Days 161 & 162 My Little Secret

In honor of one of my favorite cyber blogger Mrs. Fatass I am going to share one of my little secrets just as she did.


I work in the financial world – which is no secret to any of you – and I have been struggling to find my “creative outlet” – you know the piece of the pie that is missing?

This blog has helped me tremendously and my book too - even though I am now officially several weeks behind on it…but, I have been taking all sorts of career tests and now I have direction towards my Ah-Ha moment, so the momentum is gaining.

As with most anything I do, I over analyze and prod and poke and test out every option possible in order to be absolutely certain that what I want is not a “quick fix” and a potential waste of my time. (I have a LOT of those!) I set the Building Blocks into a foundation that I can comfortably construct upon and I have made a decision.

My little secret…?

In January, I will be getting my Group & Personal Fitness Trainer Certifications. I want to train children. Not only will I start training after my certifications are awarded, but I will be completing the Life Coaching "Results" Training at the same time too! I feel the combination of these two things will fill the hole inside of me. The Drill Sergeant is back! Dun-dun-dun.



Mr. Strong and my family think I should have done this a long time ago, so I have all the support within me and from them to become great!
Oh don’t get me wrong here – I am not quitting my day job by any means! I love my job and the money, so this is something that I will be doing for ME! Maybe Down the road in 5 years, I will build up enough clients to support my current lifestyle, but until then, I am ecstatic and extremely lucky to continue doing what I do in the financial world 4 full days a week!

But you know what?

I am scared and nervous and I haven’t even started yet. I am scared and nervous out of excited anticipation of my decision and finally turning a corner in my life that is guided and motivated by an inner peace instead of money. I finally found the combination of training/coaching that I can firmly say “I would do it for free, because the look in someone’s eyes after helping them discover their inner strength would be payment enough.” And all the butterflies, goosebumps and nervous energy have confirmed that I have made the right decision – even though I haven’t even started yet!

So tell me your secret – anonymously if needed – share it with the world.

My Building Blocks Bootcamp motto is: EVERYTHING you want in your life IS possible!

So go out and prove it!

I dare you!

Days 157-160 Snapshots Into My Life

Saturday the kids and I participated in the Face the Race 5k. I was expecting it to be very cold and highly anticipated watching a DVD in the truck with Doodlebug while the girls ran (yay - doing the cabbage patch!), but my laziness what shot in the ass when the sun came out. OH MAN! I didn’t bring Doodlebug’s stroller because I just KNEW it was going to be too cold for him outside…crap!


We (Doodlebug and I) made it through the first lap of 1.6 miles and he was tired! He ran and ran and then walked then started kicking the ground and complaining he was tired and then he would run some more. You can really learn a lot from a 3-year-old just by watching how they actually LIVE in the moment. There wasn’t a piece of paper, pile of dirt, crushed and flattened snake, and every other kind of misc yuck on the ground that we didn’t miss looking at, touching or playing with the entire 1.6 miles. Time? Who cared about time - there were too many things to see! When we got close to the finish line he started running the whole way and received a medal!

SEEEEEEEEEE!

I have a video of him at the starting line. When everyone took off he started running and yelling at me to “run, run, run!” Yes – he is my next drill sergeant in the making…LOVED IT! One of these days I’ll figure out how to get it off my phone on onto this blog for everyone to see!

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At the end of October we headed to the Sporting Clays National Championship in San Antonio and had a blast! We took the kids to Sea World on Halloween and it was FUN! I have been meaning to post these pictures for a while now…enjoy!

$5 to get in this machine and dry off ....only to walk out STILL wet!

Kitty: "i am not happy - I am wet, but I will try to look forward to spending the $100 bill that dad has bribed us with if we ride ANYTHING he says..."

My life!

Kitty: "yay - another picture mom..."

Beer = happiness at theme parks!



Doodlebug had it rough in this wagon - I wanted to ride with him but Mr. Strong wouldn't let me!
Party pooper! Who cares about the weight limit!?



It was a quiet ride home!

Here, Mr. Strong, let me show you where to break the bird and be totally awesome like me!
Are you watching?

Dare I admit that this picture turns me on? yummmmy

I am soooooo badass I can't stand it!



PULL! Wait for it - wait for it...DEAD PAIR!



Here I am shooting a Side x Side Shotgun - Oh yeah  - I WON Ladies Champion in this event! (Go me, go me - running man - running man!) Thank you Mr. Strong for buying me this gun the night before! xoxo

My shooting partner rocks! You know why? Because she is in A class now! HAHAHA! (cabbage patch - cabbage patch)

FOCUS - FOCUS - "REALLY?!"



humm... Going to my happy place! I can break these clays! humm...



SING it with me!
 Big man and little juice box...big man and little juice box...

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Last night Doodlebug helped me rinse dishes – I know! – I know! This is usually Mr. Strong’s department, but something extremely rank and putrid smelling was coming from the sink and I couldn’t take it anymore. Come to find out that it was a sippy-cup half full of soured soy milk – ewwww – gag!

 
I didn't even care that my kitchen floor was half flooded from his rinsing abilities, or that he was playing in the water more than he was rinsing the dishes because he went and got his chair and basically TOLD me that he was helping me - I didn't have to ask.
 
***sigh***I remember when the girls were that way!