It's almost the weekend!

Been a long week... too long. STILL IN LOVE WITH THE CAR!!! It's amazing how many broken things I had gotten used to in my 13 year old car. I think I used the radio in my old car to cover up its noisiness... but now I actually like the quiet. :)
Weekend plans: Running @ the arboretum. Gotta make some cards this weekend at some point. Laundry. Dinner with friends... anything else?

Exciting weekend!

My 13 year old honda civic died Friday night. I knew it was coming, but thankfully I had a 3 day weekend and I had been saving up for a down payment. After a weekend of test driving, I bought another civic; this time it's blue. I'm excited! It will be nice to drive without worrying about every sound and waking up the neighbors with my old car. And I have air conditioning! :) Many thanks to Bobbi and Maliha for all your help.
Also did the Women's 10K race yesterday at Montrose Harbor. I was hoping for a better time, but it was the same as last year. I guess I can't complain; I hadn't been sleeping well the past week or so.
Time to go clean out my old car!

Getting for my next race

Race day is Sunday. It's a 10K. My dream is to be able to finish in 1 hour, but I don't think it's going to happen. I ran for 45 minutes yesterday, and I hope to run 6-7 miles tomorrow morning before work at the Morton Arboretum. I've really been trying to work on speed lately. My newest trick is to go faster when a fast song is on my iPod, then go back to my normal speed. Hopefully, it will help me on race day.

crafty weekend

Been a rough week (and it's only Wednesday). Here are some pics from my crafty weekend. I made some cards and magnets. Here's to a successful craft fair in Westmont!

...weekend...

Getting ready to (finally!) craft this weekend!

Cable at the gym

YAY! Cable is back at the gym! The machines at the gym stopped getting cable a couple of months ago and it's been hard to stay motivated while watching regular tv. And then... today, I saw cable channels were available! Makes the time go so much faster while I'm on the treadmill :) And, thanks to the blond woman on the machine next to me. I wanted to stop after 9 minutes, but she made me push for 30 hard minutes.