********Giveaway Winner!!!*******

The winner of the Gingerfoxxx designed water bottles giveaway is:

Jill YottAugust 17, 2013 at 2:01 PM

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Congratulations, Jill!!

Please send me an email at Sara.marie.rockwell@gmail.com with your address, and i will ship them to you as soon as possible!

I promise not to autograph them!  :)

Career girl - and a giveaway!!

If you have actually followed my blog for a while (first off, i am so sorry!) but secondly - you might have picked up on the fact that i am a "career gal"  I spent way too many years in school, and have spent most of my twenties advancing my career, rather than getting married, having kids, and creating a home like most normal people.  For the most part, this has left me feeling all mopey now that i am 30, because i sit here some nights and wonder what the hell i have accomplished.

Well:  Boom.

This is what i have accomplished, bitches!

For those of you who don't know what the f*** i am talking about:

I am an industrial designer.  It's a hybrid of being an engineer, and an artist/innovator.  After teaching for a while, and receiving my master's degree in industrial design, i spent about three years at a consultancy.  This allowed me to work with a ton of different clients - i put in crazy hours, and got paid crap, but i made a ton of contacts and got some awesome products made, including the Turtle Wax Ice line (i designed all the bottles!) Some beverages in Asia, a variety of domestic food packaging, and: an entire line of sports hydration bottles!!

I have since moved forward with my career to a job that is much more stable/less stressful.  Now i am strictly in food packaging which focuses on high volume production/manufacturing.  It's a super boring way of saying that i spend all my time making sure that the food you buy everyday is safe (seriously, i fight many battles to make sure companies aren't using dangerous plastics on your food.) and that any packaging made is as environmentally friendly as possible (i could write a novel on this - if you ever want to have a seriously intense convo on sustainability - i'm your girl!)

What i am trying to say is that i have worked really, really hard for the past decade.  I am in a male dominated engineering field, and today, i am bragging about my awesome accomplishments.  I might suck at everything - but i kick ass at design.

And - to celebrate this, i am having a giveaway!  Not just any giveaway - a Gingerfoxxx designed giveaway!

During my adventures in industrial design, i got to work with a company that creates bottles/hydration packs for runners. Now, i can't take full credit - I had nothing to do with the fabric straps on the belts/handhelds - we focused on the closures and bottles.  And, i would have been lost without my partner in crime, Jim S.  But, i am super excited none the less - it's a pretty amazing feeling when you walk down an aisle of store, and can say, "Hey - I designed that!"

So, to celebrate, i am giving away the 32oz Bigshot Bottle and the 10oz quickshot plus handheld to one lucky commenter!  (I didn't name the products....)  All you have to do is comment on something you have done lately that is totally brag-worthy!  For an extra entry - share this giveaway either through your blog, twitter, facebook, i really don't f***ing care - just leave a comment telling me about it.  

I like hosting my own giveaways.  It's fun!  You have until Tuesday at midnight - go crazy!

suck it, runk!

I am definitely feeling better about running - i think this darn runk is over!  In hindsight, i think part of it was exhaustion.  Not just from the physical act of running, but from life in general.  When i'm not training for marathons, i am working full time, volunteering for HDSA, taking care of a 12 week old puppy, cooking, cleaning, and sometimes doing additional freelance work on the side.  For example - my day yesterday started at 4:30 am when i let the pup out, (but then got to sleep for another hour)  and ended at 12:30.  Thats a long ass day!  no wonder i feel burnt out sometimes.  It's not that i suck at running, its that i suck at life.


I kid, i kid.  In other news - my run last night was amazing.  It was very slow and peaceful.  I tried to move as gracefully as possible because of the whole lady situation, and i felt really relaxed the whole time- almost like i was doing yoga or getting a massage.  The only time i even looked at the garmin was when i thought i might be at the turn around point.  The funny thing is, this super easy pace was almost the same pace i was struggling with when i ran with Keren and Kelsey.  I don't get you running, i really don't.


I was in such a good mood when i got home, i made dinner for matt and the pup.  I know some people are very against feeding pets people food, but not me.  And frankly, if i am eating something that dog shouldn't be eating, i shouldn't be eating it either.  I made shrimp curry and rice (without the sauce for waffles)

A Waffles sized portion

Matt loves really spicy food, and i don't so make everything medium hot, which means he think it is bland and flavorless, and i think it is molten lava destroying my mouth.  Thats love.  

And, for the real news:  The winner of the Artisana giveaway is:

drumroll please....

#6!  Kelly at http://runningkellometers.blogspot.com/

Congrats!  email me your address (sara.marie.rockwell@gmail.com)  and i will have Artisana ship you a sampler pack!!

Also, did you hear its supposed to snow this evening?  Must be friday.

Free stuff for YOU!

The amazing folks at Artisana have been kind enough to offer a full variety pack of all their delicious single serve nut butters to one lucky reader!

All these tasty treats, for your very own!!

The lucky guy or gal will get all these single serves, as well as one full jar of one the flavors.  That's a whole lot of free and delicious organic food.  Just be warned, i might hunt you down and eat them all when you are not looking.

All you have to do to enter is tell me:

What time of day do you really need a snack??  For me, its in the car after work sitting in traffic...the hunger just hits me.  Like a brick.

Bonus entries if you like Artisana on facebook HERE.

(Just leave me a comment letting me know ya liked them!)

I will choose the winner at random Friday morning, so make sure to take advantage!!