Are you ready for the weekend? I’m so happy that it’s here!
Since it’s the first Saturday of the month, I’m linking up with the Ultimate Coffee Date, hosted by Coco, Deborah, and Lynda! It’s a fun way to share what’s going on in your life and get to know other bloggers, so check them out!
I’m also linking up with Tricia and HoHo for the Weekly Wrap!
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Ultimate Coffee Date – March
If we were having coffee, I would tell you…that giving up drinking alcohol for Lent has gone very well so far. I have had a few social situations where it was disappointing that I couldn’t drink, but it wasn’t as “disastrous” as I thought it would be. I must admit though that I’m tired of drinking ginger ale! And I had a non-alcoholic beer at a restaurant one night and it was awful! But the best thing is that I’m loving that I’m saving a lot of money, even if I get a $2-3 drink instead of a $6-$10 beer or cocktail.
If we were having coffee, I would tell you…I went to Penn’s Basketball Homecoming last weekend, the last home game of the season. What started out as an exciting game against Columbia quickly turned into a blowout. The bright side of it was that I had a wonderful time with my former Penn Bandmates (aka Bandos) who traveled from out of town for the game. They brought up a lot of fun memories, especially from the long road trips and going to NCAA tournament games (Penn used to make it almost every year…until 2007. They’ve stunk ever since). My biggest regret was that I didn’t join the band until sophomore or junior year.
If we were having coffee, I would tell you…I was really looking forward to playing softball starting this month, but now I don’t think it’s happening. We didn’t have enough people to re-form our team from the fall, so everyone has to sign up as a free agent. I’m nervous about that because I’ll easily be the worst person on any team, and I don’t want to have my potential teammates resent me. I’ve got enough on my plate with running anyway…maybe I’ll just come out to support Bret and sub as needed. Company softball will be coming back, so I am looking forward to that!
If we were having coffee, I would tell you…blogging continues to keep me busy, but I’m wondering if I have enough drive to reach the goals that I set at the beginning of the year. I set some pretty aggressive blogging goals for the year, mainly increasing traffic, growing followers, guest posting, and some other projects. If I’m being honest…I don’t think I’m quite on track. Fortunately, I just signed up for the Blog Connect Conference hosted by the PHLBloggers on April 16! I hope that it’ll give me the spark that I need! If you blog, how do you stay motivated?
If we were having coffee, I would tell you…life as a running ambassador has been extremely exciting! I’m running my first giveaway on the blog for the Love Run Half Marathon, and I’ll have another announcement for the race on Monday! And remember how I earned a spot as a Rock ‘N Blogger? You can now use discount code RUNWITHNOREGRETS to get $15 off any Rock ‘n Roll marathon or half marathon in the U.S. and Canada! I have I’m so grateful to have these opportunities as I strive to be a strong running advocate!
If we were having coffee, I would tell you…house shopping is ongoing! Things are a bit quiet right now, but we did see two homes in West Mt. Airy a couple of weeks ago that had just about everything we wanted but are completely different from each other! It really would have been hard to choose between those two homes – both are on nice blocks, have a deck and backyard, plenty of space, and a fireplace! I think as we enter spring, more houses will be on the market and things will get busy again. I can’t wait to find that perfect house!
What would you share with me over coffee?
Think of the money you will save not drinking! You can buy more race entries 🙂 Blogging does take up so much time. I’ve also done a few smaller courses that have given me some tips to implement. There is so much to learn! I hope to hit some bit goals this year as well. I will be interested to hear about your course. Thanks for joining us for coffee today!
Yes, my pockets are definitely happy that I’m saving money by not drinking alcohol! There are a lot of resources for blogging tips, I try to take some here and there but it can definitely get overwhelming, especially when it feels like people are trying to get you to buy stuff all the time!
I think because this particular blog (but not blogging in general) is new to me, it’s still exciting and I really enjoy doing it. Plus I don’t have to juggle it with work, which I can’t imagine doing.
Good luck in the house hunting! We’ve owned 3 homes so far and this is not our last . . .
I’m glad you’re enjoying blogging, I enjoy reading! Thanks on the house hunting front!
Not drinking really can have a weird social impact. I have gone through periods of not drinking and then while doing Whole30s too and I’ve probably gone through hundreds of gallons of club soda. It’s not the actual lack of drinking, it’s the lack of other fun options that starts to bug me. I hope your housing search goes well. It can be so hard to know what to pick and in the end your pick may actually turn out to be not what you thought, but that isn’t really even a bad thing sometimes. So many different things play into whether you are in the *right* house, like decent neighbors, a good neighborhood, a good city. I wish we would have known more when we bought our first house, but everything is a lesson I suppose!
