5 on friday!

happy friday


i've been going strong for like 2 weeks now of straight work


i didn't really get last weekend off with traveling


so i am more than ready to be home this weekend


let's go ahead with the list of 5 things on friday


1.  as i just said - i'm HOME this weekend.  how great is that?  i miss bill and being able to go do things on the weekend.  we've got a few plans lined up this weekend as long as the rain doesn't chase us indoors - 1 being the st james court art show



one of my most favorite things to do in louisville - beer & wine garden, food vendors, old louisville, and several blocks of artists from all over displaying and selling their art.  most of which is out of my price range.  but i usually try to find a piece of pottery.

and 2 - one of my good friends is having her gender reveal party!  she's the first of my friends that i see on a regular basis to have a baby so i'm really excited.

2.  reading!  i mentioned the other day i was in the middle of THE CUTTING SEASON by attica locke

well i finished it that night, and loved it so much.  it was a quick read full of mystery.  i'm going back and forth on what to read next - either gone girl or birth rites.  both seem quite edgy and scary.  i couldn't decide which to read, so i checked the young adults section of amazon and downloaded Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs - i figure it will be a quick read, but also mysterious enough for the month of october!

3.  selfish knitting/sewing.  i feel like a i have a ton of projects earmarked as gifts.  but i always get in this "nobody wants something i made" hole.  and never actually make things for people.  soooo.  i'm just going to make for myself.  ha.  i need to photograph the skirt i sewed - of me actually wearing it!  for my first ever real sewing pattern, i'm pretty impressed with my skilllllz.  

on my to make list - i have a knit cardigan, a pair of the pants that also came with my skirt pattern, and this tunic from sew liberated

 

 
i just ordered the fabric to make this tunic - so hopefully in a week i can begin work!

4.  i thought i was ready for fall nail polish colors

so i picked up this smokin' hot color - a dusty purple

and now i feel slightly goth.  like goth chic.

5.  there's a $10 off coupon for bath and body works

so that means bill and i will probably be stocking up on soaps and/or candles this weekend.

and bonus

pictures of my fur babies

this is the gurrrrl.  aka olivia.  she's cross-eyed.

and this is the baby boy

woodford

he generally lays around looking pitiful

have a happy weekend!

5 on friday

oh it's on!

let's get with it - 5 things on friday

1.  i'm taking a half day today.  mainly so i can get home and run (oops, slept in AGAIN), shower, and have dinner.  wish i was this motivated this morning

2.  i think i've already made myself sick on candy corn and peanuts.  i probably shouldn't have ate it for dinner and again this morning.  oops.

3.  i bound off on this shawl last night.  it's looking mighty tiny.  i guess i will actually have to learn to block my knitting so it will be a wearable size.

4.  don't tell bill, but i was super pumped about football last night.  which is why i managed to stay up and finish my knitting.  too bad denver was having some sort of tropical storm which delayed the game and prevented me from seeing the ending.  (so glad manning got off last night for 7 touchdown passes)

5.  speaking of football - it's probably all i will be watching on sunday (thus a trip to the yarn store is in order, right?)  and it just seems appropriate to bust out a big bowl of chili.  don't even tell me it will be back in the 90's this weekend.  chili is happening.

and with that...i'm counting down the hours until lunch and i head out of here!

friday, ryan gosling, knitting

whoop whoop

let's do this thang

you know - 5 things on friday...

1.  bill's company picnic is this weekend at a local orchard.  where i also found out it is apple and peach picking time!  i know i'm all on this eating healthy kick - but there ought to be an apple or peach pie in the future.

2.  several people at work have noticed my weight loss and it's making me feel all fierce and shit.  my once muffin top inducing jeans slid right up this morning (fresh out of the dryer even)

3. this happened last night

it's basically my favorite scarf pattern ever

and with knitting back in my life i'm ready for football - naturally these two go together.

4.  and with knitting back, i have 2 projects in my wip bag - two hats - that i promised people last year - so those will be getting done asap

as well as some pumpkin hats for two very deserving twins.  

5.  3 weeks in on the half marathon training and i'm feeling great.  5 miles tomorrow morning will be happening at the crack of dawn in order to avoid the heat (blech, i was getting use to those 55 degree mornings)

ANNND finally - bath and body works candles are 2 for 22 right now

 

which has me in the mood to bust out a sweater, a fall candle, turn some football on, and knit away for 4 hours

ryan gosling just gets me....

happy weekend my friends!

friday post

oh yeah!

it's friday ya'll...five on friday link up...

1.  i kind of feel like a broken record as of late so i took a couple days off from blogging.  honestly - i've written a couple of posts for a project and am kind of waiting for the go ahead to post.  so my brain dumps have been there and not here.

