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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">Okay, so I officially completed week 2 of the <a href="http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml">Couch to 5K aka C25K</a></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">running training </span><span style="color: #666666;">program by Cool Running. And there are a few things I discovered during Week</span></span> <span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">2---- Running with Annie is the best! and by this I mean Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics. (remind me to tell you how when thinking of names for my daughter, Annie was one of the top 5 b/c I think Annie Lennox is so awesome.) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lC9igCSeLA&feature=related">Sweet Dreams</a> is a great song for running. Right when I am in that phase of feeling my calves are on fire and my muscles feeling fatigued, Annie's powerful voice sings in through my earphones with "Sweet Dreams are made of these..." and I think to myself how true that is. I know what my sweet dream is in terms of fitness and health and if this is what sweet dreams are made of then I will run on...."Keep your head up. Movin' On. Hold your head up. Movin' on." </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">Another thing I learned during week 2 of the C25K program is that Week 1 really did prepare me for Week 2. Even when I think I can't do the increased run time, I do it, and then I think, "Wow, that wasn't so bad." </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">Finally, I also learned that a great scenery can do wonders. I am blest to live in a very visually appealing nature-filled neighborhood and area. During Day 2 of Week 2, I decided to train alongside the St. John's River after dropping off my daughter at her school. It was a crisp cold morning. The scenery, the air, and running to the voice of Annie Lennox made for a great workout and for the most part, I was able to ignore the "just let me melt into jello on the pavement" feeling in my legs. I LOVE the C25K program!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"> By the way, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lC9igCSeLA&feature=related">Sweet Dreams</a> is also what's playing on my <a href="http://mynameiskirstennotkristen.blogspot.com/search/label/Virtual%20Victrola">Virtual Victrola</a> . It is my song for you. Don't forget to turn off my playlist on bottom of this page before listening to my Virtual Victrola</span></div>
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<br /></div>My Name is Kirsten Not Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08620619268371539576noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869460574906243042.post-74616421775939579102011-11-11T17:48:00.001-05:002011-11-11T17:53:05.071-05:00{ This Moment }<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times;">{This Moment} ---. A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savour and remember. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">Yes, I know it's over. But, I am still playing catch up on my photos of the Dia de los Muertos masks my daughter and I made. I love all the colors and the flowers involved with this celebration and it makes me think of the song De Colores which my parents often played when I was growing up. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">We painted the masks white and then added lots of color, gems, and flowers to make them look very Dia de los Muertos style.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">In addition to the masks, we made Dia de los Muertos coffins which we decorated with flowers and glitter and of course lots of colorful paints. Saylor used her imagination and wrote things like, "Flora Chiquita" and "Beautiful Soul" on the coffins.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">You know how sometimes either you or some outside source lights a fire under your butt to get you motivated to make a change</span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">? Well, my buns are burning and so are my legs for that matter because I have started the <a href="http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml">Couch to 5K</a> running program by Cool Running. The <a href="http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml">C25K</a> plan is a really great training program to get a beginner like me from the couch and turned into 5K running material in 9 weeks. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">Let me give you a brief synopsis of my running history. There is none. I have no running experience. Zip, Zilch, Zero, Nada. See I told you it was brief. BUT, I have always wanted TO BE a runner. However, anytime I tried I would get those darn side cramps right below my ribs and I'd be quick to throw in the towel. Nevertheless, I'd always admire those who could run and would wish that running was part of my identity. Fast forward years later to now and the fire that has been lit under my butt. I am done with complaining about the extra pounds I wanna get rid of. I am done with promises made to myself about food and clothes and the roller coaster of dieting. I want to see changes. I want to take pictures with my daughter and not worry about sucking in. I want to be healthy and fit. I want to go into the new year...no, I want to RUN into the new year as a stronger and leaner version of my current self. I want...NEED this change and hopefully be able to pin a number tag on my chest and actually run my very first 5K.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">Sooooo, here is a pic I took of day one of my first week starting the <a href="http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml">C25K</a> trainging program. I just finished week 1 today... or as the lingo goes-- I finished W1D3 which means week 1 day 3. ....and guess what?!?!? Not a single side cramp! This program which alternates between a series of timed runs and walks is something I wish I would have discovered long ago. It gets my heart beating heart and the effects of the 30 minute walk/run lasts me all day b/c I feel great!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">I also downloaded the C25K phone app by Blue Fin and I love it! It notifies you via bell tones and a voice when to run/walk/run/walk and you can play music from your playlist. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">We made masks all afternoon and although the sun was out, we were quite chilled and should have worn sweaters. But, despite the aprons, we still had a great deal of paint and glitter all over us and sweaters would have been ruined. I hope a cold and fever do not arrive in a few days. If so, I know she will be happy to stay home and get crafty all over again.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">What's playing on my <a href="http://mynameiskirstennotkristen.blogspot.com/search/label/Virtual%20Victrola">Virtual Victrola</a> today? <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk8qObWe3f0">Death of a Disco Dancer</a> by The Smiths. My daughter and I made coffins for Dia de los Muertos and this is one of the coffins I made. Yes, yes, I know, a bit cheezy. But, oh how I use to LOVE The Smiths and Morrissey during my high school days. Had you opened my locker in high school, you'd have found it covered in Morrissey posters. That was then and I still think Morrissey and the Smiths are awesome, but, no longer in that crazed-loved gladiolas b/c they were Morrissey's favorite flower-obsessed way. haha. If you are or once was a true Smith's fan, then you'd totally get the "Disco Dancer" part of the coffin. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">I took this photo a few months ago at America's oldest Catholic church which is about 30 minutes from me, <a href="http://thefirstparish.org/">the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine</a>, founded September 8, 1565 in St. Augustine, Florida which is also America's oldest city.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">For the past 4 years, we set out on a late Thursday afternoon to go pick grapes; Muscadine grapes. These grapes are so aromatic and have the taste of a long summer beneath their skin. They are black, velvety purple, and a bronze green(my favorite). </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">Muscadine grapes also make a wonderful wine. Our local winery,</span> <a href="http://www.sansebastianwinery.com/"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">San Sebastian</span></a> , <span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">has a great selection of wines featuring muscadine grapes. My favorite is their Vintner's White. </span></div>
