life+running » recap http://www.chimesdesign.com/blog a little bit of running and a whole lot of life Thu, 24 May 2012 15:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 BLEND Half-Assed Recap http://www.chimesdesign.com/blog/2012/05/07/blend-half-assed-recap/ http://www.chimesdesign.com/blog/2012/05/07/blend-half-assed-recap/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 15:00:00 +0000 chimes http://www.chimesdesign.com/blog/?p=7961 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; }

In case you forgot, I was at Blend this weekend. It. Was. AWESOME.

These people are my people. In short? I learned:

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In case you forgot, I was at Blend this weekend. It. Was. AWESOME.

These people are my people. In short? I learned:

  1. Sarah from the Smart Kitchen wants to come to Iowa because she has a (secret?) love of musicals and one takes place at the Iowa State Fair. I told her she can crash here and we can get fried pickles on a stick for ISF 2012.
  2. There are people shorter than me. Seriously. They exist. I think I met them all this past weekend. One of them is Janetha, who I’ve definitely mentioned (I swear, if Janetha does it, I do it. I feel like a total creeper, but apparently I wasn’t alone because she’s super #fitfluential) and was one of the three lovelies who put this whole shabang together. She’s BARELY shorter than me. So there. But she is far more badass than me. Also? Ashley, from Freckles and Spice — she’s 4’11″ and absolutely adorable. And awesome.
  3. You are never too old for Hello Kitty. Or in my case, Care Bears. So says Katie from Healthy Diva Eats — who, by the way, might like Calee Pink ™ more than I do.
  4. Driving by yourself for hours on end is actually fun when you haven’t had time to yourself in ages.
  5. Ulysses is an interesting name for a husband — namely, Gina, one of my roomies’s hubban’s name (seriously, check out her blog. she takes amazing pix of her food and makes great stuff!)
  6. I have a new blogger girl crush (sorry Janetha — I promise I’m still reading!) — Laura from Sprint2theTable — seriously. Read her bio and tell me that she doesn’t sound a little like me? Except FAR more badass. She ACTUALLY did roller derby. And broke her jaw. I sat down next to her at dinner on Friday because she was drinking a Manhattan (ladies? My mantini!).
  7. I  can do one-handed pushups. Yup. I am officially a fucking superstar. Sorry about the F-bomb. I am drinking a GF beer currently on about 9 hours sleep total since Wednesday.
  8. Speaking of pushups, apparently I can do 72 in a minute. I should have gotten on my knees (we were doing a group rep competition) so I could have done way more and pushed our group to win the competition. But I don’t remember if there was a prize …
  9. THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT TAKE PHOTOS OF THEIR FOOD BEFORE THEY EAT IT.
  10. Most importantly — hanging out with a group of girls for the weekend wasn’t as painful as I thought. I actually miss some a lot of them (Lauren? Heather? I am excited you were as cool IRL as you are online!). And hope that I can visit them (you all are welcome to visit but Iowa is kind of boring, in case I forgot to mention — except we do have a Chinese Pizza joint that you get to wear a helmet when taking shots).
  11. Also? I’m ending on eleven because I’m turning it up to 11 — Spinal Tap Style. One of the (first) and most important things I learned is that MY HEALTHY LIFESTYLE can rub off on YOU. Or my future (hypothetical children). Christine, from Oatmeal in my Bowl, told me that her 12-year-old said to her friends (who are all going on some freaking fad diet), “Um, you shouldn’t do that. It’s not good for you. I know from watching my mom.” Isn’t that the coolest thing ever?

Okay, so actual recap coming soon! I’m hoping that there will also be a place I can direct you all to read everybody else’s recaps, because everybody else is far more interesting than me, ya know. :)

Here’s the whole shindig via twitter.

Also … here are my instagram photos (I know Steph is going to love this — just imagine … 70 women all instagramming their food at once!)

