Moment of Truth March 13

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where the heck does time go? :( It is already halfway to April and in two weeks my baby will be 2!!!! ;( It is just as well, I am tired of changing diapers! :p

I have a busy day today. I have to go back to the optomotrist to get my contacts checked before I can order new ones :( and I am going to Lowe's to see if they have any poppies, and I want to get some stakes and racks for my bigger, heavier flowers so they don't flop over. I love gardening! I made a list, and I have over 40 varieties and types of flowers! But I still want more! :p I have some pretty cool news, tooo.......

YESTERDAY I RAN 7.5 MILES!!!!!!!!! I have never run that far in my life! I did it!!! I am so excited! My hip flexors are a little tight, and so are my achilles, but other than that I feel good today! It was a pretty cool run: I had a toddler throw a stick at me, a kid tried to run me over with his bike, and at the one mile mark there was a huge flood on the trail that you couldn't get around so I had to walk through it, still got my shoes soaked and ran the rest of the run that way, which resulted in very nasty blisters on my arches and at the ends of my toes. BUT I RAN 7.5 MILES!!!! :7 :7 :7 :7 :7

I hope that everyone is well, and I will check in later!

Missy
 
Hey there Miss Missy!!!!

I don't know where the time goes but I tell ya one thing....I think I am at work to much to know where it is going:-( I totally forgot that I took another OT shift for Wed night, so I will be working alot this week.And although my job is not stressful, I still don't like being away from home all the time.

You did good on your run yesterday!!! I remember the first I ran that far on my treadmill, although in the summer time we run 14 kms so thats pretty close to 7 miles, I think.

I also ran the furthest I ever ran yesterday as well.I did 12 Miles!!! I rented Million Dollar Baby and I didn't do many interval runs so I had lots of energy.Plus I ate some cheesecake before I went to bed Sat night so I had to work that off. I got off of the treadmill at 11 miles and I told DD that I just ran for 1 h and 50 min.She said, you should see if you can go for 2 h.So I got back on and went for another mile.

Needless to say, I won't be running today.Although I thought about doing a circuit workout and getting on the treadmill for 5 min at a time.I am also doing UB today.Other then that, I will be taking a nap and taking the dogs outside later this afternoon!

Lori:)
 
Good Morning Lovelies!!!

Missy,

Congratulations on your run!!! Did you drink some Red Bull or something? Gosh, that is alot of running! Before you know it, you will be running 15 miles. I only ran that many maybe once.

You know I love gardening too. I want some pansies for now for the front porch area as they do well there since the front of my home doesn't get as much sunlight until the later of the day. I love poppies too. My daffodils are almost in bloom and I have only 1 tiny yellow crocus. I will have some tulips too soon. I have several flower beds. Two of them are perrenial flower beds with shasta daisies, blue cone flowers, hollyhocks, etc. I have to buy some moth balls and a cover for the strawberry bed. I swear something has been going in there digging up some of the plants ALREADY!!!! It is suppose to get up to 83 degrees here today!!!!!!! I will be outside trimming bushes back, etc.

I worked out my chest and biceps yesterday. Biceps while in my church dress! LOL! DH wondered why I did this? I looked at the rotation for March and noticed Cathe did not have much bicep work on there for this week and I had to hurry up and squeeze it in before we left. I worked out my chest with DH yesterday. Today I will workout shoulders, triceps and do 3 sets of BBM using weights. I know I have to watch with squatting heavy and using weights all the time for my legs as they will get big, but I really want to sculpt the backs of them and not sure how else to accomplish this so I counteract the heavy weights with riding the bike, etc. My weight has gone up again, but my bodyfat is still down. Muscle this time???? Hope so.

Charlotte~~
 
Good Morning Ladies!!!

Missy, Congrats on your run!! That is really good! I am not much of a runner (seasonal runner since i don't have a treadmill). My sister is a runner. She ran until her 7th month of pregnancy. Then, she could not take the pressure on her bladder and started walking with ankle weights. More power to her!!! I never exercised during pregnancy until I was pregnant with Kylee. Then, at 12 weeks I started bleeding and was diagnosed with subchorionic hemotoma. I was put on bedrest and not allowed to workout. Needless to say, I blew up like a blimp!

Oh, and I hear you on the diapers. I have been buying/changing diaper for almost 6 years in a row now. At times, I had to change 2 kids. My boys were not trained until they were about 3.

Lori, double congrats on you run!!! You must have legs of steel!!! Not to mention some kicka$$ endurance!!!! I am jealous!

Charlotte, I can just picture you doing bicep curls in your dress clothes!! How funny! But, hey, you "gotta do what you gotta do" to get workouts in, huh?? Enjoy that weather. It was been nice here, but constant rain, rain, rain!

