Not too much new here, just muddling our way through a short week.
Why is it a short week? Nate has Lasik on Friday! I'm so excited for him, I know he'll be just as pleased as I am with mine!
Other than that we managed to still run today in between raindrops. We're inching so close to our end goal I can taste it. But I haven't wanted to say much because we're at the point in the training program that we actually made it to last year - and then I got sick - so I'm a wee bit gun shy at the moment. Fortunately we're both (knock on wood) feeling good and doing good right now, so I am confident we will get there.
Summer is just not happening so far - but it did officially start yesterday. I have so many things I want to do this summer and have been reading friend's lists - but as I said earlier, I don't think I'm going to make a list this year. I got kind of disappointed when I didn't hit even half of my list last year. This is not in offense to anyone who has made a list - that's a good way to approach summer too, I'm just trying to go at it differently this year.
Right now my biggest goals are just simply - eat outside as much as possible when weather allows, attend the concerts I have tickets for already, run the Torchlight 5K in July (going to make myself register before the week is over I think) and take our St. Louis trip in July as well.
There's work to be done at home as usual, but again, we'll do as much as we can when we can!
In short, I want to enjoy this summer, but I'm going to try to simplify it - I'm not going to over think it this year. I will have fun, I will work hard and I will enjoy every moment!
Now, if we could just get that sunshine to come back!
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6/22/11
6/13/11
And we're off...
First full and busy weekend of summer is now under our belts and there is much, much more to come!
Friday was the "calm" day so to speak, as after work all we did was have dinner over at my parents and then went home and watched two movies. So I guess that was the calm before the storm!
Saturday I got up super early and met Miss Gina for coffee and we sat and chatted for awhile and it was nice to do that. She gave me a wall hanging that she no longer wanted that matches my kitchen decor awesomely, since it has a coffee cup on it. I have kind of been doing a "cafe" theme in my kitchen and dining room, so this fits in quite well. It also has a chalk board so now Nate and I can leave each other notes if we want!
After our coffee date I headed down to LUSH, since I was already most of the way to Ridgedale, and stocked up on some facial care items. It didn't take me too long to pick up the things I needed, so then I stopped on the way home at a fairly new to MN accessory store. Yes, I know, Beth in an accessory store is like letting a bull loose in a china shop. I'll have more about this in a Thrifty Tuesday or Thursday post this week and we'll leave it at that.
Saturday afternoon we headed to a wedding for a guy we graduated high school with. It turned out to be a nice day, which was good since they got married outside. We stayed for the dinner and the first couple of dances and then escaped to have a nightcap at Psycho Suzi's - and finally got to check out the new upstairs bar there, very awesome, live music, we did eventually go sit on the patio for a bit, but upstairs is very fun there.
Sunday we slept in for a little bit and then got up and did our run for the day. After that I went over to help set up the graduation house for our Praise Project director's son. She has no family in the area and had no one else to really help her, so a bunch of us stepped up to help put the whole thing together. It was a long day, but overall went pretty well.
After that was over Nate and I grabbed some Famous Dave's for dinner and watched some more of Mad Men - we're almost done with season two now!
So, we're off and running in what promises to be a crazy, busy summer. I'm thankful for a calm week, since next weekend will be another crazy one. Stay tuned, it'll be an interesting summer, that is for sure!
Friday was the "calm" day so to speak, as after work all we did was have dinner over at my parents and then went home and watched two movies. So I guess that was the calm before the storm!
Saturday I got up super early and met Miss Gina for coffee and we sat and chatted for awhile and it was nice to do that. She gave me a wall hanging that she no longer wanted that matches my kitchen decor awesomely, since it has a coffee cup on it. I have kind of been doing a "cafe" theme in my kitchen and dining room, so this fits in quite well. It also has a chalk board so now Nate and I can leave each other notes if we want!
