Just Plodding Along

This morning D & I headed over to meet our friend Erica to run 7 miles before everyone else showed up to run/ walk the 10k. We ran 7 miles in 1:11. Not bad for this slow poke.  By the time we were done everyone was ready to go. Ready to 'virtual race' A few people ran (I ran another three miles with my friend Val) and a few people walked and it was a beautiful day! Alex and her dog Pavel tearing up a 10k Erica finishing the half Christina, Kerri and Jenny enjoying the perfect weather Kerri, Val and Christina A view of the beautiful 'river' along the river trial Roadrunner D & Nick Team Cheese (3of them are from Wisconsin) coming in for the big finish! Perfect weather, good temps and good company plus thoughts of chocolate chip pancakes dancing in our heads (or maybe just mine). After everyone met back up we headed over to our house to stuff our faces. D made pancakes while I laid on the floor. Perfect hostess beh...

Pancake mix: Check Syrup: Check Chocolate chips: Check New Griddle to produce large quantities of pancakes: Check $215 Donation made to Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation in honor of Gabby : Check All systems are go!

Since getting acknowledged on SR's blog I have had way more readers than usual. As in hundreds more than usual (usual being my five closest family members- thanks mom!) So if you were directed here or just stumbled upon thanks for taking a look. It has been really fun to get comments from bloggers I had no idea existed. Jina at Behold the Turtle  is now a follower and I gotta say after looking at her blog I think we are running soul sisters. We both have internal discussions of running hate and love, we both appear to love quality reality  television programming, and we both appear to be slow and steady! Yesterday I met my friend and former boss at the Blue Willow  for dinner. She is super fun and it is always fun to get together with her. We exchanged Christmas gifts (I love dragging out holidays so they end up happening for months and months) and I scored big time. Delicious spices....now I guess I have to cook? Wine guide- it is like she knows me I guess I ...

I sent out this email to my friends to try to get them to suffer with me. We will see if it works. So as you may or may not know (or care) I started blogging awhile back because I could not get enough of myself (check it out   http://bean-justploddingalong. blogspot.com/  mmm shameless self promotion). When I am not too busy talking about myself I read other people's blogs. The blog 365 days of awesome (  http://365awesomedays. blogspot.com/  )has become one of my favorites. It is witty, funny and demonstrates to me that a positive attitude is everything. Heather or Giraffy as she is known on the blog has a 5 year old daughter Gabby with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. I don't know the details of this disease but it does not sound like a barrel of laughs for a five year old. What I have learned from Heather's blog is that there is not enough research being done on children's cancers. In an effort to correct that Heather is fundraising through the PRCF Cinco de ...