Well, the summer has officially come to a close. School is back in full swing as of today and I have been teaching through CSA for the past few days. So far, so good. :) I haven't blogged in a while and I don't really have too much to say right now. We spent Labor Day Weekend in Goldendale with Sam's parents and had a great time visiting with them. Their home is always so very inviting and I swear it's taken right from a Home and Garden's magazine. The hammock between the two huge trees, the beautiful garden and lawn and all the places one can find to nap or read. It's fabulous! I love going there and we hadn't been there in about a year, so I am really glad that we went.
Sam turned 30 on the 3rd! He's so funny, he's all obsessed about not getting old. He is on his mountain bike a lot lately and has been going running and such. He's a little paranoid about the whole thing. So, instead of having a party like we would on any other year, we are making this year special by heading out to go camping. We are going up to Anthony Lakes this weekend and will camp up there Saturday night. We are driving up on Saturday and will be hiking and biking and hopefully kayaking on the lake. We have lots of people come with us and it's sure to be a great time! So, that has been interested. If he's turning 30 this year, then I will be 28 next month! Crazy how time flies. We've already been married just over 7 years and have been together for 12!! It sure doesn't seem like it, but every year on our anniversary we (mostly at my urging) sit down and look through our scrapbooks over the years. We have done some really cool stuff. We have hiked mountain tops, backpacked for days on end into some beautiful country, skiied many a mountain. We have traveled to Ecuador, London, and Mexico, seen the most beautiful landscapes and slept in snow caves! We have had a lot of fun in life and I am glad that we continue to do so. Every time we got out to do something fun this summer, we kicked ourselves for not getting out more during the year. Not that one can do much with work and life and such getting in the way, but we vowed to get out more this year than we have in the past few years. It's just all about priority, and sometimes about having the time.
I can't believe how much we have done this summer. We had Anna here for 5 weeks, we remoldeled our bedroom, poured concrete in the shop, remodeled the kitchen, went sailing, attended a conference, went to Six Flags in Tacoma, went to a family reunion in Kellogg for a week, and sooooo much more! We logged a few hiking/biking miles, so that was good too!
Now, it's time to make money so we can have as much fun next summer. Sam wants to put in a waterfall and focus on the backyard next summer as our home renovation. So, I kind of like that idea. I hated the waterfall idea at first, but I am getting more and more used to it. We'll fix up the hot tub, put in the waterfall and landscape the back. This house could be sooooo cool! It's getting there. We have done a lot of work to it and I am glad that we have because it's getting to look pretty good. Now if I was just a better housekeeper....man, I suck at that.
Mollie stopped by yesterday...speaking of housekeeping (because my house was a mess!). It was great to see her and Mr. Ethan man misses her a great deal. He had to show her all his new toys and gave her lots of slobbery kisses. By the way, Mollie, if you read this, you left some lip stuff here from The Body Shop. It smells yummy! I'll leave it on the hutch.
The other super cool thing that happened yesterday was that I used my gift certificate that I got from Michael and got a massage! It was absolutely amazing! I loved every single minute of it. It was very relaxing. I have only ever had one other massage and while it, too, was wonderful, this one was amazing! She worked on a couple of pressure points. They are a little sore today like she said they would be, but she promises that tomorrow, I will notice a distinct difference! It was wonderful and something I should do more often!
I was also very happy with myself last night. I went on my run and it felt so good, that I could run forever! I have backed up with my timing so that I am running 7 minutes and walking for 3 because I hadn't been doing it for a while. That's still a long way from running for 1 minute and walking for 9 which is where I started! However, last night, my 7 minutes came up and I wasn't at all feeling like I needed to stop, so I decided I would bump it up to run 10 walk 5. Well, after 10, I was pumped up by my music and only a little tired, but still had a great breathing pattern and felt rejuvinated, so I kept going! I ran for 15 minutes straight before stopping. I walked for 3 minutes and finished up my 30 minutes by running some more! I felt great and I am not even that sore today! I am scheduled to run today too. I will probably stick to my 7 and 3 or maybe even go back to 10 and 5 (which is the most I have ever been at) today though so I don't push anything too hard. That's what has happened in the past. I get all excited and hit the track and can't run for 30 minutes and get disappointed. so, I have made up my own "couch to 5K" plan and will run the Basic 5K in Boise in March. I am pretty excited. I have lost some weight this summer and am continuing to lose, so that is good. I have a plan to purchase a cruise in October (along with my mom's that we kids are getting her for her 50th birthday). However, the actual cruise won't be until October 2007! That's plenty of time for me to hit the road and get to my goal. I am very excited! It's very motivating because if I don't hit my goal weight, my sister's can pay the extra $$ to have the ticket in their name and go in my stead...so, needless to say, I am into the running! :) Anyway, I was pretty excited about my run last night. :) Tonight will be good too!
I have been doing this really weird thing lately with my health stuff. I have chosen someone every day that I will live for that day. I can't wait for the response that I will get when I see people I haven't seen in a while after I am healthier. I love getting that feedback. So, it's a little weird because I am doing this for myself, but also for the ones that I care about. I want people who I haven't seen in a while to notice that I look better. I love that! I have lots of little goals. My birthday is coming up on October 11th. That's the day I had my first weigh-in last year. I want to be able to say I have lost ___ pounds this year on that day and I want it to be a little bigger number than it is now. So, I have 5 weeks to make it happen. After that comes Thanksgiving! My whole family will be here for Thanksgiving and I will not have seen them since the summer time. I want to look and feel different. Not to mention the dreaded "holiday dieting". Then Christman, then New Year's, then the annual ski trip! I want to be able to look and feel different at this year's ski trip. Last year we didn't have one and the year before that I was very pregnant. I want people to notice who haven't seen me in a while. Wow, I didn't quite mean to go off like that, but I am pretty excited about the whole thing and the baby's asleep. :)
Ok, I will stop chattering now. I have to go clean my house in case Mollie comes over today. :) :)
More later,
Jamie
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