Tag: running

Monday, Monday

The +/- edition. 

+ Rio and I got up and ran this morning. It was a struggle to get out of bed when I was awake for about an hour at 2:30 this morning. I hate when that happens! But we got up and got the miles in before the heat advisory sets in today. It was already 74 degrees at 6am and very humid (for this far upstate NY) and we were both hot and sticky after that run. But it’s done and that means pool time when I get off at 4pm!

– Last week, my future MIL told me to wait to book the wedding trip because the prices might go down more (they were down $300/person) and she wanted to chat with her travel agent. So I did. Then the online deal ended and they went back up and have stayed there. So now we’re going to pay more for the trip and I’m super frustrated. I had a gut feeling to just book it, but my fiance wanted to follow his mom’s advice. I should have just done it. Lesson learned.

+ We drove the hour and a half to Ottawa, ON Saturday to go to the movies (they have the theatres with the recliners in Kanata, ON, we have crappy chairs at our theatre here) and we stopped for sushi and books. I LOVE going to Canada right now because that exchange rate favors us so much (I got 4 books for $16 CN, which ended up being just under $13 US). $3 is $3!! Also SUSHI!! (there isn’t a sushi restaurant here for miles and it makes me so sad).

-/+ I dropped my phone Saturday and cracked the screen protector pretty good. Thanks to Amazon another one is on its way.

+/- I am still reading I’ll Be Gone in the Dark at a feverish pace. On Friday I wasn’t too far in, but today, with minimal reading yesterday, I have only a few chapters to go. I am both excited and sad to reach the end. Up next are a couple of fiction books, including Wishful Thinking by Kamy Wicoff. Should be a nice respite from the rapes and murders in the previous book!

Ok friends, I should get back to work. Have a great day!

Hump Day Happenings

You guys. This is a REALLLLLY good angle for me. I’m not even going to pretend that this doesn’t make me look about 20 pounds thinner. Smoke and mirrors man. I’ll take it.

I got this dress for a wedding 3 years ago and have worn it to another wedding last year, and that’s it. But I love it so much (it’s even one of our wedding colors!) that I decided it wasn’t too formal to wear to work. If it is, whatevs, I’m bringing style to the office today.

Rio and I went for our morning run today and it was a struggle. 74 and sticky at 6am. I felt super gross but so glad that my exercise was done before 7am!

We are just about to book our wedding trip to Mexico and I was looking at Expedia and the price has dropped about $300 in two weeks! We were planning on going for 8 days, but I decided on a whim to make it for 10 and the price only increased by $40 total sooooo….we’re going for 10 days now!! 

My wedding dress arrived yesterday and despite the dreams I had that they ordered the wrong dress, it was the right one and it is perfect! It was even more beautiful than I remembered. 303 days to go!

Have a great rest of your week cats!

Never miss a Monday

  • 3 miles with my girl. Rio and I enjoyed 63 degrees and sunshine for our run this morning. It was the perfect running weather.
  • I’m going walking with my friend Madison after work, and we’ll take the pups so Chalie can get his exercise in too.
  • My wedding dress is on its way! It was shipped to the Lincoln store, so they are sending it to me so I don’t have to fly with it twice. I only need minor alterations (the straps need to be shortened, I need cups put in, and the hips let out a skosh) so I’m going to have a seamstress here do those for me.
  • Tomorrow marks 10 months to go until our wedding day!! Time is flying by.
  • All the gray in Rio’s face is making me sad. She isn’t allowed to get older, doesn’t she know that?? There are more random gray hairs popping up on her back and head as well. I don’t like it.
  • Have a great week, friends!

Monday, Monday

  • I look like a librarian. Or a picnic table. Either or, I’m not sure.
  • Our Save the Dates came! I LOVE them!! *Yes, my boo spells his name the girl way. His mother claims she “didn’t know there was a difference.” Oh, Fran. Sigh.
  • Work has gotten quite busy lately. So much so, that we’ve hired several freelance writers to take the strain off of us. I’ve now somehow become the project manager and I don’t do much of the grunt work anymore. It feels weird to move to that stage in my career. Weird, but good.
  • Camping was fun this weekend; we kayaked, swam, biked, and relaxed. We are going back again this weekend for more, as his parents are staying until next Sunday.
  • Rio and are going running tomorrow morning. I bailed today, I was exhausted and cranky.
  • I’ve been doing that save $5k in a year money challenge to help pay for our wedding. I started it on May 4 and as of today, I have over $1k saved! It has made me be very disciplined, and it sucks some weeks when I have to put in $140 or more, but it is worth it! I love seeing that pot grow!

