There is that moment when you are on what some have affectionately called a "runners high" that you have laid it all on the line and you have given it all you have. In this case though it's on what I affectionately call, "The Bike"!!! A recumbent bike at that...LOVE my Bike!! So I am on The Bike and I am peddling for all I am worth. I have gotten over the, " I do not want too's", and the I cant's, and the what in the world do I want this fors....I am in the zone!!!
Oh yes I am!!! Big Ole me is in THE ZONE! I am past the crying. Past the whimping out. Got my tunes blaring in the background . All children and the husband have been accounted for. Chores are done or as done as they are going to get at the moment. It is one of those moments where you learn just what you are made of and just how far you can push yourself. In that moment my hands are usually poised just off to the side..more so in the front...boxer chic style...floating not resting on anything. My head is down, but my eyes forward and fixed...on the wall. I'm not really looking at anything.
It is likely I have just prayed to God for the help that I know I am going to need to finish this, both the here in the now next 4 minutes and the entire 331 lbs to 185 journey. There is no tension on the wheel. I am just free flowing. My muscles have long since totally freaked out and gotten over it. There is sweat running down my legs and into my socks. Did I mention I am in THE ZONE!!! It is in this fast paced and fleeting moment that I realize......the noise I am hearing that is breaking my concentration is.... YEP it is...It's my upper thighs/legs/ butt cheeks flapping in the wind and smacking the top of the side handle bars. Well what is a girl going to do? You bet I crack up laughing so hard I began to gasp for breath cause you know my rhythm is all thrown off now. In the laughter and chaos I drop my hands down by my side to confirm what my ears have already heard. In that moment I also realize that although yes indeed my over abundant supply of cottage cheese is in fact doing just that ( slappin da bars); I further discover.... my butt cheeks are with in the inside of the handle bars...and NOT resting on and flowing over the sides of THE BIKE!!!!!!! Well praise Glory to God...Bike ride over! I had to get up just so I could do the Happy dance right then and there!!! Happy Dance... Happy Dance... H A P P Y D A N C E !!!!!!! Alert: There is LESS of me!!!!!!! And more so... I am still me and I AM ON THE WALL!!!!!!!!!!!
Prime example why I am not so excited about going to a "gym". I know for sure I will not lay it all on the line...not even for a second...if I think someone just might be looking. I mean can you imagine the riot that would have caused at the GYM...!!!!???? And you know the next thing that would happen is that someone would post it on youtube!!! Nope Nope Nope... I think I'll keep my cardio work out right here in the safety of my own home!!! Just me and my bike...flappin in da breeze!!!!!!!!
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Sunday, May 27, 2012
I Like Purple Rubber Duckies
I like purple rubber duckies ...really I do. I like the regular yellow ones too but purple is my favorite. After some very long weeks that I thought were never going to end, I finally got to take a Bubble Bath this weekend! ....I know I know isn't that exciting!!!! Whilst I was all alone in the house...I began some sort of silent in my head only monologue. And it went something like this...
Hmmm? Kids are gone! Hubby is gone!!! Ummm? So what do I do first??? Yes yes...chores! So I vacuumed and did dishes, and some laundry...and I surely did read my bible some too. After all that, I was getting bit sleepy and a bit BORED!!...I know I know... I'll take me a bubble bath, I said to myself; because no one was here to announce it to. So me and myself and I went to take a bubble bath and it went sorta like this....
I wonder if there is enough hot water after having done the laundry and dishes? What shall I use to make the bubbles??? Yes Yes the hubby's shampoo will work! Do do de do!!! Look at those bubbles. This is going to be awesome. No one is here...is is sooooo nice! Hope they're ok. that be real cute me here in the bath and they could have driven off the road and be lying in the ditch needing help and here I am taking a bath. Oh Lord forgive me...but that bath be looking some kind of fine!!!... In I go!!!! OUCH what the....? Goodness...really? Goodness night there's another one!!! OUCH!!! Come on seriously! Aaaagh!!! No really ...(insert really long sigh)!!! Now... ok that's better.You know I really like these here purple rubber duckies...but as for those little matchbox cars, those suckers HURT!!!! You just may be a mother of a boy if ... you are taking a bubble bath with CARS!!!...Oh oh and a matchbox airplane too!!! BONUS...NOT!!
That's went it hit me....I am so LUCKY to be a Mommy but especially lucky to have both a son, and two daughters. But for sure BOYS are different. They just are....never ever has one of the girls peed on my clean laundry. Never has a one of my girls even tried to pee on the family dog. The girls never tried flushing...anything other than...WAY too much toilet paper. Jasper...well now...HE keeps me busy!!! Boys are just DIFFERENT. And I am soooo BLESSED! And I might add....I think I love him!!!
So the point is.....Love the little things...kids and all. One day soon...I will not little kids in the house. And yes...this is where I started to cry. I am not sure I like it that my fella is finally potty trained! Ok so well sorta trained. I may have to buy some dog pads or something!! No I would not really do that! Well....I might!!! Anyways....love ya loves...and be THANKFUL...
