Is it really only Tuesday?

Well Sunday it didn't rain all day like the weather people kept saying. So we would go outside in spurts. We decided Norah needed to practice her Easter egg hunting skills as they were having an egg hunt at school on Monday. So we "hid" a bunch of plastic eggs in the backyard and she had a blast finding them. It was cute! Then later the neighbors came over and we hid them a couple of times until Norah had a melt down. She was going for the same egg as William and he got there first...you know when you are 2...that is pretty devastating! :) Anyway...no more progress on patio on Sunday...due to weather being strange and hubby said he didn't feel so good.

Here comes Sunday night and Jeff gets a fever....Monday....Jeff has fever and doesn't feel good. He actually stayed home in bed all day...which he rarely ever does. I made him go to the Minute Clinic at CVS (that is a long story in itself...I'll spare the details) and he has strep throat. He still has a fever Monday night but now has drugs. Well Tuesday...he isn't any better. So he is home again. He still has his fever now. I hate that he is sick! We are like the sick house these days!! Well this has thrown our week a little. One...our beach trip is still on but the days we are going are changing. Two...patio will not be finished this week or weekend. Oh well...roll with the punches.

I did run on the treadmill (raining outside) Monday morning before work and then walked this morning with my neighbor before work. I try to run Mon, Wed, Fri, and Sat. and walk on Tues and Thurs. I want to add Yoga to do on Sundays and may look for some kind of Yoga cards or something that I could just mimic the poses. I definitely feel "tight" after running for the week and really need to work on stretching. If anyone has any Yoga cards they like...pass on the information.

Tonight after Norah ate her dinner...she was on the couch and asked me to get her "blankey" and "Whitey Bear" (I know real original names) and I said "No, you can go get it." Well she got up and told me "I am not happy with you!" and stomped out of the room to get it. I was dying laughing! She was so serious!

Well hubby is still in bed so keep your fingers crossed that he feels better tomorrow! I need to go finish up laundry and straighten the house.

On another note...I have gotten a few comments from other bloggers and I love it! I have looked at each of their blogs and it has been great! Thanks for the comments and I do not know how to reply to them yet...gotta figure that out!

Here are some pics! A little out of order...oops!

This pic was just taken...this was after she told me she wasn't happy with me and got her blankies and whitey bear.

This is her on Sunday looking for the Eggs!

Egg Hunting!

Still on the hunt!

I just snapped this pic of hubby Jeff layed up in the bed! Feel better honey!! :)

P.S. I haven't picked my next book to read yet. Usually I read one after the other but it has been crazy around here. I have my stack of "to be read" pile but can't choose! I'll let ya know which one I pick soon!

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Is it really only Tuesday?

Twilight...

I actually plan on doing a real post tonight but just saw this so had to share...
For any Twilight fans...Stephenie Meyer has written a new novella that goes with the twilight saga...it is around 200 pages...the best part is that you can read it for FREE for a month (June 7th and July 5th) at www.breetanner.com !! I do love FREE!! Check out the details... www.stepheniemeyer.com/index.html

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Twilight...

The rest of the week....

Let's see..since I left off...Wednesday...this pic is of Norah trying to ride in the front seat on the way to school...I don't think so! :) But she is so cute!!!
Wednesday...ran 3 miles...Jeff went to gym. I did run with a running skirt on with 7" compression shorts underneath and loved it. May have to get more of this combo! Thursday...walked with my Neighbor in the morning before work, Jeff went out with his friends that night to Braswell's to watch some basketball. Friday came...yeah! Worked and Friday night we watched The Blind Side...I thought it was a great movie. It made you want to be a better person and hope that there were more good people in the world out there. I definitely had some tears and appreciated my life more.

Saturday...first my mom went to a 8 am pilates class!! Go Mom!! She is so good about going to Pilates lately and to get up so early on a Saturday too...yeah! I'm proud of you! Jeff started on phase 2 of the patio...see pic...

