And We're Back!

The long weekend was really a beautiful thing!

Thanks Ty for the:

This award comes with 7 random facts about myself and then I tag 7 people.

Here goes:

1. I found I'm better at achieving my goals alone when it comes to physical activity.  So, when I go to the gym with John, I'm not as productive as when I go alone for whatever reason.  I hate that I do that, but I've just started to notice it lately.  If it's just me, I crank through stuff and get done.  At least I've recognized this and can try to move on.

2. I become a little sad about this time of year because it's been 5 long months since I've been able to watch a live game and I'm ready for it.

CAN COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON GET HERE ALREADY?!

Go Gators!

3. I have an irrational fear of squishing bugs.  I cannot stand the crunch and will do anything to not feel that under my shoe, or imagine I'm hearing or feeling it when I would potentially throw something to squish the said bug.  I would rather just put a cup on top of it and wait for someone else to crunch.

4. I never really understood the Harry Potter craze that started like 10 years ago.  But, the company I work with built The Wizarding World of Harry Potter so during construction I watched a few of the movies just to see what it was all about because of how cool the models looked.  I admit I'm slightly hooked and want to read the books.  I never thought I'd see the day, but I did catch quite a bit of the Harry Potter marathon on ABC Family last weekend and I'm ready for the second part of the last movie to come out because the first part was kind of a bore to me.

5.  I haven't blow dried my hair in months now.  It dries perfectly straight anyway and it saves me time in the morning.  It's dry by the time I get to work since I have a 45 minute drive.  When you basically have spiderweb-thin strands, it doesn't take much time at all.

6. When I dream, I have dreams that are so life-like I wake up wondering if it really happened.  The other night I dreamt something that made me really mad at John and had to force myself to get over because it knew it was just a dream, but it felt so real.  He's been teasing me about it since.

7. I used to eat oatmeal for breakfast every day.  Now, I'm obsessed with plain vanilla non-fat yogurt with a little granola added in with strawberry halves and blueberries.  It's such a great summer breakfast--YUM!

TAG-You're it!

Melissa @ Nashville's Melrose

Ashley @ Life After the Aisle

Linds @ Linds Loves Miles

Elizabeth @ The Life of David, Elizabeth and Peyton

Megan @ Watch Mego Run

Vanessa @ Gourmet Runner

Becky @ How to train your husband

The Long Weekend Awaits...Almost...

It's Thursday before a holiday weekend, which means I have no motivation.  Boo.  Only another day+ at work and I'm free for 3 glorious days!!!

I figured today I would join up with Caroline with Thoughts on Thursday!

1.  Megan@ Watch Mego Run is having a giveaway from something awesome...especially if you're a runner!  Go check it out!!

2.  I just wanted to state that I have the best husband I could ever ask for.  He's perfect for me.  On my birthday, he surprised me with a birthday dinner after leading me to believe we were going to his softball game instead.  He even dressed in his uniform, knowing that he'd be sitting in it all through dinner.  He had friends there to meet us.  It was super awesome and he's the best!

The two who orchestrated it.

3.  My friends also rock my socks!  We had many of our friends join us for a Tuesday night dinner at Kobe Steakhouse and for fro-yo afterwards!  We haven't had a big group dinner in a while, so it was amazing!  I've been missing my friends!

4.  I'm SOOOO excited about the long weekend!!!  There will be a little of:

and a little of:

What could be better??

5.  My 27 at 27 got knocked off a little because of our rush to get to the softball game dinner, so I missed running on Tuesday, but I ran Monday 6.2 miles and Wednesday 5 miles in 46:55 during lunch!  Plus, and extra 1/2 mile last night.  So, I'm up to 11.7 miles right now leaving 15.3 to go by Sunday.  I can do it!

6.  Marathon training officially starts June 4, so one week from Saturday I start killing my body ha.  No, no, I kid...kind of.  The first month isn't bad, we're up to 10 miles every weekend and then it jumps from there.  I'm ready.  Let's do the darn thing!

7.  Here's an awesome deal for you runners out there:

June 1st is National Running Day and the Rock N Roll Marathon series is giving great discounts on races!  I'm a little sad I registered early now, but's what a girl to do besides pick another race??  Anyway, on June 1st you can register for a race and the discounts are as follows:

Save: $26 on any marathon

Save: $13 on any half

Save: $10 on any 10K

Save: $5 on any 5K

Awesome!  Now go do it!  I hear there's some awesome people running Savannah too, so that's a race to look into!

Happy Almost Weekend!!!

It's Funfetti Kind of Day!

Today, I turn 27. The good news is...I got cake!  Funfetti to be exact, which my mom made and brought to work for me. My parents, brother, friend and John all came to a lunch at the local Mexican joint for my birthday :).  I'm glad we got to celebrate at lunch, because there's lots of other things going on tonight and we weren't able to plan dinner.

Yay for birthdays!!

What's your favorite kind of cake?!

