That is pretty much it! I have a nice little closet and then a bathroom connected which is really nice. I still have to work on hanging up my pictures on the walls. Hope everyone has a great weekend!!
Friday, July 31, 2009
Photo Friday: My new Room
Happy Friday to everyone. For this weeks photos I wanted to share my new room in my apartment.
That is pretty much it! I have a nice little closet and then a bathroom connected which is really nice. I still have to work on hanging up my pictures on the walls. Hope everyone has a great weekend!!
That is pretty much it! I have a nice little closet and then a bathroom connected which is really nice. I still have to work on hanging up my pictures on the walls. Hope everyone has a great weekend!!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Honest Scrap
About a month ago I got this award from J.J. over at I'd Rather Be Laughing and so I thought better late than never to share this:
Rules are to link back to the presenter, share 10 things about yourself that your readers may not know that are true, and then pass it on and notify the people you pass the award on to!!
1. I love to cook and bake. I grew up learning from my mom and my aunt and I really enjoy being able to plan meals. My favorite dish would have to be mac and cheese with salsa which I learned from my college roommate!
2. I went to an all-girls Catholic high school. It was an experience and I loved it! One of the great things about it was that I got to learn the history of my own faith (Catholicism) as well as the history of every other major religion out there.
3. I went to elementary school, high school, college and now work all in the same city. I love to travel but I hope one day I will move from here and be able to live some place else.
4. I didn't get my ears pierced until a month before my high school senior prom. My mom wanted me to wear some sort of earrings and instead of going for clip ons (totally not cool), I got my ears pierced. I still don't wear much jewelry but I try to wear earrings everyday to work now. For graduation, Brian got me this necklace (the letter 'J' from Tiffany and Co!!) and I have been trying to wear it. I have just never been a jewelry girl - I like to keep it simple!
5. I am an only child. I always wanted a brother or a sister when I was young but now I just want to be an aunt. I want to have kids too just not yet. I am not even married. Ok so a few things missing but I want to have the responsibility of spoiling kids but not have my own yet!
6. I like to be organized. I carry around in my purse a bright lime green mini notebook thingie where I write down all my "to do" lists!
7. A few of you may remember my post a while back with pictures of my dog. The pets are all at my parents which include 2 cats and a dog. Sadly a week ago my dog, Kia had to be put to sleep because she had cancer and was getting worse. When she was younger we used to go running together and I miss seeing her perky face when I pull into the driveway at my house. To check out the pictures I posted of her in the winter go here.
8. I love love love to scrapbook (almost as much as I love to read!) I have my whole life pretty much done (except for the last year of college) and my next big project is going to be a scrapbook for my mom!
9. Each of my names (first, middle and last) is exactly six letters each. Like 6 - 6 - 6....kinda of interesting if you're into numbers!
10. And finally, three days after I graduated from high school I had my appendix removed. Not that i really miss it or anything!
Passing along to:
Mel - Tall Mom on the Run
Chocolate Shoestrings
Wow ten things is a lot! Hope you enjoyed reading - I enjoyed writing!! Happy Tuesday!!
Rules are to link back to the presenter, share 10 things about yourself that your readers may not know that are true, and then pass it on and notify the people you pass the award on to!!
1. I love to cook and bake. I grew up learning from my mom and my aunt and I really enjoy being able to plan meals. My favorite dish would have to be mac and cheese with salsa which I learned from my college roommate!
2. I went to an all-girls Catholic high school. It was an experience and I loved it! One of the great things about it was that I got to learn the history of my own faith (Catholicism) as well as the history of every other major religion out there.
3. I went to elementary school, high school, college and now work all in the same city. I love to travel but I hope one day I will move from here and be able to live some place else.
4. I didn't get my ears pierced until a month before my high school senior prom. My mom wanted me to wear some sort of earrings and instead of going for clip ons (totally not cool), I got my ears pierced. I still don't wear much jewelry but I try to wear earrings everyday to work now. For graduation, Brian got me this necklace (the letter 'J' from Tiffany and Co!!) and I have been trying to wear it. I have just never been a jewelry girl - I like to keep it simple!
5. I am an only child. I always wanted a brother or a sister when I was young but now I just want to be an aunt. I want to have kids too just not yet. I am not even married. Ok so a few things missing but I want to have the responsibility of spoiling kids but not have my own yet!
6. I like to be organized. I carry around in my purse a bright lime green mini notebook thingie where I write down all my "to do" lists!
7. A few of you may remember my post a while back with pictures of my dog. The pets are all at my parents which include 2 cats and a dog. Sadly a week ago my dog, Kia had to be put to sleep because she had cancer and was getting worse. When she was younger we used to go running together and I miss seeing her perky face when I pull into the driveway at my house. To check out the pictures I posted of her in the winter go here.
8. I love love love to scrapbook (almost as much as I love to read!) I have my whole life pretty much done (except for the last year of college) and my next big project is going to be a scrapbook for my mom!
9. Each of my names (first, middle and last) is exactly six letters each. Like 6 - 6 - 6....kinda of interesting if you're into numbers!
