Better late than never

I've missed the mid-week update yet again. Where does the time go?! I had all good intentions of settling down on Wednesday night to do an update, but by the time all the jobs had been done, and kittens happily put away for the night, it was time to sleep! 

This week has all been about waiting for a magazine to come out on Thursday. A running magazine. The one that DD will be in for the next 5 months. It's been very exciting and is finally here! 

And I have to say I'm really enjoying going out running with DD. We did another 5 mile interval training run today, and despite a few twinges in my legs I managed to keep up! 

The kittens are getting more confident every day now and will happily charge downstairs when given the opportunity. 

Poor Oscar appears to be a bit scared of them and moves away when they appear! The other cats are slowly getting used to them, but it's going to be a while before everyone's together. 

Yesterday we managed to get out walking. The weather forecast was ok so I suggested we head out a bit further north than usual and come off the motorway at Penrith. 

So we did. And the weather wasn't quite as good as we'd expected. So we didn't get the summit climbed that we'd aimed for. After negotiating some boggy parts of  a rapidly disappearing path, and noticing that the summit had disappeared in the clouds, we turned round and took a different path! 

It was still very pretty, but I'd got the wrong socks on for wearing my boots, so they didn't fit properly, which caused no end of discomfort for me! So, after painfully making our way along another very wet path, we stopped for lunch and then headed back. 

8 1/2 miles later I could finally take my boots off!! 

And today, while DD and DH went off to work, I headed to another craft fair. 

It was quite busy today and a good atmosphere overall. 

And then home to run with DD. 

So that's been my week - working, running, crafting, walking .........

Let's see what this week brings. 

Busy weekend

So how much can you fit in to a weekend? Quite a lot apparently!! 

DD had her last mega early start on Friday, and I must admit I was so tired I went back to bed after she left for work instead of getting on with jobs. But, I made up for it later by finishing three new shapes for the craft fair today - the rainbow snail, a giraffe, and the black and gold heart. And lots of kitten time. 

Yesterday I decided that as I'd started the C25k programme last week that I'd better get out and do Day Two. So first thing yesterday morning saw me heading out for my next training run ....

......it wasn't far, but it was warming up outside very quickly so I'm glad it wasn't for long. And then time to go for a walk with DH. Just a local walk for a change. 

It was lovely, albeit very humid .....

......up on the moors with very few people around .....

........and after a bit of bog jumping we finally made it to a decent stop for lunch .....

..... and then back to the van for a brew before heading home. 

And today I had a craft fair. Unfortunately it was a fairly quiet day with not very many people coming in. But, it's all good experience and good to chat with other crafters. 

And to finish the weekend? Well, I volunteered to go out with DD for her run tonight, interval running (2 minutes running, 1 minute walking) for 5 miles. And this after only going out twice last week......

But I did it! I'm very impressed ( although I found it quite tough to keep going sometimes). Maybe all these years of going out walking really have been good for me!