Babysitting

Okay, sorry for the post overload... it is so much easier to do them all at once. Anyway, I have started to watch a little boy on Mondays and Fridays. He is soooo cute! He is 8 months old, but he doesn't crawl or anything yet, so it feels like he is much younger to me. Today was my first day and it went pretty well. He didn't take a nap, really, so he was pretty cranky by the end of the day. Luckily, he has a pretty quiet cry. He is a really sweet baby. It was really weird though, because it really made me realize how lucky I am with Cheyenne. Seriously, this kid is not a bad baby, but Cheyenne is just soooo easy I realized. She is just so mellow and goes with the flow. She barely needs any attention and is just so content exploring the house over and over again. She also sleeps really well through the night AND takes two or three long naps during the day. Anyway, this is only a part time thing a couple days a week, so I think it will be fine, but it was a long day! They were so cute together though, they would look at each other and try to touch each other. I am excited for them to get a little older and be able to interact a little more, and when Colin starts to crawl it will be more fun so they can follow each other around and stuff. Anyway, that's all for tonight:) I'm off to bed.

My biggest accomplishment

I had my biggest accomplishment of my post college life the other day (well, I guess other than having Cheyenne). I ran in a 5k and I won!! I was so excited! I never thought I could do it! Every time I enter one of these races, I secretly wish I could win and think maybe I will, but there are always so many fast people in front of me. This time I seriously did not think any of those things. I didn't think I would come close to winning, except maybe my age division or something. After mile 2, I realized I was the first girl and there were only about 6 boys in front of me (it turns out there were actually about 10, the other 4 were way further ahead). I kept thinking some girl would come flying by me at the end, so I just kept making myself go faster. When I had about half a mile left, I thought, "Oh my gosh, I might be able to win this race!!" I flashed back to my high school days when I actually used to be fast and win races. It was such a cool feeling. Anyway, so I finished in 21:12, which is about 6:49 minute mile pace. My last 5k I ran before the half marathon about 4 or 5 months ago, was 23:30 or something, which is like 7:30ish pace, so this was a huge improvement!! On all of my runs since the half marathon I have been feeling so slow, and out of shape, so this was a huge exciting surprise for me! Now I am all motivated to run more! I am going to do another half marathon on Halloween with some people in our ward and you better believe I will wear a costume!! Oh... so I won a tool case for being first overall female, because the race was to benefit Habitat for Humanity where they build houses for poor people. I know I shouldn't be bragging, and I am not trying to, but this is like seriously such a huge accomplishment for me, I had to write about it, so I wouldn't forget how I feel:) It is NOT just like "oh I won another race..." I WISH! I have always wished I would win a 5k!! Anyway, so I just thought I would share:) Oh I am running another 5k in Elberton in two weeks, so I will do another post about that one, hopefully it will be a happy one, haha...I found these pictures on our newspaper website, so I am pretty much famous, hahahha, just kidding, there were about 1 million pictures on there I had to flip through before I saw mine:

Finishing the race:

My friend Holli and I, she got second in her age division!!

Walking up for my cool tool case:)

Tool Case:

Garage Sale Finds

So I grew up going to garage sales and being around them and having stuff in my home from garage sales, but I had decided before that they are a waste of time and gas. This was until I had my own house and a baby:) Now, I am slightly addicted. I go every friday and saturday morning and I spend about an hour planning the most efficient route. I have found some AWESOME deals and almost everything in our house is from Craigslist or a garage sale. I wanted to post every single item we had from a garage sale on here, but then when I started to take pictures of everything, I realized that would take forever and would be really long and boring to everyone but me. Anyway, here are some of my favorites:

Rug: $27

Table + chairs (craigslist): $200

Curtains (actually in the clearance section at Lowes): 2 panels @ $3 ea... Total: $6

Little Radio Flyer (Cheyenne rides it around the house and loves the dinging bell): $2

These fake indoor plants, which I LOVE!! I saw them the week before I bought them at TJ MAXX for $130-$250 each. I got three different ones for a total of $22. 

These cute little fall scarecrow decorations: $3 for the pair (I need to sew on an eye still).

Microfiber sectional: Craigslist: $375... sooo comfortable too!

The Black little medicine cabinet: $2.oo I just cleaned it and gave it a fresh coat of paint (I already had some black paint from some previous craft project I had done).

Two bookshelves that match Cheyenne's crib perfectly: $15 for the pair.

Oh and now that I am looking... about 80% of her books are from garage sales, under $1 each. The little beanie babies (in perfect condition with tags still attached $1 each)

Brown stuffed doggy 50 cents

Little chair that I painted last year $1.

Little exersaucer play toy: $5

Paper shredder: $5

This was actually craigslist, but the desk, plastic mat on the ground and chair were altogether $40.

My most recent find: 

A miniature recliner that actually reclines!! It is sooo cute and matches our couch perfectly. Also, it is wide enough so I can sit in it too, so she can use it for a long time. It does have some tears in the arms, so I want to somehow make little slipcovers for the arms. It was only $3!!

Well, I just LOVE a good deal. And garage sales are so much better than couponing because it is so much less stressful, and prices are negotiable! It is like going on a treasure hunt every weekend because you never know what you will find. I also got some roller blades that are brand new for about $8 the other day. I rollerbladed around the neighborhood pushing Cheyenne and got kind of embarrassed because all the neighborhood kids were outside and like every single one had to shout to their parents, "MOM!! Look!! She is skating with the baby!! WHat is she doing???" Hahaha.... I also discovered that I am a much faster runner than rollerblader.... but I still like rollerblading. It is fun and a good workout!

Football Games

Well, football season is now in full swing. It is a lot better this year than last year. It may be just because we are now used to the way things are done here, or also because we are actually pretty good this year. Or maybe it is just because I am not pregnant anymore. Anyway, Jeff is having fun too. ECCHS is 3-0, and there is a bye this weekend- YAY for me!! Next weekend they play a really tough team called Eastside, so I guess we can say they will be tested:) As you can see my hair has already faded a lot in two weeks! Oh and the little girl in the picture is the head coach's daughter, Kylie. She is so cute and she loves Cheyenne... she says she is my helper:) She is a sweetheart.

Brown Hair

I dyed my hair brown, because I was feeling like I wanted a change and I was getting sick of having to spend so much money on my hair. I got a kit at the grocery store and six bucks later, here is the result. It is a fun change. Cheyenne kept looking at me funny and petting my hair, but it only took a couple of hours before she thought it was normal.