10. And finally, three days after I graduated from high school I had my appendix removed. Not that i really miss it or anything!
Passing along to:
Mel - Tall Mom on the Run
Chocolate Shoestrings
Wow ten things is a lot! Hope you enjoyed reading - I enjoyed writing!! Happy Tuesday!!
Sunday, July 26, 2009
My knee: final thoughts
Thanks for all the wonderful and supportive comments on my last post. I wish I had better news but I believe that I have an inflammed tendon connecting from my quad to the patella. I have not been running for 4 days and I can still feel and see slight inflammation above my knee cap and into my quad. To read more about this specific type of injury go here. Of course this is all self diagnosis since I haven't been to see my doctor. My dad goes to this chiropractor that does ART so maybe I will try to get an appointment there.
Like I said before, this is sad that I won't be able to run but I think its for the best. Looking back I have been training for a college sport (either basketball or track) without any breaks since March 2007. Before that I didn't have much time off either so this is the perfect time to take a step back and rest. I don't want to push the injury to try and run the half so I have decided that I will not be running it no matter what.
Ok ok enough about my knee...moving on...
Tomorrow I am heading to the pool at 5am for a little swimming. It should be really interesting!
This week I have a few posts planned that will drift away from running and expose a little bit more about myself, J. Hope everyone had a great weekend and I promise no more talk about my knee!
Like I said before, this is sad that I won't be able to run but I think its for the best. Looking back I have been training for a college sport (either basketball or track) without any breaks since March 2007. Before that I didn't have much time off either so this is the perfect time to take a step back and rest. I don't want to push the injury to try and run the half so I have decided that I will not be running it no matter what.
Ok ok enough about my knee...moving on...
Tomorrow I am heading to the pool at 5am for a little swimming. It should be really interesting!
This week I have a few posts planned that will drift away from running and expose a little bit more about myself, J. Hope everyone had a great weekend and I promise no more talk about my knee!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
It's a sad day
First off...I totally forgot my blog birthday/anniversary thingie. It was July 18th and you can read my very first post here.
Next, here is my 8 week training plan for the Half marathon that is on September 13th.
The sad thing is that I don't think I will even be able to use it.
After yesterdays 3 mile run and this mornings failed interval workout I think its time for me to stop running, take a rest, and see if my knee can heal.
It could be runner's knee, it could be IT band problems...who really knows. I do know that it hurts when I run, it hurts a lot. It's an irritating pain right on my knee cap and sometimes on the sides. And the pain lingers even after I am finished running.
I plan on starting to swim to keep myself in shape and also to keep me sane. If I didn't have some sort of exercise to do instead of running I would be freaking out!
This is really hard to say that I am going to stop running for a while, and the fact that I don't know how long I will have to sit on the sidelines makes it worse. But I do know that I was able to run the Boilermaker this year (although that may be the reason why I am in so much pain) and there will be more races in the future. As long as I can run pain free I will be happy, whenever that day is!
Thanks for all your kind words of support, I really appreciate it!! Happy Wednesday!
Next, here is my 8 week training plan for the Half marathon that is on September 13th.
The sad thing is that I don't think I will even be able to use it.After yesterdays 3 mile run and this mornings failed interval workout I think its time for me to stop running, take a rest, and see if my knee can heal.
It could be runner's knee, it could be IT band problems...who really knows. I do know that it hurts when I run, it hurts a lot. It's an irritating pain right on my knee cap and sometimes on the sides. And the pain lingers even after I am finished running.
I plan on starting to swim to keep myself in shape and also to keep me sane. If I didn't have some sort of exercise to do instead of running I would be freaking out!
This is really hard to say that I am going to stop running for a while, and the fact that I don't know how long I will have to sit on the sidelines makes it worse. But I do know that I was able to run the Boilermaker this year (although that may be the reason why I am in so much pain) and there will be more races in the future. As long as I can run pain free I will be happy, whenever that day is!
Thanks for all your kind words of support, I really appreciate it!! Happy Wednesday!
Sunday, July 19, 2009
I Ran Today
Yes...I ran today.
1.6 miles...with some pain.
No swelling, no bruising, but there's a slight twinge (pain in the knee) still when I run.
I think somehow my quad muscle isn't strong enough to hold my knee up properly.
Not sure though : (
Its just so weird...I've never had anything like this.
I do have a nice little half marathon plan! Ill share that later on this week.
I also have successfully recruited my friend's Jackie and Margot to run the HM with me!!
Hope everyone had a great weekend...I am not looking forward to Monday!!
1.6 miles...with some pain.
No swelling, no bruising, but there's a slight twinge (pain in the knee) still when I run.
I think somehow my quad muscle isn't strong enough to hold my knee up properly.
Not sure though : (
Its just so weird...I've never had anything like this.
I do have a nice little half marathon plan! Ill share that later on this week.
I also have successfully recruited my friend's Jackie and Margot to run the HM with me!!
Hope everyone had a great weekend...I am not looking forward to Monday!!
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