Weekend fun

Happy Sunday, Lovelies! :)

Here's another random list for your enjoyment ;).  It's going to be a long one!

• I love lighting all my candles on Sundays.  And my scentsy.  Our house smells so good!
• My favorites (aside from Scentsy) are Woodwick and Bath and Body works...we have leaves, fresh balsam, fireside, etc)

• Sunday is also for doing all the laundry from the week.  That usually takes most of the day.
• Sunday is also our long run day! It's my favorite.  
• I ran 5 miles and B ran 6.  In the rain. Luckily, it was a bit warmer today than it has been.  
• I LOVE running in the rain.
• Sunday is also grade papers day. Today it's The Canterbury Tales test, lesson planning, grades for the first marking period, and if I'm really lucky, I get to get started on English 11 research papers. Whoo.  
• This is not to say I don't grade papers during the week.  I grade papers ALL the time. Daily.  I also lesson plan daily because I like to change things around. :)
• We went to a wedding on Friday. We took our own pictures before we left for the wedding...

This one cracks me up. We didn't know the timer was set :).  Serious faces.

• We went to a surprise party on Saturday. It was really fun. I don't have any pictures from that though.
• I'm craving all sorts of bad food today. We bought Win Schuler's (I call it bar cheese...does anyone else?), we had pizza for lunch, and will be making soup and grilled cheese (on white bread!) for dinner.  It's a good thing I ran today.

How was your weekend?

Have a great week!

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I have spirit, yes I do! Or something...

Hello all! :) Welcome to my random Sunday list!

• I won an ad space on Mrs. Monlogues' blog.  I have never had an ad before...so I had to create one. Have I mentioned I'm technologically challenged? :) Yay for her being super nice and sending me to an easy-to-use site to make an ad. 
• While we're at it, go over and check out Neely's Scentsy party and buy yourself something pretty. :) I did!
• We ran this morning...I did 6 miles!
• I'm now trying to convert everyone I know to running.
• I LOVE it.  
• Running makes me feel so accomplished!  If I can run 6 miles, I can do anything...well, lots of stuff. ;)
• I feel super healthy, too. I've lost 10 pounds so far! Double yay!
• I was going to take a nap today...but that turned into hopefully just going to bed super early.
• I got a great deal at Ulta.com today...I used some points and an awesome save $10 on $60 code (89776). Use it!  I went online because I was trying to spare my husband a really loooong trip to Ulta. :)
• I really want to read and use my time more wisely...but I find myself wasting more time instead.  I have severe adult-onset ADD (or ADHD...depends on who you ask!). I'm self-diagnosing, of course.
• Am I the only one who feels like because I have tons to do/things I want to accomplish, but because there's so much of it, I just give up all together?  That's not a good habit.
• It's SPIRIT week at work! And a full moon. Oh my. Pray for me? :)
• I got to see my best friend Patti today. And now I miss Patti more. :(

Have a great week!

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Sunday Social! :)

Welcome to Sunday Social!  Please link up with Ashley and Neely! :)

On to this week's questions:

 1. What is something you have wanted to do but are afraid of?  Oh! There are so many things!  I would love to perform on Broadway. Or have my own talk show.  Or write a book. Or have a song on the radio. So many things!

2. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Most likely, right where I am now. :)  I would love to be living in New York or Chicago...or Scotland or Ireland! Just a pipe dream, I'm afraid.

3. What are you looking forward to before the end of 2012? Thanksgiving, Christmas, the Wicked Halloween Run, and hoping seeing my best friend Patti! It feels like forever!

4. What are your hopes for your blog?  I hope to blog more consistently, with content that more people enjoy.  I don't really have a theme...I like to write about anything that comes to mind...and I obviously like to do link ups!

5. Do you always see yourself living in your current town/city?  Not that I don't love where I live, but I also have to say unfortunately yes.  I really hate snow, and we get a lot of it.  I absolutely detest driving in it because it takes forever for the salt/plow trucks to get out there and people drive so dangerously!  Again...I really want to live in NYC, Chicago...or a totally different country!  Only in my dreams!

6. What is your morning routine?

I wake up at 5:00 AM, brush my teeth, go downstairs and drink my coffee and check out things on the computer.  I'm in the shower around 5:45. After I get out, I do my hair and make up, get dressed, and race out the door anywhere between 6:35 and 6:50 (this typically depends on how my clothes are fitting that day).  I get to work between 7:00-7:15.  I work from 7:40-2:20, and then if it's drama season (pretty much September through March!), we have rehearsal from 3:00-5:00 ish every day!

