In many houses, treadmills become a de facto drying rack because they are not being used. Thankfully, mine being used as a drying rack means the weather is nice enough to run outside, thereby creating lots of running clothes that need a place to dry. (Ignore the vacuum. It’s not seeing much use either.) I…
What do you get when…
you combine PMS and a husband who is currently working too many hours? Pancakes for after school snack, grilled cheese and pumpkin muffins for dinner (in front of the tv), and crustless pumpkin pie for dessert. Hmm, I’ll be standing over here waiting for my “Mom of the Year” award. No? In my defense, the…
HIll hell or is that Hell Hill
The weather here today was amazing! Nearly 70 degrees and sunny! In November! Of course, I needed to take advantage of that. Beer Geek watched the boys while I headed out for a four mile run. Since he was with them, I felt comfortable leaving our neighborhood (when they are at school, I try to…
Friday the 13th
I know some people are not so fond of Friday the 13th. Some even really like to pretend the day doesn’t exist. But 13 has always been my lucky number and Friday the 13th is a particularly good day for me. Why? 15.5 years ago, Beer Geek and I went out on our first date…
TIART: Favorite races and Swine Kitty
It’s Thursday, so that means it’s time for Take it and Run Thursday from the Runner’s Lounge. Today’s host is Joanna and she asks: What is your favorite race? Do you live for the marathons or crave a 5k? Would you rather race in the morning, afternoon, or at night? Do you like big races…
Some days you have it…
Some days you don’t. If you’d asked me at mile 4 today, I would have said I absolutely did not have it today. The plan was an easy 6 mile run. I’m still recovering from whatever I had last week, so I figured 6 miles was a good number to shoot for on my long…
Near miss
Yesterday I managed to go out for a “run”. It was one of the few times when I felt like I was a jogger, not a runner. What’s the difference? It’s not speed. You can be a slow runner. It totally had to do with form and energy. I barely lifted my feet off the…
Cross Training
Some call is raking leaves. I call it cross training. Shoo calls it an opportunity to pilot your own ship and take out the Clone Troopers. I still haven’t gone out for a run. One whole week of no running! Ack! I’m running tomorrow, even if it’s just short and slow. I’m just hoping not…
Umm, not sure I meant to do that….
As you can see, my hair was a bit overgrown (please ignore my weird expression LOL). I went in today for a trim. I swear the picture she showed me was at least an inch longer than mine turned out! I like it, but I don’t usually go this short right before the cold weather…
Kinda Wordless Wednesday: Shoo’s cake
Remember the cake I did for Jones? Yeah, well if you’re the second child with a birthday in the same month and mommy is exhausted, you get a cake like this… In my defense, this is actually what Shoo wanted and who am I to argue with a now 4 year old? He was happy,…
My first DNS
Beer Geek came home from work travel last Tuesday night and promptly came down with what is likely swine flu. My parents were here, so we quarantined him and they helped me deal with all of the various things I need to do. On Thursday, my parents and the boys carved pumpkins and decorated the…
Beautiful day
I wanted to title this post “my a$$ hurts”, but thought that wasn’t necessarily what people would want to see on their blog rolls and in their readers. This morning when I dropped off Jones at school, I commented that I needed to get Shoo to early drop off to take advantage of the beautiful…