Today I decided to take the day off. I didn't really know how to fill my day but I knew it would get filled. I have never been bored and it always irritates me when I hear people say that they are.
I was reading a bit out of a Trinny and Susannah book today and it said something like "if you kids are complaining they are bored, tell them to clean their room, they will quickly find something important to do." So true.
Well, clean is what I did today. Okay I slept in til 9am and started my day off with a few cups of coffee while I read a few chapters of a cheesy novel but then I got serious about my day. It is feeling like spring here, the grass is peaking through. The sky is blue and the sun is warm. Today is a crisp 4C (that's 39F for my imperial friends) and my first task was hanging laundry on my line. Oh how I love the smell of clothes on the line. It is so beautiful, I have left the patio door open all day. Next, the bathroom. Oy. what a task. I mean how many figurines and barbies does one need to take a bath? And why do people keep the empty toilet paper rolls?Up go the windows in here too. I'm moving on to the dining room and living room. Lookout Dust, I'm armed with Pledge and Papertowel, you don't stand a chance. The sunshine has filled every room of the house, but I think that is enough cleaning for one day. Let's not go crazy.
I managed to sneak in a few more pages while I had an afternoon snack and now I am heading to the treadmill. I want to get my run in before dinner. Tonight we BBQ.
Spring is here and I am so happy. The winter blues were starting to take their grip. The time moves forward this weekend, the days are getting longer and I am seeing spring bulbs peek out of the ground.
So my day off comes to an end. Not full of excitement I know but I have had enough roadtrips for a while and 2 more coming up. It was nice to just stick around the house and enjoy the day.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
pursuit of running
It's been a while since I posted anything about my attempt at exercise and the pursuit of physical fitness. The scales have not really budged in the last couple months. I hear big G's voice burning in my head "calories in have got to be less than calories out". Truthfully, I know that I need to get my body in motion. There are a few women in my life that I have admired, for while they maintain a household, work, chaffeur their children and more, they also commit to time for a run each day. I have been in awe of how they do it.
After much thought and contemplation and suggestion by my SFL coach, I decided to commit to running and possibly training for my first 10K. Now this is going to be quite a feet as I have not even been able to run a complete mile up until March 1st. That's right March 1st, as in last week. That's the day I started to make a change and get my body in motion.
Five runs in the first eight days of the month, I am feeling motivated. My times are getting better, my distance further. I don't run the whole time. I start off with a walk for the first half mile and then I do it. I run 1 whole mile, sometimes I keep going an extra quarter mile because the tunes are motivating, my legs feel strong stronger and I think I can. After I finish the first mile, I switch to intervals of walking a lap (1/4 mile) and running a lap. I only commit to 30-35 mins. a day. Anymore than that and I would not have the time, and would find many excuses not to do it.
I don't have a specific 10K I am training for, there are several taking place in the fall. For now, I am running on a treadmill and I know I have got to be able to do this on the road which is going to be harder. The day I run 3 miles (5k) outside will be exciting for me and that is my 3rd goal. My first goal? I have already achieved that: to run a mile. 2nd goal to run 3 miles on the tread. Once I can accomplish this I know I am on my way to running a full 10K.
After much thought and contemplation and suggestion by my SFL coach, I decided to commit to running and possibly training for my first 10K. Now this is going to be quite a feet as I have not even been able to run a complete mile up until March 1st. That's right March 1st, as in last week. That's the day I started to make a change and get my body in motion.
Five runs in the first eight days of the month, I am feeling motivated. My times are getting better, my distance further. I don't run the whole time. I start off with a walk for the first half mile and then I do it. I run 1 whole mile, sometimes I keep going an extra quarter mile because the tunes are motivating, my legs feel strong stronger and I think I can. After I finish the first mile, I switch to intervals of walking a lap (1/4 mile) and running a lap. I only commit to 30-35 mins. a day. Anymore than that and I would not have the time, and would find many excuses not to do it.
I don't have a specific 10K I am training for, there are several taking place in the fall. For now, I am running on a treadmill and I know I have got to be able to do this on the road which is going to be harder. The day I run 3 miles (5k) outside will be exciting for me and that is my 3rd goal. My first goal? I have already achieved that: to run a mile. 2nd goal to run 3 miles on the tread. Once I can accomplish this I know I am on my way to running a full 10K.
Fluent??
This week's prompt for Sunday Scribblings is "FLUENT". It was a tough one for me. I couldn't come up with a story. I am not poetic and I am far from fluent in anything. As these thoughts bogged my mind I started seeing all the things I am not fluent in. Hating to cast a negative on anything I decided to turn my thoughts upside down. Here we go:
I am fluent in...
I am fluent in...
- ...speaking backwards. I have the right words, all lined up in my head, but they never come out in the right order.
- ...running into stationary objects, like a coffee table or desk
- ...falling down stairs. I have this one mastered. Usually it happens when I am alone in the house and no one is there to help me up. "I have fallen and I can't get up."
- ... crashing my car(s) at speeds less than 5km/hr.
- ...ruining a chocolate cake recipe. Okay well, after 30 yrs, I can say I can make a chocolate cake, but I have thrown a lot of them out trying to master a simple recipe. I will defend to my dying day that 2/3 cup of veg.oil looked like 2 to 3 cups of oil typed out in the old family recipe book.
- ...killing plants.
- ...starting projects and never finishing them: cross stitch, quilts, costumes, painting, painting walls and renos, writing (two novels on the go)
- ...arriving 10 mins late
- ...shopping a sale just because it is a sale
- ...putting too many things on my plate. "your eyes are bigger than your stomach..." I can hear my dad saying. Whether it is on my dinner plate or timeplate, I usually bite off more than I can chew.
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