What?!

One of the benefits of facebook is reconnecting with old friends.  Oh, and having those friends remind you that it was 14 years ago today that you graduated from high school.  Ouch. 

Take me out to the baallll gaaaame...

 It was a good night for some baseball.  My son is doing much better this year and is actually getting pretty good at batting.  He still has some work to do with paying attention in the outfield, but compared to how he played last year (he wasn't really interested) he's doing 100 times better this year already!  Here is a short video of him hitting tonight:


My younger daughter is playing softball again this year, too.  She expressed interest in pitching and has been working on it.  Tonight, she got to pitch in a game for the first time.  She did very well.  She struck out 2 players, and didn't walk anyone!  She also fielded a ball hit back to her to get the girl out at first.  Here are a couple of pics from her game tonight:


On Base

I wasn't able to get a clear picture of her pitching.  This was the best I could get:

Summer is almost here!

Last night was the last high school choir concert of the year for my oldest.  My younger daughter is on her way to 6th grade camp this morning, and tonight is the first baseball game of the season for my son.  The kids have 10 school days left this year, including today. 

In a way, I'm really bummed that I can't find a friggin' job to save my life, but on the other hand, I am glad to be able to stay home with my babies.  It comes in handy on days like today, when my daughter called to say she forgot her water bottle for camp, and I had to take it to her.  Even if I felt a little annoyed that I had to get dressed and leave my coffee...I'm glad I was available to take it to her. 

Race Day

Today was the Race for the Cure 5K.  The serious runners (with chips for timing) started first.  Once they were all on their way, they brought up the people running for fun (my group), then the walkers.  The official time started with the serious runners, so my time is based off my heart rate monitor, which I pressed start on as I crossed the starting line.  I ended up jogging the entire time.  I never expected to be able to do that!  Honestly, even this morning, I assumed I would be stopping to take at least a few short walk breaks.

My oldest daughter stayed with me for the first 15 minutes or so, then she walked for a few and I didn't see her again until the end. She came in about 5 minutes behind me.  My time on the "official" time clock was 40:17 as I crossed the finish line, however as I said, that clock started with the first group of runners.  My time, according to my HRM was 34:51.  What?!  That was not only my fastest 5K to date (AND outside, at that!) but my run keeper app on my phone said the distance I went was 3.4 miles.  So, something wasn't 100% accurate there, but close enough, I guess. 

All in all, I'm feeling really good about this race! :)

Screw it

I have attempted to blog numerous times this week without success.  Just tonight, I have spent the past 15 minutes attempting to formulate a complete thought.  My brain just does not seem to be working this week for some reason.  So, I'm giving up.  This is my post. Goodnight!

Dog stuff

I am in search of a new dog food.  Currently, I feed them the Taste of the Wild Sierra Mountain Formula.  Recently, however, they have both become seemingly very uninterested in eating it.  When it comes time for them to eat, they will just kind of stare at it, especially Bella.  For the past 3 days, she has only eaten a little bit of her food, even leaving it down all evening.  She will repeatedly go to her bowl like she is looking for food, sniff at it, then turn and walk away from it.  She eventually will eat it the next morning, probably because she's just so hungry.  (However, there is a fairly obvious reason I feed them in the evenings and not in the mornings. Food = poop, and I don't always have time to stick around long enough for them to go before I have to leave.)  I think maybe they're just getting tired of eating the same thing all the time??  I don't know.

So this, combined with the big Diamond recall (I have verified that the bag I have is not included in this), I think it may be time to search for something different.  I like the idea of  grain-free and not loaded with fillers for them.  Foods with fillers require them to eat more (and poop more - which they do enough of already).  It kind of saddens me, as it took me quite a while to decide on TOTW in the first place.  Now, it's back to researching dog foods. :(

I also decided that I really need something like this:


picture retrieved from: http://www.maxandzoey.com/all-products/nylon-hands-free-leash.html

I have seen people in my neighborhood using these and I really think it would be helpful to not have to hold on to her big retractable leash handle while jogging.  I just hope that it would not make it easier for her to pull me. :) 

Tired!

I am so not feeling being awake today.  I am dragging and I have a headache.  Today is my day to help out in my son's classroom and I have been there all morning.  I came home to grab some lunch and let the pups out for a bit.  I am getting ready to head back to the school for the afternoon then I need to hit the gym and/or walk/jog with Bella and work on my assignments for school that are due this weekend (one by tonight) that I've barely started on. Ugh...I'm not gonna lie, I am counting down the minutes until bed time tonight!

Down 60 and still going

I have been hanging out at around 60 lbs lost for a few weeks now.  I think I'm stuck.  It's frustrating because I still feel like I'm working like crazy to lose weight.  I'm working out in some form 5-6 times a week, still counting every calorie, and it absolutely drives me crazy when I hit a plateau.  Sometimes it makes me wonder why I'm still trying, but when I see a picture of what I looked like 60 lbs ago, I'm instantly reminded why I keep trying. 

This weekend, I tried on a pair of shorts that I wore last summer that were actually a bit snug on me then.  They literally fell right off!  That is also a fantastic motivator!  I decided to pull all the clothes out of my closet that no longer fit me.  As a result, my closet is looking rather bare, but I'm okay with it because all of those clothes are too big!



And me in my shorts from last summer:

(Please ignore my shiny face and limp hair.  This was taken post work out, pre-shower.)

I still have more weight to lose, and I have a lot of toning to do and it's easy to get caught up on how far I still have to go and to get frustrated when the number stops going down on the scale for longer than I'd like, but it's good to be able to look at how far I've come.  It keeps me going.

Zoo!

Today, I took my son, my younger daughter, and one of her friends to the zoo. We had a pretty good time.  Here are some of the pics I took:








Then, this evening, while my daughter was at softball practice, I walked/jogged 3 times with Bella around the 1 mile loop that surrounds the park she practices at.  Not a bad day!