Triple True Confessions Tuesdays

Morning!!  

I'm feeling better still today.. and am going to try to get the kids out for a walk... hopefully that will lead into a run tomorrow.  I've decided I'm going to do an eight miler this week or weekend, and if I can do that easily, I'm still on for the half.  And if not, that's cool too.  (see?  I have a new attitude!  I am pretty sure this will fix my shin.... :))

OK!  So, on to the confessions....

• One of my most dearest wishes is that when they have to put you under anesthesia for something (in my case, impending wisdom tooth removal), they could just take care of all of the other painful things you've been putting off.  What's that, you want to fill that cavity?  OK!  Hey, why don't you take care of that skin tag too (nobody tells you about THOSE before you get pregnant!).  And oh, you know, I could really use a bikini wax too.  Great.  Thanks.

• I buy too many shampoos and conditioners... and then I use about a quarter of the bottle and into the cabinet it goes.  Seriously, I have an entire cabinet dedicated to fallen hair products.  But I'm too cheap/ environmentally guilty/ all-around guilty to throw them away, so every once in a while I bite the bullet and use up all the old stuff that I hated.  This is my least favorite time of the year.

 

• Something awesome you may not know about me - I make the perfect smoothie.  Every time.  Not only are they incredibly delicious and nutritious, I don't measure anything, yet somehow when I pour them out, they always come right up to the top of the glass, with no extra.  I think Guinness World Records will be very interested to hear this.

OK, tell me something interesting about you!

Also, tell me what kind of shampoo and conditioner is the very best so I can stop buying crappy stuff!

Back in the Land of the Living

Happy Monday everyone!

Well, let me tell you about this weekend... I was supposed to go down to Madison for a wild weekend of long runs, bachelorette party, and best friend bonding... but on Friday night, I awoke to some rumblings in my belly.  I'll spare you all of the graphic details, but I spent the whole night on Friday lying on my bathroom floor (which looks a lot dirtier up close, by the way) moaning and crying for my Mommy. 

I don't know if was food poisoning or a stomach bug, but I haven't been able to eat anything other than a few pretzels and a banana since I got sick... but I am super ready to be feeling back to normal, so I made myself a nutrient-packed super smoothie this morning:

This bad boy has frozen bananas, frozen blueberries, spinach, chia seeds (yes, I might be jumping on the bandwagon, more on that later), whey protein, and almond milk.  I expect to sprout some giant forearms a la Popeye in the next fifteen minutes or so.  I'll let you know how that goes.

So, I was pretty bummed out this weekend, but let me tell you my big grown-up revelation I had.  With my face smooshed against the bathroom floor praying I wouldn't throw up again, I started thinking how generally healthy I am, and how some people have conditions (or treatments for those conditions) that make them feel like that.. all the time.  Can you imagine?  It's unbelievable really how lucky I am with my health, I don't get sick often, I am able to run farther at a time than some people run in their lifetime, I carried two sweet healthy babies - yet I complain on my blog to my sweet readers about a stupid sore shin.  Hmmm..  Really puts things into perspective.



So I'm going to work on this attitude thing... and if I can't run Green Bay with my buddies... then I'll actually get to see all of them run their first half marathon.  And then I'll cry.  And not just because I ALWAYS cry at races.. because I'm so happy for these guys - I'm going to tell you all about our little group before the race so you can cheer for them too (and stalk their race results!)  :)

I hope you all have a super Monday, can't wait to catch up on all of your blogs!