Sore

I really want to physically get in better shape. I want to be able to "kinda" keep up with my kids. I want to be able to hold my baby and not feel like she weighs a million pounds (she's really small), and I want to have energy to give to other people. So, I have been getting together in the mornings with some friends and we work out to exercise videos. It's fun getting together. This week we decided to start a program to get us all beach bodies and be "Slim in 6" weeks. I tell you what, I can barely walk today. The exercises aren't all that hard nor are they very aerobic, but we were sweating and working our muscles. Even though I'm sore, I'm glad. I know that I am working on becoming a better me and a healthier me. It wouldn't hurt for me to be able to fit back into some of my clothes that "shrunk" while I was pregnant either ;)

Go Me!

Life has been busy around here. I am just trying to get things ready for whatever, but starting is hard to do sometimes. One of the lessons I am working on is that I don't have to have everything ready right now. I can work on one thing at a time and progress, not perfection, is my goal right now. That being said, I am losing weight! I have been walking a few days with a friend and now that it is getting colder a group of moms I know are all getting together to exercise in mornings. Our kids all play together while we work out. This is good for me in so many ways. First off, I will be in better shape physically. Exercise also helps you feel better emotionally, a very good thing since winter is coming. I will also get to get out of my house and socialize with other moms. That is also something I need.

A journey begins with a single step and I am ready to step on the way to becoming a better me.

Monday's Miracles

1. Baby Einstein DVD's- I feel a little less guilty letting them watch t.v. in the afternoon

2. Rice Cereal- I just wish Rachel liked it a little better

3. Magazines- I've gotten lots of ideas out of them

4. Ladders

5. Music

Monday's Miracles

1. Corn on the Cob- YUMMY!

2. Essential Oils

3. Kitty Cats

4. Chairs

5. Family Fun Magazine

Dreaming

When you were a kid I bet you knew how to dream. I know I did. I would dream about going places and doing, what life would be like when I grew up. If I were to ask my kids what they want to do when they grow up I'd probably get the answers of being a pharmacist, a dancer, and a fireman. No doubt about it, kids know how to dream. Then we grow up. Some people can keep dreaming, but some of us lose that. When I grew up I wanted to be a wife and mom, well, now I am. Now what?

I won't stop being a wife and mom, but what else do I want out of life? I can't dream for my kids. I may have things that I wish for them, but they need to have their own dreams. What do I want for me? One of my dreams is to go to Europe and Australia. That just seems like such a fantasy, though, that even though I want to go, I never see myself going. This is where "reality" enters into my dreams.

We live in a country where you can do anything you want to do, you just have to work for it. Well, what is it I'm working for? Yes, I'm working towards having a happy family but as fulfilling as that is, I need something more for me. Once I dreamed of writing a book. I wouldn't know what to write about, though or what to do with it once I did. Once I dreamed of illustrating a children's book, but then I realized that as much as I like to color, I don't like to draw.

Now I don't know what I dream of. What do you dream of?

Eggplant!

Okay, so I harvested an eggplant today. I'm not actually sure how it tastes yet, it broke off the vine while still little, so I hope it's still good. Besides, baby eggplant is supposed to be a delicacy, right? I do have some other fruit growing so I should be able to get more than one.

The rest of the garden is looking okay. My tomatoes are way behind this year. I did get tons of peas in the spring, though. I have peppers on all my plants and I'm just waiting for them to ripen. I also managed to get some beans and beets. Our corn is a little slow this year also and we had a wilt hit our potatoes. We still got potatoes, but they aren't as big as they could be. I should also be getting some yellow crookneck squash this week.

All in all, I accomplished another goal of mine :)

Monday's Miracles

1. Leftovers- It's nice to have enough to eat and then some.

2. Cups

3. Wooden Pallets- They have lots of uses

4. Trees- Again, they have lots of uses

5. Good Friends :)