Sunday, December 31, 2017

2017 review

This has been quite a year. While I have been sad and disappointed on how our government is running, personally I have had a good year. My little word was plan and I did make progress with this, but some times my anxiety gets the better of me and I don’t execute my plans. But that’s tomorrow’s post. 
This year:
Lauryn is doing much better in school, socially. She is learning how to stop the drama better. She hurt her knee in October so she couldn’t dance or play softball. Oh-yes, she joined a softball team. 

Florida-we all went to Orlando for a week with four of Jeff’s HS kids (they had a national tourney).  We went to Universal Studios, Disney World, Coco Beach. We had so much fun!!! Lauryn and I did Disney together and had a blast! 

Lauryn also spent a week in Seattle with Jeff’s Aunt and uncle. She had a wonderful time and toured the city. 

In August, we got a new kitten!!! Her name is Scully. She was four months old when we got her. AJ took a couple weeks to get used to her and they’ve been good friends since then. Scully jumped and hurt her back so she was down for a few weeks and then healed. Then AJ got super sick in October. I thought she might die but antibiotics saved her and now those two are thick as thieves! 

My in laws moved from Burlington, KS to an assisted living in Andover. It’s taken them a few months to adjust but are doing well. 

I ran 4 half marathons and one full marathon. I ran 1080 miles this year. I’m looking to beat that next year. 
I read 33 books also. I hope to spend more consistent time reading too. 

That’s 2017 in a nutshell! 

Monday, December 4, 2017

Metal Monday: Prairie Fire 1/2

Prairie Fire 1/2. It was a beautiful day in October. I set out and was running strong. The day was so great-I had lots of friends cheering me on! I saw a couple old friends which was great! 



My time 2:34:00

(Backup) A Week of Shenanigans

So Caturday is a day late again. Sorry about that. The girls have been up to all sorts of craziness this week. They have played with the tree and ornaments. I’m about to put the tree skirt away. I come downstairs every morning and have to fix it. Sigh. 


They have a WWF daily. Several rounds. 


They are in cahoots together. This day, I came out in the morning to find a fortune cookie in its wrapper. It was on the kitchen table the previous night. I put it up on the railing to take downstairs and went to the bathroom. While I was putting my contacts in, I heard a wrapper. I looked out and AJ was on the railing and knocked the cookie and wrapper off so Scully could play with it. 


But this photo warms my heart to pieces. They love each other so much!!