Well, I did cardio and weights this morning. This is easy, but I like easy on Monday morning. Plus, I was pressed for time since I was supposed to have my kindergarten practicum this morning. However, school was cancelled due to flooding!! It floods pretty badly around here. But, is has been raining since Wed.

How was everyone's weekend? We are starting a landscaping project pretty soon, so we bought a book and have been trying to plan out what we want to do. Plus, I bought some lilies to plant, but it won't stop raining long enough for me to plant them!!! I might get a chance today....Then I steamed cleaned my carpets and my mom came to visit.

Okay, must go feed my starving children! Sorry for the novel!

Sara
http://www.picturetrail.com/saraburnham1
 
OMGosh! You might think that I am crazy but for some reason I had you pegged at blonde!!! :p :+ I guess I was just hoping to have someone else on board with light pigment hahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!

It is great to put a face with a name now! :) You really look terrific, and your boys are so adorable! I love the picture of them at the museum, how cute! :)

Missy
 
Yep, not how I pictured you either! Wow, you look really good for having 3 kids.And another curly haired one to add to the bunch!:)

I just finished tri,bic and shoul and I am tired! I am debating wating until later to do cardio.I just don't have it in me right now:-( Maybe i will have a nap after DD goes back to school:)
Lori:)
 
I bet you are tired! After... how many miles was it again? 30? :p I think a nap is in order for you, you have certainly earned it! :)

Well, I didn't get poppies, but I did get some columbine (McKana Series), Asiatic bicolored lilies, and some really gorgeous decasplit dahlias. Here is a link for them: http://www.saunalahti.fi/sjostrom/sipuli.htm I will just have to get poppies next time I am out. :p ETA click on "Dahlia Fubuki Kogane" on the side of the page to see the picture

What flowers do you guys have in your gardens? I LOVE flowers, almost as much as I love fitness and nutrition, and I just can't get enough of them! I have 2 hibiscus, 5 varieties of Phlox, 2 var. dahlia, 4 var. oriental lilies, 6 var. asiatic lilies, coreopsis, 2 var. shasta daisies, 12 var. daylilies, 3 var. astilbe, 2 var. hosta, bleeding hearts, huechera, irises, dwarf delphinium, ligularia.... it just goes on. I am obsessed! :p What do you guys have?

Missy
 
Good morning girlies!

Wow - we have a lot of running going on around here! This morning for me was lower body and then I hopped on the elliptical for a quick 20 minute interval workout. I really didn't plan on doing that, but figured I could rush through my shower and getting ready for work so that I could spend a little time on the elliptical.

Lori - now look at what you've done to DD. She's going to be as obsessive as you about fitness. That's a good thing though, considering the obesity problems with kids these days. Is it as bad there as it is here in the US?

Charlotte - I know all about working out in "church" clothes. Sometimes you just need to get a few sets of something in and better to do it while dressed pretty than not at all (no, I don't mean naked, I mean rather than not doing the workout at all).

Sara - I love your pics. You look fabulous - especially for having kids. Who would know! And like Lori said - how nice to have another curly girl around here. :)

Missy - you are a gardening fool! I am pitiful. I love gardening (or maybe I like the "idea" of it more). I have a huge perennial garden, but don't ask me what's in it. I can name a few things, but I'm terrible at a lot of it. And I'm still trying to decifer the weeds from the rest. Some of the prairie weeds have such pretty, dainty purple flowers. I'll have to take a picture when it's in full bloom. The people who originally bought our house when it was brand new (they only lived in it a year and then got divorced) had huge boulders brought in and put all over the place - a lot in the perennial garden. The sad thing is, I worked at our local Botanic Gardens for 3 years and I'm also a Master Gardener. But do you think I know what's in my own garden??? I'm SO envious that you are already shopping for flowers. I LOVE to do that. We have lots of snow on the ground right now. But it's supposed to get close to 50 later this week. Yay!!!

Susan

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." - Anatole France

http://www.picturetrail.com/dogs2birds
 
Missy,

I have columbines in one of my flower beds too. They are so pretty. I plant the short zinnia's in the flower bed in front of my house and I too have some of the coreopsis flowers in there too. I have a butterfly bush in another. Actually two of them, one is purple and the other pink. Looks like one big bush of different colors. I plant pansies around the flower bed under the big pine tree. I have big rocks circling the pine tree and a nice bird feeder in the tree. I have a strawberry bed too. I have a bed where I planted three blueberry bushes. Perennial bed like I said before and I have the Tea Time Ladies flowerbed with some purple flowers that flower in late August, gladiola's,bee balm, calendula's (yellow one's), lavender, german chammomile, etc. I sometimes make my own oil from the calendula and lavender. Great for skin rashes, etc. I planted irises under a big tree which was not smart. They don't do well there as there is not enough light so I will have to move them in the fall. I love dahlia's too, but just don't have anymore room for anything! LOL! BTW, my garden will be tilled up in April as I will start out with some onions and them later plant the usual. First I will have to haul more rock out there as I do every year.

