I HAVE CABIN FEVER!!!!!!!!!

I haven't been very consistent with my blogging lately...though if you want to follow more closely I post A LOT on Instagram (sandrewsabc).

There's no better way to put it than this winter sucks ass. We've gotten 3 times the amount of snow we usually do. We have had 2 solid weeks of Polar Vortex Hell with wind chills in the -20's and -30's. Last week the snow covered sidewalks started to melt then one of the snow storms turned to rain and left a solid inch of ice EVERYWHERE.

Not to mention the ASS HATS that don't shovel their sidewalks. Ever.

So running has been scarce. And I can see it in my attitude, lack of patience, and desire to punch an unusual number of people in the throat. I've done the best I can and gone out whenever humanly possible.

This was after 4 miles in a ridiculous snow fall. It was not snowing when I started and 45 minutes later we had 2 inches. But  I did it. 

The hubs and I spent our date night rebuilding our superhero snowmen. We've had A LOT of people stop by and take pictures...And our kids love them. We mixed food coloring and water in spray bottles to do the color. The black is spray paint because we have a TON of black spray paint left over from a pintrest project gone wrong...........................................................

Building snowmen is a GOOD workout! That snow was HEAVY! I also have taken up shoveling....Desperate times people.............desperate times.......................................................

So if you live by me and see me shoveling and Dana is inside it's MY CHOICE!!!!! And it's considerably quieter outside.

The boys have been helping me kick my cabin fever too...Tyler loves to help when I'm doing the ab challenge of DOOM. A group I'm part of started an ab challenge on January 1st that worked our upper abs REAL good. This month we switched to lower abs....HELLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOO. 

Here's the challenge:

10 V-Ups

25 Flutter kicks

25 6 inch leg lifts (so only lifting your legs the bottom 6 inches and NO touching the ground

20 bicycle crunches

10 back extentions

15 push ups

Repeat 3 times. 4 if I'm feeling beastly. 

OUCH. I've modified it a little because there was another set I was doing that hurt my lower back so I switched it with flutter kicks. Anyway you cut it it hurts. 

Zack likes to help with squats. This was on one of the 6 snow days we had in January..................................................................................

And the Max Man LOVES being outside. So we shovel together...Meaning I shovel....he waddles around for an hour and then takes a killer nap. 

I'm seriously considering joining a fitness center that has childcare for the next 2 months because I HATE THIS WINTER. But if it's snowing for days on end it's not like I can drive to get there. However, the ice that is EVERYWHERE is not going anywhere untill we get a good thaw..............................2 months from now. UGH.......I just have to kick the mommy guilt of
1. Putting my kids in a childcare place 2 or 3 days/week
2. Spending money solely to benefit myself. I'm a huge supporter of happy wife, happy life, but GAHHH... I just don't know. Maybe I'll just employ a flame thrower to run ahead of me.

And how about a little Wednesday motivation for you.................

When I was pregnant with Tyler I was a mess. I honestly don't remember a lot about the last 4 months of that pregnancy...I  don't remember Max's first steps. Talk about Mommy Guilt. I would never have thought one short year later I would be in the best shape of my life. I thought it was going to take YEARS to fix what I incubating 3 kids in 4 years and eating ALL THE FOODS had done not just to my body but my mind. 

1 year. 1 little year.

Just.Keep.Going.