Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Test post

I know it has been FOREVER since I last posted.

I post my walking to Facebook but I would like to post to my blog as well.
So here is the link to my walk today (that I should not have gone on).

http://runkeeper.com/user/LisaHetherington/activity/60017632

Toodles!

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Father's Day

Hi everyone.

I am not sure why but I am much more emotional on Father's Day this year than in previous years.  I was reading a lot of nice, touching, poeteic tributes to fathes today on FB.  Then my friend posted this update:

Happy Father's Day to all of the amazing Dad's out there...and EXTRA warm wishes to those for whom this is a tough day. xo

And then I saw the Google logo for today:


And I lost it.  Traci asked why are you crying? I miss my dad, I told her.  I'm sorry she said.  Then Trina gave me a kiss.

The girls made Gerry's favourite type of cake for him.  He appreciated it.  :))



Gerry and I had a great trip to Boston this weekend for the Stanley Cup parade.  Pictures and more details to follow.  It was a trial run for our 2 week trip in July to South Carolina and Kentucky.

Toodles!

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Anyone want to join a walking club in Hamilton????

So far it is a club of one. :)  I cannot find another one in Hamilton that meets more than once/week except for the one that walks Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings when I am at church. Not an option.

My friend, A, has inspired me.  I cannot run half marathon run like she did but I CAN walk!  My first goal is to get up to 5kms at once!   Right now my limit is about 1.5-2 kms.  I chose 5 kms because it is a nice round number and because it is approximately how far it is on the Hamilton (accessible I have been told) walking trails to get to the new pedestrian bridge over the highway and to the beach on the other side!  The beach!!  I can bus it home from there.  How about the out-there dream of being able to walk both ways??!!!


A walking club would be great because I could meet more people. I want to walk more, get out, increase my fitness and endurance, meet some new friends and maybe lose some weight too! Tell your friends! Message me or comment if you are interested.  I live a VERY sheltered life right now and that is not pleasing to God.  I am certainly being a light on a hill.  I am hidden right now, being selfish and not getting out and about and sharing God's love.


Matthew 5:14

"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.


That is going to change.  I am going to change.


What I have eaten today:
very late Breakfast
1 smoothie with frozen fruit, yogurt, milk, 1 egg, bananas and strawberries and peanut butter bars crumbled into it

Lunch
no lunch on account of the late breakfast

Dinner
sausages, mashed potatoes, veggies

EDIT: that lunch I didn't eat?  I ate it at 9 pm.  I was hungry!  The other half of yesterday's panzarotti. YUM!

PLUS
ONE cup of coffee with flavoured creamer
some chocolate
1 Mudslide

My exercise routine. Each set includes:
Leg extensions-10 reps each leg
Bridges-5 reps
Plank or V-sit-15 seconds
Stairs-2 sets each time
1st set-
2nd set-
3rd set-
Toodles!

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Visitor from Toronto!

My aunt came to visit me from Toronto on Tuesday and she treated me to lunch.  We had a good time! She got stuck in BAD traffic on the QEW so we had less time together that we thought we would have.  She dropped me off downtown on her way out of the city and I walked King/Bay to Main/Wellington 1.4 kms.

PS Wasn't that a brutal hockey game on Monday night??!!  I hope Vancouver got all of that out of their system.


What I have eaten today:
Breakfast
1 smoothie with frozen fruit, yogurt, milk, 1 egg, bananas and strawberries and peanut butter bars crumbled into it

Lunch
half of a pepperoni, mushroom and bacon panzarotti

Dinner
1 bowl of Oatmeal Crisp nat 9 pm.  I was full from that panzarotti at lunch!

PLUS
ONE cup of coffee with flavoured creamer
some chocolate

My exercise routine. Each set includes:
Leg extensions-10 reps each leg
Bridges-5 reps
Plank or V-sit-15 seconds
Stairs-2 sets each time
1st set-
2nd set-
3rd set-
Toodles!

Spending time with friends again!!

I have sent emails to some friends and sisters asking if we can get together when it is convenient for them. Like we used to.  :(  Someone asked me not too long ago about how I spend my days.  I was convicted!!  What AM I doing besides some walking by myself and errands and computer time and time with God?  I need to be doing things WITH OTHER PEOPLE!!!

After leaving the chiropractor on Monday, I walked 1.2 kms.

