"I don't think wer'e in Kansas anymore Dorothy!"

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BLOWING DUST ADVISORY in effect for :
Bingham, ID Bonneville, ID Butte, ID Jefferson, ID Madison, ID
Today's Forecast
A cold front has blown thru the region, creating very windy
conditions with a few showers. For Wednesday we'll stay under
mostly cloudy skies and scattered showers will continue across
much of the High Country as well as possibly in the Valley.

Dorothy was lucky! She did NOT live in Idaho - land of the wind and wind. :O<
Bonneville - that is us (aka Idaho Falls) and it is REALLY WINDY
out there! Why am I so concerned about this? Well... I made a deal with myself.
Not sure how much I am loving it now, but it is done and if you can't keep a
promise to yourself, who can you keep a promise to? (Lordy what did I do???)

So, I decided after my fun outdoorsy run yesterday that I am giving up the treadmill (temporarily) for running purposes and ONLY running OUTDOORS for 2 weeks. GREAT IDEA DARLA! Oh yea, it is blowing up to 25 mph winds out there, you won't have to run, you'll just blow down the road
like a stinking tumbleweed! GEESH! But- a promise IS a promise and I will do it!
This morning I did go to the gym - had a great workout, 2 miles on the treadmill (no running!!) at a faster walking speed AND a cranked up incline and really got my heartrate pumpin! I also did my dutiful weight circuit and feel good about that. NOW I have to go out and brave the winds for a jog. Hmmm do I really have to?
I will get the kids off to school then "attempt" a 1 mile loop around the neighborhood in hopes that the houses will block some of the wind at least. Ick!

OK I am outie - more later - IF I make it back!
:O) Darla

**I MADE IT! I did a quick mile, ran about 1/2 of it, it was so windy and cold but I did it!**

ALSO - this is cool, my totals for the month of April are awesome! I walked/ran a total of over 42 miles this month with about 12 miles of running... I also worked out 22 out of 30 days this month with 18 of those days running! Pretty cool!

RUN Forrest RUN! {RUN Darla RUN!}

So - I was a sleepy slacker this morning (that is what we call oversleeping in our house) and not only was I a sleepy slacker but I also got to bed at a very decent hour AND I almost made my kids late for school! YIKERS!
However, since I missed the gym I had to go redeem myself! :O) And I did! I hate going to the gym later in the day as it gets really busy AND really hot in there - all that body heat makes me get too warm, and nauseous and feeling gross... so here is what I did!

I went out to the HUGE Soccer Complex off the Arco Hwy and I ran! The weather is beautiful and sunny but the wind was horrendous out there! Kicking up all sorts of dust and gunk but I went on anyway! I did a total of 2 miles with 3 running intervals of about 1/4 mile each and of course I saved the last run for going AGAINST THE WIND (Holy Crap!) I did the full 2 miles in just under 30 minutes which is a really really good time for me and tells me that I am in fact running faster outdoors than I do on the treadmill! Hmmmm. I think I need to change up my focus on getting outdoors rather that being a slave to a machine egh? I have been reading a LOT on this and have gotten tons of great info. One thing I have learned it that it IS harder to run outdoors but it is so much better for you and works so many more muscles. Today I made a specific point to run on all different surfaces: Grass - Gravel - and Pavement as well - and I sure noticed a difference!

So, I better get on the program if I am going to do much running at that 5K Fun Run in 2 weeks!!!!!! :O)

(Photo is of the soccer complex where I ran today!)
Hugs n luvs!
Darla

one more side by side (for me)

people are rude
ok SOME people are rude
had someone (a complete stranger no less) share with me HER personal opinion on what SHE thinks of thyroid surgery scars on people's necks - including her own mothers...
people are soo rude

so, for my personal benefit, let's go back to 30 weeks ago in my life - yea, it was pretty gross - now? not so gross if you ask me - but apparently if you ask the witch cashier at Walgreen's they are ALL gross! OK done crying, done venting, said my bit. Not going to let her ruin my day - she took enough away from me already. :O< Poo poo head!
Darla

WHEEEEEEE! So excited today!

