Run With Me: Advanced Beginner Program

I've been asked, "What's next?" Do you know what this means? Some of you are actually running with me! So here's the next:

If you just finished the Beginners Running Program (BRP) (below)

Week 1: run 1 minute, walk 2 minutes complete sequence 7 times
Week 2: run 2, walk 2 complete sequence 5 times
Week 3: run 3, walk 2 complete sequence 4 times
week 4: run 5, walk 2 complete sequence 3 times
Week 5: run 6, walk 1 1/2 complete sequence 3 times
Week 6: run 8, walk 1 1/2 complete sequence 2 times
Week 7: run 10 walk 1 1/2 complete sequence 2 times
Week 8: Run 12, walk 1, run 8
Week 9: Run 15, walk 1, run 5

Week 10: Run 20 minutes nonstop

After you complete the above program you will go right in to this 6 week program which will work you up to running for 30 minutes without stopping:

Week 1: Run 20 minutes without stopping. Yes you repeat week 10 of the BRP

Week 2: Run 22 minutes nonstop

Week 3: Run 25 minutes nonstop

Week 4: Run 28 minutes nonstop

Week 5: Run 30 minutes nonstop

Week 6: Run 30 minutes nonstop

After you complete this program you will start running mile(s) at a time. I am so proud of you for sticking with it!

5 Months

Dear Kennedy Kate,

I can't believe that you are already 5 months old. You are doing so many sweet things and I wanted to list a few of them for you.

• you squeal with delight in your jumper or while looking/playing with your toys
• you reach for your mobile while in the swing and bat at the soft stuffed bugs that hang from it
• you sleep from 10pm-8am every night (for now) and take 3 great naps a day
• you LOVE your rice cereal and tonight I couldn't feed it to you fast enough
• you start kicking your legs and smiling when I carry you into the bathroom and sing our "its time to take a bath a bath" song
• you love your daddy and light up when he talks to you and when he walks into the room
• you love to be outside
• you eat 6 ounce bottles every 3.5-4 hours (except while you sleep at night)
• you just started wearing size 3 diapers
• you love Belle, our chocolate lab and reach for her. You also smile really big when she licks you
• You laugh
• You grab your feet
• You love your dolly that mammie gave you
• You have made your mommy and daddy want to be better people.
• You have changed my life forever and I cannot imagine my life without you in it. Daddy feels the same way and is "so glad" that you are his little girl

We love you!

Hitting Easy Street

Saw some old friends yesterday and have heard the song below 4 times today. Isn't it funny how a song can hit you real down deep? I miss Canyon Lake today: old/simpler times, the dam, home, shaved ice, cliff jumping...

"I'm hitting easy street on mud tires"

Linen Closets

Day 1 of the Let's Get Organized challenge found me reorganizing our linen closets. We don't have a linen closet in our master bedroom/bathroom so I have been using this shelf in our closet (not very efficiently). I feel much better now.

*note: this is Kyle's side of the closet. I think he needs to consider Project 333

BEFORE

AFTER

Here is our Linen closet upstairs:

BEFORE

AFTER

It really does a body, mind, soul, everything, good to purge and organize your home. I will spare you pics from every day but will make sure to check in from time to time to keep myself accountable to this task.

Award

Thank you Amanda from Tales from a Mother for this blog award! I don't believe I have ever received a blog award!

So Here is How It Works:
1. Thank the person who gave you the award by linking back to them in your post.
2. Tell us 7 things about yourself.
3. Award 15 or 16 recently discovered bloggers
4. Contact those bloggers and let them in on the exciting news!

7 Things

1. I want to be a motivational speaker and have an amazing platform with FHTM to do just that. I want to specifically work with teenage girls and talk to them about their worth in Jesus Christ.
2. I am a mompreneur- A term linking being a mom and entrepreneur. LOVE IT!
3. I love to read
4. I would lay on the beach in the sun every single day if I could
5. My husband and I want to adopt children
6. I love to pray and have a huge calling on my life to pray for others.
7. I love my family!

