Things I've Been Thinking - With a Check In

The house is quiet, and I feel myself letting go. Unwinding. Sigh that big sigh.

I ran today. 5k. It felt good to get, out. The air was warm and I was never cold. Not when I started, and not when I turned back on to my street. I felt strong, and alive, and healthy. Healthier anyway. Duke padded along beside me the whole way. He is quietly in his bed now sleeping. Could I have warn him out....??? I doubt it...

I luv friendships. The new and old. The ones that are fresh, and new and exciting. You ask questions, and get to know each other, and wonder what kind of friendship it will turn out to be. The 'old' friendships. The ones that have stood the test of time and troubles. You supporting one another, knowing that the friendship is stronger then the trouble, and your friendship will come out in the end stronger then before.

I saw one of the later today. It was a supporting day for her. Hugs, deep chats, and comfort food. It was a soul filling day. One I would not have missed for the world.

Thank you dear friend for letting me and my wee ones in you home and your heart on a day you needed some extra support and luv. What a privilege and an honor.

Check In 

OK, so I did my 5k race, and luved it! We - hubby and I - are looking into some more. I'm continuing the running as well! It feels good, empowering, exhilarating, and I feel so alive. I'm trying to get out 3xs a week, which is working well, and I'm aiming for 5k every time. Today I did 5k. A good start to the week!

I'm also getting up to 1/2 hour video in the morning. I don't do it every morning, but aiming for 5-6 times a week, which I have been successful with.

So the Weight Watchers and counting points have flown out the window :( The scale was a reflection of that this morning. I was up 1.4 from last week. *sigh* Why can weight loss be easier?
So I'm recommitting to the points for the whole week, with a goal! By Easter, (4 weeks away) I want to be down 3lb. I know I can do it! I just need to eat well. I like eating well. It feels good!! So here I go. Wish me well :)

I'm not meeting all of my weight loss goal as quickly as I wanted. But I am meeting my fitness goals, and making stronger ones as I go. Despite the weight, I feel good about that! 

March Photo a Day

11. Someone you talked to today

12. Fork

Happiness Is....

....having my hubby cheer me across the finish line!!
....a party after wards with friends.

 ....a note from Mom and Dad wishing us well on a race well run.
....running and knowing my kids are safe at home, with the next best thing to me.
....sunshine.
....fresh laundry off the line and put away.
....the hard efforts of organizing, and having a place for every thing again.
....babies walking.

 ....chatting with neighbors as children ride up and down the sidewalk in the sunshine. 
....a day spent outside is sunshine and  +12  degree weather.

 

 ....signs of spring.

....tidied kitchen, with the help of little ones.
....freshly bathed babies wrapped in towels.
....quiet house after babies are peacefully tucked into bed.

O, Happiness is good. Life is good. I am elated with life. With my wee children, with my husband, family, friends.....the list goes on and on. It can't all be wrapped up in one post. But it continues here, day after day.

Thank you for following me in this journey of life. In the good and the bad.

March Photo a Day

9 - Red

10 - Loud

they are learning so much, but the toy is LOUD! Ack!!

11- Someone you talked to today

Stay tuned for tomorrow!

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

inspired by SouleMama 

March Photo a Day - 8

March Photo a Day - 8 - Window

My front window. I luv watching for my friends to come, watching the kids ride bikes, and I'm just nosy - I enjoy watching the neighbors. I also enjoy looking in, when I'm coming home from a run, to see what they do without me!!

can u see them and a bit of me in the photo?

Great Day.........To Be Alive...

Oh where to start? Its been a great day! The kids and are so insinc  with each other. The weather was a beautiful +15C today, and we got to do things we luv! Ballet, a walk in the windy sunshine, hanging laundry, library, and pizza. Really, can it get any better for me or them?

i luv to wear her close to my heart, little feet dangling by my side

at the same time i luv it when she takes off after them...

i luv how they lead her to play, keep her safe, and luv her

the wind blew it across the yard!! more clothes pins the 2nd time around!!

