Back in Buffalo...

Sorry it's been so long again, but it feels like I keep running from one thing to the next. The few minutes I do get I prefer to take a few minutes to get something done around the house. This is actually the first time I've touched my computer since landing in Buffalo on Friday. So where's a brief and random recap for you...

Since getting back in town on Friday I've been trying to get back into the swing of being home, but it's been difficult since I know I have to leave again next Monday. Actually I didn't official get to our house until Saturday because we had to see some friends. And I'm actually still living out of my suitcase at the moment, but I might be able to get it unpacked tonight.

Matt and I have been busy getting the house in order, and are trying to make some solid decisions on our kitchen. IKEA is having their semi-annual kitchen sale so we need to decide what we are going to do, if we are going to do the full remodel or just a slight upgrade. Hopefully by this weekend we'll have a better idea of the total remodel costs.

Another item on the to-do list is to clean out the old car, and have it inspected for lease turn-in in the next week or so. Then it's off to the DMV to get the new car officially on the road- for now it is just a "lawn ornament" until it has license plates.

This past Sunday I did another long run with Matt leading me on his bike. He was at the ready with water and support. The gps on the phone wasn't functioning for a portion of the run so I'm not sure that I made it the full 11 miles, but I know I ran for a little over 2 hours so I imagine I got pretty close. Next week, it is on to 12 miles- which will be the longest until the actual half.

Alright, for now those are my random thoughts. Now off to put the laundry away and then it's time to clean out the car to get ready for the inspection on Friday.

Busy, busy bee

I know you're probably wondering where I've been, but it been a busy few days. We've had things to get done before I leave for Dallas on Monday.

Saturday was our busiest day. We went over to Ohio to pick up our new car. It was a very rainy drive 3 hours each way, but we had a good day. The couple we purchased the car from was super to work with, we even had enough to enough a great lunch with them at one of their local organic restaurant spots. Then on our way out of town we also stopped off at Whole Foods to get some new products to tryout.
Out with the old...

(We actually still have this car until the end of April,so it will be driven until I have to turn it in.)

In with the new...


Whole Foods in Chagrin, Ohio


Some of the products we bought to try out...


Then once we finally made it back to Buffalo, we had a few errands to run then it was home to get some sleep due to the losing of an hour. I turned my clock back before I went to bed, and set the alarm for the early morning hours so I could get my run in. Yup got up had some oatmeal before heading to the gym for eight fun filled miles of running on the treadmill. It felt good to get it done, and I completed it in my 5 mph pace.

This morning after running we met up with our friends for some breakfast and to celebrate Sabrina's Birthday with some French Toast. Yummy! Then some more errands, and home to pack. I'm almost done packing, two suit cases and a carry on- pretty good for being away for a month.

Oh and one more thing...
Matt got me a new book I've been eyeing that we weren't able to find the other day. Yeah!!! It goes along with the Food, Inc. concepts- so I'll have something to read on the plane and at the hotel.

Alright...you'll hear from me when I get to Dallas! Have a great day!

Thursday Night....

Tuesday and Thursday nights are typically rest days from the normal gym activities, which gives us both a break and a chance to get stuff done. Tonight I had a couple errands to run.

First up was picking up the race number for Saturday's Shamrock Run, which is an 8k through the 1st Ward of downtown Buffalo- the original Irish area of Buffalo. If I had signed up sooner I would have gotten a free jacket with registration, but instead a got a nice little knit cap. Everyone loves free stuff, and a warm head isn't bad either!

If you are in Buffalo be looking for #4718 to be crossing the finish line!

Next up was a trip to Fleet Feet to see if they had a spibelt, but they didn't so I got something just like it. I tried it out "jogging" and jumping around the kitchen- Matt is now calling it the world's smallest fanny pack! Oh well, if it holds my phone and my key I'll take it. Oh, and they were having a 50% off sale on all the long sleeve gear, so I picked up a green/grey running top.


Then we were hungry, so I decided to take Matt to Amy's Place. It's a little place over by the university that offers an array of food from vegetarian, vegan, and other typical diner like options. I only took a picture of my meal, which was a Lentil-Berry Sandwich (Vegetarian). It actually is more like a wrap, and resembles a giant burrito. It was huge, so I have lunch for tomorrow now too.


Have a great night!!!

Shop 'til We Drop

Oh Saturday, full of getting ready for another busy week! This morning I spent time finalizing our meal plans for the week. Yes that was plural- planS. Matt and I currently have different goals as far bulking versus losing weight. Obviously, Matt is the one interested in gaining the muscle mass. So this will be the first week we will be eating completely different things for our 6-7 meals. It should make for an interesting week in our tiny kitchen.

Today we also got a chance to get out to store and do some stock up type shopping. Even got some curtains for our new front window at 50% off, gotta love a bargain. Also, Old Navy had some shirts for like $3...what a deal. So we walked through the mall, store, and did grocery shopping for a few hours so now home to rest. We're going to watch the latest Star Trek Movie (Matt's pick).

Tomorrow's run....3 MILES! The goal is to maintain the 5mph pace, so let's hope for some good music on my Pandora and some quality people watching.