Hooray!

Today is my 3 year anniversary with Phil!!! I can't explain how happy I am to be married to him! He's the best thing that's ever happened to me! We don't have any big plans or anything, but I'm just excited to both dress pretty and spend time together! 

Not a whole lots has been happening in my life. Phil has been in town for the last month or two, so that has been fantastic! 

I finally got done with my 5k training! I can officially run 3 miles! I'm definitely not fast, but I'm going to keep practicing and hopefully get better and faster at it. Eventually I want to work up to a 10k! The only down side is that it's ridiculously hot in Houston already. As a result I'm having to alter my running schedule, and I'm having a tough time with that. I think I'm more of a creature of habit than I think, because as soon as I have to make a change to something I'm trying to learn I fall out of it quickly and easily. 

I also learned how to sew a few new fun things! I'd post pictures to brag, but some of them might be gifted to a certain someone who reads my blog and is having a BABY! Which, might I add I'm so proud and excited for her! 

This is random, but I'm honestly so happy with my life right now! I feel like I've accomplished things that I've always wanted to, and learned so much in the process! Life is good!

Mini Vacations Everywhere!

Phil and I have been on a mini vacation roll. I think it has to do with the fact that he's been gone about every other week since January. So when we've been able to see each other we've tried to spend the time in fun ways. 

Our first mini vacation was a few weeks ago. We decided to go camping. It was beautiful. We camped at the State Park Forest north of Houston. We got a spot lakeside, so that was extra pretty. Although we didn't stay long or do a lot, it was a fun change of location for a day.

This is where a picture would be if I had remembered batteries for my camera.

On a non-vacation note...but still fun weekend with Phil...we had some friends take us to the rodeo with them. It was my first rodeo and I thought it was pretty dang entertaining. 

My favorite part was called "mutton busting." They had little kids clinging to sheep for their lives. Hilarious. 

This last weekend Phil flew me over to California to spend the weekend with him. It was very fun! I have been to San Diego before, but this time I got to explore LA and Santa Barbara with Phil. We did the normal touristy stuff in LA and went hiking in the mountain/walked along the beach in Santa Barbara. 

It doesn't show it very well in this picture. But there were gorgeous trees blooming all the way up the mountain. There were purple flowers everywhere! It smelled quite nice...although it did attract a lot of insects.

My running is still going well! I keep having to put off my first 20 minute straight run though because of rain. It's making me anxious. I just want to try and see if I can do it! I did get an Mp3 player though, so that will help a lot I think while I'm running. Right now I can't help but focus on how much it hurts while I'm running. Music should help remedy that problem...a little bit at least. Only 4 more weeks until I'm done with the 9 week program!

My creation

So before I talk about my new sewing skills I'll let you in on our life as of lately. Phil and I recently decided that we're spending too much time sitting around in the house. It's basically spring time here in Houston (with weather in the 50's and 60's everyday) so we decided that we should get out more. As a result we are now the proud owners of :

A croquet set. Try to contain your excitement for us. But seriously, I used to play croquet all the time with my brother and the neighborhood kids. Weird, yes. I'm pretty sure my mom just supplied us with tons of outdoor games so we wouldn't be bored. Kathleen bored=destructive. Example: trying to see who could get the biggest fire lit in the field behind our house.

I think Phil likes playing croquet though. If you haven't played before you should try it.

We also got tennis rackets! Neither Phil nor I really played tennis growing up, but he likes raquetball...and I would like racquetball if I wasn't chasing a ball being bounced in a million directions. I chose the picture of Waluigi playing tennis because most of our game play knowledge has seemingly come from play Mario Tennis on the Nintendo 64 and Game Cube. We're cool.

Last but not least...I have embarked upon an expedition to make myself more healthy. Thanks to Katie I have a plan to get my lazy butt into shape. Well...at least kind of. It's a 9 week running plan to get anyone (seriously...anyone) to be able to run a 5K. I have officially completed 2 weeks.

So far I've decided that I'm wildly out of shape. So much so, that I'm pretty sure I'm not benefiting from those cool exercise endorphines. I'm getting there though. I'm 2 weeks into it and I can see the possibility of me running a 5K getting closer. Here's the running plan...I highly recommend it!
http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml

I want to top this post off with my first real sewing accomplishment. I decided to make Phil's sister a tacky apron for her birthday. I even used a pattern and tried to do a real bonafide sewing project. My favorite part is the rooster/hen fabric I found. It's ridiculously tacky!

It still makes me chuckle. I think Phil's sister even likes it! 

And that's all I've got!