What A Terrible Life

March 11, 2013 by

Okay, I’m being dramatic.  But I don’t know how much more disappointment I can take.  You could say our most favourite activity to get us through the winter is going to our kids sporting events.  Weekends filled with driving the lower mainland to attend our kids hockey and soccer games is something we look forward to every week.  But the last few weeks of playoffs have been disappointing…. no, no, more like heartbreaking, no, no, more like devastating, it’s left us questioning our will to live….. okay, I’m being dramatic again, really I’m kidding, and I am sure our children have already moved passed this so I am not sure why I haven’t but sometimes talking (or writing) about it helps.

Our bad luck started a few weeks ago at Mckennah’s Cup game for soccer.

Mckennah- my soccer star

Mckennah- my soccer star

The girls played a fantastic game the ball was in our opponents territory for the majority of the game.  Time ran out and ended in  a tie of 0-0, only to go to two 10 minute over times where again we had the pressure on them but just couldn’t score.  Then it went to a shoot out.  We missed, they scored, we score, they scored, they missed we scored… etc…we lost.  Tears and disappointment were the result.  (and that was just the parents. wink)

The trend continued into Matthews games.  In the final game to get to provincial qualifying, we out-shot the team 24 – 14.  The game was a tie until the last-minute when we scored to make it 2 – 1, with only 8 seconds left the other team scored to tie it and we ended up losing in overtime.  Once again tears and more tears.

My #9

My #9

Finally, last night we were in the third game final to win our tier championships.  We had won our first two games, but in our first game we lost our penalty point because a kid on the other team started something with one of our players and our player retaliated.  Well last night we needed the win to win the banner, guess what … we tied…. guess what that means…. they won… because of that one penalty point…. Again, it was a hard way to lose.  It almost makes me want to take my kids out of sports because the disappointment is too great…. for me….. like I said I’m sure they have moved on by now.

I try to put everything into perspective, it’s not the end of the world, it actually doesn’t even impact my life at all, but damn, why do I feel so empty…. lol…

Do your kids play sports?  Losing builds character right?  Well my kids are going to have a tonne of character!

Filed Under: Kids, My random life

Getting A Head Start

March 8, 2013 by

Today I’m looking ahead to next week and trying to get a head start on my menu planning, and shopping list.  I know next week is going to be very busy for me.  So to make it easier, I know planning this week, will help it run that much more smooth.  In a perfect world I like to do this every week, but we all know what “they” say about good intentions.  Anyway this is what I like to do, I sit down and figure out what days are going to be good days for cooking, sitting, and enjoying a meal together and which days are get food in and go days.  I like to “pin” the meals on this page: (if it’s a new recipe)

Supper Planning Pinterest

Supper Planning Pinterest

 

 I also write it down on this board in my kitchen

Weekly Menu Planning

Weekly Menu Planning

 

Then I add all groceries I need to this app for my iphone

GrocerySmart Iphone App

GrocerySmart Iphone App

 

Then I put my plan into action.  I know this looks like a lot of work but in the long run it saves loads of time and money, and stress.  Tell me what you do to make your weeks easier.

Filed Under: Clean Eating, Family

Where I’ve been what I’ve been doin’

March 6, 2013 by

Wow I made it through the first week of school… way back in September and haven’t been back to fill you all in on my life.

The theme of this blog is finding balance.  Well you can say I lost some balance since the kids started back at school in September. Our lives are busy and rather than trying to fill you in on every detail of the last six months I decided I would just start with today.

Today I am in a new place, (but kinda the same), then I was six months ago.  I have been going through the motions but have lost some of my motivation.

I’m still a running mom, but I haven’t been putting in the same mileage I was last year, I have been focusing more on weight training and clean eating 80% of the time, and running just for the pure joy of it.

I think the reason I have lost some of my motivations is because I stopped seeing changes.  Like I have said before I was motivated by numbers and when the numbers stopped improving, I started losing motivation.  When my speed started slowing from the last years race, when beating the miles I ran the week before wasn’t important, when the scale stopped moving, instead of getting better at everything I was doing, I was feeling worse, my numbers were worse, and something was off.  I was feeling tired, run down, grumpy, and did I say tired?

