Wordless Wednesday...

This is Wordless Wednesday with a Twist! 

You ladies know by now that I can't keep my mouth shut!

 

Yes, I voted Mother!  Not sure why that's so hard to believe?  But was anyone else's "I voted" sticker attached to their most favorite mini candy bar ever?!  Tell me it wasn't just me?

This may or may not be the Fifty Year Old Who Thinks She Is Twenty Porn Star that made the cake comment...
And yes, that's a manican on the left and no I don't know what is going on...

Hot Box - What I used to call myself and kids... that is until Nancy Clue told me that "Box" is slang for Vagina, VaJayJay, HooHa, Uh-Oh, ChaHa, or whatever you like to call your private area... Note to self:  Stop calling my kids vaginas...

FaceTime (but in person) with Norah Jane before Bunco last night!  She looks like a boy in these pictures...

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
Holla for 40 Dolla's!
This Momma won BIG at Bunco last night - please excuse the mess that is my head today...

I think these might be the cutest flats and I don't mind rockin' the leopard!

It's a LUNA morning!  And I'm making myself get my H2O intake back over 100 ounces a day!
If you need me I'll be in the little girl's room ALL.DAY!

There you have it, Not So Wordless Wednesday!  I hope everyone had a fun evening last night (minus the election BS) and have an even greater DAY!  xoxo

Tuesday Truths... And A Slap In The Face...

I'm not chipper today... I have a sinus headache, my eyes are burning and I'm still trying to figure out what nonexistent object/bug/whatever is in my left ear, my hip flexor still hurts and I'm wearing flats...yes FLATS!  Kill.Me.Now!

The truth today is U.G.L.Y.  Let's just get to it...

Week 3 Poundage - 180.8

Total Poundage Lost - +1.4

You read that right, folks... I gained.  I can make a ton of excuses, but I'm over the excuses.  The truth is I ate too freakin' much food...plain and simple!  I suck at controlling my food intake.

Also, I have been banned by the doctor from running this week due to my hip flexor issue.  I have a 5K this Saturday that I'm still running in, but other than that I need to take it easy and see if the rest will help!  I so hope it helps because if I can gain weight while "dieting" I can't imagine what what will happen if I stop running/exercising.  Scary thought.

Dr. S Update...I did the Iodine test last week and that damn square disappeared in about 10 hours!  Normally it should take at least 24 hours, so I'm now taking some Iodine supplement on top of the Adaptogen for adrenal support - both should be increasing my energy levels - but I can't say that I've seen a huge difference...yet at least.  I go back on the 13th so we'll see what he says and I should find out where all my hormone levels are too!

Here is the real kicker, and by kicker I mean Slap In The Face I received yesterday at work.  Long story short-ish, we have a group of team members in the corporate office training to go over to work on our railroad in Australia and yesterday we had a "send off" celebration which included CAKE.  I was sitting quietly in my office and a guy walks by and says, "It's Cake time! You coming?!"  I was like, "Heck Yeah!  Cake time!" and just as I walked out of my office door my resident Fifty Year Old Who Thinks She Is Twenty coworker says, "Dang, Fatty!  Gotta go getcha some cake!"  No, I'm not shitting you...  Mind you said Fifty Year Old Who Thinks She Is Twenty coworker weighs probably 105 pounds and is as vain as they come.  I'm not normally one to shy away from conflict, but I was honestly so dumb-founded and caught off guard by her comment (which I think she really thought was a funny joke, b/c I don't think she is a mean/malicious person in general) that I just like reacted with a nervous laugh and replied something about her being a Skinny Porn Star (genius, right?)... But in all honestly, who the FUCK, yes FUCK, says that to someone?!?!  Is that the reality check that I need or was she just being a Bitch?  I don't know, either way my next door office neighbor asked me about it this morning, he said he wasn't sure if she said what he thought she had said and that he was totally disgusted that she would say that to anyone and he apologized for her behavior - which totally isn't his responsibility or duty, but it was a nice gesture.  So what did I do last night?  Went home and stuffed my face full of Mexican goodness... the entire day was a FAIL!

But today starts a new week and I'm determined to not be seen as the "Fatty that's gotta get me some cake!" around the office - even if the only person that thinks so is a Fifty Year Old Who Thinks She Is Twenty Porn Star...

Weekend Rewind...

Goooooooood Monday Morning, Hookstars! 

Haha, I crack my own shit up!  I saw on Instagram, aka my Home Girl, that someone said Hookstars, probably Mama L (that lady is the bomb), and I'm obsessed!  It's so funny and unexpected, especially when you say it to women at the office... yes, I'm THAT girl - sue me!