Happy

Ran 6.2 miles in 56:58 tonight. That's a 9:11/mile pace. That's probably the fastest flat 10k I've run, although I'm pretty sure I ran a faster 10k during a half marathon once. I'm happy. The happiest part is I ended and felt like I could go faster! I guess I will have to try and one up myself ha! Woohoo for PRs. (It totally counts if it's not in a race, right??)

I know it's Monday, but I'm sooo looking forward to the weekend! Me+long weekends=<3.

Goodnight bloggy friends!

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do

This week is my birth-week (tomorrow's the day).  Another year older, but that's ok.  It beats the alternative for sure!  I've decided to do 27 miles for turning 27 this week. Who's with me?! Starting tonight, I'm going to make 27 miles by Sunday.  Hopefully I'll finish by like...Friday, but you never know what the week might hold...

The weekend was good.  Friday, John and I actually got to ride our bikes around.  We looked for new running routes and then went to dinner at the little Italian place down the street.  Then we rode a little more before heading home for the night.  We caught up on the DVR and I decided that it would be a good idea to make smores in the oven.  Yum.  Not my best idea after a heavy Italian meal...we regretted that Saturday haha.  Saturday we celebrated my grandpa's 78th birthday and Sunday we celebrated my cousin's graduation from high school.  All in all a good weekend!  Oh yea, and got some fro-yo on...highlight!

Lily was super bratty this weekend, but ridiculously cute:

Last night, I started the rib cooking process.  I'm trying my hand at making beef short ribs in the slow cooker.  We will see how it turns out.  Here's the start:

Hopefully it will smell super yummy when I get home this afternoon!

The Bachelorette starts tonight!!!  I'm excited just because I get to enjoy my little guilty pleasure, but I'm not so sure about choosing Ashley...only time will tell.

Happy Monday!

FRIDAY!!! Oh how I've missed thee!

It's time for...

Go link up!

1. Do you and your spouse go to bed at the same time?

Yes, although we don't go to sleep at the same time.  I'm lucky if John makes it upstairs without me having to drag him up there, but if we get to bed, 99.9% of the time, he's sleeping within minutes...I don't stand a chance.

2. A question for the ladies...What kind of facial hair do you like on your man?

I love the scruffy look with 2-3 day old stubble...so hot.  But it hurts to kiss, so there's that down side...but sometimes, it's worth it!

3. What's the worst vacation you've ever taken?

Maybe I'm just having a blank, but no horrible vacation stands out ever.  Thankfully.  I guess I always figure vacation is better than work?

4. What's the first-ever blog you followed?

The very first was Ashley@Life After the Aisle, but we're friends in real life.  The first non-in-real-life-friend that turned bloggy-friend was Amber@Young Fabulous and Newlywed

5. Do you enjoy amusement parks?

I love amusement parks.  I grew up in Central Florida, so we went to all the theme parks growing up.  One of my bucket list items is to go to Cedar Point in Ohio some day to ride all of their wooden coasters.  One day...

I'm off!  Have a happy weekend friends!!!

Day Zero Updates

Self Improvement:
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Financial:
2) Have my goal amount saved in my bank account before J & I marry.
I did this.  Yay!


Domestic/Home Projects1) Get Married!
As of March 26th, I've completed this one also!  You can see pictures here.


4) Decorate the house.

There's a couple shots of our progress.  We've gotten through the common areas where guests see :)

5) Host a holiday at our house.

We hosted Mother's Day with mine and John's parents and grandparents!  It was a success and everyone seemed to have a good time!

14) Change my last name.

Check!  Mrs. W now!!

15) Find a creative way to display a 'W' in the house.

I'm not sure how creative you'd think it is, but I painted a 'W' black and arranged it between some photos.  It looks good.

Professional

0

Travel
1) Take a cruise.

Yes, you can also read about that here.

2) Go to another country.

On our honeymoon, we went to Mexico and Belize.  You can read about that here too.

11) Go tent camping.

We actually did this last weekend.  I'll try and post pictures soon.  John used his new camera, so I haven't gotten my hands on the pictures yet.

For The Fun Of It

14) See a friend get married.

My friend, Melissa, got married two weeks before we did in Jacksonville.  Her wedding was beautiful and she was absolutely gorgeous! 

15) Take a pole dancing class.

Bachelorette Party!  And it was awesome.  I totally recommend getting a group of girlfriends together and going!

17) Do some spring cleaning on all the clothes I have.

Before I moved all my stuff to John's house, I got ride of TONS of clothes.  I still have TONS of clothes, but it's much better!

18) Give my old clothes to someone in need.

Any of the clothes I got rid of that were in good condition, I donated.

33) Write thank you cards within a month of our wedding to all of our guests.

Failed.  I suck.  I'm still working on them.

41) Join a team involving some type of athletic activity.

I'm playing softball this season.  Our team name=Scared of Balls.  Hahaha.