Mornings are tough for me...working out...blahh

Ok so 'they' say nighttime is not good to workout but seriously I'm far from a morning person! I try and try and it will last a few day of 10 minute, then 7, and down to 5 mins on the elliptical. I'm determined to find a way to exercise and enjoy it or at least feel good after. I grew up swimming and dancing my weight off, neither works into my life now with kids. I even went as far as to look into a swim spa - love it, want it, but more than I can spend right now on something I just want. 

I hate running but I feel like its my only option. So I found something fun about it - the color run - where I can be a kid and get covered in powder paint! Ok so I gotta run three miles to so it. 

http://thecolorrun.com

Sounds like an easy plan right? Not in my life - in my life how will I leave three kids to run and train? I tried to work with my husband and his schedule to accomplish it - that didn't work. So I did the next best thing - found a used treadmill and made a spot in the house. I can't say I get in it enough - and I never made it to the color run this year - but I have goals - I swear by the run next year I will be ready for three miles!

 

My Life

So a little about me so you get an understanding when I say my life is crazy. I have twins who are 2 and a 4 year old singleton. 

The twins were 2 months early so I'm sure you'll see posts devoted to my respect for the NICU. Their nicknames are banshee and monster... and they earned them! My 4 year old is an awesome, way too easy, special princess - who steals the hearts of a lot of people with her love! I have a husband who works nights as a nurse manager. I work days as a IT manager in a high paced stressful line of work....just our jobs alone give us enough crazy, uber busy, moments.

My best friends are out of town and I don't have the time for a social life. Our parents are not the stop by every day kind but they do help out when they can... My husband dreams of the parents who stop by all the time and take the kids for weekends...lol, poor guy :) I can't find a sitter for very long that I can trust with the three of them....so we rarely get out. 

My typical day goes like this:
getting up usually to a crying kid
getting ready in 10 minutes
3 kids out of bed, providing sippy cups,
I dress, feed and get them out the door
Hubby meets me at daycare to say hi as he is coming home from work.
I head to my many meetings and such at work
I get out to help pick up the kids... Or at least make it to help get dinner
Dinner(thankfully hubby cooks!!)
play, bath, bed for the kids
help hubby out the door
clean or work
finally sleep around 11. 

Sound exhausting? It is. But hey, I'm now used to it and starting to feel like me again! But then I look in that darn mirror!   I don't look like the me I knew before kids - and yea I'm older but I'd like to look in the mirror and say 'yep I look good!' - not 'Man do I look frumpy!'

So what will I write about? Kids stuff, sensitive skin trials, exercise trials, Nicu things, making some things like Chapstick, and anything else that may amuse you all.

Welcome

Most days I feel like just a mom...I look in the mirror and I look and feel tired, my hair is a mess, my skin is a mess and then I look away from the mirror to take care of the kids. I work full time, as does my hubby - we work opposite shifts so most days it is a bit crazy in our household with 3 kids under 6. No - I do not have the time to be a health nut. No - I do not have the time go all natural but I do find some things important that I put in and on our bodies. I like to find things that are kid friendly and good for my super sensitive self and little ones. Yes, I will talk about my kids a lot! Yes everything listed won't take very long to do so whether making new things or exercising it'll probably be under 20 minutes to do.
My goal is to find a way for us crazy busy moms to still feel like we have it - that spunk that made us thrive. To feel like we are are healthy and beautiful even when there is puke all over us and everyone is screaming. I don't know if I'm going to achieve it but I'm gonna try like hell when I have a little time. Support is always good during a journey come on along maybe we'll get through this phase :)