Pish posh of information

Lets start today's post off right!!! Who knew that this awesome man would be singing last night on the Basketball Game!?!?!? I HATE basketball and it came on in the background when I was occupied doing something else.  All the sudden I heard this awesome voice sing two songs and it made my ENTIRE night!!! WHOOT WHOOT - LOVE KIDROCK for life!!!!!!!!!!

Here is an update on the marathon training schedule...I am officially into  week 13 and I have my longest run this Saturday and then I get to taper back for two weeks!!! YEA ME!!!!

 I did the 18 mile run on Sunday instead of Saturday this past weekend. This is me after the run below.  I live in Pittsburgh and it was sooooooo windy and cold Saturday and I knew it would be 50s and sun on Sunday so I switched it. No biggie except that 5 mile run on Monday suffered because I was soooooo sore and tired with no rest day between the long run and the next week training.

 This is where I did my 5 miles on Monday - fun right?!?! It was rainy and it hurt soooo bad and I was so tired but I powered through and finished 5! Yippee!! Today is my off day and I have a massage scheduled!! Cannot be happier!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)

 This is just a small sampling of what I planted this past weekend! Only one of the seven planters I completed this weekend!  I love flowers and herbs and COULD NOT WAIT to get things planted this year! I did tulips and daffodils and all kinds of herbs. After spring when the tulips die I will dig them out and add more herbs!!!!!!! YEA!!!!

And finally I will leave you with this shot below. My sister got my nephew a pet tadpole (to watch grow into a frog) for Christmas. The frog was delivered and lives in the clear box on the counter (see by the cats tail). As you can see, their cat discovered the tadpole this AM. My sister is hoping the cat leaves it alone and allows it to grow and flourish...time will tell!!! HA HA  PS - my adorable nephew named his tadpole "Tad Bunny Boy"....how cute is that!?!?!?!?

Hope yinz all have a wonderful day!!!

5 on Friday

TGIF!!! That means its that time again!!! YEA!!

Time for 5 on Friday with  Christina, Darci, April, and Natasha and you should too! 

Here we go!~

ONE:  My run yesterday!! I am sure that this time looks slow for a lot of people that run but for me it is actually pretty great! Especially since I have been icing my knees lately because of slight pain. Not horrible pain but enough the really be annoying when training for a marathon!! The entire run was completed without any pain - yippee!!!  Two more weeks of long run and then two weeks of shorter runs till the marathon - I GOT THIS!!!!

TWO:  Speaking of icing...this is my ice pack at work!!! HA HA!!! Wont be eating these edamame beans anytime soon!!!

THREE:  I built this bathroom shelf unit last night! I got it from Amazon at a great deal! They had it on sale for $119 and I ended up scoring one that was "used". From the description it said the box it came in had some damage and it would be sold for half that so around $60. If you know me at all, you know I am CHEAP!!! I got the beat up one and it came yesterday! One tiny chip on the top and one tiny crack on the INSIDE of the door that you cannt even see! SCORE me...saved over $60.
It took awhile but it is sooo sturdy and thick - I love it!!!

FOUR:  I am absolutely obsessed with our Pittsburgh Bald Eagles nest! The bald eagles built a nest (over 6 feet wide) in Hays right outside of the city of Pittsburgh. A camera is attached to a nearby tree and zoomed in on the nest.  The bald eagles laid three eggs and within the past few days all three have hatched. It is sooo cool to watch via live stream - it is up on the internet 24 hours a day and is free!!! I love this sooo much! You can watch real time as they feed the babies and scare away predators (one archived video of dad scaring away a racoon) - it is soooo cool! Here is the link to the LIVE FEED. Check it out - if you love nature you will thank me! My nieces and nephews are as obsessed as me!

