Trying to win an iPad!! Wish me luck.

I’m posting this to enter a contest on offered by Brad’s Deals at Sweetney! I want to win the white iPad 2!  Wish me luck.  Considering that the screen of my iPhone is still broken (and I'm trying to hold out until at least July to replace it), it would make me happy to win an iPad.  I hate that I covet Apple products, but I'll admit it!  I do!

Latest Woodworking Project :: Knockoff Wood Locker Cabinet

I just posted about my latest woodworking project over on my other blog.  Check out the details here: http://www.handyhausfrau.com/2010/11/latest-woodworking-project-knockoff.html

Marathon Running Playlist

I mentioned in one of my last posts that I've taken up running.  Long story short - after reading several very inspirational books, I realized that I don't have to be the fastest, I don't have to be the best.  I just have to put one foot in front of the other and run.  And I have to say that I'm loving it.  I'm averaging 15-20 miles/week right now. I'll admit, there are times during each run that I find myself hating the moment.  But overall, running has become a mental challenge for me.  I love seeing if I can run farther or faster than...myself.  I'm a competitive person, but I've never been a good enough runner to be competitive at this sport.  However, I can be competitive with myself.  What a fun mind game!

Part of the fun for me is discovering new music that makes me happy while I'm running.  Although I've started slow and started with reasonable distances, in my heart of hearts I would love to work up to running the Denver Marathon in October of 2011.  In honor of the year ahead in training (and all those races that will hopefully fall into place along the way), I've created a marathon playlist.  I'm always looking for new songs, so feel free to leave your ideas in the comments.  Enjoy!

1. Accidentally In Love - Counting Crows
2. Ain't No Other Man - Christina Aguilera
3. Black Horse and the Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall
4. Bleed It Out - Linkin Park
5. Boom - P.O.D.
6. Break Your Heart - Taio Cruz & Ludacris
7. Brick House - The Commodores
8. Califonia Gurls - Katy Perry
9. Candyman - Christina Aguilera
10. Close To Me - The Cure
11. Come On Eileen - Save Ferris
12. Consequence Free - Great Big Sea
13. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
14. Dancing Queen - ABBA
15. Don't Let Me Get Me - Pink
16. Fergalicious - Fergie
17. Find Your Love - Drake
18. Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
19. Freak On A Leash - Korn
20. Freedom '90! - George Michael
21. Fuck And Run - Liz Phair
22. Gimme More - Britney Spears
23. Gives You Hell - The All-American Rejects
24. Grey Cell Green - Ned's Atomic Dustbin
25. Heaven - DJ Sammy & Yanou featuring Do
26. Hello City - Barenaked Ladies
27. Hey Ya! - Outkast
28. Hey, Soul Sister - Train
29. Holiday - Madonna
30. Hot N Cold - Katy Perry
31. I Don't Feel Like Dancin' - Scissor Sisters
32. I Don't Want To Be - Gavin McGraw
33. I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
34. I'm Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
35. If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman
36. Just A Girl - No Doubt
37. Kids - MGMT
38. Kill YOur Television - Ned's Atomic Dustbin
39. Kiss Me Deadly - Lita Ford
40. Life Is a Highway - Tom Cochrane
41. Live Like We're Dying - Kris Allen
42. Lump - The Presidents of the United States of America
43. Move Along - The All-American Rejects
44. Nothin' On You - B.o.B. featuring Bruno Mars
45. OMG - Usher
46. One Night in Bangkok - Vinylshakerz
47. The Only Difference Between Matyrdom and Suicide - Panic! At the Disco
48. OOH AHH...Just a little bit - Gina G
49. Perfect Gentleman - Wyclef Jean
50. PJ & Rooster - Outkast
51. Poker Face - Lady GaGa
52. Punch In Punch Out - Seven Mary Three
53. Rehab - Amy Winehouse
54. Right Now (Na Na Na) - Akon
55. Say Hey (I Love You) - Michael Franti & Spearhead
56. Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon
57. She Gave Good Sunflower - The Black Crowes
58. Show Me Love (Safari Remix) - Mobin Master
59. Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) - Beyonce
60. Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm
61. Spaceship - Benny Benassi
62. Spam - Save Ferris
63. St. Teresa - Joan Osborne
64. Stickshifts and Safetybelts - CAKE
65. Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall
66. Sun Children - Nickodemus
67. Take the Time - The Freddy Jones Band
68. The Takeover, The Breaks Over - Fall Out Boy
69. Tangerine Speedo - Caviar
70. Taste of India - Aerosmith
71. Tiffany Blews - Fall Out Boy
72. Totally Fucked - Spring Awakening Soundtrack
73. Toxic - Britney Spears
74. Typical - Tickle Me Pink
75. Under 21 - Save Ferris
76. Wasting Time - Kid Rock
77. Welcome To Paradise - Green Day
78. When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down) - Great Big Sea
79. Women and Men - They Might Be Giants
80. You & Me & The Bottle Makes 3 - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
81. Zombies Ate My Neighbors - Single File
82. 4 Minutes - Madonna
83. Send Me On My Way - Rusted Root
84. 1, 2, 3, 4 - Plain White T's
85. U + Ur Hand - Pink
86. Paralyzer - Finger Eleven
87. Back To One - All One Surface
88. Cold Hard Bitch - Jet
89. Last Living Souls - Gorillaz
90. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
91. Hum Hallelujah - Fall Out Boy
92. American Girl - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
93. I Never Knew (Remix) - Gloria Gaynor
94. If I Didn't Have a Goiter - Johnny Socko

Spiderman in Paradise

What more could a 5 year old ask for than to have his face painted like Spiderman and to eat his first caramel apple ever while strolling lakeside in Keystone, Colorado? We spent the long weekend in the mountains with great friends, amazing food and tons of laughs.  You couldn't ask for a better end to summer than cooking S'mores over the grill on a star-filled night in Breckenridge.  We are so lucky to have fun friends and to live in Colorado - which truly is paradise.