Day ~*39*~

Beezley is not getting easier and it's frustrating!  So after some chatting with a friend on FB I have some plans to change things up!  Tomorrow we plan to change our complete walk and go up the road to the super steep path to change it a bit so we'll see how that goes.  The scale and I got along today and I'm at 158.4 down from 159.5 yesterday! I am pretty sure I am PMSing so that is a nice # to see :D

Yard Sale Prep Complete.

Day ~*38*~

Seriously bummed :(  My scale informed me of a GAIN today ARGH!  159.5 SERIOUSLY!?!?!  Could be worse I suppose.... Day 2 this week up and going and conquering the Mt.  I swear it's not getting easier? Why the heck not?  We were moving a little slower on the time today (no jogging attempts downhill after my bestie had a slip and landed her a$$ on a rock!) but still completed our mile.  We did not touch the lightbulb this morning though :( Why you ask? Because about 15 feet away from us when we got to the top was some weird dude at 5am on top of beezley sitting on a rock drinking something. Coulda been coffee, coulda been booze, not really sure, but Lindsay didn't want to find out.  I think I have no "warning" radar when it comes to stranger danger and was content with going up and touching that bulb, but Lindsay said Let's turn around now... I say now????? She says yes now!  Fine...... Guess the girl being abducted from Moses and raped yesterday had her nerves on edge... why weren't mine on edge?  Anyhoo, going to watch my food intake carefully today and hope that tomorrow my scale and I have a better moment in the nice early AM......

Time for change.  Bye Bye birdhouse decor.  Now I'm on the hunt for something new and different!

Day ~*37*~

Good Morning!  Yesterday morning our hike up Beezley hill was cancelled due to lightning WAY too close for comfort. Good thing Lindsay and I went Sat morning :)  We even did an extra long hike sat morning, up the steep side and down the long road.  Turns out it's approx 1.85 miles to go that route.  Took us forever though!  So this morning we were up and ready to go !!!  We struggled to the top and took 5 breaks. The bugs were out in full force! I've never seen the movie Lord of the Flies but I'm thinking I was in it this morning attacking a million gnats :p  Even after struggling to the top and not making it up any faster then normal we made it DOWN quicker and shaved off almost 2 minutes of our time YAHOO.  I'm sure part of the speed had to do with being in my own little bug infested world and doing everything I could to get out of the bug swarms quickly LOL  But hey whatever works!  Scale this morning says 159.2 :( Down from last week, up from previous weigh ins... Just keep swimming!

In preparation for the upcoming yard sale I cleaned out Kinleigh's dresser and now it's time to shop cause we have a whole drawer that is completely empty!!!!!!!! Don't think that's happened since she was born.

Day ~*36*~

Monday July 25th

Yes believe it or not it really is July 25th and it really is summertime and it really has not broken 100 degrees here in E town.. I think we may be going for some kind of record for cool summers? Great for my electric bill, not so great for trying to make summer plans because every day is so dang unpredictable!

Day ~*35*~

Hangover Day Lazy Dinner ;)  but it was SOOOOOO good...... I am still overly excited everytime we order  Pizza from them that I can order it online and pick it up in like 15min or have it delivered!!! in EPHRATA~ LOL

Day ~*34*~

Nothing like spraying sand off your toes at the Splashzone.  I just LOVE baby toes!!! And those dimples in her little fist... ahhhh can't she stay little forever?!?!?!?!?!

Day ~*33*~

Day 5 COMPLETE! Lindsay and I completed 5 days in a row getting up at the crack of dawn and making it to the top of the mountain! YAHOO!  We did it almost the same time this morning with only 4 breaks again. Couldn't cut it down to 3 breaks but I was pleased just to make it to the top of the hill and not regress in our progress!  My scale went to 158.2 this morning HOORAY.  .5lbs in a day makes me a happy camper!! Considering I started the week at 160.4 I will take it gladly!  Ready for a small break from the crack of dawn mornings but still thinking we'll tackle that hill tomorrow sometime just for kicks ;)

