Looking back and moving forward....

Ok well wow it's so easy to forget about blogging, and to forget about goal.  When I think about blogging it's usually because I have some fantastical idea about something and I need accountability. Ya, it doesn't work to well for me.  Fast forward....about 3 1/2 months ago I made a commitment to my self to start excerizingregularly.  It started with running everyday. It's was hard at first but each day I made myself do it.  When I got to 3 days in a row I was so proud of myself!!! Then a week straight!  I went at it hard until about 4 weeks straight everyday!  Finally, a habit.  Now, I'm not so hardcore about running everyday but I do know that I need excersizing in my life to stay balanced and healthy. My routine now consists of a couple of 4-6 mile runs during the week and a long 10-13 mile run on Sunday. I have met a great running partner with similar goals.  She keeps me on my toes and challenges me to keep with with her pace and distance!!  On the off days from running I hit the gym in our "man cave."  Pinterest has become one of my other favorite pastimes.  Man, you can find any DIY thing on there including great workouts!  If I'm not careful I also find delicious recipes that counteract my hard work in the gym and on the pavement.   My next challenge is the 30 day squat challenge with before and afters of course!!  Happy squatting!!  here is the link http://lindahaukaas.blogg.no/trening.html

Happy NEW YEAR to US

Ok so i'm down 5lbs since the New Year.  I'm still carrying a little left over baby weight from the Rockstar so I've decided to make some lifestyle changes.  Well it's working.  Nothing like a little exercise commitment and health eating to lighten a girl up. Anyway that's not what this post will be about.  This post is about the Raw Vegan lifestyle that I'm trying to follow.  So since January 1, 2013 I have had very limited amounts of cooked food.  I won't say that it has been easy to give up certain things like cheese (mmmm, I love cheese) and pizza (another favorite).  But, I've only fallen off the wagon a few times.  And by a few I mean at least once a day.  But, that's ok I'm not going to beat myself up for having a little cooked food now and then.  But the goal is 100% RAW!  So this weeks favorites include: Soft Taco with Fresh Tomato Salsa and Avocado Chocolate Cream Pie.  Avocados were on sale this week 10 for $10 so I stocked up and when they started to ripen faster then I could eat them I had to do something hence the pie and super delish guacamole.  I'm really loving Matt Amsden Rawvolution cookbook.  So many good Raw recipes.  Additionally, hubby and I joined an organic produce group and we pick up our first share Tuesday.  We've hosted a group before so it will be interesting to see the similarities and differences.  Hopefully there is a limited amount of bokchoy!  I don't care to much for that vegetable and have no idea what to do with it.  I'll keep you posted.

That girl leads the life of Riley!

So....I'm not a writer, I'm not a photographer, I'm not a chef, I'm not a this...I'm not a that!  So what am I?  Who am I?  What do I want to do with my life?  What is my PASSION?  The final question is something that my husband has been asking me for 10 years now. FYI...I still haven't figured it out.  I wish I could.  I wish I would.  This would be simple, right!  I find something that I totally love to do and do it day in and day out and never look back.  It would be awesome!  I don't know maybe I'm just not the kind of person.  Maybe I'm like a (searching for an analogy....) onion?  I have layers.  No, that's not original!  Perhaps I am a person who needs constant movement and change like the wind!  Yeah, that's IT.  I'm like the wind, ever changing!  Even in school when you had to write to the topic, you know, the one that goes "where do you see yourself in 10 years."  I never had an answer to that question.  I should say I never had the typical answer to that question.  My answer was always based on some philosophy I had made up about "how could I know where I would be in 10 years."  "Things change so much that there is not possible way I could know."  At the time is was just a cop-out answer.  But looking back I think i really meant it.  I had no idea and just the thought of figuring it out seemed so unnecessary.  Now, way more than 10 years later, I find myself in the same mind set!  So this morning while my daughter was sleeping and I was sitting with our new baby my husband sends a text asking "if the kiddies were up?"  I text back and said "P is still sleeping, that girl leads the life of Riley!"  Now that got me thinking.  What would it be like to actually lead that life?  Which when I really think about it, I do!  My husband provides for our family so that I can stay home with our children.  Which has always been a dream of mine since my first child was born 14 years ago. I have been a stay at home mom for three months now and have learned that daily house hold chores are so much easier when you don't work a 9-5.  I enjoy doing laundry and folding tiny clothes.  I like to have a clean kitchen without dishes in the sink!  I enjoy keeping up the house.  I am learning to be more productive with my time to do those things that you keep putting off.  However, I don't think I will ever enjoy cleaning the bathrooms!!  Gross!  I'm just not there yet!