Hello Friends! I am sitting here in my dad’s basement Sunday evening at 11pm, very exhausted, waiting for my laundry to be done and thinking how blessed I am. And how seldom I believe myself to be so. I got to head to my hometown where I was surrounded by people all weekend. While…
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{Fitness Friday #6} Fueling for a Long Run
Hello Friends! I don’t think I need to tell you how proud I am that I accomplished this 9 mile run, by myself, on a treadmill. Seriously, I still wonder if it actually happened! Why?I never got sore! Not the next day, not two days later…here we are Friday, a whole FIVE days later and…
{WIAW #59} KC Birthday Eats
Hello Friends! Yes, we are dragging this birthday thing out. Cuz you only turn 26 once!! Oh goodness that reminds me I have to change my age on my blog profile… Birthday giveaway Monday (be sure to enter!!), birthday eats today.. You will also see a Fitness Friday post about my birthday run and…
{MIMM #15} Birthday {Giveaway} + Chobani Freezing Tips
Hello Friends! Well, the KC trip went a little differently than I had imagined to say the least. It was fun, yes. It was also rough. I was kind of a train wreck of emotions the past five days to tell you the absolute truth. After the chaos of packing and getting the apartment cleaned…
{MIMM #14} Easter 2013 + Excited for MINK
Hello Friends! First of all I hope you all had a wonderful Easter! And I’m not going to get politically correct and say “if you celebrate Easter” like I’ve seen some doing…that’s kind of a given, right? The phrases we use like “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Thanksgiving” are never meant offensively, at least I can’t…
{MIMM #13} What DID I do in KC?
Happy Monday, Friends! MIMM or Marvelous in my Monday is all about positivity on a day that many of us dread….Mondays. I am so happy Katie started this link-up so we can get our weeks off on the right foot! Last week I got to hang out with Dave (the BF) over Spring Break in…
{MIMM #12} Leprechaun Race Confessions
I had a fun time running the Leprechaun race [leprechaun chase] in Nebraska in 2013! Here are some confessions!
{MIMM #11} At Least I had a Good Weekend?
Hello Friends! It’s always something. Does it seem like that to anyone else? Maybe it’s just one of those challenging phases of life.Where I learn a whole lot about myself and what really matters and how to operate under stress and deal with the loneliness that comes from moving to a new city…. Or maybe…
{MIMM #10} It’s Monday BUT
Hello Friends! Sometimes it takes me a bit to recover from the weekend. Specifically the sleeping schedule. I stay up late Sunday evening getting things unpacked (when I go back home..like this weekend) and getting ready for the week…then it takes time to unwind and have my bedtime tea and cereal. As a result, it…
{WIAW #55} Show Me Your Snow Dance!!
Hey friends! The big snow is coming through Nebraska this week. And I desperately hope it is enough to push my third test for the week off…and of course it’s the Chemistry test. I also have a post for Thursday Thoughts that I’ve been wanting to write for weeks, but it requires attention and care….