What is keeping me busy right now?

So I am going to take a few minutes and talk about what I am currently doing outside of work and my boys that is keeping me busy.  I am focused on a couple things, reducing the "crap" in my house, spending less money on daily items, better health and living with essential oils, and weight loss.  All sound fun right??

Reducing crap…. So our house has been for sale for 10months.  Which is a really freaking long time when you have 2 toddlers.  So it comes off the market this week and we will try again in a couple years.  No big deal I guess.  Anyway these ten months have made me really look at what stuff I really need and want in my house.  We have a whole storage unit of stuff to bring home and I don’t want to bring much of it home…. We don’t really need it.  However some stuff we do need and do want back.  I just want to reduce the crap around home and make room for space…. I just want some space that isn’t cluttered.  I sound like my stepmom but that is totally ok.

Spending less on daily items…. So I started to coupon more and focus on sales to buy things.  I also upped my game with more Wal-Mart shopping and plan to hit Aldi more as well.  I also am now making my own homemade fabric softener (it really works) and soon my own laundry soap.  I am giving up on drier bars and have moved to wood balls in the drier.  I will update you all on the soap thing when I finally try it.  I am also going to start making my own hand soap…. At some point. 

Essential oils… I started working with Young Living and using oils for all kinds of things.  I make a kick butt sore muscle rub, stretch mark cream, vapor rub for the kids, and I use it diffused every day.  My stretch marks have gone from red to normal skin color in a month!  The sore muscle rub is such a hit my friends are asking me to make it for them…. And my son wants his vapor rub even when not sick.  I also have an allergy roller that I love when my allergies are bugging me.  The uses are endless honestly and I am freaking in love.  If you want to join my team or get more information check it out!  Kim's Young Living 

Weight loss…. I am doing weight watchers through my work and so far I am down 22 pounds.  The last 3 weeks have been hard.  I am fighting a few pounds weekly to make them run of the hills.  But let me put it into perspective…

22 of those is no joke, but I still have a lot to go.  It is work every day and making the right choices along with working out.  I just added Monday to my work out days.  I now do 30 min of gym time M-F… Weekends I have 30 minutes of kids and running around and everything else.  The weekends derail my eating.  I really have to start working on that doing better.  All the crappy choices I make over a weekend can add up to a failure of a week for me.  So that has to stop.  The goal is 100 pounds down…. So focus is gonna be needed.

So I guess that is what is keeping me busy right now.  We didn’t even go into planning a garden, getting storage set up at home, getting a swing set ready or any of that… needless to say life is busy and I like it that way!!

Much Love,

~Kim

Workout?? I do, let's talk about it.

Good morning everyone!!!!

So I don't know if I have told you all but I work out.... yep I do.  At 4:30-4:45am 4 days a week.  Well today I decided that next week will mark the first week of 5 days a week.  Why you wonder??  Because Mondays suck.  I know everyone agrees with this, but for me it is a totally different reason.  Mondays suck because I drag but and feel like poo.  So I just have to get up and get the workout done so that I feel less like poo.  End of story.

So why do I get up before the sun and get my workout in?  Well I have two toddlers that are awesome and busy... like the kind of busy that makes you want to take a nap just from watching.  So... going to gym after they go to bed is joke.  Big fat joke.  My hubby can get a run in after they go to bed but for the life of me I don't know how.  I can't do it.  I just can't.  I know this and I made adjustments.  I get up, I go to the gym, I come home, shower and then get everyone else ready as well.  It works for us.

So now that we are talking about working out... let's talk about why I workout.... well it is for my kids in a way.  I was sick of being out of breath and not wanting to run around and be crazy with them.  I was 255 pounds as my highest non-prego weight.  I had enough of it and said I had to make change.  I started with the working out and trying to do C25k, then C210k, but running has caused me some serious hip pain.  Now I am still working out but cut the running a lot.  I am going to see an ortho guy about the hip in May to hopefully get it all set to run again.  Either way my goal was lose 100 pounds.  The weight wasn't moving with just working out.  So I started Weight Watchers in January as well.  I am knocking on 25 pounds down, but can't seem to get the scale to agree to 25, just 24.2 for a couple weeks.  I am working on it.  So the goal is 150-155ish.  This was my last attempt before I gave serious thought to gastric bypass.

The goals are really easy to understand, be healthy and have the energy to play with my kids.  Simple, but it is taking a lot of work and dedication.  I give myself some props for getting up and hitting the gym 4 days a week all winter... I started before Thanksgiving in 2015 and have missed only one day due to my kids being sick and up all night.  Missing sucked, I just didn't have the same get up and go that I do when I go to the gym.

