Lately I have been feeling a little lost in the clutter. I HATE clutter....almost as much as I hate the constant dust in my house. I don't keep anything....besides my baby stuff, so how do I have so much clutter?! Well....the problem is I get sick of looking at stuff so I just shuffle it around, stuff it in corners, etc. Well, no more! I feel so stressed because I feel so overwhelmed with stuff that needs to be done (like the dusting that never ends). I have decided that I'm going to follow Flylady's advice on a clean house. I've tried before but I've gotten lazy. Well, I'm going to give it another shot. I've shined my sink for a week now so I feel like I can tackle this:)
There's also this blog that I follow that I DROOL over. I'm going to start trying to do a little things here and there to get more organized. I hate spending money on storage solutions but I think it would be worth it to not go crazy all the time.
So, this is my challenge to you....dust and declutter your life. It could be your house or it could be your personal life. I just know that now that I'm more back to normal in the cleaning, cooking, and running Victoria all over the world I tend to get overwhelmed because I let things go, get behind, and can't find things like ballet shoes in the clutter. It causes me to get stressed and I don't want to be stressed. When I get stressed I'm more easily aggrivated and tend to just give up because I feel like nothing I do helps (which in turn creates more mess and stress). Part of a cleaner me is a cleaner house:)
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
Getting in Shape - The Beginning
OH MY WORD!!!! So, my clothes fit a little better and I'm not feeling so gross about my body. Well......that all went down the drain super quick after I looked at these pictures. Usually I don't have the best self-image but I don't really have a reason to not. Now I do. So the goals are:
1. Work on my arms so they are better defined.
2. Get my butt back up to where it is supposed to be and much smaller
3. Get the thighs to stop touching.
4. Get my abs back.
5. Lose 5 lbs. per month until I am at least back to 144
Ok...it is really hard for me to share these pictures, but I am hoping that it will help keep me motivated. They are scary...let me just go ahead and warn you of that. This is me sporting a sports bra and a bikini bottom. I will post pictures again next month. I think it would be a bit overkill to do it weekly. I don't know that weight is the big thing I am going for....mainly I want everything to be tighter and muscle weighs more than fat. I weighed 158 when I got pregnant with Victoria, was 161 4 wks. post-partum with her, and eventually ended up being around 140...135 at my lowest. I was 144 when I got pregnant this time though so I would like to get back to that. I will try to defend myself a little....the hubs took these pictures after I ran and I tend to be more marshmallowy then.
This is kind of a before....this is 7 weeks preggo and so you can see it was a lot different then!
I think I look like I did around 13-16 wks. pregnant right now. GREAT!! I ran 4 miles yesterday and walked 1.25. I can plank for 1 min. I can do 3 sets of 15 lunges with 10 lbs. weights....same with squats. I can do a whopping 10 push-ups and 35 crunches and 15 bicycle crunches. I am still not eating the best but I'm doing better. Not so many sweets, I am getting in at least 1 serving of veggies and 1 serving of fruits a day. I am training to run a half marathon on April 1st and I follow Hal Higgdon's training schedule. I followed it for the marathon training I did and it worked well so I'm back to it. I want to run the Knoxville Half. My goal is to run it in 2 hrs. 20 min. I generally shoot for 10 min. miles but seeing as I had a c/s and it left just enough time after my 6 week healing time to train...I will cut myself a little slack. To tell the truth I don't care if it takes 4 hours as long as I get things toned up A LOT!
ETA: I planning on doing this workout this month. I was going to try to do this one as well but it was totally not happening...even the easy was not happening.....I did have a c/s though so maybe you'll have better luck. I want to do other ab workouts and be able to get back to this next month. I plan on drinking a glass of lemon water twice a day every day, at least 8 glasses of regular ice water, and a cup of decaf green tea every day. Water and green tea are miracle workers....just drink it:)
1. Work on my arms so they are better defined.
2. Get my butt back up to where it is supposed to be and much smaller
3. Get the thighs to stop touching.
4. Get my abs back.
5. Lose 5 lbs. per month until I am at least back to 144
Ok...it is really hard for me to share these pictures, but I am hoping that it will help keep me motivated. They are scary...let me just go ahead and warn you of that. This is me sporting a sports bra and a bikini bottom. I will post pictures again next month. I think it would be a bit overkill to do it weekly. I don't know that weight is the big thing I am going for....mainly I want everything to be tighter and muscle weighs more than fat. I weighed 158 when I got pregnant with Victoria, was 161 4 wks. post-partum with her, and eventually ended up being around 140...135 at my lowest. I was 144 when I got pregnant this time though so I would like to get back to that. I will try to defend myself a little....the hubs took these pictures after I ran and I tend to be more marshmallowy then.
This is kind of a before....this is 7 weeks preggo and so you can see it was a lot different then!
