Friday, September 7, 2012

Saturday in Pictures

This is how my Saturday looks.


18.65k of happy! My longest run of the year to date. Wearing my new shirt which is a gorgeous colour and makes me look 10 years younger (in my humble opinion). And that works out perfectly because running 18.65k makes me look 10 years older. I finished a bit tired but it was the right kind of tired - not the sick and tired that I had at the beginning of the year. Never has chafing felt so good!



The mess we came home to after a lovely cafe breakfast of eggs and coffee. Toby likes to move his bed so he can see more. The rest of the mess is his blankets and his toys. I should really train Toby to pick up his own mess like I did with my human children but considering the states that their bedrooms are usually in I might just save myself the effort.


The mystery of where where Josh's teddy had disappeared to was solved!. Toby didn't really steal it - he was just showing it around the garden and keeping it company. There's nothing cuter than finding your dog cuddling a teddy.


Luke's girlfriend Becky's mother is having a milestone birthday this weekend. And a milestone birthday deserves a party and some very feminine cupcakes. Toby was in the kitchen giving me lots of moral support while I was making the icing. I couldn't work out why he got so excited when he saw the piping bag until I remembered that he gets the left-overs now to save me from myself. Poor Bubbles doesn't get any but it's only because she's so little that any extra calories go straight to her waist.


I wouldn't have thought that a dog would like lemon icing so much - after all he wasn't so keen on the squeezed out lemon peels.

And it's only just 1pm. I think a nap's in order :-)

13 comments:

  1. Hi Char,
    Congratulations on your 18.5km - that is awesome. Toby is awesome also. Lucy isn't a fan of lemons but she loves apples and bananas!

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  2. Love the shirt - it does look great on you! So that plus the mileage means you are 20 years younger today - wow!

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  3. Nice photo of you with that shirt! Congrats on your 18.5km long run ... I can understand that this is a great running milestone for you!
    I'd like to have those cupcakes at breakfast although they are very feminine :)

    Have a nice weekend!

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  4. Bubbles and I have the same problem with sugar and hips :(. Excellent news on the long run, you are making great pain-free progress!! :)

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  5. Great shirt color! Great run! Best news today! And I have a milestone birthday next year.

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  6. Fantastic running, and you do look great in that shirt! I'm sure Toby doasn't make as much mess as my kids, and I really haven't got them house-trained yet...

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  7. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! First off - I was actually going to tell you how amazing you looked in the comments as soon as I saw that colour on you and your sweet smile Char....but then you told me better so I'll just agree ;) you definitely look 20 years younger!

    18k is my longest run to date! and I hope to get another one that distance in before 2012 is done - I am SO proud of you :) So happy that your runs are going better.

    and HOLY moly TOBY!!! I can't believe a) how big he is and b) how he's eating icing!!!

    Nice cupcakes...as soon as this sugar challenge is over I hope to make some pretty ones myself!

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  8. 18km is AMAZING!!! Well done!

    Oh and those cakes look gorgeous. Too pretty to eat!

    Deb

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  9. Congrats on your long run, that is awesome!

    You are so funny feeding the dog the extra icing. I admit, I'm pretty jealous of Toby.

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  10. I know just what you mean by 'the right kind of tired'! Running gives you this lovely tired feeling, of being healthy and having done something worthwhile. I love it.

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  11. Toby is a doll...... I love when my Sadie sleeps on her 'babies'.

    Those are beautiful cupcakes. Well done!!!

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  12. Fantastic run and you look beautiful in that color! You need to come to the US and go on Cupcake Wars. You'd win for sure.

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  13. Nice job on the run and that shirt is an awesome color!

    You need to come visit and make me cupcakes. Just sayin'

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