C25K

So my friends have decided to run a 5k. I wanted to attempt this last year before I knew I was pregnant. So I said “sure.” 

Let me tell you a little about myself…

I’m 5’9” and 135 pounds. I have the littlest amount of muscle I could possibly have. I’m just fat and bones. (Back in the day I was skin and bones.) I’ve never been an athlete. In junior high, my coach wanted me to be a runner because of my long legs, but I was consistently in the back of the pack with the overweight girls huffing and puffing. My senior year of high school we discovered that my sternum was turned in so badly that my heart was only working at 60% capacity. The doctor actually said it was a good thing I wasn’t an athlete! That was good news for me! I finally had an excuse! But after a couple of surgeries (you can look up the Nuss Procedure if you want), in 2007 I was cleared to work out and my heart was at 100%. Dangit! 

I’ve hardly done anything since, so I know this will not be an easy task for me. I went running today (day 1) with Ethan. Yeah, I almost died! Let’s just say I was in the shower before my 25 (5 min warm up + 20 workout) timer was done. But I’m not going to give up! Well, not just yet anyway ;)

P.S. We’re using the Couch 2 5K plan (C25K).

Starting today…

My house is disgusting. With two very active dogs, an infant, and two adults who aren’t the most neat people in the world, our house is gross. I don’t want it to be gross. I want it to be nice, especially since I’m home all day and have to live in it.

On Pinterest, I’m obessed with pinning organization and cleaning ideas. Ironic, huh?! Well, I’m actually going to use a cleaning schedule as inspiration for my own since it’s a little more complicated. And starting today I’m going to follow my new schedule!!! Since my schedule starts on a Sunday, I have to do two things today.

Sample Schedule:

http://organizingmadefun.blogspot.com/2010/11/15-minutes-of-cleaning-how-to-have-fake.html

My Schedule:

Sunday: Laundry (wash, dry, and put up). This is an all-day maybe multi-day affair.

Monday: Sweep and Vacuum the whole house. Every other week, vacuum the couches (they get really dirty).

Tuesday: Dust house. Includes china cabinet, living room furniture, bedroom furniture.

Wednesday: Clean guest bathroom – Includes tub, sink, toilet, floors, and mirror. Since this doesn’t get very dirty, I’m adding sweeping this kitchen and living room to this day, too.

Thursday: Clean master bathroom – Includes tub, sink, toilet, mirror, and floors.

Friday: Clean kitchen – Includes sweeping and mopping, cleaning up around dog food area, counters, and dishes.

Maintain: The bar area gets bad really quickly. In fact, I don’t know if it ever gets “good.” But this includes sorting thru the mail. And sweep when needed.

OK, ready…set…go!!

I’ll write back in week to tell you how I did. Plus, I have another holiday project fail for ya.

Pumpkin Fail

I postponed celebrating Halloween until the week of, and I decided to try two ways to decorate with pumpkins that I talked about in a previous post.

Inspiration #1:

My end result:

Inspiration #2:

My end result:

The small pumpkins molded before Halloween.

I didn’t really have a decorative place to put the lantern so it just sat on our bar.

Future Holiday Attempts:

(all of these are on my Pinterest boards, so you can go there for the citing)

Why I'm not a Fashion Blogger

You know how a lot of people have a closet full of black clothes? The other day my best friend and I were joking about how our closets are full of navy and the only excitement was navy with white stripes. Last night I found out just how true this is...

I wanted to wear a navy and white skirt with a navy shirt (slightly more fancy than T) with a white cardigan. So I was look thru my closet for the shirt. I found my navy cardigan, my navy tank, my fancy navy top, my navy maternity T, my navy v-neck T, my navy & white striped long sleeve T, and my navy & white striped sweater all of which are GAP Inc. (including the skirt and cardigan). I was going crazy for a few minutes searching for it. But I found it in my sea of navy. (haha. sea.)

And to make the outfit really exciting I wore a pair of solid brown flats from Naturalizer. That's right. I'm cool. I'm hip.

P.S. I'm wearing my navy & white striped pajamas from Old Navy right now. No lie. I wish I was lying. It's a sickness I have.

P.P.S. or P.S.S (I never knew which was correct) I don't need any more teal, steel blue or turquoise in my closet either.

1 Month

So Confused..

I'm confused... should I be celebrating Fall already??

I'm in Texas. It's still 100+ degrees outside. It's still not "officially" fall.

It's football season and that usually equals Fall.

Halloween costumes are already in stores.

But Halloween is still over a month away.

Pumpkins aren't out at the store yet.

And I can't decide, now that I'm a stay-at-home mom, how far I should take this whole decorating thing. There are so many cute things on Pinterest, but is that really me?? Maybe I should try to decorate since that is the point of my blog... ok, you're right... I should try some things I've found online as a part of my blog.

What do you think I should attempt?

 

 

 

 

http://swainstonvinylanddezign.blogspot.com/search/label/Halloween

 

 

 

 

http://www.brownpaper--packages.com/

http://www.thestoriesofa2z.com/2009/10/easy-polka-dot-pumpkin.html

 

http://craftily-ever-after.blogspot.com/2010/09/lace-halloween-wreath.html

 

 

Keep in mind, I'm not crafty!

Things they never tell you about childbirth… or they did and I just didn’t listen*

-          Contractions aren’t that bad… until you’ve have them consistently for hours and you just want them to stop!

-          Episiotomies are the devil. But they only hurt for 10 days (+/-)

-          Epidurals, however, are the greatest! Highly recommend it!

-          Hospital beds are not comfortable. My labor would have been much easier if it weren’t for the bed. But I have back issues anyway.

-          Eat your fiber! You’ll be grateful afterwards!

-          Bring make-up. I was dumb and brought “tinted” moisturizer… yeah, not the same thing!

-          Bring comfortable, stretchy pants to go home in.

-          Bring multiple changes of clothes for LO (little one)

-          Nursing isn’t painless, but tolerable.

-          Take care of those bad boys! It does hurt when they crack and bleed, however. And it’s hard to recover from it.

-          It’s ok if you have to supplement with formula. And get as many free samples before birth as you can! And at the hospital! It will save you. If you don’t need it, you can give it away.

-          Boxers really are great with babies.

-          People, at least those that surround me, are absolutely wonderful. I’m extremely blessed.

-          Let people bring you food… you’ll want it!

-          It really doesn’t matter what your house looks like the first few weeks. People just see the baby. (I’m really hoping this one is true!!)

-          Have at least one small package of diapers in every size. It will suck when you realize you’re out after you’ve already taken the diaper off.

-          You’ll have to buy new clothes because either your shirts won’t fit due to “nursing,” or your pants won’t fit. Maternity pants fall off, but pre-pregnancy pants are still too small. I had to buy a pair of jeans two sizes larger than my normal size… and that’s ok :)

-          Most importantly, it’s hard to please everyone. You’re going to forget to call someone, you’re going to have to tell visitors “no,” you’re going to have to take the baby away to nurse whether the person holding him wants you to or not.

-          BUT don’t forget your husband!

Feel free to add to the list!

*These are obviously my own, personal feelings.