Running

Just a wee bit sore from yesterday’s 5k run, I headed out the door this morning for an even 3 miler.  I made a plan and I’m gonna stick to it, by Bob!  :D  Today I ran solo so I could get a good feel for what kind of pace I’m starting back off with again…  and it weren’t purty, for sure.  *sigh*  I’m dealing with a 12mm pace once again, as I’d feared.  But, that’s ok – this too shall pass, as I well know.  I just have to stick to my guns, work the plan & before I know it, I’ll be sitting happy at 10mm again.  I’d love to see 8mm, of course, which is where I was at when the tendinitis struck, but I am NOT PUSHING for that!!  And I’m damn sure staying the hell away from that freaking dreadmill!  LOL

When I got back home, I took Leonardo out for a walk so I could round out my workout to a full hour.  Naturally, he was happily trotting along, looking back at me, tongue a-flying, smiling as if to say “c’mon, slow poke, RUN, damn you!”…  so it was kind of a walk/jog for us both.  I only took him out for a mile & spent time chatting with the fellow Dane owner from around the corner.  :)

Also started up my 100 pushup challenge again.   Of course, I still have the stitches, so I’m doing inclined pushups on the heels of my palms – not quite the same as regular pushups, but that’s perfectly ok.  They still give a good solid working of the entire upper body!  ;)  Got my 100 done yesterday as well as today, YAY!

Spark People

And in the interest of making sure I keep my diet balanced for starting up my running, and because I seriously missed my fellow Road Runners over there, I got myself logged back into Spark People for the first time in a looonnnggg time.  I’m back to it, tracking my food & exercise to make sure I stay on top of it.  :)

::waving over at all my fellow RRs::

It’s a dual purpose shout out, to my fellow RRs on Spark as well as my fellow RRs on Ravelry!  ;)   Ya’ll know who you are, ya shoe burning and/or cat licking folks.

Knitting

I’m getting ready to finish the oldest manlet’s soap sweater today.  Then next up, I’m seriously considering a shawl, though I really miss working on socks.  So it’s going to be one or the other – might break my rule of only one project at a time & do both!  LOL  I’ve already got a hankering to figure out a new design – this time, I really want to come up with something fun for Draco.  We’ll see.  :D

Vacation

*sob*  So it’s the last day of my vacation.  Since I was sick for most of it, it really stinks that it is almost over.  I didn’t really get to do anything much in the way of FUN.  Though with all the time spent in bed recuperating, I must say that I am at least a bit on the relaxed side, at least!  LOL

I loved spending time with my IRL BFF, that’s been fantastic.  ;)  We went & saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button yesterday together.  That was excellent…   a good movie to make ya think a bit (or at least it worked that way for me, anyway!).  The whole “youth is wasted on the young” bit & all.  I do appreciate that my 20’s would have been much better had I known then what I know now…  but then again, I’d not have my 2 wonderful young manlets if that had been the case, so I am actually very happy that my life has worked the way that it has.  :)

Today’s Ravelry Search

Gotta have some fun in this long post, since it’s the last day of vacation, right?  ;)

Mr. Funny!

Those #@!*% Golf Club Covers! (and it's a free pattern, w00t!)

Arrrgghhh! Earworm, earworm!

It’s my understanding that the best way to get rid of earworms is to pass ’em along, so HERE ya go!   ::laughing evilly::

Holy FSM - it's the FSM!!! LOVE!

I'm not sure why this would have turned up in today's search, but I like it anyway! ;)

My young manlets actually laughed over this one, but also begged me not to ever make it for them. he he he

Happy Sunday, all!