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Missin' My Girl Friends

I am very, very blessed with fabulous friends! Missin' my girls ~ can't wait to see them!!

Bed time

So, when Mr. Big is ready for bed,he is ready for bed. This is what I walked into see last night. That's my pillow he is using. Love our dog, but he is terribly spoiled!

W*O*W

Today was another AWESOME day at the gym. Last week I ran a mile and took 40 seconds off my previous mile time: 12:50. Today I jumped on the treadmill and did TWO miles @ 24:00minutes. 12 MINUTE miles!~!!!!!!!!! WOO-HOO

Guess who I met last week?

Coach Tubberville of the Red Raiders ! Now, I have plenty of love for our Captain, who I saw last Thursday at the airport, but I have to admit Tubbs is a nice man.

He was shooting a spot for the FF for convention and they graciously incited Randi and I to attend. Lunch and the commercial were a lot of fun. It was quite the experience to be treated so nicely by the FF because they had company. They are gentlemen when they have to be! ;)

The coach and his staff were super nice, and Jon got a sweet present out of it. Probably the best bonus he has seen to my job to date, an official TTU red raider football fitted under armour hat! It is pretty sweet .

Should've asked the Captain to sign it when we were picking mom up at the airport.

More to come on wedding weekend with mom, soon.

Great weekend, went by way way too fast.

Missing our Nieces

Missing the girls in Washington and playing with P.icasa :)

LBK FTB

Here are the pics from FTB ~ there are over 80 so I made a SILENT video... haven't created a video in 3+ years, so I am a little rusty.

What did you think of the blast from the past videos below? I think they are hilarious, but it's because the memories of making them are Great. Brandi, Jannibah and I spent so SO much time trying to make them good, laughing at EVERYTHING and staying awake WAY TO LATE.

I cannot believe it has been THREE years. THREE YEARS? INSANE.

One more old podcast... haha!

Ashley- old video from grad school

Some of my faves....

Lubbock Fill the Boot ~ 2011 ~

What an AMAZING 3 days.... the Lubbock community and supported the Lubbock Professional Fire Fighters Local 972 and raised $83,000+ for MDA and the families we serve!!!!

*ps- learning to use pi.casa, so fun, lovin' the collage feature.

Fill the Boot

Today is the media kick off, the real fun begins tomorrow through Saturday ! I know this year is their year, they will hit the goal of $100k!

Here's to a lot of giving drivers in the lbk.

Sunshine

So excited! Yesterday I got to lay in the sun and read a book. It was fantastic!!!! Don't know why this pic is so distorted , but I snapped a quick pic because I was so excited to get a little sun. No worries I had sunscreen on and no burn, Yay!

Jon and I had a great weekend. We did some yard work, it looks so much better out there. Who knew 7 trees could make such a mess. Well, they can. We have 12 bags of leaves and three piles to go. Bagging leaves is a ridiculous workout , my back and legs were sore Saturday night. Plan is to finish up tomorrow , then make the grass grow! And with luck choke out the sticker beds so that Mr. Big doesn't have to fight those darn things any more .

Speaking of stickers when I got up this morning Mr. Big was covered in stickers. last night when he curled up with me in bed he was sticker free, this morning EVERYWHERE . I spent 20 minutes brushing them out . I don't know how he managed to get them all over , he doesn't usually roll in stuff, but these were on his head, his back, all over.

Let's hope the grass plan will work.

Lubbock fill the boot is this week. It is already a crazy week. But I really really hope they have the incredible year I know they can!

Needless to say the workout schedule will be interesting this week. Today, check check. Wednesday will be good to go. It is Friday I am worried about, after two days running around in the sun. I will just have to power through. Today workout I rode 3.5 miles in 15 minutest that is a speed of 14 mph! Woo hoo!

Last week I had an AMAZING break through ........

I ran TWO MILES consecutively !!! I haven't done that since last FEBRUARY . It was AWESOME!!! I almost burst into tears I was so excited.
Luckily I restrained my emotions , but I am still on cloud nine. I ran TWO MILES. It took 29 minutes , but that was a great easy pace, I was more concerned with distance and finishing and not so much my speed. Went in in Friday , the next workout , and it wasn't a cardiovascular day, so I did a mile and cut down my time by three minutes!!! 12 minute mile... working my way back to running !!!!!!

Crazy busy

Adding stuff to your plate and planning a wedding.... CRAZY BUSY !!!

HAPPY Cinco de Mayo! And our niece Charlee is one today!!

Busy Life

So, this weekend a mere 3 workouts in and our routine is already rearranged! Life is busy, we all know that, we have to pick and choose and make time for all of the things we want to accomplish. Well, working out is a priority, being healthy and fit, it takes dedication and this weekend barely a WEEK into this new plan and we had a bump in the road.

Friday we couldn't work out because we were headed to Amarillo for the Muscle Walk ~ my regional staff was in town so there was no workout at the hotel. No biggie, we were prepared and were going to get the workout in on Saturday. The day began at 530am and was busy busy go-go-go all day; we got back to Lubbock around 2pm, picked up Big from the in-law-to-be's and headed home. I needed a nap FOR SURE. So, laid down to take a 1 hour nap.... apparently turned the alarm off at 1 hour and slept for THREE!! We were tired to say the least. The gym was closed when we woke up. :( Sad times... ALAS today we got our workout in and completed week ONE!!

Back to the original thought, life is busy and making time for new priorities is tough. It will be interesting in June when I am in and out of town the ENTIRE month. Hopefully I can keep the dedication.

By the way- the nanner (the official name for the pink nano) did GREAT today, I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!