Merry Christmas to us

Chris and I are the proud new owners of a queen bed set and mattress (which is our Christmas present to ourselves this year). Yesterday we finally purchased the bedroom furniture set we had looked at a few weeks ago and also bought a mattress. We're excited to have this since we've been sleeping on my old bed since we got married. The main problem with that was the fact that I slept towards the middle of the bed before we were married. So now the mattress sags in the middle. I'm sure Chris will sleep much better in a few days.

Yesterday we also picked out our new bedding set. (There are so many things to get when you change bed sizes. It was also much more difficult to pick out bedding than I thought it would be.) Now all we need is some sheets to go with our new comforter.

Today Chris has begun taping all of the trim in preparation for painting tomorrow. He is off from work this whole week so the bedroom "remodel" is his project this week. Knowing Chris he will be done painting well before I get home from work tomorrow. The furniture is delivered on Tuesday and that's probably when he'll pickup the mattress too.

The goal is to have everything setup in our bedroom and the twin beds disassembled and our old bed assembled in the guest room all by the time Chris' mom and sister come to our house on Wednesday night. I'll be sure to take some pix and post them after we get everything in its place.

The BIG mini

050209 - 0730

The above time is when I will be running the half-marathon that I am officially registered to run in next year! I'll be running in the Indy Mini Marathon, which takes place in downtown Indianapolis. (It is the largest mini marathon in the country!) The race course passes many well-known parts of Indy, including running around the infamous Motor Speedway track.


For those of you not familiar with the running world, a half marathon is approximately 13 miles. My goal is to run the entire length and not just barely finish - I want to be prepared, as much as I can be. With having 6 months to train, I hope to prepare enough to finish in 2 hours.


So day 1 of training started yesterday and I have 170 days to go. I'm excited to take on a new challenge even though I know it will be tough at times. For instance, last night I ended up running for a half hour in the rain - that's just a sign of things to come. I've been running 5-6 days a week for at least 20 minutes for a while now and I needed a change of pace. Chris will help me with my training plan since he has a lot of past experience with running. (He's ran 17 miles twice before!) I think the longest I've ever ran is 7 miles, but we stopped for a break at the half-way point.


I'll try to post on when I've hit significant points in my training - i.e. when I hit 7 or 10 miles on my long run on the weekend, when I compete in a 5K and 10K race as part of my training, etc. I'm excited yet fearful at the same time of what I'm getting into, but I'm convinced that the more time I have to train, the easier the race will be. Much blood, sweat, and tears to come...most likely and hopefully much more of the second than the others.