Tuesday, July 28, 2009

See Julian Run


Well, Bele Cher was this past weekend and every year there is a 5K road race held as part of the festival. It's a pretty intense (hilly) run and thankfully my two girl friends Robin and Ashley ran it along with me. It was a blast. This marked my 4th race this summer. There's just something about these events that I have come to really enjoy. It's MY time, and My thing that I can do and keep in shape for for my own sanity. Usually I do these totally by myself...no crowds of close personal friends (Preston and Amelia)cheering me on to the finish line. But I like it that way. It's just my "clear-my-head-time", to be by myself...what can I say, everyone needs that!

Friday, July 10, 2009

Some Thriller!

I love this!...Am I the last to see this? There were like 26 million hits on this! Here is the write up about the inmates:
there was a special on these guys.... the prison warden makes his inmates participate in mandatory organized dance practice because his prison is predominantly rapists and murderers and he was having a gang violence problem he couldn't control so this was his solution and apparently it works well......... they have performances for family and the public to attend and sometimes they appear at events ..... awesome way to impose positive structure and discipline... kudos to the warden :)
And this is just their practice session. Check out all of the other dances they perform! It's amazing!

Monday, July 6, 2009

4th of July Parade


Amelia and I got to be in the neighborhood parade on Saturday morning. She peddled the whole way (bloated with pride), of course with her dear friend Katie pushing most of the weight. We had so much fun. i feel like it was a good mother-daughter day for us. Preston was away in Greensboro, NC at a gig and so we had a great opportunity to spend some real QT together. We've certainly had some ups and downs during her "T2s", but things always seem to even out. And every parent needs a good day every once in a while with their little one where there are no melt-downs, no screaming fits, lots of "OK Mommy"'s, and "Yes Mam"'s...and one fabulous parade (with cookies and lemonade to follow).
I love my little girl.