run like a girl

so i did it. i finished my first race ever. it was an 8K in pocahantas state park in richmond. i really enjoyed myself. i ran it with my friend from work, amy. we stayed together the whole time and finished together. it was fun and im now thinking i want to do another one. this was quite an accomplishment for me. i dont fancy myself to be a runner, but i might have to change that.

here we come.

crossing the finish line

yay!! i was so excited.

amy and i after it was all said and done.

oh yea, and i fell down a little after half way through.
not too surprising if you know me very well. i tripped
on a root coming out of the ground and was known
by some as "stump girl". i guess some people thought that
i tripped over a stump. im not sure, but this thing
is going to be a doozy in a couple days. ill
post its progress in color change.

my first race

that's what i'm going to be doing in about 10 hours.
its my first race. time to get a good night's sleep.
pictures to come, after the race, of course.

new bed

hallelujah. it is here. our new bed. hopefully now we wont be having anymore creatures crawling on us at night. as much as we enjoyed the simplicity of a mattress on the floor it wasnt worth the terror of having creatures crawl on us. i know the bed isnt made and my mom did teach me better, but to be honest i never make the bed and yes, thats 2 comforters. one for me, one for brade. we dont share. its the way of the future.

what's with the creatures

brady and i decided to FINALLY get all the fall leaves picked up earlier this week. while we were raking and picking up piles and dumping the crap into the woods we came across this little creature. im so tired of finding creatures like this in my house, car and yard. first we had the black snake wrapped around my steering wheel, then the black widow in the driveway, then the centipede in our bed, and now this stupid thing in our "flower beds" if you can even call them that. i will be happy to move out of this house just so i can get away from these terriful creatures.

a weekend in williamsburg

brady chomping on his mulberry!

here we go round the mulberry bush!!!

brent and elissa

this was our awesome tour guide. i cant remember
her name, but ill just call her mrs. jamestown.

over the weekend we spent sometime in williamsburg with our friends brent and elissa. we spent all day friday at busch gardens (no pics unfortunately). it was a great day. not too hot, not too crowded, good food and good company. we spent the night in williamsburg and on saturday took in a bit of history at jamestown. we took a tour from this awesome lady who knew EVERYTHING, and i mean everything about jamestown. she was my favorite part of the jamestown experience even though she talked WAY too much and kinda bored me, but her quirkiness was entertaining. i'm not a huge fan of standing in the hot sun and being talked to about things that aren't very interesting to me, but going to jamestown was my idea, so i can't really complain.

my arch enemy

i had some really good homemade salsa a few weeks ago and have been determined to make a batch of my own. now, in doing this i realized that i would have to chop up onions. they are the food i despise the most. i have never even brought an onion home let alone chop one up. the taste is gross, the smell is even worse, but i was going to do it. so, even through all the runny noses and watery eyes it was worth it. the salsa turned out great and i would do it again, but only for salsa, nothing else.

it's our anni

so, today marks the beginning of our 5th year of marriage. i can't believe it. where did the time go? i'm not sure, but what i do know is that i feel very lucky to be married to brade. he keeps me laughing and smiling and eventhough we have our rocky times (don't we all?) i have never in my life felt so sure about anything. these past 5 years have been some of the best of my life. i'm glad to have him with me through the tough times and the great times. here's to year #5. let's see what life brings us. i love you B!!!!

coco

for those of you who know me pretty well, you know
that i dont really have a particular like/love for dogs but
this dog was different. this is coco. she is such a likeable dog
and while we were at the lake i came to really become pals with
her. that's no easy feat for a dog to come into my good graces.

look, i even wanted to get on the ground and take a
picture with her. so yes, i really did like her...

until she licked my mouth and made me do this.

jk, i still like her!!!!

smith mountain lake

heres brade after the whole getting
lost/running out of gas fisasco.

britt, kev and their dog, coco.

this past weekend my good friend britt (we met in hair school) and her husband kevin invited us down to smith mountain lake. her parents own a house there. we had so much fun getting together with them. they cooked for us the whole weekend, which was fabulous and very much appreciated. and eventhough it rained the majority of the weekend we had fun and even went on boat and sea doo rides. brady got himself lost and almost ran out of gas in the process so it was a good thing we rescued him when we did. it was great getting together with brittney and kevin becuase we don't get to see them often enough. THANKS GUYS!!!!

runners delight

alright my friends. i'm coming to the runner's world. i signed up for an 8k race on may 31 and am kicking my butt in gear to get ready for it. its called run like a girl, and that's exactly what i'll be doing. a couple of my friends from work (jess & amy) are doing it with me so i can't back out now. they won't let me. so today marked the first day of my "training", if you can even call it that. wish me luck!