Here we go...

I know I've been pretty absent lately...I'm still working on getting settled into the new "normal" of my life I suppose.  I thought I'd share a few things going on in my life that have made me happy recently:

I'm excited to say I've signed up for my first race of the year!  I hadn't had time or desire to race earlier this year, but I've gotten the itch again so I went out searching for races.  I found a 5K close to home and will be making my 2012 racing debut this coming weekend!  I miss training for something, so I'm sure I'll be back up and running more races in no time!  I've got my eye on a few distance races in the fall and I can't wait! 

John says I'm trying to kill him because I've gotten him out running with me again...I love our running dates! 

John and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary last Monday.  To celebrate we took off on a cruise to the Bahamas.  It was beautiful.  

I think we've figured out a way to live there...we just need to get some winnings in from the lottery so we can make our little business venture work out right now!

I was a little late on the Hunger Games trilogy, but I've really enjoyed getting lost in the little world of Panem.  LOVED the books and the movie...all while reading on my new Kindle that my hubs got me as the paper gift for our first anniversary!  Now I'm just a little sad all the books are over and need to find a new book...any suggestions??

I have been working on getting our house spruced up.  So I got a few items and rearranged and made the entry way look so much better!  

I'm happy we've been house hunting and finding some houses we like.  Now, if only the owners of the houses would let us buy them for the price we want...that's TBD, but we're going to give it a shot!  I love house hunting!

I have some pretty awesome friends and they make me happy too!  Lots of fun things planned in the near future with some of my favorites.

Plus...a trip to a great city with a few amazing girlfriends!

Starting off Mondays with Happy Thoughts is a good way to begin.  I might try this from now on!

The One Where I Play Catch Up

Hello!  This week has been a bit of a blur...
Don't short weeks always seem like that?  You blink and they're gone.

Last weekend was a busy, busy weekend.  We ended up being pretty lazy on the actual 4th of July, which happens to be one of my favorite holiday.  We didn't even cook out.  I felt so un-American.  But, I know we needed the rest.  We did shoot off fireworks at our house for a party to celebrate our friends getting married on Sunday night and fortunately, our neighbors lit off some pretty fancy fireworks on Monday, so we had some festivities to enjoy.  John also built us this beautiful planter box last weekend.  We'll have another one soon for vegetables, but this one is for flowers and I love it!

A patio area AND a planter box in one week?!  Yay!

This week has just gone by quickly.  I tried to get in a rhythm but that proved to be useless.  Life is just hectic right now and trying to figure everything out plus getting through all of the regular weekly activities made my week a bit nuts!  I did get to watch 

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It was really cute.  I'd been wanting to see it.  Movie nights are happy!

Speaking of happy...guess who has puppy-fever now?! 

John!

He wants one of these

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Lily tries to break John's spirits for a new puppy, but I think this time, he's going to win.  I'm just along for the ride.  I love puppies!

I will try and be more consistent next week.  Plus, I'm starting a new segment:

Come back next week for the first one!

Oh, and I'm sure you've been worried since I haven't posted about them but...
my workouts have been a bit sketch this week.  I'll post them after I can redeem myself with my long run tomorrow.  Trust me.  It will look much better when I add 14 miles to the workout list haha.  I just wish Florida wasn't so darn hot and humid right now.  I guess I'll be happy about it when we hit another beach or boating weekend.  That will for sure be in 2 weeks!  Oh yea!

Happy Weekend Bloggy Friends!