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Wow, has it really been 5 months? Shame on me! I have been pretty busy though......summer classes, work, 3 day training, fundraising, and trying to enjoy summer where I can! But definitely still need the outlet of blog writing! Oh boy do I need that!

Blogger has updated their templates to...so I updated and cleaned things up a bit :) Fancy schmancy :)

My best friend was in town for the weekend, and it was wayyyy to short. I miss her so much already! I cant wait till she moves back next year. Life will feel so much more complete! I dont remember the last time I laughed so much. Unfortunately we had a few wrenches thrown in our weekend...and I didnt handle it as well as Id like. But every experience gives us a chance to learn, and as long I can learn and grow from it than not all is lost. Still doesnt make me feel any less disappointed in myself. It took away some of the limited time with my company, and I shouldnt have let it.

Enough of that. Tomorrow is a new day. We got new PC's at work over the weekend, so it wont take an hour to get mine up and running. Its a 4 day work week. And the 3 day starts on Friday! Its going to be a fantastic week!

Widgets Galore!

After Meg's suggestion on tracking my workouts on my blog, I decided to revisit a site where I use to do just that. I was pleasantly surprised by the makeover that daily mile had! Although I can say I enjoyed the site before the upgrades, and now its just an extra bonus!

When I started using the Run Keeper App on my phone I didnt really need to use daily mile anymore. So I thought. The run keeper can track runs and walks, but it didnt track other types of exercise. So I think Ill use both :) I added the "workouts", widget. This shows my latest workout, miles ran this week, and total miles ran. I wish I could start the counter back to zero for total miles ran. Id prefer to just track this year. But to do that I think I would have to delete my previous workouts, which I dont want to do. I did add a section to track my miles ran this year, along with my PR's. I started the yearly count from when I started using the run keeper app, which was mid January. I think most workouts done before that were just a mile here or there anyways. I figure losing 2 weeks in January isnt that many lost miles anyways. ;-) Guess this is where I learn my lesson of why I should of kept up with daily mile. LOL

There was this widget on daily mile that had a countdown to your race, but its in blue and I couldnt get the color changed..or get it to fit right on my blog. So I used the race schedule widget instead. Than I added a countdown, so two widgets in the place of what the one widget did. Im not to crazy about the orange on the daily mile widgets...but I cant change the color. And I need to stop being so anal. LOL

Than the most fun widget...the donut meter! Daily mile tracks the calories I burn, and it shows how many donuts Ive earned, or could of burned off with those calories! Love it!

Dont you just love widgets? I know I can be such a dork.

Lazy Sunday

Its been one lazy Sunday. Although we are all allowed a lazy day here and there right? I probably take them more than I should though.

Yesterday I was super productive. Got all the house cleaning done, as well as the laundry. So really today all I had to do was get a workout in. So I worked on yet another blog design. I think I really like this one, lets see how long I keep it. :p

Last night we went out to the bar to hear some techno music. We brought a couple friends of ours that normally dont listen to techno. It made me happy since I try to get my non techno friends to come out with me once in awhile, and am usually unsuccessful. Its nice to take them to a piece of my world. :) And it appeared they had a good time. She did say it was fun, but not a fabulous time. LOL Ill take that! Derek Plasklaiko did tear it up last night. Loved it! I drank regular beer last night....which probably wasnt a good idea. I hope it doesnt derail my weigh in this week. Today I ate unhealthy and drank way to much pop to. Im realizing that when I make one bad choice, there are many more bad choices that follow. So I have this bad feeling Ill have a gain this week. I had fun though, so if I do have a gain Ill just work harder on next weeks weigh in. Finally, after a very long day in my recliner I got up and did the 30 day shred. Thats whats so great about that workout, its 20 minutes...so really there is no excuse why you cant squeeze it in. As usual, I felt much better after I did it. :) And Im right on track with my exercise goal for the week. YAY!

Just watching the Grammys now. Its a decent show this year. Ill probably stay up to catch the MJ tribute. But than to bed..because its past my bedtime. lol Watching the Grammy's is not making me think about my normal Sunday blues. Thinking about going into a job that I dislike so much, for another long week. Ahhh yes, the Sunday blues. They get me every week.