He is doing a great job and hopefully it will be done soon..of course it is supposed to rain tomorrow. Yuck! :(

I did run today about 5 miles....I could definitely feel a difference of the temperature. Usually I don't even take Gu with me less than 6 miles but with things heating up...I think I will have to take one if I'm over 4 miles. I went to the Greenway around 2 pm today and it wasn't as crowded as it usually is...but I did see lots of dogs and there was one that was walking where its back legs were on a wheelchairish kind of thing...it was sweet.

And Norah had fun playing with the neighbors....

This is Norah and neighbors..William drawing with Norah and Davis driving the bike....

Norah running around William and Davis...

So I went out tonight with the ladies...Shannon, Julie and Melissa to a restaurant called "Customshop" in Charlotte. It was really good and I had the best time! It is so great to get out with just girls! Here are some pics! By the way...I could live off cheese and wine...yummy!

This is Julie on the left and Melissa on the right (I'm trying to get Melissa to run with me in some race!!....of course she is probably super fast and will leave me in the dust. (even though she tries to tell me she is slow like me)..but it would still be so fun to have someone there and to talk about training and stuff!!) ;)

That is my buddy Shannon on the left and me on the right...my hair looks like crap! Oh well!
Well I guess that is it for now...I'm off to bed. Tomorrow if it does rain...I need to start packing for the family as we are headed to the beach for Easter...yeah! Talk to ya'll soon!

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The rest of the week....

Random Stuff Tuesday

Well thank goodness Norah is feeling better! Yeah! Let's see...got up early and walked with my neighbor before work. Went to work...during lunch I had to hit up CVS to have Norah's medicine flavored because she spit it all out this morning saying it was "yucky"...fabulous. Then I hit up dropping a dress off for Norah to be monogrammed for Easter. I got the dress last year so I hope it fits! After work...I picked up baby girl from school and she had a great day! Got home and Jeff headed out to the gym. I made dinner and now we are chillin'. Trying to get Jeff to watch "New Moon" tonight with me....yes...I've already watched it...and I got a no go on that one!! Might have to watch it by myself in bed! (Yes...I know I'm a dork!)

So running stuff...I really wanted to do my next half marathon with Krishna in June for the Zooma Annapolis. But it is on a Sunday and with all the days I've taken this month alone for Norah sick days...I can't take the Monday after the race off...which I would need to travel. Boo!

But I think I have found another half marathon the same weekend but the race is on Saturday in Hickory, NC which is only an hour or so away. I know nothing about Hickory or the race....so if anyone has any ideas about it or scoop on it...please let me know!!! Jeff is telling me it is going to be hilly...we'll see! :) I'm also trying to talk Jeff into running it...but no luck so far.

So another random thing to share...wanted to show you some of my new loves...

I know the pic isn't that great but oh well. The magic bullet, which my co-worker gave me for my birthday...she rocks!...has been the best thing for making smoothies...Jeff and I are smoothie King and Queen here! Almond butter with roasted flaxseeds from trader joes...I eat this one on an apple for a snack and it is super yummy! And the fat free vanilla organic greek yogurt from trader joes...I add some granola and this has been my go to lunch these days! Anyway...thought I would share!

Well I'm off to get Norah in her PJs and off to bed....and maybe watch New Moon...again! :)

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Update from Doctor

Norah has an ear infection in each ear...AGAIN! And her tonsils are really swollen so she may have strep. They gave her another antibiotic and she keeps saying that her stomach hurts...which the doctor said is probably because the poor thing has taken so many antibiotics in the last few weeks...so we got her the liquid form of the Probiotics that are in yogurt and he said to get her to try to eat a yogurt a day...he said this should help her stomach feel better. Daddy Jeff is home with her now! I so hope this is the end of all her sickness for awhile. She is such a trooper though!!

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Weekend...not as planned...

So Friday...Norah's fever got to 103.1...but I kept thinking it was a 24 hour bug or something. So I just watched her and loved on her...she layed around and took it easy. Once Jeff got home...I went for a real quick run (2 miles) to just get out of the house for a second. We ordered pizza Friday night and just chilled.

Saturday we got up and I took Norah's temperature and it was fine. So I thought...yeah it was just a bug or something...well put on running clothes. And Norah and I went outside some to check out Jeff's project....
This is layer one to a new paver patio for the backyard...

