Well we had a great Christmas break and lots of family time. I had so many things that I would have loved to get done in the house and it didn't get accomplished. Avery has hit the stage of being 7 and needing to be entertained every waking moment of her day. So that is what I did. (yes often I would tell her that she can do things without me, but that seemed to last for 15 Min's tops) Tod and I took one parent day before we went back to the regular schedule of life and left O & AK in charge of AA. (still need to pay them, good thing they eat, sleep and get their clothes watched for free, maybe they will forget I owe them money) We left specific instructions that there would be no watching the TV all day, and each of them would take an hour at a time. Coloring, playing outside, Wii, games, that is just a few of the things that they had to choose from. We walked out with a reminder that if we got any fighting phone calls they would lose $5 every call made (no fighting calls were reported).
T & me alone in the city, what trouble could we find? I was on the hunt for the perfect runner, my gift from T for Christmas, T was there for support. We went to the Running Room, a store I have been dodging for over a year, because the prices were so high, I need to find out what kind of runner I was: neutral, pronator, etc . . . Well as it turned out I am Neutral and well the shoes I found a "Fluffy Clouds" on my feet. I did try on another pair but they were nothing compared to the first pair. I couldn't explain to T the comfort, until we went to the Nike store and i made him try on a pair of the exact same shoe. He also calls them "Fluffy Clouds" and thanks me every run he takes for making him by them. (anything I can do to support him)
These are my shoes and I can't even explain the comfort, plus they have pink on them soooo me. T got the solid black.
So now that T has the "Fluffy Cloud" shoes and is set up for the Nike+ Fit (which I also got for Christmas) he went out to get himself one. It is a little motivator. We have little Mini's that let us know if we are being couch potatoes and it logs all our runs, calories and we can even challenge each other and join other challenges. It is really neat to know what you are doing as in distance, speed, calories, time and to push yourself so that when it is calibrated you can look back to see your progression. I love it! Know all I have to wait for is the weather to get nice so i can get on the road, the treadmill is so restricting and I have a problem with staying in the middle. I am a bit of a wobbler. ;)
My sister is in a challenge and I want to support her all the way. Tonya you know that you can do this, if you ever need a kick in the butt I will give it to you and lift you up, especially after the 3 week mark. Get those runners moving!
Happy 2010!
