Dos and Don'ts of a 5K

Okay y'all, I know I haven't written a blog in a while, but I have been really busy! I celebrated my birthday and then the next week, I went with my family to Jersey to visit Carlo's Bake Shop (or The Cake Boss for those who don't know the name of his bakery). If you are wondering if it was awesome, it was. If you are wondering if we had to wait in a 4 hour line like you see on the show? NOPE! We walked right in and ordered our delicious pastries that were as delicious as I imagine they will be from the Lord's table.

 

DO: Eat as many pastries as as you can possibly consume.

 

 

Okay, so this blog entry is about a 5K, not the bakery, but seriously, eat as many pastries as possible if you go to Carlo's.

 

 

5K COLOR RUN Y'ALL!

 

Stephen and I just got back from running in The Color Run 5K in Atlanta, GA with a few friends of ours, and let me tell y'all, it was a blast! However, there are a few tips and tricks everyone should know before they step foot (pun intended) into the first race.

 

Before I impart my extensive wealth of knowledge on you, I think I am legally required to say that I do not have an extensive wealth of knowledge about 5Ks or any race for that matter and I only know what I know from my one time experience thus far.

 

Without further ado:

 

1. Do NOT go to sleep later than you normally do the night before the race thinking you can get up and get ready in only 30 minutes.

 

2. Do NOT wait until 3 minutes before your wife's perfectly scheduled departure time to decide to shave your face and take a shower.

 

3. DO drink plenty of liquids to stay hydrated, HOWEVER,

 

4. Do NOT drink lots of coffee and rely on your bladder of steel to tide you over until the race is over.

 

5. DO take before and after pictures

 

 

 

 

However,

 

6. DO get there in plenty of time to actually start the race at the same time as your friends.

 

 

Yes, we were late for the race. But Stephen was clean... and we tried to catch up with our friends.

 

7. Do NOT forget to wear protective eye ware. You will get colorful cornstarch in your eyes.

 

8. Do NOT breathe in the colorful cornstarch. Even if your lungs are about to shrivel up and die from the lack of oxygen. don't do it.

 

 

Do as I say not as I do.

 

 

9. DO remember to take advantage of all of the free chocolate flavored coconut water as demonstrated by the lovely Ella (also showing off her skillful cross fit squats.)

 

 

 

 

10. DO offer to clean off your husbands face so he looks somewhat presentable at lunch

 

 

 

 

11. Do remember to take lots of pictures and have a blast with good friends!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A lot of color comes off at the air blowing stations at the end so my shirt doesn't look as impressive, but I am extremely proud of us finishing our very first 5K.

 

 

What do y'all think? Do you have any good color run stories?  What about any racing stories?

 





 



Is This a Better Angle?

So Stephen and I have really gotten into this blog thing; especially Stephen. It seems as if every time something happens one of us Stephen says, "put that on the blog!" So now in lieu of one regular post, here is a collection of what "I should put that on the blog"


The other day, my in-laws pulled out a board game called "Pass the Pig." To make a long story short, you roll two dice sized pigs and depending on how they land, you get points. You can choose to stop rolling and keep your points or you can roll again to try to increase your points. If they land a certain way, you lose all of your points and pass them to the next person. The winner is the first person to get to 100 points. "Courtney, this should go on your blog!"

 

The pigs on the instructions are pretty terrifying.

 

 

But these pigs are pretty adorable. I felt bad tossing them.

 

 



 

My father-in-law lost all of his points! Preachers DO get angry, but only when he loses points tossing bacon around.

 

 

 

Next let's recap on the last blog entry where I said Stephen carries all the groceries in and I only carry the eggs?

 

 

 

Proof!

But, in all honesty I had to make him stop walking to take the picture so it wouldn't be blurry.

 

 

 

Then he turns to me and says:

 

"Wait, is this a better angle?? Does this show more bags?"

"You should put that on your blog!"

 

 



 

Lastly, I thought I would document a recipe I made the other day. I love me some Philly cheese steaks! and I stumbled upon this recipe on Pinterest called "Philly cheese sloppy joes." Perfect. I don't take any credit for making this recipe except for following instructions, but just in case I inspire you to make this recipe, you can find it at this link.

 

Philly Cheese Sloppy Joes

 

Now, if you are like me and you are poor, I make my own buns. I spent less money making my own buns than buying a $2.50 bag of eight at the store. If you would like the recipe I used to make the buns, you can click on the link below.

 

Homemade buns

 

 

Cool, so first I got all the ingredients together. I'm not a chef and I don't have all the correct ingredients. I have yellow and orange peppers instead of green; sue me!

 

 

 

Yes, I did add a little Franks RedHot wing sauce.

 

 

 

Brown the meat (drain) and throw everything else in the pot

 

 

Make and bake the buns

 

 

 

Assemble and inhale!

 

 

The buns were so delicious with this recipe. It's definitely worth making yourself. Anyway, I made two and ate one before I got to the table. I didn't make the cheese sauce the recipe called for because I like just a good ole slice of provolone cheese on my Philly cheese steak. Stephen wanted the cheese sauce so he made it for his sloppy joes. He admitted it was not as good as just putting a slice on top. So HA! "Let's put THAT on my blog!"

 

 

Okay, so maybe this entry wasn't as funny as others, but that's what happens when you tell me to put THAT on my blog!

 

Until another day! Let me know how you like this blog entry compared to the others. Do you like recipes? Yes or no.