Ok, we will try again. Since the first winner of the Nike sunglasses never claimed their prize, I did another random.org and found a new winner. This time it is Christy at My Dirt Road Anthem!!! yay! I know she reads me on occasion, so I'm pretty sure she will claim it. Christy--contact me at bouchard@midcoast.com and let me know where to mail you your new awesome sunglasses!! Please! So I can hurry up and get them off my desk.....
Do you ever have one of those days where all your plans just fall apart right before you and a day that was supposed to be super-productive turns out to be nothing but a wasted day? Well, that's how Friday went for me. I took the day off to take my daughter and her friend to the last day of dance camp. This studio is about 50 minutes away from my home so I had planned to drop them off, go swimming at the local YMCA and get my exercise done. Then go get groceries and kill some more time before going back to the studio to watch the mini recital at 2. Well, instead I rearranged my day to accomodate someone only to have that person change their plans last minute which, of course, completely screwed up my day. Instead of doing what I had planned, I ended up driving about 2 hours more than necessary in God-awful traffic and didn't even get my swim in! Ugh! Later that night we did have the most beautiful full moon so that kinda made up for it. In the words of my oldest, "Mom! That was why your day was all messed up! It's the full moon!" So true. So true.
Trying, trying to get back on schedule with my exercise. It is so hard with the hot, summer sun and the lack of a schedule because of summer school vacation. I haven't gotten a swim in for 4 weeks. Something always comes up on my swim day that prevents me from going to the pool. The spinning class I usually attend at lunch is hit or miss--lately no one has been coming so I spin alone. I have been doing my running regularly though, as that is the easiest type of workout to fit in.
Ever have a day completely ruined due to someone else? Summer vacation wrecking havoc with your workouts? Do tell! Let's wallow in our misery together!
Monday, July 18, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
the numbers
70--the number of dollars spent on new dance shoes for Princess (daughter #2) to attend dance camp
2--number of new leotards I bought for same Princess
2--number of times I broke my promise to not spend money on extra stuff. See above posts
10--number of lobsters hauled from lobster traps last night
1--number of thunderstorms that interrupted trap hauling
2--number of scared shitless kids that had to be picked up at the boat landing during above thunderstorm
2--number of not-so-smart people who dropped the kids off and then continued with the boat back to the boat yard in same thunderstorm
30--number of minutes I had to wait to see if the not-so-smart people would make it back alive
4--number of towels used to dry off above people
0--number of miles ran since Sunday. :( boo. bad so bad
3--number of days off I have after today! :) yay!
915--number of dollars spent on sports camps for the kids thus far this summer
1000--number of dollars spent on sitter for the kids when not attending camp
10--number of pounds lost since 2010
9--number of charts sitting on my desk/floor waiting for me to attend to them (ugh!)
1--number of days until the full moon (double ugh!)
0--number of winners of Nike Sunglass giveaway who have contacted me with their address!! Shame! If the winner doesn't contact me by this weekend, I will pull another name for the winner!
2--number of new leotards I bought for same Princess
2--number of times I broke my promise to not spend money on extra stuff. See above posts
10--number of lobsters hauled from lobster traps last night
1--number of thunderstorms that interrupted trap hauling
2--number of scared shitless kids that had to be picked up at the boat landing during above thunderstorm
2--number of not-so-smart people who dropped the kids off and then continued with the boat back to the boat yard in same thunderstorm
30--number of minutes I had to wait to see if the not-so-smart people would make it back alive
4--number of towels used to dry off above people
0--number of miles ran since Sunday. :( boo. bad so bad
3--number of days off I have after today! :) yay!
915--number of dollars spent on sports camps for the kids thus far this summer
1000--number of dollars spent on sitter for the kids when not attending camp
10--number of pounds lost since 2010
9--number of charts sitting on my desk/floor waiting for me to attend to them (ugh!)
1--number of days until the full moon (double ugh!)
0--number of winners of Nike Sunglass giveaway who have contacted me with their address!! Shame! If the winner doesn't contact me by this weekend, I will pull another name for the winner!
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
My baby is 6!
So yesterday we celebrated the birthday of my youngest, the only boy (poor guy...). He turned 6 yesterday. He was sooo excited! I can't believe that he is 6 already. Seems like just yesterday we were heading to the hospital for my scheduled c-section only to be told my doctor was sick and to go back home and wait for them to call and tell me when I was rescheduled. Yes, that actually happened. Can you imagine? 38 weeks pregnant in JULY!!!, woke up at the crack of dawn to arrive at the hospital by 6:30 a.m. to prep for surgery only to be told I had to go back home. That sucked. I took my super pregnant belly to the beach that day and wore my tankini proud. Thankfully, they called and set me up for the next morning.
