Saturday, April 4, 2009

"Are you a runner?"

Provo City 5K
If you have a picture of yourself running through a finish line, with a race number pinned to your leg,and a "Rocky" fist pumped in the air can you officially call yourself a runner?
About a month ago Jennie asked me if I would run a 5K with her. She had some fitness goals she had set for herself and thought this was a good place to start. She thought having a buddy might help her stick to it. Sure! Why not? I am always up for a good challenge! Now some of you are scoffing at the idea that a 5K is a challenge. Well for some of us it is! I came to discover over the course of the last month what a challenge it actually was for my little body. There are several, many, most thing that come more natural to me than running!
But we stuck to it ... and we did it! We ran, well jogged would really be a better term to use, based on our time, ;) but running sounds so much better, in the Provo City Half Marathon (super impressive) and 5k race! You will notice by the winter gear that we are all sporting that we have had a very unseasonably cold spring. It has been in the 30's and snowing all week and race day was no different. But that just makes us that much tougher ... or something! It was a lot of fun and there is nothing like accomplishing a challenging goal! We are already talking about our next race in May. Thanks Jennie for the challenge. Let's keep it up!
**surprise M I "ran" a race!


Thursday, April 2, 2009

Wa!-Mart is Soo Awesome

If you know me at ALL you know how I feel about Wa!Mart. I have very legitimate reasons for my feelings ... the smell for one. Wa!mart smells .. it just does! But that is not what this is about. I mentioned in my post about my visit to Beckie's the gift card to Wa!mart I was given for a teacher award I received at the beginning of the year ... I spent part of it on an Ipod shuffle. Ringing a bell? Anyway, I still had about $45 left of this gift card. So I have been making a little list of things that I need and figured I would use the rest of that money and be done with it once and for all .. finally! So last night I psyched myself up for my trip to the Wa!mart! (I really dislike it that much) I pull into the parking lot which is a nightmare in and of itself! Right across the isle is a creepy guy just sitting in his truck watching me .. weird but whatever. I go to walk in and just as I am reaching the doors two males, maybe 19 years old, big baggy clothes, hats on backward, are walking out. Just as they hit the doors a Wa!mart employee (vest and all) and a plain clothes guy come busting after them. The plain clothes guy is forcefully, but not yelling, trying not to make a scene I am sure, telling them to stop right where they are. Then he starts saying things like, "just give them up!" "we know that you have cd's off the $5 stand" "we saw you take them!" All of this is happening as I am walking by, I am trying to get out of the way sorta afraid that the thugs are going to pull out a gun or something .. cause that is the kind of thing that happens at the Wa!mart! Sure enough the thugs reach into their big baggy pants and start pulling out the cds (not a gun)! Not even kidding! So apparently Wa!mart has plain clothes guys that just walk around the store watching people???

I get my cart and start grabbing my stuff. Of course it is crowded and a mess and it stinks .. no really it does! I am over in the food section and I am next to some guy and his phone rings. All flustered he sets his stuff down answers his phone and starts yelling, "you don't have to keep calling me!" and then hangs up on on the person. What? Who does that? I go to check out and I am not even going to talk about the person working the check out .. just use your imagination. Of course they can't get the gift card to work .. the register starts beeping and the employee just keeps pushing buttons which makes the machine beep more, and I think louder but I might have been imagining that part. So finally a manager has to come over. Puts a key in, pushes lots of buttons blah blah blah finally ..... "Ok, it looks like you have $2.43 left on your gift card." Are you kidding me!

To top it all off .... on my out, the very nice Wa!mat greeter had the nerve to ask ME to see my receipt! Oh, and, the creepy guy in the truck was still there! I think I will let Wa!mart keep it's $2.43!
I DID IT!
I went the distance. I am ready for Saturday .... stay tuned!

Monday, March 30, 2009

Do you ever wonder ....

Have you ever been driving down the road and thought about all the people in the cars around you? As you drive up to a stop light looked at the person in the car next to you have you ever thought .. who are you? where have you just been? where are you going? are you a happy person? have you had a good life? what are you thinking about? are you content? Would I want to be any of those people? I often glance around when I am stopped at an intersection and think ... would I want to trade places with you? Nope, probably not. I don't think I would want to trade lives with very many people. I just can't help but wonder who all those people are in all those cars. Don't you wonder about that person in that car next to you? I do.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

BFF weekend 2

How spoiled I am getting! Two weekends with Beckie so close together. The timing could not have been better either. I had had one of those weeks where life decided to throw me a curve ball ... and one that I didn't see coming at all! So having my best friend in town was just what I needed. You see when Beck comes to town it is a party! We had almost the entire gang together for pedicures and manicures. Those that couldn't join us for spa time joined us at my house for lunch.
Of course we did our usual ... shopping, dinner and a movie ... with lots of treats! We even got Shan to join us.

I am often mentioning how great my friends are. But this weekend I was especially grateful for my friends. I am so blessed to have this incredible group of girls in my life who are the truest example of girlfriends! I dearly love them! Thanks girls for all your love, support and prayers!

Thursday, March 12, 2009

BFF


My annual winter trip to Denver to visit Beckie was yet another great trip! How could it not be .. with *shopping, *pedicures, *lunch with the family, *dinner and *movies (two of them), lots and lots and lots of talking and laughing and more talking! I don't know that there is anyone else on earth I can talk to like I can Beckie. Beck taught me how to *make her homemade bread. We (I mean Beck) did my *taxes (is she a best friend or what!) Beck got me all decked out with some Bronco's gear. We ate SO many treats! And one of my favorite things to do with Beckie is to stop at a gas station and get a beverage and treats! It always taste better when I do it with Beckie. Another trip highlight was the purchase of my ipod shuffle! We had gone to the gym and I was using my big old ipod so when we HAD TO (the only time I go there) run into Walmart Beck talked me into using my teacher of the year award gift card (that I have had for 7 months) to purchase a shuffle. We tried to explain to the clerk why we were taking a picture .. he didn't care (he obviously doesn't blog!). My trip was way too short! Good thing she is coming to visit me this weekend! Of course we owe a BIG thanks to Greg .. one of the greatest husbands I know. Our best friends weekends would not be possible without him. Thanks Greg!

How lucky I am to have a best friend like Beckie! These weekends are priceless and something I truly treasure.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

"This is my life. It is my one time to be me. I want to experience every good thing.”
Maya Angelou

(I saw this quote on my sister's blog .. love it!)