I just got a SUPER COOL email from my best friend Lisa - she is SO thinkin' of me!!! I was supposed to go to my sisters in Twin Falls on Friday May 16 and Sat May 17 for a Relay for Life Cancer Walk... but big ol' poopoo Ed (jjking dear) got scheduled to go on a work conference trip to Las Vegas at that same time. Sooo... I was really bummed I was going to miss that walk. However! Good news just came my way and Lisa emailed me to let me know there is a 5K Fun Run/Walk HERE that SAME WEEKEND! It is at the Jr High out in the other school district and I am SO DOING IT! WHEE! I am really pumped up right now - totally excited over this!!

In other news. Did a good workout this a.m. - skipped my 3/4 mile run as my shins are sore from running outdoors on Sat and Sun - bummer, but ok still. Instead I did a mile walk fast with incline, weights, and then a 5 mile/ 25 min bike workout. I am good with it. May end up walking the greenbelt with my sister Lisa today anyway.

Also have a busy day. House, laundry, errands, and an appt with Anytime Fitness for a tour of the facility! They are opening one less than a mile from our house and I am dying to pre-register! I go for a tour and info at 9:00 this morning! COOL!

OK outta here folks. Have a GREAT day!
Darla

the periodic check in

you know, when i flatter myself with lots of self portraits of comparison and all that... yea, here i go again - with a new hairstyle too this time :O) darla

group photo is before i even considered loosing a pound - that was Aug of 2006 (i am in the green shirt)

today's photo,20 months later, down 55 lbs and sportin' a new hair-do as well - and feeling pretty good about myself

whatd'ya all think?

55 Pounds IS A Lot!

Just reading (ok flipping really) through a new Bob Greene/Oprah book my sister brought me to borrow. In the book there is this crazy gross photo of Oprah walking across the stage with this tremendous peice of BEEF in a wagon. It represents the amount of weight that Oprah had taken off. WOW!
Now, in the past I have given myself a reality check at the pet isle in WalMart when I have picked up a 15 or 20 lb bag of dog food or a 30 lb bag of kitty litter.... THEY ARE HEAVY! Recently I TRIED to heft up a big 50 POUND bag of dog food and it nearly knocked me on my @ss! Seriously! I about fell over for real. Now THAT is a big head check for me.
So, now I am at 55 lbs gone... and what does THAT look like? Well, I did not find a photo of 55 lbs of beef so this is what you get. Nevertheless, it is a serious visual that makes me go "WOW! no wonder I felt like crap all the time!". A 55 lb fish, ewwww! That is HUGE! Then 55 lbs of HOP (the stuff they use to make beer) - that is a LOT of bags! And then some little 55 lb boys... a BOY! I have lost an entire little 7 year old boy?! What the heck!?

:O) Comparison is GOOOOOOD!
Darla

Darla

HOLY CRAZY SATURDAY BATMAN!!!!!!!!

Just wanted to update you on the crazy crazy Saturday yesterday! I am totally worn out today and needing some serious nappy time or something! LOL It was grat though! I had a crazy fun time yesterday with the 2 weddings, hanging out with my sisters and all. I was not very good on foods but I worked my tooshie off big time and obviously it was good bc my weight was just barely up this a.m.! Yeah!

