Most fun I have ever had. EVER.

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Do as I say, not as I do

Ha, just found this pic of my dad from a few months ago when we were out at Klondike Park.  Such the good example for Bellz. lol

An apple a day

I did 4 miles on my own this morning with just a teensy tiny bit of walking. Not too bad!

I learned an important lesson though - no apples before running. When I woke up I was starving, so I scarfed down an apple before my run. Not sure if it was because I didn't wait long enough for the food to digest or if it was just a bad choice for a pre-run snack, but the apple did not fair well on me belly. It felt like I had a huge meal sloshing around in there as I was running! Not fun. Maybe I'll opt for a granola bar next time and see if that makes a difference.

No homeless peeps to report today. yay.

On track so far!

It's week two of my 1/2 marathon training program and I'm proud to report I'm still on track. :)  Actually slightly ahead of schedule believe it or not! Although my schedule only called for 10.5, I ran a total of 19 miles last week. WOOT WOOT! 

I am definitely noticing that running with a partner is 100x easier than running on your own. My fancy Garmin running watch has a "Virtual Running Partner" feature, but I have yet to try that out. Maybe I will give 'er a go next time I do a solo run and see if it helps.

Saw a homeless person sleeping on a park bench this morning as I was running. That kinda freaked me out seeing as though I was alone and had to run pretty close to him. I took a different route home. As the Lenster said, "Don't be skeered, a homeless person probably wouldn't have the energy to keep up with you if they wanted to get you anyway!!!"  Thanks Len. So reassuring!!!

Off my rocker

I have officially lost it. I registered for a 1/2 marathon earlier this week. Quite the lofty goal for someone who has little more than a handful of 5K's under her belt. Am I insane for even attempting this? Probably. But I'm in a good spot to do it. I'm young(ish), I'm healthy and injury-free, I can basically go for a run whenever I want without having to worry about getting someone watch my kid, and I have quite a few friends that have signed up for the 1/2 too which means I will have lots of running buddies. See? So I really have no excuses. It's now or never baby.

I started my 12-week training program this past Sunday, and although I was struggling quite a bit this morning due to a lack of sleep, I'm doing really well with the runs so far. Below is my training schedule. Seems do-able, right?

Here goes nothin!!! ;)

Kendall's first sleepover

We had the pleasure of having Kendall spend the night with us last Friday. I had originally planned to watch K at her house that night but we had Bellz too so Lenny suggested just keeping K overnight here with us and Jason and Janine were down with that. The girls had so much fun together! It is so cute to hear them giggling about who knows what :)  Here are a few pics I took while K was here. She is really getting such a personality now and she's a total sweetheart. Love that yiddle girl!

Gotta have yer fancy shoes for the tea party

Look at my pretty jewelry

 Bath time!

  Movie night (minus the usual bucket o popcorn, cuz we had just eaten ice cream from Oberweiss)



I heart summa!

Bellz and I had a lunch/play date last time she was here. We went to Main St for lunch where she had the most amazing grilled PB&J sammy from Garden Cafe A la Fleur. Whaddya know? Riverside Sweets was on the way back to the car so we stopped for ice cream (duh).  After lunch we headed to the playground at Blanchette park, which is awesome by the way, and played for a while til we were nice n sweaty. Final stop was Blanchette pool. Awesome afternoon!