Walk to school (2.6.20)

I took Ella to school. Of course Ella had to join the wagon. It was so heavy to pull.

Photo Taken February 6, 2020.

#itsmomchallenge Week 2

Here are the photos I used for May 10-16. I have some videos of various things but they are too much trouble to upload to youtube and link from there. Here's a link to my google photos album if you want to look at more. I even made collages with videos but then I made a less cool one with only pictures to put on here easier.

 Another time I'm holding 2 kids.

May 13 - practicing walking with shoes on

May 14

May 15 - went to a park and sat on a blanket to eat dinner. 

We had stopped and then Ella took some video of me running. She accidentally took the one of me running without a stroller with time lapse. It was hard to get a screen shot.

May 16

May 16 - About to craft

May 16

I clearly did more than 1 photo with myself everyday. I did this last year and noticed once May was over, I didn't take nearly as many photos with my tripod.

2019 Week 1
2019 Week 2

2020 Week 1

2020 Random Goals Progress (May)

I always make exercise goals but in 2018 and 2019, I made some random goals which is more like non exercise related goals. I'm going to do that again this year. I hope I do better than I did in 2018 and 2019 though.

In 2020:

1. 183 blog posts with a reach goal of 240. 
• January - 31 posts ✅
• February - 29 posts ✅
• March - 25 posts ✅
• April - 24 posts ✅
• May - 36 posts ✅(146 total)
2. 2020 Photo of the week blog posts
• I am so behind but still doing them.
• I should be up to week 22. I have 11 completed. 
3. Monthly blog posts Liam for months 9-12 then 15 and 18 months. 
• January ✅
• February ✅
• March ✅
• April  ✅
4. Complete 4 photo books!
• Miles's 3rd birthday book
• LACP yearbook
• (I still have a lot in process -road trip 2018 photo books... it will end up being 4 books.  pregnancy with Liam book, Miles's 1st year book, Miles's 1st year book, LACP yearbook. 
5. Read a book
• I started a book but I'm only on page 4.
6. Use to-do list notebook.
• I partially use this and use google keep
7. Finish watching 2b Mindset videos.
• I didn't watch any in 2019!
8. Do productivity bootcamp that I bought and never started!
• I did start and got through week 2

I'll keep my same reach goals in 2020 that I had in 2019. I didn't make either of them.

Reach goals

1. Clean the kitchen 2x week
• As of March 31 my counter app  says 14 (We are on week 22 so this should be 44.) ❌
2. Make bed 2x week
• As of March 31 my counter app  says 22 (We are on week 22 so this should be 44.) ❌

I'm behind on the last 2.  I did start some things so I could finish and complete them by the end of the year. I'm so ahead on blog posts because I used to post 1 post for an entire day but now I do 1 post for something little I did in the day. 

Walk Home 3.12.20

I walked Ella to school since Dave was sick. Miles wanted to go too. Walking home, he held my hand. He enjoyed the walk just us. Usually when we do anything, we have Liam.

Photo Taken March 12, 2020.

2020 Exercise Goals Progress (May)

Here's my goals so far.

For 2020, here are my exercise goals and how I'm doing:

1. Run 100 miles (with a reach goal of 200 miles)


• January = 10.01 mi  (8.33-16.66/ mo goal)
• February = 7.89
• March = 6.26
• April = 13.85
• May = 32.15 {69.12}
2. Run 52 times (With a reach goal of 100 times)
• January = 9 runs (or 7 if to and from school count as 1) (4.3 - 8.33 x a month goal) 
• February - 11 (these might have been broken up ones on the same days. I need to double check) 
• March - 8 
• April - 8
• May - 10 {46}
3. Complete 2 Beachbody programs
• January - May = didn't start a program
4. Exercise in some form 156 times (that's 3x/week) (Reach goal of 312)
• January = 20 (on app)  (13 - 26 x month goal)  This is probably higher since sometimes I forget to use the app.
• February
• March as of March 29 I completed 89 workouts
• April as of April 15 I had completed 107 workouts (then the app changed and I don't have a count.  (107 workouts in 106 days)  + 12 more workouts 
• May - 29 workouts tracked on my own and I forget some)  {148 workouts}

For inspiriting others, I plan to

1. Run 6 free challenge
• Ran 2 of them. February and March
2. Run 3 month long challenge groups
• Ran 2  - February and March

I also set a push-up goal for May to do 10 push-ups a day but I forgot to start until May 11 but still wanted to do 300 push-ups and I made it. I then created some June goals. So now I have more than what is above. I might be ambitious because the top of my right foot is injured, my plantar fasciitis is back, and I rolled my left ankle and that still hurts. The injuries are how I can post this a day early.

Here's the blank graphic if you want to make one. 

#itsmomchallenge Week 1

Last year I participated in #itsmomchallenge.  It's more of a hey looks it's mom type challenge. The goal is to get the mom in pictures. The person who created it lacked pictures when she was trying to pull something together for a funeral.  This May she didn't actually host it but a couple of us did it anyway.  She might host it another month and then I'll do it again. I posted to instagram last year daily but only made blog posts for Weeks 1 2.

I used Canva again even though I haven't used it much at all since the end of last May. It's just so nice to have pictures and text all together on a photo.

Week 1 for this post will be May 1 - 9.

May 1 - Look at Liam's core strength.

u8We got the bike trailer set up. It was the first bike ride in a long time. Miles had been afraid of the trailer but now he likes it.

 We biked as a family so then I had Dave take my picture.

On May 3, we did the DIY cake smash session and took a few family photos. 

May 5

May 5

 

 I made a collage then I remembered I had Dave take my picture so I went to his phone and airdropped them to myself and made a new one.

May 7

May 8

May 8

The challenge is to post 1 photo a day but as you can see I try to do more. I attempt for non-selfies and prop my phone or use a tripod but sometimes a selfie is still done.  I also took a decent amount of videos that I posted to instagram too. They are too much trouble to try to post since google makes you add them to youtube instead of just linking google photos.