37.

augggghhh! hard to believe i am 37 today! how did that happen?!!

happy birthday to me!

wow.

(photo from fall 2011)

belated wishes for mom.

happy belated birthday to my mom!

i am sorry i just realized i didn't have birthday post for you....i apologize!

happy, happy!

(from summer '11)

so excited.

i am so excited!

(this the walt disney world marathon weekend 2012...today was the half. i ran this race as my first ever half marathon 2 years ago. this guy runs both races each year and always has great video, and this year his teenage son ran with him).

i am so excited....the princess is very much like this! so excited!

boy howdy.

this phrase cracks me up. i have not heard it said in person, but i have "heard" it on the interwebs via blogs or conversation boards. it just cracks me up.

and reminds me of the south?! when i "hear" it, it has a southern accent, but the places i have seen it said, are not in the south at all!

"boy howdy! that is a tall building!"

"boy howdy, that was a good meal!"

"boy howdy, i had the best time ever last night!"

this phrase makes me smile. maybe i should start using it. i giggle at it. i must be weird.

it is such an innocent phrase. i should encourage the 3 year old niece to say it. that'd be funny.

boy howdy!!

venting.

venting post.

not one person is perfect. things happen. whether you are a complete stranger to me, or one of my closest friends or family, i get bugged by certain types of assumptions.

i wish people would not always have some sort of blame for things that occur. there is not always a reason for such things. sometimes things just happen. sometimes there is a reason, sometimes there is not. being in one situation or another, doesn't mean that is why something is happening.

it bugs me a lot when something is out of character, or just not normal, and someone will always say, well, it is because of such and such, etc. not always!

we are all probably like this in some way, shape, or form. i am sure i am guilty of it. i try hard not to be like that. there are others who are more like that. i try hard to not be.

it just bugs me when things are said or done, and the reason given for that type of behavior, or what not, is because of some other reason. maybe it isn't. maybe it is happening just because, and not because of some other influence or situation. it gets old. just accept that sometimes, it is what it is, and whether the situation were one way or another way, it is not necessarily the excuse that the situation being blamed for, is like that.

i am sure i make no sense to you the reader, but to myself i do, because i understand what i am trying to write, sometimes my brain, mouth, and fingers don't always go together to a sense. but really, this is me venting and i am not the most grammatically correct person out there, so this doesn't make sense. so what i am saying is, be and let be. and rather than place blame on something or someone, accept the fact that it is how it is. there is not always a reason for why things are. sometimes they just are.

sorry if i am leaving you thoroughly confused. like i said, this is a vent. my way of getting it out there. and something to think about before making a judgement or assumption.

nothing has happened, this is just something that has bothered me for a long time. and sometimes i see it displayed, and this time, it was enough to drive me crazy.

vent over. the end.

princess again.

i am all signed up for the disney princess half in february again! i have a goal to get that coast to coast medal this year.

i have been training weekly, amping up mileage each week. i have been doing my own thing, based roughly on some real training plans. we'll see how it goes. the holiday weeks have helped and not helped me with time to run! if that makes sense.

i have a goal for this race. get the medal! right now, my goal is to better one of my disney times. i would love to run faster, a 9:30 pace would be great, but not sure how that would go. i may be slower than that. my plan, as of now, is to just run and not stop for any photos, until i get into the magic kingdom. i will play it by ear in the park, as well as the route back to epcot, b/c that is when it gets more boring. i think i will stop if a photo op presents itself that is something i have not done in the past, and/or the line for it is not too long. my main goal is to get that medal around my neck and be one step closer to getting a coast to coast medal this fall!

of course, all these plans could fly out the window the moment i cross the start line and get all caught up in the excitement of the race!

hoping for decent weather (not too hot or cold!), and dry dry dry!

we'll see how it goes!

princess or bust!

hello 2012.

hello 2012. please be kind this year. health, happiness, and prosperity are all i ask for.

thank you.