I'm Tired

Day 3 of 2015 and I'm tired.  Every other Friday I do a live broadcast from Stampede Houston.  We have so much fun but we are there until 1am and frankly I'm tired the next day.  So today this is what you get.

I ran today and drug my neighbor with me (who also went to Stampede with me last night)

I had my non fat greek yogurt and fresh berries for breakfast my absolute fave!

And I have now written for the day.

My ankles hurt, I'm tired and I want vodka.

That is all you're getting today.

C

Gnawing My Arm off

Day 2 of 2015:

Running every day is one of my goals and I have accomplished that so far.  I decided to start the C25K app over from the start because the last time I did it I shuffled through the run intervals which I'm pretty sure helped me finish my 5K but at the slowest possible time.  So now I am running at a good pace during those runs.  I can definitely tell the difference between this time and last time I started this.  My ankles are still hurting though, gotta figure that out.  I'm pretty sure it is the amount of weight I have coming down on my ankles.  Which brings us to the next goal...but first a run selfie.

I take a selfie after every run.  Yes obnoxious but it proves I did it.

Another goal of 2015 was to get my butt back in gear on my healthy eating.  You know good habits.  I started off great this morning.  Even went to the mall with the entire family and didn't feel the need to stress eat.  By the time we were on our way home though this was me...

Seriously, I was about to eat my arm.  I hadn't starved myself at all.  I had my SPARK before my run.  Yes I'm a Spark junkie, I LOVE IT!  I had a meal replacement bar which was delicious, had a cup of coffee (sorry that will never go away) and that I was good.  So I went into crazy ravenous mode, I had to get out of the house.  The youngest was asleep so I took that as my opportunity to go where else?  The grocery store!  That was a genius idea while I was hungry.  It made me even hungrier.  So I got home after buying every bit of healthy food I could think of and before the groceries were even in the fridge I was chowing down on some string cheese, and then a pear, oh and some edamame to top it off.  

I can do this.  I have done it before, just why did I start on a Friday of all days?  Oh because my co-worker Lisa who also started today decided we would be over our bitchiness by the time we go back to work on Monday.  That has yet to be seen...

C

Goal 3 of writing every day accomplished!

Bring It On 2015

So here we go again.  Another year with another list of what I call goals.  Not resolutions because I know if I call it that they won't happen.  That's how my brain works.  This is one of my goals, to write here everyday.  It may be a short post a long post but I HAVE to write something here daily.

2014 brought a lot of good and crazy for us.  Chris got a new job, my middle wonder started kinder or what we call "big school."  The youngest God Bless Him has grown into this giant toddler who has a personality that goes for days.  My oldest is apparently the best student ever and a genius...oh and a damn good little softball player.  That brings us to me.

2014 was a huge year for my job.  The station became the CMA Station of the Year and Marconi Station of the Year.  2 HUGE honors that came with A LOT of hard work and dedication from what I think is the best team in radio.  Personally I was searching for something...I still am.  I started a business out of my home which is basically just fun for me but became a business so I could be legit.  I became a lover of beer, which is a BAD thing.  This brings me to my second goal.  GET MY BUTT BACK IN GEAR.  I was doing so well eating and exercising.  Not so much dieting but just being smart.  With all that new work stuff came the stress eating monster so here I am back at being Thick In The Middle.

One thing I did come to love in 2014 is running.  I completed my first 5K without stopping which was a HUGE accomplishment for me.  I have always hated to run thanks to it being used as punishment in athletics.  I despised it.  The station sponsors the 9/11 Heroes run every year.  Last year I walked most of it.  This year I wanted to run the whole thing.  Didn't matter how long it took I just wanted to finish.  I did it.  It was an awesome feeling.

5K DONE!

Now the station is sponsoring the annual Rodeo Run...yeah I'm the team captain of the slow people.  My 3rd goal is to run everyday.  Doesn't matter how far or how long just run.  See how that ties into my 2nd goal?  I'm smart like that.

There are some other challenges coming up that I know we are going to have to face but I have to go do my run for the day so no talking about it now.

Here's to an amazing 2015!

Until tomorrow...

C

Wang Chungs everywhere

I'm smack dab in the middle of rodeo hell.  It comes to an end next week and I am so ready.

