Happy "Late" Mother's Day!

My mama is awesome...that's the only way to put it...

She has put up with way more than she ever should and does it...for the most part...with a smile on her face :)

She will drop everything she's doing to do something for someone in her family...

She's taught me more in life than she will probably ever know and no amount of greeting cards or gifts will ever truly express how much she means to me.

Love ya ma and I'm sorry I wasn't there to spend the day with you!

I'm A Runner!!

Ladies and Gents according to my nice British running coach I can now consider myself a runner!

I ran for 20 minutes today! She said that since I did that much time without interruption I can call myself a runner...

I will admit I walked up some of the steep inclines and and randomly walked for about 15 seconds at one point but still something around 18 min is impressive for me!

I was dying by the end and I have no idea how fast I actually ran but I don't care...I DID IT!!!

I just can't rave about this program enough...If it can work for B and I (no offense B) it can work for just about anyone! I would have never thought we would be to a point where we are running for 20 minutes at a time!!

Next week its back to a couple 8 and 5 min run so we will see if I can work up some speed...

Until then I'm off to pack for Texas to see one of the faves for the weekend!!

8-5-8 Baby!!

I DID IIIIITTTTTT!!!

I was super nervous that I wouldn't be able to last 8 min but holy crap I did it!

B. Thomp and I went to a lovely park and took off around the perimeter. I think B found out that it was about 1.5 miles around and we did about an 11 min mile...

GO US!

I felt completely FABULOUS afterwards and cannot believe how far I have come since week one!

This program is just fantastic!

According to the program I'm supposed to run for 20 min next however I just don't know that I'm ready for that and don't want to disappoint myself yet so I think I'll do another 8-5-8 on Thursday...

As for right now I'm using my night off to be lazy and catch up on some DVR so peace out kids!

One Step Closer...

That's me lately! Running the river!

Today was another step in the couch to 5K...

I did my 5 min warm up walk...run 5 min...walk 3....and repeat twice! 3 five minute runs!

I finished it! The last 2.5 min of the whole thing was quite brutal and I started at my clock quite a bit and prolly sounded like I was dying...BUT I FINISHED!!!

I work the next 4 nights so I won't be able to run again until Mon...and that's gonna be a killer for sure! 2 eight min runs!

Britt and I also have a running date next Thurs where we may...I repeat may...attempt the 20 min run!

Time to go feed my face and get ready for work!

Peace out kids!

Working 9-5???

Well tonight is my last night off before working 4 on, 1 off, 2 on. I know I know let's not be jealous of me now! I can't complain too much...I had a week long vaca, work about a week, and then get to hop on a plane to Houston to see one of my faves...Miss Rizzo!

Today on my day off I went to visit my old job at the OSU housing office, babysat for a couple hours, and headed to burger nite...

It got me thinking...

Sometimes....now this is only sometimes...I almost wish I had a nice 9-5 mon-fri office job...

I heart my job big time and love not being run by an alarm clock and the extra dollars made on nights...but I have to admit that at times it really cramps my life...

It would be nice to have all my weekends and nights free and not have to worry about finding people to work for me when people have weddings, showers, parties, etc...or having my nights free to hang out with friends and grab drinks or watch every episode of the bachelor...lol

Writing this out really makes it not seem so bad...I think I'm just being selfish, but I just go through these phases every now and then when I get to feeling like this...and since this is my blog this is where I shall vent :)

I'm sure if I had a 9-5'er I'd find lots to complain about as well...like working 5 days a week, waking up early, being stuck at a desk for most of the day, missing out on the kiddos, etc etc...

Looks like the grass isn't always greener now is it...

Back in the Bus!

Well I made it back to the bus from my lovely weekend home!

I really do love my trips back to Canton...I just really really hate the drive to and from...

This time coming home I just felt like a TERRIBLE kitten mother! I walked in and poor Charli was prolly dying of thirst! One of the bowls of water was bone dry and the other bowl was tipped over! I just felt awful!

Anyhow...my weekend was quite laid back and included hair coloring, movie watching, and shopping with Ma...lovely for sure!

And now the time has come for my second run of the week....Britt and I are going on a run and hoping to have a better one then Sunday!

Maybe I shall blog more tonight...

It's FRIDAY!!!!

And I have a week off work!! WOOHOO!!!

Aside from the fact that my nose is not cooperating with the rest of my body I am in a FANTASTIC mood today!

Britt and I had a GREAT run yesterday down by the river....and today is outlet shopping day!! We got our paychecks today that include our extra hours so it's time to do some shoppin!

Over at The Parade there is a tradition of Fill In The Blank Friday. Today is all about music so I think I shall give it a go...

1. One song that always takes me back to my youth is Definitely any NSYNC song! I mean I was to the point of crazy obsessed in high school and anytime I hear an NSYNC song I go right back to years '99-'02 :)

2. My first concert ever was Matchbox 20 with Kaylan and Erin at Blossom Music Center. We went with Erin's mom I think and we sat on the lawn and used binoculars to try to see Rob Thomas singing up on stage...I bought a t-shirt...we thought we were super cool!

3. If I could create my dream music festival I'd want these bands to be there: NSYNC for sure, Sugarland, Something Corporate would get back together and come play, Journey, Andrew Varner, Taylor Swift, Kings of Leon, and let's throw in Blessed Union of Soul just for fun :)

4. The best make-out/"boot knocking" song ever is I am not at liberty to discuss that...that Rude Boy song though could be fun...lol

5. The best concert I've ever been to was NSYNC put on a FABULOUS concert...even if you don't like their music their concerts were amazing...as of lately though I love any show where I can go hang out on the lawn outside somewhere and listen to music with my friends and drink some beers...

6. A memorable musical moment for me was A musical moment??? hmmmmmm maybe going to Walmart at midnight for the release of an NSYNC CD with my friend Tim and Britt and her cousin were there and Britt gave me one of the dirtiest looks ever...like I was stealing her boyfriend or something lol Tim didn't even want to be there...he lied to people and said he was there for the Cake CD!

7. The song on my iPod that's getting the most play these days is anything on my Running playlist cuz that's what I've been using my iPod for these days...specifically Naturally by Selena Gomez, Numb/Encore by Jay Z and Linkin Park, and Break Stuff by Limp Bizkit

And that's that kids...its time to get ready to go spend some dollas!!