Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

evening sun

i can't believe it's almost december. where did this year go?

happy birthday to my twin aunts M and C, they are (**) years old today =)

Monday, November 28, 2011

christmas

well, with christmas right around the corner... i finished my calendar project tonight! order complete, and due for arrival by dec 13! today's photo one from the archives. i need to get out and get some new photos =)


Sunday, November 27, 2011

holidays

well... i made it thru the holidays mostly unscathed =) although i did miss a few days of posts.

as an excuse, i've been working to try and finish up my Christmas gift for my dad... which is a time consuming mash-up of everybody's photos taken during the year. but i'm almost done. percentage wise, i've got 83% done... =) but it's late... and time to go back to work tomorrow... it'll be x-mas before we know it!

Thursday, November 24, 2011

my 2nd annual turkey trot

today was the 44th annual turkey trot in downtown dallas - my 2nd annual =)

last year i ran the 5k and today i did the 8 mile. i was pretty happy with my finish of 1:25:57. especially with the thick crowd of walkers in the first 3 miles!

the pic today was taken by jim over at terrell daily photo. i was okay with the short sleeves during the race, but before we got started it was a cold 45*!

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

gone bananas!

ok - so yesterday i posted a pic of my new slot machine... today i hit the jackpot!!  =) i must be lucky or something!

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

goin' bananas!

not me... my new slot machine =)

some close friends are moving out of state and didn't want to move their slot machines with them. after pulling my back tonight trying to move this up 4 stairs, i now know why they didn't want to move them! =)

happy thanksgiving to all! i'll be running 8 miles thursday morning before our feast!

Monday, November 21, 2011

slacker

i've been bad... missed several posts in the last week. i'll get better, cause i don't want to change the name to texas every other day daily photo  =)

Thursday, November 17, 2011

crowds

it was a good idea to pick a place to meet after the race... finding someone in a crowd like this in a parking lot is impossible =)

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

post race

post race refreshments. 
mine in hand. the person next to me, ice on the calf =)

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

sit a spell

today's photo was taken after i finished the race on sunday... after running for 2 hours and 41 minutes, i needed to sit down. this was the view from the baggage check, our pre-race agreed upon meeting place =)

Monday, November 14, 2011

hey, it's me!

a quick post tonight - a few pics of me in san antonio, thanks to jim over at terrell daily photo et al.



tonight my workout was moving a few slot machines from across town. the joys of owning a little pickup =) and lifting and carrying a 350 pound machine is quite the workout.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

veteran's day parade

we were lucky enough to catch a veteran's day parade on saturday. here are a few horses - and one of the people who have the thankless job of pooper-scooping  for the horses =) oh, and that's the Alamo in the  background of pic 2!



results on my half marathon: finished in 2:41:43 - 13.1 miles in 2 hours and 41 minutes - not bad, but i have room for improvement before the next half marathon (mar 25)... =)

Saturday, November 12, 2011

alamodome

Today's photo is the Alamodome in downtown San Antonio.  This is the place I'd like to be about an 2 and a half hours after i start the half marathon tomorrow  =)

Friday, November 11, 2011

rock n roll half!


sunday is the 2011 Rock n Roll marathon and half in San Antonio! today's photo is me hanging out with a bunch of Elvises =) or should that be Elvi?

Thursday, November 10, 2011

don't forget


or should i say remember? we'll be running past the Alamo on our half marathon Sunday. It's early in the race, around mile 3. =) still hard to believe this weekend has already arrived! i signed up for this race in June, and was nowhere ready for a race this distance at the time.... and for some reason considering a full marathon for next year!

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

san antonio riverwalk


3 more days! my first half marathon (13.1 miles/21k). in san antonio. i really never thought i'd run a race farther than a 10k (6.2 miles)... it's surreal to come to the end of the program after training for so long. and it's strange how calm i am, but i just feel 'ready'. i guess that comes with consistent training =)

Monday, November 7, 2011

Saturday, November 5, 2011

party on the lawn


it was a long day... =) but fun

started out with a 5k on the SMU campus this morning - and ran a new personal record time of 29:23! After the race, Jim and I both won prizes in the Theta Raffle - me a 25.00 gift certificate for food, and jim a 25.00 gift certificate for merchandise at a local school spirit store!

The SMU homecoming game against Tulane started at 2pm... and we stayed and watched a little while before heading up north to Celina... to the Celina balloon fest!

Unfortunately, high winds kept the balloons from coming out for a lift or even a glow. But the festival was cool, with a couple live bands and festive atmosphere. And again, it's been a long day!

I don't like daylight savings time, but i'll take that extra hour of sleep tonight!

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

eleven


eleven more days til the half marathon! jim from Terrell Daily Photo and I will be doing the Rock n Roll half marathon in San Antonio on Sunday, November 13th. Eleven days away!

we've actually ran a similar distance race already - today's photo, the Lost Dog 20k. 20k is 12.4 miles vs the half marathon 21k - 13.1 miles... just 1k or 0.7miles short =)

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

sunsets


one from the archives tonight =) can't believe it's november already!

12 days til the san antonio rock n roll half and full marathon! never imagined i would ever be running 13.1 miles!