We had the most wonderful Spring Break and Easter holiday. I was looking for something to do for the week long break from school, and thought maybe I would take little man on a long road trip to visit his cousins. Mr PugRunner, perhaps feeling left out, got involved in the planning and booked ...
spring break and easter
couch 2 5k: week 5, day 3 {3.29.2013}.
This was it. My first long run. Twenty minutes, straight. No stopping. I was simultaneously excited and afraid. And nervous. Very, very nervous. It was 39 degrees out, so freezing by my standards. However, the sun was shining and my brother-in-law, a marathoner himself, promised he would ...
couch 2 5k: week 5, day 2 {3.27.2013}. treadmill edition
Wednesday marked my first treadmill experience. I'm hoping it will be my last. I was pretty certain that the low point of my week was going out in public (and carrying on a lengthy conversation with little man's teacher in the aisle of the grocery store) in yoga pants that were inside out. (That ...
I love rock ‘n’ roll
I had a pretty challenging cake request this past weekend. It was supposed to be a bass guitar. It was for a girl's birthday and therefore needed to be "blinged out." And it was supposed to be made without any red food dye. I learned a very interesting lesson about this. Red food dye is ...
the race bug
Fact. I am only in Week 5 of training. Fact. I have not actually run a complete 5K at this time. Fact. I want to sign up for All The Races. I don't know what's wrong with me. I thought I would select a 5K (done) and a longer race, say a 10 miler or a half marathon (also done), and ...
italian polenta casserole
Since the new year began, I've been a little less than adventurous in the kitchen. Between traveling and social obligations, I really have been sticking to a chicken or fish, vegetable and starch, with an occasional soup or pasta dish thrown in. Fancy. A friend posted a recipe for a Mexican ...
