Weekend Recap! :)

Hi blogfriends! How was the weekend? Mine was BUSY, but really good!

Last week, I (once again) committed myself to something every single night....and it seemed like work was BUSIER than usual. (I've read that on a few blogs, so I think our offices must all be conspiring together or something). But for real.. it was BUSY, right? Anyhoo, when scheduling chaos happens, I fall off the blogging radar... haha.. Then, I binge on blogging on Sunday as much as possible.. :)

Saturday**
Saturday morning, went to Affair of the Heart (craft fair in town for a weekend) with Ashley! In retrospect, I'm highly disappointed that we didn't take ANY photos. There were plenty of good, cool, funny, random, etc photo ops there... haha.. *sigh* Oh well. Anyway, we had fun. Some of the things people come up with to create and sell surprises me....in both good and really bad *cringe* ways. As the event got more crowded, it was like the Black Friday of craft fairs.. I mean..people would stop right in front of you or block something you were looking at. People brought their own BASKETS (which was admittedly a good idea if you were buying a lot). Anyway, good times for sure. Gracie dog got some bows that she's going to hate love!

Saturday afternoon, I headed to the TU game with Eric and his dad. :) Admittedly, my feet were hurting after 3 hours at the craft fair (read: I'm a wuss) and I kinda hit a wall around halftime of the football game, but still fun...and TU WON! Hooray!

That night, Eric and I grabbed food at a local Irish pub and then headed home to watch..wait for it...wait for it... H@rry Potter! As in the very first movie! I'd never seen it! I got on the wizardry train a little late- I didn't read much for pleasure in college/law school...and by the time I was out of school, everyone was already seriously invested in the movies/books. Anyway, I just never got around to it. Gotta admit though... I'm getting into it now. I want to catch up on ALL the movies! I would love to say I'd catch up on all the books, but I really want to catch up while the current movie is in the theater if possible...

Sunday**

Sunday, these fabulous girls and I got up bright and early to cheer on our friend, Jenny, as she ran her FIRST marathon!

Check her out! This was mile 6! The guy in purple seems highly entertained by our yelling and jumping around for Jenny.. haha..

It was SUCH an awesome experience! People chuckled at our signs and seemed to genuinely appreciate the crowd there to cheer them on! The mood and energy is just amazing. A few runners even stopped and took pics of our signs... haha.. I highly recommend going to a marathon or half and cheering on the runners just once, even if you don't know anyone racing... Just a totally cool experience.

Here she comes (pink socks) with her sister in law at mile marker 19! (aka the mile marker where the runners seemed to be like "what the eff was I thinking doing this?" haha...) The wind was BLASTING them in the face on this whole leg of the run. We had trouble just holding our signs, let alone what Jenny was likely dealing with running into that wind. She rocks.

And here she is crossing the finish line after an amazing 26.2 miles!! I am so proud of her! Seeing her approach that finish line and cross over it made me totally teary eyed. I feel really lucky to have been able to celebrate such an awesome accomplishment with her. Way to go, Jenny!

A lot of the runners had kiddos that joined them for the last half mile, etc.. They'd hold their parents hand as they crossed the finish line and it was just so stinking sweet...

Then, I headed to the grocery store (so exciting, right), came home, cleaned the casa from top to bottom, and made Gracie dog some food. Yes, you read that right, I think I'm going to start making her food now. Ashley makes her own pup food and it's really easy (brown rice, egg, ground turkey, veggies). I added some pumpkin for fiber (b/c thanks to my TMI, you all know about her potty problems). She seemed to love it! I just got so tired of having to add pumpkin and other stuff to her dog food just to give her the minimum nutrients she needed, all while feeding her some combo of chicken meal or lamb meal- BLECH! A lot of forums reported good results with homemade food. With Gracie's recent digestion issues, thought it was worth a shot. If I can make her food cheaper and healthier than the bag food, it's way worth it for sure. I'll likely have to add a little dry dog food for her teeth, but otherwise... hoping this is a long term fix!  

Gracie's food! Looks yummy, right?! Do any of you make your doggie's food?

Oh and my roomie was kinda being a tinge of a Scrooge last week, not really "in the holiday spirit" this year. I thought her comments were a big fat debbie downer, sooooo what makes you in the holiday spirit like DECORATING?! I don't go all out b/c well.. that's stupid expensive and I don't own my home. Blah. (Also, I'm extremely clumsy so ladder + lights on the house seemed like a bad call). But, I got a festive wreath for over the fireplace, made some centerpieces with scented pinecones & cranberries (below), got some festive hand towels and dug out my little Christmas tree. I think I'm going to put lights in our bushes, but I'll let the roomie get used to the other festiveness first.. haha.. It's all about moderation. ;)

I feel like I have so many blessings in my life to be thankful for and, although I am usually WAY over the holidays come late December, I'm in the holiday spirit now! :)

Hope your weekend was good and you're gearing up for a happy Thanksgiving, friends! :)