What a weekend. 
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are_black_stars to come and visit meeeee!! In spite of not being able to run very much over the last week (still doing loads of pilates), and feeling discouraged about it...when I woke up this morning and carried myself into the bathroom (as I always do right after I wake up). Rubbing my eyes, putting my glasses on, staring in the mirror I could see the slight formation of my abs...for the first time in a long while I could actually see my abs!
"Hello old friends. Welcome back. I promise to treat you better this time around."
I'm one and a half inches away from my goal waste line of 27", and in the last few months (since taking up running) I've managed to shave off somewhere around 10-13 inches from my body every month. I can almost fit comfortably into my old size 6 gap jeans (they're just a bit to snug, and my old levis that I couldn't get into three months ago are getting pretty loose already.
I get frustrated with the seemingly slow pace of things, but the truth is that what I've been doing IS working, and the results are there --- I just have to remember to acknowledge it more often and not be so damn hard on myself. I've never been the type of person who looses weight easily, and actually doing it in a very healthy way for the first time in my life is so rewarding. I know the long term effects of the choices I'm making in my life are already showing themselves in small ways - and I'm thankful for this.
Small things are often easy to overlook, but when noticed (and appreciated) they can certainly influence your day in a wonderful way.
So far this weekend is turning out to be a lovely one.
This morning I woke up reeeeally early with D (6:30 - that's way too early for the weekend). He went to work and I actually got out of bed, went for a quick 1 mile run, did an hour of pilates, cleaned up around the house, and ate a yummy breakfast .
By the time breakfast was in my belly I realized that the day was flying by, and it was almost time to head over to the ball park to watch my friends two boys play their baseball game. Sadly the mini-Dodgers lost to the mini- Orioles, but it was fun to cheer them on (even though I didn't get to stay for the whole game).
One of my favorite things to do is watch kids sports durning the summer time. I just LOVE to cheer for them and watch the serious expressions on their little faces. Needless to say, I'm pretty excited to see the mini-Dodgers play another game. It's also pretty awesome that they're representing mine and D's favorite team --- even if they lose again, it's okay with me.
After the ball game I met up with D and did some grocery shopping (I am so in love with the produce isle), and then to home to relax for a while.
At the moment I'm wearing my black-pink-and leopard-print apron, sipping on a big mug of green tea, there's a TON of food in the dehydrator, and I'm waiting for my sundried tomatoes to finish tenderizing (they're soaking in some warm water) so I can embark on a very exciting kitchen adventure: tonight's dinner! I think it's going to be really good too.
Tonight D's band has a show at the Alibi, so if you're in the neighborhood please come by and say hello! I'll be the girl at the merch table.
So the weekend – last weekend – it was nice.
On Saturday D and I woke up a little later then originally planned, so we didn’t get to head up to Trinidad to look for whales and have breakfast at the Eatery. Instead we slowly got everything ready for our day trip/caravan (with family) to Klamath.
While not everything went as planned (we should’ve taken D’s truck instead of my car, because the roads we found ourselves exploring were verrrry rough) it turned out to be a nice time, going to various scenic look-out points along the 101. Around 3-ish we all decided to go into
What I learned about myself through this trip is that I am prone to kissing inadament objects in photos. I never realized this until my Mom said something while I was trying to lay a smooch on the cheek of a large skeleton-pirate statue. I’m really okay with this though. I think it’s perfectly fine and healthy for a married woman such as myself to go around flirting with non-threatening lifeless objects. The exception to this (of course) is just about any animal, and maybe an occasional baby.
At any rate – here’s some silly pictures from our trip.
( Read more... )( Read more... )On a different note, I’ve been feeling so wonderfully happy over the last few days --- a strange sort of blissed out high. All areas of my life seem to be simple and yet wonderful. Simplicity is great. As I become more of a home-body and less of a social-butterfly (D and I still love to go out) some of my most favorite things to do are revolved around the kitchen, and music. Thanks to a wealth of new support I think I should be ready fairly soon to make some much needed changes to my lj page…making the focus primarily on food, recipes, and healthy happy living.
A few questions ran through my mind this morning that I wanted to ask anyone who might frequently read what I write. Please answer them if you feel like it! I’d love to get to know my lj friends better.
Here are the questions, with my answers:
What activities make you really happy? Running. Sitting on the couch with my hubby and having a good conversation. Hula-hooping in my back yard with friends, or family.
What part of the day are you most happy? I think in the morning – after my shower – when I get to wake up Lucy with kisses and feed her breakfast. Then, when I get home in the afternoon, to get hugs from my sweetie, and go for a run. This is subject to change though :)
What small “thing” or part of your daily routine to you truly enjoy? This is a hard one…I’ve really been enjoying getting my breakfast and lunch ready every day before I go to work. Also – my daily run(go figure), and the morning stretching that I’ve gotten in the habit of is sort of nice too.
~xoxo
Things have been nothing short of CRAYZAY as of late...but in a weird sort of way I guess it's a good thing.
The weekend was spent enjoying our new-found friendship with B and C (such a fun couple), eating sushi, listening to good music, watching the Dodgers beat the Cubs (Fuck yeah!), watching the 49er's loose to the Patriots (boo!), watching the very akward, and sort-of-silly movie "Harold", and an incredibly moving documentary called "For the Bible tells me so" .
...I think it was an all around successful two and a half days.
Right now D and I are wide awake in our spare bedroom (aka: the computer-room) because it's so humid outside. We've got every single window open (that will open) in our house, and we're both sipping on cold beers....neither one of us tired in the least bit. Blech.
See you soon...
I woke up this morning to blue sky---blue sky and 70 degree weather! Such a nice change from a hazy smokey sky. So after tussling around with Lucy for a bit I got out of bed and started to prep for the family barbe-que that was to take place at the Mom's house.
I had to flake on farmers market, and go the route of ENF (Eureka Natural Foods) for groceries, mainly because of our/D's 25% employee discount (jokingly I always tell him it's the reason why I married him in the first place). While I'm huge on supporting local farmers, time constraints enevitably won this weekend. *sad face*
Right now I'm just relaxing on the sofa, sipping on a glass of emergen-c, and listening to Ol' Blue Eyes sing "The Girl From Eponema"...one my favorite renditions. SJ is going to be here around 8pm, and from there we're going to play dress-up, and walk over the the Lil' Red Lion to check out the Zombie film-show that's suppose to take place around 10. Care to join us?
And now for some pictures...a habit that I've gotten into as of late, and I'm rather enjoying. Hope you are too...
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