And then I had lunch with a sister from church.  I have started initiating again with regards to lunches and coffees with friends and sisters.  (Although what am I going to have when I used to always have coffee now that I am basically having 1 coffee in the morning?)It feels so good to be out and about again!!  I have had my walker since the end of February but it has taken me this long to get back into the swing of things.  I guess it's a process and I have to give myself some grace.  :)

What I have eaten today:
Breakfast
1 smoothie with frozen fruit, yogurt, milk, 1 egg, bananas and strawberries and peanut butter bars crumbled into it

Lunch
1 toasted turkey BLT at Tim Horton's

Dinner
tuna casserole

PLUS
cups of coffee with flavoured creamer
some chocolate
My exercise routine. Each set includes:
Leg extensions-10 reps each leg
Bridges-5 reps
Plank or V-sit-15 seconds
Stairs-2 sets each time
1st set-
2nd set-
3rd set-
Toodles!

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Great day for a bike ride!

Trina and I went for a bike ride after dinner tonight.  It was much too hot to go before then.  I am a bit frustrated in that I can't measure the whole distance we biked because calculating distance using directions in Google Maps only seems to work only if you stay on roads. We went 1.15 kms, plus about another 300-400 m on the paved trail around the baseball diamonds in the park.  So let's call it 1.5 kms today.  How is that?  :))

I bought an odometer for my bike tonight on eBay.  :)

I am drinking more water these days too!

What I have eaten today:
Breakfast
no breakfast

Lunch
1 BBQ sausage

Dinner
cheese quesadillas

PLUS
2 cups of coffee with flavoured creamer
some chocolate

My exercise routine. Each set includes:
Leg extensions-10 reps each leg
Bridges-5 reps
Plank or V-sit-15 seconds
Stairs-2 sets each time
1st set-
2nd set-
3rd set-
Toodles!

Incredible thunderstorms!

The thunderstorms the other night were amazing!!  HUGE claps of thunder.  Bright longh forks of lightning.

We saw Trina's high school's performance of Grease on Saturday night.  All 4 of us went.  Mom & Bruce and his grand daughter came too.  2 members of the cast are teens in our church.  I am so proud of them!  Many of the cast members are Trina's friends as well.  It was a fabulous show!!

What I have eaten today:

Breakfast
1 smoothie with frozen fruit, yogurt, milk, 1 egg, bananas and strawberries

Lunch
no lunch

Dinner
hamburger!

PLUS
2 cups of coffee with flavoured creamer
some chocolate

My exercise routine. Each set includes:
Leg extensions-10 reps each leg
Bridges-5 reps
Plank or V-sit-15 seconds
Stairs-2 sets each time
1st set-
2nd set-
3rd set-
Toodles!

I did a lot of walking today!!

I had lots of errands to do on Friday so I walked 1.5 kms and then took the bus the rest of the way to the mall.

Then I met Trina downtown and walked another 1.4 kms

2.9 kms in one day!

You know how people like my friend A, who train for and run 10k runs?  I wonder if there are any 5k walks around that I could work towards?

What I have eaten today:
Breakfast
1 smoothie with frozen fruit, yogurt, milk, 1 egg, bananas and strawberries and peanut butter bars crumbled into it.

Lunch
no lunch :(

Dinner
2 pieces pepperoni pizza

PLUS
2 cups of coffee with flavoured creamer
some chocolate

My exercise routine. Each set includes:
Leg extensions-10 reps each leg
Bridges-5 reps
Plank or V-sit-15 seconds
Stairs-2 sets each time
1st set-
2nd set-
3rd set-
Toodles!

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Lunch with a friend today!!

I did what is becoming my usual walk after going to the chiropractor today...1.4 kms from Queenston/Woodman to Queenston/Parkdale.

I went for lunch with a new friend today.  K is the fiancĂ©e of one of the brothers in the church.  The whole congregation is just thrilled for them.  They make an awesome couple!

I was not able to go to my friend's brother's wake tonight.  :((  I woke up from my afternoon nap with a very bad back and I knew I could not stand the more-than-an-hour-long drive each way.  My back complains very loudly after only a few minutes in a car.  I iced it and it helped some.

What I have eaten today:

Breakfast
1 smoothie with frozen fruit, yogurt, milk, 1 egg, bananas and peanut bar crumbled into it

Lunch
Yogurt parfait with granola (very similar to my breakfast smoothie) and coffee at McDonald's

Dinner
grilled cheese sandwich

PLUS
2 cups of coffee with flavoured creamer
NO chocolate

My exercise routine. Each set includes:
Leg extensions-10 reps each leg
Bridges-5 reps
Plank or V-sit-15 seconds
Stairs-2 sets each time
1st set-
2nd set-
3rd set-
Toodles!

