Mornin' Runnin'

Day 2 of "Kickin' my derriere in gear"

Woke up at 4:30am.

YIKES

It's really easy to do when you get your butt in bed early...orrrrrrrrrr falling asleep on the couch watching "Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking" haha 

(Don't get me wrong, I love that type of stuff! But it is def my go to show to put me to sleep lol)

Did a little warm-up and noticed my ankle was killing me. Great. That's all I need! Tried to stretch it and work it the best I could and then off I went. 

I was...slow...at best. 2.17 miles in 29 minutes. 

Ashamed.

The ankle was killing me, but I pushed forward. Eventually the pain went away and I was running at a comfortable pace for the butt crack of dawn.

Even though the run was slow i felt great!

I felt like I could keep going and going! This is something I haven't felt before! My legs hurt a bit but I didn't mind :)

Can't wait to run the 5K on Saturday Morning!

Exercise is done for the day and it's a great feeling :)

Excited to have another relaxing night in with Andrew <3

Gotta think of something creative to do with all this leftover taco meat for dinner!

Hmmm.

What will I come up with?!

I need to have at least ONE picture on here today...

So here's my Pirate Kitty!

 Yarrrr. Who be stealin' me kitteh treets!

a.k.a dude WTF?!

Hey Monday, you're not so bad :)

Monday. The start of another work week. Blah blah blah.
I can actually say that I enjoyed it :)
Work was fast.
Thank goodness!
Went to the gym during breakfast for a quick 1.3 mile run. Kept a 10 minute pace for almost the whole mile! Woah watch out! But that's my personal best so far. Woot!

Got to enjoy a nice quiet evening at home with my love <3
Made turkey tacos for din din! Delish!
Played some of my favorite game (as of right now)...Skyrim :)
Soooooooo addicting!

Now its time for bed :)
Plan on running before work tomorrow! (Let's see if I actually go through with this!) :)

Thanks to everyone who lifted my spirits to get on top of my game!

Motivation

Motivation.

That's something that I've been slacking on majorly these past couple weeks.

Bottom line is...

I've been making too many excuses!

Shame on me :(

Stepped on the scale this morning...

Dun Dun dunnnnn

Gained back the 2 pounds I lose last week. Can't blame myself though! I ate everything that was bad for me the last month week. I have to get back on track! I just gotta!

I'm ok with my running game. I can always do better though right? 

Well this week things are going to change.

First things first.

Heading back to church today for the first time in over a month. I think I need a reminder that the Big Man Upstairs has already given me the will power, I just need the strength to find that will and use it!

Then it's back to the drawing board. The menu board that is!

Today instead of stuffing my face at my Mimi's, I'm going to sit down and plan dinner/lunch for this whole week. That's what I should be doing anyway. But now it's on. On like Donkey Kong.

Zelda Symphony!

Wow. Just wow.

That's all I could think about while listening to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra play my ALL TIME favorite video game music at The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses! AMAZING!

I couldn't believe that my sister and I were actually there! Talk about goosebumps! Chills! Tears! Some of the pieces were very moving Just...AHH! So amazing!

They sounded exactly like if I was playing through the game singing along to the melodies...only a GAZILLION TIMES BETTER!

Remember how I said I was going to take lots and LOTS of pictures??! Well....I did...however it was with my sisters camera. Soooo ya'll have to wait until she cleans them up nice and nice :)

I do have some to share with you though!

WARNING! NERD ALERT! NERD ALERT!

Here's Meela putting the elf ears on me :)

 Doesn't she do an AWESOME job?!

Then here is the final result NERDINESS!

(Reminding you we could have made our Cosplay's sooooooo much better if we didn't start them 3 days earlier!!)

For you non nerdy folk. Cosplay = dressing up just like your favorite video game character :)

Meela was Link...I was Zelda (from the game Twilight Princess)

We got SOO many weird looks on our way to the Mann Center in Philly :) It was awesome!

Especially being stuck in traffic on stupid 76. Ugh!

But once we got inside everyone LOVED our costumes :) We took a bunch of pictures with some random people, made little kids eyes light up, and even got interviewed for a youtube show! I will def let you know when that goes viral! :)

I really want you to listen to the The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary CD so you know what I'm talking about! Even if you aren't a fan of the game, this is an awesome masterpiece of different classical styles of music :) I love it!

