Kinda blurry- but you get the idea =)!!
Friday, May 25, 2012
Adventures in: Business Cards
Kinda blurry- but you get the idea =)!!
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Meet Bobble
In an attempted to be more green, we have decided by unanimous vote that we will no longer be purchasing water bottles at my house. This will save at least 48 plastic bottles per week from going into our recycling bin. Above is my old friend Bobble. I purchased him over a year ago and he has been sitting in the cabinet pretty much ever since. At that time I was attempting to be more health conscious by drinking more water- which I failed at from a lack of commitment. I have since then switched to just water & decaffeinated coffee (with the occasional Diet Rite- sweetened with Splenda or unsweetened ice tea).
The reason I really like Bobble is he has his own built in filter, which means you can stick regular old tap water in there and it will come out clean on the other end =). One filter (the red piece in the picture) is equivalent to 300 16 oz water bottles. When broken down- that will save me $45 ($4.00 for a case of 24 bottles = $.16 per bottle x 300 = $50 - $5 (cost of each filter) = $45 in savings)! It pays for itselfs =)
At home I'll be using my Brita water pitcher, but Bobble will be awesome for on the go- which is what we used the water bottles for. I love that I have a new companion and you can bet that he'll be joining me for my race!!
I found my Bobble at Target, but bellow is the link for the bobble website!
http://www.waterbobble.com/
Turbo & Strawberries
Today is my first Wednesday off in several months. I'm typically on Monday- Thursday. So, wanting to take full advantage of a whole day to spend with my favorite guy on this planet- my son Maddox- I hopped out of bed to get my workout done. Wednesdays are my day off on my TurboFire program (which I LOVE), but not wanting to get out of the habit, I decided to do a light workout- TurboFire Fire 30.
On normal weekdays, I have to wake my son up to get him ready for the babysitter at 8:00am, but thanks to Murphy's Law, he was up today at 7:15am, about 5 minutes into my workout. Lucky for me, he is usually able to hang out in his room for 20-30 minutes before he starts destroying things. I made it to the last 5 minutes before he started going postal- and had my daughter, Emily go fetch him. After what sounded like a battle scene from 300, I realized that I would have to cut the end off my workout and go help my daughter. One bowl of cereal later, and Maddox was human again.
After a very brief shower (as least I got the sweat off) and a quick dressing session- we were on our way to Lowes Foods for apples, bananas, strawberries and coffee- you know, the essentials. They have the tiny little carts at Lowes for kids with a little flag on top that says "customer in training". I wish I had a picture to share with you, but I had to continually prevent Maddox from running into bystanders with said cart. We made it through the store in record time and we were back home within 20 minutes. As soon as we walked through the door, Maddox immediately asked for strawberries. I of course obliged and decided to have a bowl of strawberries (with Splenda sprinkled on top for me) with him. So we sat for 10 minutes eating our strawberries and talking. Apparently, 3 year olds do have a lot to talk about.
It's only 10:30am and already my day has been filled with so many blessing. Most importantly, I woke up this morning. I was able to workout and work up a good sweat, which is great for my body and my weight loss journey. I was blessed to be able to share a bowl of strawberries with my son- who will eventually no longer be willing to eat anything with me, much less talk. I am very thankful today for all the small blessing in my life.
OH and before I forget- I registered for my 5k on June 2 this morning too...(insert dramatic gasp here)...
On normal weekdays, I have to wake my son up to get him ready for the babysitter at 8:00am, but thanks to Murphy's Law, he was up today at 7:15am, about 5 minutes into my workout. Lucky for me, he is usually able to hang out in his room for 20-30 minutes before he starts destroying things. I made it to the last 5 minutes before he started going postal- and had my daughter, Emily go fetch him. After what sounded like a battle scene from 300, I realized that I would have to cut the end off my workout and go help my daughter. One bowl of cereal later, and Maddox was human again.
