My Resolution…Sort Of

It has been over a year since my last post. A year and 8 months to be exact. In that time my life has changed A LOT.

I had to go back and read my last post because honestly I had no idea what I had written. It was my “I have been at my job for one year” post. I remember that I had thought to myself that I wanted to start blogging again. I guess I failed at that.

Work is so busy and challenging, but so rewarding at the same time. I have a new job title, and a TON of new people that work for me. The best part about my job is I manage a ridiculously talented group of people. They make me look better.

Work has not slowed down in the slightest, but I really do want to get back to blogging. This weekend was the first weekend I had in a very long time where I had absolutely no plans. So of course I did work, but I also organized a lot of my photos. As I was going through pictures from the last year I realized how amazing it was and felt like it was a missed opportunity to not share. Not that people really care about what I have to say or what I am doing daily. It’s more for me.

So here I am again. Telling myself I am going to start blogging more. It’s not going to be an every day thing. Maybe every week? A few times a month? Who knows. All I know is it’s something I enjoy doing. So here’s to living my best life.

So let’s see. Random things that have happened.

I turned 33! It’s insane but I celebrated in Hoboken with my favorite people and it was great.

To top off my awesome birthday weekend the Eagles won the Super Bowl!

I am lucky enough to be able to go to the games with my company (when I get asked). This season was amazing! I went to both the playoff games and being in Philly for the Super Bowl is something I will never forget.

So that is all for me for now. Going to finish watching movies and get myself ready for the week ahead.

How Do You Measure a Year?

And just like that…I had my 1 year work anniversary!

This past year flew by! I honestly cannot believe it. I am so happy with my new job. It’s crazy and challenging, but so worth it :)

So Tuesday I was supposed to run 3 miles for my training run, but I did not. So instead I ran last night after work. We have a run club at work, but I was late. Even though I started after everyone I ALMOST caught up!

We run at Valley Forge, which is gorgeous, but also very hilly. I did 3 miles at a 10:47 pace. I really need to work on getting back to a 9 minute mile. Lots of work ahead!

Yesterday was also around 90 degrees when we were running, but no excuses haha.

After my run I went home and got ready for dinner with Cindy. She is moving away from me :( but I am so excited for her to start her new life adventure :)

It’s All Fun and Games

Today was day 2 of the 21 Day Fix. So far so good!

I did not wake up to exercise before work. Today was photo shoot day and I had to get to work early. I am in charge of the content for my company. We create ads for each issue of our magazine, every 8 weeks. We have to make sure everything we tell our customers to make is good. That means we make all the food and DIY projects. It’s a lot of fun, but also a lot of work.

Right now we are working on summer content for 2017!

I made corn on the cob 6 ways and did not eat any of it. I was proud of myself!

After work I came home and did the Upper Fix Extreme. I was supposed to run, but my feet were killing me by the end of the day.

My arms are killing me, but I am glad I did something even when I was tired.

My goal this summer is to make ice pops! I see recipes all over Pinterest, but I never make them. I really want to try a few, and of course I will blog about anything delicious.

It’s Time

What time? Time for me to get back to blogging!

So this week will officially be one year since I moved to Philadelphia for my new job. It is going great, but it keeps me super, crazy busy.

I decided that after a year of being pretty much MIA. I want to get back into blogging. Besides the fact that I miss just writing (even though I am a terrible writer) I also just want to have some me time.

One of the motivators is a fitness group I just started today through Facebook. My weight has been crazy fluctuating for the past year and I have been terrible with my exercising. Blogging about it I think will hold me more accountable.

I also need to start training for a marathon in October. If I don’t start soon, I am not going to make it.

I bought the 21 Day Fix a few months ago. I did one round of it and did pretty well. Then I started eating and drinking poorly :(

So back at it! Today I restarted the fix. It’s not easy at first. I also don’t know how anyone could do it in a family setting. I am ok with it because it’s just food for me. I also have yet to figure out recipes so most of my meals are all separate things (protein, veggie, carb) that I just mix together.

My goals this time are to keep to the fix (as much as possible) and also get over 10,000 steps per day. I have my “before” pictures, but those will not be going online anytime soon haha.

So I will be blogging about my progress over the next 21 days, and life in general. Maybe I will even do some recap posts to let you know all the crazy stuff I have been up to this past year.

Happy Monday!

Stitch Fix Updates: February and March

So not only have I been failing to write new blog posts, but the ones I need to write I threw stuff out!

So I usually do a Stitch Fix review after every box, but I forgot after my February box and then I got my March box and I was like “I forgot February!” Then I realized I tossed BOTH sheets with the item info on it. So sadly this post is a picture recap. I don’t have the names of the clothes, or the prices.

I will try to get my shit together for next time, promise.

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What I can tell you is I bought my whole February box.

Love this dress. It’s prefect for work.

These pants I wear all the time. The top I loved, but after washing it once it shrunk :(

Big fan of this top. I wore it for my work head shot! This vest is also comfy, but hard to pair stuff with.

