Oyster roasts and good weather

It's already Sunday again.

Last week flew by to me! Wednesday night there was a wreck on our road which knocked out the power until midnight...on one of the coldest nights of the year thus far. Poor Matt, when the power came back on around 12:15 he had to go outside to get the well working again so our pipes wouldn't freeze.

Thursday morning I had off from work so we could close on our house again. Cheers to saving money! I walked into a disaster at work which makes me feel like I can't ask off very often, which is annoying. Friday after work we had dinner with Molly, Craig, Megan, Scott and all the kiddos. I didn't get there until 6:45ish thanks to a long day at work, but it was fun! I just wish we could've stayed longer.

Saturday morning we were both up early, partly because of the dogs, but mostly because we had a lot of things to do. Matt went into work for a bit and I headed into Bluffton to do my long run and grocery shop for the oyster roast last night. I did 9 miles but really wanted to quit after 5. It was not my favorite and I'm looking forward to a shorter long run (6 miles) this coming weekend.

After grocery shopping I booked it home to clean, shower, and set up for the oyster roast. We had Dr B, Al, Dr S, Josh, Katie, Joseph, Jen, and Josh over for a little gathering, which was a ton of fun! Everyone was cleared out by 8:30 so we cleaned up and were in bed watching TV at 9:30.

Early service at church this morning, lunch, I grocery shopped for us while Matt is working on the other porch. I'm currently watching him but he's getting frustrated so I'll be leaving here shortly for a run! 

V-Day weekend

Well, the weekend is wrapping up and I'm pretty sad about it.

Mondays come way too fast.

Friday evening Matt and I hit up the BBQ buffet in a Ridgeland after work...fancy dining I tell ya. We came home, watched the latest Blacklist, then hit the bed.

Saturday morning we got up at 7 (thanks dogs) and I made a blueberry buckle and cut it into heart shapes for Valentines. 

I gave Matt his gift in between him shooting squirrels then he headed out for yardwork while I ran.

 I did a nice 8-mile run and I felt decent the whole time. I turned on my iPod at mile 5, which I don't think I've done in over a year. It realllllly pushed me to run faster, so I finished my last 4 miles faster than the first 4! I'm all signed up for the Savannah women's half on March 28, so there's no backing out now! 

Afterwards, while I was stretching and chatting with Matt, the flower guy pulled up. Matt surprised me with roses for Valentines! I forgets every year, so I just assumed he had forgotten again this year so it was a major surprise! 

After showering I took off to run errands and he started another project- redoing our porches. I came home to this-

Apparently it's a little more challenging than he anticipated! He's currently still working on the first porch, but is hoping to have the other one done by the weekend. Anyway, last night we celebrated love day at home by grilling out and having a delicious dinner together...then going to bed early, typical us ;)

This morning was church nursery, lunch, me cleaning a lot, and him working on the porch. I was going to do a short run this afternoon but my knees and feet feel a little off after yesterday's run, so I'll start again tomorrow! No bootcamp this week so I'll have a few more run mornings. Happy week!

Lots of dog pics and the weekend

Happy Monday! I'm happy the work portion of the day is over :)

This weekend was one heck of a beautiful one! We spent every possible moment soaking up the warmth and sunshine! 

Friday night Matt and I hit up the Mexican restaurant in Ridgeland; queso dips and a daiquiri for the win! We went home and watched the latest episode of the Blacklist and stayed up past our bedtime.

Saturday morning we got up and ate a big breakfast before I headed out for my long run and  Matt took the dogs on a long training walk. I told him he needs to walk them during my long run from now on, because he helped pushed me my last 2.5 miles knowing I would see them at the road!

After showering we headed into Bluffton to run some errands together, something we hadn't done together since we moved! It was nice hanging out with the hubs all day long. We grabbed some lunch, he did some yard work and I watched from a beach chair in the front yard ;) We went and saw Sniper afterwards for date night and stayed up past our bedtimes again!

Sunday morning was church, grocery shopping, grilling out hamburgers for lunch, more yard work for Matt and more sitting-in-my-chair-in-the-sun for me! Did a 3- mile run, took Matt's parents a frozen turkey, came home and relaxed, then turned in early in preparation for work Monday! 

4 more work days until we get to do it all over again :)

Hey February

Wow, it's already February! January seemed to fly by.

The dogs finished Olaf off. Maybe because they didn't want him to melt? ;)

Friday night I flew out of work right at 6 to head over to Beaufort and pick up race packets for myself, Dr S, and her husband. We had decided at the very last minute to run the Chilly Bean race Saturday morning. I just needed some motivation to do a longer run, so I figured this would be perfect. 

Saturday morning we got up, Matt made a big breakfast (to celebrate no more early AM duck hunts!), then I headed out about 9:15 while he worked in the yard. The race was really supposed to be a long training run, but as usual, I got there and my competitive juices started flowing. I set my watch to do interval running (4min run, 1min walk) and I think I ended up ignoring all but two walk alarms. I ended up somehow PRing (I think) with 55:xx! I also was 2nd in my age division, which was larger than normal at 19-29. Too bad they only gave out awards to the first place folks! 

I came home, showered up, then headed over to the in-laws where we were all waiting to surprise Hal with a 40th birthday party! It was quite fun and I think Hal was really surprised, especially with all Steph's Star Wars decor. 

This morning we jumped out of bed at 7 to get ready for early service at church, which we will more than likely keep doing. We ate a huge, fatty lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings then headed on back home to enjoy the warmth and sunshine! I sat on the porch with a few magazines watching Matt mow the lawn, headed out for a run (slow and painful, my punishment for going too fast yesterday), then Matt and I did a short bike ride to visit with some neighbors down the road. We're currently in our jammies watching the Super Bowl and doing laundry!

Happy love month!