I'm going to break rule number 3 and introduce you to 7 (not 15) blogs

• Heather
• Lauren
• Ashley
• Dani
• Jill
• Crystal
• Marisa

Now its your turn to pass on the award! What a fun way to get to know other bloggers :) ENJOY!

Let's Get Organized

I have been looking online for a 30 day list to get my home in order by doing a little bit of organization every day. The idea is that by the end of 30 days my home would be in much better shape than the previous 30 days and our family would be well on our way to clutter free(ish).

**I realized this morning that Kennedy Kate has 23 stuffed animals already. TWENTY-THREE. Is she too young to give some of those away ?? YIKES! (5 of these are cute little Easter bunnies)

Since my online search for "30 days to clutter free" did not turn up any schedule I could live with I have compiled my own:

DAY:

1. Linen closet(s):
2. Under sinks: bathroom(s), kitchen, etc.
3. Under beds: (this may not be an issue for your home but under the bed becomes a catch all for books, at our house..yuck) If you do not have a need to work on under the bed consider vacuuming under it :)
4. Night Stands: clean em out, wipe em down, etc
5. Master closet: see Project 333 for how I am reorganizing my wardrobe. It's been fun so far!
6. Hall closet and/or storage closet
7. Pantry
8. Lower Kitchen cabinets
9. Upper kitchen cabinets
10. Entertainment center: If you do not have one just wipe down what your television sits on
11. Laundry room:
12. Desk, or filing cabinet: (whatever) but get those papers organized
13. Office:
14. Master bedroom: remove all clutter
15. Bathroom drawers:
16. Kid Closet #1 (if you do not have kids consider cleaning out guest room closets or going through your master closet again)
17. Guest room closet or Kid's Closet #2
18. Book Shelves
19. Media Shelves
20. Kitchen drawers: remove everything and wipe them down
21. Catch-all console: you know: that one place where you enter your house and everything gets thrown
22. Living room
23. China Cabinet
24. Boxes: for those of us who have moved in the last 1,2,3, years and STILL have those few unpacked boxes. GET. THAT. DONE.
25. Kid's Dressers
26. Master Dresser
27. Garage (get your family involved)
28. Garage continued (this could be a big step)
29. Refrigerator
30. Loft/playroom/extra bedroom

As an example for day 1: Linen Closet: I would: refold, replace old towels (if needed), reorganize, put any towels that are no longer functional (have holes or other issues) in pile to use for house cleaning, car drying, or to sale in garage sale. *Do what works for you!

**You can visit my friend Jill's THIRTY-ONE store to get ideas and purchase things for organization of your home**

I hope you find this functional. My advice is to not get hung up on the fact that you need to complete this list in 30 days time but use it as a guide. If it takes you 60 days to complete these tasks you will be much better off then living the next year in clutter. Happy deCluttering!

A Game Of Hope

At church this morning we were shown the above video and challenged to bless this summer. Pastor Ryan told us a story about a recent prayer meeting with major church leaders (men) in the Austin area. He said that one of the men spoke up and said that in all his years of ministry he hadn't had a mentor. He hadn't had anyone to come along side him and encourage him; it had always just been a competition. This message of considering others more than myself was heart wrenching and I feel changed today. **My favorite part about coaching high school track in the spring of 2008 was that I got to teach something I was passionate about and then cheer the kids on as they sprinted towards their finish lines.

As you know from a previous post It has been on my heart to cheer each of you on. To pray for you in your need but much more than that come along side you and cheer you on.

What are we waiting for?

If we are the body?

Numbers 6:24-26

²⁴The LORD bless you and keep you; ²⁵the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; ²⁶the LORD lift up his countenance^[a] upon you and give you peace.

Ephesians 5:1-2

¹ Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. ²And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, afragrant offering and sacrifice to God.