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sometimes you just have to...

LAUGH!

So if any of you follow me on facebook, you would know my dad has been in the Emergency Room, then 5 hours of emergency surgery to treat an ulcer the perforated his bowel and a hiatal hernia. Basically they gave him Gastric Bypass for a second time.

It was really scary and I really thought we might lose him! Though there is still risk for serious infection, he is doing ok. He slept, walked around a little bit and flashed his butt to his youngest daughter (me) this evening. (I think I deserve an award for best daughter! The prize....a years counseling ) *wink*

Aside from all the emotional turmoil, there have been some pretty crazy things happen today that you just have to smile and laugh about. Granted I might be smiling now because I am EXHAUSTED with no sleep in sight but here we go...

1. Last time I checked the coffee cart should not be closed on a sunday morning.

2. Last time I checked the fire alarm should not go off! Then to hear "this is NOT a drill, evacuate now" over the loudspeakers is a bit scary when your dad is in surgery. What the heck! Not to mention I was in the bathroom and thought I pulled the emergency cord.

3. It is not customary for a spider to drop down like little Miss Muffet while one is trying to go to the bathroom.

4. Typically Apple Chips and Top Ramen are not standard home meals...but today it was golden and I was grateful to have food.

So there you have it..when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you hospitals...pull up a couple chairs and make a bed...you will be there a while.

Good night friends and thank you again for all your prayers, encouraging words, and help today!

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giveaway winner...and the agreement

Well....some of you guessed it! In our momentary lapse of reason, Heather and I decided that by the end of 2012 we will have completed our FIRST EVER MARATHON!!!!

Really that means by the end of 2012 we can call ourselves "legit" runners;)

Every step up the 26.2 miles will be run together!

Here is to a great year of training!

Heather wanted to do it by the end of THIS year but I cabboshed that idea real quick! :)

So for our WINNER .... selected by random.org

CONGRATULATIONS to Billy Perkins! Winner winner chicken dinner! Email me and I will get your prize in the mail:)

Anyone else want to take the marathon challenge with us?!?!

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turning in my fashion card

Today I surrendered my fashion card...

I traded fashion for function
Cuteness for comfortability
Pain for price

And took the plunge and bought a pair of Crocs. Now if you know me the least bit, to me, Crocs are right up there with the rompers, leotards, and colored skinny jeans as fashion suicide. BUT.....when your heel hurts too bad to walk and an avid runner/workout fanatic/ironman in training suggests getting some Crocs to combat the pain....I have no choice to believe him.

So my friends...at least for today I say "adios fashion and hello function!"

For the record, it IS actually helping my heel. It still hurts but not NEARLY as bad. (Thanks Billy for the horrific BUT amazing suggestion.)

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Let's make a deal....

Heather (my sister) made it official! We shook on it in our momentary lapse of reason! ;)

What did we agree to?

Take a guess and you could win a $10 Starbucks card and a pack of Gu :)

WINNER will be randomly selected.

How to enter: leave a comment with your guess on this post.

*for an extra guess, share it on your facebook page and link your page and add another comment to this.post.

You do not have to be right to win.

Winner to be announced Thursday night:)

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interval run week 2

So as I ice my heel and my foot I am going to give you my interval run details. I am doing this now to get my mind off how COLD this water is!!!!

So I had a little distance snafu last week and was only running .2 miles NOT .25 miles. No wonder my pace was sub 8 minutes! I am getting faster but not by that much!

So today....here are my accurate .25 mile intervals.
1- 2:11
2- 2:17
3- 2:17
4- 2:21
5- 2:22
6- 2:26
7- 2:23
8- 2:24

Man it was rough but I made it at about a 9:20-9:30 pace!

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training recap...

Put in 19.2 miles working out this past week.

14.6 of those running and the others were on the elliptical, which felt like the longest hour of my life!

It was a good week and next week is going to be EVEN better.

With the book" born to run" on tap to rent at the library, iced feet to heal, and a excited and grateful heart to those who help me and cheer me on..I am ready!

LET'S DO THIS!

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Spectacular Steals Sunday!

I told you it was coming! So....in light of being 2 days late for Fashion Find Fridays, here is my Sunday Edition: Bottoms Up:)


Gap treated me very well this past week. As you know, Target is usually my deal of choice, but Gap was having a fantastic sale. I immediately went the the $5 rack to see what I could find. Not only did I buy everything for under $5, the salesperson gave me a 30% off coupon, so everything was SUPER CHEAP.

Disclaimer: With the exception of the first outfit, these clothes are my summer and hot weather attire. I do realize the skirts are a bit short, so paired with leggings or just for the beach/pool party. Just an FYI ;)


And my dear friends, here you go.

This navy blue skirt I found at Gap.
Originally $49.50
Cost me: $3.48
Saved: $46.02

This grey corduroy skirt is also from Gap.

Originally $49.50
Cost: $3.48
Saved: $46.02


Gap denim jean skirt
Originally $54.50
Cost $3.48
Saved: $51.02

Gap green shorts

Originally: $59.50
Cost: $3.48
Saved: $56.02

TOTAL SAVINGS: $199.08
I think it was a GREAT SHOPPING DAY!

Oh yeah, I cut my hair and got contacts too....it's been a very successful week:)

6.1 miles =…

A great run with my sister....
A reward of some strawberries and froyo...
AND icing my heel and foot. :( BUST!

It is the weirdest thing....while running it does not hurt one bit BUT walking on my hard wood floors KILLS my heel.