Gotta love my considerably amazing green thumb..... :p

Day ~*32*~

So this morning I did NOT want to crawl out of bed!  Watching TV until 11pm and then tossing and turning for close to an hour only to be woken multiple times through the night by Kinleigh made for not nearly enough sleep. But I am proud to say I DID get out of bed. I DID NOT go back to bed after getting home and I accomplished day 4 of project Beezley.  This morning Lindsay and I made it to the top and back in just over 35min cutting our time by almost 4 minutes from yesterday! We also cut down to 4 breaks rather then 5.... down from 9 on Monday morning! It doesn't feel easier but something must be getting easier for us to be making progress.  Last night laying in bed when the munchies hit I was also proud of myself for not caving in!  Oh how I wanted to go grab a package of way too many calorie infested crackers and peanut butter...but I did not.  And I am super excited that my scale and I got along this morning~!  158.7 YAHOO...... Let's keep that downward trend going!

My bestie giving me a hand on setting up for my photoshoot.  I Love this girl!  

Day ~*31*~

Sweet! Day 3 complete of getting up at 4:45am and hiking Beezley!  Today my phone told me we did 1.03 miles in 39min12sec and took 5 breaks!  Yesterday was 1mile even at 39min39sec with 7 breaks :D  Making some progress! This morning Christina joined us and I was very proud of how well she kept up!  She felt like she was being slow but on Monday we took 9 breaks so I think she did amazing!  Slight drop on the scale this morning. 160.1.  I'll take it. better then a gain!  Better then staying the same! And i did some bad nighttime snacking after a late night phone call from my Mom and Aunt Pam back in Missouri so I'm pleased with a tiny loss :)  Onto another full day and will check in tomorrow after our morning hike!

My photo today is the back page of a letter my Great Grandma Velma wrote me 14years ago.  I was digging looking for a poem while on the phone with my Mom last night and found this.  I thought it was fitting to use as my picture a day as today is Grandma's viewing, and tomorrow is her funeral.  What I find so neat about this letter is it tells me about some friends of hers that she got to see celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary. The couple is almost 100yrs old. The wife's name was Velma and Grandma's Mom loved her and named my Grandma, Velma after her.  Such a neat piece of history that I found last night.  

Day ~*30*~

Another lovely early morning hiking a mountain :)  I downloaded an app on my phone so I could find out how far it was.  It's exactly one mile from my van, to the top of beezley, and back to my van :) We did it in 39 1/2 min LOL  We ended up taking 7 breaks! cut out 2 breaks from yesterday! Tomorrow we just hope to keep it at 7.... don't wanna get all crazy LOL  When we were about 1/4 of the way down we ran into the same guy we saw hiking yesterday morning and behind him was a woman... We get to the bottom of the hill and look up and the woman is not far behind us! We wonder if maybe she turned around and came back? we're not quite sure... we get in the van and head home and we pass down on the road the man and his dog!!!!!??????!!!!????? Somehow that man (he's at least 60 or 70) made it to the top of the hill, back down the hill and to the road before Lindsay and I got DOWN the hill! WTH?  We have decided it must be magic.... he is now known to us as the Magic Man.  And we're pretty sure the woman did not turn around LMAO  She's just that fast and we're just that slow.  But we're doing it~!
Unfortunately my scale still said 160.4..... I'm not as cool as my friend :p

Today I busted out my sewing machine. Yes that pile behind the machine is a pile of bra's I repaired!  Unfortunately they discontinued my fav bra and I am too cheap to go bra shopping and invest good money into bra's until I finish nursing and lose more weight!  So after some serious frustration trying to remember how to put thread on a bobbin and rethread the needle when things go wrong I finally had success... strings everywhere.... but success!  

