Artistic Licence

A's revised version of a childhood song:


Ring around the rosie, 
Pocket full of posies, 
Husha,
Husha, 
We all have a toot!!

It's not the clothes!

Do these pants make my ass look fat?


No, your fat makes your ass look fat!


It's not the label that is wrong, it's your ass.


How many times have I thought "this sizing must be off, I'm not really that size!".  Uhm bad news self, it's not the clothes!


Don't worry this isn't a self-loathing moment.  I'm actually having a good laugh at my bad logic!  And doing something about it!

Bubbles!

My kids love to blow bubbles!!!  In the winter we blow them in the tub but nothing beats that first outside bubblefest!

Pure mischief here!

 So proud to have caught a bubble!

Damn that girl has lashes! 

What a munchkin!

Spring Runs and Mystery Plants

Today feels like spring and indeed my garden would agree.  I went out to pull out the old leaves and was delighted to find a selection of wonderful green underneath.  There was also a mystery plant growing that will be interesting to find out what it actually it.  I thought it was a piece of felt from Christmas decorations when I first found it but discovered it was a plant when I pulled up the first bit I found and discovered the rest of the plant.  I only pulled off one leave and when I dug down in the old leaves I found a pretty large plant hiding underneath.  No idea where it came from.


This mornings run was wonderful!  It felt so good to be out in a tank and capris.  Sun shining on my face but not so hot as to make me wish I was in the shade :)  I am the Goldilocks of runners.  I like it not too hot and not too cold but juuuuuuust right!  The extra bonus is that we ran 13k and since I'm training for a 10k I'm feeling pretty good about my endurance!  Now to keep working on the speed!


Now off to shower!  Pretty sure I could scare away a skunk right now!

It's Off!

Unit #5 is on it's way to New York!  Yay!!


So who wants to pose nude for my next unit?  Takers?

Unit #5

Unit #5 is almost all packaged up and ready to send off to New York.  That leaves one unit left and I will be the person who has taken the longest to complete this freaking course :)  I'm sure there are lots that never finished it though!  
This round was an interesting group of pictures that I found much less stressful than the portrait assignment!  I've also let go of taking a picture a certain way because that is the "right" way to do it.  Sometimes it's okay to break the rules!  You just have to be selective of which ones you break and not break too many :)  It is much more relaxing to take back a bit of that control and say "this is what felt right to me".  Sometimes I'll be wrong and the picture will flop but if you never take chances you never develop either!  Fingers crossed that my rule breaking was successful!

PB's

Here is the thing with PB's.  I like them but I haven't had one in years.  I haven't had one since before I had kids!  That means it's been over 6 years since I've PB'd anything.  Crazy!  For some people this would be reason to give up running (I'm not that much of a drama queen).  I am getting closer to my old times but they are still a long ways away.  This got me thinking about the fact that I am not running in the same body I was 6 years ago.  And it's not the pregnancies that have made the drastic changes, they certainly factor in but it's the Celiac Disease that seems to have permanently altered my system.  Hard work will get me back to setting some PB's but it's still a long road.  I'm still learning how to properly fuel my system and how to help it recover.  While it was undiagnosed I had some of my all time worst runs.  The kind of runs that you walk home from, sit on the step and cry.  Since being diagnosed the runs have gotten worlds better.  I've also learned that appropriate hydration is not optional.  Dehydration is my biggest enemy.  I carry water on even my shortest run on the treadmill and anything over 45 minutes outside.  I can get a second wind on a run now.  When things start to go badly, I can take a short walk/water/gel and get going again.  Before when things went badly there was nothing I could do to fix it.  Oddly the recoveries are much easier, my legs continue to surprise me.  I'm so much less sore than ever after a long run.  So factoring in the massive change in my body I'm declaring all my old PB's void and resetting everything to PCPB's, Post-Celiac PB's.  This is the new body I have to run with and it should be allowed to set it's own PB's!  Not that I don't want to try and chase down my old PB's but I don't want to minimize the awesome improvements that have come in the last few years since being diagnosed either.  So bring on the challenges! 

Gymnastics

The kids both finished gymnastics lessons at the end of March and I'm just getting around to downloading the pictures...that is life.  They did great.  G gained a lot of confidence and A...well she isn't lacking in confidence or her ability to stand up and say "I'm NOT doing that".  

Taxes

I would like to know how it takes a week for my other mail to get to across the country but amazingly when it is a cheque for my taxes it is cashed within two days of me sending it!  Me thinks there is something suspicious going on in the mail system.

Wake-Up Calls

No, not the kind you get at a hotel. 


The kind where something hits you that you knew but were in denial about.  The kind where you realize you have to make some serious changes in your life.  The kind where chocolate will have to be turned down!  FFS!


Kind of enjoyed having my head in the sand.  Reality sucks.

And it was!

As I guessed the next couple runs were better.  The best was in Banff, fresh snow, nice temps, path along the river...the fresh smell of...wait what is that smell...ah yes I see what you are smoking there!   Happy to be still running and injury free!  Banff was the run that capped off 4 months of streaking!  4 months!  Wohoo!!!