Evening! Did you all have a good Monday? Mine was decent enough. In fact, I am going to walk you through it in this post. I have seen other bloggers do an outline of their day in posts and I always think they are interesting to read. So here is your chance to see just how my life goes on a basic day. Nothing earth shattering, but I hope it gives you the chance to know a little bit more about me.

6:10 am - *tap tap tap* on my shoulder. Peter tells me he is leaving for work and gives me a kiss goodbye. This is my typical morning alarm, so I can get up a good hour before Makenzie.

6:18 am - Roll out of bed. Grumble about not being able to find my glasses. Put in contacts. Grumble that my eyes are burning from being up from 3-4:30 am thanks to Makenzie's new random night waking habit she has picked up the past few nights.

6:25 am - Make it downstairs. Curl up on comfy chair to spend time in prayer. Cut my prayer time a little short because I am starting to fall asleep. Being honest...but that doesn't mean I won't have random convos with God throughout the day. Gotta keep on building that #1 relationship, right?

6:40 am - Go to grab my Bible for my daily devotional reading. Realize I left it in the car. Good thing the readings come through email too.

6:56 am - Check email for the few minutes before Makenzie gets up.

7:04 am - Good morning Makenzie! Let's get changed, dressed, fight over leaving Teddy and "Cici" (the newschool glowworm) in her crib since we are going to the gym soon.

7: 18 am - Get myself dressed and ready for the gym.

7:25 - Fix M's oatmeal + pb breakfast. Find out Makenzie now knows how to say "oatmeal". Even though it sounds more like "Elmo".

7:32 - Realize I'm not too hungry and want something light. So have a Green Monster while putting away clean dishes from the dishwasher, wiping off counters/highchair/table, starting a load of laundry in the washer, and packing my gym bag.

8:00 - Revel in the fact that it is warmer out, so I can wear flip flops to the gym before changing into my spin shoes for class.

8:08 - Huh? Where did the time go?! Grab M from chasing our dog to head out.

8:10 - Wow, it's chillier outside than I thought. Not terrible, but enough to cause some nippin'.

8:20 - Check into the gym. Wonder if the dude at the front desk is giving me a weird look for my aforementioned chilliness issue. Check Makenzie into the childcare.

8:25 - 9:25 Set up my bike and sweat bullets during spin class. Wonder why Monday's are always the hardest workout day? Insane instructor or just lazy from the weekend?

9:33 - 9:42 Leave the gym to head home. Discover Makenzie suddenly knows another word by her pointing and screaming to something outside. Oh, "flag". Where the heck did she learn that?!

9:45 - 9:57 Fix Makenzie a snack; fix my morning oats (oats, honey pb, and Newman's Own Organics dried cranberries). 

10:00 - Put Makenzie down for a nap. Go to toss the clothes into the dryer, only to realize I have some I still need to fold. Ehhh, they can wait until the other load is dry.

10:10 - Sit down for my "relax" (aka computer) time during her nap. Begin typing this post...read some blogs...catch up on emails...etc.

11:37 - Makenzie wakes up. I hop in the shower real fast before a friend arrives for a visit.

12:09 - 3:15 Friend visits. We have lunch. We talk. We watch Makenzie run around and tear up any semblance of clean the house was earlier in the day. Go for a long walk. Fun for all.

3:30 - Time for Makenzie's 2nd nap. And time for me to plan tutoring lessons for tonight along with a much needed snack and iced coffee break.

For the record, those Newman's Own Organics Hermit cookies are delightful. The perfect chewy texture with a very flavorful taste of spices (ginger, nutmeg, etc). It was like a spicy oatmeal raisin cookie.

4:36 - Peter arrives home. Tutor kid #1 is a no show. Per the usual. Hold back frustration and call his stepmom. So instead I handle Makenzie when she wakes up. Read books, color, dance around.

5:15 - Let her watch her favorite show "Word World" so I can get to prechopping veggies for dinner. Sweet potato + brussels = my all time favorite combo.

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5:35 - 6:35 Talk with Peter, laugh at Makenzie's antics, get ready for tutoring, and remind Peter numerous times on when to start the veggies roasting for dinner.

6:45 - 8:00 Head to the library. Tutor from 7-8. Proud of this kid. He shows up and as logic has it, is doing very well in Spanish.

8:13 - Get home and rush in to be able to devour dinner. Monday nights are always a quick and simple evening. We had no leftovers from other meals, so frozen it was. Morningstar Buffalo Wings for me and Gorton's Fish for Peter with our roasted veggies. Food always tastes good when you're hungry!

8:39 - Put finishing touches on this post. And hit publish.

9:05 - Will be reading our daily short reading from the book our church is studying.

9:20 - Time to start Desperate Housewives on the DVR to watch last nigh't episode.

