Foto Friday

This past Monday, Husband and I went to the local arcade (Trafalga) for a fun night. We played arcade games, had a go-kart race, and won some tickets from said games. We took our tickets to the counter, and had enough to buy 11 of these guys (and with leftover tickets, we bought one tootsie roll and one Jolly Rancher. I ate the tootsie roll, in case anyone is wondering.) Anyway, when we got home, we set them up in an epic battle scene:

So far they’ve been engaged in battle for almost a week, with no casualties. I’ll post further if there are any deaths.

Happy Friday!

Miscellaneous Monday

So, all, I had my race on Saturday, and sadly, I didn’t finish where I wanted to. I started out super good, I finished the first mile in 7 1/2 minutes, I was stoked. A little after the first mile, there’s a giant hill in the race, and needless to say, this one kicked the crap out of me. I knew the hill was there, they had the same route last year, and I was sure I had it under control. Unfortunately, my legs/lungs/etc didn’t get the memo. I made it up ok, but then for the remaining 2 miles, I was just tired. I ended up finishing the race in 25:12. I was 12th in my age group, which was just super disappointing. I know that for others, that’s a pretty good time, but it wasn’t where I wanted to be, but this just means there’s room for improvement. My next race is a 10K in July. I look forward to it.

A co-worker left a bag of Doritos on my desk for the office to share, since my desk is between the peeps. At first, I was like, ok this is a good idea, I can snack on these. Cut to 6 hours later, and I’m pretty sure I’ve eaten half of the bag. And now, all I can taste is Doritos, and that’s even with chewing gum and having mints. I liked Doritos at the beginning of the day, and now...

Sometimes I wish that I was a mutant, like in X-Men. I don’t even know what I’d want my power to be, but I think it’d be cool. Basically it’d be like being any superhero, but I like the X-Men a little more than say, Batman, or Green Lantern or most of the heroes out there. Being psychic would be cool, but so would being able to walk through walls, or having super strength. I’ve been watching a lot of X-Men lately, so its just been on my mind. What a nerd.

National Running Day

Today, kids, the 1st of June, 2011, is National Running day. I love these national (fill in the blank) days, because they’re not a real holiday or anything, and by the time you find out about it, you can’t really do anything about it. Except for today – I found out in time to do something about it. And my something? To blog about it.

As everyone who reads this (all 3 of you, what up?!) knows, I heart running. I almost made it another full year of running every single day (which would have been Monday) but then I missed a few days when I got that weirdo flu thing. I missed 2 days – 2 days of running, and it ruined my whole average. But, I soldiered on. And I’ve started a new one, on Monday, the original day it would have been, might as well keep the same date, I thought.

I know a bunch of people think I’m a crazy for running so much, all the time. But I love it. I like getting out of the house, and just letting go of everything, and the only things I have to think about is avoiding cars and what route I should take. Or, on the flip side, if I need to work something out, I go running, and think the whole time and get a solution to whatever it is that’s on my mind.

I’m proud of my running. It took me a long time to get to where I am, to be able to run as fast as I do. I’m not as fast as I’d like to be, and there will always be someone faster than I am, but for me, I’m glad with where I’m at. I’ll always work on getting faster, and I have a race this Saturday that I’m hoping to finish in the top 3 of. The Art City Days 5K is one of my favorite races. The race is fun, and over so quickly, and the prize drawings afterward is always awesome. I’m hoping to have my number called for an awesome prize this year!

Miscellaneous Monday

Here we are again folks, for another session of the only 2 blog entries I write. Listen, though, it’s probably better than nothing.

The McSnailington’s were out in full force this morning, as they have been all week and weekend. I’m really sick of this rain, and having it be cloudy and gross all the time, but when it does become summer, I think I’ll miss having the McSnailington family around each morning as I go out to my car. I secretly want to take a Sharpie marker and write on their shells a letter, so that I can keep them all straight, all the ones I’ve named. But something inside me says that’s probably wrong.

