Fun Stuff

I have been kind of blogger-slacker lately. Honestly I have been waiting to blog for after I upload the photos from Colin's last race. But my camera is at home and I usually only have time to blog during lunch while I'm at work. So expect pictures in the near future :)
I have started to seriously train for an upcoming run...yes, I was inspired after Colin ran his 20.3 mile trail run in just over 3 hours!! We decided to do a run in Eugene, there is a 20k, which Colin will be running and a 10k which I will be running! I was super motivated to go run the other day, but it was raining so I decided to do a treadmill run at the gym and I made it a whopping 2 miles....not so good. Last night I ran over 4 miles at the gym and this Friday I am hoping to run outside with a friend and make it 5 miles...we will see :)
I have been indulging in a few guilty pleasures lately...first off, I have finished Twilight and I am 2 chapters away from finishing New Moon. I am really excited to get to the next book because I have not seen the movie, I saw both of the first movies before reading the books, but honestly I wouldn't say it ruined the books, it just gave more details!! Which is fun! Colin thinks I am insane for getting so into these books! haha. I can't tell him that he has to read them to understand because I am sure he won't like them like I do. I think I will read the third book and then take a break to read my next book club book, which is "The Art of Racing in the Rain" it looks so good. It is written from the family dog's perspective and I think they are making a movie out of it, which explains why there was such a huge waiting list at the library....I may just have to buy it.
The second indulgence....I signed for a shoe club. Yes, that is right!! I will be getting a new pair of shoes every month. Well, I ordered my first pair and if I like them and there is no hassel I will continue with it. It's cool though because you fill out a survey of styles that you like and then every month they will send you 5 shoes to choose from based on your survey and you can always opt out of the month if you don't like any of the shoes (or you can tell them if you are looking for something specific that month) or if you don't want to spend the money...it is $40 per pair with free shipping. These are the shoes I picked for April they will be nice to wear to work. I am hoping to at least get a couple of each style, heels, sandals, flats, boots etc.!


And Colin thinks it's cool too. He has gotten some fun toys as well, including an aero helmet for his triathlons, I will post a picture of that soon too!

I thought I would update you all on things....not that there is a whole lot to update on...haha. My life stays pretty much the same, but I just change up how or what I am doing. I guess... does this make any sense at all!?!? Anyway, I have pictures below of our apartment, and projects that I have started working on. I just recently purchased something called "e-mealz" this is a subscription where they send you a weekly dinner menu and grocery list, each week uses the groceries for multiple meals. So far it has been great, well I have only made one of the meals, I was going to make one last night but Colin surprised me by bringing home pizza and bread sticks...I do love pizza, but I was excited about starting this plan. Also, I took the list and did the grocery shopping and it only cost a grand total of $30 for an entire week of meals! I shopped at Winco though, so that made it really cheap. But at that cost I can substitute in some really great gourmet ingredients from Whole Foods or Trader Joes :). Or stick with cheap to really cut down our budget and pay off our debt!! The funny thing is that my mom has been telling me about this meal planner that she has been making for me (since I got married), and since planning out meals and grocery shopping efficiently is the hardest thing for me I decided just to buy the "e-mealz" subscription since I wasn't sure if I would really ever get the planner from my mom, but of course this last weekend she finally gave it to me. Isn't that how life works! So I am going to use a combination of both...I will update you on how it is working for us!

So just last night I jumped on the band wagon and began reading "Twilight" and I couldn't put it down! haha. Colin was getting a little frustrated that I was so consumed in the book, but he had the NCAA finals to keep him busy. I am actually trying to read it as fast as I can because I have a book I need to read for my book group in a week and a half! The book for the group is call "The Widow Clicquot: The story of a campaign empire and the women who ran it" I think it is based on a true story and it's not a huge read so I should be able to get it done.

This weekend we will be taking another weekend trip! We are going to Central Oregon for a race Colin is doing, a 19 mile trail run!! Talk about crazy! The race is in Sisters but we will be staying with Colin's aunt Kim in Prineville. Colin's friend Joe and his girlfriend Morgan will be running it as well. And I will be cheering them on! No 19 mile run for me, that is basically as hard as a marathon!! I have been extremely lazy lately. It has been very hard to drag myself to the gym. I have a lot of things going on so when I don't have something going on all I want to do is have a nice night at home where I can cook a good meal and read!! Hopefully when the weather gets nice I will get inspired to run more outside.


Here is my little herb garden that I attempted. I ended up buying a variety pack of herb seeds, BIG mistake. Things started sprouted up all over and I had NO idea what anything was....so I got rid of it and I'm going to start it again with only one type of herb per pot!!!!



My dad was nice enough to build me this cubby/shelf that I was hoping to mount on the wall, but it is too big. So it is resting on the counter for now.



We have tried to find creative ways to use these vases from our wedding...
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This is our entry table that could use a little work, Colin's stereo is on it and it doesn't even work...it's ugly! One of my future decorating projects!