Running: Almost Barefoot
I have been running on and off for two years, ever since I thought it would be fun to run in the Chase Corporate Challenge with some co-workers. Really I was just there for the beer and food, but I did sort of have fun in-between catching my breath and the rain. (It was raining...
So Long Fatty
At the end of 2010, I found myself heavier than I have ever been. If I remember correctly I was 220 or 225, neither good numbers for my height and amount of muscle. I got sick of wearing baggy clothes and feeling huge. I also really wanted to get my running times faster and try and do...
This has not been my week
OK, so I’m going to bitch here for a second, but stay with me. Between having strep throat through Memorial Day weekend, getting rear-ended on my way to work on Friday, losing a big chunk of filling while flossing, and being told that I’m basically losing my job*, it hasn’t been such an awesome week...
Bagster
When we started our basement tear out, it was obvious that we would need to find some way of eliminating the trash paneling and old nail-ridden trim, among other things. But after looking into the pricing on dumpsters—a whopping $400 bucks!!! ouch—we decided we would hold off and weigh our options. Besides, we just didn’t...
The One That Got Away
All this excitement over the new living room has got me patrolling ebay for a cool swag pendant lamp for over the bar. We would consider a new pendant, but we can’t add new wiring there or rather WON’T add normal copper wiring to the existing wiring because it’s aluminum. That’s a big NO-NO when...
Operation Drywall – A House 2.0 Update
So I feel like I dropped off the proverbial blog-wagon on our House 2.0 project. But now that Gabriel has reached the separation-anxiety milestone, I can barely put him down and go in the next room without him going into hysterics. At first it was endearing, but now I’m getting a little frustrated with his...
I Love the Smell of Demolition in the Morning
Today marked the start of the demolition on the den paneling. We started after the little dude went down for his first nap. Probably not the smartest judgement call but he lasted an hour before waking up to the sound of trim being ripped off. In typical fashion, I didn’t really get very good pictures...
Happy Anniversary to Us
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before, but my parents totally spoil me! For our anniversary this year (it’s been 7 years, incidentally), my parents gave us a new back door! Mike and I have always said that it would have been so easy for someone to just break through the crappy single pane...
Song Challenge: Day 30
I’m late to the last day of posting because Mike and I were out of town all weekend visiting my family. Gabriel’s cousin, Dominic, turned 1 this week and I just couldn’t miss seeing the little boys together! So sue me if I’m a day late. Anyhoo… I looked back in my iTunes purchased list...
