Friday fill ins on a crafty weekend!

Always the gift of Janet

And...here we go!

1. Why is it that I'm frequently exhausted but I never can sleep.
2. how come fall seemed so short? (I really like the little house's autumn decorations - the witch is already gone with a wreath of dog bones in its place but I'm taking down the scarecrow and putting up bows and taking down the leaf garland on the fence and putting up bells) that's what I want to know!
3. Hold on to your hats! December is tomorrow
4. I have Pilates very soon.
5. Do you ever take Pilates? I'm fairly new to it and it AMAZES me how much my core hurts after 45 minutes
6. in order to really live, you need to laugh, give and get lots of love and work on yourself every day - if you don't love you how can any one else?
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to duh - stay in (I have no life), tomorrow my plans include include a craft fair and my niece and i are talking about a craft night (inspired by Pinterest) and she needs to make christmas gifts (i already put in a request for the sweatshirt and pants here) and i am working on a going away present, and Sunday, I want to put up the tree, we are putting it in a different place this year and I hope I like it!

have you had a Pinterest craft night? And what are you doing this weekend?

30 things day 14

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14. Describe 5 strengths you have.

Now this ones hard!

1- I'm good at remembering that there are people less fortunate than I. The scarf above is one I made to donate to a shelter for Christmas, I'm hoping to get 20 made for them for holiday delivery

2- I think I'm the kind of friend you can count on if you need something done (watch your child so you can get stuff done, let the dogs out, help you organize etc)

3- I make good tea

4- I'm good at not spending a lot at the store - I know how to bargain shop (and so what if the arms on your new sweater are uneven... Kidding)

(Jokes = total weakness)

5- I'm a great doggy momma!

WHAT'S A STRENGTH YOU HAVE?

Friday fill ins on a Black Friday where I didn't shop

As always from the fabulous http://fridayfillins.blogspot.com/2012/11/its-come-to-my-attention-that-friday.html

1. Oh, I am so ANNOYED BY PEOPLE WHO CAN'T BE HAPPY-I GET DEPRESSION BUT NOT EVERY SECOND OF EVERY MINUTE HAS TO BE THE WORST ONE EVER 

2. RUNNING WITH THE POODLE was my favorite part of the big meal yesterday - SINCE I WAS ALONE THERE WAS NO BIG MEAL UNLESS YOU COUNT THAT I TOOK THE POODLE TO MCDONALD'S FOR A GRILLED CHICKEN SANDWICH AND AN ICE CREAM

3. Where does THE WAX FROM CANDLES GO?

4. MY DAY TODAY was filled with LOTS OF ACTIVITY -GYM, THEN HIKING WITH THE DOG, THEN RAKING LEAVES, THEN CLEANING THE WEE HOUSE

5. This weather IS FABULOUS. 

6. KINDNESS, UNDERSTANDING AND COMPASSION these are some of the things I wish for my loved ones.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to AS EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT NADA tomorrow my plans include A LOT OF GYM AND YOGA TIME, BAKING A CAKE FOR A FRIEND AND THEN GOING OUT WITH HER and Sunday, I want to BAKE A CAKE FOR HUBS BIRTHDAY, TAKE HIM TO LOWES TO GET HIS BIRTHDAY GIFT AND GOING TO A HUGE CRAFT FAIR

ARE YOU DOING FUN STUFF THIS WEEKEND? ARE YOUR FRIDAYS BETTER THAN MINE? BUT REALLY, THIS FACE IS WORTH STAYING HOME WITH

Thankful

This morning I woke up ready to run. The poodle and I stayed home - hubs had gone up to his sister's home for thanksgiving. But poodle and I had plans :-) we were running our first race together! I was SO proud of him :-) he was PERFECT. I know I know I always say he is but he is!

Anyway we left bright and early and got there just in time for the race (literally a minute to spare - there was a 40 minute detour). The poodle is a faithful running partner. He led me to a FIVE MINUTE personal record. I am so grateful to him!!! And I've showered him with love and kisses all day! And I've had his girlfriend come over to play and let him sleep the rest of the (I'm his hero)

So seeing as its thanksgiving I'll tell you --

I am thankful for:

A poodle who is everything a doggy momma could want (and more)

A husband who gets that I have no desire to spend an eating holiday with anyone and I'd rather hang at home

Friends who love me and whom I love

The fact that I finished most of my wrapping today :-)

That lowes.com let me avoid the Black Friday shopping madness and I could order hubs' birthday gift online today and can pick it up Sunday (his b'day) at the store

The little house

<b>what are you grateful for today?

