About me A-Z

I saw this on another blog and thought it was so cute! I had to do it :)

{A} Age – 23.
{B} Bed size – Queen..its just not big enough!
{C} Chores you hate – All of them..mostly dishes though.
{D} Dogs – 2 Mini Schnauzers...Hunter and Gretchen
{E} Essential start to your day – Usually working out :)
{F} Favorite color – Orange, yellow, teal, gray...i pretty much like them all :)
{G} Gold or silver – Silver!
{H} Height – 5'8" or 5'9"
{I} Instruments you play – Piano its been a while though
{J} Job title – Retail :(
{K} Kids – None yet but someday
{L} Live – Idaho
{M} Mother’s name – Deloris
{N} Nickname – Brooklyn or pookie haha
{O} Overnight hospital stays – None yet and hopefully never
{P} Pet Peeves – People touching their eyes, tom picking his fingernails
{Q} Quote from a film – "Hi fives for the ladies..open mouth tongue kisses for the men" -Leonidas
{R} Right or left handed – Left
{S} Siblings – There is 5 of us. 1 Brother 3 Sisters
{T} Time you wake up – About 7
{U} Underwear- ALWAYS!
{V} Vegetable you hate- Peas they taste like poop!
{W} What makes you run late- Having to double check I unplugged things haha
{X} X-rays you’ve had- Broken wrist & MRI on my whole naked body AWKWARD!
{Y} Yummy food you make- I mostly like to bake
{Z} Zoo animal –Giraffe's

Running Challenge Week 1

So last week didnt go very well. It was raining so bad that it took days for us to be able to bring in my elliptical and I had a paper due today that I worked on all week so I only ran 3 miles last week so I really need to pick up my game this week. I only got 1 day in I did 1 1/2 miles in the afternoon and burned 354 calories and later that night I ran another 1 1/2 miles and burned 262 calories. This week I'm determined to do a lot more! :) This week and next week are mid terms and I'm a bit nervous but hope all goes well.

My workout challenge

So I heard of this exercise challenge a few months ago and I decided today I want to start it. The challenge is that in 3 months you run/walk 100 miles so my plan is hopefully tomorrow I will get Tom to bring in our elliptical and our spinning bike from the shed so I can start. It will be tough though that means at least every day I will have to run 1 mile at least and if I don't want to run everyday...which I don't (I like other workouts better) then I have to do more than 1 each day I do it...the most I ever went was 5 and I thought I was never going to be able to move my leg muscles again HAHA. So this is the plan...start October 2 and end January 2 :) talk about a good way to kick off the New Year! I will keep my miles posted! :)

Update and Thrifting finds!!

Wow my last 6 weeks have been so crazy. I have had so much going on between school and work and trying to finish painting my house (yes its still in progress)I almost completely finished today Im super proud of myself and I'm almost to my favorite part...DECORATING!! I have a huge paper due in like 10 days...slacker right here! Yesterday was honestly the first time since school started i went and did something fun.
Me and Tristyn went thrifting and we LOVE it..I found such cute stuff and I got it all for like $26. My favorite find was a necklace and it was so funny I had told Tristyn about this type of necklace I wanted and we were talking about it again while checking out....on our way out the door we decided to stop and look at what jewelry there was and OH MY GOSH it was just sitting there all cute just waiting for me to buy it. I am one happy girl now!
What I got:
~Mudd sweater/vest (Mustard yellow color) $7.99

So Im picturing this with either a short sleeve or long sleeve white shirt with some jeans and either a cute scarf or a hat.

~Eddie Bauer sweater/vest (Off white color) $5.99

This is made out of $55% lambs wool (SWEET!) and I am picturing wearing this with a long or short sleeve shirt underneath and some leggings (I really want some navy blue ones) and some boots!

~Dressbarn Skirt (Grey with specks of white) $5.99

This skirt is so cute the camera doesn't do it justice because my camera just plain sucks! But this would be so cute with one of my fitted white tops tucked in, a bulky black belt around the top of the skirt and some tall black boots!

~Brown braided belt $0.99

~Super cute watch/locket necklace $4.99

Locket closed (pictures are bad i know :( )

Locket opened


And just some other random pictures :)

Hi from the babies!! :) They are getting their haircut this week :)

9/6/2011

WOW! It's been a while I didn't realize how long it had been! Now I'm back in school starting my 3rd week already. I have pretty much done nothing but study this whole time other than work. We did paint a little on the house yesterday but only for a bit..I really want it done..I'm so sick of looking at half primed walls, it's not very attractive! Hopefully things will slow down a bit with school and I can have a little more free time to actually somewhat enjoy my days haha but so far it's just been super chaotic. My workouts slacked there for a few days..it was like 5 days without working out and that is just not normal for me at all. So my first workout again was like 2 nights ago and man I have been so sore it's crazy how fast your body starts reverting back into a lazy bum!

7/28/2011

Today has been a very busy day. I woke up and worked out pretty much immediately and today's workout just killed me I was completely exhausted. I got some painting in on the front room. I did a little yesterday and a little more today..now i just need Tom to get home and help me move some more furniture around to finish priming the other walls :). Chancey and I went to the park with her kids and had lunch while they played on the playground (I made us tuna sandwiches!). I love the fact that she is the most dependable friend I have ever had and she's always there no matter what. We will be friends the rest of our lives and I love that! I have been reading some interesting articles on how to make my diet better...my diet is really good most of the time. Some slip ups here and there but generally pretty good. I have wanted for a while now to teach myself how to make bread at home..then I would just make extra and freeze it till I need it. I found a ton of recipes here ---> http://www.breadexperience.com/healthy-bread-recipes.html and I think I will try some out soon. I also want to try eating green smoothies because I hear they are AMAZING for you. I already drink smoothies every morning but adding some greens will be so much better for me. Right now the pooches are sleeping right by my feet..they are so cute I just can't get enough of schnauzers and their cute little beards. I always tell Tom how I want a schnauzer farm and have tons of them running around haha ;)

Been a while :)

It has been a while since ive posted anything...Lately we have just been working a lot. Took a few week break from any house stuff but i did finish my curtains for the office and another cute little surprise...pics will be up soon! I have been on a health kick for a while now..prob a month now..im usually pretty good about eating good and working out but the last month ive been extra diligent and thats where most my focus has been...today i started painting the front room and i think its going to look so cute..we are using a light cream/tan color and are going to do white for the trim..keeping in neutral. I start school again in like 4 weeks and my classes this semester are not gonna be fun because they are at all random times on everyday of the week because i got registered late..NO FUN! oh well its only 4 months so im pretty sure i will survive haha. We had the funnest weekend. Toms mom and sister came up and we did so much fun stuff..we went frisbee golfing, miniature golfing,cooked a lot, took his sister for her first camping trip in the mountains and made her sleep in a tent...she wasnt to excited at first but the next morning she finally admitted she liked it! OH! and then we cant forget how tom locked our keys and phones in the car and we pretty much had to pry one of the doors open and poke a stick in and grab the keys..it was pretty ridiculous..i swear things that dumb only happen to us haha. The next day we went swimming ALL afternoon..i got so sunburnt i totally forgot to sunscreen my back. It was way fun!