I woke up yesterday morning deciding that it was going to be my last “rest” day.  Meaning, I would take it easy to allow my bod another full day of recovery from the stomach whatever I had going on.  I woke up thinking I had slept in only to realize, “oh right time change”, and reality was that it was 6am and not 7am.

Oh well, I was ready to be up and get some stuff accomplished.  I was tired of laying around doing nothing.  In fact I kept getting headaches from laying around so much.  I was also tired of being cooped up in the house AND I was tired of not eating.

When I woke up on Sunday ready to eat, and that included chewing, I was beyond ecstatic!  Food sounded appealing, my stomach wasn’t uneasy, and the thought of having some coffee again after days without almost brought me to tears.

What?  I love morning coffee, ah’ight.

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Hi gang!  How is everyone doing?  How was your weekend and did you do anything fun for Halloween?

Admittedly our weekend went by way too quickly!  We had to make up for last weekend which if you remember was full of crazy and drama.  This weekend we had chores to get done and be responsible adults.   Saturday was a “work” day.  I had blog stuff to get done (because I consider that work and not just a hobby) and Scott had freelance projects to work on.

That is how the majority of our Saturday was spent, doing that and avoiding political phone calls.

Seriously is the political stuff a lot more aggressive this year or what?!

Yesterday I got up early and had a lovely “short” long run of 8 miles.  I just felt like staying closer to home and didn’t really want to venture out.  It was awesome and I’m so glad to be running just to run again and not have something looming over me.  I’m totally not a goal orientated runner.  More on that at another time!  I realize I keep saying that but well, it’s true. All of these things I want to talk about in their own post!

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When we were on the ride home this past Saturday, our thoughts turned to:

• Catching up on life/business stuff
• Putting on fresh jammies
• Sleeping in our own bed
• Wine
• Easy and lovely Sunday morning run

The best laid plans, right?

When we walked in the house, both of us noticed an odd smell.  It smelled like something had turned.  I thought it was the garbage disposal so I put some baking soda in it and got it taken care of.  I finished putting things away, and headed down to the basement to put the cooler away.  I noticed the smell had gotten stronger in the basement.  When I made it down, I finally saw what the problem was.

We have a standup freezer in our basement.  We purchase meats, veggies, and fruit in bulk.  Not only our food, but also Rocky’s food in bulk (he eats a fresh foods diet, not kibble).  Apparently the freezer door wasn’t closed properly and it opened up while we were gone.  Everything thawed and leaked all over the freezer and then the basement floor.  Our house smelled like rotting meat and fish.

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I broke several rules all weekend long.  Not on purpose but sometimes stuff happens and at some point you just have to go with it and accept the situation.

Yesterday, I broke my own Homespun Sunday rule and went out for breakfast.  Yup.

I was starving after my race yesterday and I was also tired.  Once I showered, Scott mentioned going out to breakfast.

“Oh we haven’t gone out to breakfast in a very long time.”

“I know, so let’s go!”

And I agreed.  Not only because I love the idea of going out to breakfast but also because I was tired and hungry and quite frankly I wanted someone else to cook for me and bring me copious amounts of food.

I knew exactly what I wanted and even though I could have made it all myself, I didn’t want to take the time nor make the mess in the kitchen it would require.  Totally being honest.  So I bundled up (I was still warming back up from a cool race) and off to breakfast we went.

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Hi gang!  How was everyone’s weekend?!  Mine went by too quickly and now here I am on a Monday feeling a little outta sorts. :o  Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends to the North and Happy Columbus Day to all the folks in the US.  Columbus Day is such a weird holiday!  It’s a holiday that really isn’t.

Do you get Columbus Day off?  Here at the HQ we do not.  The upside to working for yourself is that you can pick and choose what days you want off and when.  The downside is that you can find yourself working while everyone else is off doing not work things.  Some places get this day off and not others.  I never worked in a place that observed this holiday.  Nor has Scott.

Yesterday I totally checked out and laid on the couch.  I was so out of it, I apparently forgot to take a picture of my yogurt and granola.  Whoops!

