swimming

Playing around

On Tuesday I spent the night at home for once (instead of swimming or going out, etc.) and it was very nice.

I spend the night ‘playing around’. My camera got played with, so did my sister, and my pots and pans in the kitchen. My homework also got played with … that’s boring though 😉

Playing in the kitchen…

Stuffed Peppers !

Also made some pumpkin bars, but this picture does no justice to them! They were baked and FROSTED<3

Playing with the camera

Playing some basketball with sister + neighbors

(Photo credit to Hannah for this picture!!)

It looks like she made it, but she missed..bummer !!

It was a warm evening in Pittsburgh; 40 degrees!!

I had a very relaxing night at home playing in the kitchen ( + eating ), playing with my camera, sister, and neighbors. I didn’t swim-I did yoga and it felt GOOD.

The way I see it about missing swimming is this:

I love swimming. I truly do.

I know I am not going to the Olympics, therefore I do not expect perfection from myself. If I miss a practice, guess what? I miss a practice. If the weather makes me miss practice I can’t do anything about it, so why freak out?? If my times suck, no one is going to yell at me but myself… and I know I won’t yell at myself because I swim because I LIKE it. I swim for NO other reason.

It feels great and I enjoy it. If I don’t feel like going to practice, I usually won’t-i’ll relax with yoga 🙂 I feel as if I will swim for the rest of my life in some form or another, so what is the rush with making EVERY practice? I have many more times in my life to get in the water!

That is my view. No pressure. Just doing what I like to do 🙂

Bible verse of the day:

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. James 1:2-3

Okay, I cannot believe it is already Thursday! Pittsburgh is expecting a BIG storm tonight. Wooo I shall provide pictures!!!

Any snow where you are?

What is your view on sports/missing a practice or workout?

I have to admit

I have to admit…

That I am sore from ice skating on Sunday :x! It is true. My lower back must be weak because when I have got out of bed the past two mornings, my back is like “Hey, never go ice skating again unless you make me stronger!”

Okay that was also creepy because I just said one of my body parts talks. No shame 😉

My lower back probably IS weak. I don’t do too much weight lifting because 2-3 hours of swimming a day is enough for me. Now I am wanting to weight lift because I feel like a weakling being sore from ice skating, ahh!

Yesterday I had off of school, as you may know.

It was a nice day filled with fun activities 😉 A little bit of shopping for a winter jacket (because Pittsburgh is cold… more on that later..), a little bit of YUMMY food, a little bit of swimming, and a little it of Jimmy time!

Mom and I went on a hunt for a winter jacket and only ended up paying $60! All of this ‘hunting’ made us hungry so we headed to Max Mex for lunch.

Mad Mex is a chain ‘Tex Mex’ restaurant that originated in California. So it is actually a ‘Cali Mex’ restaurant 😉

Bad quality picture from my phone of chickpea chili. It was very yummy, the chickpeas were not mushy or overly crunchy and the broth was a little thick, just like I like it!

Shrimp + mushroom + spinach + cheese quesedilla. This was SO delicious. I thought it would be overly cheesy or mushy from all of the veggies but it was just right 🙂

After Mad Mex, it was off to swimming and then the movies and dinner with Jimmy for a lil date night!

Hi 🙂

Jimmy & I saw the movie called The Dilemma

It was crazy and very funny. Their was a lot of punching and everyone in the theater (plus me and Jimmy) was laughing out loud-really hard!

After dinner (Panera Bread!) and the movie, Jimmy was nice enough to let me buy him coffee from the Starbucks in the Barnes and Noble. Favorite store. (Both Starbucks and Barnes!!)

I got a new book for 50 Books in 2011

I had to put gas in my truck… and I decided to clean the windows… and Jimmy decided to take a picture of me doing so..

Fun times.

Bible verse of the day:

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. 1 Corinthians 10:13

Today = classes, classes, more classes. Maybe some homework too… I probably won’t make it to swimming due to the icy road conditions in Pittsburgh. Speaking of Pittsburgh. We seriously got an ice storm last night.

All of the schools are delayed because the roads are sheets of ice.

Don’t worry… I still have to drive to school. Gotta get my education… even if I slide on ice and DIE in the process.

Haha, that was SO dramatic!

Have a good day today :)!

What is your favorite Starbucks drink? Do you customize it? (I usually get decaf at night!)