Stop! Random Time!

We went to Ohio over the weekend to attend a friend’s funeral.  41 is much too young to die.
I’ve never laughed so much at a funeral.  You know you are saying goodbye to a special person when she arranges a cardboard cutout of herself for pictures, insists on having her picture put on a stick [...]

You Capture – Summer

For us, summer definitely means time at the pool.
The kids have swim lessons before the pool actually opens so it’s nice and quiet there…

The water is a little bit cold when you first get in.

But Emma must be having fun because she certainly doesn’t like me telling her when it’s time to go.

You Capture is [...]

Tentacle-y

First there was the blog.
Then there was Facebook.
Then I tired of people poking me and throwing snowballs at me.
So I joined Twitter.
But I didn’t delete Facebook.
Then I made it so my Twitter updates showed up as my Facebook updates.
Then I coveted that other people’s blogs posted to their Facebook updates.
So I asked how to do [...]

And another one gone…another one gone…

Jake’s teeth are dropping like flies.
The latest casualty? His other front tooth. He “lost” (lost it…had it extracted…whatever) his first front tooth when he was 3 years old.
To be honest, I’m surprised this tooth lasted as long as it did.  I thought sure it was going to come out when he fell in [...]

Spring Reading Thing Wrapup

I’m going to call this one a draw.
While I didn’t read every book on my list, I did read an extra book that wasn’t on the original list.  I never got into Emma, but I read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
I’ve decided that reading Jane Austen is like reading Shakespeare…blah.  I love WATCHING [...]

Fitness Friday

Well, the 5k is over.  Now what?
I think I’ll eventually run another 5k, but I’m not entirely sure when.  I guess I should find another one, but I’m not sure it’ll happen anytime soon.  We’ll see.
On a whim, I went out an bought the EA Sports Active game for the Wii.  I did it for [...]

You Capture – Emotion

Finally, school is out for the summer for Jake which means that he’s around a lot more to be my model muse guinea pig whirling dervish subject.  If there’s something this boy has a lot of, it’s emotion.  Well, maybe only one…

You Capture is hosted by Beth at I Should Be Folding Laundry.

Insight

Every once in a while, at the oddest moments, I’ll be struck with an idea that I can’t let go of.  Sometimes it’s mundane and useless.  Other times, it reminds me of past behaviors that I should correct.
They sneak up on me.  The lastest came while I was cleaning up the kitchen after a fairly [...]

Run, Thea, Run!

Well, I can officially cross something else off my bucket list. On Saturday, I ran in my first 5k race. While I had to walk for a lot of it, I’m considering it a success because this is something that wasn’t even on my radar a year ago.
I crossed the finish line, therefore [...]

Fitness Friday

I can’t believe it’s finally here. Nineteen weeks ago, I put it out into the universe that I was going to run a 5k.  That’s not the first time I’ve made that claim, it’s just the first time I put it in writing.  This is the first time I’ve actually paid the registration fee for [...]