Saturday - Another "solo" Run

I ran my last solo run today.  And it was another good run.  I'm running further and faster and not taking but about 3 "walk" breaks.  And when I say "walk" breaks, I mean about 30 seconds of not running.  So completely thrilled that these last two weeks that I didn't chicken out with J being gone.  God gets all the glory for getting me up out of the bed and dressed!  And I even got out there before 7am and I didn't have anywhere to really be until noon!  Yeah me.  It also kept me from worrying so much with J on the road driving home.  God knows best!

I do have a prayer request this week.  A friend of mine, from grade school, her mother has cancer and has been going through chemo treatments, but her white blood cell count was not where it needed to be for the next round so they've had to stop treatment for now until they can get it back up.  I've been told that the cancer at this point is in-operable. That is all I know right now, but please say prayers for her and her mother.  They are special people.

And not to let you go without a "good" thing this week.....

This dress is super duper cute!  I tried it on today at Belk's.  It really does look better in person.  The only thing is that it is quite klingy, so if you've got a bump or two it's not going to look to hot.  The only reason that it didn't come home with me is that it wasn't on sale!  Oh how I can't wait until it does.  I think that I might have to wait a while since it's part of the Fall Collection!










Blessings & Hubby's Home!
Magnolia

Saturday - On My Own

Today was my first solo run.  J is out of town for work, so I decided that I'd go solo.  And I'm really proud of myself.  I could have chickened out, considering that I had to get out there about an hour earlier than normal since I had a hair appointment at 10am.  But I was determined that I could do this solo.  I'm so glad that I could prove myself right, at least every once in a while.  My run went better than I ever expected.  One reason is that last Sunday the sermon really struck a cord with me and J.  It  was about "AND".  You done "X".... "AND"?  It really makes you think about a lot of things that you could really do.  And that's really when I decided that if I were ever going to run the Cooper River Bridge run that I had to get serious about my running.  I mean, serious, running further and faster.  Have good runs and not just runs that were okay.  So I decided that I had to push myself, and not listen to that little voice that tells us "I'm tired" or "I think my legs are starting to hurt", I had to take the attitude "Mind over matter" and trust God like never before.  And then I got to thinking, okay "And" why am I going to do this, was it just for the Bidge Run??? And then it hit me, there are lots of charities out there that have 5K or 10K runs that are so worthwhile.  So that is the goal, run some of those for charity.  And for now that's my "AND" Goal.  So please pray that I stay focused and committed and not chicken out and definitely not listen to that voice in my head.  

And yes, my hair does look GREAT!  Thank goodness, it was really starting to get on my nerves something terrible.  And not to mention after a 4 miler today, I needed to chill out and it helped pass the time since J was gone.  The weekends are the worst.  And if I might mention, I ended up at Talbots and bought 2 belts for a total of $22!  And a "S" at that, I never thought on any planet that I would ever wear a small!!!  God is Good my friends.

Blessings & "AND",
Magnolia

Saturday - Touch Run

J and I went for our weekly dam run, and boy was it tough today.  The temps were in the low 80's and the humidity was at 90%, and that was at 7:30am this morning!  Oh the joys of living in the south.  I'm looking forward to winter when it's in the 40's and it's snowing up north!  HA!  I should be careful for what I wish for, might just snow here, and then we'd be stuck.  Anyways, I had a really good 1st mile, but it was pretty slow going the end of the 2nd mile.  I just felt drained at about 3 miles, but had to keep pushing.  Like I said, TOUGH!  So enough of my whining!
After getting cooled off and showered, J and I went to Zesto's here in town.  It's been in business for like 40 years and I've never been.  So today we ventured the 7 miles from our house to try it.  Well all I can say is that I won't be going back for their chicken strips again, not very tasty.  But we will be going back for the icecream.  My small chocolate dipped vanilla cone was outstanding!  Just what I wanted after our run this morning.  You know, sometimes you just have to splurge!  And then off to EarthFare we went to check out the organic wares.  We ended up getting some handmade ravioli for lunch tomorrow.  Can't wait to try those.  J also picked up some granola to eat with his yogurt in the mornings and I picked up some nutrition bars so that I can start eating something when I first get up.  I'm particularly bad about not eating early when I get up.  I usually wait about 4-5 hours before my first meal, which I know messes up my metabolism.  Not to mention, I need to eat more calories on a daily basis.  Wow, that is something that never thought that I'd say.  But there you go.  I'm burning way more than I'm eating right now.  So we'll see how they work out!  Well that's about it right now.  Have a great rest of the day/weekend.

Blessings & Prayers for less Humidity!
Magnolia