S'Mores

The Hatchlings

In My Grill

Chirp, Chirp, Chirping Away.

Mother's Day

Shopping. Alone.

Breakfast in Bed,

and

Grilled Salmon:

Lovely.

But,

My Favorite Part?

All the Times Today, My Husband

Looked at Me with

"Seriously?!"

Written on His Face,

And I Smiled,

And Whispered,

"Welcome to MY Life".

Thanks, Honey.

Race For The Cure

Today I Ran My First 5K.

I DID It!

The Whole Thing.

*Mm-Wah*

To My-Sister-In-Law for Organizing Our Team,

and Being a 4yr. Survivor!

What I Learned

From My MOM

Just a Few Things, Among Many:

Always Say Thank You.

From the Lady at the Checkout Counter,

to the Person who Refills Your Water Cup.

Always Thank Them for Their Time.

*

Respect My Elders

*

Manners:

Little Ladies Should Act Like Little Ladies.

*

No Singing At the Table

Though at My Own House,

I Allow It.

Perhaps Even, Encourage it.

*

Work Before Play

*

Do it Right the First Time

and

Stick With It Till Its Done.

*

Put a Smile On Your Face,

and

Grin and Bear It.

*

And Her Favorite Saying?

"Why Buy the Cow When the Milk is Free?"

She WASN'T Talking about

Free Milk.

*

Her Scare Tactics That

Worked:

If You End Up In Jail,

Do Not Call Me.

I Will NOT Come Get You.

*

If You Get Pregnant,

A. I'm Not Raising You or It

B. It Hurts Like Hell Coming Out.

*

[moving on......]

How to Balance a Check Book

and Pay Bills

*

Everything Looks Better

In Three Days

*

Family Loyalty

*

Don't Give Up

*

Make a Plan/Make a List

*

and

PRAY.

Wow.

You Taught Me a Lot

of Good Things, Mom.

Happy Mother's Day.

I Love You,

Jeralyn

I'm Still New

To This Running Thing.
Today was the 4th Day I Ran.
I made it 2.33 Miles and felt I could Go No More.

What a Wimp,

Huh?

I Felt Like I Could Puke Something Wonderfully,

Though.

Does That Count for Anything?

Today

I Had Some Guests in My Popcorn Tree.

And Because It was 6:30AM

and I Was Stalling My

2 MILE Run,

I Took a Picture.

And Gave Them Names.

Then Did My Run.

The First Part was Yucky.

At Every Turn,

I wanted to GO HOME.

Then Came My Favorite Part of the Route.

I Think I shall Call it

"The Secret Garden" Part.

Because its along a High Wall

with Vines and Flowers Growing Down It,

and The Other side is Lined with Trees,

And I always Run Faster along Here.

Because I Love It!

And Then I Turned into the Sun Rise

and Loved It, too!

But then the Home Stretch Got Harder.

So I checked out that Shadow Running with Me.

It was a Nice, though Lop-Sided Conversation.

Apparently, They're Not Much for Talking as They Run.

Oh-Well.

Looking Forward to TONIGHT:

Book Club

A True Story.

Politics, History, and Russian Maffia To Boot.

I AM NOT

a RUNNER.

So I Always Said.

I HATE Running.

But I Have WorkedOut Five Days a Week,

For Several Years,

and Decided To Give it a Shot.

And On Saturday,

I RAN.

and it Wasn't Bad.

I Ran 1.67 miles,

in the Cool Rain,

and I LOVED it.

Today.

I Ran.

2 Miles.

The Tenants

Have Multiplied:

I Believe I'm Owed MORE Rent Money.

Nacho Night

C did a "Home Run" slide into his Nacho Plate,

Sending his Water Cup Exploding Everywhere,

Just As We got all Settled In for The Evening's Feature Film.

The Kids Desired to Watch:

IMAX Under The Sea

and After about 30 Mins

They Decided

They'd Had Enough.

So We had a Rousing Game of

Indoor Family Room Soccer,

Instead.

Wondering

What's Nacho Night?

Check Here, or Here or Here!