Mini-me Monday: 03-30-2015

Today is me feeling awesome.

To start, twice this past week I got to get out and walk. (I ran a bit, but it was snowy still and I was in my steel toed boots so it wasn't great). Part Of that walking was a 5K!

I stepped on the scale this week to see a loss, not a great one but a loss nonetheless. I'm happy to see the scale moving in the right direction!

Today I dusted off my asics and ran (not full in yet, still breaking in my "spring legs" plus I wasn't wearing my arm band so, holding my iPod in my hand while I run is a bit cumbersome. I definitely plan on doing it more. Maybe going back to 3 days a week?

It makes me want to shout:
Traloo-tralay!!
I'm thinner today.

What's up Wednesday: 03-25-2015

I'm so glad to be done with this play!
(not that I didn't look fabulous, right?)

So here's "what's up" today.
First of all, my play is over so I get to get back to some semblance of normality.
I'll admit, I missed my girls. I missed singing their songs and saying prayers with them and tucking them in and hearing "I love you mommy". I missed being a mom! I got to know my cast members more than I did my own children!

I have to give some serious thought to if I'm going to do it again next year. I'd like to, but it really takes a toll on a mom.

So I'm getting back into my crocheting and I really want to get into my running (the problem of course being the white stuff which has made a sudden resurgence in Saskatchewan). When it becomes less wintery this spring, I'll dust off my kicks and get out running.

oh! speaking of shoes! Everyone was bragging about the flowers they got for opening night and hubby knows me so well. He went out, saw flowers and went, "I know she'll want something else" and bought me a gift card for sportchek so I can go get some new running shoes! How amazing is my husband? Who needs flowers when they're going to die? I have a chance to get running! WOO!

So there you go: Life is getting better.
God Bless
Ruthi

tangle tuesdays

so here I am still working on my blanket (not quite done step 5, but thankfully I have another week to get step 6 done, yay).

But I've been working on other things.




As I've previously stated, I've become obsessed with disney bounding. It's a complete obsession. And the one I really want to disneybound is: DOPEY! Yes, sadly I've become obsessed with Snow White and the 7 dwarfs. (and yes, it's spelled dwarfs, dwarves is acceptable, but wrong according to my spellcheck. I know. It confused me too). My daughters have the little people set with the snow white and all 7 dwarfs and so I get to see them all all the time and the little big eared lovely one with the purple hat and the lime green clothes and brown shoes. I look forward to doing this in September. I will definitely bring this little dude to life.

So I made a purple hat for me to wear, and it looks down right adorable if I do say so myself.
And I needed something easy I could work on during my play that didn't have a bunch of pieces.

 

Who do you think wore it better?

Anyway, I'll be working on another purple hat with beautiful buttons as I plan more outfits for September.

I'll post more pictures next week (when I hopefully get them all together)
wish me luck?
have a good night!
Ruth

Mini Me Monday: 03-23-2015

Oh my gosh, I am so ready to be back to reality!

My play was fun and hanging out with adults was fun, but now I'm happy to be back to normal and spending time with my children and my husband. I missed them so much!

so here's the thing, I found this amazing story about a mother and daughter who lost a lot of weight by simply moving every day for 100 days and posting it on giveit100.com

I was so impressed and I got to thinking maybe I could do that for 100 days. Maybe just walk/running a mile or a couple km a day and building up endurance and stamina and just getting going. I'd have to get up early in order to do it, which would be an adventure in itself since, you know: not a morning person.

So the other deal I thought would be neat is walking/running 100 days and ending on my birthday! wouldn't that be cool? make my birthday in September my last day in the 100?

So I'm going to try getting up earlier and getting out, but I'll start my "100 day challenge" on June 11. That way when I end my 100 day challenge, it will be my birthday :)

We'll have to see how things go... wish me luck?

What can you do for 100 days?

Last week I lost 1 lb, which doesn't seem like much, but the scale didn't move for 3 weeks, so I was happy it moved and more so, that it moved in the right direction.

This past week was crappy. I ate stupid all weekend (pretzels and chocolate and roast beef and potatoes and.... *salivates* *shakes head* where was I? oh yes, eating stupid). So it will likely show on the scale. But I'm determined to dust myself off and shake it off the scale. (Now that I can get back to some semblance of normality).

Here's hoping the snow melts soon so I can get out and run!

see you tomorrow with hopefully good news all around :)

Ruth

Mini Me Monday (March 16/2012)

Ugh, I'm not sure what the scale is going to say. I've been feeling better but this past week has been a mess for so many reasons.

