I know I have been pretty MIA lately, but rest assure that even though I have have been "missing" I've definitely been "in action"!
Catching back up with life, as I scan through my list of 101 goals that I hope to accomplish in 1001 days, I have a handful successfully accomplished goals and more that I've made some progress on. Woot! Woo! :-)
Goal #2: Go Vegetarian for a month
For the month of February, Mister and I decided that we were going to fast from meat and bread and focus on what our next steps as a family should be. i.e. what we should get involved in, is there anything we should be initiating to better our community, etc. Let me tell you, even though this goal was to not eat meat, this carb lover struggled a lot more with not endulging in bread! [On Fridays my co-workers take turns bringing in a little treat. Well one day I headed to the workroom to find Panera bagels and there happened to be an Asiago cheese one. Score! After toasting it and covering it with cream cheese, I headed back to my classroom. Walkibg down the hall, I raise the small piece of heaven to my mouth when I realize I'm about to eat a bagel aka bread! Ugh! Darn it! One of my students enjoyed a bagel that morning nonetheless.]
After the month of February passed, we decided to continue to give up meat for Lent. Eating meatless seems like a healthier thing to do, even if not because I'm not eating meat, but rather because of the foods that I'm eating instead of eating meat. It's been a lot of fun to cook with Mister and experiementing with various vegetables. Yum! Yum! After celebrating Easter on April 8th, I think the game plan--after eating what meat is already in the freezer because I'm not all about being wasteful--I'll try to only meat if I know where it comes from. Which does not mean Meijer, Rays, etc. but rather a local farmer. We shall see. :)
Goal #12: Run a 5k in less than 30 minutes.
On February 25th, Mister, Momma-cita, my spin instructor, another workout friend and I participated in St. Rita's Family & Friends February Freeze. Well it certainly was in February and it certainly was freezing but some how I accomplished this goal that morning! You see, I was working through the Couch to 5k running program and my third run for that week was supposed to be the dreaded Week 5, Day 3: Run for 2 miles. You see, I've never ran 2 miles without stopping to walk so I was really nervous about this. I started with what I thought was a good pace and gave myself mental pep talks through the first mile and an half. As I came up to the 2 mile mark, I pushed myself to go a little more and then a little more and then a little more. The course was laid out around the blocks that the hospital is on and we had to make two laps around it. Well I thought that after the second loop we were headed back to the finish line, so that's what I was mentally pushing myself to, but come for find out we had to do an extra little loop [probably that last tenth of a mile]. So I kept pushing on and kept not walking. Soon I could see the finish line, I saw that my goal was definitely withinreach stride. I kicked hard and crossed the finish line at 29:30!! My first 5k under 30 minutes and I didn't stop for any walking! :D
Goal #15: Run a block mile in under 10 minutes.
Continuing with the running theme, on March 7th, I accomplished this one. Mister and I discovered last summer that if you start on the sidewalk in front of our house and keep running until you get back you our house, it is right at 1 mile. Without the initial goal of completing the goal on that particular run, I accomplished anyways.
Running overall--but especially with Mister and Ains--has become pretty enjoyable and I'm sure there will be a post on the sybject in the near future.
Goal #22: Breastfeed the lil' one for at least 6 months.
Ainsley is almost 7 months old--my oh my how time has flown!--so that means I've accomplished this by almost 1 additional month. The goal is to nurse her as long as I can until she's able to transition to cow milk. I'll be posting an individual post about this one as well! I've got a lot to say about this topic!
One quick word before heading out for a run--or maybe ice cream--even though I've been MIA lately, I was excitedly surprised that 10,000 visits have been made to my blog since it's beginning. So crazy! But thanks for stopping in and hopefully being inspired, encouraged, educated, or received a laugh on my behalf--that's the goal as I use this as an outlet! I won't wait another 3 weeks before touching base again!
Catching back up with life, as I scan through my list of 101 goals that I hope to accomplish in 1001 days, I have a handful successfully accomplished goals and more that I've made some progress on. Woot! Woo! :-)
Goal #2: Go Vegetarian for a month
For the month of February, Mister and I decided that we were going to fast from meat and bread and focus on what our next steps as a family should be. i.e. what we should get involved in, is there anything we should be initiating to better our community, etc. Let me tell you, even though this goal was to not eat meat, this carb lover struggled a lot more with not endulging in bread! [On Fridays my co-workers take turns bringing in a little treat. Well one day I headed to the workroom to find Panera bagels and there happened to be an Asiago cheese one. Score! After toasting it and covering it with cream cheese, I headed back to my classroom. Walkibg down the hall, I raise the small piece of heaven to my mouth when I realize I'm about to eat a bagel aka bread! Ugh! Darn it! One of my students enjoyed a bagel that morning nonetheless.]
After the month of February passed, we decided to continue to give up meat for Lent. Eating meatless seems like a healthier thing to do, even if not because I'm not eating meat, but rather because of the foods that I'm eating instead of eating meat. It's been a lot of fun to cook with Mister and experiementing with various vegetables. Yum! Yum! After celebrating Easter on April 8th, I think the game plan--after eating what meat is already in the freezer because I'm not all about being wasteful--I'll try to only meat if I know where it comes from. Which does not mean Meijer, Rays, etc. but rather a local farmer. We shall see. :)
Goal #12: Run a 5k in less than 30 minutes.
On February 25th, Mister, Momma-cita, my spin instructor, another workout friend and I participated in St. Rita's Family & Friends February Freeze. Well it certainly was in February and it certainly was freezing but some how I accomplished this goal that morning! You see, I was working through the Couch to 5k running program and my third run for that week was supposed to be the dreaded Week 5, Day 3: Run for 2 miles. You see, I've never ran 2 miles without stopping to walk so I was really nervous about this. I started with what I thought was a good pace and gave myself mental pep talks through the first mile and an half. As I came up to the 2 mile mark, I pushed myself to go a little more and then a little more and then a little more. The course was laid out around the blocks that the hospital is on and we had to make two laps around it. Well I thought that after the second loop we were headed back to the finish line, so that's what I was mentally pushing myself to, but come for find out we had to do an extra little loop [probably that last tenth of a mile]. So I kept pushing on and kept not walking. Soon I could see the finish line, I saw that my goal was definitely within
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| One hot [ecstatic] mess! And an adorable, distracted one! |
Goal #15: Run a block mile in under 10 minutes.
Continuing with the running theme, on March 7th, I accomplished this one. Mister and I discovered last summer that if you start on the sidewalk in front of our house and keep running until you get back you our house, it is right at 1 mile. Without the initial goal of completing the goal on that particular run, I accomplished anyways.
Running overall--but especially with Mister and Ains--has become pretty enjoyable and I'm sure there will be a post on the sybject in the near future.
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| Lil' Trooper in the Jogging Stroller |
Goal #22: Breastfeed the lil' one for at least 6 months.
Ainsley is almost 7 months old--my oh my how time has flown!--so that means I've accomplished this by almost 1 additional month. The goal is to nurse her as long as I can until she's able to transition to cow milk. I'll be posting an individual post about this one as well! I've got a lot to say about this topic!
One quick word before heading out for a run--or maybe ice cream--even though I've been MIA lately, I was excitedly surprised that 10,000 visits have been made to my blog since it's beginning. So crazy! But thanks for stopping in and hopefully being inspired, encouraged, educated, or received a laugh on my behalf--that's the goal as I use this as an outlet! I won't wait another 3 weeks before touching base again!