So my day Sat went like this.... woke up and picked up the crazy sisters at 7:30 a.m. and we went and walk/ran our greenbelt . It is a 2.34 loop around the river and falls - we ran well over 1 mile of it in intervals and I was quite proud of all three of us. We all kept great pace and really encouraged one another! It was awesome!
THEN we went at 10:00 a.m. to a hair salon for some pampering! Two of us got our hair done and styled and one got a pedicure! We were running REALLY late leaving there as I had my first wedding to attend at 1:00 p.m.!
So, we rushed home, I threw on a dress and off Ed, the kids and I went to the first wedding. It was very nice, simple, small family affair. After that they had a picinic luncheon (bad foods #1 for Darla) with bbq'd burgers, pasta salads, chips, all that "BAD" stuff. I was so stinking starving at that point that I did not make good choices but what do you do?
Then we headed home for a quick rest time, clean up, change clothes and were off to the 2nd wedding. It was a much more formal and HUGE wedding. It started at 6:00 p.m. and the reception went late until after 11:00 p.m. We visted, ate (more bad foods) and danced for hours! It was SO much fun! When that was done a few of us decided to go hit a club for some more dancing and we ended up really having a ball! It was myself and Ed, my sister Lisa, my other sister Carlee and her hubby Tony and our neice Punky. What a crazy bunch we were! We finally dragged our butts in after 1:00 a.m.!! We did have a blast though, we danced and danced and danced and I think that was my saving grace on my weight with all the bad food choices! LOL It was just so much fun! Needless to say, we all slept in this morning!
Today is just hanging out. We might go out on the 4-wheelers for a while, who knows? I do need to gather up some laundry and sort it for tommorrow and we have a roast in the crockpot for dinner. Should be a nice relaxing day.

The BAD news. I did not take one single photo all day yesterday! :O( I forgot my camera for wedding no 1 and that is ok because I was NOT liking my hair at that point... but then I DID take the camera to the other wedding and left it in the car. I knew Carlee had her camera so I figured it was ok - she could email some photos - but she did not take even ONE photo either! OYE! So, apparently the photos from wedding no 2 will be online and maybe I can share some then? We'll see.

OK off I go! Have a GREAT day!
Darla

Something FUN!

I just discovered this fun site.... you'll be seeing lots of fun things here now! Enjoy!!
Darla

BIG Day Tommorrow!

I have been waiting for this weekend for a long long time, finally it is here! Lots going on, sister here visiting, TWO weddings to attend, all sorts of fun stuff! Sat will be crazy as we have a wedding at 1:00 and another at 6:00. Our close family friend Lauralynn and then my neice Rebekah. Crazies!
Also, my big sister Carlee is coming (for the wedding) and she and I have a "date" to go running tommorrow morning AND all three of us sisters will be going to Rexburg to the Paul Mitchell Hair Academy for scalp massages, hair-do's and nails! FUN FUN FUN! We'll all be just beautimus for the weddings! Good times baby!

I'll be sure to post photos as soon as I get a spare moment...I promise!

On the health front. All sorts of big news. First off, I SKIPPED my workout this a.m. and totally slept in! I KNOW!?! Can you believe it?! I figured I must have seriously needed it - don'tcha think? Also, my dearest dearie of a man bought me some new SKINNY jeans yesterday!! Some cheapie WalMart blue jeans, nothing too special aside from the fact that they are ONE MORE SIZE SMALLER! (Oh! And I think they totally look great on me!) Also... last but not least, today was my big Friday Weigh In Day and I WAS DOWN! I am back down to my lowest ever (after a slight up last week) and I am SO STOKED! Totally excited to be down there again and working HARD towards my next goal! COOOOL COOOOL COOOOL STUFF!

OK that is about all - again, I'll post pix from the weekend asap - I promise! (Lisa B, that means YOU need to post pix from the cabin asap too!! Don't miss us too much up there this weekend in all the COLD WET SNOW!Seriously, wish we were going too!)

Over and OUTTA HERE!
Darla

Keep forgetting to share these!!

These are a few of the layouts I did wayyyy back in Feb at my family reunion! I finally got them scanned this week and I am finally remembering to post them too! LOL Sorry it took so long!
Darla

TOP TO BOTTOM:
- Micheal sleeping (our baby boy)in our bed last summer
- My neice Mindy (Lisa's daughter) at a photo shoot I did of her
- Chris (our oldest boy) and his cool car for 50's day (before the crash)
- Our oldest daughter Dani and Micheal snuggling and hugging so sweet
- My neices Bea and Megan (Carlee's daughters) at our family Christmas party

Happy Thursday All...