Day ~*29*~

Time to get back on this health journey. I've been a slacker and it's gotta stop!  Over the weekend a group of us decided to enter the Tough Mudder next year.... that gives us about 13mo of preparation.  I'm not 100% sure we'll be ready in 13mo but it gives us something to work towards! If not the mudder I fully intend to do the Warrior Dash which is about 1/3 of the length ;)  Either way I've gotta get in better shape!  My scale is back up to 160.4 this morning.  I am not going to be bummed about that. Instead I am going to move forward.  This morning my alarm went off at 4:45am...... Lindsay and I were at the bottom of Beezley hill (AKA Mountain) at 5:05 and working our way up.  We took 9 breaks on the way up.  Our mini goal is to complete the hike from bottom to top with no breaks... Hopefully that #9 is down to less or even 0 within 2 weeks ;)  We were back in the van at 5:43 so not bad ;)  Weird that it's 7:20am and I am up, hiked a mt, gone to Safeway, visited my friend, took a shower, eaten breakfast (bagel thin with cream cheese) and am now on the net and having a coffee............ Usually I roll outta bed around 9:30 and that's too early for me LOL  Lifestyle changes right?


Monday July 18th 2011

Beezley Mountain Conquered at 5am YAHOO.  We hiked from the far left of the photo along the ridge to the far right of the photo:)  This morning we took 9 breaks.  Our mini goal is to be able to hike it with 0 breaks.  Hopefully we'll be a lot closer to that #0 in 2 weeks then we are as of today!

Day ~*28*~

This is how most of our Sunday was spent... Being lazy lazy lazy and lovin every minute of it!

Day ~*27*~

Good Morning to my 3 <3 's Tiny, Pretty and Shorty

Day ~*26*~

I think I waited too long to fold laundry :p 

Day ~*25*~

BUNCO night YAY

Day ~*24*~

My phone has spent the day encased in rice in hopes of it surviving Kinleigh.... She thought it would be a great idea to mix the dogs water up (probably from helping me mix dinner last night) using my cell phone as the mixing utensil.  Praying tomorrow when I let it out of it's bag and put it back together it powers up and works as if nothing out of the ordinary happened!

Day ~*23*~

Tuesday July 12th

My little chef helping Mommy make dinner.  

Day ~*22*~

Health journey Smealth Journey :p 159.8 this morning.

Photo for 7-11-11

Summer Fun! What says summer fun better then the kiddos jumping on the trampoline with the sprinkler on?

Day ~*21*~

July 11th....

Dessert was bought a few days ago but the busy weekend prevented us from enjoying it.  Oh WOW was this cake rich! I can eat way to much of almost any sweet thing, but this cake kicked my butt and I couldn't finish my piece!

Day ~*20*~

Our new matching tattoo's! BFFsssssssssssssssss <3 

Day ~*19*~

Evening drinks with my girls.......

Day ~*18*~

Ok let's talk health journey. wait let's not.  All I am going to say is 160.7 :(  Nuff said.

July 7th

The new trampoline mat arrived today!  Now we need to find 1 spring since one went  missing when it flew off the trampoline while the kids jumped.  so until we get an extra spring and a lot less wind the trampoline will remain missing 5 springs ;)  

Day ~*17*~

July 6th

It's a hot one today!  This was the temp in my bedroom. Thank goodness it cooled to 84 before we actually went to bed. I hate sleeping in the heat!

Day ~*16*~

We got to take a trip to the ER today. Kai put a gash in his forehead  right as we were ready to leave for the afternoon. Foiled our movie plans and visited the ER instead. I was SO RELIEVED that they used liquid glue stitches instead of the real deal cause I was seriously dreading watching needles go in his head... I was having flashbacks to Kaeden and the time he had a staple on top of his head.......

Day ~*15*~

July 4th Photo of the day

4th of July Water balloon battle.... Kids vs. Adults.. Adults kicked bootie but kids say we cheated. Hoping to rematch this coming weekend.

Day ~*14*~

Happy Birthday Tatum!  The Big 11!!! Where have the years gone?

Day ~*13*~

For the health journey of today we're going to choose not to report ;) Probably no reports until next week..Definitely not good news :(

Nothing like a little dress stuck in the butt cracks after an afternoon swim with cousins....

Day ~*12*~

Not good health journey today.  Did great for breakfast did great for lunch.... gorged at dinner.  so bloated right now! Being that time of the month is not helping I am sure of that!  My weight this morning was 156.8 again... Then it went up.. then it went down. so I'm sticking with 156.8 This is the reason you do not weigh in on a daily basis!

My goal today was to get this junk drawer cleaned out so that I can close it without doing a major rearranging each time! Goal was successful! :)