Scavenger Hunt Sunday 01.13.13

Welcome back to another Scavenger Hunt!  This week I managed to post on time.  Go me!  :)

The items to find this week were: Outside, Backside, Little things, A cup of ..., and Reflect.  

{outside}

It rained a good part of the day on Friday.  But the sun did peek out for a little while in the afternoon, prompting me to go outside and find some rain drops.

{backside}

Knowing that the world does NOT need to see a photo of my backside, I photographed this photo of Nick's artwork.  A pencil drawing of the back side of his hand.  You are welcome.  :)

{little things}

Another hat by Laura from Wix Works.  I had Laura make a Yoda hat for Nick.  Little things like this really make him happy, and he was very happy about this hat.  It goes great with the Yoda slippers Alex got him for Christmas.

{a cup of ...}

Alex has to have a cup of hot cocoa when he comes in from playing out in the cold.

{reflect}

We bought an exercise bike this week.  Alex loves the fact that he can see himself in the wheel.  Can you see him?

Be sure to head over to Ashley's for more great Scavenger Hunt finds!  And have a great week!

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Fitness Friday Update

Okay, it feels like Saturday to me because my kids don't have school today.  So now that I finally have my mind wrapped around the fact that it is indeed Friday, I can write my Fitness Friday update.  :)

Since my last update back in January (yikes!), I've been pretty consistent with my exercise.  Working out at home isn't as hard as I thought it would be.  I just put my mind to it and make time in my day for some exercise.  I actually like not having to pack up and head to the gym every day.


Mostly I've been doing exercise DVDs.  The couple that I have right now are The Biggest Loser Cardio Max ...

and The Biggest Loser Power Sculpt.

I borrowed them both from the library, but since I was ordering something else on Amazon today, I went ahead and ordered them.  I like them that much.  Well, I like how I feel once I'm done doing them.  I don't really like how tired and sore my body gets while doing these exercises.  :)  

My opinion on the cardio DVD is that the level 2 cardio with Jillian should be the level 3 cardio.  The blonde (I think her name is Kim) does the level 3 cardio and I think it is the easiest of all 3 levels.  Jillian's is the hardest.  But with both of these DVDs I can customize what workouts I want to do and in what order.  So if I want to do level 3 first after the warm up, I can.  If I only have time for one segment, I can do that too.  Doing the whole thing (warm up, levels 1, 2, and 3, and cool down) takes about 50 minutes.

The plan right now is to do the Cardio DVD on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and the Power Sculpt DVD on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.  Once the weather gets nice I do plan to start running again.  If I can squeeze a run in tomorrow, I just might.  It is supposed to be sunny and about 45 degrees.  That is great weather for running outside.

As far as eating goes, I'm still doing fairly well.  I did slip up this week and eat some chocolate from Valentine's Day.  But I don't plan to make a habit of that.  Logging my food and exercise into My Fitness Pal definitely helps.  I love finishing up my day with calories to spare.  I think only once in the last month did I go over my calorie count for the day.

Lastly, I'm down 4.5 pounds!  I still have a way to go and the scale still fluctuates, but I'm feeling better and making progress.  And I'm still plugging away at reading Made to Crave.  I haven't been able to keep up with the online study, but I'm still reading.

Well, that's it for me.  How are things going for you?

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Week 6 in Pictures

Another busy week has come and gone.  We're making great progress on the Great Kitchen Remodel.  The ceiling tiles are up, the drywall is up, mud applied, and primered.  Hopefully today we will get what needs painted done.  We don't need to paint much since most of it is getting covered by cabinets and backsplash.  Doug is hoping to get the floor put down today also.  Once the floor is down, we can call to bump up the delivery date on the cabinets.  Oh, and we ordered appliances this week also.

This week also brought with it a first for me ... I had to wash the dishes in the bathtub.  I never ever thought I'd have to do that.  :)  But it is hard to use the kitchen sink when it is sitting out on your front porch.  :)  I used two dishpans - one to wash and one to rinse.  Or at least put the clean dishes in until I rinsed them with fresh water.  It is so completely strange when one of your children asks you to stop washing dishes and get out of the bathroom because they need to go.  :)  Once the floor is down, Doug will make a temporary set up so we don't have to be without a kitchen sink.  I'm looking forward to that.  Although what I'm really looking forward to is that new dishwasher we ordered!  :)

Surprisingly I did manage to snap a few photos each day.  Here's what I found this week ...

{Sunday}

Just a weed I came across while outside enjoying the sunshine.

{Monday}

More sunshine!

{Tuesday}

Went for a run/walk before dinner.  It was a great way to recharge.

{Wednesday}

Winter returned.  At least for the day.  Honey and I walked around outside for a bit enjoying the snow.


{Thursday}

Drink up is the theme for My 3 Boybarians Project 52 this week.  I drink mostly water and since water is pretty boring to photograph by itself, I added a strawberry.  And photographed it by the window in order to get some sunbursts.



{Friday}

While out shopping for some more things for the kitchen, Doug and I picked up a bouquet of flowers.  Happy Valentine's Day early, I guess.  :)  It has daisies, tiny pink roses, red carnations, pink lilies that I'm waiting to bloom, babies breath, mums, and some other flower that I have no idea what they are.  I just love fresh-cut flowers!




{Saturday}

Now winter is back!  We got several inches of snow and blustery winds!  It was soooo cooooold!  Even so, the kids insisted on sledding for a bit on our neighbor's hill.  Alex cracked me up carrying his sled on his head.   (My submission for Inspire Me's red theme).




Hope you have a wonderful, love-filled week!

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