Charlotte~~
 
Hey Susan,

I am getting in the habit of posting at the same time! I was thinking the same thing about working out. Hubby asked why in a dress, well I know I would maybe not get it in if I waited so why not? Well I feel exhausted reading everyone's post too about all this running. Makes me feel lazy, guess I better get going in. Finished tricep work so now onto shoulders.

Charlotte~~
 
Oooo Charlotte - you just reminded me of some stuff I DO know. I have a bed of iris and lilies that is beautiful. It needs some work though. It's overgrown with weeds and my dogs have been pooping in there. I'd like to fence it off somehow without it looking tacky. I fight DH on all that stuff though (a fence would be in the way...blah, blah, blah). I also have an area right at the edge of our deck (but on the lower level, obviously - and our deck is on the upper level, which is really the main level, as we have a walk-out basement) that is all aspen trees. The previous owners had planted a couple of hostas under there. They looked cool, so I planted a bunch more. But, that area also gets overrun with weeds, so this year I'm going to wait until the hostas start poking through and then I'm going to put down black plastic and cover the area with river rock. The weeds are so huge and out of control that I can't keep up with them. I think that will look pretty. I hope!

At the bottom of my perennial garden are a bunch of strawberry plants. But the ground squirrels get to them before they do anything. :( I would love to have a vegetable garden, but I don't think it would survive the critters. If I lived in town I could do it, but outside of town there are too many of those little critters. Any ideas???

Susan

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." - Anatole France

http://www.picturetrail.com/dogs2birds
 
Missy,

I am pathetic at gardening!! All I have right now are mums. Every spring/summer, I plant baskets with petunias and geraniums. The deck gets full sun and those seem to be the only flowers that will last out there. The petunias suffer sometimes....that is my fault though. I forget to water them sometimes!

Maybe you can help me. I bought some lily bulbs that I want to plant with my mums. How in the heck do I plant bulbs? I think my favorite of all time are day lilies. I plan on putting a lot of those in my landscaping this spring.

Sara

http://www.picturetrail.com/saraburnham1
 
Yeah, I am not to up on the flower bit either. I use to get my MIL to come down and put my flowers in for me:) Now she just takes my hanging baskets and brings them back when she is done:) I only know the basic flowers...roses,daises,tulips..anything other then that, Im lost.

Charlotte, do we make you lazy??? Shame, shame!! If you were closer Id make you run that with me and thennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn you would be lazy:)

Susan, DD doesn't do much, only gymnastics.There are a few chubby kids around here but not to bad.I don't think obesity is as bad her and in the US but I do think there are more overweight teenagers around here then kids.Sometimes I feel like a little girl when I stand near these teenagers.My friend was telling me the other day that she took her 3 yr old to church and her cousin was sitting in the row ahead of her, so he wanted to go up there.And her cousin was wearing spandex pants (don't know why, she is a big girl) and to church? Anyway when everyone was standing and singing she looked and saw her cousin, just sort of putting her hands behind her, the reason for this...her son,the 3 yr old, was sitting down while everyone else was standing and he was poking his cousin's bum with his finger b/c he could she her cellulite through her pants.And she is still in highschool, and she is a very big girl.Also the girl I run with, her DD's are more like their dads side of the family, short and chubby.Her teenager put on a lot of weight and is already wearing a D bra:eek: She told me the other day that she has to fight her for the treadmill now.She figures her DD has lost about 20 lbs since she started running.So hopefully they do learn something from us.I learned alot from watching my sister exercise.

Anyway..I should go and get my workout done.I just had a little cat nap and that should get me through me workout:)

Lori:)
 
>Oooo Charlotte - you just reminded me of some stuff I DO
>know. I have a bed of iris and lilies that is beautiful. It
>needs some work though. It's overgrown with weeds and my dogs
>have been pooping in there. I'd like to fence it off somehow
>without it looking tacky. I fight DH on all that stuff though
>(a fence would be in the way...blah, blah, blah). I also have
>an area right at the edge of our deck (but on the lower level,
>obviously - and our deck is on the upper level, which is
>really the main level, as we have a walk-out basement) that is
>all aspen trees. The previous owners had planted a couple of
>hostas under there. They looked cool, so I planted a bunch
>more. But, that area also gets overrun with weeds, so this
>year I'm going to wait until the hostas start poking through
>and then I'm going to put down black plastic and cover the
>area with river rock. The weeds are so huge and out of control
>that I can't keep up with them. I think that will look pretty.
>I hope!
>
>At the bottom of my perennial garden are a bunch of strawberry
>plants. But the ground squirrels get to them before they do
>anything. :( I would love to have a vegetable garden, but I
>don't think it would survive the critters. If I lived in town
>I could do it, but outside of town there are too many of those
>little critters. Any ideas???
>
>Susan
>
>"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains
>unawakened." - Anatole France
>
>http://www.picturetrail.com/dogs2birds