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Hi gang!  How did everybody’s weekend go?  Ours went by way too quickly!  Both of us had work to get done and our weekend was slated as a work weekend.  While I was able to get some things accomplished on Saturday, Scott on the other hand was busy with house related issues.  Oh the joys of home ownership!  Our downstairs toilet had been leaking for quite some time.  Leaking on the inside not on the outside.

Then on Wednesday, I went to flush and broke the handle.

Yikes!

Scott spent the entire weekend fixing and replacing everything in the tank in order to get it to stop leaking and start flushing again.  This is after he spent time earlier in the week fixing up my washer that decided to be a drama queen.

And finally yesterday he had to tie down some siding that decided to come loose but not completely fall off allowing it to just blow in the breeze.

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I wish that I could say that yesterday ended up being as relaxing as I hoped but it didn’t quite reach that level.  Don’t get me wrong, it was a nice day!  But not enough got done and the day went by too fast.

I always have the Sunday blues.  It’s the one day I have with Scott where we hope to have nothing on the agenda.  Sometimes we succeed and sometimes we do not.  No matter what though the day always seems to fly by at lightening speed.  In the blink of an eye it’s 3pm and time to start thinking about phone calls to family, making dinner, and settling down for the evening.

Yesterday both of us had some work that needed to get done and sadly most of our day was spent doing that.  Booo for working on the weekends!

As you know, I decided to take a Me Day yesterday and just chill out doing what needed to be done on my own time.  I did try and make some pumpkin bread but that turned into a Baking Fail of monstrous proportions!  The pumpkin bread was in the oven at 375 for over two hours and the silly thing would not cook all the way through.

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Hello my pretties!  How was everyone’s week last week?  Mine was busy!  I came right home from Atlanta and had to hit the ground running when the week started.  I had to do some catchup work and then there were a lot of business meetings and connections scheduled.

Thursday I had my speaking gig with the local chapter of the PR Society of America to discuss the relationship between bloggers and PR reps.  It was really interesting and I loved getting a chance to meet and talk with PR reps about their experiences with bloggers.  There’s two sides to every relationship folks!  More on that at another time, I hope to do an article about it.

On Saturday, Scott and I attended a sausage making class put on by friend and fellow blogger, Rachel!  Actually it was a joint effort, as Rachel’s husband, Alex taught the session with Rachel providing assistance.  I learned a lot and realized that I definitely need to be making my own sausage and grinding my own meat at home.  Easy peasy!  I didn’t get to take any pictures during the event but once I start doing my own, you can expect a post about that as well!

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Hi gang!  Is everybody having a lovely holiday weekend? We are but it is going by way too quickly!  I have so much to get done this week in preparation for going to Atlanta this weekend.  YaY!  I’m excited but also have a feeling that it’s going to sneak up on me fast!

I got in a nice long run yesterday and the weather could not have been more perfect.  The sun was out and it was very chilly, in the 40s when I started.  I busted out 12 miles and felt a lovely satisfaction once it was done.  I know I won’t get a long run in this upcoming weekend, so I needed to make sure I got a decent one in while I could!

I never really got “hot” during the run.  I warmed up but it was chilly the entire time.  Taking a long HOT HOT HOT shower when I got back home almost might have felt better than the run itself. ;)

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Hi gang!  Yesterday was a much needed “unplug” day from everything.  No work, no blog, no run, and computer interaction to a minimum.  I very much needed some time away which I feel is important.  If we don’t get time to recharge then everything in life becomes stale and routine.   Especially blogging! I definitely think everyone could use some chill time when it comes to blogging and not stress about getting a post out everyday or every 10 minutes depending on the style of your blog.

I woke up early for my run yesterday and was not feeling it.  I was dreading it,  as in, ” *sigh* Today’s my long run which means I have to go all the way out there and back.  Man I just don’t want to run that.”

I love my long runs as much as I love my right arm so when a time pops up that I am dreading a long run, then it’s time to chill out.  This wasn’t one of those moments were you are debating a run, this was a moment of “Oh I really don’t want to do this.”  That is a completely different mindset because even if you go out anyway, you’ll hate it.

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