Mom On The Run

Today is Blog Day 2007, so let’s celebrate!

Here are my top 5 new blog “finds”:

1. An urban girl tackles motherhood – thirty something mum living in midtown Toronto (a local blogger)
2. Martinis for Milk – another local mum, she just had a baby so go over and say “Congratulations”.
3. Postcards From The Mothership – A sort of local mum – she lives in Ottawa, I can’t really say she’s new to me, I’ve been reading her blog for well over a year (possibly two).
4. Some Kind of Wondermom – Mommy to 10 month old Joel, she’s another local blogger (have you caught onto the theme?).
5. Tired Mama – Doesn’t the title of her site just say it all? And yes, she’s also from Toronto!


So go on now – go check them out! If you do, then I promise to put up a post about our day at the CNE.

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Along with my friend Tracy, we’re taking 4 kids to the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE). Four kids 5 and under. By train. Needless to say I put some Bailey’s Irish Cream in my coffee this morning. Wish us luck!

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Cottage Cheese

On Saturday Brooke will be 8 weeks old (I think) and it’s about time I stop using her as an excuse for my cottage cheese butt, and muffin top, so tommorrow I start strollerfit at the local community centre with my friend Leah and her two kids. I can’t wait. It’s funny, my blog is supposed to be about being a mom and my running, but I’ve barely ran since the 5K I ran when I was 5 mos pregnant with Sierra and the 5K I ran when she was 9 mos old (here’s another link). Not because I don’t enjoy running anymore, but because I enjoy spending time with my daughters more. I’ve ran 3 full marathons, 7 or 8 halfs and the Around The Bay 30K (I can’t remember if I’ve done that one once or twice), so obviously I can be a bit obsessive about it. I need to get back to that, I need to lose 20 lbs, I need to find a balance between me time and time with my girls. This is where strollerfit comes in. It fits all of that criteria. I hope Sierra likes the strollerfit – if she does then I can try to make a habit of going on a morning walk with the girls every day, instead of huddling up to the ‘puter while Sierra destroys my basement while watching Hi-5 and Dora. It’ll be really nice next Spring when both Sierra and Brooke can sit in my double jogging stroller/bike trailer. I can teach them how to be kind to our environment by using it as a means of travel while getting fit.

So here are the stats:
Current weight: 138 lbs
Goal weight: 118 lbs
Lbs to lose: 20 lbs
Total distance walked this week: 0 (I’ll use my Nike + ipod thinging to record distance).

Oy! I just remembered! I have to FIND my runners before going walking or running! Yikes – that’s going to be a task and a half after moving….

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Anyone know how to get a potty off of a kid? She told me she was a “Lion”.

(I apologize for the blurry picture – I must admit I should have stopped laughing before taking it).

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