So it was a long... and stress free weekend for the most part.

I missed my friend's Christmas in July party in L.A. because I was being a lame friend and lazy bum.

Which is exactly what I accomplished this weekend.

I did do a few extras though.

First of all we were house-sitting for two family members. So Saturday we got to go swimming which was really nice because it was HOT here in Bako as usual.

I pretty much laid around the house all day and knit. Then at about 3 p.m. we got in the pool. Then we cleaned up our messes and left Aunt Nancy's house the way we found it, for the most part.

We headed back to my in-laws to take care of the dogs and stay the night there because they went out of town this weekend.

I did some more knitting and laying around.

Then at about 5 or 6 p.m. Stephen decides to start in on the bathroom reorganization and cleaning project that he has been envisioning ever since we moved in here.

Here are pictures of the results:


I love the bowl with the shells and the sand and the candle. It's my favorite part. It uses her shells that were not really displayed before and really shows them off.

With all the knitting I did, I was able to finish the sweaters for Gracie's twins and I have so much yarn left over that I am now making the matching socks!

These are my favorite sweaters so far. It's such a classic look and they are so cute and tiny!

I also began my own training program for the 2008 Nike Women's Marathon in SF.

I left the house at 5:30 a.m. on Sunday with Charlotte. We walked for 3 hours!

For those of you that do not live in Bakersfield, this is going to make no sense at all, but I want to tell you my route because I think I got a lot of mileage in...

Once out of my in-laws neighborhood (I don't need a stalker, thank you very much), I traveled north on Scarlet Oak, cross over Ming Avenue and Camino Media. I then traveled East on Camino Media to the CSUB entrance. I walked across the campus to Don Hart East. Crossed Stockdale Highway and then joined up with the bike path. I traveled west on the bike path until I got to the last pathway of the Park at Riverwalk. I then walked around the park going east until I got back to the bike path. I took the same route back. I passed the 10 and 9 mile markers along the bike path. Check out my cool route map below:


Just by a rough measurement using the scale and my tape measure, I figure I walked about 7.5 miles.

Surprisingly enough, I'm not that sore. My feet really hurt yesterday. Mostly my toes. And my lower back was bothering me. Towards the end of the walk I was feeling the burn in my upper thigh area, but other than that I'm fine. I did make the mistake of sitting on the couch for a couple hours right after and then I was pretty stiff when I tried to get up and walk. Nothing a little stretching didn't cure though.

Anyway. I am going to maybe start some circuit training or some kind of group training if I can get some other people on board with me.