July 23, 2008
Ready. Set. Go.
My knee injury is a thing of the past! I'm so happy. It's been touch and go for some time but this past week I've started running 2-3 miles outside again with no pain (except for the sweltering heat.) Let me say it again: I AM SO HAPPY! I can sign up for the Komen Race for the Cure now without any anxiety. Not to mention I can work out the way I want to again and hopefully slowly raise my mileage so the same injury doesn't happen again. I'm inspired by the upcoming Olympics and really want to get into top form in the coming weeks. It's been almost a year since I started my last full-body overhaul and though I'm a bit disappointed that I couldn't keep off the second ten pounds of the twenty I lost last fall I'm trying to be happy that I could at least keep off ten for this long. (Plus, I will be re-tackling the second ten pounds with a slightly less mountain to climb so yahoo!) Of course, I need to keep reminding myself that Olympic athletes have no other obligations other than to train all day so tranforming myself into 41-year old Olympic swimmer- and overall pillar of awesomeness- Dara Torres is kind of unrealistic.
So... I'm hyped to be a running machine again (if only a puttering slow one) and after nearly a week in to my new regimen I'm feeling fantastic.
Now I just have to figure out a way to stay healthy on our vacation next week where I will visit THREE 5-star restaurants in three days. I have spectacular timing don't I.
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July 22, 2008
I'm Dying To See Some Hipster Sport These Around Milwaukee This Summer
RUBBER leggings! You can thank Urban Outfitters for these babies.
Dy-ing.
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July 18, 2008
You Go Girls!
Even I can appreciate something like this:
3 Catholic Women To Be Ordained Priests
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July 14, 2008
Ask and Ye Shall Receive
Except you didn't ask and you will receive anyway.
Vacation Photos! Click on any of them to see the whole gallery.
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July 13, 2008
Somebody Pinch Me
My kitchen is waaay too awesome.
(Click the photo for the whole gallery!)
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July 4, 2008
The Gessners at the Golden Gate Bridge
Billy took this photo of us on vacation in San Francisco. (Click on it to see a larger version of the shot.)
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June 29, 2008
Face Painting Fun
Scary.
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June 24, 2008
Decompressing...
The girls and I got back from San Francisco last night (Jason will be back on Friday.) I'm still decompressing from the trip, catching up on laundry and plant watering, spending time with the kitty kats and such. Hopefully I'll get a few photos up here in the next few days and the whole set on Flickr this weekend. Until then!
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June 14, 2008
:-(
For me, one of the highlights of election nights.
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June 9, 2008
Up Up Up!
I'm finally able to run two miles again with no pain! (19:38- not too shabby for being off my game.) And that's even after my 30 minute slog on the elliptical so considering that, I'd say things are finally getting back on track. I think I'll try 2.5 miles tomorrow and slowly work my way back to where I was before the crankiness with my knee.
So, there's that bit of good news, summer vacation starts on Friday, we've got a family trip to San Francisco planned for next week and a road trip for me and Jason to Minneapolis next month. Everything's coming up Millhouse!*
*This joke will never get old for me. Just like jokes about South Park and the movie Billy Madison. Because I am secretly twelve years old.
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June 3, 2008
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May 21, 2008
Current Soundtrack
If I were a 23-year-old Welsh pop singer I would be Aimee Duffy.
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