Weekend Fun and other nonsense
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Who ever said weekends were for relaxing???
Friday - starting at 6pm - roommate chore night - dinner - painted first coat on bottom of dining room - did some work work while watching Spanglish with the roomies. Bed around 12:30.
Saturday - 6am alarm goes off - painted second coat in dining room - 2 loads of laundry, picked up a bit, peeled hard boiled eggs - 9am blueberry picking - 12am bike ride (32 miles, 15mph avg - I was happy :)) - shower, pack, clean some more, make deviled eggs - roommate from college stopped by for about 30 min - went to Roanoke for a birthday bar-b-q around 5pm - 9:30 continued on to Sm Mtn Lake to hang out with some friends I graduated with (kicked some butt at beer-pong, which I've only played like twice years ago, it was a blast!) bed I don't no what time, at the lake there is no time :)
Sunday - Ah the relax day - BLT's for breakfast - went out on the boat and wakeboarded (second time ever, I LOVE IT!, so much easier then H2O skiing, wears you out quick though) - watched a movie - had lunch - read out on the deck - napped - laid out on the dock - played frisbee while floating in the lake - headed over to their friends house (by boat.. so funny to me to hop in the boat and jet across the lake) and chilled on the dock and floating in the lake - then headed home, got home around 9:30 - took down the tape in the dining room and cleaned up the painting mess - took the transformation pics - mixed up a blueberry oatmeal coffee cake to bake this morning - went to bed around 11.
Monday - alarm went off at 5 - threw the cake in the oven - made it to the gym to lift by 6 and to work by 8:15 :) I know I'm crazy!
So I've decided I'm better off with less sleep and more activites! :)
I want to know how 30 minutes of wakeboarding can leave my body screaming worse then a whole weekend of snowboarding? I've been lifting back/shoulders specifically the past 2 months... I don't think it's done a bit of good, I did not feel strong out there... just tired!! I guess if I were older and wiser I'd have skipped the gym this morning, but I'm not old or wise... so I'm depending on drugs to get me through the day!
In other random news Blue is three years old to me today today :)
Heard Gary's new song on the radio at lunchtime. Yeah I've already heard it in concert 3 or 4 times... but I guess I'm still used to the old days when anytime he was on the radio was a exciting.. and I still get a thrill each time a new song makes it to the radio. Plus his voice is just sooooo amazing! And in this case... it means a new album is around the corner. Song title is "The Best I Ever Had". Now I just need to catch the video on CMT :) (Yeah it's a Vertical Horzion song... not sure if they wrote it or covered it too??)
Friday - starting at 6pm - roommate chore night - dinner - painted first coat on bottom of dining room - did some work work while watching Spanglish with the roomies. Bed around 12:30.
Saturday - 6am alarm goes off - painted second coat in dining room - 2 loads of laundry, picked up a bit, peeled hard boiled eggs - 9am blueberry picking - 12am bike ride (32 miles, 15mph avg - I was happy :)) - shower, pack, clean some more, make deviled eggs - roommate from college stopped by for about 30 min - went to Roanoke for a birthday bar-b-q around 5pm - 9:30 continued on to Sm Mtn Lake to hang out with some friends I graduated with (kicked some butt at beer-pong, which I've only played like twice years ago, it was a blast!) bed I don't no what time, at the lake there is no time :)
Sunday - Ah the relax day - BLT's for breakfast - went out on the boat and wakeboarded (second time ever, I LOVE IT!, so much easier then H2O skiing, wears you out quick though) - watched a movie - had lunch - read out on the deck - napped - laid out on the dock - played frisbee while floating in the lake - headed over to their friends house (by boat.. so funny to me to hop in the boat and jet across the lake) and chilled on the dock and floating in the lake - then headed home, got home around 9:30 - took down the tape in the dining room and cleaned up the painting mess - took the transformation pics - mixed up a blueberry oatmeal coffee cake to bake this morning - went to bed around 11.
Monday - alarm went off at 5 - threw the cake in the oven - made it to the gym to lift by 6 and to work by 8:15 :) I know I'm crazy!
