Trying to make the house a home

The last few days, I've been trying to make our house seem more like OURS. Which is hard when most of our stuff is still in NS. But I did what I could. I hung lots of pictures...

 This is a painting that my grandmother painted and gave to Red Fox and I for our wedding. 

The last time my mom stays, she said that the guest room bathroom needed a table for towels. So I moved that in there, and hung the old mirror over it.

I cleaned up the front entry way, and dusted/polished the banister. 

I can't wait to get the rest of our things, especially the furniture. Oh, and paint. I can't WAIT to paint!

I said it before and I'll say it again... I wish I had a million dollars.

Run FAIL

Today's "run" was a big ol' fail. Not sure what the problem was, exactly... I had to pee (note to self... coffee AFTER running), it was windy, still having trouble with my sinuses, etc. I had a super sweet partner today, though! (her eye cracks me up in this pic) We'll try again tomorrow!

Misc tidbits

A lot of the people who know me know that I've been taking an antidepressant. Well, today I took my last one. I've been weaning off of them for the last 2 weeks, after discussing it with my doctor. I've been having some dizziness, and I expect more over the next few days, but I'm hopeful that this is it!

Warning: TMI poop post. If you don't want to read it, skip down.

Little Fox is having trouble pooping lately. It's so frustrating. His belly is hurting, but he's holding it in. You know this kid isn't feeling the best when he LAYS DOWN in the middle of the day. I'm doing everything I can think of to help him... blueberries, peaches, grapes, bran flakes, warm baths, etc. He's been "going" every other day  but that is pretty irregular for him... he's usually a super-pooper... at least once a day and it takes him like 5 seconds.

OK. Safe zone starts here!

Yesterday I posted about sneezing and runny nose after my run. It's a little better today... what are the chances that I spontaneously got a cold? I was feeling fine before my run... but it's still running and just feeling uncomfortable/annoying.

I went to the fabric store today to look for some fabric to make little Piper's blanket. I couldn't find any regular cotton prints that I liked and that were the right colour. I found a pretty panel that I thought they might like, but they thought it was too busy. Perfectly valid... but it was the best option I saw in there! I bought a small piece of fabric to make Little Fox a pillow case, some black thread and some chalk. There were so many different fabrics in there... I wish I had a million dollars. I'd have a big stash of pretty fabric, and I would have all the time in the world to sew cause I wouldn't have to work. A girl can dream.

I've been spending the afternoon cleaning and doing laundry. Four bathrooms are just too many!

Well, that's better!

Just finished today's run. (Ironic that the first time I typed that, I put "today's fun").

I ran 6k, and finished in 37 minutes. MUCH better than the last time I ran the 6k, and finished in 47 minutes! I ran it today at my 5k pace, which is just a bit more than 6 minutes per km.

UPDATE - 1 hour later

WHAT is happening to me? LOL I've been sneezing or wanting to sneeze since I got home, and my nose will not stop running/getting stuffed up. If this is what it's like to have allergies, man, that sucks! I googled it (of course) and it seems to be a somewhat common thing called "exercise induced rhinitis".  I thought it was because it was pretty dry today, but a hot shower didn't help.

*ah-choo*

Finally, warm hands!

My hands are always cold. Especially when I'm working or wasting time on pinterest/facebook. My mouse hand is always SO cold.

Note that my keyboard try is metal. Brr. 

So today, I decided to do something about it. A mouse-mitt. I found a long sleeved sweater that I was getting rid of, and cut the sleeve off. I hemmed the cut end, lined it with some fleece, and slid my mouse inside it. I just stick my hand in the cuff end, and ta-da - warm hand.

Distracted (aka obsessed)

I'm distracted today

Screen 1: Work.
Screen 2: Running room events
Desk top: Paint chips

Power-lunch

I went downstairs at 11:40 to have lunch. Red Fox said that he was going to have to go in to Ch-town for a few hours, which screwed up my plan of working til 3 and then going for a run. I decided to go for a run "now" instead of waiting. I ran the River Road (4k) in 25 mins, came home and made lunch, ate, and chose paint colours for the dining room all in an hour, and without adding any time to my work day!