Friday Round-up of #FAEA conference: most of the sessions I joined today were more lecture style. Not my preference but they contained helpful information. Except the one that turned into an infomercial! Also, the vendor room opened! Loved the hands on options!

Some highlights from Thursday at #FAEA I made my first storybook junk journal. Made an advocacy postcard. Painted a top hat at a mad tea party. Then created a few artist trading cards.

This morning’s keynote speaker linked her creative process to tarot cards and then gave them all Alice and Wonderland characters! And then she added physics! My brain needs coffee!

I didn’t want to run this morning. I argued with myself for like 20 minutes before even getting out of bed. I’m glad I did! I got to run by water and watch the sunrise. 🏃‍♀️

I’m leaving town for a work conference tomorrow morning so naturally, I am baking cookies and sewing! Who needs to pack?!

Would not recommend getting vaccinated on the same day as your long run! 0/10 no notes

Last long training run for this race. I made it 11 miles this morning! Probably the best training I’ve done for a half yet. Two weeks until race weekend. I’ll take it easy for the next few runs. 🏃‍♀️ The weather is finally cooperating and it was on 70F this morning!

This skirt is reaching epic levels. I’m considering a tulle underskirt to give the entire thing a little poof. I think I’ll baste the current layers together and see how it looks. 🧵

It was supposed to cool off by this morning. It has not! Another sweat soaked 5k for this Friday morning. 🏃‍♀️

Progress is happening on this skirt. I’ve got the ruffles I was looking for. Now to figure out the rest. That’s a sewing problem for tomorrow. 🧵

I’ve started replying to six-seeeven with thirteen or negative one. I’m currently getting blank looks in return.

Today I learned where a door handle on a corvette is located. So now I can open that car door in the car rider line!

Ten miles done! The entire run felt great until the last half mile. And now I shall commence with eating all the things! 🏃‍♀️

Just a little 10k to start off my Saturday. I’m only calling it little to trick my brain into things tomorrow’s longer run won’t be so bad! The miles all felt great! I’m ready for my race in 3 weeks! 🏃‍♀️

Back for another long weekend of long running! Started off with a 5k. I kept all my miles under 12:30! I’m excited about that timing! 🏃‍♀️

There are so many rainbow papers in my classroom!

Getting soaked through was not on my list of morning tasks.

It’s 6:45 am and dark and there is someone cutting down a tree near our backyard!

Starting the week with a run. I pushed a little harder than normal for Monday since yesterday’s run was a slower pace. 🏃‍♀️

Thanks for the inspiration @wyattswickedgoods.com and @chuckwendig.bsky.social! I didn’t get fancy apples, but this pie looks tasty.

One minute on a dryer is somehow longer than one minute at the end of a football game.

The grocery store had jackfruit! Yum!

Today has become a baking day!

I usually have one really bad run while I’m training, so hopefully this was it! I set out to do 9 miles and only made it to 6. I almost quit at 3 but pushed past that. Going to fuel up, rehydrate, rest a bit and maybe get the last 3 miles this afternoon or know that next week will be better. 🏃‍♀️

Fall running in Florida means well, nothing. It’s still hot and humid. I did a relaxed 4 miles since I’m still not back to 100% from having a colonoscopy this week. The miles felt great! Looking forward to a longer run tomorrow! 🏃‍♀️

I’m feeling a little jealous of all these freshly picked apple posts. It’s one of the few things I miss from living up north. Anyhow, I’ll be getting apples from the store to make a pie this weekend.

Within a mile of leaving our house, we encountered two different car accidents. Pay attention out there!

Finished the last part of my running costume for my upcoming race weekend! I’m running as The Grey Stuff from Beauty and the Beast. My hat is the frosting!

Thanks to a busy weekend, I didn’t finish my birthday cake until last night. So yay! Extra birthday days! I made a tiny strawberry cake with strawberry cream cheese frosting.

8 miles this morning! For some reason, reaching this distance calms my worries about running the full race. Adding the last miles over the next few weeks shouldn’t be too much of a struggle. Now for breakfast!

Last minute, I decided I wanted a new dress for my birthday. I had seen a few overall tops with skirts online. I took a pair of overalls I never wear and chopped off the legs. Then I dug through my fabric stash and found this embroidered blue stripe fabric and made a tiered skirt. 🧶🧵

Best birthday ever! Stuck on Expedition Everest!

Birthday Run! I usually run my age with a decimal but my training plan needed me to run 5 miles. I didn’t want to slack that half mile. The run felt great and even pushed myself to take the hilly way home. 🏃‍♀️

Tomorrow’s my birthday so I baked cupcakes and brought them to work!

If anyone needs me, I’ll be baking. Because I have to go to work tomorrow in a school. And that just got a little harder…again

Yesterday I learned that The Bear is a show about a restaurant. Which made the cocaine comment I heard about the show make more sense. But I just now learned that Cocaine Bear is a movie with no relation to The Bear show. And now none of it makes sense again.

Tried to teach a pre-k art class with no paper! My Monday is going well!

There’s a full on behind me somewhere! I don’t know if it was the extra gravitational pull or the light rain, but I pulled off 2 sub 12 minute miles this morning! I’m feeling fast today! 🏃‍♀️

It’s my birthday month, so I’m making some of my favorite treats. First up is tiramisu! I’m still a novice at this dessert but I think it turned out nicely. I was thinking it could use a bit more coffee flavor.

It’s my birthday month, so I’m making some of my favorite treats. First up is tiramisu! I’m still a novice at this dessert but I think it turned out nicely. I was thinking it could use a bit more coffee flavor.

What started as one 5k at Disney has evolved into an entire weekend of races and costumes for each race. My costume for the half is usually the simplest. This year I will be running as “The Grey Stuff!” This skirt is why I was sewing with sequins. 🧵

And this is why I don’t normally sew fabric with sequins. The little half pieces are everywhere! 🧶

Post run breakfast. This should hold me for an hour or two!

Another running weekend underway! I got in 5 miles this morning. I was slacking on strength training over the summer, I started up again mid-August. I could feel the difference this week. I’m feeling better about my races at the end of October. 🏃‍♀️

First run over 5 miles in a long time. It didn’t suck as much I expected but it was still a struggle. But I did it and now my brain remembers it can run that far. 🏃‍♀️

I forgot to share my art for the week. I’m in an art teacher club for the local elementary and middle school art teachers. We meet once a month. This month we got to practice making styrofoam prints.

My son decided sinking ships in battleship was too violent so we are fishing instead.

What’s better than a Saturday morning trip to the library? Maybe getting a coffee from the cafe in the same building. I grabbed a staff rec book rather than hunt down a book from one of my many lists. 📚

4 miles this morning holding a 12 min mile pace! That’s the longest and fastest I’ve gone in about a decade! It’s nice to see my hard work paying off. 🏃‍♀️

Heard a Cybertruck honk today. I had to laugh because it sounded like a fart!