I'm just an ordinary girl doing ordinary stuff.

I just happen to be a single mom in the military.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Drawing Contest

Caden: (showing me a drawing) "Mommy look I made a speedy car!" Sean: (showing me a blank paper) "Well Mommy look! I made an invisible man!" ...

Spelling Optimus Prime

Sean: Mommy do you wanna see that I can spell Optimus Prime?  Me: Oooh. Sure! Sean: S-E-A-N. Optimus Prime. YEAH...

Drama Starts Too Young

So I was watching Elora, Sean's classmate.  They were being so cute and having a grand old time, playing and laughing.  And then Sean got in trouble and I told him to sit in time out.   Elora: Why are you sitting there?   Sean: I'm in trouble.    Elora: Why?   Sean: I was lying. Elora: No you weren't.    Sean: Yes I was.    Elora: You were NOT lying!   Sean:  YES! I! WAS!   Elora: (stands up and walks away. Then looks back.)...

Friday, April 26, 2013

Back On It

Whew.  Yesterday's rest day was awesome!  But getting back on it today was a little ... tough.  Here was today's workout: AM 70 squats (Holy crap, my legs were a little tight at 60) 23 sit-ups (Felt like somebody stabbed me in the gut) 7 crunches (I love that crunches are wayyy easier than sit-ups) 15 seconds planks (Wayyyy better than the 1 minute I did the other day) 12 push ups (Not too bad, although for my PT test I'm supposed to do about 48 so that's not saying much) After we did this small workout, four of us went to move...

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Toning Up

I am so excited! A few coworkers and I started on the 30 day squats and 30 day abs challenges. It's been hard for me to work out outside of duty hours, so being able to take a few minutes out of the day to do some quick but effective work outs has been so helpful!!Before the kids came around I was a true gym rat. Now that I've been doing only the minimum when it comes to fitness, I've realized how sluggish I've been feeling. My goal is to tone...