Friday, September 16, 2011

Fun Filled week full of torture and mayhem!

I've had a fun week, filled with torture and mayhem! I've been Subbing and I've been experimenting...not sure which one was torture and which one was mayhem though!

Monday and Thursday found me Subbing, 2-half days in Pre-K and a 1/2 day in 3rd grade. Wild little monkeys, they were! I think this was more along the mayhem line. Don't you?

Torture had to be Wednesday and Friday at the YMCA...experimenting! Took a "Body Sculpting" class on Wednesday, between the squats, the weights, the little rubber band they tie your legs up with...torture! I came out of the experience tired, sore (still today, 2 days later), but proud of myself for completing the entire 55 minutes. Today wasn't as torturous...took orientation for all of the equipment in the fitness room. Spent an hour going over and practicing all of the muscle working equipment (not difficult, and maybe a little fun), and then spent 1/2 an hour on the treadmill walking. I was sweating when I got done, also not all that bad since I could watch the History Channel while I walked. :-)

Going to spend some more time at the Y tomorrow. My husband has his orientation scheduled, my Oldest wants to run the track, my Youngest gets to go to the Fit'N'Fun class and play and then we'll all take a dip in the pool, which for us is exciting! We're also going hiking this weekend (even if it is raining!) so we can check out the park I want to take my Tigers to in a couple of weeks. Sounds like a plan!

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

1st Tiger Den Meeting!

We had our 1st Tiger Den Meeting last night! My Youngest has been ready for this since he was a baby, so now it's his turn to be a Scout! I think I'm crazy...don't know what made me want to be Den Leader again! Maybe it's the smiles, or watching the boys play, or knowing they're learning something and becoming responsible and courteous and all around wonderful young men! Maybe I'm just crazy?!? At least I have my Hubby! I get to order him around at least!

This is such a busy week! Baseball practice and baseball game, Pack Scouts and Troop scouts, Troop Leader's meeting and Pack Leader's meeting...OH MY!

I love Scouts though! It was a wonderful place for me to grow up and it's been a wonderful place for my Oldest to grow up and it will be a wonderful place for my Youngest to grow up and we're all dragging Dad along for the ride! He gets to have as much fun as we do, so here is to another happy year in scouts!

Sunday, September 11, 2011

This weeks menu!

I had a productive day! This is going to be a busy week, my Husband or I or Both of us have something every night this week and I've started scheduling Substitute jobs for the days, so I needed to prep my food for the week.

The menu:
Monday---Hamburger Nachos w/Salad
Tuesday---Clam Linguine w/Bacon & Peas, Biscuits
Wednesday---Chicken Potpie
Thursday---Mongolian Beef w/Snap Peas & Carrots, Rice
Friday---Honey-lime Grilled Chicken w/Rice & Stir-Fry Veggies

I've had my menu planned since last week when I went grocery shopping on Friday, but I took the afternoon and got this week all ready to go.

The hamburger/bean combo is cooked and ready for my nachos, and the lettuce is chopped and washed. Bacon is cooked and crumbled for the Linguine and I even reserved the bacon grease for cooking the onions. Chicken is diced and cooked, ready for the pot-pie, and the honey-lime chicken is de-thawing in the fridge (I'll add the marinade on Thursday). I was going to slice the mongolian beef and marinade it in the fridge, but that is the one thing I did not get done.

In addition to all of this I made a roast with potato and carrots for supper tonight...Yummy! I'm ready to go for the week, so...BRING IT ON!

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

YMCA!



My weight loss isn't going so well at the moment...I've plateaued...Bummer! At the end of May, this last spring, I had lost 40 lbs. in 9 months and was happy, although I had already slowed down on the lbs. lost by that time. I didn't exercise at all this summer (my excuse was that the boys were home and I couldn't leave them alone and couldn't take them with me and it was toooooooooo hottttt!), so I gained back 15 lbs over the summer. I'm very disappointed with myself, so I asked myself what would help me get back in the groove and my answer was...the YMCA!


I'm looking forward to the machines, classes, swimming, weight lifting, etc. that I did not have before. It's new and different and I'm sooooo excited about the new venue! We joined as family and the boys are looking forward to year around swimming, my Oldest will be able to start lifting weights for baseball, and my husband won't have an excuse not to be active too! This is great!

Stay tuned for (hopefully) many more goals reached!