Whoo New Year!

Holy crap it’s been ages since I’ve blogged on this blog! Well, ok, it’s been ages since I blogged on either blog… but the other one is definitely more up to date than this one.

Well, I’m just gonna keep it short and sweet, and hit on some highlights of the last 3-4 months!

So, overall things have been going well. As far as my running goes (which I mentioned in my last post), I’ve done really well! In all of my 5k training, I never missed a run, and I completed a 5k on Thanksgiving! I was super excited! The funny thing is that afterwards, all I could say was “oh my goodness, I can’t believe I actually did it!” It was a great feeling.

Right after my 5k

Now I’m training for a 10k, which will take place on my birthday in Midway, UT. It’s going to be soooo cold! I’m excited though! I haven’t missed a run in the entire 15 weeks I’ve been training, and last Saturday I completed a 4.5 mile run. This Saturday will be 5 miles, next week will be 5.5 miles, the week after that will be 6 miles, then the following week will be the 10k. On Mondays and Wednesdays I run also, with 3 miles on Mondays and 2 miles with weights on Wednesdays. As far as my weight loss to this point, my ultimate goal was to lose 35 lbs before my birthday, which calculated out to be a loss of 2 lbs a week. I am way off track though, and have only lost 25 lbs to this point. I only have 3 weeks left to lose 10 lbs... lucky for me I have caught up a little bit these last few days, and I’m not ridiculously far off like I anticipated. I might extend the diet until Valentines Day, but we’ll see how I feel when it gets closer to my birthday. I hope to lose another 10-15lbs to reach my ultimate goal. As of today though, I am no longer “overweight” according to the BMI, which was the one goal I for sure HAD to reach.

School has been alright, but it feels weird to not attend classes and only take them online. I can’t wait to be done and start teaching music. I miss it a lot.


The holidays went well… I had a good Christmas, and enjoyed spending time with the family. New Years was more eventful than it has been for me in a long time… probably the most eventful ever actually haha. On my boyfriend’s birthday, I made my first homemade cheesecake. It tasted delicious, even though I’m not too fond of cheesecake. Half a slice was enough for me haha… it was SUPER sweet! It looked pretty though!

Ginny has been good. I bought her a sweater for the first time ever, and when I put it on her in the mornings she gets super excited. I really expected her to hate it, but I think she loves it. It’s red, and she looks super adorable.

I got a new phone, which is a HTC Droid Incredible. This in itself isn’t really something I’d normally mention in a blog, but my reason for it was because I got the Kindle application. Since then, I am addicted to books! I’m on my third book on there, but it’s got me hooked on audio books again, and also normal books. In the last 2 months, I’ve read Harry Potter (I was reading them since August, and so it was probably only the last two I was reading in the last couple months), Pride and Prejudice, The Hunger Games, Fireflies in December, and the Lovely Bones. Right now I’m reading Eragon, Sense and Sensibility and Catching Fire. One book is a real book, one is a kindle ebook, and the last is an audiobook (which I listen to while I run). Dang I love books! My mom is also addicted to her kindle application haha.

As far as my New Year's resolutions go, I've come up a very original one!  Or, maybe not so much haha.  My resolution is to continue running, finish losing 15 lbs, and ultimately run a half marathon.  This would hopefully be in the Salt Lake Marathon, but if I can't do it then, I'll do a Halloween Half Marathon.  It would be awesome to do both though!  I want to come up with one more resolution, but I can't decide.  I'm thinking maybe something like taking up dancing, cake decorating, becoming a better cook, or something else that would be awesome.  Feel free to give me any ideas!!!  Oh, I also want to put my household on a diet :).

Well, that’s all I have to say for now… if I think of anything, I’ll add it on here. Hope things are going well for everyone!!! Ciao!