Well...it has been a long time since my last post. I apologize! Let's see...we have married off Kenny's brother, survived the ten day trip there and back, life, Halloween, HOOPLA, life, trip to the apple orchard, homeschooling stuff, more life, seen gas drop back to $2.25, and still an occasional slap upside the head from my youngest. haha Oh and lest we forget...our nation voted in the the craziest choice for President. So that about sums up life since my last blog. Sad that I can do that in one paragraph!
I am getting geared up for the "holidays". And by holidays I do not mean that I am not saying Christmas. I mean Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Years. This is my favorite time of year. I love the decorating and the baking! It is so much fun for me. The only thing that could make it better is if I had someone to clean up after me. :D So to my earlier point about Christmas...I make it a point to always say Merry Christmas! People say happy holidays to me and I reply to them with Merry Christmas. The girls and I usually make candy canes with the story of the candy cane on it and give them out to everyone. The girls take turns giving them away. (ie-fight over whose turn it is.) It really is fun though. People don't usually expect to be given a treat when you go thru the grocery line or the bank drive thru. I got the idea from a lady that came and talked at Festival of Holidays a few years ago. I loved it and so we have made it a tradition.
Now to another tradition. I should have started with Thanksgiving first, since it is next. We go every year and get our tree at a tree farm in Leicester called Sandy Hollar Farms. We go the day after Thanksgiving usually. The girls love it! They have a hay ride up to where the trees are and you get to pick out your own tree. They will cut it down for you (which they didn't used to do) and string it up and send it back down the mountain for you to pick up. They also sell wreaths and garlan there, which they make on sight. Love it! Oh and they have hot chocolate and snacks. It is so much fun. I will have to find a picture from last year and post it. So much fun! I have been going to the same farm since I was a little girl. That family is the nicest! They used to be in a different place though, this one is bigger. It is way fun if you have a bunch of people to go. Then we bring it home and decorate it that night. Sometimes it takes me the whole weekend though to get the house just right. :D Again...favorite time of year!
For many reasons this is my favorite time. The first and foremost is that Christmas celebrates the birth of our savior Jesus Christ! (Which we do have cake and sing for.) The second is the excuse to visit with familiy a little longer than normal, to have friends over for dessert and good conversation, and to have a tree sitting in my living room with pretty lights on it. :D Last but not least...ELVIS PRESSLEY CHRISTMAS MUSIC! I love it! Christmas ain't Christmas without ELVIS! Maybe I should add that one to my facebook quotes. haha
Well I am going to end here for now! I have to go get my hair did. I promise to blog again soon.
Oh...please check out "Laura's blog", over in the left hand column. That is my sister. She moved to Arkansas and is living on the family farm. That is my dad's place and where I spent a lot of summers. I love that place! Anyway, she blogs about the farm so check it out.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
The 5K
Well I had my 5K today! I have to tell you that this was a half marathon and a 5K rolled into one. The half marathon started at 8 and then the 5K followed at 8:15. To differentiate between the two the people participating are given different colored numbers. So today the 5K were blue and the half marathon was yellow. When I got downtown at 7:30 there were actually people, in yellow numbers, running around the building. Okay I understand that this helps you to warm up...but you are fixing to run 13 miles. Oh my stars! I can't imagine adding anymore to that. I mean they were actually RUNNING! Hard! I would be tired before I started. haha Seriously!
Ok so the half marathoners lined up first and at this point I am a little nervous. I haven't done this before...ever...and I don't really know what to expect. I haven't even ever been to a race before. So my main goal? Finish and not be last! haha No really. I just wanted to be upright when I crossed the line and not be "dead" last. I am not really sure what I was thinking starting a running "career" at the age of 36...but I am liking it. It is hard! Something that my body is not used to...but rewarding. In a weird way. I loved crossing that finish line today. I felt like I accomplished something. It made me want to do better next time. And, it is something for me. I do it for me! Not anyone else! I do need better running music though. haha Man you hit a slow song and there goes your pace. Seriously! I can tell a huge difference in my running when a slow songs hits my iPod and when a faster pace song comes on.
A little note to people that have never run. Check the digital clock at the finish line and you can get your time right away. (Didn't even pay attention.) Also, run until you hear the beep when you cross the line. The beep is your "chip" being tagged at the finish line. If you slow before you get all the way across you have a longer time. Just a couple of things I didn't know about.
May I also say this?! Have someone meet you there, either to run with or a family member to greet you in the end. My husband had to work today and let me just say...I didn't think it would be a big deal, but in a way it would have been really nice to have someone to share this with. I did run into a lady from church, Robin, whose husband was running and I hung out with them afterwards. I actually saw a few people from church. Anyway, I am just sayin', it would have been nice to have someone to celebrate with. Whether it be someone that is running with you or someone waiting for you. :D I did see the sweetest thing ever. A couple, about late 20's, was running the half marathon. As they came across the finish line they grabbed each others hands. That is a Hallmark moment if I ever saw one. haha I know, I am being all girly and mushy, but that was sweet!
