Well I finished my first 5k along with Stephen, his parents and my mom. Scott and Janet stayed over at our house for the weekend which was nice. Saturday night before the run Mom came over and I made chicken fettuccine with homemade Alfredo sauce. It was really yummy and perfect for a carbo load...but beware...it did call for two ENTIRE sticks of butter!!!!!
We all went to bed early and left the house at 5am in time to get downtown, park, and walk to our starting line. There was a lot of standing around before the 6:30 start time, and then we had to wait at least 15 minutes for all the marathoners, half marathoners, and first leg of relayers to go first. 19,000 people participated this year!!! Once the 5k people took off it took some maneuvering to run around all the walkers but then after at least a block you were pretty much in the clear. I met up with Mom at that point and ran with her for a while. She only stopped once, but I stopped about 3 times. She was then ahead of me and I could never quite catch back up. Scott crossed the finish line first, then Stephen , Liz at 32:00, Megan at 35:00, and Janet. It was a lot of fun and thanks to all the people at Fleet Feet Sports for making this a possibilty for us !!!!
The three of us continue to run three times a week and then we'll start training for a 10k. In the mean time, Stephen and I going are to run another 5k at the end of may and the Midnight Streak in July! Hopefully next year we might even run the half marathon!!!!!!
Did I mention we are going to retile our bathrooms this summer???? Well we pick out some tile last night....more on that project later.
My herbs are doing great...however...something is eating my basil plants. Any suggestions on how to solve this problem?
Friday, May 1, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
NEW !!!!
If you have been following my facebook updates you know that I have been trying to fight off getting a cold. Well today I officially lost. I have a cold or allergies or something and it's making it hard to breath and my eyes are burning. This is a total bummer because I was hoping to be in good health before I ran my first 5k on Sunday morning. However, I still have two days to recover, and Stephen just brought me some good medicine.
Okay so today, despite the sadness to my parents we moved the piano to our house. Mom just doesn't play it anymore and Stephen and I really wanted to start playing again and take some lessons.
The only place we could put it was our guest bedroom. And yes, that's my old trundle bed in there too. We had it tuned and the guy said that's it's in really good condition and that yamahas keep their pitch really well so we didn't need any major tuning. YEAH! I haven't played in about 10 years so I only know one song by finger memory. Stephen is going to have to help me remember how to read the bass clef also.
In other exciting news we transplanted our vegatables to the garden yesterday. I am super excited to watch them grow and bear fruit!! We have 4 tomato plants that are about 4 inches tall. There were actually 6 in the pot but we decided 4 was enough.
And we have 9 green and red pepper plants that are about 2 inches tall.
Among our herbs I planted Parsley...
Basil and Cilantro....
Tomorrow Stephen and I and some friends from work are going to the Arts Festival, Pasta night is on Saturday and our run is on Sunday Morning. So be looking out for the next blog update!!!!
Okay so today, despite the sadness to my parents we moved the piano to our house. Mom just doesn't play it anymore and Stephen and I really wanted to start playing again and take some lessons.
The only place we could put it was our guest bedroom. And yes, that's my old trundle bed in there too. We had it tuned and the guy said that's it's in really good condition and that yamahas keep their pitch really well so we didn't need any major tuning. YEAH! I haven't played in about 10 years so I only know one song by finger memory. Stephen is going to have to help me remember how to read the bass clef also.
In other exciting news we transplanted our vegatables to the garden yesterday. I am super excited to watch them grow and bear fruit!! We have 4 tomato plants that are about 4 inches tall. There were actually 6 in the pot but we decided 4 was enough.
And we have 9 green and red pepper plants that are about 2 inches tall.
Among our herbs I planted Parsley...
Basil and Cilantro....
Tomorrow Stephen and I and some friends from work are going to the Arts Festival, Pasta night is on Saturday and our run is on Sunday Morning. So be looking out for the next blog update!!!!
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Short and Sweet...
So.....I have a blog, so I should blog.
I last wrote about the weather....which is lame...but in Oklahoma it can be quite interesting. So in Feb. we had a tornado and the last weekend in March it snowed. Go figure. Tulsa got about 3 inches and the panhandle got about a foot!
