Peace Over Perfection

 I may be crazy but I am almost three weeks into the Insanity workout from Beach Body.... and I am 12 weeks postpartum! If you don't think that is crazy, you have probably never heard of the Insanity workout. It is claimed to be the "hardest workout ever put onto DVD". I did not plan to start this workout regimen. It just happened. About 10 weeks postpartum I had a very very bad day. I was upset that my postpartum weight loss had completely stalled. There I was ten weeks after my third baby and ten pounds heavier than my pre-pregnancy weight. That doesn't sound like alot of weight but from my experience with my last two pregnancies those ten pounds are very sticky and take alot of time and sweat to come off. So I decided I needed to do something dramatic. My husband purchased the Insanity DVDs a few years ago and we both tried to do the "fit test" DVD which basically gives you a way to measure your improvement as you get more fit and progress through the 6...

        Clutter makes me twitch. One of my favorite activities when the boys and baby girl are napping is to walk around the house with a trash bag and load it up with anything that seems superfluous. Every few months I manage to fill at least two full trash bags to donate. How does all this stuff get in my home?!!   Toys are the biggest offenders and they are always underfoot because the play area in our home is also the family room. I fantasize sending my boys upstairs to play happily together in an imaginary bonus room for a couple hours while I work on projects downstairs, clean, exercise, cuddle baby girl, or have a cup of tea…. Um… who am I kidding? I have two beautiful, healthy, rambunctious boys who are two and three years old. They need a mom intervention every two minutes. I referee their wrestling matches, negotiate toy kidnappings, and kiss owies all day long. They also love to be with me, right in the middle of whatever I am doing...