Miles Ran: 23.3 M - I'm still love-love-loving being able to fill this in again!
Miles Biked: 15 M - I have got to stop slacking on the cycling!
Miles Elliptical'd: 16.1 M
Miles Walked: 7.83 M
Flights of Stairs Climbed: 197 Flights
Rest Days: 5
Current Reads: (Reading) Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs; "A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs." I'm about halfway through this and I have mixed feelings so you'll have to wait until I've finished for thoughts.
(Finished) Atonement by Ian McEwan; So worth gutting through the terrible "Part 1" to read the rest of the beautifully written story. I would put this in my top reads but I seriously hated the first part that much. Also finished, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot; This is the true story of the woman behind the infamous "HeLa" cells that are the oldest and most commonly used human cells in scientific research. It's both sad and fascinating learning how this woman and her family couldn't/still can't afford medical insurance yet her cells have revolutionized the medical field. I couldn't put this book down and I highly recommend you pick it up ASAP!
Current Shame-Inducing Guilty Pleasure: I've been pretty boring lately.
Current Obsession: Finding a bridesmaid dress line that all the girls like, is affordable, and that stores carry in the colors we like so we can see them in person! This is proving to be harder than I expected.
Current Song: "We Are Young" by fun:
Current Wish-List: A make over. I need a complete style overhaul and something needs to be done about my hair; it's boring, boring, boring.
Current Need: For Spring to arrive once and for all.
Current Triumph: Officially graduating to three miles!
Current Bane of my Existence: My cravings for sweets and treats. I gave up junk food for Lent; specifically cake balls, cupcakes, Flipz, Lindt truffles, and sugar free Red Bull (all my go-to treats). I'm hoping it helps me break my incessant sweet tooth once and for all but I gotta tell ya, there's been some very sad panda moments over the last week.
Current Goal: To continue my R2R safely and responsibly.
Current Indulgence: I still can't seem to get enough of painting! PAINT ALL THE THINGS!!! Here's this month's completed works:
Current Goal: To continue my R2R safely and responsibly.
Current Indulgence: I still can't seem to get enough of painting! PAINT ALL THE THINGS!!! Here's this month's completed works:
For my niece's b-day.
For my Yvo's b-day.
For my Boo's b-day, she loves the Alice.
Schmoop Alert: Spike's Valentine present
Not a painting per se, but I did paint the gray background and red heart.
(The girl is Orlando {where I lived when we met}, the guy is Lansing [where Spike lived], and the heart is Grand Rapids, where we'll get married.)
(The girl is Orlando {where I lived when we met}, the guy is Lansing [where Spike lived], and the heart is Grand Rapids, where we'll get married.)
Commissioned by Sun Runner for her nephew's b-day.
Current Blessings: Every day that I get to enjoy and everyone in my life that I love.Current Excitement: My continued progress on the running front, can't wait for Corktown to RUN my first 5k race, in it's entirety, since 2010!!! Also excited for an almost completely plan-free month of March! Woot! We are in desperate need of some down time before April comes and kicks our butts!
How'd your February shape up?!?!
Running is what you make of it, make it an Adventure!™
25 comments:
Loving the art work again! Very impressive!
Are you taking orders?
What a great month. I like how you make 3 miles exciting, I can feel how happy you are!
I can't believe you gave up the Flipz. Say it isn't so!
the commissioned work is awesome!! i love it.
also, maybe you can have a little something sweet to cure that sweet tooth fix. like bubble gum?
Geez, I freaking LOVE your paintings.
I've definitely been seriously craving sweets too. Sadly, I give in.
Soooo happy to see those run stats increasing now, and it's only going to get better!
You are seriously talented with the paintings. Very nice work!
I hear you on the makeover. I need one soooo bad. Hair, clothes, all of it.
Morgan, I LOVE your art work, absolutely fantastic! 23 miles for the month? That's fantastic! Let's see a 3 in front of that for March shall we? You should aim to build your mileage through the year based on what month it is: 2_ for Feb, 3_ for March =) Sounds like wedding planning is going to be great! Your day is going to be beautiful I'm sure!
Love the art work, good luck with the sweets.
Totally digging that song, think it will make it to my iPod today!
I can't wait to see what you do with Chuggington!
Three more miles tomorrow!!
Woah! Look at all of the art work! Did you go to art school or something? ;)
Excellent on the run numbers. Excited for seeing what March brings along.
And yes! "We Are Young" is so awesome. I listened to it like 10 times straight once. The music video is awesome too.
Damnit! You starting to catch me in the number of miles........
Okay first the paintings. I am still seeing a Redhead gallery of works for sale. (that girl/guy piece = inspired!!)
The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks...cant' wait to read that. I will have to make time or find audio. That is right up my alley! Thanks for the heads up.
Yeah for running running running. And soon more running.
Congrats on an awesome month. Keep enjoying those runs. Cheers!
i love the paintings, how FUN! creative outlets are the shiz. i started knitting in october and i can't seem to stop! also, congrats on all the runnings, you're doing so fantastic!
This always cracks me up:
Miles Elliptical'd: 16.1 M
Elliptical'd..... HA HA! Submit to MW (Merriam-Webster)
And I need to commission you for a painting. Karen is running her first 50K in July and would love to have something to commemorate it for her. What do you need from me?
What size are these canvases? And by commissioned do you mean paid? Are you officially a painter? And yes I would love some original art for my cubicle!! :)
I have Atonement, but haven't started it. Thanks for the heads up on sticking out Part 1.
You are so talented! I love the paintings!
And more HOORAY!!! for run stats!
Your paintings are fabu dahlink! I love them all but the 80's Lisa Frank lover in me REALLY loves the first one! You are so talented!
Hey girl! Thanks for your well wishes on my blog yesterday, we are so excited. :)
I should have popped over a long time ago to tell you congratulations on your recovery and your running. I know it is a major relief to be DONE with that injury and back at the thing you love. I've been there!
Anyway, looking forward to seeing how your first race goes in a couple of weeks!
I've looked at Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children a few times, so I'm very interested to see your final thoughts about it. I also read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, and found it both fascinating and disturbing, incredibly sad. I think it's an important read.
Go with a short 'do. It is approaching summer and it'll always grow back. Give it a shot!
Nice job on the continuing recovery.
Yah!!! for 3 miles and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the paintings :)
RE: bridesmaid dresses - have you checked out JCrew's bridal line?
Great paintings!!!
I'm doubling up on comments and hitting this and your more recent post. First, I LOVE that Alice painting, and the unicorn is pretty awesome too. Your creativity is wonderful! Second, yes, I have spreadsheet fever. I've now made not one but two Google docs spreadsheets for baby's arrival. And every training plan starts in a spreadsheet, color coded, and ready to check off each workout. Nothin' wrong with a little organization!
Also, no worries about the package. It'll get here when it gets here!
I really liked that book! I think it's a great young adult novel... and I loved how they used vintage (altered) photos as support to the story. Overall.. loved it!
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