The daffodils that were all over my yard bloomed early and have already died. It was sad, but we have already planted new things for late spring and summer. Last weekend, Stephen and I spent the ENTIRE day in the yard getting it ready to plant. We took out some bushes and rocks, tilled the dirt, put in a new border, and didn't get any flowers planted until after it rained for a whole day. I waited as long as i could stand it (a day and half) for the dirt to dry and planted our flowers before it rained again. Our front garden area should be full of color in no time!
I also started an herb and veggie garden 6 or 8 weeks back and desperately need to move the tomatoes to the ground. I have 5 tomato plants in 1 pot...and i just saw 3 more buds today!!!! We have a few green/red pepper plants as well as some basil, cilantro, and parsley.
My mom and I went to go see the King Tut exhibit in Dallas back in Feb. It was alright, like any other historic exhibit. We had a bit of time to look at the modern art stuff, which is always....interesting....to say the least. We had dinner with the Gerbers and everyone else. As always it was quite the commotion.
Here, we all take a turn at "skip-it".
Please don't be offended by the following video. Stephen thought the lady had a weird look on her face...so we covered her up. Then to be funny we gave the vice president a top hat and a little beard. Oh, just watch....hopefully you'll get a little laugh out of it like we did.
Top Hat
I last wrote about the weather....which is lame...but in Oklahoma it can be quite interesting. So in Feb. we had a tornado and the last weekend in March it snowed. Go figure. Tulsa got about 3 inches and the panhandle got about a foot!
The daffodils that were all over my yard bloomed early and have already died. It was sad, but we have already planted new things for late spring and summer. Last weekend, Stephen and I spent the ENTIRE day in the yard getting it ready to plant. We took out some bushes and rocks, tilled the dirt, put in a new border, and didn't get any flowers planted until after it rained for a whole day. I waited as long as i could stand it (a day and half) for the dirt to dry and planted our flowers before it rained again. Our front garden area should be full of color in no time!
I also started an herb and veggie garden 6 or 8 weeks back and desperately need to move the tomatoes to the ground. I have 5 tomato plants in 1 pot...and i just saw 3 more buds today!!!! We have a few green/red pepper plants as well as some basil, cilantro, and parsley.
My mom and I went to go see the King Tut exhibit in Dallas back in Feb. It was alright, like any other historic exhibit. We had a bit of time to look at the modern art stuff, which is always....interesting....to say the least. We had dinner with the Gerbers and everyone else. As always it was quite the commotion.
Here, we all take a turn at "skip-it".Please don't be offended by the following video. Stephen thought the lady had a weird look on her face...so we covered her up. Then to be funny we gave the vice president a top hat and a little beard. Oh, just watch....hopefully you'll get a little laugh out of it like we did.
Top Hat
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
New Videos!!!
I have now posted all ski trip videos to youtube. Check them out!!!!!!
Also, Stephen and I went to visit the little Lucas Weatherford. He was so cute...but not near as cute my my nephews. Regardless, his parents didn't hold him for a good three hours.
Today we had a bout of storms roll through Edmond at about 3:00. We were all watching the news and saw the F2 (click on the video at the bottom that says "Tornado forms live on air near edmond middle school") hit down near Kelly and Sorghum Mill road, roll through Mitch Park and Oak Tree Neighborhood. Most of you don't know where that is, but if the path and kept straight it probably would have go towards my house and maybe even into downtown edmond where i work and stephen is not too far away. My whole office wasn't getting any work done and there was another storm headed straight for us, so my boss made us all go home. Awesome!!! Luckily, nothing hit us, we just got some heavy rain and some hail. Here is the view from my house after the brunt of the storm was basically over.
See how low the clouds are!!
And...it's February but I have flowers sprouting in random areas of my yard. Spring at a new house is going to be very interesting.
Also, Stephen and I went to visit the little Lucas Weatherford. He was so cute...but not near as cute my my nephews. Regardless, his parents didn't hold him for a good three hours.
