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Weekend Recap with a side of Homemade Chocolate Chip Pecan Banana Bread
Happy Monday! This weekend was a busy one. Friday night started off with a wonderful night in with my husband. We have been busy/traveling so much that it was really nice to have a night in! I rented 50 Shades of Grey and forced Drew to watch it with me (after whining that this was not a movie that he would EVER pick out). I thought that the movie was okay, obviously the book was better–but isn’t that how movies/books always are?! I will definitely be watching the next couple when they come out. Saturday morning, I painted/put the first coat of paint on our sunroom. Our biggest complaint about…
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Homemade Cliff Bars and Homemade Lara Bars
I have been doing a little experimenting in the kitchen. I used to love to bake as it was my stress reliever in undergrad and law school. After the “real world” and for no reason at all, I stopped baking. Now I will cook dinner as needed and will do the occasional baking i.e. strawberry pie, cookies for special occasions, etc. but I have lost my passion for baking. I am not sure that my little experiment in the kitchen will bring back to life my love for baking (as no actual baking was needed) but its a start. As I have mentioned before, Drew is in school and needs…
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Baltimore 10 Miler Review
Good morning! I have been MIA because I have been traveling up and down the east coast. My sister, BIL and nephew just moved to a new city and new home. I told my sister as a house warming gift that I would help her paint the living room dubbed as the “red room of pain.” So I decided to make a trip of it and travel up to Maryland for a long weekend (with Scout in tow of course!). As I was thinking about the need to motivate myself to run, I looked up races in the area for the weekend. The Baltimore 10 miler was scheduled for the…
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How To Get Motivated To Run
I have been in serious need of running motivation. While I enjoy running everyday (well mosts days), I find myself lacking the motivation that comes when training for a race. When training for a race, I am so much more motivated to get out and go and push my body to its limits. Recently, I have been averaging around a 9-10 minute mile which is slower than my usual 8 minute pace. While it feels good to listen to my body, I feel the need to push a little bit harder than I have been. This afternoon, I decided that enough was enough and I am getting back in training/race…
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9 Round Review and Thursday Night Date Night
Happy Friday (of a loong weekend)! Can you believe it is already memorial day weekend?! It was hard waking up this morning as I was still sore from my 9 Round workout on Wednesday. I feel like a total lazy, out of shape loser right now–but cannot help it. A couple months ago, Drew/my credit card has compromised and fraudulently charged (I found out about it when I was trying to pay for lunch with a friend that I hadn’t seen in YEARS and my credit card was declined 3 times–talk about embarrassing!!). My gym membership was on autodraft (I called all of our bill providers with autopay to inform…
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What is the best protein bar? and 90 degree Run
Wow it has definitely heated up in Greenville. Yesterday, I went for a HOT 6 mile run. I take full responsibility for my bad timing, but a girl can still complain a little ;). I wasn’t able to go for a run until around 2:30 yesterday aka the heat of the day. It was a little sluggish, but overall I had a pretty good run. I wanted to add an additional 2.5, but since I forgot money (to buy water at CVS–I hate running with water bottles) I opted out and just did my normal 6. Following my run, I ventured to Trader Joe’s to pick up some protein bars…
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Girls on the Run Coaches Dinner, Strawberry Pie and Charleston Run
Hello from Charleston! Drew and I woke up super early this morning and made our way down to Charleston. We are celebrating my mother-in-law’s birthday in Edisto this weekend and came down early so that Drew could work in Charleston (he travels to Charleston a couple times a month for work). My sister-in-law, Meredith, and I are going down to the beach house later this afternoon and Drew will meet up with us a little bit later. After Drew dropped me off, Meredith and I ventured to pick up some last minute items from Trader Joe’s–which lets be honest I went in needing to get lettuce and walked out with…
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Morning Walks, Afternoon Jogs and Dining Room Decorating
Good morning! In my opinion, there is nothing better than waking up and going on a walk with your dog and a cup of coffee. I started walking with Scout in the morning when we first moved to Greenville. Our neighborhood is not very big–but going from cul-de-sac to cul-de-sac totals about a mile. Our walks turned into runs and now have ventured back into walks. I am not a big cold weather girl, so waking up and going for a run in the cold weather is not for me. But the warmer weather and not wearing 500 layers means that I maybe starting back my morning runs instead of…
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Recap on Swamp Rabbit 5k with Girls on the Run and Adults Playing Hooky
Yesterday was the final day of the Girls on the Run Spring 2015 season! Our season ran from February to May with the final 5k run last Friday evening. Our Greenville girls joined 6 thousand other runners in the Swamp Rabbit 5k run. Friday night was so much fun and it was amazing to see all of our girls finish the race–with smiles on their faces :). Most of our girls ran with their parents, friends or other coaches. It is such an amazing thing that 3rd-5th graders can say that they ran a 5k! I am extremely proud of each and everyone of our girls and cannot wait until next…
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Weekend Recap with Shrimp and Grits
Good morning! It was a beautiful weekend and great way to enter into Spring. Quick weekend recap: went to Lazy Goat downtown with friends (didn’t take any pictures, but was amazing!), hung up our new hammock/hammock stand, enjoyed the perfect 75 degree sunny weather on Saturday, 8 mile run, went to our friends’ house for a cookout, went to Cabella’s and throughly enjoyed a lazy Sunday. I have been redecorating/painting our house for the past few months. When we bought the house most of the rooms were painted in dark, strong colors. For example, our kitchen, living room, powder room and breakfast nook were all painted a DEEP DARK brown.…
