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Tooting My Own Horn

My whole life I've hated running. It was something forced upon me by mean P.E. teachers who got to kick back and laugh about how they're 'actually getting paid for this'. If someone would have told me to go run for fun, I would have spit in their face. So I have no idea what was going on in my head 3 weeks ago when I decided to try and run the Turkey Trot. But I did it, and I loved it. I ran the 10k in 58 minutes. Maybe not a huge feat for some, but it was for me and I'm totally proud of myself.

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4th Tag

I'm new to this Tag business. I don't really know how it works. I just saw this one and I wanted to do it. Go to your 4th Picture Folder and get out the 4th picture. You have to use that picture. NO CHEATING. I obviously didn't. This is me about to give birth to Ellie. Be grateful I didn't have to post the next picture.

So... this is a weird picture. I finally put my finger on why it gives me the creeps. It's because I'm smiling. I'm in labor, and I'm smiling. Clearly I just didn't know what else to do when my darling husband pulled out a camera and started taking pictures.

I Love You Almond Joy

I Love Almond Joys. While driving home from church I was explaining to Luke how much I love them, when he says to me,

"I would like Almond Joys if it weren't for the coconut."

As a fan of Almond Joys, this statement was both absurd and offensive.

"What? You can't take the coconut out of an Almond Joy. If you did, it wouldn't be an Almond Joy... or even a candy bar. So you can't say that you 'would like Almond Joys if it weren't for the coconut', because what you're really saying is that you hate Almond Joys, and instead, would like two chocolate covered nuts."

He'll think twice before ever saying something like that again.

Couple's Skate

Brittney and I have been wanting to go rollerskating forever, so we went for her birthday. We had so much fun. It was also very interesting to see who hangs out at the skating rink on a Friday night. There is a new generation of cute hip-hop kids that are dang good at dancing on skates. I was jealous. I wanted to be one. Then there's a bunch of old-timers that must have roller skated in the 70's, and are still awesome. There is also an Asian man who wears tight, stone washed jeans and a white tucked-in polo, who does spins, double axles, and triple sow-cows. He was awesome too, except when he would skate by with one leg up and we could see his walnuts. That was not awesome.

If you haven't roller skated for 10+ years and you think you can just pick it up again, like riding a bike, don't be so sure. Luke however, was fantastic... even in the dark! He was turning corners on one foot and everything! It was spectacular.

I started off holding onto the the side walls, but I got better as the night went on.

Aw... Couple's Skate. This picture was a reality check. I didn't know my butt looks like a saggy bag of garbage. Thanks for telling me jerks.

Nana's Bananas

A friend sent me this story about her Nana.

"The other day I walked by her room and the door was open a little bit and she bent over and her boobs were hanging down and she was trying to put them in her bra and they were swinging everywhere and it was hard for her to get them in."

Is this really how big jugs get into a bra?

Funny... and a little bit sad.

A conversation between Luke and Raegan on their daddy-daughter date.

Raegan- "Dad, I made a new friend today."
Luke- "Oh? Did you play with her on the playground?"
"No, not really."
"Did you guys talk about stuff?"
"Kind of."
"What did you guys talks about?"
"I told on her for chasing boys and she said, 'I’m never going to play with you again.'"

Poster Contest

Raegan's school was having a Fall Festival Poster Contest and she wanted to enter a poster. "We" drafted a design, got the materials and started to work on it. As I was busy cutting and gluing, I did not notice that Raegan had stepped away from the table, and for quite a while had been watching me hard at work... not until she lovingly said,

"Mom, If you win I'm going to be so proud of you."