Conference Crepes

Twice a year, the LDS church holds a general conference where church leaders can address all members of the church. I am lucky to live in a place where I can watch conference on tv! After I graduated from college, my friend Allison and I started a tradition... conference crepes! We made crepes with all the fixings and invited friends over to watch the Sunday morning session of conference. I have carried on with this tradition for almost every conference since then. Last Sunday several friends came over for a delicious breakfast. We had both sweet and savory crepe toppings:
scrambled eggs
bacon
cheese
hollandaise sauce
ham
carrots
broccoli
nutella
chocolate pudding
apple pie filling
strawberries
sweetened cream cheese
whipping cream
snickers
bananas

Glad I Don't Have Stairs in my House

Exercise for me must be convenient. I know myself well enough to know that there's no way I will get out of bed early enough to work out before going to work. I also know that once I've come home from work that it's very unlikely I will actually leave to go exercise. Really the only way I fit exercising into my schedule is if I go on my lunch breaks or go directly on my way home from work. I have been a member of the Rec Center at Boise State for a few years now (and I will continue to keep this membership for my lunchtime workouts), but I need some more structure or motivation for my workouts... I tried personal training with someone I met through BYP earlier this year. I enjoyed it, but it was kind of far from my house, and the only times available weren't super convenient for me. Well, yesterday I had my first workout at my new gym - Fit Physique. It was a bootcamp class, and it kicked my butt! It was really focused on lower body. Needless to say, I am having a hard time walking today. I paid to park in the visitor lot at work this morning (which is right outside my building) so I wouldn't have to walk the 7 minutes from my lot to my office. After going to a couple meetings, I realized that stairs are a killer... going up is okay, but coming down sure is difficult. Needless to say, I'm glad I don't have stairs in my house. Hope I'm recuperated soon :-)

We Toughed Out the Rain

... and the wind and the cold... and cheered the Broncos on to another win. It wasn't pretty, but it was a win nonetheless. Go BSU!

Twitch

My left eyelid has been twitching on and off for almost a week. SO ANNOYING!

Guess It Froze Last Night

When I looked out the window this evening, this is what I saw:Bummer. Yesterday everything was fine (besides the fact that my garden was completely overgrown!). Not sure how come we went straight from summer to winter, but I wasn't ready for the first freeze of the year!

Climbing... in the polls!

I checked espn.com probably 10 times this morning before the polls were actually posted, but they're in... and Boise State is at:

#5

Wahoo! This is the first time ever that Boise State has been in the top 5 in the regular season. I am sure they won't remain #5 for long, with other teams expected to jump us in the rankings even if we do continue to win, but I am definitely happy to see us there for now. Go Broncos!

Women's Fitness Celebration 2009

This morning was the annual Women's Fitness Celebration 5k event. I was counting, and think this is the 4th year in a row I have participated - each year with the Cutler Crew! I seriously love this race... You are literally surrounded by thousands of women, all walking or running the 3.1 miles to celebrate fitness, and to just celebrate being a woman. I was kind of nervous because I had signed up to be in the running wave, and I haven't worked out once in over a month (I know - I need to get my priorities straight!), let alone having gone running. In fact, the last time I ran three miles was in May for Race for the Cure! Anyway, I ran almost all the way, and finished in just over 32 minutes... not great (2 1/2 minutes slower than last year and 5 minutes slower than Race for the Cure), but not horrible considering the fact that I'm kind of out of shape right now. Anyway, I decided after the race today that I need to kick things back into gear, and start exercising again so I can feel "fit". Here's to hopefully a positive fall/winter in the health and fitness arena!