Eye of the Tiger

So this happened... Twice. Bam! All the way to the freakin' top. And guess what? It was awesome and amazing. I had a blast and felt like a champ afterwards! The weather has been perfect, it's been so nice to be able to go out and enjoy it! I can't wait until next weekend when we are up and climbing again!

Sweaty Sweat Face

You know those super perky morning people who tell you all about how wonderful it is to wake up early, workout and eat something healthy to start off the day? Those people who apparently hate sleep and love leaving their warm bed, handsome hubby and snuggly kitty to go run/walk/workout instead?

Guess what? They are totes right.

Once I convince myself to get up, throw in my contacts and get dressed, I'm pretty good to go.

Granted I'm not out running miles upon miles, or breaking out the Insanity dvd's or anything, but an early morning walk is quickly becoming one of my favorite things. It's quiet, the pup is happy and the air is cool and crisp. I don't need to eat anything before hand, which I definitely would before a run or serious workout, but I've got time once I get home to grab something quick before work.

Crazy Eyes = Crazy Painful Yoga

It's amazing what waking up early, moving, and eating breakfast does for the rest of your day.

Hello, my name is Danielle and I'm slowly turning into an adult.

Who would have thought?

Awkward and Awesome Thursday

quite the gem of a cat

Awkward:

• Some guy knocking on our back door, standing in our patio area at 1:30am looking for "Paul". After Chad told him there was no Paul here the guy proceeded to keep talking, describing Paul and what he drives so that Chad could point him in the right direction. It's 1:30 freaking AM! I'll give you one guess who he was looking for.... yup, our druggie neighbors. 
• Speaking of our awkward druggies, 2 detectives were next door, also looking for Paul.
• I don't want to give our neighbors a bad wrap. While they are clearly into some shady business, they still love Halloween. And between all their drug using and who knows what else, they still have time to decorate!

Notice the pile of shoes by the bushes? Every single wack job of a neighbor we've had has had piles of shoes out by these bushes. 

Awesome:

• While the neighbors may be shady, and have super janky "friends", at least they are quiet! I love me some quiet neighbors. 
• The cockroaches are finally gone. After a deep cleaning and some wonderful poison, we think we are finally in the clear. Hopefully there won't be any more surprises whenever I open the dishwasher. 
• We rearranged our living room and finally have a layout that seems to use all of the space. It only took 1 1/2 years. 
• We also finally bought a hose and adapter for our facet. Now instead of wrestling Rukia into our bathtub and showering her off, we can just hose her down. Much easier on her. Much easier on us. 
• NOS on sale at Kroger for $1. 
• Matching shoes :)

A love note

to Rukia. ha!

I've said it multiple times that when I picture myself in the future Chad and I have a nice little house with a huge yard. Acres and acres of land.... for our dogs. I would love to have my own little herd of dogs. A Doberman, another golden doodle, a weimaraner, a couple great danes, and maybe a vizsla. I like my dogs, and I like them big.

As of yet there are no children in my visions of the future... sorry mom :)

So here's a little Pinterest inspired love note to my most favorite of dogs, The Rukers.

mylittlemess.net

shelterpups.com They will make a stuffed animal that looks like your pup! Awwww



Shotgun!

Now that it's not a million degrees outside we can start up Chad's favorite sport again.

We went out to Shotgun Alley last Friday night and climbed away. Rukia had a ball splashing through the river and we had some gorgeous scenery! All that rain has really greened up the desert. Chad climbed like a champ even though we haven't really been all summer, and I climbed a bit without breaking into hysterical tears, that's a definite win in my book.

Shock and Awe

First off, Breaking Bad. Come freakin' on. There are only 2 episodes left and then I will stop mentioning it's goodness and glory. But until then, OMG.

Chad and I decided that we needed to get on a better schedule, broken record much? And with this Piriformis Syndrome going on, I really needed to wake up early and stretch/walk/yoga it up so I could feel better during the day. So guess what, I am. Please pick up your jaws, it's actually happening.

We organized the kitchen, deep cleaned the bathrooms, and did ALL the laundry over the weekend. It helps me wake up and get going knowing that the whole house is clean and in order. Why? I have no idea but I'm going with it. It also helped when I decided I didn't need to do a yoga video every morning. I've done enough yoga to where I can do my own thing for a half hour. Rather than stressing out about what video I'll do, or trying to find something that I like, I just do my own thing. Sometimes it's yoga, sometimes it's just stretching and foam rolling, and sometimes it's a walk.

My red face after an Insanity sweat sesh. Rukia likes to lounge and watch me work out. 

I think we are finally rid of our summer slump and back in a good routine. Chad's working out at school, I'm finally making dinner and we're feeling much better.

16

Saturday night was homecoming here in St. George. One of the young men Chad taught at church asked him to take pictures of their group before the dance. There were 6 couples and it was an absolutely amazing range of relationships.  

There were the seriously dating couple who were more than happy to full on make out in front of everyone. I'm talking ear biting and massive face sucking. It was awesomely bad. They were definitely going to have a good night.

On the other hand we had a few couples who had only known each other for a couple weeks, not even a entire month. They were very afraid to be within a 5 foot radius of each other, which made for very natural looking "couple" pictures. ha.

Then there was the very pretty girl with the very nerdy guy. She was a doll and while they fell into the previous category, there was something that I just loved about them.

There was the couple we thought was dating but wasn't... not yet anyways. They were pros at the whole picture thing, posing and cheesing like it was their job. It also helped that they seemed to like/know each other.

We had a boy who COULD NOT smile. He would be fine and then as soon as the flash went off and the picture was taken, BAM, weird, open mouth, confused face. I guess we can't all be Barney.

We had a great couple hours hanging out with a bunch of teenagers and in the end were happy to be out of that stage of our lives. No longer do we have to worry about making it home on time (lol, yeah, no) or if another couple was going to tag along in our car and ruin our good time :)

Instead, we were home well before 1am, although we were up much later than that making our own fun. It's not all bills and responsibility being a married adult ;)