I am thankful that my days at work fly by.  Sometimes when I'm at home, it seems like forever to get from 7:30 to 4pm- it's nice because there is time to play with the boys, get lunch, take a nap, work out... But if I had to think about sitting in one spot at home for that amount of time, it would be horrible.  But it's not horrible at work.  Because I get so much done even though I'm sitting at my desk for the majority of the day and I'm problem solving and helping patients. and there is so much to do, the time just flies by. 

I am thankful for that. When I did my residency and worked on my research during the summer, I hated the down time. Nothing to do, but wait and hope for something do to. So well I ask the residents for help on some things, it is really frustrating when they say they are too busy to look something up for me.  It's like "seriously? I've been in your spot.  you are NOT that busy"

waiting for the boys to start stirring- 7:41am and everyone is still in bed- except for Jeremy who is out running.  It looks like the rain is holding off, which I am thankful for.

uh oh--- the bedroom door is opening:) my bets are on wyatt.

I've been thinking this morning about time passing.  It seems like only Yesterday that I married Jeremy but it has been over 10 years.  But then again, it seems like I've known him for ever.  It makes me worried because it another 10 years, the boys will have one foot out of the door going to college or getting jobs.  What do you do when you don't get to see your babies every day?

I guess we will putter around and get the Christmas stuff put away- the outside stuff needs to dry off a bit before we tackle that.

Dear sweet boys, if you ever go back and read this, know that I adore you.  I love Liam's sweetness and kindness, Wyatt's silly and infectious nature, and Beckett's determination and ability to already talk like a rock star.  As Beckett would say "tank ew" for the feels.

what are YOU doing for the next 20 weeks?

	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Week 1	Insanity Cardio P&R	P90X Chest/Back	Insanity Insane Abs	Insanity Cardio Recovery	Insanity Insane Cardio Abs	Insanity Pure Cardio	Insanity Fit Test
Week 2	Insanity Max Interval Plyo	P90X Shoulders/Arms	T25 Speed 3.0	T25 Pyramid	T25 Core Speed	T25 Ript Up	T25 Extreme Cardio
Week 3	Beast Back/Bis	les Mills Combat 45	Beast Build Shoulders	Les Mills Kick Start	Beast Bulk Back	Les Mills HIIT 1	T25 Core Cardio
Week 4	Insanity Upper Body Wt Training	P90x Plyo	T25 Lower Focus	T25 Total Body Circuit	Beast Bulk Shoulders	T25 Stretch	T25 Upper Focus
Week 5	Insanity Max Interval Circuit	P90X Back/Biceps	T25 Dynamic Core	T25 RipT Circuit	T25 Speed 2.0	T25 Speed 1.0	T25 Cardio
Week 6	Beast Bulk Legs	Beast Tempo Back/bis	Beast Lucky 7	Beast Bulk Arms	Les Mills HIIT 2	Beast Bulk Chest	Les Mills Lower body
Week 7	Insanity Max Cardio Conditioning	P90x Yoga X	T25 Ab Interval	Piyo Strength Intervals	Piyo Sculpt	Piyo Hard Core on the Floor	Piyo Define Upper
Week 8	Insanity Max Interval Sports	P90X Legs/Back	Piyo Core	Piyo Define Lowe	Piyo Buns	Max 30 Tabata Power	Max 30 Tabata Strength
Week 9	Piyo Sweat	P90X Kenpo X	Max 30 Sweat Intervals	Max 30 Sweat Fest	Max 30 Pulse	Max 30 Max Out Sweat	Max 30 Max Out Strength
Week 10	Piyo Drench	p90x X-Stetch	Max 30 Max Out Power	Max 30 Max Out Cardio	Friday Night #1	Friday Night #2	Max 30 Cardio Challenge
Week 11	Beast Chest/Tris	Les Mills Combat 60	TF Core	TF FIRE	TF HIIT 15	TF HIIT 20	TF HIIT 25
Week 12	Insanity Core Cardio/Balance	p90X Core Synergistics	Max 30 Ab Attack	P90X3 Yoga	P90X3 CVX	P90X3 Triometrics	P90x3 Total Synergistics
Week 13	Insanity Max Recovery	p90X Chest/ Shoulders	P90X3 Agility	P90X3 The Warrior	P90X3 Accelerator	P90x3 The Challenge	P90x3 Pilates X
Week 14	Beast Tempo Chest/tris	Les Mills Body Combat 64	Les Mills Upper body	Les mills Core attack	les Mills strength	Les Mills 30 Combat live	TF Abs
Week 15	Insanity Plyo Cardio Circuit	P90x Cardio X	P90X3 MMX	P90X3 Isometrix	P90X3 Incinerator	P90x3 Eccentric Upper	P90x# Eccentric Lower
Week 16	les Mills Combat 60 extreme	TF FIRE  EZ	TF HIIT 31	TF Lower	TF Sculpt	TF Stretch 15	TF Tone
Week 17	P90X+ Upper Plus	P90x + Total Body Plus	P90x3 Dunamix	P90X3 Comp Upper	P90X3 Comp Lower	P90x3 Ab Ripper	P90X Ab Ripper
Week 18	TF Fire 60	TF Stretch 45	Cize Crazy 8	Cize Full out	Cze In the pocket	Treadmill	Cize Got for it
Week 19	P90X+ Kenpo Cardio Plus	P90x + Interval Plus	P90X + Abs/Core Plus	Beast Cardio	Beast Ab	Beast Total Body	Beast Build Legs
Week 20	TF Fire 45	TF 55 EZ	TF Upper	JM week 1	JM week 2	jm WEEK 3	JM week 4
Week 21	Cize You got this	Cize Living in the 8

