Sally Pepper

finally friday

2012-02-10T07:11:00.000-08:00

i have been looking forward to this day for a long time! a day off...and hair cut day. i will be back later with pics.

after my whiny post yesterday, literally right after closing my laptop, i decided to shake it off. i headed to the treadmill and pounded out 2 miles. i wanted to go longer but i am on a strict rehabilitation schedule (ha!) so i decided to head to the gym. the elliptical was busy when i got there, so i spent 15 minutes on the recumbent bike and then 30 minutes on the elliptical. it felt awesome! proof indeed that it is better to get off your butt than sit on it!

so, today is my rest day. and my body needs it. it's tired. a good tired.

happy friday!

discomfombulation

2012-02-09T15:37:00.000-08:00

well, my friends, i feel discomfobulated. i think. this injury recovery thing is getting old. pre-injury, i had a set run schedule. i ran on those days, no matter what. the problem is i didn't really do much exercise wise on my non-run days. hence, the injury. i loved my long runs (10 miles is long for me) and how i miss them now! my present 2 milers leave me wanting more. but it hurts.

so....today, i sit here, on my scheduled run day. not running. too tired to run. here's this week's schedule...
monday -- 45 minutes stretching
tuesday -- 2 mile run
wednesday -- 50 minutes aquasize
thursday -- 2 mile run
friday -- rest day
saturday -- 3 mile run
sunday -- 30 min elliptical, which I'll probalby turn into 60 min

anyway, i really should not be that tired. but...i was wide awake at 4:00 this morning, because i am crazy...and was thinking about going to history today and getting my midterm back. i was convinced i had bombed it. so, i lay awake from 4 am till 5:55 am, when I finally drifted off into peaceful slumber. the alarm went off at 6:00. sigh. anyway, it was all ridiculous. i got my mark -- 80%. so, i worried for nothing, lost precious hours of sleep and am too tired to run. i really was going to try....but my legs were so tired climbing the stairs that i just figured i'm bound to injure myself again if i run this tired. i'm going to switch out today and tomorrow. today is becoming my rest day...tomorrow i will run. tonight, i will sleep like a baby.........

Helllloooooo!

2012-02-09T06:07:00.000-08:00

So, I periodically take blogging breaks. did you notice? but i'm back.

Just got Jason and Trav out the door to the orthodontist....it's 6:45 a.m. I know. That's just how we crazy kids roll. Life is silly busy these day. And crazy good. It's a nice balance of family, exercise, friends (who exercise with me), school and good food. Lots of food.

I have started my Observation Practicum, which is too fun. I am so fully confident that teaching is what I want to do. I'm in a Grade 2 classroom (just a couple hours a week) and it's awesome-sauce!!

On the exercise note, my knee is giving my problems so I have cut back on my running miles. I couldn't run at all for about 2 weeks. I wasn't a happy girl. However, this little setback made me realize that cross training is super important. So, stretching and strengthening are on my schedule along with an aquasize class and an hour a week on the elliptical. I'm having a blast! and I can run 2 slow miles at a time. Progress.....

So, as you can see, life rocks on and we rock with it!

back on track

2011-12-28T09:12:00.000-08:00

i've been feeling a bit off lately. slightly irritable (my italics button is stuck on.....)
anyhoo...this morning i knew something needed to change. i decided no more sleeping in. i dragged myself out of bed at 6:40 and made my way to the coffee pot. i grabbed my bible and settled in.
then i made myself a good breakfast (cereal and 2 boiled eggs) and got on the treadmill. 5 miles later i feel back on track. phew!

first annual christmas eve hike

2011-12-26T09:00:00.001-08:00

we had a wonderful christmas. it was a slow, quiet day full of love and laughter...and food!

we went for a walk on christmas eve and have decided it was our first annual christmas eve hike.

today...the boys are playing video games, the girl is drawing in bed and i'm thinking of changing out of my jammies to sit in the hottub. it's pretty stressful.

over and out.

a little christmas cheer

2011-12-22T12:48:00.000-08:00

we made up some baskets of goodies for the neighbours this morning.

the kids delivered them

(ash's friend was here so she went too)

it was so cute to watch them

it's so important to us to teach our kids that it is better to give than to receive

they came home with huge smiles.

we are blessed

christmas concert

2011-12-18T15:03:00.000-08:00

we had our concert at church today.

here are my favorite pictures.

our church family is so awesome.

we are continually being reminded of how blessed we are to be a part of such a loving group.

sledding fun

2011-12-17T21:13:00.000-08:00

the cub scouts went sledding today.

the girl and i tagged along.

good times.