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

June is here!

And it is glorious outside!  25 degrees Celsius and breezy.
Midweek tonight!!

What I have eaten today:

Breakfast
1 smoothie with frozen fruit, yogurt, milk, 1 egg, bananas and strawberries and peanut bars crumbled into it.

Lunch
leftovers chicken quesadillas but they were NO WHERE NEAR AS GOOD without salsa. (We finished the salsa the other night)

Dinner
Spaghetti with home made sauce AND garlic bread I am making right now in the bread maker.

Actually it is the 2nd loaf that is mixing right now.  I am making two loaves.  One for us tonight and one for my friend's family whose brother just passed away on Sunday.  I am also bringing spaghetti sauce and spaghetti for them.

PLUS
2 cups of coffee with flavoured creamer
some chocolate

My exercise routine. Each set includes:
Leg extensions-10 reps each leg
Bridges-5 reps
Plank or V-sit-15 seconds
Stairs-2 sets each time
1st set-
2nd set-
3rd set-
Toodles!

Tues May 31 I love IKEA furniture!

It was REALLY hot today!  High of 34C but humidex of 42C!!!  I did go for a walk, though.  Before we reached the high temperature of the day.  When I went out to Subway to get my free breakfast, I walked home 1.2 kms  I was home by 10:30 am and I did not go out until 6 pm when it was STILL stinkin' hot!!!
Fun times tonight with Traci!  We went to her place Tuesday night and assembled her dresser.  We also mapped out her room in terms of furniture by placing masking tape on the floor where each of the pieces of furniture would go.  I should have taken a picture before we left of the empty room with the masking tape on the floor, but I did not think of it.  :(( Here are picture,s though, of the dresser we put together.  They are not difficult to assemble, but they always seem to take longer than I think they will.
Lots of pieces!!!
Still need the drawers and the back.
We got the back on.  But no one can notice that we put it on upside down, right???  :)


Finished product!!  This photo is from the IKEA website.  My photo was awful!



What I have eaten today:
Breakfast
FREE coffee plus a ham and cheese and egg sandwich with added green peppers at Subway! 

Lunch
1 smoothie with frozen fruit, yogurt, milk, 1 egg, bananas and strawberries and peanut b

Dinner
PLUS
3 cups of coffee with flavoured creamer
some chocolate 

My exercise routine. Each set includes:
Leg extensions-10 reps each leg
Bridges-5 reps
Plank or V-sit-15 seconds
Stairs-2 sets each time
1st set-
2nd set-
3rd set-

Toodles!

Sunday May 29

Sunday was a full day.  Trina and I went to church in the morning, which is always awesome!  But Sunday May 29 was a special day.  All the churches across Canada in our fellowship:
TORONTO (1985), VANCOUVER (1990), MONTREAL (1992), CALGARY (1995), OTTAWA (1995), WINNIPEG (1997), HALIFAX (1997), HAMILTON (2001), EDMONTON (2001), NEWMARKET (2005), TRI-CITIES (2005), QUEBEC (2003)

were fasting for what we are calling the Canada 20/20 Vision.  The Vision includes international and regional co-operation, conferences, Canadian School of Missions, Canadian Teachers Training, Hope Youth Corps, planting new churches and a lot more.  So all across Canada, disciples were fasting on the last Sunday of May.  It is going to be an annual event.  I cannot fast from food because of my meds.  I fasted from coffee.  That was a sacrifice!  Silly me forgot to bring water to church to drink in place of the coffee.

On Sunday, we had a family BBQ at Mom & Bruce's place.  Everyone was there, plus my aunt N who is up visiting from NB.  We had a great time.  Gerry left VERY early.  My cousin drove the girls and I home in an amazing thunder and lightning rain storm.  I kept my eyes closed and face covered against the flashing lightning the whole way home from St Catharines to Hamilton.

When we got home from the BBQ, I saw on a Facebook posting from my friend that her brother had died.  He was only 45.  A sad day for sure, but my friend is happy her little brother is no longer suffering.  I want to go to the funeral on Friday.  I am praying to get a ride worked out to be able to go.



