Funny Things B2 Says

Today was B2's 5 year check-up. In addition to the normal items of business, there were some new aspects to B2's visit: a urine test and a blood test for anemia. He passed both of these tests, and on our way out of the doctor's we had this little conversation:

Me: "B2, you passed both of your tests. You're in great shape!"
B2: "Mom, I'm not a triangle!!"

Funny Things B2 Says

Tonight my visiting teachers came over. B1, B2, and D were just getting home from a bike ride, and B2 was talking about how he scraped his knee when he fell off his bike.

Visiting Teacher: "Well, that's okay, you're tough. It says so on your shirt."
B2: (Sighs) "It's only a shirt."

Birthday cake

Here's a quick peak at the birthday cake I made for B2's birthday tomorrow. Holy crap, but it was a lot of work!

Update on goals

This past week I finished P90X! It's not as great a milestone as I had hoped. Once I started my half-marathon training, I wasn't as diligent with P90X as I was before. I replaced the cardio and Kenpo workouts with my marathon runs, but also had problems completing workouts when running-related injuries kept cropping up. And, let's be honest, it became easier to justify not doing a P90X workout because "tomorrow I'm doing a big run" but then life would happen and my big run wouldn't get done. But, I did more or less complete it, and here's my thoughts:

• I absolutely loved P90X at the beginning. It's a great workout that can be done in your own home, which is great when a.) it's cold outside, b.) you're out of shape, or c.) both a and b. I really think doing P90X prepared me to start my training for my half marathon. I would never have been able to pick up the running at the point I did if I hadn't been doing P90X beforehand.
• By the end, I got really really sick of doing the same workouts. Cardio, Kenpo, Core Synergistics, and Yoga are done every single week (and some twice a week!), so after some 8-10 weeks I just dreaded doing them again. Ironically, these were some of my favorite workouts at the beginning, but by the end I was happy to replace them with running...or just not do them. :)
• I would definitely recommend that those just starting P90X measure their body before beginning. I didn't really see any weight loss over the months (but I wasn't exactly great at eating really well either), but I did see quite a noticeable difference in some parts of my body. Specifically, I noticed that I lost almost an inch in my upper arms (and pretty much completely lost my "Relief Society flapper" that I was so self-conscious about when I was the Relief Society chorister), and I now have a noticeable beginning to my butt (okay, this is seriously TMI, but I've always had one of those butts that gradually grow into thighs--HORRIBLE when you play volleyball in spandex. While my butt definitely isn't as a cute as a volleyball player's, it's much better than it's ever been before!). I did take some before pictures, but I don't think I'm going to do after pictures. I think if I had been more disciplined in doing P90X every day, and not skipping the Ab Ripper workouts almost every time, I would have had some more noticeable results.

 Overall, I'm really glad I did it. I'll probably randomly keep doing the different disks, just picking my favorites or doing whatever I'm in the mood for, but I probably won't do the whole 90 day routine again any time soon. I just can't stand the thought of 13 weeks of cardio, core, yoga, kenpo, repeat. Now, if they come out with a supplemental series of different cardio, core, and yoga routines, I'll probably pick it back up. Maybe I'll pick it back up when it gets frigid again and I resume life as a hermit, but while the weather is at the least tolerable I plan to spend lots of time exercising outside--swimming, biking, and the likes.

In other goal news, training for the half marathon is well underway! I have less than a month to go before my race, and I'm so excited! I've really battled with some body issues -- at first, I was having really bad knee pain. After a new knee brace and (another) new pair of running shoes (and my bank account $120 less), the knee pain is essentially gone. However, lately a new "injury" has surfaced: toe pain. A few weeks ago I was (stupidly) running in flip flops, and I think I overexerted my big toe trying to run essentially barefoot but with the added stress of trying on hold onto my shoe. My toe would sometimes hurt and sometimes feel fine, but then I had an 8-mile run last Saturday and it was hurting pretty bad. Plus, I was having some pain in my arches after that run. *Sigh* Why can't running just be easy??? Anyway, I'm going to keep pressing on. This week is a little lighter of a run week, and then next week I have a 9 mile run, then a 10 mile run, and then my race! I'm just trying really hard to keep running without causing an injury that will keep me out of the race. Last night a friend was asking me if I was going to run a full marathon after this race is over. I told him to ask me after the race. I may find that 13 miles is good enough for me, and consider the goal I set for myself in high school as done (technically, the goal was to run a marathon, but in high school I also expected to get a Ph.D. and not get married until I was 30, and look how that turned out...).

I'm a little behind on my nonfiction book reading. Nonfiction books don't seem to hold my interest as well as fiction, but I'm trying to plow through them. I have a few lined up that I hope will keep my interest enough to allow me to finish them...not to mention a huge slew of fiction books that are just begging to be read. All in due course... However, on the bright side, I'm perfectly on track to hit my goal of finishing the Old Testament!

So, one goal done, another to be done in 3.5 weeks, and 2 more or less on track. As for my weight loss...well, we won't bring up that right now...

Mother's Day

Today is Mother's Day, and I have to admit it was a pretty awesome Mother's Day. First, my hubby let me sleep in. Second, he made me breakfast--and not just any breakfast, but an AMAZING breakfast: french toast, bacon, sausage, eggs, blueberry muffins, and orange juice. Yum! Third, my sweet little boy made me the following for Mother's Day:

A card from preschool:

(From left to right: Dad, Mom, D, and B2--D has to be the third one, because as B2 pointed out, "I'm bigger than D")

(You HAVE to click on this and view it full size. It's amazing. I was nearly crying, but it was a combination of being touched and trying not to laugh. B2 is so funny!)

A bracelet:

A drawing:

First, try to decipher this, then click on the next image for a translation.












You ready for the translation?

I'm so lucky to be this kid's mom!

Funny things MOM says!

Okay, it's time to poke fun at myself. Today I decided not to cook and to go drive through somewhere. And, of course, that somewhere is my new favorite, S's BBQ. It is just oh so good. They have a drive through, but really it's a window in their store through which you order food and get your food. So, anyway, we order our food, and it takes a good 5 minutes or so before the food comes out (trust me--it's worth it!). Meanwhile, we have our windows open, and we're being taunted by the amazing smell of smoked meat wafting out of the restaurant. Finally, the food comes, and the gal at the window says she'll be right back with our soda. I'm holding one bad of food, and it just smells so good that I put it up to my nose (ignoring all warnings I've read all my life that say that sniffing plastic bags can be dangerous for your health), and in a totally Homer Simpson style say, "Oh, sooooooo gooooood." And then, I turn my head to see the gal standing at the window with our soda with the strangest look on her face. Brian and I busted up laughing and quickly drove away. I'm sure she went inside and mocked me to her coworkers. It's okay--I had S's BBQ and a peach cobbler waiting to soothe my ego.

Oh, have I mentioned how great S's BBQ is???

Funny things B2 says

Today in church B2 said, "Mom, when I grow up I'm gonna have a big butt like you, and then I can use it to shove things out of the way."

Ummm...thanks?