Our Lives....documented

April 30, 2007

I officially made it through Monday! yayyy- Actually it was a great weekend! My brother turned 32 last week, so we celebrated with dinner on Saturday night, then he came up to our house where he and PJ hung out and drank all night. This in turn gave them both a hangover on Sunday. LOL. They aren't as young as they used to be :)...

Anyhow- I spent Saturday and Sunday recouping from running, w/out stretching first. DUHHH- I completely know better. Of course, grocery shopping and the typical weekend stuff.

Back to work today. Working on Advertising Concepts and brand building marketing plans. Keeping me very busy and driving my creative juices. It's great. I LOVE what I do now, and interestingly enough when I get home at night I generally have no interest in getting on the computer. This right here, is a rarity. So much time in front of it at work that when I get home, I love vegging and hanging out w/ Makena.

It was great when I came home today, we sat down for about 20 minutes... grabbed a quick snack to tie us over and threw dinner in the oven (already prepared... just needing to be cooked). Then Makena and I took off and went to the school where she practiced riding her bike and I stretched (YAYY) THEN ran. When we got home, dinner was ready and time to make a smoothy and have two... okay... three bites of meatloaf (fattening). Makena loved it and scarfed down her broccoli (LOVE that she likes broc)!

It was a healthy day... I'm watching what I eat and planning to drop some weight and get into shape. I'm a size 4/6, but I'd like to get down to a smaller 4 and have size 6 be too big. I know it might sound small... but I'm only 5' and am probably pushing about 120. I really should be closer to 110 or even 107. I look unhealthy at anything smaller than 104. Anyways, it's great to have wonderful support of my friend Laura. She's my running partner. We're both running to get healthy and I'd say we're probably the same size, but she's taller. Our short term goals are to run more often, further and longer. Then to run a 5k next month and work our way up so that we can run a half-marathon. My other goal is to swim. And swim a lot. My goal was that by the time I am 30 (this summer) I would like to be dive certified. I know it's a lot but it's a great time to make these things happen before our family ever grows. We have several more years before that will happen but for now.... I'm excited about being more active.

Time to put Makena to bed.... Eat Healthy :)

Cheers- Mary

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April 27, 2007

Strap on your laces- and get moving!

To succeed you have to believe in something with such a passion that it becomes a reality. - Anita Roddick

The support of a friend can really make a difference, and the goal is that together we will both make personal differences in our own lives... it will be tough, that is for certain- but it will be worth it!

Tomorrow we start our 'official training' we have marathons to run- and training to do. Time for sleep, as my body will need the rest.... here we go!

The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare. - Juma Ikangaa, Tanzania

Labels: Running

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April 22, 2007

Amazing Journey.....

http://1000daysatsea.blogspot.com/

An amazing story. I'll post the link in my link section.

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April 21, 2007

The New 'Rig'

What I like the most about our/my ;) new truck.... it has adjustable pedals- perfect for my shrimplette legs! LOL.

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Ex·ca·va·tion... and the process continues/begins!

Ex·ca·va·tion /ˌɛkskəˈveɪʃən/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[eks-kuh-vey-shuhn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1.
a hole or cavity made by excavating.
2.
the act of excavating.
3.
an area in which excavating has been done or is in progress, as an archaeological site.
[Origin: 1605–15; <>excavate, -ion]

So the home improvement processes continue..... We rented this excavator and are digging up the entire (almost) yard then spreading all of the dirt. The idea is to rid the lower area by the house as we are building a retaining wall and having a concrete pad poured and stamped. We spray painted the outline before we started digging, but now that all the dirt is up it seems HUGE... oh well LOL. We're excited and hoping to finish the project by the end of May so that I can begin to work on the landscaping and planting and also to find a decent patio set. Ohhh- how the projects never end. :)

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The Life... and Demise of an Easter Peep

This was just TOO- funny not to photograph! LOL.

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Update- Easter Pics & More

Well, it's been a while. Normally I've been better at updating: I just realized that I haven't even uploaded our Easter pics! UGHHH- It's been quite busy and work has kept me preoccupied... Well, Easter was FABULOUS as you can imagine. Wonderful family time :)