FMM: Seven

My weekend went really well.  Last night was book club at our house and it was nice.  I wasn't wild about all of the recipes I tried but oh well.  My next-door neighbor came over after lunch on Sunday and spent the afternoon cooking with me, which made it much more fun. 

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Friend Makin’ Mondays



What is your favorite way to spend a Sunday afternoon?  Being lazy!  My ideal Sunday afternoon would begin after I get home from lunch/brunch with husband or running friends after my long Sunday run.  Then I'd love to be able to sit around the house and watch Lifetime or something, napping, getting organized for Monday, and making an exciting home-made Sunday night dinner. 

What is your favorite color?  Blue I guess.  I've never had a very strong color preference.  I also like red and purple. 

Have you ever been to Europe?  Many, many times.  I went for the first time in high school, lived there when I studied abroad in college, and then went back about 5-10 times before I met my husband in 2005.  Now we go together to Italy about every other year, but he goes more often.   We got engaged and then married in Italy and someday we want to move there -- maybe after my husband retires and I'll maybe be able to figure out a way to work remotely.  I feel like I've been to most countries in Europe, so I thought I'd look that up and see if I'm right.   Here's a list of all countries in Europe, alphabetically (and whether I've been there):

A


Albania -- no

Andorra -- no

Armenia -- no

Austria -- yes

Azerbaijan -- no

B

Belarus -- no

Belgium -- yes

Bosnia & Herzegovina -- yes, with hubby but pre-blog

Bulgaria -- no

C

Croatia -- yes

Cyprus -- no

Czech Republic -- yes

D

Denmark -- yes

E

Estonia -- no

F

Finland -- yes

France -- yes (last year's trip is on the blog in May 2011)

G

Georgia -- no

Germany -- yes (and planning to go again in 2013)

Greece -- yes solo and yes on our honeymoon

H

Hungary -- yes (and I highly recommend Malev if you're looking for a Hungarian airline to fly)

I

Iceland -- yes

Ireland -- no

Italy -- yes!! 

K

Kosovo -- no

L

Latvia -- no

Liechtenstein -- no (maybe I can do this one in 2013 with Germany and Italy?)

Lithuania -- no

Luxembourg -- yes

M

Macedonia -- no

Malta -- yes, with hubby but pre-blog

Moldova -- no

Monaco -- yes

Montenegro -- no

N

The Netherlands -- yes

Norway -- no

P

Poland -- yes

Portugal -- no

R

Romania -- no

Russia -- yes (and discussed at length on the blog in April 2010)


S

San Marino -- yes

Serbia -- yes

Slovakia -- no

Slovenia -- yes

Spain -- yes

Sweden -- yes (on the blog in April 2010)

Switzerland -- yes

T

Turkey -- yes, for our honeymoon

U

Ukraine -- no (big regret, invited to a wedding there but didin't go, should have)

United Kingdom -- yes (just England and Scotland)

V

Vatican City (Holy See) -- yes

So that means I've been to 28 countries in Europe and haven't been to 22.  Guess that proves me wrong, I haven't seen as much as I'd thought.  Well, I've got Western Europe covered for sure!  Definitely want to see those other 22. 

Do you wear glasses or contacts?  Yes.  Today, glasses, but if I work out in the morning, I wear contacts for that, and then contacts the rest of the day.  And I work out at least six days a week, so I'm almost always wearing contacts.  Today is a glasses day though -- I slept in since I worked out Sat and Sun, and since I was up late for book club last night. 

How often do you brush your teeth?  Once a day always, sometimes (not very often) again at night.  My husband brushes at the very least twice a day, usually more.  So it's kind of ironic that I have really good teeth (and also they've always been almost perfectly straight), and his teeth give him all kinds of trouble. 

Share a guilty pleasure.  Lazy days while my husband works.  He usually works on Sundays, so this happens frequently.  I love coming home to an empty house after a long run (it's the last time I want to hug someone, or carry on a big conversation).  I get to make my own breakfast and then shower at my leisure (depending how sweaty I am).  Then I love a day of bad tv, catching up on reading, taking naps, etc.  Most Sundays though, in addition to being lazy, I do our laundry and clean up the house a bit. 

What are you most proud of accomplishing this week?  I guess this question means last week -- it's a toss-up between something that was way past due at work and I finally finished and submitted, and yesterday's long run.  Yesterday was the first 16 mile training run and I was nervous about it (very unlike me).  I actually predicted to hubby on Saturday night that it was going to be my absolute worst training run of the season.  I was worried because it was significantly warmer than it has been for our last few long runs, it was going to be the furthest I'd run since March, and I was a little worried I hadn't gotten in enough water on Friday and Saturday.  But against those odds, it went really well.  Started off a little slow, but by mile 3, we were on cruise control.  Hitting every mile within a 10-second range.  Insanely steady.  I slowed down more over the last mile, but overall, it went very well (and the slow down was only about 30 seconds). 

Now it’s your turn to answer this week’s questions. Don’t forget to link up in the comments. Until then, Happy Monday!