A Passion for Running

Aaron and I had a great 35 minute run on Friday, followed by a nice swim Saturday morning. Then I continued with my renovation by jumping into the re-wiring of what will soon be an open-design kitchen, dining and living room.

It was ugly. I spent about 16 hours crawling around in my attic doing the wiring while my Dad and Aaron did their part below (thank God for both of them). Physically, it was a huge challenge to have to crawl, crouch, lean and lay in the confined spaces of my rafters. Add to that the difficulty of having the move all the blown-in insulation around for every wire I removed and placed and…ugg.

So that was my weekend triathlon – run, swim, renovate. Next I’ll strip away our popcorn ceiling and then we’ll hire someone to put in a new California knock-down ceiling texture.

I hope you are all doing well and I apologize for my lack of presence in the blogosphere but I simply haven’t had any time.

Take care everyone!

Today rocked. I ran slow (mostly because I have to!) and was blessed with an abundance of running joy. 33 minutes of sauntering about in the woods.

And did you know Magpies are hunters? Today I saw one catch a mouse and eat it!

Well, I ripped out the drywall this past weekend. That was important because I wanted to see what kind of wiring changes I’ll need to make plus determine if the walls are load bearing (they’re not).

Anyway, here are some pictures of our (messy) home before I started ripping the drywall out and a few pics of Christopher (I couldn’t keep the boy outta there!) and Cassandra helping with the demolition.

Today is Martin Luther King day. What a good reminder for us all to practice love, kindness and tolerance for others.

Martin Luther King Day is today but he was actually born on January 15, 1929.

Here is a link to his famous I Have a Dream speach.