Day 7... so far

Day 7... OK.. So for over 30 days I have consistently written about my crazy life... it's 10:40, I just got back from a wedding, which we left early because we have to get up super early.. and I have to get ready to ride tomorrow. I actually did take pictures and video tonight but, I have to get some sleep. I promise after I am done riding 100 miles tomorrow .. eating my barbeque and drinking a beer, I will let you know what is going on... I am pooped, emotionally drained, and in need of rest...iSwim,iRide,iRun,iPlay, and tomorrow...iRIDE a century!! WOOHOO!!!

Day 7... What in the world did I do all day????

Cameron... drop off..Check, Pick up house... Check, Laundry... Check, Rob takes Morgan with him to pick up his parents at the airport.. YEAH!! Now I can get stuff done double time. I go to 3 different stores.. THEN... head to the gym. I need a swim..

Friday is a very easy (workout wise) day for me at this point so, I swim my 40 straight laps then do a few sets.. Hop out and in the shower.. I have a busy afternoon.

I head home for a sandwich. Pack up the car for the fundraiser at VO2 and get ready to get Cameron. Rob's dad comes with me and Cameron is thrilled to see Grandpa. I take them back home. Finish packing up the car, head to VO2

I set up, Ed shows up to help..

I also have a wedding that starts at 6pm.. CRAZY. I have to say I was a bit disappointed about the fundraiser, but, I did it and we got a nice big shoe drop off, thank you Lisa!! We closed down early so I could be on time to the wedding.

I met Rob in a parking lot and got dressed in the car.. NICE!

Thankfully I at least had lipstick. A girls gotta do what a girls gotta do.

Traffic was a nightmare!! but, we arrive. Megan and Andrew are friends of ours and today is the big day...

Check out this flower!!!! It's gorgeous!

The reception was at a Italian Villa in Lago Vista, it was beautiful..Look at this view..

Here is some footage from the wedding... Really was a lot of fun..

A Shiner before I ride Shiner:o)... And a tapas..

The CupCAKE.. Every cupcake had a different flavor.  We had to leave early so no cupcake for me.  Probably a wise decision based on my last Cupcake experience.. Which right now I can not remember what day that was. 

After I snap these shots, say Hi and give hugs...

It's 9:30, we head home.  We have to be up at 5am and I still have lots to do when I get home. 

I sit down.. Write a small blurb about how I will write tomorrow, so... Here is it:o)

iSwim,iRide,iRun,iPlay... iManaged today...

Day 8...wind, wind, and more wind...

Day 8.... I'm actually sitting here thinking... what in the world did I do today... As usual non-stop all day so, when I do finally slow down to think about it, I forget what even happened. Sheesh..

Thankfully, I had extra pancakes in the refrigerator from Tuesday.. Cameron decided at 7:05 he wanted pancakes and we had no time for that. I offered him like 5 other things. Nope.. Then I remembered I had some in a baggie in the refrigerator ... Yippee!!! Microwave 30 seconds.. you're eating in the car and off we go.. Fine dining.

I parked as usual walked him to the crosswalk, kissed him, and walked him across. He won't kiss me on the other side of the cross walk. He says it's school property and your not allowed to kiss on school property, HUH?? I'm your mommy. He says "no kissing" I laugh "fine" At this point he becomes Mr. Independent and walks into the school by himself. This is the same scenerio every day pretty much...

I get home and Morgan wants pancakes.. time to start the process. So, she helps today.

"mom, why do you alway want to take my picture" I laugh and snap the shot.

Her tummy is full and I have extra for tomorrow for Cameron.. Smart thinking.

Now it's time to do a little picking up and then Morgan to MDO.

I drop her off and head to Costco. I am getting some snacks for tomorrows fundraiser at VO2 and some stuff for our own use at home. I am on a time schedule.. I need to be home by 11am so I can run and have time to shower and get Morgan.

I get home at 11am and unload the car, I am 10 minutes behind schedule. My run time today is 1:40.. :o) I change clothes and literally run out the door. It's extremely windy out but, the weather is lovely so I just put one foot in front of the other. No complaints here. Wind just makes me STRONG!!!

I get back from my run...gotta love perfect timing:o).

1:40:40


my running commentary... pun intended..

I now have 5 minutes to shower and get in the car to get Morgan. I sure do like to push it. Off I go. I arrive right on time, pick up my princess and we go to the grocery store for juice and yogurt.. Per Rob's request. On the way I stop for a Diet Dr. Pepper at the Shell station.. Yes, my poison and my caffeine.. thank you... I pass this truck..

