Friday, September 21, 2012

8K -- CHECK!

This weekend, I ran my first 'official' 8K -- Al's run.  Cross another one off the goals list!! Actually, this wasn't ON the goals list, but that's OK!  10K is the official goal on the list -- and I've already run that -- just unofficially....


Laura, Max and I all ran it.  This was Max's second time running this race, and our first.  I was NERVOUS. I'm not sure exactly WHY...I think the fact that 10-15,000 people do this race (running AND walking) was most of the reason.  I do NOT like crowds.

I was super stoked to have Laura along as my running partner, though.  She really motivates me to keep going when sometimes I'd rather quit.  It is so great to have a running partner who is paced so well with me -- and we really do help keep each other going -- either for longer distance or faster speeds.  She rocks!



Do you see us up there?  1815 and 1816 overall!!  We were 104 and 105 in our age class of 246 -- which means we finished BEFORE 50% of other women our age!!  WOOT WOOT!!!  We also were averaging UNDER 10 min miles -- my goal was to average under a 10:30 mile, so I blew this one completely out of the water!!!



Max and I before the race -- I was pretending to be calm....


Laura and I after the race -- she is such a great running partner.  She really has helped motivate me to keep running and to push through a difficult run.  I know there were times during this run that we both wanted to stop.  But we just kept telling each other we could slow down if we needed to.  Funny, we actually never slowed down.  Take a look:


Check out that consistency!!

All in all, it was a great day -- I felt strong after the run.  Maybe because going into it I was still on a high from what I saw on the scale that morning:



....or that fact that earlier that week I bought a new pair of SKINNY jeans....
in a SIZE TWO!! 
 ***GASP***  

Like the bathroom shot?  I'm classy like that...

Whatever it was, I feel like I'm in a really good place with both my weight, my eating, and my time management.  Let's hope I don't start getting lazy and letting my weight creep back up or losing all the muscle I have worked so hard to build up! The last time I asked my scale to calculate my BF% -- it gave me 22.6%!!  That is down over 2% since I first started monitoring it.  I must be doing SOMETHING right!

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Project 366: Week 36



246 ladies 

 246 | 366 - Sept 2, 2012 -- I love getting to spend time with some of my favorite ladies.

247 sanding 

 247 | 366 - Sept 3, 2012 - working on the swing set. First step, sanding it.

248 crochet 

 248 | 366 - Sept 4, 2012 - the first scarf I finished crocheting that doesn't have any mistakes!

249 thongs 

 249 | 366 - Sept 5, 2012 -- the new cool way to wear your flip flops!

250 new dress 

 250 | 366 - Sept 6, 2012 -- I have an addiction to buying new dresses. Isn't this one adorable? 

251 connor 

 251 | 366 - Sept 7, 2012 -- look who snuck onto my camera! What a cutie!


252 blue grass 

 252 | 366 - Sept 8, 2012 - Sam and I found a blue grass band playing at the Zoo after Zoo class, and he was in HEAVEN listening to them play.

Monday, September 17, 2012

Project 366: Week 35

239 photo wall


239 | 366 - Aug 26, 2012 -- almost a year in the house and I finally got up the photo wall!

  240 saucing


240 | 366 - Aug 27, 2012 -- prepping tomatoes and other veggies to make some freezer tomato sauce

  241 4k first day


241 | 366 - Aug 28, 2012 -- Max's first day of 4K at his new school, St. Dominic's!


  242 climbing 


242 | 366 - Aug 29, 2012 -- Sam tries climbing with daddy at the climbing gym.


  242 climbing max 


242 | 366 - Aug 29, 2012 - look how high my little guy made it on his own!!


  243 driving 


 243 | 366 - Aug 30, 2012 - you turn your back for one minute and they grow up so fast!

  244 impromptu sprinkledr


244 | 366 - Aug 31, 2012 --someone stripped down and decided it was time to run through the sprinkler!

  245 swing set


245 | 366 - Sept 1, 2012 - a swing set we get to recycle in our own yard!

Friday, September 14, 2012

Project 366: Week 34

232 cousins 

 232 | 366 Aug 19, 2012 -- saying goodbye to cousin Lilly.

  233 4K 

 233 | 366 Aug 20, 2012 -- this letter from Max's new 4K teacher made his night!

  234 dinner date 

 234 | 366 Aug 21, 2012 -- Mommy and Max night brings us to Noodles after a Tux fitting for Manda's wedding!

  235 peppers 

 235 | 366 Aug 22, 2012 - our pepper plants are finally starting to produce!

  236 ray charles 

 236 | 366 - Aug 23, 2012 - sunglasses and a trumpet make a mini Ray Charles

  237 wow 

 237 | 366 - Aug 24, 2012 -- NEVER thought I'd see this number on my scale!!

  238 going out 

 238 | 366 - Aug 25, 2012 -- date night with my hubby!

Thursday, September 13, 2012

A picture is worth a thousand words....

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Or even just a few.  Shutterfly has great options to use your photos for more than...well....just photos!  

Let me tell you, I sneak peeked some of their xmax designs too, and they are looking pretty awesome for this year!  How am I going to beat lederhosen though????

Project 366: Week 33


225 sunrise 

 225 | 366 Aug 12, 2012 -- the sunrise over the lake I was greeted with after returning from my morning run 

  226 snack time 

 226 | 366 Aug 13, 2012 -- Sam and Ethan were dubbed the 'grumpy old men' of the week -- they liked to talk weather while eating goldfish.

  227 sweet boy

227 | 366 Aug 14, 2012 -- Max stops to pose for Mom -- such a sweet boy.

  228 town of max 

 228 | 366 Aug 15, 2012 -- when I discovered we were only a few miles from the town of Max...of course we had to find a sign!

  229 concentration 

 229 | 366 Aug 16, 2012 -- Max, Maddie and Mira -- triple Ms!

  230 horse carriage

230 | 366 Aug 17, 2012 -- Max and Sam get to 'drive' the horse carriage

  230 kisses 

 230 | 366 Aug 17, 2012 -- kisses

  231 ATV ride 

 231 | 366 Aug 18, 2012 -- Max never thought he'd get me on an ATV...especially not in a dress. I like to keep him guessing ;)

  231 cousin time 

 231 | 366 Aug 18, 2012 -- acorn collecting with cousins

  231 pretty Lilly 

 231 | 366 Aug 18, 2012 -- she's grown so much since we last saw her. Such a sweet girl.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Project 366: Week 32

 218 camel ride 

 218 | 366 Aug 5, 2012 -- Max goes on a camel ride at the WI State Fair.

  219 silly sam 

 219 | 366 Aug 6, 2012 -- sweet and silly Sam.

  220 chinese food 

 220 | 366 Aug 7, 2012 -- the boys love eating the 'noodles' and 'candy chicken'

  221 riding in the rain 

 221 | 366 Aug 8, 2012 -- a little rain never hurt anyone....

  222 moms garden 

 222 | 366 Aug 9, 2012 -- I think my mom's garden is on crack.

  223 road trip 

 223 | 366 Aug 10, 2012 -- the great summer vacation 2012 starts with a road trip to MN!

  224 lizard head 

 224 | 366 Aug 11, 2012 -- sleeping in a car seat is uncomfortable -- unless you have a lizard headrest....