Running in the dark? (and weekend recap)

I just Googled “sunrise”.

7:09am Tuesday (EDT) – Sunrise in Genieland

15 hours 38 minutes from now

And, yes, I changed my city name for security purposes. (Goofy!)

This brings me to a very important question… How do you morning runners do it before work?  Do you run in the dark? 

 

Weekend Recap

Friday I got to leave work early! WOO HOO! I drove to Fantastic Sam’s to get a quick hair cut, and they moved! DOH! So, I went home and chopshopped my own hair. I figured I had plenty of room for error. LOL!  I even fixed it!

PROOF:

I couldn’t get a good pic, so I just had to take a goofy-faced one!

Later we met up with some friends and enjoyed some tall NewCastles. Yum.

Saturday we went to Wal-Mart for groceries.  I also picked up some clearance paint on a whim. Around noon, this lovely thang arrived in the mail.

I cleared off three shelves in the kitchen, so that I could bring my envisioned liquor cabinet/wine rack to life!  I had to find a new home for my cookbooks for this to work!

 

I stuffed them in a cabinet.

Well, I don’t own a single power tool, so the wine rack never made it up. I wrestled with it for hours. Seth even tried!   The damn shelves are too hard! I couldn’t even hammer a nail in them!  I have another idea for the shelf area, but I can’t figure out how to get the damn things down! WTH?

So, I moved on to the dungeon bathroom. It’s not even near finished, but I made some decent progress…

Sneak peak progression…

 

 

 

 

Before my kidney drama, I pictured this room black and white… subway tiles… checkers… so I went to town with black and white paint. The black made this tiny closet of a bathroom seem even smaller. So, I ditched that plan, shut the door and didn’t return for over a year… until Saturday. (Not even joking.)

Current State:

This bathroom is SUCH an eyesore, but it’s a bit better after a day’s work! So far I have painted the tile using tile paint, painted the sink and other tiled areas that might get wet with an epoxy paint (a surprisingly great result in real life, $10 a can), painted the cabinets ($5 for the clearance primer and $5 for the clearance paint), put down stick-on vinyl tile ($12 a box at Family Dollar!), and I removed the mirror on the vanity. 

There is still a ton of things to do!  In no particular order:

• find wall paper for 2 walls
• decide on a paint color (I just can’t dig the green walls)
• figure out the most economical way to refinish the concrete shower stall
• hang new shower curtain
• find a replacement vanity mirror
• tear down ugly shelves, rack and off-center cheapo light above the vanity (WTH?)

This room has been more of an experiment than anything. It’s far away from anything in the house. No one uses it, so I get to test out my skills (or lack of!) without much worry.

After I exhausted myself in the basement. We hit up Goodwill to donate a few bags of clothes and to pick up jeans to make Jorts.

We wanted to show our support for the Cats!  We got beat, but at least we looked cool, right? Okay, maybe not.

Even our flagpole was rocking the jorts.

Sunday… I was hungover. And I jacked up my shoulder playing with my nephew on the pull-up bar! He thought they were fun, but he is way too heavy for me to be shoulder pressing him for pullups OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER… 

So, the gym wasn’t high on the weekend’s agenda, but I did rock the 60 Day PLP Challenge every day! Tomorrow makes Day 10! I must admit, the pullups have been KILLING my shoulder. I hope it feels better tomorrow!

What was the highlight of your weekend?

Mine was finding a new cheap affordable wine to savor! Way sweeter than what I usually go for, but it is definitely tasty!

Cleaning things up

I woke up bright and early a little late this morning and hopped on the treadmill for a thirty minute steady state session.  I kept looking around the room at the stark white, cold walls. They are like energy suckers down there in the basement!  When I was trying to think of colors to paint the room, purple kept coming to mind… and green… like an avocado… or purple and green like Barney exploded all over the walls.  Ugh! I like blue for gyms, but I don’t FEEL the color blue in there. Maybe I’ll look at paint swatches later.

 

Not only am I cleaning up the basement this week, but I’m also working on cleaning up my eats…  at least until we go out of town this weekend.  

Meal one – Shredded chicken, steamed cauli, cajun seasoning, Bragg’s aminos, and a side of fish oil caps (yumyum, LOL!)

This was surprisingly good, and I am looking forward to having it again soon!

I chased’er down with this.

I love this tea! I’m running low here at the office, but I should have a backup stash at home!

Meal 2 – tuna, olive oil mayo, hardboiled egg, peas

Yeah. Not sure on this combo. It was good… but I think I am anti-peas at the moment. LOL!

Now I am just trying to avoid a lunchtime yoga session. Not in the mood!  I hope everyone’s day is off to a fantastic start!!!