Well, hello world, how have you been?

A little Lady Antebellum to start off this LONG overdue post. (Your welcome for the great background music as you read my VERY ;o) entertaining blog!)

To start off, I am sorry.  The past two weeks has been some time that I have need to self reflect on life decisions.  I am not completely ready to announce to the blog world what these life decisions are, but I am sure I will some time.  

As this blog is suppose to be all about exercising, lets get to it.

Its been a minute since this particular run happened, but I had a GREAT run a couple weeks back.  Almost made it around the whole park without stopping, felt great!  Then went home and rocked Jill.  Well since then, I haven't really done much Jill and haven't really run much.  Super slacker, but at the same time this weather we have been having is making my allergies be all kinds of out of whack and lasting way to long.  I am ready for it to be cooler/fall weather.  I am done with the 80's.  It just makes me not want to run anymore in the heat.  I know that in about 4 months I will be saying the complete opposite, but for real, yesterday was almost 90 at the end of October! So that was a little confession time.

BUT yesterday I did do some exercising....lil Martinez called me up to the big leagues.  I went and played softball with her church team...SO MUCH FUN!!!  Thanks Anna!!  

Well, now that is all I got, and unfortunately I have been so preoccupied I haven't even really taken many pictures.  I will work on my picture taking and exercising abilities over the next week days/weeks!

Until next time...

Columbus Day

We Remember.....

Thank you Mr. Columbus for not making a big enough impact that I didn't get to stay in my bed this morning.  Happy Columbus Day, y'all!

It's bloody cold!

Surprise, Surprise I have slacked off at blogging.  Mainly because while vacation ruined my workouts, it also ruins my work life.  So this week was major catch up with two days being out of the office working!  Making the 3 days I was in the office super busy! Oh well!

I did, however, start Jillian Michaels' this week.  Only missing one day, Friday.  Learned I have to get up in the am to do it on Friday or it just isn't going to get done.  I have even done it in the freezing cold house this weekend.  After 5 days I have really begin to see the difference in how long it takes me to be completely dead  during each activity and my endurance is lasting longer!  Go Jillian!!

Which is brings me to the cold weather....I AM NOT MADE FOR THE COLD WEATHER!

Well, that is about all I have to blog about.  See why I haven't blogged all week?!?

Vacay Ruins Workouts.

I am back!  After a very bittersweet vacation, I am back into the real world.  Please believe that I am SUPER tired, but ready to get back into the swing of things.  But first, a few last pictures from my vacation.

Don't remember if I posted a picture of my platter I painted while up there.  This is pre-fireing so it is much darker then what it appears.

Might have stopped for another cupcake, after a run.

Then went Kayaking on the Puget Sound, this is where we dropped the kayaks in. This is also post cupcake!

Here is Mt. Rainier from the plane, about the only time we really saw it.

And finally the sunset in Phoenix reflecting off the wing of the plane.

Needless to say, vacation was awesome, but working out kinda lagged.  Now that I am back, I have kicked it into high gear, as I have a race not this Saturday, but next!

Monday (10/1):  NEW MONTH!!  I think back when this all started.  I have been blogging for about 3 months now AND working out for about 4.  It doesn't seem that long, but I can sure tell a difference.  I don't own a scale, so I haven't been able to track pounds lose, but that is ok.  I feel better, my husband tells me I look better, I am able to run longer (kinda :o) ), so I guess I will keep going.  Today after work I ran the park again...only WAY slower then last time.  It was a little upsetting that it took me so long, but then again I did something and haven't really run in almost 2 weeks.  Then I went home to do Jillian Michael's 30 day Shred.  Apparently I can lose 20 lbs in 30 days.  Totally not my goal, but getting a different workout in should help my body not stay the same.  It is a challenge for us work girls to do this video, however Martinez choose dancing over Jillian...WHATEVER.

That is really all I got.  Today is another run and Jillian day!  Hope I don't die!

Grand Canyon and Other Nature Things

I feel this is sorta becoming a habit that I am having a really hard time breaking, but once again my blog is late.  I think a lot of it has to do with very little exercise and a lot of family issues to attend too.  Let's get down to brass tacks....

Last week, I ran with the girls at the park, 2.8 miles.  It was so nice to finally run with these ladies and for us to get a chance to run together.  We are always discussing our workouts and current runs, running together we all get to blog about the same run!!  YAY US!

Friday (I am just going to be jumping days, get over it) I had to hop a plane to say a final farewell to a deeply loved family member, so I got to fly over the Grand Canyon...

We chilled and got some sleep for Saturday.  Saturday was full of emotions.  The first pics of the next sequence is of my bedroom window view and some things in the garden (GIANT SIZE veggies).

Sunday....we stopped at an art gallery, stopped at the farmer markets, stopped for cupcakes, then over to some family's for dinner.

