Running Stuff and Salt on the Rocks

It’s a new year for running. I have a couple goals. One is to run faster.  I really want to PR in the 1/2 marathon. To do that, I need to lose some weight. I’m working on it-making my portions smaller. Not giving in to crap food. I’m a work in progress. 

I also want to run another full marathon. I don’t like the long runs for training but I had so much fun running in Dallas. And maybe I’ll be faster and the long runs won’t take as long. 

Recapping Salt on the Rocks. It’s a 1/2 marathon in Hutch in Sept. I was ready to PR it. But then race day came and it was so hot and humid. And I fell apart at mile 9. Like full fledge panic attack. I got it together around mile 11 and hobbled in. Worse half for me. 

Caturday: 1/20/18

I didn’t take many photos of the girls this week. They’ve been good. I cleaned off L’s bench in her room, laid out a couple blankets and when I went back 20 minutes later, they were both sitting on the bench. It was pretty cute! 

AJ has been snuggly this week. She climbed up in my lap earlier this week. 

I’ve had a cold for the past three days and she took a nap with me (on my head) today. It was nice! 

Scully decided the paper was a good place to sit. Silly girl!

Gotcha Day:AJ

Two years ago today, we brought AJ home. She was a little thing. Curious and scared at the same time. She’s grown into a beautiful girl! She was lonely and we brought Scully home. She wasn’t sure what to think of that... but soon grew to love her. She loves to play laser lights. Every. Night. She sprints upstairs so we can play. She loves to sit on L’s head while she’s sleeping and once in awhile, she comes to snuggle with me. 

We are so glad we Got her!! 

(Backup) Dallas Marathon: 12/10/17

Here’s my recap of the Dallas marathon! This was my fourth marathon. The weather started off chilly but nice and sunny! 

Vanessa was my Sherpa. She rode her bike during various points and rode besides me for the last 10 miles. 

The start line:

This wasn’t my fastest time, but my favorite. The course was so nice. Pretty flat, support was fantastic. Mentally I was the most prepared. I never once felt like I would melt down. 

The Highlands Park neighborhood was GORGEOUS!!

A real piano player! 

We ran around the White Rock Lake. Very pretty and lots of people out since it was so nice. 

Below: here I am at the finish. My last two miles were my fastest. I decided the pain was going to be there so I was definitely going to finish hard! 

The metal was so cool! 

This race is definitely on my list again!

Caturday: 1/06/18

The girls are always up to something. Last night, Scully must have spent 10 minutes covering up her poop. And I’m trying to go to sleep! 

I went to Costco recently and got my stuff in boxes. I think the box was on the floor all of one minute before they HAD to check it out! 

They played a lot and bounced in and out of the box but I couldn’t get them on video. Oh well-next time! 

First Post of 2018

I had a glitch yesterday and didn't update the blog or my background, but now I'm current!!  Just to give you a heads up-I deleted the books I've read and bookshelf.  I am still reading all the time, but I typically post from my phone and it's a challenge to get my books updated.  BUT-I'm on Goodreads if you really want to know what I'm reading, what I've read and want to read.  It's under my name.

So this year, I have chosen 'execute' as my word. Why?  Well-last year was Plan and I did a fairly good job at this.  I had some ebbs in my flow, but functioned fairly well.  Unfortunately, my anxiety sometimes gets in the way and I don't execute what I have planned.  This pertains to cooking, organizing, and keeping my sh*t together.  So I decided I needed to work on this.

New Year's Eve was fun.  Jeff and I went to our friends, the Konda's and ate WAY too much food and watched movies until the ball dropped.  L went to a lock in at the skating rink.  On NYD, Jeff and I went to see the new Star Wars movie.  It was good-a little predictable but fun.  We also spent the evening with the Holman's as they were on their way back to Fort Worth. 

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!