10:00 - Bed! Perhaps some reading first to wind down and drift off to dreamland.

I have to start off by saying THANK YOU for your votes and support of Makenzie! The results are in. She came in 2nd, after the lying cheater. But, what matters is we voted with dignity and we will still receive a complimentary photo session. I will be sure to show the pictures after we do the session. It will be sometime soon, since it's for Easter, so stay tuned. 😀

I cannot believe it is already Friday! Time is just a flying by!!! Today's Fun Fact Friday will be a bit different. I received this award from Lindsey at Eat, Read, Run and I figured it went perfectly with my Fun Fact Friday posts. Thanks for this fun Lindsey!!! 😀

As part of the award, I am to come up with six outrageous lies and one truth. Same concept as my Fun Fact Fridays, but you have 7 things to pick one truth from. Oh, so evil!! I'll keep them a bit more basic for this one. So here we go! Which of the following is the TRUTH?

1. I used to think Steven Tyler (from Aerosmith) was sexy.
2. The show Friends annoys me to no end.
3. I have perfect eyesight thanks to Lasik.
4. I have a huge fear of swimming in oceans and will not go in one if I can avoid it.
5. I hate speeding and always try to go the speed limit.
6. Fried chicken is my favorite guilty pleasure food.
7. I studied abroad in Spain for 5 months.

I pass this on to everyone because I think its so fun to play the truth game...and would love to learn some crazy facts about you all. So play along if you feel like! 😀

The remainder of the post, I am borrowing an idea and post from Jen at the blog Eat Move Love. It seems fun and just a bunch of random questions that I think show a good bit of someone's personality. So I'm in for it! We can just consider today's post a get to know more craziness about me...and maybe in turn I'll learn some things about you too.

So – HAVE I EVER….

1) Walked out of a movie in the theatre? -

No. I pay the dang $10 to see a movie, I am going to watch it. Even if I am suffering madly through it. Which doesn't happen often because we only go to the theatres for things we really want to see. The only time I almost walked out of a movie was when we saw the movie The Box with Cameron Diaz in it (the only thing playing that fit our schedule). It was AWFUL and the only reason I stayed was because I had nowhere else to go. We went during the 6 hours downtime on my competition day, so it was between watching the movie or sitting in a parking lot. I will stop books early if I don't love them and end movies we rent early, though.

2) Spontaneously bought/watched a movie that was out years ago…but brings up “sentimental” feelings?

Only one time I can think of. Once again, I'm too cheap to buy things I don't really need. BUT I did buy a DVD of the 1980s movie The Labrynth with David Bowie and Jennifer Connely. He was the goblin king and stole her baby brother. Does anyone remember this movie? My sister and I loved it growing up and we have so so many jokes tied to that movie because we will still watch it for fun. When I actually found that at a store, I was buying it in no time. LOL

3) Had a major celebrity/athlete/singing crush “back in the day”? (think of having a poster up, or maybe something similar to mySPEED/Keanu obsession !)

I've never had huge crushes on celebrities. I will think some are hot, but not enough to have a poster or dream about them. Although, the character Vince on the old teeny bopper show What I Like About You with Amanda Bynes did catch my attention in college. I would watch that show just for him.

4) Called in “sick”/made an excuse to work or cancelled an appointment/meeting/get-together with friends, co-workers, etc. (but you weren’t actually?!)…

Those usually were the only sick days I took! Now, being a mommy I can't call in sick. Boo!!!

5) Just come home from work – when you should be going to the gym/doing some activity/being productive…and instead plopped on your butt with FOOD and a book/TV, a bath, some music….and just completely VEG OUT and become a LAZY BUTT…but not give 2 damns’??

Oh yea. I would say at least once a week I have a lazy butt day! And I savor every moment!

6) Had a HORRIBLE hair-cut that made you want to cry or hide out for, well, a year until it grew out?

Yes. I can't think of it specifically right now, but I know I have hated my haircuts many times. Basically, I just hate my hair. It is too fine to do anything with!

7) Had your Heart broken? How did you deal with it?

Remember the 7 year on again off again dude? That whole relationship was about breaking each other's hearts! How did I deal with it? I met Peter and realized that the craziness that made up our relationship was not good. And then got to laugh when the ex called me a week before my wedding telling me a bunch of crap about how we were supposed to be together....then eloped with some random chick while I was on my honeymoon! That helped me get over anything of our past real fast!! LOL Just hilarity!!!

8.  Wanted to look like or BE another celebrity?

Nope. I love me. I wouldn't mind having the personal chefs and disposable income of a celebrity though. 😉

Feel free to answer these questions for yourself. Or add another Have You Ever! Speaking of questions...I have two more to get to from the Ask Me Anything box. I'll do that one day soon. Add more if you like 😀

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