Home Sweet Home, Runs, and Workouts

So you already know that we moved last weekend. One of the joys of renting is not having the guarantee that the land lord is actually paying his mortgage. Although not a great situation to find ourselves in, Brian and I certainly understand not being able to make ends meet and the pressures that go along with that. I know our land lord felt awful about about the situation. We loved the house and treated it as if it were our own. We went through extra efforts to make sure "we left it in better condition than we got it" to quote the property manager after his final walk through. The full deposit is in the mail, and if you have ever rented a place, you know how hard it is to get your full deposit back.
So now, on to the new house. Love it! The kids have settled into their rooms w/o any drama. We walked to the park behind the house yesterday after school. That seemed to be a hit. The girls have taken to hanging out in their rooms w/the doors closed, which is new. They have never just hung out in their rooms before.....so I am taking that as meaning that they love their rooms and are totally comfortable in their new surroundings.
Here are a few pictures..

The left is the room before furniture, right and middle is how it looks now.

I was looking around here thinking if you didn't know I was 33 how old of a person would you think lives here? Sometimes I think I decorate like an old lady, but you know what? I love how cozy and homey it feels. I love hearing my wall clock tick- tocking away. I love having Great Grandpa's radio cabinet in the corner, and Great Grandma's table in the family room. I think I love the feeling of having older pieces around, dark red velvet curtains, tons of greenery....it may be over the top and "old", but I love it. There are lots more house pictures on the photo site, including the kids rooms.

On the running front....after a week and a half of NO runs we did a 3 miler yesterday on Brian's lunch break. We usually don't do 3 milers. We rarely go out for less than 5 miles......yesterday, 3 felt harder than it should. I am telling myself I am just stiff from the lack of running in the past few weeks. Really, though, it is the lack of running, the addition of a few lbs, the fact that there is no training schedule up on the fridge....combined these and there you have it, 3 miles felt hard. There is only one solution, and that is to keep pushing and not letting the mental aspect of realizing how far you have slid since being in 'marathon shape' take over. I know what comes with dwelling on where you are now and that fact that it's not where you would like to be, or where you were. Nothing comes of it. Progress happens when you focus on where you want to be, and start making it happen today, right now. Really. You want to be healthier? Get up right now and give me 10 jumping jacks. There, you made a healthy choice, and have started to be who you "want to be". See how easy that was? Tomorrow do 15 and the next day do 20. Progress. Only we can make it happen for ourselves. (is this called a tangent?? Not sure....back on topic now) Progress.....so we have an 8 miler planned for Saturday afternoon, and a 13 miler Monday morning. I am anxious to see how 13 feels seeing that we have the Surf City Half rapidly approaching on Feb 6th. I will openly state I have no time goals for this one, it will not be a PR run for me, but I would like it to be as fast and painless as possible : ) I will be finishing up my California Dreaming Race Series w/this half, so that is what I am really looking forward to, getting some big bling and my jacket! Oh, and hanging out in Southern Cal for a long weekend isn't that bad, either : )
So, today was a workout day, got it done, loved it. My new workout room has a ceiling fan in it. This is only a problem if I forget its there and jump into it or throw my weight up into it during Jumping Liberties. The room also has great light, 2 large mirrors (although Matt and Sabrina still have me beat w/the sideways mirrored closet door....Great idea, right??) and a sliding glass door. Today we have great weather, so I was able to open the slider and turn the fan on high and go at it in full on sun and great cross breeze and it felt great! I am looking forward to many great workouts in this new room!
So there you go, all caught up. If you live in the San Fran Bay Area, get out there and enjoy this coming week of 60+ degree weather and sunshine!
We will be out there, making progress happen!