Color Me Rad: 5k Benefiting the Ronald McDonald House

I decided to do something stupid over the weekend.



Super awesome swag

I ran a 5K! It was an event I did with some of my derby girls. I'd signed up for it months ago with the idea that I'd do the Couch to 5k training and be all kinds of in shape for it.



I was feeling rad

Needless to say, that didnt happen. I think I ran on my treadmill twice. I was really worried I was going to get out there and die.



Clean and pretty before the race



Our group consisted of me, my hunny, my derby wife Steph, her sister Jen (who is also one of my teammates), Jens husband, one of our refs and one of our new Psychos.



We're hardcore



The wifey wasnt planning on participating but a last minute dropout left a space open for her. The race was sold out.

All in all, I did better than I had expected. I ran most of the race, walked part of it and only really ran out of breath once. It was great to have my hunny right there with me cheering me on.



The best part of the race. You can see how much color was in the air (and on the people)



While Im super proud of myself for finishing, It made me realize how out of shape I really am. I have got to start working on my endurance if Im going to improve in derby.



Me and the hunny. Aint we cute?



After we crossed the finish line, there were people handing out waters, granola bars and color packets. I, of course, grabbed Sunnyland teal and Steph grabbed Arkham green.



Being tainted with each others team colors



Wifey love.



She got more color on me than the race did. 



The aftermath

After a bite to eat and a good long shower, I picked the kids up from their dad and took them to a birthday party. After dropping them back off with their dad, I went home and passed out. 

Not a bad way to spend a saturday.

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Hey Look! Its me!!

Check me out over at the Orlando Psycho City Derby Girls blog. Of course that would be the picture they use.

"BRIDGING!!"

*derp*

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On writing more often...

Im going to attempt to write at least one paragraph a day. If nothing else, it will get me back in the habit of writing and hopefully give me a creative outlet (you know,like this whole blog thing started out being). I want to throw out there that what i write may not be incredibly interesting all of the time, but bear with me and I'll improve over time. Practice makes perfect right? So, for now, Im feeling in the christmas spirit today. Im pimped out with my red sweater (even though its 70 degrees here in the FL), jingle bell necklace, reindeer broach, santa cat earrings and red and green makeup. The tree is up and decorated, but we didnt do much with the outside of the house this year. Life got in the way and we ran out of time. Im planning on wrapping all the gifts tonight and working on some really cute mittens Im making for the boys and Logan. I'll update with my progress tomorrow!

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Alicia

Not only is she my teammate, my big and super fab all around, but Im also wearing the "team hate machine" shirt she gave me. <3>
How I pretend to be like Venus Deathtrap

My "Official" Derby Headshot!

ACK AND OMG! ITS HERE ITS HERE ITS HERE I'M SO EXCITED I'M GOING TO PUKE!

OK, maybe I wont puke, but I am TOTALLY excited!

We had our photo shoot with the ab fab Phantom Photographics a few weeks ago for our "official" league head shots.

I got mine yesterday.

I almost died.

Here it is:



I kind of look like a badass

Its so amazing, I want to show everyone, even strangers on the street. I think I may make it into a shirt and wear it every day although that may look a little narcissistic.

Also, just cause I love her so very, very much, here is my wifey's head shot (shes going to kill me for putting this up)



She looks so very angry

 Check out the rest of my team here

and the rest of the league here



Derby Love!!

Making Stuff....and a bunch of links

As of today, my "Magnetic Makeup Board: Tutorial" is my most-often-viewed blog post.

Cant say I blame you, it is pretty sweet. (also, a BIG Thank You! to Laura from Lauras Thoughts for featuring me).

What this tells me is, you like to see me make stuff. You also like to have me show you how to make stuff too. I can do that.

Some of the things on my to-do list are to finish my update of my roll top desk (ala Centsational Girl), refinish a dragon backed chair thats been sitting in my garage, and decorate for halloween.
I have been making as much stuff lately, but you have inspired me to not only make more stuff, but to post it on here more often.

That being said, keep checking back for more "stuff" posts. (also, if you REALLY like posts about stuff, you should go check out Karen at one of my favorite blogs, "The Art of Doing Stuff").

Sugar Skull Earrings

Hello All!

Just thought I'd post a quick pic of these super fab and awesome earrings I got on my vaca to Key West (more on that later).

Sugar skulls, I loves them.

Hope you all have an amazing week!

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