Who's that? That's Santa, in front of our fireplace! I found a website (through pinterest, of course) where you download a pic of your Christmas tree, fireplace, living room, whatever, and then photoshop Santa into the scene. You can pick from dozens of different Santa's and poses and then adjust his size and shadowing to fit your picture. I was probably a whole lot more excited about this than the kids, but maybe in a few years these pictures will keep the Santa doubts at bay.
So what's on the agenda for 2012, you ask? Lots! My good friend and fellow goal maker, Hillary, and I spent a day at work planning for 2012 (No, we did not ignore the sick babies while we were making New Year's Resolutions). I have two triathlons on the horizon: the classic Tinman in Topeka (Hubs has a history of doing very well at this race, he better make Momma proud); and the all-woman's Smithville race in Missouri. I am planning on doing super duper awesome at these races. What's my secret? Clipless pedals!!!!
Aren't these just the most beautiful things ever? And at the same time, so scary. So when you're wearing these, you have to clip your shoes onto a little lock on your pedals. These allow you to push and pull faster when you rotate your feet. The scary part? When you stop, at a stop light or intersection, for instance, you have to remember to unlock your feet! Or else you fall flat on your face.
"You're going to fall in the beginning, it's going to happen!" This is the advice my super fast bike racer uncle gave me. Awesome.
The other big race I'm planning? The Warrior Dash! Yay! This is the race that you climb through mud, up walls, under barbed wire, and through fire! I'm so excited! And then at the end, you get free beer. When I first got excited about this race, I thought it was just a 5k with some novelties thrown in for messiness. Not exactly. I'm going to have to do some serious upper body strength training if I have any hope of finishing decently.
On the home front, I've renewed my subscription to good old E-Mealz again. It's nice not to have to search the internet for new recipes every week, and I signed up for the low-fat plan, so maybe I can get my calorie intake back on track. I've also discovered (thanks to Hillary) www.motivatedmoms.com. For a little bit of money, you can get a whole year's of "to-do" lists to print out and have ready.
The system doles out routine and non-routine tasks like "trimming the kids nails" and "cleaning the refrigerator shelves" in an orderly and non-overwhelming manner throughout the year. Plus you have a list of daily tasks, like wiping out the sinks and taking your vitamins (!) to check off everyday. It's kind of satisfying to turn the page at the end of the day and know that I got a heck of a lot accomplished. It is also quite exhausting. I've declared bedtime at 9:00 these past few nights and the Hubs asked if I was feeling okay.
Another interesting component of the Motivated Moms daily list is the bible verse. By the end of the year, if you stay on track, you will have read the whole Bible! Those of you that know me well, know I
am not a churchy type person. I have read the Bible on a couple of different occasions, but more so I could be good at answering Jeopardy questions. Having said that, I really would like to be more of a churchy type person, but have yet to find the right church. Hubs and I took the kids to a new church on Christmas Eve, and my goodness, I think we were both a little affected. Hubs said it was the first time in his history of church going that he never once looked at his watch. So, maybe this new church combined with daily bible verses will get us on track to being more churchy people...
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