Okay...so for the results. I finished in 33:42 and I was 317th out of 498. I think the time sounds better than my placement. Ugh! haha If you want to, check out this link: http://orig.citizen-times.com/promotions/race/. You can check results and pics. And no, I already looked and there are none of the 317th. lol So check me out...#317 on the 5K results. ;D
I have to tell you this too. I was sitting on the curb after I was done watching and cheering others in. All of a sudden the crowd starts freaking out! They had already been very excited about this cute little like 4 year old coming across the finish line, so I just assumed maybe it was another kid. NO! I look coming in and here is the first half marathoner coming in. His time was 1:08. That would be one hour and eight minutes. I couldn't believe. Crazy! I don't think I will ever be that guy! haha Man! That was awesome though!
Okay...so...I did it! I survived! And, I am ready to do it again. Okay not next week...but soon! Hopefully this time with someone. :D I really did love it. About mile 2, not so much! But I did love it! I am going to keep running! I just hope I can stick it out with it getting cold outside. We'll see...
So I lied...check out album 16 (I think) picture 96. I am behind that guy. haha
Ok so the half marathoners lined up first and at this point I am a little nervous. I haven't done this before...ever...and I don't really know what to expect. I haven't even ever been to a race before. So my main goal? Finish and not be last! haha No really. I just wanted to be upright when I crossed the line and not be "dead" last. I am not really sure what I was thinking starting a running "career" at the age of 36...but I am liking it. It is hard! Something that my body is not used to...but rewarding. In a weird way. I loved crossing that finish line today. I felt like I accomplished something. It made me want to do better next time. And, it is something for me. I do it for me! Not anyone else! I do need better running music though. haha Man you hit a slow song and there goes your pace. Seriously! I can tell a huge difference in my running when a slow songs hits my iPod and when a faster pace song comes on.
A little note to people that have never run. Check the digital clock at the finish line and you can get your time right away. (Didn't even pay attention.) Also, run until you hear the beep when you cross the line. The beep is your "chip" being tagged at the finish line. If you slow before you get all the way across you have a longer time. Just a couple of things I didn't know about.
May I also say this?! Have someone meet you there, either to run with or a family member to greet you in the end. My husband had to work today and let me just say...I didn't think it would be a big deal, but in a way it would have been really nice to have someone to share this with. I did run into a lady from church, Robin, whose husband was running and I hung out with them afterwards. I actually saw a few people from church. Anyway, I am just sayin', it would have been nice to have someone to celebrate with. Whether it be someone that is running with you or someone waiting for you. :D I did see the sweetest thing ever. A couple, about late 20's, was running the half marathon. As they came across the finish line they grabbed each others hands. That is a Hallmark moment if I ever saw one. haha I know, I am being all girly and mushy, but that was sweet!
Okay...so for the results. I finished in 33:42 and I was 317th out of 498. I think the time sounds better than my placement. Ugh! haha If you want to, check out this link: http://orig.citizen-times.com/promotions/race/. You can check results and pics. And no, I already looked and there are none of the 317th. lol So check me out...#317 on the 5K results. ;D
I have to tell you this too. I was sitting on the curb after I was done watching and cheering others in. All of a sudden the crowd starts freaking out! They had already been very excited about this cute little like 4 year old coming across the finish line, so I just assumed maybe it was another kid. NO! I look coming in and here is the first half marathoner coming in. His time was 1:08. That would be one hour and eight minutes. I couldn't believe. Crazy! I don't think I will ever be that guy! haha Man! That was awesome though!
Okay...so...I did it! I survived! And, I am ready to do it again. Okay not next week...but soon! Hopefully this time with someone. :D I really did love it. About mile 2, not so much! But I did love it! I am going to keep running! I just hope I can stick it out with it getting cold outside. We'll see...
So I lied...check out album 16 (I think) picture 96. I am behind that guy. haha
Friday, September 12, 2008
Okay...gas...prices that is!
Well...it only seems appropriate that my first blog would be about the gas prices since today is the day that the world is freaking out about the hurricane. Seriously?! Well, the hurricane is serious...the other not so much. So the media has gotten everybody in an uproar about the gas situation. In a matter of less than an hour, around here, gas jumped anywhere from .25 to 1.50. That is just crazy to me. Our own governor said that gas should not have jumped more than .20. Can someone please explain this to me?! I mean I get it, but it sure sounds like price gouging to me.
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