The One With Where The Bunny Gets it...and other random tidbits

one.

Don't leave a chocolate bunny in the car in Florida.  Even for an hour or two...or else...the bunny gets it.  I was sad.  I wasn't really planning on eating the bunny, as I don't like plain chocolate very much, but they're cute and I usually let the bunnies hang around for a while until I give them to my mom because she's a hardcore chocoholic!

two.

It is stormy weather outside...and I love it!  I love afternoon thunderstorms.  It's one thing that makes Florida summers totally worth it...well, that and the unlimited beach and boat time and tans...

three.

Easter was a good day.  We went to church, ate with both families, and then I relaxed and read...the hubby mowed the grass, and then he relaxed.

four.

Our weekend was exhausting!  We spent 13+ hours Friday working on the house.  A lot of was accomplished, but it was tough stuff.  Then the rest of the weekend was more fun and relaxing, but when you're that tired and still a little busy the rest of the weekend...it makes for tired Monday.

five.

The race course is being announced tomorrow...FINALLY!  I'm so ready to see where the race will take us. I just hope it's not over the bridge to Tybee Island.

That is all.

six.

I joined Twitter to follow the Boston Marathon race coverage ONLY because I could not, for the life of me, get the streaming to pull up when I wanted it to.  No offense to those of you who use Twitter, but I just. don't. get. it.  I don't really understand why it's so popular.  I mean, the cute little bird draws me in a little, but not even close enough to 'tweet'. 

Am I missing something?

seven.

My good friend is bringing this guy over this week to have a play date with Lily.

Assuming all goes well, we'll have a little house guest next weekend :)  Doesn't he have the sweetest face?  

eight.

Speaking of Lily...

I accidentally punched her (really hard) in the face this morning.  We were in the car and she was wet from the grass, so I was trying to open an Easter Bunny bone for her to eat so she'd stay in the passenger seat, like so...

Well, she was wriggling around got a little too close to my hand so I was pulling off the plastic wrapper and the wrapper ripped and I punched her little nose.  I feel so guilty.  She was so taken aback and looked at me like 'what just happened?'.  She seems fine, but I keep waking her up to make sure she doesn't have a concussion or anything...

nine.

I bought my first iBook on my phone.  I really like it.  I might have to get a Kindle next.  I'm reading Something Borrowed since the movie's coming out soon.  I read it a long time ago, but I wanted a refresher before I went to see it.

ten.

I'm ready to be home for the day.  I'm heading to the gym for legs, shoulders, tris, abs and maybe little bit of running...

I've found that if I stay at the gym long enough, I can get away with doing weights just two nights a week and the rest is left for running.  I also don't waste time during my weight workouts anymore.  I'll do a leg set, move onto shoulders, tris, and repeat until I'm done.  Keeps the heart rate up and I'm  not wasting valuable time moseying around the gym.  Me likey :)

Happy Monday...

Happy Easter + Project 365: Day 17

Matthew 28:1-10
Jesus Has Risen

1 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.

5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”

8 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9 Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”

Project 365: Day 16

Beautiful day!

Project 365: Day 15 + Good Friday!

This is going to be the first room in my decorating process. I have a lot more to do, including painting, adding shelves and art work and finding a few more items to bring the room together, but this is the start of it. We've spent all day slaving away around the house, but I'm loving the results!

More Importantly: Happy Good Friday!

Mark 9:31 (NIV) because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise.”

Remember the loving sacrifice Jesus gave for us all so many years ago.

Project 365: Day 14

This was the first time, in a long, long time, I did not enjoy my sushi lunch.I bought it from Publix.  I probably won't be doing that again.
Have you purchased sushi from a grocery store before?If so, was it tasty? 

The One With the Goal

I've  decided that it will be my life's goal (workout wise anyway) to qualify for Boston.  I've been talking to John about this for a while, but I figure if I throw it out there in public, then people will really expect this of me too...and it never hurts to have an extra push, especially when you really don't feel like doing the workout!   I'm not super-fast right now, but I really think I can push myself really hard, and maybe do it in the next few years? Yes.  I can...  I've found a couple plans, and talked to a couple super-fast runners who have taken a lot of time off of their marathon time, and now I'm off to start conquering the world races.  Apparently, it's all about speed training...oh, and that whole endurance thing.  

Last night, I did 400's.  I did my warm up mile a little too fast (being that I was all pumped up about this new, faster me) and that's never good when it's 4:30pm in Florida with 90*F++++ temperatures and 90% humidity.  Didn't you hear?  Summer decided to kick spring's ass and come early this year...yay us!  

By the end of the workout, I was dying, holding back puke, and wanted to just lay down.  That didn't exactly happen, because I had to leave for a softball game right afterwards.  And then some unforeseen events caused us to get home really late.  (It's tough to want to workout when you're exhausted.)  I still haven't gotten a chance to look at the trusty ole Garmin to see what my times were.  I do remember looking down a couple times and seeing my pace was at 7:00/mile when I was doing the sprints though.  Hopefully this is the start of something beautiful!

Project 365: Day 12 and 13

That black blob-ish looking thing is a love bug.  They suck.  We Floridians HATE THEM!  They squish everywhere, swarm together in May and September (ugh they're early!) and their guts eats the paint off your car like nobody's business!  Gross.

I'm screwed.  There's a fro yo place close to work and I found it today.  Here's to bumping my running up to 60 miles per week prior to marathon training to burn off that delicious goodness.  

Just kidding...

...kind of...

But in all honesty, who could say no to this delicious piece of heaven?  I sure can't...