oh yeah!

Life is good!

I have a wonderful husband! I have great friends! I have 3 beautiful dogs that I LOVE!
I have a great job. I have a house and a car. I have a 3 day weekend coming up and am excited to celebrate the 4th of July!

My favorite summer holiday!

I ran the Carrabba's Half Marathon Relay on June 20th with some running diva's, Leah, Giselle and Maria. It was a lot of fun but hot, hot, HOT! I was scheduled to run 9 miles so I ran two extra legs and Giselle worked as my coach, it was wonderful! The food was incredible, chicken marsala, penne pasta and salad-all cooked and prepared ONSITE! Impressive! And of course you know that after I re-hydrated I helped myself to a couple of frosty beers. YUM!

Work has been good, busy but good. I'm keeping busy with Team in Training in my free time and of course, working on my tan! DH went to the coast this past weekend for a fishing tournament with some college friends so I was able to relax at the river Saturday and Sunday! Whoop! I also went to an impromptu wedding reception for a couple of crazy friends-Carrie and Rob- who got married at the JP on Friday! It was a BLAST! I love my friends. I missed DH lots though so I'm glad he's home...and I'm glad he caught some fish--it was delicious last night!

My run on Saturday was 11.5 miles and it was GREAT! We started a little later than I would have liked so by the time we were finished it was almost 9, and almost 90!! Crazy! Team in Training introduced interval running (which Alma has been doing, like, FOREVER! She's so ahead of the times, I love her!) I used it a little towards the end when I was getting really hot 4:1...4 running, 1 walking...not too bad) After we finished Alma and I went and sat in the wading pool to soak our legs, it was wonderful! No soreness...sweet! I'm scaling down *this weekend is a taper down week* to 8 miles and utilizing my treadmill (or torture machine) during the week a LOT since it's been SO hot!

Don't forget to visit my Team in Training page to make a donation and help out The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society!

inspirational. nah!

It's been a few days since I've blogged.
I've been waiting for something to "come" to me.
Something inspirational, meaningful, throught provoking.

And, I've come up with nothing.

So I'll just write about the last few days.

so sorry, no deep thoughts today.

DH went to help some friends move and go fishing at the coast this past weekend so I flew solo. It wasn't that I didn't want to go, but I had TiNT Team run #2 Saturday morning and I was on call Saturday evening so I wasn't able to go. Boo. But I was excited about our training run.

Alma and I ran 7.5 miles and it was great. I ran really slow (thanks to peer pressure from the night before) but technically you ARE (according to Jeff Galloway) supposed to run your long runs 1-2 minutes SLOWER(!) than your regular training runs. The team was doing 3 miles out and back so I ran that, signed out and headed back out on the course for more. My legs felt really good and it was overcast with a slight breeze! Awesome! The coach caught up with me and ran with me about the last 2.5 miles and we chatted as we ran along. It was really nice. I've really never ran and chatted along the way...I think it really wears you out if you're not used to it! He's super nice and even gave me some positive reinforcement about my running goals. He's a very experienced runner with almost 50 marathons under his belt! Wow! Awesome!

Saturday afternoon I went and hung out at a very COOL spot on the guadalupe river with Alma and her hubby. It was so relaxing and so HOT! And unfortunatly since I was on call starting at 3pm so I only had one cool refreshing beer...

DH got home safety Sunday afternoon and we went and hung out with some friends on the Guadalupe River. They had just gotten a kegerator that morning so we got to try it out! Awesome!

All in all, it was a good weekend. But I'm glad the hubster's home. I missed him!

Also, a big SHOUT OUT to all my very generous friends and co-workers who have made donations to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society! I really appreciate all the support!

5 miles tonight! Can't wait!

YUM-O!

It actually really annoys me when Rachel Ray says this constantly throughout her show. I enjoy watching her, she has a cute kitchen, some great tips...
I have a cookbook of hers that I use, and she actually has some tasty recipes.

*However*

YUM-O. IS. ANNOYING.

But when I saw this on MSN during my daily Internet perusing...
I said it in my head.
damn.
hate that.

I do have a wicked sweet tooth. It gets me all the time.
And that's because I like everything.
Cookies. with chocolate chunks, with oatmeal, with cranberries, wal-nuts.
YUM-O
Brownies. gooey and delicious, maybe a la mode!
YUM-O!
Candy. In any way, shape or form. Sour candy, chewy candy, hard candy, gooey candy.
Peanut butter, chocolate...
YUM-O!!
(I really can't think of ANY candy I won't eat! even black licorice. YUM-O!)
Cake. especially carrot cake with that delicious cream cheese frosting.
YUM-O!!!
Pastries. Of any type! Especially those coffee cakes with the cream cheese/fruit.
YUM-O!!!!
Ice Cream. in waffles cones. mmm. or frozen yogurt. or blizzards!
YUM-O!!!!!
Pies, (key lime!) puddings...well, you get the point.
YUM-O!!!!!!

And if it's possible to annoy yourself, I think I am.

I try to be good. I have to avoid the candy isle completely or it sucks me in.
Which makes me ponder this. Why on EARTH does my HEB have the candy and breakfast cereals on the same isle. WTF man?!

DH doesn't really care for sweets. ?!?!?!?!?!? I can't even fathom it.

We keep stash of candy in the OR. (don't' tell my boss!) It's tough to avoid.
Especially when one of the Doc's walks in (just now!) with a gallon bag of Lemon Heads. mmmmmmm...my mouth is watering...
each one only has 35 calories...

I have a 4 mile run scheduled for today. I'll just keep telling myself that.

TiNT!

Well, here goes nothing my friends!

26.2 and $4K, here I come!

My website is up and running, please visit it to donate (tax deduction baby!) and learn more about The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's mission.
Also, please feel free to forward the website to any of your friends and family who may be inclined to help me with my cause.

Happy Monday!