Treasured Memories

It was so beautiful here today with the sunshine. Perfect day for a drive and so I ventured up toward Belfair and then Bremerton. I was trying to find a temp agency up in Bremerton but gave up after half an hour of driving in circles and then headed toward Silverdale/Poulsbo area since I don't think I've been up there in about 20 years. Spent a few hours window browsing in Poulsbo enjoying the holiday lights, blending in with the locals, thinking of all the places it would be nice to come back and visit, and found the yarn shop :-). All I can say is "wow"! What was great is that this was the first shop that I have come across since my trip to Portland last month, that carries Bariloche yarn. Oh I was happy to find that out.

Upon the many window shops I peered through I think I was the most intrigured by the artgallery and the beautiful glass figurines/paperweights displayed. The glass heart paperweight collection was so pretty. It reminded me of a lady I know who would love to have one sitting on her desk at work in her office in Redmond :-).

One of the reasons I drove up so far is because I hadn't been up that way in so long I was simply curious and the other was to honestly see how far it was/long it would take me to drive during rush hour time since I am looking for work that direction. It's not too bad but Poulsbo would be pushing it. Bremerton is certainly far enough and Belfair would be just right. Glad to be home though this evening.

Training Day 1

Today was training day 1 for my 5K for Spring 2011. I went to the store and got 95% of what my trainer recommended getting for food and after coming home, putting groceries away, walked up to the P.O. to get my mail. So I walked my first roundtrip 1 mile. I also walked another 3 1/2 miles this afternoon when I took all the dogs for a walk. So I definitely got my exercise in today:-)! The walking fetl sooo good!

Gym membership has to wait until after starting work again which will probably be next month. The nice thing though is that it is a 24 hr fitness like what I am used to and not too much more than what I was paying per month before. Plus C has a free membership through work so sometimes we could meet and workout together. Now that would be a definite first.

Tomorrow is the day of results with my new doctor. I'm so hoping this appointment goes well. The last two haven't and it has only added to the mixing pot of stress.

Everything Changes...for the Good!

So this weekend I went out and explored where Hwy 119 went and finally saw how big Lake Cushman is that all the locals kept talking about this last summer. Wow, it is huge! Very pretty but too much snow along the road for me haha;-). I'll wait closer to spring to go back and do some hiking. I did thoroughly enjoy my cup of cocoa from Hoodsport Coffee while admiring the sunshine through the trees. It was soooo pretty that day.

On the way home I took pictures of the Canal and the Olympics. Later I finally finished cleaning the big storage out and schlepping stuff into the smaller one. Still trying to find ways to downsize this winter so that we have less stuff to move to this coming year.

As of yesterday I now have a personal trainer for my new endeavors of running & being healthier. The short term goal is to be in shape to run my first 5K by spring and hopefully by the end of the summer run a 10K or Half-Marathon. I'm so excited!

I'm not feeling sick anymore either and really looking forward to going back to work in January hopefully.

Healthy Body, Healthy Soul

"To serve G-d you need a healthy body as well as a healthy soul. How can you meditate, pray or study properly when the body's wellness is neglected?
Taking care of your body so that the soul can flourish is a divine service."

I get a quote/saying a day and most seem to be right on for that day. This one in particular though seemed to really fit with my thoughts lately. I'm trying to find new ways to de-stress. Something I am getting ready to train for at the beginning of the year is my first half marathon/marathon. I've wanted to do that for awhile and this year seems to be that year. I'm going to be training for the Capital City Marathon.

Pieces of Gold

Some days are far more different than others. Most of the time I think we are grateful for this. Some days the people we interact with each day wherever we go seem to understand us better. Then there are those days that it just seems like no matter what you do those around you just don't understand you. Today seems to be one of those mixed days of some understanding and some not understanding.

Somehow I think I would have been better off not going to the ER the night of the 27th and just going home. I certainly wouldn't have all these accruing medical bills on top of normal bills. I guess at every given moment we try to make the best choice even though it may not be. Hopefully good will come out of all of this.

I'm just tired of going to medical appointments ;-).

Good news is that I finished everything for my BA to get posted soon! Yay no more homework for awhile! Woohoo!

Hurry Up & Wait

The joys of being sick lol...go to the doctor, and hurry up and wait to be seen. Go to the hospital and hurry up and wait to figure out what tests they want to run. Apply for medical help and hurry up and wait to find out how much they will help.

Yep got to love life :-p!

I tell ya, nothing like being sick out of the blue to make you appreciate LIFE and being well!

Sure hope the doctors can figure out what is wrong soon.

Best Girl

So this is Katie and I've known her since 2nd grade and she is quite good at doing hoodini acts of 'now you know where I am & now you don't' lol but the past few years thankfully it has been on the know where instead of the opposite. She's an amazing woman and I have been thinking of blogging about her for some time now but amidst so many other things it had dropped off my radar :-p.

She finally decided to go to college and get a degree in pre-Law to be a lawyer(she will totally kick butt at), is a mom to 4 kids (oh lord that is a lot of kids), and she still has time to call me and make me laugh like we were 7 again :-). You are the bestest girl!