Ben, Kristen, and Ayla got to come out and visit for a couple of days this past week! What a blast we had. They left Tuesday morning and I miss them already. We had a bonfire. We went to the beach. Kristen and I crocheted like crazy. We had great food. It was so much fun!
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Ben, Kristen, and Ayla on the pier |
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Ayla and I with matching crocheted headbands I made! |
What else is new....I made a list of goals for the month of September. That's been kinda fun. One of them is to drink half of my weight in ounces of water each day. So say I weighed 100 lbs (ha!) then I'd drink 50 ounces. I feel like I've been going to the bathroom every ten seconds! Goodness.
Since my last post, I joined a running club. We run on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. It's a Couch to 5K type program and we're training for a 5K on September 19th. I'm pretty excited. They divided us up into teams and I love my team. We had a group challenge yesterday and my team won! We get to split $100 as the prize. The team with the highest percentage of people who actually complete the 5K gets to split $1000. So we're hoping to have everyone there. I also joined South Shore Health and Racquet Club. I've worked out there a couple of times, and I'm hoping to start some personal training soon. My friend got engaged and I'm reading a poem in her wedding, so I really want to lose the weight by May, which is when her wedding is! Here's to lots of hard work! (and I made a list of rewards for when I reach each 5 pounds lost, and if/when I reach my goal weight, my reward is visiting the Wizarding World of Harry Potter! I CANNOT WAIT! Hahahaha).
Ben ordered me some supplies to extend my camping hammock so that hopefully it will reach greater distances. I'm looking forward to hammocking in the yard, curling up with a good book and relaxing. Should be good! Can't wait to get the materials.
My work is hosting a "Penny War" competition and there are teams that decorate jars. Then people put money in the jars as a way to vote for their favorite, and whoever earns the most money wins! My team is doing a Hunger Games themed jar. I'm supposed to create an origami mockingjay. Haha. Should be fun!
I cannot wait until September 25th because I get to go see Newsies on Broadway in Grand Rapids! Hooray! And then in October, Lo is coming to visit from California. I cannot wait to see her either! I've got some fun stuff coming up.
Well, alas, that is all I've got for now. Thanks for reading! Love to you all.