[ my windows are covered with bugs by this time, but here is my first view of the mountains ]

[ largest bag of swag in the history of bags of swag ]

[ seriously. swagtastic. and yes, i brought my body pillow with me. ]

[ cupcake spread at dinner on Friday ... look — GF and vegan options! these ladies thought of everything ]

[ pre-hike breakfast by xagave and chobani on saturday ]

[ hike — yes — I made it to the top. also, I totally look like my gram in this picture with those glasses ]

[ best GF beer I've had to date ]

[ an ... um ... fine assortment of glassware. and heena tattoos. yes. heena. not henna. ]

[ met two awesome dobermans — doby and daisy — at avery brewery ]

[ may have taken a ton of the love grown granola samples at breakfast on Sunday ]

[ ahem ... ]

[ um, thank god we don't have one of these here. might have dropped $200-300 ]

[ mostly on these pants. in purple. ]

[ who would do that? watch this from portlandia. also, cute dog — at the mall in boulder ]

[ bye bye boulder! ]

[ stayed at a B&B on the way back ... they had a fine assortment of movies. and the entire series of firefly. ]

[ finally skyped with my boys — ign0re my arm ]

[ finally ate my simply bar. kind of want more. filling, low cal. low sugar. whole foods. will be contacting them to see if i can do a giveaway or something awesome. ]

[ almost home. trust me. not as happy as i look. or do i even look happy here? no. ]

[ this is how i know i'm back in Iowa. though apparently they have branched out to CO. i didn't see one. so Iowa. ]

More to come later!

What did you do this weekend? Anything fun? I want to know! 

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Okay, I’m entirely too lazy to recap my entire year, but it was a hell of a ride.

Let’s see here … highlights and lowlights and headlights? How about a bit of everything. Scatterbrained style. Cuz that’s how I roll.

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Okay, I’m entirely too lazy to recap my entire year, but it was a hell of a ride.

Let’s see here … highlights and lowlights and headlights? How about a bit of everything. Scatterbrained style. Cuz that’s how I roll.

In January I chopped all my hair off.  I continued to do so and experiment with hairstyles all year. I went from long and blonde to short and dark in less than a year after having the same hair for almost 15 years.

So in March I finally gave in and decided to quit running on the injury I incurred while training for and running the 2008 Des Moines Marathon.  I was planning to run a half marathon in April, but those plans ultimately were put on hold. I spent 6 months in physical therapy but it was worth it. I’m back and running faster than ever. I went from an average of a 10-minute mile to an 8-8:30-minute mile.

Umm … Oh, yeah, so since I had a bunch of time on my hands that I used to spend running I started crafting. a LOT.  I actually ended up doing a bunch of craft shows and making somewhat of a killing off my newfound crafty business.  I discovered quilting.  I also discovered I’m a fabricaholic.

In June I went to Chicago with my girlies and saw the city as an adult (I haven’t been since I was like 18 and young and dumb — but hey, it was fun, right Kim?).  Anyway, we celebrated my friend’s (now defunct) engagement, ate some chicago style pizza, visited cake girls, went to both Wrigley and Soldier field … and had a grand old time.

Oh yeah, in April I had a brief stint of being a Mary Kay consultant. Not a great idea.  But I got a lot of cheap makeup out of it, so hey.  Most of all, I was able to use my short-lived business to raise money for my friend Lindsay’s mom who had just been diagnosed with cancer.  So not all was lost.

Summer was kind of a blur. It was hot and fast, like most summers.  I spent a lot of time crafting and hanging out by myself while I watched the deterioration of my nearly-4-year relationship.  Finally at the end of the summer I decided it was time to call it quits with Kasey. Rather, I suggested it, he agreed, then I began to freak out.  I spent the next few months wondering aimlessly trying to remember who I was before he came along. I eventually found myself.  With a LOT of help from friends and family.  I couldn’t have done it without you and I love you all for it.

Along with finding myself, I found a couple of new loves.  First, on my birthday (25th in case you were wondering) my mom bought me my fabulous doggie, Barney.  We adopted him from the humane society. He’s a miniature long-haired doxie.  Adorable and sweet. We fell in love with him instantly.  I can’t have dogs where I live now, but I’m moving in June and my parents are fostering him right now, so all is well with the world.

And, of course, I couldn’t complete this blog without mentioning the most exciting and best development of 2009 (of course, that is, besides me realizing that I’m awesome and worthy of this awesome new development): Mark.  Mark is my new squeeze, but he’s been one of my best friends for the past 3 or so years.  He’s been there for me through all the rough times, all the fun times and pretty much whenever we needed each other the other one was always there to lean on.  I had no idea that I had fallen for him, but I kept trying to pawn him off on all my single girl friends. I could never understand why they didn’t want to date him.  Who wouldn’t? Oh wait.  I know.  He’s perfect for ME.  And now, I have him.  And I am NOT letting him go.  :)

Anyway, that’s really it. I’m not really that exciting, but I felt obligated to post this, so here you go.

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