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My March box was not as great, but still fun. I want to blame my weight gain on not liking a lot of the stuff.

This top was the only thing I kept. The pants had a fun pattern, but were too tight.

This sweater was cute. It had a large stripe pattern, but you couldn’t see it with a tank under it. The necklace was just too much of a statement for me.

This was a jacket, but I felt it was more like a cardigan. The lace pattern was just too much for me.

I am looking forward to my next fix. They have shoes now! I also asked for more spring items.

If you don’t have Stitch Fix yet, get on it!

What’s Going On?

Oh hey!

I have been MIA for a while. I definitely have had a lot going on, it was not for lack of content. Just lack of time to write. I know, my forever excuse.

Let’s see….what to update?

I finally put my medal racks up in my apartment.

Only took me 9 months….

I love my new medal/bib rack from York Sign Shop on Etsy. It makes me realize how many more states I need to run in!

Speaking of running.

The weather has been nice enough to start running outside again!

But then 2 days later it will snow, so ya there is that.

My pyrex obsession has gotten so out of hand I needed a new place to put it all.

Luckily IKEA has some nice shelves, and Cheryl enjoys putting IKEA stuff together.

When Cheryl was down a few weeks ago I made her do the Snapchat face swap thing that everyone is doing…

Twin face swap!

I recently went to Washington DC.

Hi Mr. President! More on that another day.

My diet has been ok. I have been experimenting with calorie counts and new recipes. You can’t go wrong with zoodles.

Then today was the first day of spring and it snowed.

But Rita’s was free so everything evened itself out!

So that was a quick overview of random life lately. Chat soon? Let’s hope.

Party Like It’s Your Birthday

So this year was my 31st birthday. Gah I’m old!

This year we decided to rent a cabin in the poconos. Jill’s birthday is the day after ours so we all celebrated together!

As an old lady now, it’s nice to just hang out with my friends. We had a good time.

Where the house was there was a lake nearby. In the summer you could go there, but we wanted to see what it looked like in the winter.

I was surprised that it was frozen over. I mean it was cold, but not SUPER cold.

I braved the shores first. Once I realized it was REALLY frozen, I went further out.

Yay to still being adventurous at 31!

Disneyland Paint the Night Electrical Parade

So there is a lot about my trip to Disneyland last year that I never got to talk about. One of them was the Disneyland Paint the Night Electrical Parade. I am a big fan of the Main Street Electrical Parade in Disney World so I HAD to see the Disneyland version.

This electrical parade has a ton of insane colors.

One of the only times I got to see Tigger in California.

Each float was a different move/character.

Then it was princess time!

Of course Ana and Elsa had their own fancy float with Olaf.

Then the parade ended when Mickey came out on this crazy, trip, spinny thing. You would have to see it to understand haha.

I really enjoyed the parade. The music was very upbeat. We sat in the freezing cold for like 2 hours, but it was worth it.

Instagram Updates for January 2016

Oh hey it’s already the middle of February and I haven’t done my January Instagram grid.

I contemplated stopping the grid, but decided that my Instagram pics are the most interesting ones I take, at least I think so, and I still want to share them.

January was filled with failed attempts at getting healthy, lots of snow and drinking and our birthday celebration!

Let’s hope the snow for this year is over. I need warm weather stat!

Working on my Fitness

So it’s me again. I know, I have been such a flake lately. I can get Monday and Tuesday posts done over the weekend and then BAM the week slaps me in the face and I just don’t have time.

The terrible part is that it has really been messing with my weight. I have been eating terrible aka everything. It’s winter and it’s cold and I love food…the end.

I know that is no excuse :(

Anyway the past two weeks I have been attempting to get back into shape, but it hasn’t been going well. I haven been too tired to get up in the morning for the gym and when I do, running on the dreadmill is miserable.

I can’t keep making excuses though! So I have committed to getting myself back into shape.

That started today. I was scheduled for 10 miles, but it was 10 degrees out. I know myself. I would have gone a mile in the cold and said screw this and came back and that would have been it. Instead I decided to go to the gym.

I made sure to wear my favorite shirt so everyone knew how I felt.

It was pretty terrible. I could barely run a mile, but it was progress nonetheless.

I did 5 miles with a run/walk strategy.

Then when I got home I made all my food for the week. One of my downfalls has been that I wake up late and run around getting food together. This usually results in me bringing random things that bore me and then I eat badly.

So I made 3 different recipes that I will eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner this week.

Breakfast = Baked Banana and Coconut Oatmeal

Lunch = Turkey Veggie Quiche

Dinner = Crock Pot Chicken Pot Pie

I had the pot pie for dinner tonight and it was yummy.

I usually get bored of eating the same things day after day, but I am hoping this week I can convince myself that it is better than eating like shit.

I also have a new morning regimen I am going to try this week. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday = runs. I mean I have a half marathon in 25 days. Need to get it together! Tuesday and Thursday is strength training and Saturday I am going to try light yoga or rest.

One thing I do have as of right now is motivation! Let’s do this!