Although the weather outside is once again sunny and beautiful, my son is missing daddy terribly today. Not just by the way he clings to me these days, but also because at the bus stop this morning he started crying asking me to never leave him. My heart breaks at moments like that. I reassured him I'd be standing at that exact spot when he got off the bus, then we'd do something together this afternoon. Gillian was a great big sister and held his hand onto the bus while he wiped his eyes and tried to act cool. He will be in my thoughts all morning. I'm sure he will be distracted while at school. At least that's what I'm telling myself.

With the good weather came a beautiful run this am. It was especially quiet with neighborhood kids off to school and parents away at work. Barely a car seen this am. It was calming to the soul. Now I think I'll head out to do some work in the veggie garden. I want to soak up as much of the beautiful fall day as I can.

Well as most of you know Jeff flew to Arizona to pick up his new Mini Cooper S and is now in the process of driving it back. A major bucket list item can now be crossed off his list! I am therefore Single Parenting it for the weekend. Keeping the kids busy is important since they miss Daddy so much when he's gone so yesterday was filled with Swimming lessons, playing with their friends at the Y afterward,  a playdate for Gillian with Matthew ( her grade school sweetheart of 3 years...so adorable it was like witnessing a first date if that can even be possible for a 7 year old), a playdate for Aidan with Ryan, dinner with Ryan's family and topped it off with a 3D version of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs! Needless to say we were all exhausted yesterday.

I did manage to squeeze in my exercise yesterday while the kids played at the Y (cycling, a 3 mile run, abs and an upper body work out)= a little  achy today!

Today we're heading to the Puyallup State Fair for some fun in the sun, rides, animals, games, lots of walking (aka my exercise today) and a High School Musical Concert at 2:30pm...Rock On!!! At least that's what the kids are saying. I think that should keep them busy today. Then it's back to school tomorrow already. Is it just me or are weekends getting shorter?

Until tomorrow.

Otherwise how would anyone fit in some exercise after a full day of work, followed by curriculum night finishing at 8pm, then home for dinner! I was able to get the kids to bed, cuddle, not fall asleep and then do my Pilates video. I do feel more relaxed! Let's see if my ribs hurt tomorrow like last time.

As for yesterday, well let's just say I exercised my brain with many hours at the computer fnishing up a SIM on Congestive Heart Failure management for my license maintenance requirements. Now...off to sleep...goodnight.

The kids are having a great day. Playing super heroes is always entertaining to watch. I'm about to head out to do some yardwork since the weather is sooooooo perfect. Spent the morning canning some Dill Beans (Gillian and my favs), making lasagna from scratch with all the ingredients (minus the meat of course) from the garden and then some homemade bread. It's doing it's second rise as I type. Yum Yum. The kids had fun helping me and then seeing me punch it down after the first rise! No doubt it will start smelling wonderful in here very shortly. But first, the yardwork for my daily exercise....I'm liking this challenge. It sure keeps you thinking of different ways to do some form of exercise daily. Ciao!

Let's see, I guess I last posted on the 14th. What has happened since then? Work, work and oh ya, work. Well I also did go meet Gillian teacher on Thursday night (she's very nice) and Friday night a fun PLLC meeting with the other partners in the group. I did manage to sneak out before the meeting for a run around the Totem Lake area. It was beautiful out. Not too late in the evening for bugs! Today I cycled while Gillian had her swimming lesson again. I didn't do any exercise on Wednesday or thursday give the busier week with working late and going to Gillian's school but I'll try for a better week this coming week. It is supposed to be a beautiful  one at least.

 

 

Especially this time of year when the bugs are flying around in the early evening! I can really do without the bugs going in my mouth (no real protein there) or getting stuck to my sweaty forehead. Oh well, that said, it was a beautiful evening and I got to run in Kirkland again which I haven't done in a while. Now that Gillian has started back to ballet, I will hopefully have the chance to run on Monday's while I'm waiting for her.

As for yesterday, my exercise was yardwork yet again...oh those dang weeds. But the veggies are still looking good. The last of the cucumbers are picked. Still getting zucchini (who knew one plant produced that many...now imagine 5 plants!). I had so many tomatoes, I actually stayed up until 2:30am last night making homemade ketchup! Yup, real ketchup like you'd put in a squeeze bottle...and it is good!

Oh well, I guess it's time to do some work now.

There's something to be said for a quiet early morning run. It's peaceful and calming and once in a while you witness a spectacular view such as this one with the fog still covering the valley.

I then squeezed in an ab workout before heading to the YMCA for Gillian's swim lesson at 9am. Got in 25 min on the stationary bike and I'll head out to do some yardwork for the afternoon. I would say that makes up for not being able to do any exercises on Thursday and Friday night. Right?

Aidan couldn't fall asleep tonight so I let him go to my bed. I'm just now settling in for sleep and find his deep breathing/ child snore adorable and trancelike. Goodnight all. Sleep well.

 Tonight's exercise... Snuggling!

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After putting the kids to bed, I decided to squeeze my exercise in before doing my office computer work. Boy that video is relaxing! Challenging to be sure but the music and cool down at the end are very relaxing, so much so that I actually then fell asleep while typing a phone note which mostly consisted of about 100 (.). Me tired? No!.......Goodnight :)

Yardwork.... Jeff pulled out some tree trunks last week so I loaded then up in the tractor and dumped them in the bin. A good 2 hours of work. Now to Teddy's for a fish sandwich, yum!

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