Ok, I know it's been awhile. Things in my joyful life have been super hectic! M&C moved into their new house (March 13)...Mom & Dad are selling their home of 37 years (my childhood home) and moving into a condo...we're trying to sell ours so we can move to Cbus and be near our family...we're patiently awaiting an engagement (Andy & Alex)...and in the next six weeks, Megan and TJ will BOTH be graduating from college! A.Ma.Zing. We are so incredibly blessed.
In between all that excitement, I've tried to fit in some running. Lindsay, Megan and I are running the Cap City Half Marathon (13.1 mi.) on Saturday. Ok, Lindsay will be running. Megan and I will be doing a lot of walking. Oh well...at least we'll get a shirt and a free beverage at the end. It is Cinco de Mayo after all!
I also signed up for the Columbus Marathon next October. Yes. That's right. 26.2 miles. (Quit laughing.) I can totally do this! Lindsay's doing it, too, and Megan and Colin are going to do the half. So what if they're half my age?? I'm going to get TJ to run, too. Our team is named after him, so he at least needs to show up!
The Columbus Marathon has named Nationwide Children's Hospital the primary beneficiary, so we put together a team to fundraise for NCH. It's called "TJ's Crew" and we're running to honor TJ's three years of being a cancer survivor (it'll actually be closer to 4 by October)! Once again...so blessed. You can join our team by going to www.nationwidechildrens.org/childrens-champions. Scroll down on the right and click on "support a team" and join TJ's Crew! It's easy. We've set a goal of $1500, which is totally do-able. If you want to run or walk in the race (half or full marathon), that's a separate registration. That's at www.columbusmarathon.com. And even if you don't want to be part of the race, join our team and come cheer on the runners!
I'm trying to get into shape for all this running, so I've also started the 100 Push-Up Challenge and the 200 Sit-Up Challenge. It's six weeks long. I'm only doing girly push-ups, but I hope to graduate to the manly man-ish kind after awhile. What I really want to do is yoga, but there's not room in my schedule for any classes right now. Hopefully I'll find a yoga place when we move. Maybe for now I'll get out the Wii Fit and give it a try. In my spare time. :)
So, this crazy, sexy diet is going pretty well so far. I lost nine pounds. Then I fell off the crazy, sexy wagon for a few days and gained back two pounds. But I'm holdin' steady at -7. Woohoo! I'm actually really enjoying it. I love, love, love my green smoothies, and I'm not missing meat and dairy stuff much at all. I can't wait for all the fresh local produce to be available!
Which brings me to my next little project: my Tower Garden. (I told you my life is hectic.) My seeds have sprouted, but a few of them are really struggling...not exactly sure what to do about it. I'm hoping to put them outside in the next day or so. Hopefully the fresh air and sunshine will perk them back up! I planted a ton of different things: 2 kinds of tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, snap peas, bell peppers, hot peppers, some herbs, several different kinds of lettuce, and spinach. Yum! So cool. Hope I don't mess this up. :) We're going to be having some fabulous salads this summer on our new patio (wherever it is)!
I'm going to try to keep up with this blogging thing. (Do I say that every time?) I love writing and it's a good way for me to journal what's going on in my world. I have a hard time keeping track some days.
I love my family! Love my friends! Love my life!
Once again...so incredibly blessed.
Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. Psalm 34:8
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