Guess who's rockin' the Celebrity status today?  Me, duh!  Holly is pimpin' out my LGCs today over on her blog!  I feel so special...and I may, or may not, have paid sponsored her blog so she'd have to be my friend!  And by pure coincidence I happen to be rockin' the LGCs today myself!  See... Now go check me out over at Holly's!

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Now, on with your reguarly scheduled programming...

Gosh, the weekend was a whirl wind, total WHIRL WIND and I'm exhausted!  I'm going to let the pictures do most of the talking today (yeah, right)...enjoy!

• First things first, can we please talk about Miranda Lambert for a minute!?  Technically, this didn't happen on the weekend, it was whatever night the CMAs were on last week, but I fell in LOVE with her!  I've always liked Blake on The Voice, but Miranda is now officially my Girl Crush.  She is gorgeous and a "real" woman - curves and all! xoxo

• Friday night was packed.  We took a quick road trip to Joplin to Academy - do you have those where you live? - I love that store!  And it's a place the whole family can go, I shop for workout clothes and The Husband shops for hunting crap!  Win-Win!  Although, Jack must have found some crack in the bathroom at Academy because he was actin' a fool when we got home!

That is a gun AND a glow stick in his unders...

Wrestling on Crack might be a good bad idea...but we are signed up and going to give it a go!

• Saturday was jammed packed.  I ran my first of two Turkey Trots, then the Children had Santa Pictures, then we had a wedding reception and damn Daylight Savings to top it all off.

I didn't improve my 5K time, in fact was 4 seconds slower than my last run, but it was COLD and my Hip hurt...
Feel sorry for me?  Me neither, "Buck up Sista!"

Santa Picture Outfits for The Children - they are Bad Asses!

Not really thrilled to drive 1.5 hours to a reception, add being DD on top of it and yes, it Blew Balls...

• Sunday was a lazy day for Norah Bean and I - the boys were off hunting.  Although Bean did not understand the "we get an extra hour" of sleep thing and we were up before 7am.  Nothing much was accomplished other than playing, laundry and the oh-so-fun trip to Wally World.  Oh, and I got registered for the Jingle Bell Run with my Bestie Julie - you don't know Julie?  Go here and you will instantly love her!

Norah has officially grown out of the Bumbo...When they can crawl out of it, it's time to retire...

My little Hippy Chick.  Jack made her that necklace/headband at daycare - too cute, huh?

Update - I forgot to post about POTM.  The first week was a short one, only 3 days and I only managed to log my 3.2 miles from my 5K Saturday!  My goal for the month is 50 so I better get my ass a jigglin' movin'...

 That's my weekend!  How bout you?  Fun stories to tell?!?!

Friday Letters..

Dear Sinuses - You are driving me bat-shit crazy!  I can no longer hear out of my left ear, my head is at a 10 on the "Gonna Explode" scale, and the sneezing and sniffing is is annoying my office neighbors.

Dear Halloween Candy - I'm sorry to do this to you, but you are going in the trash tonight.  Jack will never even know what happened or where you went and that's the way I want it, so keep your fat mouth shut!

Dear Facebook - You have been replaced!  Instagram is my new Home Boy Girl!  I'm sorry, I'm not sorry!

Dear Right Hip - Will you please get my ass back in place soon?  I have a 5K tomorrow and my ass is seriously dragging and it's all your fault!  I ice you, stretch you, rub you and get nothing in return...

Dear Santa - Don't you know Christmas isn't for 2 months?  Why are you having pictures tomorrow?  Please don't be offended when Jack shows up in a black sweater with a skull and crossbones blazing across the middle of his chest... after all you're the asshole that showed up early this year!

Dear Miranda Lambert - I love you!  I want to be your BFF!  I may or may not have a girl crush on you...ok I DO have a girl crush on you!

Dear Jack and Norah - Please cooperate with Santa tomorrow morning!  PLEASE!  This shit costs money so I'd like at least one of you to NOT be screaming in the picture!

Dear Mother Nature - Figure your shit out!  Is it Fall or is it Winter?  This back and forth crap is for the birds (who want to fly south, or is it north?) and don't even get me started on Daylight Savings Time...

Look Out, Dallas...

This Momma is headed to BlissDom!  What!?  What!?

I kept hearing about BlissDom from Holly, Kassie, Mama Laughlin, Aly, and Keyona and never really knew what it was and still don't really know all the deets, but I do know that it's a Women's Blogger Type Conference - sounds cool, right?!?!

