March Madness

I have loved this weekend...it has looked like this:


Neal, me, our couch, great basketball games (especially butler!), naps, and good food mixed in there :) Ahhh...so nice. Can't believe Monday morning is ALMOST here.

Oh...and today I bought a new swimsuit and went to the rec fit and swam 1,000yards!! This is big time for me as before this 700 yards was my longest. I'm practically the female version of Michael Phelps. (minus the weed)


Yesterday I shared some of my fav new obsessions. Along with my interest in house "stuff" here are a few pictures of my favorite designs and styles.

OK, so I don't like this room necessarily, I just love the idea of the hanging pictures.

Cute, cozy, comfortable is what this says to me...although I may need a bit more color.
I really like the island!


Cute idea-picnic table style indoor dining...hmmm

This is my absolute favorite headboard. I'm thinking this will be one of my first projects when we have our own house.



I like the colors and the light fixture is really great!

I think I like white...but not sure if I like the idea of keeping white "white"

I love the color turquoise but don't think I want this crazy of a color in my living room or bedroom but love this idea for a bathroom!

It's a beautiful Saturday! Already completed today: hour bike ride, cleaned kitchen, made brats and mac n cheese for lunch (Neal and I's perfect springtime/march madness food), and watching b-ball. I love today! This is the first Saturday in A LONG time that I can remember Neal and I just being about to lounge around the house and I am so grateful. I'm planning to just enjoy the rest of the day hopefully watching some great basketball games and snuggling on the couch with my big cutie. (Neal)

I also said I would blog about some of my new favorite obsessions. So here they are:

1) House Design Blogs- I LOVE to read/get ideas/look at pictures and DREAM about what our future house may look like and how we would decorate it. Renting a house right now that is already furnished has us (or maybe just me) itching to put our own touch on things. SOMEDAY...ahhh. Some of my fav blogs include: Young House Love, House Tweaking , DesignSponge , and Decor8. I'm in the process of trying to discover my "style."

2) Oatmeal- I know...totally random but EVERYDAY for the last 3 or 4 months I have had either maple and brown sugar (with added PB) or strawberry oatmeal for breakfast. This discovery has led to lessening my OVERLY grumbly stomach I used to get at school between breakfast and lunch. Now I don't drool over the kids mid-morning snack. haha :)

3) Cooking and The Pioneer Woman- Ok so this isn't a new obsession but I love cooking more and more everyday. Baking or cooking...I love it all. I need to start posting more recipes. I just made snickerdoodle muffins this week and they were FABULOUS. I also just found a recipe for Yat's cheesy crawfish etoufee and I'm anxious to make that :)

4) Boots- I have ALWAYS hated winter clothing. I love summer... tanktop, jean shorts, and sandals, can't get much better than that. I've never felt like I even have a winter "style"- (haha...me saying I even have a style is hilarious to me), but anyways...this winter I discovered that with skinny pants and boots I can LOVE almost any outfit. I have these gray boots I would wear EVERDAY if I could.

I have also been looking for some great light brown/reddish boots, but spring is here and sandal weather is just around the corner so maybe next year.

Not even gonna try....

Once again, its been more than 6 months since I've blogged and my original thought was to give an update on our lives since. But, that thought it so overwhelming AND I want to just be able to blog about what's on my mind right now. So..let's just move on from the past and get to the NOW.

My time lately has been totally consumed by school, track, and training for a triathlon. I'm coaching track at GHS and its been great to see all my xc girls again, as well as meeting many new great girls. It does take alot of my time and I dont' get to spend as much time doing things i enjoy to do after school, but the relationships i have built definitely outweigh the downsides. PLUS I get in lots of running for my own workouts.

Traithlon training has also been a new adventure. In June I'll be competing in my first sprint triathlon, and if you know ANYTHING about me, I'll not be satisfied just to finish I want to DO REALLY WELL. So I've already started a 6 day plan. :) I'm not worried about the biking or the running but the swimming part scares the freakin daylights out of me. I can remember back in HS when we could swim in pe class and I continued to run into the lane lines or even into the people next to me.l This would then involve me coming up coughing, spitting and doggy paddling to the end of the pool. I've began swimming twice a week at Goshen College and at this point I can go about 125 yards without stopping (I normally swim about 700 yards total). I know I shouldn't be telling people this because its pretty bad, BUT I'm feeling good about it due to only being able to swim 50 yard without stopping before.

School= ISTEP is ova! (At least for a month). I'm enjoying getting back into the groove of things and getting away from test prep.

Last, but certainly not least....my favorite time of the day is the time I get to spend with THIS guy!

Tomorrow I'm already planning to blog about my new FAVORITE things...stay tuned. :)