So that is my deal with working out and trying to eat healthy... what are you doing?  Are you trying to start, started, maintaining??  Whatever you are doing I am glad you are doing it.  We should all try and be active so that we can stay healthy.

Much love!
~Kim

Weekend.... what weekend.......

So I love my weekends with my kids... I really do, but sometimes we just don't actual have a weekend.....

Saturday morning we had a house showing (we have had our house on the market almost 10 months) so we had to be out of the house by 9:30am.  So I plan to go to a few stops to pick up clothes for my oldest.  (Mommy groups on FB have great deals on clothes.)  So we go to the first house and get the shirts, then we go to the second house and get pants.  I told them to just let me know if had more 3T and I would be happy to come get them.  Well the second house did.... big score for around $50!!!  I was thrilled.  By then it was time to go meet the family for my grandma's 95th Birthday!!!!  We had a good time taking her out to lunch.  Her favorite restaurant.... Denny's for a waffle.... yep she loves it.  After that we took a quick trip to my sister's new place to check it out... then back in the car for a "car nap" for the boys.  I drove around for over an hour to make sure they got sleep, then over to my dad's house for Pizza with my cousin that was in town for the big Birthday.  By the time we got home it was bed time for the boys... and I wasn't far behind.

Sunday we had less going on in the morning so the boys got to play at home for awhile.  We had to have a lunch a little early so that we could have a house showing at 4pm.  So lunch at 11:30am, naps and the hubby was out running 17 miles after.  So I was picking up the house and cleaning for the showing.  The oldest woke up and we watched a movie for a little, then the little one got up and we started getting ready to go... we had to be out of the house by 3:30 to make it to out 4pm haircuts... or at least by 3:45... Hubby was still not home from the run... I texted him that I was going to the bank with the boys and that we would be back to get him.  When we got home to get hubby he was showering.  My agent called saying that the lock boxes weren't working and could I leave a door open?, sure!  Also can they be there in 10 min..??  No!  Hubby is in the shower.  Ok say 15?  Sure!  I got out of the car ran inside and told him to hurry.  By the time I made it up the stairs the showing was in our driveway..... 25 min early...... I was not happy.  Hurry hubby hurry....  We got out of the house and got to haircuts (for the boys) on time.  Both boys got cute cuts and then it was time to run to the store..... not too late so we hit Tops and then decided to hit Walmart.  Well that took longer than planned... Home by 6:25... dinner is normally at 5:30..... do a quick dinner and get the boys in the bath and then to bed...... again, we weren't far behind.  However before I could go to bed I wanted to give making my own Fabric Softener a go... it was super easy to make.... 1 cup hair conditioner, 3 Cups warm water and 1.5 Cups Vinegar.  I will review it in another post after I use it.

Monday at 5:15am... Alarm rings and it is time to get ready for work!!!

This Krazy Mama needs a nap and it isn't even 11am on Monday!

So that was my Krazy weekend.  I hope you all had fun if not busy weekends.

~Kim

Welcome To My Krazy Mama Life

Welcome to this one Krazy Mama's life!!!

Here is my back story.........................

I started blogging back when I was struggling with infertility.  I found it to be a great outlet for the stress in my life and I was able to air some really complex and personal issues.  I kept up with the blog until I got pregnant via IVF in 2012.  So where are we today??

I have two.... yes two amazing, loving, wonderfully, awesome boys that rock my life every day!

They are 16 months apart and bring my husband and me so much joy.  So why am I starting a new blog?  Well, I started a new job back in August 2015 and it took the stress in my life and cut it down big time.  It has given me more time to do the things I want to do.... not to say I have much time but I get a lot of stuff into the time we have each day.

So what is this blog for?  I am not sure.  I am just getting my head into the whole blog thing and I figured I might as well leave the field wide open for fun and interesting things to talk about.


What might come up on this....  My kids, recipes, money saving, essential oils, crazy projects, my crazy running hubby, weight loss, travel, and basically whatever I am dealing with or doing at anytime.  

I guess I should say something about myself and who I am, right???  
Well, I am currently 33 and live outside Rochester, NY.  Please don't confuse Rochester with NYC.... I am 6 hours away from NYC.  I am closer to Canada than NYC. 

I was raised here locally and do love the area.  My husband and I are foodies in a way and we like some wine tasting as well.  I am a boat person and love to spend time on that water.  I watch The Walking Dead but cover my head at the really scary/gross parts.  I workout 4 days a week at 4:30am... yeah AM!  I work in system support for a large medical center, and I am starting to dive into essential oils for fun and a side business.  Fun Fun times.  I love my family first and foremost and the rest always falls into place!

Well that is my Krazy Mama life in a nutshell.....  Enjoy.

~Kim