Catch up on  March Photo a Day  (ohps)

5. A smile

6. 5 p.m. (or 5:01)

7. Something you wore

pj's - every night, yes, pink leopard, fleecy and warm

Check in - Weigh in

I was slightly disappointed to see the weight the same as last week, but I was able to shrug it off at the same time. Its become about more then the scale. It has to do with how I feel, and what I'm doing about it. It has been less about the food, and more about being active. Not just exercising, but moving. I like a good walk with the kids, or being in the yard hanging laundry, and dancing to my favorite song on the radio. I've also picked up and enjoyed running. Running with someone is FUN too!! Honest. It feels so good, the cold air hitting the lungs, the gasping for breath, and muscles screaming out to me. I ran with Shana this week, and Goran. And luved it!!

I have also entered a race. (with free food and beer at the end!) Its 5km, and I have done 5 km (with Shana) so I know I can, and I understand, from friends who have a done a 5 km race, that on race day, your adrenalin is pumping, and 5 km flies past! Race day is Saturday, and I am pumped!!

I will check in next Monday again, and update about the race.

Photo a day for the rest of the week!!

Bedside

March photo a day Day 4 - Bedside

Need I say more? They, my wee ones, are part of me. And although she doesn't sleep with me anymore, she still prefers this during the day. Right beside my bed. Sometimes I lay down in my bed, read a book, dose a bit, just to be close to where she is. Watch her chest rise and fall, hear her soft breathing, and hear her wake up, and be the first thing she see's when looks around, and says, "Mama?"

My Neighborhood

March photo a day Day 3 My neighborhood

Before I post my picture, I was thinking about 'my neighborhood' and wanted to include my thoughts here. We moved a year and half ago. I luved my neighborhood. I luved the quiet street, my neighbors, and the kids my kids played with. We had a little block , just a quick 10 minute walk, right outside the front door. It was amazing to just get the kids out quick, when things were harry, or my brain was fuzzy, or the dog needed a walk...you get the idea. I had a very good friend who's house I could see from my front door. I knew almost everyone, and would stop to talk to them. We looked at houses on the street as they came up, and we talked to someone who had planned to move about buying their house. We had worked out a verbal agreement, and I dreamed of raising my kids on that street....

And that fell through. It was spring weather, snow on the ground, but it was warm and there were puddles. The air was still nippy. (I think it was 2 years ago this time of year!)  I had bundled up the daycare kids and walked Angelina to school. We were walking home and she pulled up beside me in her van. She told me she was very sorry, but because of financial things on their end, they couldn't move. I was crushed. It was the biggest house on the street, and I had luved it. It had a nice yard, and we could have raised our growing family there. No other house on the street was big enough. I knew that. And we were quickly out-growing our small semi with wee Klara on the way.

I cried.

Goran and I began talking of house hunting (I really hate house hunting) and booked some appointments with the Realtor. We looked for awhile before we found one big enough, with a quiet neighborhood, and the bonus of a huge huge yard. It needed more work then I liked, but Goran promised we would work hard and make it a house we luved.

It didn't feel like home. Not for along time. You know when your out grocery shopping, and its late, and all you want to do is go home? I use to picture the old house. Driving around the corner, pulling into my street, and into the driveway beside my little semi. We worked hard to make that semi beautiful. It was. I brought 2 children into the world there.

But this home, this neighborhood is starting to feel like home. The neighbors were a little hard to warm up too, but they are. Slowly. They smile and wave, and stop to chat a minute as we walk by. I feel comforted to see the lights across the street when I know they are home. I feel safe somehow. And the house is becoming one I luv. We have and are working hard. Its paying off.

I think it might have to do with the seasons, and having been here for a spring already, I know what to expect, and I have all these great memories of last spring to associate with. The kids riding bikes around the block, (Grace learning to ride a 2 wheeler) the beautiful bush in the backyard, and my clothes line going up!

So now, when its late, and I'm out grocery shopping, I picture pulling into this street. My new neighborhood, which is feeling more and more like home.

i snapped this with my iphone while I was out for 2nights walk!!