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I love this kid! He's my only boy, my athlete, my fisherman, my tigger (the kid does not stop moving!), my snuggler, my daredevil and my youngest. He was the best suprise any parent can have and we are so lucky and happy to have him in our lives.
Here we are! D looking great, me--not so much. Mt. Dew at the ready though!
This picture about made me cry, my babies are so small here. So freakin' cute. :')
Proud daddy sporting ALOT more hair......
He's a little older here showing me his best manners
His shirt says "I didn't do it" yah, sure you didn't
I love this kid! He's my only boy, my athlete, my fisherman, my tigger (the kid does not stop moving!), my snuggler, my daredevil and my youngest. He was the best suprise any parent can have and we are so lucky and happy to have him in our lives.
Monday, July 11, 2011
winnah winnah!
What a weekend we have had here in New England! WOW! The weather has just been supurb! I am sufficiently browned and freckled now and don't need any more color for awhile. We had a suprise trip to Mass. this weekend. My MIL had a fall and smashed her face all up so we went for a last minute visit to make sure she was ok. She looks like the losing end of a boxing match but thankfully, nothing was broken. Except her glasses. Which I can take care of. :)
I apologize for the delay in announcing the winner of the Nike sunglasses. I had promised that on Friday, but work was just too busy and then we had to head to Mass so I just ran out of time. Two beach days later, and here we are back at work again. So now I finally have time to let you know who won!
I had 38 entries and 3 more for folks who referred others here so that makes a total of 41. Random.org chose lucky entry number 6. Which was CSFlynn! Yay to you! Shoot me an email at bouchard@midcoast.com and I'll get your addy so I can mail them out to you! Just in time for all this sun we have been having! Thank you to all the new followers and everyone who entered. I hope you keep following me--it's nice having an audience. :)
I apologize for the delay in announcing the winner of the Nike sunglasses. I had promised that on Friday, but work was just too busy and then we had to head to Mass so I just ran out of time. Two beach days later, and here we are back at work again. So now I finally have time to let you know who won!
I had 38 entries and 3 more for folks who referred others here so that makes a total of 41. Random.org chose lucky entry number 6. Which was CSFlynn! Yay to you! Shoot me an email at bouchard@midcoast.com and I'll get your addy so I can mail them out to you! Just in time for all this sun we have been having! Thank you to all the new followers and everyone who entered. I hope you keep following me--it's nice having an audience. :)
Thursday, July 7, 2011
New Leaf on Three Things Thursday
This is a weird week for me. It's short because of the holiday but jam-packed with stuff because of the day off. I love and hate long weekends. The weekend part is great but the coming-back-to-work part stinks.
1. This has probably been said a million times across a million blogs already but, WTF Florida?? Casey Anthony is not guilty? Really? I'm so disgusted with the court system. If I believed in hell I would want them to all burn there.
2. I have decided that I spend/waste way too much money on things. All kinds of things. Things we need, things we don't need, things I want, things my kids want, food we need, food we don't need, gas, whatever. You name it, I waste/spend too much money on it. I am going to try to turn over a new leaf and not spend money just because I can or want to. However, this does not mean that I am not going to enter any new races! Oh God no! The horrors! I will still enter at least two more races before the end of the year. I hope to do one more sprint tri and the-race-that-we-do-not-speak-of-lest-we-chicken-out-and-don't-enter (1/2 marathon) race. I just need to make myself more accountable for the money that I waste that could be going towards more productive things like savings (!!) or finally getting rid of that last little bit of credit card debt or paying down the truck sooner. I am going to try to not buy myself anymore clothing of any kind for 3 months. We are going to eat the food out of our freezers before buying anymore food to put in the freezer. I am going to hang clothes out on the drying rack when I can and use the dryer less. I will eat out less. And I will, if it kills me and them, do my darndest to make sure my kids learn the value of things and the value of hard work and that we don't need to buy everything we want to be happy. Which kinda brings me to my next thing...
3. My 11 year old will NOT have a cell phone. No she will not. I do not care if the President himself buys one and hand delivers it to her, she will not. She is getting to that age where it is common place for every child (yes! they are still children!!) to carry a cell phone around and act like they really need one. How did we arrive at this place where 11 year old CHILDREN need to have a cell phone? I don't even need to have a cell phone!!! I like my cell phone, but I can also pay for my cell phone. With my own money. That I earned myself. With my own job. <very large sigh>
I will be THAT mother. You know. THAT one. Because I think it's the right thing to do. Because I think it's stupid and wastful and indulgent to provide a child with a phone, all the while sending the message that they can't possibly live their life without one. I will also be that mother who is at every away game so she won't need to call me when she gets home, because I will already know because I was there. I will also be that mother that knows where she is after school and what time her practices are and where they are so I can be right there to pick her up. No need to call me, I'm already there! And if it's not me, it will be my husband--her father.
