Birthday Festivities!

So, this is Alyssa's big birthday post that was supposed to be done, like..... back in February! But better late then never, as I like to say, ha! I also realize I've been gone from this here blog, for well over a month. I just haven't had the energy to write lately with so many things going on in my life. And not really things I can talk about, or want to talk about. I think you all know how that works though...Once you've been gone for so long, you feel like "where do I even begin, to catch everyone up!" So you push it off even more. Blech. It's a vicious cycle! But there's a good chance, I might have some exciting news here in a few weeks, so I plan on writing a big post then. Stay tuned!  

Back to the birthday girl though... Originally I had planned to do a themed birthday, starring Mickey Mouse. But after dipping my toes into the world of Pinterest, I quickly realized, this celebration was becoming more about keeping up with the Jone's and not so much about the birthday girl! That just would not do...As much as I wanted matching decorations and fabulous party pictures to document this day, I just couldn't do it. I wanted to ENJOY my daughters birthday. And I knew she'd enjoy it A LOT more too, if I were focused on her, instead of being frazzled and busy, entertaining and playing hostess. So, SugarCube.... You were the star of the day; exactly how birthdays are meant to be! We had a wonderful time! Take a look :)

Birthday morning smiles!

Truth be told, you really had two birthdays SugarCube. We celebrated your actual birthday on 02.12.2013 with a low key pancake and turkey bacon breakfast; your first taste of buttery, sugary, pancake goodness! It was a major hit and the added candle made me feel better about postponing your cake until the following Saturday. 

Mmmmm....Bacon!

You also woke to a birthday banner, balloons and brightly wrapped presents! You LOVED your banner and balloons. The presents were also a hit. Especially the piano Grammy and Grampy bought you.  

This wagon was from your Aunt Suzi and it has proved to be so entertaining and fun for the both of us! You LOVE going for nightly spins around the block, almost as much as mommy enjoys taking you :) 

That Saturday, we took you to the zoo and aquarium, for the first time, and wow! Did that ever turn out to be a fabulous time which we all enjoyed! It made me happy for your big day, that everything was so new and exciting for you. You couldn't get enough squeals out, no matter how hard you tried :)  We made sure to take along Daddy too :) In short. The zoo was better then anything you'd tried in your short 12 months of life. Well... until later that night when you discovered cake, ha! 

Here are some of my favorite pictures of you and I enjoying the gorgeous day! Gotta love open mouth, mushy kisses! I had so much fun celebrating with you SugarCube. You are such a cool kid to hang out with ♥

Here we are at the petting zoo, which you totally ROCKED! I mean you ROCKED IT! You loved all the little goats and deer and lamas and never acted scared or even stopped to cry when one bumped you down. I had a hard time keeping up with you!!

However, the aquarium was a whole other world of fascination for you. You pretty much talked and cooed at the fish the whole time while trying to pet them through the glass :) 

Back at the house and after a LONG nap, we had friends and family over for dinner and cake. It was so much fun and you enjoyed being the center of attention, very much. That also was the night you ate chicken tenders and tater tots for the first time, and OH MAN! It was a major win :)

AND TA DA!
Now comes the face cake! I spent a total of 6 hours, the night before, making this cake from scratch and hand decorating it. I was so nervous baby girl! I wanted it to be perfect for you and to also have Mickey on it, seeing as that's your guy. Gosh, I had bowls of colored icing EVERYWHERE! It got a little overwhelming but was so worth it! It turned out great and you thought it tasted even better! I have to say, I have complete respect for cake decorators though, because man does that take a steady hand and mega patience!

So that was your 1st Birthday celebration!
I thought it turned out so well and I got exactly what I wanted. Quality time, spent with you!! I didn't pass the day worrying about hosting the perfect party, entertaining guests, playing referee to their kids, or refilling snacks. I just enjoyed my adorable baby, spending a lot of time reflecting on the months past and looking forward to the exciting months ahead :)


Happy 1 year SugarCube!
~Mommy and Daddy love you to moon and back~

  

I'm Back!

Good News!!!

