Fridays Feast

Fridays Feast #4

Appetizer

Invent a new flower; give it a name and describe it.

How about Gerber Dilly. It would be a cross between gerber daisys and a day lilly. I love these 2 flowers and the bright colors. Bright Purple would be great and the smell would be like a sweet springtime smell. Not sure how to describe it. Out here in jersey there is some kind of bush, tree or something that is just putting off the best yummy sweet smell. Dont know what its coming from but i would love to have my flower smell like it and then i would plant them everywhere around my house.

Soup

Name someone whom you think has a wonderful voice.

Hmm i have always wished i could sound like Sarah Brightman. But a little closer to home would be Craig Evans from the Tabernacle Choir. He lived near me in Santaquin and i got the priveledge to be in a community choir for 2 years and he was the conductor. He is amazing with the things he could do with his voice. He can sing any part out there.. Plus he is a very genuine nice, caring, loving, spiritual person.

Salad

On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being highest, how clean do you keep your car?

Oh i would say 8 or 9. my husband is kinda meticulouse about that kinda stuff. Of course with 4 kids thats quite difficult but it really bugs steve to be dirty.

Main Course

How do you feel about poetry?

I love poetry. Im not really into the profound crazy speaking ones that you read and have no clue what it said but most poetry i like.

Dessert

What was the last person/place/thing you took a picture of?

My Son's Pinewood Derby car (thing)

(Person) my kids on Easter

(Place) My backyard and the work we had done on it over spring break

Well in case i dont get back here (Fridays are always crazy days for me) I think today is just going to be one of those lazy days. Rainy and cold out side. I have to take my poochy to be groomed today and have to run kids to and from their activitys but other then that i think it will be a movie by the fire and popcorn night..

Woo Hoo 5 miles

I did it and then some.. I ran 4 1/2 miles today and power walked 1/2 of mile so i got in 5 miles total.. It was great!! I couldn't believe it.. About mile 2 my knee started hurting and i didnt think i was going to make 4 miles which was the goal but i kept pushing through and by mile 3 my leg was either numb or i just got used to the pain because i couldn't feel the pain hardly at all so i got in my 4 miles and then i went home grabbed a drink of water and grabbed the dog and went 1 more mile. running half and power walking half. The dog was wanting to go further but i thought i was probably done by then. There was only a couple times i thought i had reached the pooped out stage but i forced myself to keep going and i did it. I am so proud of myself... woo hoo..

It was a great day!!! Well This is all im going to post spending time with the kids tonight.. Gotta go

3 Miles Today

Yeah I'm so excited i ran 3 miles today!!! And i could have kept going if it was not for my knee.. physically i felt pumped. I got diffrent headphones for the ipod today so i had my tunes wich made a huge diffrence. Its amazing what music can do to your feelings and body. I didnt have my workout songs downloaded yet so I only had a few on there and the rest was a mix of country, soft rock, church hymns, disney, classical not exactly pumping music with a good beat, and it was funny because when songs like Sarah Brightman or enya came on I could totally feel my body slow down and it was actually difficult to keep going...

I had a diffrent brace on my knee and after the first 2 miles i thought i was going to die. My knee was hurting so bad all the way down my leg and into my foot so i swung by the house and dropped my pooch off and adjusted my brace i think it was to tight and decided to go one more mile. My knee was much better but by the time i finished the last mile it was hurting pretty good. I really wanted to keep going b/c i had great stamina and i wasnt pooped at all. I would love to see just how far i could really go before pooping out. But i just dont think my knee is going to keep up with me.. But i think for never running before i am doing pretty good. I'm quite proud of myself. It's becoming addicting. I really am enjoying it.

My mom keeps telling me i should just do fast walking which she is probably right but it has just been so fun finally being able to run. I know running is supposed to be harder on the joints then walking but i want to know if there is any benefit running over walking or vice versa as far as burning more calories or loosing weight or toning. So all you avid runners out there drop me a line if you know or have some insight for me.. Also do any of you know what i can do for my knee to keep it from hurting so much or how to treat it so i dont do any more damage to it??

So tonight was our annual Pinewood Derby. There were 15 cars and Austin placed 6th and recieved the award for the best painted. He did it all himself so he was excited. He was a little dissapointed not finishing in the top 3 but overall and after recieving the best painted award he felt pretty good.

Well it 11:40 PM and im just finishing up downloading all my workout songs to my ipod so i will be all ready to go tomorrow for my run..That is if i can make it out of bed.. Im trying to decide if I should let my knees rest and ride my bike instead of running. If i do run I'v mapped out a new route which is 4 miles so i'm gonna give it a try and see how my knee holds up.

April Fool's Day

Happy April Fool's Day...



Today I think the fool was me.. :)



My day started out going on my run and I thought i would take my ipod with me for a change and thought the music would help pump me up and i was all geared up had my knee brace on finally smartened up and thought it would be wise to use it.



I came home from dropping logan off at school. Usually my dog is standing at the door waiting but today he wasnt so excited. He usually is in front of me the whole 2 miles dragging me along.

So we get to the park where usually the dog does his duty and i can pick it up and discard of it in the trash can at the park but of course today he doesnt do it until we are all the way around the park so I am trying to run with my ipod in one hand, the leash in the other with the poop sack as well with the fresh aroma of dog doo blowing in my face. Im trying to run and the little ear pieces to the ipod keep falling out of my ears and i have to keep stopping and try and put them back in. I was practically dragging the dog for some reason he was not in the running mood today and it was so warm today it was 71 and extremely muggy so i was pretty much wet before i even began. So needless to say we ended up walking the majority of the way and i was so mad. So i have to finish up the last 1/2 mile by going past my house so i dropped the dog off and discarded the poop sack and decided i would go finish running the last 1/2 mile. I headed out and still my ear pieces kept falling out and then it opened up and started pouring rain so i said forget it and turned around and came back home... What a dissapointing morning.. then i go to get ready for the day and turn on my bathroom faucet to find water squirting straight out at me soaking the floor and my clothes. My kids had decided to tape the faucet.. They are getting pretty clever as they get older...

But alas i did get them back tonight i made the meatloaf cupcakes with the colored mash potatoe frosting for dinner found on the family fun magazine. They were so thinking we were having cupcakes for dinner... It was fun..


All and all it was a pretty good day.. Now i am off to activity days with my daughter..