i've been neglecting you...

but don't be offended, I've been neglecting everything. and by everything, I mean, everything...

the good news:
I've been keeping up with the pantry challenge!! Yay! Things are slowly disappearing over here, and my milk is still coming on a perfect schedule. man, that stuff is REALLY delicious.
the bad news:
I'm eating a LOT of pasta. I made a noodle dish with some rice noodles and a flank steak that was delicious, but it was noodles. I made a big pot of beef-a-roni, not nearly as good as mom's or Americus', but mom made a pot too and gifted it to me. I tried out a Dan Dan noodles recipe, that was delicious, but I made the whole thing of noodles. Its not going away anytime soon. I'm thinking of offering a bowl of Dan Dan noodles in exchange for my walk being shoveled. I bet you all that offer is not taken up any time soon....

Satchel is moving along quite nicely I'm proud to say. Although he still wants to kill the new puppy nextdoor, it could be worse I imagine. We spent a lovely hour Tuesday afternoon romping through the snow, following fresh deer and fox tracks. He was a happy pup. As it turns out though, he's more of a muddy tan color than white. He didn't look so nice against all that white snow and ice. Our last class is today. We have a lot to work on, and I'm not always a good doggy mommy. I just can't help it.

As for me, school is back in session. thats all there is to say for that. but I hope it explains some of my absence.

I'm also back in the saddle, thanks to a lovely little girl I work with. I'm now having dreams of expensive, well-trained horses and perfect, shiny black boots.... So, instead of purchasing a big, well-trained, expensive horse, I've signed myself up for a digital photography class!

As being a new owner of a Nikon D70s I figured I might as well. It starts early people, 9:30am for the next three fridays! Maybe not early for you, but early for me. I hope to bring you some exciting images, but don't count on it. Much like my Dan Dan noodles, I'm sure they aren't in high demand.

Have I mentioned Key West yet?

As for the running? Its slow going people. It is hard to get motivated in this winter weather. I've hopped up there on the treadmill a few times. I even tried out a workout where I increase and decrease the incline every minute. It was sweet and it passed the time. I'm just not motivated. I want to be motivated. I'm trying new music, new workouts, new times, and less lofty goals. I'm also reading this for motivation. But lets all be honest, if you're able to live and run in Hawaii, we would all be marathon runners. But this is not Hawaii, and its cold. So I'm in search of motivation. A lot of motivation. And maybe even someone to yell at me while I'm running on the treadmill. Someone to say, Stop being such a quitter you big baby, seriously, you big baby. I'm just mad, because I worked so hard last Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall. I worked so hard. I was running 9 miles like it was nothing. And now, 3 miles feels like an eternity.