I thought, I wonder if they're good and ya think they have shredded lettuce...I want tons of shredded lettuce.. Whatever you think is a lot.. double it, and then add some extra for good measure, just to make sure.

mmmmm tacos.. I snap my picture and get my Diet DP.. I'll leave the taco for next time.

Now it's time to get Cameron. He's walking out with a frown because he had to be at the back of the line. Now, it's my job to turn his frown upside down. I try everything in the mommy smile book.. NOTHIN.. He's just grumpy.

Then I say.. I have a bouncer to get that we can play in. Well, whatever he was sad about and kept saying "nothing is fun anymore" was all but a memory. That's called mommy magic and something fun.

We get home and up goes the bouncer...

Good times..

I head inside to eat a sandwich... with tons of shredded lettuce, I know when I do it, I add the right amount..LOTS!!!

At 5pm Veanne shows up for our ride, Rob is coming back from his. He says "y'all have fun with that" headwinds at about 30 MPH on the way back. I laugh and say "nothing like a little work" and we roll. Ed meets us street side on Parmer.

We have a very nice tailwind on the ride out. Based on the wind I'm thinking we head back at 40 minutes to make an 1 hour and 40 minute ride, I'm planning on hitting 40 a couple times today. We turn around and I can do nothing but laugh and smile. This wind was nuts. I laugh and Ed say's "why are you laughing" I say this is fun and funny and it's hard and I love it and most of which he can't even hear because it was so windy.. I just keep laughing and push. I have a huge smile then I decide I better close my mouth.. to many bugs in Texas and they always end up in my mouth.. YUCK... 2 weeks ago I almost choked. A huge bug hit me right in the back of my throat, I start dry heaving and riding.. I was NOT smiling I was gagging. My least favorite part about riding and running actually... the bugs

I can take almost anything, wind, rain, heat, cold, BUT I HATE BUGS IN MY THROAT!!!! Just thinking about it makes me GAG!!!

Bugs are fine and all, and they definitely have their purpose.. Just STAY OUT of my MOUTH!!! Especially when I'm riding at 30-40 MPH..

Allright, so enough about bugs.

We are head down into the wind and it's great, the big gusts get a little crazy but, it was fine and we were right on time...

This was the outbound part...

It did say 1:40:40 before the picture took..

We arrive...
Short interview with V

It actually cut off for some reason.. sorry about that.


I get home.. Dinner on the table, I shower, I then finally sit down to eat, kids shower, we brush teeth, say prayers, and off they go. Me too... I am off to Neverland... Have an amazing night!! Until tomorrow when the madness starts...
iSwim,iRide,iRun,iPlay, and iLove the WIND!!!!

Day 9.... EVEREADY..

Day 9... I am EVEREADY

 Today started early for Cameron and me, Morgan decided she was sleeping in. I get home from dropping Cameron of and .... she's still sleeping. What's up with that??? That NEVER happens.

I am riding this morning. I am thrilled to ride my bike with a new cassette, chain, and gears!!! THRILLED I tell ya!!! I hop on and take off.. Happy as a

clam.. of course...

I get back and do some of that housework I left earlier, then I head downtown with Morgan for nothing really. We stop at a cafe"Trailer" she has an apple and some chips, I talk with a local competitor about training stuff and we head back to North Austin.

We get to the Gym and it's swim time for me. My goal is 40 minutes... and 40 minutes it is..Crank out a few sets and some drills.. The pool was cold so I was actually freezing and jumped into a hot shower ASAP.. twice actually. OMG I was cold..

yes, I was blue..

I went to get Morgan and told her to hurry, I could not wait to sit in the HOT car.. I say that now, of course 2 more weeks and it'll make me cry, because it's so hot you have to open the doors and turn the car on, wait 10 minutes for it to cool of before you can even sit down.. Boy, it gets hot!

OK... So, off we go to run a couple errands, as many errands I run, you think I'd be done by now. Something comes up everyday. I am actually riding in the same shirt as V, so I went to buy it.. (Got the last one AND IT WAS ON SALE!!!!!! SCORE!!) for the 100mile ride to Shiner on Sat and I have made ribbons in Shauna's honor that we are wearing on our jerseys. I want us all to look like a team.

Now it's 2:15 and time to get Cameron. I still have goggle eyes from my swim... Nice.. My least favorite part about swimming, it's seems the older I get, the worse it gets.. Whatever, iSwim...Thank God it's not permanent.

