Tagged: 11 Random Post

I got tagged by Aneta to do this 11 Random posts.
Here are the rules:
1. Post these rules
2. You must post 11 random things about yourself
3. Answer the questions set for you in their post
4. Create 11 new questions for the people you tag to answer
5. Go to their blog and tell them you’ve tagged them
6. No stuff in the tagging section about you are tagged if you are reading this. You legitimately have to tag 11 people!

My 11 Randoms:

1. I got pulled over once for driving a 50 on a 55 mph. Yeap. Got pulled over for driving too slow. The police officer asked why I was driving slow. I told him because he was behind me.

2. I got my first car in 2004.  It was a 1998 purple Saturn S2. 

3. I managed to stuff a Wal-Mart 9-ft Christmas tree box thing into that Saturn.  The guy helping me was convinced it was not going to work and kept telling me to call someone with an SUV. I proved him wrong. And I told him, "Never say never!"

4. I like flat pillows.

5. I can pack really light and minimally for trips.

6. I have a bottle of red wine and a bottle of chilled white wine I am dying to open and drink. But I am not because I have to work tomorrow. 

7. Telephone rings irritate me.

8. I am a natural worrier. I think I got this from my mom.

9. My least favorite vegetable is cucumber. They taste too fresh, too grassy.

10. I could use a chocolate cake right now - no icing. Just cake. 
Aneta's 11 Questions
What is your favourite song on the radio right now?
Adele's Set Fire to the Rain

Brad Pitt or George Clooney?
George Clooney

What is the last movie that you saw in the theatres?
Goodness. I don't remember. I haven't been to a movie theatre in 3 years.

If you were on death row, what would your last meal be?
I would want crawfish etouffee or gumbo.

When was the last time you sent a real letter?
The first week in January - to my best friend.

Blue or Black pen?
Black

What is the last book that you have read?
Completely finished Eat, Pray, Down.
running, biking or swimming?
Running

coffee or tea?
Tea

cats or dogs?
Dogs
What is your favourite colour?
Black
 
Here are my questions:
1. Favorite dish/food?
2. Favorite singer?
3. Chick flick? Thrillers? Scary movies?
4. Favorite beverage?
5. What's your typical/usual daily outfit?
6. What's your usual workout outfit?
7. Pet peeve?
8. Introvert or extrovert?
9. What do you always have in your grocery cart?
10. Your best trait?
11. Your worst trait?
 
The 11 people I am tagging.
1. Sabrina
2. Megan
3. Vanessa
4. Michelle
5. Al
6. Stephanie Anne
7. Sarah
8. Ronda
9. Kristan
10. Melissa
11. Christy

Random Thoughts

I was supposed to run yesterday. But I went to bed at 6:45 p.m. Yep.  This is why I ran a 10K today - you know, three for yesterday, three for today, 0.2 thrown in just for good measure. The timer thing was off. I believe my time is somewhere around the 1:10 vicinity.

Saw a pig yesterday going to work just grazing in front of someone's yard. Like a real pink, round pig from Babe. I have never seen a pig like that before. I was excited and it made me want to buy a pig. And a cow. A black cow with a white stripe on its forehead.

While doing speech therapy today, I was talking to a preschooler and was checking out his oral structures. He asked me, "Why do you have those train tracks looking things on your teeth?" (referring to my braces). Haha. I had such a good chuckle!

Had my first orthodontic appointment since he "installed" the braces in November. He said, "Boy you have teeth going everywhere." I like this dude. He is candid and I love it! 

I want babies. Yes. I guess, if it happens, I can only pop ONE baby out this year, so technically, it should be baby. But yeah. I need to convince my very traditional parents about this very untraditional decision. Heck. While I won't get stoned, they might disown me and claim the baby as their own? 

This week training is light. Just a bunch of 3-milers with tempos and what nots. I screwed up with the schedule since I swapped rest days.  So, I am going to log the 20 miles I need to log and run the tempo run and race pace run. Everything else remains on a "how-my-legs-feel" kinda deal.

Still loving my Lululemon.

And at the risk of sounding vain, my calves are FIT, STRONG, MUSCULAR, and POWERFUL! I LOVE THEM!

Christmas dilemmas.

1. Ran 3 miles on the treadmill at the Y. It started quite well because there was another person (a man in his 50s) running next to me. He was actually running and my peripheral vision caught a glance at his pace - 5.5.  So I kept up and I was feeling good. Then, he got a phone call on his cell phone and he was done.  I carried on the rest of it by myself.  Took me 34 or 35 minutes.
   
2. I said I would do 3 runs this week (which I did - Monday, Wednesday, Friday). But since Wednesday's run was not far and can barely qualify as a run, I am going to go to the Y again tomorrow and hash out another 5K.  My abs are still sore from Wednesday's crunches. It hurts so good. :)
   
3. November's mileage was pathetic. I will be working to get December's numbers up.
   
4. I am craving sugar. Like a coconut pie, or cheesecake, or tres leche cake.
   
5. I think the braces are definitely moving my teeth.Also, while I can eat better now, I am not eating much because I hate having food stuck between those braces. So, often, I chose laziness/anal retentive over food. I might still be losing weight since I haven't eaten much because it takes me twice or three times as long as before to finish eating something small. 
   
6. My boyfriend and I are going to be doing a lot more homemade stuff for gifts this year (for the adults) so that way, the other little nieces and nephews will still get their presents but we'll be able to cut down on the spending. What kind of homemade yummies do you like? We are thinking our homemade wine, two or three types of cookies/biscottis, roasted nuts, maybe some local produce like honey. Money's tight - since I am committing myself to the braces and I am helping my brother with some of his wedding expenses. I only have one brother, so, I want to contribute what I can for him and his quite cool wife-to-be.
   
7. I am still debating if I should put up my Christmas tree. Because it means moving more boxes and taking time to put it up, and take it down. Time I don't have. Argh. I can't believe I am considering this.
   
   I am sorry my posts have been just random points instead of a wonderful beautiful narration about my runs and my life. I find this is the quicker way to get the random bits of my life in.