Running Wogging & the Glass Half Full

Want to see some gorgeous pics? There's something about the cabin that makes me want to get out and run!  Here's some pics from last nights "run"  It wasn't a "real" run- because it was mostly walking- but I'm calling it a run because I ran home from the top - so I wouldn't be gone to long. Next time I take this road- I'm running the whole thing- i want to get farther up!  I love how the roads here curve, begging you to go a little further Love the wildflowers Love the coolness that comes as you find yourself surrounded by treesLove the sky and how it changes  Love the birds and chipmunks singing me on or chastising me for being in their territory Love being by myself soaking it all in This is where its at.  Just get out and see where the road takes you Take a pic to share, talk about it- inspire someone to go further.

I shouldn't be blogging about this.  I'm hoping it doesn't jinx me But hubs and I have started back at the working out thing.  We just came back from Cali And isnt' there something about California that gets your mind thinking--- Maybe it's the sun the sand and the waves. I don't  know-  but here we are, driving back that long trek back from Cali to New Mexico,  and we're chatting about being more consistent with our health goals.   Now mind you, hubs has no trouble with consistency and discipline and all that jazz It's me...I'm such a goooooooood snoozer in the mornings  I mean deep restful restorative things are happening at 4:45 in the morning.  And that's when we need to be getting up and working out. I'm thinking this is why some of that beauty is missing in my sleep.... hmmmmmmm Isn't it the absolute funniest thing to see someone working out on their day 1?!?! (Insert laughing/crying emoji)  That was us We were in it to win it!  Th...

Part of me feels a little guilty for picking this blog back up again, and a little nervous. But I've thought about it,  It brings me joy and a little bit of personal accountability And I'm a sharing kind of gal..... so if you want to come along for the ride- buckle up There's something quite fun about finding what works Have I arrived?  Haha nope- but I've got so many good peices to the puzzle in place, I feel it's high time i share. But mostly these next few weeks I will hone in on the idea of Balance-  so I will be talking about these areas God Family Exercise  Clean eating I'll share what I've learned or am learning along the way- mostly a personal diary of sorts.  Today my devotions really hit me hard.  I'm a little put out (sarcasm) because I've simply been trying to instill daily devotions in my youngest Molly so the past week or so I've been sitting down and using the simple idea of S.O.A.P. With her....

Hello January!  Here we are nearly halfway through it.  I feel like the New Mexico weather is working it's blustery magic on my calendar and blowing through the days. Hubs is traveling more lately, so I feel like we count weeks by when he's home. He's my workout buddy too, and I feel it when he's gone, fighting to keep momentum up in his absence. Today it would be a lunch run. Everything felt right except the weather.  Wind on wind. But I didn't care I'm realizing that if I want it- I've got to stop making excuses and just go. So glad I did  It was wonderful.   

I give up It's been months now- seeing a footpath on the side of the road and having this feeling that I should be on it.    Driving, and finding myself thinking this road would make a good run route Measuring time in how many miles I could have run...  Oh me-  I think I'm a runner It makes me laugh- I'm not one to describe myself in sporting terms-  Like I'm some athlete or something- but here I am wishing I was that girl I just passed jogging it up the hill.... Surely this is some weird cold weather induced phase I stall things by making a list of what I really should pick up before embarking on this whole running thing again...  Things like socks-  yeah I'm out (my kids realized I bought the good stuff and slowly started stealing them- then losing just one of each pair they stole)  I've got one pair of running shoes left- I really think I should have two...  Silliness like this-  Then I realized I used to run in my hubby's sweats and ...

It hardly seems possible that it's barely been a month. We've already made more memories as a fam here than any other place. Our first house with a name... Pine Needles     We'd tent camped  every year here in the area, and every year taken long drives looking...5 summers spent in this ritual. Nothing ever seemed just right. But this year was different.  Maybe it was the lake, or the feeling that our kids were growing too fast. For whatever reason This was our year.  Providence.   The houses and cabins on our road all have names. Given to them after the wildfires had come through and reminded them that there was no way to really tell who was what and where. I love the names of our neighbors' places...  Names like Bear Path and Pine Cone...  Ours is Pine needles...  There's a chill in the air. Fall is coming. The humming birds are filling themselves up to the brim at the feeder. Chipmunks quarrel with the bluebirds over the peanuts the kids th...

I've thought about picking this blog back up again for a while. I feel a bit like a cheater if I do, as I'm not running long distances lately.  I do miss the running, maybe blogging will pull me back into logging some miles. I do miss the diary effect this blog served for so long.  So here we are.  Why not? Thursday, September 8th, 2016 Today I made wild rice for lunch.  I think in my book that means it's officially fall.  My mom had this great tradition of making wild rice soup.  She's the Minnesota mom you wish you had.  2 parts hardcore and 99% love.  yeah that makes no mathmatical sense, but neither does mothering- You just go for it with all your might and hope to not mess things up.  But, I digress, today we're talking wild rice, and I DID mess things up.  I'm out of butter, no cream to be had, no ham.... So I just boil it till they pop- please tell me everyone does this---- if you don't ...