The next day only got better when I found a store in King of Prussia mall that sells ALL RETRO VIDEO GAMES!

 I nearly fainted :)

OOO and I totally want this backpack for....what is the next holiday....Christmas!

Link looks like he's dead haha!

Btw. I just found out TODAY that they are planning on having a LIVE performance of Lord of the Rings Soundtrack to one of the 3 movies next year! How awesome is that?!? If only they could do Harry Potter!

I think that is enough nerdiness for today :)

I can see your head swelling from all this NERD TALK!

I really hope you're not weirded out now!

Real Quick! 

I did 2.97 miles today in 38.27 :) 

Not too shabby for not running since Tuesday!

5K next Saturday!

Weddings and concerts!

Ever been to the Perfect Wedding?!

I believe I did!

This past Saturday I played violin/attended my neighbor's wedding in our their backyard!

Talk about the cutest country wedding I have ever been to!

The ceremony was short and to the point (best thing everrr for the guests!) and it was an awesome party afterwards! (Even a photo booth!)

I only have a couple pictures to share with you I'm horrible at taking pictures lately 

Here was my point of view from the porch!

My cousin Alex and I excited to play for the ceremony :)

Her beautiful cake and cake topper!

And of course I needed a picture with the new Mrs. Kristy Lee Blanco!

Boy was I hungover suffering the next day. Wine is a killer! 

But a tasty one at that :)

OOOO!

And who ever heard of Pudding SHOTS? Jello shots, that I've heard of....but PUDDING shots?! 

I can tell you that they are the most delicious little cups of pudding I ever had.

Omnomnom

Subject change.

ZELDA SYMPHONY TOMORROW NIGHT!

  Biggest dork. Right here.

My sister and I have our outfits ready!

I made some Triforce and Rupee Earrings, a chest necklace it's a chest on a chest hahah, and a heart belt for my sister (Link)

I will give you a preview of the AWESOME shoes Meelamoo painted for me :)

 

Ah! So EXCITED!

This event is definitely going to be the highlight of my 25th year of being Bert :)

I will NOT lack in picture taking tomorrow that's for sure.

My geekyness will be unleashed!

Beware!

Iron Pigs game tonight with Scoot and Staci! YAY! I miss hanging out with them!

A.D.D. again sorry.

One last note.   

I'm almost all signed up for the Zombie Survival Race in September! 

However. It's an obstacle course as well as a 5k.

I need suggestions on starter workouts for strength!

Need to be able to blast the zombies outta the competition!

Any help will be greatly appreciated :)

Rockin' Out!

Want to know the BEST workout I did this week?

(Of course you do...you wouldn't be reading this otherwise :-p)

ROCKIN' OUT WITH YOUR...

Hubby and his Friends!

Get your mind outta the gutter!

This past Wednesday one of my favorite Hard Rock Bands came to the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg! 

VOLBEAT!

You're probably thinking

"Who?"

Sounds like a pokemon to me

Volbeat. They are a Danish Rock Band. 

They are AMAZING live. No joke. Probably the best live band I've seen!

Best workout consisted of head banging and jumping up and down for about an hour and a half :)

Much better than going to the gym in my opinion!

This was Andrew and I before...

And then here is the HORRIFIC aftermath.

Actually. That picture doesn't give justice of how big of a HOT SWEATY MESS I was. Holy Guacamole!

Here are some pics of the show!

So awesome :)
Look em up on the youtube.
Or just go here :)
*warning explicit content!*

Tonight is going to be full of rest and relaxation PARTYIN' IT UP!
Our next door neighbors are getting hitched! In the backyard too :)
Going to be so cute!
I'm playing my violin for the ceremony too!
I love playing in weddings :)....most of the time. As long as its not for a bridezilla. Oi. They are the worst!
Well I promise I'll make my hungover butt post tomorrow and let you know how it goes! :)

It's Saturday! Go out and have a great night!

Sister Day!

Made one of the best decisions of my LIFE yesterday.

I played hooky called off work!

That's not like me...usually...

BUT

I was about to die from exhaustion really behind on sleep that I couldn't even think!

So what did I do on my day off?!
You would expect me to say diddly squat absolutely nothing...
But in fact, I spent the whole day with my wonderful, awesome, Sister :)
AND...