Right now I'm planning to drive with Keyona and we may or may not be sharing a room with Kassie and Leigh Ann - I so hope for a slumber party with these gals!  Aly, Holly and Mama L are bunking up sisterwives style so it should be an AWESOME girls weekend and a little bit of blog inspiration as well! 

And I'm trying to talk one of my friends in real life, Chelse, to join us too!  If you want Chelse to come as much as I do head on over to her blog and tell her about it!  :-)

This is the conversation I had with the Husband about it last night...
Me:  So you got that invite for March, right?  I'm going to Dallas...
Husband:  Yeah, I saw that.  What was it called? 
Me:  BlissDom... it's like a women's blogger conference thing...
Husband:  Who are you going with?
Me:  Oh there are a bunch of girls going that I'm blogger "friends" with...
Husband:  So you don't know any of them in real life? 
Me:  No, I've never met them in person...
Husband:  Just don't get murdered!  Are they normal?  What if one is a serial killer?  What if they want to eat your organs?  Or sell you as a sex slave?
Me:  Don't be dumb, no one is a serial killing, cannibal, sex slave dealer (I mean I'm pretty sure everyone is "normal")!  I'll be fine!
Husband:  Oh, ok.  Well are they hot?

MEN!  Typical man response!  Haha!

So that's that!  I'm going to the Big D!  Any one else want to join in the fun or is already planning to go to BlissDom?  If you want to know more about BlissDom click here.

Say My Name

I'm linking up over at Running on Empty.  Today's link up is about what your blog name means... Well, I used to have a "family" blog that was all about my pregnancies and kids.  The first name was "True Life We Are Having A Baby" then it was "True Life We Are Having a Boy" then it was "Chris - Darci - Jack" then it was "Chris - Darci - Jack - Norah" and it is currently "Life As I Know It."  Haha!  No wonder I wanted a fresh start and a new blog!  StronglyFeminine started as a blog where I could focus on just ME...we as women tend to lose a bit of ourselves when we get married and especially when we have kids.  Finding ME TIME is almost impossible, so I wanted some ME SPACE and StronglyFeminine was born!  I always wanted a cute, catchy, witty blog name like SkinnerRunner, Analyze This, Skinny and Delicious, etc. etc. etc.  I was scanning the Ruffles With Love shop on Etsy (thanks Mama Laughlin) and there it was on one of Vanessa's tanks - Strongly Feminine...I thought it was perfect to describe me and the blog!  I'm about the girliest girl you'll ever meet, but I'm strong - strong in body, mind, soul and personality!  So there you have it ladies, what you'd all been wondering for oh so long!
 

 

POTM

In other important news today is November 1st and you know what that means?! POTM starts TODAY!  Did you sign up?  I committed to 50 miles - doable I think for sure!  I am having a hip issue and have been to the chiropractor twice already this week to get adjusted.  I'm icing and stretching and BioFreezing my ass off (literally) in hopes that it gets better before it gets worse!  So far it hasn't stopped me from running, but it definitely is a pain in the ass (again, literally)!

 

Upcoming Races

I have my first of 2 Turkey Trot 5K's this Saturday - 11/3/12 here in Pittsburg for the YMCA.

The second Turkey Trot is next Saturday - 11/10/12 back home in Chanute.

Then I don't have any races lined up until 12/1/12 in Wichita (Jingle Bell Run - everyone dresses up in Christmas garb, I'm pretty stoked about that) with one of my bestest bestie's in the whole world, Julie! 

Meet Julie

I love this girl!  Julie has been my PIC (Partner in Crime) since she moved to Chanute our freshman year of high school.  I remember thinking, who is the weird new girl with her initials on her LL Bean back pack?  We (meaning the "cool" kids) didn't even carry back packs...haha - oh high school, how I don't miss you one bit!  But soon, soon Julie's funny, outgoing, crazy, dance like a stripper personality had me hooked and we were attached at the hip from that point on and could be found reguarly dancing on randomn cars stopped at red lights or fire hydrants on Main Street...I'm serious!  We were dancing fools!  And guess what?  Julie is getting married in April - finally!  Girl we are almost 30!  Here is a conversation from today discussing her bachlorette party...

Here is Julie and I at my Bachelorette Party back in 2008!  She is so cute!

On a more serious note, Julie is also Norah's godmother! 

There is a rare glimpse of the Husband in the background in the picture on the right!

 

Wow, did I really just go completely ADD on this post or what?!  Haha!  You girls love it!