Intelligent or Asinine Request?

So, Im getting ready for the work week ahead. Its a Sunday night, kids are having baths, hair washed, getting the back packs all organized.


Emma approaches me with an offer.


"Mommy, before you say 'no'......" ok, this has to be bad already... "before you say 'no', what do you think of this idea. You know how I have trouble getting up in the mornings for school? Well if I wake up STRAIGHT AWAY...jump right out of bed...will you pay me 50 cents a day?"

Huh. I mulled this over. DO I take her up on this and life gets very very easy in the mornings?
I ponder on how my daughter may be a potential millionaire in the future, as she pulls in all the suckers who fall for her hairy brainstorms....

"There is no way you are getting a red cent off this lady, little girl! Now get to bed so you CAN wake up like a normal person....on time, and HAPPY to boot!!"

Sarah Morrison and Half-Marathon in the same sentence?

Half Marathon.
Life Changing Moment?
I think so.
Its moments like these that make me realize that there is no end in sight to my bucket list.

The journey to get there was good. It was also bad. Painful knees. A physiotherapist who tells me I won't be able to do it. A dear friend cancels as my running partner two weeks before the event. Can it get any more miserable? Actually it can only get better. Good friends encourage me to do it alone...."you can do it!" they say! Can I? Maybe. Maybe not. I fear failure.

October 15th - the day before the Half Marathon. I attend the Race Expo at the Direct Energy Centre - intentions are to A) Pick up my race kit B) Listen to John Stanton speak C) Hopefully get John Stanton to sign my copy of his book.
I walked away with so much more from one small, inspiring, personal discussion with the founder of the Running Room. His positive words, and the vibes at the venue made me realize that the ultimate goal of a marathon ONE DAY is truly achievable.

October 16th - I can't even begin to describe how different this race was to ANY other race I have been in. I am thankful I got there early enough to absorb EVERYTHING around me....other runners, the caliber of the elites, the music, the atmosphere, the energy...there were points in my morning that I literally lost my breath. One moment in particular got me so emotional that I literally thought I would pass out during the run because I lost the rhythm of my breathing. I had to compose myself and continue on. I could go on forever about so many many moments within the run where I was high as a kite with elation. Even when my right knee gave me grief at about 13km, I was able to push past it and enjoy the morning. Running along the Lakeshore made me appreciate Toronto...how lucky we are to have what we do, so close to home. The last corner...north on Bay....again, I had to compose my breathing. The scene just took my breath away....the crowds, the noise, the FINISH LINE, the buildings, the music, the screaming...it was OVERWHELMING.

Pass the finish line. A medal is placed around my neck by a smiling volunteer with wonderful words of praise for a job well done. I feel like I won the WHOLE race! I did.

Onwards and upwards....Scotiabank Waterfront is my venue for my first marathon. Home soil. Toronto. I wonder when I will come down from this high?? (2 days later and counting.....)

June 11 2011

11 6 11. Will this hold any significance in my life? I will tune back into this posting down the road and see if I look at it and smile. What a life changing moment tonight.

WW musings

So Im still hanging in there with WW. The running certainly help. I guess I could call myself a Part-time-WW. 4 day on an 3 days off. Or thereabouts. The weight seems to have levelled off at the 150 mark. I sneak in the back door the 140's every so often... only to be hurled out on my ear when I simply eyeball a cheese bagel. One day I will stay there.

New programme ...I am LIKING it!!! More points for food and more points for activity! MORE points for wine too. Booo. I cant say I have been drinking much anyways! Summer is here though - that may change. :)

So much time has passed....

I cant believe I have let 5 months pass since my last posting. So much has happened! A great summer has passed...the kids have done the trip-of-a-lifetime to Disney, camped our faces off, lost another 10lbs, dumped a man, gained a man, acquired some new lodgers (3 to be precise!), now running 10km and still ticking along, just waiting for Christmas!

Ok that was in a nutshell. To break it down would take me months - Hey! Maybe thats why I should have posted a bit more regularly!

The running and weight loss go hand in hand, obviously. I have increased my distance, which is giving me a greater energy level. Its like a domino effect...run further, eat better, sleep better, think better....Its all positive.

The running is also helpful for the stress levels right now, which brings me to the comment about "acquiring 3 new lodgers". Through a series of events, I now have my Mum, Dad and my brothers dog living in my tiny abode, alongside myself, the two kids and my beloved quadruped.

How did this occur?
The following chain of events...
Mum and Dad put house up for sale.
Brother gets job in Newfoundland and moves out of folks home.
Brother leaves his old dog behind for Mum and Dad to care for.
Mum and Dad sell house.
Mum and Dad start to pack up house to downsize to apartment.
Mum falls down stairs , severs tendons in knee, and 8 weeks later, can still not climb so much as a single stair.
Mum and Dad dont find apartment, house closes , so they come to my house.
Mum still cant climb stairs so I now have a bedroom in my living room

A giggle at the movies today....

Took the little ones to the movies today....DD during the movie "Marmaduke" *shouts up from the very front seat, to the very back seat, where I am*.....

"HEY MOMMY!! YOU HAVE TO COME SIT UP HERE!!! WHEN YOU LOOK UP AT THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE UP EVERYBODYS NOSE!! EVEN THE DOGS!!"

aaahhh bless em....

A great one-liner...

Listening to the kids one day.....
DS leans forward and has a sniff of DD.

"eeeeeeww you smell like Home Depot"


LOL LOL How can you tell they are children of a carpenter?