Feels like Monday

I have a bad feeling about the next three months.  I just have this feeling I’m going to get stressed and overwhelmed over wedding planning.  I am suddenly aware that all these things we’ve been putting off NEED to happen soon, because the next three months are going to fly by…and before we know it, it’ll be January 2…

I think I found my wedding ring today though, and I’ve done a whole bunch of other stuff as well.  The best way to deal with stress is get stuff checked off the list, right? 

People are really excited about our invitations.  I can’t wait to share them on the blog here, but I obviously want to wait until my guests receive them in the mail.  I also want to tell you about my fantastic designer (found her on etsy, but she lives right here in St Louis.)  Soon!!

I’m recovering from yesterday’s race.  By late last night I could barely walk at all—my right hip and knee hurt so much I was worried I’d injured myself.  But today I feel much better, in fact, both legs are equally sore and tired, which is totally strange.  Maybe all my stretching, rolling, and icing paid off.  Or the constant ibuprofen is paying off?  Either way, the human body is a marvelous thing.

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I’m waiting to see if there are any photos from the race yesterday.  Right now there are two posted for me, but neither is actually me.  I remember one being taken coming down a hill but what looked to be an official photographer, but maybe not.  I guess I’ll just have to wait and see.

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MO Cowbell Run Done

2:41:22

I wanted to keep a 12 minute mile pace, and I pretty much did that.  Had a little trouble after 10 miles, probably because I wasn’t as trained as I would have liked.  I’m pleased, even though I feel like I should be faster than I am.  I’ll get there.

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Oh, and we get married in 3 months exactly!

Brooks Pure Cadence and MO’ Cowbell

(from the future, if you want to read more about my shoes, check out  my more recent post!)

It’s running weekend!  Last night I went to a running shoe launch party with Jen, and today I picked up my shoes.

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Can you tell I love them?  Unfortunately I can’t test them out yet, because tomorrow is the MO’ Cowbell Run.  Obviously I will be wearing my Mizunos.

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Packet pickup!

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Wish me luck tomorrow morning…!

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Potty like a rockstar pass, free shirt and buttons, and the side of my new shoe box in case you are super super interested.

New Running Shoes

I went to this with Jen.  She had gotten an email earlier in the week about the shoes and was interested.  I saw the event announcement on Facebook earlier in the day and we decided to pop in.  I told myself I wouldn’t buy new shoes.  But…

Yup, we both bought new shoes.  Then we were told we couldn’t take them home with us tonight and HAD TO COME BACK TOMORROW. 

Blast.

They are AWESOME.  I kind of needed new running shoes anyway (well, arguable…but I will wear the crap out of them.)

I also got some little buttons and a free t-shirt.  AND I will get to "Potty like a rock star" at the Rock and Roll Half Marathon. 

Yup.  I went to a running store party on Friday night.  That’s how I roll.

Free Replacement Strings

A few weeks ago I tried to change my strings (violin strings, for you non-musicians.  We have to do this every once in awhile…be that a couple times a year or every other month).  I had a set of Vision Solos on hand and wanted to put them on a couple of days before my concerts in September.  I tried and tried, but I couldn’t get the strings to wind around the pegs properly without slipping out.  This was very unusual—I can’t recall EVER having had that problem.  I had Chris try as well, and he couldn’t do it either.  (This whole episode actually ended with me sobbing about how nothing in my life ever worked properly.  Drama queen.)

Anyway, I couldn’t remember where I had gotten the strings, so I went straight to the source.  I emailed Thomastik directly, and a few days later they responded, asked for my address AND…today I got replacement strings PLUS a free set of the PI strings!!

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Thomastik, thank you for your excellent customer service!  I am so excited for the replacement strings and even more excited for the free strings!  I know the solos work really well on my fiddle, so I’m hesitant to switch up styles, but it’s a win-win situation as they were free.

Almost at the three month mark

Sunday is the three month mark until our wedding!

Today we had a big tasting and planning meeting at our venue, Moulin Events. 

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Absolutely the quality of paper we want for the menus.

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Chris was super excited (as usual) when I whipped out the pink camera.

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They asked if we were sisters!  (We’re not.)  Also, that was the BEST photo of me from today.  All others are worse.

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Some appetizers that will be passed.  We enjoyed all of them but sadly had to narrow it down to three.

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Some soup options…I love soup!

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Entree and side dish choices.  Just a note:  cheddar polenta and cheese grits are surprisingly similar.

In any case, we were absolutely stuffed after the tasting.  We barely made a dent in the side dishes.  Everything was delicious, and it was a challenge to pare it down. 

After the tasting, Dave and Laura left and then we spent a couple hours going over room setups, timeline, and decor options.  It really feels like this is coming together! 

We still have a lot to do—but now we know what the food will be.  And the invitations go out tomorrow.  (Mom, so check your mailbox on Monday then, okay?)

thoughts about violin, teaching, running, life.