then I DID remember to take my vitamins!!!!! DOUBLE YAY!!!! I didn't get any exercise all day tho as we opted for back yard time instead of our mile walk in the AM, then I had a provider appreciation dinner in the PM.

woops it is all about the sisterhood today! Not a bad thing! :)

other updates:

• summer outings are coming together!
• planning a Thursday in the Park for the local IAEYC including as many other like minded organizations/preschools/child cares as possible.
• Totally loving the new fb group! keeping me motivated to get movin'

here's to a great rest of your Thursday!!!

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!!

True Confessions Tuesday

its a little late in the day but better late than never right?

1. I was happy to get invited to join a new Facebook group
2. I am super excited about being asked to host healthy challenges on said facebook group
3. I haven't been on the treadmill since Thursday-going to try tonight!
4. I have been baking a sweet treat (cake, cookies, lemon bars, etc) on Sundays lately to tide us over for the following week- lemon bars FAIL this week
5. We skipped our walk last night since Tim had been running a shovel all day & I was just lazy
6. I didn't walk the kids this morning, instead turned them loose in the backyard but then itty bitty wouldn't let me be productive.. totally wish we had walked!
7. I bought 2 4 packs of frappuccinos on Friday @ the grocery store. I bargain shopped them, does that count? :) plus I have only had 2 of them since then!
8. 21 days- I haven't taken my vitamins once & here it is, the 4th of the month already! sheesh.
9. 21 days- I need to get more f/v in! I focused on it today & did much better!!
10. 21 days- 30 minutes of exercise --really? wow.. thinking I should rethink that one!

back on track!!

I have been playing around w/getting serious about losing this 'winter weight' & then some for a while. This is just the boost I need to quit playing & just DO it :) over @ the 'hood they issued this 21 day challenge again & we are to pick 3 things we need to make habits. Oh the list I could make!! but I will be good & just go w/3 :)



1. 30 minutes of exercise daily--the past 2 weeks I've been following in Tim's example & got back on the treadmill every day last week & saturday, missed Sunday & Monday, back on Tuesday, push mowed the back yard Wednesday & will do my best to get back on tonight.


2. 5 fruits & veggies every day--I do pretty good in spurts then I get lazy & don't pay attention.

3. Getting back on those vitamins!!


my water intake is good 90% of the time, I am making baby steps toward more exercise (.5 mile/day) & take the kids for a walk every morning that the weather is fit, & getting 7-8 hrs of sleep.


if you are ready to make some little changes, come on over!!

Wednesday already?! oops!!!

time to play catch up:

• first .. Friday was day 7 of my WITL so here's that collage:
• Second, the weekend was drizzly thru-out but we were able to make the best of it & get some mushroom hunting in, again more photos than shrooms found, I got 3 cavities filled, finished scrapping Tim's surprise bday '09, some boat work started, & some chillin' out done! successful weekend!
• Monday I had the day off for a dr appt & got to have lunch w/my Friend Donna :) good time as always!
• I jumped back on the treadmill yday!! I was impressed that I have already increased my speed/cutting down the time it takes to do the half mile I am requiring of myself. Monday I will increase my distance keeping the speed then increase the speed.. etc.
• I have decided on a way to make do w/my resources & make my WITL pages all black & white. I had hoped to print the pictures this morning but the photo paper is missing... so maybe tonight after our evening walk.
• I have 2 littles going on vacay today for a week. OH the list I have prepped for myself to get accomplished while they are away. amazing what a difference 2 lil heads + 4 lil hands makes :)
• I am already thinking about Summer Break plans!! I want to have atleast one planned day out & maybe 2!
• Farmer's Markets open this SATURDAY yay freaking yay!!!!!
• My brother goes in for surgery early Friday morning. please keep him in your prayers.
• OH the list of upcycles/recycles/crafties I want to accomplish on our limited budget!! funny that most if it is already laying around here :)
• ok.. going to take my list making fingers & get to making snack.. have a great day!!!

WhataWednesday :)

I have rather neglected my OLW for the year: DO. however, I've been DOing it w/o even realizing it :) GOOOD WORD! Now to keep on the DO train (not to be confused w/the do-do train ha! don't pretend you didn't think it b/c I know you did ;))

Things I would like to DO:

1. tranform an old frame into a tray
2. spray paint the old mini wishing well
3. curbshop a chair I've spied
4. garage sale
5. take my flowerbeds from my mind to the ground
6. keep the garden growing
7. build a bench for the entry way
8. build lawn chairs
9. keep cleaning up the Ayers Lot
10. keep feeding the kids better

& I will stop there :)

Last night I got back on the treadmill. Tim's so much better about it than I & I was feeling a bit jealous while I was cooking supper (a rarity in itself) that he IS so good about it, then realized, he is b/c he WANTS to & I don't b/c I am using every excuse in the book to avoid it & that *I* am the only person that can fix that! I am weighing 20# more than I did last year & on my body, that is ALOT. so. here's hoping it will fall off ;) I am down 2# this morning already WHOHOOOOO so only 18 more to go :)

Farmer's Market is so close I can almost smell it :) I.CAN.NOT.WAIT.! 10 days Baby & I am so there!! local first of course!! then Downtown, then West GLen :) dreammmmmmmmmmmy!! Then we will be visiting my brother Philip in the hospital as he is having a tumor regrowth removed from his brain.

here's my collage of photos from yday for my WITL

off we go to get some outside time.

