I have been quite the neglectful blogger over the last month because my life has been very busy. I've been between Chicago and La Porte a ton, and Roger and I took a trip with his family to Orlando, FL. It was a blast, and I will have post on that with pictures to come soon.
It's wedding season, and Roger and I seem to be at the age where all of our friends are getting engaged or married. So, as a result of that I have had a TON of celebrations to attend. Two of my very best friends are engaged, so we have planned engagement extravaganzas for them. Also, Roger and I have 2 weddings to attend on our Anniversary weekend (which is this coming weekend). I can't believe we've already been married for a year.
In other blog news, I have decided that it is too hard and time consuming to try to keep up with two blogs. I have this one, and then one that I started with Roger when we were engaged. As a result, I often decide not to write anything at all on either because when I think of something I can't decide which blog to put it on. So, I've decided to discontinue the blog that I started with Roger, and to devote all of my time and news (which is always so exciting, I'm sure) to the sisters blog.
I start professional development for the month of August at school on Monday. I am excited to get back (sort of) but I'm glad that I get to ease into it with a month of work before the kids show up again. I love them, but they are definitely exhausting!
I think that's most of the update I have for now. Florida vacation post and anniversary celebration post to come soon.
Adios!
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
Life update! - Kelly
So, it's been awhile. :) Things have been pretty busy in my life recently! Here's a quick recap:
- Ran the marathon in Duluth. Full recap here!
- Started institute (I'm currently wrapping up Week 3 of 5). Here's the sweet rental car I get to drive around all week:
- Celebrated the 4th of July in LP with family, good food, a little parade action, and lots of time outside.
- Slowly started running again (Amy and I are planning on doing the LP 1/2 marathon with the Tour de LaPorte at the end of August) and started doing hot yoga (best thing ever... seriously!).
Feel free to keep tabs on me for the next few weeks on my tumblr account- I'm not posting there a ton but am doing a little better than keeping up here!
- Ran the marathon in Duluth. Full recap here!
- Started institute (I'm currently wrapping up Week 3 of 5). Here's the sweet rental car I get to drive around all week:
- Celebrated the 4th of July in LP with family, good food, a little parade action, and lots of time outside.
- Slowly started running again (Amy and I are planning on doing the LP 1/2 marathon with the Tour de LaPorte at the end of August) and started doing hot yoga (best thing ever... seriously!).
Feel free to keep tabs on me for the next few weeks on my tumblr account- I'm not posting there a ton but am doing a little better than keeping up here!
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Last Marathon Post - Brady
I know I've been talking an awful lot about the marathon, so I promise this is the last post about it. I just wanted to put up two links that will give anyone interested a better idea of what the day was like. (And that I can go back and check out when I want to remember all the details.)
If you click here, you'll watch a short video about the race. You'll get some idea of what the course looked like and hear other runners talk about what fast times they had because of the ideal weather that day.
And if you click here, you'll see tons of information about my run - my pace each mile, a map of the race, the elevation changes, etc. If you like running or walking or biking, I'd highly recommend getting a Garmin watch. Wearing it on training runs and races is a lot of fun.
One interesting note is that, according to my watch, I ran 26.2 miles in 4:28:48 - almost two full minutes faster than my official race time. I think that's because you pick up some mileage as you run the course...weaving back and forth to get water, taking turns wide, etc.
Okay, that's it! Time to move on with my life. :)
If you click here, you'll watch a short video about the race. You'll get some idea of what the course looked like and hear other runners talk about what fast times they had because of the ideal weather that day.
And if you click here, you'll see tons of information about my run - my pace each mile, a map of the race, the elevation changes, etc. If you like running or walking or biking, I'd highly recommend getting a Garmin watch. Wearing it on training runs and races is a lot of fun.
One interesting note is that, according to my watch, I ran 26.2 miles in 4:28:48 - almost two full minutes faster than my official race time. I think that's because you pick up some mileage as you run the course...weaving back and forth to get water, taking turns wide, etc.
Okay, that's it! Time to move on with my life. :)
Friday, July 1, 2011
The Best Grad School Perk - Brady
Maybe my favorite thing about being a graduate student is being able to work wherever and whenever I want. That's really not much of an exaggeration. Now that classes are over I have to be on campus for meetings occasionally, but I could probably move to Australia and do just fine. It's a very sweet deal.
I took full advantage this past Monday and Tuesday. Kevin did some depositions in Minneapolis, and his firm pays for his transportation, hotel room, and meals. It's really a bargain for me to come, so since we're the most opportunistic travelers I know, we went for it.
We arrived Sunday night and had a really memorable meal at a restaurant called W.A. Frost. It had one of the most beautiful outdoor patios I've ever seen. The food is also mostly locally grown/raised, and it's vegetarian friendly. Our dinner there was one of my favorites, ever, anywhere we've been.