I think I look like I did around 13-16 wks. pregnant right now. GREAT!! I ran 4 miles yesterday and walked 1.25. I can plank for 1 min. I can do 3 sets of 15 lunges with 10 lbs. weights....same with squats. I can do a whopping 10 push-ups and 35 crunches and 15 bicycle crunches. I am still not eating the best but I'm doing better. Not so many sweets, I am getting in at least 1 serving of veggies and 1 serving of fruits a day. I am training to run a half marathon on April 1st and I follow Hal Higgdon's training schedule. I followed it for the marathon training I did and it worked well so I'm back to it. I want to run the Knoxville Half. My goal is to run it in 2 hrs. 20 min. I generally shoot for 10 min. miles but seeing as I had a c/s and it left just enough time after my 6 week healing time to train...I will cut myself a little slack. To tell the truth I don't care if it takes 4 hours as long as I get things toned up A LOT!
ETA: I planning on doing this workout this month. I was going to try to do this one as well but it was totally not happening...even the easy was not happening.....I did have a c/s though so maybe you'll have better luck. I want to do other ab workouts and be able to get back to this next month. I plan on drinking a glass of lemon water twice a day every day, at least 8 glasses of regular ice water, and a cup of decaf green tea every day. Water and green tea are miracle workers....just drink it:)
Book Study 1
I have no idea how to creatively name these posts. Right now they will be numbers but maybe with the next book I will come up with something different. I am completely open to suggestions. So, I am going to start with Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World by Joanna Weaver. I have done the study before, but it has been over 4 years so I think I need to revist it. I haven't started reading yet. I just wanted to put out there what I'm going to read just in case anyone wanted to read it with me:) I am going to read a chapter a week so at that rate....we're looking at around April that it will be finished.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
A cleaner me
I'm late for the whole resolution thing...I didn't plan on making any BUT.....I'm wanting to live cleaner. I want cleaner food....I'm over being addicted to sweet and you really do become addicted to sugars. We are heading into spring and I am hoping this year I can talk the hubs into a garden. I want fresh from the garden veggies, less meat (actually thinking about cutting it out...wonder how long it will take the hubs to realize I've done that), less dairy, more fruit, less sweets. This is my goal. I wannt to work out more and harder but I'm currently doing a good job getting started with that. I want greener cleaning products and a more organized home. This is the new direction of the blog. I'm going to share what I learn and what I'm doing. I'm going to show some before and after during fitness pictures (EEEK!!!). I will still share the crazy antics of my little girl(s) and the journey of parenthood, school, future career, and in like 2-3 years.....the journey of TTC again....for the last time.
Anyway....just wanted to give you a heads up:) I'll start the fitness posts and they will be on Saturdays. They will have pics, weight, and what I'm doing. I want a closer relationship with God so I'm going to talk about that on Sundays. I am going to do a post (hopefully) on my garden plans very soon and will post updates on how that is going. The girls will make a monthly appearance on the blog as well. Yay for this new direction!
Anyway....just wanted to give you a heads up:) I'll start the fitness posts and they will be on Saturdays. They will have pics, weight, and what I'm doing. I want a closer relationship with God so I'm going to talk about that on Sundays. I am going to do a post (hopefully) on my garden plans very soon and will post updates on how that is going. The girls will make a monthly appearance on the blog as well. Yay for this new direction!
It's not broccoli, it's peas
This is one of the many, and boy do I mean MANY, absurd arguements I have found myself in lately. The hubs is out of town for a couple of days so I'm going it alone. I have a new found respect for single moms. I was trying to get the kid I watch out the door, get supper ready, get the babies fed, and get Victoria to dance and I was seriously losing the battle. Emily decided she just wanted to live on the boob. I'm just going to start attaching that child to me every day with the Moby.....I could use the extra snuggles too. Anywho...I made pasta with cheese and veggies. V LOVES pasta....not so much the veggies anymore. She REFUSED to eat. Are you seriuos kiddo?!? This is our convo:
V: I don't like it.
Me: Try it. you love pasta.
V: It has broccoli.
Me: No it doesn't. Those are peas. (It did have broccoli but not her bowl)
V: No, that's broccoli. It's gross. (Where did she even learn that!)
Me: Broccoli looks like bushes. Those look like balls. That means it's peas, not broccoli.
V: Yes it does have broccoli.
Me: UGH!!! EAT YOUR DANGED PASTA!!
V: I want spaghetti.
Me: We're leaving for dance.....go get your stuff.
Major fail. I just give up most of the time these days. I mean let me just go ahead and tell you that you cannot reason with a 2 year old. She's always right.....I didn't think that happenned until like 9, but I was very much mistaken. She'll be 3 in 3 wks. and these pointless arguements are just getting started.....Once again, I forsee this parenting thing as just getting harder every year.....I'm going to go with more rewarding every year as well....like when she talks about how much she loves Jesus and thanks God for God when she says her prayers:)
V: I don't like it.
Me: Try it. you love pasta.
V: It has broccoli.
Me: No it doesn't. Those are peas. (It did have broccoli but not her bowl)
V: No, that's broccoli. It's gross. (Where did she even learn that!)
Me: Broccoli looks like bushes. Those look like balls. That means it's peas, not broccoli.
