March Favorites

i'm a little late posting this, but i thought it would be fun to start sharing my favorites each month.
so, here's march...
burt's bees tinted lip balm is great. i wear this stuff everyday!

these red pants from the gap. they were a little out of my comfort zone at first, but now i love them.

instagram on my iphone. i can't help it...i love all things social media.
i love how pictures can be transformed in new ways with this app, and i especially love sharing pictures with family and friends. if you're on instagram too, let me know.

this kitchen.

getting back into consistent running in perfect running weather.

mon./tues. - went on a short out of town trip. i had one whole day to myself, which is pretty rare. i spent some time shopping, and enjoyed reading at a coffee shop for hours. So nice!
no running, just lots of walking.
wednesday - 4 miles
thursday - 4 miles
friday - 4 miles. had a great run, until i swallowed a bug and got harassed by weirdos. ready to start packing heat on my runs. so sick of that. i had a hard time enjoying the last couple miles because of it.
saturday - day off. rain. colored easter eggs with the kids, painted a bathroom that has really needed it. bought a beautiful boston fern for the front of the house.
i'm on a mission to find a meyer lemon tree.

a friend of mine has one, and it is beautiful and constantly producing lemons. she just keeps it inside in the winter.
sunday - planning on 6 after an easter egg hunt and breakfast at church.

i've actually been doing a little running this week. so nice! the weather has been pretty much ideal here.
here's my week:
sunday - 7 miles
tuesday - 4 miles
wednesday - 4 miles
friday - 3 miles
sunday - 7 miles - (record breaking heat today, but i went early).

feels good to be getting back into it. it's a good thing too because i need to work off all these Cadbury eggs;
good thing they're seasonal.

reading this has been a good motivator this week:

55 degrees.
a good day on the roads today.
this song came on my ipod.
so good.
this is my heart.

4

4 miles today. i've been doing the run-a-mile-walk-a-minute method to get back into shape, and hopefully prevent injuries while increasing mileage. today i kept my miles at an average of 9:14 and felt pretty good.
i exercised this winter, but not consistently and most of my runs were between 3-5 miles on the treadmill.
so, it begins again...
it's always surprising how long it takes to get back into long distance shape, yet how quickly you can lose it.

thankful for the ability to run. 
thankful for good health.
thankful for how God speaks to me through each mile.

spring!

Happy Spring! yesterday we celebrated the first day of spring by making cookies and buying some daffodils from the grocery store. i love how they are brightening up the kitchen. the bushes by our house and in our woods are starting to turn green, and i noticed that magnolia trees are blooming.

i signed up for a 1/2 in june, so that is motivating me to get back into it. i'm planning to use one of hal's training plans, of course.
almost all the pictures i have taken this year have been taken with my iphone. i really should use my real camera again someday. i'm afraid this year's photobook will be all instagram pictures, but i guess that's better than not taking any at all.

what a slacker i've been on this little blog. i'm happy to tell you that i'm getting back into more consistent running. today i did 5 miles. it was 67 here today. very windy, but i'll take it. i'm still getting over a cold, so i probably should have been resting, but it was too nice.
the week ahead looks amazing, with several days in the 70's! so excited!

today i ran in my new saucony kinavaras.

weird story about those...i won them on ebay for $15 brand new! i'm really not sure how that happened?! i've never gotten a deal like that on there before. they retail for over $100, so it definitely seems to good to be true.

i like them. they are lighter than what i've been running in, which is a nice change.

we're on spring break! woo hoo! i'm looking forward to spending time with my sister sarah. i haven't seen her for a year. i'm also looking forward to my boy being home everyday. he's doing great in public school this year. i know it was the right decision, but i really miss being with him all day, every day.

i've listened to this song a bazillion times in the last week. i just bought this CD. so good!

what's the best deal you've gotten on ebay? what song are you loving right now?