another snowy saturday

Good morning AMP followers!

The temperatures may be warming up, but we're still getting snow!  I can't complain though.  The melt to accumulation ratio leans much heavier to the melt variable and I'm hoping to lace up those running shoes and hit the pavement sooner rather than later!  Oh yeah, I'm a runner... of some sort.

This is me running a half marathon last year.  This is my standard pose while running.

Little factoid about me, not only do I spend my time with camera in hand, I *like to run too!  Although, in the winter I am typically stuck on the treadmill or lifting weights instead because I am a wimp with a capital W when it comes to snow & cold.

Yeah, yeah.  I know where I live and I know that the warm months are very limited.  I'm an indoor girl for most of the year :( but I love Minnesota because it has so much to offer for someone like me - nature, low-key night life, great breweries, friends and family.  I've lived here pretty much my entire life except for my college years and a summer abroad.

But enough about my running/personal life.  What am I working on today, you may ask?  Well, I'm attempting to become a better blogger and tweeter.  I have enlisted the help of a great friend, who happens to also be a great cousin, to get my rear in gear so that all of you followers will not only be informed about all that AMP has to offer but you'll also be entertained in the process!  If I were you, I'd be much more excited about that!

I know my followers are few at this point and that is to be expected because I originally put ZERO effort into letting the Etsy buyers and sellers know that I'm here.  Selling on Etsy started as an experiment to see if I was any good or if anyone was even interested in what I had to offer.  There has been some interest, so now I'm curious to see how far I can take my hobby turned business venture.

My photo editing and furry little friend.  Eda - she's the best!

So, today I am going to work on Etsy, Twitter and the blog.  I'll also be working on more of my Japan pictures... all 2000 of them... literally.  Good thing its snowing and I have nowhere to go!

*I actually complain more about running than I gush about my love for it, yet I feel compelled to get out there and do it because I am lost without it.  Weird?  Yes.  I am.