Hmmm? Kids are gone! Hubby is gone!!! Ummm? So what do I do first??? Yes yes...chores! So I vacuumed and did dishes, and some laundry...and I surely did read my bible some too. After all that, I was getting bit sleepy and a bit BORED!!...I know I know... I'll take me a bubble bath, I said to myself; because no one was here to announce it to. So me and myself and I went to take a bubble bath and it went sorta like this....
I wonder if there is enough hot water after having done the laundry and dishes? What shall I use to make the bubbles??? Yes Yes the hubby's shampoo will work! Do do de do!!! Look at those bubbles. This is going to be awesome. No one is here...is is sooooo nice! Hope they're ok. that be real cute me here in the bath and they could have driven off the road and be lying in the ditch needing help and here I am taking a bath. Oh Lord forgive me...but that bath be looking some kind of fine!!!... In I go!!!! OUCH what the....? Goodness...really? Goodness night there's another one!!! OUCH!!! Come on seriously! Aaaagh!!! No really ...(insert really long sigh)!!! Now... ok that's better.You know I really like these here purple rubber duckies...but as for those little matchbox cars, those suckers HURT!!!! You just may be a mother of a boy if ... you are taking a bubble bath with CARS!!!...Oh oh and a matchbox airplane too!!! BONUS...NOT!!
That's went it hit me....I am so LUCKY to be a Mommy but especially lucky to have both a son, and two daughters. But for sure BOYS are different. They just are....never ever has one of the girls peed on my clean laundry. Never has a one of my girls even tried to pee on the family dog. The girls never tried flushing...anything other than...WAY too much toilet paper. Jasper...well now...HE keeps me busy!!! Boys are just DIFFERENT. And I am soooo BLESSED! And I might add....I think I love him!!!
So the point is.....Love the little things...kids and all. One day soon...I will not little kids in the house. And yes...this is where I started to cry. I am not sure I like it that my fella is finally potty trained! Ok so well sorta trained. I may have to buy some dog pads or something!! No I would not really do that! Well....I might!!! Anyways....love ya loves...and be THANKFUL...
Sunday, May 13, 2012
What would it be?
What would it be like? What would the world be like with no love? While driving in the rain this evening I began to wonder just how horrible things would be with NO love. As I gazed on endless examples of love in a world that some say is going to hell in a hand basket to begin with, I pondered...no really WHAT would IT be like?
Would cave men have ever bothered with a fire? Would a mother even think to lean over a pick up her new born child? Or perhaps she'd just leave it laying there, too bothered by the thought of carrying and caring for another one of "those"! Wait what would caring even look like? Ummm... there would be NONE! Without love nothing would have ever evolved. And I really don't care where you think we came from or what you think we came from. Just think on it for while. Think NONE zero no no no LOVE. No momma bird...no daddy seahorse. No lion with any sense of Pride. Funny or not think on this...if and I so say if...if we came from some blob of an organism...well what if "it" never loved it on dry land!
I looked out in a murky parking lot and surely I could see hate and disgust. But there was so much love. What if that elderly women never cared to tenderly hold her husbands' hand? Would a father ever shield his child from the rain? Would a grandma run screaming at her grandchild that bolted free in a busy parking lot? Would we even look at each other? Would we even really exist? Don't even get me started on the crime or pollution rates. I did not even want to go there. But if you do...think about it long and hard. What if there was no LOVE.
There would certainly be no weddings regardless of your orientation! No college education. No vacations or even staycations. No healthcare. Zip ...zero help of any kind! Then the tears began to roll and I thought oh my what if...no one ever loved. No one ever spoke truth because with out love there is no truth. No truth...led me to ... NO Father!! Which led me back to what if he never loved me. Then there would be NO SON. And that is where I stopped because...well because that was just too scary for me!! No really it was it gave me the weebie geebies!!! No love......Hmmm? What would it be like?
Would cave men have ever bothered with a fire? Would a mother even think to lean over a pick up her new born child? Or perhaps she'd just leave it laying there, too bothered by the thought of carrying and caring for another one of "those"! Wait what would caring even look like? Ummm... there would be NONE! Without love nothing would have ever evolved. And I really don't care where you think we came from or what you think we came from. Just think on it for while. Think NONE zero no no no LOVE. No momma bird...no daddy seahorse. No lion with any sense of Pride. Funny or not think on this...if and I so say if...if we came from some blob of an organism...well what if "it" never loved it on dry land!
I looked out in a murky parking lot and surely I could see hate and disgust. But there was so much love. What if that elderly women never cared to tenderly hold her husbands' hand? Would a father ever shield his child from the rain? Would a grandma run screaming at her grandchild that bolted free in a busy parking lot? Would we even look at each other? Would we even really exist? Don't even get me started on the crime or pollution rates. I did not even want to go there. But if you do...think about it long and hard. What if there was no LOVE.
There would certainly be no weddings regardless of your orientation! No college education. No vacations or even staycations. No healthcare. Zip ...zero help of any kind! Then the tears began to roll and I thought oh my what if...no one ever loved. No one ever spoke truth because with out love there is no truth. No truth...led me to ... NO Father!! Which led me back to what if he never loved me. Then there would be NO SON. And that is where I stopped because...well because that was just too scary for me!! No really it was it gave me the weebie geebies!!! No love......Hmmm? What would it be like?
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