I love my job and this is one of my favorite parts of it but this rodeo has beat the crap out of me.  The weather just has not cooperated.

Last week Cash was able to come out to rodeo with me.  Keep in mind the last time he was there he was 6mo old.  Last year he just wasn't able to go.  So anyway we are walking around the livestock show and Cash sees the milk cows.  He has seen cows, but never milk cows, I'm sure you can understand his confusion at this point.  Cash calls his privates his wang chung.

So here is how the conversation played out:

Cash: Mommy what are those?
Me:  Those are milk cows, that's where milk comes from.  That's a holstein and a brown suisse.
Cash: Look they have wang chungs!
Me: No honey those aren't wang chungs, those are utters.
Cash: But they look like wang chungs
Me: No buddy it's not
Cash: (getting a little frustrated) but it looks like MY wang chung

At that point I was cracking up and just kept walking.

Later that night someone asked him what he saw at the rodeo...guess what he said?  Cows with wang chungs.

The kid is a little smart for his own good.

and I'm Back...

I recently had the honor of hanging out with my college roommate.  The one I actually liked.  She was the first and the best.  I had several.  Charla was ok, Tracy was a vampire...no really she was.  Julie I adored I was just done being at school at that point.  Anyway, focus Christi, Paige (the roommate) said something about enjoying keeping up with me through the blog.  She enjoyed my writing.  So here I am again, writing my daily crap for all to read.  I'm actually writing in a notebook first because if I write it I might edit myself a little.  Trust me, you want me to.

So let's start with a funny thing that recently happened.  Oh and I have to warn you, my filter is basically gone since the last time I wrote here.  Sorry 3 kids 3 years later will just about kill ya.

Anyway...Cash wakes up constantly, I mean ALL THE TIME!  I was sleeping on the couch (fell asleep catching up on shows) and I hear the little feet.  I know exactly who it is too, then the whining beings.  I check the clock...12:45!  WHAT?!  Good lord, no wonder I have black circles.

Then Chloe wakes up, "My throat hurts."  She laid flat on her back all night mouth wide open snoring, what did she expect?  I know this because I check on them constantly in the middle of the night .

45 minutes later I hear little man on the couch stirring, stretching and making noise.  Thinking here we go, 5:30am and bubs is already up.  Then out of nowhere I hear SHIT! (stretch) SHIT!

That was my son, on the couch, asleep and cussing...at someone or something.  Yes he was still asleep.  I figured at that point I had accomplished my mommy fail of the day and the day could only get better from there.

I promise I will write more often and post pictures and such as much as I can.

Until next time...

-C-

ENOUGH Already

OK this may come off as rude but really at this point I don't care.

We have 3 beautiful children. Yes we had them very close together, the last one was a real shocker. Having number 2 and 3 only 17 months apart was not ideal but it's worked and our little boy is such a blessing to us.

Do we want more kids? NO
Do we need more kids? NO
Have we done anything permanent to prevent having more kids? Not that it's any of your business but NO!

I am so sick of everyone asking me when #4 is coming along and if we don't want anymore when is my hubby getting the snip. Everytime I turn around it's when is Chris getting the snip, has Chris gone in for the "procedure" yet? If you want it done do it to you Christi, why does Chris have to do it? All of it just makes me want to scream!

The good ol' snippity snip is a little expensive, even when you do have great benefits from work. If you want it done by a doctor that is worth a damn and you don't want one of those swimming baby makers to sneak in somehow it's going to cost some serious money. Money that frankly I don't have right now.

LOOK the procedure costs money, my BC pills do not. We have 3 mouths to feed plus our own in a terrible economy so BACK OFF! It's really none of your business.

I feel better now...

Never Fails

Welp, here I am, a national ad campaign on the line and my voice is shot. I took good care of it this weekend, really I did. I didn't scream and yell, talked quietly, took meds for my allergies, everything I can think of.

I am suppose to lay my voice down at 3pm and I don't sound 100%. My first ever job for voice and the instrument is broken.

It NEVER fails. NOTHING goes my way lately. Just when I think things are going in the right direction, BAM I get knocked up side the head.

Well we shall see how today goes, hopefully the voice will pull through and they still like me enough to keep me on the campaign.

-C-