 Next Weeks Questions: All About our Childhoods!

1. What do you miss most about being a kid?
2. Did you have a nickname growing up? What was it?
3. What was your favorite thing to do at recess?
4. What did you want to be when you grew up?
5. What was your favorite toy?
6. What is the funniest thing you did as a kid that your parents still remind you about?

Sunday Social--Link Up!

This Week's Questions:

1. 5 items you can't live without on a daily basis(water, food, shelter, and clothes dont count).

Foundation--I'm using Revlon Colorstay whipped creme and I LOVE it), Blistex, coffee? Does that count? ;), my laptop (or my kindle), and my cell phone.

2. All time favorite book and why.

            

I have two...I love East of Eden and A Prayer for Owen Meany.  Both books are amazing...you actually feel what's happening and the emotions of the characters. They come highly recommended by this English teacher!

3. Something you'd like to accomplish before the end of 2012.

Gah! I have no idea.  I'd love to sell some of my songs. I'd like to start writing a book of short stories.

4. If you could go back and relive any year of your life which year would it be?

None. I like where I am now. It would be cool to be younger and know what I know now, though! ;)

5. What do you wish people knew about you without you having to tell them? 

I'm really shy (even though I appear very outgoing) and socially awkward. If you talk to me first, I really will talk to you! :)  Also, I'm quite sensitive even though I joke around a lot...and some people cross the line and I don't let them know.

Next Weeks Questions:

1. What is something you have wanted to do but are afraid of?

2. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

3. What are you looking forward to before the end of 2012?

4. What are your hopes for your blog?

5. Do you always see yourself living in your current town/city?

6. What is your morning routine?

Make sure to link up with Ashley and Neely!

Nothing Really New...

Hey all!

I'm still really terrible at posting with any regularity.
Whoops.
I do read all your blogs on the daily, though, so there's something.
Right?
I'll just go with a listy post, because that's what I'm good at and I really have nothing planned to say at the moment.  By the seat of my pants!

Boot camp is done now *yay*...not that I didn't like it, because I really did, but I get tired of routine.  It was M/T/R at 7:00 PM for 6 weeks. Sometimes I want to work out before then, you know?

We've been running a lot more lately...thanks to two inhalers! (Thanks, Dr. K.!)  One is a daily steroid inhaler and the other is considered a rescue inhaler that I use before I work out.

I ran 4.65 miles yesterday. I had to stop because I almost got eaten by a dog. Sometimes I really wonder about our neighbors. There are kids everywhere and the dog is smart enough to escape their electric fence. Awesome.

I bought pepper spray for my outdoor runs from now on.

I ran inside today. I don't like running outdoors alone.

I'm a really slow runner. But the more miles I run during any run, I feel like I can just keep doing more.

The first few miles are the toughest...any way to get past this?  I feel like I don't start to enjoy it until after I've already run 2.

School starts soon! Eek! I have no idea how I get up at 5:00 AM most of the year.

I had a great post written in my head about running and how it's awesome, but it's gone.

No pictures today! I'll try to get better.

Happy Monday!

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Gretchen

It's Ok Thursday! #52!

It's time for another It's Ok Thursday!  :)  And it's a BIG one...if you link up, you could win stuff! :)

Let's get down to business, shall we?

It's Okay...

...that I'm sad my birthday is over. Yes, I'm 33 and a big baby :).

...that I'm excited for my husband's birthday on Sunday.

...that I'm TERRIFIED to run the Warrior Dash.  Not sure what I was thinking there.  I hear it's fun? 

...that I can't believe I'm actually 33. I definitely don't FEEL 33. Wow.

...that I need to get cracking on school stuff...

...that I cringed when I saw the back to school Target ad...it's still July! :)  It's still summer! :)  Give it time!

...that I just added this line to have an odd number :).

Okay, darlings! Link up!

<3 Gretchen

It's OK Thursday...#50!

 

 Time to link up with Amber and Neely! :)

It's Okay...

that Amber and I have the SAME birthday! (actually, it's awesome!)

that I'm sure she is MUCH younger than me.

to feel super lazy during the summer.

that my shoulders hurt soooo much...it just means the boot camp is working (right?).

to be excited for my food cheat day (Saturday!).

to be looking forward to enjoy some wine tonight (I've been sooo good because of boot camp)!

to be a little obsessed with pinterest.

to wish I were really good at something.

to already want to go on another vacation even though we just got back from one.

Happy Thursday!  Don't forget to link up! :)

<3 Gretchen