26 Day Picture Project - Day #10

Day #10 - Spa Water

I've been on a "Spa Water" kick since I attended the AVID conference last month in Dallas. It's super easy & I've actually gotten more ideas from a pin that my friend Alison pinned a couple of weeks ago that had "recipes"

In the end it's all very simple, you chop whatever fruit you like & place it in the bottom of a pitcher, I personally like to muddle mine up a bit, then add a layer of ice & finally the water. Let it sit for a few minutes, then enjoy! The longer you let it sit, the more flavorful it gets, I do however suggest you tossing out the water after a day, even if you aren't done. If I use citrus of any kind I lightly squeeze the fruit before dropping it in.

So far I've tried:
Strawberry-Raspberry; Raspberry-Lime; Lime; Apple; Cucumber-Lime; I haven't been brave enough to add mint or basil, but I've seen recipes with it!!

Today's concoction is Strawberry & Cucumber, very interesting flavoring, love it! Thanks for the idea Mitra!! :)

26 Day Picture Project - Days - #4, #5, #6, #7, #8 & #9!

Day #4 - Happy 4th of July!

Here's my nephew, Hayden & my sister in law watching Hayden's first fireworks display! I'm not sure he really appreciated all the noise, but he sure did love the colors! 

I'm very happy to be there for his first witness of fireworks :)

Day #5 - What's Old is New

I had a lunch meeting today & decided to wear a new dress that I bought this past weekend at Old Navy (on sale no less!) & I wanted to wear fun heels with it, so since I just cleaned out my shoe closet I thought it would be nice to wear these shoes, circa Nine West around Spring 2005. I love when I can wear "old" things & make them new again.
Plus, I got lots of compliments & that's always fun! :)

Day #6 - Goodwill
I took in my Goodwill San Antonio donation today for Junior League of San Antonio! Getting my check marks done early ;) The house feels lighter now....

Day #7 - Sunrise Running
This picture was take at mile 2.6 during my 5 mile run on Saturday morning along Loop 1604, run was tough, but the pic sure is pretty! :)

Day #8 - BFFs

This past weekend some of my very best Valley friends came to visit! Weekend was filled with lounging, catching up & laughing :)
I've known Monica since we were 10 years old & I've known Cristina since we were 5 years old. They're the best! :)

Day #9 - Curriculum Writing 2012

Today started my first of 7 days of curriculum writing for school.....yeah, that's all I got.....

2012 Resolution - July Race #1

Race Goal:  37:30......I was really pushing myself on that, oh well, gotta shoot high I guess?!
Actual Time: 40:04, not even CLOSE!  :(
The Race: I ran the SARR Freedom 4 Miler on Independence Day.  The race started at the Mainland Trailhead of the Leon Creek Greenway which is off of Bandera Road.  I guess we ran east on the greenway, it was pretty flat for the most part, except for the final .6 of a mile, ridiculous!  All UPHILL!!  A little after a mile & a half I started to not feel really well, so I stopped for a little bit, but got back started after 2 miles.  My time at 2 miles was 21:19, so I think I did pretty well to finish the 4 miles barely over 40 minutes.  I felt great the last mile & a half.  Oh well, next time.....
Who'd I run with?:  My running buddy Anne & my sister in law Leah, they both owned that race!!  :)
Coming Up (July Race #2):  I'm running the Too Hot to Handle 5K at Boerne Lake on July 15th.  I'm not sure what time I should say.  I'm gonna say 27:30, which means that I really need to push myself hard during my training runs.  

Leah, me & Anne after the Freedom 4 Miler Race

Speaking of training runs, our 1/2 marathon training group is in FULL swing!  The only problem is that  we have been so busy that I missed 5 weeks worth of Saturday morning runs with our group!  Yikes!  Last Saturday was my first one back & yeah....that was no fun.  We were scheduled to run 4 miles, but everyone in the group voted to run 5 miles instead, which is fine, but I just couldn't keep up with that pace, so I got slightly lost & only ended up doing 4 miles, hopefully it'll be better next week.

26 Day Picture Project - Days #2 & #3

Day #2 - RAIN!

After this rain who knows when we'll see it again, I thought it was appropriate & maybe a little boring compared to my Day 1 picture, but it's OK!
I'll take boring over life threatening any day! ;)

Day #3 - Where's Maryn?!?!

My afternoon consisted of "shopping" with Leah & my niece & nephew at La Cantera, then getting some new decor for our bedroom at ZGallerie, then a pedi with Mireya, & finally dinner at Yardhouse with Lake, all in all a great evening at La Cantera!
Thanks & gig 'em!

26 Day Picture Project - Day #1

How did that even happen?!?!
So during my run last night it started raining, it didn't seem too crazy, but when it started pouring I decided I'd cut the run a mile short & head home, as I crossed to street & got on the sidewalk the tree that you see here fell....FELL! It didn't scare me really, I think I was more shocked....I was sprinting at this point & turned to go into my neighborhood & saw that another tree had already been knocked over on our street. The power was out, I couldn't get into the house b/c I couldn't open the garage.....
Long story short, I was invited into the home of a nice older couple down the street who let me use their phone & gave me a towel to dry off. I'd like to thank Ms. Rose & her husband for helping me today! :) 
Day 1, kinda crazy!

crazy scene, but all is well....well not with this poor tree, but no one was
hurt  :)

Other pictures of stuff that happened yesterday....up until the tree thing, I really thought one of these pictures was going to represent Day #1....but the tree really just took the cake, don't ya think?!

these absolutely cracked me up, they are multipurpose
sunglasses!  Ariana & I decided that you could use
them twice before they broke....

I've been on a yummy "flavored"water kick after
having some at the hotel I stayed at during the AVID
Conference in Dallas...yesterday's was with lime, today
I plan on trying out apples :)