Just have a minute here but wanted to check in and yes, I am still quite giddy about my big accomplishment from yesterday. Seriously serious - it was awesome! I feel so excited and proud and accomplished - hard to put it into words. Whod'a thunk DARLA would ever be running? For fun?! OK, not for fun really, but to meet a goal and a challenge and to do something for myself. Craziness.

Today is going to be an "off" one. I could hardly get out of bed for the gym, I was sore and tired. I don't think the run necessarily got me, but the weight circuit sure did. They do say if you don't hurt a little you aren't doing much. I did enough I am sure. So, I didn't want to get going this a.m. - but I did. Instead of running again I did a different routine. I did a mile with the incline cranked up, then I did about 10 min on the spinning bike but it KILLS your tooshie so that was enough of that then I moved on to the recumbant bike and did a really fast paced cycle on that for 15 minutes. I was sweating like a tree (family joke) so I figured I got a good enough workout!

So, later this morning Ed will be coming home early to go the Dentist! Ick! He has had a tooth that has had 10001 procedures done on it including a freaking gold crown and that tooth is done. It is pretty much irrepareable sooo he is getting it yanked today. Should be a fun afternoon - hope he can just sleep afterwords. Ick.

OK off I go. Time to get kiddies up and moving. Have a GREAT day everyone!
Darla

OH HECK YEAHHH BABY!!!!!!!!!!

I know, terrible terrible photo, totally unflattering but guess what??

I DON'T CARE!

I totally DID it today! I made my 3/4 mile straight run and I FEEL LIKE A MILLION BUCKS even if I look like a dirty sweaty nickle! LOL (Ok yes, it really IS that unflattering of a photo, I get it!)

So, I persevered through, I did my 3/4 mile run straight at 10 min and 20 seconds and at 4.4 mph steady. I am SO proud of myself I could just scream! If this silly blog had a bolder print or larger print I would be all but shouting at you right now! (Ok so I figured the bold thing out - thanks Shar)

OK I DID IT! Now on to the mile..... yikes~
:O) Darla

I AM DOING IT!

I am here to tell you all right now, that tommorrow, Wed, April 23, 2008 I am going to run that stinkin' 3/4 MILE run no matter what! I have a plan in mind for keeping up the whole time and when I am done I'll probably scream or something, (I cried when I did the 1/2 mile! LOL) and you'll all know I did it! So, your here to hold me to my word - OK?!

Over and Out! The mini marathon princess....

Darla

Tuesday - slacker!

Total slacker this Tuesday morning. Totally slept in this a.m. and now I am in a funk. Got to get the kiddos off to school then heading to the gym wayyy later than I normally go, hope they are not slammed busy at that time??!! :O( I should have just gone when the alarm went off but I was up late, ohh so tired, and knew that since the baby was not here I COULD sleep a bit longer... 2 HOURS longer.... that is a lot of sleep I tell ya!
So, I'll report back more later AFTER I go for my workout! :O)

Darla - the slacker.

***EDITED***
I did a wussy workout at the gym - 1 mile - no running - weights and a few min on the ellyptical. UGH! I got side tracked with a gal talking for 20 min or so and totally lost track of my time. Stinky poo! Maybe I can go walk tonight??
TOMMORROW I AM DOING 3/4 MILE RUN IF IT KILLS ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I promise!

Free as a bird!

