Good morning to you!
After a late(ish) night, Ryan and I decided to sleep in today and skip our 5 a.m. workout. Yes, The Bachelorette may have been partly to blame. I got totally sucked in.
I’m planning to head to the gym about 30 minutes before I’m set to begin work at 9 a.m. to do some upper-body strength training before it’s time for me to lead our beginner’s running club. Last week our run was canceled because it was pouring outside, but today the weather looks much more promising!
Breakfast
Breakfast this morning included an egg sandwich with two fried eggs and a toasted whole wheat English muffin topped with colby jack cheese and strawberry jelly.
Yum!
Almost August
I stopped by Hobby Lobby over the weekend and noticed that the craft store already has all of their fall decor on display. Summer is flying by! Since tomorrow is the last day of July, I cannot help but look forward to August. Lots of fun things on the agenda!
In chronological order:
- Minda’s bachelorette party in St. Augustine (This weekend!)
- Shopping for Leslie’s wedding dress
- LiveStrong Cancer Survivor Group Training
- IDEA Fitness Conference in Los Angeles
- Michaela and Kyle’s wedding in Colorado
- Minda and Clark’s wedding weekend in St. Augustine
Question of the Morning
- What are you looking forward to in August?
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I can’t believe tomorrow is August! Where is the summer going? I like your list of things to look forward to!
When the fall decorations start coming out, I get so excited for chilly/perfect days, leaves changing, the smell of burning leaves, candy corn, and pumpkin EVERYTHING! There’s a certain chill in the air when fall comes around I just loveeee!
I’m totally with ya on not believing how fast the summer has gone. Now that I think about it, I actually had a dream last night where I went into Starbucks and got a pumpkin spice latte hahah. I obviously have my priorities straight in life. I’m looking forward to more crispy running weather!
I’m actually excited about started classes. Even though a couple weeks in, I’ll probably be wishing for vacation!
I can hardly believe it’s almost August. I’m pretty excited for August considering I have a few awesome things popping up like birthdays, parties, family time. And lots more.
I also am just a tad excited that Fall is getting close…it may or may not be because my birthday is in the Fall though and I just love the weather.
I’ve also been considering going to makeup school, so I’m quite excited for that!
I’m excited to be starting a new show next Monday!! I’m also moving this weekend!! Lots of big things happening in August! I can’t wait 😀
I can’t believe how fast the summer has flown by either! I’m looking forward to my sister and her boyfriend coming to visit us at the end of August!
Um, can we please discuss the Bachelorette?! I almost can’t believe they filmed that train wreck… So sad to watch!
And in August, I’m looking forward to running my first half!! The day after that is my birthday:)
Oh my gosh, yes!! Can we talk about this?! Like, how in the world can the show go on now?! Ah, ABC sucks me in every. single. time. It’s shameful, really.
Oh, I know! I’ve been on Team Chris from the beginning though…
Your August calendar sounds like so much fun! Lots of weddings…I am looking forward to glamping (glamorous camping) in a yurt in Santa Barbara. So excited!
It is insane that its almost August! I wish time would slow down a little and give me a chance to catch up!
I’m excited about heading to the east coast in August for a wedding and some family/summer time.
Ahhh! I’ll be working the Technogym booth at IDEA -come say hi! There’s also two sessions we’re hosting on Friday for group training that you might like! 🙂
Awesome! I actually will only be at the conference Wednesday and Thursday (heading to Colorado for a Wedding first thing on Friday morning), but I would LOVE to see you!
Nice! Well, I will be at the booth all day Thursday! I’ll get in touch with you next week. 🙂
Your list sounds like so much fun! I’m looking forward to my family coming to visit me and totally pumped for a trip to Boston and Cape Cod at the end of the month. Bring on August!
I’m only looking forward to the first two weeks of August (belatedly celebrating my birthday with my mom and getting to see my brother and his fiance get married, yay!) because in mid-August I leave for a whole month to go to Alaska for work (second time this summer). I will be on a boat in the Gulf of Alaska for the rest of the month, collecting fish for the lab I work in. Oftentimes this illicits responses from people exclaiming how exciting my job must be- and while I do love it most of the time- the “at-sea” work loses its intrigue after the third twelve hour day, with prospects of sixteen more non-stop days to go. Needless to say, I’m more looking forward to September, when I’ll get to see my husband again! 😀
I am excited for wedding dress shopping for myself, and a friend’s wedding in Philly labor day weekend!
Lots of good stuff happening in August for me, too! Weekend beach trip with my husband and our friends, my girlfriend’s bachelorette party, and a family vacation up to our cottage.
I totally agree 2013 is flying! Also, cool you’re coming to LA! I’m not taking off from work to do the conference but I plan on stopping by the expo on Saturday to see if anything cool is going on because I’m only a few minutes away.
Graduating from graduate school!!! Just a few more days!
Congrats!!!!!
You must be the QUEEN of weddings! I’ve followed you for a little over a year now (or could it be two?!) and it seems you are in a wedding party, throwing or attending a bridal shower, or at a wedding. How fun to be a part of so many celebrations of love!
I love summer, but as a PNW girl, I LOVE the fall. We get the prettiest colors and the best, curl-up-with-a-coffee-and-a-book-by-the-fire weather 🙂 August perfectly segues us from summer to fall for that reason! I’m looking forward to a girls’ weekend planned for next weekend, as well as my boyfriend making the big move up to Seattle so we can start the next chapter of our lives. August must be a good month for everyone!
