A Ladybug's Journey

I'm exhausted.  We haven't even really start moving yet, but I'm beat.  Thursday and Friday afternoons were spent cleaning the new place.  It was completely filthy and smelled like wet dog.  After lots of effort and more today, the place is finally to the point where we are comfortable moving in furniture.  I still need to work on the floor of the shower in the master bath, along with finishing cleaning the blinds, but we're ready to start loading in some items.  We still have a week before we do the big push and get all of the furniture moved in, but we'll have everything else done by then to make it easier on the last day. Last weekend I think I sprained the lateral plantar muscle in my right foot.  It's been hurting ever since.  There will be much less pain in the morning, almost down to just a soreness, however after strenuous activity (cleaning/moving) it hurts to bad by night time that I have difficulty walking.  I'm trying to push through, as much a

Photos are up!  Here's some more photos of us at Color Me Rad this past weekend.

We participated in the Color Me Rad 5k yesterday and I honestly can't wait until next year to do it again.  It was the most fun I've had at a 5k ever! In case you haven't heard of Color Me Rad , here's some information direct from their website : When Zoloft and balloon animals can't seem to raise your spirits, the best way to brighten your life is to run  Color Me Rad 5K .  Historically, running has only been acceptable when trying to escape the law, personal responsibility, the truth, and grizzly bears.  Instead of running FROM something, get ready to run FOR something at this year’s Color Me Rad.  Run for the Hell of it. Color Me Rad  is coming to a  town near you  with a tsunami of color that'll make colored tears of joy run down your cheeks and will renew your will to live. After  5K of color bombardment , we guarantee your outlook will be brighter, your boyfriend will be more affectionate, your girlfriend will be less needy, the hair on your head wil

I am so excited, we are moving to a house! We won't own it, we're renting, but I am still so excited.  I'm going to plant my own hydrangeas and california poppies!  Since moving here I can fallen in love with the vibrant orange of the california poppy, aren't they beautiful? Source Breathtaking aren't they?  They grow wild here just about anywhere it seems.  I've seen them along the side of the road, at Mount Pisgah in the parking lot and in people's yards.  I only found the name of them yesterday after I searched "orange wild flower" in google images.  Beautiful. If you follow my wedding blog you may have noticed my love for hydrangeas.  These beautiful flowers get their color from the minerals in the ground, so the same plant may have different colors from one year to the next, or even better, within the same bush.  My favorite are the blue and purple colors (especially the one below that is also mixed with green), however I am a huge fa

Before you try something new, especially visiting a place you've never been to before, you should do a little research.  You should not assume, let's say, that all butte's are created equal.  If you do, you may find yourself sorely mistaken. Today we attempted one of our yearbook activities.  We visited Spencer's Butte.  I'd only heard about it by seeing a photo that my sister posted on my facebook page, that she originally saw on Reddit. Source I did not think to do anything other than look up it's location on google maps: Source Babe and I decided it would be a great afternoon adventure to visit Spencer Butte this afternoon.  Imagine my surprise when this is what I found: We started up the trail, however less than 5 minutes in (parking lot was still visible), the cold (thin?) air was hurting pretty bad, and the decision was made that we were not ready for this hike yet. We made the decision to try again in a month, and if w

Source Yesertday we started a 10 week Yoga class at a local park.  I loved it.  It was difficult, but not impossible at all, and I felt great afterwards.  I wasn't sore at all, though I had been feeling the burn, a lot, I went to bed thinking nothing of it. Then I woke up this morning.  OMG! I think that yoga class was the best  workout that I've ever had.  There's muscles that I didn't realize I had that got worked... I know cause they are BURNING and sore today.  I've going to do someone of the stretching moves we did yesterday (leaving out the strengthening ones) to see if I can work them out.  I've also going to do some research on Yoga, it's moves, etc. and see what I can learn.  My interest is more piqued in it than it was when I was taking it before. I consider this a workout SCORE! I hope to eventually work my way up to more advanced yoga, however I don't know if I'll ever be here: Source The course will go over 10 weeks (1.5

Well, it wasn't really eggstravagant at all.  I can't remember the last time I decorated eggs for Easter.  I know that I did it a few times when I my sisters and I were younger, but I don't really have any memories of it.  I wanted to know what it was like, so Jessy and I bought a egg decorating kit and got busy last night.  It didn't take us long at all, since we only had 4 eggs in the house! Jessy, hard at work. My two eggs. Jessy's two eggs. A purple ducky on one of my eggs Free hand heart and xoxo Our eggs! Next year I want to try this: Crafting a Green World Martha Stewart Skip to my Lou