I wish! Well, I keep thinking I have all this 'free' time to myself for the next 2 weeks while the baby and mamma are out of town but I am filling it up fast with a 'todo' list a mile long. Of course, there are lots of things I NEED to do but then there are a lot of little things I WANT to do as well. :O) Of course!! Whatever happens I'm sure I'll keep busy which is probably a good thing as I have started to get a bit weepy the past couple days and maybe that will keep my mind off things and keep me chipper.
BUSY week this week. Lots to do around the house, also owe my sister some serious housecleaning.... this coming weekend is a big one with not ONE, but TWO weddings on Saturday - craziness! My sister Carlee will be here for one of them as well and we have some fun sister things planned too.
Trying to clean up my scrapbooking area so I can maybe create a bit - I have some layouts to share from clear back in Feb that I did - hopefully I can get them posted here on the blog today sometime.
Had a good workout this a.m. at the gym. Getting VERY discouraged on my running though - my endurance is building but it is soooo stinking slow and I just feel like in my mind I should be SO much further along than I am. Today I did 3 miles total with 1.25 run but I am still only at my 1/2 mile straight and working really hard towards the 3/4 mile but somedays it just does not come to me! Grrr! At least my determination is not shot - YET!
OK so I am dreaming..... I really really want to get my own 4-wheeler. Selfish me. But I do. Hey, at least I am honest, right? I have been so grateful to our friends Liz and Lisa for sharing thiers with me... Ed's is nice but I don't like how it handles very well and honestly have ridden the other 2 so much that they are what I am most used to SO that is what I want. Ed has a Honda Rubicon, Liz and Lisa both have Suzuki Eigers.... they are a little less powerful than the Honda and that is fine with me as long as I have 4-wheel drive I am ok (only need that because Ed and Blake take us to heck and back sometimes!!!!). So, dream with me, don't you think I'd look CUTE on one of those lil' Eigers??

OK off to get kids up and moving! Have a GREAT week!
Darla

Busy Weekend

Sat was busy, hung out, went to breakfast, shopping and cleaning with my sister Lisa, and went 4-wheeling in the afternoon with our friends. Started out that just Ed and Blake were going to go but then he brought two of their kids and of course our kids wanted to go too - so then I got to go along to help with kids and next thing I knew *I* was riding too! (I was SOO upset about that!? NOT!) Last night was date night and visiting with Blake and Lisa, tried a new resteraunt, great food, great prices, too much fat!! We have fun anywhere we go but last night was fun too!
Sunday has been slow , slept in, did some housework, went to the gym and tanning.... getting ready to start dinner. Just a nice quiet day. :O) Those are the good ones!

My workout today (Sun) was pretty so-so, and I didn't do ANY workout Sat so I am feeling pretty schlumpy right now. However, I plan some heavy duty workouts this coming week so I am ok with it. Today I did a quick 2 mile walk/run and tried to push my endurance up on that run to the 3/4 mile - didn't quite make it yet - but I am getting there! I did a total of 1 mile running and one mile walking. By the end of this week I'll have that 3/4 mile down pat danggit!

Hope you had a good weekend!
Darla

Sometimes your the windshield, sometimes your the bug ...

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AND SOMETIMES YOU JUST TAKE A BIG FAT UGLY "X" FOR THE DAY.
YUP, JUST CROSS IT OUT AND FORGET IT EVER HAPPENED.
CAN'T GO BACK AND FIX IT SO JUST MOVE FORWARD AND DO
BETTER TOMMORROW.
BYE BYE FRIDAY......


(Why? Because big sister Carlee said so, that's why!)

Friday.

Yup, it is Friday again.
Not much to share.

BAD weigh in this morning.
GREAT workout and run this morning.

I am 50/50 so I guess that could be
good or bad?

YOU have a good day!
Darla :O)

BUDDIES!

I was going thru some photo files today and came across these photos of our youngest boy Micheal and his buddy Berg. They are so stinkin' cute together it just kills me!
Berg is our best friend Blake and Lisa's youngest son and he and Micheal are just a few weeks apart in age. They have been buddies since they were born literally! As they have grown it is fun to watch them play and learn together and appriciate one anothers differences.
It used to be that Berg was the "lil' guy" and everyone bossed him around and that included Micheal - then last summer Berg kind of came into his own and started to do a little bossing himself. HA HA! They are funny how they banter back and forth and finally come to agreement on where/what/how they are going to play!
Birthday parties, family gatherings, or 'play dates', it does not matter, they just get along great and it is awesome to see their friendship grow.
On this day the Dad's had taken the boys 4 wheelin' in the mud and then went off to play themselves... I was planning to take the two lil' boys home for hot chocolate and a movie but they wanted to stay at the school playground and run around so I got some fun photo shots of them.
Friends are one of the best parts of life!!!!!
Darla

UP UP UP She goes!