Sarge & Sunshine is back online, blogging from a new MacBook Pro! If you remember, I sent my, not even 2 month old, MacBook in for repair after spilling coffee all over the key board. That was 3 weeks ago... I still cringe, yet I say this with a very warm and WET cup'o hot chocolate next to me, ha! Just wanted to hop on and let everyone know, I'm a live and well and will return with SugarCube's birthday bash recap!!! It was a total blast and such a great first birthday. I can't wait to share it with everyone!

12 Months Old!

HAPPY 12 MONTHS SUGARCUBE!!

Although this is a few days late, and you weren't born on Valentines Day, you DID happen to come home on Valentines Day all those 12 months ago. So how cool is that! You will always be our sweet Valentine. But you LITERALLY where!

 February 12th was your big day and while we did celebrate it, there's more birthday excitement this Saturday. So mommy's waiting to post about all the GLORIOUS birthday bash craziness then ;)

 As for how I'm handling this huge mile stone? Well... You could say I'm at a complete loss for words. I can still see you, so vividly, as that tiny little newborn only hours old; all soft cries and slow motions. So who is this walking, talking, smiley baby face I look upon every morning? Have daddy and I really been at this parenting thing for 12 whole months? Well, I guess so, because here's the proof in pictures, tear!  

 

AND THE BIG TWELVE!!!



Alyssa, I know your my child, and with that comes a huge amount of pride and favoritism, but SugarCube, I think ANY little girl would want to have you as their very own baby doll! That's what you remind me of. The sweetest, most precious, petite and perfect baby doll! How did daddy and I get so lucky with such a beautiful angel...

 

 

I just love this picture of you ♥  Even though you now only hold one of my hands to walk, and not even a whole hand at that, this picture will always remind me that now matter how big you get, how much you protest and no matter how you act, you will always need your mommy... Now to keep telling myself this when your thirteen, full of yourself, and fighting against mommy and daddy so hard for freedom, independence and taking on the world. If your anything like me, that's exactly the age this will happen too ;)   

 



 





You're doing so much more now, compared to your eleven month update. You've been perfecting your walking, which is still slow and calculated but you fall less and less this way. You definitely prefer walking over crawling and, in fact, I hardly ever see you crawl anymore. You're either walking on your own, walking holding my finger or bouncing on your knees across the floor, which you've used as a form of walking for sometime. You talk quite a bit more too, and although these new words aren't perfect, you've added bye-bye, dog, yum, hi and done to your already perfect words of mama and dada! You also communicate "no" by shaking your head back and forth, usually whenever you're done eating or you don't like what I'm feeding you. Additionally, you use the sound "pssh" for your cat Peanut because mommy's always saying "Pssh Peanut" to scare him away from whatever annoying bad thing he's doing at the moment. You also make this high pitched squealing sound anytime you hear Peanut meow, which is the cutest! Basically, you're full throttle with learning to talk and communicate. You try and repeat most words and sounds you hear, although you're obviously still working on the pronunciation. Don't worry though and don't rush it baby girl. You have time :)

 

You love to sing and point to things that catch your eye; play games like peek'a'boo, hide'n'go'seek and lately your playing the tease mommy by sharing your snacks, then pulling them away just before I can eat them, game. Haha! I laugh every time while tickling you, saying "you little stinker. You better give me that snack!" You grin and giggle, knowing full well what your doing. I love it and you obviously think it's great fun too :) You love pictures of R and I, and recognize mostly dada in the photos while saying his name. Your not sure what to think about the home videos we make for daddy though, because each time your watching one, you get this almost upset look. Like, who's that baby playing with mommy?! Or who's that baby holding my daddy bear! That one really upset you, to the point where I had to go get your bear from the crib. All was well after that :) You L.O.V.E your grampa and grammy but grampa holds an extra special place in your baby heart. That's very clear. You seek him out often, always laughing so excitedly once you find him and when mommy goes to take you form his hold, you'll turn away from me and push yourself into his shoulder. I tease you about it but I love that you love your grampa so much :)      

 

