Photo Dump Time! <single gal edition>

Been drinking and eating a lot lately. It needs to stop. 

Dancing with #1 at the Food Truck Park. Need to get some Toms like she has I think. 

Pretty skies on the way to Milledgeville last weekend with The Housewife. We know how to rock a road trip. 

Badly lit photo from my Aunt's 60th Birthday Party! 

Delicious food from Taste of Atlanta! And mayo of course. 

Pictures with friends, too! I am proud of my photo devotion! 

Managed a manicure. 

Monday Obsessions

This weekend was another whirlwind, but with some precious little ones birthday celebrations and a quick trip to Milledgeville with The Single Gal, all is well. Friday night Turtle and I caught most of CNN's documentary "Blackfish" about the killer whales at Sea World. It was eye opening, heart-wrenching and astounding. Please watch this if you get the chance.

Blackfish Documentary

I got my family pictures back. I feel good about them but of course it definitely confirms I need to lose another 10 pounds. I have been lazy, not eating as well as I should and with a busy month its been hard to go to the gym as much as I like to. Here's one little peek........time for Christmas card mock ups!

I do not know how to watermark. I ask no one steal this picture please or at least link it back. All images are my property....blah blah. Photo credit Abby Hennington.

I think I'm going to order this cookbook today. It has great reviews on Amazon and I enjoy her blog as well. Turtle and I decided we don't want to get into the holiday season and not be conscious about what we are eating. Y'all know I hate cooking dinner because I feed the kids all day long and I really don't even care what I personally eat once I even have the chance to sit down. Turtle suffers from what Single Gal and I call, "Me man. Feed me. Meat and Potatoes.". We are going to try to be very Paleo/Grain free for a month. Turtle needs to eat more veggies and I need to focus on my water intake.

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If I can just get through this week and be done with all the October activities! I have 48 hours to rig up some decorations for my trunk for the preschool "Trunk or Treat" event tomorrow night. Le Sigh. I am not a Halloween person. Bring on Thanksgiving and Christmas please.

The Housewife

Friday Five {single gal edition}

1.  New desk came in.  And I put it together all by myself! It took a while, and I did a lot of things backwards and had to re-do them, but I did it.  The desk makes me very, very happy. I really may call the bedroom makeover of 2013 a success.  Except that would mean I would need to finish it before January...which is so not happening. Don't judge my 9 pm decorating attempt. 

2. This needs no words.  Pretty much been laughing about this since Tuesday. 

Wrecking Ball Pug Halloween Costume

3. Tried these at home workouts this week.  They don't look that bad when you read them, but harder than I thought. 

4. Work was super stressful and I was an emotional basket case for no good reason this week. You do the math. (And pray for 3 Putt)

5.  Confession: I ordered 3 $20 long sleeved shirts from Zara last Friday.  

Happy Weekend Y'all!

~the single gal~

Race Recap: Athens Half Marathon

It's getting chilly out there y'all! I'm snuggled in bed taking my first sips of coffee and realized we owe you a race report. October could quite possibly put me in the grave. Our weekends have been off the chain crazy with birthday parties and other things. Well, the only kid birthday party Single Gal attended was #1's, but she has had many social responsibilities as well. The month is not even over yet either.

At the Arch after Packet Pick-Up

As we got closer to the actual day of the race and reviewed some of our training run times, I basically resigned myself to a 2:20-ish finish time. It's not that our training was bad but our times seemed a bit slow for our high hopes of running 2:10. We came to the conclusion that this would just be a fun race and we were happy to be lining up at the start together (and 3 weeks shy of the twins first birthday was a big plus for me). So we joked about our 13 mile "fun run," drank an alcoholic beverage the night before and coffee on the way to the race since we had to get up super early to drive out to Athens. Also note, I bought us matching tank tops on clearance from Target since it had not been terribly cold the last few weeks. We were a bit cold waiting for the race to start but shed our arm warmers quickly.

