Where's the Beach?

I want to say Happy Tuesday! But Tuesday always feels like a weird day of the week. It's better than Monday, but not quite Hump Day. It's almost the middle child of the week isn't it? Yes, technically Wednesday should be, but people get oddly happy about Wednesday. I've not been feeling uber creative in the kitchen, so I don't have any recipes. My weekend was low-key so not tons to share unless I tell you that I ran (again), that I hate humidity (again), that I enjoyed pool time and reading (always a bonus though). I'd love to share some awesome training tips or words of motivation, or something inspiring. But I'm not feeling terribly inspiring. I am feeling honest, however. I thought it might be a Tell it Like it Is kind of day. Sometimes getting things out of my head is helpful - maybe it'll open up some space for better creativity. So here we (I) go. Sometimes I ... Don't feel like lifting weights. I typically enjoy lifting. I love how l...

Wow, than you Friday for finally making an appearance. Show of hands if you thought it'd never show up too! Rather than dwell on the crazy week that's now in the past, I thought I'd just jump right into Fun Facts Friday . Let's put the week behind us and have a little fun shall we? I'm taking a cue from my friend Jessica. She did a post she called Sometimes (Revisited) . Mine isn't exactly revisited, just a list of Sometimes. Sometimes... ... these cuties really are as sweet as they appear here (the dogs not Jason). ... they can be rotten like coming into the kitchen to see Maddie polishing off a to-do style notepad with a magnetic strip on the back. Lip-smacking good apparently. ... they like to play the in-and-out game standing at the back door but going out only to randomly bark, repeat 5 times before they might actually potty. ... they love to get toilet paper or tissues and have both figured out how to push a basket under the coffee table ba...

Evening Run After work yesterday, Jason and I got in a run. The weather was beautiful (about 68 degrees and sunny), though insanely windy. The one good thing about running around the 'hood vs down by the river, however, is that you don't have head winds for half of a run. Just bits and pieces. Also, the wind helped keep me from feeling like I was overheating. We basically meandered and zigzagged our way through the neighborhood. There was no set plan other than to get in 7 miles. But, we fell into a really good, fairly quick pace and were able to maintain an overall 8:49. And even better...it didn't feel like a crazy hard struggle. Luckily, I had tons of leftovers from a refrigerator special kind of dinner I made Sunday night. So leftovers it was for the evening. Perfect for a late dinner and easy clean up too ;-) Fun Facts Friday - Sometimes I am wondering if I should change Fun Facts Friday to Fun FOR Friday. It's not always facts, but...you get the picture. T...