After our coffee date I headed down to LUSH, since I was already most of the way to Ridgedale, and stocked up on some facial care items. It didn't take me too long to pick up the things I needed, so then I stopped on the way home at a fairly new to MN accessory store. Yes, I know, Beth in an accessory store is like letting a bull loose in a china shop. I'll have more about this in a Thrifty Tuesday or Thursday post this week and we'll leave it at that.
Saturday afternoon we headed to a wedding for a guy we graduated high school with. It turned out to be a nice day, which was good since they got married outside. We stayed for the dinner and the first couple of dances and then escaped to have a nightcap at Psycho Suzi's - and finally got to check out the new upstairs bar there, very awesome, live music, we did eventually go sit on the patio for a bit, but upstairs is very fun there.
Sunday we slept in for a little bit and then got up and did our run for the day. After that I went over to help set up the graduation house for our Praise Project director's son. She has no family in the area and had no one else to really help her, so a bunch of us stepped up to help put the whole thing together. It was a long day, but overall went pretty well.
After that was over Nate and I grabbed some Famous Dave's for dinner and watched some more of Mad Men - we're almost done with season two now!
So, we're off and running in what promises to be a crazy, busy summer. I'm thankful for a calm week, since next weekend will be another crazy one. Stay tuned, it'll be an interesting summer, that is for sure!
6/6/11
First weekend of summer
The weather here in MN was perfection - those who live here, do you agree? Sunny, warm but not humid, definitely summer at it's best!
Friday night we had a nice light dinner at my parents because it was still kind of hot outside. Then we headed home and made margaritas and watched just stupid movies. Sometimes it is nice to just lose yourself in total potty humor type movies and let your brain be turned to mush!
Saturday I got up and met three lovely ladies from my sorority for brunch at Psycho Suzi's and it was wonderful to sit outside and catch up with each other. I love these girls so much, we have such busy lives that we don't get a chance to hang out nearly enough, but when we do it's always a blast and we don't realize how long we've been sitting and chatting! It was gorgeous out on the patio at Suzi's too, though even with sunscreen and an umbrella I managed to get sunburn on just one little spot on my arm. Oops.
I got home just in time to bid Nate farewell as he was heading off to a bachelor party for the afternoon and evening. I had my whole afternoon free and even though it was gorgeous outside, I chose to finally attack a project that's been plaguing me for awhile - cleaning the spare bedroom up a bit. The spare bedroom right now is kind of my "office" and "crafting area" but it's just been full of junk too. But I tell you I worked for about two hours and organized everything, threw some stuff out and now it's much nicer again! You can actually walk around and I no longer need to leave the door closed!
After that I cleaned myself up and went to church, where, in my opinion, one of the most amazing priests ever was saying Mass because our normal pastor was on vacation. I love listening to Fr. Joncas preach, he could read the phone book and I'd still probably find it fascinating. I left feeling super uplifted, I love that feeling.
Then I went to Praise Project rehearsal and stayed there until pretty late, figuring Nate would probably be home from his party by the time I got there. I got home and he was still actually gone and also wasn't answering his phone which sent me into a bit of a cranky mood for a little bit, but fortunately thanks to the host's wife, I found out that he was just playing poker. And then later Nate told me that the chair he was sitting on was making it hard to feel his phone vibrate so he wasn't getting my messages. I went ahead and went to bed and it sounds like he came home about an hour after that.
Sunday we slept pretty late and then got up to do our walk for the day. I was nervous because Nate had been experiencing shin splint type pain last week, but further research found that the new shoes he had bought a couple of weeks ago were not giving him the correct support and was actually causing the shin splints. Before the party on Saturday he went back to the New Balance store and they were awesome - they exchanged his shoes for the other model he used to have without any question. And fortunately it seems to have helped.
