High Fives for Friday!

 

My high fives for this week are as follows (in no particular order):

Suri has NEVER said "Nice weather coming up!" Thursday also turned out to be sunny!

 1. The sun! The heat! Holy molyy, people! It was in the sixties yesterday and the mid to high sixties are on the horizon for Easter weekend. This never happens in March! I'm crossing my fingers and toes that this means we will get summer in June or July instead of August or September. I was able to run outside multiple times this week AND sit on my balcony and enjoy eating my dinner while reading my kindle. Speaking of Kindle..

2. Being back on the reading wagon. I have a goal to read at least two books a month this year and I was doing great until about the middle of Febuary (I say great like keeping on track for a month and a half is some big feat HA!). I started reading BossyPants by Tina Fey and I am constantly laughing. The way she writes her stories are as if the two of you are having a conversation. I've always been more of an Amy Poehler fan, but Tina Fey is hilarious.

3. Seeing my nutritionist while going into my FINAL week of the Elimination Diet/Cleanse. I learned all about starting to re introduce foods into my diet, slowly. I can also start drinking coffee and wine next week, and eat some dark chocolate. I am in heaven. Those are the three things I miss the most.

Maybe I should have told him to smile..or that I was taking a picture of him!

 4. Recieving an email from KC that he fixed the system they use for Skype so we get to have a Skype date this weekend!! I have not talked to this guy in three weeks! The longest we've ever gone. Hopefully he'll also have an update on his return date.

5. Being on my fitness game. This week I have killed it with workouts! As crazy as it sounds I have been really enjoying my 6am spinning class. I think it's been good cross training for running because the past few times I've been out running, it has felt SO good. I may be finally starting to fall in love with running again.

Happy weekend y'all!

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Hey y'all!

This month I'm sponsoring the lovely Melissa @ In her boots! There are 11 fun bloggers giving away gift cards so get your tookus over to her blog and enter the giveaway!

1 // Sarah  // $15 Starbucks Gift Card

2 // Brianne // $20 Etsy Gift Card

3 // Meghan // $25 Victoria Secrets Gift Card

4 // Maia // $10 Target Gift Card

5 // Gia // $10 Starbucks Gift Card + $5 Sponsor Spot

6 // Kristine // $10 Target Gift Card

7 // Rebecca //  $20 Amazon Gift Card + 1 month large Ad Space

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9 // Nikki // Forever 21 Gift Card

10 // Chloe // $10 Barnes & Nobles Gift Card

11 // Melissa // $10 Francesca's Gift Card

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It's (kinda) spring, Seattle!

 I can't even believe it, but I am doing one of my favorite things right now: sitting on my balcony in the sun..at 6:30 in the evening! This sort of occurrence usually doesn't happen until at least late May or June. We have had two weekends of sun in the emerald city, and I feel so lucky. Everyone comes out of their holes and infiltrates the parks, sidewalks, and outdoor dining places in this city. We Seattleites LOVE the sun.

The time change is still messing with my head a bit, but it's making me more motivated to get out and run, which I love. I'm trying to get back into running more/working out more often and I have been highly successful this last week.

This weekend I headed north to attend a surprise 60th birthday party for one of my oldest friend's mother. It was great, she had no idea! She's usually pretty on top of these things so we thought she might have hacked into one of her childrens emails and discovered the plans :-) The party was great, but I seriously struggled with not being able to eat all the yummy food that was offered. Especially the chocolate cake. I was good though, and ate only veggies and almonds. Tomorow I go see my nutritionist so I plan on doing  another post about the elimination diet. I'm on week three which means I start introducing foods back next week.

Other than that, my weekend was pretty low key, as usual. I got laundry done, went running, hung with my mom, went for a walk with my mom and her dog, and scored some awesome dark green skinny Hudsons! I was inspired by Melissa in her cutsy jeans, and then I saw Tara wearing 'em too, and I suddenly fell in love with the color. I swung by the rack and got lucky! Paired with my new combat boots, I think it's a pretty good look!

 

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This week I'm showing off my Shellac manicure that I got done the day before St Patty's Day. I didn't want to go too green so I think this was a subtle hint at green and the holiday :-)

Seeing how dry my skin looks in this picture is making me apply lotion as I type this sentence. Geez, ready for the winter to go A WAY!



Anyone have any fun plans for the weekend?

One of those days...

Today is just one of those days. A day where I find myself lost in my thoughts. My apartment is silent except for the hum of the refrigerator and the faint sound of the cars passing by on my street. Before I even realize how much time has passed I pull myself from my thoughts, my face in my hands just gazing out the window into the darkness that has fallen across Seattle for the night. My heart aches for KC. I let out a deep breath and realize the last time I felt this way was right before he was injured in November. It's one of those nights where I just wish with all my might that he would call me...That I could hear his voice and tell him how much I miss him.

It's coming up on the 6 month deployed mark, and March just won't leave fast enough.