Any thoughts on the above things? Any cell phones infecting your family? Wasteful spending got you down? Please share--maybe we can all benefit from sharing our woes and how we deal with them! Oh--don't forget--last day to enter my giveaway for those awesome Nike sunglasses! Stay tuned--tomorrow I'll post the winner!!
1. This has probably been said a million times across a million blogs already but, WTF Florida?? Casey Anthony is not guilty? Really? I'm so disgusted with the court system. If I believed in hell I would want them to all burn there.
2. I have decided that I spend/waste way too much money on things. All kinds of things. Things we need, things we don't need, things I want, things my kids want, food we need, food we don't need, gas, whatever. You name it, I waste/spend too much money on it. I am going to try to turn over a new leaf and not spend money just because I can or want to. However, this does not mean that I am not going to enter any new races! Oh God no! The horrors! I will still enter at least two more races before the end of the year. I hope to do one more sprint tri and the-race-that-we-do-not-speak-of-lest-we-chicken-out-and-don't-enter (1/2 marathon) race. I just need to make myself more accountable for the money that I waste that could be going towards more productive things like savings (!!) or finally getting rid of that last little bit of credit card debt or paying down the truck sooner. I am going to try to not buy myself anymore clothing of any kind for 3 months. We are going to eat the food out of our freezers before buying anymore food to put in the freezer. I am going to hang clothes out on the drying rack when I can and use the dryer less. I will eat out less. And I will, if it kills me and them, do my darndest to make sure my kids learn the value of things and the value of hard work and that we don't need to buy everything we want to be happy. Which kinda brings me to my next thing...
3. My 11 year old will NOT have a cell phone. No she will not. I do not care if the President himself buys one and hand delivers it to her, she will not. She is getting to that age where it is common place for every child (yes! they are still children!!) to carry a cell phone around and act like they really need one. How did we arrive at this place where 11 year old CHILDREN need to have a cell phone? I don't even need to have a cell phone!!! I like my cell phone, but I can also pay for my cell phone. With my own money. That I earned myself. With my own job. <very large sigh>
I will be THAT mother. You know. THAT one. Because I think it's the right thing to do. Because I think it's stupid and wastful and indulgent to provide a child with a phone, all the while sending the message that they can't possibly live their life without one. I will also be that mother who is at every away game so she won't need to call me when she gets home, because I will already know because I was there. I will also be that mother that knows where she is after school and what time her practices are and where they are so I can be right there to pick her up. No need to call me, I'm already there! And if it's not me, it will be my husband--her father.
Any thoughts on the above things? Any cell phones infecting your family? Wasteful spending got you down? Please share--maybe we can all benefit from sharing our woes and how we deal with them! Oh--don't forget--last day to enter my giveaway for those awesome Nike sunglasses! Stay tuned--tomorrow I'll post the winner!!
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
June Recap--late as usual
If anyone of you know me at all, you will know that I am usually a little late with everything. I try try try to be on time, but I just can't help it. The forces of the universe are against me (as well as my family of 5 that takes forever to get ready!). That being said, it should be no suprise that my June Recap doesn't appear until well into July. 'Nuff said--on with the recap.
Miles Ran: 47.6 (most likely even 50 because I am terrible at keeping track of my workouts on dailymile.com
Miles Swimming: 2.58
Minutes spinning: 300
Miles rode on an actual bike: 16
Minutes weight training: 60
Races Ran: 2 The Bath Sprint Tri and the Warrior Dash. Both were awesome and tons of fun!
Current Shame Inducing Guilty Pleasure: spoonfuls of Nutella. over and over.
Current Obsession: deciding whether to do a 1/2 Marathon in the fall
Current Drink: Still Mt. Dew in the morning and Propel Zero grape in water the rest of the day.
Current Need: to stop wasting money on unnecessary things
Current Triumph: Running 8 miles!!! Longest run to date! :)
Current Excitement: my new running sneakers--they are bigger and my feet love the extra space.
Current Giveaway: my sunglass giveaway ends in a couple of days so make sure you get your entries in! Those sunglasses will come in pretty handy with all the summer days we have ahead of us.
What's new and exciting in your world? Any new finds/good stuff to share? Do tell! Happy Tuesday-that-feels-like-a-Monday!
Miles Ran: 47.6 (most likely even 50 because I am terrible at keeping track of my workouts on dailymile.com
Miles Swimming: 2.58
Minutes spinning: 300
Miles rode on an actual bike: 16
Minutes weight training: 60
Races Ran: 2 The Bath Sprint Tri and the Warrior Dash. Both were awesome and tons of fun!
