Bad Blogger!

Yes, it is true... I m a very bad blogger.  I had hoped to blog daily about all the renovations happening at home, but I would get home from work and be so angry about something that they had broken or screwed up that I wouldn't be in the mood at all to blog.  Well that and for about 3 weeks I was without an internet connection at home - not cool.  Luckily though, the internet is back, the renovations are done and those guys never have to come back to my house again.  Thank goodness!!!

Sciatica

sci·at·i·ca

noun Pathology.

1.pain and tenderness at some points of the sciatic nerve, usually caused by a prolapsed intervertebral disk; sciatic neuralgia.

2.any painful disorder extending from the hip down the back of the thigh and surrounding area.

I have sciatica.  I currently am having a sciatica flair up.  It sucks.

Worst Race Ever!!!

Today RB and I ran a race.  It was supposed to be fun.  It was not.  It was supposed to be 22.5K.  It was not.  Our first trail run ended up being uphill both ways, and was 26.24K - for those of you metrically challenged that's 16.4 miles.  It sucked.

It was fun for about the first 5 miles - after that it got pretty miserable.  Between the two of us we tripped at least 2 dozen times, and I fell.  My ankle hurts and the back of my right knee makes it nearly impossible for me to walk up and down stairs and down hill is pretty killer.  Ouch.  Needless to say, I won't be running that race again.  Blech.

Renovations!!!

After talking about it since probably day one, the renovations are about to start at my house!  I'll try to post daily update pictures... Today they are going to start on the dining room - ripping off the faux tudor and trying to grind all the crap (sorry, texture) off the bottom half of the walls and once the walls are done they'll put down new floor.  Other rooms getting updates are: the kitchen (everything), the living room (ceiling and fixing the fireplace wall), the bathroom (bath surround, ceiling, bath wall, toilet, and some lighting), and my bedroom (2 walls, part of another wall, and install a ceiling light).  Gotta go finish packing up the dining room and taking "before" pictures before they get here!

Fall

With the arrival of my farm box today from the CSA, I truly felt fall was here.  I made use of several items in the box to make my dinner, which took me about an hour and a half to cook and about 15 minutes to eat.  But it was worth the wait.

I made candied butternut squash, which I then topped with mustard greens cooked with apple cider and sauteed shallots and garlic.  To cap off the whole thing I fried up 2 very fresh eggs from a local farm.  I love their eggs with the orange yolks.  Yummmm....

Maybe tomorrow I'll get some chicken or a ham steak and have that with my leftovers...

Procrastination

Well, today has actually been a pretty productive day!  (aside from the fact that I didn't work on my 15 page paper which is due in a week)

What did I do instead?  Let's see...
1) I snuggled with my puppy
2) I worked on my cross stitch which I really want to have done in time for Christmas, since it is Christmas themed
3) I snuggled with my puppy
4) I broke down and turned on my heater even though the furnace guy hasn't been out for its check-up yet - but when your house is 52 degrees inside it's time for desperate measures
5) I got out my puppy's sweater so she'd be nice and toasty
6) I caught up on the tv shows I've been wanting to see - New Girl (pilot episode, the 2nd one won't be on Hulu until Wednesday), How I Met Your Mother (the first 3 episodes), and last night's Saturday Night Live
7) I took pictures of my puppy in her sweater
8) I made chocolate chip cookies

Pretty much the day involved me and Ellie just hanging out... since it was cold and rainy outside it was nice to spend time with my puppy...

Perhaps I'll work on that paper now....

Back from the Abyss

I'm sorry I've been gone so long!  Apparently the little worm who offered me tea sent me in the wrong direction... (name the movie reference!)  Well that, and I was afraid I'd spill the beans and jinx my big news.

I got a promotion!!! Yay!!! The office manager quit, and they moved Matt up from records lead/ court clerk to take that job and they moved me up to take Matt's job!  It was looking a little dicey there for a while, so I figured it best to lay low and see how everything played out. 

In running news: the Great Race was on Sunday - it was too hot and too sunny and I ran 10 minutes slower than last year - boo... But coming up in November I have a race called the "Mangler" - a 14 mile trail run.  I'm excited about it, but Bestie is weary - oh well, I think it'll be fun!

In other news: I made scrambled eggs using the recipe in Mastering the Art of French Cooking for breakfast this morning and  all I can say is -  YUM.  I was thinking that I should take a picture, but then I ate them too fast. 

Don't worry, I'll be back more frequently from now on I promise!