Popping In For a Quick Hello

You may be wondering where I've been (or not). For those of you who noticed a conspicuous absence over the last couple months, let me fill you in.

In October the hubs and I went to CA to visit his fam and get out of dodge. We got home only to find our orders had arrived! This was sooo exciting!!! Then about two seconds after the excitement of orders happened, I remembered  how much work moving can be. 

So, we moved and now we're settled out west in the land of enchantment. We're not in our house yet, but hopefully we will be soon. 

Since creativity and cooking have been low, I thought I'd leave you with these inspiring thoughts.

Hopefully life will settle down soon and I'll be back again soon!

Race Report #4

Despite the beautiful scenery, this was not a beautiful race! Last week, I started a new running plan that has  me doing more short runs with one long run a week. So, I was counting on this week's runs to get my body back to about the 5k distance. I was on track as of Monday, but Tuesday was really busy and I got a job lead. I followed up that evening and was employed Wednesday morning. Since we're just in Corpus for a little bit, I've been looking at part time work. My new job is working at a horse boarding stable. It's so great being around the horses. I took riding lessons as a kid and have always loved horses. Being able to work out at the barn is the best thing ever! The only drawback to my new job is that I am not used to the level of physical work required for this job. Basically, I come home from work in the early AM super exhausted and conserve my energy to head back to work in the afternoon. One day this week, I got in a short run around lunch time, but I was so tired from work, I thought I might collapse on the sidewalk. So, after this long and hard week, my 5k on Saturday was not looking pretty.

The race was the Whooping Crane Strut in Rockport, TX. The run went on a path along the beach through a nature preserve. I really enjoyed all the birds flying around and the breeze when I wasn't desperately hoping/looking for the turn around. I ended up doing this run in 39:45 and powered through the last half mile. I think I was practically flying so I could cross the finish line and be done. Probably, the only additional hickup was forgetting my long sleeve running shirt at home. I was really cold at the beginning of the race, so I kept my sweater on, but ended up taking it off while running and repinning my number during the end of the first mile.  Whoops.

Overall, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but I can definitely do better. I'll leave you with a couple pics and then I'm off to see the horses!

Starting out

Pressing on!

Playing catch up - Rain boots, Running Buddies, Beach Trips, and WORK!

So much has happened since I last posted. I realized when I put up my race report tonight, I had barely posted between last week's race report and this one, so I thought I'd fill everyone in on the exciting events in between.

First, I satisfied my desire for rain boots. This sounds silly, but I have wanted rain boots since the October before last. I always put off getting them and then the rain is over. Since it's so rainy here, hubs and I decided with my discount coupon at Old Navy I could purchase my very own rain boots. Notice my color choice. They're pretty snappy! We've had several down pours I can wear them in!

My awesome running buddy, Alli, and I have been faithfully setting achievable work out goals and meeting our goals 100%! This means that now the end of the month has arrived we are sending each other presents!!! I bought my mysterious gift for Alli at the Corpus Christi Farmer's Market. When she gets it in the mail next Tuesday (that's the estimated arrival date) I will tell the world about the amazing and delicious thing I bought her! I just hope she enjoys it! I love buying presents for people. Good job Alli for keeping with your goals! You are hard core and rock!!!!

Yummy mystery gift (this is not what it really looks like)

We took Mack for a midnight beach walk earlier this week and he surprised us by exploring the water on his own. He even put his face in the water and snorkled. It was hilarious! On Friday, I had to pick up my race packet for the Surf-n-Turf race out at Padre Island. We decided to head to the beach afterwards to check out the race route. Since the day was so gorgeous, we took Mack and he explored the ocean even more!

He really wants to get those seagulls!

Wave dancer!

The last exciting thing is about my work! That's right, I said work! Corpus has proved to be a tough job finding environment. Funnily enough, my blog ended up helping me get noticed for a job. My sweet friend Liz (check out her blog at Down Home Diva) from back home in the Rocky Mountains reads my blog (I also read hers, it's awesome and has lots of insight and great recipes) and thought that I might be able to be an article writer for a website she works for. She forwarded my info to her boss person and I eventually got hired. I'm now writing articles of many varieties for www.my719moms.com. I am so thankful for this opportunity and for my sweet friend for thinking of me! You can check out my article on organic food here.

All in all, life has been pretty exciting!!

P.S. WM got his T-44 start date!!!! We are so excited. He is getting back into training on Feb. 4th!!! Downtime is nice, but the hubs is ready to get back in the cockpit and finish training! So here's the next 6 months!

Hubby's new plane

He'll be doing this soon!