Quickie

Just a quick post to show off my awesome mani before I mess it up! I'm in love...and ready for spring...

Signing in from Ireland

Since we have official word that we will be leaving Germany and heading back to the states in May, we have decided to take advantage of Europe. Since my last post I have been to Poland and we are currently in Ireland!

As soon as I get a free minute I will be posting updates on these two spectacular trips. Thanks for reading!

Pinterest Polish

Well, hello there! I've had an interesting week and a half or so. I mentioned in my last post that we were off to Prauge for the weekend, and I will post about that soon, but first I want to update you on my fitness progress. Last week I worked out four days, so I'm starting to get there. I'm looking forward to the weather getting a little warmer, because its been cooooolllld here. Once it does I'll be able to log some road miles!

I have also tried a couple of Pinterest nail arts. The one on the left is called Saran Wrap nails. I painted the coral color first and let it dry completely. Then I painted the aqua color and patted a piece of Saran Wrap over the wet polish until it looked as I wanted it to. Then I painted over it with quick dry top coat. The accent nail was done with striper polish.

The right nail was just done with white polish, five vibrant colors and a bobby pin.

This weekend I am going on a mission trip with my church to Poland. I'm very excited and will update soon!

Valentine's Day Nails

Today is the day of love. And here are my nails on love. For this manicure I used Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Frutti Petutie as the base color, Julep Oscar as the gold sparkle on my ring finger, and some Kiss brand stripers. Happy Valentine's day!

P.S. this is my first post uploaded from my iPhone app, what do you think?

Wait...I have a blog?

Here I go again reverting back to my old ways.  I start something and then it gets hard, or I forget to do it once so I ultimately quit.  NOT THIS TIME!  Yeah, I started this blog a month ago, and already started slacking on my posts.  No, I'm not giving up this easily.  I guess I just haven't really thought of much that was interesting to say, or so I thought.

I've also found it hard to get back into the marathon training schedule.  I keep coming up with excuses, but it is LEGIT cold outside, and I find it UUUBBBER boring to run more than 2 miles on the treadmill.  So I have only been able to force myself to do it 4 times since my last post.  I did it twice two weeks ago and twice last week.  I talked to my sister about it yesterday, and about how I give up so easily, and she was so much nicer to me than I am to myself.

The lesson that I'm learning, and the one that I've been trying to learn my whole life, is that even if it doesn't go perfectly as planned, it's still not okay for me to give up.  Blogging is something that I've been wanting to do for a while.  SO, I'm going to do it.

Upcoming topics to be seen:

• A trip to Prague for the 4 day weekend this weekend.
• More nail photos (I've recently received more polishes that I ordered)
• Some pinterest pins that I've tried.
• continued progress on my marathon training

Half-Marathon Training...Again! Week 1

So, this past Spring (April 29, 2012 to be exact), I ran my first half-marathon.  I trained hard for months to work up to it, and I actually accomplished the goal.  It was the OKC Memorial half and I finished in 2 hours and 16 minutes.  I was so proud of myself because never in a million years did I think that I'd actually run a half-marathon.  

After the run, I promptly feel out of the habit of running, and I let myself get out of shape...again.  So here I am, contemplating doing another half-marathon.  Only this time it will be different.  This time I'm going to run it with my sister, and I'm excited.  We each recently started our own training regimens.  She in Oklahoma, and I in Germany.  

Here's what I have so far.  Last week I went to the gym and ran on the treadmill 3 times at 2 miles each:

Day 1: 2.21 miles

Day 2: 2.23 miles

Day 3: 2.23 miles 

So there it is, my first week back at it.  Working slowly back up to it, that way I don't burn myself out.  I will keep you guys updated!

Here's a photo of the shirt I want to wear for the run:

And a picture of some cute owls for good measure:

Revlon Charmed and British accents

Hi guys!  Today I was roaming around our PX (military's version of a general store) and I came across this beautiful color.  I'm a fan of orange because I am a fan of Oklahoma State (GO POKES), however, I don't usually wear it on my nails.  Today, though, I ran across this color and I knew I had to have it.  

It is called Charmed and it's a Revlon Top Speed polish.  

Here's a macro shot of the bottle:

It's your basic citrusy-orange color, but it has a golden shimmer hidden in it that makes it look like burning embers.  I'm so in love with this color.  It's really nice, especially since it's been so cold and dreary outside.  It reminds me of the Sun on my nails, even when it's not in the sky.

Here's the swatch of it on my nails.  Doesn't it look like my nails are on fire.  You just sang a little bit of "This Girl is on Fire", by Alicia Keys, didn't you?  :)

Moving on, so since I live in Germany, we don't get regular cable TV.  We have an Apple TV and a Roku box to watch TV on, and we have subscriptions to Netflix and Hulu.  Well, recently, I ran out of things to watch and I came across a Hulu Exclusive Series called The Only Way is Essex.  It is basically Britian's version of the Hills, and I love it.  I'm a bit of an Anglophile anyway, and I'm a sucker for cheesy reality shows such as this, so needless to say, I'm HOOKED.  The only downside is that now I read and think in a British accent.  Not kidding.  Have you seen this show, and do you love it like I do?