Weekly Update, 3/7/11: The "Hanging in There" Edition

Well, it was quite the hectic week last week.  Lots of life-swirl, but I'm feeling pretty good about getting through it with mostly-composed spirits.

So how did things go on the health & fitness front?  Just...okay.  I wish I'd gotten more running and strength training in there - I feel like I'm hanging on by my fingertips, and given that I can't even do one pull-up, that's kind of a scary thing.  As you can see, actuals are not exactly what I had on my main plan, but at least I did stuff.

The plus side of the current swirl is that it was kind of nice to not be obsessed with food for a change.  This is where I'd boast about Mr. Handsome-and-Handy and his mad chef skills, but I don't want anyone to hurl while reading this.  Being able to go on healthy eating auto-pilot is helping my blood glucose levels to do well.

So it was nice to finally reach the weekend.  Thing 2 and I got to delight her little shop-a-holic heart and go shopping.  (Mostly errand shopping, but she needed shoes...and what's not to love about getting new shoes?)    The boys got to go to baseball practice - Mr. H&H got to help with practice, and Thing 1 and he got a good workout!  I wish I were more skilled at baseball, but even so, I'd really like to help with one of the practices one of these weekends - not many of the moms help out with the practices, but I think it would be a good thing.

Sunday was drizzly, so it was a flop-at-home day.  We read books and baked cookies (Trader Joe's mix of sugar cookies - not overly tempting, yet satisfied our urge to bake something).  Kind of nice to kick back a little, because with the Little League season starting next weekend, our weekends are going to be off-the-hook crazy until mid-June.

I think I'll close by sharing some photos from our garden.  February was so strange - heat wave followed by cold wave - but no snow at sea-level.  Southern California got our snow, sad to say.  But our plants are doing nicely.  Our camellia bushes usually flower in January, so they were a little late, but we have one that gets light pink and dark pink blossoms - isn't that weird?  My bulbs came up, which was a relief.  I thought the gophers had eaten them all.  We have the ideal climate for calla lilies, and they can get pretty invasive here if you're not careful.

Our mixed-up camellia bush

Isn't this a pretty one?

How could a lovely plant like this be plotting world domination?

Can't wait to see how this one blooms!