The Chair

 Well...as promised..some pictures! My mom stopped by my house before meeting me for lunch and dropped off this chair and some more pumpkins! This chair belonged to my grandparents and I believe my Mom said today that she can remember her grandma using it too. It actually rocks!  My hope is to paint it this spring...but will have to think about a color. I was so excited when I got home...I just put it on our front porch.

I love it!

 I wanted a chair/bench on our front porch.....and it looks like it fits in just right! Even my neighbor noticed! Hmmm...wondering how I will use it for Christmas decor! :)

And...a couple of pics of Little "I" from lunch today...CUTENESS ALERT!

Lunch

Today I had the chance to meet my sister and little "I" and my mom for lunch. What a treat! We don't get to do that very often...so I loved every minute. Of course little "I" was very entertaining! 

Tonight I am suppose to go running with my neighbor...ugh! I don't want to! However, what is motivating me to do so is the fact that I am going to be taking a break this weekend from running...ahhh...a little down time! I have two 31 parties planned this weekend and I am so ready for them both. I could use some girl time! 

Not much else to report here....my blog has been rather boring lately! Sorry! Guess I need to take some new pics soon.....I think I know what to take a picture of as soon as I get home this evening. My mom left me something at our house. Stay tuned...

Another 5k

Well the 5k was this weekend. My neighbor and I participated and did well...especially since it was her first one! :)  She did great! She is a big motivator to me...when I want to stop...she motivates me to keep going...so that is a huge help! 

We started out the first mile running with the marathon and half marathon runners....only 11,000 of them! Thankfully, after the first mile we turned right and they all turned left and we separated from part of the crowd.   We finished by doing our miles in 10.10 minutes....not bad at all.

I tell ya...my neighbor is just what I needed. We took 1 day off yesterday and were back out there this evening running again...and this time it was 4 miles! We have a goal of working up to a 10k by this coming spring.  No time for resting around here!

We are both nervous about the winter time....the cold season will be here before we know it...and it keeps getting dark earlier and earlier...ugh~ I will have to start going back to the gym and the treadmill.

I took some pictures...but haven't been able to download them from my phone yet...will get to that some time this week.

The rest of our weekend was spent just relaxing at home....we are trying to save our money...Hubby's brother is headed out here again in November....and our goal is to get the drywall complete in the basement...one day...we will finish it! What is great is that we can take our time like this!

Hope you all had wonderful weekends!

Something for you

This weekend I spent some time going through all the books that I own. In some of the books I found old bookmarks and notes...I loved going through them all and remembering about each one. One in particular stood out to me. If you have never read the book Just Give Me Jesus by Anne Graham Lotz....I HIGHLY recommend it. In the back of the book I found a CD...I had completely forgotten about it. I listened it to on my way to work this morning...here it is....find a quiet moment...and just listen......



They held a conference years ago called Just Give Me Jesus....my Mom and I went to it in Minnesota. During that conference my life was changed...I found Jesus...I felt him like never before. There are no other words to say...this clip says it all....Just Give Me Jesus today. A simple reminder that nothing is impossible for my God. He hears and answers every prayer. Thank you God.

May you all have a blessed day!