This is one truck load of pavers....

Norah seemed to be okay and just hung out doing little things in the yard...but soon she didn't seem so hot. We went inside and I took her temperature....fever time...in the 102 range again. So I didn't want to leave her to run since Jeff was outside. So she went down for a nap and I went to run errands...Target...got New Moon DVD (Yippee!), hit up EarthFare and Trader Joe's. Time I got home..she was up. So we hung out low key all afternoon since she had a fever all day. Poor thing. Saturday night...Jeff was still working on the patio...he was seriously working on it till like 11 pm!! Meanwhile...I was watching New Moon!! So no run for me on Saturday.

Sunday...woke up...Norah has a fever!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! So basically we hang out...Norah ends up taking her nap early at noon and sleeps for 3 hours. She woke up in a pool of sweat where she sweated out that fever. So the rest of the afternoon she seemed better but still not great. We got rain here today so Jeff covered up his progress on the patio and will have to finish it this week. When Norah is sick, I always feel like I don't want to leave her in case something happens so I didn't go run outside this morning. So then it was raining...no choice but to hit the treadmill. I did it and I felt so much better afterwards. I miss it when I can't go running or do something...it makes me grouchy.

So tomorrow's plan so far is that I will stay home in the morning and take Norah to doctor...please let me get an early appointment. Then Jeff will come home at lunch and take over so I can go to work. Crazy!!!!

So our weekend didn't go as planned. I hate that Norah is sick again...I feel so bad for her. She also missed her friends' birthday party on Saturday too! Well I guess I'm off to bed. I did finish the book Sugar Queen last week...it was a cute, easy read. I haven't decided what to start on next...as I have a lot of goodies in my "to be read" pile. Also I am signed up to run a 10K on April 10 and had planned to be have worked to a point where I could make a time goal and get "faster." But with the Norah being sick the last couple of weeks...I haven't run as much as I should be. But slow or slower...I will run it and it will be fun!

Keep your fingers crossed that Norah just has a bug and will feel better tomorrow! And that the rain goes away so Jeff can finish the patio!

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Weekend...not as planned...

Sick Day...Again

Yep...my baby girl is sick...again. She woke up this morning with 102.4 fever. She was just sick 2 weeks ago! Ahhhhhhh! This is when daycare sucks big time...I feel like she is sick all the time! Anyway...hopefully it is just a bug and maybe with some rest today and this weekend...she will be good to go. She has another birthday party tomorrow that now it is looking like she won't be able to go to...She seems to be sick for all the birthday parties :(

Yesterday she had her PJ party at school celebrating all the birthdays. Most of the kids in her class have turned 3 already or turn three in the next couple of weeks. So they decided to have one big party for everyone. Norah is the youngest in her class since she won't be 3 until June. It was a sign that she wasn't feeling so great at the party when she only took like a bite or two of her cookie. So here is lots of pics from the party. you can tell that they all have their PJs on!

These last two pics of Norah are when she played "pin the birthday hat on Dora"...it was really cute!

So I gave Norah some Motrin which seemed to help with the fever some. I may have to take her to the grocery store this morning as our outing for the day. I did get my hair trimmed last night and talked about my grays! I think I might have to get my hair highlighted or something soon to help cover it. Getting older...sucks! My friend Meredyth is on her way to go on a cruise today...lucky girl! I'm going to try to work our during Norah's nap today...and get a long run in tomorrow. I would love to check out some running sunglasses this weekend too but we'll see baby girl's status. Keep your fingers crossed that Norah feels better! Well I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend.

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Sick Day...Again

Slacker...

Sorry...I've been a slacker and haven't posted in a little while. I planned on posting this weekend but I just forgot! So anyway...here is the latest. To catch ya'll up...last Friday I got to go to the Sardis Pres. Church consignment sale early due to my fab friend Christie. I got Norah some trucks to play with outside, DVDs (including Finding Nemo), and two outfits for less that $30...you can't beat that! Then we headed to Harper's to eat as the cute family that we are :) ...and they have these new interactive tables....basically the table was cut out and this computer screen was in it. So Norah could just drag her finger across the screen and it was like drawing! It was so great! She was so entertained!

