Busy Busy Busy!!!!

Wow, has it been a busy week!!  I knew this week would be busy but I figured I'd still have some free time, and I'm finding that isn't true. 

My husband and I are in the process of opening a new restaurant.  It's a small sandwich shop, and we have been planning on doing a soft open (basically, opening the doors without actually telling anyone we were open) this weekend, Friday-Monday, and then taking Tuesday off and opening for real on Wednesday. Wednesday was the advertised opening date, so we figured the weekend would give us some practice before we (hopefully) get really busy Wednesday. 

Monday was the first day that we got all of the new employees together.  There is only 5, so we decided to do a team building day, and we took them out to one of our favorite sandwich shops, and then to Dave and Busters for some games.  It was a lot of fun and I feel like it really set a great dynamic for the team. 

Tuesday was spent trying to get the outside of the building cleaned up. The old tenant didn't do a great job at keeping up with the landscaping, so there were a lot of weeds to pull, and the whole place just needed a clean up.  Wednesday, I spent the day shopping.  We needed to get last minute stuff. A vacuum, some more wall décor, fruit bowl, baskets, pens, etc. Cody was at the restaurant, training the employees and prepping stuff like sauces, soups, portioning meats, etc.

Yesterday was more training, and around 6pm, we decided we were ready, and we opened the doors.  In about an hour, we did about 15 orders.  It was great practice for the cooks, and we got nothing but great feedback from everyone. It was great!

Yesterday was also our 4 year wedding anniversary!!  So, tonight, my parents are taking E for the night, and Cody and I are going to go out to dinner and a movie to celebrate.  And then, the weekend will be filled with more working! 

I am enjoying this whole process, but I feel like I really need to figure out a way to help out at the restaurant when needed, and be able to get my work outs in, all while making sure I am spending plenty of time with E.  I feel like I haven't seen her much, I miss her like crazy!!!

Starting Over

If you read my last post, you know that I have been debating on whether or not to put our baby plans on hold, in order to run a half marathon in May.  Cody and I sat down and had a serious heart to heart about it, and we decided that I will be putting my race plans on hold.  The race will always be there, but putting off baby plans can change the number of kids we have, and we both feel like now is the time to have another baby.  And if we were to wait, the option of having a third baby would be less likely, because we will both be older and we don't really want to have kids after we're 35.  

I am planning to start training now, and train as far into the pregnancy as I can, so that once the baby is born, it isn't so hard to get back on track and hopefully be able to do a race soon after!!  

So, yesterday I decided to start the Couch to 5K program again.  The first day is a 5 minute brisk warm up walk, then 1 minute running and 1.5 walking.  This was the first run that I'd be doing while pushing Ellie in the jogging stroller, so I was a bit nervous at how much harder it would be.  Surprisingly, it was quite easy! I bought the jogging stroller used, and wasn't quite sure how it would be to push while running.  I ran in the afternoon, and it was quite warm, but nothing too terrible. I was dripping sweat when I was done, though!  

I did a 17:17 minute mile, which isn't too bad, but not quite as fast as I need it to be.  But considering I walked much more than I ran, it makes sense. For a disney race, you need to train for a 15 minute mile, so that you can make budget in some time to stop for pictures and such.  

I am taking today off, since I am  having a Norwex party at my house tonight and my house was in major need of cleaning.  I plan on getting in Week 1 Day 2 tomorrow!  

To Race or Not to Race?

Back when I started this blog (2011?  I think), the whole thing was based on my journey into running, and my goal was to do the Disney Princess Half Marathon.  I was SO excited about it, and had started training.  I did 2 5k's and I was really loving running (even if I was doing more run/walk intervals than actual running).  Then, I ended up getting pregnant, and stopped running all together, because I was afraid that the stress on my body would put too much stress on the baby and I was worried about hurting the baby.

I ended up not getting back into running after the baby was born, like I had planned. And suddenly, here it is, 2 years later, and I still haven't gotten back into running.  I am trying to be more active, and lose some weight, but running just hasn't been on my radar.

My BFF just finished the Disneyland Half Marathon this weekend, and I am finding myself so incredibly jealous about it.  I look back at how determined I was to do the Princess Half Marathon before I got pregnant, and I am kind of sad that I never finished what I had started.

So, we started discussing the Tinkerbell Half Marathon and how we'd love to do it together in May of 2016.

The only problem is, we have been planning on starting to try and get pregnant with our second baby after our trip to Walt Disney World in October.

I know that it's absolutely possible to do a Half Marathon while pregnant, but it's not something that I want to do.  Especially because I am already not in shape or ready to do a half marathon.  So, now I am stuck with the decision - Do I put our baby plans on hold for another 6-8 months and train to do a half marathon?  Or do I put my half marathon plans on hold until we have another baby?

Why does life give us such hard decisions?!

Birthday Craziness

My baby turned 2 on Sunday!  :)

This last week has been crazy for us.  My daughter turned 2 on Sunday, so we had a big party at our house for her.  We had about 30 people over to our house.  This is only the 2nd time I've hosted a party, and the first time I hosted a party at the new house. So I went a little crazy trying to make sure the house was clean and things were packed away, making sure we had enough food and decorations and presents.  I had family come from out of town.  And, to top it all off, both E and I were sick all week.  So, it was tough getting everything ready, but we did it!  Her birthday was great, she had so much fun.  She was so surrounded by love, I hope she felt just how special she is!!

Because of the craziness of getting ready for her birthday, my eating and work out schedule have been all screwed up.  I made it to the gym once last week.  We had a taco bar at her birthday party, and I ended up with a TON of food left over, so I've been eating more tacos than I ever thought possible.  I am so ready to get back on track.

My goal a while back was to be down one pants size by the time we went to Disney in October.  Looking at that goal now, I'm pretty sure it's not going to be possible.  But I'd still like to be down a few pounds by the time we go.  We are going towards the end of October, so I've got about a month and a half to do what I can.

So, my September Goals are:

*Do not drink any pop for the whole month (only water and coffee)
*Eat Breakfast every morning
*Go to the gym at least twice a week, and do a home work out twice a week
*Meal Plan!!!

Here is hoping to a very successful September!!!