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Or kid cup.  Same difference. We went out for our usual Friday night dinner out.  (We’ve discussed not going out every Friday, but by Friday I’m so done with being a stay at home mom that we do it anyways).  Ah well, small pleasures).  Anyways, we went to Rock Bottom again.  Gotta love a place…

Today I ran a slow three miles on the treadmill.  I ran there for two reasons: a threatening rain storm and because I really wanted to stay slow and I’ve been sucking at that lately.  It was a nice 30 minute run.  I worked up a good sweat because the basement was warm, but didn’t…

This weekend I get to celebrate Mother’s Day by running away from my children.  Not really, but I’m running a half marathon that morning, instead of hanging out with my kids.  Oh well, running makes me a better mom.  So, I’m celebrating Mother’s Day a little early here by sharing some awesome pictures from previous…

May is off to a rough start so far.  Nothing major, just minor things, but somehow I find that harder to deal with than big things.  I just finished a week of the worst PMS I’ve had in a really long time.  Not only was it a week of alternating cranky, angry, and sad, it…

1) Run at least three half marathons, with the eventual goal of a sub-2 hour half.  Sub-2 is done.  I have the Pacer’s Running Festival Half  this month, but it’s supposed to be hot.  I think I’m going to just enjoy the race instead of trying to PR.  Not sure what my third half marathon will be. 2) Run races…

What I heard from the other room: “Han Solo, use the FORCE!” What I saw when I walked into Shoo’s room: Notice that he had the cord from his shade around his waist.  I believe the next “scene” in his version of Star Wars was going to involve an attempt to swing down from the…

I’m feeling really scattered, so today’s gonna be all about the bullet points. Today I chaperoned a 1st grade field trip to the zoo.  I actually enjoyed it. (Yes, that’s Jones in the dinosaur head) I also volunteered as the class mom for Shoo’s class next year and accepted the nomination for PTA secretary for…

I finished the 10 miler in 1:31:02.   Details tomorrow. Today was quite hot and way too busy.  After the race, the boys and I laid the bricks to start a small garden – we’ll have cucumbers, tomatoes, and arugula.  If history repeats itself, we won’t have much of any of them.  Then I headed…

I took my new shorts (they are the Relaxed fit shorts in Tall) for a short three mile run on the treadmill today.  It was too chilly outside to run (but apparently not too chilly for Beer Geek to make me take a picture outside).  So far, so good.  They stayed in place and were…

It was beautiful here today.  When I headed out for my long SLOW 12 miles today, it was right around 60 degrees and sunny.  I went out with a goal of staying really slow and running 12 miles in two hours.  I ended up doing it in 1:56:43.   I thought it was going to…

I’m happy to be home, but I do miss the warmer Florida weather and views such as this: I didn’t do a lot of running while we were on vacation.  Dad and I did the 5K race and two other runs, for a grand total of 11.5 miles of running.  The two runs we did…

I’m in a better mental place this morning.  Beer Geek walked Jones to school, while I went out for a not so quick 4 mile run.  The radar lied and I got totally soaked while running and Shoo and Beer Geek got soaked walking home.  At least it was nearly 60 degrees this morning. We…