Thursday, October 23, 2008

My Exercise Buddies


Trying to loose baby weight/weight in general has never been an easy task for me, I'm just not one of those lucky women who gives birth and comes home from the hospital in their size 2 jeans. Unfortunately I have a huge sweet tooth, I am not a disciplined eater and I am not a good dieter, so I have come to realize that exercise will have to be a permanent part of my life for as long as I live, which is not a bad thing, but can sometimes be challenging with the little tykes around all the time. I have a membership to the gym, but it just hasn't quite worked out with Hannah and school and babysitting, so I have found other ways to incorporate the exercise into my daily routine and luckily the kids are good sports about it and actually enjoy going with me. Hannah loves it sooo much, she falls asleep everytime! (I would say that's better than screaming her head off in a gym daycare for 2 hours, right?) Mason loves going because he either gets to play Jakob's DS all by himself or listen to the ipod. I am grateful that they are willing to cooperate with me so that I can do this for myself each day-it's one thing that is important to me and one of the only parts of the day I take for myself. I also owe a big thanks to Wade, because on his days off he is always willing to keep the kids so that I can go all by myself! Love you all tons for helping me while I try to lose these last 10!

(P.S. I am also thankful for all the massive hills that I live around-makes for a much better workout!)

Monday, October 20, 2008

Why, Why, Why...

does my blow dryer always have to quite working right in the middle of me blow drying my hair? This is the second time this has happened to me and it always happens mid-process, never before I start and never after I've finished. I guess I felt overly frustrated and annoyed this morning when this happened to me because all last week I concentrated on exercising and getting ready for a bridal shower that I had to put on, that I never really took the time to do my hair. So this morning I went for my run and came home and hurried and showered and started to get ready so that when I had to pick the girl I babysit up from kindergarten I would be ready for the day and not feel frumpy all day long (like I usually do) and I was on my last layer of round brushing when my blow dryer decided it was done. I let it cool off, tried every other outlet and nothing-I was so mad! So my morning that seemed to be going so smoothly came to an abrupt halt and I left the house with a half-done, frizzy-haired ponytail and back to feeling frumpy! So tonight I went to Target to spend money that I wasn't planning to on a new blow dryer and hoping for a better hair day tomorrow!

P.S. I've been thinking that maybe I should just chop my hair off so that it doesn't take me 30 minutes to blow dry. I just can't decided if I like having long hair that takes forever to do or short hair that I can't put in a ponytail when I need to-hmm?