I don’t think I was fueling my body properly, I was running & running but not fueling myself the way I needed to instead of fueling my body like and athlete which is what I was becoming I was still fueling like a chubster on a diet.  It started taking a toll.  You could say I was losing balance.

Me=tired

Me=tired

So the last few months has been more about undoing the damage I did by under-fueling.  I was eating like a person still on a diet, and I suppose it’s fine to eat that way if you are inactive, (but I still have my own opinions on that) I was not fueling for the amount of training I was doing, especially when I was training for my half marathon.

Running Mom

 

So anyway as I was saying I have been focusing more on undoing some of the damage that was done.  I may get more into this at a later date, but right now I just had to get a blog post out.  I have been trying to write a blog post for weeks now, but the task has been daunting to say the least.  When I haven’t written for so long I feel like I need to tell you all about the last six months and all the thoughts I’ve had leading up to this blog post but that would take me six months so I am just starting with today.  Starting fresh.  Kinda good seeing that spring is just right around the corner.

doesn't it look like spring?

doesn’t it look like spring?

 

Filed Under: Family

I made it through the first week of school

September 19, 2012 by

… and the second and now the third…. and so did my children, but……. I can’t help but to feel somewhat overwhelmed, sad and a bit out of sorts.

First Day of Grade 8

 

Mckennah has a late start on Fridays which meant I dropped the younger kids off at their school before dropping Mckennah off at her new middle school.  On the way to her school I asked if she wished if she was still getting dropped off at the elementary school.  With a crackly voice she replied “kinda”.  I tried to soften the situation up a bit by reminding her that one day her new school will feel like home and it will feel comfortable and normal soon.    At the same time it validated why I chose that school for my children and validated my decision to keep the rest of my children in that school so they can have the same learning environment as their sister thrived in.  Sure it would be easier if all the kids were going to schools in the same vicinity, but changing everything because it would be more convenient for me  is just not something I am willing to change for them.  Knowing Mckennah misses her old school validates that our decision to choose this small little Christian School was one of the best decisions we have made for our kids.  The small caring environment created a strong foundation for the young adults they are growing up to become.

Matthew 1st Day Gr. 6

 

Katelyn 1st Day of Gr. 3

 

Britain 1st Day Pre K!

You may think I have dropped off the face of the blog universe and running universe, but my family has just been extremely busy.  We are starting to fall somewhat into a routine but my schedule right now is still day by day.

This weekend is my BIG weekend away.  I am going to Banff, AB to run in the Melissa’s Road Race.  http://www.melissasroadrace.ca/10kmroute.html

I am in no way prepared for this run.

Elevation

 

LOOK at that climb…. !!!!!
This is the elevation I am used to running at….

 

Running elevation in Vancouver

My mileage has been low over summer, and my hill training has been nil… so I am not going into this race with any expectations except to have a GREAT weekend with some GREAT girls and I am so excited about that.

Well I’ll be back Monday to report on my weekend.

Filed Under: My random life

Life is good again!

August 25, 2012 by

My kids are home, my husband is home, the sun is shining, I got a six km run in this morning and life is good again!

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Can you believe Katelyn was on the ice last week three times for hockey practice, and Greg is at the arena this weekend and next doing rep evaluations. Hockey seems to be starting earlier and earlier each year. I have to say I love it! There is nothing I love more then spending my weekend at my kids sporting events. Yes, even soccer in the rain. I love the friends we’ve made and the friends the kids have made and seeing how much they grow and become more great every year.

So I guess I was just sitting here reflecting over the stress I was feeling last week, and I guess my stress has turned more into excitement, and my fears have turned more into faith and my uncertainty has turned to trust. I have been living this life for a while now, I’ve had four kids for a while now. I’ve been doing it, we’ve been doing it, and we will continue to do it because we are a pretty good team and we have some pretty good teammates and God as our coach in this game we call life. As long as we are moving forward with his guidance and continue to be teammates as a family, I don’t know how we can go wrong.?

Wow where did that all come from? I don’t know, I guess my run, and this awesome fall like weather just make me really at peace and happy! Did I mention I love fall. It’s my most favorite time of the year. Anyway have a lovely day!

Filed Under: Family, My random life
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