Signed up!

Today I signed up for TWO half-marathons...

1. The St. Jude Half-marathon. This marathon/half-marathon is on December 5, 2009.

I ran this half-marathon two years ago... it was my first marathon to run. I wanted to run it last year, as sort of an anniversary, but I was out of town. So I defiantly wanted to run it this year... Something I'm excited about it that the course is going to be different... the race will actually go through St. Jude Children's Research Hospital! It should be lots of fun!!!

2. The Mississippi Blues Half-marathon. This marathon/half-marathon is on December 9, 2010!

This will be the first time for my to run in the half-marathon. It's the 3rd annual Mississippi Blues Marathon & Half-marathon. The 1st year I went to watch (even though I didn't know anyone doing it.) The 2nd year I went and watched again... this time I knew someone running it (my buddy Karen.) So this year I decided I would do it... I'm a little bit scared of this one, because I've heard there are tons of scary hills! But I think it will be fun!

Today, I did much better with my workouts... I put in 5 miles this morning and did my Insanity video when I got home for work!!!

Pickle Cake and Diaper Wreath!

So today was the big day. Andrea's baby shower!! Candice and I stayed up until about 2:00 a.m... and woke up about 7:00 a.m to get things ready!

This is the cake Candice made! It a pickles and ice cream cake. It was a green double layer cake with green icing and on the sides are ice cream cone cupcakes! Somehow I managed not to get a side shot of the cake so you can actually see the cupcakes... oh well!

And this is the diaper wreath Can and I make... don't worry they were clean.

The shower was long but tons of fun... I got to see peeps that I haven't got to see in a long time... Can and I had to leave the party first because I had to make my way back to Jackson.

Today I was supposed to do my Insanity workout... but that didn't happen :( By the time I got home, I was so tired, all I wanted to do was climb in the bed... I was pretty disappointed with myself for missing a workout the first week of the program! But, hopefully I will do better this week.

I did get to see the last 20 minutes of True Blood! What I saw of it, it was really good! I have to catch up tomorrow night!

Super Saturday!

Today was a super busy Saturday! It was long and fun and lots of things were accomplished!

1. Slept in... until 8:30 a.m.!!

2. Shopping... goal - find Can some new clothes for work... what happened? ... I found a new skirt and shirt, Parker got something new for Andrea's baby shower and Can found nothing. :(

3. Tunica!... Casinos, and buffets, and outlets oh my! Not really... Andrea (along with family and friends in town for the baby shower) went to Paula Deen's buffet and to the outlet to do some shopping...until Andrea's car decided it wanted to throw out a spark plug... so Candice and I went to Tunica to save the day!

4. Pickle cake and diaper wreath... I'll post pictures tomorrow to explain this one...

5. Insanity! I let today be my rest day...

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday! I'm so glad the weekend is here!! Especially because I going to spend the weekend in Memphis. Visiting friends, attending a baby shower, and enjoying a little time away from Jackson!

Today was also Week 1 Day 5 of Insanity... Pure Cardio. And the name doesn't lie! This video seemed to be the most intense video yet! Unlike the workouts thus far, this workout was non-stop, with no breaks until the end. I can't believe week 1 is almost over!!

Work was great today! Mostly because I got to leave at 1:00 p.m. and the other is I didn't have to do much... But not to worry, I have a feeling next week is going to make up for it.

Good deed for the day... after work I took my recyclables to Rainbow Grocery... my way of saving the planet one milk carton at a time!

Boring Yucky Day...

List of things I did today:

-Ran 5 miles
-Work
-Ate lunch with little sis at Ichiban
-More work
-Wal-mart trip for Gramma
-Visited Gramma
-Home
-Headache
-Insanity! Cardio Recovery
-Dinner
-Grey's Anatomy rerun
-Club Dead by Charlaine Harris

That is all...

Redbox Wednesday!

I've gotten in the habit of renting Redbox movies... tonight's pick... Sunshine Cleaning!

This movie is from the creators of Little Miss Sunshine and it has about the same tone. The movie starts Amy Adams and Emily Blount.... It's about a single mom (Amy Adams) and her out of job sister (Emily Blount). They are both in need of funds and hear talk about how they can make good money becoming crime-scene cleaners and decide to give it a try.

This movie was a little dark at times but seamed a little more realistic then most chick movies. Overall, I thought this movie was a great and would definitely recommend to anyone. (Even the guys!)

Tonight was also my third night of Insanity! I'm now on Week 1 Day 3 - Cardio Power & Resistance! I was feeling pretty bad at the beginning... (I kind of over did it yesterday and my calves were aching all day) But at the end I was feeling great and felt even better about how much of the workout I was able to finish! I can't believe I'm almost done with week 1!!

Long Day!

Today was a very long day.... mostly my fault because there were tons of thing I wanted to get done after work.

I had to be at work at 6:00 a.m.... it sucks, but the good thing is I got to leave at 2:00 p.m. This was nice... It gave me plenty of time to go home and do today's Insanity video... before I met with my running group for our 4 mile run....

Today was Week 1 Day 2 - Plyometric Cardio Circuit

It really wasn't as bad as it sounds. It was tough, but as soon as I thought I couldn't finish, they would change the workout up a little so I would push just a little bit harder. It was great! I was feeling really good for my run downtown Jackson.

This is our group - The Jacktown Run-down (post run)... We decided we would try and meet every two weeks and pick a different restaurant to run around each time... The reward at the end is that we actually eat at the restaurant. This time the pick was Hal & Mal's!

I was doing good until the start of mile 2... I was pretty beat, but managed to push through and finish. I felt good when it was all over and felt I had earned the big cheese burger at the end.

Insanity!

Now that I'm a P90X graduate, I decided to buy into the newest Beachbody product. Insanity!

It's an intense 60 day workout program. Unlike P90X it uses no weights or pull up bar. It's just you using your own body to get in great shape. And the workouts are half as long!

Today was Week 1 Day 1 - Fit Test

Also, put in 5 miles this morning.... the temperature was 62° !!!! It was so nice out!

This is Me!

I live a pretty boring life... I'm an avid runner, book reader, cubicle dweller, occasional workout fiend, and t.v. addict. I decided to take up blogging... we'll see how this goes.