So I've decided I'm better off with less sleep and more activites! :)
I want to know how 30 minutes of wakeboarding can leave my body screaming worse then a whole weekend of snowboarding? I've been lifting back/shoulders specifically the past 2 months... I don't think it's done a bit of good, I did not feel strong out there... just tired!! I guess if I were older and wiser I'd have skipped the gym this morning, but I'm not old or wise... so I'm depending on drugs to get me through the day!
In other random news Blue is three years old to me today today :)
Heard Gary's new song on the radio at lunchtime. Yeah I've already heard it in concert 3 or 4 times... but I guess I'm still used to the old days when anytime he was on the radio was a exciting.. and I still get a thrill each time a new song makes it to the radio. Plus his voice is just sooooo amazing! And in this case... it means a new album is around the corner. Song title is "The Best I Ever Had". Now I just need to catch the video on CMT :) (Yeah it's a Vertical Horzion song... not sure if they wrote it or covered it too??)
Transformation Pics - Step One
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Sorry it's taken me so long to get these posted. I'm making progress with the house. Even though the rooms look 1000 times better, I was noticing the pics look kinda naked with no drapes and pics on the wall etc. So this is step one - paint. Or maybe this is step two, step one was lose the wallpaper :) I don't have any of those pics.
- BEDROOM -
- DINING ROOM -
- BEDROOM -
- DINING ROOM -
delayed moving story
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Here's a picture of the truck packed to capacity :)
So a little story from move day that I forgot to tell :) First off when the movers showed up I was surprised by how young they were!! Prob high schoolers working a summer job. M & I felt like we were breaking child labor laws having them move all our heavy stuff!! They were tough though and we got over it. They were really nice and hard workers and of course we developed our little brother crushes on them :) Well since things were taking forever once we got to the new house and we're unloading M & I were helping them. I was in my room when one of the boys came in carrying two boxes and we looked like we was struggling... I went to grab the bottom box and told him the top box went in the bonus room. Or course I'm oblivious to him trying to tell me the bottom box was not secure.... so as I take the box the bottom comes open and contents clatter to the floor. Well it's my box of ducks in beanie babies.. some of which were in plastic boxes that made quite impressive sounds that sounded like everything was breaking. Well of course M & I bust into laughter almost crying and this poor kid thinkin the worst has a look of terror on his face. There were ducks everywhere!!!! So stinkin funny! Of course I snapped a picture so you guys would get the full effect!!
A site made for me :)
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Fun To Collect
Thought you guys would get a kick out of it. And you'll be happy to find out I only collect 2 things on their site. Jim Shore and Happy Toes :)
Thought you guys would get a kick out of it. And you'll be happy to find out I only collect 2 things on their site. Jim Shore and Happy Toes :)
only 21.5 miles?
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Still amazes me how far you can seem to go, yet it's really not that far. I need to find some routes with more mileage... or else just finish with a lap on the huckleberry to add 11 miles :)
For those familiar with Blacksburg... here's this morning's ride. It was fun, lots of challenging hills, but not too bad. Total time 1:37 - not bad considering the hills, I averaged over 13 mph. Hope to bump that up to at least 15mph for the actually race.. shouldn't be a problem considering it's flat! :)
Right Alleghany
Right East Roanoke
Left Harding
Right Patrick Henry
Left Giles
Right Main
Left Prices Fork
Right McCoy
Left down to back gate and back up
Right McCoy
Left Prices Fork
Left Brooksfield
Turns into Glade
Left University City Blvd
Left Toms Creek
Right 460
Right North Main
Left Patrick Henry
Left Harding
Right East Roanoke
Left Alleghany
HOME :)
For those familiar with Blacksburg... here's this morning's ride. It was fun, lots of challenging hills, but not too bad. Total time 1:37 - not bad considering the hills, I averaged over 13 mph. Hope to bump that up to at least 15mph for the actually race.. shouldn't be a problem considering it's flat! :)
Right Alleghany
Right East Roanoke
Left Harding
Right Patrick Henry
Left Giles
Right Main
Left Prices Fork
Right McCoy
Left down to back gate and back up
Right McCoy
Left Prices Fork
Left Brooksfield
Turns into Glade
Left University City Blvd
Left Toms Creek
Right 460
Right North Main
Left Patrick Henry
Left Harding
Right East Roanoke
Left Alleghany
HOME :)
Ahhhhhhhhhh :)
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That's how I feel today. Lots happening - life is good :)
House - We are pretty settled in. A couple boxes still, but it's stuff that doesn't have a home yet. Once I get the rooms painted I can start figuring out decorations and what I want to purchase in the form of shelving/cabinets. I started painting the dining room this weekend. Hopefully I finish it up this week!! It's so amazing to see the room transform once you get color on the walls! The pool table was put together last thursday, M and I have been trying to play a game everyday! Our awesome neighbor has been letting us borrow his self-propelled mower to tackle our lawn - way easier! In fact - AMAZING :) I'll will be purchasing one in the near future... just doing a little research on consumer reports.
