Everybody's doing it...

I love reading these Q & A posts, it helps fulfill my nosiness (that's a word right?).  So when a couple of the blogs I read did it I decided to copy.  Thanks Lora, Mel, and Alexis!

 

A. Age: I will be 30 on February 1st.  Crazy, I don't feel that old.

 

B. Bed size: King.

 

C. Chore you hate: Putting folded laundry away, I can fold like no other but I hate putting it away.

 

D. Dogs: 2 pups, one is a 13 yr old mutt and the other is a 5 yr old half golden retriever half mastiff, but she is a tiny little puppy, smaller then most Goldens.

 

E. Essential start to your day: brushing my teeth, I feel all nasty until they are brushed.

 

F. Favorite color: I have 2, grey and blue.

G. Gold or Silver: silver or white gold, I can't pull off gold.

 

H. Height: I stand a whopping 5'2" tall.

I. Instruments you play: I used to play the clarinet in junior high but haven't tried in forever, I can still sorta play the piano.

 

J. Job Title: SAHM busy busy with 4 kids under 7.

 

K. Kids: 4~William (7), Jordan (5) Rexy (3) & Ben is almost 1!

 

L. Live: Tucson, AZ

M. Married: Almost 9 years, March 2004

N. Nicknames: Baby, Bec, Beek(I don't really like that one)

O. Overnight hospital stays: Just when having my first born bugger, my second was accidentally born at home on the living room floor and the last two were at a birth center so I didn't stay long.

P. Pet peeve: Leaving the milk out. 

 

Q. Quote: I can't think of a good one right now, my brain isn't functioning.

R. Righty or Lefty: Righty.

S. Siblings: One older sister and one younger brother.

 

T. Time you wake up: Usually around 5:30, gotta get a workout in before the kids get up.

 

U. University attended: University of Arizona

 

V. Vegetables you dislike: peas, I really don't hate them they are just my least favorite.

W. What makes you run late: Myself, some time after having my kids I started slowly losing my mind, I will have the car loaded with all the kids and I have to go back inside like 6 times cause I keep forgetting stuff, so frustrating.

 

 X. X-rays you've had: Just dental and ultrasounds.  Only broken bone was a finger that didn't need an x-ray.

 

Y. Yummy food: Chocolates, sweets, and more chocolate.  Pretty much anything sugary though.

 

Z. Zoo animal favorite: I love the elephants.

 

Happy New Years Eve!!



Operation Red Bikini

First of all, woo hoo for Christmas!
It was great fun and I am so glad that it is over. 
I get so exhausted around Christmas time, plus I enjoyed myself and ate, a LOT.
No regrets though, it all tasted wonderful. 
I am a little sad that I am out of the LastLoserStanding challenge though since I gained back two pounds, oh well.

  I still have Operation Red Bikini!
Thanks Kassie and Leigh Ann for putting together this challenge!

 

And

 These jeans are my red bikini

I know I live in the hot lands of southern Arizona but I still wear jeans all summer long. 
So come May 31th I am going to be sporting these beautiful Citizens of Humanity jeans. 
They are my favorite pair of jeans, when I was thin enough for them to actually fit they were so comfortable.  I haven't been able to wear them for almost 3 years. 
I want to fit into this bikini pair of jeans so badly.
It will happen. 
Watch out, you never know, maybe I will be too small for them come the end of May.
Wouldn't that be amazing. 


Onto New Years

I want to make a couple New Years Resolutions.
 I prefer to just call them goals though, I don't know why but calling them resolutions makes me all nervous. 
But I am having trouble deciding what I want them to be. 
I have all of my fitness ones, then I also would like to actually save some money this year, and I want to be a more purposefull (I know that isn't really a word but I haven't figured it out yet so bare with me) parent.
 I think I will post my resolutions goals once I pin them down. 


Happy New Year Everyone!!
 

Our weekend full of Christmas Time

It is officially Christmas time in our house. 

 Jon finally cut down our Christmas tree.

Isn't she a beaut?!

 

 

I know, sort of a charlie brown Christmas lookin tree.

You see when we moved into our house a little over a year ago there were two pine trees in the yard.

Now I know some people love pine trees but I don't.

They shed pine needless everywhere plus I am allergic to them, the smell gives me the worst migraines, I take my meds the entire month that we have a Christmas tree.

It is horrible but worth it to my husband for my kids to have a real Christmas tree, I grew up having fake since they have given me migraines since I was 14 but the hubs always had real.

The trees were also in the way of where we are planning on placing a wall next year.

 

Anyway, he cut our tree down from the yard and when you do this the end product ends up looking like a charlie brown Christmas tree.

It is pretty silly but using it as our Christmas tree makes us feel a little better about cutting down a perfectly good tree.

We decorated tonight and the girls loved it, William could have cared less and the baby fell asleep. 

Putting ornaments on the tree is one of my favorite things.

 I love the memories each one holds. 

 

 We watched the Muppet's Christmas Carol while decorating, I had never seen this movie before, Jon loves it, I guess his family used to watch it every year so he wanted to pass that tradition on to our kids.

 It's ok, but that spirit of Christmas past is CREEPY, am I the only one who thinks that?

All together it was a fun evening.

 

Here is the tree all lit up and decorated. I love creating traditions/memories with my family.

Sorry, I could have taken better pics but I was being lazy.

 

The rest of our weekend was very chill. 

 

The kids soccer games were canceled due to rain.

That was wonderful, amazing, best news ever a bummer.

 

My sister and the kids came into town again, I swear I have seen more of them since they supposedly moved to Phoenix then I ever did when they lived here. 

 

I started my 10k training today, I am excited for my first official run tomorrow, I don't know why 2.5 miles is nothing.