We get home and I have some work to do. I need to set up appointments with clients for next week. If you think the last 31 days has been crazy, wait until Friday.. I am about to turn up the HEAT. I am not going to write about it ahead of time, I am excited to see how it all unfolds. Let me tell you though, I have a fundraiser, a wedding, a 100mile bike ride, an adventure race in Dallas, trail run in Flowermound Monday morning, Meeting Monday evening in Flowermound, Drive back to Austin Monday night, Meeting 7am Tuesday then Long run and swim, Weds long run and ride, Thurs long run; to hit 40 miles in 4 days for my 40th Birthday, Cameron's Birthday party... In-Laws in town(WORLDS BEST IN-LAWS).. Whew... DID YOU GET ALL THAT..

Putting my head down.. and just going for it. Do not think, just DO!!!

OK so back to the rest the day.

5:30 I go to get my kids and they are running in to get bathing suits and running out.. They are going swimming.. Allright... it's a mad rush let me tell you...

I am chasing them down with extra clothes.. I get down to Chris's house.. Everyone jumps in, they are having a ball.



No fear here!!

This picture is hilarious to me, her bathing suit top is up to her neck, I didn't realize it until AFTER I took this picture and I think it's so funny I decided to add it in.

After some good conversation, I realize... 7 o'clock?? WHAT??? We gotta go, it's dinner time... Everybody out.. I carry Morgan snuggled tightly in her towel and Cameron run's home. Dinner is on the table in 10 minutes.. Mommy the speedy cook!! Thank you

 AMY'S Organic Cheese Pizza Snacks.. A favorite around here.

After dinner, I sit down at my computer and Rob tucks the kids into bed so I can get finished and in bed.  Last night after I was done writing and I was planning on reading, stuff kept coming up.  I finally turned off the light but could not, for the life of me, turn my brain off.  Like Morgan say's "It wouldn't stop making stories" At some point I guess I fell asleep only to wake periodiocally with storms of thought and drifting back off to sleep.  Until tomorrow...I will drift off..dreaming about ...iSwim,iRide,iRun,iPlay, and iDream..

Day 10.... Blasting OFF

Where is my head?????

I guess my brain is fried.....

Day 10... I must be out of it... I just posted this blog on my other site... http://www.irunitri.blogspot.com/  Check it out there, I am trying to figure out how to move it without rewriting the whole thing... DRATS!!!!
iSwim,iRide,iRun,iPlay and today iScrewedup!

Day 11... WHAT??? I thought it was still day 12...

Day 11...Drats... I forgot the milk so, no pancakes today. Cameron was disappointed sooo... he got Turkey Bacon, which I get from Whole Foods. I DO NOT buy any processed meat that has nitrates.. I may buy some things that aren't the best candy sometimes and for sure my Diet DP, but 2 things I do avoid are Hydrogenated Oils... and Nitrates. Almost all sandwich meat has it, except from Hormel Natural Choice(available at Super Target, HEB, and Walmart) or meats from Whole Foods or Central Market.. Bacon.. Same deal. So I get the Bacon from Whole Foods.

Cameron LOVES his bacon BTW, so it wasn't a total loss. I just wanted to make sure we have pancake ingredients for tomorrow, I PROMISED.

After the drop off.. I head to the store to get milk some other things I was out of, and a few things for Cameron's Birthday Party.. The Fireman's BALL .. Beach ball that is

We are having a pool party and our pool is right next to the firestation... Perfect for a party..

After the grocery run, I get home to design the invitations, print them out, and attach them to a beach ball. We will delivery them this week.

Done with the invites, now I have some errands to run.

No.1 on my list was new cleats for my cycling shoes. I have Speed Play pedals which is really all I have ever had, and my cleats are broken.

Nice NEW Cleats...Coming right up...

Now it was time for me to swim... Outdoor pool. I love this time of year. I get in and do my workout, took about 50 minutes.

I finish up. Shower and get Morgan from Kids Gym.

We head over to VO2. I need new shoes all together not just cleats. I get the SIDI Spark Carbon Cycling shoe and I really like the color... STEEL. I have been riding in the SIDI brand for 9 years and I really like the shoe so I am sticking with what I know, AND I know I need new shoes. Thank you Camila and Gustavo!!!!!! I also purchased some needed tri-shorts made by 2XU.. LOVE them!!! I'll be riding in these items tonight!!

We head out to get Cameron.. He's all happy I finished his invites!! We get to the car and head home. I clean my car like I do every Monday, and I didn't realized I did this every Monday until I started writing about what I actually do in a day.

If I actually stop to think about what I do all day, my head would spin and I'd never get anything done.

I JUST DO IT as Nike says..

Cameron and Morgan star to deliver invitations to some of the friends that live right around out street.  I laugh because they take one, come back and take another, and so on. I'm thinking good exercise.  They stay down the street at Madison's and play for a bit, aith is also there.  They both are in Cameron's class at school.  He has more girls coming to his party then girls..Morgan is very happy about that.

Time for them to come home, Gretchen is coming.

