What's Up?

I bet you've all been wondering that exact thing.  Well, let me tell you what's up.

Not much.  Really.  People talk about the January boredom and let down, well I am here to tell you that it has continued on in to February.  Our poor minds.  We really need to get things hyped up here, don't we. 

Seriously folks.  My life has not been that boring but I always wonder, 'Why would anyone want to read about my life?'  It's not like I am saving the world, and I am not a profound or amazing thinker or writer, maybe a little of my weird humor sometimes, or off on wonderful and exciting journeys, although my life is mostly wonderful, and we are blessed with pretty great health for myself and my family.  We are just your average, nondescript family.  But apparently some folks like to read the boring stuff, so I will share. 

This past week I have been working hard to get back into working out and jogging.  A few nights I managed to jog most of my three mile goal, but I did have to walk a few of those laps.  I've been jogging at the college, great indoor track by the way, and I try to do 30 laps.  Last week I averaged 30 laps of jogging with 8 laps of walking.  Not too bad, until last night.  Not a good night.  I managed to do 20 laps, with muscle cramps in my calves and the knee screaming the whole way.  I think I walked about eight of those 20 laps.  Pretty sad and frustrating.  And I have to confess that the knee is still screaming out in protest this morning.  Ibuprofen here I come.

I have also been adding in my Biggest Loser Boot Camp DVD this week, which is an hour long workout and very intense, OK I only had time to do it once, but it's a start.  I love this workout but I have not been doing in very regularly since I hurt my knee back in July, and I have to confess, two days after doing this workout it hurt just to try to sit on the potty.  OUCH!!!  Just a little bit sore, but I love it!!  I mean I really love it!!!  And I really want my body to stay toned, I love having muscle, it's so cool.

I then did the Biggest Loser Yoga DVD, but only for 30 minutes.  Kicked my behind, but loved it too!  I have really been missing my workouts.  And Yoga is good, real good.  Maybe my muscles are so tight and cramping because I have not been doing the Yoga or stretching out.  What do you think?  Probably is the word that comes to my mind.

Then I added in a new photography class this past week.  Granted its only one night a week, and only for an hour and a half, but I do have lot's of reading and homework to do.  I love it though.  With only one class behind me, in which the instructor gave us 1/3 of a full semester of information to learn, I have learned a lot.  I have learned that I have managed to do some pretty OK stuff, by accident.  Seriously, completely and utterly by accident.  Hopefully I can now do some by design.  Anyways, homework.  I need to take 9 different photos depicting 9 different elements or concepts, before this Wednesday.  I can do that!!!

Off we go to this Saturday.  Taxes for some of the family.  I somehow have been nominated to do everyone's taxes, every year.  I think it's because I'm the one who always buys the tax program for their computer and does their own.  Don't get me wrong, I love to help out family and to save them money.  And I always feel bad if they have to pay back.  Or if they even are lucky enough to be a zero.  I just love to see my family and friends do well and make good.  I want them all to have a little extra to help with some tough times.  But I thought about this yesterday and decided I need to realize that it's not me who decides and is to blame if someone has to pay the taxman.  I'm just the one who can type and has a computer. 

Anyways, Sunday was midMan birthday.  WHOO!!! HOOO!!! WHOOT!!! WHOOT!!!  YEAH!!!  He really wasn't that excited, poor soul thinks he's an old man, and he's going to be a grandpa this year.  We have got to cheer him up!  We did have a little family fun on Saturday and we all sang, and had way to much food, and way too many treats, and let's sabotage our weight loss goal.  I do that every weekend, crazy fool that I am.  I really need to stay out of the kitchen.  Anyways, I love my midMan, and wish him many years of happy fun as a grandpa in the future. 

And speaking of weight loss, I have been working real hard to record and keep track of all that I eat.  I have a couple of books that I carry around with calorie counts in them and am recording it all in a journal.  I always do really well during the week, but when the weekend comes I loose all of my will power.  It just runs away and hides.  I ask you, 'What to do, please tell me, what to do?'

So, yeah, that's my week.  I warned you, pretty boring.  But most days I am very thankful for being boring.  I am a creature of habit and routine.  I like to know what I have planned and pretty much keep to the plan.  I have decided though that I need to change thing up a bit, still trying to figure out how, so that I can get my workouts in every day.  Right now it is looking like I may have to get up at 4:30 in the morning, and I really really do not want to do that.  But I will figure it out.

Love to All,

midRae

One Word Wednesday.

Winter Rose

Love to All,

midRae

PS. Remember when I wrote about my younger brother, who happens to be 42 years old, having his first child.  Well this is her, just two months old, and isn't she the cutest.

'not me' Monday........

 

Here we go again. Yeah!! And now it's time for that fun weekly carnival that we all love, 'not me Monday!' Let's all join in and see what we got. I'm sure we have a lot of those 'not me's' just stored up and ready to share.

Oh boy, here I go!

As we all know I had my knee fixed 3 1/2 weeks ago, torn cartilage, and I have had to slow down and let it heal, under protest.  I am not one to sit around, at least I like to think I am pretty active, and I was jogging 3 miles just three weeks ago.  So, it was not me who went walking last week at the indoor track at the college and managed to fast walk 3 miles in 50 minutes.  Nope, I would never push myself that much to get back to jogging 3 miles in less than 30 minutes.  And it was not me who became so frustrated by other jogger passing me that I seriously considered putting my foot out to trip them.  I would never let that thought cross my mind.  And nope, I do not hate to be left in the back of the pack and I am not thinking the whole time that everyone is say to themselves, 'Look at the slow person, look at the slow person.'  Nope, that is so not me.

And then in my all consuming track to physical fitness and slimness, I would never sabotage myself by making 7up Cake this weekend.  Nope, I would never do that, and I definitely do not do that each and every weekend with some other yummy and wonderful goodness that I love to cook.  Nope not me. Never, never, never!  On a side not, I finally got the 7up Cake to turn out right, which has never happened before, which you can read about here.  Yeah for me.

So this week is starting out with a promise to myself to be a good girl this week and to stay out of the kitchen this weekend.  My poor family.  I guess they are going to need to learn how to cook because I can not be left alone in the kitchen.  I've decided its best just to avoid that area of my house.

Love to All,

midRae

7 Day Photo Frenzy.

I have been participating in the '7 Day Photo Frenzy' over on facebook this week, and I have had a lot of fun showing a little bit of what 'I think I can do.' ha ha ha ha lol  I am not a professional by any means, and there is so much for me to still learn, but I love photography and I will never regret getting my camera, except for those hikes when it get's just a little bit heavy.  Any ways, I just wanted to share what I have.  Some photo's I have posted previously so don't get too bored.


Here goes!


Sunday's Theme - Youth

Monday's Theme - Friendship

Tuesday's Theme - Hobbies

Wednesday's Theme - Simplicity

Thursday's Theme - Black & White

 

Friday's Theme - Landscape

 
And Saturday's Theme - My Choice - Which one shall I choose, which one shall I choose?
 

 
Please enjoy.
 
Love to All,
 
midRae

Pleasant Pheasant's

So most weekends midMan and I go on our little rides to see what we can see.  And we always see something. 

A couple of weeks ago we saw this:

Isn't she beautiful?

Then we saw him.

Even more beautiful.

Some times it just doesn't seem fair that the guy animals are always so much prettier than the girls.  I think the girls should always be more prettier, (is that right?).  More pretty, more gorgeous, more beautiful, I don't know.  But what I do know is that all men should definitely tell us that we are always the prettiest and the most gorgeous of them all.  At least if they know what is good for them.  And no, our butt will never look fat in those pants!

Love to All,

midRae