Oh wait, I had a big one last night.
O N E – More Freaking Tornadoes
This month
has been just awful for severe weather here.
Yesterday afternoon consisted of weather alerts on our phones, citywide
tornado sirens, and hunkering down in our “safe place” at work again. There were several tornadoes in our area yet
again, and apparently there was a really awful one that barely missed us. The weather team reported that the rotation
stayed in the sky while making its way across our city, and then it finally
touched down just to the east of us. It
was on the ground for at least 45 minutes wreaking havoc. I was listening to the live coverage and they
kept saying things like, “catastrophic” and “nothing in its path will survive”
and “radar showing debris being thrown 20,000 feet up in the sky.” All I could think about was the people in its
path and how terrifying it would be.
All I can say
is thank you, GOD, for sparing us yet again.
And also, thank goodness I wasn’t at the gym with a bunch of strangers
like last time. Instead, I was at work
and I had my twin, Adrienne, with me for moral support. It kills me to be away from my babies during
weather like that, but their schools have proper procedures in place for these
types of events, so I knew that they were safe.
Now, no more
severe weather for the rest of the year, mmmmkay? We’ve had enough to last a good long time.
T W O – Stair Stepper
I already
mentioned this in my Wednesday post, but I thought it was worth mentioning
again because I love it so stinking much.
Brian got this stair stepper for me for my birthday and I am L-O-V-I-N-G
it! For the tiny size of it and for that
cheap price you just can’t beat it!
I had a few
people ask me how the actual work out is on it, and I’m here to tell you that
it’s kicking my butt! I consider myself
to be in pretty good shape, and the first time I got on this thing I could only
do five minutes before I was sweating and panting and feeling like I was going
to die. Ha! I have just now worked my way up to just shy
of ten minutes and I’m telling you guys, it is a great cardio workout. My thigh muscles, glutes, and arms definitely
feel it the next day!
T H R E E – New Children’s Book
The Easter
Bunny brought this new book to Olivia and she is enjoying it so much! She has already requested to read and listen to it several
times and I am actually enjoying it, too.
It is very informative on classical music and instruments, and in my
opinion is a great tool to help foster a love of classical music in kids.
B and I both
grew up surrounded by all genres of music.
I have mentioned on here numerous times that I pretty much love all
genres (but please, no heavy metal) and my musical tastes are very
eclectic. We pretty much always have
music playing in our house, and B and I love love love live music. I mean, we’ve already been to three concerts
this year and it’s only April!
But anyway,
we know that we want to raise our children to love music as well, and I think
that this book is perfect for helping them learn to appreciate it early on. You just can't go wrong with Beethoven's Symphony No. 5!
F O U R – 6K on Insta
I hit 6K on Instagram this week! I’ve been trying to
grow my following this year and it’s working!
I seem to be steadily growing by about 1K per month as I’ve grown 3K in
3 months. If you want to see my strategy
for growth, click here. I’ve given an
extremely detailed account of what I’m doing.
F I V E – Broke Another Record
I’ve also
been focusing on fitness this year and I joined a gym last August to help. I’m using it a couple of times just for
cardio during the week on my lunch break.
Thursday I broke my personal “burned calories” record. Each time I go I have exactly 30 minutes to
work out. I’m not one for running
anymore as it’s bad on my SI joints (I have a lot of trouble with them since I
gave birth to Jacob) so instead I have been focusing on fast walking and
utilizing the incline.
Since I am
constantly changing speeds and inclines, the only way to really measure my
progress is to watch the “calories burned” data. In the beginning of my gym days, I was
usually walking around 3.4 mph on an incline of 3 or 4 which was burning around
200 calories, but I’ve gradually increased the speed to a 3.6 with an incline
of 9 or 10. My previous record was 311 calories
burned and yesterday I hit 320 calories burned.
Woo hoo!
Happy
weekend!
*Linking up with A Liz Adventures and Carolina Charm for Five on Friday, A Little Bit of Everything for Friday Favorites, September Farm and The Farmer's Wife for Oh Hey, Friday, Meet @ the Barre for Friday Favorites, and Cup of Tea for High Five for Friday.
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