Hi everyone!  It is (finally) starting to look like spring (aka no snow, sun is shining) YAY!  I haven’t checked in for a few days so I wanted to do so, but first thing’s first: I am (publicly) declaring my intent to GET OFF MY PHONE 😉  Seriously, be it my ADHD and inability to concentrate on only one thing, my need to multi task, my type A personality, or most likely a combination of the three, I am finding myself on my phone WAY more often than I would like to be.  The thing has become an appendage and I am a slave to its every vibration. It. Needs. To. Stop;  Zachary is at the age where he WILL understand that Mama is not devoting her full attention to him, and quite frankly, I want to try being more present.  There is NO NEED TO DO IT ALL, ALL THE TIME.  Work emails, texts, etc. can WAIT!

THIS CANNOT.

OK, so more on my mind:

-Meal planning:  I will return with a fresh new one for next week, and am working on a blog post chronicling MANY of my easy meals by type (meat, ease level, etc).  But this week was crazy. I actually had dinner out (gasp!) with a great friend, and dinner over another friend’s house.  Our kiddos ate together and it was ADORBS!

OH, and her husband cooked me dinner which was amazing.  I love a good home cooked meal (especially not made by me!). He packed leftovers and let me say, they did not stand a CHANCE!  My fingers were in the rice by the time I got on the highway.  Both unsafe and gross.  Anyway, tonight I am making crock meatballs and will have next week’s meal plan up this weekend.  As a preview, I will tell you Sunday will entail a traditional Easter dinner of Ham, Lasagna, Easter bread (yup, bring on the carbs) and roasted broccoli or asparagus (gonna see what the market has).

-Blogging: I am currently attempting to better organize the blog so it is easier to navigate, primarily by going to all archived posts and tagging, so that when you click on a category, you will TRULY get all posts related to the tag (ex: baby, opinion, crock pot).  It is quite the endeavor, but it needs to be done. It is an easy mindless after-baby-goes-to-bed task that will help me do a “favorites” post as well.  Coming soon.

-OK, so does anyone see any problem with this?  We were at my Mom’s for family dinner and she doesn’t have a high chair yet for Zach, so we “made do.”  See below contraption.

He seems happy!  RIGHT!?!? Gotta be resourceful!  Better than him sitting on the floor!

-Also, I NEED to get him a sort of tunnel-like thing. HE LOOVES playing in these.  This is him playing at playgroup in a tunnel-like train contraption. SO CUTE.

-Ed Sheran is on Live with Kelly and Michael. I LOVE LOVE LOVE his songs but they make me sad (sorry side note).

-Zach is now standing on his own! It had definitely added to his cuteness!

-My shin is MUCH better. Last week’s four day rest allowed me to complete a pain-free 12 miler.  I am SO happy.  I saw this picture on HRG blog.

True Story.

-I am SOOO looking forward to my half on my BIRTHDAY in two weeks. I admit, I am a bit afraid of the hills that Central Park will bring, but I am not looking to PR (I want to do this on the flat Philly rock n roll half in september when I plan to go Balls. To. The. Wall.) just to finish and feel good.  And maybe not stop at all.

-Speaking of running, Mantras. I have been thinking about this lately.  Do you have a mantra you use for anything? Exercise?  Stress?  I realize I do and didn’t even notice.  I just say “PUSH, PUSH” and sometimes “YOU CAN DO THIS.”  But mainly PUSH. Inhale, exhale PUSHHHHHHH 😉

OK, sorry for being TOTALLY all over the place today.  I guess it is that kind of week!  Hope everyone is well!!!!!