Lots of rambling and photos

Ok, boys and girls, let's play catch up.

Thanksgiving was delicious all the way around.  I enjoyed the day off and stuffed myself.  And I got round two of turkey day when Brent came home.  We stuffed ourselves and played Skip-Bo with his parents.

It's a good thing I got some turkey trotting in on Thanksgiving (both of them).  First up was the Loveland Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving with my friend Ashley.  A set a PR - 31:39!!  It was a cold morning but not super chilly.  The race worked its way through a neighborhood and down a bike path.  Some areas were pretty narrow and made it hard to pass people, which I was doing a lot of during this race!!  I also ran a 5k on Sunday morning... on my own.  No funny looking t-shirt.

Before Thanksgiving, I went to the new museum with Moxon.  We had a blast.  I can't wait to go back!  Mostly because I want to watch Moxon play drums.  He's got some mad skills.  It's all in how you hold the tongue!

Moxon's Gear Micky - reminded me of the Mouse Gear store in EPCOT

I also got a lot of scrapbooking done.  I finished Moxon's birth pictures and moved further along on the Chicago road trip pages.  Progress, people!!  I'm loving it!  I wish I could leave all of my stuff up and out so I can keep making progress.  I can't do that though - I have to pack it all up and find a place to store everything because we have to set up the Christmas tree!!!!

I did pretty good in the running department last week.  I ran eight miles and then I had my double 5k runs.  That's 14 miles for the week.  That made me feel very productive.  I also cooked myself a nice, healthy meal after running 8 miles.  And soaking in ice cold water.

Yesterday Brent and I did some running around.  He's decided on his vests for the wedding and placed his order.  He's going with Filson.  Once the vest comes in, we'll go tie shopping.  Oh boy!  While down in Denver, we stopped by IKEA.  That was fun and exhausting.  The place is huge - HUGE.  I was tired from all the walking.  We ate some sweedish meatballs and lingonberries from the IKEA cafeteria.  Everything was delicious!!  It very much reminded me of eating in the Norway pavilion in EPCOT.

I'm starting my new running week off on the right foot (hardy har har).  Even though it was super cold this morning, I didn't talk myself completely out of running.  I went to the indoor track at the gym and ran for an hour and fifty minutes, which is at least 9 miles.  NINE miles!!  It's all entirely mental - if I would have stopped when my body started getting achy, I only would have made about 6 miles.

I made another scrumptious meal as a reward for my many, many miles.  Chicken, sweet potato fries, and corn!  And some pear crumble for dessert.  It was all very, very good.  I should cook more often.

And with all of that rambling, I'm somewhat caught up.  I'm working on making some tea now.  I've got some sniffles and light chest congestion.  It's probably a very smart thing that I didn't spend two hours running outside in the cold.  Now if I could just keep boosting the vitamins and minerals maybe I can beat this thing before it hits me harder.