So I ice my heel and the top of my foot in hopes it gets better. :)

UNTIL THEN....running hard and icing well.

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today....

Was rather productive and exciting. I took the day off because I had dr. Appts in San Diego....so here is how the day went.

1. Dentist- no cavities, remaining 2 baby teeth still intact. Need to step it up on the flossing.

2. Eye doctor for the fourth time in 4 weeks. I am/was determined to get contacts, so today we tried hard lenses. A bit uncomfortable at first but far from the described feeling of "putting shards of glass" in my eye. PLUS I had 20/20 vision with no problems!

3. Did some summer shopping at the Gap and hit the JACKPOT! I will make it a point to bring back "fashion find friday" or "sassy steal saturday" just to show off my loot. But let me tell you.....it was a steal!

4. Off to the Body Shop to buy some "summer in a bottle"....coconut body butter and some other amazing things! Post to come :)

5. Lunch with the pops

6. Chopsy of the locksies! That's right I allowed my dearest friend to do what she does best....make yours truly one bossy lookin girl. (Pic to come) and yes Kels I LOVE it.

7. Ice cream to celebrate my niece Sage moving up a level at swim class.

8. After all this I mustered up the energy to run 4 miles. It was an easy run so not pushing to hard. Here are the stats.....
Mile 1: 9:53
Mile 2: 11:00
Mile 3: 11:35
Mile 4: 9:03
Total: 41:21

Dinner shower and now bed. For having the day off....I worked too hard *wink*

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teacher appreciation week.....

ROCKS!!!! Thanks to a church next to our school, we get to enjoy a fantastic lunch.

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first day of interval training ...

FINISHED!!!! PRAISE THE LORD!
Started with a 1.5 miles warm up then my 8x400m (I ran .25 miles at a pretty dang fast pace 8x with a 2 min break in between.) So here are my splits.
1. 1:43
2. 1:53
3. 1:53
4. 1:54
5. 1.57
6. 1:55
7. 1.56
8. 1:57

Then a one mile cool down...at what I though was slow BUT I ran a 9:53 min mile. I have never run that quick and I was not really even trying.

Feeling pretty accomplished and hardcore, I must say....but pretty sore!

Not to mention, like an idiot, I jammed my stinking finger stretching my legs out. Yep I kicked my own finger. Dingus award goes to me for the evening;)

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Relay For Life

As if going to Compton was NOT enough, (Click Here to read that post) I signed up to do Relay for Life with my sister. We had initially signed up to do the 4-7 pm shift....which made for a long day, so my brother in law saved us and took half of the shift. Since we are all training for our 1/2 marathon, it was nice to get out and run.

So, I quickly came home from Compton, showered...(I was FILTHY!!!!) and got ready to head over to the local high school and get ready to run. So, we loaded up the kiddos and jumped in the car....only to realize it would not start, as you see proof below.

Dead Battery! And my brother in law was out already "relaying" so my sis and I were stuck jumping the car. So only after I had to push it out of the garage..... We jump started it.

AHHHHH! SO ANNOYED

"Eh, we will figure it out!" And well, we did.

A little bit late, but we made it. Sage and Macy made it around the track once and left with daddy while Heather and I relayed.

Here we are with our baton getting ready to walk/run around the track. (Pardon the "Snookie" hair. It was wet from showering off after Compton...and quite frankly, I really did not care what I looked like at that point.)

Here we are ready to start.

Ok Ok, if you have ever done "Relay for Life" it is not technically a race, or a relay for that matter, but Heather and I meant business! *wink*

Since we signed up for an hour, we decided to run a lap, walk a lap and so on and so forth. We ultimately finished 4 miles.

Along the way, we stopped at the booths, bought raffle tickets and chatted with people.

When we finished our alotted time, we were both STARVING. (Not like we burned a ton of calories, we were just ready to eat.) We went to Chili's, ate our little hearts out and headed home.

Right when we got home, Heather got a phone call that she has won one of the raffles...a manicure, and Heather got a text from a friend saying that I WON a month of dance classes! I am so STOKED! I am going to call them because I have always wanted to take ballet, so we shall see if they offer those classes for adults. If not, Macy is going to be one happy dancing girl :)

So that ended my happy and busy Saturday.

Compton Initiative

Yesterday was a fantastic day to serve the people of Compton. I went with my church, Covenant Grace, to do a service project.


So...at 4:30 am I woke up, threw on some clothes and headed out to meet 6 other people to head up.

Our specific project was to paint a house, clean out their garage, and cut bushes and weeds from the backyard. It was such an amazing opportunity to serve a family and community in need.

(I would share more, but I think it is more fun to look at the pictures instead)

*Enjoy* :)

Our AMAZINGLY hardworking team

After cleaning out an entire trailer full of trash and things the family did not need from the garage, we were given the opportunity to paint it.

One of our team members, Mike, painting.

John painting the house.

Sadly, I did not get any before pictures. But imagine....this whole backyard was FULL of trash, bushes and such.

The house AFTER it was painted. Before it was a pink color that was peeling off. It really needed to be redone.

Ok ok, I will share a quick story with you.

As I was painting the back door, one of the children in the house was so excited that we was able to have a new painted house. He would not stop talking about how grateful he was and kept saying... "Wow it looks so good!" When we were leaving, I went in to say bye and the little guy gave me the biggest hug. It was so amazing to do something for a family in need.

I can honestly say, I felt more blessed being able to serve, step out of my comfort zone, and join in a vision.

For more information on the Compton Initiative, go to justdogood.org