Today we had a bout of storms roll through Edmond at about 3:00. We were all watching the news and saw the F2 (click on the video at the bottom that says "Tornado forms live on air near edmond middle school") hit down near Kelly and Sorghum Mill road, roll through Mitch Park and Oak Tree Neighborhood. Most of you don't know where that is, but if the path and kept straight it probably would have go towards my house and maybe even into downtown edmond where i work and stephen is not too far away. My whole office wasn't getting any work done and there was another storm headed straight for us, so my boss made us all go home. Awesome!!! Luckily, nothing hit us, we just got some heavy rain and some hail. Here is the view from my house after the brunt of the storm was basically over.
See how low the clouds are!!
And...it's February but I have flowers sprouting in random areas of my yard. Spring at a new house is going to be very interesting.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Running...
Well I have no pictures for this post. Stephen and I hosted a superbowl party at our house. We had a nice turnout, catered Qdoba and had some nice beer. Unfortunately, not a lot of people drank any of it so we have a bunch left over.
Also, Stephen and I (and my mom) are training to run a 5k in April. It's the OKC Memorial Marathon. We are training through Fleet Feet. We run on Mondays and Thursday as a group and then Tuesdays and Saturdays are on your own. This first week the training is run 1 minute and walk 2 minutes. Each week we'll increase the run by 30 seconds. And by the end of the 12 week program we should be able to run 3 miles. I'm quite sore after three days of running, but we're pretty excited about taking on this challenge.
Okay...that's about all.
Also, Stephen and I (and my mom) are training to run a 5k in April. It's the OKC Memorial Marathon. We are training through Fleet Feet. We run on Mondays and Thursday as a group and then Tuesdays and Saturdays are on your own. This first week the training is run 1 minute and walk 2 minutes. Each week we'll increase the run by 30 seconds. And by the end of the 12 week program we should be able to run 3 miles. I'm quite sore after three days of running, but we're pretty excited about taking on this challenge.
Okay...that's about all.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Happenings....
Well...I'm not very good at blogging but, I'm going to try and step it up a notch so my blogs are much more interesting to read. And if I'm going to convince a friend of mine to start a blog I had better start being a good example to follow.
First happening is that the whole family went skiing. We go every two years and I want to say that's bi-annually but I don't think that's the right term...someone help me out here. We stayed in a really nice home with a fireplace, hot tub, pool table, pac man game, and this view!!
We completely owned the mountain, especially the boys who dared to do blacks. I did one black, and although after the fact it wasn't that bad, I think I'll stick with the blues. At least my heart doesn't race with panic on those runs.
This year no one was injured...too bad. But everyone had their share of "bonks". Was Dad the only one that didn't fall over? We think Brian had a bout with altitude sickness, but he was tough and got over that fast. He'd never let the mountain beat him that easily!
Of course the nephews were the cutest and we are all blessed to be able to see them about every 6 months.
When we returned from the trip my friend Ashley had her baby boy!!!! In 4 hours I heard!
Here is the happy family...Ashley, baby Lucas Stephen and Brian Weatherford.
In other random news, I got a cool haircut with some highlights, and I'm going to start putting our honeymoon, ski trips, and other vacations into a scrapbook!!
First happening is that the whole family went skiing. We go every two years and I want to say that's bi-annually but I don't think that's the right term...someone help me out here. We stayed in a really nice home with a fireplace, hot tub, pool table, pac man game, and this view!!We completely owned the mountain, especially the boys who dared to do blacks. I did one black, and although after the fact it wasn't that bad, I think I'll stick with the blues. At least my heart doesn't race with panic on those runs.
This year no one was injured...too bad. But everyone had their share of "bonks". Was Dad the only one that didn't fall over? We think Brian had a bout with altitude sickness, but he was tough and got over that fast. He'd never let the mountain beat him that easily!
Of course the nephews were the cutest and we are all blessed to be able to see them about every 6 months.
When we returned from the trip my friend Ashley had her baby boy!!!! In 4 hours I heard!
Here is the happy family...Ashley, baby Lucas Stephen and Brian Weatherford.In other random news, I got a cool haircut with some highlights, and I'm going to start putting our honeymoon, ski trips, and other vacations into a scrapbook!!
Sunday, January 25, 2009
This is a short story....
This is the Garden Gnome we got for Christmas.
This is the crazy Gnome-B-Gone we also got for Christmas.
And this is our two gifts working together! HAHAHAHA
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