But something exciting is happening this week! Ingrid Michaelson's tour dates are being announced!!!! I hope Detroit is on the tour!!!!! Something to look forward to this week :)

Wow, if this isnt a complete babbling post...I dont know what is! LOL

And so time has gotten away again...

Im really slacking on this blog thing lately. I think a lot of thoughts that were going through my head felt safe in my head. And I didnt want to devote the time to getting them out of my head either. But one of the steps to healthy lifestyle and healing is journaling. So I have promised to myself to try to blog a bit more. Even if its just a small paragraph here or there. Its good to get things out, and nice to reflect back on.

I have ditched the holiday blog design, and found one that Grant so nicely modified for me. He added in a wedding picture and took out some filagree. The design is a little fuzzy, especially the circles in the header...but it will do for now. Id like to devote time to a new design in the future, one that I will complete. Instead of running to Grant to do it since hes so much faster at it than me. :p

I started sorting through some of the wedding pictures tonight, so hopefully can blog some of them in the near future. Our Trash The Dress pictures should be available in about a week. Im very, very anxious to see them!!!!

But right now I can barely keep my eyes open, so off to bed I go. Night!

100th Post

1ooth post....craziness. When you start a blog you wonder if you will continue on with it to get to milestones like 100th post. What in the world do I talk about...because really I dont think I have that many interesting things to say!

In honor of my 100th post...Ive decided to great a cloud of keywords that gets talked about here in my blog :)

I think my blog is to skinny to really see that....damn 3 column blog. LOL

Happy 100th post smorsablog!

Geez let me remove the dust off this blog!

Kind of ridiculous how long its been since I blogged. 2 months.....pure laziness. Its not like I havent had things to talk about! Well dusting it off and more frequent blogging to come. Pinky swear ;)

New Blog Design

Why is it so painful to find a new blog design? I was getting tired of the old one, and thought maybe a new design would make me want to blog more. LOL

So I changed it 3 times. Which can get annoying since I change the fonts and colors, which seems like the hardest part. The easiest part is given to me by the great website, www.thecutestblogontheblock.com. They always have great new designs. Thank you!

So I would change it, than come to blog and think...no, no, no. That does NOT work! When all fails I always go back to polka dots. Its my weakness. Same thing happened with my wedding dress ;)

I know this is such an exciting entry. Just wanted to throw a shout to to one of my favorite websites :) Now time to be productive....

Obsessed Much?

Seriously, can I just stick with one design and let it be? Nope. I think Ive changed my layout like 4 times in the last week. One the font color I couldnt get right. Another felt to girly to me. And the list goes on. I think Im content with this one. :p I found how to make my layout 3 columns, which makes me very excited. I know I know...the things that make me happy are a little weird. So lets see if I can actually blog a bit now before I change my mind again. LOL

Again, shout out to http://thecutestblogontheblock.com for hooking me up with all the wonderful layouts and info. You rock!

Now time to do something productive with my morning, aka get off the damn laptop!

Blog Updates

Yep, its time to update the blog look. The season is upon us so I think its time for a wintery/Christmasy look. This one was my favorite :) It really makes me want to dive into scrapbooking again. I often wonder why I stopped. Mostly I think I just dont have the time. But if you want time, you will always make time, right? Scrapbooking projects make such awesome gifts to. Hmmmmm.....not that I have that many people to buy gifts for anyways.

Anyhoo, so this blog has sort of been my secret hideaway. I have a weight loss blog that I barely ever post in anymore. I was part of a weight loss community that has sort of died. So I dont really blog there anymore. Maybe once a month or so. So Ive been coming here to get my thoughts out. Well last week I updated my facebook profile with this as my website. Im not sure how many people even look at the info part on facebook, so wonder if anyone there will ever read this blog. If so, Hi! Come out of lurker and say hello :) I guess its not so secret anymore. Thats okay I could use a vistor from time to time. Beware though, I sort of wear my feelings on my sleeve in here.

Well time to figure out how Im going to make my Sunday productive, and stop being a depressing mop of mess.

P.S. I get my layouts from this site http://thecutestblogontheblock.com ...you should visit them!