Cooking, working out, and what I am looking forward to...

This weekend was pretty low key, relaxing and I got to spend some time with the hubby! He read and studied most of the weekend but we did squeeze in a movie on saturday night, No Strings Attached, which was super cute! Today started the week before my last semester of grad school starts as well as my sister and bro in law are coming in on Saturday for a week! So looking forward to their visit, seeing my 6 month pregnant sis and enjoying a nice visit! It gets a little lonely with the hubby working 12 hour days and we usually eat dinner apart so with my sis and bro in law here it will be nice company! Today I went to the gym and did some weights and machines. I am trying to get back into my workout schedule I had last year at Planet Fitness. Now that it is free to work out I would like to get back into the habit of weights and then going for a walk on the treadmill or track or if its warm and sunny to walk outside.After the gym, I came home and cooked homemade meatballs, taco meat, and homemade mashed potatoes so that I would have food ready and easy to heat up for the hubby.

Things I am looking forward to this week:
My tv shows: Teen Mom 2, America Idol, I used to be fat, Glee, how i met your mother, big bang theory and the office
working out at the gym and enjoying another sunny walk
working at the thrift shop and hopefully finding some cute clothes and a new cashier since our cashier is moving:(
My sis and bro in law arriving on Saturday
Hopefully spending a little time each day with the hubby

What are you looking forward to this week!

Running injury update

So Thursday I finally got to be seen by the dr. on base and was diagnosed with iliotibial band syndrome. It is an inflammation and pain on the outerside of the knee that starts at the hip and continues down the lef to the upper shin bone. I was given some motrin and stretches to help. I unfortunatley didn't run in the race on Saturday but I plan on going to the gym today to walk and maybe run a mile if the pain has subsided a bit.

Nothing too exciting happened this weekend, just layed low and relaxed and watched movies on tv. This week I have two spouse christmas socials to attend as well as work on Wednesday and Friday and a Cocktail party Christmas Social on Saturday! Busy week but full of holiday cheer which I am excited about!

11 days till I am home in NY for 10 days!

New Job and bad news running...

Yesterday I started my new job as thrift store manager at the thrift store on base. It is a charitable organization that contributes funds to local organizations and a scholarship fund every year. Yesterday was mostly training but I enjoyed everyone I met and the store had some super cute finds, I wanted to put some aside for myself. I work from 830-130 then because of some lovely car trouble, my car is in the shop for the next week, I walked home for lunch. I work again on Friday which should finish up my training and then I will be on my own for training next week!

Since Sunday, my left hip has been bothering me. Back in 2009, I was diagnosed with chronic bursitis in my left hip and went to physical therapy for a month and pretty much ruled out running because of the pain. I decided in November to try to train for a 5k race, which I used to run all the time in college. I was doing well and working my way up from 1 mile the first week to three miles last week. Sunday morning I woke up with throbbing pain in my hip and it shooting down my leg, I had felt this before back when I went to physical therapy. I stretched and rested that day, Monday the pain hadn't subsided so I thought maybe a walk would be good, so I walked from our house to the post office on base, only like a 10-15 minute walk, when I got back home, the pain and discomfort was still there. Yesterday I walked to work, it was about 30 degrees out but only like a 12 minute walk, after being on my feet on cement floors for 5 hours, and walking home, I called the dr. and made an appointment to get it checked out. I wont be able to see the dr till Monday which stinks because the race is next saturday. I dont want to run before seeing the dr, so it looks like I wont be running in the race.

It is quite disappointing and frustrating seeing I worked so hard the past month and was really looking forward to running and had enjoyed getting back into running! Oh well, its something I will have to live with the rest of my life and will have to create new goals in exercise.

My first Thanksgiving as a married lady and cooking a turkey...

Yesterday I started preparing around 12 seeing we were planning on eating around 430. The hubby helped peal potatoes and then I cut them and suffered a minor injury, small cut on my thumb. Then I put the potatoes in cold water to sit. Then at 1, I preheated the oven and got the turkey ready to go in at 130. Every half hour we checked the turkey temperature and buttered and bastened the turkey, dont know if bastened is a word but oh well. It was ready in 2 hours, only a 10lb turkey. I then warmed up the rolls, I bought dinner rolls and had made biscuits as well as warmed up corn. I got my favorite, cranberry sauce, out of the fridge and started setting the table. Hubby carved the turkey and it came out moist and delicious!