You continue to love books and even imitate mommy reading them, talking in a sing song voice and turning the book every which way while flipping pages. I love watching you do this! It seems your favorite book is a series called Little Blue Truck which is really neat because Daddy's favorite book as a kid was Little Red Car! Like father like daughter :) You've completely made the switch to table food for breakfast, lunch and dinner with a bottle first thing in the morning and before bed. Your favorite finger foods, so far, are grilled cheese, chicken nuggets, tater tots, peas, mandarin oranges, peaches, lunch meat, deli cheese, bacon, eggs and pancakes. Pretty much anything I've tried you on, you've liked, so long as it has some flavor and is easy to smash between those little gums. You still only have 4 teeth, two at the top and two at the bottom, although it seems you're trying to cut another one, somewhere in there. Maybe that molar daddy and I saw pop through all those months ago, before it went back down?

I still don't have your growth updates for this month, so I'll have to come back and update on that later. You're sleeping pretty well still. Two naps a day with the first one being 2 hours and the second 1.5 hours. Although, ever since we moved to Arizona and you and I started sharing a room, you've been waking through the night for a bottle. I'm sure you do this because I'm in there, and I should probably break you of it, but I look at it as an extra opportunity to get calories and fats into you. Maybe you'll finally be above the teen's in your weight this month :) You wear size 5 diapers, 12 month pants, 18 month tops and size 3 shoes, however you could probably move up to size 4, no problem.

You're in love with the outside world; anything from your back yard to the grocery store to a restaurant. Your little eyes are always bouncing, taking it all in, wanting to touch anything and everything you can get your small, squishy hands on. I love watching you explore. However, your exploitative nature isn't without it's insecurities. This month you've developed a moderate case of separation anxiety which reared it's head right after you got your first case of the sickies, last month. I spent an entire week, nursing you back to health, holding you while you slept, rocking you because all you wanted was cuddles, answering your every cry with a tender touch and warm hug, never being out of your sight. So I guess you decided, that's how it needed to be from now on, lol. It's gotten worse too though, because you've also forgotten how to play by yourself and your always hanging off my pant leg, crying/whining until I pick you up. Much to my enjoyment, you've learned the art of biting too, but I've gotten some advise from my super-mom sister so I think I have a way of breaking you from this :)
 





 



But enough about challenging behaviour! You have way more sweet behaviours than you do challenging ones, so I don't even like to list those :) But for the sake of documenting your growth and baby stages, heehee :) So onto your sweety pie traits! You love to give slobbery open mouth kisses and you even give them when I say "kiss, kiss" and pucker my lips. I love it! Sometimes you'll start to lean in for a kiss, but then pull away at the last minute, all the while grinning because you know I'll make a big deal over that missed kiss :) You don't give consistent hugs yet but you do hug your favorite stuffed animals, Mickey and your daddy bear, pretty often. Learning to walk is a pretty tiring business too, so when you need a break, you'll lay belly down on the floor and give this very sweet smile, while kicking and thumping just one leg on the floor. SO PRECIOUS! You love to touch my eye lashes and teeth with your tiny fingers and to play the copy cat game. I'll clap my hands, or slap my belly, or blink my eyes and you do the same, most of the time. This makes playtime really fun and full of laughs :) You're just so fun, all the time! I can't wait for daddy to come home so he can enjoy you just as much as I am... 

 

You're such a blessing Alyssa Quinn. I say this almost every month but, Daddy and I both love you more then we knew a heart could love... Having you in our lives, has been nothing shy of extordinairy, exciting and fun! We couldn't have asked for a better baby or a bigger blessing meant for holding in our arms and hearts... As always, I look forward to the coming months with you, watching you grow and watching you build these new and complex skills!! I know you're no longer a baby-baby, becoming more this little girl in looks and personality every day, but I pray you keep this sweet and loving nature! It really works for you SugarCube :) Always remember daddy and I love you, love you, LOVE YOU!  You're our world!

Happy One Year Sweety!    