So cool! I live in LA and its pretty awesome you’re going to be so close~it would be fun to see you and say hi, haha
Ellie, you can go to the Fitness & Nutrition Expo for free if you want 🙂
http://www.ideafit.com/fitness-conferences/idea-world-fitness-convention/expo-information
Seriously the summer has SPED by. Especially after I got engaged! Wedding planning and dress shopping is crazy 🙂
My 40th birthday and celebrating by doing a run & beach obstacle course on that day!
Looks like a packed August! I’m looking forward to a trip to Boston for the BF’s job (I’m tagging along), and then we are headed to the Cape. I’ve never been, so I’m super pumped :-).
Re: the Bachelorette, sorry to sound like Chris Harrison, but I thought last night’s episode was one of the “best episodes ever.” It was the first time I actually so raw emotion that seemed real. It always seems so forced. Not that I enjoy seeing people in pain, but sometimes it’s nice to see some reality in reality television 🙂
I get sucked in every season…maybe that’s why tuesday morning workouts never seem to actually manifest! So much wedding stuff! My best friend’s wedding shower is next weekend – I’m so excited and it’s been so hard not to mention it on the blog since its a surprise!
Sounds like you have a very busy August planned out! My family is visiting at the end of August which is exciting but other than that it’s going to be pretty quiet around here – which after how stressful things have been lately I look forward to that!
Last night’s episode kept me up way late, my 5AM wake up call for work came much too soon. It was so intense though!
I cannot believe it’s almost August. I’m looking forward to my bachelorette party at the end of the month and then it’s only a month until our wedding day! Ahh!
OMG…July just totally flew by! August is going to be a fun-filled month for me too…I’m running in the Color Run, I’m turning 30 and we’re going on vacation! 🙂
Bachelorette sucked me in last night too! Oh the drama….I love summer, but I also really look forward to fall because of football season, pots of chili and sweaters!
I’m looking forward to cottaging and making some new August fitness goals! 🙂
August is my Birthday Month! So I get to celebrate all month long right?! I have a triathlon the same day and the first Seahawks game!! Woot!
Looks like you have alot of fun plans!
I will also be attending IDEA! Hope to see you there!
Awesome!!
Oh my gosh…I stayed up to watch the bachelorette too. Afterwards I was thinking I never want to fall in love that was heartbreaking! Kidding… but getting your heart broken is the worst. Sheesh.
What a fun August coming up for you! I’m quite the opposite. My July was filled with some travel so I have nothing going on but that’s ok!
Sounds like a fun and busy, but expensive upcoming month! Ahhh wedding season!
I’m excited for my first blogger conference and getting in lots of outdoors stuff to enjoy the last of summer.
I’m looking forward to our vacation to St Augustine beach at the end of August! I love going there!
I <3 St. Augustine!
It’s CRAZY how quickly the summer is flying by!! Your August sounds jam-packed with fun stuff! I’m moving at the end of August, so I have a feeling my month will be filled with moving prep!
My hubby’s 30th birthday!! (He’s not as excited as me;)
Ryan is turning 30 in October and I’m more excited than he is, too. 🙂
Lots of wedding fun to look forward to in August!!
My August isn’t quite as busy as yours, but it will be very special to our family. My grandson is in the military and will be home on leave in August. He is stationed overseas and it has been 7 long months since we have seen him. I plan on leaving my calendar open so that I can spend as much time as possible with him as we don’t know when he will be back home again.
August brings my sister’s bridal shower and bachelorette party! WOOHOO!!!
-AJ
FitTavelerAJ.com
wow you are traveling a lot! how fun, i absolutely LOVE weddings. most of my family and friends are already married so i rarely get to go to them.
i am looking forward to spending time with my law student husband who will have some time before fall semester starts again. i am looking forward to school shopping with both my kids. i am so excited for them to start school. kindergarten and preschool. and i am looking forward to my very first relay race. a ragnar!
I’m definitely looking forward to school starting in August!
August is going to be busy and fun! I’m looking forward to my friend’s bachelorette party (the 17th) and wedding (the 31st), Sarasota Beer Fest, buying my husband a new truck and college football starting!
I’m looking forward to making some simple changes in my life to stay happier; celebrating my sister’s 25th birthday; and a little Twin Cities weekend at the end of the month with my love
Wow, that’s a busy month! I can’t wait for my birthday in August!! My boyfriend is taking the bar this week (fingers crossed), so I can’t wait for him to be finished with studying so that we can take some trips to the beach and New Orleans! I also go back to school at the end of the month (I’m a teacher), and I still get the first day jitters 🙂
That English muffin egg sandwhich looks GLORIOUS!!
Sad that it has gone so fast while I was still enjoying it. The rain is now in but I am looking forward to 2 months of summer else where where the sun never goes down! I just cant wait for December.
As much as I LOVE summertime, I’m looking forward to getting some routine back into my life. Being a teacher, it’s SO nice to have summers off. But, I’m someone who thrives with a schedule and routine. As much as I DON’T want to go back to work, I am looking forward to a little more routine. 🙂
My birthday on the 14th!
I live in Denver! Wish I could meet you, but I am sure you think that’s a bit strange (not to mention you’ll be super busy). It’s always fun following your posts. Also, I’ve recognized most of your photos from your Denver visits.