Another 5K under my belt!

Nazareth Blue Eagle Memorial 5k on a hot and sticky morning?

Done :)

Official time was 43:30....not too shabby. Slow and steady doesn't win the race, but I do feel...accomplished.

Yeah that's it. Accomplished :-)

I ran with my work Sissy Beka! She was a trooper! It was really really hot and muggy, hard to breathe, a.k.a. worst weather nightmare. But we both made it together. I wanted to finish it with her! She is one of my running supporters! So what did we do? Pushed each other to keep going. Amazing teamwork and friendship! I love us!

After we crossed the finish line we cooled down, stretched, and....

Had ICY'S!

Best idea ever to have an ICY truck at the finish! 

Did some fancy pictures while recovering from a brain freeze...

Awesome.

I can't wait to sign up for another 5K!

I know I can do even better the next time :)

After going back home to clean up, Beka and I went to a Baby Shower :)

One of our motivations to finish was our friend Nichole's fudge!

Omnomnom! And we got some at the shower! 

It was laid back, fun, and air conditioned :)

I have to say this was one of the best Saturday's I've had in a while :)

Here's to training for more 5k's!

Perfume and Chicken Pot Pie!

Holy Guacamole!

I don't know if I'd rather smell a sweaty italian guy or a miss "i'm too perfect to stink when I sweat" when I'm at the gym!

Here I was, going like crazy on the elliptical and watching the USA vs. China volleyball match, minding my own business. (GO USA!!!)

And BAM!

A horrific smell of ASS stinky flowers stung up my nose and proceeded to burn the HELL outta my throat and lungs!

Holy hell woman!!

I'm guilty of spritzing a little coconut spray on before heading out of the locker room from time to time...

But douching myself in a shower of "burn my eyes out" flower crap gas before I jump on the elliptical?

NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh. Em. Gee. 

Of course I had like 10 minutes left on my workout and I didn't just want to quit. Thought about moving to another machine.

But you know, as soon as I did that an old guy gets on the last one. 

Eff. My. Life.

 Why am I complaining so much?

Well here's a

NicetoknowaboutBert fact #9
I am allergic to pretty much ALL flowers, mostly because of the pollen, but definitely cause of the smell of those stinky pretty things too!
Not to mention dead skin dust, ditto pet dander, grass and tree pollen.
Oi.
It sucks. A lot. Gets me out of cutting the grass though!
I don't think there is a day in my lifetime that I didn't sneeze!
Wouldn't be surprised if I sneezed my way out of my momma either. LOL
Ew. That's just nasty.
 
Bottom line. It was really hard for me to breathe. Had to pretend my nose was clogged like a toilet at a sauerkraut festival.
On that note. 
All I did today was 33 minutes on the elliptical.
Tomorrow is my rest day before the 5K on Saturday! 


So Chicken Pot Pie?
I decided to actually cook again and make individual chicken pot pies for the hubby and I :)
WW approved!
Let me tell you. My house = smells like grandma's kitchen!
Omnomnom!


But first I had to spend some time with my kitteh Ditto.

Don't mind the eyebrows. Totally getting plucked tonight!

 

So back to the poultry in a bowl with yummy crust thingerrr..

Threw everything in the pan and let it cook, added flour and chicken broth....

Voila!

I need a moment..:)

 

Then I placed in these cute things that I haven't used since....never!

 

For the "pie" part....a.k.a. the best part

I used these Grand biscuits!

Scared the shit outta me!

 Hate those tubes.

The recipe called for only a half of a biscuit to put on top.

...

......

Hahaha! They're funny!

Like anyone can only eat half a biscuit!

I put a whole biscuit on top :)

 Don't worry, I put the extra points in :-p

Baked in the oven...duh....

and TA-DA!!!

Wow.

I canNOT wait to dig into these!

Andrew is still at work. Bummer. He'll have to hurry up if he wants his pie.

 

It might be gone when he gets here ;-)

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 :)