I'm back and 10K pics

I am so far behind in my posts so lets just get started where I left off...

I DID IT!! I FINISHED MY FIRST 10K (6.2 miles just incase you didn't know)...

(In record time might I add)

My nephew, Niko, did it with m. This is us starting the race together. About a quarter mile in he left me because I am way too slow to keep up with him...

This is me on the home strech...high fives to my family that came to support me... FInally the finish line. I finished right under 1 hour and 22 minutes. My legs were like jelly and I thought many times throughout that I wasn't going to be able to finish...but I did!

Me and Niko after the race.

I was ( and still am) so proud of myself for completing this goal that I set for myself. There were many days that I tried to talk myself out of it, but in the end, I DID IT!!!

4 days to go

The day is fast approaching, my 10K is is 4 days. Am I ready?

Definitelt Not!

Am I gonna do it anyway?

I sure am!

The way I look at it, as long as I finish, I'm good. I'm only in competition with myself so I can't lose.

My 14 year old nephew that's running with me will probably lap me and have to circle around to come get me, but hey

as long as I finish...

Unbearable Lightness

My latest recreational read was Unbearable Lightness by: Portia De Rossi

I have always been a fan of Portia de Rossi and can remember watching her on Ally McBeal in the skinny actress craze. I always thought she is so beautiful with her unique features and gorgeous blonde hair. So when she came out with her book, I couldn't wait to read it.

The book is about her struggle with eating disorders. She tells the story of how a scale came to rule her life and the devastating ride it took her on.
I found myself identifying with alot of what she went through. While i've never struggled with an eating disorder, I have(like most of us) wished that parts of my body looked different at different stages in my life.

For me it was comforting and reassuring to hear that someone that I view as soooo beautiful struggles with her self image to.

She also takes the reader on her journey to find and accept her true self and in turn help her loved ones accept her to. Being true to yourself once you know who you are can be a struggle especially if the ones around you disagree with you.

I really enjoyed the book and highly recommend it.

P.S. I own a copy, if you would like to borrow, let me know.

Where did my babies go?

Two things happened today that made me realize how big my boys are getting and it makes me kinda sad.

incident #1

When Keddie was getting dressed today, he put on a shirt that was too small. I told him to take it off and when he did I looked at the tag and it was a 5T.

A 5T!

He is getting so big and I am just not ready for it.

This is how I think of my boys in my head.

Nevermind that this picture is from April of 2009.I still think Langston is a baby and that Keddie is a little boy.

Such a cute (fat) baby.

incident#2

Someone asked me how old my kids were today and I said Langston will be two in August and Keddie will be five in October.

Wait...ummm...or I am a year behind and Langston will be 3 and Keddie will be 6.

I guess I'm just a mama in denial that my babies are growing up :(

(One of my all time fav pics of me and Keddie)

Oh I just love them to pieces !
As long as they're young they need me and love me, can I keep them young forever?

A post a day...

This is where I was gonna say something clever like...

keeps the boredom away ...

or

is when mommy can play...

Something catchy that rhymed, but that's all I could come up with-sorry.

I'm not sure if you noticed but I have been very goal oriented this year.

I didn't want to make a bunch of New Year's Resolutions just to forget about them a couple of weeks later.

SO.....

I decided instead that each month I would have a goal or something that I wanted to accomplish and it would change every month (gotta change it up bc I get distracted faster than a two year old).

March I am going to attempt to Blog at least 5 times a week. And I am gonna update you on some projects I've done and will be completing this month.

ANd in case your counting, my 10K is in 10 DAYS!

I am NOT ready, prayers please.

Soda no More

Today marks day 2 of my personal challenge to myself to dramatically reduce my coke intake. And by coke I mean soda of all kinds. These two are my personal favorite...The Nectar of the gods.. as my siblings and I refer to it...Yummy

And no one in my family, shares my love for Coke but I love it just the same

So this all came about because I realized over the weekend that I had drank 2 LARGE SONIC drinks in one day...That's a lot of soda goodness....oh I mean that's alot of soda.

And that means alot of sugar which translates to a lot of unneeded calories. I think I might have just identified what has been sabotaging my weightloss.

And I hate to feel like I am addicted to anything...so when I start to feel like I need a soda to start my day and wake me up, I want to prove to myself that I am in control.

So on day two, I will admit I feel a little more tired. I think I miss the caffeine the most, and since I don't like coffee, I guess I'm gonna have to find an alternate source of energy...

So if I seem a little more grumpy than normal, just give me a coke...or Dr. Pepper.