#Instalife

I've been kind of a jerk blogger recently, I realized.

"We get it, you've been a jerk," you say. (And get major props from me for quoting Sky High)
Really, though, I have. Its been, what, 10ish days since I've visited here? Life lately has been full of final exams, grad parties way out who knows where, my brother's baseball games, and late, long talking nights with friends. I'm the last awake in one of those right now; we've decided we have our best talks at 4 in the morning after too much chocolate and Fat Amy - you know those talks, the ones where you make big life decisions and talk about what you believe and what you want to be when you grow up. Luckily for me, I've got my phone handy and now that the girls have dropped off I can give you an update!

Due to the "fast, beautiful photo sharing" provided by Instagram, I'm able to keep track of what I've been up to; namely, sending off the 8th graders at my former gradeschool, wearing pink on Wednesday, dyeing my hair Aqua Rush (a rebellious color, according to the box), drawing with chalk, and becoming a ride warrior at Cedar Point.

Chalk + rain = tye dye chalk. Highly recommend!

I've coached these girls since they were in 6th grade, and I'm pretty proud of them!

Cedar Point with some of my favorites. 

Business in the front, party in the back?

On Wednesdays, we wear pink. (If you don't know what I'm talking about go watch Mean Girls right. now.)

I'll leave you with that. 

Love, Bella

Supersets and Summer Squash

Say that five times fast! Supersquash and summersets. . . super summer squash sets . . . Summer superset squash . . .

Ok, that's enough of a brain workout for a Saturday night.

Back to the supersets - I tried them for the first time this morning/afternoon, and it was great! After a late night with some good friends, I woke up around 11 a.m. (WAY late for me!) in the same clothes I had worn the night before . . . at least I remembered to brush my teeth. Anyway, those mornings-after always leave you feeling a little sluggish, don't they? They definitely don't leave you feeling in the mood to eat a nutritious breakfast, do your Bible Study, get ready for work, and then actually go to work - and yes, that was my agenda for the day. I definitely didn't feel like doing (dun dun duuuuuhhhh) supersets.

Luckily, that 2 days old shirt I was still wearing was very inspiring and around noon I dragged myself off the couch and got down to business.

Naughty, isn't it? It comes from a friend of mine who's a fantastic, hard core . . . badgrass cross country runner.

Anyway, the supersets I did cam straight out of the June 2011 issue of Susie, a Christian magazine for girls I used to get, but don't let that fool you -

A Mile In My Shoes

I walked four miles today.

Hey, I warned you that bootcamp was starting!

Yes, I did - here, remember?

The air was damp and the sky gray, so I carried an umbrella just in case. A long, pointy, hook-handled umbrella which I didn't end up needing, so I folded it up and carried it and probably looked like a paranoid teenage girl carrying an umbrella as a defense weapon or a dangerous teenage girl who participates in organized crime carrying an umbrella as a gun. In any event, I was prepared.

While walking isn't exactly strenuous, if felt great to get outside and be active. Maybe on this first day of boot camp, you're feeling a little undermotivated, in which case I feel you. I. Feel. You. That's why I documented my little adventure, so you can walk a mile or few in my shoes. I challenge you to do the same thing - I never realized how many cool things there were to step on until I did!

Lifestyle Change

Ahh, Memorial Day.  It's tradition around here to get the pool up Memorial Day weekend so that we can escape the heat for a swim with the neighbors. We have just one other tradition: walking to the Memorial Day parade in downtown Farmington and getting ice cream from Hershey's afterwards ( or as the last few parade participants walk by - we're mostly there for the ice cream.) By those standards . . . Today