V: Yes it does have broccoli.
Me: UGH!!! EAT YOUR DANGED PASTA!!
V: I want spaghetti.
Me: We're leaving for dance.....go get your stuff.
Major fail. I just give up most of the time these days. I mean let me just go ahead and tell you that you cannot reason with a 2 year old. She's always right.....I didn't think that happenned until like 9, but I was very much mistaken. She'll be 3 in 3 wks. and these pointless arguements are just getting started.....Once again, I forsee this parenting thing as just getting harder every year.....I'm going to go with more rewarding every year as well....like when she talks about how much she loves Jesus and thanks God for God when she says her prayers:)
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Baby Weight Update and why I Blog
Ugh...so I'm doing this update because I said I would, but I'm not lovin' it. There for a little while when I first started walking I was losing a pound a day. It was wonderful!! Then...not sure what happenned...it went back up. I seem to be stuck between 157-159 which is 13-15 lbs. left. I will say that I am now running and can run 3 miles...I'm going for 4 tomorrow. I'm pretty stoked about that! Yesterday was the first time I was able to run through my side cramps which after the 3rd I felt like I could run forever...minus the jelly legs. LOL! I love running again though and so that's a step in the right direction. Me and the scale are no longer friends. Seriously though I am happy that my clothes do fit a bit different and I can run again. Being in shape is the best motivator and the rest will come.
On a different note, I was trying to figure out why I blog. This is basically my journal...I like to look back on it. Other than that though there are a couple of readers and it's usually a woman struggling to get pregnant and I love that they can come here and not feel alone. I also just want to share the realness of life. There is no manual on how to be a good mother, wife, student, sister, daughter, etc. I just want to share my journey so maybe someone out there going through anything like I am can laugh, cry, be mad.....whatever with me. I know there are people that can relate to what I go through....because it's life. I like sharing my loves (God,my babies, cloth diapering)and my hates (baby weight LOL!).
On a different note, I was trying to figure out why I blog. This is basically my journal...I like to look back on it. Other than that though there are a couple of readers and it's usually a woman struggling to get pregnant and I love that they can come here and not feel alone. I also just want to share the realness of life. There is no manual on how to be a good mother, wife, student, sister, daughter, etc. I just want to share my journey so maybe someone out there going through anything like I am can laugh, cry, be mad.....whatever with me. I know there are people that can relate to what I go through....because it's life. I like sharing my loves (God,my babies, cloth diapering)and my hates (baby weight LOL!).
Saturday, January 21, 2012
What's in a name?
So, my sweet Victoria has decided she wants to be called Rose. Seriously?!? Her name is Victoria Rose and she gets called that a ton I must admit, but she gets called Victoria more. I don't know where this is coming from. If you ask her what her name is she will tell you Rose. She's been doing this for awhile so I finally asked her if she liked Rose better and she said yes, then she said, "I just, I just, I like Rose better." I'm dying here!!! Isn't she way too young to be giving me this crap? I like Rose...of course I do, or I wouldn't have made that her middle name. I like it better with Victoria though than as a stand alone name. I mean I think of the Golden Girls when I hear Rose as a stand alone name.
I told the hubs that she was breaking my heart and that I might just cry. He didn't understand. I called her Victoria in utero, she was Victoria when I first met her face to face, she was Victoria when she first smiled, Victoria was the name she recognized first, Victoria is the name I cheer on when she reaches her milestones.....I don't even know Rose for goodness sakes! I called one of my besties and my Mom to figure out....Do I call her Rose? I don't want to squash her independence and creativeness. Everyone is saying just call her Victoria though so my response the last time she said she liked Rose better was, "Too bad, so sad little lady. Your name is Victoria so that is what Mommy is going to call you."
I'm hoping that she is just doing this because Victoria is a bit hard for her and her friends to say. Apparently it's kinda normal though to want to be called something else? A lot of my friends have started telling me what they wanted to be called growing up....I don't remember doing this so it's a little odd to me. Apparently it's a girl thing though.....and I was not very girly. Here's hoping that Nona can convince her that she likes Victoria better.
I told the hubs that she was breaking my heart and that I might just cry. He didn't understand. I called her Victoria in utero, she was Victoria when I first met her face to face, she was Victoria when she first smiled, Victoria was the name she recognized first, Victoria is the name I cheer on when she reaches her milestones.....I don't even know Rose for goodness sakes! I called one of my besties and my Mom to figure out....Do I call her Rose? I don't want to squash her independence and creativeness. Everyone is saying just call her Victoria though so my response the last time she said she liked Rose better was, "Too bad, so sad little lady. Your name is Victoria so that is what Mommy is going to call you."
I'm hoping that she is just doing this because Victoria is a bit hard for her and her friends to say. Apparently it's kinda normal though to want to be called something else? A lot of my friends have started telling me what they wanted to be called growing up....I don't remember doing this so it's a little odd to me. Apparently it's a girl thing though.....and I was not very girly. Here's hoping that Nona can convince her that she likes Victoria better.
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