Today is the day. We closed on our house. This was our very first house that bought in 2005, 4 months after we moved to Tuscaloosa. I honestly thought we would be here forever unless we had 5 kids. This is where we brought Frankie home, where he build his shop from the ground …
Real Life
This is my life. Chasing Frankie out of boxes. As soon as I get one taped and ready and/or packed, he needs to “help” me. We are packing furiously trying to get moved into the camper by next week. With Spring Break, my days and nights will be spent packing the house. Stephen is setting …
It’s a hectic week. I’m recovering from the race and trying to get quality sleep. With Read Across America, Dr. Seuss’ birthday, and Adopt-a-School appreciation lunch, we are all pulling our hair out. Spring fever is taking over for all of us. Yesterday, a nice parent brought us a plate of these, along with a …
That took approximately 2 hours. We had spent the afternoon taking pictures and signing forms to officially put the house on the market Monday morning. About an hour after we left, we got a phone call from our realtor. Another realtor had a client want to see the house. Keep in mind, our neighborhood is …
It’s on the market! (It will be in the morning). We just put the sign up and now we are going to breath a sigh of relief, kick back, and enjoy NOT frantically cleaning, boxing, and moving. This thing will take a while to sell because of where we live. If we lived in town, …
I know it’s been a while. A LONG while. Life has been crazy lately. We are hiding everything and boxing a lot. The rest is going in the garage. We are putting this house on sale very soon! The past few weeks have been busy with trying to organize and box and move stuff. Back …
I have 8 hours to get stuff done. We are leaving later tonight to spend the evening with Stephen’s family and have a big Christmas breakfast in the morning. Today, I’m on critical Christmas watch. I have stuff to do and no elves to help. Stephen is working and Frankie doesn’t have thumbs. But first..a …
The days are FLYING by and this was another weekend of checking things off the list. First up, my Crate&Barrel box. I missed out last year because honestly, I wasn’t a fan of the Christmas designs. This year, they got their act …
For the last week of school before the Christmas holidays, the Kindergarten teachers plan a week of theme days. We dress up, make ornaments, eat snacks, read stories, make crafts, and watch movies and we set each theme from a children’s book or movie. We have a santa day, rudolph, Grinch, Charlie Brown, and Polar …
I’m headed to the Big Easy, Baby!! This week, I officially start my first week training for the half-marathon on February 28th. I have 12 weeks ahead of me to train and mentally prepare for this race. 2015 just wasn’t my year so I have huge expectations for 2016. These first couple of weeks, I’ll …
By the skin of our 1-loss teeth, Alabama made it through the toughest November to seal the deal on a ticket to Atlanta for the SEC Championship. This is familiar territory for us and I will never forget these winning years as an Alabama fan living in Tuscaloosa. This year, we are taking on Florida. …
First, the school door dilemma is no longer a dilemma. I made a Grinch hand holding an ornament and posted a thoughtful quote. Done. On to the next area that needs some help. I need everybody’s attention. I have an announcement. I will NOT invite the Elf on the Shelf to come visit the classroom …
December feels like the last great ride on a fantastic fall roller coaster. I’m a total sucker for all the holiday Christmas frenzy and I take many opportunities to savor every hectic detail. I have no shame in whatever I choose to do, sing, wear, cook, eat, write, or blab about Christmas. It’s my playground …
source: The fabulous Run Rock’n’Roll Marathon Series. I’m a Rock’n’Blog Ambassador which is AWESOME!! Thanksgiving, Black Friday, the Iron Bowl all in one great week. If I had to really think about it, having tickets to the Iron Bowl at Auburn probably put this week to the top of the Greatest Weeks Ever in the …
I took 2 of those recently. TWO Let’s just assume for common sense’s sake that I didn’t run this week. That would be an appropriate response to being very sick with upper respiratory/sinus/kidney infections. But we all know that common sense and running do not mix well with me. Monday: 2.1 Wednesday: 3.1 yay me! …
This is why teachers go to school sick. This and the difficulty finding a reliable substitute. In all my years of teaching, I believe this is the first year that I made it to November before missing a day of work due to sickness, “professional development”, other work-related reasons, or mental health days. But I …
Every time I lace up the shoes, I say this to myself. There is so much truth in those few words. This blog started out during the lowest time of my running years when I was deep in physical therapy. I learned those long months that running is THE BEST gift. It has taken this …
First of all….check out #42. Keith Holcombe. I’m going to pull the old aunt card and say “I remember when he was THIS little and I watched him grow up”. Now he’s all tall and big and kicking people’s asses on Alabama football turf. I’ve mentioned him a few times. His parents are close family …
This is as close to being done as it’s going to get tonight. We started off with a very sleepy Stephen. He worked off night shift this morning at 5am and he’s been awake ever since. We went out to the man cave to get down all the junk. Boxes everywhere. We had some tree …
Fall….glorious fall means running outside doesn’t suck. In Alabama, we are finally hitting that peak fall weather of cool mornings and warm (but not sweaty-crevice alert hot) afternoons. And my mileage this week is prime example. I’m eyeing some great races this spring and the base-building this fall is just what the doctor ordered. Monday: …