Fitness Friday–6/6

Happy Friday, y’all! Here’s to another weekend (I just love weekends)!

Saturday – 10 mile solo humid run
Sunday – Rest Day
Monday –  5K run
Tuesday – Bridge & Boot Camp workout
Wednesday – 3 miles with Jason for National Running Day 
Thursday – Rest Day
Friday – Afternoon run of some sort, not sure how far yet

Saturday, I have plans for a long run with a friend. After that, I have a few odds and ends to do around the house. I also have another flower bed to build outside (a small one) and I want to clean the deck, glaze over the patio, stain the fence….yeah yeah the list goes on and on. It’s never over, is it? Hah!

All of my projects are written down on a list – in order for me to stay calm and not get overwhelmed, I scratch them off one by one as they are complete. I’m not in a rush to finish any of them, so I take my time and work on them when I’m free.

Enough rambling…back to last week!

Monday’s run was rough – it was humid, I was hot and miserable….it was just an overall blah run. I made myself finish and I felt better in the end.

Tuesday night’s bridge and boot camp was a lot of fun, although I ran it solo this time (with my running group minus my running buddy). I came into the workout knowing that I wanted to run all portions of the bridge without stopping. By the end of it all, my legs were burning and my lungs were screaming, but I didn’t stop!  The bridge mileage totaled a little over 2 miles. I kept reminding myself that I was almost there and I could do it, even though I didn’t think it was possible. The mind is a funny thing, I tell ya.

Sparkle Hearts for National Running Day! I somehow convinced Jason to come out with me for a 3 mile run/walk. We had a lot of fun! :0)

I hope you’ve all had a great week and enjoy the weekend ahead! :D

How do you combat mind games while running? What is the mantra/phrase you stick with to keep you going?

Plantation Homes Take 2

Over the weekend, a friend of mine and I decided to take a drive down Louisiana’s famed River Road to visit a few plantation homes I hadn’t yet toured (there’s still quite a few out there, believe it or not!).

What should have been a 2 1/2 hour drive to get there turned into a 4 1/2 hour drive because of an accident on the interstate and re-directed traffic.

All that matters is we made it to our first home before the final tour of the day with 10 minutes to spare. Whew. (We were stressing!)

Our first stop was at Evergreen Plantation. We decided on this home because a lady from our town purchased and refurbished the home back in the 1940’s – she also named it Evergreen for the rows upon rows of Oak trees on the grounds.

The movie Django Unchained was filmed here (haven’t seen the movie, just heard about it).

The Oak Alleys are breathtaking. Had I known about this place 7 years ago as a bride, I would have asked to take my bridals here! :)

Here’s the home itself – doesn’t it remind you of Port Orleans Riverside at Disney World?

This home and grounds are still a functioning sugar cane plantation! By the summer, these tiny sprouts will be really tall sugar cane!

Our second home of the day was named San Francisco Plantation. I sure wish I could have gotten a picture of the front of the home – but a fence was placed after 911 and it’s impossible to see the front of the home without a chain link fence in view. Sad times.

This is by far one of the most colorful plantation homes I’ve visited (both inside and out)!

A view of the back of the home.

We were the last ones to leave the grounds before this plantation home closed for refurbishment. As of Sunday,  a $1.3 million dollar refurb began that will last until September. I would love to visit the home again after the refurb to see the updates!

We had a wonderful time and finished off our trip with a little retail therapy! Overall (despite the crazy morning traffic), it was a beautiful and a great day!

Have you ever visited a place where a movie or certain movies were filmed?