What I have eaten today:
Breakfast
1 smoothie with frozen fruit, yogurt, milk, 1 egg, bananas and strawberries

Lunch
peanut butter on toast

Dinner
BBQ hamburger plus potato and pasta salads at a family BBQ
plus 1 birthday cupcake with icing and sprinkles  :)

PLUS
ZERO cups of coffee with flavoured creamer-I was fasting from coffee
some chocolate

My exercise routine. Each set includes:
Leg extensions-10 reps each leg
Bridges-5 reps
Plank or V-sit-15 seconds
Stairs-2 sets each time
1st set-
2nd set-
3rd set-
Toodles!

Monday May 30

|I went to the chiroprator this am. Then I walked partway home.  1.4 km walk from Queenston/Woodman across the Red Hill Pkwy to Queenston/Parkdale

Monday evening was fun.  My friend, R's birthday is in early June.  Every year I treat her to decadent cake or cheesecake and coffee at Williams CafĂ©.  And she does the same for me.  It is perfect that our birthdays are almost exactly 6 months apart.  :)  We both had chocolate explosion cheesecake and coffee.  They brewed a fresh pot of decaf for us so we had our cake before they brought us our coffee.  R and I put our forks down after a couple of bites, because we needed a drink!  The cake was SO rich!  Our coffee soon came but I would have been just as happy with a tall glass of milk!

R and I go out for coffee every week on Mon nights.  Summer time is more difficult because of her son's soccer and her weekend trips to the cottage.  But we try.  Williams, though, is reserved for twice a year.  That keeps it special.  I really enjoy it.

What I have eaten today:

Breakfast
1 smoothie with frozen fruit, yogurt, milk, 1 egg, bananas and strawberries and crumbled peanut butter bars

Lunch
no lunch because breakfast was quite late

Dinner
whole wheat chicken quesadillas with chicken, cheese and salsa! VERY YUMMY!!!

PLUS
2 cups of coffee with flavoured creamer
some chocolate

My exercise routine. Each set includes:
Leg extensions-10 reps each leg
Bridges-5 reps
Plank or V-sit-15 seconds
Stairs-2 sets each time
1st set-
2nd set-

Toodles!

Monday, May 30, 2011

5/28/2011 Hi everyone!

I'm baaack!!  Although maybe only my friends A.C. and B.H. might have wondered about, or even been aware of, my lack of posting.  :)

Sorry for not writing for a few days. I am not quite sure why I did not write on Wednesday.  Nothing extra special happened on Wednesday.
Thursday, however, was a big day.  Traci had all 4 of her wisdom teeth taken out under general anesthetic.  Thank you so much to C.W. for driving us there!
Traci was nervous and anxious but she was a trooper. I was surprised.  The surgery took just under an hour. She was in recovery for about 40 minutes before she was cleared to leave.  She was pretty  groggy but not crazily so.  She asked me to take pictures of her so  she could see what she looked like.  Traci made me promise not to post the pictures, although I had no intention of doing that.   The cutest, funniest thing she said in recovery a la David After The Dentist  was "Are my lips closed?" She said it in such a cute voice!  Of course, she could not feel her lower face or mouth or chin!  We stopped on the way home for the beloved Tylenol 3"s (Tylenol with codeine). Traci was REALLY beginning to feel pain by the time we got home.  She was very grateful for the painkillers. Thanks so much to A.Z. for driving us home!!

Traci has been making use of the T3's, frozen corn and peas, and the hand blender to purée her food.

She is actually out tonight, sleeping over at her friend's house.  Traci was REALLY hoping that they could go to Booster Juice tonight.  Traci has been craving a Booster Juice since the surgery.   Her friend is wonderful and she promised to be sure Traci ices her cheeks every hour on the hour for 20 minutes.  Although Traci has been very responsible with her self care.  I am very proud of her!

I JUST realized as I type this that even though I would not wish this pain on my daughter (or anyone), I have enjoyed being able to be here to take care of her.  Traci is VERY capable and reliable and responsible.  Sometimes, though, you need more help than usual.  :)

My friend is running in a half marathon tomorrow.  Go A!!  I am proud of you already!

Tomorrow we are going to a family BBQ to celebrate my mom's husband's 71st birthday!  Happy birthday B!!
Having said that, Traci has decided to go to WORK tomorrow!!  5.5 hour shift.  It is not uncommon, though, for her to be sent home early if it is not busy.  We shall see how it goes.

Toodles!

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Date night!