I got really sunburned over the weekend. I didn’t get in my early morning Saturday run, as usual, the morning was a little busy. So I didn’t get my run started until about noon. It was warm, but not overly so, and definitely not hot. My run ended up being about 90 minutes long (so lovely) and by the time I got home, my skin was red. I figured it was just because I was hot and sweaty, but after my shower and a few hours, it was still red and getting redder. I looked lobster-esque by the end of the day. Its not too painful by now, but the good news is that I’ve gotten my sunburn of the year out of the way. Now, I can just be tan!

I have sad news. Mostly for myself. I am going to, as of today, give up sugary and delicious treats. Husband and I have a little bet of sorts, and it was either this, or meat, and while I love my cupcakes and everything of the like, I could so not give up meat. So we’re going to give this a try, and see how well I do. If I crash and burn, well, at least I gave it a good shot. And if I succeed, then I’m a champion. I’ll keep you updated on the whole treat giving up, hopefully I won’t go into sugar withdrawals and start to hallucinate sugary treats dancing around my head all the time.

Foto Friday

I love Mike & Ike’s. They are delicious little candies that are so easy to eat. I have to ration myself from them, otherwise, I just keep popping them into my mouth, without even realizing I’m doing so. So the other day, I made this little box for my M&I’s so that they would be at hand, but if I eat them too quickly, the box is empty and I get sad, so it helps me to control how many of them I eat. I don’t know how exactly, but in my brain, it works, and so far, since I’ve made my box, I’ve eaten them a little slower. The box is made of blue paper. I suck at crafty things, but this seemed to work out well for me. I added the little Toy Story 3 thing to make it a little more festive. I got that off of a cupcake.

Miscellaneous Monday

As I was walking out to my car this morning, I saw at least 10 snails all around the yard/sidewalk. You know what this means?! Edgar has a family! All of his peeps are hanging out with him! I was going to get a picture, but they were all scattered around, and I didn’t want to pick them all up to put them near each other. I know that I’d hate it if I was just hanging out, doing my thing, and some unseen force picked me up and put me next to my friends/family for a picture. What if I’d just spent the last 6 hours getting 1 foot away from them? All my hard work, ruined!

I had a 5K on Saturday, the Provo City 5K/Chase the Mayor. They let the Provo city mayor start the race 1-2 minutes before the rest of us, and you were supposed to get a prize if you passed him. Now let me tell you, when they announced that this was happening, I imagined the mayor to be a stout fella, not in shape, but no, he was in shape, and probably a runner anyway. When I crossed the finish line, I was 4(!) people behind him. I was so close to catching him, I just couldn’t quite get him. Grrrr

I forgot to bring my yogurt to work today. I didn’t even realize until I got to the office. And now I’m sad. I could get some out of the vending machine, but the only kind they have there is blueberry, and blueberries are my least favorite fruit of all. I’m a little sad about it, but I suppose there are worse things going on in the world. But in my world, my heart (and stomach) is a little less full with no yogurt with my breakfast.

Miscellaneous Monday

Good news, all. I found Edgar. I was afraid that I had killed him, accidentally run him over, but today, I made the effort to look for him when I got to my car. I saw him, and Husband picked him up for me. He had crawled all back up into his shell, so we put him back on the grass. We thought that maybe he got back into his shell, panicked that it was no longer cool outside, that the road was getting too warm for him. So we tried to help him out. I’ll keep you updated every time I see him.

I have a change jar/bucket that I’ve had for a while. I’m not exactly sure how long ago I’ve started that, but I’ve faithfully put all my coinage into it. I decided to count it, since I actually have no idea how much money is in there. After about an hour of counting, I reached the final penny. I have $89.31 in there. I’m rich!

Foodles are the best thing ever. I saw them in the store, and thought they were cute, so I got one. I don’t know if anyone has seen these, but they’re little plastic trays in the shape of Mickey. In the face is apple slices, and in the ears are grapes and cheese squares. OMG it is delicious. You can combine the foods for an awesome mix of perfection in your mouth. I recommend them to everyone. I need to go back and get some soon.