Fitness Friday - April 6

Happy Friday! Long time no Fitness Friday!! This week I actually did enough "activity" worth blogging about, so here we go!

Currently Training For:

• Dopey Challenge 2018 - Walt Disney World
• Rock n Roll New Orleans Half Marathon 2018 - New Orleans, LA 
• Warrior Nation 5K
• Contraband Days 5 Miler
  

Sunday - Rest Day
Monday - Squats/Lunges/PT Routine
Tuesday - 3 mile run
Wednesday - Cross Training with the Tone It Up Girls 
Thursday - 3 mile run
Friday - Rest Day/Party Prep

So my recap this week might not look or sound like much but here lately, this is great for me! I've also been birthday party prepping for the last several weeks so needless to say, that's consumed a lot of my time.

The week began with a Monday night dinner with my parents and "Easter Bunny" gifts. Yes, the Easter Bunny still passes for us (even the grown kids) and now there's an overload of chocolate in my house. Yikes.

This basket is about 30 years old!

After dinner, I did my usual PT squats and lunges routine. My right knee has been tweaky lately (not IT Band tweaky) and I realized that the lunges made the pain worse. After backing off of the lunges this week, my knee is feeling a little better. Hopefully it continues to improve. (It honestly feels like runners knee.)

On Tuesday, Brayden and I went out for a 3 mile run and as I mentioned yesterday, we discovered a new route! 

Y'all have no idea how much of a game changer this is for me when running with Brayden. Lately he's started getting "bored" after about 2 miles or so and if we have to loop back in front of our house and pass it again, he's not a happy camper. So, with lots of snacks and no need to loop back in front of our house, we are good to go again!

Another crazy storm also threatened our area on Tuesday night but I think they overshot this time - they predicted all kinds of stuff and nothing happened. I'm sure they just didn't want a repeat of last week. Guess that's how the weather works for you! Better to be safe than sorry, I say! 

We also got a little rained on during our run but it wasn't anything too terrible and passed rather quickly.

On Wednesday, I picked through the Tone It Up Girls YouTube channel and found a workout that I liked and could modify with my tweaky knee.

Thursday was Brayden's birthday and also an opportunity for us to try out our new route. It worked great! Another 3 miler in the books an gorgeous spring (although kind of humid) weather!

After work on Thursday, I also met up with my sister in law for a cup of coffee at PJ's! She was in town for an appointment and it was nice to catch up with her.

This week has also been all about baseball in my house! The Astros revealed their World Series Champions flag as well as their WS rings! I'm loving that baseball is officially back!! 

Tomorrow is our 11 year wedding anniversary and this year we are sharing it with Brayden's Birthday party! I've been so consumed with party planning, I haven't even thought about where to eat or what to do but I know we will end up doing something.

Have a fabulous weekend!!

Three Things Thursday

The blog has been quiet over the past few days for several reasons - the number one reason being that Brayden's birthday party is this weekend! I've been spending all available time getting as many things together as I can so I'm not frantic on Friday. I have a tendency to get an idea in my head for something and then it's hard for me to let that idea go if I run out of time. Anyone else?

I can't wait to share his party with you guys next week! 

Onto today's topic...

#1 Brayden's Birthday

Today, Brayden turns 2 years old. We spent last night reading birthday books, singing the happy birthday song, and attempting to learn "2" with his fingers. He doesn't have it quite yet but for weeks he's been telling people that he's going to be turning "toooooooo"! His birthday party is Saturday and we are going with a Puppy Dog Pals theme! I'm so excited!

#2 New Running Route

For YEARS at home, I've been running the same exact route over and over again. Well, a brand new neighborhood is opening up near by and that loop gives an extra half mile. The new loop combined with a little side road I'd never explored before gives the total route a 3 mile distance without doubling back! I love it and am so excited!!

#3 All Natural Weed Killer

 In preparation for Brayden's birthday party, I've done a little yard work and pulled a few weeds. Well, we have those tiny little green weeds that sit between rocks and are hard to get to, so instead of spending hours turning over rocks, I found a solution online! This all natural weed killer works VERY well and is ok for dogs and children to be around! We made 1/4 of the recipe for our spray bottle and went through one bottle per flower bed.

All Natural Weed Killer Recipe

1 tsp blue dawn soap
32 oz white vinegar

Mix together in a spray bottle. Spray those weeds!

The vinegar is what kills the weeds and the dawn soap helps it stick to the weeds without sliding off. Be careful to spray only the weeds as this spray will affect other area plants and grass as well.

That's it for today! I hope you're having a great week! :)