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1. Well, it's been a while! I've taken a little bloggin' break. Mainly because I haven't been in the mood to blog. I find so many other things I would rather do than blog. For example... planning 2 parties this year- My sister's spa/lingerie shower and Brennan's 1st birthday. B's birthday is STILL a good 5 months away but I LOVEEEEE to party plan. I have even started eyeing some things in the stores and may starting making a few purchases soon. Once I have decided for sure what the plans are. My lil sis is getting married at the end of August and I am throwing her a spa/lingerie shower combo for her bridesmaids. I am in love with the summertime color scheme we have chosen and I have been surfing all the party websites/blogs I can for super cute ideas. We are hiring a masseuse and a nail girl to come out to my house for massages and pedies! It will be so much fun!
2. About a month ago I agreed with several other mommies to run in a 5k. Let me say this... I DO NOT RUN. I can barely walk without bumping into stuff much less run. BUT I was going to give it a shot. Last week I ran three days. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. It was not pretty. In fact it was down right UGLY. I call it the ugly run. I was heaving and huffing. I could barely make 1/2 of a 1/2 mile. Yep, I sucked at it. But it was my first day and I was not going to be discouraged. I went out the second day and did a little bit better. By Wednesday, I ran pretty close to a 1/2 mile without stopping. Pretty good I think being my third day of doing it. I didn't run on Thursday or Friday because of work and afternoon/evening activities. But I did fit in a two mile walk Friday morning. Well, Saturday morning rolled around and so did a little pain in my inner right knee. It was small at first but progressively got worse as the day went on. Now a week later and I can barely stand the pain. It has moved around to the front and back of my knee, down my leg and in my ankle. I cannot get comfortable from it and the pain wakes me up at night. So yesterday I went to an orthopedic surgeon and had some x-rays done. I could possibly have a small stress fracture in my knee or I have torn my meniscus. YAY! I go for an MRI on Wednesday. Hopefully, it is just a stress fracture because a torn meniscus will most likely mean a minor surgery. Not a bad surgery but a set back to my summer break!!! I have been applying IcyHot to numb some of the pain while I try to do stuff around the house.
3. I am definitely one of the MANY peeps out there frustrated about the oil spill. We seriously booked an AWESOME deal for PCB five days before the oil spill. OMG, talk about disappointing and frustrating! I have been looking for some places on the Atlantic side but nothing sparks my interest or liking. I am just not a fan of the Atlantic side. I love the beaches on the Gulf. Soft, white sand. "Fluffy sand" is what I like to call it. The Atlantic beaches are more grainy and just not up my alley. But I am still going to look and hold on the oil situation. Dang it just sucks that this happened to our GORGEOUS beaches!
4. I do have serious intentions to post some pictures of our life but I stay distracted from doing it. If I can talk my husband into helping me knock out some stuff on my to-do list maybe I will be much less distracted. Hopefully, I will be back soon!