Merry Christmas!

Proof that Jesus loves me best ;)

1. It SNOWED today. Hey I live in a desert. And it doesn't snow a whole whole lot. I mean every few years we will get a massive storm that comes through that cancels school and sends the city in to chaos. But usually it will either snow in November and freak people out and then not snow again, or it waits until January to do it. So to actually have snow on Christmas was pretty sweet. It started around 10:30 and really hasn't stopped yet. And it's 6:30 now. But it's been a very light snow, because we have less than 2 inches on the ground. Doable for me :0) Especially since I am off for the next two weeks and don't have to drive anywhere.

2. Santa brought me a Garmin! I have to admit, I am reluctant to ask for expensive things. But I picked out a Forerunner 110. It was less than 200.00 on sale ;) I loved it when I tried out Katie's garmin when she sent it around across the country. But I don't think I'm every going to be all super crazy about running. So I don't need a ton of bells and whistles. I wanna check out the auto lap stuff and I don't think I can set it to do intervals..but I need to play around with it. It's much easier to check mileage on a garmin than it is on the mapmyrun app on my phone. But as to point number 1...it snowed meaning I won't be checking it out for a few more days. It does however give me waaaay more incentive to get back to my training for Bloomsday and to get back into a workout routine.

3. I got a new blow dryer. And shoes. And bedding. I mean this sounds kinda silly. But I love super practical gifts like those that I wouldn't be able to get for myself. It's the little things. I mean I got several other things too that I really enjoy. But these were things on my list (That I really didn't write down or anything, just in passing. Except the shoes. I specifically put those and the garmin on my pinterest board!)

I have to admit, it was a tear filled Christmas. We spent the last couple of weeks secretly working on "grandpa bears" that were made from my grandpa's shirts. We made 33 of those things for my family members that was a complete surprise. (Well except to Grandma). Right down to the last minute working on noses and stuff. We had made bears for the family when my Dad passed away in 2004. Someone decided it was a good idea again this year ;) And then my uncle separated all of my grandpa's train collection and made them into little sections for us. I know that as the years pass that his memory at Christmas will fade, but this year he left quite the impression :0)

I hope you had a very blessed Christmas! Over here we will be digging out of the little bit of snow and playing with all of our new toys. Probably won't have the best weigh in tomorrow, but I will face it like I should. I know for sure that next year I will not be pigging out like I did over the last two days. I'm pretty sure these stomach cramps that I've had all day are just a bit more proof that when I eat the foods I shouldn't be my body will be telling me that it's not ok :( Next year will be quite different!

<3

Running while sick?

I'm in that weird balance of not being healthy, but not really feeling sick? I know that I have just been super exhausted lately. I came home from work Monday and took a 5 hour nap. I knew the other person in my room's entire family was sick, so she was gone Tuesday and part of Wednesday so I knew I had to go to work, and today my teacher was gone a half day. Gotta be there today too. What's a sorta sick, but mainly tired girl to do?

Take nyquill and sleep for 12 hours! LOL. That's what I did last night. Went to bed at 6:30 pm and got out of bed at 6:30 am this morning. I'm still feeling slightly edgy like I'm not feeling well. But I'm not coughing. My throat isn't as sore. But I am making sure to use the Neti pot, and salt water gargles and getting my vitamins in.

And what did we wake up to this morning? SNOW! In March. Craziness. And then by the time I got off work it was sunny, beautiful and a good 52 degrees. Perfect time for a run! I hadn't gone running since Saturday when I finished c25k. And I decided to push myself (uh when do I not?) to see if I could actually run 3 miles today. Which is sort of a half truth? I mean I do a 5 min warm up and cool down? So I walk 10 minutes of that 3 miles but still! 54 mins 51 seconds. Pretty proud that its under 55 mins LOL. And I ran about 2.5 miles of it without stopping. I get about a quarter of a mile walked before I start running. So yeah. under 55 mins :) And I didn't even stop when the stupid bug flew into my eye. Hard to get a bug out and keep running fyi ;)

I also cheated, or was insanely brilliant today. Instead of parking where I normally do, at the busy part of the park, I found the spot close to the 3.5 mile marker, which is usually where I turn around. I started there today and ran down to the 2.0 mile marker, and then back of course. The best part is that I got to walk up the insane little hill before I started running. Then I got to stop right before it and walk back down for my cool down. Brilliant? I think so! Although it's kinda hard to actually walk down it without jogging, so next time I think I am actually gonna just start walking after I make it down the hill. But I liked starting at the non busy part of the park. And it's actually just right up the street from my work, so it's a shorter drive to get there, so I can start my workout sooner! Yeah!

And today I only ran with the mapmyrun app, instead of the c25k one, and I got it figured out to only talk to me in 5 minute increments. That made me a happy little runner. Although I need to get on my itunes and make a decent running playlist. That might help me increase my speed ;)

Wednesday Weigh In week 4 :)

Alright. I have been doing this for at least 3 weeks now. Since it's week 4 of weigh ins, I have been going fairly strong. And I am happy to report that I still lost this week. :) Not as much as I wanted too. But this was what I woke up to this morning.

10 pounds down! Only 1.6 this week, but this excites me :) I can see it mostly in my face. But I feel good.

Small post. Today was absolutely crazy! It started snowing at around midnight last night and didn't quit till about 2 this afternoon. And would you think this would shut our town down? Oh no. We toughed it out and thru 6 inches of snow we made it through a 2 hour delay at school. I had 7 of my 15 kids show up. And as we were walking out the door to come home today they announced that school is cancelled tomorrow!! Apparently we are going to get dumped on tonight. Either rain or snow. And the district doesn't want the backlash of parents griping tomorrow like they were today! Horrible. Anyway. This is the picture I took a few minutes ago.

So I am off to check the weather for tomorrow and go to bed. Now if only my little brothers would sleep in. Tomorrow will be grand :)