I've been runnin...

Here it is
Wednesday Weigh In. 

Lets hope so! 

Well, it has been a crazy few days and I haven't
been able to get any runs or workouts in. Saturday I did go for a short run before going to Zumba. Then I had a super fun girls day with two of my best friends. We really need to make a point to see each other more. We had lunch then did some shopping before going back to play with one sweet little girl. Once I got home, I was kind of tired so I thought oh I will just lay down for a few minutes... 3 1/2 hours later I woke up. Guess tired was an understatement.

Sunday was church with the hubs and my dad then lunch with the pops. I don't see him much this time of year because he is an accountant and works so hard. After lunch I went and got the pup and went to visit with my mom. I decided that my body needed the day off so I listened. My mom and I went to visit my grandparents because it had been much too long since I have made it over there. It was a great visit, I hate to don't make it over there as much as I use to.

Then comes the big day. Monday morning when I woke up my shoulder was killing me. I assumed I had slept wrong and got ready for work. As the day went on I knew I need to go to the chiropractor to see if he could work me out. So he took some x-rays and hooked me up to an electrode thing. Once the doctor came to talk to me he started with the fact my spine has a large curve. Then as he kept look he saw a large mass. We started talking about it, and the fact that it could be many things but we need to have to checked out. At first I tried to stay calm... thinking what does this really mean then he said you need to go and get blood work and of course the first thing that came to my mind is the "c" word. So I leave thinking oh my what I am going to do first. I called lovie and met him at the civic center and tell him in waves of sobs that they have seen something on my x-ray. We go straight to the doctor to get blood work then the a radiologist to have more x-rays taken. The next few hours were plain torture. The waiting was probably worse than the news could have been. Unfortunately Sean had to fly out the next morning and I told him to go a head a go because I didn't think that it would be bad news. We have tons of people praying and I truly believe in the power of prayed. So, Tuesday came and I tried to go to work and got a shower but I couldn't. I was a nervous wreck and my back was killing me, I called in. I think it was a good decision. I watched crap t.v. and took a hot bath and got ready for the day. As the time passed I was more and more nervous. Finally I got the call that my blood work came back NORMAL!!!! I was so excited and relieved. We still didn't know about the x-ray but hey I can handle no cancer anything else couldn't be that bad. There was still some nerves but I spent the rest of day at my moms school hanging out with the kids. Then I got another great text one of the sweet little girls I have had the pleasure and keeping since the beginning started using a walker to walk. She is so amazing, she has Down Syndrome and she will always have my heart. My mom and I went over to see her and I was all tears because I am just so proud of her. My heart could burst. I also received my phone call that my x-ray was all clear as well!!!! It was just a shadow. I am scared of the dark and of the shadows of the night but no shadow has ever been so scary. I am so happy all is well again.

All wrapped up with electrodes and heating pads.

Chloe did not want to get up this morning!

I have resumed my workouts again with ZUMBA. It was such a fun high energy class today. Defiantly got my sweat on and it felt great. My back is still giving me a little trouble so I am going back to the chiropractor again tomorrow hopefully we can get it under control.

yuck this what it has looked liked for days :(

Oh What A Night

Tonight the hubs and I had a fun date night! We went to a local park with Chloe and took dinner. We did not have the healthiest dinner, cheese pizza. It is Friday during lent to that means no meat. We always have a hard time coming up with options especially healthy ones. I am not a fish eater and Sean is not much of veggie eater options are limited. Last year we would go to may favorite Italian place where we would have yummy bread, pasta, and a glass of wine, well this year I am not trying to live a healthier lifestyle and I gave up alcohol so needless to say we haven't been there this year. After we ate our pizza we went for a walk around the track, so I guess it kind of helped offset the pizza. I wish we could have gotten there a little earlier so it would have been daylight a little longer. I always forget about this park it is a great place for me to go and run. It's track is a mile long so it nice to have to do laps and laps without too many huge hills. Unfortunately, that is the problem with our neighborhood. The whole thing is the killers hills and I am not quit ready for all of that. I did run it yesterday but I ran one road  3 1/2 times.
As I was writing this post last night I realized there was a 5k in the morning and became completely obsessed with doing it. Well, when time came this morning the radar looked like it was going to be nasty but now that they are 8 minutes into the race the weather is still holding out. Major sad face. I am really itching to run in a race. Next weekend my work is have The Race Without Limits. There is an option of an 8k or a 1 mile fun run. Well I am definitely not ready for the 8k so I will have to settle for the one mile fun run. Super bummed about the race hopefully the day gets better. I think I am about to go out and run my own race.