After our walk we decided to go out to lunch and simply chose Perkins because it was close and if we felt like breakfast we could do that or have something off the lunch menu. Our experience there was interesting at best - as soon as we were seated we were told that they were running a bit slow and our food could take up to 20 minutes. We weren't really in a hurry, so we said 20 minutes was fine. Yeah, it ended up being almost an hour. I don't know what was going on in that kitchen, because the dining room was pretty empty at this point. We were comped free muffins though to take home, so that was nice of them.
Then we hit the store even though we try to avoid doing so on Sundays, we really needed some stuff at home. After that we were pretty lazy with the rest of our day, definitely took advantage of the weather and grilled outside for dinner then finished out our weekend with a disc of Mad Men, we're almost done with season two.
Not bad for the first weekend of summer! Next weekend will be a bit of a busy one with a wedding and a graduation open house that will be taking up most of our time. Tis the season!
Friday night we had a nice light dinner at my parents because it was still kind of hot outside. Then we headed home and made margaritas and watched just stupid movies. Sometimes it is nice to just lose yourself in total potty humor type movies and let your brain be turned to mush!
Saturday I got up and met three lovely ladies from my sorority for brunch at Psycho Suzi's and it was wonderful to sit outside and catch up with each other. I love these girls so much, we have such busy lives that we don't get a chance to hang out nearly enough, but when we do it's always a blast and we don't realize how long we've been sitting and chatting! It was gorgeous out on the patio at Suzi's too, though even with sunscreen and an umbrella I managed to get sunburn on just one little spot on my arm. Oops.
I got home just in time to bid Nate farewell as he was heading off to a bachelor party for the afternoon and evening. I had my whole afternoon free and even though it was gorgeous outside, I chose to finally attack a project that's been plaguing me for awhile - cleaning the spare bedroom up a bit. The spare bedroom right now is kind of my "office" and "crafting area" but it's just been full of junk too. But I tell you I worked for about two hours and organized everything, threw some stuff out and now it's much nicer again! You can actually walk around and I no longer need to leave the door closed!
After that I cleaned myself up and went to church, where, in my opinion, one of the most amazing priests ever was saying Mass because our normal pastor was on vacation. I love listening to Fr. Joncas preach, he could read the phone book and I'd still probably find it fascinating. I left feeling super uplifted, I love that feeling.
Then I went to Praise Project rehearsal and stayed there until pretty late, figuring Nate would probably be home from his party by the time I got there. I got home and he was still actually gone and also wasn't answering his phone which sent me into a bit of a cranky mood for a little bit, but fortunately thanks to the host's wife, I found out that he was just playing poker. And then later Nate told me that the chair he was sitting on was making it hard to feel his phone vibrate so he wasn't getting my messages. I went ahead and went to bed and it sounds like he came home about an hour after that.
Sunday we slept pretty late and then got up to do our walk for the day. I was nervous because Nate had been experiencing shin splint type pain last week, but further research found that the new shoes he had bought a couple of weeks ago were not giving him the correct support and was actually causing the shin splints. Before the party on Saturday he went back to the New Balance store and they were awesome - they exchanged his shoes for the other model he used to have without any question. And fortunately it seems to have helped.
After our walk we decided to go out to lunch and simply chose Perkins because it was close and if we felt like breakfast we could do that or have something off the lunch menu. Our experience there was interesting at best - as soon as we were seated we were told that they were running a bit slow and our food could take up to 20 minutes. We weren't really in a hurry, so we said 20 minutes was fine. Yeah, it ended up being almost an hour. I don't know what was going on in that kitchen, because the dining room was pretty empty at this point. We were comped free muffins though to take home, so that was nice of them.
Then we hit the store even though we try to avoid doing so on Sundays, we really needed some stuff at home. After that we were pretty lazy with the rest of our day, definitely took advantage of the weather and grilled outside for dinner then finished out our weekend with a disc of Mad Men, we're almost done with season two.
Not bad for the first weekend of summer! Next weekend will be a bit of a busy one with a wedding and a graduation open house that will be taking up most of our time. Tis the season!
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