To start: I didn't write my blog because I was feverish and vomiting and had a throat infection, so I was pretty much out of commission for a few days. I'm on antibiotics but solid food is still an adventure. I'm hoping I'll be able to eat things soon.

This past week I decided I've been eating too many potato chips. I think that's what my weight plateau is being attested too. Too much salt not enough water.

The fact my throat is so dry lately that I've been getting in a lot of liquid :)

I've also been getting out more. (It's easier now that the weather is warmer). But it's still too slippery to run, so I'll be sticking to walking. I can't wait to dust off my shoes. It won't be long now.

Now that I'm feeling better, I'll be working towards getting to be a thinner me.
My play's first performance is on Friday so it's going to be a crazy week. working towards streamlining my awesomeness. :)

wish me luck!

Mini-Me Monday: Feeling Fat

ugh... you know what you do when you want to feel good about yourself?
yeah, me neither.

Today I had an "I-feel-fat" day.
Surprisingly enough, I didn't turn it into an "I'm-going-to-make-myself-fatter" day which is usually what happens.

I went to the store today. I am in a play and I need brown pants to match the brown coat that I'm wearing. Do you know how hard it is to find Brown pants? 

Anyway, I found pair and of course: tight. *sighs*

so I go to another store. Found a perfect pair in what I thought was my size.. didn't even get them over my hips.

I exited the change room holding back tears.
I hate feeling fat.

I went to the dollar store with my little one and bought some little things including caramels and fudge. (I ate 140 cals worth. Then I stopped. I'm calling it a victory).

I'm usually so comfortable in my skin.
I hated this feeling especially when I've worked so hard to get to the point I'm at.
I can do better.
I will do better.
227.8lbs today.
A turtle.

I'll take it for now.
But It's the highest I'm going to be this year.

Sunday Funnie

In honour of Once Upon A Time's mid season premier.

See you on Mini-Me Monday

First (and last) Scare-me Saturday

AHHH!
I've missed "What's up Wednesdays" and "haven't figured out Thursdays" and "Fandom Fridays" and tomorrow's my day off!!

It's all good, I'll work on it for next week. We've had some drama here because of our littest one.
Whoever said that frostbite can't happen in a few little minutes was full of crap.

We've been 2 days in the hospital because my sweet little Mo pulled off her mittens and her sister tossed her out of the sled into the snow! Her fingertips are still a little raw and red, but at least she's able to hold things and isn't screaming everytime we touch her hands. It was very scary for a while but from now on: Everyone in my family has homemade mittens (down to their elbows) and see if you can pull those off! This scared the pants off me! Everyone at the hospital questioned my abilities as a mom (so did I) and I felt miserable and scared and hated winter (which was very different from my usual relationship with winter.) I was scared she was going to lose her fingers! An old song I used to sing at camp passed into my brain and I sang it.

"I cast all my cares upon you

I lay all of my burdens down at your feet

and anytime, I don't know, 

What to do

I will cast all my cares upon you"

Tears welled up in my eyes and I just started to weep. I gave God my daughter and her health and who am I to try to hold onto her again? So I gave it all to God and immediately felt better.

What I've learned from my drama: I've learned that I'm going to pretty much wrap my child up to the point where she might not be able to breathe if ever the weather drops below -29. Or to stay in and drink Hot chocolate and watch it through the window.

Thankfully she's holding her food and even smacking her mom in the face (which I missed honestly). Her fingers are still a little red, but not as tender. (Praise the Lord!)

It looks like today might be scare-me Saturday, but that wasn't my intention.
I thought I'd give a weekend funny story but that can't happen either.

In other news, Lent is kicking my butt.
I'm off Coca-Cola for 40 days. It's made me introspective but it's also killing me! I really want Coke!
I figure if Jesus went 40 days with no food or water (or coke) then I can do it too.
wish me luck?

See you tomorrow with a strange, interesting, or funny picture :)

Tangled Tuesdays: A day dedicated to Yarn crafts

Sorry I'm getting this so late!

I know people don't care right now, but one day they might :)

After waiting all week, I'm sure you're dying to see what has become of my mystery project

so Here's last week's step completed.

 20 yellow and green Xs
looks amazing doesn't it?

So today I'm working on step 3 which is adding in the other two colours in my repertoire and making each now X into a sort of butterfly.

Because of problems with Youtube, the next step took what felt like a millennium to post and I was forced to work on other yarn crafts today instead of this one.
I was so thrilled to get to work!

Here's a sneak peak:

Without the blue border it reminded me of a certain sidekick.
I really like it!
I'm so happy with the colours I picked and I can't wait to see what happens next!!

