The weather man was very precise with his fore cast. It got extremely cold last night( 25 Fahrenheit is very cold for Louisiana standards). But only for us to awake to a cold but beautiful, sunny morning. Lucien did not have preschool this morning so we opted to go to the park to get another 2012 project going: Exercise more!
I was pretty pumped to find my running gear, ( that was purchased in a before life-before-kids) in great condition and it still fit( wohoo).
Even my old running shoes felt great( gotta love me some old, good quality adidas shoes). The yellow paint freckles on them reminded me of the days when we moved into our house and we painted the kids bathroom from a piggy pink to a bright sunny yellow!. Lucien was 10 months old back then and now he is my workout buddy, chasing me on his little bike.
The air was fresh and crisp. Usually not the words I use to describe the weather( normally it sounds more like hot and muggy, blah!) But today was just perfect! I love the moss hanging from the giant oak trees and the sun peeking through. Makes you feel like a southern belle in wrong clothes..
Miss T aka Aunt Do aka lovely Teresa and the cousins( the coolest gang I know) joined us.
We did not keep track of how much we walked( there was too much talking going on as well). It must have been around 5 miles.I felt so good afterwards and Lu had fun too! I am not saying that I will do this 4/5 times a week but every now and then should be possible. To make things sweeter and to stay motivated I decided to put one dollar into my pretty box( which I had gotten with my pretty watch,well over a year ago). I loved it so much, it was a keeper as well as the watch and I knew I would put it to good use, one day. And this day is today.

Every time I'll go and workout I will save a dollar and maybe sooner than later I can treat myself to a little something. Maybe some flowers, a shake from the smoothie store, a pedicure( ha, gotta walk long ways for that one)......
Any recommendations? What do you do to treat yourself good?
Happy Friday














