 

 Love,
Mom & Dad

 

Fitness Friday (Wks 4-5)

Holy crap, it's Friday again! I didn't get the chance to link up in last weeks Fitness Friday with Kelly and Lins so I'll be combining 2 weeks worth of accountability here. This makes 5 weeks, where I have linked up and stayed with a certain amount of fitness and healthy eating. Yay me! I definitely had success with doing something active each day in week 4, save Sunday. However, I could have done WAY better in week 5. I mean, I literally fell off the fitness map this whole week. Sure, I kept moving with long brisk walks pushing my daughter. And I managed to stay on track (mostly) with healthy food choices and the scale never went up... But I didn't visit the gym once, didn't go rock climbing once (my climbing partner was out of town) and I certainly didn't supplement with an at home workout! I blame this bad week on myself, firstly, but also on my daughters freak outs at the gym daycare and good'ol mother nature arriving right on time, as usual. UGH...

A lot of you who know me, know that I'm really enjoying my time at the gym. However, my 11 month old daughter (turning 1 years old next week!) is fighting major separation anxiety, so my workouts are becoming shorter and shorter when I do go. This week I felt defeated before I even got there, which is the reason I didn't visit the gym once... Getting us both ready, only to leave 15 minutes later didn't seem like an efficient use of my time and felt like, whats the point? I'll only sweat for 15 minutes, worry about her the entire time while looking over my shoulder for her teacher, then feel frustration when the teacher does show up, over wanting my time, but also wanting to be a good mom and questioning myself, once again, whether or not I'm doing the right thing by taking her...Sigh. I'm Love Love L.O.V.E.I.N.G the gym, sweat, sore muscles and focus I get by going but this makes me really sad for her. And it's taking away my joy of being active and healthy when it requires forcing her through fear of me leaving. I NEED TO AND WILL MOVE ON THOUGH! This is good for us. Right?? I'm thinking this week is a NEW week and a good time to try it again. Just pray this gets better!

Anyway. I didn't cook anything spectacular in weeks 4 or 5, so no pictures of yummy recipes to share. Sorry guys! But here is my fitness wins, over week 4 with week 5 missing because, it was a complete miss, ha!       

Saturday~ 3.1 mile Color Run. TOTAL blast and a fabulous run! Sunday~Rest is good too:) Monday ~30 minutes on the elliptical (easing SugarCube back into the gym daycare, which didn't go well) Tuesday~30 push ups, 60 sit ups, 90 squats, 120, lunges, 150 jumping jacks, 3 minutes of wall sits (at home. I couldn't handle SugarCube crying at the gym, 2 days in a row)Wednesday~30 minutes on the elliptical, 2.5 hours of rock climbing ( I always hesitate putting climbing down as a workout. Because it's more fun then anything! But it really is a smoker. An entire body workout where you wake up so sore the next day) Thursday~2.5 mile brisk walk pushing a stroller  Friday~ 3 mile run

 TGIF!!!!

I promise to spice things up next week and have a kick-ace 7 days of fitness to report!

This Doesn't (Mac) Me Happy

Via

I may not cry over spilled milk. But I'll lose my freaking mind over spilled coffee on my very new MacBook Pro!

Yes ladies and (possibly) gentleman... I, miss butter fingers Becca, spilled my morning cup of joe all over my new computer, in a panic to feed my hysterical daughter her breakfast, and I just about died from shock, horror and well....SHOCK!!! Seriously... I've only had this laptop since Christmas! FRICK. FRACK. FRICKIN FRACK! True story. The thought (very rapidly) floated through my blogger brain to take a picture of the crime scene, BWAH HAHA! Like I said. Very rapidly though, because my sane side figured tipping it up to allow most of the coffee to run off was a better plan.  

I'm just thankful my cautionary tendencies kicked in the day I bought it and I spent the extra green backs on a hella good warranty. Obviously I had the ability to see into the future to save myself from this COMPLETE disaster? 

So, tomorrow I say goodbye for 10-14 business days. It'll SUUUUUUCK being without my livelihood (sad. I know) but trying to blog with no comma, semicolon or smiley face functionality is brutal and just so frustrating!! Not to mention, my DVD drive has also crapped out, which I NEED! This is how I make home CDs of Sugarcube, for R while he's deployed... I can't be without it! 

