I'd Like to Add . . .

I said I'd let you know when the Podcast was a go so... the podcast is a go (said in a Squidward voice).  Just kidding I'm really glad about it. You're reading the typing of a Podcast owner! That's actually what they call us.  It was tough and frustrating sometimes.  But it's all figured out now.  There I am!  Still working on cover art... The blog for the podcast is www.idliketopodcast.blogspot.com (see what I did?) although I don't so much foresee a lot of content actually going on the actual blog, that's where it is.  It's more intended as an audio (and maybe video) thing.  You can find it in iTunes by searching for "I'd like to Podcast". It's embarassing to hear myself speak and do dumb things like forget simple words when I go back and listen to my podcast recordings, but it's a fun, new, creative endeavor so I'm throwing my cringe-worthy moments of podcasting out the window and doing it.  Hope you enjoy!

Since begining my campaign of running around and eating good in order to be more healthy, I've talked mostly about the "running around" part and not so much about the "eating good" part. Yes, I am aware that you can't physically eat good(ness), but by "eatinig good" I mean eating well.   I just thought you should know that I know the difference.  Onward... A few weeks ago, I was pondering the "whole 30" program some people are doing.  I have gathered that the objective is to eat whole and unprocessed foods and leave out the rest for 30 days.  That would make sense.  I was considering doing that, and then I kept seeing good results from people around me focusing on consuming mostly raw and unprocessed foods and decided I would do the same, except adapt it for myself to be something sustainable for longer than 30 days.  So I started focusing on eating more fresh fruit and vegetables- Just taking them with me to school and wor...

SO.  It's been 10 days since my last post, but it feels like longer.  I don't know what to attribute that to, although it has been a pretty busy 10 days for me. Let me recap what they've held. I posted last tuesday so I'll go from there. Tuesday: worked from 9-4, then went to meet my friend Lindsey for coffee on the other side of town and we discovered and walked around this trail by the Y, and it was beautiful.  I think I just came home and hung out there until Jake got off of work and then I hung out with him for a while. Wednesday: I had Math class at 9:30 and then went to work after class ended at 10:45.  I stayed at work until 4 and then went home, till Jake got off work spent time with him. Thursday: I woke up, decided I needed a shower, and took a shower (I'm not usually a morning showerer.  I prefer to go to sleep with that good clean feeling.)  Most of english class was a presentation about how to do research and use the library at the c...

Sunday was my first ever official 5k!  I'm sore but I am so glad I did it.  My sister ended up getting first place in her age group. What what! It was so nice to know they were doing this too, even if we weren't all together all the time. The day of the race though, everything wasn't super smooth.  I was late, which meant I couldn't warm up properly (like I'm used to).  I probably hadn't drank (drunk?) enough water that day, which meant I felt more tired than I probably really was.  I had gone to a going away party and a church picnic beforehand, at which I ate too much to wisely go and run a 5k right after.  But a lot of stuff went really well.  The handsomest chaufer around, or ever, for that matter. Jake drove me there and helped me get all my stuff together and ready to go, and to not freak out.  My dad and sister were there there too, running in the race.  Also, it wasn't super hot outside like...

It might seem odd that I would write a post in memory of September 11, 2001.  I had no direct involvement.  No one that I personally knew died in the horrific event.  I wasn't even in the same country when it happened. But today, on September 11, 2013, I find myself more mindful and solemn about the whole thing than I have been before. I remember I was with my family at the home of some friends of ours.  My sister and I were playing or reading magazines, something like that.  I didn't even know what a World Trade Center was. The neighbor came running over and in a frazzled manner, said she had just seen on the news that the World Trade Center had been crashed into.  As an eight year old, I didn't really see why this was a bigger deal than any other plane crashes we heard about, but as my parents and their friends scrambled to find a radio to tune into BBC (the only live English news we had access to there), I realized that this must be a big deal. ...

Welp, it's official.  I'm signed up for my first and second official 5k races!  The first is called the  Hustle for Hunger 5k and it will be on Sunday, September 15th at 4pm.  There isn't a reason in particular that I picked this specific race other than A) It was cheaper than some others I looked at (like the Color Me Rad 5k) and B) The proceeds go to good causes (google them if you want to know more). ___________________________________________________________ The second race (and the one I'm most excited for) is A Hope Center's 5k race -  Strides of Hope . This one will be almost a week later, on September 21 at 8:30 a.m. (I know.  I'm not sure how I'll get myself out of bed to go running at such a horridly early hour on a Saturday morning either, but there is a pancake breakfast afterword so that should help.) The organization benefiting from this 5k provides free Pregnancy and Relationship resou...

My number of posts in the last few weeks have been zero to none.  That's because I've been busy and/or haven't thought about it and for that I'm a little sorry but not too much so.  Ya see, life has been happening for me, and said life has been busier than normal.  I got back from vacation early in the morning on Friday, August 16th.  On the 18th, a bunch of my dad's side of the family came to town for a birthday party celebrating my grandpa's 95th birthday.  On the 19th, I had my first day of classes in 2 years and then went to work.  On tuesday of the same week, Jake started a new job (meaning a new schedule), and my sister's soccer games began.  I probably don't need to state this again, but it's been busy. I feel like I'm just now starting to get used to the new, fuller schedule.  If it's any consolation, blogging hasn't been the only thing I've been behind on.  My running has almost fully fallen to the wayside and don't even ...