Great weekend!

Walking seems to be one of my new favorite things! For the third week in a row I went with a great friend of mine on a six mile walk, both Friday and Saturday! Honestly, today I felt like I should head out on the trail again, but thought it might be good to rest my legs some! I have such a blast on these walks, whether it's with her dog and/or son, it's just the two of us, it's always great! We talk just about the entire time, which has also been great to catch up, and reconnect since the last time that I lived in the area. Anyway, after our walk we are starving, so dinner (usually) is soon to be made! This past week we made Asiago Cheese & Spinach Pasta Toss, and it was really great! I picked up sun dried roasted red peppers instead of sun dried tomatoes, like I was supposed to do! Oops! However, it still tasted GREAT! If you happen to have any ideas for a vegetarian dinner let me know...I'm always looking for new ideas!

Next week, I'll be back home in the Bend, which is great, but I'm going to have to figure out my walk for Friday and Saturday! I'll have a beautiful landscape (Notre Dame campus), so now I just have to get a walking buddy (or two) to join me in my trek! I think I'll be able to find someone, but if for some reason I come up short, I'll go on my own! Well, that's all for now!

Over and out!
Lo!

Girls Night Out!

Last night a few of my friends went out to The Drop (a martini bar) to celebrate one of the girl's birthdays! We got all done up and when I say that, I mainly mean, I had to go searching through just about every article of clothes for a shirt that would work...because usually I'm in a T-shirt! Anyway, so after all was said and done, I had make up on, my hair was straightened, heels were on (and tall ones at that!), and I was set to go! We ended up staying out for several hours, mainly just laughing and hanging out, which was so much fun! We honestly didn't even need to have anything to drink to have as much fun as we did....but they did taste oh so delicious! I do believe we'll make this a more regular thing...but that may just mean hanging out playing cards...and that's more than okay with me! It had been quite some time since I had gone out with my friends, and honestly I think I really needed it...Anyway...that's all for now!

Over and out!
Lo!

1, 2, 3 workouts!?

Today I met up with a friend of mine to do an arm workout, which was awesome! We didn't do a ton of stuff, but what we did was pretty tough considering neither of us have lifted on a regular basis for a while. After lifting out weights, we went to the store to get stuff for stir-fry that I was going to make for dinner later in the evening. Next it was to another friends house to meet up and go for a 6 mile walk...this time it took just over an hour and a half! After the walk, I decided to run back to her house, while they drove back...mainly to see how my heel was feeling and if I could handle it. I made it in just over 13 minutes (just under a mile and a half), which isn't horrible considering I haven't run in over a month!

Next it was time to fix dinner! I honestly think I made enough to feed about 8 people....easily! Only 4 of us were eating...so a bunch of left overs! Oh well! I had made Heaven on a Plate earlier in the week and we had that for dinner, which was Ah-Mazing! It really is the little things in life! Ha!

So after relaxing for a while, I helped my friend with her eliptical machine. See it was together, but there were a few bolts that were a bit loose and needed to be tightened but it really needed two people to be accomplished. My arms got an another work out in tightening the bolts! We then moved a mat from one room to under the eliptical machine. However, this was not just any mat, this thing was a monster! Both of us are pretty strong, but this sucker was putting up a serious fight! We eventually got it, as did my legs and arms...AGAIN! Talk about being exhausted! Oh well, it's getting me back in shape! Well, time to get some serious rest!

Over and out!
Lo!

Double check!?

You've got to be kidding me!? I couldn't believe it, and was frustrated once I figured it out, but oh well, the day went on! I'm sure you're asking yourself, "What happened!?" Well, I got to the gym after class and was in the locker room getting changed. All things normal until I realized that I had forgot something! UGH! I was still determined to work out, but wasn't going to be able to workout how I would have liked to unfortunately. So rather than doing the planned half hour bike workout, I opted for a less vigorous weight lifting routine. Not that huge of a deal because tomorrow I am going to do a kettle bell routine for my arms, and then walk 6 miles. I guess next time I'll just have to make sure to double check my bag before I head out for the day!

Over and out!
Lo!

A little odd...

