Earth to Kate

Life is crazy... life is chaotic... but life is good.  I haven't had a spare moment just to sit down and WRITE in ages.  I still don't, in fact, but I figured I'd better send out a beacon or else you'd all think I'd abandoned this blog forever, and that's not the case! 

The reader's digest version...

-I got approved to teach 3 more formats at work (strength, ab conditioning and boot camp) and have been busily subbing classes right and left ever since

-We've been working on potty training Mara AND Frank at the same time

-I'm heading out of town for a day trip this Sunday to central Oregon with my dad to look at real estate

-We're going to South Dakota October 1st for my Grandma's funeral

-Corky's marathon is coming up October 9th

-We're going to Canada for Halloween, so I've been working extra to try and make money to balance out the plane ticket cost

-I have been desperately trying to get in miles when possible because I am participating in this 1000km in a year challenge (have been since January!) and I'm running out of time

-I've got less than 2 months to sit for my exam for personal trainer, so studying like mad

-Trying to keep the house from looking a disaster all the time

-Keep myself and everyone else fed, clean, clothed and happy (except the dogs, who aren't clothed but are fed, clean-ish and happy!)

I'll be around... whenever I have a second to breathe! LOL

Picture Dump part 2

I took the rocking chair out of Mara's room and all of a sudden there was so much more space!  But... when did my baby turn into a little girl?! 

Took little miss to Out of this World on a Saturday for a pizza & play date

Life these days

No caption needed here

Fall around here

Port Land

Came upstairs and found this one evening...

My pretty little bug at school...

2 classes down, 1 to go!

That ponytail tho.....

Picture Dump part 1

No rhyme or reason to these. Here we go!

Frank chewing on.... something. Lol.

Snap chat fun

Mara's Halloween costume 

A girl and her dog!

My persnickety kid would ONLY settle for a "grilled seahorse" for lunch, so I conjured up this.

Mara grabbed a tomato and started eating it like an apple.

We have liftoff!

Wish us luck on this one!

My giant boxer boy 

101 Years, 6 Months and 16 Days

My grandma passed away yesterday morning at about 7:30am.  She lived for 101 years, 6 months and 16 days.  I miss her already :( 

Boot Camp

Well, add another class to the list of things I can now teach: Boot Camp Conditioning!

Last week, my boss called me and asked if I'd be willing to sub a Boot Camp class on Thursday night.  The conversation went something like this...

Boss: I need a Boot Camp sub on Thursday, can you help out?
Me: Well.. I've never actually taught Boot Camp before....
Boss: Have you taken it?
Me: Yes, several times!
Boss: If I send you the training materials, would you give it a shot?
Me:... sure!

So there you have it.  It was great! I'm subbing it again tonight at a different gym and actually pretty stoked about it! :)

Save It

Mara's napping. 

I should be studying.

I should be cleaning. 

I should be working out. 

What am I doing?

Drinking tea and watching Air Crash Investigation.

It's all about balance.

Mama needs a recharge.