Thankful Friday

Today I am thankful there is no snow on the ground so I can drive to the doctor's and get my eye drops replaced cause I have run out and so I can also get allergy med's because I think that's the reason my body has been shutting down.
Today I am thankful for spring starting to come even if it is suppose to snow this weekend.
Today I am thankful that we have things like allergy med's to help me when spring comes.
Today I am thankful it's Friday

Boys

I had games night with the boys last night. From Mr.'s Monday night group. Well two of the anyways and while half their jokes went over my head and I was drinking due to stress at work it was a fun night and I think I will one day join them. But then again... that could be the booze talking and making me brave. But I am officially invited. I am stress dreadfully confused about the rolling techniques in the game we played and not sure I will remember any details. For now though... here is Mr. and me and a peek at some of my new house decorating :)

So I'll take a moment to explain this picture... I was on my knees and then it decided to give out and so I landed just as the picture took. Turned out rather interesting. Though I think Mr. will be very impressed I posted this picture!! heehee

Thankgod is Thursday!

Do Bright Colours Work?

I went shopping, hoping the feelings would go away. They haven't and I am at a loss. Depressed is the only word that describes how I feel and yet it is not the correct word. I have denied it for weeks but Sunday I could no longer. My mass amount of shopping was an effect and our house is almost finished now.
How do you fix something if you do not know what is broken? I feel overwhelmed by emotion I can not begin to understand. I can not run or focus on what is important.
There is so much I need to do, but first I must find a way out of this slump.
I MUST RUN
I have a race on Saturday
I have work at the bank and at the Running Room
I have company coming tomorrow night

Weekly Money Check-Up

Hosted by My Pretty Pennies

1. The most I’ve spent this last week was on my transit tickets (three hundred... ouch!) and some home decorating things that totally made me happy (I spent about $140).


2. Today I am thankful for support. I need it. I am in a runt. I didn't run last night I have a race saturday. I haven't run in like two weeks. I feel like shit and Mr. still tells me I am beautiful. He's sweet even when he's lying.


3. Money can’t buy happiness. One free thing I did last week that made me happy was hang out with Mr.'s parents. They are the kindest people in the world and I am so lucky to have them in my life.


4. I will consider this week a success if I don't eat out, don't shop anymore, and maybe get some motivation.


5.  My favorite spring flower is currently the lovely yellow (daffodils... maybe) that Mr. brought me to help get me out of my slump (he's really trying and I feel bad for being so moody).

Shopping for Granite

It's always an interesting adventure when Mr.'s parents come into town. This time we went shopping for granite for their kitchen cupboard.
I thought it would be the most boring thing in the world. The first place totally was. The second place though was pretty awesome. Before we could go out and look we had to dress up and that's when things got interesting.
Dressing up included
clip-on steel toes,
a colour vest,
and a hard hat.
I totally had to take a picture! Made for a very interesting day!

Happy Monday!!

Inspiration

Watch your thoughts, for they become words.

Watch your words, for they become actions.

Watch your actions, for they become habits.

Watch your habits, for they become character.

Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.

- Frank Outlaw 

discovered this quote on healthy ashley

Thankful Friday

Today I am thankful that I don't have to make big decision without another logical person talking me about it with me. If you watched my vlog yesterday. You'll know that I was conflicted. And what it actually ended up coming down to was money. The amount of time and effort I would have to put into the LTR Program to be an instructor is not worth the funds that I would be paid.

ten weeks
fifteen bucks per head
at minimum three hours a week
plus emails - to the group and to find instructor's
plus I would have teach some of the clinics

The amount of stress it would case is not worth it. So at this time I am not doing it. Though it fits in for my goals when Mr. s not in school. Right now I need to focus on earning money and putting him through school and just doing what's good for me. With the amount of things I am doing right now teaching a class I think would put me over the edge.

So I am thankful for being at peace with this decision. I am still upset about it because it would have been a great experience but I know I am doing the right thing and in the long term, this is what's better for us.

Pro's and Con's

Gah I look exhausted...
I wasn't able to edited the video either... each time I did it made it to big to load, please ignore my random cooking in the middle
Here's a silly calendar I made of the months I would be teaching... it's very silly in that I only included Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday's.

I would have to either cancel for my friends wedding or get someone else to run the clinic that night...

Anyways I am pretty stressed out about it. Please leave your thoughts. (It would help)

Foam Roller

I am pretty lucky. My second job exposes me to allot of unique things including Dr. Ryan Emmons who is a chiropractor and a sports therapist. He did a speech at work the other day about Foam Rolling and actually teaches a course about it (I am thinking of going to the course too) The basic's of Foam Rolling is

Rolling is the act of maneuvering a foam roller or round object on a muscle. It is an extremely successful, proven therapeutic exercise for loosening or ‘releasing’ tight or painful muscles to:

Improve flexibility
Manage muscle pain
Increase muscle recovery
Maximize muscle performance

I have actually done a little before in yoga and I found that it always made me stretch farther and feel better while doing yoga. But I have never thought to apply it in running. But the interesting part was he showed me how to work the muscles in my ankle that the physio place does. I spend 65 bucks for them to massage it all out and they send me away with stretches and that's it. While he told me to make sure I keep doing the stretches and start on strength. Rolling it the muscles out will help a ton. And he showed me (with no charge!) how to do it. It was freaking awesome.

He is teaching a seminar this Saturday March 10... I am thinking about going. But it's 50 bucks. And I would need to bring a roller (I would buy a temp one from work for about 7 bucks) I really want to go actually. Just not sure with budget being tight now (due to those stupid tickets!)

And he wrote a book too.

Kobo Paperback or Book Depository EBook

Oh and I am thinking about ordering these Rollers. They come highly recommended from Mr.'s sister

Snow

The Big City I am in was hit with snow again. And while I had hoped we won't be getting anymore, I am very happy with the fact that I am walking in this weather. Driving is so stressful and totally unnecessary. It isn't cold and walking in 15cm of light fluffy snow is quite the work out plus it's kinda fun (of course, you have to be in a good mood, but)

Last night however, Bella offered a ride home. She had one errand to make first so we ran over to do that. We backed up to leave the parking lot notice another vehicle parking up so stopped, that vehicle took off and as we were about to start we notice the vehicle that was originally beside us in our parking spot was backing out. Bella hit the horn but the girl totally wasn't paying attention and smashed into the drivers side bumper of Bella's Honda.

The girl first didn't have insurance then she did but it was only a photocopy. But the insurance matched her car model and license plate. So Bella took down all the information and we had the girl sign it, date and time it acknowledging that she hit us.

I snapped pictures of everything. Cause we just weren't sure we trusted the girl. It's a good thing she stopped when she did too because if she hadn't she would have comprised the driver's wheel and then we would have been stuck.

Afterwards, I made Bella sit down for a Coffee at Starbucks and call her Hubby and relax. I ended up having to leave her, I feel really bad for doing it. Hope the chickadee is okay.

And if your in the snow, please be careful! XOXO