Scrapbook Sunday: My Best Friend's Wedding II

Finally finished scrapbooking my best friend's wedding (from 2008, jeesh!) and I am very pleased with how these turned out. Click here to see the other two pages I scrapbooked of this wedding.

Happy Scrapbook Sunday!

-Liz

My First Pair Of Running Shoes

Today was monumental. Oh, and why you ask? Well because I got my very first pair of running shoes, that's right running shoes.

I also found out that I've been buying tennis shoes that are half a size too big for me (because I have wide feet).

If you're in Salt Lake and in need of running shoes go to the Salt Lake Running Company, they are so nice and will make sure you get the right shoes. Thank you Jerry at the SLRC, you were wonderful!

Until next time!

-Liz

My Very First 5K!

Photo from my Instagram (@thelizdiaries)

On Saturday I completed my very first 5k race. 

This guy right here (Jason, my boss) stuck with me the entire time. My heart sank when I came upon the first hill in the race. I had not been training for any hills and I don't know why it hadn't occurred to me that I should, so when I stopped to walk up that hill I told Jason he should keep running without me. He is, after all, a seasoned runner who does marathons and Iron Man races, but he said no because he got me into this mess. He stayed just a little ahead of me and stopped when I needed to stop and kept motivating me and telling me stories about running during the whole race. :) 

I didn't run the whole thing, but I did my best and ran as much as I could and I completed it. I believe I finished at about 48 minutes, but hey for a person that has never done running in her life I'd say that's pretty good especially considering there were hills. 

I'm starting to believe I can do ANYTHING.

Until next time!

-Liz

Travel Tip # 2: Have A Valid Passport At All Times

                               

Travel tip number two is that you must have a valid passport at all times!

xoxo

-Liz

Preparing For My Very First 5K

I'm supposed to be training for a 5K race so that afterwards I can train for a half marathon (yikes) and on Saturday I ran for a minute then walked for a minute and so on for a whole 50 minutes! I know that that may be no big deal to some people, but just try being the fatty doing it at the gym with a Barbie doll running on the treadmill next to you and a Skipper doll running on the treadmill on the other side of you. Mmmmhmm! Still, I feel like I'm making progress and that's all that counts right?

Until next time!

-Liz

Scrapbook Sunday: Swimming in Santorini

That time I was a mermaid in Santorini. Ah, what I wouldn't give to be there right now....

Happy Scrapbook Sunday!

-Liz

My Great American City Tour

I have decided that I want to do some more exploring within my own country. I have traveled quite a bit, but the truth is that I have mostly traveled abroad. 

Last month I unofficially kick started my great American city tour by going to Detroit (see my Detroit blog posts here, here, and here) and I am hooked. I can't wait to see some more great American cities (according to me) and as per usual I have made a list.

My great American city tour list in no particular order:

1.) Washington D.C.;

2.) Seattle, Washington;

3.) Portland, Oregon;

4.) Miami, Florida;

5.) Chicago, Illinois;

6.) New Orleans, Louisiana;

7.) Boston, Massachusetts;

8.) San Antonio, Texas;

9.) Albuquerque, New Mexico; and

10.) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Of course my list is not set in stone and I have no specific deadline. I am sure I will add other cities to my list later, but these are the main places that I have been dreaming of seeing for some time now and I hope to see them in the next few years.

Is there some part of the U.S. you haven't been to before that you want to visit?

Until next time!

-Liz