December 2, 2014

Merry FITMAS to ME!!

I had some large and in charge boxes hanging out on my front porch today.   All for ME!   Why, yes!   I buy myself big ticket items around Christmas.   I had to!  The discounts were incredible!

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I was so stinking excited to open these babies up and get them settled into their new corner of the world.  AKA: my fitness corner.    I got a new step, barbell, a few plates and a whole DVD set of Body Pump.

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Oh YES YES YES!  This little corner makes me very happy.  I’ve got all my dvd programs nestled away safely on a shelf ready to play at anytime.  My kettlebells, a few hand weights, bands, fitness journals… all things Fit Focused.

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My stockpile is growing.  I’ve got several other items on my wishlist (floor mats, mirrors, dumbbells, more plates…) but I think I’ll give Santa a chance at those first.  😉

Working on those 2015 Goals EARLY.

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Oh, there’s Champ again.   #typical

Speaking of wish lists and goal setting… have you thought about your 2015 goals yet?   Does fitness and nutrition have a spot on that list?

I’ve got multiple challenge groups planned for 2015 that you could be a part of.   Prescribed fitness plans, eating plans, motivation and me as an accountability partner.

More information on that soon.  Just know…

I’ve got your back.  

Because, what you don’t realize is that you also have mine.

I’ve got two groups going right now, and man… the dedication I am already seeing out of these ladies is amazing.   They are going to have some serious results before Christmas.   Super proud of them and we are only 2 days in. 🙂

 

Cheers to being FIT FOCUSED.

November 30, 2014

Weekend in Review

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Saturday in Nebraska hit 60 degrees so of COURSE I had to get in a little quality time with my blue baby.   My friend, Jen, hit me up about riding with her and Pepp, so I said HELL YA – and off we went.

 

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We hit up Manley, Lousiville and Waterloo before calling it an afternoon.  We got in a good 3.5 hours of afternoon sun.  It was just what we needed.   Thanks girls for asking me to tag along!!

Saturday night ended with dinner out with my main man, a little live music and home by 8.  A chill Saturday was had by all!

Sunday I have managed to finish the basement Christmas tree – went for all colors since my upstairs is strictly red, gold, white and traditional Harley. 😉

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Not so sure I like the colored look on the mantle, but I sure as heck am not changing it all now!

 

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Two Harley stockings and one John Deere.  Keeping our interests at the forefront. 😉

I did a little re-decorating in the basement as well.

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Slowly but surely this thing is coming together.  We are still debating on where we want to put a new TV.  Corner, mantle, the other corner…. Until we can get that decided, we can’t buy furniture.   It’s all about the placement, yo.

Clint spent his afternoon in the garage welding and doing whatever else men do when they are in the middle of rebuilding a 1970 Ford.

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Champ  – that guy is always sneaking in my photos.

We will just call him a Stage 5 Clinger.

Now, it’s off to the grocery store I go for all my meal prep items.   Starting a 21 Day Challenge tomorrow.  It’s going to be the Shiz.

 

Cheers!

 

November 29, 2014

Friday Fun Run

Today I got in a 6 mile run.  It wasn’t planned.  It was getting late.   I had alllllll sorts of reasons why I could have avoided it.

I had, after-all, spent the day on the couch.  Did some online shopping, did some research work, read a lot, wrote a little, watched the IA/NE game…

Late afternoon I just decided I needed to get up and move.  So, I picked 6 miles as my goal and went for it.

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It was a gorgeous 50 degree afternoon.  A very nice change of pace since it has been bitter cold and windy for days!

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I was running strong until mile 5ish.

And then my pace plummeted.  And NOT for the reasons you think.   Tired, worn out…. nope!

Lack of attention. 

I started texting people about riding the Harley’s tomorrow and another friend about some tips for running in the winter.   Man, my attention span is whack sometimes.

 

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Following my run I made a quick trip to Target for a few items and had all intentions of getting my second Christmas tree up and decorated once back home.

You know what happened?

I locked myself OUT of my Jeep.   Seriously.

If anyone can find a way to lock themselves out of a NEW Jeep with NEW technology in a key fob, it WOULD be me.  I am the master of stupid stuff like this.

I think what happened was when I was throwing my items (including my purse) in the backseat, my lock button got tripped, so when I shut the door and went to the front door it was locked.  And the red security button was glowing brightly.   The little magic unlock button on the outside wouldn’t even work.  They key fob was inside, so apparently it though I was inside as well and was NOT going to let an outsider in.

Great.

Luckily my friend Claire moved in to a new town home not far from my home (she actually moved today!), so she came to my rescue….

 

…but not until after I sat on the curb for a bit looking like a creepy car stealing bastard.

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Eh.  What can ya do but laugh?

Cheers to a super weekend, y’all!

 

 

 

November 28, 2014

Thanksgiving Festivities

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family, friends, co-workers, your TV… whatever you ended up doing. 🙂

I started my day with the YMCA’s 5K Turkey Trot.  I convinced Jessica to run it with me.  It was great to have a partner out there in the FREEZING cold weather.   My top layer consisted of not only Under Armour but also Nike and Target and I was still frozen solid!

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Soon after Clint and I headed to Clarinda for a couple family dinners.  We started the day at my Gr’pa and Gr’ma Goecker’s house for lunch and conversation and then ended our day/evening at Clint’s mom and step-dads.

Let’s just say I started off with really good intentions and ate more veggies than anything at Grandpa’s.   Alcohol, little smokies and m&m’s won at the Swanson’s.

Good thing I am starting a 21 Day Challenge with 20 other women on Monday.   Hot for the Holiday’s is our slogan. 😉

Anyway, back to Thanksgiving.  The kids had a good time competing against each other in the Bean Bag toss.

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And the adults had a lot of good conversation and some serious belly laughs.  Grandma Drakes cookie catastrophe story had a few of us in tears.   Hilarious that lady.

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I even was able to wrangle the boys into a quick family photo:

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Poor Kyle will never be an adult in his dad’s eyes when it comes to hugs:

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We wrapped up the evening on the farm around 7:30 to make our way back to the city life.

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Once home I got the stare down from Champ, so after 15 minutes of that ridiculous game, I let him up on my lap.

#iamasucker

#spoiled

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Cheers to a wonderful weekend, whatever it is you are doing!    If you are one of the crazies out there battling the black Friday shopping crowds – bless you hearts.

No. Stinking. Way.