1. Reading a book.
2. Putting on headphones.
3. Dinner at CiCi's
4. Being picked up from work.
5. New heart rate monitor.
Author: Andi
248/365
1. Smoothie
2. Not dilly-dally-ing this morning and having some extra time to play around on my computer this morning.
3. Listening to music I haven't heard in a while and remembering why I like it so much.
4. Having my camera with me (because the new one is small enough to carry all the time) and taking random pictures.
5. Grilled steak.
necklaces
I recently made a couple of necklaces and matching earrings. These were things I was lacking in my necklace collection.
Here is a brown necklace I made.
I started the necklace on day on the bus. Let me tell you…I got some strange looks! 🙂
A friend of mine at work has a necklace that I really like. It has a long strand of pearls (which I do not have) and two other silver chains with small pearls on one and larger pearls on the other. I decided that was something I could do. So I found some chain and some pearl-looking beads in various sizes (I actually found a multi-size pack) and went to work.
Here are the white necklaces.
I worked on these when we were in Lutsen last weekend. I wore the one with small beads to work on Monday and I think I want to do a little modifying to it. The small pearl one is REALLY long. I wore it wrapped twice around my neck and it was plenty long. I tried on the one with larger beads and I wrapped it around my neck twice and didn’t like the look of it. So I think I might leave the small bead one the way it is since it is more versatile and make the larger bead one a little shorter. The whole idea was to be able to wear them together and right now that doesn’t look very good.
But that is the fun in making your own stuff. You can modify them to be the way you want.
Here are the earrings I made to go with them.
Enjoy!
247/365
1. Wal-Mart = <3
2. Necklaces
3. A productive morning before leaving the house this morning.
4. Leftover Spicy Chicken Parmesan
5. Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi….YUM!
246/365
1. Sour Gummy Work
2. Leftover tortilla soup
3. Deep breaths….they help.
4. Spicy Chicken Parmesan
5. Applying for a job.
running…errr…jogging
First I need to preface this to say that this is the third time I have written this post and it keeps getting deleted or lost or something and I am starting to think my blog is conspiring against me. So hopefully I can remember everything I have written and wanted to say.
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I went running TWICE this weekend. That might not seem like a big deal. But I am not a runner. I suppose it was actually more jogging than it was running.
Chuck had plotted out a route when he went running last week and I modified it slightly. It ended up being about 1.58 miles. Not too bad. A nice distance for a little run jog.
So I went last weekend and it sucked. It really kicked my ass. Chuck and I have gone to the gym and run on the track and I am always impressed that I can do that without too much trouble. But outside? That is a whole different story! Every tiny variation in the road is something I am not used to and it wears me out much faster.
When I ran last weekend, I stopped 3 times for short walks. (I was sure I was going to collapse into a pile of mush if I didn't.) Saturday I made it with only two walking spots. I walked shortly after a hill. I was impressed at how far I had gone this time without walking. The second walk was also after a small hill. I just wanted to recuperate a little.
Sunday I wore Chuck's heart rate monitor. (Mine was dead.) I wanted to see how close to death I really was getting. So I made it to the spot where I had walked the first time on Saturday. My heart rate was pretty high, but I wanted to see if I could get it back down without stopping and sure enough, I did. I continued on the trail until I was back out onto the sidewalk. I was exhausted; partly from going farther than I had the day before and partly from running the day before and just being tired from that. So I looked at my heart rate….Death is approaching….either walk or die!
So I walked for a short distance and was happy to see how quickly my heart rate recovered.
I ran the rest of the way home and I was impressed that I didn't want to fall over when I got home! This was an improvement already!
So overall, I was proud of myself for tackling this running thing over the weekend. I have a long way to go, but I had to start somewhere. I don't plan to run marathons or anything, I just wanted to get into a little better shape. I hope to run twice a week. That is my goal for now. We'll see how that goes. Now that it is getting lighter earlier, I will be more apt to go running in the morning before work.
Is there something you have done recently that you were proud of yourself for doing that you didn't think you could?
245/365
1. Finding out I did better on my most recent quiz than I have on the others.
2. A flavor of Crystal Light I haven't been able to find in a while.
3. Being sore from running
4. Getting a few things done around the house in the morning before I left for work.
5. Let's Dish meal for dinner – It was a Mexican smorgasbord topped with sour gummy worms for dessert!
244/365
1. Getting up to go running again and improving on yesterday's run.
2. Playing with my new camera
3. Eye-Fi
4. Doing some yard work
5. Getting the back screen door installed.
243/365
1. Getting up early and going for a run around the neighborhood.
2. Going to meet my partner for our homework assignment.
3. My partner bought me a smoothie at Caribou.
4. Chuck bought me a new camera!
5. Looking at cars.
242/365
1. Leftover pasta for lunch
2. A fresh batch of cuties oranges
3. Baby dill pickles
4. Getting approval for screen doors on the house.
5. Chuck was putting up the front screen door when I got home.