Going, Going, Almost Gone!

Hubs and I had a great time looking at houses in Corpus Christi last week. Unfortunately we didn't like any of the off base houses in our price range (the first three smelled like cat pee). So, we opted to go with base housing. Unlike our border town base housing, the Naval Station base housing is wonderful! We got a three bedroom, 2.5 bath. The houses are only 6 years old and are in great condition. The best part of our new house is the OCEAN VIEW from the backyard. All in all, we are pretty happy.

As exciting as moving is, the process of sorting through stuff, scheduling movers, and trying to clean to unreasonable base housing standards is a bit trying. That combined with the business of the holidays is certainly going to make for an interesting couple of weeks...

The one project I'm really excited about are the thank you gifts I'm making for a few close friends who have just been awesome while we've been here. Since a couple of them read this blog, I'm not going to disclose method and recipe till they're delivered. I do promise a cute holiday present idea complete with a picture.

Beyond house stuff and holiday stuff, this weekend is my 5k. This means I am officially freaking out. I have not run all week. Despite my inability to keep to a schedule, I'm still running it. It starts Saturday at 8:00 am, so send your prayers and positive thoughts my way :D

Does anyone have some good last minute running tips for my first 5k since I started running regularly?????

The moving process has begun...

Run For Your Life or So You Can Eat More Donuts

So, my running has not been going as well as I had hoped. I've gotten kind of busy and my running partner has started a new job. Between our schedules my Couch to 5K program has been patchy at best. Ugh. So, in an attempt to kick start my "love" or eager tolerance of running, I have put together a few new playlists for my iPod. Tomorrow I am going to try out Running Playlist #1. Since I am having a small bout of insomnia and Gilmore Girls Season 1 on DVD is only taking up part of my evening attention, I decided to share my first playlist. I'm hoping it will be good. I figure I currently have 5 playlists to choose from after tonight's intense iTunes session. So, if it's horrible I will move on to Playlist #2. I may also move onto Playlist #2 just for some variety.
So, without further ado:

Playlist #1
The Right Kind of Wrong - LeeAnn Rimes
Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
Favorite - Liz Phair
Faithfully - Journey
There's Your Trouble - Dixie Chicks
You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse
Do What You Want - Ok Go
Free (If I Had Wings) - Some Random Christian Band that many version of iTunes have lost
Pi Beta Phi - DJ $crilla
Love Don't Live Here - Lady Antebellum
Am I The Only One (Who's Ever Felt This Way) - Dixie Chicks
Meet Virgina - Train
Our Love is Loud - See Free's Artist
Get Over It - Ok Go

Here's to my 2.25 mile run tomorrow!

Mack is also excited to run again. He needs to watch his figure.