Girlfriend

Looks like we got a player, little man making out with all the girls. I caught them kissing with some serious tongue action going on.

Huron Shore Run

Another weekend, another race. Today I did the Huron shore run, a charity run for the Southampton hospital foundation. In the blistering heat I did the 10k in 52:18. which feels like a huge disappointment. I know it was bloody hot, but i really wanted to do better, although I did go into the race not having alot of expectations. I had a poor night prior due to the sickly/teething child, and I could not focus as I had the kids...but I just want to do better. What I really need to do is remember everything takes time and I need to have goals, and devise a training plan around those goals. Goals such as maintaining speed, gaining speed, and coping with the heat. I had no shot at a metal as the top three woman in my age catorgy had times under 44min.

My soul happiness for the day was realising that my pelvic floor has reaped the benefit of my increased kegal exercises.

Oh oh oh I am also very pleased for a friend of mine whom did the 5k in 25min thus earning her a sliver metal.

And thanks sooo much to Meghan who cared for the children while I ran and Luke was in a soccer tournament.

Look at my tooth!!

Two things I do not like- otherwise knowen as a borring post.

• Bookmarks. They are useless to me. I turn a corner or use a scrap of paper. They just take of space. So sorry if you gave one to me saying something cute.

• Hose flies- Seriously how do we get house flies in town? Are we that messy? I blame Luke.

On food- Three points

- What is with the obsession in fast food today with Angus- Is that a type of cow or a particular processing method and what makes it soo darn wonderful for burgers?

- I have a new unhealthy obsession with Doritos- Blue Cheese and Hot wings, but the guilt of eating them is not worth it, not to mention the 'hangover' I get from them.

- I saw a friend at the grocery recently and was embarrassed by the contents of her cart...and I do know that she does not have all the healthy stuff already at home.

Long Weekend

This was my post for the long weekend..

The May long weekend is complete because....

- We had a bonfire. Lesson learned: Smores made in tinfoil= excellentness.
- I wore my winter coat
- We went to beachway burgers for fries

Maya has a delightful new privilege - she is allowed to carry Ever. Hilarity ensues.....

ALL FREE

Saturday mornings in the spring traditionally have meant scouring garage sales for deals, however as that is a group ride time fort he Saugeen triathlon club I have been missing out on the fun... which has created a whole new level of fun.

FREE STUFF

When the day ends for many sellers, they just want to get rid of unsold items so they put them lovingly in boxes at the curb for me to lovingly sort through them for cherished items to be. Yipee!!!

The big score and answer to prayer this week was a porch swing. We really wanted one, or a couch for the front porch and as it is furniture, and as I am too cheap to buy furniture I just had to wait. It works fine and just needs a cover for the cushions which I can sew simply.

Oh and I just wanted to mention my additional happiness of the day; while running tonight I found a $20 bill on the road, so to celebrate I went through the recycling bin at the corner store and got a free Toronto Star!!

Sore but not bad.

So I had my vasectomy today and as someone who has never really gone to the hospital for anything serious (for myself anyway) it was a new experience. Also adding to said experience was knowing everyone involved in the procedure ona first name basis because I live in a small town and I used to work there. I think there was only one new person I didn't recognize.
Anyway, everything went fine. I was a little curious as to getting general anaesthesia because I had never really gone under before. It was interesting, I remember the exact moment I went out too. I was looking at the light while being told to take deep breaths from the oxygen, and thinking "hmm this is probably it, the lights getting fuzzy", then waking up and thinking "mmmm that was a good nap...oh wait I'm at the hospital."
So after that I was a little sleepy for awhile, and still haven't had any real pain (the ice is my friend, a close friend). I just feel like crap mostly. Tomorrow is supposed to be worse, but we will see I guess.
The stitches aren't very exciting either.
The best part is lazing around while I recover. I don't really want to that much, but I don't really want to mess anything up down there either. So I am just chillin' tomorrow for the most part, and we will have to see about Friday I guess.

Edit: Anne's perspective:

As you can see Luke was not quite thinking straight when he wrote that as evidenced by long rambling sentences. Anyways, there is a slight sadness that we will not be having anymore children, not that we want them, just that we can't. It didn't hit me until I picked him up from the hospital and he was all pale, had a IV in, ice on scrotal area in a hospital bed. Kinda like when we were pregnant with Maya and Luke didn't believe it until she was actually delivered.
I am being a very good nurse to him, more caring in fact to him then I am to real patients.

Watch out Dandelions

As we have a 'little' dandelion problem on our lawn and I fear that our appearance obsessed neighbours will secertly come an apply pesticides to our lawn in the middle of the night, we bought on sale at Canadian tire a tool to pick the dandelions!!!! It is soo much fun to see how long the roots are. Our next purchase will be top soil to fill in the many, MANY holes left behind.

Note to Luke:
A better picture would have had more lawn, less street, tidy hair, and my face not so shadowed.

