P 90 X - BRING IT!

Well, if you've ever done P 90 X you hear that all the time, 'bring it'! Well I have officially 'brought' it! I have started my 90 day journey with the rigid workout schedule. I've been wanting to work out, and have tried with Christian, but I come from a background of zero knowledge besides getting on an elliptical! So far, this is working because I actually look forward to accomplishing and completing with the insane people on the dvd! I have to admit, the first couple days I wanted to smack that guy in the face with a resistance band, but now I'm so excited when I complete the entire workout with a smile! Yeah!

I'm sharing this for 2 reasons. First, its a big deal in our family's lives because when mommy works out and has her time, daddy and the kids are understanding! It is nice to have something that is mine. I'm really working on this, having things that take me out of being a mom all the time. I get to be wife & Nikki again!

The second reason, I've had so much support on a little post on facebook, that I want to say thanks! Also now that ya'll know I'm doing it, you're more than likely going to keep me accountable!! LOL I thought about that last night that I can't get by with slacking, too many will know I quit! So here I am stating I'm in it, and I'll bring it....

If anyone else is doing this, please let me know, so we can be in pain, er.... share our progress together!

Summer fun in the sun & pool

The girls and I had a wonderful time at the pool today! We go when we can to my aunt & uncle's place in Chaska. Grace is doing great with swimming and swimming under water now. She's like a little fish. Today was also a first for Reese because today was the first day she used waterwings and swam by herself! At first she wasn't sure, and wanted them off. However once she realized how independent she could be, she was jumping in, swimming to the steps and repeating!

My Clothesline

As I was outside taking the laundry off my clothesline I kind of chuckled to myself how doing this simple act I find rewarding and blessed to have fresh linens. When I was growing up, oh how I dreaded coming out of my room in the morning to see my mom have all the laundry in piles lined up ready to march into the washer! Seriously, she'd do a week's laundry in one day, wash, hang dry, and then put away. So many piles, and I would ask every so often, 'can't we please just use the dryer??' The answer was always no, and I thought I'm going to love to be able to use a dryer when I'm older and never take all this 'extra' time of hanging it and then taking it down!

So funny as I am now older (and a little wiser maybe =) that I love when I can hang out my laundry to dry in the wind and sun! It does take a bit longer, and a little extra planning with my busy days coming and going, but at the end of the day when you have that fresh smelling basket of laundry, what an accomplishment to not only have a load done, but also smells great. I guess my mom wasn't just trying to torture my sisters and myself, she was on to something...

Pampers Free

We are officially diaper free in the Gendron Household! Woo-Hoo!! No more late night diaper runs, no more clipping coupons, no more stinky mornings (until the first accident) =)

Reese decided last night she just did not want to wear a diaper anymore at bedtime. I told her that she needed to make sure she used the potty before bed every night now, and if she didn't, then she'd have to wear an icky diaper (I still have 5 left in case of emergencies, but we won't tell the little princess that!) She agreed, so now mommy has set her alarm to 3 in the morning to get up to have her go so I don't have a mess to clean up! The joys of motherhood...

Another milestone, and another reason now I'm glad I started a blog, I can offically remember our diaper free moment as a parent! Ahh, the little joys in life.

Gotta start somewhere....

Well, I have decided I want to try to be more creative and have some 'me' time. And this is 'me' time outside of the cooking, cleaning, washing, list making.... actual 'Nikki' time. I read an article many months back that these are nice to have as they take the place of a journal that you can look back on. I thought to myself that it would be nice to actually be disciplined to start and KEEP a blog. I'm not very creative, however, if I allow myself, who knows....

So here is my first entry to test drive this blog thing. I have a couple items on my 'bucket list' that I'd like to accomplish, and maybe keeping a blog will help to keep me accountable. Time will tell.

For now, no fancy pics, no smarty comments, just a start, and hopefully a launch for me to have an outlet to just sit and type and reflect.

TTFN