We started out pretty fast of the first mile, which I knew we would so not a huge deal. We both felt good and I tried to dial us back on our pace but we kept hitting times a good bit faster than our normal pace. The course is hilly at times but has some lengthy down hills, which is where we planned to make up some ground. I was very worried we would "bonk" or hit the wall somewhere around mile 10. We did make the call to stop for a bathroom break around 4.5 miles. There were two port-o-potties but it did not go as quick as we had hoped. Whatever, it's a "fun run". Single Gal was having some side cramping pretty much the entire race but she was gutting it out despite that. I was feeling awesome. We race together, but the deal is, if we need to separate we separate, see you at the finish line or in between. We also keep to a no talking rule, which you would never believe if you ran with us on Saturday mornings. Single Gal kept telling me to go on but I wasn't sure I was ready. We split before the bus barn around 8 miles. Time was looking good for me. I felt great and decided I would just go and worry about bonking when it happened. Never happened. I tried to pull out that 2:10 but just missed it with a 2:11 something. It was the first race I actually felt like I was racing. That I was really going for it and giving it everything I had. Single Gal cruised in at 2:16-ish, still a good race for her.

This was a well supported race and even though the temps were cold, decent spectator support. I really enjoyed their funny signs! " You're running better than the government." I'm really enjoying the half distance right now and while I do think if will run another marathon I don't think it will be in 2014. I do think Single Gal and I will be ready for redemption from Las Vegas 2011 by 2015 though.

XOXO
The Housewife

The Little Things...

- being able to hold the title to my car in my hands and read my name on it. 

-taking the time to roast some veggies last night for a healthy lunch. 

-nothing is perfect. And that's okay. 

-Tupperware. 

-hugs. 

-sweet kisses and nudges from the dogs.

-cheese.  

-counting down to a weekend with my best girls. 

It's been a long week. And only Wednesday. What "little things" are cheering you today?? 

-the single gal-

Friday Five

1. I never watch TV and I needed another way to get some news other than Twitter.  So when I read about a site called The Skimm I was really intrigued so I signed up.  Basically two chick quit their jobs at NBC to launch the site.  Read about them here. It's a light-weight summary of some good political updates and goings on.  I get a quick email every weekday. And it explains the government shut down and other bits in layman terms.  I like it.  

2.  So I used to be all down on Marigolds because I thought they were gross plants that were stinky.  But -- the big one I bought is just pretty as can be and seems to be a hearty little plant that I can't kill.  I may just go buy another. 

3.  I'm prob going to be "that person" that is outside with her gold spray paint tearing up some baby pumpkins for a $6 tablescape.   Don't judge. 

link to diy tutorial here

4. The Housewife bought us matching tank tops to run our race in on Sunday.  Yep. We are super twins. 

5.  I don't feel at all prepared for this race but I do know that it will be fun! 

Happy Weekend everyone! 

~the single gal~

Thursday Randoms

So I guess I meant for yesterday's post to schedule on Monday instead of Wednesday when I originally wrote it.  Because -- hey sorry that I lied about that GAP discount.  

I agonized for most of the early part of the week over the guest room.  Over night stands.  Or a table.  Then I realized that was stupid.  I cannot make a decision on a room that I really have no plan/vision for yet.  It seemed much smarter to finally order the white desk I wanted to use as a side/night table in my bedroom and to then move the nightstand I am currently using into the other room.  Yep.  I feel like a genius.  

This is much more exciting than trying to force the guest room that sees like 5 guests per year. 

Target Hamilton X Desk 

As far as my resolution to not buy clothes I barely scraped through all the Columbus Day sales with my sanity.  I was even at TJMaxx the other day after looking for house stuff standing in the aisle holding a sweater.  I reviewed my budget and there was some extra cash which is going to my credit card.  Big. Girl. Panties.  I have them on.  Like a true addict I'm just trying to take this week by week.  Small goals rolled into big ones -- does that work for anyone?? 

As winter comes and I see all those poor bloggers lament about their dry skin and how they just whip out that La Mer cream (I mean seriously...) I really do feel like I need to jump on getting a humidifier and wait for it to rain Sephora gift cards so I can get philosophy Hope In a Jar everything.  All the jars. All the hope. Night and day creams. Masks.  Whatever they have.  I am looking raggedy.  I am 30. I need help. 

Ok. You get it. I know.  How is your Thursday? Someone give me some face cream you can swear by from the drug store.  

~the single gal~