Procrastination

I am sitting here on this stormy night finally writing the blog post that I had planned to write on Monday. We wanted to follow up on the Calling All Runners post from two [and a half] weeks ago. But the thing is... we didn't hear from you and I'm not feeling particularly motivated to run in this cold and wintry weather. 

Oh, and I have a one month old baby. So I'm using that as my excuse for doing almost nothing for the last 4 and a half weeks. Though she just weighed in at 10 pounds, 4 ounces and is 22 inches long so I suppose that is an accomplishment. :) Here is a photo of my chunky little lady.

Right... so back to running. I do think I will get back into running at some point this year. I have aspirations of running a half marathon sometime this fall, but right now I'm starting small with a goal of being ready to run the Fast Chicks 5K the first weekend in May. Registration for the race opened earlier this week so I think it is a perfect goal. 

I am serious about the half marathon in the fall so please do share if you have used any great training plans. I used this ten week, three day half marathon training program from Runner's World a few years back and really liked it. Committing to more than three days a week of training sounds intimidating to this busy mom.

We would also love to hear if you have run any races that you would recommend. Any race suggestions are welcome, but we would especially love to hear about half marathons from September through November.

We hope you are all staying warm and dry on this stormy night. I can't start training now until we dig out from all this now! 

Spread the love

Create your own custom Valentine's Day card to spread the love this February!

Last year we launched our Kid's Valentines Day Card line. These adorable cards are available again this year!  

Still a staff favorite is Sidewalk Chalk

And how can you not love Whale You Be My Valentine

Any style you see in our birth announcements or holiday cards can be customized to be a photo Valentine's Day card. And if you have your own ideas or style, we would be happy to work with you to create a completely custom Valentine for your family. Contact sona@loveandlifecards.com to create your custom card today.

For the next two weeks, use the code LAL1 at checkout to receive 10% off of any Valentine's Day card order including custom! 

Also, we are still looking for your favorite running schedules and what motivates you to get out there and run! Check out this post Calling All Runners from last week and leave a comment. We will follow up and feature your tips next week.

Calling All Runners

As it's January, I have the usual resolution to run more and eat more healthily. But somehow, I still manage to use my kids as an excuse as to not fitting it in to my busy schedule. I often see friends on facebook who post they just did a run with Nike+ or just completed a race, and I think, how do they find the time? So, I'm looking for some advice for those of you who don't daydream about running, you "just do it"!

Do you put a race in your calendar to keep you motivated?  
Keep a running log or journal?  
Follow a training program?  
Use any cool apps?
Run in the morning or at night?
How many times a week?

Please share your running tips and we will share them on our blog...

Say Cheese!

One of the best parts of working at Love and Life Cards, is the photos we see. We get images of all sorts of things. Gorgeous professional photos, family vacation photos, wedding photos, sports photos. Pictures of friend's children, and aren't we always amazed at how much they have grown in a year? It's nice for us to be able to reflect on this aspect of our work after a busy time like Christmas. This year in particular, we seemed to have quite a few emails from people saying they were planning on ordering, but couldn't get quite the right shot of their kids for their Holiday Cards. That's one thing we can relate to and thought our blog readers would as well. So we asked one of our friends if we could share her Christmas card as it just cracked us up and summed up what a lot of you probably experienced:

Thanks Betsy for letting us share - it's still making us laugh!  

A New Baby and a New Year!

Love and Life Cards are so pleased to announce the latest addition to their team!

Violet Adele 

Born Sunday, January 6th at 6:02 p.m.

8 pounds, 2 ounces 

20.5 inches

I'm a little sister and a big sister now

Lucie is already in love

Congratulations to Ben, Sona, Lucie and Eva!  I have a feeling these three gorgeous girls are going to make a seriously cute birth announcement.  

We would like to wish you all a wonderful 2013 that is full of Love and Life.

Merry Christmas!

We want to take a moment to thank you, our cherished friends, family, customers, and colleagues, for a wonderful holiday season. Thank you for sharing your lives and important celebrations with us. We hope you had a lovely Christmas day with friends and family yesterday. We are so thankful for all of you and appreciate your amazing support!

15 Sleeps to Christmas!

And 4 more sleeps to guarantee your Holiday Card delivery by Christmas Eve!

Don't worry, we can still accept orders after this date, we'll just work with you to find the fastest available way to get you your perfect holiday cards!

And as always, if you still don't find that perfect card on our website, we are happy to design the custom card that's just right for you!  Please contact sona@loveandlifecards.com.

Wishing you Love and Laughter this busy time of year!