Have a great week cats!

Good Morning!! Coffee Date?

  • 55 degrees and sunshine at 6am made for PERFECT running weather for my favorite running partner and me. Her brother was not impressed that I didn’t take him along. I could hear him barking from two blocks away when we got back. If he didn’t stop every five feet to mark something he would get to go running. Sorry not sorry, Charlie!
  • I MIGHT have a Kate Spade obsession. I first bought my Kate Spade wallet that matches my dress about two years ago. THEN I found the dress at the Kate Spade Outlet last spring, AFTER THAT, a friend at my church gave me the Kate Spade cup! This design just makes me so happy.
  • We are going camping this weekend with my future in-laws. They are coming up with their big ol’ brand new 5th wheel and camping at Wellesley Island, near Alex Bay, and we are joining them for the weekends. My boo took the week off so he can have some family time, while I go back to work. 
  • How is it already the second half of July?? Why does summer go so fast, but winter takes its time? These are the questions I want answered!
  • This post has taken me all morning. Silly work responsibilities!!

Have a great day, friends!

Tuesday Things

  • Rio and I ran a very sweaty 3 miles this morning. Check out my dewy glow! At 6am it was already 70 degrees and super humid from the thunderstorm we had overnight. The heavens opened up again about an hour ago and we received more much-needed rain. But now the humidity level is WAY UP!
  • How great is that shirt? My friend gave it to me while I was back in Nebraska earlier this month. It is ironic because Lincoln didn’t drink, and I really don’t either. But I can appreciate the humor.
  • My poor momma had back surgery last week. She had a fusion to try to relieve the constant pain she has been in. I hate not being able to be there for her.
  • I ordered our save the date’s last night. The booking window is finally open for the flights, and we are excited to get things moving. 
  • Aside from actually booking the trip, sending the save the date’s and eventually, the invites, and some other small things, we don’t have a LOT to do! GO TEAM!

Have a great rest of your week, friends!

3 miles this morning with Rio. She was a trooper and ran hard the first 2 miles, then trotted along for the last one. My sweet girl did try to drag me along when she wanted to chase squirrels, but I avoided catastrophe! We used our running leash for the first time and it was AWESOME! My arms were free to pump along to my run, and she basically made me run faster! Win-win!

Hump Day Things

  • You guys, I got up and RAN before work this morning!! Sure, I woke up late, so I only got 1.5 miles in, but the struggle to drag my butt out of bed has been plaguing me for days. But I finally managed to peel myself out from under the covers! Go team!
  • My fiance and I spent last evening snuggled on the couch, watching “Can’t Buy Me Love” on Netflix. I love that movie. It was a good night.
  •  It is supposed to snow here today and tomorrow. We could get anywhere from 3-6 inches and I’m so over it. Let’s just have spring now, ok? Ok.
  • My weight is still a stagnant thing. I count calories, track macros, and I just can’t lose. Talk about depressing. I have to believe that it has something to do with my hormones and I just want the weight to come off again. I’m so freaking frustrated. 
  • I am in serious need of a vacation. The way my job works: is that you can’t have any of your vacation time until you’ve earned all of it. July 1 I will have 4 weeks of vacation, 6 personal days, and 12 sick days to use until next June 30. I’ve had the personal days and sick days for this year, but no vacation time. I need the beach and some sun, stat.
  • Did I tell you we’re having a destination wedding? Jamacia next May! I am beyond excited. I have always wanted a destination wedding and since we aren’t from the same place, this works out perfectly!

Ok, I should get back to work. Have a great day friends!

I LOVE my treadmill!😍

It has the Google maps street view option so I can make my own routes and run wherever I want. This morning I ran my old neighborhood in my hometown. The other morning I ran my old neighborhood in Lincoln. It was awesome for two reasons; I got to run my old stomping grounds, and the street view was from the spring and summer and it was a sunny day, so that made it even better because it was snowing outside!

I ran 3.62 miles, had some breakfast and now I’m about to relax for a little while before tackling the rest of the day. Have a great day friends!