Saturday, October 15, 2011

Saturday Quickie

Today is the last day to enter my Sparkly Soul giveaway!


I am sitting here watching the sun come up and enjoying a cup of coffee.  My house is so quiet right now.

My husband took the kids up to see his parents yesterday and won't be home until tomorrow afternoon sometime.  I miss them so much and yet it is  nice to have some quiet time to reflect and relax!  No cooking, no mediating fights, no trying to find someone to watch the kids while I run.  A little mommycation if you will.  The funny thing about a mommycation I have discovered is that normally I am in bed by nine, if not earlier, but when they are gone I stay up late!  There is no reason to go to bed early.  No one is going to wake me at the ass crack of dawn wanting breakfast and a snuggle. I can sleep in (if I could, but my internal alarm clock still hauls me out of bed at 5 am!) I can take a nap when I feel like it. I can watch what I want on TV, uninterrupted!  If I want kipper snacks and an apple for supper, no one whines.  I will clean the house this morning and it will stay clean until 2.2 seconds after they get in the door. I can sit and read a book for hours.  Rejuvenating!

Of course when their happy to see me little faces show up tomorrow I will be so happy to see them and glad they are home.  I will hold them close and be thankful.  Thankful I have them and thankful for my awesome husband.  Our 6 year anniversary is coming up soon!   I will have to tell the story of how I met my husband sometime.  It is a I saw him and I knew kind of story.  :)

I have almost been following BodyRock.tv for a year now!  They use a Gym Boss interval timer for a lot of their workouts.  I have been using a free interval timer on the internet this whole time which at times can be very inconvenient.  No more!  Gym Boss sent me one to try out and one to send to a reader!  So be watching for that coming up.  I am so excited to try it out today.  Speaking of Bodyrock.tv  I did the Give Me a Reason workout Wednesday night and due to the insane amount of jump lunges still cannot move without pain.  I really love that workout though! It is short but when you are done you are ready to be done.  I did throw in an extra set of the pushups and knee raises. 

I am up and running on Pinterest!  I have found a few people but am having a hard time finding you guys.  I tried friend finder through twitter but it never seems to work just keeps thinking and thinking..  It was been working on it for about an hour now.  A little frustrating!  So help!  or find me! I am loving all the stuff I am finding on the site though.

I am planning to clean the house this morning, run, BodyRock, and then?  I am betting I will be spending some time catching up on blogs, figuring out Pinterest, and reading.  I also have some movies on the DVR I have been wanting to watch.

Enjoy your Saturday!  Good luck to all the racers out there this weekend!  Go get em, though I bet some probably already are hard at it!

What do you like to do when you have a mommy or daddycation?

16 comments:

  1. You are going to LOVE your gymboss!! LOVE it, I say! My daughter is almost as obsessed with BodyRock workouts as me. She even did a little workout yesterday that I took video of for my facebook page that had 16 sets of 10 second/5 second intervals and it is so much more efficient than trying to look at a clock or computer!

    I totally get what you mean about the peacefulness of no kids! Even with just one kid in the car yesterday instead of two...the difference was AMAZING! Have a great day!

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  2. I've heard Montana is beautiful. What's a race that I just must run there??? I'm always up for traveling somewhere new... any Relay Races up there we could bring a whole group to you!!

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  3. Mommycation time is so great now and then, sort of gives yourself a reset button to feel refreshed and ready to tackle anything! Enjoy :).

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  4. Enjoy your day. I am not a Mom, but when my husband goes away, I love being able to do stuff on my own and not worry about him. Ha!! I haven't figured out Pinterest yet. It's a bit confusing.

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  5. My mom was just here, and did Bodyrock.tv most days using her gym boss! I'd never seen it before, but it was pretty hand, definitely.

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  6. Sounds perfect - I love the sunrise photo. Enjoy :)

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  7. What a beautiful picture! I just applied for a Pinterest account but I still don't entirely get what it is...I figure I'll get an account and then see if I understand it better.

    Have a great weekend!

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  8. Beautiful photo!! Enjoy your quiet time :) my bf travels about 40% for work and while I miss him, it's really nice to have some time for myself. :)

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  9. Beautiful pic!! I would love a mommycation but I'm sure I would miss Em too! I am a newbie to Pinterest so I can't help...sorry!

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  10. your sunrise looks a lot like my sunset... and it's gorgeous!

    Enjoy your time alone... heaven!

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  11. Beautiful sunrise. When I have a momcation I don't really do anything different but I get to do more and I get to do what I want to when I want to do it. The only schedule I work around is my own. That's a vacation :)

    Find me on Pinterest here Pinterest - jillconyers

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  12. First thing in the morning/quiet house...best time of the day!

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  13. my life is a mommyvacation ;). I'll enjoy it while I can.

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