...High Five for Friday...

Ummmm... this week flew by!

Reading a bunch of other High Five for Friday posts from Lauren's blog, I see that many agree with me!

Have you looked at all the people linked in, sharing their Friday High 5s?  SO FUN!

So here we go...  the top 5 things I'm thankful for this week!!

1.  Morning Snuggles!  Who wouldn't look forward to this??

...cozy cozy...

2.  Sunny weather to take out our canoe!  Here we are on the lake.  Lovely lovely!!

Cottage Grove Lake - beeeeeautiful!

3.  You never know how thankful you are for something until its gone...  That's how I feel about my garbage disposal.  My poor hubby worked on it 3 hours last night, flooded the kitchen, cut his finger, and decided we probably need a new one.  I will never take you fore granted again, disposal!!!

...I miss this...



4.  My tabata class.  And my instructor, Jon.  We were chuckling at his quotes that keep us going: 

"Its only 4 minutes!"  "You didn't come here to lolly gag along!"  "Ride those squats!"

Here's a video - check it if you haven't experienced tabata yet: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HId0NySRIGg&feature=player_embedded

http://www.fmwtraining.com/

5.  I ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING OFF OF PINTEREST!  For Mother's Day we made all the awesome moms, grandmas, aunts, and friends photo cards using signs!  Pretty fun, though I took over 70 pictures to get 7 finals!!  Thank God for Digital Cameras!!



What a week!!  Ready for a long SUNNY weekend!!

Enjoy yours!!



...high 5 for Friday...

HIGH FIVE FOR FRIDAY!!!

Its Good Friday, and Easter is coming.  That in itself makes it a great Friday!

Here too, is my week in review....

1.  We redid our fish tank!  We have had it for about 6 years now, but every once in a while we give it a make-over and add some new fish (to replace the ones no longer with us!)  For the next few days the boys have their chairs pulled up to the tank and they watch the action for hours!  Pretty exciting!

...better than TV...


2.  Our pellet stove!  When we bought our house, it had a pellet stove but we've never used it.  Finally a few months ago my husband figured it all out and got it going.  It is WONDERFUL.  This coming from a girl who does not like to be cold.  Ahhhh this week its been a steady 70 degrees in our house!  I'm loving it!

...heat...

3.  Daffodils!!  Sure sign that Spring is here.  In Oregon, you never know what Spring will bring - often just a lotta rain!  But its still a signal that winter is wrapping up and yes, our 3 months of sunny weather are on the way!  Love too how my boys spot daffodils along our drive, getting as excited to see them as Christmas lights!

...daffodils...

4.  YUMM Sauce.  If you live in Oregon, you know about Yumm Sauce.  From a place called Cafe Yumm.  This is the yummiest stuff ever invented.  Good on a Yumm bowl (quinoa, beans, veggies all mixed together) as well a thousands of other things.  YUMMY!

...YUMM sauce...

5.  TABATA.  Have you heard of it yet?  The 4 minute workout that is the best/hardest/craziest thing you'll ever do!  Its high intensity intervals (full squats), 20 seconds on with a 10 second rest, for 4 minutes.  I am serious.  The first time you do it, you use muscles you never know you had.  You get so sore.  No joke.  For 3 days you can't really move anything.  But boy what a good workout!  At our gym, The Box, we take a 2 week break every quarter, with no classes.  The break is almost over - we start again on Monday.  YIKES!  I have mixed feelings.  It will be good to be back at it, but I only did tabata once on my own so its gonna kick my behind! 
(for more info see www.fmwtraining.com)

...tabata...



"High 5 For Friday" is linked in from Lauren over at "From My Grey Desk" - Check her blog out!!

...I like to move it, move it...

This is what I need in the mornings!!!  A coffee IV!!  Brilliant!!

Coffee is motivation!  We do a workout class called TABATA three mornings a week, and when its over we always stop at Starbucks on the way home.  Seriously, often its only the thought of that coffee stop that gets me through the workout!!

I have a couple other motivators... I am done have kiddos, I am learning more about natural health and how to cook/eat that way, and I want to be healthy and moving my whole life - not limited by being out of shape or unable to do things.

So for working out, I would say the top 2 things that get me "moving it" are:

1.  Work out with somebody!  If someone is waiting for me, I will go.  Even if I didn't get any sleep, I will drag myself there and do a workout.  If I am on my own, I will procrastinate and delay and often skip!

2.  Have a goal! Weddings at the end of the summer are a partial goal. Not that I am too worried about looking perfect or anything - they are my dear dear friends and love me for me.  But it is nice to fit in a dress and not have too many lumps and bumps to worry about!!

I should add #3, which is a new motivator I have found, that I mentioned in an earlier blog.  Its myfitnesspal.com!  You track your calories and exercise and the the more you work out, the more calories you get to eat!!

I am typing this as I am sitting here thinking about how I should be asleep! Meeting my friend bright and early, and I won't stand her up!  But I will feel so much better tomorrow afternoon if I get some shut eye!

Good night!!