Lots of new things

Hello friends!

This week has been filled with new things.  The thing I am most excited about is that our house is finally all painted.  My husband is an awesome painter.  He painted the bedrooms and bathrooms a few months ago but we waited a while to tackle our great room/kitchen and hallways since they have super tall walls.  Between the ceilings and the walls he used 12 gallons of paint in two days.  We are really happy inhow everything turned out.  Now the house feels more like a home!

I love listening to Podcasts while I am at work and binge listened to one I just found out about.  It is called Nutrition Genius Radio.  It is two nutritionists from Upstate NY that talk about eating real food and things that are good for your body ( and they are really funny).  You should check them out!

Another new thing that I am loving is Sweet Potato Quiche.  I made it last weekend to portion off for breakfasts during the week at work.  Loved it so much I made another one this morning for this week.  If you love sweet potatoes you need to try it.

http://grokgrub.com/2013/06/10/recipe-sweet-potato-quiche/

And lastly, I am excited to announce that I am now a My Soxy Feet Ambassador.  Their socks feel great when running and do no cause any blisters or make my feet feel super hot.  And the best part....they are mismatched and come in fun designs.  Check them out at http://www.mysoxyfeet.com/ and if you place an order use the code SOXYFRIENDS to get 10% off your order.

What's new with you guys?  Have a great day!

~ Tracie

A week full of Pinterest Dinners (recipes included)

All the dinner meals this past week were a success so I thought I would share them with you.  

I get bored of eating the same dinners all the time.  I have gone a little extreme lately and had planned out a new dinner each night this past week from Pinterest.  

Monday ~ Clean Eating Slow Cooker Pineapple Chicken served over white rice

http://www.thegraciouspantry.com/clean-eating-crock-pot-pineapple-chicken/

Tuesday ~ Skinny Cheesesteak Stuffed Peppers

http://www.skinnymom.com/2014/05/11/skinny-cheesesteak-stuffed-peppers/

Wednesday ~ Italian Meatloaf with Rosemary Potatoes

http://www.cinnamonspiceandeverythingnice.com/italian-meatloaf/

Thursday ~ Easy Fajita Chicken Bake

http://www.thepinningmama.com/2014/08/21/easy-fajita-chicken-bake-recipe/

Friday ~ Meatball Sub Casserole

(This wasn't my favorite but it was ok)

http://recipeknead.com/meatball-sub-casserole/

Saturday ~ Chicken Noodle Soup (currently in the crockpot)

http://www.cookingclassy.com/2013/11/slow-cooker-chicken-noodle-soup/

What new recipes have you been finding that you like on Pinterest lately?

Glass Slipper Challenge 2016

I have only run one Disney Race so far and it will always be very special for me since it was my very first half marathon.  I loved it!!  

I had saw a YouTube video about the Princess Half Marathon and started crying when I watched it.  At that moment I knew I wanted that to be my first half marathon.  Go Big, right?!?

Loved the whole entire race & getting the medal was the best!  I made it all the way to my husband in the meeting area before I broke into tears ~ happy tears!

If you would like a separate post about the race let me know...

I want to run another half marathon this year but now I have my sights on Disney again ... Another challenge for myself!

I want to do the Glass Slipper Challenge along with the 5k in February 2016.  It will be three days of races ~ 5k, 10k & half marathon ~ 22.4 miles total ~ four race medals!!!

The signups for the races fill up fast so I have already marked my calendar for sign up day ~ July 14, 2014 (six months from today!!!!)

Who else will be doing the Glass Slipper Challenge?

I just felt like running....

Hi friends,

Before Thanksgiving I was running at least a mile a day on the treadmill about five days a week.  I did good that week and ran every day.  Then someone in my running group challenged us all to either run a mile a day or do 30 min of exercise each day in December.  We had a group chat going on FaceBook and posted each time we worked out.  It was a great way to keep ourselves accountable.  It was also very motivating!

After December was over I realized I had been running 39 days in a row!!!  It peaked my curiosity to see how long I can actually keep the run streak going.  I am now posting my daily treadmill runs on Instagram to keep me accountable to myself.  I am a wimp to the cold so a lot of my posts are treadmill pictures but once it gets a little warmer I will have better scenery to take pictures of outside.  

Here is my week of running...

Today's one mile run was day 50 of my run streak so celebrated with a margarita (my favorite) last night and a nice relaxing breakfast & day at home today.

Follow me on Instagram to follow along with my run streak (www.instagram.com/tracieg803).

How do you keep yourself motivated?  

Run, Read & Be Happy

Long time no post!!!!  I know, I slacked on the blogging but I plan to be better at it and try to post at least once a week from now on.

So, how were your holidays?  I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving & Christmas (yes, I haven't posted in so long I missed both holidays on here).  My parents were here from Florida for Thanksgiving so we did a lot of eating, local tourist things and visiting wineries.

Also, the week of Thanksgiving I started hitting the treadmill for at least a mile every day!  Thought it would be fun to do a little run streak through Christmas ~ well, the streak is continuing so we will see how long I can go....anyone taking bets?  Haha!

Christmas was nice & relaxing with a lot of FaceTiming with family ... now we are into 2015.

I did not make any resolutions but I did make a few small goals for the new year.

I have already run my first 5k of the year on New Year's Day and had one of my fastest 5k times yet (must be all those treadmill miles I am getting in).

I love reading but by the time I make time to read at night I am just so tired.  Need to be better at making more time to read and just relax earlier before I am totally tired.  

Also, I used to worry about what I posted on social media and if it would be embarrassing or something.  I have decided to share things that I like and if people have a problem with it, there is always the little unfollow button.  I just need to do things that make me happy and the right people will stick with me and we will all motivate, support & encourage each other with our similar interests.

I would love to know what races you are signed up for or what books you are currently reading.  Please leave suggestions in the comments.

Have a great day!

~ Tracie