Cause I haven't posted a layout in a while

I thought I'd share one that I did last week after finishing up the SU! class kit. Just used some Cosmo Cricket papers, leftover AE stickers and stamps and a Scribblz artz vinyl rubon. Photos are taken with my android phone with the retro camera app.

Happy Labour Day!

Wow so many things going on lately has made me stop and just breathe. Its funny how things start out one way and end up doing a complete 180 degree turn. This summer began with me not working. We had planned for it but I found that I need to work, for my mental health, the paycheck and just for the interaction. I even took a break from teaching scrapbooking/cardmaking classes and I sorely missed it! Don't worry, they'll start up again very soon. I just finished up the final project and I'm tickled with the whole class! So along with the start of a new school year for both of my kids, being in Grade 8 (!) and 4 respectivly, I'm hopefully starting a new job. I've closed down Little Blessings Dayhome and I'm heading out for job interview on Tuesday afternoon. Prayers and good thoughts would be greatly appreciated :)

On the exercise/healthy lifestyle front, things have been going well. At the beginning of May I changed my eating and then starting at the end of June I started a running program called Couch to 5K. The exercise was to help boost my metabolism and the funny thing is that it had a couple side effects that I didn't expect. First I ended up getting muscle and tonning areas that I never considered. Weird, you'd think that I would have thought of that but I honestly didn't. Secondly I ended up loving to run. This was the big shocker for me. I was always of the midset of "why run unless something chases me?" and now I've completed the program and am running 5km every second day. I so so so love it! I crave to run now, I sweat and look disgusting but I feel strong and powerful. Totally blew my mind that I'd be a runner. I'm now considering the next program called Bridge to 10K but for now I'm happy running my 5k.

Its so weird because the farther that I got into the running program the better I felt, the more toned I got and the less concerned I became about the number on the scale. This is the first time that I've ever experienced this. Truthfully, I'm about 15lbs away from my "goal weight" but old clothes are fitting better and my body feels different. Sure I'd like that number to go down some more but really, if I'm strong, healthy and eating as best as I can I'm happy. I'm happy with my body right now, any extra that comes off now is total bonus but if I stay like this and continue to run longer distances or faster I'm happy. And honestly isn't that what we all strive for?