Hi Friends!
Long, long, time no blog. I know. I wanted to take a break for a few days but it turned into over a month! I have nothing crazy to share, just life in general has been happening! Here is a quick recap:
We baked a gazillion cookies before Christmas:
Jason and I had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends and we celebrated our 3rd Wedding Anniversary on January 11, 2011.
Jason installed our new closet organizer (Martha Stewart collection from Home Depot)
I feel like I have my own little Gap jeans shop:
I’ve been drinking lots of tea (love my new teapot from Jason’s brother and his wife)
…and working out with my Kettlebell (Jason got me this for Christmas and I love it. I’m still learning how to use it properly though)
Cleaning out the basement and shredding old paperwork (along with lots of other house cleaning/organizing going on!)
(yes that is 3 bags worth of old bills, check stubs, etc!)
And beginning my training for Grandma’s Marathon!
Yep, Jason and I are going to run it again this year. You can read my recap from last year’s marathon *here*. I want to use this blog to recap my training runs, because I really wish I had kept a diary or journal of some kind last year. I remember having some good runs and some bad ones, but I don’t remember much more than that! I want to be able to look back and reminisce .
Blog changes are a’comin – new name, new format, more recipes, more book reviews and more fun!
Thanks for reading! 🙂
Holly
January 25, 2011 at 7:17 am
welcome back, holly dolly! i’m so glad i’ll be able to “read all about it!” eager, eager…
January 25, 2011 at 8:28 pm
Thanks Mom and I’m glad you got to be the first to comment today 🙂
January 25, 2011 at 8:41 am
Glad you’re back! 😀
January 25, 2011 at 8:28 pm
Me too!
January 25, 2011 at 8:48 am
love the blog updates you’ve already done – and welcome back! glad all is well!
January 25, 2011 at 8:27 pm
Thanks Cathy!!! And your email still makes me smile. Thanks for thinking of me!
January 25, 2011 at 9:25 am
Glad your doing well! Breaks are needed. I am going to try not to feel pressured and post when I feel like it – I feel it can get too “statistically driven” at times…
Name change? I would love to do that myself! But I am relatively “new” and I don’t know if that is like starting over again or not…but then again -who cares…?
January 25, 2011 at 8:27 pm
I hear you — this time around I am going to post when I want and if I need a few days off, so be it! There shouldn’t be pressure to blog, you should enjoy it!
January 25, 2011 at 9:42 am
KOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO bruddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 25, 2011 at 8:26 pm
danks
January 25, 2011 at 10:13 am
Loving the new layout!! Welcome back! 🙂 And congrats on your wedding anniversary!
January 25, 2011 at 8:26 pm
Thank you! I think this layout looks much cleaner!
January 25, 2011 at 10:16 am
WOW that’s a lot of cookies–awesomeness 😀
January 25, 2011 at 8:25 pm
Thanks for stopping by 🙂 Yes it is a lot — it was perfect!
January 25, 2011 at 10:35 am
Welcome back!
I want that cookie spread!
January 25, 2011 at 8:24 pm
I wish I still had all of those cookies 🙂
January 25, 2011 at 11:07 am
1/11/11 was my boyfriend and I’s (dating, not marriage, lol!) third anniversary too! And that teapot is the cutest!
January 25, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Congratulations to you too!
January 25, 2011 at 11:11 am
Glad you’re back! Sounds like you’ve accomplished a lot during your “time off.” Now, can you come and do MY shredding? LOL I think that is one of the most tedious tasks ever!
January 25, 2011 at 8:23 pm
Yep – we had stacks of paperwork and each day I would do a little shredding here and there — mostly because the shredder would overheat and shut off on its own! I’m glad it is all done!
January 25, 2011 at 11:43 am
Hi Holly! Welcome back & congrats on 3 years 🙂
January 25, 2011 at 8:22 pm
Thank you! The years have gone by quickly (sorry, that is the most cliche thing to write, correct?) 🙂
January 25, 2011 at 1:20 pm
oh wow, so good to see that you’re back! I thought you had left us with no explanation 🙂 Glad to see it isn’t so!
January 25, 2011 at 8:21 pm
I had to come back and give it another go! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
January 25, 2011 at 1:53 pm
I want a Kettlebell! How do you like it?
looking forward to your changes 🙂
January 25, 2011 at 8:21 pm
I’m still kind of learning how to use it! But I like it so far — hopefully I’ll get a kettlebell post up soon!
January 25, 2011 at 2:34 pm
congrats on registering for grandmas! I ran it with scott about 8 years ago! we flew back to MN for it!!!
and your new site, very pretty!
your break being over..love it 🙂
my links should be restored within a couple hrs so if you did need a recipe, you shall be able to go grab it very soon 🙂
January 25, 2011 at 8:20 pm
Averie this is your official invitiation to come and run Grandma’s again this year 🙂
I’m going to make your banana oat cakes for breakfast — yum!
January 25, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Holly, I am so glad you are back and doing well! Sounds like you had a great break! Can’t wait to see your changes!
January 25, 2011 at 8:19 pm
Thank you Sarena! It is good to be back.
January 25, 2011 at 4:52 pm
Welcome back, Holly!! Hope you had a wonderful break..as I can see you did. 🙂 It was nice to see all those Christmas cookies, too! Ever since the holidays, it’s like they’ve disappeared completely from the blog world. Love the new layout, too!
January 25, 2011 at 8:19 pm
I agree — we need cookies year round!
January 25, 2011 at 6:26 pm
Welcome back to blog-world, Holly 🙂 So glad you enjoyed your hiatus–looks like you got lots accomplished! Have you tried Jillian’s or Bob’s kettle-ball workout? I’m holding out on those two DVDs because I haven’t invested in a kettle-ball yet, but I’m interested to hear if it’s worth it!
Have a great day 🙂
January 25, 2011 at 8:13 pm
I do have Jillian’s kettlebell workout, which I have now read tons of reviews on and supposedly she does a lot of the moves wrong? I’d like to check out Bob’s dvd but for now I am watching different youtube videos and I got a few books from the library to learn more. I am working on a kettlebell post for the near future.
January 26, 2011 at 12:30 am
YAY! great to see you back, Holly! glad you had a great holiday – I look forward to seeing what’s coming here!
January 26, 2011 at 8:48 am
Thank you!!!
January 26, 2011 at 6:37 am
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January 26, 2011 at 7:24 pm
Your closet system looks awesome, I’m so jealous! It looks so fun to go “shopping” in your own closet.
January 27, 2011 at 8:02 pm
I was wondering what happened to Holly. Looks like life happened! All good stuff! Glad to have you back!
January 28, 2011 at 8:22 am
Thanks for stopping by Maria! 🙂
February 1, 2011 at 1:33 pm
Welcome back!