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Wednesday! Already?

This week is absolutely just flying by! I think i’m pretty much riding the bus now. For a few reasons. My fare is getting low on my Go-To card. To I think $10. It takes so much longer to take the bus, and while I think it’s fun to take the bus, especially in the morning, I also really enjoy sleeping in, plus the ride home is much longer, and I get “bus sick”. Plus on my second bus in the morning, there is this overly friendly older man. Its fine to be friendly, but I have an inner feeling that tells me he’s odd. I will definitely take the train to the Mall of America, and to the Twins games though! (Especially Twins Games!).

Jason and I talked this morning, and we’re going to pretty much abolish sippy cups at our house. Kirra does just fine without them, so we’re going to only give her a sippy cup in the car if she needs one. When I got home she was walking all over the house with a cup, and she did absolutely great! What a young lady!!!

Happy Tuesday

What a great day today! I ended up driving today,because Jason had to work, so I brought Kirra to daycare. She was absolutely THRILLED! As soon as I pulled around the corner and down Tally’s street Kirra started yelling, Tally, Austin,Michael, Jonah, Owen. It was way too cute! Once i brought her inside and she saw all of her friends she didn’t need me anymore. She was so happy and her friends all cheered, KIRRA! So that was pretty exciting. Poor Michael & Kirra will be sad tomorrow when they don’t get to do it all over again, but perhaps next week we can drop her off one day.

She has just been in the best moods lately. And she is just a dolly! I’m amazed at her every day, and fall completely in love with her every time i look at her. Here is a photo from tonight before bedtime. Miss Smiley.

I’m making progress with my running. I got up to 3 miles today! I decided to just bite the bullet and go for it. I started out super slow, and then increased speed. Unfortunately that increased the speed of the pain that was inflicted on my tummy because I ate too much pizza and drank too much milk, but I persevered. I slowed it down, but still made it all the way. I’ve never tried this 3 mile route, and I really really liked it! It was just an out and back on a semi busy road, but it kind of kept me company. Made the mileage go by a lot faster actually, which is great,since some of my other mile “routes” are going to be going this same way. I’ll just turn around later.
I didn’t wear the yak tracks today. It wasn’t too slippery out. There was a lot of bare road,so I didn’t really need them. Plus I have to give them back to the Judester. (my co-workers wife/Judy). Who is inspiring me to train,so I can run with her at the Half Marathon!

Tomorrow is my PT job meeting, and off day for running. My co-worker and I also did 25 flights of stairs today! I really really felt it in my calfs running and i have a feeling i’m going to wake up and hardly be able to walk tomorrow! That’s what I get tho for eating a bunch of crap. I’ve really been laying off the pop tho, and i think that’s helped a lot. I haven’t weighed myself on the Wii lately but I feel i’ve lost some tummy weight,so that’s terrific. That’s the goal.
Sigh…. 10 more days and we’ll be off for the cabin. I really really can’t wait! I need to get reading for my New thru 30 Assignment or I’m going to be up all night!!!!!

Pictures?

I seriously need to start posting some pictures soon! I’ve completely fallen off the bandwagon with picture taking, but will hop back on very quickly! We had a good Monday. I met up with my small group, and we went thru the first two chapters. I think everyone had a good time. I’m also working on this project, New thru 30, where i’m reading thru the new testament in 30 days! Its quite a challenge, but i’m making progress. Then I blog about my favorite verse/chapter etc on this one website with other people who are doing it, and we learn from eachother.

Kirra goes to Tally’s tomorrow. I hope she does well. She hasn’t seen Tally for a long time. I think she will enjoy playing with Austin & Michael again though, and Jonah too! I’ll write about it tomorrow with a picture hopefully!

Great Weekend

We had such a great weekend. Friday evening I dropped Kirra off at Nana & Papa’s, and I went to Card Club (we make homemade cards) and Jason was playing poker. I got home and met his poker friends, and they are all very nice.

