Monday DayLook – May 24, 2010

For Today:  May 24, 2010

Looking out from my back porch... breezy, soggy ground, setting sun behind hazy clouds, blooming lilacs

I am thinking about…tomorrow & checking my mental list to make sure I haven’t forgotten anything

I am thankful for... a beautiful roof over our heads to protect us from the thunder storms which are moving through our area today

I am reading…no time for reading today

I am hoping... for a peaceful day tomorrow

I am hearing... some child is playing with a hammer toy … it’s repetitive

I am wearing…denim capris & a yellow shirt

 From the sewing/craft room (aka. laundry room!)… needed to mend Angelina’s dance costume because Graham CUT IT!  Thankfully it was not in an obvious location.

 From the school room... just poetry memorization & piano lessons

 From the kitchen... two loaves of bread

 State of the house… well, the bags are unpacked & a serious dent was made on the laundry pile … three more sleeping bags to go …

 A successful moment… my friends and I did finish the 5K!  We walked, Louis rode in his stroller, the distance in under an hour and we were not last!  It was very crowded (over 5000 participants) …. but fun.

 A few plans for the rest of the week…
Monday: Catch-up

 Tuesday: Dance Rehearsal & Recital

 Wednesday: FMCHE pizza party & annual meeting

 Thursday:   Angelina dances in the Briton Recital

 Friday/Saturday/Sunday:   Louis & I leave for homeschool convention

 A picture memory...

 

 

 

 

 

 

5K

I don’t care for ‘formal’ exercise, you know the kind where ya join a gym and go every day or every other to loose weight or get in shape.  Can’t stand being on a machine or lifting weights … it’s boring, IMO!  I’d rather be out in the yard working or getting a physical workout from cleaning/carrying laundry around the house – we do have stairs, so that helps.  If I could dance, now that would be a different story.  I thoroughly enjoyed dance throughout my primary, elementary and high school years.  Tap is a great workout and I’d do it again in a heart-beat, if I could swing the time away from kids and there was a class available within 20 miles!

Back to 5K’s …  In college, friends talked me into walking 5K’s with them at least once a year.  I did it because it was for a cause, it was fun to walk with friends, and there was a souvenir t-shirt involved.  There was also the community walk/run in Kearney, NE back in the late 90’s; I don’t remember the length.  Someone in the group (Jaycees) even talked me into running on a relay … I hadn’t run a 400m since high school … I didn’t make any great impressions that day, either!!  I haven’t done any form of racing since. 

But, for some reason, I’m doing it again!  All for the joy of being able to chat with friends … there is no other sane reason why I’d want to walk a 5K.  I would never have done it if left to my own devices, because I’m just not motivated to walk this much in one day.  Baby Louis will be joining me on the walk, in his jog stroller. 

The 5K is part of the Fargo Marathon weekend.  I really hope I’m not extremely sore the next day.  The race starts around 6pm today … please say a prayer for me and my friends!!

5K

I don’t care for ‘formal’ exercise, you know the kind where ya join a gym and go every day or every other to loose weight or get in shape.  Can’t stand being on a machine or lifting weights … it’s boring, IMO!  I’d rather be out in the yard working or getting a physical workout from cleaning/carrying laundry around the house – we do have stairs, so that helps.  If I could dance, now that would be a different story.  I thoroughly enjoyed dance throughout my primary, elementary and high school years.  Tap is a great workout and I’d do it again in a heart-beat, if I could swing the time away from kids and there was a class available within 20 miles!

Back to 5K’s …  In college, friends talked me into walking 5K’s with them at least once a year.  I did it because it was for a cause, it was fun to walk with friends, and there was a souvenir t-shirt involved.  There was also the community walk/run in Kearney, NE back in the late 90’s; I don’t remember the length.  Someone in the group (Jaycees) even talked me into running on a relay … I hadn’t run a 400m since high school … I didn’t make any great impressions that day, either!!  I haven’t done any form of racing since. 

But, for some reason, I’m doing it again!  All for the joy of being able to chat with friends … there is no other sane reason why I’d want to walk a 5K.  I would never have done it if left to my own devices, because I’m just not motivated to walk this much in one day.  Baby Louis will be joining me on the walk, in his jog stroller. 

The 5K is part of the Fargo Marathon weekend.  I really hope I’m not extremely sore the next day.  The race starts around 6pm today … please say a prayer for me and my friends!!