Wow. That was a workout.
No running.
No weights.
Just up up up.
I decided I was going to try something different today and give my knee a bit of a rest from the running (she says she don't love it all that much some days) so I get to the gym with this 'grande' plan in mind and as usual, my grande plans don't work like I'd like them to.
SO. This is what I did.
3 miles walking on the treadmill.
At my fastest walking pace of 3.2 mph (short legs, sorry, born that way)
Felt good, but wanted something else.
Upped the incline to a 2 - ok, good.
Little more to a 3 - not bad, let's go for 4
Cool.
4 is good. 5 is better! Feel the burn.
Burn is good, makes you know your burning SOMEthing.
Sweet! Why not go for 6? Hey, why not?
OK 6. HOLY CRAP!! 6 is not burn, 6 is fire.
Fire is NOT good. But fire is burning something too. Right?
I HOPE SO!

So, I did 3 miles
2 and 1/2 of them at my fastest pace of 3.2
and 1 1/2 of them at inclines from 2 up to 6
I think I was sweating harder than when I run!!
It took me 56 minutes to do 3 miles - but I feel so good!
Lets' see what my thighs and butt say tommorrow morning!?

:O) Darla

WAY TO GO SKINNY CHICKEN GURLZ!!!!!

A little TOOT TOOT on my sisters.... after our very very stressfull week behind us one of them is down over a pound and the other is barely up a few ounces! Talk about awesome! I think I will be lucky to even out this week - but again, considering the week we've had, hey, we deserve a LITTLE break - egh? Yea, I think so too!

WAY TO GO SKINNY CHICKEN SISTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Much much much better today!

Feeling a zillion times better this morning and even got a great workout at the gym.
Yeahhhhhhh! :O) Doing a happy dance!
I was really sick Monday with a stomach bug and Tues was still pretty icky and finally perked up a bit Tues night. This morning I woke up "bright eyed and bushy tailed" (as Mom used to say) and rearin' to go!
I had a good workout - I've been working towards a 3/4 mile straight run and got really close today! Very exciting! I want to be there "comfortably" by the end of this month - I think I can do it!
Also figured out the numbers and if I keep up the running at the 4.5 mph pace I am at and can work up to about 45 min straight then I'll be at about 3.3 miles distance which is my 5k run goal! So..... yea, I have a ways to go, but I can do it!! It is just going to take some persistance and hard work! Keep swimming Darla! :O)

Today- lots of phone calls to make - cleaning to do - laundry is ALMOST caught up but not quite there yet - and I still need to figure out a plan for dinner.
What a life I live egh?

OK have a good one, be kind to yourself and smile!
Darla

Updates....

Well, I have a few minutes to update here and figured I'd better get to it. So, here is the past few days in review...

Sat - funeral services all day. It was a long day but full of great visits with family and friends and people I have not seen in up to 20 years. Everything went nicely, and it was a good day. Long, but good.

Sun - I was a ball of energy! I woke up just full of energy and pumped to go. I did a couple of hours of housework - went to the gym and got a really good workout - and did quite a bit of yardwork too. We had a nice big dinner and all was well.

Mon - woke up in the middle of the night just dying. My stomach was cramping so bad and I had some sort of flu type thing. I spent all night running to the bathroom and cramping bad. Luckily Chris was off school all day and watched baby Noah for me. (THANK YOU SON!! XOXO) I finally got some meds called in from our family Dr and then I just zonked out.

Tues (today) - I woke up feeling a bit better but still cramping a lot. I called the baby's mom and told her there was not way I could do it alone today. I have been lounging around and resting - finally ate a wee bit of yogurt and am feeling a bit better. Just going to have to take it slow I guess.

