Friday Wants for January 27

by Amanda on January 27, 2012

Ah….isn’t this the way life is?
You want you want you want…but when do you really get what you want?

Either way, I know I will always want, I think it is human nature.
Here are the things I want this week:

This Team Sparkle Skirt:Along with these Team Sparkle Race Legs:

OR perhaps, these Team Sparkle race legs:


I basically plan on dressing up in this skirt and some race legs for my marathon in April.  If I have to be slow at least I can look fun while I do it!

Speaking of the marathon…I am making Jeff and the kids go…at least near the end so they can see me on the race course and I am going to make signs with them to hold.  I need some really good sign ideas for kids…aaaaaaaand GO:
I am going to get Jeff this shirt to wear:

I love klassy t shirts.

I really want my long run this weeekend to end up better than my long run last weekend.  My knee swelled up and was beyond painful to straighten.   I skipped both of my short runs this week in order to rest it because I know my long runs are the most important part of the training (to me).  I will attempt 6 miles tomorrow as planned and then 12 miles on Sunday as planned.  My knee is my #1 issue and the #1 thing I have to baby when I run.  I really want to accomplish this goal to run a marathon.  I just want to finish.  I know I’ll never be fast and I’ll probably want to punch everyone at the finish line in the face, but I really want this.  Badly.  So, my knee better cooperate more this weekend…

I am revisiting the notion of buying myself a new laptop.  I mentioned before that my current HP laptop is 9 years old now, it was one of the first computers with wireless internet.  I am on the laptop hunt.  I want speed, storage and I want it to be pretty.  I am thinking of a Dell.  Thoughts?
I am also totally unsure of what I want or need.

What are your plans for the weekend??
Give me laptop help…please!

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The Bo Zone

by Amanda on January 26, 2012

One of the best things about Bo is his cuddle factor.  This is a dog that loves to sit on you, next to you, in between your legs or on your pillow with you.  He sleeps next to me every night, his back or paws are always up against me.  He is lucky he is so lovey and adorable or else I’d have to be really mad at him.
A few weeks ago we decided to try to not crate Bo during the day when we are at work.  We learned that we cannot leave certain things in the Bo Zone – anything 3 feet and lower in our house.
No English muffins, glasses, night guards, toys, articles of clothing and shoes are to be left in the Bo Zone.  With the exception of the muffins he doesn’t ruin anything he merely chews on it a touch, licks it a lot and then like all ADHD puppies, he moves onto the next item.   He found a way to open my closet doors and take all of my shoes and dirty clothes out and rearrange them all over the house.  As thoughtful as that was…I had to stop it from happening again.  I tried 5# hand weights in front of each door, surely that would deter his mischief.  NOPE.  I had to step up to 10# hand weights in front of each door.  It worked but now I have weights in front of each door…klassy.

Yesterday he ruined his first item.
Of course it had to be a library book.

There were microscopic pieces of book pages scattered all over upstairs and in our bedroom.  Bo went to town on this sucker.  He ruined about 60 pages of the book I think…I don’t think he actually ate much of it, but he did rip the shit out of it.

Naturally he didn’t think there was a problem with this and was happy to show us how it happened.  Now Jeff and I learned another lesson…Books don’t belong in the Bo Zone.  This cutie is really keeping us on our toes.  Each day when we get home from work we are ready to see what he got into that we never thought of moving.

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Wednesday’s Stray Thoughts

January 25, 2012

Each new season always brings around a crop of new televisions shows. Some of them are even good!  Ever since LOST began I followed Jorge Garcia’s blog he wrote while he lived and filmed in Hawaii, Dispatches from the Island.  Then when the show ended he created another blog, Further Dispatches.  On Further Dispatches he [...]

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from 0 to 20 in 7 days

January 24, 2012

After 13 days of zero running whatsoever…I cranked out 20 miles this past week!  I am pretty proud of myself!  I didn’t push it and never felt overwhelmed or in pain. I did also pick the coldest damn week of the year to kick my own ass…It was a cold little witch outside over the [...]

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Monday’s Motivation

January 23, 2012

After cranking out 20 miles last week I am not sure I need motivation…but I’ll bet someone does! Happy Monday! What is your motivation today? 

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Friday Wants for January 20

January 20, 2012

For this sweet little fucker to be 100% potty trained. Bo’s little nuggets of fun are beginning to be not so much fun to clean up. Not that they ever were fun to clean up but the fact that he leaves us a surprise in the living room every day we are at work is [...]

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