As a worship leader, I would be re-miss to not post this....
Now laugh with me as we poke a little fun at ourselves shall we? ;-)
And I expect all 5 of you who view this and also worship alongside me to execute your proper worship technique next time!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
1st Days of School....
Coleo is off to 7th grade...
Wren(green) and Jewels(pink) are off to 3rd grade...
And our not so wee boy, Jaxon, goes to kindergarten...
And here's my facebook status update to accompany this video post this morning...
Karyn...thinks watching her little boy ride away on the bus this morning for his first day of school was one of the hardest, but most fun things she's had to do as a mom.
>sigh<
As for me, I spent my first morning as a SAHM with no kids at home watching the Today show uninterrupted, dorking around on said facebook, doing a couple loads of laundry and attempting to sort thru old school papers from last year.
I do have grand plans for all I will accomplish this year, but that will start...hmmmm...maybe next week!
Wren(green) and Jewels(pink) are off to 3rd grade...
And our not so wee boy, Jaxon, goes to kindergarten...
And here's my facebook status update to accompany this video post this morning...Karyn...thinks watching her little boy ride away on the bus this morning for his first day of school was one of the hardest, but most fun things she's had to do as a mom.
>sigh<
As for me, I spent my first morning as a SAHM with no kids at home watching the Today show uninterrupted, dorking around on said facebook, doing a couple loads of laundry and attempting to sort thru old school papers from last year.
I do have grand plans for all I will accomplish this year, but that will start...hmmmm...maybe next week!
Monday, August 31, 2009
Oh so long....
I know it's been oh so long since my last post...and I promise to start back up so very soon, but I just had to post this right now as it happened.
See, I have lived here in the Hinterland for nearly 16 years, and it has all the makings of a very nice city, with all sorts of wonderful suburban loveliness AND Big City nuances all it's own.
But, do you know when where you live is really still just a small town that THINKS it's big city?
When the lead story on the 6:00 evening news is that of a pregnant llama on the loose from a farm in an even smaller neighboring town. Complete with an on-the-scene reporter calling in live.
Really.
See, I have lived here in the Hinterland for nearly 16 years, and it has all the makings of a very nice city, with all sorts of wonderful suburban loveliness AND Big City nuances all it's own.
But, do you know when where you live is really still just a small town that THINKS it's big city?
When the lead story on the 6:00 evening news is that of a pregnant llama on the loose from a farm in an even smaller neighboring town. Complete with an on-the-scene reporter calling in live.
Really.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Bootcamp Insanity...
So, I am not losing the weight that I had hoped by adding a fairly intense work-out to my life. Bootcamp is great; I really enjoy the trainers and the camaraderie of all the women there. But I am frustrated by my lack of "results".
They keep saying that nutrition is just as, if not more important that the exercise itself. Which I don't' get. I have lost and kept off 13 lbs since August 2007 (and that's thru two holiday seasons as well - which they say the average person gains 3-5 lbs during...so the way I figure I have really kept off closer to 20 lbs at least!) I know what I need to eat and what I shouldn't eat in order to lose weight. I've done that. The one thing I hadn't done was to incorporate the fitness side of things until now - and I was hoping to really jump start things again with this.
With each session of bootcamp, we have had a 1 hour conference call covering the importance of nutrition and how to maximize your results. And it's all well and good, if I was single and wasn't feeding a family of six, 3 meals and 2 snacks a day most days of the week. The way they suggest we eat to see fast results just isn't feasible or practical for me. I can't cook one thing for my family to eat, and then sit down with a bowl of brown rice and cottage cheese for myself. I don't believe that sets a good example for my children, and I don't believe it sets me up for success in the long run in learning how to make better food choices and controlling portion sizes eating REAL food each day.
I have made lots of little changes like ground turkey instead of beef, whole wheat pasta and brown rice instead of white and we have always only eaten whole wheat bread. I am eating a high protein breakfast nearly everyday, I have stopped much of my late night snacking, and have for the most part eliminated drinking diet soda (except when we eat out...a girl's gotta live a little)
I recently friended the owner/lead trainer of Bootcamp on Facebook, and my status that morning said "...just endured another butt-kickin bootcamp in the gloom and fog...but wished she were seeing faster results." And he came back that afternoon and commented that he is here to help me and I need to send him my "eating plan" and he'll critique it and give me feedback about how to change it improve on it in order to see faster results. I don't want that, mostly because of the reasons I stated above. While I believe I would be losing more weight and doing it faster, I don't believe that kind of eating is sustainable (or enjoyable for that matter) for the long haul so why bother?
I AM seeing my clothes fitting a little more loosely, people are commenting on my appearance, but the number on the scale hasn't really moved at all in 7 weeks and that's SO frustrating. I keep telling myself that I am just converting fat to muscle and muscle is heavier by volume than fat, so I won't see that number go down much for now at least, but will see it in how I feel and look, and I do. But man, I wish I was seeing THAT number go down just a little faster. The hardest part is the "dollar per pound" return. That's not so good right now. Maybe in August I can kick up a little more and actually drop some serious poundage and make this whole bootcamp insanity really worth it all.
They keep saying that nutrition is just as, if not more important that the exercise itself. Which I don't' get. I have lost and kept off 13 lbs since August 2007 (and that's thru two holiday seasons as well - which they say the average person gains 3-5 lbs during...so the way I figure I have really kept off closer to 20 lbs at least!) I know what I need to eat and what I shouldn't eat in order to lose weight. I've done that. The one thing I hadn't done was to incorporate the fitness side of things until now - and I was hoping to really jump start things again with this.
With each session of bootcamp, we have had a 1 hour conference call covering the importance of nutrition and how to maximize your results. And it's all well and good, if I was single and wasn't feeding a family of six, 3 meals and 2 snacks a day most days of the week. The way they suggest we eat to see fast results just isn't feasible or practical for me. I can't cook one thing for my family to eat, and then sit down with a bowl of brown rice and cottage cheese for myself. I don't believe that sets a good example for my children, and I don't believe it sets me up for success in the long run in learning how to make better food choices and controlling portion sizes eating REAL food each day.
I have made lots of little changes like ground turkey instead of beef, whole wheat pasta and brown rice instead of white and we have always only eaten whole wheat bread. I am eating a high protein breakfast nearly everyday, I have stopped much of my late night snacking, and have for the most part eliminated drinking diet soda (except when we eat out...a girl's gotta live a little)
I recently friended the owner/lead trainer of Bootcamp on Facebook, and my status that morning said "...just endured another butt-kickin bootcamp in the gloom and fog...but wished she were seeing faster results." And he came back that afternoon and commented that he is here to help me and I need to send him my "eating plan" and he'll critique it and give me feedback about how to change it improve on it in order to see faster results. I don't want that, mostly because of the reasons I stated above. While I believe I would be losing more weight and doing it faster, I don't believe that kind of eating is sustainable (or enjoyable for that matter) for the long haul so why bother?
I AM seeing my clothes fitting a little more loosely, people are commenting on my appearance, but the number on the scale hasn't really moved at all in 7 weeks and that's SO frustrating. I keep telling myself that I am just converting fat to muscle and muscle is heavier by volume than fat, so I won't see that number go down much for now at least, but will see it in how I feel and look, and I do. But man, I wish I was seeing THAT number go down just a little faster. The hardest part is the "dollar per pound" return. That's not so good right now. Maybe in August I can kick up a little more and actually drop some serious poundage and make this whole bootcamp insanity really worth it all.
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