So recently my schedule has changed a bit...now with classes in the evenings and not much to motivate me to get moving all that early. Really it isn't all that big of a deal, but it's also changed my eating habits...Which generally I'm eating about every hour on the hour, but it seems lately that I'm hardly eating!? Usually I'll eat breakfast of some sort, but then it seems like my next meal is dinner...every now and then with a bit of a snack, but that seems to be about it as of late. I don't want to eat when I'm not hungry, but this just doesn't seem right, or healthy in any way shape or form! I may have to just start making myself eat until I get back into a normal habit again...Well, that's about it for now...

Over and out!
Lo!

Walking rocks!!!

So the past couple days I've met up with a friend of mine and went walking with her and her awesome dog! Now, we aren't just walking around a couple blocks, we're walking 6 miles each time! My legs are definitely feeling it, but it's so worth it! Between the great conversations and the fact that it's getting me back in shape I'm all for it! Plus after our walks there is always an amazing dinner, whether I am making something or we're going out for something. I've had such a great time and we plan on making this a weekly thing...if not more often!

Hopefully my legs get used to this quickly though! Although I think working out with my kettle bell as well as using the bike several times throughout the week. I think I need to step it up even more though if I'm going to be able to keep up with my friend much longer! Well, until next time...

Over and out!
Lo!

Still up!?

Yes, I'm still awake, and haven't had any sleep tonight...

I thought I'd lay around for a bit and watch TV after I got home from a great evening with a friend, but I just haven't fallen asleep. I haven't even been tired! Now granted, it's my own fault....I had three cups of very strong (very delicious) black coffee around 8:30 at night. Not smart at all on my part. I generally make sure not to have any caffeine no later than 2 pm because it affects me so much...well I threw care to the side because I had an amazing piece of cheese cake from the Cheesecake Factory! Cheesecake, coffee, and conversation...yeah, I enjoyed all three of them! Anyway, so now I'm sitting here hours later, still not tired at 4:30 am, and I've decided that I'm going to just stay up and go to bed early tonight...hopefully this will work as well as I'm expecting it to, but we'll see about that! I just have to make sure not to give in to a nap, which I'm sure around the afternoon I'm going to be tempted to crash for a few hours...hmm...maybe I can try and still get a few hours of sleep so I can actually be productive once I get up and work on some research....here goes nothing I guess!

Over and out!
Lo!

Research paper topics...?

So for one of my classes this term, I have to write two 12 page research papers that have to do with health science topics. I've decided on one of them already, but am not sure on the other subject. I have three to decide from that have already been approved by my professor, so I thought I'd see the response from you! Let me know which one you like the best, and why you like, or don't like the topic(s).

1. Vitamin D Deficiency and Brain, Bone and Heart Health
2. Exercise and Joint Disease
3. Diet and Cancer

I'll need to start researching, and writing on the topics within the next week, so don't hesitate to let me know your thoughts and insights! I'll let you know what I end up going with and different tidbits of information on the research that I find as well!

Over and out!
Lo!

Good ol' days!

Yesterday evening I was talking with my roommate about my nephew and her kids and some how that brought me to a story about when I was in grade school. Now granted this happened about 15ish years ago...Anyway, so one day I missed the bus home from school, so I decided, well I better start walking home! At that time, our house was about 3 miles away, and I knew which way to go, even though I did have to walk through a neighborhood that wasn't all that great of a place to be. So I latched my lunch box to my backpack and went off on my journey home. I walked with a purpose and made sure to keep looking forward but made sure to keep aware of my surroundings. I got about a half mile from my house at a pretty busy intersection and I hear someone honking at me and telling me to get in the car. I was to have nothing of that because I wasn't about to get into a car, my parents taught me well! The car pulls up next to me and I hear (because I still wasn't about to look over at this guy telling me to get in) "It's me, dad, get in the car!" I look over and my dad was in our car! So I get in and he tells me that my friend said that I wasn't on the bus so he went to the school to pick me up, but I wasn't to be found, so he drove home figuring that I had walked home. Being that my dad and I think so much a like, he and I would have taken the same path, which we did! Anyway, so I made it almost all the way home before my daddy picked me up! Ah, the good ol' days!

Over and out!
Lo!