Tuesday, October 16, 2012

What's So Pinteresting?

Happy Tuesday ya'll! Just a little check in before WIAW this week. It's a gorgeous day out today....cool and cloudy...my favorite! For some reason I am kicking butt on getting stuff done today so I thought I would go ahead and get a little blogging done before work.

Workouts so far this week:

 Monday- 3 miles on treadmill
Tuesday- 3.25 miles on treadmill + 10 min cool down on elliptical

I decided to go ahead and get some running done back to back because of my work schedule this week. I still suck in the mornings but coffee + The Kardashians help. Some mindnumbing relaxation. Thursday and Friday will most likely be shorter work outs.

 Yesterday I came home a little stressed for really no reason and was just a mess when I walked in the door. It's hard being a girl because there is so much pressure on you all the time. Sometimes it just gets to you. That's when it's really nice to have an amazing boyfriend like I do to sit you down and tell you that you are awesome and too hard on yourself. Thank you!


Things I'm loving/lusting this week:

  Blend Retreat

 

For more information you can check out Janetha at Meals and Moves. She's one of the organizers. Or you can visit the website at Blend Retreat. Basically it's a fun retreat for bloggers + friends that includes yummy food, fitness and hanging out. A dream for me! The girls who are behind this are inspirations for me and I read their blogs every day! Unfortunately, a $400 plane ticket will probably be out of my budget range for at least 5 years. Sad face. I don't forsee any outdoorsy retreats happening here in Dallas either, haha. Double sadface. A girl can dream though!

I have been toying with the idea of doing an accent wall in our living room for a little bit so I finally asked Kyle about it and he's down. Thanks to pinterest, I'm thinking wide horizontal stripes for the big wall you see when you walk in our front door. 

Something like this:


How to paint horizontal stripes on wall. 

 Or this...

Remember lucky number seven. And other odd numbers. Here’s what I found in all my stripe painting experience–aim to have an odd number of horizontal stripes on your wall. To decide the width of your stripes, measure the total height of the wall from the ceiling to the base molding and divide by seven. If you want thicker stripes, divide by five. If you want skinny stripes divide by nine or more. Here is why:  If you follow my advice in rule #1, then you can leave your existing paint color at 

 We already have some paint and supplies. Now we just need to actually DO it this time. My budget for house decorations is a little low this month but my desire to continue improving is as high as ever. Solution found!

Above images clearly stolen from Pinterest....so check them out there for original links!



 
 

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