over the hills and through the woods...

From december archive

went for the last walk of the year and coffee with tthe Gazelles this morning. we walked on the greenway -- my first time! :) it was beautiful! had such a good time!
went out this evening to ring in the new year with friends! enjoyed the night out and look forward to the possibilities of the new year!

sunset

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sunset on the way home from work to end the year :) i have had such a great time doing this blog! i may not keep up as well as i should most ttimes, but im totally going to continue to do a picture-a-day next year too! not only am i amzed at the pictures ive ended up with, but im also amazed at all that ive done this year! and im so glad i have all of these memories recorded now! :) i hope next year is as memorable as this year has been for me!

all gone :(

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sad :( all my mommy-made christmas cookies and aunt-made chocolate covered pretzels are all gone! they were great while they lasted tho! i still have chocolate covered peanuts though! :)

puzzle time

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puzzle time! mom and dad gave james and i a popular mechanics steam engine puzzle for christmas. think the puzzle part of it was for me, but the picture on the puzzle was for james. i started it this evening while i was watching tv. it took me 2.5 hours to separate the edge pieces, put them together, and put together the wording at the top of the puzzle. surprisingly eventhough the puzzle is only 500 pieces, its pretty a challenging puzzle for me. :) HUGE puzzle pieces compared to the pieces of the puzzle i was putting together over christmas at home!

auto-counting

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mom gave me a money bottle that keeps track of the change you put in it. i decided to count all of the nickles and dimes i had already saved and put the times in the bottle. $74+ worth of dimes! and almost $30 worth of nickles. woot woot!

christmas tree

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i always love our christmas tree at home. mom and dad do such a good job of decorating. i still need to find an ornament for mom for this year. we usually try to get a new ornament for every year, but i just couldnt find one that i liked this year....although as i write this, an idea came to mind. ill have to do some looking and see if i can find the one i want. be looking for a picture of the ornament (if and when i find it, lol)

christmas puzzles and prizes

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wonderful christmas! great time with family and great gifts from family (and family friends). so glad i was able to share the holiday with the ones i love :) we had monkey bread for breakfast, which turned out awesome and i cant believe i didnt remember to take a picture of it! mom even made brownies today to as a “happy birthday Jesus” cake :) it was awesome! then we went to my aunts house to do christmas and dinner over there. always a good and interesting time! :)

the pic is of one of my christmas prizes. i got a puzzle with 9 pieces, 300,000 ways to put it together wrong, and one way to put it together right....30 minutes or less and i got it together! woot woot!!! imma have to try it again and see if it was a fluke or if im really that good, lol :)

christmas eve midnight mass

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we usually go to midnight mass on christmas even. even though its late, its always a beautiful mass and the church is always decorated so nicely. this is a pic of the nativity scene in the back of the church.

travel & grocery

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on the road again... :) always a long, but good time :) on the way home to visit family for christmas! we went to the grocery to get stuff to make chilli for us on christmas eve. i saw this in the produce section and thought only in louisiana is it was funny. real bottle of wine, by the way :)

protection? or prevention?

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picture of one of james’ little ones, tyrone, either protecting james’ bags or trying to prevent him from leaving....or maybe he just wants to go with? who knows :) just thought it was cute

angel pocket goodies

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mom started angel pockets with me when i was very little for the 25 days of christmas, a prize for every day. now we both do angel pockets for each other. its always always always fun to open my prize for the day! these are a couple of the ones ive received this year, and as you can tell spike is very interested in my prizes too!

drs appointment & muscleworks

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went to the knee dr today and he suggested surgery again to me. im really thinking about giving it a try. if i go ahead with it sooner rather than later, i might be able to get through rehab and hopefully be better in enough time to train to walk the st jude half marathon next december with mom :) plus itll give me almost two years to get rest and rehab and get better to train for january 2013 when i want to do the goofy races in disney. hopefully it all works out the way i want it too.
went to a muscleworks class tonight at the Y. this is a pic of the benches we use

model train goodness

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james and i went to the hobby shop today to look at trains and james found the SD60m he’s been looking for for years! the train company discontinued the model over 10 years ago, and james found out they were rereleasing it this year. the original date for the release was july, but they pushed it back to this month. ive been checking the site online every month to see if/when the relase dates were available. when we walked in the hobby shop, there it was :) it was great!

battery fun

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james’ battery goes out sometimes on his car so heres the view under the hoods :)

OK, new baby!

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two of our friends finally had their little one today :) 8lbs, 7oz, 21 inches long! she is sooo precious! and soo little! :) :) :)

the kitchen

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went out tonight for dinner with the ladies from bunko. we went to an carrabas, and italian restaurant. always a good time! now i know what the words in the picture mean :)

icky sky

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winter weather warnings for today with freezing rain and icy roads. icky icky! :(

Y weights

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cardiomix/circuit class tonight at the Y. as always a great workout!

too cold!

