T-3 days until the new year arrives!! I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty pumped for New Year’s Eve. It’s bittersweet, though, because that’s the last night I’m here with my family and friends. Guess it’s time to get back to reality, though. My visit home has been amazing, which is why I’m dedicating…
Archives for December 2013
Top 5 Posts of 2013
I’ve been having flashbacks to a year ago when I was training for my marathon in the dead of winter. Wednesday morning, I took advantage of my day of nothingness and the decent temperatures (25 degrees; warmest it’s been since I’ve been here) to go for a run around the neighborhood. By remembering some of…
A Few of My Favorite Christmas Things
Merry Christmas!!! I hope everyone has a wonderful day full of friends and family. This is one of the few days during my visit home that I have nothing planned, which is a bit backwards, considering it’s Christmas day. All I know, is my father and I will be hanging out, and that’s all I…
The Art of Christmas Shopping: It’s All About Lowering Standards
It all begins when you go to a store with the plan to discover the perfect gift, even though you have no idea what you’re looking for. Once you’ve made a lap around the entire store, not finding anything worth giving as a Christmas present, you decide to make another lap…with lower standards. You make…
Holiday Recipe Roundup
Workouts Wednesday: Up & Down Treadmill Run for 1.95 miles in 20 minutes Thursday: Rise & Shine Morning Workout Today: Probably my 30 Minutes to Speed It Up treadmill workout The ending to this week is quite crazy, as I’ve been preparing to head home for the next week and a half. My life is…
A Few of My Favorite Things
Workouts Monday: Impromptu rest day—just wasn’t feelin’ it Tuesday: Low Impact Body Weight Circuit Today: Treadmill run or elliptical workout If you weren’t aware, I absolutely love plants. One of my coworkers is moving to the East Coast on Friday, so I graciously offered to take a few (four) plants off his hands—one of which…
Never Again…
While watching the news yesterday, I found this pretty amusing: Just a little Christmas music while admiring the…San Diego palm trees. Definitely weird to have 70-degree weather in the middle of December. All the Christmas decorations, music, and upcoming plans help me remember it is not, in fact, the middle of the summer. You know…
10 Health-Inspired Gift Ideas for the Holidays + Treadmill Workout
Workouts Wednesday: Did a late night tabata workout (better late than never!) Thursday: Completed the following treadmill run for a total of 3.32mi (I think?) in 35 minutes Today: Probably my No Equipment Needed Core & Legs Circuit One-ish week until I fly home to Illinois to see my familia! Can’t wait! And I haven’t…
My Favorite Things
Workouts Monday: Body Sculpting Tabata Workout Tuesday: 30 Minutes to Speed It Up Today: Full body circuit workout of some sort So Christmas threw up all over our apartment (too much?). It’s great. I continued the excessive holiday cheer into my office at work by bringing in a few strings of lights. See below for a…
Pictures from Our Festive Weekend
Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a swell weekend. Ours was spent, more or less, preparing for Christmas activities. As a result, I’ve decided to make this post revolve around the festive-ish pictures. Friday was my work’s Christmas party, and it was especially awesome. We had secret santa, an ornament contest, a raffle, food, and…
Healthy Gift Idea: DIY Sample Box
As of today, there are 19 days left until Christmas! If you’re like me, you still have to get most of your presents for people. When I was trying to think of a creative gift idea recently, I started remembering all the samples boxes I’ve tried in the past—from vitamins to food to makeup. It’s…
My Favorite Things
Workouts Monday: Dumbbell Circuit Tuesday: Impromptu rest day to go camera shopping… Today: Either a treadmill run or elliptical workout Santa came early for Matt and I this year. …and when I say Santa, I mean we made a trip to Best Buy. Check it out! We got our very own fancy DSLR? camera last…
The Time Has Come
This past four day weekend was everything I thought it could be. I wasted lots of time doing things that were not productive in any way, and it was absolutely wonderful. We also set a new record for ourselves for the earliest viewing of a movie at the theatre. Saturday morning, we saw Hunger Games…
