the new plan

so i have inherited a personal trainer.  i'm very excited, it's actually my older brother.  he has been riding bikes with teams for years now and he definitely doesn't have a weight problem.  last night i purchased a double jogger stroller with a front swivel wheel, that's one of the most exciting purchases that i have made probably since my last tattoo.  so the plan is that i go for two twenty minute walks Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and on Tuesday and Thursday i walk to Trader Joe's or Henrys to buy my groceries.  i'm very excited i hope you can feel the excitment in this entry.  so for the next three weeks this will be my workouts.  the most exciting thing about this program to me is that it's not going to interfere with my life, it's going to be a part of it.  i'm not going to have to make time or spend time away from my family to get in shape i can do it with my kids in tow, especially with our new stroller coming in the mail hopefully by Saturday.  so excited for our new yellow family member.   

two babies and one nap

so i just got done prepping my dinner so it will be ready to go in the next few hours, and i just realized that my kids are taking a nap together.  my two month old daughter and just as of yesterday two year old son.  my son has been down for an hour and my daughter just fell asleep about ten minutes ago.  actually for the past week or so they have been on the same nap schedule.  the only thing i have to say about that is God is good.  i definitely feel blessed to have some time to do housework, prep dinner, pray, read some of the millions of books i'm in the middle of, or just catch up on the Biggest Loser, or take a shower.  the simple things in life really do give me the most joy.

Ask and you shall receive

so my daughter in the past five nights has decided that she's going to start going to bed at 8pm.   this is great because my son goes to bed around 7:45-8pm usually on the dot.  so Thursday night i took full advantage of it and went to the gym, i stayed for just over an hour.  it was great, my sister in law had just got me a book from the library that day so my cardio couldn't have gone faster, and thanks to the guys in the weight room i went through my weight training pretty quick too.  so last night my daughter went to bed around 8:20pm and we're getting ready to spend a week or so at my moms house so i didn't go to the gym last night.  but i definitely prayed that my daughter wouldn't wake up until 5am, which is possible i suppose in some world, but since the 8pm bed time she usually has been getting up before 2am for a feeding, but last night, or this morning she didn't wake up until 4:45am, and now i'm up drinking hot tea and starting the day and  packing process for the family.  i never thought that such simple things would make me feel refreshed so much.  

full bars in the bathroom

well i am in the middle of cleaning my bathroom, and just for kicks i was curious to see if i got internet reception in the bathroom, and i do, full bars ahead.   if anyone knows the background of our internet access i think you know how funny this is.  well basically we don't have the internet but a neighbor of ours does and we get reception usually in the living room and our bedroom sometimes.   so my lovely husband has the week off for spring break and i am trying to go to the gym while he's here with the kids, i went yesterday at 5am and plan to go tomorrow morning early too.  i'm going after Koa goes back to sleep after her night feeding and i didn't go this morning cause she got up at 3:45am, way too early with how tired i was feeling after my 4am adventure yesterday.  one more update i'm having a friend make me a meal plan for 1800 calories a day and i'm going to try it for a week and see how that works.  i'm excited and nervous to fail possibly.  i think i'll have the meal plan by next week hopefully.

diana