Monday...Today we ventured to "Ruby Beach," except we never made it.  Whoops.  But we did make it to Ocean Shores, have a picnic on the beach followed by a stroll down the beach and finding sea creatures, and then we got lost on the way to Ruby Beach.  Here are some pictures from the Ocean today!

I totally thought I had more pictures from adventures of the day, but clearly I am lame...no I just was taking a lot with my big camera!  

OHHH....I did go running this morning, but it was kinda lame.  Went just over a mile, and then had to come home. The roads are super banked here so it was really hurting my ankle to run on the angle, but I was informed to run on almost on the road to prevent that.  Plan on trying again tomorrow, but it is also REALLY cold when I run, like I can see my breathe but then I am sweating..it's totally odd feeling right now!

That is all I got right now, except how terrible this game is being called (pack/seahawk) game.  Will try to blog later this week.

Until then...

50 Wings!

It's been a hot minute since I last blogged.  And because of that, I am just going to skip those days.    I didn't exercise, or eat healthy, so no need to relive my shame.   Instead I would like to only blog about the productiveness of my weekend.   OK until next time...

Alright, it wasn't that unproductive, but pretty damn close.  Friday night I baked cookies at 830.  Saturday we were SUPER lazy, including an hour nap after only being up for like 3 hours.  Followed by some sitting, then sushi for dinner, and then back to sitting.  Sunday is were it finally gets real...

Sunday (9/16):  Got up and went to my parents house to get my bed and some other things from their house.  (For some reason they want me to get all my stuff out of their house, it's weird!)  After we burned some calories moving all that, we went to BWW and consumed almost 50 wings between 3 people...clearly the best option there was!  When we got home I started moving things around getting ready for the bed in the bedroom and doing laundry.  Finally around 430, I decided I should go and run.  So I headed to the park and set out a goal.  I was to go around the whole park, if you will remember this has been a BIG goal of mine to be able to run the whole park.  There was no time limit, and there was no have to run limit, it was simply run as far as you can, walk when needed and then run some more all the way around.  And I accomplished it.  I ran a little over 1.5 miles before walking a little bit, ran off and on for about .75 of a mile, and then ran the last bit.  Finished the 3.02 miles in 34:45 minutes at an average of 11:30 pace!  I was incredible proud of myself and now I have a baseline on what to improve my 3 mile time on!!!

I have a few random pictures (no blog would be complete without them)...

This is why I haven't blogged (my desk at work)...

We all know I LOVE ELLEN, especially when she has Sophie Grace and Rosie on....

This weekend was so deary that on our way back from sushi dinner I happen to catch the setting sun.  I was soo pretty with the broken clouds and it was pinkish/red and when I first noticed it downtown was in the forefront.  Well, I tried to get a picture with downtown in it, but no such luck.  But her is kinda the prettiness in the side mirror of "the car"

And now I am done blogging! Peace easy!

We Remember...

Let's just jump into the activities occurring in my so exciting life.  (I mean that is why you are here, right?)

Monday night...I give up! Oh yes...I finished those stupid abs I didn't do in the morning while watching Bachelor Pad Finale.  Way to go, Nick!

Tuesday (9/11):  Decided I was going to do my abs in the evening, which I did while watching some "new" episodes of The Big Bang Theory!  But more importantly, today wasn't about if I did my abs; today was about reflecting on the events that happened 11 years ago that rocked our Nation.  I find it truly amazing how I have a really hard time remembering what I did this weekend, but I remember EXACTLY what happened 11 years ago, and the same goes for the OKC bombing.  It is incredible sad that so many people, who just showed up for work or just got on an airplane, lost their lives for no reason.  My heart goes out to all those families who lost someone that day.  I sincerely hope that I never have to see that kind of hate again in my lifetime, and for generations to comes.  Also, I am very grateful for all the men and women who joined the military, because of the event, to fight for my freedom.  Thank you!

Wednesday (9/12):  The alarm was set for 6:20, snooze once, then the alarm off!  I really had to talk myself into getting out of bed, just in general.  So when my husbands alarm went off, I got up and decided what I was going to do.  I was to run to the tracks and back, REALLY close to a mile and half, maintaining a 10 minute pace.  I told myself, "self" (LOL Lash!) you can run or walk as long as you maintain a 10 minute pace.  I ran the first mile in just under 10 minutes and then decided to walk.  Once I got up to a 10:15 pace, I started running again, and got back to a 9:57 pace, and then walked up the hill, before sprinting home.  My final time was 14:45 for 1.45 miles at a 10:11 avg. pace.  In my honest opinion, I think I did pretty good.  I think right now I am going to try to focus on getting my miles faster and throwing in a long run on the weekends.  About those abs...I will do them tonight!

Last night, I was playing around on my phone and wanting to change my background picture.  This was a contender, but with all my apps it didn't look good, but I thought I would share with the world...

Don't worry that I was double fist-ing it on our wedding day!!

Until next time.