Just some pics...

Baby Roses

Home made chocolate truffles

Find Your Person

My name is Sam, and I am a Grey's Anatomy fan. I enjoyed the earlier seasons much better than the more recent ones; mostly because many of my favorite characters have left. While the show had some annoyances (mostly medical irritations - seriously doctors DO NOT run lab tests!), it also had some sweet ideas. For instance, find your person. It doesn't have to be a significant other per-se, but someone that you can vent to, someone to agree with you, and also, someone to smack you upside the head when you need it. I am one lucky gal, because my husband is my person. He can be sweet and understanding when I need him to be, but also brutally honest, even when it's not what I want to hear. Although that can be frustrating in the heat of the moment, I am so fortunate to have him by my side.

And in light of Valentines Day yesterday, I found this awesome picture and just couldn't help but share it :)

Just Call Me Betty

My kitchen looks like an F5 just tore through it, but I also managed to make a weeks worth of chicken and wild rice soup (my favorite) and 2 dozen pizza pockets (recipe to follow!) An Alaskan Brewing Hop-O-Thermia was my beverage of choice for this endeavor and I must say, it was a good choice indeed! :)

F5 Kitchen Disaster!

I made the jump!

I've heard a lot about barefoot running shoes, minimalist, etc but never really tried it for myself. The thought of running without any cushion made me cringe. I was recently chatting with some of my fitness buddies (who are also both trainers!), C and D, about fitness goals, routines, nutrition, and general advice, and both of them wear only barefoot style shoes for working out. In fact, they swear by it. I started thinking again about it and reading up a little more and thought I'd maybe give it a shot. I always used to run around barefoot as a kid, so why not now?  I managed to find a pair of Merrell Pace Gloves on the clearance rack (BONUS!), and made the jump.

From what I've read, it takes time to build up your legs, calf muscles, and the achilles areas to get used to the different walking/running gait. Needless to say, I don't plan on running a marathon any time soon in these, but I think walking around work for a day or two per week might help start things off right. Fingers crossed!

My New Merrell Pace 2 Glove