On Sunday a missionary woman described her life keeping house as a great hardship.
"Have to hang my clothes on the line to dry"
"Have to make my own apple sauce, salsa, bread"

and I thought, how is my life that different?

In the Spirit of Mothers Day

It occurred to me today that I am a bad mother because..I do not put my children first nor do I sacrifice for them.

Joyful Boy

Happy Boy

Cubbies

Maya recently completed her first year in the Awana Cubbies program at our church. She did amazingly well memorizing her bible verses and when a topic that pertains to them comes up she can recall them. At graduation night she received a copy of The Lamb which was used as a teaching tool to present the gospel. There was also a plastic cup with a few candies and a bear inside given. Maya was most excited about the candies.

Snuggles

Silver

At long last I made it onto the metal podium in a real race!! I did the 10km today at the MOunt Forest Trillium Run in 51:06 resulting a silver place finish in my age category of 16 entrants, 11 out of 55 females. The really competitive (fast) category was the 40-49 race. I managed to keep it at around 5minute km consistently, and loved the longer distance. I just seems way more relaxed even at the same pace then a 5km. Sadly there are no photos as Luke forgot the camera.
Oh the interesting thing about this race was the chip results are good for the actual times but the cataogies are wayyyyy off. Apparently the the person who won my age cataogy was a man so initially I didn't even think I placed at all. The woman who got third was really mad about it, and was really bitter she didn't get a PB.

Memo

To all of my friends, I love you like sisters, but really I do not care about the potty trainning of your children. Please, if you must mention it- just tell me when it is done.

Before

ON my 30th birthday I made Luke take my picture.

SHORT

Behold, the first time in TEN years I have had short hair! I started growing it just after I got married like a good wife..and I was just to scared to cut it. It says in first Corinthians, a woman's hair is her glory, and I completely feel it was also my sole source of compliments at times. Many people would go on and on about how beautiful my hair was. So I felt, and still feel perhaps I will not be considered beautiful now. What Luke says does not count. But it was time for a change. I was tired of it constantly being pulled, caught, and being heavy. In fact one of the reasons I do like to shower often is cause I am sick of washing it. And I'm sure some of our plumbing issues stem from the amount of hair that gets clogged in our drains. Hence a cut was in order.

Now please tell me I am still beautiful.

Chesley Community Classic

Here I am receiving my GOLD metal for the 5.2km charity run that benefits the foundation of the Chelsey Hospital. I completed the run in slightly under 25min. My watch was funky so I'm not sure to the seconds. First female, first in my age catogy and sixth runner overall to cross the finish line. I actually almost beat some Rollerbladers. When I finished it I ran backwards two km to meet up with Luke who was walking it. A friend of mine did it in 17minutes. Oh and the point of the whole run was to raise money for video largenscope equipment..which I'm sure $24 000 will cover. A new record!

Marker

For some unknown reason Maya has been calling Ever a Marker, and for some unknown reason that is tremendously funny. To both of them.

Leader

After roughly four years of sporadic work I finally completed the process to become a La Leche league leader. This means that I can officially run a group, offer advice and have some sort of credentials to back it up. I certainly do not feel like I know all the answers but I do know where to get information. So ask away..

Umm I think this is a present occasion. Or at least a card.

FOURTH!!!???@#@$@$

I ran my first race today since August 2008, and my first cross country race since I was 16. I must I was extremely surprised at the results. The race was a 5 Peaks trail series run in Horseshoe Valley. I did the short sport race at 4.6km. It actually was the largest race I have ever been in with over 500 registered runners. So I'm thinking competition is going to be tough and the runners in better form then a large breasted, heavy footed, wearing non- technical apparel, sleep deprived recreational runner. I was thinking around 5.5ishmin/kms for a 30min race. I had no idea how to seed myself and ended up getting some middle age women telling me I had better get started while the tail end of the third wave was going though the start line. In actual fact I should have been in the second seed as I did ALOT of passing and actually ended up being stuck behind slower runners in a single track section. Imagine my surprise when I went through the finish line and saw the clock at 28min. I was really pleased with 28minutes until Luke reminded me that I didn't start when the clock did. Thus when the chip time results where posted I let out a scretch for 25min. Then I looked for my age/gender category and scetched again for a forth place finish out of 58. So very happy I did so well but so disappointed I missed a cool metal. Oh well maybe the second place finisher will be disqualified for doping.

It was cool having Annie, John, and Brew there to cheer me on, and keep Luke company. Annie was also very helpful in leading me in some stretches...and what not to wear. :)

Oh the Love

Maya being lazy and getting a ride in the stroller.

New Car Seat Arrangement

Quilt

So when the kids get older and I am suffering from an injury so I can't run, I have decided I am going to make a quilt from their old clothes for ME. I am the one who has tender loving memories choosing their clothes old and lovingly dressing them in them. I will wrap it around myself as they leave me in Peace so I can finely read my book.