All I Do Is Win...

 We are ready for our run! Chloe is not yet a good runner but hey neither is her mommy. We are both learning as we go. I think she will run with us when we do  the mutt strut in a couple of weeks. Sean will run with her, she is much better with him and he is a better runner. It will be my first 5k wohoo. Even thought I am already running the distance I don't know if I am quite ready to run it in a race. I think in a couple of weeks I will be ready to go!

Ready for our run!

Family Outing 

Thanks Lovie for the motivation!

"let's go mom, I'm ready!

Today was the best day of the week, that is not saying a lot for this week but it was much better. I had big plans of a run as well as taking a class but it didn't work out as planned. I did manage to get in a great run. Lovie and Chloe went on my warm up with me. I have a hard time making myself do a proper warm up even though it makes my runs go so much better. I like to run I just hate using the time. I feel like there is so little and it goes by so quickly. I did a grand total of 3.5 miles today but I only ran 3.1 of those miles. I am super proud of myself with this run because it was outside which I think is much more difficult than running on a treadmill. I am not sure if it really is or not, but it is to me.




I haven been looking for something keeps my hair back and stays in place and I have found it! I am loving my bic band. I have never found a headband that actually stayed where it is suppose to be well this does not move all the way through the run! I am so excited!

Look who is rockin' a new look

So, Chloe got her "summer cut". She looks so cute with her new hair cut. It is a lot shorter than she has ever had before, and I think it makes her look so much older. She is super-duper soft now and great for cuddling. Here are some pictures when she got home for puppy spa.

You do not stand on your friends...

This has been a hard week and it is only Wednesday. The kids at school have been out of control and I feel like I am right there with them. Everyone has spring fever ,the weather has been so nice that everyone is just kind of crazy. Along with this great weather has been some serious pollen which is killing me. I have terrible allergies so I have been sneezing and running like crazy, attractive I know. The kids have been so crazy that one of my co-workers actually had to tell a child today that no, it is not okay to stand on your friend, crazy I know but two year olds will be two year olds.
On to workouts, something that also didn't go well yesterday. I managed to make myself go to the gym even though all I wanted to do was go home and crawl in the bed, so I guess that is one positive. Once I was there I told myself that I would be happy with whatever distance I was feeling. Well I can be really hard on myself and I expect every run to be perfect. I have been running less than a month and have already built up to 3 miles I should be so happy but yesterdays run was terrible. I was tired from the get go, my legs felt as if they weighed a million pounds and I never was able to get into the grove. My run on Sunday was perfect, could not have asked for better. I know they all will not be that way but to go from such a high to such a low was terrible. I struggled to get my two miles in that I did yesterday. I wanted to stop so many times but at least pushed myself to two miles. Tonight is Zumba and no running. I love love love Zumba, but even tonight I am having a hard time motivating myself. Wednesday nights are always the most fun class with lots of people and the energy level is high so I know that I will have fun once I am there. I know I am about to sound like an old lady but the class doesn't start till 7:45 so I don't get home till 9, I know it's not that late but I am tired. Its worth it though.
On the weight loss from I am still doing well. I am thinking about doing a wednesday weigh in like I have seen so many people do but to actually post my weight for the world to see is really scary so I am still working up the nerve. Until not long ago not even my husband knew how much I weighed. The numbers on the scale haven't moved much in the last week, only down a pound but my pants are starting to become lose. It is nice to be able to pull out any pair of jeans and they fit or I dare say, are too big!!!! It looks like I will be needing to do some shopping soon. I don't want to buy too many things because I still have a long way to go before my goal so I don't want to have to buy then buy again even though I do love to shop!
I leave you with the work that my wonderful lovie has been doing, with the help of my brother. All of those bushes have now been planted and mulch put out it looks beautiful!

