4 miles

 It's about 4 miles to the grocery store. It's about 4 miles to the park. It's about 4 miles to my girls' school. 4 miles is not a lot.

Unless you're walking, or in my case riding a bicycle. Last week, I went on my first bike ride and made it 3 miles. I was so proud of myself! It took me about 30 minutes, but I did it. Today, I rode 4 miles (barely..whew) and each mile was shorter than the last.

 First mile was 7:30. Second mile was 6:30. Third mile was 5:55. Fourth mile was 5:28!!

I'm so proud of myself. I wish I had the motivation, time, etc to do this every day. My plan is to ride at least three times a week. On the other days I need to do something to get off my butt, so any suggestions are welcome.

 I just wanted to shout out a big thank you to everyone who has encouraged me along the way. I know I'm just starting my weight loss again, but it's been such a long journey already I just feel so tired. Worn out. Defeated. The comments and emails I get from friends, blog readers, my Cafemom peeps, they keep me going. I was on my bike today thinking "I'm not blogging about 1 mile. I'm not blogging about 2 miles. I'm not blogging about a 10 minute mile so PUSH!" I know it's silly, but that is what motivated me. So thank you!

25 pounds, 50-75 to go... haven't decided on an exact goal yet so let's say 50 for now. If you are sitting here reading my blog thinking, "Wow I wish I could do that", or "Oh man I have that much to lose"... please join me. If you don't join me now, you're going to be kicking yourself when I'm down 50 pounds and you're just starting. You're going to think I've forgotten what it's like to carry an extra 75 pounds of weight around, and I will not be able to motivate you. You will see my "after" pictures and just think you couldn't do it. I know this because that's what I do when I see the amazing after pictures. So please, I beg you, join me on this journey. If you don't want to do it publicly, I completely understand. Just email me! I will motivate you, and you can motivate me. (randomosityblog AT gmail DOT com is my email)

Again, thank you. :)

Running out of ideas for titles!

We are doing another photo shoot tomorrow, with our new pillow case dresses and our fairy tutu sets. Can't wait to post pictures. Keep an eye out on nelliebugs.com for the new items. I've also added lots of new stuff on the website so feel free to look around. :)

Yesterday, we BBQ'd. Weather was supposed to be clear all day, but it started storming. I caught Grace in the corner, on her knees, praying to God for the storm to go away so she could play on her slip n slide. LOL. Then about 5 minutes later, the storm just disappeared. She's now convinced it was a miracle. She's 5.

I bought the Last Chance Workout DVD. The SHRED was too hard on my knees, and honestly was pretty boring. I was sweating with this DVD.. it's brutal, but low-impact. Exactly what I needed. I'm still losing weight. I have 20lbs to lose before I get pregnant again. I am hoping to be able to be a surrogate for a woman from California. We are also planning on moving to California some time within the next year. I have some legalities with custody and visitation to work out before it all goes through, so we will see. Hopes are up, though.

Jenelle (8) is going to learn the Presidents, states and capitals, and multiplication this summer. We bought school books but she got bored. So we are just going to focus on those three things as well as reading chapter books, using the dictionary, and 3 and 4 digit subtraction.

Grace and Sapphire really need some more structure, but I've been lazy. Starting a new schedule up soon.

My first 5k is this weekend. Wish me luck.