Do you have a sensitive nose? I think I have one. Almost like the nose on a hound dog, it can lead me astray.
As I was playing with my kids crayons tonight, I just couldn’t stop smelling ‘em up.
Here are a few other ’smells’ that I sometimes can’t get enough of:
- a horse
- puppy’s breath
- a wet dog
-baby’s breath
-a clean smelling man (good cologne a plus)
-orange blossoms
-pine sol (don’t say a word SD - I know what you’re gonna say)
-coffee
-new car smell
-fresh cut grass
Are there any smells that take your breath away?
It’s like a black cloud hovering over me everyday. Just 30 minutes, that’s all you need Shawn, just 30 minutes. Just go do it and it’ll be over.
Excuse after excuse. Day after day. When am I going to hit my stride and do exercise on a regular basis? When am I going to find a time that works for me?
I really have no excuses. I could workout during naptime. I could get up 30 minutes earlier in the morning. Okay that would suck. But it’s an option. I could even workout when my hubbie gets home as he is this good to me. He’s even willing to go walk with me.
Still.
Nothing.
No desire.
I want to. I need to.
I just wonder, what is going to be the boot that kicks my a$$ in gear?
Today I read a few quotes from workoutmommy. (Yes, thank you Kristen, I learned about workoutmommy via your blog.) These were actual quotes from Gabrielle Reece in an interview with workoutmommy.com.
“If you have enough time to watch tv or get your nails done, then there is time to workout.”
“We are of no use to anyone else if we are not healthy and strong.”
There you have it. That’s my inspiration. For today anyway.
Do any of you out there struggle with exercise? Have any of you worked through the struggle with exercise and if so, how did you break through?
Please share your thoughts. I’d LOVE some advice. Please, I encourage you to become my boot.
A few years into my 30’s I was shopping at the grocery store. While grabbing up some peanut butter two teenage boys approached me. ”Excuse me maam?” <I look behind me as surely they’re not talking to me> “Could you tell us which is better for spreading, jelly or jam?” Before answering these 2 kids thoughts raced in my head all the while smiling and looking as confident as if I actually knew the answer to this question. I don’t think I ever really thought much about it to tell you the truth. Unfortunately my daughter has always been a picky eater and always turned her nose up at pb&j. I myself like only a thin spread of pb and a tad of jam/jelly. Personally I always bought jam, but only because that’s what my mom would buy, that is unless she made some of her own. We used to go to Plant City and pick our own strawberries and mom would make the best jam in the world. So really, I’m no expert when it comes to store bought jelly. Or jam.
Two seconds later I smile, point and confidently say, “why jelly of course!” I continued, “jam has real fruit in it which makes it more difficult to spread”. They smile, grab a big jar of grape jelly, “thanks alot maam”, and take off.
Looking puzzled after they left, I grabbed a jar of strawberry jelly and secretly put it in my cart so that I could double check myself later on. The next day I couldn’t wait to make myself a pb & jelly sandwich. I hurriedly spread a thin layer of pb. I open the jar of jelly and stuck the knife in. I pulled out the knife and some big BLOB of ‘jello like’ substance comes rolling out of the jar and kathunks on my bread. ”What the heck?” ”What is this stuff??” I took my knife and tried to spread some more. It rolled over to the other side, then the other and the other. I continued on until I just gave up. Might I add that for a person who only likes a thin spread of jam, this was an impossible task with jelly. I ended up with little mounds of jello all over my sandwich. Yuk. Then I immediately thought, “oh my gosh, I told those poor boys the wrong thing!” <sigh> It was as if I failed a test.
Here I am a mom in my 30’s. How come I didn’t know the difference between jam or jelly, or rather, which was the more spreadable of the two.
It’s been a few years since I steered two fine young boys in the wrong direction and I’ve made it my mission to figure out which is the better spread. It’s taken quite a while since I only spread a thin layer of jam the few times a year that I eat a pb&j, thus it takes about a year for our family to go through a jar of jam. (My husband and son eat pb & honey. Go figure.)
Today I finally got it right. The perfect taste and texture. No humps. No lumpy fruit. It’s spreadable. It’s delectable. It’s Smucker’s Simply Fruit, Seedless Strawberry Spreadable Fruit. It’s DE-LI-CIOUS!
The next time I’m asked the question, jam or jelly, I can 100% say without a doubt, “why Spreadable Fruit by Smuckers of course. Neither jam nor jelly!”