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why is it so cold outside????!!!! sucky!

heart billboard

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just thought it was neat...again, dont know what it was for, but doesnt keep me from taking a picture :)

jingle bells with the gazelles

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got up this morning and walked a 5k with some of the Gazelles then met the rest of the Gazelles for lunch. surprisingly, i had a great time with both! and on the way home, i got in a little christmas shopping. james and i went out to dinner tonight too. we havent gotten much time together lately because of his work schedule and both of us being sick so its been nice the last couple days to spend some time :)

night out...finally...

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james got off of work early for a change so we spent the evening out and about. we went to the mall to get a birthday gift for a friend of ours then went to dinner at j alexanders. both were awesome! after dinner and a trip to the bookstore, we went out to celebrate our friends birthday, but called it a night kinda early because unfortunately james has to go to work tomorrow :(

treadmill

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stayed late today at work to make up time and get some work done, so visited the treadmill for an hour afterwards instead of going to any classes. it was good to see the treadmill again :) but wish the ones here at the gym at work actually worked correctly!

red carnation cross

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saw this at the Y this evening after class and thought it was interesting so took a picture. not sure what its supposed to be for or anything, but neat non the less

kitty blur

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as per usual, the best pick i can get of my other little one, bailie...constantly moving ALL the time, even when she wants to be rubbed she moves away from you...crazy crazy!

DD

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im sure the DD near the house is not going to be so awesome in a few weeks when i spend a ton of money and get food (donuts) i have no business getting from there, but today it is AWESOME!

cross and pacman pancakes

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went to church this morning with mom and dad and both mom and i found it neat that the cross at the front of the church was lit up purple for advent :) then we went to breakfast. the pancake picture is for james because he and i always fight for the middle and since he wasnt there i got the middle all to myself! plus it looks like pacman :)

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half marathon

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done all done! not anywhere near my best time, but i finished! it was awesome to see my mom, dad, and aunt not only in the middle of the route, but at the finish too! so great that they managed to make it to the finish line. too bad james had to work today! :(

train taxi

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had to pick up mom, dad, and my aunt from the train station tonight. they came up for the half marathon which is tomorrow morning :) woot!

its a bird...its a plane...

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standing outside at the sail as per usual at 3 in the afternoon and we were all intrigued by a plane that kept taking off and landing. seemed to be really close to us, but cant really tell by the picture

fashion statement

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decided to take a picture of my cute socks dad gave me for valentines day and my leopard print slippers...cute fashion statement huh? would be even awesomer if you could have seen the blue plaid boxers i had on with it, lol :) almost as good as aunt janes great fashion statement!

really sick

From november archive

stayed at home today because ive been throwing up ever 3-4 hours since 11 last night...fun fun...

sickish

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woke up this morning feeling a little off, but lunch i felt nauseous and decided to go home to get in bed. after a trip to the store for crackers and sprite, i crashed on the couch for the rest of the day.

yet another pair of new kicks

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new shoes! always always love new shoes! got these shoes for working out and playing ball. they’re not as wide as my running shoes so hopefully they’ll wont let my foot slide around as much

bar fun

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entertaining myself at the bar

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great seats

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my aunt, cuz and i went out black friday shopping. i ended up buying two cameras (one for me and one for james) at really really good prices! tonight we went to another grizzlie’s game. i got tickets from a lady at work and the seats were rockin! they were way closer and way better than any seats i otherwise can afford. my aunt and her friends were at the game too.

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turkey trot & thanksgiving aftermath

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james and i participated in the thanksgiving turkey trot 4 miler this morning! it was james’ first race ever! we both finished in under an hour and i think it was pretty enjoyable. he said that mile 2 was the hardest and longest for him but big big ups for him pushing through and finishing the race! this afternoon we went to my aunt’s friend’s house for thanksgiving dinner, which was AWESOME!!!! and it was great to spend thanksgiving with family and extended family :)

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coffee designs

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ive always thought the designs that are created in coffee after adding cream were neat but im never able to capture what it truly looks like. this isnt the best picture, but its a start

rainout

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so much for the finishing of playoffs...we got rained out today :(

playoffs

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softball playoffs started today. we lost the first game but won the second. to be continued tomorrow...

ROAD WARRIOR

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the last RRS race this morning and finally finally finally i earned my ROAD WARRIOR! the Gazelles were soooo awesome aftwards as they helped me celebrate with a beer! yes, beer at 10 in the morning! it was awesome of them to help me celebrate! :)

sunrise & spiderweb

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2:30 walk in shelby farms this morning. beautiful sunrise over the lake and awesome reflection on the spiderweb along the way.

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and then there was one...

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james and i went to pei wei tonight for dinner. we got crab wontons and liked the look of the single one left on the plate

almost time

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almost time for the st jude half marathon!

spike, up close

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i havent posted a picture of one of my babies in a while so her ya go :)