I'm pretty sure that the last few days are cutting off, but here is a glimpse at my workouts.  I'm adding in Turbo Fire, Body Beast, CIZE and Les Mills as workouts I haven't done before, but all the others I've gone through several times.  Different workout every day, no rest days.  I've been doing a no rest workout rotation for the past 24 weeks, so I know I am up to doing it.  Weekends are the long work outs- no longer than an hour, but no shorter than 40 minutes.  Weekends are also where I play catch up if I had to miss a workout during the week.  Weeks try to alternate cardio with weight training, and some of the weeks are "rest' weeks--- aka low impact yoga.  Week days are no longer than 30 minute workouts, and some of them are even shorter.

beckett spiked a fever again--- freaked me out because the antibiotic should have wiped out any infection. Hopefully is it just viral- was able to bring down with ibuprofen.

Got off at noon today- was planning on staying until 2:30 but it was really slow.  Got the boys and came home, played outside a little with Beckett and then went for a walk with Wyatt riding his bike.

Jeremy made Christmas cookies with the boys, and Liam played a lot of videos games.

Tomorrow is Chinese take out and the boys finally get to open their presents.  I don't think they realize yet that they only got one present each- it will be interesting to see how they respond.

strept throat for Beckett- Luckily, Liam was already on antibiotics for his infection eczema on his hands--- where's the sarcastic smiley face for this post?

the doctor went ahead and gave us the dosing instructions on Wyatt in case he comes down with a fever.  Jeremy texts me from the pediatrician office "pretty sure Beckett and Wyatt used the same tooth brush last night."

He felt a lot better tonight.  Was talking up a storm and being really playful.  the boys are generally very sweet.

we made the decision to spend Christmas and Christmas Eve at home when Liam was little.  Which means the weekend before or after we are traveling. This year, it was the weekend before. Saturday to Ashland and Sunday to Louisville.  The drive wasn't too bad.  We have Beckett's car seat switched to forward facing in the van, which is the car that we rarely use, and I think that helped a lot.  He doesn't harass the person sitting next to him nearly at all.

He is still rear facing in my car--- he will be 21 months soon, and I thought we would make it to the 24 year mark, but he is big for his age. I don't know. Jeremy said he would move it whenever he gets a chance, which knowing him but not be until he is 2 years old if I don't remind him.

I was really disappointed with Ashland this year- it used to be a small and intimate thing- this year, there were literally 8 people I had no idea who they were. Never again. we do not travel 4 hours round trip to see random distant cousins that I do not even know their names.  we just won't go.  If I have failed to meet you in the past 10 years and you live in Ashland, then sorry about your luck, but I'm not sharing my family's time with you. 

Louisville was nice to visit with Rebecca and her family and my parents.  I love hearing giggles.  It warms by heart.

Didn't snap at the boys once today. as Liam would say, check mark!

 At the Library last week

Wyatt figured out he likes Marvel Legos (for very short durations of time)

 Helping Mommy work out

 Gingerbread housing.