Gerry and I went to IKEA today to exchange some glasses we bought a couple of weeks ago.  One of them had a chip in it.  It was nice just the 2 of us.  We had hot dogs for dinner at IKEA.  I knew it would be too late for him to wait for me to cook dinner once we got home.  I joked with him that I was a cheap date as we sat eating our hot dogs.  :)  I really like that fun light banter! 



PS The girls are on their own for dinner.  :)


What I have eaten today:

Brunch
1 large smoothie with frozen fruit, yogurt, milk, 1 egg, bananas and strawberries

Dinner
2 hot dogs plus a small chocolate milk

PLUS
2 cups of coffee with flavoured creamer
some chocolate

My exercise routine. Each set includes:
Leg extensions-10 reps each leg
Bridges-5 reps
Plank or V-sit-15 seconds
Stairs-2 sets each time
1st set-
2nd set-
3rd set-

Toodles!

Monday, May 23, 2011

Breakfast in Bed!!

I was awoken this morning only to be served breakfast in bed!!  Trina said there was no special reason.  She just had the idea and followed through with it.  And she made my day even before I got out of bed!

Trina and I did our chores and chilled.  Gerry got home at 2 pm but had called earlier asking if we wanted to go out and do something.  We ended up using some Wagjag coupons at DQ!  Yummy Reese's Blizzard!



Trina and I walked 1.5 km (a tiny part of the way to DQ) I really wanted to get a walk in, especially because we were going to have 10,000 calorie Blizzards!:)  Gerry picked us up and we drove the rest of the way there together.  Ice cream twice in 3 days!  I asked "What is the world coming to?"  Trina said, "Summer!!"  That girl is so quick and witty!


Here is an example of her humorous quick wit!  She noticed this, took the picture and posted it on Facebook all before we got home. thanks to her Blackberry.  Much to Gerry's chagrin!

Trina's caption was "Nice parking job, Dad!"  Can you see the lines?     

I just LOVE when people take pictures of me from behind!  NOT!! 

What I have eaten today:

Breakfast
pancakes and toast

Lunch
Reese's Blizzard!

Dinner
nothing

PLUS
2 cups of coffee with flavoured creamer
NO chocolate

I do not know why but I have not been motivated at all to do my exercises.  Have you noticed?  Hmmmm

My exercise routine. Each set includes:
Leg extensions-10 reps each leg
Bridges-5 reps
Plank or V-sit-15 seconds
Stairs-2 sets each time
1st set-
2nd set-
3rd set-

Toodles!

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Nice day today

I am listening to the AHL Hamilton Bulldogs playing the Houston Aeros in Game 6 of the Calder Cup conference playoffs.  They are going into 2OT momentarily.  The Dogs were down 3 games to zero.  Sudden death loss and Hamilton is done for the season.  OT win for the Dogs means Game 7 on Tuesday. It's nerve wracking!
EDIT: Dogs win!! Dogs win!!  5-4 in 2OT.  Game 7 is on Tuesday

Trina and I took the bus home from church and we took the opportunity to walk about 1 km before we caught the bus.

What I have eaten today:

Breakfast
no breakfast

Lunch
1 toasted ham sandwich with mayo

Dinner
pasta with homemade sauce

PLUS
2 cups of coffee with flavoured creamer
NO chocolate

My exercise routine. Each set includes:
Leg extensions-10 reps each leg
Bridges-5 reps
Plank or V-sit-15 seconds
Stairs-2 sets each time
1st set-
2nd set-
3rd set-

Toodles!

Saturday, May 21, 2011

It is a beautiful day today!!

More euchre for the 3 of us girls this am!!  I think the euchre has replaced Rummikub as our game of choice now.

Trina and I are going for a bike ride this afternoon.  Down to Central, across to Montgomery Park, through the Park to Maple and home again.  1.2 km 
EDIT We didn't get to go on our ride.  Hopefully we can go tomorrow afternoon.

And more euchre this afternoon!

How is this for family time on a b-e-a-utiful day??!!  BBQ burgers, then Stoney Creek Dairy, then road trip to Waterloo, to see Traci's new place. Dropping her off for a few days and LOTS of her stuff.

The BBQ was out of propane so Gerry had to go get the tank filled, along with the rest of Hamilton, apparently.  It still wouldn't work.  So I did them on the stove.  The the girls packed the car.  And it was packed full with the 4 of us and all the stuff we were taking to Traci's place.  No room even for my walker.  I had to use my cane.  I do not want to make that a habit at all.  Ice cream was great!  The drive was fun but brutal on my back.
Traci's place is nice.  The only pictures I got were of Trina posing in Traci's (empty) room.



