Fast Running Mommy

nice 4 mile jog with a little extra...I'm slowly going to reach for 5. That's how I made it to 4. I just would add a little extra every day until one day I just felt ready to try it. Not that I couldn't go out and run 10 miles if I wanted to..the point is that once I commit to 5, I'll be trying to run that 5 every day 6 days a week. That's the tricky part...consistency.

All day Saturday I worked on a project I've been wanting to do for months. I hand painted a towel rack for our bathroom. I bought a big board at Roberts with beveled edges, painted it and then planned. I spent most of the planning time shopping for the hooks to hang the towels on. If I was making it I wanted to make it for considerably less than I would buy it. I probably saved about 10-15 dollars only on materials. Sasha looked at the artwork that I put on it and wants to try and get me to start a little side business selling custom hand painted items...honestly I've wanted to do this for years!!! We'll see if we can make it fly...still in dreaming stages on it. A few years ago when I realized that I had an artist trapped inside me I started dreaming of custom painting things for people..because I love doing it...and it's not an exact science that would stress me out..like being a seamstress or something that had to be exact and perfect...it's art..it's supposed to be original!  Anyway..monday ramblings...onto laundry and organizing the office. We had a hole in a window and seems a mouse got in through there..I caught it but now I'm totally grossed out and want to organize and deep clean the office to make sure he didn't leave behind too many treasures.

got up early today..yay! So I added a little extra. Nice easy run. The form felt natural..we'll see what the future holds...

Felt really good today  but needed to get back to the kiddos. I woke up early this morning but didn't go because I was reading one of my kids books..I'm a sucker for a good read and would stay up late and never get anything done...

My accomplishment yesterday was awesome..I made like $100 worth of healthy yummy yummy yummy granola bars for my crazy husband that has decided to not eat any bread for the next 3 months. I have this great little tool called an Excalibur Dehydrator that has 9 trays with teflon sheets. We got it half off from a raw food chef in town that has a little shop and diner.  I tweaked a recipe I found online somewhere and made honey carob peanut black sesame seed delights!!!   

Well..there goes my extra mileage this week! I couldn't get up this morning and then felt like only going 3 ish today...still not sure of all the markers on my course so I just turned around when I felt like I'd done half of my run..not very scientific but hey I the creative type....

I turned around where Sasha says the 2.5 mark from our house is but I'm still not sure that it is right..it just didn't feel like 5 miles..It felt really good actually. I started out feeling like I couldn't possibly go any extra today but I got curious where the mark Sasha had described was and decided to try for it...I made it....I think I'm going to try 5 all next week.  It will feel good to get back to more normal. I need to get my body in the best shape I can. That is my pregnancy plan. I get in really good shape after each baby so that I can handle the next pregnancy without letting go of too much. I HATE  feeling like anything interferes with what I'm able to give my children. So...if I'm in really good shape than I can gradually let go of that as the pregnancy progresses and still have the basic fitness I need to make it through my days  and deal with my pregnancy. Does that make sense? I run for emergency prepardness...in case of sickness or other times when I still need energy to meet the demands of my large family I just run less or not at all that day and then I still have energy because I'm in pretty good shape.

made it to 5 again...woo hoo! My left leg was dying a little bit at the end but not too bad. ...otherwise..I guess my body is ready for 5 a day because it really wasn't too bad. That is significant for me. I love my children and love dedicating my time and energy to giving life..but...I also realize what I'm sacrificing and when I can get a little bit back to "normal" I appreciate it ever so much more.