Morning Routine

Many people's morning routines consist of coffee and children.....mine consists of Cheerios and my dog!  Every morning at about 6:10, Brett gets out of bed and begins getting ready for work.  5 minutes later, Stoops is up in his spot.....head on his pillow and fast asleep.  I truly believe that she lies in her bed waiting to hear Brett's feet hit the floor, and then as soon as she is in the bathroom and the coast is clear she makes her move for his spot.  From about 6:15 until 7 or so, Stoops and I sleep together.  7am is time for us to get up and ready tackle the day.  First stop is out the back door so Stoops can take care of business.  This can take anywhere from 1-10 minutes.  On days when the weather is either cold or rainy, she is in and out the door in less than a minute.  However, lately she has decided to take her sweet time finding the right spot and making sure that no other animals have invaded her home since the previous night.  She sniffs every piece of grass, shrub and flower before making her way back in the house.  From there we grab a cup of food, fill her dish and I get in the shower.  After I get out of the shower, Stoops is back in Brett's spot sleeping and her food dish is still full.  Next come my Cheerios.....every morning I have a bowl of Cheerios and Stoops sits at my feet waiting until I am finished because she knows she gets the milk left in my bowl.  Once she has successfully licked every last drop of milk in the bowl she proceeds to her bowl to eat her breakfast.  As I continue to get ready, Stoops climbs back on the bed to catch another quick nap before I kick her off to make the bed.   The bed gets made, pillows back where they belong and everything looks tidy.  I turn my back to brush my teeth or finish getting ready, and Stoops is back on the bed sleeping!  Finally, I am ready, sitting on the ottoman putting my shoes on and Stoops knows I am leaving for work and she is going in her crate.  Before I am finished putting my shoes on and grabbing my things, she is in the laundry room, lying peacefully in her crate waiting for me to close the door. 

I love her and love our morning routine!  It makes for an enjoyable morning!!

Sayre-endipity

I have started another blog in order to share my experiences in the fitness world as a personal trainer.  Every week, I will provide my readers with a tip of the week as well as an fitness/health related entry.  These will range any where from favorite workouts, fad diets, myths and facts and basically anything else I can think of! 

The website for the new blog is

http://sayre-endipity-rachel.blogspot.com/

Make sure to check it out and follow me!!!

13.1

For the past year, Brett and I have been on and off training for a half marathon.  We have made calendars with our daily workouts on them....usually we do really good for the first month or so but then once we miss one day it seems a lot easier to miss another day, and another day and before we know it we haven't ran for 5 days!!  It's so frustrating.  We began following a plan to have us ready for an October 23rd half, but the problem was we were training in the middle of the hottest summer in Texas history...not a good idea!  We have ended up running a lot of our runs either split between a treadmill and outside, or solely on the treadmill.  Let me tell you, training on a treadmill is a lot different then running outside.  So once again, doesn't look like we will be running the half next month!!

I think our biggest problem is that we have never actually registered for a half and therefore we haven't been 100% committed.  Just this weekend we decided that we are going to push our half back until Dec. and run the White Rocks Half Marathon in Dallas.  I have heard that it is a good course and hopefully the weather will start cooling down to the point where we can actually enjoy running outside again!!!  I will keep you updated on whether or not we actually register!! 

Basically, this rant is about how I am a frustrated and scared runner who just needs to take the plunge and sign up for my first half marathon!

Pinterest

Hi my name is Rachel, and I am addicted to Pinterest!!!  According to my husband, I have an addiction. But a very fun addiction!  If you have not discovered pinterest, I urge you to check it out...you wont regret it!  Basically it is a big pin board where you can pin all sorts of fun ideas for crafts, home decor, recipes, and so much more!

I have a whole bunch of craft ideas I am waiting to find the time to tackle and recipes I am dying to make but unfortunately, I have been too busy to actually put any of these ideas into action!  (probably because I have been spending way too much time on pinterest!)  It is my goal to not be the girl with several pin boards full of awesome ideas that I never do anything with.  One of my new years resolutions was to try a new recipe every week, and although that has definitely tapered off I enjoy new recipes and think I am going to re-institute the new recipe a week goal.

Hopefully, I will have more time for blogging now and maybe, just maybe some in the near future will include my pinterest endeavors!  Hope you all had a great Labor day weekend!!!