Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Goings On

Bye car!!!
I would like to once again apologize for my extended absence from the blogging world. It's been a busy weekend, what with getting ready for the 5K, couponing, and selling my car! Yes, my beloved Nissan Altima is no longer with us, but with a nice Palestinian man who gave us a pretty good offer since he likes to support Seminary students. :-) We said our final farewell on Saturday, and are now officially a one-car family.

Free stuffs!!!
 In the world of couponing, I cleaned up pretty well on personal care items last week. I couldn't help myself, I had to take a picture of the stuff I got for absolutely free!!! (I got good deals on other stuff, but didn't have to pay a dime for any of this.)

And as for our 5K training, it's coming right along! The event is this Saturday, and we have stayed very faithful to our training schedule. Yesterday we ran 3 miles, which means we are only .2 miles away from 5K distance! It turns out that temperature has a huge effect on running. (Who knew!?) Last Saturday when the temperature was in the 90's, running 2.75 miles felt like actual death. I was ready to pack it in at about the .5 mile mark, but we did make it, gasping for air and water. Saturday we ran in 72 degree weather with a cool morning breeze. When we finished the third mile, we were hardly even winded! Unfortunately, this upcoming Saturday is promising some pretty dry, hot weather. I'll let you know how it goes. :-)

I spent this afternoon working on an exciting meal plan for the upcoming week. If things go well, there may be quite a few food related posts coming up. If things don't go well... we probably won't talk about it. ;-)
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  1. UnknownJune 27, 2012 at 10:13 AM

    Good-bye Altima... Good-bye State Farm... Whoo-Hooooooo!

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  2. UnknownJune 27, 2012 at 10:18 AM

    By the way, you split your infinitive, which probably hurt his little feelings a lot. Just saying...

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    1. Marie FerdererApril 30, 2013 at 1:31 PM

      It's funny, now that I read back over these posts I'm noticing a lot of grammar and punctuation errors. Perhaps tutoring has made me more mindful... ;-)

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  3. SusanHJune 27, 2012 at 5:39 PM

    Nice job couponing you krazy kat. You won't need to buy toothpaste again for several years now!! I'm impressed with your running and look forward to hearing how the actual 5k goes. Oh, and about all those meals you are preparing! ♥Mom

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    1. Marie FerdererApril 30, 2013 at 1:32 PM

      Maybe I didn't need to buy more toothpaste, but since this post I've scored another 16 tubes! (They were all free or moneymakers, I would never spend so much as a dime on toothpaste...)

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  4. MichelleJune 28, 2012 at 12:36 AM

    *sniff,* goodbye, Altima..... ;) That's so bittersweet!! But your coupon skillz are mad, that is so cool :D :D You're my hero!!!! And your running endurance!! Woo hoo!! I can't wait to hear about how the 5k goes, and you oughta totally reward yourself with some good cooking after that! Paul is such a lucky guy to have snagged an amazing wife like you ;)

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