 

WOW

 

I really just said 2.5 miles is nothing, me, I could hardly walk that a couple months ago, that is amazing!

Naturally neat and tidy

I so desperately want to be one of those people. 

You know, the ones who keep a clean house.

 

 The ones who naturally keep a clean house, but sadly I am not.

I can not get a handle on the magic of a clean house.

 I have friends who make it look so easy, it seems like their houses are just always clean and tidy.

 What is my problem?

Is it just us, my kids, my husband, me?

 Are we just extra messy?

I don't know.

What do I need?

 A different system, a schedule maybe, a MAID?!

 

What do you do?

Is keeping a neat house one of your natural gifts?

I know we are living in the midst of a war zone construction but, really?!

I mean look at this place!

 

And who am I kidding, you have to know that I picked up a little before taking this picture.

 

Is it sad that I want my husband to take all the kids away from the house so that I can use my very small amount of alone time to clean the house.

I am not even attempting to have one of those houses where you could stop by any time unannounced and it would be spotless. I just want to be able to see the floor at night before I go to bed.

Sigh.

I cant wait for my buggers to be older so I can use them like slaves have them do more helpful chores cause emptying the dishwasher is nice but I want them to be able to do all my laundry and the cooking and mop the floors. Man, having four of them is really going to pay off.

Someone please tell me the above picture is normal and that I just have neat freaks for friends, please!

 

Ok, rant over. 

 

 I hope everyone has a great weekend.  We are going to finally get our Christmas decor up and start some new traditions. 

 

And we have the last soccer game of 2012 tomorrow, thank goodness, I am ready for a break.  I always forget how much work coaching an under 6 soccer team is.  I swear I coach, realize I despise it, the next year I remember and don't coach but the year after that it is like I have completely forgotten and I sign up to coach, then it hits me, 3, 4, 5, & 6 year olds are ridiculous to coach.  Hopefully I can put an end to this cycle. 

 

Anyway, have a great Friday!

Wednesday: weigh in day

Well, I am up this week, I can't say I am surprised.  I haven't worked out hardly at all this week.

  It is what it is. 

I weighed int his morning at 174.2, that's right, up 3 pounds. 

 

 

I joined a weight loss challenge called the Last Loser Standing and today was our first weigh in.  The last weight loss challenge really helped keep me motivated.  I am hoping this one will do the same.  This challenge is a little different because it isn't based on how much weight you loose just as long as you are losing.  So every week we weigh in and as long as your number hasn't gone up then you are still in the competition.  The last one standing wins.  Pretty cool, huh. 

 

That is all for today, happy Wednesday!

Check it out, I won! Oh, and my plan.

Winner Winner!!!

 

That's me! 

I won an awesome giveaway hosted by Meredith over at Eat, Drink, Run, and Be Mommy.  Meredith creates and sells amazing cards at her etsy shop Cuddlebug Cards.  Please go check them out, seriously I wanted to pick all of them.  She also makes the coolest things called skinny labels, they are like your basic return address label but they wrap around the back of the envelope with cute designs on them.  Plus she has a ridiculously fast turn around, I emailed her this afternoon with my pic and she already sent me the proof of my card, which is perfect, she is truly talented.  I can't wait to see my Christmas cards in person.

I am so excited!

 

 

Back to exercise, here is a copy of my 10k training.  I was planning on starting this week, as in yesterday.  I did my weights and stretching yesterday but I could not fit in my run today so I bumped the start to next week.  I wanted to post this schedule so that I feel more accountable.  So please feel free to yell at me if I slip, I am sure to need a good kick in the butt. 
 

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
	Dec 17	Dec 18	Dec 19	Dec 20	Dec 21	Dec 22	Dec 23
Week 1	Stretch & Strength	2.5 Mile Run	30 Min Bike	2 mile run & Strength	40 Min Swim	Rest	3 Mile Run
	Dec 24	Dec 25	Dec 26	Dec 27	Dec 28	Dec 29	Dec 30
Week 2	Stretch & Strength	2.5 Mile Run	30 Min Bike	2 mile run & Strength	40 Min Swim	Rest	3.5 Mile Run
	Dec 31	Jan 1	Jan 2	Jan 3	Jan 4	Jan 5	Jan 6
Week 3	Stretch & Strength	2.5 Mile Run	35 Min Bike	2 mile run & Strength	50 Min Swim	Rest	4 Mile Run
	Jan 7	Jan 8	Jan 9	Jan 10	Jan 11	Jan 12	Jan 13
Week 4	Stretch & Strength	3 Mile Run	35 Min Bike	2 mile run & Strength	50 Min Swim	Rest	4 Mile Run
	Jan 14	Jan 15	Jan 16	Jan 17	Jan 18	Jan 19	Jan 20
Week 5	Stretch & Strength	3 Mile Run	40 Min Bike	2 mile run & Strength	60 Min Swim	Rest	4.5 Mile Run
	Jan 21	Jan 22	Jan 23	Jan 24	Jan 25	Jan 26	Jan 27
Week 6	Stretch & Strength	3 Mile Run	40 Min Bike	2 mile run & Strength	60 Min Swim	Rest	5 Mile Run
	Jan 28	Jan 29	Jan 30	Jan 31	Feb 1	Feb 2	Feb 3
Week 7	Stretch & Strength	3 Mile Run	45 Min Bike	2 mile run & Strength	60 Min Swim	Rest	5.5 Mile Run
	Feb 4	Feb 5	Feb 6	Feb 7	Feb 8	Feb 9	Feb 10
Week 8	Stretch & strength	3 Mile run	30 Min Bike	2 mile run & Strength	Rest	Rest	10k RACE!