Small Slice

The kids have been home from school all week, and I have to admit that once I stopped pretending that I was going to get anything accomplished, we've been having a ball.  We've spent lazy afternoons at several different parks, eaten almost an entire bag of apples and lots of whole grain toast, and goofed off all day long.

This means that we have almost nothing clean to wear, and I've got major laundry to catch up, but it has been worth it.

I've been squeezing in a decent workout daily, too.  I've discovered that my 'favorite' walking shoes were giving me shin splints because they were not supporting my foot correctly.  I've got weird feet, people, and it took a new pair of shoes and some gel insoles to show me the light. 

The light being that I have no excuses for not trying to jog.  Oh wait!  I can still blame my boobs!  But I won't.  I'm going to give it a try this afternoon at the park. 

All this focus on exercise means that I haven't spent ANY time thinking about food.  Really, I haven't.  And while I planned out my menu before shopping this week, we've been totally off-track with my scheduled meals.  And you know what?  I'm eating well, appropriate portion-sizes, good food choices (because really, we have nothing bad in the house any more) and I'm feeling great.

Who knew the secret to feeling good was total avoidance of all things household cleaning related?  Blowing off my chores for a week in order to play in the sunshine with my kids has been like a weird vacation.  I'll be paying for it all weekend when we are dressed in pillowcases belted with neckties, but hey, the weather is warm enough to get away with it.

I also had the chance this week to meet up with a group of blogging (and non-blogging) friends, and several of them commented on how my body is changing.  I will have to take some additional full-length photos because I'm just not seeing it.  Maybe they were just being polite.  Steph?  Were you blowing sunshine?

I'll be updating both days this weekend, because I've been neglecting you, my BigSlicers!  Have you joined my group over at CafeMom yet?  Click on that thingie in my sidebar, and you can see what the daily exercise is. 

Drink your water!