I love it!

All of the hard work paid off, if we can only keep them alive now!

Just Go With The Flow...

Well, yesterday was Monday and they are hard. The kids are always wild because they have been home all weekend so school is so far from their mind. Honesty mine to, I had a nice vacation the week before but come Monday morning I was so tied from our busy weekend. I use to love going and doing things all weekend but now I like to just veg out. The work week is hard and long so those two days are pure bliss of me time to just enjoy doing our own thing.
Even though I was so tied when I got off work I made mysel go to body flow. I really do love the class it is a mix of pilates, ti chi, and yoga. It's more up-paced than normal yoga because it done with up-beat music so it is lots of fun. I love how my body feels when I am done with class it is more open and strong. It is so empowering.

Sorry it's short and pictureless still trying to find my blogging style!

It's A Crazy Beautiful Life

This weekend has been one of the most fun and busy weekends we have had at home in a long time. Parker was wonderful and sleep all night with no problems and did not get up till 7 yipee for that! Then we all got ready for church and headed out. We had to take Chloe to doggie daycare so by the time we were on the road we realized we would be a few minutes late but hey we had a baby to get ready! We met my dad for church which is about 40 minutes away from us and Parker talked to us the whole way up. After church we went back to my dad's house and ate.

pretty church dress

playing on the dock

the minnows were fun to watch

We decided it would be fun to go down to the dock. Everyone had a blast! Parker was walking around checking everything. Then it was time to come back home so we loaded everything up, kids require so many things! On our way out we decided to stop at a nursery because we have been needing bushes for the front of our house for sometimes now. (One day after saying for sometime we needed to something about all of our dead bushed Lovie was out of town so I pulled them up. Well that would have been okay but then we did not replace them till today so the front of our house has looked terrible.) Well, we were able to decide on some pretty quickly and were back in the car headed home. When we got home it was time for Parker to leave, sad day. Once again we gathered up ALL of her things and she was gone. Carrie and Jeff are so lucky for God to have blessed them with such a sweet angel. Sean and I completely enjoyed ourselves this weekend and hope to keep Parker agin very soon!

It was a long weekend!

On to my work out. It went great today! I made to Zumba and had a fun class it was not as challenging as some of the classes but overall was still lots of fun and I definitely go my sweat on. Once I was done with class I was wanting to go for a little run so I headed over to the treadmill. I hate running on the treadmill but it is good for me right now because it helps with my pacing because when I run outside I am all over the place. So, once I started I had the goal of 2 miles. I started running and was feeling great especially because I had already been working out for a hour. So I keep running and running and decided that today we be the day that I tired for my 3.1 a 5k. There were a couple of times I was not sure if I would make it so I would crank up the tunes and keep going. I have been having this really strange toe pain since I started running, it is kind of like two of them are going to sleep but its also pretty painful. May have to make a trip to the doctor about that one not sure. I have learned to push past it. So, I pushed through and made it I ran for the the entire 3.1 no walking!!! WOHOO!!! I am so excited about my accomplishment. Just a little over three weeks ago I had not ran a mile since middle school when you had to run "the mile", even then I was not able to run the entire time. Now I am running 3, crazy to see how far I have come in such a short amount of time. The body is an amazing thing. It is sounds so cheesy but after a workout I feel so empowered, like my body is made to do this. I love it. The pants are amazing. I did not have to touch them through both workouts. They were worth every penny, which is saying a lot because they were lots of pennies. I hope to get another pair sometime in the future.

