Recipe Tin Class

Teaching this class tonight. Looking forward to having a housefull and lots of fun creating! I am also not done cutting cardstock! AAHHH! Have a good day.

Running

Running seems to have taken over lately. I dream about running, think about running, plan my next run and look forward to the alarm going off so I can go running. It feels good to be running again. It is the best part of my day. I love being up before the sun.

And for those who might be wondering, the picture is from a few weekends ago when Andrea, my mom and I ran the WestFest 5K. It was my first race in several years and Andrea's first race ever. (Way to go Andrea!!) Lots of fun to share running with others! Looking forward to more races hopefully soon. My mom is trying to talk me into doing half-marathon in August. We shall see.

And yes, to those of you who recogonize that tank, I need new running clothes!!

S'mores.

After a very long and stressful day we decided we needed some fun with the kids. We stopped at Smith's for graham crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate and headed up the canyons. We tried to go to the cabin but it is still snowed in. We ended up at The Birches day use park and built a fire there. We ate dinner and made s'mores. Total family fun. The kids loved having a fire. Mak was especially interested in what was happening in the fire pit. It was so great to be outside in the fresh air in the mountains. We all came home smelling like a campfire. Maybe it's time to try camping again. Maybe.

I AM WOMAN!!

I ran 5 miles today!! Yeah!!! This is huge. It has been several years since I have been able to run that far. (pregnancy, injury, pregnancy again, another injury) I am so excited. Sore, but excited. Next year I hope to be be running the Salt Lake Marathon! It's one of those things on my "bucket list".

I am working on lots of projects right now. Too many, actually. I need to get some of them finished. But here is a card that I made the other day. Have a good day!

Back to Running

Well, trying to anyway. I ran 3 miles yesterday and my dumb new shoes made my foot hurt. It's hard to be motivated when your foot and leg aches from your run two days before. I have also discovered that running while listening to someone talk doesn't work. It has to be music. And sometimes music with no words is better. The theme from Rocky is a good song. Also, Jock Jams. However, that is only while on the treadmil. Outside - NO MUSIC! I can't run outside with headphones on for fear that someone or something is behind me and I can't hear them. (ie: big scary dog panting while chasing me down the street!) While very boring indeed, treadmill running is much safer than running in my neighborhood. Why do people have dogs??? And snow in April...don't even get me started.

Playing with stamps!!

I love both of these stamp sets! I have been stamping a lot lately getting ready for classes and making cards to sell. I love stamping. If only there were more hours in the day when I wasn't too tired to play!

Wow! That was a long unplanned break!

So I have been meaning to blog for several weeks now and never get around to it. Life has been crazy! With Ryan home over the Christmas break I wanted to spend as much time as possible with him. Now that he is back to school I am going through my normal adjustment and mourning period of never seeing him and feeling his stress on a day to day basis. I miss him!! I can't wait for August to come and to have him around more. I guess that is a good thing that after 10 and 1/2 years of marriage I still love to have him around all the time.

It is a 4 day weekend for our kids and I can't wait for them to go back to school. Winter is so hard. They get stir crazy so fast!! I get nothing done and today it is snowing way to hard to go anywhere! Must be time to get creative! Board games anyone??