Day Three Hundred and Twenty Eight

Riley and I braved the cold today and went on a walk. The Burke-Gilman trail looks a lot different with snow covering it. But one of the best parts is that it was totally deserted and Riley could roam free.

Day Three Hundred and Eighteen

Went to the library this morning to pick up some books I had on hold and print off some papers. When I got there I realized it was Sunday and the library didn't open until 11am... and it was only 9am. Ooops!

I decided to take Riley to the park for a while until it opened. Even though it was overcast and a bit drizzly, the park was packed. We had a great time like always. 

When I got back to the library there was a bunch of people waiting. It was real nice to see. :)

Day Three Hundred and Eight

Still sick :( But I did force myself to go for a walk and I also picked up Your Shape Fitness Evolved to play on my Kinect. It was really a workout and I got achievements! I really love the Kinect and it's motion sensing.

Day Three Hundred and Five

I decided to challenge myself to take a walk every day for the month of November. that's 30 days. So today was the first day and it was pouring rain from the second I woke up. I decided I had to get out there no matter what so I braved the rain and took Riley out.

The picture is the a stream that runs through my yard and across the street. It was going pretty good! We only lasted about 20 minutes before I headed back in. We were soaked!

Day Two Hundred and Ninety Eight

Today was a beautiful blustery, rainy day and Riley and I went on a long walk. The view of the lake from the trail was awesome. I also learned that Riley is scared of high winds and flying leaves. She kept freaking out when the wind was blowing hard against us and the leaves would fly all around her.

Day Two Hundred and Ninety Five

Riley and I decided to mix things up and took our walk in downtown Redmond today. First I put on a hat and mittens I made. I LOVE the colors!

First stop was by the library to drop off some books. We then walked along the path that runs behind it and admired the awesome color changes on the trees. After that we went toward the streets and wandered around town a bit.

We then made our way back to the library where Riley posed in front of the blackbird statue and we read the stones on the floor. 

I still like the one in the picture the best. I think it sums up so much about my life right now!

Day Two Hundred and Eighty One

Sandra came over today so we could go to the skate shop and we ended up wandering around Wallingford and visiting some of the quaint shops there.

First we went to Fast Girl Skates to have them look at Sandras Skates, then we went to Archie McPhees to check out all the crazy stuff they have there. 

Next we went to Molly Moon's, which we have been told has the best ice cream ever and had some salted caramel ice cream. Oh My Gawwwddd it was yummy! 

We then stopped by the Exotic Bakery to check it out and weren't very impressed :(

All in all an awesome day!

Day Two Hundred and Seventy Seven

I went on two walks today; yep, two. Both of them 30 minutes long. Woo hoo! The colors are changing everywhere and it was beautiful to see!

Day Two Hundred and Seventy Four

It was an absolutely beautiful day out today and I really enjoyed my walk. The leaves are falling and covering the ground.which is great until they smack you in the face as the fall down! Other then that it was real nice. :)

Day Two Hundred and Seventy Three

A few of my Xbox friends got Fitbit's and decided to start a group on the Fitbit site to track our steps and encourage each other. I figured I needed to get off my bum and start walking again so I went on a walk this afternoon and put in a couple of miles. It's a start!

Day Two Hundred and Seventy

I took Riley to the park today and she immediately became the King of the Hill! She had a blast meeting new dogs, climbing hills, and playing in the water!

Day Two Hundred and Forty Seven

I didn't get a good picture of it, but today at PAX I got to sit in on the panel that Wil Wheaton was speaking on. It was really enjoyable! I also got to check out the Roller Derby game coming out on the Wii, it will be fun. I didn't get my morning walks these last couple of days, BUT I did get 17932 steps yesterday!

Day Two Hundred and Thirty Eight

As I took Riley on her morning walk I was once again in awe of how beautiful it is out here. Autumn is coming and everything is in full bloom and soooo green. Also, the rain is pouring down today, which it hasn't done in so long.

I really like it here and I wish I could get my whole family up here with me. But if I did that I would probably just end up moving again!