The door to her room is where I was standing to take the window picture.

And this is a picture of the front of the building before it was all finished.


What I have eaten today:

LATE Breakfast
1 smoothie with frozen fruit, yogurt, milk, 1 egg, bananas and strawberries

no Lunch

Early Dinner
BBQ burgers!  YUMMY!!

PLUS
2 scoop ice cream cone at Stoney Creek Dairy
2 cups of coffee with flavoured creamer
NO chocolate

My exercise routine. Each set includes:
Leg extensions-10 reps each leg
Bridges-5 reps
Plank or V-sit-15 seconds
Stairs-2 sets each time
1st set-
2nd set-
3rd set-

Toodles!

Friday, May 20, 2011

Family time!!

Got an email from Gerry today:


"maybe later on Sat we can to to Stoney Creek Dairy after supper"!!






Woo hoo!!  Stoney Creek Dairy is a local well-loved ice cream parlour.  4 person family time, I hope.  I don't know for sure if both of the girls are going to be home on Sat night for dinner and the evening.  I sure hope so!  I texted both of the girls that we are going to go. Traci is excited!!  Now we shall wait to see if Trina will be coming with us too.  Update: Trina is coming too!! 


Gerry usually gets at least 1 scoop of his 2 scoops rainbow sherbet.  I get a decadent chocolate-fudge-y scoop plus 1 scoop of peanut butter chocolate.  Trina gets at least 1 scoop of cookie dough ice cream.  I can't think offhand what Traci gets.  Chocolate something for sure!


AND...the girls and I were going to play some more euchre today after dinner.  I asked Gerry if he wanted to play, even though he had just said he was getting tired and was going to bed soon.  No harm in asking, right?  He said yes!  So all 4 of us played a game of euchre!  Gerry and I were down 6-0 but came back to win 10-8.  

God is good!!

Also, I went for a walk to day after the chiropractor. Close to 0.5 km on my way to and then the same distance on my way home from doing an errand.


What I have eaten today:


Breakfast
sausage, egg and cheese on a biscuit, hash brown, orange juice


Lunch
1 smoothie with frozen fruit, yogurt, milk, 1 egg, bananas and strawberries with peanut butter bars crumbled into it.


Dinner
pepperoni pizza


PLUS
2 cups of coffee with flavoured creamer
some chocolate
1 bowl of french vanilla ice cream with homemade chocolate syrup.


My exercise routine. Each set includes:


Leg extensions-10 reps each leg
Bridges-5 reps
Plank or V-sit-15 seconds
Stairs-2 sets each time


1st set-
2nd set-
3rd set-
Toodles!

Thurs May 19-Family time?

Traci and Trina and I looked up how to play 3 handed euchre on Tuesday night and had a great time playing together!!  And then Trina asked Traci and I if we wanted to play Wednesday afternoon before dinner.  So much fun!  Special time with my girls! 



Sure wish we had 4 person family time, though.  It is just about non existent.  For example, last weekend, he was gone from 7am until midnight on Saturday and on Sunday, he got up at 9 am, and watched movies and TV shows of his choosing all day and went to bed at 6 pm, stopping only to eat. There are some exceptions.  This weekend, he might be driving Traci to Waterloo.  But then again that is not family time for the whole family.

I waver between being sad about that and kind of throwing my hands up in the air and accepting it and making the best of the time us 3 girls have together. 

It's true that Gerry works so much that he has VERY little free time during the week (like 1 hour/day),  But I guess what hurts is that he is choosing to spend that time pretty much doing what he wants alone.  Family time suffers greatly!  He might be in the house, but he is not present.  And on the weekends, when he has more time, it is usually similar to last weekend..  More of the same.

I wonder what God ha planned?

What I have eaten today:

Breakfast
1 bowl of Shreddies

Lunch
1 smoothie with frozen fruit, yogurt, milk, 1 egg, bananas and strawberries

Dinner
1 sausage plus potatoes and corn

PLUS
2 cups of coffee with flavoured creamer
some chocolate
1 small bowl of chocolate/peanut butter ice cream!  YUMMY!!

My exercise routine. Each set includes:
Leg extensions-10 reps each leg
Bridges-5 reps
Plank or V-sit-15 seconds
Stairs-2 sets each time
1st set-11:00 pm-v-sit
2nd set-
 
Toodles!