I am still Alive!

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to let everyone know I made it this morning! We ran a THREE MILES! It was a slow three for me, but I did it! I am sure I slowed everyone down a little, but they seemed cool with it!!

I have my knitting class tonight, I think we start a hat tonight! Will take pictures and share later!

Hope everyone has a great Wednesday!

Wanted to leave you with a picture of my two favorite guys!

Running Week 2

Well, I have stayed on my program so far.

Arturo and I ran yesterday afternoon in the heat! It was kind of a stupid thing to do, but we made it! I was really sweaty when we got done....It was pretty gross. Sure did feel good once I got cooled off.

Tomorrow AM, and when I say early I mean 5:30am. I am going to run with a group from the Little Apple Roadrunners Club. I am a little nervous, but they say I will be able to hang in there. So we will see. I will give you a report tomorrow evening if I am still ALIVE!!!:)

Arturo is playing softball on a city league team, named the "Animal's of Science." I do not think they have won a game yet. The average age of the team is 50, so age is not on their side! He is having fun though. They play on Tuesday nights with a double header. Tonight they lost both games :( They will get one win hopefully before the season is up.

Well that is all the news I have from this home front!

Have a good night everyone!

P.S. Lauren...I will get to your tag soon, I promise!

Knitting

Over the 4th of July, Janet and L.A. (Arturo's Step mom and Dad) came to visit us! We had such a great visit.

Janet is a knitter and she brought some of her knitting along. She showed me a couple of things and got me started in a class. The class did not make at first and I was determined to learn so I checked out a few books at the library and taught my self a few things. My first project was this bald-band dishrag. It was so much fun to make and turned out pretty well, if I do say so myself.

I got this pattern out of the Mason Dixon Knitting book (http://www.masondixonknitting.com/) . I love their stuff I plan to do a few rugs that are in that book someday soon.

Finished Product




The class did end up making, so I am taking a beginners knitting class which we make a headband and a hat...I am pretty excited about it! I also have tried to start a scarf this weekend, but am having some trouble. I will get it figured out though and place pictures as soon as I have them.

There is a great knitting shop here in town, the Wildflower Yarns and Knitwear (http://www.wildflowerknits.com/index.html), that is where I take my class and they also have an open knit night on Thursday nights. There are some great ladies that come to the knit night! I have enjoyed making new friends and getting involved in a group here in Manhattan!

Well, I think that I am about caught up on everything. I think we plan to do some work around here this coming weekend, so I will keep you updated on our progress.

I hope everyone has a great week!

Garden

Arturo and I both grew up in families that had a garden every year... so it was only right that we have one of our own. We were a little late putting it in, so our veggies have been a little slow producing. They are coming on though! We have tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, green beans, peppers (they are not doing very well),corn, cantaloupe and watermelon. So far we have harvested a few green beans and tomatoes, the other stuff will be ready soon. I love home grown produce, it always taste soooo much better than the stuff you get at the store.

We all ready have ideas on how to make it bigger and better next year!

Enjoy the pics!

A few pics of my sunflowers...

Backyard Project

Finally, I have time to share what we spent almost every weekend working on in the Spring. We are so pleased with it and still have so many things to do to make it just the way we want it. We are working so hard on our little home, but it has been so fun putting our heads together and getting a great outcome. Arturo has some great ideas of what he wants to do with the house and so do I. We have had some great learning experience on how to work well together! We are getting it figured out, more and more on each project. :)

This spring we put in a six foot privacy fence, along with tearing up the patio and replacing it with the same stones as well as a few new ones to give it a cooler effect. I have to give a quick shot out to Miguel, Arturo's brother, if it would not had been for him we would have never gotten it done!

Enjoy the pics!

Back Fence ~ Before

Back Fence ~ During the Project

Back Fence ~ Cleaned Up

Back Fence ~ Building of Fence

Back Fence ~ Completed (Well not completed, waiting on a gate. We have completed, I just need to take some more pictures.)

Our Help...Thanks again!

Patio project ~ Before

Patio ~ During

These are all the stones or pavers we pulled up, this was my job, in that I could not carry the fence panels to well.

It rained on us multiply times and made this a huge mess!

And finally the finished product

We still have flower beds and fire pit to build, but we plan to get that done in the month of August. I will keep you up-dated on the progress.

Pretty Prairie

Strap on your boots and spurs we are headed to the Rodeo! We are going to Pretty Prairie, KS for the largest night rodeo in Kansas. We went last year and had a really good time. Arturo's Aunt and Uncle live down there...so we get to hang out with family this weekend. Always fun.

Well got to run!

Will have updates on the house and other projects hopefully Sunday...so check back.
Have a great weekend!

Running

Sorry that I did not get anything posted about our backyard project...the Internet was down last night and will probably not be fixed until Thursday. :(

Now back to the reason for this post.

Before the wedding I starting working out, you know to look good in my dress and all, and became a little bit addicted to spin. I think it was the location of the class, the time and the instructor, because I just do not enjoy it as much here in Manhattan. So I am trying a new form of exercise. I am teaching myself to run... well I guess I am training my body to be able to run a straight 30 minutes. Today was my first day and I ran a minute and then walked 90 seconds. I did this eight times, and will do this three times this week and then I keep increasing my time running over the next eight weeks. So we will see if in eight weeks I can run a straight 30 minutes without feeling like I am going to pass out! I will keep you all posted on my progress.

Exercise is a funny thing...you hate it until you get in a groove, or at least this the way it is with me. However, when I get in that grove I love the way it makes me feel. It makes me feel strong both mentally and physically!

Anyway, just wanted to let you all know what is running through my mind today. No pun intended!

Have a great day!

Our First Home!

Well most of you all know that we purchased our first home last June. So... we have been in it a little over a year now and have done a few things to it, and have a lot more things on our list. I want to share some before and after photos of the house.


Before

After - With still some work to do... we are planning on painting the exterior this fall. I will keep you all updated on that project.


Kitchen ~ Before

Kitchen ~ After Please disregard the dishes, we are still hand washing the dishes :)






Living Room ~ Before


Living Room ~ After (Please note that the curtains and the pillows were my first sewing project)






The Kitchen Table Area




Bathroom ~ Before


Bathroom ~ After








The Hallway ... one of my favorites


I hope you all enjoy these...we are sure having fun with our little home! Making great memories everyday. Stay tuned for more pictures of the back yard project.

LOVE YOU ALL!

Honeymoon ~ May 27th

The views from our room!

The Honeymoon...man did we have a blast! We traveled to Ocho Rios, Jamaica and stayed at the Royal Plantation. If you are every planning a trip to Jamaica we would HIGHLY recommend the Royal Plantation...it is GREAT!

Wedding ~ May 26, 2007

As most of you know Arturo and I were hitched in Lubbock, TX on May 26th of last year. This began our journey of husband and wife, the last year has been great fun! We have bought our first home, moved out of the state of Texas and have loved every minute of it. Well...maybe not every minute, but most!

Post number 1!

I have been wanting to do this forever and have never made time! Well... now is the time! I am going to begin by catching you all up on happenings here in Manhattan, KS. After that I plan to keep it updated with Arturo and my travels, projects and just life happenings. Thanks for checking in with us! Take care!