It is Mamavation Monday time again! I was late posting last week but I did get in my post! You can find it here if you want catch up! So last week was week 2 of the Couch to 5k walk/runs. I survived doing all three walk/runs. oh my goodness. I am still doing my walk/runs on … [Read more...]
Mamavation Monday: Survived Week 1
Well I am a day late but it is Mamavation Monday time again! I know I said was recommitting last week and then I didn't post yesterday. Yesterday I was an allergy mess. I was lucky to get through the work day. Then we took the kids to the library summer reading program launch … [Read more...]
Mamavation Monday: Recommitting
It is Mamavation Monday time again! Recommitting. Recommitting to what? To me ... and to my Mamavation Monday posts. I have let myself have a big, great big break from being active and I don't really enjoy it. At some point, something had to give though and that is what gave for … [Read more...]
Mamavation Monday: Another Monday
It is Mamavation Monday time again!I have nothing to report this week. It seems to be a standard post for me these days. My eating isn't that off. Maybe a few extra treats as I just have a hard time say no but that isn't the problem. I know I can say no. I can't seem to find the … [Read more...]
Mamavation Monday: Survived Another Wedding
It is Mamavation Monday time again!Saturday my sister became a married woman! I thought I might die. I used to have a small wedding coordinating business. It was fun but took a lot of time and energy. Then I had Grace (my oldest) AND we moved. I never started it back up after we … [Read more...]
Simple Budgeting: Do you live a Savings Lifestyle?
Last month I talked about My Dirty Little Secret. Why did I wait until the last minute for this month's post? I was waiting to be inspired. My inspiration came at lunch yesterday with some co-workers. It was a ladies lunch and only four of us made it this time so we had the … [Read more...]
Friday Favorite: Chipins
Friday Favorites is another almost weekly feature here at Simply Living on a Budget. The whole point of this feature is to share some of my favorite finds. Anything is game. Food. Cleaning supplies. Kid stuff. Garden favorites. Recipes. Anything that I really like and want to … [Read more...]
Mamavation Monday: Hello again
It is Mamavation Monday time again!Where have I been? Life took over. My work assignment changed, remember I work full time outside the home. This change made the at-home balance harder and I had several weeks I was just happy to make it through. My graduate class is still going. … [Read more...]
Mamavation Monday: Walking
It is Mamavation Monday time again!My workouts last week didn't happen but I walked. I decided to start walking. We can walk "loop" in our neighborhood. It is a fairly easy walk minus the hill. You see are at the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains so our hills are actually hills. … [Read more...]
Mamavation Monday: Survived the Deadlines
It is Mamavation Monday time again!My workouts last week didn't happen. I knew that last week was going to be hard as it was full of deadlines. It was also stressful. To top the week off, I tore up my knee ... as in took a fair amount of skin off of it. Holy crap that hurts. How … [Read more...]
Mamavation Monday: Stalled Out
It is Mamavation Monday time again! The EA Sports Active Challenge too started on Jan 7th with EA Sports Active 2.My workouts last week started good and ended bad. I got my first workout in on schedule on Monday. Tuesday I got ready to work out and got sicker and sicker as the … [Read more...]
Mamavation Monday: Start Tracking
It is Mamavation Monday time again! The EA Sports Active Challenge too started on Jan 7th with EA Sports Active 2.My workouts last week started out bad. After said I was off to work out, I didn't. I did start again on Thursday and Friday so two day. This week I am aiming for … [Read more...]
Mamavation Monday: EA Sports Active
It is Mamavation Monday time again! The EA Sports Active Challenge too started on Jan 7th with EA Sports Active 2. Today was my second workout of the Challenge. Right now it is set to 4 workouts a week and I have them set to Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri. My hips are sooo … [Read more...]
Mamavation Monday: Surviving
It is Mamavation Monday time again! Looking for the Balance Ball post? Did you see my balance ball post on bookieboo.com? It is HERE if you missed it! Join us in the discussion. Look for another post next week. Last week, I survived. As a result I am up about … [Read more...]
Mamavation Monday: I called in sick
It is Mamavation Monday time again! Looking for the Balance Ball post? Well watch mamavation.com! I will be contributing Balance Ball posts over there hopefully starting this week. Cool, huh? Well I hope you read them and Leah doesn't kick me off from posting them! … [Read more...]