A Few Thoughts

As usual it seems like every week just gets busier and busier. It makes me even more excited for our anniversary trip.

*Speaking of that trip we finally decided on a more low-key weekend. We are going to spend it at Inn of the Mountain Gods. Golfing, paddle boating, and just relaxing will be so nice.

*Yesterday we finally had our freezer looked. It seems as though the compressor is leaking and will cost $900 to replace (it's not even 2 years old), so either GE is going to do the right thing and pay to replace it or we will just purchase a new one.

*I am on day 20 of this cycle of clomid...I am actually feeling okay. I do feel slightly bloated but that is to be expected. I have to take a test next week so fingers crossed that it worked!

*Tonight is the farewell for our brigade commander's wife and my very dear friend, Kim. We have been working on this for weeks and while it has been stressful at times I think it will be wonderful. I finished the name tags yesterday and I am really happy with how they turned out. 

Here is hoping everything goes off without a hitch.

*We are running a Father's Day 5k on Saturday, Kyle is such a good sport. He never complains when I tell him that I have registered us for another race lol.

*When I am in between meetings and FRG events I have been keeping occupied with Orange is the New Black and school work. Only 2 weeks left of these classes and I am so ready to start new ones lol.

Happy Wednesday everyone!

It's Monday Again

I am very much disliking how fast these weekends are going by.

I decided to bring out my crafty side on Friday after and made these for the house:

I am so happy with how they turned out!

Friday night was an early night because we were up at 4am for our 10k run. It was a 2 hour drive up to Cloudcroft, NM. It is so gorgeous driving through there because of the greenery. This race was intense, when we started we were at an elevation of 8600 feet. At the highest point we were over 10,000. It was awesome, but man going uphill for the majority was brutal.

We were both exhausted at the end and we treated ourselves to Ihop haha. The rest of the day was spent relaxing. Kyle grilled steaks and we settled in to watch hockey. It was a great day.

On Sunday we finally picked up everything to make a new home for the trash cans. It was a pain to drag them across the rocks so now they have a place. Kyle did a great job!

The baking bug bit me so I decided to make some lemon sugar cookies and chocolate chip banana muffins. I am addicted to these cookies and may eat them all haha.

I hope you all had a great weekend!

A Birthday Wish and Other Things

First, I want to wish my Dad a very very Happy Birthday!!! I love you, Dad. You are the best!

 Tomorrow we are running a 10k in Cloudcroft, New Mexico. It is absolutely beautiful up there but the altitude is higher than El Paso so we will see how that goes lol.

We have plans to stop at a place called The Old Apple Barn. It is an adorable country store with the best Root Beer floats!

We also are going to tackle a few home improvement projects that we have been putting on the back burner. Even though the temps have been well over 105 every day it will be nice to work outside and enjoy a mostly low key weekend. 

I may even break out my mold and resin to make some coasters and other fun things. :) 

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Ups and Downs

This week has been a roller coaster of ups and downs.

*On top of the Ranger School situation we found out yesterday morning that Kyle was not selected for one of the fellowships he applied for. While we are still waiting to hear about the 2nd one he is understandably disappointed and so am I. Situations like these make you wonder what does he not have that others do. Obviously everything happens for a reason but it still stings for sure.

*Kyle is still losing soldiers everyday (which means my FRG is dwindling away to nothing), his 1SG left last Friday and he said it is weird not having her there anymore. This deactivation has become stressful, I think everyone is ready for it be done.

Now on to the ups! :)

*In honor of National Running Day yesterday, I registered us for 3 more races. You can never run too much. ;)

*For the last 3 weeks I have been agonizing over a paper for my personality theories class. I turned it in on Sunday and was excited to see that I got a 100% on it. I am so relieved and happy.

*We booked our anniversary trip, we are going to spend a long weekend at Inn of The Mountain Gods. It will be so nice to just enjoy the lake and mountains without any distractions.

I figured I would leave you with this picture haha. This is why you don't leave drawers open!

Have a great day!

Retail Therapy

Let me just say that yesterday was not a good day for me. First, our freezer broke...definitely annoying but thankfully we have a deep freezer in the garage. Then we found out Kyle got bumped to the wait list for Ranger School (after he was already given a reservation), his BN commander has been making calls so hopefully he secures another spot in a few weeks. These may seem trivial but when you add in crazy hormones I was a mess lol.

To help ease the bad day vibes I treated myself to a little retail therapy. I am obsessed with the Old Navy outlet here. They were having some awesome sales so I picked up these gems.

I got these on Sunday when I ventured out, love them!

I also got these sandals from Rack Room Shoes (I am notorious for buying the same shoes in different colors lol)

I felt better by the time I got home and I was also able to finish all of my school work for the week. 

Here is hoping today is better! :)

Hope you all have a great Wednesday!

1 Week

I'm sure most of you remember that last summer we were lucky enough to have our niece, Kylie, here with us for 2 weeks. We decided that this year we will take both Kylie and Grayson for a week at the end of July! I am so excited to have them both here with us. With the likelihood of us moving next summer it will be a little harder to get them for an extended period of time.

We can't wait!!! :)

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Fun Times

This weekend was pretty awesome! It started out with me going to the movies on Friday afternoon to see Maleficent. It was AMAZING!!! Seriously, go see it haha.

That night Kyle was nice enough to make dinner which consisted of orange chicken, broccoli and brown rice. It was delicious!

Saturday we lounged around most of the morning until we headed off to see Jersey Boys at the Plaza Theater. OMG!!!! It blew my mind and was even better than I expected. Kyle even brought tissues because he knew I would need them. I have such a love for The Four Seasons (thanks to my Mom) and this show was outstanding.

Afterwards we had dinner at a local pizza place called Sparrows. Let me just say if you are ever in the El Paso area (or to some of my blogger friends that live here) you need to eat here. It was Chicago style deep dish pizza.....my mouth is watering just typing this haha.

Sunday morning we got up bright and early and headed off to New Mexico to run the Race for Care 5k. It was for National Cancer Survivor Day. I felt like I had my Angel on my shoulders and boy was she pushing me haha.

We were both so excited to find out that we had placed. I took 3rd in my age group and Kyle took 2nd in his. It was such a fun race and even while on clomid I still managed to gain a PR. :)

I hope you all had an amazing weekend!