FIVE:  This is my night tonight! I am heading down to the Pittsburgh Convention Center with a friend from work for the Tekko 2014 Convention. It is a comic book convention where adults dress up in comic costumes and visit. My friend is dressing up as a character and I actually helped her make parts of her costume (Swords, blade holder, etc.) all of out foam and spray paint. I PROMISE I will take pictures for you guys and she PROMISED me that there will NOT be any Furries here! I have heard rumors about those conventions and hope to not run into any of them! HA HA

Hope yinz all have a fantastic weekend!! ENJOY SPRING!!!

Injury?!?!

Hi yinz!!

Figured I better write a post and check in.

I have not posted but I am reading all of your posts daily. Just nothing happy to talk about.

I am still training for the May Pgh Marathon.  I am currently a month away and I think I am now nursing an injury :-(

I started having pain in my left knee a few weeks ago. After about a week I decided I better quit all the extra stuff like Zumba and just focus on the running and training. I have been doing that for over a week now.

It has not helped :-(

I think the knee actually hurts worse!!!

I was supposed to run 8 yesterday. I ran 4 after work and it hurt so bad that I decided to quit and go home to get my knee wrap. I went home and ate dinner and went back hours later to finish four more. That run hurt worse!!!

I am supposed to run 5 after work and I am going to see how it goes I guess. I have it wrapped at work and it has even hurt a little bit today just walking so this should be interesting! I am going to be really ticked off if I cant run after 12 weeks of training!!!

But, I will keep you all posted! :-(

I went to Starbucks today to grab a coffee...little treat a few times a week and look at my crappy, defective cup!!!

 

UGGGGHHHHH! Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday!!!

HA!

5 on Friday

Yea!!!!!!! I love 5 on Friday.

I am linking up with the lovely host ladies listed above for five very miscellaneous things!

ONE:  I left for work this am and I think one of my sweet kitties is sick. She was hiding under the bed and would not even come out for a treat so I am worried. Hope by the time I get home tonight she is better!! Prayers for my sweetie!!

TWO:  Today is my little (and only) brothers birthday (He is the older one below - hee)! We like to call him JC (for Jesus Christ) just in a joking way.  My parents had each of us three girls and we tease that they just kept trying until they got their boy.  He is an awesome brother, awesome husband and awesome Dad to his two children! I am sooo proud of who he is and what he is! I love you and happy birthday from me!!!!!!!

THREE: Tomorrow is the anniversary of my Aunt Marti finding out that she is cancer-free. I think it is nine years now but I have to find that out! She is the adult in the picture below - hee hee!  She fought ovarian cancer and won!!!!!!!!! YEA AUNT MARTI!!!! I love you soooooooo much!!! Thank for begin such an inspiration in my life as a role model and Godmother! You are an amazingly good person and I love you very much!!!!!!!

FOUR:  Marathon training is going well. There is a little more than five weeks to go.  It is very life consuming because you have to make sure you eat a certain way, sleep a certain amount, only plan things on certain days, etc.  I am pretty sire that this will be the only marathon I run.  I enjoy running and the health benefits but I think after all the effort and time that went into May's Pittsburgh Marathon; I will focus in the future on shorter 5K and 10K races and maybe one half marathon a year. Time will tell!!

FIVE: My newest obsession for my carb load (just kidding about loading but this is really the only day of the week I eat pasta) the night before my long runs - LASAGNA from Stouffer's!!!  This stuff is amazing! You buy it for way less than it would cost the buy the ingredients to make it yourself and it is sooooo yummy! A friend at work turned me onto it and it is amazing and cheesy and yummy!!!!!!!!! SERIOUSLY!!! If you have never tried it, you should!!! Feeds at least seven too! Yea for leftovers!!!

I hope everyone has an amazing Friday and an even better weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy weekend yinz!!!!!!

Ipsy Loot for March

 Gotta love Ipsy!!! Each month it just gets better and better!!! It is such a toss up for me because I love Ipsy almost as much as I love Stridebox!!!

Here is my loot from March from Ipsy!!!

