June 1st, 2010 by Busy Mommy
Here’s me and my official weekday hiking buddy!
Nolan and I discovered an awesome place today! It’s called the Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve in Los Altos. I can’t believe we never knew about this place. There is a really adorable farm with a garden and animals that kids can pet and feed and a huge open-air barn for eating your lunch under. The farm is about a 1 mile hike in, then past the farm there are a bunch of trails for hiking. It was beautiful!
This Rabbit looks dead but it’s not…I guess he was just sunning himself or something.
There was all this Quail running around with their brood- they were so cute!
Look at this cute little monkey I picked up along the way!
This is California’s third largest Bay Tree. Not really the prettiest tree, but special for size and the bay leaves which we all use to cook with.
May 28th, 2010 by Busy Mommy
Wow this is truly just unbelievable. Third hike (around 1 hour each time) in one week, and I still feel great. I haven’t experienced this is in years. I almost feel like I don’t deserve to go exercise and feel good after- it’s just so good and wonderful, how can I be allowed to feel so great? My Thyroid dose is up to 25 mcg now. I’ve only been on thyroid medication for 9 days now. The results have been a complete change in my ability and feeling basically overnight. At first I was thinking maybe it’s the placebo effect- but believe me, I have tried to “think” my way out of feeling terrible after exercising in the past many a time, only to have the terrible and dreaded exhaustion and depression descend on me anyway- there was no placebo effect possible when it came to exercise and feeling crappy afterwards. So I know this is for real.
Highlights from today’s hike:
By the way- if you haven’t noticed it yet, I’m telling you now- Nolan definitely knows the word smile when I hold up my camera. He obliges almost every time.
My little guy got sleepy and had his nap on the trail….
May 28th, 2010 by Overallgirl
Wow this is truly just unbelievable. Third hike (around 1 hour each time) in one week, and I still feel great. I haven’t experienced this is in years. I almost feel like I don’t deserve to go exercise and feel good after- it’s just so good and wonderful, how can I be allowed to feel so great? My Thyroid dose is up to 25 mcg now. I’ve only been on thyroid medication for 9 days now. The results have been a complete change in my ability and feeling basically overnight. At first I was thinking maybe it’s the placebo effect- but believe me, I have tried to “think” my way out of feeling terrible after exercising in the past many a time, only to have the terrible and dreaded exhaustion and depression descend on me anyway- there was no placebo effect possible when it came to exercise and feeling crappy afterwards. So I know this is for real.
Highlights from today’s hike:
By the way- if you haven’t noticed it yet, I’m telling you now- Nolan definitely knows the word smile when I hold up my camera. He obliges almost every time.
My little guy got sleepy and had his nap on the trail….