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December 15th, 2012

Semi-Wordless Saturday

by Tiff

How’s your Saturday so far?  Mine’s good.  I’m waiting for my breakfast to digest a little before I head out for a run.  Thought it’s probably going to to take me so long to get dressed, bundled, and geared up, I could probably go ahead and get to it.  Nevertheless, here’s a semi-wordless post before I head out the door.

I started the day with a workout.  I was overjoyed at my pullup success, but Kevin was less than impressed.  (For those wondering, the link is to the “I’m a big kid now!” Pullups commercial on YouTube.)

convo

Yesterday afternoon, I met up with colleagues for an office bowling session.  I managed to ignore the free burgers, wings, etc. and stuck to my standard indulgence.  Beer.

bowl

After work, I picked up Kevin and swung by the beer shop.  They were sadly out of the extremely rare beer we tried to fetch, they had another less rare but still highly coveted option (limit 1 per person).

 beer    coldmtn

We headed home for dinner and a date with the fireplace.  I had a mug cake, and Kevin had a lap cat.

mug   cat   kitty

Okay… time to finish up first breakfast and get moving.  Those 4 miles aren’t going to run themselves.

breakfast

Happy Saturday!

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October 20th, 2012

Sickly Romantic

by Tiff

Remember those hockey and football plans I mentioned for the weekend?  Yeah – those went by the wayside when Kevin woke up sick and asked me to bring him Nyqil/Dayqil on my way home from the gym.  Dangit!

We changed our plans by going out for Italian food (his request) and staying in to watch a movie.  (It only sounds romantic, but it’s actually just sickly).  I am determined to not catch his ickie germs, so I fueled up on some amazingly good food.  (Baked ziti used to be my go-to Italian fare, and I think it’s making a comeback.)

 ziti     ziti

Then we watched a movie at home in order to hit the hay early.  I swapped my usual Friday beer for a chocolate mug cake since alcohol and sick germs don’t mix well.  (Unless you count the alcohol in Nyqil.  I took half a serving before bed and that knocked my butt out!)

 mug     mug

After 10 hours of sleep, I don’t want to push my luck by going for a run in the cold, so I’m sitting here drinking my coffee and taking my multivitamin.  I think I’m in the clear, which is good since I’ve made new football-watching plans.  I hope to catch it with this girl and this girl.  Oh gosh – I’m meeting fashion bloggers out in public.  WTF do I wear?!?!

Anyway – enjoy the Miller 64 commercial.  They say “love, sweat, & beers,” and it’s funny.  Naturally I fell in love.  Thanks Karen for mentioning it initially, and thanks Chelsea for reminding me of it!

What are your weekend plans?  None of them were foiled, were they???

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September 8th, 2012

So Much!

by Tiff

There is just so much I want to share, which is kind of funny because there’s not so much going on right now.  This is one of those weekends where I don’t really have plans, but then at 5 o’clock on Friday I kicked myself for not making plans.  Oh well, I find ways to keep myself busy.

Since I have a few share-worthy things but no real topic, let’s get straight to the { bullet } point.

  • I finally took a picture of the non-pink room.  I showed the before pic here, so now you see the finished product.  We ended up hanging that picture we got in Florence, but this still shows it mostly finished.

paint

  •  This was one of my beverages from yesterday.  Grande baby!  I needed that.  (Thanks, Mom for the gift card!)

latte

  • My other beverages worth noting were these beauties.  Last night I was on a quest for Oktoberfest, and both were excellent.  As far as beer seasons go, fall is my favorite!  (I’ll have more info on those next week.)
oktoberfest
  • When I got home from dinner last night with Kev, I made myself a little somthin’ sweet.  I baked a carrot loaf for my boss earlier this week, and with my wee bit of leftover shredded carrot, I whipped up Katie’s single-serve carrot cake.
mug cake

Carrot {Mug} Cake + Snowman Pajamas = Yessssss

  • This workout I’m doing is harder than I imagined.  I did some abs with the arm work on Monday, and my core was sore all week long.  I ran Tuesday, and Wednesday was legs day.  Holy Hamstrings!  I ran Thursday, and Friday was chest, back, and more abs.  I skimped a little on my abs after I ripped ‘em to shreds on Monday, but as I started my run today, my sore chest said, “ooch, eech, ouch…” with every step.  Needless to say, I went for the run but skipped today’s strength training.  I swapped it with runner yoga instead.  
Okay… enough procrastination.  I need to get this house cleaned so that I have time to do something more fun later in the day.
  • Has a new routine left you sore lately?
  • Had any Oktoberfest or pumpkin beers yet this year?
   

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