Monday, the start of a new week. Today I started the 2nd week of the Couch25K running program, even though I've been running now for 3 weeks. Devan went with me again this morning and did great! He did take a little tumble at the end of our run. We were on our last running interval, and he was trying to get a mosquito out of his ear, when he tripped over a little lip of concrete. Fortunately, all he got was some skinned up knees, although the right one got it pretty good. He picked himself up though without complaining and we finished the last 5 minutes of walking. I'm so proud of him! Tomorrow we both weigh in and we'll see how we've done this last week. I did make sure to tell him not to get discouraged if he doesn't see any results on the scale yet, as it's only been a week. I reminded him that we're both doing something NOW, that we couldn't do BEFORE, and that's really good. :)
Here you see a picture of my lovely dinner tonight. I cut up a small zucchinic, a medium size yellow summer squash, a pint of button mushrooms, added in a small fresh red onion (from farmer's market), added 3 cups of shredded coleslaw mix (who wants to take the time to shred cabbage??) and about a half cup of sugar snap peas. I stir fried all of this in a scant tablespoon of olive oil and then added a couple of tablespoons of stir fry sauce. It was absolutely delicious! AND FILLING! I thought I'd be able to eat the plate full, but no way! I'm saving the rest to take to work tomorrow. The only thing that would have made it better would have been either some chicken or turkey breast diced up and maybe some water chestnuts...MMMMM....Well, it's time to clean up the dinner dishes, I'm getting Todd to bed early tonight as he seems to be really tired and then I'm going to TRY to get some stitching. I'm pretty tired myself, so we'll have to see how that works.
Well, I actually got Mount Washmore done and put away today! Well.....there's one load left in the washer that I'll put on the line shortly and when that's dry I'll fold that and put it away.
I also pulled out ALL the winter clothes and sorted those into sizes along with another huge box of clothes I had and now we're ready for this fall/winter when the time comes. Of course, with sorting comes de-cluttering and I probably have enough to fill 3 garbage bags full of my clothes, the boys clothes and Therese's clothes. I'm going to go through all of them and pull the nicest stuff out and try to sell it online. I could really use the extra money right now.
As for stitching, I stitched maybe an hour yesterday (Saturday) morning, but that's it. The rest of my day was taken up by cleaning the kitchen and going grocery shopping. Most of today was taken up by the laundry. I'm hoping to get a little time in on my L&L Angel of Grace after dinner tonight, but we'll see. I have to be up at 4:30AM for my run tomorrow. Tomorrow I start Week 2 of Couch 25K and Devan is still doing it with me. I hope he can keep it up.
Well, need to go pull apart the chicken I boiled for tonight's dinner and turn it into Chicken & Rice.
So I did it again! Today was the 6th day in 14 that I've run. I'm running Sun/Tues/Thurs for the Couch 25K program found at Cool Running. It's amazing how much easier it is to run with good shoes. Shopko had their athletic shoes on sale this past weekend and I got a pretty good deal. I bought a pair of Asics running shoes that were normally $60 for $41.99. It's made a world of difference.
Haven't got much stitching done this week at all. Saturday was my niece Grace's 4th birthday party, then we got together with the in-laws for lunch on Father's Day, then went to the pool in the evening. Monday dh works, Tuesday I worked late shift, Wednesday we went to the pool after I got home from work, and tonight I finally stitched for about 10 minutes! ONLY 10 MINUTES! I really, really want to stitch.
However, I can't stitch anymore right now, cause everything is blurring together. The only downside to exercising is that in order to run AND get ready for work, I need to get up at 4:30AM. I'm wiped out by now, so no more stitching for me.
Oh, if you're up for a chance at a wonderful giveaway, please check out Kathy's blog. She's giving away a piece of fabby that she dyed herself and more!
Saw this little poem on another blog, and like it!
The Creation When God had made the earth and sky the flowers and the trees, He then made all the animals the fish, the birds and bees. And when at last He'd finished not one was quite the same. He said, "I'll walk this world of mine and give each one a name." And so He traveled far and wide and everywhere He went, a little creature followed Him until it's strength was spent. When all were named upon the earth and in the sky and sea, the little creature said, "Dear Lord, there's not one left for me." Kindly the Father said to him, "I've left you to the end. I've turned my own name back to front and called you dog, My friend." Author Unknown
Summer in Wisconsin........sweltering, sticky, hot.....blech! The weather has been quite nice up till now, highs in the 70's, no humidity.....and then it happens.....Summer Solstice, June 21. And BAM it hits!
Heat, humidity, the heavy air......fortunately Devan and I were able to run this morning before it got too bad out. But even still, it's 67 degrees w/94% humidity. At 5:30 in the morning!
I'm NOT looking forward to getting off work tonight and walking out into the sauna. We have a heat advisory for the day - they're expecting the heat index to be over 100. Phew! Thank goodness for AC!
The last few months have brought some changes in our home. In late April we found out that we were going to be Grandparents! How can I be old enough to be a Grandmother? Ironically, I'm the same age MY Mom was when I had Therese AND she is due one day before I was due with her.
On June 7, Therese graduated from high school and we met her boyfriend Brian's parents. Bruce and Paulette are wonderful people and we really enjoyed getting to know them. We look forward to spending more time with them as we will be sharing a new Grandbaby. Here are 3 pictures from Graduation. The first is of Therese, Brian and his parent, the next is of Therese & Brian with their hands cradling their baby in her belly and the last is of myself, Therese and Dad.
So we got Graduation all done and now my Baby Girl has officially become engaged AND moved out of the house. Yup, Brian officially proposed to her on Friday evening. He even managed to surprise her. They had bought a new bed and Brian had one of Therese's close friends go with him to pick out a new comforter set for it. Turns out, he picked out the exact one she wanted. He surprised her with the new bedding Friday night, along with candles and a rose. He got down on one knee and told her he loved her and asked if she would marry him. Of course, she said yes! Brian is an amazing young man, and these two have already been to heck and back over the last three years. I look forward to having him for a son in law.
Well, I guess that's all for now. It's almost time for my boys to head to bed, then I'm going to do just maybe 30 minutes of stitching and then it's bed for me. 4:30AM comes extremely early and I have to run tomorrow.
I finally have an updated picture of my WIP on my angel. She's coming along quite nicely. The only thing that would make it easier to get done (aside from more time), is a stand frame. I'm using a scroll frame and dream of getting a nice stand. Either a Gazelle or a System 4....maybe for Christmas?