You'll know at the finish line

So, after last weekend's rebel race I signed up for this weekend's spartan race at Fenway. I mean it was an obvious choice for me... There was: Fenway, a race, and the biggest loser - why yes pretty much every perfect thing for this Joy!

Well we'd had a fun night the night before at Foxwoods (where the hubs walked away $7 richer) and left Connecticut at 8:00 to make it to Boston by 9:45 (start was at 10:15) and all was great - he started to drop me off, I kissed him goodbye and hubs was on his way to get the poodle (who stayed at aunty m's house) when he looked in the rear view and saw a wife with sloping shoulders. I was nervous to go alone :-/

Quickly he found a parking space and signed up and we raced together! Over the rafters of Fenway, jumping on and off the metal tables, crawling under ramps, and running on the field. It was AWESOME!!!! Hubs took something I was dreading and made it into an event! Something we succeeded at together!

We survived

We are Spartans!

What a great race (though SERIOUSLY tougher than the rebel race and insanely exhausting)

And now I'm off to ikea, I'm looking for 1 more little storage unit.

How was your weekend?

A friday fill in worth fighting for

So I do ALL my blog posts from my phone (hell I do everything from my phone) and the latest upgrade is... a glitch! I cant open it le sigh.

But I do so love my friday fill ins so I stole the hubs lap top (I left mine at a friend's house)
Fill ins is the brain child of Janet Thanks for letting us all play along


 1. If you believe in something fight for it, work for it, and believe in it!!
2.  My nephew Aaron is so fun, when we go through tunnels you will here him singing la la la
3. I have to ask you What's a good book I should read (must have a happy ending).
4.  We all have vices; and at the same time we all have good habits.
5. I didn't have time to finish an order I sold on Etsy - fortunately I have until Monday to ship it.
6.  Walking in the woods with the poodle is something I love beyond all reason.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to Hanging in, doing Friday fill ins while cuddling under an electric blanket, tomorrow my plans include Dropping the poodle off at a friend's house, cleaning my own house, and heading down to foxwoods with some friends and Sunday, I want to go to the SPARTAN race at Fenway!!! Why yes yes I am excited! Then we will pick up sir poodle and get ready for the week

What are your weekend plans? And really got any book recommends for me? I'm currently half way through the help

Happy Monday but its Tuesday

I lost a day! After such a busy weekend I spent yesterday working out and hiking with the poodle :-) basically my definition of the perfect day!

So the race was amazing! Amazing! The hubs had a great first race and I SHOCKED myself and attempted every obstacle and finished all but maybe 5 feet of one... Hanging from a rope upside down over a ravine and climbing across 50 feet isn't easy... I made it ALMOST to the end.

But the monkey bars = done and done, climbing a 20' wall = cake walk, crawling under barbed wire = actually rather exhilarating, mud = still nasty but I survived!

And amazingly I was tired the next day but not at all sore. I have to thank all the classes I take at the gym I think :-) though I have bruises that have bruises!

And as we finished I signed up for another obstacle race next weekend! I had to do it! It's at Fenway park aka one of my favorite places on earth.

Ohhh and I came in 728 out of 1380 not too too bad

Do you obstacle race? Wanna?

