Happy 4th of July!
I celebrated by running my first 5k in Huntersville! It was a beautiful morning and a great run. Almost 500 people signed up! It’s crazy running with that many people at one time. The course was nice and level with a downhill at the start and a mini downhill to the finish line.
I finished in 29:27 minutes. Not too shabby. Finished 9th in my age division. I’m certainly looking forward to running another one very soon! Can’t wait to better my time.
P.S. I’m the one in the pink.
While enjoying ourselves in Uptown Charlotte over our anniversary weekend, we happened upon a great little junk shop called Clark’s Antiques & Stuff (not making that up). It’s run by a funny man named Clark who has owned and run the shop for the last 30 years. He had two of these little beauties. Though not in the best of shape, the pink has faded an awful lot, it was the perfect size and shape to fit into our smaller downstairs living room.
I have plans on re-upholstering it in some kind of yellow fabric, preferably one that does not attract pet hair easily. I really love the velvet, but finding that in a bright yellow might prove to be kinda hard.
Getting back into the decorating mood. Dropped off there for a while. Starting to want the house to feel more like a home than a house.
Today we celebrate two years together. Two very fast but wonderful years.
Another one of my 28 things is to plant a garden this spring. I would LOVE to have fresh herbs at my finger tips. Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers. Yum.
I picked up a cute little green house at Lowe’s on a whim the other day and planted some Chives, Basil and Parsley. With a little love, I now have little baby sprouts!
I had the day off today because of this beautiful stuff!
The dogs love the snow. The boys (the black lab and the dalmatian) decided that a little snow shouldn’t keep them from playing fetch.
They may have a ball fixation. May.
Well i figured before all the 2010 hype passes us by I should talk about my favorite presents of 2009. Because it’s awkward to talk about Christmas presents in March. I think everyone had a slim Christmas this year. By slim, I mean my family didn’t go broke buying presents as we like to do every year. We had a little restraint this year. The presents get better and more thoughtful when we have restraint, so I kinda of like it this way. Well, hope your presents were just as lovely, but here are my favorite presents of 2009!
1 | Atlas Tapestry :: via Urban Outfitters. My mom surprised me with this little gem. I never get anything off my Amazon wish list. This year I did!
2| Miniature Pony S&P Shakers :: HOW ADORABLE! Via Anthro, but sadly, I could not find them online. Jason found these in our local store along with #5 and this super cute egg crate he also got me.
3 | Squirrel Wine Bottle Stopper :: via Johnathan Adler. This was actually a birthday present from my sister and it was a really good one! Had to share.
4| Nikon 18-55mm Lens :: So far this is the most used present! My grandmother surprised me with it and I have not taken it off my D80 yet! Love it.
5| Hedge Hog Tea Towel :: via Anthropologie. How freakin adorable is this? My husband found this!
6| Woven Bench :: via Urban Outfitters. Happened upon this while browsing the store. It’s sooo much prettier in real life. My mom surprised me with it and it now lives in the entry way (which I’ll show soon).
7 | iPod iTouch :: 32GB via Target. What can I say, my hubby knows what I want! Used this baby to watch movies while driving up to the outer banks for a wedding!
8 | For Like Ever Poster :: via Village This was on my wish list last year as well but I didn’t get it. This year my mom was determined to get it for me and she did.It’s fabulous!
9 | Cardboard Deer Head :: via Urban. My grandmother didn’t know why I wanted it, but she will soon see!
Well…I havn’t been totally honest with you. The best present I received this year wasn’t anything for the house, a gadget or art. It was a very special gift that my Husband planned and got, just for me because he is just that awesome. Yes, I really did want a pony for Christmas. A very handsome, grey pony. Named Wily.
Here he is saying Hi! And here we are strutting our stuff!
Hope ya’ll had a beautiful a Christmas and here’s to a great 2010!
I am kicking this laminates booty. Way. To. Easy. LOVE IT! Love power saws. Love sawdust. Love new flooring! Full results soon to come!
yesterday, thursday november 5th. jason and i went to IKEA for the first time ever.
more information to come. as you can tell, we had fun.
Click here to here my favorite version of Auld Lang Syne