What a cute bag this month! I love this design sooo much!!

 

Bombshell eyeshadow! I have loved all the bombshell products I have tried so far so I think this will be great as well. Definitely need a night out on the town to try out these colors! The two copper shades are amazing!

 

This is lipstick from Bare Minerals. I love their powder foundation so I am sure this will be awesome too! I got the greatest shade too! Perfect for me!

 

Here is the box ...

 

This hand cream is awesome!!! I love trying all of these new products that I would never otherwise find. This feels awesome and smells just as good - it is my new lotion I carry around in my purse.

 

And this AWESOME polish! I love polish and this is soo cool looking! I am going to use it this weekend - it dries with speckles and texture....and the color is so cute and subtle! I think it is the PERFECT Easter color!  I can't wait to try this!

Here is what the polish looks like on nails...I borrowed this picture from the website for Nicole by OPI...

 
 Soooooooooo cute, right?!?!?

Well, again this month, Ipsy rocked!!!!

Check it out - if you do not already subscribe, go here now!!!

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StrideBox for March

 I know I say this every month but I LOVE Stridebox!!!!

If you are a runner then you really need to check this out!!

Here is my box this month...

Cute right, little green for the holiday this month??!

 

Here is the list of what we included in the box, and where to go purchase each product- LOVE this!

 

Got these cute little lace lockers. I am going to try these on my laces for my long run this weekend.  I usually double-know but it is such a pain to get them off - HA!!

 

The token sticker - they are always cute!

 

Recovery drink - Trying this on Saturday too (after the long run)

 

I am going to use this tonight for Zumba and HipHop...I will need a little pick me up after I run 8 miles and then go to classes :-)

 

Saving this to enjoy one day soon!!!!!!!

 

Definitely excited to try this flavor - sounds yummy at least!!!

 

I am sure this will come in handy soon!!!!!!! I gave up massages and manis and pedis for lent and my feet are getting beat up from all this training!! :-)

 

What could be bad about Peanut Butter and Brownie?!?!?! YUMMO!!!!!

 

 I am always amazed at how many full sized products I get each month in the Stridebox!!! It truly is amazing that it only costs $12 a month!!!!

Such a fun way to try new health and running products!!

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Marathon Anytime Soon?

Wowsa - I have not posted in a while.

Sorry about that - things have gotten busy and crazy!

I am sponsoring a new girl and as anyone that is a FOB knows, that takes A LOT of time! She is amazing and I am sooo blessed to have her in my life right now though!

Also, work has been awesome! BUT along with the awesome, downright busy and stressful!! Be careful what you wish for; you just might have all your dreams come true at once! HA HA! Thats all I can say on that subject!

I wanted to check in as marathon training is going really well. I am scheduled to run at the beginning of May and we are just a few short weeks out.

So far I have been able to train on my running days and still keep doing my "fun" exercises like Zumba and strength training like BodyPump.

• Monday: Tanning and training run (now up to five miles) right after work and then home for and off for two classes at StudioFit (Zumba and BodyPump)

• Tuesday: Day of rest in training and all together!

• Wednesday:   Tanning and training run (now up to 8 miles this week) right after work and then home for dinner and off for two classes at StudioFit (HipHop and BodyPump)

• Thursday: Tanning and training run (now up to five miles) right after work and then home for dinner and off for two classes at StudioFit (HipHop and Zumba)

• Friday:  Day of rest in training and all together!

• Saturday:  Long run day (up to 16 miles this week!) Soak in the tub!!!!

• Sunday:  Day of rest in training but off to StudioFit for BodyPump and Zumba.

Here is my daily averages from recently (past two weeks)...my sleep still sucks!

 

And here is the training schedule.  I am in week 10 on my DAY OF REST! YEA

Just wanted to check in and say I am definitely keeping up with everyone elses blog - please forgive my bloggy laziness. It is everything in me to type this post - hee!

XO - Hope yinz have a great week!