Playing House

Today we had the privilege of keeping my cousin's sweet little girl Parker. She is honestly the most laid back child I have ever been around. We picked her up around one and decided to go to lunch at my favorite spot Zoes. She was of course perfect, she sat "talked" (she is only one so it's the sweet baby babble with a few words thrown in the mix) while eating her fruit. Then we came home and she got to meet Chloe. At first she was not sure what to think of the crazy animal. As time past Chloe settled down and they became friends, well at least Chloe thinks they are friends Parker is still not to sure, but she did feed her some crackers. After all that excitement it was time for Parker to take a short nap. She went to sleep faster and easier than any child I have met, I hope her parents realize how lucky they have it! God is already getting me ready for how crazy our child will be with our crazy dog. Once Parker was up from her nap we wanted to go and take advantage of this amazing weather we are having and the fact it is now daylight till 7, so we went to the park! Oh we had so much fun. She was precious walking around just looking at everything. We went on the slide, the swings, and up and down and up and down all of the stairs which were by far her favorite thing.

Sean and Parker enjoying the slide

Swinging fun!

up and down 

We sang lots of songs and enjoyed the weather. Then it was time for dinner so we meet Nanny-Teresa (my mother) and Uncle Steven (my step-dad) for dinner. Once again Parker was an angel. She loved some cheese biscuits, and entertained us all for the rest of the evening. Once back at our house it was time to get Parker ready for bed.

bath time fun!

I'm not ready for bed!

Yes, we are keeping her over night so we are having to parent a child for the whole night! We are both excited. It is good practice for us one day when we have little ones. So, I gave Parker a bath and I had no idea how much she loved bath time. She was laughing and singing the whole time. It was so much fun. Then it was time to put her down, sad, so we cuddled for a few minutes with all over her babies, she has several she sleeps with, then she happily drifted off to sleep, it was bliss.   We have big plans for tomorrow, we are planning to meet my dad for early church (8:30, I know it's not that early but it is the weekend) then who knows. I hope to still get my Zumba in tomorrow afternoon and maybe even a couple of miles we will see how getting up early with a baby will be. Hopefully my new purchase of luluemon capris will help!

A little about me

Recent trip to Orlando

We did not see each other before but I wanted to hold his hand so we stood with a door between us!

The Whole Gang

So, this is my first real blog. I have been stalking several blogs now for sometime so I thought this would be a good time to start my own. I am going to use this blog to help keep my on my weight loss and exercise track. I have currently lost 19 pounds and still have 25 more to go to be at my goal weight. It is hard to get it all in with this crazy life. I am currently training for a 5k with the end goal being a half marathon. I am not following any training schedule right now just running I am up to running 2.5 miles right now, so excited! I also am loving some Zumba it is so much fun to go and shake your hips and dance around all while working up a sweat and burning some calories. Yoga is something I am learning to love. It's much slower than what I am use to but I love how my body feels after I am down so I will keeping trying to love it as much as Zumba and as hard as it is to believe running!

I Love You!

iI love being a wife to my lovie aka Sean our crazy full of life puppy Chloe she is a cavapoo (so we we're told she is more like the Tasmanian devil) but we love her. Sean and I were married on October 10th 2009. I am so lucky to have been able to marry the man God had made for me as well as my best friend. We love living our new life together making our house our home while raising this crazy dog. Which brings me to Chloe aka monster. Our life must have been so boring before her. She is full of life and honestly like no dog I have ever seen. She is spoiled rotten. She loves going to doggie daycare when mommy and daddy have to work and loves going with us to the beach (our favorite destination).

I teach preschool at a school that has a mix of special needs children as well as typical and I love it. Everyday it something totally different and you are sure to work hard. Working with children with disabilities is my passion I know that is the calling God gave to me.
So, that's me in a nutshell let's see how this crazy blogging thing goes!

Trying to figure out how blogging works

Let's see how to blog.