Monday morning we went for a run on the "greenway" located conveniently behind our hotel. Apparently, they call this bike trail the "hipster highway." Young, bike-riding Minneapolans use it to commute to work. Kevin and I ran about 2.5 miles (down for a quick view of the Mississippi) and back. Then he headed off to his meetings while I worked away in the hotel room.
After a few hours I took the hotel shuttle downtown and met Kev for a quick Potbelly sandwich for lunch. Then I headed to the Minneapolis Public Library to work for the afternoon. The building is absolutely gorgeous.
But finding a workspace with an outlet (my ancient computer has no battery power of its own anymore) and reliable internet connection was almost impossible. I think I tried 5 different work stations in the library. No luck. All of the outlets were broken. So I headed to the coffee shop downstairs. Again, I had lots of trouble finding outlets. Once I did, I bought a coffee and settled in...only to be told by the guy behind the counter that getting online was almost impossible in the store. Frustration overdrive.
BUT...we have to look on the bright side when we're lucky enough to be in a fun new city, don't we? When Kevin was done for the day, we headed to Uptown Cafeteria and Support Group (that's really its name) for happy hour and sat on their sunny roofdeck. This was our view.
Then we headed out to another fantastic dinner at Red Stag Supper Club. More good, local veggies. More good, local beer.
And we followed THAT up with some lounge singing (we actually did some of the singing...) at a nearly empty bar that we LOVE called Nye's Polonaise Room. When you walk into this place you feel like you've gone back in time fifty years.
Tuesday brought another run, this time the other direction on the greenway, to Lake Calhoun. We saw some skinny-dippers...that was exciting...and then got cleaned up for the day. I rode downtown with Kevin and hopped from coffee shop to coffee shop in search of the elusive outlet + dependable internet connection combo. I finally gave up on finding a cute local place and just went to Starbucks. I have never been so grateful for a chain. Good, fast service. Good coffee. Plenty of seating. Plenty of plug-ins. A connection that didn't start and stop on me. I got more work done during those four hours than I did all of the other hours we were in town.
We fit in a walk over the Mississippi and one last dinner - at another great place called Spoon River - before our 8 p.m. flight.
I can't believe this is my work life.
I took full advantage this past Monday and Tuesday. Kevin did some depositions in Minneapolis, and his firm pays for his transportation, hotel room, and meals. It's really a bargain for me to come, so since we're the most opportunistic travelers I know, we went for it.
We arrived Sunday night and had a really memorable meal at a restaurant called W.A. Frost. It had one of the most beautiful outdoor patios I've ever seen. The food is also mostly locally grown/raised, and it's vegetarian friendly. Our dinner there was one of my favorites, ever, anywhere we've been.
Monday morning we went for a run on the "greenway" located conveniently behind our hotel. Apparently, they call this bike trail the "hipster highway." Young, bike-riding Minneapolans use it to commute to work. Kevin and I ran about 2.5 miles (down for a quick view of the Mississippi) and back. Then he headed off to his meetings while I worked away in the hotel room.
After a few hours I took the hotel shuttle downtown and met Kev for a quick Potbelly sandwich for lunch. Then I headed to the Minneapolis Public Library to work for the afternoon. The building is absolutely gorgeous.
But finding a workspace with an outlet (my ancient computer has no battery power of its own anymore) and reliable internet connection was almost impossible. I think I tried 5 different work stations in the library. No luck. All of the outlets were broken. So I headed to the coffee shop downstairs. Again, I had lots of trouble finding outlets. Once I did, I bought a coffee and settled in...only to be told by the guy behind the counter that getting online was almost impossible in the store. Frustration overdrive.
BUT...we have to look on the bright side when we're lucky enough to be in a fun new city, don't we? When Kevin was done for the day, we headed to Uptown Cafeteria and Support Group (that's really its name) for happy hour and sat on their sunny roofdeck. This was our view.
Then we headed out to another fantastic dinner at Red Stag Supper Club. More good, local veggies. More good, local beer.
And we followed THAT up with some lounge singing (we actually did some of the singing...) at a nearly empty bar that we LOVE called Nye's Polonaise Room. When you walk into this place you feel like you've gone back in time fifty years.
Tuesday brought another run, this time the other direction on the greenway, to Lake Calhoun. We saw some skinny-dippers...that was exciting...and then got cleaned up for the day. I rode downtown with Kevin and hopped from coffee shop to coffee shop in search of the elusive outlet + dependable internet connection combo. I finally gave up on finding a cute local place and just went to Starbucks. I have never been so grateful for a chain. Good, fast service. Good coffee. Plenty of seating. Plenty of plug-ins. A connection that didn't start and stop on me. I got more work done during those four hours than I did all of the other hours we were in town.
We fit in a walk over the Mississippi and one last dinner - at another great place called Spoon River - before our 8 p.m. flight.
I can't believe this is my work life.
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