Training - I'm back into my training plan. Things are going well. The break might have done me some good. I ran saturday morning and was shocked to make 6 miles.. and to run it in an hour. My times had really been slacking! Here's the breakdown for you training geeks :) For those that know the huckleberry I ran from 5.5 - 2.5 and back. Had placed a water bottle at merrimac so I took two 30 sec drink/walk breaks. The out was mostly gradual uphill... coming back there's a pretty big hill in mile 6.
mile - time - hr
1 10:01 147
2 9:58 168 (drink)
3 9:52 177
4 9:31 175
5 10:06 175 (drink)
6 10:30 178
Now I just need to get lots of miles in on my bike! And stay consistent. If this rain would go away, that would help! I'm thinking about entering a triathlon before the end of the summer for practice.. I'll let you know.
Work - We are getting very close to releasing an application so work has been busy. Fun though. I was down in Martinsville last week running some training classes and I'm headed to Highpoint next week. We've been talking lots as a company about what we see our roles being if we start to expand, even laying out an organizational chart. It's fun to think about the future.
Bunko - I know I never reported on Bunko. It was really fun. What I expected. Bunko night is an excuse for friends to hang out once a month, catch up, laugh. The women we're really fun, some exactly how I hope I am in 10 years. I could see it being a blast if it was all my close friends... so my plan... yep have my own bunko night! Not sure when.. but I'm working on it!
House - We are pretty settled in. A couple boxes still, but it's stuff that doesn't have a home yet. Once I get the rooms painted I can start figuring out decorations and what I want to purchase in the form of shelving/cabinets. I started painting the dining room this weekend. Hopefully I finish it up this week!! It's so amazing to see the room transform once you get color on the walls! The pool table was put together last thursday, M and I have been trying to play a game everyday! Our awesome neighbor has been letting us borrow his self-propelled mower to tackle our lawn - way easier! In fact - AMAZING :) I'll will be purchasing one in the near future... just doing a little research on consumer reports.
Training - I'm back into my training plan. Things are going well. The break might have done me some good. I ran saturday morning and was shocked to make 6 miles.. and to run it in an hour. My times had really been slacking! Here's the breakdown for you training geeks :) For those that know the huckleberry I ran from 5.5 - 2.5 and back. Had placed a water bottle at merrimac so I took two 30 sec drink/walk breaks. The out was mostly gradual uphill... coming back there's a pretty big hill in mile 6.
mile - time - hr
1 10:01 147
2 9:58 168 (drink)
3 9:52 177
4 9:31 175
5 10:06 175 (drink)
6 10:30 178
Now I just need to get lots of miles in on my bike! And stay consistent. If this rain would go away, that would help! I'm thinking about entering a triathlon before the end of the summer for practice.. I'll let you know.
Work - We are getting very close to releasing an application so work has been busy. Fun though. I was down in Martinsville last week running some training classes and I'm headed to Highpoint next week. We've been talking lots as a company about what we see our roles being if we start to expand, even laying out an organizational chart. It's fun to think about the future.
Bunko - I know I never reported on Bunko. It was really fun. What I expected. Bunko night is an excuse for friends to hang out once a month, catch up, laugh. The women we're really fun, some exactly how I hope I am in 10 years. I could see it being a blast if it was all my close friends... so my plan... yep have my own bunko night! Not sure when.. but I'm working on it!
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