Postcrossing

I first learned about postcrossing from following one of my favorite blogs...Dolce Vita (Thanks Micaela!). I thought that it would be fun to send & receive post cards to/from various places around the world. I signed up and sent my first post card to the Netherlands. I was so excited when I got a message yesterday that it was received. Now I can't wait to receive my first post card!

Friday Funday

Life it good when the day starts off with a trip to Zingerman's. I'm in love with their dirty sheed (2 shots espresso, vanilla, and a touch of cream all over ice) and their cheddar herb scones. And it keeps me full all morning.

Tonight I'm heading to Ithaca, NY for the weekend. My sister & her partner moved to Ithaca from Portland, OR just over a year ago and I have yet to visit their new home. I'm sure that my weekend will be filled with good food, good scenery, good exercise (running, hiking, swimming!), and lots of fun!!!

I can't belive that it's now the middle of August...where does time go!?! That also means that I'm now under two months to the Chicago marathon. Anyone got a good two month training plan?

A night in the D

Big Red's Birthday!

Big Red's birthday was July 21st, but we celebrated in the D on the 24th. We started out with dinner at Parthenon, then moved on to Delux, then finished the night out at the Baltimore. It was a wild, crazy time!

Running

It's just a little over 2 months until the Chicago marathon. I've got to get my act together and start running. I'm trying to get a run in every day this month even if it's just a mile. I got some good mileage in this weekend and I'm hoping I can keep it up.

F - 4 miles
Sa - 4 miles
Su - 8.5 miles

I didn't want to time my runs because right now I'm just concerned with getting them done. It's so true that the hardest part is just getting out the door.

How do you keep motivated?

Silver Lake

In mid-July FB & I joined his family for four days to camp out at Yogi's Jellystone Park in Silver Lake, MI.

Daycation

Just playing catch-up today. At the end of June, FB & I took a daycation up to Caseville, MI. We had a blast! Here's the pictures....

We started out grabbing a beer at one of the local bars:

Then we off to a family fun center and rode down this scary slide:

They had this fun, fun game called bank shot basketball. There were different back boards that you had to use to make a basket.

Next up was putt-putt:

On the way home we stopped in Port Austin and had dinner here:

You can't head up North with out going to Grindstone City for ice cream:

FB's 5 scoops:

And lastly, we stopped at a lighthouse before we finished our drive home: