Craftiness...

Today was like Crafty Friday. The crafty bug hit me and I was in Hobby Lobby two times in less than 24 hours. It started with this canvas that I made: 

I think I am going to make one that says "LIve" and "Laugh"and then hang them in my bedroom..

Several months ago, I saw a tutorial on someone's blog on how to make this pillow.. I couldn't find it, so I had to wing it. I think it turned out nicely.

Last, but not least, I am SUPER proud of these nerdy pillows. They turned out pretty fabulous and of course, play tribute to the iPhone. We are Mac geeks here!! Our couch was in desperate need of some pillows, so I just whipped them up. They were surprising easy. I made all three today. As well as the canvas.

Happy Friday, Y'all!

Running Bugs... but not the gross kind

I've gotten the running fever back. It's been tough, because, well, the heat makes me a wienie. I haven't signed up for the Disney Princess Half yet, but you can do so as of last week, but I gotta say, all of you that were gung ho about doing it with me are dropping like flies. I won't be happy if I have to run this race by myself. ;)

I was thinking (always a bad thing to do) the other day about my Bucket List. And running and I mean, actually running an entire half marathon is on there. When I started this running journey a year ago, it seemed like I could be happy with just that, but now, I don't know. It seems to me if you can put in the proper training for a half, you can certainly do it for a full. And now maybe a half isn't good enough. You see, I am driven by accomplishments, but am not an overachiever. I'm more of a half-ass kind of girl. I don't like to push myself. I don't like to deal with pain. I like to do as little as possible and get by. With running, I am seeing, it isn't good enough. You HAVE to push yourself, because, it's all mental. But, I like goals. I like being able to say, "Hey yeah, I've completed 13.1 miles, what have you done?" But then, I have my realistic husband who is right behind me saying, "Yeah, but you didn't RUN the whole thing." Talk about competitive. I want to run the whole damn thing just to shut him up.

I saw this article the other day, and I thought, "Wow. That's what I need to make it that 26.2 miles." I even went and told Philly, which is rare, because when I tell him outrageous things like this is, he is very quick to pull me back down and I fully expected the response of, "WHAT? You can't even run 5 miles without stopping." But, he didn't. Maybe he wasn't really listening to what I was saying. But then. I thought about it. I don't have the time to train right now. I am not a morning person, and I cannot drag myself out of the bed at 4am to go run. I wish I could, I feel better when I do, but it just ain't happening.

I can always find those excuses on why not to run. Like today, I am not running because I ripped up my toe with my toenail yesterday and it freaking hurts. I feel like that is a legitimate excuse though, since I'm not one to put myself through unnecessary pain.

I just don't know how to go about training properly for this, I want to be able to knock it out of the park. I want a sub 2:30 on the Disney Half next year. Which would be shaving about 33 min off my total time, and if I run the whole thing, shouldn't be a problem. Right?

Any words of wisdom or advice?? I could definitely use it.

Get Fired Up, People!

If you are not a college football fan, you might want to tune in next time, because, peeps, I got fired up for football season last night.

Yes, I am girly girl. But, I am also a girly girl raised in the South. Therefore, I bleed Crimson and White. I love my Crimson Tide. I've pretty much decided that we aren't having a 3rd child, simply because, Alabama Football IS our third child.

Even if you aren't an Alabama fan.. you gotta give this video props... our new 2010 intro. You gotta respect it.



RTR.

Case of the Mondays...

Normally, Mondays are my work days. MeMac watches Claire and Addison goes to school. I do laundry and work on pictures or clean the house. But, yesterday, I had Claire and was going to finish Season 4 of Alias... I only had about 4 episodes to go. Well, I get to episode 20, with two left to go, and guess what? I don't have the last disk. I can't finish the season. I was distraught. I read what I could on the Internet and had to go onto Season 5 just to find out. UGH. I know... it's not a REAL emergency, but when you are counting on finishing the season, it's kind of a bummer.

For those of you who are Alias fans, I cried during the first 3 episodes of Season 5.. like serious, ugly cries. It was awful and just twisted my heart up to watch Sydney go through what she doing.

So, anyway, you will be happy to know that I finished Season 5, which is the final season, this morning and was able to resume my normal life. I had about 6 loads of laundry to do and find out what that weird smell was in my kitchen, which I did, and it's too gross to even tell you. Also did some grocery shoppin'. With both kids. At about the busiest time I could possibly go. BUT, it's filets and baked potatoes in the McPhilly household tonight. And, John brought home NCAA 2011 Football tonight... I guess this is my punishment for all that Alias.

Fashion Friday- Date Night

Hello all!! I got me some new hair today AND we are also getting a date night with NO kids, so, John is taking me out to Connor's for dinner. He's a good man, Charlie Brown. 

I love this dress and the shoes... both were impulse buys.

Hello new hair!! I think I'm in love with the color. Not really what I was going for, but it turned out pretty nice, I think.

I need lipstick... and possibly a high coverage make up, but oh well.

Outfit Deets:

Dress: BeBox at Belks-- juniors department

Shoes: Jessica Simpson

Necklace: wedding present from John

Earrings with you really can't see: Express a million years ago

Addison also wanted her new Jessie Doll to be featured in Fashion Friday... she is a new addition to our family as of today.

So.. what do you think of the new hair???

Hello.. I am still alive!

I have totally become obsessed with Alias. Like, as bad as Lost. We tried to watch it a few years ago, and basically jumped in at Season 4.. and had NO idea what was going on. Needless to say, it only lasted a couple of episodes. My brother in law has been trying to get us to watch this just like he did with Lost. I figured if it's good enough for Andy, it's good enough for us. I am about halfway through Season 3 and I cannot stop watching. 

Great cast.. seriously. JJ Abrams.. you are pure genius. Sorry I never saw it before. 

I want to be Sydney Bristow... (Just for you, Andy.. consider it your birthday present!)

They are better than Ross and Rachel.. people. YES, I SAID IT.

In my breaks, that I have to make myself take, to ya know, eat and sleep- I've been taking breaks to Shred it up with Jillian, and I'm going to tell you, I've only done it 3 times, but I can already feel my calves getting stronger, but, I'm not going to lie, this is pure torture in the form of exercise. But, at least it's only 20 minutes long.

Also, I keep having to take breaks to actually work. I don't understand why people want their pictures edited? 

So, has anyone watched Alias?? It's so good. Or, perhaps you've been sucked into a different tv show? Do tell. 

Giveaway Re-Draw

I never heard from the previous winner, so I re-drew today... Congrats to...

ANNIE from Chapters of Our Life

Hope you enjoy.. e-mail me with your info and I'll get it out to you!