November 15, 2011 I’m scheduled to see my doctor every week now since we are closing in on our last month before our third son’s arrival. He loves to move every evening around 10pm and especially enjoys the left side of my belly, just as Christian did before. While I am becoming more exhausted, there is little time to reflect on that truth. Every day I’m awaken by my little son’s feet climbing up the stairs to our bed and…
Mommy Fitness Blog: 8 months pregnant
November 10, 2011I’m due in about a month! Crazy how time flies by. It’s funny because I always forget I’m pregnant, until someone asks how far along I am. I think I am pretty small still depending on what time of day I’m staring at my belly and what kind of clothes I’m wearing. My weight gain has been on target with my past pregnancies. I will probably end around 35lbs gained total. I’m excited because my husband will be coming home…
A new evolution
November 5, 2011November 5, 2011 In March 2005 I started this site on a “website tonight” godaddy account. I remember creating five distinct pages in my favorite colors of pink and green. It wasn’t much. I had an introduction, bio, gallery, poetry and journal page. In less than two hours, I started building an online home for my deepest thoughts, ambitions and fears. I didn’t have a single reader, nor did I care. At 23 years old, I had a burning desire…
Mommy Fitness Blog: Busy but training!
October 28, 2011I’ve been a bit absent this week in posting because I’ve been very busy. I’m also in the middle of updating Mariakang.com, which is really exciting. Naturally, it’s hard to concentrate when I am awaiting the facelift of another site. In this time period though, I’ve been thinking more about what I want to do to this site and how I can provide better content. I’ve considered re-doing it, adding readers, even selling it! In the next week I will…
Mommy Fitness Blog: feeling efficient.
October 14, 2011I’ve been feeling very efficient these past few days. I wrote an article days before deadline. I’ve been completing lots of paperwork, cleaning laundry and keeping the house immaculate. I’ve also been potty training Christian, which is a feat all by itself. Right now it’s Friday – it’s around 3pm…and as usual, my body is getting tired. I am usually very efficient in the morning and early noon times. I take the kids out or I run errands. Around this…
Memories of Fall
October 5, 2011A few weeks ago we received our wedding DVD. I didn’t want to watch it until everything was unpacked and we were settled into our new home. I saw it as a prize at the end of the tunnel. When we finally sat down to watch the video, my heart was filled with various emotions. I chuckled when I saw David and I laugh uncontrollably because of an inside joke during the wedding ceremony. I squirmed when I listened to…
Mommy Fitness Blog: MUST STOP EATING CANDY.
October 3, 2011It’s Monday. It’s a new week. It’s a new month. And I have new goals! I live in a new house. I am seven months pregnant. I have finally unpacked. And I’m ready to get back into the gym. In fact, I was thinking, “Everyone says I look so cute with my belly, I really should start milking this before I give birth.” After all, this MAY be our last child. I swear, the last time I was at the…
Climbing Life’s Mountain
September 29, 2011September 29, 2011 The house is finally in its last stretch in coming together. The new furniture has arrived, the frames have been hung, the clothes have been sorted and my office is complete. My life has become more organized and my routines are taking shape again. I’m not stressed, tired or irritated. I’m actually a little bored. Sometimes I wish movies and television entertained me. Besides the handful of times I’ve played ‘Pacman’ in my life, I’ve never enjoyed…
A mother’s solitude.
September 20, 2011September 19, 2011 I’ve avoided writing for the past few weeks for a variety of reasons. Firstly, we were vacationing in Hawaii. Secondly, we moved to a larger house. Lastly, my mind has been clouded with stressful thoughts and fatigue – so it was really hard to sit down and write something meaningful when I knew everything I would release was resentment, stress and anxiety. Even now, I finally sat down after a day of cleaning, unpacking and tending to…
Mommy Fitness Blog: moving, busy, tired, stressed…
September 19, 2011I haven’t been updating a lot lately because of a variety of reasons. The biggest reason right now is because we just moved to a larger house and I have been unpacking, sorting and finding stuff for the past week. Last night I FINALLY completed my office. It was the last on my to-do list. (well one of the last. The last is sorting the boys clothes) So now I am sitting in my new office, with a new desk…