Create With Me (well, not really me) and Mileage

U-Create just posted the first Create With Me project for this year!

Rosette Picture Frames

Photo by U-Create

Create With Me is sort of a monthly inspiration/challenge/tutorial.  U-Create links to a tutorial, you create it and do with it whatever your imagination desires, email a picture of your finished project and it'll be featured in that month's gallery.

I find doing little projects/challenges like this help me to learn new techniques and get my the wheels turning in my creative mind.  I've actually never made a rosette (hard to believe, huh?!) so I'm excited to give this a try.  Entries are due January 30th. 

Now onto mileage...the reason why you're reading this post, right?

USA Track & Field's America's Running Routes is an AWESOME tool for joggers, runners, walkers...anyone moving from one point to another.

You can look up already charted routes by clicking on "find a route" or you can create your own by clicking, "create a route". 

Start from your driveway, zig zag through parks, twirl around in circles for a bit, whatever.  The chart keeps track of your mileage.  Very cool. 

A Bazillion Years Later...

I've been blog lazy, but I'm making a reappearance.  Sometimes I get so busy with kid stuff, house stuff, and life stuff that I don't take the time to post.  I really enjoy posting on my blog and showing off my little creations, though.  I like to make things just to do it~it makes me feel good.

My latest just-for-me triumph was running my first 5K ever!

I ran in in 30:50 which was awesome for me!  The best I've ever done on my own is 38:00~I guess that adrenaline really did kick in.

I was very tired though!  Thank you to my friend Janel next to me at the finish line.  She's been pushing me and inspiring me over the past few months.  She even let me vent during the last nasty 1/2 mile.