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InstaFriday / Friday’s Letters

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Dear Readers, I have decided to make Friday work-out-brag-day. Partly because with my marathon vastly approaching I need to hold myself accountable for actually training and partly because I feel good about the fact that I ran 10 miles yesterday. (Just being honest!) I did it in 1:40 even though I walked half of mile seven. I also did a 3-mile run earlier this week and a 6-miler last week. Still not as hardcore as I should be, but I’m getting there. I’m hoping to get a good run in on Sunday too. Love, Hardcore Kens
Dear Ziggy, You are just the cutest. I love that you buried one of the Easter eggs in the backyard (we searched for it for SO long last Sunday too) just to dig it up and chow down on it the other morning. I’m guessing it tastes better once it’s nice and stinky from basking in the sun for several days. Love, Yo Mama

Dear Veganomicon Cookbook, You are the BEST. This couscous rocks my world. Love, Big Mack
Dear Capers, You make everything taste amazing. I don’t know how I used to enjoy food without knowing the wonder that is your tangy, salty, weird-textured self. Lemon (dairy-free) butter caper sauce is my go-to for fish and pasta. It’s so easy and I love it. Love, Big Mack
Dear Butt, I’m sorry about all the cheap wine and massive amounts of potato chips I’ve been using to grow you. Just try to concentrate on the runs and ignore the carbs and trans fats. Thanks, Big Mack
Dear California, Please give me a job so I can live in you. Please, please, please. Love, Kensie
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WIWW & Thoughts

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My mind has been all over the place, you guys. 
Seriously.
I’ve been in a fairly constant state of pms (without out the p or m..). The kind where one minute you’re going to move to California and make your dreams come true because you’re an optimistic, successful woman and the next you’re on the verge of tears because you heard a sad country song on the radio and you’re a 12-year-old girl who’s sensitive and weak.
My friend Mike (above) is in the Marines and deployed yesterday. He’ll be gone for seven months and eventually I guess I’ll be able to write him letters, but for now I’ve got one less awesome person to talk to every day.
I know he’ll be back and it’s going to be fine. I’m just going to miss him and I want him to be safe and happy and all that stuff you want for your friends.
There are pieces missing.
That’s not to say I haven’t been enjoying myself. I’m making new relationships, new connections, new pieces. It’s new. It’s different. It’s exciting. It’s scary.
Needless to say this instability has me frazzled, and therefore forgetting things like taking photos of the cute outfits I put together (although I’ve mostly been wearing my work clothes every day) or not training for my marathon that’s vastly approaching in two months (insert freak out here).
The good news is I have these people to borrow clothes, drink cheap wine and cry from laughter with.
(Photo credit: Jenn)
Sweatpants: Borrowed from Mark.. Sexy, huh?
Dress And Belt: Borrowed from Hannah


I know I’ll feel normal again eventually, but for now I’ll just try to embrace my manic episodes and ignore the bouts of crazed, emotional blah-ness. And I’ll take more pictures..

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Music Monday / Easter

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Every year the Easter Bunny hides (super silly) clues all around our house that lead each of us to our baskets full of goodies. This year my basket was full of lactose-free treats, an Applebee’s gift card (methinks the Easter bunny reads my blog 😉 and a book I can’t wait to read. We spent the rest of the day watching my nephews and pup hunt for Easter eggs and hanging out by the pool listening to some tunes. It was a beautiful, relaxing, wonderful Easter. I hope you all enjoyed yours as much as I enjoyed mine. For Music Monday I put together a playlist full of songs I’ve been listening to obsessively for the past couple of weeks. I considered making it Easter/Spring themed, but the only song that came to mind was “Little Bunny Foo Foo,” so I decided to pass.
What are some of your favorite songs lately? Please share! I love learning about new music.

InstaFriday

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Guys, my hair is long enough now that I can do fun things with it besides frying it with the straightener every day! (Like frying it with a curling iron instead!)
Oh, whataya know. Hangin’ out at Applebee’s after work. Weird..
I am obsessed with avocados lately. I’ve been squeezing lemon and lime juice on them and sprinkling salt and cayenne pepper. It’s so delicious. Besides that I’ve got a breakfast quesadilla, boca burger, some dairy-free Dunkin Donuts items that I customized once I got home (they REALLY need to add at least some soy milk to their menu!) and my mom’s very own mulberries from her tree!
Apparently my favorite things to draw on Draw Something are music artists: Kanye, The Beatles and Nicki Minaj. And oh hey, there’s me trying to catch my shadow Peter Pan-style!
Happy Friday, friends. Gotta run to work!
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Southwestern Skiller

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I made this masterpiece for breakfast/lunch today and it was magnificent. I made a similar dish not too long ago with red potatoes, but today I had butternut squash so I decided to give it a try. Both  of my renditions were based off of Eat, Live, Run’s recipe here.
Here’s what I used:
(Oh, and about 1 T of garlic.. woops!)

