Excited for the half marathon, crafty wonderfulness, and PO-TAY-TOES

One, I  have just been perusing the half marathon website.

For the heck of it.

I'MSOEXCITEDAAH!

but now that that's out of the way, I've got lots of other stuff to blog about.  For example, this nifty way to make boiled eggs.  Only you don't boil them, you bake them.  And you can make like, a gazillion and a half at once.  Great tip, especially if you're making copious amounts of devilled eggs for a family reunion or something.

Also in the food department, my dad picked up a giant back of potatoes from Walmart last night and I've been thinking about roasting some of them.

This picture has me cracking up today... totally the story of my life dress the past couple weeks.

I might actually attempt makeup, having seen this beautiful specimen of a simple smoky eye.  No idea if I cam actually pull it off, but hey.  I can try, right? {P.S.--check out The Beauty Department blog!}

I'm liking this wall art idea, as well as this paint chip art -- I'm thinking I have some crafting to do the next few days.

 

I might have to make an epic crocheted blanket like this while I'm at it too, and maybe put a wocket in the back of my jeans pocket. 

I need to go run right now but instead I am blogging about it

....I also need to unpack from a weekend working out at camp (OHMYGOSHITWASSOGREATTOBEBACK) and get some laundry in.

sigh.

at least it's sunny today :)

But yeah.  I kinda really don't feel like running right now but I'm running out of time so my plan is to take a few minutes, jot out a blog post while simultaneously drinking in some "fitspiration".

can I do it?

Time will tell. (and also the degree of frazzleness in my hair)

ooh, this picture is pretty.  Random Tumblr find.

speaking of which, Tumblr changed their little toolbar thingy when you log in.  gasp.

Back on topic:  Fitspiration.

I've been kinda sorta doing this:

But not religiously-- I've been altering it a little with sit ups and regular planks and other random core workouts.  and wouldn't you know it, I think my abs actually are getting stronger!  Who'da thunk it.  And it doesn't take long, either... just a few minutes a day to get those core muscles engaged.

Also, I found this site through Pinterest last night.  Lots of great exercises and how to do them, which is fantastic for someone like me who still knows nearly nothing (get a load of that annunciation!) about exercise.

I am loving this sticker from Milestones Jewelry  (only three bucks!) and getting kind of scared excited for the half... I almost figured up how many weeks it is until the race but then I stopped myself because I think that'd just make me scared.

And in the midst of typing that I accidentally figured it up.

six weeks.

gasp.

doable.

I think.

I hope.

Yeah, I'm going to go run now.

I Just Did It.

I have been running every other day for about a year an a half now.

technically two years, but I don't count that awkward time of kinda-sorta running now and then.

I am training for a half-marathon which will take place on April 14.

I am so freakin' excited.

13.1, baby.

It has also been all cold and rainy and crappy outside lately...  Not my favorite.

Cold+Rain=My least favorite running weather ever, actually.

So you can imagine my disgust when I stirred, woke, and stretched this morning only to look out the window and see overcast, freezing cold, rainy ickness out there.

mehhhhhhhhhhhhhh, sadface!

But I did it anyway.

I procrastinated all day long.

But I did it, and now I'm done.

5 miles checked off the list.

you can do it too!!!

A Friendly Wave

Hi there!  Here I am.  Nice to meet you!  

Here's me pretending I'm a model...

Haha, no, who am I kidding... I'd just finished sprinting my buns over to the fence in a mad dash to beat the self-timer (which I'd stupidly set to 5 seconds)

(This is where you smile to yourself and think "Silly little girl, modeling's for hot chicks and people with camera remotes.")

Anyhoo, I love running very much, as well as pretty much anything Art, DIY, or Pinterest/Craftgawker/Etsy related.  This blog will probably contain a lot of recipes, ramblings, and R-tsy stuff (Shut up, I needed another R) <--crap, I probably should not tell my readers to shut up.  I am a 17-year-old high school graduate planning to study Nursing in the fall (ALSDADLFLKI'MSOEXCITED)

Oh, and I also am a ridiculous fan of Harry Potter.

Not Twilight.

Although I haven't really given Twilight a fair chance.

PS, here's some fine-print:  If you hate Tumblr blogs, you probably won't like mine.  I have a love/hate relationship with Tumblr, but I am a bit of a "snapshot" blogger who posts lots of random Weheartit image compilations and links to bunches of other blog posts and DIY's and stuff.  Assume the images used on this blog are not mine, unless otherwise stated.

The End.