Only Thursday?

this has been ONE exhausting week!!! I try not to be a whiner or a debbie downer on here but looking back thru my recent posts that's exactly all I have posted. MY APOLOGIES!! not fun to read! :( so to change it up a bit I am going to post a list of goals-good happy smilie goals :)

• get back on the treadmill
• get ready -mentally- to shred again w/the Sisterhood
• get crafty in my room, St. Patty's day is coming whether I am adequately decorated or not & I prefer to be!!
• get New Moon finished
• Relax
• get started on my monster & ever growing to-do list about repurposing items around the house & child care
• get back to monitoring what I eat

okie dokie... off to work on my DO list :) Have a GREAT SUNSHINEY THURSDAY

True Confessions Tuesday!!

1. I have been gone from the Sisterhood WAY too long & am happy to be BACK!!!


2. I have had more coffee this week than water


3. I was oddly happy to dump the leftover desserts into the trash


4. I finally switched to new shoes & the foot pain is almost gone-back to the treadmill!


5. I have eaten more snacks this week during the days than meals


6. I made homemade whole wheat parmesean & garlic dinner rolls yesterday morning


7. Then ate 3 or 4 or 6 or 8 thru the day!


8. I am eating way too many carbs & not enough of anything else


9. I liked that my jeans were loose this morning but imagine its only from water weight loss from all the coffee


10. I hope to get back on the treadmill tomorrow

Hello December!

WOW you have blown in w/some coooooooold air this year! :( I am admittedly not ready for the cold winter weather. Not that I have any choice but just sayin'. I have been able to get by w/long sleeve tshirts, a couple of waffle weave shirts & occassionally a jacket type shirt over top but usually just for a few hours in the morning. Today I took their forcast to heart & started the day off in a turtleneck & fleecy shirt over top, hot chocolate while making Tim's lunch , pancakes, fried eggs & applesauce for the kids' breakfast & perking coffee now. :)

Tonight I plan to work on my December Daily page 1!!!!!! So excited to get it rolling!! :) I shared both this & last year's books @ my mom's thanksgiving & had a good response. Not that it really matters b/c non-scrappers really don't 'get it' so I was prepared for page flipping & the obligatory 'mmm that's nice Kim' but I got some really nice responses :) (not even sure why I bother showing sometimes but oh well) hopefully tomorrow I'll have page 1 & maybe 2 to share complete!!

Last night I got back on the treadmill!! I had planned on a mile but got a half in w/mostly walking. My heel is bothering me again so I think I need some stretching to do before running. I printed page one of an 8 week program over the weekend so we will see how that goes. maybe I am starting off too strong for my old out of shape body?!

I feel like I have alot on my organizational plate right now.. IAEYC, PTCO spring crop, Christmas shopping, baking, visiting & celebrating, along w/the regular house running & child care daily work. Ok now that its in print it isn't near as overwhelming as it felt in my head :) THAT is a good thing!

APPRECIATE: I appreciate having family to shop for. I appreciate having the funds to do Christmas shopping (even if it isn't as 'all out' as I'd like). I appreciate hot coffee on a blustery December Day.

Enough Rambling! Off & Running!!!

Oh Sweet Charli!

Charli's mama asked me to take her 1year photos a few weeks ago. EEEEEEEEEEEK a milestone?! ME?! arg. I have lost all confidence in my photography lately. not sure if its the lack of support (ah hem Tim) or just me being me.

But she didn't give up so we set the date/time & location & hit the streets! OH SO CUTE!! it was WINDY & chilly but we trucked thru.. then the battery went dead in the camera DUH so I took it out &put it back in-hehe tricky! & THEN it started to rain on us.. so 30 minutes tops & 23 photos later we went our separate ways. :) I think I got a few keepers.

in other news. I am back on the treadmill! I did a mile last night after week & half off. I have scrapped almost daily for 2 weeks! had a great time @ the crop Saturday, finishing 7 pages in our AZ 04 chapter. :) I am really looking forward to the long weekend! I plan to do amile every day! along w/several other to-do list things!!

Have a great day!!

Happy Hump Day!

OH MY! we spent WAY TOO MUCH TIME @ the Eagle's last night!! We got home an hour later than usual. cutting into my crop-organization time. boo! We had a good time chatting w/friends & I got to share my knowledge on weight loss & energy boosting -now to re-impliment it in my own life as well! ;) they asked me to form a challenge program-ME? why? but I have been thinking about it all morning already! & @ 2am when the dog needed out. maybe a chart w/participants on the side, minutes, miles, activities, water intake, etc. across the top? but prizes? what for prizes - even adults need something to work for! suggestions?

TODAY is A laundry day! LOVE LAUNDRY DAY!! its a soothing task to me. something that is definatly a 'good for my soul', completable & visually completed task :) I am so productivity oriented lately.

I still haven't been on the treadmill! its been a week today. OUCH tonight will hurt. but I am doing it. even if its after supper-which is strictly against my own rules but I gotta get back on! no.more.excuses.damnit. just do it

Breakfast Time!
Have a Great Productive Day! :)