hello {& goodbye} october 2014

time flies when you're...everywhere but home :/ so let's do a quick recap of all the fun had in october, shall we?

goals:

> run 40 miles: phew! the last 7 miles in the last 3 days.

> switch winter/summer clothes: all of the winter out and summer packed away. still wearing shorts and a few dresses, but with next week's forecast, i'm going to haul it all to the basement today.

> register to vote & research the options: registered (i've only lived her for 4 years, oops) and still narrowing down my choices.

watching hocus pocus over and over

using agave nectar instead of splenda

counting down to our wedding day! {11 months to go}

asking myself these 7 questions as i pack the summer clothes away

being force-fed fresh veggies from our CSA {so yummy}

this is how i'm feeling today, tgif.

marathon spectating is more fun when you have a runner to keep track of:

ring-pop and harry potter bribery on the latest plane ride:

too many bowl-meals in a row + not enough dishes done = multiple meals eaten out of the measuring cup:

getting pretty skilled at self-done party 'dos:

around here: october 2013

 

beautiful fall runs // peanut butter m&m's are my version of crack(and part of the reason i run) // the fiance can make a mean breakfast sandwich // being touristy in my own town with the in-laws // working on some fancy things // lunch cruise at work

october love, love, love!

1} my fav pumpkin spice coffee: Green Mountain Coffee
2} the Tigers had one hell of a run this year
3} OPI Wooden Shoe Like to Know ;)
4} fall=tall boot time
5} trying new dairy-free optitions: SO Delicious Greek Style

currently: October 2013

wearing tall boots and short skirts

refreshed by crisp fall mornings

missing sunshine early in the morning

drinking awesome coffee

designing an purdy party dress

thinking about a new 'do

thankful for my easy on the brain full-time job

loving my finance

dreaming about our future

taking more photos

happy to have my new iPhone

printing future calendar pages

listening to dave and chuck the freak 

shopping for Christmas

recovering from busy weekends

it's Halloween time again!

Hocus Pocus is one of my allllllll time favorite movies! ever. of them all. i remember recording it off of the tv as a kid and watching it over and over. even the part where someone stepped on the remote and we started recording a hockey game for a while instead.

so here are some things you probably didn't know about The Best Halloween Movie of All Time, and why it's the best, courtesy of BuzzFeed.

ps, what's your favorite Halloween movie?

october goals-mid month update

check out the original post here.

>slightly behind with the running, mileage-wise, but i feel like i've turned a corner with the effort this week.   now that it feels easier i need to push harder, especially my *long* runs. i have also been running after work, and getting my butt out there after i'm tired and cranky is hard.  but then i feel better too, wooohooo! ended the month with 22.3 miles and only 2 missed runs, high five me!

>3 blogs/week sounds easy.  3 quality posts/week is pushing it.  i've got a lot of things on my to-do list and i'm trying not to post a bunch of fluf, aka funnies and entertainment. i've also been back dating a lot of posts like this one, booo. so either i need to get it together and post on time, or rethink my goals. update: ended up with 12 posts for this month, missed 3 posts to make my goal

>i've deleted a bunch of outtakes and gathered most of my photos into the same file. update: i got all of my photos into my picassa/google acct and deleted the crappy ones.

> now that i have my new iPhone it's easier to take more photos.  my back up phone had a terrible camera, and it was a bit of a pain using my work phone and greg's THEN getting the pics to my computer. excuses

>slightly behind but still on track for this one.  lots of meetings at work this week, so more driving than i would like.  but i'll just have to push harder. i didn't make it last month, i can't fall short two months in a row. update: only walked 7 times, ugh.

ps, how are your october goals coming?

around here....

this month has been about planning, being active, excessive amounts of coffee and peanut butter {and drinking coffee out of peanut butter jars}, and busting out the fuzzy socks.

hello October!

well i may not have made as much progress last month as i would've liked, but at least i had my goals written down and staring me in the face, making me feel guilty. which, i think, helped me to get a lot more done. surprisingly i was more focused and pushed harder in the second half of the month instead of just giving up.

so this month there are a few repeats, but that's because they're still a challenge for me:

>last month i used a :30/:30 run/walk ratio, and this month i'm going to do a 1:00/:30 run/walk. the 20 miles will motivate me to get off my butt, and the increased ratio will make me work harder.

>last month 2 blogs per week was successful, so lets up it a little more. i've got my posts pretty well planned out for the month, and only a few are silly things, some are tuts and most have words ;)

>i wasn't very successful with last month's goal of backing up my computer. so this month i've changed gears and start even smaller, clean up and organize alll of my photos. baby steps.

>and then edit and organize them correctly. every week.

>i was soooo close with this last month. so we'll try it again. so far, no so good. it's October 2nd and ive driven to work twice, boooo

ps, what are your goals this month?