Kicking Ass in Kindness, Cookies and Cardio

Allo!

So I am sorta feeling awesome right now…I am not going to lie. Thursday and Friday were pretty great days…and no it wasn’t solely because I didn’t work on Friday…though that did help.

On Thursday I worked through my lunch so I was able to leave an hour early…spent that hour raking my dad’s front lawn (act of kindness #99). After dinner, I decided to sacrifice my workout and help my dad finish the back yard as it is HUGE and is really a two person job. And no, don’t worry, this skipped gym visit won’t affect my 30 days of working out to get my denim jacket–I planned on going twice on Friday as I had the day off.

Then I worked on the next steps of my niece’s lady bug sugar cookies…holy hell–drawing circles free hand in icing is really flipping hard! See the progressions below…thankfully the end product looks pretty good despite my lack luster circle drawing abilities.

A close up of one of the final products….which I finally finished on Friday night.

After the cookies, I finished my second workout of the day (a surprisingly fast 4 miler–in 34 minutes…not sure where that came from but I will take it–especially in light of the Dumbo Double Dare Challenge being about 15 weeks away), I stretched, foam rolled, started my laundry and had a long overdue phone date via face time with my friend from Australia. It was wonderful to interact with her vs the phone…and not have the overseas lag times that have always been present in our phone calls. Even better, was that I got to meet this little beauty…my Australian niece, C.

Needless to say, I am a pretty proud auntie right now…I just wish I could have a few cuddles with my lil C.

Anyway, must pitter patter–the gym is bellowing (yes, I really want that denim jacket) and I need to get my camera and cookies for my niece R’s first birthday party this afternoon…so much stuff going down…I already can’t wait for a glass of red wine and a nap, post birthday party. lol

Much luv, congrats to all the Fargo Marathon and Half Marathon finishers and happy Saturday!

Leesah

100 Days til 33

Gak.

I will be 33 in 100 days.  When did 33 happen?!  Seriously…the last ten years feels like it went by in a flash.  Frightening.

As frightening as it is, however, I know that there is not one thing I would change….not the struggles, not the triumphs…NONE of it–and yes, this includes my frustrations with my career, my single status and my weight.

Last year, I attempted to do 32 Random Acts of Kindness around the time of my birthday…in fact, I even called it Project Birthday…but, I sorta fell off the blogging wagon and didn’t deliver on all 32 in the weeks around my birthday.  I think I made it a bit too big and realized any act of kindness counts, no matter of size, impact or cost.

This year, I plan to do one better.  For the next 100 days, I am going to report on my random acts…with the last one, on my birthday, being some self gratitude–I am going to bake a delicious cake for myself for my birthday.  Probably this one again (see below)–because it’s fun and delicious…but who knows–perhaps I will experiment.  Any ideas out there of things I could experiment with?

My birthday cake–made by me

Gosh…it’s making my mouth water already. lol.

So…without further ado, today’s random act of kindness…only 99 more to go!

I am making sugar cookies decorated like lady bugs for my adopt a niece Rachy’s 1st birthday on Saturday.

And here is the obligatory proud auntie photo….

My niece…in the first t-shirt I ever bought her.

Much luv and happy hump day,

Leesah