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I love the movie theater sign; the red, the latin lady, the rose in her hair.<br />
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My Name is Kirsten Not Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08620619268371539576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869460574906243042.post-47217139477845101622011-10-03T19:11:00.002-04:002011-10-03T19:12:54.822-04:00{ Much Ado about Owls}<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">Here is a little something I put together and thinking about making a regular on my blog. I am going to call it a Muse Box.....basically, an inspiration board centered around a main theme using photos and their links as a reference point for ideas. In this case, Much Ado about Owls. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">Owls remind me of two people in particular; Mrs. Houlihan, one of my elementary school teachers, and my Dad. Mrs. Houlihan always wore turtlenecks and an owl pendent hanging on a long chain. As a child, I use to think her name was Mrs. Hula Hand. So even over 30 years later, I still think of her when I see owls and anything referring to the hula. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">Owls make me think of my Dad b/c when I and my siblings were younger, his reply to some of our teenage angst-filled complaints was a simple, "I don't give a hoot." Example: "But, Dad! All my friends get to stay out late." His reply, "I don't give a hoot what your friends get to do." hahaha Classic!</span></div>
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My Name is Kirsten Not Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08620619268371539576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869460574906243042.post-61704236648489620182011-10-01T14:34:00.000-04:002011-10-01T14:34:43.910-04:00{ Yay Me }<div align="center">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">Earlier this week, somewhere between hanging my head in the toilet multiple times and laying in misery (stomach flu), I entered a photo in a weekly Facebook photo contest on the <a href="http://psjmarina.com/">Port St. Joe's Marina</a></span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"> Facebook page.....and guess what? I won! And, I didn't just win bragging rights, I also won a Columbia logo Polo in lavender. Yay, me! </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">I took the picture when we went for a vacation with our friends, Candis and Derek, this summer to Port St. Joes on the Gulf side of Florida. We were sitting inside the marina's Dockside Cafe waiting for an afternoon rain shower to pass while sipping on pina coladas (or beer depending on who ordered what). The sunlight breaking through the rainclouds was coming in perfectly through the windows of the Dockside Cafe, the smell of rain, the slap of water against the docked boats, and day one of vacation with friends....Yup, it was definitely a photo moment. But, the real memory of this day lives on happily inside my mind.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">My grandfather resembled Ricky Ricardo (I Love Lucy) is both appearance and stature. Seeing this made me think of the club Ricky owned; La Tropicana....which naturally made me think of my grandfather. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">This stranger sitting with his hookah and what looks like a journal seemed to me like a moment of peace, self-indulgence, and tranquility. Obviously, he either has no kids or they are grown.</span></div>
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My Name is Kirsten Not Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08620619268371539576noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869460574906243042.post-31478571849324226712011-09-23T19:40:00.000-04:002011-09-23T19:40:29.359-04:00{ This Moment }<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">{This Moment} ---. A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savour and remember. </span><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.</span><span style="color: #666666;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></div>
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My Name is Kirsten Not Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08620619268371539576noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869460574906243042.post-80007654017946090392011-09-13T10:39:00.004-04:002011-10-04T02:30:54.280-04:00{ Cigars Little Havana Style }<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"> A visitor today to the small historical "Little Havana" can still walk into various cigar shops/factories and see a group of men in their guayaberas playing cards or dominoes while smoking an Arturo Fuente, Cohiba, or Romeo and Julieta. One can also watch the busy hands of the <i>Torcedores</i> (cigar rollers), as they fill, wrap, and roll cigars using the <i>E</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i style="color: #666666;">ntubar</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> method established in Cuba. </span></span></div>
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My Name is Kirsten Not Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08620619268371539576noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869460574906243042.post-76017043607096168652011-09-10T23:25:00.002-04:002011-09-10T23:25:30.345-04:00{ Say Cheese }<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">Sarah Sarah GodGriefuss Boberra, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;">and my sweet paloma, Saylor.</span></span></div>
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My Name is Kirsten Not Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08620619268371539576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869460574906243042.post-89210618896043059122011-09-09T13:00:00.000-04:002011-09-09T13:00:05.086-04:00{ Donut -- Saturn -- Peaches }<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"> Crisp like a bosc pear, sweet like candy, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">and less fuzzy than it's other peachy cousins. Especially good with spanish manchego cheese drizzled with local tupelo honey.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">Sadly, these peaches have a short season.</span></div>
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My Name is Kirsten Not Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08620619268371539576noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8869460574906243042.post-66826681814166040002011-09-09T00:02:00.000-04:002011-09-09T00:02:27.522-04:00{ "Little Havana" Ybor City }<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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