You take good, you take the bad, and there you have...

The good: I was able to run 12 miles in two days without being roadkill!!! It was slow and ugly but it was accomplished. I ran without a purpose. I ran to run. I ran to give thanks to my favorite kind of weather: sunny with a breeze. I ran because I felt good.

The bad: Waking up to rain so outside workout at 6 am was canceled this morning. It's not really a bad because we are going to raincheck for tomorrow morning.

Have a great holiday weekend everyone!!

I have been out of sorts with the internet all week long. My lovely updated our internet and all the settings are not where I was used to them being and my "Favorites" list is hard to find.

Frustrating when the powers that be can't understand we are creatures of habit and to relearn where/how to search the internet is toooo mucchhhh for people before a cup of coffee.

In other news, I ran 6 miles yesterday without dying, crying, or crawling!!! I am so thankful to get to run and just go. I'm learning to not put any expectations on my running.

Today is Zumba and Power Sculpt!!!! I feel a lot better even if my skin looks terrible.

Since I can't seem to motivate myself to exercise these days by myself...I decided to look outside my comfort...

...and went to Zumba and Power Sculpt at a rec center across state line. How did I make it to almost forty without taking a Power Sculpt class?! Because I didn't think I could do it.

It was amazing. I was afraid I wouldn't have the stamina to do back-to-back classes but the kind college guy at the reception was so encouraging, so I tried it.

Fifty minutes of high reps low intensity weights. Fun. I did it all. I had a blast.

I'm going to do this on Mondays.

Happy Birthday

My sweet S.E. turned seven on Friday the 13th. Lovely husband and I can't believe we have a seven year-old.

According to this newly turned seven year-old, he prepared his own breakfast this morning: cereal with milk. When I came out to ask what he would like for breakfast, he told me I don't have to get breakfast for him anymore. He's big now, ya know.

What to say about this kid? He is very sweet with younger kids. He has a lot of patience for his brother. He makes quirky, funny comments that tug at your heart. He is very,very clean. He never smells. His hands and face are clean. His clothes are even clean.

His eyes and chin are my favorite parts of his round, delicious face. He is really good at following paper directions and can build any toy.

He has been such a joy to raise and I can't believe God allowed me to be his mom.

Your Tutorial My Sewing Machine: Baprons

I love blogs. I love blogs with sewing tutorials. From time to time I will try to recreate their masterpieces. Here's one. I saw this at: www.u-createcrafts.com/search/label/baby-bibs.

So, here's my version of them. My friend just had a baby girl so game on. I have a target, an excuse to make baby stuff and not get the "why are you making more baby stuff?" look from my lovely hubby.

Ahhh. Finally. Both boys can bike without training wheels!!! S.E. has been biking for a month now and Koo has two weeks under his belt without training wheels.

Today was cloudy with rain so I was dreading the long day without bike riding to burn off energy while the lovely is away on a business trip. However, about 4pm today the clouds went away and the sky was a beautiful blue and Mr. Sun was bright and warm so the boys and I went to a trail and while they biked, I ran. We went for two miles!!!

I am so proud of the boys and I was only bummed to not have my camera to get my happy face and the cute boys in their helmets. Maybe I'll remember tomorrow.

Mom

My parents came over on Saturday to check in on me. They are worried because of my recent skin problems and being a mom, the worry never ends. I was lucky to get to spend Mom's day with her. She is absolutely the best.

She told me she had to see for herself that I didn't need help and wanted to make sure I was getting along okay. We are her legacy. She shows by example. She stops everything to help whichever one of us kids need her. At one point, she was sad because this is the first Mom's day without her mom. She was embarrassed by it but I told her I would cry just like that if every Mother's day and more if I didn't have her on earth anymore.

She gave my lovely and I a gift of date night on Saturday too. We snucked away for two hours and watched "Thor". What an awesome movie. I loved it. Perfect casting and although the storylines are not original, it was told well. Can't wait to own it on DVD.