A Day in the Life... or Something Like That {Blogtember Challenge}

September 20th Prompt: Share a day in your life. Pictures, timelines, stats... however you'd like.

I don't have one full day documented here... so instead I'm going to share tidbits of many of the past days.

Over Labor Day weekend, Dan and I went to Sandusky, Ohio for the first time. We went to Cedar Point and had a BLAST! We didn't take any pictures there, however, but we did get some at the deer park the next day! I'm going to save most of the pictures for a separate post sometime, but here are a few.

We've also been hanging out with our friends Ellie and Joe, and they have the cutest little baby, Tyler... and we like hanging out with him too!

Dan and I also went to the Greek Festival in downtown Dayton, and it was SO worth it. The food was a little pricey, and we had to pay to get in, but that food was SOOOO worth it! We loved it. 

In exciting news, I FINALLY got someone to take my leg pain seriously! I injured it while marathon training way back in April. Yes, I still ran the marathon on an injured leg, but whatever. Worth it. Doctors have been dismissing me since APRIL, though, telling me it was just a muscle strain. NO. That would be gone by now. I was referred to a physical therapist recently, and he felt HUGE knots in my tibialis anterior muscle and knew immediately that there was a problem. He used trigger point dry needling by sticking needles deep into my muscles until he got a "twitch" from me... and while I was pretty sore for a few days afterward, it feels like it's FINALLY healing now. I go back next week for one more round, and I am so excited to finally have some answers! I can't wait to get running again! The following photo shows all of the places the needles went in.

A good friend of ours called recently to tell us of a fishing mishap he had where he ended up in the ER. He was in good spirits about it, so we decided to send him some fun little puns in the mail.

We got wedding photos up in our house! Finally! I love that we picked three large photos to display. Maybe this will stop me from hanging up a ton of them all over the place... we'll see.

Last weekend, we flew to Denver for a wedding. It was WEIRD being back in Colorado, but we were so happy to see Michele and Chad tie the knot!

And last but certainly not least, what would an "in the life of..." post be without some pictures of the furbabies?

Have YOU been up to anything fun lately?

My Favorite Advice {Blogtember Challenge}

September 19th Prompt: If you could give one piece of advice to a large group of people, what would it be?

This one is easy for me. It's something I learned early on in life. It's something that I've struggled with in the past (as much as only a year ago), but it's something that I ALWAYS come back to. It's something I tried to instill in my students, and it's something that I'll ALWAYS stick to.

But seriously. Why do something that you know is wrong just to fit in? Why appease other people just so they'll like you, even if it means you're doing something you KNOW isn't right? Stick up for what YOU believe in. Always. You will feel better about it, I promise. And if you go along with the crowd just to be a part of the crowd, you will not be happy. In fact, are those the people you honestly want as your friends anyway? I didn't think so. 

What is one piece of advice YOU would share with others?

A Tale of Traveling {Blogtember Challenge}

Yep, I skipped yesterday. I don't vlog, sorry (yesterday's prompt). I hate the sound of my voice, and I didn't feel like making one. So I decided to take the day off.

September 18th Prompt: Tell a tale of traveling, a city or country you've been to or a favorite vacation. 

Because I'm not ready to share the details of our honeymoon locations yet (not because of anything big... just because I've been too lazy to type them all up and then got sucked into the Blogtember Challenge), I am going to share the Bahamas cruise Dan and I went on in December of 2011. It was a blast!

While Dan and I were on our epic road trip in the summer of 2011 (when we got engaged), we decided it would be a blast to go on a cruise together and booked it from the spotty wi-fi at the Grand Canyon. We chose a Carnival cruise, and we left right when we finished work/school for the semester (December 2011). We flew to Florida, spent the night in Orlando eating out and having fun, and then we boarded the Carnival Sensation the following morning! The ship was beautiful, and it was so cool seeing everything decorated for Christmas!

We spent three nights and four days on the ship, and we also got to go to Freeport, Bahamas and Nassau, Bahamas! We had so much fun together seeing new things, and it was great getting a tan in December! ;) 

Our view from lunch before we boarded the ship!

First evening on the ship :)

Wedding date in the sand! :) 

We had a ton of fun on that trip, and I think that may be what inspired Dan to book us a cruise for our honeymoon (that was the big surprise for me!) We LOVE cruises and wish we could go on more... but unfortunately, we don't live near any ports. Maybe sometime!