Running for Ice Cream 2014

 2nd Annual Running For Ice Cream 2014 Virtual 5k or 10k Fun Run!

July is National Ice Cream Month and since Cassie and I love ice cream, and would love an excuse to eat it. I'm hosting a Virtual 5k and 10k around it. To register and receive your printable Race Bib send a request to austin_molly@ymail.com Registration is free :)

Running for Ice Cream is FREE to participate. Its a fun run for all. There are no awards, as fitness is its own reward. You can run or walk. Go by yourself, with friends, family or pets and work towards being more active and  healthy. Afterwards don't forget to treat yourself to an Ice Cream to celebrate.


WHAT: A virtual race is running or walking a specified distance, timing yourself, without actually being present in a race location. A 5k equals 3.1 miles and 10k 6.2 miles

WHEN: July 18 - 21, 2014

WHERE: Pick your favorite local route or jump on the treadmill.

WHY: Fun, Fitness, Friendship... and Ice Cream!

Cassie and I are going to wear these shirts this year. If you want one you can buy yours through:
http://www.cafepress.com/mf/52417316/running-ice-cream_tshirt



Did you know?
In 1984, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed July as National Ice Cream Month. He also established National Ice Cream Day as the third Sunday in the month.
Ice cream is nutritious. A little heavy on the sugar and calories, ice cream is otherwise good for you. Its base ingredient is milk, which is loaded with healthy vitamins and minerals.
Charles E. Minches of St. Louis, Missouri is credited with inventing the ice cream cone. On July 23, 1904 at the World's Fair in St. Louis, he filled a pastry cone with two scoops of ice cream to make the first ice cream cone. There is some controversy over this claim. Italo Marchiony of New York City filed a patent for the ice cream cone months before the fair opened. And, he was selling lemon ice in cones as early as 1896.

Good book = lack of sleep

I'm tired.. So very, very tired. Stupid me decided to start reading a new book last night at 10pm, bad mistake. You see I can't stop reading an interesting book before its finished. Well needless to say it was 1am when I finished. This in itself wouldn't still have been an issue if it wasnt for my bodies new wake up time of 6am. Luckily I took today off. Really by fluke. I originally requested I and forgot to un request when plans changed.

Oh well, Cassie and I are catching up on some notebooks for school. She's loving them. Its a fun way for her to learn the information. If you homeschool and haven't looked into doing them, you should. Even if you don't homeschool, its still a fun way to study the material learned in class.
Sample ideas from Pinterest.. http://www.pinterest.com/jimmiescollage/notebooking-for-homeschool/ Our other lesson today included web research and a BBC movie on Pompeii. This we will continue this week and will end with a wrap up of the new movie Pompeii that's out on DVD this month.

Cassie and I saw this squirrel today. Of course in our attempt to get a good pic we made a few people come out of their houses. I think they were a tad paranoid by a car that kept slowly driving and turning around lol. So needless to say this is not one of our pics, but isn't the squirrel cool looking. I think this was the highlight of our afternoon :)


Borrowed the picture from http://www.squidoo.com/our-michigan-squirrels-squirrels-in-our-backyard As we couldn't get a good one of him.

Mother's Day

 

Happy Mother's Day Everyone!

I woke up early this morning and instead of doing my AM workout, I ran to the store to pickup Cassie's requested ingredients for breakfast that she wanted to make me. Homemade Vegan Crepes. Ours looked very similar to the ones pictured only we had mixed berries. Yum! She did a wonderful job.

This photo was taken from the site below.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/saloona/vegan-crepes-recipe_b_2447179.html

During breakfast I was given a beautiful scarf that Cassie's been making for me

After breakfast we headed out to a neighboring town for a festival. First stop Flea Market where Cassie was in heaven looking at all the purses and I was able to get in some walking towards my 30 day challenge (ok only 2 miles, but hey I'll take it).

 

 

 Next up the Carnival where we blew some money on games and "fair" foods. The only ride she wanted to go on was this one

Doesn't she look happy :)

 

 

 

We left the festival and headed home, well after a stop at Tasty Treat for some ice cream. Took our treats home to enjoy while vegging out in front of the TV watching Prometheus and Smurf's 2. I'd say we had a very nice Mother's Day and I hope you all did as well.

Day 1 of 30

First day of my 2 30 day Challenges. I think it went fairly well. I got up early this morning and did Leslie Sansone's Walk Away the Pounds DVD before work.. Go Me ;)



Its a good video and it knocked off 5 of my miles :) only 45 left. After work I kicked off my squat challenge and did day 1. I'm feeling good today that I was able to get my challenges done.

Now time to just kickback, relax and enjoy the sun while Cassie's out at Camp doing a cleanup day with the church youth group. Have a Happy Saturday!

30 day squat challenge

I've decided to try this 30 day squat challenge along with my walking challenge from prior post
Both challenges will start Saturday May 10th

http://www.fitsugar.com/30-Day-Squat-Challenge-30806625

 

 

 

 

30 day walking Challenge

Wow its been a long time since i blogged. Lets see, i probably should give you all an update.

Cassie: Loves the Co-op and her Irish Dance class and troop. We just moved her into 7th grade (we go year round). Since she's not going to her Dad's this summer we are working on a few mini trips and a visit to her Grandparents this summer.

Myself: I love my job. I'm taking a couple classes online. I'm not dating anyone and my weights went down and then back up again... So basically I'm where I was this time last year. Which brings me to my next endeavor...

I decided to try something new with my workouts or rather lack there of. I'm going to start a 30 day challenge using the Walk away the pounds dvd's or even just walking outside when weather permits.

Challenge = 50 miles in 30 days.
Reward = New Walk Away the Pounds DVD

Challenge starts Saturday May 10th

Fall

Fall is my favorite season. Its not overly cold yet, the trees look pretty, the grass and well everything looks cleaner versus how spring looks and lastly the air has this crisp clean smell. This season we have been busy with canning our garden bounty, cheerleading and moving.

Canning:

Cheer:

 

 

Moving: We moved "across" town into a townhouse. Its a cute little place with 2 bedrooms and a full basement. It gives us plenty of storage space and the upstairs that I've always wanted :)