Getting to know you Sunday

So I am going to work on linking up with other blogs to help me blog more often. Today I am linking up with for Getting to know you Sunday! I hope you enjoy.


1. Have you ever gone to see a movie by yourself?
No, never. I hate to go most places by myself.

2. Would you rather go through a tornado or a hurricane?
Tornado. I have grown up living through several and prefer for the storms to pass quickly.

3. Have you made summer vacation plans?
Yes!! The hubby and I are finally taking a vacation that is not traveling to Ohio! We are going to the lake for a week at the end of June with our best friends.

4. What's your favorite accessory?
Either my pearls or my cross necklace.

5. Have you ever been thrown a surprise party?
Yes twice! The first was in college by some of my great friends after complaining that my hubby planned surprise parties for everyone but me. The 2nd was by my Nashville family but it got ruined a little because the hubby brought me to the restaurant before any of our friends got there.

6. Are you friends with your neighbors?
Not friends. We talk with our neighbors and are social but we aren't calling each other to eat dinner.

7. What's the last movie you saw in the theater?
We went to the movie theater last week and saw Fast Five! It was the first time we had been to the theater in forever.

8. What's your favorite food network show?
Semi Home Made by Sandra Lee. My SIL and I love watching it and making fun because there is always a cocktail drink.

Crazy days

Life has been a whirlwind lately. Work, training for the half, spending time with friends, and being a wife. I feel like I have slacked on being a wife. It is so much easier to finish a run day, make dinner and crash on the couch for the evening instead of cleaning up the upstairs or downstairs. I am looking forward to this weekend and not thinking about work. I have decided not to take work home with me, literally and figuratively. When I am home I really want to be home. I miss being a housewife. I miss my husband feeling like when I am home he is all that matters. I miss feeling like I care.
That is enough of that! On to better things, no more harping. I am in a girl's bible study right now that I love!! We are reading Donald Miller's A Million Miles in a Thousand Years. Amazing! I am in love with this book. We just finished section 1 and on Monday I decided that I was going to write a better story with my life. I am not great at it yet, but I am taking daily small steps to become better and stronger. I want my family and friends to remember me I want others to remember me, or at least that I touched other's lives in some sort of way. If you haven't read this book I highly recommend it!
Training for the half is going well! Last weekend friend Tiffany and I ran 10 miles in 2:25:30. Not the best time ever, but I will take it. This weekend we are on to 12 miles and I can't wait. I promise you that a year ago I never would have typed on of the last sentences. I can honestly say I am addicted to running! It is a stress relief, it is fun and healthy. Since January, just by making slight changes in my diet and running, I have lost 11 pounds. Not quite where I hoped to be in weight loss, but I am certainly on my way to hitting my goal!! My second half marathon is on April 30th and I can honestly say I am already planning and working on my training schedule for my 3rd half in Sept! Life is good!

ABC

Age: 26

Bed size: King

Chore you dislike: Folding and putting laundry away

Dogs: Nope

Essential start to your day: Kiss from my hubby

Favorite color: red

Gold or silver: Silver (or white gold)

Height: about 5'11''

Instruments you play(ed): flute, tenor sax, bass clarinet, baritone, violin

Job title: Child abuse investigator

Kids: Not quite yet

Live: Tennessee

Mom’s name: Meems

Nicknames: Landis or Ellie

Overnight hospital stays: 1 time when I was 19. I had an allergic reaction to some post op meds.
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Pet peeve: When I have to tell people how to raise their kids.

Quote from a favorite movie: "I haven't left home without Lycra on these thighs since I was 14.
Well that's because you were raised right."
-Steel Magnolias

Righty or Lefty: Lefty

Siblings: Madison, Brittney and Dylan

Time you wake up: 6:00 AM
Underwear:My business

Vegetables you don’t like: Beets

What makes you run late: talking to people

X-Rays you’ve had: mouth, chest, knee, ankles (more then I can count)
Yummy food you make: Chicken Alfredo

Zoo animal favorite: Manatees

Week 1

I accomplished my first week of half marathon training. Cross Training on Monday, 30 minute walk/run Tuesday, 3 mile walk/run Thursday, and 5 miles on Saturday. Saturday was my first time running in the snow; it was not a pleasant experience. I thought I had a hard time breathing when running in 65 degree weather, well that is nothing to 28 degrees with wind gusts and snow. Thank goodness for Tiff! I definitely would have wussed out other wise.
Now on to this week. We got 2 inches of snow over night with 2 more expected by tomorrow. I have to run 4 by 400s tomorrow and am not so sure where or when to do them. I am all for pushing myself, but have no intentions of trying to kill myself. This makes me wish that I had gotten a crappy used tredmill for Christmas. Oh well, tomorrow's fight can wait for tomorrow and today we will cross train with Zumba and Jillian! Hope everyone is having a wonderful day.

And I'm Back!

Life has been crazy and I haven't been able to blog and I hate it. I am back now and fully intend on blogging more often! I have made a few New Year's Resolutions and plan on really sticking to them. They are listed below. Let me know what you think.

1) Lose 20-30 lbs by June 1.
2) Run 4 races this year (2 half marathons).
3) Remember to enjoy my workouts, not dread them.
4) Blog more.

There will definitely be more blogging this year. Hopefully I will start some product reviews as well.

I did it!!!

I completed my first half marathon! Tiffany was my saving grace throughout the race. She was a great cheerleader and never let me quit or even sit down for a minute. We didn't reach our goal of 3 hours (did it in 3:17), but from what I have heard from more experienced runners was that this was a difficult course. I have not let the difficulty of the course keep me from already wanting to do my next race. I am hopeful to be able to do the Race for the Cure on Oct 9th. I am also going to start next Monday training for the Music City Half Marathon at the end of April. I would really like to build up to completing that race in 2:30 or 2:45. I am going to start training harder. I know I can run harder and longer then I had been during previous trainings and I am going to make myself do it. The hubby is taking me this week to get new shoes!! Going to Fleet Feet to have them help me. My current shoes have no tread left on the bottom and are splitting at the sides (they are 6 months old!). I also noticed during the race that my toes were cramming into the tip of the shoes and it really started hurting. I will post pictures soon!
In other news my car and Tiffany's car were broken into between Saturday night and Sunday morning. I am so not amused. The idiots busted in my window and stole a MP3 player. They got into Tiffany's car and stole a GPS and bowling stuff. My car is now at the shop but I get to drive an amazing 2010 Chevy Malibu! I will also post pictures of the car! Hope everyone has a restful and enjoyable day

Kind of Failing

At least at blogging! Life has been kind of crazy. Work is going good, but is fairly stressful. I have been keeping at the running and am 5 days away from participating in my first half marathon. I am looking forward to it but am a little nervous. I am not an athletic person by any means, but am really enjoying running. I am already looking for new races to run. 2 weeks from Saturday I plan on running the Race for the Cure 5k and then plan on preparing for the Music City Half Marathon in April. TJ has been really supportive of me and told me this morning, after I woke him at 5 just to go back to bed, that we need to make a trip to start looking for running leggings so I will be able to run this winter. I woke up at 5 today for my 3 mile run only to realize that I can't run in pitch black darkness. I am afraid that before work runs are no longer an option and it makes me sad. Everything else in life is going well and I will try to update more, but for now it is back to work!