I promise to try and blog from my mother in-laws desktop, while my Mac is in the shop. But I can't promise I'll succeed. Don't ask me why that is so hard, but it is! I guess I don't like being tied down to one location in the house. It seriously kills my writing creativity! I'm sure a lot of you understand (insert smiley face here, because I can't) P.S I'm also relying on spell check and cut and paste to insert these nice little commas too, haha!   

Ta-Ta for now my friend...I will miss you and will definitely do a ridiculous happy dance when you return. I'm so sorry I did this to you! *tear tear*

Sporty Short!

In all of my excitement over the Color Run yesterday, I forgot to introduce my newest Happy Hair! 

I loved my old Happy Hair, but I hated that it grew out so darn tootin fast! I had ONE WEEK with it, the way I liked, and then it went all whackadoo from there. So this time I went shorter, which gave me a more sporty, sassy look (LOVE) and where I hopefully wont have to cut it again for 4-6 weeks. This is day two hair and who'd have guessed! Now the trick is to make it look like this, fresh and clean, on day one! So far, I'm diggin it, the hubby however, is not... Maybe he will warm up because I'm thinking short hair days are here to stay, ha!  

Tell me. Have you ever rocked the short look? How'd you like it!?  

When Life Gives You Rain, Make a Rainbow!

OMG I'm pumped!!! We ran the color run today, and yes it was POURING rain, but we had the BEST time!!! Take a look!!

After the finish! I'm in the middle with my sister in-law on the left and our friend D on the right.

Fierce women of color!

Finished and rockin the head band! 

Color. Color. C.O.L.O.R!!!! Thanks Target for the fabulous socks!  

I nabbed these rockin sunglasses as they were being thrown into the crowd. YAY! That almost never happens!  

Finally back at the house, FREEZING but SO STOKED we didn't bail on account of the rain! 

Before we got colored crazy! Flexing our color run tats, heehee! 

Holy moly, I cannot say enough about the Color Run. Yes. It is a bit pricey. $45 for early registration and $55 for late, but WOW! What a great 5k with such colorful energy from all the participants! We got there a bit late because of traffic, the rain and trying to decide if the race would even happen. But turns out, a lot of others were running late on at that account too, so it all worked out!

I ran the entire race, only jogging in place a few times until I got the chance to pass the walkers, and felt fabulous all the way to the finish line! Everything was perfect about today but that was a great bonus! I'm not sure of my time, but I wasn't worried about it. I went to have fun and I did! A lot of it! What a fabulous day to add to the memory bank... The rain was actually a great addition to the day too. In actuality, the color sticks surprisingly well being wet and ends up MORE brilliant than before. SCORE! I want to share every color run, in the future, with the rain! It added a bigger element of flare and definitely made the memory so unique!

Heres a short clip of the after party, ha! SO MUCH FUN!

We had plans of going to breakfast afterwards but that wasn't too well thought out. I'm almost certain, no one would have allowed us seating looking like we did, ha! We ended up going back to the house where my mama in-law had yummy biscuits, turkey bacon, scrambled eggs and coffee waiting. PERFECT! We were frozen so coffee couldn't have sounded better... I grabbed a shower, anxious to see how well the color washed off, and although you definitely have to scrub, it comes out. I wasn't so sure about sporting an orange face and blue arm pits for more than a day, lol!

In short---CRAZY AWESOME FUN! If you ever get the chance to run one of these, or something similar to to it. DO IT! You wont be disappointed!

How was every ones Saturday? Full of color and cheer I hope!! 

Fitness Friday (WK 3)

Yay, it's Friday! And that means it's time for Fitness Friday which I really look forward to each week! Last week I was sick with the flu so everything bombed, from my workouts to eating, to sleeping and most importantly, staying hydrated. But I made up for it this week. This week rocked my socks! I literally wanted to stay in the gym, or be outside, running ALL day everyday this week. I had ants in my pants bad y'all! Fighting a bit of house arrest too after being locked inside for so long!

