Girls on the Run

Our girls did their 5K last weekend. All their hard work paid off. They woke up super early, showed up in the freezing weather, and ran their little hearts out. It was great seeing their parents come out to support them too. This has been a good experience for both the girls and me. We're doing it again in the spring and I hope we get all these girls back plus more.

WooHoo

Since we got the new AC unit, we've seen our energy bill go from $273 to $154 to $75 this time. Yes, I realize it's no longer 110 degrees and our unit is not having to work as hard, but I know that some of that decrease is due to our energy efficient unit since we're still running it everyday. Now that we have new windows too, maybe it will go down even more. The true test will be next summer when it's hotter than Hades again. The end of a random post.

I Actually Won Something

I've mentioned before that I have this habit of reading blogs of people I have never met. I start with a friend's blog and then click on another and another until I find one that entices me. Somehow I came across a blog that has recently been renamed the Haute Mommy Blog. www.hautemommyblog.com (one day I'll learn how to make these links clicky). Anyway, there was a giveaway on her blog for a $50 gift card to Erin Condren. A lot of EC's stuff is too much for me, but there are a few things that I really like. Guess what? I actually won and my gift card came in the mail today. Yea!

So this combined with another $25 credit I had from EC, I ordered some cute address labels and an address book. Yes, a paper address book. Right now, I'm using our wedding guest list as our master address list, but I'm a nerd for office supplies so I'm looking forward to actually writing in the new address book. No judgment!

Happy Halloween!

Yea, I'm pretty sure he hates me for attempting to dress him up. I refuse to spend money on dog clothes so I was forced to dig through our collection of Halloween costumes. I tried to get the Willie Nelson braids on him, but no luck. This is the best I got. He looks thrilled, doesn't he?

We hung out at the house for Halloween. Our neighborhood is pretty quiet for trick or treaters but we did get a few. The kiddies that came to our house got the hook up on the candy since we had a lot to give out and wanted to get rid of it. I did good and only ate an Almond Joy and Reese's peanut butter cup.

Monster Mash

This afternoon we did the Monster Mash 5K/10K. A while back, we decided to do this race. I got my mom, Karen, and Vanessa on board too. They started training for it and it was going to be a fun thing for us all to do together. Three weeks ago, the race organizer sent out an email that said the race had to be changed from Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon because the race track double booked the events. Sunday afternoon race isn't really ideal for those traveling from out of town so one by one, my running buddies dropped out. I'm sad we couldn't all do it together, but I don't blame them. I called my buddy April this morning and was like "hey, wanna do a 5K this afternoon?" We both pulled costumes out of our closets and she came to run with me. Neal was a sport too and wore Willie Nelson braids. He was wanting to run the 10K but his ankle was giving him problems so he just did the 5K. When April and I finished, he was in the medic tent with ice on his ankle. The route was ugly and there weren't many people there because of the date change, but that's how life is sometimes I guess.

Ziegenbock Music Festival

We have had so much fun this weekend. Couldn't ask for better weather. Sunny and in the 70s. Saturday we went to the Ziegenbock Music Festival. What's better than beautiful weather, cold beer, good music, and good friends? When you figure it out, let me know. It's been a while since I've had fun like that. Here are some pictures from the day.



And for your viewing pleasure....drunk random guy with his shirt tied up like Daisy Duke. These type of events rank high on the people watching scale!

Storybook Pumpkins

I remember getting to wear Halloween costumes to school and calling Halloween parties Halloween parties. Of course, all of that is gone now in public schools. We celebrate fall and the harvest. This past week, we had a pumpkin decorating contest. Since it's not a great idea to give troubled kids sharp objects, the classes painted their pumpkin to look like a character from a book. They were sooo cute and everyone seemed to enjoy it. Sometimes we forget to have fun at school because there are so many demands.




HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!