Day Two Hundred and Thirty Two

I am so proud of myself! A while back (I really need to keep track of time when I plant stuff for future reference) I planted a tiny little baby tomato plant.

I have been patiently watching them go from tiny little buds until one was ripe enough to pick. So pick it I did! And then I popped it in my mouth and it was gooooooood!


So now I need to figure out how I am supposed to trim this back. As you can see it has grown like mad! I also have some mint that is growing and my basil plant I keep indoors is still blooming like mad too!

Walked the four miles today :)

Day Two Hundred and Thirty

I went to the RCRG flashmob practice tonight with my fellow broken-leg buddy, Dawn. We had a blast learning the steps, and it was exhausting. It is going to be so fun when we do it live on the 29th!

Between that and my four mile walk this morning I got almost 14000 steps! On that note, day three of walking four miles a day... complete!

Day Two Hundred and Twenty Nine

Movie night with just Christa and Allie tonight. Both the older kids were not there. It was kind of nice to just hang with Christa and be able to chat. I taught Allie the "round and round the garden" song. My mom will like that!

Also, day two complete  on my quest to walk four miles a day for a week and see what a diff that makes in my weight. I figured I have the eating and tracking what I am eating down... so let's see what adding walking to it does!

Day Two Hundred and Twenty Eight

I did another one of those long walks to and from the bus stop, except this time I brought my hiking backpack with water. Last time I did this walk in the heat I felt icky partway back.

So this picture is the view from the top of the hill by the bus stop where Riley and I sat for a bit and drank some water. I went earlier today, before my coffee, which worked out well since it was cooler and I really enjoyed my yummy breakfast.

Breakfast was scrambled eggs with goat cheese, garlic, and rosemary with a few wedges of cantaloupe. Having the fresh eggs with breakfast again made me think about getting a couple of my own chickens. I bet I could build my own chicken coup, and chickens are pretty cheap to buy, like 15 to 20 bucks each.

Day Two Hundred and Twenty Five

Well my first day of summer break was a busy one. I decided to re-arrange things in my house (again). I moved the closet from it's corner to the area in front of my bed so it is basically blocking my bed completely off from site.

I did it a little differently from how Susie did when she moved it, I actually removed everything from inside of it first. It was still pretty darn heavy, Susie must be a lot stronger then she looks! But I really like its new position; it worked out awesome! I also moved a few other things around and after a year the place it really coming together. :)

I also covered the back of it and the other wall with some pretty fabric my mom had gotten for me a while back.

After that I went on a walk with Riley to the bus stop area and back and ended up walking for over  an hour, and just under four miles. With hills and everything. My cardio tracker on my phone showed that I burned almost 600 calories. Nice!

We also stopped at the lake for Riley to play because it is really hot out today! And then my day was topped off with finding out my B grade in chemistry; woo hoo! 

Oh yeah, and I discovered Riley LOVES baby carrots. She thinks they are a treat. She is such a weird dog.

Day Two Hundred and Twelve

I decided that since I am taking daytime classes next quarter that I would try and take the bus at least four of the five days I have class. So today I wanted to see how long the walk would take since part of it is uphill and I am a tad bit slower now then I was last year.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that it only took about 30 minutes each way. But what that meant for my walk today was that it was almost four miles and almost an hour, which was about 8k steps! Woo hoo!

I think Riley and I are going to do it again tomorrow because I want to get my time a bit faster so I don't risk missing the bus! Oh, and so I am not all red-faced and out of breath when I get on the bus.

Day Two Hundred and Five

Busy, exhausting day today. I met Cyn and Sandra at the mall where Sandra was getting her hair done, it turned out great!

After the haircut we wandered around the mall and got a cupcake since cupcakes are all the fad here. I got the New York one which was half chocolate and half vanilla, it was just okay, nothing special about it.

We then went to another mall and looked around before seeing Inception at IMAX. It was awesome! I think I might have to buy it when it comes out to watch it again and again.

We ended up doing tons of walking, definitely walked off that unimpressive cupcake!