Here is a pic of the golden turkey!

Then the boys, Hubby and his friend from college who recently got stationed a couple hours away, helped me clear the table and load the dishwasher. I finished up the rest of the dishes and picked up the kitchen. After a little digesting and way too much football for my liking, we settled down for dessert, I had bought an apple pie but noone was really interested in that. I had made my own tradition, chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and bought some vanilla ice cream to go with it. Everyone enjoyed the cake and ice cream and then the boys watched football and I skyped with my family and finished reading Uncharted Territori.

  

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I didn't do any black friday shopping and neither did my family in NY. My mom is still recuperating from her surgery so my sis and mom wrote out their lists and figured out where they want to get their gifts.

Hubby is golfing now and I just ran another 2.8 miles. Two more weeks till the 5k race and Im still on track!

Interview, Harry Potter, and Oprah's Favorite things!

Thanks for all the sweet comments on the interview! It went well, only 15 minutes long, and there were 4 other military spouses there asking questions which was a little intimidating but I think I gave good answers so we will see:)

After the interview, the hubby and I went for a run, only 1.4 miles, then headed to see Harry Potter! It was pretty good! I am not a follower of the series, but have seen most of the movies seeing hubby enjoys it.

I sadly missed Oprah's Favorite Things yesterday but I looked on her website today and I was stunned to see the gifts she gave out! A cruise, customizd organized closet and 5 year netflix subscription!! Yikes!

Here are my favorites from her list..

Ralph Lauren sweater and throw..love Ralph Lauren!

Nike Free Run sneaks--such cute colors!
OMG! The NIKON camera!! I want to eventually have this beautiful camera someday!!! 
Tory Burch bag and shoes-LOVED the color, texture, everything...want want want!!

Today we plan on getting our Christmas tree, lights and some decorations!

Week 1 of running and family coming to visit!!

So my first week of getting back into running went ok, I ran about a total of 4 miles last week. I ran a mile and a half on monday and friday in the indoor elevated track and then ran a mile outside on Wednesday. I hope to run two miles at a time but I dont want to push or injure myself. I am actually heading to the gym after this to run and workout!

My parents are heading down to Texas today! They left NY about 6am and should be getting her around 4pm today, I haven't seen them since September except on Skype and hubby hasn't seen them since June! It will be a fun filled week!!

My parents and my hubby and I on my wedding day!

Weekend update and Kick booty in to gear!

Saturday: Found a new local breakfast place and had a delish breakfast taco, drove out to see the local lake (3miles from Mexican border), went to home depot and bought a beautiful martha stewart wall mirror, stopped at the dollar store to get some candy for the trick or treaters, then headed home. I read and finished Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks which was excellent! We went for a walk because it was gorgeous out and stayed in and ordered pizza and wings and vegged out ( minus the veggies)

Sunday: Went to church together which was nice because hubby usually golfs on saturday and sunday mornings, then headed to ihop where i had two fried eggs and a bagel, then to walmart to pick up some cute red chairs for our back patio seeing there was no patio furniture in the town! Then the rest of the day I cleaned and picked up around the house and go ready for the trick or treaters. We didn't dress up but we got lots of kiddies and ran out of a candy...which is a good thing! Then we watched a scary movie called The Crazies and realized that we both can't handle scary movies especially at night!

Today, November 1, was my first day off of school work and my first day of my get into shape workout! I was going to run outside but the 80 degree temps were a little overwhelming for my first run in a while so I headed to the gym and ran a mile on the indoor track which is 13 laps. It took me around ten minutes, then I lifted some weights and did some situps and then got back on the track to run 6 more laps. I also signed up for a 5k run in December! Now that I am signed up, I am committed to running and getting back into shape. I feel like I have been eating crappy and not really working out, like I go for an hour walk a day but it doesnt seem to be doing anything for my fitness. I am excited to get back into a running schedule and eating better! So glad there is no left over candy!

Wish me luck!

New gym!

So last week I decided to join Planet Fitness! I got rid of my Y membership in May because I like to workout outside in the summer months. Now that it is getting colder and darker, it was time to look into a gym. There was a special going on until Columbus Day so I jumped on it! I signed up for $1 start up fee, $29 annual fee and $10 a month. I thought it was the best deal for me. Seeing I will be leaving lovely Upstate NY next July, I thought I could use this until I leave.

