Day 2

Wow! I'm a bit sore. I ran 2 miles and biked 6 miles yesterday morning (Wednesday). The muscles in my legs are not happy about my new adventure. I bought a foam roller and have been rolling the pain away. I also bought a cute little pedometer. I put it on about 4:30 in the evening and walked .98 miles before the night was through. Since Moreno Valley is quite a ways I decided that I am going to count the times that I am walking through my house, mall, grocery store etc. Going to take today a little easier because I want my legs to have some time to recover. Thanks everyone for the words of encouragement!

Here's a where I am on the map.

Day 2 miles: 8.98

Total miles: 26.18

Miles left: 812.82

Day 1

Today was a great first day out. I went to spin class this morning and biked 16.2 miles. This evening when Nelson and I went to the gym I was on the elyptical for 1.5 miles. My little pedometer app on my phone said that I walked 1056 feet which is 0.2 miles. I am not sure that the app works really well so I am on a mission to find a pedometer that works.

End of day 1: 17.9 miles

Please join me in my journey

These last few weeks I have had quite a bit of time on my hands. This is the first time since Nelson and I were married that I have not been working and/or going to school. I sat down and wondered... What am I going to do now?!

I cook. I clean. I do laundry. I sit and make cards. I entertain (thanks Chris Hill, Zach Z, Cheryl E and Melissa W for making January a full month). I wait patiently for my husband to come home from work. But something is still lacking...

On May 31st I am turning 25!!! Oh NO!!

Here comes some serious evaluating of my life... a quarter of a century has gone by... and what have I accomplished? What do I want to accomplish?

I have decided that before my 25th birthday I am going to walk, run, or bike from my doorstep to my parents doorstep (not literally, just that many miles)!

According to trusty google it is 839 miles! There are 118 days until my birthday. That means I need to walk, run or bike an average of 7 miles a day. This is going to be a huge undertaking but I think that if I put my mind to it, I can do it! I will be posting my progress here hopefully everyday. If not every couple days. Please help me with encouraging comments and travel with me from 981 N Stonehenge Way, Meridian, ID to 27760 Via De La Real, Moreno Valley CA!!!

Any walking, running or biking partners out there?!

Craft evening

Couple of days ago Nelson and I had a little crafting evening. He worked on a little robot while I continued to make cards. Here are a few pictures from our evening.

Nelson putting his robot together.

Completed robot
Graduation card that I made. It has a gift card holder in the top part.

Card making fun

Been trying to keep myself busy lately so I have dipped into my card making materials! I've been having some fun with my create a critter cartridge for my cricut. It's been too long. Love that Nelson doesn't mind that I use all my free time for myself.

Doggie play date

Today was a beautiful day in Boise at least 45 degrees and a beautiful blue sky. We were invited over to Sam and Shanna Vail's to have a doggie play date. Riley is a three month old beagle. The girls had a great time and so did we! I hope this will be the first of many play dates.

Riley and Bella hit it off like best friends.

Tika is a great mother figure to any little pup. Riley was super submissive to Tika and would barrel roll as soon as Tika came near.

All three playing as if they had known each other forever.

The three musketeers!

We're back!

I have been sitting here for the past 30 minutes catching up on everyones blogs while I eat my delicious biscotti and realized that it is high time that I caught up on my own blog.

Earlier this week Nelson and I "celebrated" our 6 month anniversary. Here is my little list of a few great things about marriage:

1. I am married to my best friend. When something great happens I can't wait to tell him. When I am sad I know that his arms are wide open to hold me.

2. I don't have to go home at night because I am already home!

3. I know the punch line to most of his jokes.

4. I love just hanging out with my man and our 2 doggies(even though they have terrible breath... the dogs not Nelson)

5. I love when Nelson tucks me in at night and we talk about the good things that happened in the day.

I know there are many more things about marriage that I cant wait to experience!