three things thursday {+1}

I have not done this fun little thing in awhile so why the heck not. plus, i don’t have a lot to say... but i feel like there are things going on in my {our} world. This is nothing exciting, but we got a new roof {whoop whoop, thanks USAA} and it is a beauty. However, the shutters don’t 100% match and Kyle now wants to get the shutters painted, but that has been tabled.  Our bank accounts need a breather.

{one}
I HAVE STARTED RUNNING AGAIN . THIS IS HUGE . SERIOUSLY
and it is getting easier and easier by the day. :) It was on my “new years goals” to become a runner again and it has taken a few months, but i am getting back into it. I even signed up for a 10k {that is far enough out that I can prep for it}. Now I just gotta find a handful of 5k races to run as prep.  I had forgotten how therapeutic it is to just run. ....if only I could figure out why my feet are falling asleep & if I could get over the calf pains.

current favorite running jams to add to your playlist:
1. Run This Town/Posthumus Mix – Jay-Z, Rihanna, & ES Posthumus
2. I Need Your Love – Ellie Goulding + Calvin Harris
3. I’m All Yours – Jay Sean + Pitbull

{two}
One of my “things to do before I am 30” is to spend a full month and not buy myself anything. Well. This month is the month. Is is partially because I have over indulged on ME and I need to get my checking out back to a comfortable level and another partially because I want to see if I can do it. And let me tell you.... it is HARD when you’re constantly getting emails from stores about free shipping & 50% off everything till 2:00 PM and so on and so forth. This is going to be a true test of willpower. I said no lunches either – but I broke down and had lunch with the girls from the office today. I just won’t make it a weekly habit. :)

{three}
Mulligan and Kennesaw’s food has been recalled {gasp} so when I went to get dog food from PetsMart today I had no idea what to do. I guess I assumed the bad food had been pulled & new good food would be stocked. Yeah. That is NOT how a recall works. Evidently, it will be months before Innova is on the  shelves again. So, I had no idea what to do – I couldn’t just buy anything and I couldn’t trust the PetsMart employees.  Kyle and I are crazy – WE have to research their food and make the decision what we’re going to feed them. Therefore, the only logical thing to do was to come back home with dog toys and treats.

{four}
work for me is starting to slow down and go back to a normal pace. I am off to Hazleton, PA next week for a sales meeting {and I am a little nervous} to hopefully gain the 2nd location of the onsite that I implemented in Birmingham.  I am having a little bit of turnover on the team that I manage, but when in the past I would be panicking this time i feel like it is a good thing {more on this later} and am excited for the changes that I am about to make. I have a new boss. Which I am good with & excited about. I am reporting into someone who I admire and respect and know that I can and will learn a lot from. Not that I didn’t admire, respect, or learn from my past boss – he was awesome too – i just think that me reporting into this other person is just better for my career development. And. I am also now the new and first ever corporate recruiter for my company. Which also is okay. And fingers crossed, I may have my 1st official placement as a corporate recruiter. {the headhunter bonuses are an added plus}

Not a Garmin but a Timex.

if you have been reading my blog you know that I am coveting the new Garmin Forerunner 610 with the heart rate monitor. if you have not read those posts, no worries, it is just me telling you how much I want a new Garmin but don’t actually need a new one and the reasons why I think I need a new one.  well in life I have this rule when it comes to expensive purchases: if I am still thinking about it 2 weeks later then I can have it.  So if I was going to stick by that rule the Garmin would be mine, but I have decided to put it off for a few reasons.  And those reasons are …

1. I am not running enough to shell out that much money.  My battery dying Garmin works just fine for my 3 mile runs.  Once I start running again and a lot – new Garmin it is.
2. I am going to need a new laptop.  For some odd reason my current Garmin will not sync with my laptop so I cannot use the Garmin Connect program.  It synced for awhile (and I LOVED the program) and now it doesn’t.  So if I am going to shell out that much money on a watch I am going to use the Garmin Connect.
3. The price will go down soon enough – must wait it out. 

But just because I have told myself that I cannot get the Garmin, the heart rate monitorr dream has not died and I still want one. So instead I am getting a Timex Ironman Road Trainer from REI.  All I really want the HR monitor for is Blast900, Spin, treadmill runs, dog walks, Pure Barre, etc…  I do want the HR monitor for outdoor long runs, but the majority of the reason I want it is indoor activities that do not require GPS, therefore, I do not really need the fancy Garmin. 

Plus, since I am buying it from REI I can use my dividend from last year and get a discount and then the money spent on this I will get 10% back from REI for next year and if I do end up getting the Garmin 610 next year then I can use my dividend on it and get ANOTHER discount.

Look at me making educated spending decisions.  Such a grown up. =)