So, this weekend is the 20th Annual Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend. It kicked off this morning with some 10,000 people running the 5K. I am SO depressed!
Do you know how much I LOVE the Disney Marathon weekend? How running the 1/2 in was the best 13.1 miles of my life?!
Le Sigh.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Stage 5 Clinger
Do your kids ever have a magnet phase? Like suddenly, Ben can't get enough of me. I could be in the same room and that's not close enough, he insists I sit ext to him, or he stand next to me in the kitchen, or I put him to bed only (no Daddy!).
I think it happens more during times when I'm around alot. Like Christmas and Summer Break when we're all home together. I'm gone so much during the school year, I think he just goes crazy when I'm available. Kinda sad really, kind of annoying too!
Not that I don't want to hang out with my kid, just sometimes I can not and he needs to understand that. Like when I'm doing church music, or, in the shower!
So, I just try to spend as much quality time as I can, time that will make him sick of me and then we move on. We'll see how long my shadow lasts this time.
I think it happens more during times when I'm around alot. Like Christmas and Summer Break when we're all home together. I'm gone so much during the school year, I think he just goes crazy when I'm available. Kinda sad really, kind of annoying too!
Not that I don't want to hang out with my kid, just sometimes I can not and he needs to understand that. Like when I'm doing church music, or, in the shower!
So, I just try to spend as much quality time as I can, time that will make him sick of me and then we move on. We'll see how long my shadow lasts this time.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Resolutions
Here we go, for 2013!
1) Faith- always first!
2) Health- gotta make healthy choices, not just for me of course, but the baby as well! Walking everyday and less processed junk is a start.
3) Saving Spree- how much money can I NOT spend this year!
There you go! We shall see!!
1) Faith- always first!
2) Health- gotta make healthy choices, not just for me of course, but the baby as well! Walking everyday and less processed junk is a start.
3) Saving Spree- how much money can I NOT spend this year!
There you go! We shall see!!
Monday, December 31, 2012
Resolution check in!
I figured on this New Years Eve, with the dawn of 2013 upon us, I should probably take a look back on what I wanted to accomplish this year before making my 2013 resolutions. Here was last years's list:
1. Faith. Enough said.
2. Be healthy - and get my family healthy as well! We're going to try to phase out
processed food and work toward real food in our diet!
3. Run. I did accomplish my 2011 resolution to run a race every month for a year, but what I didn't count on was that I could accomplish that without actually training in-between. So, I'd really like to run at least 3 times a week. I'd run right now if it weren't 1:30am and I was slightly tipsy! :)
4. Money. Earning, saving, paying-off.
Faith- you can always do more here right? But, was 2012 better than 2011 here? You bet.
Be Healthy- we did really well for a few weeks phasing out processed junk and I think I may try that one again. Takes a lot but you feel much better!
Run- fail. Did some, not near enough. Now being knocked up I can't at all, but I have an after baby goal to start training for a marathon!
Money- not bad here either.
So, see you tomorrow with the grand plans for 2013!
1. Faith. Enough said.
2. Be healthy - and get my family healthy as well! We're going to try to phase out
processed food and work toward real food in our diet!
3. Run. I did accomplish my 2011 resolution to run a race every month for a year, but what I didn't count on was that I could accomplish that without actually training in-between. So, I'd really like to run at least 3 times a week. I'd run right now if it weren't 1:30am and I was slightly tipsy! :)
4. Money. Earning, saving, paying-off.
Faith- you can always do more here right? But, was 2012 better than 2011 here? You bet.
Be Healthy- we did really well for a few weeks phasing out processed junk and I think I may try that one again. Takes a lot but you feel much better!
Run- fail. Did some, not near enough. Now being knocked up I can't at all, but I have an after baby goal to start training for a marathon!
Money- not bad here either.
So, see you tomorrow with the grand plans for 2013!
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Happy Anniversary to us
Tim and I celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary on Dec 28, 2012. Tim's parents were in town visiting for Christmas and had just left earlier that morning, so Patricia agreed to watch Ben so we could go out.
Tim got me a new iPhone 5 for our anniversary! Then we went to Cheesecake Factory and saw the new Judd Apatow movie, "This is 40" which was strikingly familiar. :)
Tim got me a new iPhone 5 for our anniversary! Then we went to Cheesecake Factory and saw the new Judd Apatow movie, "This is 40" which was strikingly familiar. :)
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Time to clean house (closet)...
One would think that since I just moved all our earthly possessions from one house to another that I would have already cleaned out our lives. And the truth is, I did! A lot of our lives. But I'd be lying to you if I said I had de-cluttered completely, and I've come to realize the worst clutter is my closet.
When we packed, my closet took 2 full size wardrobe boxes, 2 large packing boxes, my dresser and an extra-large size "space bag." At first glance, that may not sound like a lot, but consider the fact that my wardrobe boxes did not have my clothes "hung" in them, they were folded over in groups of 10. Then, the 2 large packing boxes? Shoes. All shoes. All 84 pairs.
And the way I know I have a problem is this: I've been fully clothed for almost 2 weeks while they were packed. I've opened 1/2 of 1 of the wardrobe boxes and I'm still clothed. And well, in cute things. So, it's gotta go. SO much has got to go. Since I'm wearing all maternity pants right now, I'm weeding out anything that wasn't worn last season since it won't be worn this year. Then, shirts. Is it universally flattering? Like EVERYDAY?! Even on "fat days?" No? It's gone. Starting to look worn? Gone. Never been worn? Gone.
I'm starting to see all those clothes hanging there as a sin! It's like gluttony of the closet. It's not ok! Tim and I spend a lot of money on our wardrobes and for what? The best dressed celebrities and socialites know how to dress simply and use key pieces to flatter. I could learn a lesson from that ideal.
So, here we go. I'll let you know how it turns out!
When we packed, my closet took 2 full size wardrobe boxes, 2 large packing boxes, my dresser and an extra-large size "space bag." At first glance, that may not sound like a lot, but consider the fact that my wardrobe boxes did not have my clothes "hung" in them, they were folded over in groups of 10. Then, the 2 large packing boxes? Shoes. All shoes. All 84 pairs.
And the way I know I have a problem is this: I've been fully clothed for almost 2 weeks while they were packed. I've opened 1/2 of 1 of the wardrobe boxes and I'm still clothed. And well, in cute things. So, it's gotta go. SO much has got to go. Since I'm wearing all maternity pants right now, I'm weeding out anything that wasn't worn last season since it won't be worn this year. Then, shirts. Is it universally flattering? Like EVERYDAY?! Even on "fat days?" No? It's gone. Starting to look worn? Gone. Never been worn? Gone.
I'm starting to see all those clothes hanging there as a sin! It's like gluttony of the closet. It's not ok! Tim and I spend a lot of money on our wardrobes and for what? The best dressed celebrities and socialites know how to dress simply and use key pieces to flatter. I could learn a lesson from that ideal.
So, here we go. I'll let you know how it turns out!
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