Current Shame Inducing Guilty Pleasure: spoonfuls of Nutella. over and over.
Current Obsession: deciding whether to do a 1/2 Marathon in the fall
Current Drink: Still Mt. Dew in the morning and Propel Zero grape in water the rest of the day.
Current Need: to stop wasting money on unnecessary things
Current Triumph: Running 8 miles!!! Longest run to date! :)
Current Excitement: my new running sneakers--they are bigger and my feet love the extra space.
Current Giveaway: my sunglass giveaway ends in a couple of days so make sure you get your entries in! Those sunglasses will come in pretty handy with all the summer days we have ahead of us.
What's new and exciting in your world? Any new finds/good stuff to share? Do tell! Happy Tuesday-that-feels-like-a-Monday!
Friday, July 1, 2011
Three things Thursday! (a day late....)
Bear with me as I try to post this blog from my iPad.... Not so easy.
1. I got some new running sneakers!!! My older ones were hurting my feet on the longer runs and I read somewhere that your shoes should be a size larger for long runs because your feet swell. Makes sense so I went and got fitted. After 6 or 7 pairs I found the right ones:
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I love them! Aren't they pretty? And they fit nicely too. I had to get a size 9 in these. Weird because I am a 7 1/2 (sometimes an 8) every other day. But the 9 just felt good and had extra room in the toe area.
2. I have discovered Chipotle. The restaurant, not the flavor. It is delicious. And cheap. I have read about other bloggy folks eating there and didn't have a clue what it was. Well, I happened upon it in Portland the other day and dropped in to grab some dinner. I had the buritto bowl with chicken. YUM! Now I know what all the fuss is about.
3. I am terrible with dates and times. Do not trust me with anything like that. If I tell you Sunday at 3, make sure you check with someone else to make sure that is correct. For example: Wednesday was a busy busy day. I was scheduled to leave work early to go pick up my daughter and 5 other girls at basketball camp. But I also remembered that I had a continuing education class in the opposite direction that same night. Thus, we rearranged the schedule so that my husband could pick up the girls and I could get to my class on time. I drive the hour to Portland, kill time buying my sneakers and checking out the mall and then head to the hotel where my class was supposed to be. I enter the room and no one was there. Not even a paper or a person or anything. I ask the hotel clerk where the meeting is and they say there is not a meeting today. Ugh. Back out to the car I go to recheck the paper--maybe a different hotel? Nope, the meeting was 6/22. LAST wed. Good God. What a waste of time and travel for nothing. At least I got to find/try Chipotle. Do you suppose I could still deduct the milage and meal??? lol
Toying with the idea of a 1/2 marathon in October. Is that possible? Do I have enough time to train for that? The longest run to date for me has been 6 miles. Hmmmmm. Any thoughts/advice on that?
One more week to enter my giveaway! Get your entries in! Oh--and have a SUPER Fourth of July weekend!!!
1. I got some new running sneakers!!! My older ones were hurting my feet on the longer runs and I read somewhere that your shoes should be a size larger for long runs because your feet swell. Makes sense so I went and got fitted. After 6 or 7 pairs I found the right ones:
2. I have discovered Chipotle. The restaurant, not the flavor. It is delicious. And cheap. I have read about other bloggy folks eating there and didn't have a clue what it was. Well, I happened upon it in Portland the other day and dropped in to grab some dinner. I had the buritto bowl with chicken. YUM! Now I know what all the fuss is about.
3. I am terrible with dates and times. Do not trust me with anything like that. If I tell you Sunday at 3, make sure you check with someone else to make sure that is correct. For example: Wednesday was a busy busy day. I was scheduled to leave work early to go pick up my daughter and 5 other girls at basketball camp. But I also remembered that I had a continuing education class in the opposite direction that same night. Thus, we rearranged the schedule so that my husband could pick up the girls and I could get to my class on time. I drive the hour to Portland, kill time buying my sneakers and checking out the mall and then head to the hotel where my class was supposed to be. I enter the room and no one was there. Not even a paper or a person or anything. I ask the hotel clerk where the meeting is and they say there is not a meeting today. Ugh. Back out to the car I go to recheck the paper--maybe a different hotel? Nope, the meeting was 6/22. LAST wed. Good God. What a waste of time and travel for nothing. At least I got to find/try Chipotle. Do you suppose I could still deduct the milage and meal??? lol
Toying with the idea of a 1/2 marathon in October. Is that possible? Do I have enough time to train for that? The longest run to date for me has been 6 miles. Hmmmmm. Any thoughts/advice on that?
One more week to enter my giveaway! Get your entries in! Oh--and have a SUPER Fourth of July weekend!!!
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