Day 17: The Shoes that Saved the World

I have to work out tonight.  I haven't been running since Wednesday thanks to my bum hip.

On Sunday I hiked (by car) across town to Fleet Feet in Uptown.  Fleet Feet is a specialty running store that provides a gait analysis and fits a shoe to a runner's physiological needs to maximize efficiency and minimize stress injury.  After taking several sitting and standing measurements of my foot they put me on a treadmill to watch my gait as I jogged.  According to the man assisting me, my feet - my left one especially - rolls inward as I run, and is likely at least a part of the pain I'm experiencing in my left hip and knee. 

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Day 13: These Boots Weren't Made for Running...

Ya know, there are people in this world that were made for athletics and people who weren't. I'm sure this is a comment made by most people who have difficulty getting in shape, but I've felt this way for some time. I don't think God ever intended for me to be a marathoner, but who can tell?

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Day 11: EAT WITH BANANA OR DIE

I feel it is my public duty to inform everyone of impending doom when I see it. 

Yesterday, which felt like a 101 things to do in a day, I went grocery shopping, and inevitably made my way down the cereal aisle.  Though I usually buy off brand cereal at Aldi’s, my attention was drawn to a sale of a new product: Chocolate Cheerios.  I am, in general, a fan of the cheerios line.  Can’t go wrong with honey nut, apple cinnamon, frosted, plain or combination.  So, Chocolate Cheerios being on sale, and a possible low-calorie way to meet my chocolate fix, I picked up a box.

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Day 8: Privacy and the Internet

Something interesting happened on a message board of mine recently that I feel a need to comment on, because there are interesting connections to blogging. 

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Day Five: Girl Scout Cookies

Dear Girl Scouts of America, why, oh why, did you discontinue the best addition to your girl scout cookie line?

Two things disturb me about my encounter with the girl scout selling cookies yesterday. First, they have renamed most of the cookies with retarded, indistinguishable names. My peanut butter sandwiches are now called "Do-Si-Dos." But my outrage and lamenting center on the fact that

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Day 4: Cancun

Great news! Weather is supposed to be above freezing for several days later this week. Yay for:

1. Melting Snow.  I don't know if Pugsly will miss burying herself in snowmounds, but it will make walking her through the drifts a lot easier on me. 
   
   
2. Melting Ice.  The fine people at our condo have decided that the parking lot really doesn't need to be salted... and that parking spaces, when vacant, don't really need to be plowed... 

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Day Three: Brutal

Yesterday, Gary and I went to a "little league" hockey game.  I was talking hockey over facebook with my cousin Jim, which turned into an invitation to see his 8 year old son play hockey.  Still being on a hockey high from going to the Blackhawks game before Christmas, we were obliged to attend.  What a fun experience!! Things learned:

1. My cousin Jim can yell.  In my nearly 27 years, I don't think I've ever heard his "outside voice" before! :)
   

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Day One: Birthdays, Lists and Puppy Love

Pugsly made her first visit to "Grandma's house" today, and there was much rejoicing (...yay).  As predicted, she (Pugsly) is reveling in a whole yard to herself, and even got to meet the neighbor dogs.  Wouldn't you know, the dog can growl and bark!  After a week of a calm, quiet behavior void of barking, chewing and general excitement, we were beginning to wonder if she wasn't a big, strange-looking cat.

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Our 101 in 1001

*taps microphone*

Hello, America.  Welcome to our blog.

Gary and I have been married for almost three months at this point.  People have described marriage as many things... a learning process; a battle of wills, work.  Gary and I, thus far, see it as (-prepare for puke moment-) a lifetime of possibilities with one's best friend (-end puke moment-). We're excited about our goals for the next three years, and have created our own 101 things to do in the next 1001 days.

Check back often to see our progress, both in this list and life in general.

101 Things in the Next 1,001 Days (2.67 Years)

Personal Improvement/Organization

1.            Conquer Fondant. (Karen)

2.            Try 20 new recipes outside of new recipes listed below. (Karen) (13/20: Slow Cooker Lentil and Bean Soup, Chicken Lasagna, Salsa Chicken, Pepperoni Stuffed Chicken, Eggplant Parmesan, Pork Medallions, 4/24: Joy's Chicken Salad, Sauce Rosee, Crock Pot Buffalo Chicken, Vanilla Meringue Cookies, Celery Casserole, Sweet Potato Sticks, Minestrone Soup)

3.            Bake bread from scratch at least twice more. (Karen) (1/2)

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