Mini-Me Monday

So, I figured out that I want to write about a different thing each day.
I thought Mondays I would write about how I manage to become a smaller (more streamlined) version of myself.

I am trying to get healthy. As of the moment I write this: I am 227.6 lbs. It's not something I'm proud of. I weigh in Monday nights and it's a good chance for me to learn new tricks and techniques. Recipes, stretches, and of course: running!

I love to run, but because I live in the middle of nowhere Saskatchewan, There is very little to do in the winter. I will try my best to acquire what I've come to affectionately call "The rubber road to nowhere" otherwise known as a treadmill. I'd like to get it by next winter so that I can use it when it's too cold or too dark to get out in the evenings.

My hope is to get a medal each month, so I'll likely have a Medal edition of Mondays.  too, to share my favorite races and websites for virtual runs.

So here goes.
number 1,
this is my before picture.

 I know, I look thrilled don't I?
My hope is to get thinner than that.

but I also want to get fit. More important than being skinny is being able to run and play with my 2 little ones and not get winded!

Here are some of the things that are going to (hopefully) help me reach my goal!

1. A Fitness Binder.
If you don't have a fitness binder: get one! Mine keeps me motivated and has basically become my third child! I love it so much and it's designed for me! If you make it you can make it just for you!

Some ideas for themes:
Harry Potter
Walking dead
Game of thrones
Superheroes
Supernatural
 (Whatever you want!)

 Here's mine!
(as you can see, I'm all about superheroes!) I have other pages and a new cover page with a beautiful drawing of supergirl) Within the pages is my plan for eating, my plan for working out and special tips and tricks to get me there.
It also has special pages to keep track of how many miles I've run. I really need to get on that!  (see what I mean about motivating me?

Number 2: A favorite water bottle!

In this picture you can see 3 different water bottles. One of them is my costco 24oz water bottle. It's a great go to and I can carry it with and loop it on my bag if I have one. The one in the middle is 16 oz and is great for those delicious fruit infusions that are kicking around. I love it when I'm going out for supper and I know they'll only have pop :) the third bottle (green and blue) is 32 oz. I've marked it with duct tape so I know how many glasses of water I've had. It's from Tupperware :)

These are my tips for this week. See you lighter next Monday :)

Play, Mysteries and birthday parties! Whoa!!

Bonjour my readers (all like 2 of you).
I'm going to try to be more open, seeing as this blog is not just about me getting pregnant, or it is it about having babies, but now all along it is about raising a family and being a mom. (and not killing myself or my husband in the process). So HOPEFULLY I will be posting more often.

Things are progressing nicely! My oldest: Ally, is going to be 3 in May and we have a messy & colorful party planned for it. My youngest (Mo) is going to be 2 in November and I have a monster party in the works. (So there's that to plan for).

Life is good for me. I decided I needed MORE to do and am currently in a play! (I know right?) but I'm having a lot of fun and the cast and crew are very enthusiastic so we'll have to see how things go.

I'm hoping to sell more at a craft sale and I'm having fun figuring out what to make and (of course) making them. :)

At the moment I'm doing a "Crochet along Challenge" and It's a complete mystery as to what it's going to look like.

I am always curious as to where people get the colors. A lot of colors were picked and so people picked those Pre-chosen choices. Some people just picked what they had in their stash and some people posted that they liked random colors and that's what they took.

For me it was Simon. Yep. the 80s game that was fine for the first 4 levels then pretty much broke into a dance beat and expected you to keep up. There was a post the day I picked my colors that talked about 80s toys we won't ever see again. and when I saw Simon I thought: Those would be a pretty something.... and then I realized I had to get yarn for my challenge and bells went off.

Why not?

So step one was fairly simple.
Granny squares. Here we go. Something I could do in my sleep. Something I almost made too many of because I forgot to count.... easiest thing for any crocheter to do.

20 granny squares.

Step 1: DONE!

Week 2 comes around and all these Xs start popping up all over the place.  All over the challenge page and my other crocheting facebook groups. so I start thinking... I have to make an X or 2. nope: 20. On top of the green squares, I need to create a contrasting X. So off I go to make an X. And they turn out okay.

Fantastic looking right? Yellow and Green. Awesome. (altho I think I'm getting into a rut with my colors. This is the second Yellow and green project I have going).

The only problem with this is that it reminds me of a superhero... someone...
oh yeah:

That's it.... So I have finished my 20 Xs and I will continue on Tuesday with the next step in my Blanket. :)