2.  confession.  i'm bombing on goal #3.  i haven't done ripped in 30 all week.  but, i'm ok with that.  i've stuck to my half marathon training plan.  i love being able to comfortably (slowly) run 3 miles again and am excited for longer distances.  i've ran 13 miles so far this week with 4 more to do tomorrow.  my schedule is building my leg endurance by having me run 3 days in a row plus run before my long run on saturday.  the back to back to back is leaving me tired.  maybe in a few weeks i'll be able to revisit ripped.  other wise i'm just going to pour my heart into running for awhile.

3.  my jeans are not only fitting better today - i can actually pull them out away from my belly.  the scale might be saying one thing, but it's clear my body is getting smaller.

4.  i am being absolutely spoiled by this weather right now.  i can't remember in the past 7 years when i was able to run comfortably in august.  which is probably why it's been so easy to get back into the sport.  yesterday morning was a walk day - and i actually wore a long sleeved tech tee since it was only 57 degrees out!  but it still has to get into the 40's before i consider running in long sleeves.

5.  the state fair started this week!  and we have plans to go sunday!!!  you can read about last year's trip here.  i really want to try a krispy kreme burger this year.  someone let me take a bite of theirs please?  oh, and fried girl scout cookies are definitely happening.

until monday! 

 

it's the freakin weekend

yay!  we made it!

5 things to round out the week:

1.  i had my annual lady check up this morning and all i could think about was mama june talking about her relationship with sugar bear - and how it was supposed to be a "hook em and book em"

i don't know.

and i also stepped on the scale -  which i stepped on it monday as well - and it pissed me off (whatever my pants are loose) but since monday i've lost 3 lbs



2.  football is back.  i mean it's preseason games, but it's still back.  and college games start late this month.  so, basically, i'm free every sunday as my husband will be glued to 2 tvs, a laptop, his phone, and an ipad.  (ps, don't rob us, our neighbors have better stuff)  and apparently preseason tickets are super cheap.  because we're going to see the buffalo bills at indy this weekend.  i'm breaking out my zubaz pants.

 
 no, really.  i have a pair.

3.  i thought it would be a nice change up to run a different route this morning.  the route that is nothing but hill work.

girl, my hamstrings are on fire.

4.  my yellow peppers are indeed yellow peppers - they only take 1 month to turn yellow.  which explains why they are always so much more expensive at the grocery.  ugh.  next year i'm only planting green bell peppers.

 5.  my recent addiction?  - full house EVERY NIGHT.  it comes on nick at nite.  and i just can't get enough


i know michelle, i lead a sad sad life.





but i can't get enough uncle jesse



i loved his moussed up mullet


and nearly 30 years later



have mercy, indeed!

 

friday ya'll

it's friday bishes

i also had to double check if i spelled friday correctly - after typing it 3 times it started to look wrong.

1. i really don't want to spend $50 on a hair cut and am 2 glasses of wine away from shearing my own head.

2.  i would really like to get pictures done this fall of bill and i since the ones at our wedding were less than professional.  and i'm having a great time looking through photographers' portfolios online.  all i'm going to say is that nobody is ever going to be taking a picture of me in a sports bra giving birth in a blow up tub - let alone allow it to be posted online.

3.
 
and for the love of bejezzus your passive vague status updates are annoying.  "whatever, i'm over it.  guess nobody cares about me" i would delete the hell out of you, but seriously, your spray on tan and hair and other status updates got me facebook creepin like i'm watching a real life trailer park version of real housewives.

4.  speaking of trailer parks...i sat myself down wednesday night and got completely caught up on my 'boo




 5.  i feel completely too old to be indulging in abc family's the vineyard



but it fills the void left by laguna beach...and i'm not sorry

so with that

have a great weekend

fish and candles

happy friday!

did you have an eventful valentine's day?

i went home and jog/ran/walked woodford

and it would seriously be nice to get those shoes in the mail soon!- my shins are killing me (a sure sign my current shoes are shot) and i'm itching to run a bit further.

but i completed day 2 of my journey

and i came in and made tater tots for dinner - out of love

so bill wouldn't have to look at them in the freezer :)

and tater tots are the perfect dinner for a valentine's day spent watching the office.

bill and i get to redeem ourselves tonight, though, and i'm currently trying to come up with a fish dinner to fix

earth fare sent this email this morning:

 



and i think that's the perfect excuse to find a new recipe to try.  any suggestions?

speaking of good deals - in my email this morning was also a $10 off at bath and body works

i had kind of been perturbed with bath and body works lately - they used to have 2 for 20 candle specials, which i loved and could never get enough of.

the new pricing is now 2 for 22.  not a hug difference.  and if you have coupons to use it's still a great deal, but like anyone else, i hate price increases.

and no matter how perturbed i am - i love their candles too much to huff and puff forever.  and we're running low on candles - actually - we're not, but the scents we have are wintery and it's clearly time to get excited for spring

despite the cold weekend we're supposed to have.

ok - so we've covered running, fish, and candles.

sounds like a friday to me.  enjoy your weekend!