Run 'B' Run!

Well I finished my second half marathon this past weekend! I was surprised at how well I felt-not did- considering I didn't train like I should have. Last year I ran at least 4 times a week and cross trained twice a week, but this year was maybe half of that, but I signed up a long time ago and felt like I needed to do it anyway. I also ran alone-well not technically, around 30,000 people run it, plus all the spectators (its like a huge party), but I didn't have anyone to talk to along the way, some of my friends who signed up or were planning on running bailed out last minute, so thank goodness my parents were there or it would have stunk-but we ended up running on our own. Also, the weather was super nice but too hot for running either 13.1 or 26.2 miles, I saw several people passed out on the sidewalk (they were receiving medical help-just to let you know I'm not a jerk and left them there to die)! So, I am blaming all the conditions on my bad time but, I never claimed to be fast! Oh well at least I finished, right?!

The reason for the title was this guy had a sign around mile 2 that said "Run B**** Run"-some would take offense but I loved it! It made me laugh and I said it to myself the rest of the way-it was motivating, crazy, huh? Oh well, I think I might actually do it again...maybe even try for the FULL marathon, maybe.

Hurricane Nala

About a week and half ago we had a hurricane come through, it was a little black lab the must have hit her doggy 'terrible twos' because she wanted to destroy everything...

Ryan's ShoeNot our chair- Sorry Taizsa!OLD heels-thank goodness

I hope this doesn't last long or she will be on the porch for good.

I totally Lizzed!

I am a big fan of 30 Rock-you should seriously watch it Thursday nights at 930! I have been watching it since the election because of how funny Tina Fey was! Last night was one of the funniest episodes. Go to NBC and watch it if you didn't see it last night-the ending it brilliant-so funny! I about lizzed in my own pants!

My Mom Kicks...Academics

Well Many of you know that me dear mother just got Teacher of The Year for Catoosa County and I think it was the first time for a Graysville Elem. School teacher to get it! She is so great! My mom is such a great example to me! She has always been a hard worker! She went to college while having two kids (me and Kailey), graduated with honors and got her Masters while having her third baby (Barrett)! She also went bvack to school a few years ago and got her Specialist Degree. She stayed at home with us until we were all in school, she took us on awesome trips during the summer with our grandma Georgia and cousins! We had a great time traveling nearly all over the country together visiting all the historical sites of America's beginning as well as the Church's. I think that is why Kailey and I love history so much. She has worked hard to be a wonderful teacher and I am so proud that she is my momma! So if you are driving down Battlefield Parkway (aka 2A) going towards Ringgold make sure you get a good look at her billboard! We think its so funny that she has a billboard up-I don't think she likes all the attention!


*The day after the sign went up a local business owner saw it and he e-mailed my mom and told her she was stunning! He also said if she were single to call him and then he sent her 3 picuters of himself-one without his shirt! HA! I guess I have a HOT MOM! But that is a little creepy!

New Family Member!

Ryan and I got a new family member this past Sunday! She is a little black lab-mix pup. I had a friend that found her and her sisters in their woods after the big storms and didn't want to take them to the pound. So, needless to say I told her we would take one. After seeing Marley and Me I didn't want a dog for a while but I gave in and now we have a cute little puppy that hopefully won't turn out like Marley-knock wood! I do need help picking a name so give your opinions on the ones I've listed or give new names that you think would fit her...

Names: Sophie, LeLa, Lola, Lilo, Sadie, Lucy...

I'll put better pics on later

New Year's Resolutions

I have made a big list this year and I hope I can accomplish most of them...


1. Like always lose about 10 lbs.


2. Better Scriputre Study


3. Go on a Budget-I have been spending too much money lately


4. Cook more


5. Less TV-I got into a bad habit


6. Run the Country Music 1/2 marathon again, with a better time.


7. Learn a new language-attempt atleast


8. Do well in School!!


9. FHE-We just haven't been on top of it...


Like I said I hope I can accomplish most of these and they are in no order, I just need to start working on all of them...Good luck to you if you have any resolutions made!







**Update: It is the third full week of January and I heard this is the week that most people quit their resolutions...So have I quit or did I do any of them? I am happy to say I have stuck to all but two, cooking and tv-I do plan to get better but at night when I'm alone I can't help but watch TV and I don't want to cook for myself! But hopefully once Ryan doesn't travel so much we can cut out a lot of TV and cook more-we are trying to finish the bonus room so we can put all of our workout stuff up there so we can work on getting some sexy bodies-esp. by MAY!;)**

The Drive Back...

I forgot to mention in the last post that we usually drive to Texas-becuase I doesn't cost as much as flying and we usually have tons of stuff! On the way out there it was just me, my mom, and Ryan, (dad and Barrett got to fly b/c he had basketball) and only took us one long day to get to Lubbock (16hrs). On the way back that was a different story. Ryan flew to Houston to do some work-yeah right he just didn't want to ride back with a bunch of girls. It was me, Kailey, mom, and my crazy cousin Taizsa-we picked her up in Tyler, TX. It was a lot of fun riding back together, we watched Pillow Talk, The Notebook, The Devil Wears Prada, the second season of The Office, and we stopped at a Best Buy near Dallas and got the best soundtrack ever-Garden State-Kailey and I use to listen to this cd all the time in high school but I lost mine a couple years back and it was great to listen to it again! I highly recommend it! We did end up having to stay the night on the road and didn't get home until Sunday at 430 but it was a fun trip back with a few of my favorite girls!