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Not Me! Monday~ Stellan Style

I totally did not contribute about 8,000 of the hits on MckMamas blog per DAY. Not Me!!



I did not check MckMamas blog and twitter once per hour while working the night shift, just to make sure that I didn't miss anything, or to make sure there wasn't something else to be praying for. Nope Not Me!



I did not sit and talk to one of my co-workers(who also reads mckmamas blog) about Stellan as if he was part of our close circle of friends and family or something. That would make me some kind of stalker for sure, Not Me!



I did not tell random people about this little boy "I knew" who needed prayers and encouraged them to pray for him and his family. They did not ask how "I knew" this boys family and my answer was not, "oh they are blogging friends". That got a few interesting looks!!! As if I am actually mckmamas friend...I WISH!!!



I have not been thinking about Stellan all of the time!! I have not been trying to come up with something really awesome to send Mckmama and Stellan in the hospital, something useful and thoughtful, and original............I still can't think of anything!!!



I have not been researching ALL of the medications and medical conditions associated with Stellans hospital stay hoping to understand more about what Mckmama is dealing with. Well, OK actually I did do these things...........I am a nurse after all. I LOVE learning about anything medical!!!!



And I especially did not pray for Stellan, nope no praying here:)



Not Me!!!!!!!!

I Did It!

I did it!! I finally ran a solid 2 miles...almost!! Just under 2 miles actually, and I thought I was dead when it was over. I came up stairs and the first thing Jaden said was "Mom what happened to you? Your forehead is all wet and shiney!!"

Yes I looked rough. But I did it and I never stopped once and I never decreased my pace. Yahooooo!

3 Miles HERE I COME!!!!!!!!!!!

Feeble Attempts at Running

I need to give a little update on my running....mainly for my records, as most of you probably aren't that interested in my feeble attempts at running:)

I have one day left of week 5 and then I'll be moving on to week 6. I am still running 3 days a week, and averaging a little over 2 miles each time. So a grand total of about 6.5 miles per week Which means I have run about 24 miles in the past month or so, that ROCKS!!! I have only been running about a 11 minute mile, but at this point I will take anything.

I am still alternating running and walking, so I have yet to actually run those whole 2 miles. At times I feel like I should be pushing myself a little more, but I am sticking to this 9 week program and don't want to rush myself. I have actually been enjoying running and my legs have not been hurting too much. In the past when I have attempted running my legs always hurt after the second or third time running and then I give up...but not this time!

I am enjoying the pace of the this program for the most part and I am really looking forward to being able to run my 5K the beginning of May with my friend Sara.

I did get a new pair of running and shoes and they are GREAT.

The only thing I would like to see change is........my weight!!! I was hoping that running would help me lose weight in addition to strengthening my cardio system. Oh well, some day soon...I hope!

Praying for Stellan

Please visit MckMama and read about their prayer needs for Stellan. It has been a crazy 24 hours for them.

If you believe in the Mighty Healing Power of our Lord and Savior...

Flood the gaits with prayers.......

Random Stuff

OK seriously. I need to keep up with this blog WAY more than I do. I would like to say that I have been SOOOO busy the last few weeks running in ALL my spare time that I have not had a chance to post anything, but that would be a lie. Although I have still been running, but only 3 days a week. At this point, that is about all my legs can take!

I have been averaging about 2 miles 3 times a week for a total of 6 miles a week:) Yay, that is way more than I have done in like EVER!!

I must say that I have started to enjoy it a little more but it is still hard sometimes to get myself motivated to get on the treadmill. And I have also been very frustrated because I am not loosing any weight!! ugg....

I went swim suit shopping last night and it basically sucked! It's like a bad dream but worse, cuz it is TOTAL reality. I hate swim suit shopping no matter what, but I was hopeful that I would feel better about myself since I have been diligent with working out....NOT the case at all.

Oh well, I figure I should be able to find a cute printed moo-moo to wear swimming.

We are leaving in a month for a nice 10 day vacation with the kiddos. This will be our first ever family trip. And it will be a road trip, 27 hours one way. Yahoo! It will be interesting driving down to Arizona with all the kids, but I love road trips and I think we are gonna have a ton of fun. The kids are really looking forward to it too.

I realize that I have not posted any pics of the kids for a long time, and honestly I have not taken any pics of the kids for a while, so I am working on putting some up here. I also am working on a video of Eli talking. He is just a chatter box!! It is SO cute when he talks and it just makes me smile every time he says something. God totally answers prayers!! Eli is going to be an amazing speaker of Gods word some day, I just KNOW it:)

Running Totals

Here are my totals for this week. The numbers sound pathetic, but I gotta start somewhere!

Tues. 1.75 miles of alternating between running and walking
Thurs. 1.75 miles of alternating between running and walking
Sat. 2 miles of alternating between running and walking

For a total of 5.5 miles :)

I finished up with week 2 of my 9 week couch potato to 5K runner program. YAHOO!!!!!!

Week 3.....here I come!