Saturday morning I woke up, and finished cleaning, and then ran some errands and did some wine tasting at the liquor store. There was a very great Pinot Grigio. So I bought two bottles!!! The work party was last night, and it went off without a hitch. I think everyone had a great time. Jason got wine glasses and I got some m&m’s and california baby products. SO i was thrilled. It was kind of like I got both gifts :P.
Today Jason and I slept in until 10:20am,and then went over to his parent’s for the Vikings game,which was terrific! I got to take a nap as well for a few hours after the game, so it went really well. Kirra was happy to see us. We also got to enjoy grandma’s terrific tacos as well. Miah and Amillie came over too.
This week should be fun. I plan on taking the bus tomorrow morning to catch up on some reading! Have a great week everyone!

Yak Trax

I tried out my co-workers Yak Trax tonight and they’re great! I was able to easily run over the ice and snow without slipping at all! I was really very impressed. I’m definitely going to buy some this week! It does feel a little weird when I ran over bare road, but the majority of my roads are SO covered in ice and snow, it was really a non-issue. I ended up going just over two miles tonight. MAN my slacking off was really felt. I’ve got to keep on the horse tho. I’m planning on running every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturdays. No more stupid excuses! I should be able to pull of a minimum of two miles, even on the treadmill if its too cold out. (Below zero).

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Here is a picture of the Yak Trax.

Swimming part two!

What a great day at swimming tonight. Kirra did really well again. Jason and I got to the pool super early, so we sat poolside to wait for our instructor to come over, and we decided to dangle our legs into the pool (since for whatever reason, you’re not supposed to get in the pool before lessons.) Kirra was just having so much fun that she layed on Jason’s legs and pretty much laid/floated in the water. We also practiced getting wet with sprinkling cans, which Kirra wasn’t too nuts about getting her head wet with the sprinkling type, but didn’t hesitate to pour the whole bucket of water right on her face, and then cough, and laugh about it. She’s so silly!
We also practiced letting go of Kirra while she hangs on to the side of the pool without us. Obviously we’re really close so that if she lets go we can catch her. The idea was for her to scale the wall and move around, but Kirra just kept crawling right out of the pool to jump in. Silly girl!
Also, Happy Birthday to my mom. Thank you so much for giving me life, and nurturing me into the strong woman that I am today, which reflects who you taught me to be.

Trip Planning

Well we’re off to Jay’s to plan our Killwory Trip & Meals. We’ll also hang out in the hot tub I presume, and maybe play some games! Tomorrow I’m serving at church, and then hosting my mom’s birthday lunch at our house. It should be a great weekend!

County Market

Well, Jason and I tried out a new grocery store today. We always get coupons for this “Kings County Market”with ridiculous savings… so we went tonight, and it was a really nice store, and it had really great savings. We saved $40 with coupons!!!! My voice has barely come back. If I really want to talk I can. So hopefully after resting it tonight I can talk tomorrow.

Hopefully it starts warming up soon so that I can start running again. I haven’t ran for a week or so, and I really really need to get back on the horse. I’ve been working out on the Biggest Loser game for wii though and I feel like its been helping out a lot.
Jason and I have also started eating a lot healthier! I haven’t had any pop in over a week, and drink water with all of my meals now. Sometimes milk, and juice is a treat. We’re eating “low fat” versions of nearly everything,or “low sugar”. For snacks we’re eating fruit, or veggies too! We’re getting fit together!

Mommy is sick! :(

Well now i’m sick. I started feeling sick on New Years Eve, but now its gone from nasal congestion to full blown laryngitis. Tonight I can’t even talk at all. Today at work I could talk, but I was very hoarse. I guess people who know me (know that I love to talk) will get a little vacation from my voice! I went to the doctor, and he said it can be like this from anywhere between 5-14 days! So I’ll have to use post-its, and ghetto sign language tomorrow.

My little Dara Torres

Tonight we started Swim Class at Shoreview. The pool was really really warm which was good, because I was thinking it was going to be colder than it was. Kirra just squealed with delight! We worked on reaching out in the water, kicking a floating block, jumping off the edge on command (not before hand!) and getting used to the water. The last 10 minutes or so were playtime. Jason came with too, and that was a huge help. I think he enjoyed it also.