So I went on a tour on Friday and they have tanning there, massage chairs, a stretching area, tons of treadmills and equipment, and a circuit area which I really liked when I worked out for field hockey during high school.

So yesterday I went after work and got my card, free t-shirt, pen and bumper sticker. I hopped on the treadmill and decided to just do a fast walk at an incline for 20 minutes. I definitly broke a sweat!! I get worried about running on treadmills because I do have chronic bursitis in my hip and it tends to flare up after a workout. Then I headed to the equipment to work on my legs, hips, and booty and then the arms. After I was done working out, I headed to the stretching area and did some crunches.

All in all it was a great experience, it is only 5 minutes from work and like 10 minutes from my apt! My arms are a little sore today but my hip hasnt had any pain. Glad I did all my stretches!

So today is payday!! Which is always nice! Happy Thursday...only 1 day left of the week!

Thoughtful Thursday

Well lets see...what's been going on this week:

Tuesday:After work went for a nice jog near my neighborhood, it was beautiful and quite refreshing! I stopped a few times but I am happy to say my hip had no pain that night or the next day!


Wednesday: After work went to dinner at Unos with BF's co-workers aka fellow military personnel. It was nice to meet and see others I had already met. I had a yummy honey fried chicken salad. It was delicious! I crave nice cold salads on warm sunny days! Then we went to see Transformers 2. The theatre was packed and we literally sat two rows away from the screen. Despite the neck pain, the movie was pretty good. Lots of action and metal and Josh Duhmel helped the 2 hr and 40 min movie go faster lol


Today: On lunch, went to my local library and they were having a book sale so at 50 cents a book I couldn't resist. I bought 4 books. Please let me know if you have read them and what you think:








I am planning on giving my mom Middlesex and Chocolat for her bday coming up in a couple weeks.

No big plans for the weekend.Hope to layout for most of the day on Saturday and get pretty tan! Just found out today, thursday, that due to the holiday payroll must be in by Monday at 10a. So that means I will have to come in for a couple hours on Sunday and do the payroll to ensure it is in on time. I was kind of annoyed when I found out this afternoon but I am trying to be more positive and see it as a little bit more in my paycheck. I could put the hours into comp time but I definitly could use the cash with all the expenses I have the next couple months.


Happy Thursday...one day to go!

Running High!!

Last night I went for my first run in over three months. Ever since being diagnosed with bursitis in my left hip I have been quite cautious with my hip. I went to physical therapy for a month and within that month I went for many long walks which helped strengthen my hip. But last night, I started walking and decided that my ipod music was pumping and I was ready to take a chance and start jogging and it felt fabulous no pain at all. I stopped a few times to catch my breath and I still was hesitant to run up hills seeing when I would go on walks and would walk up hill it would induce pain in my hip. After running, I felt an instant high and wanted to share my triumph with everyone!! Of course the bf had headed to his parents home for the night and noone was answering my calls. I finally got ahold of him and he was very happy for me. I hope this little victory will help me get back into my running routine and be able to run races again!!

**By the way...today is my thursday!! Two days till mini Vaca!!**

Booo to pain!!

So for the past 9 months, every time I run, walk a far distance, workout..my left hip bothers me. The next day I am in like excrutiating pain at my hip joint and the pain shoots down my leg. I finally decided to go the drs yesterday to get it checked out and I was diagnosed with left grochanteric bursitis. Yeah fun times...not! I have to go to physical therapy which hopefully will help because I really want to get back into running like I was able to in college. The past two years I have been out of college...I have worked out and walked and tried to run but its like I dont have the energy and its soo frustrating! I hate feeling out of shape because I've always been an active person. I hate to complain..but my job requires me to live in the city because I work for the city and due to my own fiscal budget live in a nice apt but not the best of neighborhoods for runs and walks. I grew up in a small town and was able to run and walk wherever with no worries whatsoever. Hopefully when I move to my new apt in August, which has a fitness center in it open from like 5a to 11p I will be able to get back in the shape I feel most comfortable at! Sorry for going off...just hate being in pain! Hope everyone is having a good Thursday afternoon!!