I am sure many of you are familar with the buzz of the alarm, or the beep of the text messages recieved.  I even have a coffee pot that beeps at my 4 times to let me know it is going to brew my fuel.  My eliptical also offers 3 beeps of encouragement before I start my training.  These are some of the noises that guide me through the first part of my day.  They are the sounds that encourage me rise out of bed before the crack of dawn for early morning sprints.   Or the indicator that the coffee has perculated to perfection so I can have a few minutes with a cup of joe in front of the laptop for some creative writing. 

But it is the sounds of my babies that truly dictate my time.  The small movements that rustle the sheets as they stretch in their beds before waking.  The heavy breathing as Addie attempts to wake fully.  The rush of Tori's legs as she makes for the potty, slamming the bathroom door behind her.  Rainier's happy jingling collar tags hitting his silver bowl each time he laps up water.  And my all time favorite sounds that makes me jump to the ready is, "mommy."  What a beautiful way to start my day!

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Since Thanksgiving our little town has been bustling with winter sports enthusiasts and my husband has looked longingly up toward our local ski area....its only 5 minutes from our new house. Josh is pretty certain that if he hikes a bit for a small section, he should be able to ski home. Our older girls were blessed with 'snow dough' and amazing equipment for Christmas compliments of

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I cannot believe I have made it through 4 weeks of my Transformation Journey.  I took a body comp today and have lost 1.69% of fat!  Yahoo!  Total weight lost is 8 lbs and, I have to tell you, I FEEL GREAT!! 

I have stuck pretty close to the diet of lean protein and high vegetables.  Only here and there have I let myself indulge. 

My kids see a difference too!  Tori said that I looked healthy.  I asked her what she meant. And she said, "I don't know, you just look happy.  Are you happy?"  "Yep!"  I answered.  I feel good and I am happier than I was 4 weeks ago.  It is starting to have a trickle down effect on the rest of my life.

For those of you new to this blog, I started a seperate blog on getting fit.  I hit an all-time wieght (just shy of my delivery wieght of my second baby) and realized that at 34 I better get this weight down before I get much older.

In the process, I have found that I need to set time aside for me.  I have some pretty significant obligations to others such as kids, home, work, this website - but I have to take care of me first if I want to be efficient at any other tasks.  Here is the link to that other blog - Becky's Journey to Thin