After a very brief shower (as least I got the sweat off) and a quick dressing session- we were on our way to Lowes Foods for apples, bananas, strawberries and coffee- you know, the essentials. They have the tiny little carts at Lowes for kids with a little flag on top that says "customer in training". I wish I had a picture to share with you, but I had to continually prevent Maddox from running into bystanders with said cart. We made it through the store in record time and we were back home within 20 minutes. As soon as we walked through the door, Maddox immediately asked for strawberries. I of course obliged and decided to have a bowl of strawberries (with Splenda sprinkled on top for me) with him. So we sat for 10 minutes eating our strawberries and talking. Apparently, 3 year olds do have a lot to talk about.
It's only 10:30am and already my day has been filled with so many blessing. Most importantly, I woke up this morning. I was able to workout and work up a good sweat, which is great for my body and my weight loss journey. I was blessed to be able to share a bowl of strawberries with my son- who will eventually no longer be willing to eat anything with me, much less talk. I am very thankful today for all the small blessing in my life.
OH and before I forget- I registered for my 5k on June 2 this morning too...(insert dramatic gasp here)...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
2 weeks to 5k?!
Planning to run my first 5k on June 2, 2012. Sounds like an awesome idea, right? I workout pretty much everyday doing at least 45 mins of cardio, I eat healthy and I like to run (or at least I use to). Plus, I use to run 3 miles everyday like 6 years ago! So, I decided 2 days ago that I should probably start training- better late than never. Around my small neighborhood is .6 miles. I think to myself that a few trips around will be a great start. I elicit my brother to go with me and keep me company and keep my motivated. We walk the first few steps and start with a light jog. Not even halfway around, I'm panting. We stop, I guzzle water and we start again. We go another few yards, I stop again , guzzle more water. We are literally right by my house, I can run the last little bit. We start running and I feel a wave of nausea come over me.....I have to stop. SO, in conclusion- my endurance is awful and I shouldn't have waited so long to start training. Moral of the story- I am still going to do the 5k, not because I want to win, but because it's a goal I set for myself and even if I have to crawl across the finish line- I'm going to reach that goal. HOWEVER- next 5k, I will properly condition myself!
Monday, May 21, 2012
Interesting Name for a blog
Politely Imperfect? Hmm...
It spoke to me. And I'll tell you why.
I'm not the kind of girl who stands out. I like to be a wallflower. I'm EXTREMELY anti-social. I know this about myself, and I'm also okay with it. I've come to enjoy this part of who I am. It's not because I don't like being around people, because I do (enjoy being around people that is). I feel a certain way about trying to please people who don't deserve to be pleased. I was done with that at age 22 and I've not looked back. I love my life, who I am and what that entails.
Oddly, I'm a very passionate person. I enjoy inspiring; myself and others. I love to see the fire in someone's eyes when it (whatever it may be) "clicks". I love to share my passions with others. I also love The Wicked Witch, Darth Vader and Chris Hemsworth (but only in Thor garb).
I do tend to keep to myself. I've been told that I'm a very hard person to gauge; that I'm mysterious. While that is all fine and flattering, it's not my goal. I've been told that I'm a very nice girl, always so polite and well mannered. A sweetheart.
I'm a train wreck, I can see that now.
So yeah, politely imperfect. I think that covers it.
It spoke to me. And I'll tell you why.
I'm not the kind of girl who stands out. I like to be a wallflower. I'm EXTREMELY anti-social. I know this about myself, and I'm also okay with it. I've come to enjoy this part of who I am. It's not because I don't like being around people, because I do (enjoy being around people that is). I feel a certain way about trying to please people who don't deserve to be pleased. I was done with that at age 22 and I've not looked back. I love my life, who I am and what that entails.
Oddly, I'm a very passionate person. I enjoy inspiring; myself and others. I love to see the fire in someone's eyes when it (whatever it may be) "clicks". I love to share my passions with others. I also love The Wicked Witch, Darth Vader and Chris Hemsworth (but only in Thor garb).
I do tend to keep to myself. I've been told that I'm a very hard person to gauge; that I'm mysterious. While that is all fine and flattering, it's not my goal. I've been told that I'm a very nice girl, always so polite and well mannered. A sweetheart.
I'm a train wreck, I can see that now.
So yeah, politely imperfect. I think that covers it.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)