I ate really well this week, minus a small chocolate sundae on Tuesday, and stayed within 1500 calories or less. I cant say I did well with my water and sleep, however, which is probably why I'm feeling a bit drained at the end of the day. I've went up one pound this week, from the 5 lost while I was sick, but I know that's because I'm re-hydrating still. Regardless, I hit a major mile stone. I've reached 30 total pounds lost!!! That feels insanely good inside and looks even better on the outside. YAY ME!

Onto the weekly sweat jam...

Sunday~ 2.70 mile morning run with some fabulous chickadees (this was my first workout after being so sick. It felt good and terrible all at the same time, lol)  Monday~ 30 minutes on the TM doing hills, running and walking intervals. Then 30 minutes working arms, inner and outer thighs. Tuesday~ 1 hour brisk walk pushing a stroller. Wednesday~ 15 minutes doing hills on the treadmill, 30 push ups, 60 crunches, 90 squats, 120 lunges, 150 jumping jacks, 3 minutes of wall sits. SMOKER! Thursday~ 2 mile morning run (in the rain while pushing a stroller)  2.5 hours rock climbing that evening. I was smoked!  Friday~ Resting for my 5k color run on Sat! Pray we don't get rained out because that's what it's looking like.  

And now for what I'm REALLY excited about... My yummiest meal of the week! 

Sorry for the crappy picture. I was in a hurry to dive, face first, into this colorful aromatic bowl. Ha! I could have eaten my weight in this stuff y'all, it was that good! Seriously. If you have pangs of hunger for fresh, lite and perfectly flavored combinations. This is the dish for you! Also don't be fooled by the length of this recipe and instructions. It takes NO TIME to prepare, which is a double score in my busy day and I'm sure in yours too! 

Caribbean Taco Salad

Taco Shell 

4 (8 to10-inch) flour tortillas

3 tablespoons butter 

Salad

1 (20 oz.) package of Jennie-O lean ground turkey burger

1 (1.25 oz.) package taco seasoning mix

2 tablespoons water

2 mango's, chopped (about 2 cups)

3/4 cup chopped avocado

3 tablespoons finely chopped  green onion (or any onion. I used white)

3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro

1 tablespoon brown sugar

1 fresh lime cut and ready to squeeze

2 cups firmly packed fresh spinach 

1.) Heat oven to 425 degrees. Turn 4 medium size cereal bowls (or something similar) upside down onto baking sheet. Brush outside of bowls and one side of tortilla with butter (I used olive oil but only on the bowls) 

2.) Place tortillas, butter side up, over bowls. Press around sides to form a taco bowl shape. (it will not look perfect) Bake 4 to 6 minutes or until lightly browned. 

3.) In medium skillet, brown turkey until no longer pink. Add taco seasoning mix and water. Cook over low heat 3 to 5 minutes, until thoroughly heated.

4.) To make salsa, in medium bowl, stir together mango, onion, cilantro, brown sugar and lime juice ( squeeze until your happy with the taste.)  

5.) Place taco shells on serving plates. Divide spinach leaves evenly into shells. Top with cooked turkey, mango salsa and avocado...

And you're ready to eat! 

Hoping to make next week another success! Although I'm fighting some major guilt as my daughter struggles through being left at the child watch center at the gym. She was loving it so much, then the last two times I've gone, she's had melt downs. This last one, I had to actually leave after 15 minutes of working out. Poor baby. Pray we get this sorted because I'm so enjoying my time there, sweating and working hard. 

TGI--freaking--F!

If I Were A Boy!

I saw this on a few blogs I follow and just had to join in the fun, before time runs out! Both Erin and Gay are hosting this link up party which is super sassy and enjoyable to write. Minus my bright idea to use pepper for this fake scruffle. I figured honey was good for my skin, which I used for the adhesive, so pepper could be too! Yeah. Bad idea. It certainly opened the pores! cough. choke. sneeze. the burn, ha!   Go check it out and join the buzz but whatever you do. Do NOT use pepper for a prop!

 So onto the good stuff, because I KNOW you've all been wondering...

