Running in Circles

I LOVE to exercise.  It makes me feel better about eating tortilla chips, Girl Scout cookies, and drinking a bottle of wine on the weekends.  I have to say that I am an elliptical girl.  It doesn't require too much coordination, and I can read a magazine, drink water, and listen to music all at the same time.  The one thing I am not...is a runner.  I despise running.  I don't like the way it makes my lungs feel like they are inside a 90 year old woman, or the fact that I can run 4 miles one day and barely a quarter mile the next day.  With that said, my mom decided she wanted to become a runner back in August.  I decided to do my daughterly duty and join her on her mini runs.  We started out with intervals of running 1 minute and walking 5 minutes around the neighborhood and SLOWLY built up to running 5 minutes and walking 1 minute.  Seven months later, my mom and I are both able to run continuously for 30 to 40 minutes, and she talked me into signing up for a 5k race in April.  (Her first race and my second).  Don't be fooled...I still despise running, but I sure do like the number on my scale each morning.

My first 5k - June 2010

Eat Up

The fruit wallpaper is finally gone in the kitchen and has been replaced with a Bahama red accent wall. We also replaced the kitchen window treatments and cabinet pulls.  Unfortunately, our kitchen renovation is only half complete.  We're going to be replacing the peach Formica counter tops and almond appliances this spring.  I'm also searching high and low for something to place in the middle of the red accent wall.  I'm not particularly picky about what needs to be on that wall, but I just haven't found anything that I like. 



Kitchen before



Kitchen after



Up next:  The floral dining room...lots of wall paper, lots of flowers, a green chair-rail, and 1980 custom green draperies.  



Current dining room

Sweet Day

They say you have to play to win.  Sublime Cupcakes in Wyomissing was giving away a dozen cupcakes for Valentine's Day.  Thanks to my quick googling skills, I was able to correctly answer all three Valentine's Day questions on Facebook and won the prize! I can't say I tried them all, but my favorite flavors are champagne and red velvet.