Holy Sweat Balls

Another brutal hot heat wave sweat your balls off in Ramona summer. Guess what? For a majority of this disgusting heat, we had NO AC and only ceiling fans and 1 small floor fan. Sweated at night. Sweated in the shower. LOL It felt like that anyway!

(Unfortunately I didnt even lose any weight from all this sweating dammit LOL) 

We completed our drywall and installation of a new thermostat over the weekend and by Saturday night we were able to finally turn on some cold air and RELAX. Amazing how grumpy and irritable you get when you are HOT.  

As long as this remodel has taken, its actually so nice to know we didnt finance one drop of it and that lets us rest easy at night. Even though it has taken nearly 2 years to complete (this all started in spring 2011), its well worth knowing we dont have to pay anyone back...

Now the fun part: DECORATING! CANT WAIT!

Bobby's first time boarding with Daddy...we have a new surfer buddy at the beach!! He LOVED IT!

Runnnnniiiiinnnnnnggggg!

Ok so I'm hoping if I journal on my blog about my running I'll feel obliged to continue to post which will provide some motivation to keep going because let me tell you - this heat has got me wanting to do nothing other than sit around, eat, and swim! UGHHHHH

So a few friends from our local gym (Ramona Fitness Center) are doing a 1/2 marathon in January 2013.  Its in Temecula.  They invited me, and then Derek seemed interested too, and I'm trying to sway another couple to join us - it would be alot of fun (I guess running 13.1 miles is fun) with this group of friends.  Plus, wine at the end, SURE!! haha  The gym has led to friendships in this town that I know I wouldnt have developed on my own, and I feel like alot of people who go there (not all, but most) are down to earth nice people. NOT ALL, but most.

So anyway, I run, alot. I ran with the kids alot when they werent so heavy when Brooklyn was still a wee babe, and now pushing those 2 in the stroller is a HEFTY load. I'm sure Bobby at least weighs 35lbs (if not more, he is in 4T-5T clothes), and Brooklyn weighs ~ 25 lbs too (she is in 2T, and at the last check up I think she was 22lbs). Anyway so...no thank you on pushing 50-60 more lbs other than what I already have to; occasionally is fine but not regularly. Plus, all the weirdos in the world, Im a little afraid to be out running on the back streets alone.

Anyway.

My current goal is to be able to run 10 miles under 90 minutes. I think I could have done it today but I was starting to feel a little fatigued, I either needed to juice up (which I feel like potentially leads to a cramp) or should have eaten a bigger breakfast (right now its just a protein bar ~ 200 cal 20 grams of protein) and the thought of being too tired while chasing the kids by myself did not sound fun. The photo above is from this morning and that was a breeze, I walk the first 2 minutes and run the rest.  The pace was actually faster - 8:34 but the 2 minutes of walking always shows I'm slower.

I'm kicking myself for not going 10. Oh well. Next week. For now, I'm doing 3xs a week 8 miles (friday is a street run day where a group of my RFC friends meet and we run on the street)...and each week add 2 more miles at every run to adjust.

Thank goodness for the Olympics because running that long on the treadmill gets boring. :)

July 2012 Pictures

July 2012

AHHHH This month has been crazy! I need a nap. I'm going to write some, then post pictures in a second post.

After the 4th of July things just went from normal to chaos around here. At the end of June I pulled the kids from LPLC because well, we are on one income and I was spending alot sending them to preschool when I dont have to. I'd like to again, but perhaps wait until the year before they start kindergarten. I'll reassess at the end of summer. However, at the end of June I was thinking "Great, how am I going to keep these little boogers happy and busy?" HAHAHAHAHAHAH We have been on the go nearly everyday!

