Wedding details, training, and the like...

Still here, yep I am!
I finally bought THE dress for the wedding. No details can be posted - Thom can't know about it, so you'll have to wait until post wedding to see those pics! For those that don't know - the wedding is a destination wedding in Miami, FL. We are boarding a cruise ship with our immediate families and that's about it. We are keeping it small and simple and we are focussing on the marriage - sounds cheesy, right? Well, it's true though that we want to be stress free and just enjoy the beginning of our lives together. Don't worry - we'll still have a party to celebrate! We'll do that in Minneapolis next summer some time. Invites will come out eventually.

Besides wedding stuff, I've been working on the kitchen and with mom and dad's help this past week while they visited, we made some awesome changes in the Living Room and Dining areas! We have yet to get the table top (backordered at Ikea), but when we do, it's going to be amazing in there. Counter tops will be installed July 22nd, and the windows are....well, where are the windows??? I don't know - they haven't called me, and when I called them, I got the "we told you 5-9 weeks!" I was apparently at week 5 upon asking. I guess I'll call again this week *sigh*. The joys of being the customer.

Training for the Border to Border race is going well. I'm getting a few rides in each week and managing some runs as well. This past week I did a 30 mile ride on Monday and happened to pass one of my good cycling buddies, Josh. As I turned around to catch him, we started to do sprints. LOVED it! I was dead afterwards because he is an awesome cyclist, but it was great to get that kind of a work out in. Tuesday I ran 9 miles, then skated in 2 bandy games. Wednesday was a meeting with the Ragnar Relay team and a 4.5 mile run! Tonight - well, just getting my hairs cut and enjoying a dinner with a great bud, Julie. This weekend, Thom and I are off to Brainerd area again to go to Paul's cabin so Paul and I can get 2 hours of paddling, 100 miles of cycling, and 15 miles of running in. This is our last big push before the race, so we have to make the most of it. The next 2 weeks will be short and fast runs and rides. Should be good times!

Hope all of you are doing well - I'll keep a general post coming and probably get some pictures of the changes to the house up soon - want to wait for the new counters so you get the full effect of the change ;)

Take care,
KP