Life.
Remember me? I still read my friends page pretty much every day, but never update.
I pre-ordered this camera on a special deal from Sony where I get $130 credit for using their credit card. So $130 off! That's nearly half price. I've been wanting a nice new camera ever since I broke mine a year ago St. Patrick's Day.
Sony Cyber-shot W170 DSC-170b
This one doesn't come out until "on or about" April 24 but I can wait. I'm psyched.
I've been running lately. I decided I should run a 5K; never run a race before. I haven't scheduled one yet but I will need to soon. This week I sort of felt crappy so I didn't run every other day like I should. I ran 2 miles last Saturday then 2.25 yesterday (Friday) and nothing in between - definitely not the way to get into shape. Fortunately I did the 2.25 yesterday without stopping and didn't feel too awful afterwards so I think I am still doing okay. I've been upping the run by 0.25 each week, so it won't take me too much longer to get to 3.1 miles = 5 kilometers. Then if I enjoy my first race enough maybe I'll run another to try to improve my time. But I'm just concentrating on getting it done for now.
Positive side effect, I've lost a few pounds, yay! I've been trying to watch what I eat a little more, and eat more slowly. The average day at work, I bring a lunch: sandwich, bag of baby carrots, apple, 3-4 fat free fig newtons and a granola bar. I stopped bringing the granola bar a couple weeks ago and just eating more carefully and I haven't missed it! And I'm taking better care not eating the same portion size as Wes does when we make dinner, because he is trying so hard to gain weight and I'm not exactly "trying hard" to lose, but I want to at least stay the same.
Also I gave up candy for Lent which I ate too much of at work - everyone including myself has a bowl of candy on the desk. Of course tomorrow is Easter so I will be able to have candy, and I am so looking forward to the Reese's Peanut Butter Egg and Cadbury Caramel Egg I bought for the occasion. I will not eat both tomorrow though, that'd be too much. After I don't eat much candy or sugary foods for a while, my mouth rebels when I finally do and just hurts. But I love holiday Reese's so that is my first candy. I will try not to eat candy at the office anymore anyway, but sometimes a little handful of m&ms is such a nice pick-me-up.
I donated 3 pairs of jeans to Goodwill last week along with some other stuff from my closet that I just don't wear anymore. I had such hope that the jeans which I've worn for like 5 years, would get longer suddenly, but they haven't. I don't think I am getting taller but who knows, within the past 6-8 months they just seemed too short. I'd put them on and then put on anything but the lowest ballet flats (finally caved and fell for the trend) or flip-flops and they were too short. So I finally gave up (this is really hard for me) and decided they had to go. I have $50 gift card to Gap, so I think I will go get a new pair of jeans there today. I've had good luck with their jeans in the past. I also got a pair of "Curvy Boot" jeans from Ann Taylor Loft in January and like those too. But I don't have a gift card there, so I'll check Gap first and see if they have something I like.
We planted ~250 bulbs a few months ago and the daffodils and crocus are blooming now! I was worried they wouldn't bloom but they are and it is lovely:
That's all for now. I won't lie and say I'll try to update more because that's not going to happen.
I pre-ordered this camera on a special deal from Sony where I get $130 credit for using their credit card. So $130 off! That's nearly half price. I've been wanting a nice new camera ever since I broke mine a year ago St. Patrick's Day.
Sony Cyber-shot W170 DSC-170b
This one doesn't come out until "on or about" April 24 but I can wait. I'm psyched.
I've been running lately. I decided I should run a 5K; never run a race before. I haven't scheduled one yet but I will need to soon. This week I sort of felt crappy so I didn't run every other day like I should. I ran 2 miles last Saturday then 2.25 yesterday (Friday) and nothing in between - definitely not the way to get into shape. Fortunately I did the 2.25 yesterday without stopping and didn't feel too awful afterwards so I think I am still doing okay. I've been upping the run by 0.25 each week, so it won't take me too much longer to get to 3.1 miles = 5 kilometers. Then if I enjoy my first race enough maybe I'll run another to try to improve my time. But I'm just concentrating on getting it done for now.
Positive side effect, I've lost a few pounds, yay! I've been trying to watch what I eat a little more, and eat more slowly. The average day at work, I bring a lunch: sandwich, bag of baby carrots, apple, 3-4 fat free fig newtons and a granola bar. I stopped bringing the granola bar a couple weeks ago and just eating more carefully and I haven't missed it! And I'm taking better care not eating the same portion size as Wes does when we make dinner, because he is trying so hard to gain weight and I'm not exactly "trying hard" to lose, but I want to at least stay the same.
Also I gave up candy for Lent which I ate too much of at work - everyone including myself has a bowl of candy on the desk. Of course tomorrow is Easter so I will be able to have candy, and I am so looking forward to the Reese's Peanut Butter Egg and Cadbury Caramel Egg I bought for the occasion. I will not eat both tomorrow though, that'd be too much. After I don't eat much candy or sugary foods for a while, my mouth rebels when I finally do and just hurts. But I love holiday Reese's so that is my first candy. I will try not to eat candy at the office anymore anyway, but sometimes a little handful of m&ms is such a nice pick-me-up.
I donated 3 pairs of jeans to Goodwill last week along with some other stuff from my closet that I just don't wear anymore. I had such hope that the jeans which I've worn for like 5 years, would get longer suddenly, but they haven't. I don't think I am getting taller but who knows, within the past 6-8 months they just seemed too short. I'd put them on and then put on anything but the lowest ballet flats (finally caved and fell for the trend) or flip-flops and they were too short. So I finally gave up (this is really hard for me) and decided they had to go. I have $50 gift card to Gap, so I think I will go get a new pair of jeans there today. I've had good luck with their jeans in the past. I also got a pair of "Curvy Boot" jeans from Ann Taylor Loft in January and like those too. But I don't have a gift card there, so I'll check Gap first and see if they have something I like.
We planted ~250 bulbs a few months ago and the daffodils and crocus are blooming now! I was worried they wouldn't bloom but they are and it is lovely:
That's all for now. I won't lie and say I'll try to update more because that's not going to happen.