It's a new month, time for a new start, right?  That would be my plan.  We have a lot going on this month and I would like to tackle it all with a positive attitude.  So, here goes ( Read more... )

Staying at home with my two wonderful children for the past 4 months has been great, yet not great.  It is a new experience and I'm not great with new.  I crave structure in my life but can't seem to create any for myself.  This is frustrating and results in an irritable mommy.  Working is also how I met people, now I'm in a new city and know not a ( Read more... )

As I sit here with my two beautiful, healthy children I wonder to myself: why?  One is upstairs screaming because she threw a colander at her brother, the other is throwing anything he can get his hands on.  Neither one listens worth a darn and it's starting to drive me insane!!!  I'm not working yet, I don't want to work, but these kids!!!  I need ( Read more... )

So today is my last day of work at the Tacoma Police Department.  Tomorrow the movers load us up and Thursday we start the trek to Wisconsin.

It's been fun working here.  I've learned new things, not at all banking related!!  It's given me some good work experience that will hopefully translate into a good position on the flip side.  My coworkers ( Read more... )

So, I did it. I ran the Sound to Narrows 12K!!  I set out with the goal of doing it in less than 2 hours, more specifically 1:45.  So, 1:31:29 blew my mind!  Go me, I'm so stinkin proud of myself.  The hubby and the kiddos were at the finish line and that was the cherry on the top.  It made me so happy to see them ( Read more... )

After much convincing and rationalizing with myself, I am going to do the 12k on Saturday.  I figure that I walked a half marathon about 7 weeks after giving birth in roughly 3 hours and 20 minutes (albeit with someone else) so I can reasonaly complete 7.5 miles in under 2 hours.  Right??  Yes, I can.  So, tomorrow sometime I will go over to REI, ( Read more... )

Yesterday I casually asked my boss if she wanted to run the Sound to Narrows with me.  She asked how long is the race, I replied about 7.5 miles.  She asked when it was, I said June 12th. She thought about it for a minute and said sure.  I immediately kicked myself.  Do I really want to run a 12K???  Maybe.  The bigger question is: do I have the ( Read more... )

So, I believe that the easiest way to make a big change is little steps.  However, there are some little steps that such big hurdles for me.  I love candy, baked goods, sweets in general.  I would like to eat less of them.  Apparently the less I would like to eat, the more I eat.  It's not like I'm depriving myself, but maybe it's because I allow ( Read more... )

Finally worked out last night.  I've been talking about it for, um, months, I guess.  I went to the gym, but I get so bored at the gym.  About 20 minutes of a cardio machine is all I can handle.  It doesn't help that I'm slightly perfectionist-like, so I see people who are doing what I'm doing only they are doing it better than me, so I want to ( Read more... )

I lack motivation, but when I actually think about it I lack follow through.  I can talk and plan and plan and talk about something, but when the time presents itself to do it I do nothing.  This leaves me feeling unsatisfied.  It's my own dam fault, but I can't seem to change it, especially when I so dislike change!  Case in point:  Friday night ( Read more... )