Me

I am a 29 year old young lady ;) who loves life and everything about it. I have a ridiculous amount of curiosity and yearning to want to learn MORE. My curiosity continues to allow me to learn about new things, meet unique people, and experience new places. I would like to say that it has allowed me to become very open minded. I love writing and my mind is very restless so I thought that a blog would be a great tool to help keep my sanity and share my life with others. I also have loved the idea of journaling but never really stuck to it so I'm hoping that the connectivity of a blog will help to encourage my willingness to document my life's adventures! It can be pretty lame and a whirlwind of excitement all in the same day. Thanks for reading!

Simple Joys

This page is designated to all of the random crafts and projects from the past, present and future!

Some of my hobbies that I might post about include:

Sewing- This is something that my mom loves doing and I enjoy working on projects with her.

Painting- My friend Jenn has started painting lately and she turned me on to the idea.

Gardening- My friend Kara and I both love our flowers! We continue adding more and sharing.

Cross Stitch- I haven't worked on this so much lately but I have a few unfinished projects that I would like to complete.

Scrapbooking- Same as above, I have put this by the wayside but have quite a few materials and kits I have purchased that I would like to put together.

Photography- I don't do this too much but occasionally I'll get the urge to go hiking and take some pictures.

Decorating- I love to come up with unique ways to decorate our home.

Reading- I just finished The Hunger Games Series and loved it! I'm working on WICKED right now.

Baking- My friend Kara and I love to bake. I enjoy the decorating and taste testing the most!

Repurposing- I love thrift store shopping and finding something old and turning it into something new!

Wow! I apparently like to do things with my hands and have a few hobbies I enjoy... Stay tuned for the next project.

Health

I have recently started running. Here is a list of my accomplishments so far.

St. Peter Halloween Fun Run- 5K Oct. 2010

Des Moines, IA Dam to Dam 20K- June 2011

 Brianne and I

Brianne, me, Nathan and a friend of Nathan's

I will be running in the Warrior Dash this July 2011.

During each of these I wasn't able to run more that 1.5 miles consecutively and tended to run/walk toward the end of the pack but I always finished. I would love to be able to complete a race while running the entire time and be able to hold my own leading the middle of the pack!

I love to play volleyball. I play on a coed and women's team each week. We also have just purchased P90X. My husband, Jason and I are on Day 3 of the program. We plan to see it through and can already feel it working! I know I will be posting about that! Feel free to follow us.

Day 3

It's Day 3 of P90X and my body is feeling it. It's extra hard because I'm trying to fit in running too. My friend Kara and I are going to do the Warrior Dash. It's a 3 mile course filled with fire, slip and slides, mud and cargo nets. I have no idea how she convinced me of this! Well, I do. I generally can't back down from a challenge. I think I can do it. I just completed a 20K. I can do this. Can you tell I am trying to convince myself? I guess the reason why I am more nervous for this one is because there are obstacles which require upper body strength and lifting your own body. Well, my body is not exactly small and my biceps are not exactly big. So thank goodness for P90X. Do you think 2 weeks of working out will help? It can't hurt. I said I was going to do this, and I will. So... time to go downstairs and press PLAY.