I slept in until 9:45!

 *Felt spectacular!*

We then went to the movies and saw Disney's Brave!

If you haven't seen it you're a butt.

GO SEE IT!

Right now. Go!

Such a good movie! Different twist to the typical "Princess in distress...oh wait...here comes Prince Charming to save the day" Disney story.

I won't tell you the whole story. You're just gonna hafta find out yourself! 

My sister and I went shopping for some craft projects that we MUST finish before July 25th. 

Why July 25th?

On that very day, we are going down to Philly to see...

....

........

...........

ZELDA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA!!!

 Oh. Emm. Gee.

Can't you tell I'm just a wee-bit excited!?!?

I'm a dork remember?

It's the perfect concert in existence for me.

 Video games and Orchestral music.

Greatest combination ever.

End of Story.

Got a bit side tracked i can go on and on and on about my love for music and video games!

So my sister is dressing up as Link (the main character in Zelda) and I'm going as Zelda (the princess!)

We have elf ears and all :)

Oh yeah GEEK ON!

Laugh all you want. But we are going to have so much fun AND we def won't be the only ones there dressed up.

It will be like a Comic-con for Zelda fans only!

\m/

^rockin out^

Here is some of the 8-bit bling we made so far!

After shopping it was HOT outside. So we went for a dip in the pool :)

Ate dinner at Mimi's.

Chicken and veggies on the grill. YUM-O!

Until this girl someone decides to slice her finger open while cutting stupid Zucchini.

Ouch. That Hurt.

Dang you Zucchini!

I will plot my revenge.

Back to the daily torture grind tomorrow!

Later peeps!

P.S. Do you have a silly obsession like I do with Zelda? I wanna know!

 

 

Real world stinks!

Working non-stop (today makes 16 days in a row) makes Bert a -effin exhausted!- tired woman!

Random Complaint for the day...
Ever catch yourself yelling at the car in front of you going 20 mph under the speed limit? Yeah...
My thoughts are usually..
Oh come on grandma!
Or...Why areyu goina soo schloww! *insert Asian pun here*
sorry for being so stereotypical...blame south park!
I've found myself doing that A LOT lately.
But I'm pretty sure my nerves have been stretched out more than your mom's childhood stretch Armstrong!

I need a day off.
End of Story.
Not kidding.

But I'll quit complaining about my hectic life so far and actually share what has been going on!
Exercise? Not happening as much as I wanted. Stupid work
Tomorrow I'm aiming for a good 2 mile run. Let's see if this actually happens! :)

4th of July was almost non-eventful.
Like I've been drilling into your brain, I worked both holiday weekends and 4th of July. Ouch. So not as many picnic-ing/cook-outs happened as I wanted! Poop

Got to see my long lost friend who moved down to Philly though!

I love this girl :)

Especially when she makes faces like this haha

I got to spend some extra time with my work sissy!

She is AWESOME! She completed the World's Runner Streak where you run for at least a mile EVERY DAY between Memorial Day and July 4th! She is truly an inspiration to me! Woop Woop!

I finally had the urge to bake!

NicetoknowaboutBert Fact #8? lost track
I LOVE BAKING!
Cookies? Omnomnom.
Bread? A pain..but still omnomnom.
Muffins? Yeahhhhhh muffinsssss

Remember the apron my sister gave me?

 I made some Blueberry Bran Muffins for Andrew :)
So Delish!

Back to my 4th of July week...
I got to see Fireworks on 2 occasions :)
Fireworks in the summer is a MUST DO for me!

Went to an Iron Pigs game last Friday with the family! So much fun! I even got to see my friend Chadders!! Too bad I was sweating bullets the whole night! So freaking hot!

Oh my gosh. I almost for got to tell you!
I had to spend 2 WHOLE NIGHTS...
BY MYSELF...
At the apartment. In the middle of the woods.
Just Ditto and I.
AHHHHHHH! 
Andrew was at a car show for the weekend.
He left me all alone :(
Confession: I slept tried to sleep with a BIG knife on my nightstand.
But!
I survived :)
Barely.
I swear we have a squirrel living in our ceiling.
Insomnia. All. Weekend. Long.
See what separation from my husband does to me?!
I love him :)

 

Question for you!
Can you handle sleeping alone?
I'm such a pansy.