 Good ole penny Sandy at Meijer

 cuddles with everyone

 Horse Park 2nd round to ride the train- Liam in underneath Beckett

what surreal weather. Busy day with building a train at Lowe's, then shopping for a new door, then to the HOA lunch with Santa, then home to play outside and naptime, then to the park to pick up bountiful harvest.

I wish there were more fruit in our house besides oranges and apples and bananas.  I would love big piles of blackberries and strawberries and good grapes.  just got to wait until summer time.

Christmas shopping is almost complete.  Just need to have things arrive in the mail so that I can wrap them before next weekend.  One present for my mom (I think it's coming from Canada?????) says shipped, but arrival time isn't until 1.21.16---- is there some weird Canada delay with delivery? Like, if really high up North, they only pick up mail once a month?  And still need to go to the bank.  Because what's Christmas with out money for your 8 nieces and nephews.

from over a month ago--- but here is some of my hard work.  Jeremy says I don't technically have a 6 pack, but I'll take it. very proud of my core.  my tummy will never be flat, or non-wrinkly, nut that's the price you have to pay for gaining 50 plus pounds per baby and popping out of three of them. My upper body had changed a lot too from this picture- a lot more defined now.

boys from Halloween

I tired to post this a long time ago- looks like it will finally work?

just in case you need a laugh

Reason for Contacting |
| | I need help |
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| | I think the delivery person might still have one of my totes on their truck?

I'm missing wild Alaska salmon, spinach pizza, vegetable dumplings, and vegetable egg rolls from my order-- it looks like a bag of frozen stuff??

could you check on this? |

Shelley C. (Green BEAN Member Support) Dec 3, 6:48 PM Hi Virginia, Thanks for your message. I'm truly sorry your second bin was missing today! I just spoke with our delivery manager, and the driver does not have it on his van right now. I arranged for a fresh bin to be delivered to you tomorrow with the missing items you mentioned. Was there anything else on your invoice that wasn't in your order today? You'll receive an invoice for your redelivery tomorrow, but your card will not be charged a second time. Thanks again for reporting this to us, and if I can assist you with anything else today, please let me know. Have a wonderful evening, Shelley C. Member Services Green BEAN Delivery Healthy Food, Home Delivered 844-476-BEAN 9am-5pm EST (Mon), 9am-8pm EST (Tue-Fri)

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My apologies, there were two bins delivered- should have been clearer.  It's just that neither of the bins contained the frozen stuff, so I was thinking there might have even another bin with that?  I went through the checklist that was it the bin, and  I got all of the other items that were from the grocery store, just not the frozen stuff---- And I don't really know if all that stuff  is frozen--- I'm just assuming it is? It might just be refrigerated.

Virginia Fields

Lindsey B. (Green BEAN Member Support)

Dec 4, 10:33 AM

Hi Virginia,

Thank you for your prompt feedback! I've taken a look at your redeliery invoice and everything here is certainly a frozen item, except for the smoked salmon but either way, you will receiving this this afternoon and our apologies for the oversight and inconvenience this caused for you!

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Lindsey B.

Executive Assistant
Green BEAN Delivery
Healthy Food, Home Delivered
844-476-BEAN
9am-5pm EST (Mon), 9am-8pm EST (Tue-Fri)

to Green

Dear Green Bean Team,

My husband found most of the missing items in the laundry room this evening in a basket of clean clothes. Apparently when I was putting up the bins last night, my 20 month old son Beckett was "helping me."  We have recovered everything except for the salmon, which I sure we will be able to find within a few days when it starts to smell.

I sincerely apologize for you having to send out another truck to our house with the replacement items.  Please bill us for the items since we received them in duplicate.

Virginia Fields

man, what a gross day.  Had to work about 15 minutes late, then got the boys-- Wyatt got angry at his teacher when she asked him to sit down for circle time and apparently he threw his shoe at her.  I'm having a hard time understanding the dynamic about what is going on-- one of the teachers who I talk to keeps trying to down play it and almost gives me the impression the other teacher isn't handling him well.  Keeps saying he is bored in that room (he is transitioning this week to the older room). 

anyways, doing the best I can with limited information from a 3 year old. Was finally able to talk him through abit about it.

got home, did my workout, Jeremy made dinner- then I cleaned up dishes and did laundry while Jeremy made some chili con carne (that's with dead animal) for his lunch tomorrow.