Susan,

Do you have Halloween decorations? The reason I ask is because I use mine to make a scarecrow out of. I have this creepy skull with a flowing cape underneath. I use this Halloween stake or any tall stake will do that has a few slabs of wood going across at top to make the cape over top look like it has a bit of arms, also for support as well. This always keeps the deer out even though I put up a fence...it is never high enough cuz the deer jump over. I also throw in moth balls too. Once the moth balls dissolve, I get more.

Charlotte~~
 
Lori,

Are you tipsy? Your not making any sense today! LOL! Think you might need another nap...alittle longer this time??? LOL!:eek: :* I slept on my shoulders the wrong way last night and I just finished working them out and had a hard time of it so I ain't lazy. LOL! I worked for it!!!!!! Nothing like working sore muscles!

Anyhoo, you just reminded me that I need some hanging baskets too.

I hope the weather will behave for our bike ride this afternoon. Going with DD and her friend into town again. Told them I would bring some chalk along so they can write their names on just part of the parking lot to say "they were there" so their friends can see. (DD and her friends skateboard there) Do you think this is a bad idea? I don't want to start something bad like if some dumb teenagers see this and then bring spray paint and write on the buildings or something. I am just thinking ahead. What do you think? Anyone?

Charlotte~~
 
Sara - you just reminded me (funny how my memory is getting better as the day goes on!) of something. Last year at the college I work at, they were doing a bunch of work with pipes underground. They had to dig up this huge area that had a ton of daylilies. Our grounds person told me I could dig them up if I wanted. So I came out here on a Saturday and dug to my heart's content. I planted them all along the outside border of my perennial garden (since it didn't really have a border of any kind. I'm so excited now that you reminded me. I hope they have survived the winter.

Charlotte - do you think a scarecrow type thingie would scare away those underground critters too??? That would be awesome!

Susan

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." - Anatole France

http://www.picturetrail.com/dogs2birds
 
Susan, I would love to get my hands in your soil!!! I love weeding and all that stuff! And dog poop can be good compost for your garden. I put all of our fruit skins and leftover uneaten veggies in the soil so that as it decomposes it turns into flower food. It is a trick my grandma and MIL showed me so I don't waste anything. But those blasted squirrels! They are ornery little bugars, aren't they? My mom has that problem with raccoons. She can't plant any bulbs or tubers because they will dig them up and eat them. When she puts pumpkins and gourds out for Halloween, they dig in and help themselves. The rascals!

Missy
 
There should be instructions with the bulbs, but most of them need to be buried no less than 6": just dig, measure, place pointy side up, cover with dirt. Do you have Asiatic or Oriental lilies? The Asiatics can be spaced very closely together (six or eight inches), but the Orientals need to be spaced further apart (18" - 24"). I love daylilies, too! There isn't much you have to do to those babies, it is almost impossible to kill them! :p They were my first flowers ever! oooooo! And I love mums, too! What color are yours? Mine are cream and as they face, the edges of the petals turn purple. Love 'em!

And I know what you mean about petunias! I have a window box that I put them in, but they die before the end of July because they dry out so quickly. :( I am trying a different flower this year, one that is more drought tolerant (if only it rained in Indiana like this during the summer, huh? :p ). You have a new house, don't you? Ours is new, and it is exciting because the soil has been untapped, so everything is doing well. I did a raised bed and really amended the soil as well. when it is blooming time, I am going to be going crazy with the camera! :p

Missy
 
do you guys have luck with hanging baskets? For some reason, mine just don't do well. My front porch faces the south, I think that has something to do with it. The sun is on them all day, so the poor little things just dry out. I water them twice daily, but that doesn't seem to be enough. :(

Lori, it is fantastic about your friend's DD using the treadmill! DD walks on our, too. She has a lot of friends who are overweight, and it makes me really, really sad. Kids shouldn't have to suffer for the problems their parent's have. :( Some kids that come over here won't touch my dinner because they have been raised on Hamburger Helper, so they haven't had meals that have green vegetables or aren't loaded with salt and sugar. It really makes me sad. :( So what I do instead is make homemade pizza, that way it has no preservatives or any of that other crap, and it is fun because they make it themselves. And of course, it tastes good! :9

I think it would be fun for your girl to use chalk. The rain will wash it away, anyways. The kids here use chalk all over everything and there hasn't been a spray paint incident yet, so hopefully it will be the same with you, Charlotte! :)

I am going to go ouside and plan where I am going to put these bulbs! :)

Missy
 
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