Saturday I ran and it was great and Jeff hit the gym. We actually cleaned and then got to play outside some but then it rained some later...so we watched Finding Nemo...I had never seen it and it was cute! I did watch Up in the Air with George Clooney during Norah's nap...it was good but wasn't great like I was expecting. Then Saturday night...it was yummy Turkey burgers by Chef Jeff again...so good! And we had a new wine which was yummy!

Sunday...Outside time with Norah. Then Jeff hacked the cable line in the yard while trying to remove some monkey grass...so we had to call the ole' cable people out. So no tv or computer during Norah's nap for me!! But I got to read my book so that was great! Jeff went to a funeral and Norah and I hung out here. Just chilled out!

Monday....ran in the morning....work but the best part was coming home and after Norah ate dinner we played outside with our neighbors from like 6 pm until 7:30 pm and it was light outside!!! I love it being lighter later...but my early mornings are really dark now!

Tuesday...early morning walk with my neighbor and just work and school for this bunch!

Today...Happy St. Patty's Day! Norah went to school in a cute green and white polka dot dress and pink leggings....and green shoes! But this is what she had on when I picked her up...

This is Norah in action once she saw me! They said she spilled something on her dress the first 10 minutes of school this morning...so they had to put her spare shirt on...but she still has on green shoes at least!!

Tomorrow Norah has to wear her PJs to school for a PJ Party they are having. Hopefully I'll get some cute pics of that to post!

Oh yeah...I got my new running shoes in and they are great! No more blisters so far! And it is good they are a different color from my old ones as I wear the old ones for walking and I can tell which one is which really fast!

And for those of you who are like me and Twilight obsessed (I am so Team Edward)...New Moon comes on DVD Saturday...I swear I might go to Target like first thing on Saturday to buy it!! I'm not afraid to shove the 12 yr old girl out of the way to get my video. I do heart Edward! :) (And yes I've already seen it but I can't wait to watch it again!!)

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Slacker...

Quick Post for Meredyth...

This is a quick post for MB in ATL...I forgot to tell ya'll that when I ran at the Greenway on Sunday...there was this guy with a shirt on that said "Go Ugly Early"...I chuckled out loud...that so could have been a "phrase of the night" right along with "Horseshack"... (Sorry everyone...inside joke!)
Maybe this should be my new slogan!

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Quick Post for Meredyth...

Another Tuesday...

Let's see...Sunday was a strange day....we tried to motivate but we couldn't get in gear fully. I did go for a run at the Greenway and on my way saw Crista and Mike and their super cute boys! But after that Jeff and I started on yard work but then seemed to get side tracked. I wanted to go visit a friend of mine (Hey Christie...sorry I'm a slacker!) but couldn't get moving.

Well we did watch two movies this past weekend...The Time Traveler's Wife (thought it was sweet and sad...I haven't read the book but I might now...I could tell they probably left a lot out of the movie) and Inglourious Basterds (We really liked this (I could have done without all the gore) but I thought it was really good and Brad Pitt made me laugh out loud!) We started the Informant with Matt Damon but we never finished it...wasn't that exciting what we saw.

Monday came and went...nothing too exciting there. But it was Norah's first day back at school in a week so I was very excited when I picked her up and she had earned a STAR for the day. They just started this star system and only like half the class got one and she was one of them...now can she keep it up? :)

I miss baby girl so much during the day so I like when she has had a good day at school. And now that the weather is getting warmer and fabulous (I'm lovin' the spring like weather!) they get to go outside more which is awesome. Jeff hit the gym on Monday and I took the day off...so ready for my shoes to get here!

Today met my Super Great Neighbor for our morning walk at 5:45 am and we were saying how in just one more week our mornings will start being lighter...how exciting. I took some pics of Norah on the way to school this morning. The first pic she is singing part of the song..."if you are happy and you know it"

This next pic is when they say "If you are happy and you know it, hug a friend" and she is hugging herself and being silly!! She is so cute and precious!