Exposed...Almost

It has finally happened. I had a bad experience running alone. I went to Allan Park and left my car in the main parking lot, noting a man parked at the entrance to the trails. I made eye contact, said hi, and thought perhaps he was waiting for somebody. Fast forward 6ish km later, I'm feeling good, thinking about making a second small lope around the pond so I come up the back way to the parking lot. I see the man turned with his back to me, naked except for his underpants pulled up his crack like a thong. I don't think he saw me, but I turned around and ran out of the park onto the main road to a friendly looking house. The occupant drove me back to my car, and as we approached he drove away but not before I took his licence plate number.

It makes me soo mad that I have to be worried about stuff like this, just like a man I deserve to be safe and the freedom to run in the park. The officer I spoke to agreed, but due to the fact I didn't actually see genitals he can't be charged. But the officer agreed to follow- up, epesically since he and his wife run there alone frequently.

The pervert didn't win, I just will be smarter about carrying my cell and pepper spray.

Sailer Ever Reporting for Duty

Question

Is it wrong to wear a pair of maternity capris now that I am not pregnanet? They have a normal wasit band and I always wore them under the baby belly. I still think they look cute..

Brant Track

Thanks to Stephanie, yesterday Luke and I went to the Brant track for quality time apart. I ran about 12km and Luke rode about 10km. What I loved about this trail is it is soo well marked, and the absolute fun factor. Well, there was one error on the map. They had recently redid devils elbow and the length represented on the map was not the actual lengthy distance. Oh well. All trails above beginner are rolling hills, single track twisty and turny. If you chose you do not have to do any straight aways. As well there were no bugs- I give it about a week though until we are swarmed.

Two Points

• I bought a Yoga video ...umm i'm very pathetic and unflexable and uncordinated. What was I thinking?
• Spring = Gardening. I like pretty green and pretty flowers but have no desire to learn what to do to make it so, don't mind the work so much, but have no idea what to do, and I cam never remeber what has been planted where, and I can nevr remeber the names of flowers beyond tulps and daisys.

Eating Dirt

Spring Riding

Maya had to get a new helmet so I encouraged a gender neutral on...oh well I hope Ever likes pink.

Learning the family business

On Running

To answer the question on how my running is going...



It is going fine. I still feel rather heavy lugging my body around with fifteen pounds I am yet to lose. Due the the extra weight I am having trouble getting in the speed work I need, but my endurance always seems to amaze me, if I had more time who knows the amount of kilometres I could add up. Speaking of adding up miles/ kilometres- of which I now have the ability to think of simultaneously, I received for my birthday the apple/nike run thingie- very cool. Although I think Luke has more fun with it then I am and he isn't even using it.

Another exciting development is the formation of the Saugeen triathlon club. I do not have enough time to learn to swim with any sort of skill but I do dualathlon (bike/run) it is great to be together with other fitness focused people who act to push you and support you. I am also liking the coached workouts. In time we may even get matching uniforms!!

So where is my running leading?.... Fitness, fitting into my pants, and longevity. In addition , there are a few races I want to do this year... maybe more then a few...



Chesley Community Classic



Mount Forest Trillium Run



Kincardine Woman's Triathlon



Owen Sound Triathlon



Wiarton Shore to Shore



Collingwood Half



Duntrun Trail Run



Sauble Beach 8km



Southampton 5km



Meaford 5km


Trail Run Horseshoe Valley

I know I will not be able to do them all, and if I place in any of them I would be surprised, but I just love a race and the food after. It is almost free!!! Well except for your entrance fee.

I have come to realize that I have not mellowed, just lowered my expectations.

Happy Birthday Anne!

So Anne is 30 today. So far there have been no breakdowns.
But I think when ones presents mainly have to do with Jogging and fitness, then you are doing just fine.

So happy birthday to my beautiful, wonderful wifey.

Just Sad

I was filling out a online survey that asked for my age category and I realized that as of tomorrow I will not be in the hip and cool 20-29 category but the old, boring, 30-39 category.

Somebody should get some chocolate, alot of chocolate, I think I need it now. I like the expensive stuff.

99..100

We make our kids do push-ups.

Thumb Suckers

Oh dear, looks as I will have to get a full time job to pay for all the dental work to come.

Praise God

The birth certificates have been found!!! They had all been misplaced now we can apply for passports and SIN for the kids.

Not that we are going anywhere. Ever.

Epicure Spice Party

Some people clean when they are expecting company, but I am soo over having a clean house to impress people so instead I sew!
These napkins are for the Epicure spice party I am having tomorrow night. This a huge step for me and my people coming to my house phobia. Sooo this is the official reminder to come and an official invite for those of you I have forgotten to invite. It is not one of those come and buy parties but a come and help me have a purpose to having people over party.

Oh yah, if you like the napkins and I owe you a present- let me know they or ones very similar to match the decor of your kitchen can be yours.