First I chopped up the butternut squash, coated all the pieces in olive oil, salt and pepper, and baked them at 400 degrees for about 25 minutes and an additional five in broiling mode.
While the squash was gettin’ its tan on, I combined the olive oil, onion and garlic in a skillet over medium high heat for about 6 minutes. Then I added the cumin and mixed thoroughly. Once the squash was done I added it to the skillet as well as the cayenne pepper, salt, jalapeno and cheese. Lastly I cracked the eggs on top of the mixture and threw it in the broiler for 3-5 minutes (whenever the eggs look donezo).
Then you proceed to eat waaay too much because no one is there to share it with.. (Oh, just me? Never mind. I’ll just go cry into my southwestern skillet now. Which, by the way, I have spelled “skiller” every single time on the first attempt. What does this say about me..?)
Happy Thursday, friends.

Music Monday

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Today I want to let you all in on a little secret. You might have suspected it, but I’m here to confirm your suspicions. It’s true.. I am sort of a teeny bopper fangirl at heart. Sure, I mostly post my latest indie, alternative or classic rock favorites on here (rock is, after all, my favorite genre), but I’d be lying if I told you I didn’t know every single song on the Pop Charts at any given day from the mid 90’s to today. I pride myself on being a very eclectic music lover. I really hate commercials and really love songs, so this comes in very handy on road trips (especially since Betty the Blazer’s CD player has been broken for years now). All I have to do is hit ‘seek’ a few times and I’m singing along and not hearing about the miracles of laser hair removal. This is not to say there aren’t songs that within a nanosecond of hearing the intro force me to hit seek again immediately (*cough* Bruno Mars *cough*) but it still comes in pretty handy. That said, today I want to share some of the most shamefully catchy, super fun, make-me-want-to-jump-on-my-bed-and-sing-into-my-hair-brush kind of songs that I love. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. (I’m including the music videos because they sometimes make up 80% of why I love the song.. sometimes.)

This video is what really pegs me as a fangirl. This is the real music video by Carly Rae Jepson — it’s pretty funny. Check it, yo.
Fact: I am 22 years old and still watch iCarly.
I really like this one too but it makes me want to use sad face emoticons.

So I hope we’ve all learned a lesson about enjoying music that we’re not necessarily proud of people seeing in our music libraries, and I also hope you’re not all judging me too harshly. Just embrace the teeny bopped inside of you. Happy Music Monday! 😉

Take Me Home Tonight!

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This weekend has been pretty awesome, guys. Friday night I went to Gainesville to hang out with this pretty lady and some other excellent people as well. I even ended the night racing people home from the bar (I’m still sore..).

Then Saturday I got to spend some quality time with my big sis, Britni, when we went to go see EDDIE MONEY in concert!

It was really fun. Not only did we end up knowing way more songs than we thought we would, but we also got to do some pretty hilarious people watching. I don’t know about you guys, but I love watching old people let loose and party — especially the country folk that show up in Ocala ready to get their drank on, suspenders and all. My boy, Eddie, sang his version of this song that I posted on Facebook the other day:

So I was pretty excited about that, but not as excited as I was when I heard “Two Tickets To Paradise!!!”

Some major excitement came along with this song as well..

Then we finished off this lovely day with some major noms.
Some of the best movies known to man.
Britni just so happens to be the middle sister 😉
In other words it was a pretty awesome weekend. Now I just have to finish strong by making lots of money tonight at work, and maybe pranking some peeps since it’s April Fool’s Day and all. (Don’t think I didn’t consider telling you guys I was pregnant..)

And now for my very weak March Fitness roundup (don’t judge me, I definitely exercised my liver and ability to still party even while ridiculously sick!):

March 1: 3.31 miles
March 4: 3.15 miles
March 7: 6.83 miles
March 15: 3.68 miles
March 30: 4.01 miles

Like I said before, April will be much better. I don’t even think I stepped foot in the gym this entire month — aka a wasted $10 at Planet Fitness. I will definitely run more than 6.8 as my long run (hopefully every week!). I should be able to run about 16-18 miles at this point, and yet so far my longest run has been 12. So it’s time to quit the excuses (and happy hours) and get my butt back in shape. Seattle Rock ‘n Roll Marathon, here I come!!!

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