I did say I would post a pic of cute Fritz and here is one I found. This is right before Christmas of 2008. I was trying to get a pic of Norah and the dogs for the Christmas card. I miss my Fritz!

Well I am off to bed now to read a magazine. I'm behind on reading my books lately...just out of time but hope to get back on schedule this week. Until the next post...

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Another Tuesday...

Lazy Day...

This Saturday started off pretty lazy....we didn't even get out of PJs till lunch! But we made it up by...I went for a run and J went to the Y to work out...even N went out and played this afternoon.

We got sandwiches from EarthFare for lunch...highly recommend as you get this big sandwich (your choice) grilled and blue tortilla chips for $5.99...yum. For dinner Jeff grilled turkey burgers (also from EarthFare) and asparagus (Costco...they are always the biggest ones you can find!) and we ate the burgers with avocado, hummus and salsa....it was the best! I told J that this may become the new Sat. night meal!

So the last couple runs I have gotten a blister in the same spot and after running today my arches are hurting so I think I need new shoes. Well one of the blogs I read...The Skinny Runner...link on the side over there...gave this discount code...

"At runningwarehouse.com if you click on “team discounts” and enter CP20 you’ll get 15% off. And the shipping’s free."

So I figured this time I would just get the same shoes as they seem to be working. I paid $110 for them at Run For Your Life (love this store!)...but found them on this site for $89.95 plus had the 15% coupon! No tax and free shipping! SCORE! Of course the only one they had was an ugly color left in them...not the cool blue ones I have now but who looks at my shoes anyway! So they will be here on Wednesday. So until then, I have to run in the oldies. Boo!

Well I'm off to bed...hopefully I will post tomorrow and have some pics to share. Doesn't seem like a real post without pics!

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Lazy Day...

TGIF!!!

I know...I know...I'm a slacker poster this week. This week has been wild. I stayed home with baby girl on Monday, then Jeff stayed home on Tuesday, then Wednesday we took her to school...then they called me (whole 'nother story)...Jeff, Mrs. Hoppe, and I each watched her on Wednesday afternoon, my mom watched her on Thursday (thanks Nini for making the drive!), and today we have a babysitter watching her. Plus my work has been busy this week especially since I've been the only one here for most of the latter part of the week! So needless to say, I'm so glad it is Friday!!!

So for those of you that knew my cute Fritz...I sure do miss him! It is lonely without him in the house. We have decided to get another dog and if all works out...we will be getting "Mr. Darcy" in June. Here is a pic of his mom and dad! (The white one is Sami and that is the mommy and the white and brown one is Triton, the dad!)...They are labradoodles....Aren't they too cute! If anyone has any advice with Labradoodles...I would love to hear it! I'll have to get a pic of Fritz to put on here too...he was the best!

Well I have still been super stoked about the half-marathon last weekend and can't wait for my next one...I really want to run this one in Annapolis in June with Krishna (probably not with her but behind her...) ;) but I still am working on whether I can take a day off work then or not.

I haven't worked out this week so far...yikes! It has been crazy! But tonight I'm going to try to run like 2 miles or so and then run on Sat and Sun. The funny thing is now I know I can get out the door and just run...so weird because I remember when I used to only be able to run like 2 minutes or something. Just goes to show...practice, practice, practice!

Jeff has still been hitting up the gym this week! I am trying to get him excited about running a half-marathon with me in October. I think he is almost on board! Well I hope to have some weekend posts...so stay tuned...

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TGIF!!!

Sick Day....

So Norah woke up today and told me "I don't feel good. My ear, throat, tummy hurt." She has had a bad cough lately too...so I stayed home today and took her to the doctor. The earliest appt. I could get was 11:50 am...Norah has walking pneumonia and ear infection in both ears. Poor thing! I hate when she is sick...I feel so bad for her! But it is amazing how good she was this weekend and everything with what she has. So I had to get her two antibiotics and then we go back next Monday to check out her lungs. She has to stay home from school tomorrow too. So I had to give her a sucker since she was so good today. Plus...she won't really eat anything....

On other news, Jeff went to the gym tonight but I'm still taking today off. I hope everyone had a Happy Monday!

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Sick Day....