Ease into 5K

Full disclosure- I had grand visions of spending my maternity leave and summer break losing the baby weight I had gained (and then some) and getting fit. Ha! Instead, I spent the summer sleeping when Maggie slept, going to the pool, and just trying to survive the newborn months. Exercise was literally the last thing on my mind. Friend's weddings, family vacations, and Maggie (of course!) filled up all of my summer. Plus, have y'all been outside in the Georgia heat lately? Today the high was 85 and it's October 24! One can only imagine how hot it was in June. . . . Yes, I have walked numerous times but the majority of those walks involved catching up with friends and no sweat.

So yesterday, almost 7 months after Maggie was born, I actually full-on, legitimately, sweat-inducing, exercised. And after hearing about Couch to 5K on my friend Keight's blog, Put Up Your Dukes, I decided to try it. It has since been renamed Ease into 5K but it's the same thing. Basically, it is an app for your phone that "teaches" you how to run. The premise is this: run 30 seconds, walk 30 seconds, run 45 seconds, walk 45 seconds, etc. The times vary each exercise and the running amount increases while the amount you walk decreases. At the end of the 8 week program, you are supposed to be able to run a 5K in about 30 minutes. The best part of this program is that you only have to "run" 3x a week. My personal goal is to run at 5K without stopping to walk, and frankly, I don't care how long it takes!

Wish me luck! 

Maggie, my personal trainer and weights, will be with me on every run!

Strike A Pose!

Maggie's Aunt Katty LOVES to take photos so we scheduled Maggie's 6 month photo shoot with her a few days ago. . . Maggie behaved so well, we got some great shots!

Maggie and Mom

Maggie LOVES the Gracie dog!

Pure joy on Maggie's part . . .Gracie, not so much!

Family shot!

Another one!

Maggie searching for the Gracie dog.

And the meltdown begins!

In other news, when I took Kathryn's memory card to download these photos, I found all these photos. . . Needless to say, Aunt Katty really enjoys putting Maggie inside things!

At least Maggie looks like she is having fun, right? And she really does love her Aunt Katty!

Maggie, the first 6 months!

Maggie, the first 6 months!

Click on the link to view the slideshow! 

Pork and Green Chili Burritos

Lyle's favorite burrito place closed and is reopening in a new location at a date unknown. He was really wanting their pork and green chili burrito and being the nice wife that I am, I decided to make it for him (or he specifically asked for it. . . details). And use my fancy crock pot no less. See, fancy!

Full disclosure, this was the second time I have used my crock pot since we have been married. The first time, my sister in law borrowed it, made the dip, and then brought the dip back to my house for a party. So I guess technically, this was my first time. To be honest, I am not a big fan of pot roast or any other stewed meat stuff that I normally associate with crock pot cooking. And since I was lazy, I didn't really look for a recipe. Lyle wanted pork and green chilies, so he got pork and green chilies. Since we were doing burritos, I used a packet of taco seasoning as the rub for the pork butt and I threw an onion in there for good measure. Y'all, it was delicious. And SOO easy.

Here are the ingredients: 
1 pork butt
1 can of green chilies (Should have used two)
1 onion, sliced
1 taco seasoning packet (I used low sodium)

Here is what I did:
Sliced the onion and put it in the bottom of the crock pot. Next, I rubbed the taco seasoning all over the pork and put it on top of the onions. Then I poured the green chilies on top. (I did this all the night before since I was lazy and did not want to get up before Maggie woke up.) It sat overnight in the fridge and the next morning, I just popped it in the base and turned it on low for 10 hours. Once it cooked, I took it out and shredded it, then put the shredded meat back in the crock pot with all the juices for another hour on warm.

It was make your own burrito night in our house so we had tortillas, rice, jalapenos, cheese and sour cream.

Try it. Seriously. It's so good.