A little this, a little that...

Today was a pretty fun day. I had a Microsoft Access class I went to this morning... then had the rest of the day off. I like days off... but they are even better when Its my day off and payday. Sadly... my paycheck doesn't last very long. Oh well....

Today we went down to Wasatch Running and I bought shoes. They did a whole fitting and testing thing. It was interesting. They had me walk and then jog in different shoes. I guess I over pronate (which means my foot rolls in as I step down). So that means I need shoes with a little more support to keep from rolling like that. Anyways I tried a few different shoes and they kept having me jog down a little track so they could make sure I was getting the right support. It got down to two pairs of shoes that both felt very comfortable. I was having a hard time deciding which was more comfortable... so the deciding factor ended up being looks. One pair was blue, the other pair was pink. If anyone knows me.... they know I hate pink. So I went with the blue ones.

This was a big thing to buy these shows. I am starting to take little walks and my feet have been killing me... So I invested in some hard core running shoes. I am hoping to start doing little runs on the weekends. Anyways these were $100 shoes. I have never spent so much on shoes. I have always gotten the $20 walmart shoes (due to my upbringing). I could never understand paying much money for shoes. I figure these should last awhile. If Mike's shoes can last thru ten marathons (over 262 miles), and numerous training runs.... then my shoes should last years! I am also hoping to be able to walk without constant pain. I guess we will see how they are once they are broken in.

I took some random pictures while taking pictures of my door panel I got for my mustang (you can view that on my mustang blog), and taking pictures of the shoes... so here are my random pictures.

These are my flowers from Valentines Day. Mike said they would last longer if we kept them in the fridge and I didn't believe him. What do you know... he was actually right! The best part is I can sit and admire them every time I get in the fridge to get some food!

Mike does the sale pricing at his work and these bears were reduced to a dollar. So being as he was the first one to know about it since he tagged it... he bought one. It is made out of the tempur-pedic material. I think he is cute!

Poor Mikey isn't feeling so good so he was just chilling on the couch. He wasn't so happy that I snapped his picture.
Molly was kicking it on her couch. She has claimed the love seat as her own so we keep a blanket on there for her. She loves that couch!

I love having company!

So my parents came and stayed with us for a few days. They came up because Kristy had her baby on Wednesday. He is a cutie! That puts the total to 16 Nieces and Nephews on my side... but number 19 if you count Mikes side as well. Anyways, they stayed Wednesday thru Friday. It was lots of fun. I really enjoy having them here.

Jenny is going to come and stay next weekend. I am excited. It is really fun having company over. I just don't always feel like I am very good at entertaining guests... but oh well.

Today was a very relaxing day. I painted another rock. I am not so pleased with how this one turned out though... but oh well. It is fun watching movies while painting all day. Anyways here is a picture of the owl that I did.

This is the owl in its new home

The camera always seems to focus on the white so it is hard to give a good representation of it. So this is the best you are going to get. I also got my parents to send me a picture of the wolf I did that resides at their house. I did this like 5 years ago.

Emotional one day... Productive the next...

Yesterday was a very emotional day. I took a pregnancy test and of course it was negative. I knew it would be... but it still hurts getting the results. So obviously I started the day out on the wrong foot.

Mike went and ran a race at Saltaire that Heather (his sister), Julia, and Aaron(his nephew) were running. They are training for the Moab Half Marathon at the end of this month. That went well. Mike got 3rd in his age group and Aaron got 2nd in his age group. That all went smoothly, but the drive home didn't. I ended up in tears by the time we go home. I was feeling very hopeless about the whole baby thing. I felt bad for Mike being trapped in the car with me bawling... but I couldn't help it. I got it all out of my system though. We then spent the rest of the day together.

We went walking on the Jordan River Parkway. I have never been on that and rather liked it. We ended up walking 3.1 Miles. We got a ton of talking done. I like when we do things where we can chat. It seems like we don't chat as much as we use to. I think the walk helped though. I really needed a way to release some of my frustrations.

To top off yesterday... we went out to Dinner at Marie Calenders. I LOVE their Spinach and Artichoke dip. It was soo good! It was nice going out to eat and spending so much time together. I think I really needed that. I am lucky to have a husband that doesn't mind spending time with me.

Today was a rather productive day. Mike headed out the garage and worked on my Mustang (which you can read more about on my Mustang Blog). I finally took down the Christmas Lights outside (except the ones on the edge of the roof. That is Mike's Job). I also took down the Wreath we had hanging by our door. Never Mind the fact that we are 2 months past Christmas. I also called and canceled our reservations for the hotels we would have stayed at if we were still doing Mustangs Across America. Sadly we will not be making it this year. With getting strep a few weeks ago, it made it so I no longer have enough leave time to do a long vacation. Plus money is a bit tight.

I have been feeling like painting a rock lately. I went thru a phase about 4 years ago where I painted lots of rocks. I am back in that phase. I went and bought some paints and luckily we have some good river rock around our shrubs out front so I have lots of options for painting. I painted a Raccoon tonight. I am still not sure what I think of it. I usually don't like how they turn out until a couple days later when I have had time to step away from it. Then all of a sudden I like it.

Here is how the Raccoon turned out. This is before I sprayed the sealant on it... and the camera seemed to focus a lot on the white... but at least you can get an idea of what it looks like.

This is a bear that I did a few years ago. I also did wolf that my parents have. I don't have a picture of that one, but it is my favorite.