A little about me

Well, here I am writing my first blog post!  I have never really thought of myself as a writer but I do love sharing my interests and connecting with new friends.   I thought I would start off my blog with a little about me.

T   ~   transfers!  My husband and I have recently transferred from Upstate NY to Virginia with our jobs.  We have only been here since the end of May but we are loving it already. Our area of Virginia is so pretty.  I could drive around and take pictures of new things every day (and I am sure you will see many of them).  What I am also loving is that I walked the dog in capris tonight and it is the middle of November....that's a big difference coming from Upstate NY.

R   ~   running!  One hot, humid day in June about 2 years ago I decided that I wanted to try to start running.  I made it about 5 house lengths before I needed to walk.  A few weeks later my brother signed me up for a local 5K race as my birthday present.  The race was less than 3 months after I started my running adventure and I was scared to death.  In my mind 3.1 miles was like a marathon.  I finished my first 5K and caught the running bug right away.  I started signing up for other 5K's immediately.  Then one day I saw a YouTube video about the Princess Half Marathon in Disney.  I figured if I was ever going to do a half marathon I wanted to GO BIG!   So in February 2014 I ran my first half marathon and loved every minute of it.   I could do a whole post about that race....and I probably will.

A   ~  animals!  I love them!  We have a 10 year old St Bernard named Brewski.  He is the laziest dog I know but so cute to take pictures of.   I am also a dolphin lover.  I had the opportunity to swim with them on our honeymoon 11 years ago and fell in love.  If there is a dolphin anywhere in sight you will find me watching them.

C   ~   connecting with new friends!  I originally started my Instagram page to follow other runners that were running the Princess Half Marathon also.  I was using their posts as motivation to get me out there running and training for the race.  Then Instagram started being even more fun when I started connecting with more people.  Sometimes I would get comments that I was inspiring people to get out there and run also.  I don't know how that happened but I love it!  I'm not a super fast runner and I don't go out and do long runs every weekend like some other runners, but I just keep at it a little every day and enjoy running....even on the dreaded treadmill.

I   ~   interests!  I have many other interests besides running that I will also be sharing on this blog.  Just a few of them are: reading, finding new recipes on Pinterest to try, couponing & finding deals, planning & organizing using my Erin Condren Life Planner & trying new products from my Ipsy bag subscription.

E   ~   everything else under the sun!  If something fun or exciting is going on, or just sharing pictures of my first "Red Cup" of the season from Starbucks I will love to share it with you guys.

So, that is me, TRACIE in a nutshell.  Please let me know if we share any similar interests and I can't wait to see where this blogging thing goes.