Learning How to Hope

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Riddle Wednesday

Every Wednesday on Facebook I post a riddle for my youth group to figure out. They aren't allowed to post the answer on facebook so they have to tell me in person when they get to church that night. Everyone loves a good riddle so I thought I would post the riddle on here as well. I'll post the answer after youth group each week.

"What ends everything?"

Answer: The letter "g"

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Favorite Things Tuesday

Body Glide
I love this stuff and think it is one of the best inventions ever. I use it on the bottom of my feet and heals to help prevent blisters when I'm running. I also use it when I wear dress shoes and it works like a charm every time. I give it two thumbs up :-)

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Youth Ministry Extravaganza

Tomorrow morning I am headed to Kansas City, MO with tons of youth directors in our synod. This is a fantastic event for youth directors to gather and refresh, get some training, network and just enjoy the company of other youth directors. I haven't been to one of these in a few years so I am very excited.
What I'm most excited about is I get to see snow for the first time in over 5 years. I am nervous about landing in the snow but I'm hopeful the person sitting next to me won't mind holding my hand :-)
I will post lots of pictures and stories when I get back on Monday.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Favorite Things Tuesday

A few of my friends do a "famorite things" post on their blog once a week so I thought I would jump on that band wagon...here is my first favorite things post.

Bamboo Sheets
I love our bamboo sheets we got for a wedding present. They are so soft and keep you cool when you want to be cool and warm when you want to be warm. I would love to have another set of them but they are soooo expensive. I'm hoping that since January is known for white sales I'll be able to find a good deal. Please let me know if you see any good deals on bamboo sheets :-)

Monday, January 17, 2011

The next race

Matt and I have really gotten into races. Matt's ultimate goal is to run in an ultra marathon, but for now is sticking with 10K and 1/2 marathon races. I have gotten into running because of Matt's job and his interest in running. Although I am still stuggling with finding "the zone" and the joy of running, I do like the benefit of weight loss that has come from it.
Our next race is Feburary 12 and it is called the Suncoast Classic and it benefits the Ronald McDonald House. I'll be doing the 5K and Matt will be doing the 10K. I still run slow so I'm guessing Matt and I will finish our races at the same time.
To train for the Disney 5K I did a variation of the couch to 5K training. I found several different versions of this training online so I basically made my training schedule. I really want to keep improving my 5K time so I have created my new training for this next race.

Jan 17: 1 min run/90 sec walk for 30 mins
Jan 19: 1 mile test run (to see how fast I can run 1 mile)
Jan 20: 90 sec R 90 sec W 3 min R 3 min W x2
Jan 25: 3min R, 90sec W, 5 min R, 2min W, 3min R, 90sec W, 5min R
Jan 27: 5K run outside
Jan 29: 90sec R, 90sec W, 3min R, 3min W x3
Jan 31: 3min R, 90sec W, 5 min R, 2min W, 3min R, 90sec W, 5min R
Feb 2: 1 mile test run
Feb 4: 3min R, 90sec W, 5 min R, 2min W, 3min R, 90sec W, 5min R
Feb 7: 5min R, 3min W, 5min R, 3min W, 5min R

Sarasota

One of the goals Matt and I set for 2011 was to learn to love Sarasota. Neither of us were thrilled to move here because we both loved Tampa so much. It has taken some getting used to as the speed of life is much slower down here. As Matt puts it...most people come to retire and die here not start families.
Two nights this week we have taken Blossom to walk on the Ringling bridge. The view of Downtown from the bridge at night is beautiful and anytime you can see sail boats on the water is also beautiful. I have attached some pictures from our walk.