storagegeek:

Not everyone scrapbooks, or even remembers to print off a fraction of the digital photos we take, but we all collect bits of memorabilia and ephemera.  For those of you that love to pull out the shoe boxes, here is a more streamlined version. Kind of like if a photo album and a shoe box had a baby. heck out MarthaStewart.com for more details.

I feel like I’m always writing about how its been so long since I last blogged. The written word is really just not preferred mode of communication. Ive completely fallen off the fitness wagon. After the 1/2 in September I let everything fall apart. My diet has consisted mostly of junk food with a veggie and some fruit thrown in here and there. With my diet not going so well, I haven’t felt worthy of exercise. Now I’m up 12 pounds and starting to feel it on the way my pants are fitting. Not cool! I’ve let my busy work schedule be the excuse for me not working out. That’s really no reason to give up on healthy living. If nothing else it means I should be working harder than ever to eat well and exercise. With all of that going on I have given up (it hurts to see those words written out) on the Charleston Marathon. I get really overwhelmed by the idea of completing a Marathon. It’s a lot of hard work and I do not feel ready for it at all. I need to change over the 1/2 event. I’m gonna look at this time as a period to rebuild what I’ve what I’ve lost over the last two months. I want to feel healthy again.  I want to fit in to pants again. I don’t want to spend money on bigger pants. Plus, I have some really cute clothes I want to keep. I’m not going to stay in this little whole of fatty foods and self loathing I’ve put myself in the last couple months. Time to get up and move.

So true Pa, so true. On the bright side this didn’t apply to me today. 3.1 in 32 minutes. No big deal.

padoeslife:

go oft awry

OR

the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Maybe you’ve experienced this:

You’re sitting at work, thinking about all the things you should be doing, or could be doing, or would rather be doing.

Like running. You’re like — If I weren’t working, I’d be out there pounding…

I’m using today to remember all those who lost their lives on this day 10 years ago and also to remember all those who have given their lives for mine since that day. I can’t believe its been so long. It’s important that we not take for granted all that we’ve been given especially the time we have with our loved ones. Tell someone you love them today.

Running 10 miles tomorrow.

bendoeslife:

EmilyDoesScience is thinking about doing an Ironman (p.s. go tell her to definitely sign up for one.)

And I realized that, more often than not, the thing keeping us from signing up for things is that we don’t believe we can do them or that we’re “too scared” to do them.

And I get it; it’s a…

And because we look better doing it.

(via strengthinfear)

Enjoy the eye candy. I am.