Love. Laugh. Live. Run.

I love running. It's what I do. It's what I need when I'm stressed. It's my life right now. With Husband away on deployment and no job, running is all I have. Sure, sure, I've got family and friends, but they can only hang out with you for so long before they have to get to work or have a child to attend to. Between looking for a job and running, I've got lots of spare time! Enter PROJECTS!

I've got a new love affair with decorating projects around the house. I know, it sounds simple enough, but I'm not happy with buying some art or painting a wall. I'm going all out. I should mention, I've always loved projects. In college, Lara and I were always coming up with crafty things to make (including a changing curtain in our dorm room). I lack patience though and I have lots of trouble executing the ideas in my head. I'm working on this. It all started innocently enough after spending hours at my desk.

Project #1

I live at my desk, really. I dreamed of a desk for months and was thrilled when Husband finally indulged me. There's a nice big shelf on the left for the printer, but it's such an eyesore! It was really driving me crazy. I saw a picture of a computer monitor riser, simple enough, and decided I would make something similar to hide my printer. Voila!Isn't she a beauty? I bought a big piece of MDF for about $6, had them cut my three pieces, painted them (with paint I found in the garage), and used wood glue to put it together. I'm planning on putting up a little curtain in the front too once I get my sewing machine up and running.

That's all I can show for now, everything else is halfway. So for the next 2-3 months, which is usually THE WORST part of deployment, I have all sorts of projects to keep me company! Yay! (That was a bit sarcastic, the next 2-3 months will still suck, but at least the house will be all sorts of pretty when Husband gets home.)

This is supposed to be a running blog, huh? Well, no running news today. I bailed on this morning's 5K because of the rain. It's my day off anyways, I'll be back tomorrow after a 10 miler.