Gustavo arrives to join us for the ride, Veanne is here, ready to go and Gretchen arrives... Perfect! Veanne has a slow leak, so she and Gustavo change her tire before we leave. Today we have a crosswind but, we have a very comfortable pace going.

one the way back...

We get home in just over 2 hours... VERY NICE ride!!! I put my running shoes on and just go for an easy run.. Gustavo gets his bike in his car, Rob goes in to let Gretchen go home.

My run was a very easy 14min 40 sec

I get home, Cameron and Morgan are eating dinner and I fix my own salad this evening.
I steam some Broccoli

Makes me STRONG and cook some brown rice, Morgan eats this as well, with Ranch Dressing of course. Dinner is served...

 I need a shower and the kids need to get to bed.  I take a quick shower while the kids are getting ready for bed.  I hop out, we say prayers and off to NeverLand they go...

Tomorrow will be a pancake morning, I'll try to get creative. Cameron just likes the plain pancakes.. no syrup, no nothing.. Easy!!  Until then...

 iSwim,iRide,iRun,iPlay and iCook and tonight iSleep...

Day 12...Play..Play..Play..Play..

Day 12... I was out the door running at 7:15(workout #1)..I wanted to get a short run in before church.. I had an hour. 6 miles done.

Home in the shower and out the door for church at 9am.

As usually church is amazing and today started with a few baptisms.. I was actually baptised in the ocean in California in 2002 with Rob. I have been a Christian most of my life and have stumbled many times along the way, which many of you have witnessed and I continue to stumble but, I am forgiven and never perfect. No matter how hard I try. I can only hope and pray to plant a seed in others to "seek and you shall find." God never asks us to be perfect He just want us to ask Him into our lives, He will handle the rest. Baptisms are very emotional to me so I really do enjoy when people take a stand to do this.

After church we head straight to the gym... Morgan chooses to go into the Kids Gym, Cameron goes outside with Rob and Me to count out laps and time us. We dive in at 11am. I swim(workout#2) my first 1,000 (40 laps), then Rob has me swim 50's on 50 seconds and this is with rest.. Well.. I got no rest. maybe 5 seconds.. He kills me. He was all nice and rested and I was sucking air. So, we took it to 60 seconds. So I could get some rest. Rob played waterpolo for UCSB and is a very good swimmer. I only wish I was half the swimmer he is. I will keep trying though.

After we were done, we showered and headed out.

Today we were all going downtown Austin for the Arts Festival AND T-Bird and the Breaks were playing... They ROCK!!!!! So, off we go.....

We walk in and the kids area was down and to the right... So we had some craft fun to get done...
First the Rock Craft...

Cameron and I are now on to craft #2...

I thought it was funny this was a old Black Sabbath CD...

Paint it up!!!

At this point Margan is still in line waiting to get her face painted... Cameron and I head to the main stage... Morgan gets her arm painted...

Such a beautiful Purple Glitter Butterfly.

On the way to the concert I see this beautiful painting

I love flowers...

Now for the Breaks.... YEAH!!!

I am going to post 4 clips of what I filmed. I realized from yesterday I need to keep the clips short or it takes forever to upload... I think this is such a GREAT fun band and I love the horn section and the girls and T-Birds voice!!!

And ..... I hope you enjoy them as much as we do!!!

and the final take...

After they were done with their set, Cameron, Morgan and I talked to the girls since we were already on side stage and told them we think they're awesome!! We saw them 2 years ago at SXSW at Jovita's, a Mexican restaurant here in Austin. They are a local band.. Then Cameron sang a bit of Esmeralda and we all laughed.

We headed back to the craft area for one more craft each and time to go home, Cameron did another CD and Morgan decorated a tile. Good times.

We actually head straight to church, the kids have Awana this evening at 4:30. Rob and I drop them off. I stop to talk to Steve a bit about training.

We rush to get home, I want to get a spin in. My legs are a bit sore from yesterdays long ride. It's beautiful and I have a strong head wind going out. I have less then an hour so I make good use of my time(workout #3).

I make it back in 40 minutes, just enough to loosen the legs a bit. Quick shower(shower #3) and out the door to pick up the kids.

We get home and it's dinner time... Shower time and bedtime... No Time to waste...

I sit and watch a bit of American Idol.. Still catching up.. and stop to write... Now I have to work on Cameron's Birthday Invitations.. Even though we share the same Birthday and I'm hitting the Big 40... We are having a bash for him the same day... I need to get busy with that. We're having a burning down the house kind of celebration...Fireman/pool party!! Bring it!!!

Until tomorrow!!!!

iSwim,iRide,iRun... and somedays iDo all 3...