All week last week I had stomach issues. Every time I ate anything I would get heartburn and stomach upset after just a few bites - I am sure it was due to the stress - anyhow, I kind of think it all just compiled on me and made me sick. Also, Ed and Micheal had a stomach bug last Monday so I may have gotten some of those li'l germs too.

So, that is where we are. Hope I get back to my old self soon - I have too much to do to be sitting around being sick. :O(

More later - Darla

Made it through the day....

I am way wiped out tired, but wanted to update you all and let you know we made it through the day.(10:30 this a.m. till' after 5:00 p.m. this evening) The funeral and services were very nice, we had a fantastic gathering and Mom looked beautiful. I will share more later, right now I am just drained and ready to hit the orange dreamsicle bars in the freezer! :O)
Thanks for all the well-wishes and prayers, they have meant so much. We are blessed to have so many great friends and such awesome family out there.
Darla

Sweet Mamma

Yesterday, April 9th, 2008 we said goodbye to our sweet Mamma. We were holding hands in prayer all around her as she quietly went off to her Father in Heaven.
Love you Mamma
XOXO

http://www.legacy.com/PostRegister/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=107345376

Calgon.....

take me away.

(p l e a s e)

Monday BLAHHHHHHHHS!

I usually love Mondays. New week. New start. Feeling fresh and vibrant and good. Today was supposed to be that way but as life would go, there are a few kinks in the works.
Hubby and youngest son Micheal are in bed with stomach bugs. ICK
Found out my Mom had a stroke - they aren't doing any medical intervention due to she is on home hospice. Just a waiting game now.
Workout at the gym was stinky. Could not run my 1/2 mile and it makes me so mad.
House is a mess. Laundry is in piles. Lots to do today.

More later.
Darla

fell off and got ran over

Yea, I fell off and got ran over -
by the wagon.

Yesterday was so crazy, running all round' town, errands, kids, all that fun stuff that my foods were just not planned out and I lost all control. I started out good, and did pretty well till' dinner. Between all the errands, a bridal shower, birthday parties and so forth by pm I was gone. The killer? Nachos for dinner. Took daughter Tiff to Garcia's for her freebie kids meal and ordered a 1/2 nacho and proceeded to not just eat it but dive in face first kicking and screaming and gorging my poor body. SICK!
Luckily, the scales did NOT reflect this lil' crash and burn this morning and the gym is calling to me to come burn it all off! I plan a BIG workout this afternoon (they don't open until 1:00 pm on Sundays) and am working on a plan to get up to my 3/4 mile goal. :O) This is going to be a bit intense but I know I can do it! :O)

OK off I go - got to get laundry switched, groceries done, dinner planned and go workout!
Have a GREAT day everyone!
Darla
*****52 lbs and going!*****

For Pappa! Micheal's First 4 Wheeler Drive!

**EDITED**
WELL POOEY! I tried to get the video of Micheal riding all by himself on here but obviously it did not go - sorry. I will keep working on it Pappa! In the meantime, here is a photo....

Darla

OK I GOT IT! The mini video clip is here:

http://s68.photobucket.com/albums/i21/DarlaLOU/

Just copy that to your address line and it will come up as Michea's First Solo Ride or something like that! :O) Darla

CRAZY BOYS!

Ed and Blake are crazy boys.
Off on a crazy boys adventure today.
Driving to Boise.
In the big Chevy truck.
Pulling a trailer.
With the PORCHE' on back!
Just for the day.
Will be home tonight. (I hope)

Ed and Blake (our friend) had to take the Porche to the dealership in Boise for servicing... Lisa (Blake's wife) took it in last weekend and they majorly screwed something up. Now, the Porche keeps dying. Not cool. Well, not cool for Lisa. Cool for the crazy boys who get to take a day trip across state all by themselves!
DORKS! Hey, at least they are driving a cool truck with a cool car behind them, right?