If I Were A Boy

If I where a boy, my smile would be charming, I'd walk with a swagger and be deliciously alarming. I'd ALWAYS mow shirtless and start a fist fight. Wailing on each other then become BFFs for life. I'd own cool sunglasses with a faded ball cap. The brim would be dirty because that's my lucky hat. I'd sit with knees open, all sprawled and gangly, and refuse to budge, even just slightly.

If I were a boy, I'd eat EVERYTHING then visit the gym, only to be seen. I'd shave my face daily with a cool as hell straight razor, do wiggles in the mirror, make fu manchu cream faces. I'd talk really loud, laugh even louder. I wouldn't hate chic flixs and give myself flowers.

If I where a boy, I'd be the cool uncle for sure. Let them climb on my back and ruff up their fur. I'd take the kiddos fishing. Teach them to fart. To burp, even, proper and to fix their own cars. I'd pick on a guitar and sing my own songs. I'd go skinny dipping and would never wear thongs! I'd own the most obnoxious redneck truck around, roll bar, spot lights, it'd be a muddy compound.

If I where a boy, I'd buy a nice cruiser, hit the open road and never look cutier. I'd stay gone for days and never call home. I'd eat from a can, and swear on the phone. I'd drink from a jug, just to be manly, leaving empty bottles and papers behind in a frenzy! I'd spend the day washing and waxing my ride, scratching my junk when the moment supplied. I'd never wash a dish, or take out the trash. I'd always, conveniently, forget my next bath.

If I where a boy, I'd live off cold pizza, drink Monsters for weeks. Life couldn't be sweeter! I'd win the ladies with my one handed push up, my irresistible peck pops, maybe even my whistle. If that all failed, which I'm thinking it just may.... Hell, I have so little shame, I'd bring in the ba-ba! I'd learn to cook, a hot dish well, then use that on dates so I'd seem awfully swell. I'd lift toilet seats and pee standing up. I'd bellow in the shower and use all the water up.

If I where a boy, I'd have need of good manners. Pulling them out with my elders because that kinda stuff matters. I'd open up doors, say "yes mam" with gusto. I'd never disrespect sir or be stupidly macho. I'd work so I could play and play so I could live. I'd spend my last dollar on a cup of cold fizz.

Yup. If I were a boy... Life would be the Shiz!

This post was a blast to write! I'll admit that it took some time though because I just couldn't be happy unless it rhymed, ha! I mean, we are copying the idea of a song. Right? I also quickly realized that you could write this in many different ways. You could either turn the boy into another girl, or embrace the accepted freedom that is a man, or do a little of both! In the end, I think I made it about both. But I thought, if Im going to be a boy for a day, I don't want to do the things I already do now as a girl! Heck naw! Im going to live it up, haha!

What about you? 

 What would you do if you were a boy for a day? 

Fitness Friday (WK 2)

I lost FIVE pounds this week! Yup. Yup. 

Although, sadly, only by means of hourly offerings to the porcelain god. That's right. This week was a big fat miss. SugarCube came down with the flu Friday night so things have not been pretty since. By Wednesday, I had nursed her through all of it; the vomiting, fevers and upset stomach, only to have her recycle it to me. AWESOME. I was a mess. Mere water sent me running to the toilet. Yuck. I've barely eaten the last 48 hours: 2 apples, 1 banana, a quarter cup chicken noodle soup (drank the broth mostly) 2 saltine crackers, 1 piece peanut butter toast and 3 cinnamon pita chips. Maybe 600 calories? Starving this week was never my intent but maybe I'll keep a few of those lost lbs! Silver lining people ;) I did manage to get 3 hours of rock climbing in on Sunday though. I woke the next day, sore in all the right places so I at least have that to report. Oh, and that my abs are sore today as well. See... Even vomiting is a form of fitness, ha! I have higher hopes for this next week, although taking SugarCube back to the gym has me a bit nervous. I'm afraid that's where this all began and who knows how often those child watch centers are disinfected. I might just need to stick with Insanity, climbing and running until this flu epidemic runs through. Either that, or start going in the evenings where Grammy and Grampy can keep an ear out while she sleeps.

I hope all of you had a truly AWESOME, successful week!!! 

TGIF!