Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day!  I love this holiday!  I love all the hearts, and cupids, and candy, and flowers!  I love an excuse to buy gifts for people (who doesn't like getting presents!) and I especially like surprising people!  So there is no reason for anyone to be crabby today - and if you are, go buy a bag of candy hearts and cheer up! =)

I had such a great weekend!  It started off on Friday night with going to Bonefish to celebrate David''s parents birthdays!  I just love the food at Bonefish (not to mention, they have a super fun martini list!) and I definitely did not leave hungry.  We had such a fun dinner and it was really a great night.  Emily took some good pictures of us, and I will post those at the end!

Saturday I had to work during the day and then I came home and took a quick nap.  I really love taking naps! When i woke up David had just gotten home from work and he started working on our taxes.  So, instead of sitting around, I decided to go to prairie life and workout for a bit.  After working out we went over to Patricias to see all the work they had gotten done on their house!  It's looking so good!!

Sunday was the best day of the weekend!  It started off with my parents getting home from hawaii.  They had been gone for 2 weeks, and i am SO happy they are home!  They had terrible flight delays, so I am just glad they made it home yesterday.  Then I had to work in the afternoon until 5:45.  I came home and got changed and then me and David went out to celebrate valentines day at Flemings!  He surprised me with flowers and we had the BEST dinner and drinks!  It was the most fun Valentines day and such a fun night!

Thanks for reading!
xoxo
kathryn

2.9.11

Is it weird that today I was walking to my car and I thought, "it seems warmer today!" and when I got in the car and looked at the temperature it said 12?!  Yep, I definitely thought 12 degrees seemed warm. ha ha.  It's almost comical that that can feel warm.  But compared to negative 20 - I guess 12 is warm. =)  

So, aside from my usual complaint about the weather and cold (perhaps in the summer I will be complaining about how hot it is?!  I can only hope!), things have been good!  Yesterday I had a hair appointment and I LOVE days that I get my hair done!  I love the feeling of fresh blond hair - it makes a 2 1/2 hour appointment not seem so bad when your walking out with pretty new hair!  Now those of you girls who read my blog probably can relate to this feeling, and understand why I couldn't go to the gym yesterday.  You have to get at least 2 good days out of a freshly blonde and blown out and styled hair do.  =)  I am sure my trainer will understand today when I tell him why I couldn't make it to the gym yesterday because I couldn't take a shower and ruin my hair.

After my hair appointment I ran a bunch of errands - got some cards and other random stuff for Valentines day, and then had a meeting to go to.  My friend Laura got me involved with a new young professional group that Heartland Family Service is starting.  I will keep you all posted on details of our kick off event if anyone else would like to get involved!

Today I'm not sure why I am tired, but I am.  I got up and had a meeting to go to over the lunch hour and then I went and picked up Subway for lunch and now I am home getting a few things done.  I have to run to the airport and pick up my cousin and aunt around 4:30 and then I am going to go to the gym.  

Ok, gotta go - we got a new washer/dryer a month ago or so, and I just did my first "delicate" load and it's finished. ha ha.  Hopefully my shirts turn out ok!  (they said hand wash only - obviously I am not going to actually hand wash my clothes - so hopefully my shirts aren't ruined!)  =)

Thanks for reading!

Kath  =)

2.7.11

Hey Friends!  Sorry for being absent again from the blog - I was sick all last week with a terrible cold and every free minute I had I was at home sleeping!  So let me catch you up on whats been going on!  Well, as I already said, I was sick with a terrible cold last week.  I was SO worried I was going to get David sick on top of it.  I literally was making him "Airborne" cocktails every time he came home.  Knock on wood - he has not gotten sick.  I would have felt so bad if he caught the cold, especially with how busy he is!  The most sleep he got in a single night last week was probably 4 hours.  That's partly why I thought he would for sure catch my cold - his immune system had to be working over time or something! =)  (or maybe it was my Airborne cocktails) ha.

So, not only was I sick last week, but I also had to babysit extra hours, had a bunch of hours at BBW, AND we got 8 inches of snow!  On a random note right now - as I type this blog post, I have the 10pm news on, and it says the current temperature is 2 degrees.  Awesome.  Last night for the Super Bowl we had my sister and Mike over, and my cousin Ande and her husband Adam.  I guess you could say its tradition we watch the big game together.  We didn't watch it together last year, but did the year before and it's always been so much fun.  She brought over a dip, and I made my mom's lasagna recipe and garlic bread and life was good.  (not to mention my freezer now has a good supply of frozen lasagna pieces in it! - One of David's favorite things to eat when he get's home late at night!).

Being sick last week also got me off to a bad start in my half marathon training.  Most training schedules I have found online say you should start training about 3 months out - so that would have put me at February 1st as the start of training.   Now, notice I say you "should" start your training 3 months out - last year I literally trained for 6 weeks before the race, but, I am trying to follow a better training schedule this time around!  So, today I was back at the gym.  Ran 4 miles - not record speed or anything, but felt good to officially kick off my training.  =)

I have a random question to ask any of my readers - do any of you eat greek yogurt?  I love eating yogurt and fruit for breakfast, and have wanted to try greek yogurt but need suggestions on what kind to buy.  I prefer to buy organic if possible, but am open to any suggestions - shoot me an email or FB message if you have any insight for me!

Sorry for all the random thoughts!
Thanks for reading!!
Kathryn  =)