Me? Today is all to myself. Kids in school, no baby, Ed gone.... I plan to just hang out and relax. I deserve it afterall - I *DID* hit my 50 lb mark and I am just in heaven!

That is about it. More later......
Darla

I slandered el' Mexican Tacos?

Yes, I must confess - I slandered the name of the taco. The two deliciously evil tacos I had for dinner did NOT come back to haunt me - in fact I am better than ever!

Workout was FAB this a.m. - I did my normal 2 miles with 1 mile running intervals....but I did my 1/2 mile straight at the 4.5 mph THE WHOLE 1/2 MILE! Whoo whoo!
My weight is down down down..... before the gym, first thing this a.m. I was at ALMOST my 50 lb mark... after the gym and all that I am officially over my 50!

BYE BYE 50........HELLOOOOOOOOOO 60 - look out! Here I come!

:O) Darla

tacos are the devil's food

been good
going to the gym
working out
running
doing the weights
eating well
drinking water
being good
and then came the tacos

Tacos: The devil's food. :O(

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

I AM SO READY FOR SPRING! The temps are slowly creeping up - maybe to the 50's by this Friday! The snow is almost all melted, the street sweepers are out, and the sun is setting later! I AM READY BABY! I can't wait for my flowers to start to bud and get out and rake the yard and plant seeds and clean the deck and put up the patio furntiture! We bought a cute lil' patio swing this winter on clearance that I am DYING to get out there! Come on Spring....keep going, you can do it!!!!!

Had a good workout this a.m. Had to really push my body HARD to get that 1/2 mile run in again - I want to be working towards the 3/4 mile straight run but I am struggling maintaining this 1/2 right now. Knee is not cooperating and I just can't seem to catch up with it! ugh! I'll keep going though - I really want to be to a full mile by the end of this month!!!! YIKERS!

The silly skinny chicken sisters weigh in this a.m. - waiting to hear from them both! I hope they have a successful week and by Friday I can join them with skinny chicken numbers! GO LISA! GO CARLEE!

OK busy busy day - you all behave and have a great one!
Darla

and I ran....I ran so far awayahhhh....

Remember that old 80's song by "A Flock of Seagulls"?? ( I don't know of any of their other songs??)

**And I ran, I ran so far away
I just ran, I ran all night and day
I couldn't get away **

Yea, well, that is me. I just keep running and running.... it is crazy! LOL I figured out that for the month of March, I worked out for 26 out of the 31 days and 22 of those days I ran! Can you freakin' believe THAT???? So cool. Darla, running, because she WANTS to? Whatever! WOAHHH!
Today I was going to take "off" from the gym and workouts to let my lil' fat knee rest but I was feeling so much better this afternoon that my sister Lisa and I decided to head over to the HS track and do a walk and run. We were tight on time so we only did 30 minutes but we socked in a 1.5 miles and ran about a half a mile all together!! Now, this is the SAME track that had me dazed, confused and in tears a few weeks ago so I feel pretty good that I stuck with it more today! :O)
Anyway, that is my report, I ran...I ran so far away.... I just ran, I ran so far away.... LOLOL

Toodles!
Darla

Because he says......

because he says he likes to come home to me each night...

XOXOXO
D

sore knee boo boo

No gym this a.m. Slept in (sort of) and am babyin' my knee a bit. It is ok to have a day off now and then anyway. Right? LOL I figured out that in March, I worked out 25 out of 31 days (only 6 days off all month) AND out of those 25 days I did some running 22 of them! Wow egh? Seriously though, my knee was really sore last night, swollen a bit still and then started to hurt up into my thigh too. Pretty sure I just stretched something too far but whatever, pain is pain in my book so I am giving my poor lil' fat knee a rest today. Advil Liquid Gels are my wonder drug of choices these days by the way! LOL

Baby is sick, momma is taking him to the Dr so I am not sure when/if he'll be here today at all. Waiting for the phone call on that.

And that is about all from me. More later I guess ......
have a great one people!
Darla