Wow. I guess Im becoming a weekend blogger. I just haven’t had much time otherwise. Things have been busy!

Kids have decided on their Halloween costumes. I actually figured out how to thread the damn sewing machine I bought two years ago and made Noah’s costume. I feel so …. June Cleaver Crafty! It was great fun. I even altered the pattern so I am feeling quite accomplished. The seams aren’t straight and the thread doesn’t match, but you know… it’s a Halloween Costume and I made it! Noah is thrilled.

I wasn’t so crafty with the others though.

Dinara is going to be Padme. I bought that one.
And Emma is going to be a witch with borrowed stuff from friends. She took my bribe of $10 bucks if she did a homemade costume versus me shelling out $30-$40 buying one. She said she’d rather have the money. She is my daughter after all.

I’ve been doing lots of crafty stuff lately. I’ve been doing some homemade cards, some digital scrap booking and of course some sewing. I am feeling really good about how in balance my time is this year. I have been able to engage more with the people I care about and that has felt good. Playing games with the kids, making soup for the neighbors, being able to keep on emails. Im in a good phase!

Next week is busy. Skating with the kids. Dexa Scan and Iron Infusion on Tuesday. Comcast coming to switch out to cable box. Creative fundraiser on Wednesday afternoon at school. Dinara’s doctor appointment. Friend’s party on Thursday. And a Staff Appreciation luncheon I’m chairing on Friday. I’ll be glad when this coming week is over.

This week exercise wise was just “ok”. I didn’t get as much mileage as I hoped. Maybe next week will be better.

Tuesday, October 3
ELLIPTICAL (Gym ). 3.0 miles. Time: 30:00 (10:00/mile).
Strength Training – machines and freeweights (Gym) Time: 45:00
Avg. HR: 120
NOTES: 30 mins on the elliptical;

Thursday, October 5
sun Temp: 54
RUNNING (Padded track ). 3.60 miles. Time: 48:40 (13:31/mile).
Training run.
NOTES: Physically was a difficult run because my hips are sore. I think I was overcompensating on one side so then my shin started hurting - but I pushed through it. I was faster and emotionally it was a good run. HR monitor didn’t cooperate but my body felt the same as it always does.

Saturday, October 7
YOGA (Gym ). Time: 1:30:00

RUNNING (Quick & Easy ). 0.50 miles. Time: 6:28 (12:56/mile).
Training run.
Avg. HR: 147
NOTES: Treadmill… Husband forgot my Ipod - so I was bored. And I was tired from Yoga so I only did a half mile.

Im in a hard place with the running right now. I am having motivational “issues”. I am still committed, but there are a bunch of other things I want to be doing instead of running. So… I am pushing through. Making myself workout at least 3x a week. In good news, I now have several pairs of pants that no longer fit (too big) and I feel great. So I am focusing on that payoff. Still holding at the 16 lbs lost. Have lost nothing else mostly because my workouts the past few weeks haven’t been to the “level”they were this summer and also because I’ve not been trying to “diet” per se.

Let’s see… what else is new.

Spoke with the doggie neurologist and he said the the outcomes for surgery on a dog this young are not good. He thinks that she did something like jumping off the couch that caused her nervous system to “freak” and predicted that things would settle. They have. She seems back to her “normal”. So we are going wait. He advised me that if her symptoms flair up again to try doggie acupuncture. He encouraged me to try EVERYTHING before surgery and really use surgery as a last resort. He said it’s complicated and it’s very hard on the dogs. So we wait.

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