Mid July we took a trip to Las Vegas, stayed at a wonderful place called "Tahiti Village", and stayed with my parents and my brother - my brother had a baby boy back in March so we were finally able to get our hands on him. ADORABLE! Do I miss having a baby? Yes, I do. (Crazy I know) Do I miss sleepless nights? HELL NO! LOL

After staying in Vegas for 4 days (exhausting with 2 little ones and we had a rough few nights of sleep since both kids shared a pull out sofa for sleep - BOO), the tuesday following coming back we went to Lake Perris for a day with the Roed's and our church. FUN! Oh holy cow we had a blast! Exhausted yet, AGAIN! LOL But all worth it since our little guys were able to tube with Daddy. Brooklyn enjoyed it more than Bobby. Yes, you read that right MORE THAN BOBBY! She was waving and laughing the whole time, I unfortunately didnt capture a picture of her with Derek, so next time.

Then basically everyday, if I dont first take the kids to the gym, at about 10-11am we head over to Mema Roed's house to swim. Its a SAUNA at our home since our AC is down right now with the remodel and let me tell you, I have never missed cold air more in my life! One afternoon Brooklyn was SO uncomfortable at like 7pm we jumped in the car for a 10 minute ride to cool off. AHHHHH Cannot wait for cooler weather or this damn AC to be back on. Hopefully soon, we can get the drywall in, and AC flowing.

Then one of our employees got married this past saturday. It was fun but I'm pretty sure Bobby was not feeling to well so we didnt stay long - 8pm. This past sunday for the first time in my little life Derek and I were invited on behalf of Ransom Brothers (local lumber house here in town) to attend the races in a private suite. AWESOME! AHHHHHH I love to gamble, love to eat, love to try new things so I was stoked! Every now and then during the races my heart ached - poor horses! Right before they race they receive a stimulant - no wonder they have such a giddy up in their running! One jockey actually got bucked off - and the horse TOOK OFF! He bolted around the track looking for a way out - how sad! LOL

Our nephew Elijah is in town from Washington so we see him daily, and he, along with my other nieces and nephews were over this afternoon (they just left to go swimming since Brooklyn is asleep at the moment and they all were getting hot & bored).

Summer has been crazy! This next weekend we have a birthday party for a couple of kids I know (lol :) ) and then the following weekend is a baby shower, followed by another visit to a friends house to play with horses, our anniversary, my stinky birthday ....

Oh yeah to top this month off, I had to have a TOOTH PULLED! You will see in some pictures how swollen my face is....awesome. All my other teeth fine, this one tooth! An implant...+2k. Oh boy.

Time is just FLYING - my head hurts.... lol pictures to follow :)

07.04.2012

The kids favorite past time:

Emptying out MY side of the closet (no, not daddy's side, just MY SIDE) and climbing in to "hide"

Out of courtesy to my daughter, I blocked out her exposed parts :)

Below is a hair curly bow I made for Brooklyn.  Very easy to do. I bought a few other things of ribbon to make for the upcoming holidays. Even though you cant see it, in the center are of course, little "diamonds"....for my princess :)

I also made the kids home made 4th of July shirts. I bought plain white t's, and picked up iron on paper printed the picture on the paper, ironed, and wah-lah! The shirt probably cost $1.00 to make and can hopefully be reused for next year (there's a few food stains because it is of course, a white shirt haha)

Even though our vet gave us some sedatitves for the dogs to survive the fireworks, or anything else that makes them frantic, Derek still did not want to leave them home alone.  I found at Michael's glow sticks - I think for 15 of these puppies it was a $1.00 (weren't expensive at all). They last one night and then done but the entertainment lasts all night so well worth it.  I just think about the glow sticks you buy at amusement parks when how cheap these were - what a rip off! Especially since they dont last all but one night!

Despite the dogs being drugged up, our big pup - Rylee still freaked out. I had to sit on the floor with her, then til about 1130 fireworks were going off so I ended up sleeping in the living room with her and Rocky. Terrible sleep. I'm still tired from sleeping from 1am-6am the other night. Ughhhhhhh

Didn't do much else on the 4th. Kids naps are 1-4 so basically we ran over to Mema's house (roed) and did a quick dip in the pool. Ate a quick dinner then headed back home around 7pm to be with our dogs and relax.  It actually was a nice day despite the lack of activity.