Janelle, I hear you about blogging goals. I had a game plan for this year and started of with a bang, then our son left and the past month has had me struggling with focusing. I think I played softball maybe a half a dozen times in my life and I am honestly horrible at it. Thank you for coffee this weekend, keep running.
It’s tough because there’s so much I’d like to do with the blog, but it does take a lot of extra planning and sometimes I just want to be able to take it easy! I’m not good at softball at all, but I’m doing what I can to get better! Thanks for the coffee!
Awww Penn 🙁 I am not big on basketball but I do enjoy watching a good college game every once in a while.
Sorry to hear about softball 🙁
Have fun at the Blog Connect Conference. I. Would love to go to one.
Good job with Lent….e on the other hand STRUGGLING! The bag of swedish fish and sour gummy bears are taunting me daily!! Lol!
How exciting about house hunting!! Good luck!
Staying away from sweets is definitely one of the toughest things…but you got this! The Penn team was a lot better this year than last, but they have a long way to go before they’re back to the glory years….
The blog conference sounds perfect: local and cheap besides an entire day! I still have never gone to a blog conference and I need to! I also have never considered a rock-n-marathon-but interesting! Great coffee-chat!
Thanks for dropping by to chat! Yes, it’s nice to have a local conference to attend, this is the first one by the PHLBloggers so I’m excited! I do have a race the same day….LOL!
I’m pretty impressed with your willpower not to drink. I must be an alcoholic. I don’t think I could say no.
Good luck on the househunting!!!
LOL, I’m sure you’re not an alcoholic!! I really do miss the craft beers though… and thanks!
I wish I had more time to devote to my blog but unfortunately work has taken priority lately. And at nights, I’m often worn out. I think you’ll just know when you find “the house”. Spring will be a great time for house hunting for sure. How to you plan to celebrate when Lent is over in a few weeks?
Goodness, I don’t know how I’ll celebrate being able to drink again but I am sure we will go out and have a beer (or two!). It’s tough balancing the blog when work gets busy…I know pretty soon I’ll have to deal with that was my project ramps up. I’m looking forward to more houses being on the market this spring!
It’s hard to juggle the blogging goals with work, life, etc. – I know I’ve slowed down a lot in recent months. It’s great that you’re going to a blog conference – I’ll be interested in hearing more about it!
Yeah blogging is always a challenge to squeeze it all in. I once went to a blog conference but didn’t really enjoy it very much…so I’m really looking forward to this local event since I know the organizers will do a great job!
When we started house-hunting, our realtor gave us about 40 home listings to sort through based on what we wanted. When we looked at our “favorites” at the end, they were all slightly different versions of the same house! It made seeing them in person easy because they were confined to two blocks. Hopefully you will find something good now that spring is here!
I suck at anything that requires hand-eye coordination because my eyesight is not that good — but I’m sure you’d be welcome as a sub! I am trying to reevaluate my blogging goals and make sure it doesn’t take up all my “free” time.
I have cut my alcohol consumption way back because of marathon training, and not having any this last month before the race. I find I make better food choices AND I am 100% refreshed the next morning. And I don’t even drink a lot but cutting out 2 glasses of wine with dinner does make a difference.
I think it is normal to re-evaluate goals.
I always bow down to those of you who give up alcohol for Lent. Not that I drink a whole lot, but that drink on Friday evening is always a wonderful experience 🙂 I don’t know, I guess if I really had to, I could. The whole point is to sacrifice, right??
And I find that keeping up with my blogging, on top of everything else, is very overwhelming. I’m trying, though!! That conference sounds great! I hope you learn some good stuff!
Thanks, Jenn! I definitely have my cravings…but it has been a lot easier than I realize, and getting easier!
House hunting can be very frustrating! But it will all work out.
Glad the no alcohol is doing well! Not having coffee is tough, I really feel the lack of caffeine on my morning runs. And I miss it every time I smell my husband’s coffee in the morning!
Yay! I hope you find an awesome house! The resident I was working with gave up alcohol for the month of February and said she saved a lot of money too, but that extra day in the month made her rather sad! 😛
Blogging definitely does take up a lot of time, but I love it too!
Unfortunately my windy race will be very cold & snowy, too. Ugh! So yes, I’m trying to figure that one out. Plus another outfit for more miles afterward.