Training for a 5K

Warning: this post has NO pictures. I apologize... but there's just something that's not very appealing about a red faced out of breath girl. I know you can thank me later.

Anyways, I'm training for a 5K with my friend. The race is in March. Matt and I have been walking and doing some exercising this week to start training. But, today was the first day my friend and I worked out together. We did pretty well if I do say so myself. Every other 1/4 mile of the trail we jogged and I thought I would die. Thanks to my friend, she kept me from stopping--- because if it was up to me I probably would have walked the whole thing. (I HATE running!!! I have always HATED running!!!, even when I was in shape playing basketball.)

Let's just hope I keep up my training after I go back to work starting on Monday.

I Cooked Dinner...

Yes you read that headline correctly. Yours truly actually cooked dinner... ALL by HERself! I'm amazed myself. Now you can pick your jaw off the floor and keep reading.

My aunt gave Matt and I a Campbell's (as in the soup) Recipe Book for Christmas and today I read through it to find some ideas for dinner. I was running out of time before Matt got home, so I needed something that wouldn't take hours. So I found the perfect quick recipe. It's called Chicken Mozzarella. I quickly checked my cabinets to see what items I needed from the grocery store and in no time I was back in my kitchen, wearing an apron, and cooking.

Here's the finished delicious product:



Matt said it tasted good, but the recipe said to leave the noodles plain, so I did, and Matt wished it had some sauce as well. Maybe I can figure out a way to tweak the recipe for more sauce the next time I make it.

Quick update: We've been pretty busy during our break from work. We had to split our time between my family and his over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We enjoyed seeing family and everything. Santa was very nice to us as well. Now we are getting ready for the New Year. I hope all of you had a very Merry Christmas and that you all have a Happy New Year as well!

Ode to our Penguin

This year we bought our first house, so we finally have our own yard to decorate. A couple weekends ago, Adam and Kim came over and helped us put it all together. We stuck an 18 inch penguin in our front flower bed as kind of a mascot, because he was so short compared to blow up snowman.

This weekend, someone STOLE our penguin. WHO DOES THAT? Well, really I know who, but come on seriously. It's Christmas!!! People are LAME.

It's so sad. We miss you, Penguin!

"Tale as Old as Time"

For those of you who don't know, that's the first line in the song for Disney's "Beauty and the Beast."

"Beauty and the Beast" is my all-time favorite classic Disney story. (It's probably because she is the brown haired Disney Princess. Just Saying.) Well the Broadway play came to our area last night and Matt got us tickets to go! I LOVED IT! I took a picture from our seats before it started so I could share with the blogging world the amazing view.



I've seen the play done before when I was away at school. The performers did a great job, but it wasn't anything compared to the Broadway version! If it ever comes to a theatre near you, it's a MUST see!



Thanks Matt! You are the BEST husband ever!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...

I stayed home sick from work the other day. After taking a lot of medicine and starting to feel better, I pulled out my Christmas decor and spruced up the house just a bit. I pulled out all the decorations we have and placed them around the living room, while I watched one of my all time favorite Christmas movies.



Here's the picture of our Christmas tree!


(The picture quality isn't great because it's from my phone.)

Matt was definitely impressed by my amazingness when he got home. haha. Because not only was the inside decorated, but I had dinner almost ready for him. That NEVER happens, poor boy!

Adam, Kim and Parkie came by yesterday and helped Matt and I decorate the outside. It's not quite finished yet. We need to get a couple more stands of light and our blow up penguins died sometime during the year, so we want to get something else to put up with our snowman. Pictures to come hopefully.

Hope you all have a Merry Christmas!!!!