Christmas 5k FOUND!!

I've been having lots of fun lately but big news first!

Fun times are coming up! After making an awesome new friend at work and hanging out with her and her boyfriend tonight they told us about this fun 5k run for Christmas in Seattle and we are totally up for it! Here is the donation page for the event and if you can donate it would be fabulous! Help me reach my teeny tiny goal of $150.00 in order to fight Arthritis.

More importantly - I have an outfit to start working on!

Quickest way to get me to run? Tell me I get to dress up!!!

Yay!!

I'll catch up on the other stuff later now enjoy some pictures from last year's run:

All pictures were ripped from GOOGLE

I'm so excited for this run it looks like so much fun! Now, go donate to my page if you can!!!

I'm tapering! Yea, that's it.

As of lately I have not been wanting to run at all.

I'm cheating on the treadmill with a (new to me) elliptical type machine that really works the back of my thighs and my ass. Like hurts so good. Bound and determined (not really) to run tonight I got on the treadmill to run a mile but then I just thought to myself after a whopping .30 mile, "screw this shit I don't wanna do it I'm getting on the other machine" CK was working out with me and since there is only 2 cardio machines in our apt gym I made him switch with me. Good thing he doesn't hate the treadmill right now and I got on my little gem and worked this big ass out.

However, I feel like a failure at running and like I went from running 5 miles (biggest achievement of my life) to wanting to kill myself over the .30 I tried to do tonight. But then after dinner and while watching some scary TV in honor of Halloween I was reading one of my favorite blogs and I figured it out... I'm tapering. Or at least this is what I'm going to tell myself so I can feel better about it. You ask, Terri what are you tapering for? Well, nothing damnit I'm just going to stop running as long and hard right now and I'm not going to feel guilty about because I'm going to say I'm tapering. There we go. Take that guilt and shove it! I will have my "marathon" next week of oh say... 3 miles just to make this an official taper. Okay, so there is my goal 3 miles on Wednesday....yup. Ready Go.

PS. EATWATCHRUN we were walking in Downtown Kirkland, WA the other day and we saw this and I had to get a picture for you - anytime I see rabbits I think of you (in a totally non stalkerish way..maybe)....

Two big bunnies

 and RunningofftheReeses anytime I see a Reese's now I have to eat one because of you. I'm going to have to stop following you if I can't kick that damn habit. Tisk Tisk. Oh, and something is wrong with your 15 things Friday post and I can't open the damn page Wahh!


I also think I took a shower too soon after my spray tan tonight...I'm not as dark as I should be...that's okay though.. I work at a tanning bed now so I'll just get another tomorrow. Oh glory days!

Disclaimer: This was a completely random and scatterbrained post and no children were harmed during it's drafting.

I'd Like to be Black please.

Day 2 of my mom and Haley being into meant going to the Pike's Place Market AKA Terri's Happy Town.

 Before we went to Seattle that day Haley and I popped into a local tanning salon to check on prices (I refuse to be white) and something random happened. They were hiring and I thought to myself... "well I guess I could get a little job until I find a real time job up here or CK gets famous" So, I applied, got hired, and today was my first day- it should be pretty fun so, I'm excited about it AND I'm going to be black for Christmas!!!! Yay, Happy Holidays Mississippi. It's also pretty funny that everyone told us before we left MS, "you will never find a job the economy is horrible don't move!" and less than a week in town I've landed a job and CK has a job waiting if he needs one. I'm giving it all to God and Thanking him everyday because this is just another thing that makes me feel like we made the right choice and good things are going to happen. Life is good other than the fact that we have to change over our drivers license's and car tags next week (don't even get me started.)

Anyways, back to last week and the fun adventures with Haley and Sharon:

Oh look it's Sunny in Seattle again...  

Fresh Fish!

We got some yummy Giant Donuts for a buck this day and lots of free samples

We also had to go get some of the Worlds Best Mac'n Cheese over at Beecher's

 It's a little too Cheesy for me but CK and Mom were Loving it.

That's some serious stuff.

 Haley scored a free sample (don't ask how) that was basically this size as well

Sunset in Downtown

I think we look the best in the light

After our downtown adventure I had another mission to torcher them with.

Sharon! Find the nearest Bed Bath & Beyond - I've got gift cards and I need my Calphalon cookware set RIGHT NOW! I had been waiting to get this set for months, and months, and months - it was my dream (yes, I said dream) to get this cook set and now it's all mine!

Pure happiness!



I've already used it a ton and I am very happy with my over $650.00 purchase, and HELL NO I didn't pay that for it. Coupons people, coupons! Discounts and gift cards make the world go round.

Now, I've got to go to the gym and shower before CK's open mic tonight.

PS. I've been doing really good with eating and working out this week, probably because we were broke bored and we have a free gym at the apartment. I'm going to start doing better with my work out posts. Let me just tell you though there is a new (to me) machine in our gym and my ass I am LOVING it. I'll snap a picture soon. Also, if I sound bitter or snappy about it being "sunny" in Seattle it's just due to the fact that before we left MS everyone and I do mean Everyone had to let us know that it always rains in Seattle. No really are you sure? It just boggles my mind that people think we would move to a place where we didn't know it rains a lot or the weather/climate for that area. OF COURSE WE KNOW SEATTLE DOESN'T HAVE THE BEST WEATHER but it is not hell all the time.

 It's only been 2 weeks but we are still loving it so NAH.