Friday fill ins

As always this is the brain child of Janet at Friday fill-ins

1. One time, I met a cute little poodle, fell in love and made him my own (seriously how cute was he as a baby?)
2. making things for people (see what hubs and i are doing sunday) is something that makes me smile.
3. Seven words I love: assuming this just means the word and not the meaning (because I'm not sure I know all the meanings)
1.Prestidigitation - (thank you spellcheck for that) I love this word because it reminds me of my niece when she was a wee one (either 3 or 4) and we were at the Easter table and she piped up with "does everyone know what prestidigitation is? Because I do"
2.Life - because it was the first word another niece read (and she read it with me and I cried & decided that kindergarten teachers have the best jobs)
3.namaste - because simply saying it brings me to a calmness
4.poodle - because well poodles are smiles with 4 legs
5.juxtapose - I am not sure I know what this means (I think it means to flip but I'm not sure) but I like the sound of it!
6.flip flop - this one came to me as I wrote flip up above. I like it because its either the shoes OR the description
7.fathom - I can't FATHOM why I like this word but I do

4. we had our first snow; the poodle was thrilled me? Notsomuch.
5. I looked out the window today and saw I'm answering for yesterday since its 1:30 am (thanks insomnia) snow on the ground and rain coming down and I realized spray painting cans would be difficult or impossible
6. my legs feel like jelly from my workout today (I took spin, tabata and yoga) and that's saying something! because I rarely have after workout fatigue (which always makes me think I don't work hard enough)
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to an early night in (do I EVER do anything on Friday nights?), tomorrow my plans include I have a trx class at 6:45, then hubs and i are headed to his first EVER race (and my first obstacle race) Click here to see I'm hella scared and in the afternoon i am picking someone up at the airport! and Sunday, I want to hubs and I (and the poodle) have been working on a tree to donate to charity (click) - our "tree" is made of 133 cans (thanks poodle for eating a lot of "squishies" aka wet food) painted to look like the pigs of angry birds with 2 dozen tennis balls painted to look like the birds! We have been working on this for almost a year and I'm looking forward to setting it up and donating it! I'll post a pic when it's done!

What are your weekend plans? Have you ever done a "mud run" warrior dash or whatever it's called?

30 things day 13

13. Describe 5 weaknesses you have.
Oh this ones easy why did I procrastinate so?

So I think we will start with procrastination I'd say that's definitely a weakness I own

Math - see the tweet below. I have a serious block when it comes to math EXCEPT for the lovely fraction part then I am a star (a girls gotta know how much she's saving$)

Knowing when to say no - I will overload my day to help others even if it makes me cray

Parking. I'd consider myself a good or great driver but I can't park for crap!!!!!

Sleeping and I blame this fully on my mind but it doesn't shut off and so I'll wake up thinking I need to ______ and the fact that the stores aren't open will make me insane so I end up awake for hours

what's a weakness you have and how are you working in it?

What'd you do with your extra hour?

Did you sleep?

Can I live vicariously through you?

Because my insomnia kicked in BIG time and I got a whopping 15 minutes of sleep last night...
You know what happens when you're wide awake all night?
Well when it's me silly things like

I decide I NEED a pair of jimmy choo shoes... Ummm why? Because I'm not even sure how I know who jimmy choo is!

I decide to write a book - AND I wake the hubs up to see if he wants to cowrite it with me! He agrees (pretty sure it's just to shut me up)

I buy (no not shoes) more iPhone cases (damn I have a problem) in my defense I buy them on eBay for CHEAP

I decide I'm going to build the hubs a cute shed for Christmas (can I mention I've never even cut a piece of wood?)

I pick up the (50 pound) poodle and lay him on my chest

I find fun things on Pinterest and make a shopping list for said item (don't you worry you'll see it soon)

I search for and find distance therapists and email a couple to see about distance therapy rather than one on one...

Please note NON OF THIS IS SLEEPING

yes this is totally a non relevant picture of the poodle but I could tie it in by telling you that the book I want to write is called "is that a poodle? with a Mohawk?" It's about the people we meet walking the pood

really though, what'd you do with your hour?

It's Friday - lets fill it

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1. I was walking the poodle yesterday and listening to the birds as they wake up and I realized that nature is pretty beautiful!
2. I hate running or walking at night when the moon is full.
3. When we do our best we are doing well.
4. yoga is the best!
5. Underneath it all people are trying and they probably don't mean to hurt you they're just doing their best.
6. Oh! And thanks for for reading! I hope you're having a great day :-)
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to falling asleep by 6 (true story), tomorrow my plans include taking the poodle on a hike, going to a craft fair and cleaning and Sunday, I want to drive a friend to the airport, go to a yoga class in Boston (since I'll already be there) and get some errands done!

What are your weekend plans?