There is this new fad in town, Axe throwing. I won’t lie, I wanted to try it but I was scared. I didn’t want to waste my money or be the laughing stock of the party.
Back in December, I found an amazing price over on Sweetdeals.
For only $10, two people got to throw an axe for one hour.
First, let's keep that price to ourselves. This was one of my husband's Christmas presents. He knows I am frugal, but he doesn't need to know the details.
Second, I was willing to “waste” $10 for the experience. I always fear that the price I pay for experiences will not be the equivalent of what I expected.
But for $10, what did I have to lose?
Let me just say, I had a freaking ball. I threw that darn axe for the entire hour.
The staff at Valkyrie are top-notch. They pretty much have ax-throwing down to a science.
When we first started, the staff explained how to hold, stand and throw the axe. When it was our turn to start throwing, they hung around to watch and adjust our throws. This made all the difference. We both went from the axe bouncing off the wall to the axe sticking.
This is where you can either have a great time or feel as if you wasted your money. Would I have just as much fun if I never hit the target? Maybe, I would have gotten tons of laughs out of that day. But that was not what the day was about. The day was built around throwing the axe and the staff made sure we knew how to walk away feeling like a boss.
If you are looking for something new to try, go throw an axe.
Not only will you have fun, but you will be getting in workout also. The next several days my abs were sore.
I wish someone suggested this to me a long time ago. Check your gut.
Feeling crappy? Check your gut
Sick all the time? Check your gut
Crave carbs all the time? Check your gut
Depressed? Check your gut
No energy? Check you Gut
Can you see I think the first thing everyone needs to do is check their gut?
Have you heard the gut is often referred to as the second brain? Our gut is out of this world smart. The gut has its very own nervous system, keeps about 200 million neurons and houses the majority of our immune system.
Have you heard of serotonin? Serotonin is called the happy hormone. What I think is interesting is that about 90% of serotonin is produced inside the gut, from good bacteria.
But whenever there is something good involved there is something bad as well.
Not all bacteria in our gut are good bacteria. When we go past that happy medium and the bad bacteria take over is in my opinion when we see the destruction start.
Before I started to take a probiotic daily my major issues was not using the bathroom frequently. I had no idea you should be pooping at least once a day.
I had suffered from digestive issues for years. Like pooping once a week, if that. Stomach cramps worse than having a baby. Trust me, I have three kids, the pain was worse than pushing out babies. I was losing sleep because I would be in and out of the bathroom all night.
I thought this was all normal. I could go for days or weeks and be fine until one day... Well, you get the picture.
I am sure I probably learned about the digestive issue at some point in school. But let’s be honest who wants to talk poop much less listen.
In the last 5 years, probiotics are shining lights on the digestive system. This topic deserves your attention
Probiotics are supplements that provide good bacteria straight to our digestive system.
Probiotics have helped me cut down on the carbs and sugar I eat. I spend more time in the bathroom. And I feel better. Probably the increased serotonin.
Here is how it was explained to me.
If you eat a lot of carbs and sugar the bad bacteria have taken over your gut. Imagine the bad bacteria as yeast. (umm bread) When you make bread from yeast you store the yeast in a warm oven for a period of time. The warm oven is what makes the yeast rise, double in size.
Now think about your gut. Your gut is housed inside your body. Your warm body. So every time we eat sugar and carbs we are in essence putting yeast in the oven to rise. Doubling the number of bad bacteria. Bad bacteria feeds of bad bacteria., this is where your cravings come in. At some point, the bad bacteria are going to take over. Especially if we are not adding good bacteria in your gut. If you can allow the good bacteria to overcome the bad bacteria your chances of squashing those cravings are now in your favor.
I challenge you to take a good probiotic and see if you notice any changes.
Wanna know which probiotic I take? Shoot me a message.
I don't know about you but I love some structure. So when I have my day or more specifically my morning planned out and the shit hits the fan I begin a shutdown process.
I become overwhelmed, my anxiety start to accelerate and I allow my stress to brew to a boiling point. Most of the time, all these emotions are avoidable. I try to do to much to fast and set unrealistic expectations for everyone. If only I could slow down.
This is how my morning was suppose to go.
I would wake the kids up and have them to start getting ready for school. While they were getting dressed, I could hop in the shower. We would then have a quick breakfast. I would then pack lunches while they were finishing getting ready. We would walk out the door in record time. (not really but a mom can have dreams.) After dropping everyone off at their said location I was off to a scheduled meeting.
But here is how it really went:
I woke up the kids and had them start to get dressed. The two older kids can make their own breakfast, so that was taken care of. I in the meantime, would jump in the shower and get ready. Because let’s be real, my kids move slow in the morning. When I was done I went to check on the status of the kids and found one kid pulled the blankets back up over her and went back to sleep. She wasn’t having it. Did I mention she is the slowest of them all. Of Course.
Now we had less than 20 minutes to get her up, dressed, fed, lunch packed, and hair brushed. Even on a good, that ain’t gonna happen. At this point I had two options.
I could
Stress us all out. Yell, scream, and follow her around the house putting pressure on her to move faster OR
Do the inconvenient thing. Go ahead and take the older kids to school. Come back home and take care of the little one.
I like the convenience of only going to town one time. My plan was to drop them all off one right after the other and then head straight out of town for my meeting.
This is the moment I realized I had the power to control my day and set the tone of the day.
Normally I am the type 1 person. I had a plan and needed to stick to it. All I can think about is being late and the rest of my day being behind. I choose to be a crazy women running around the house. In the process stressing everyone else out. Always thinking if I can just get back on schedule everything will be great.
I had no regard to how my crazy would affect everyone else’s day. Quite frankly it wasn’t on my radar. If I am being honest.
But I had recently spent the day with a special lady. Literally, just the day before, and our conversations had prepared me for this very moment.
I took a deep breath and asked myself in this very moment what was the most important thing.
My answer was my child who needed a little extra love and attention. And that my two older kids made it to school on time came in at a close second. Not the task of the day. Not my schedule. But her little heart needed her mommy.
I adjusted my attitude, and calmly told the kids my new plan. This was unlike me, but they rolled with it.
The two older ones have seen my crazy more than I want to admit.
But we are all a work in progress. Right?
I am beginning to see how I can set the tone for the day. For all of us.
When I made the decision to take the older kids and be later than I wanted to be to my meeting the whole mood inside the house shifted.
My big kids, chilled out. I saw the change in their face and their whole bodies just relaxed. They were no longer on edge.
We loaded up in the car and I drove the big kids to school. Then came back home and got our little one ready for school.
She was over an hour later than normal, but life happens.
Being a mom consists of more than just making sure they get to school on time.
Part of our job is to teach our kids that no matter the circumstances they are important, valued, and loved.
I can not rearrange plans everyday. I can not make every morning smooth. But on the days I can, I will make them the only priority. Late or not.
