Running With Friends (Right?)

Motivation is always a good thing.  Especially when I comes to working out.  Last year during the holidays, I did the Ironman Challenge (the Ironman 26.2 run, 112 mile bike, 2 mile swim - done over a two-week time period).  That went pretty well, so I decided to do it again.  Started yesterday.
This morning I read a friend's blog.  This is what she posted:     http://susettefisher.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-2012-holiday-running-streak.html

So I am going to do it, too!  I will also only do it 6 days a week, for the same reason she gave.

And I will post my progress on my sidebar - on the right, at the top!

Anyone want to join me?

Update:  with the holidays upon us, I have decided to wait on my Ironman Challenge until after Christmas, when it will be a little more do-able.

Cutie Pie!

Baby Allison is doing well!  She weighed in at
6 lbs 14 oz, 19 inches.

(She still has red hair.  I just can't get over it)

And 
Happy Thanksgiving 
everyone!  

Meet Allison.....

Born this morning just before 8 am, Texas time, this is Allison LaRee Carey, our newest granddaughter and the newborn baby of our son, Chad, and his wife, Elena.  

More photos to come soon!  
(And, Yes -  She is a redhead!)

Where Did It Go?

So this whole summer went by without a single non-political post.  And only just a few of those.
Sorry about that.  I do have a life.....

But what can I say?  This whole election has got me all worked up.  I just need to get it out of my system.  I know you must feel like I do, right?

So, my 3 readers, I will soon post about something else.  My family.  This summer.  What my family and I did this summer,....etc.  

A Little (true) Story About Mitt....

My Mom sent this in an email to me today.    I love getting these kinds of stories about Mitt Romney.   It shows so much about his true character.  

I checked facts on this and could find no disagreement. He seems much more prepared and experienced for leading our nation than our current "leader".       Suzanne

Mitt Romney’s Mission to France Mitt Romney is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often known as theMormon Church. The church is a lay church. This means that all church leadership is made up of volunteers who are not compensated monetarily. Members of the Church become accustomed to finding themselves in positions for which they had no real prior training or experience and simply jumping in. They consult more knowledgeable people, they study, they practice, and most importantly, they pray. In time, they become skilled at the task they’ve been assigned. Mormons learn to do whatever needs doing. This has been the background of Mitt Romney’s life. He learned throughout the years to do whatever needed doing. In 1968, when he was a young man, he accepted a call to go to France for two and a half years to teach the people there about the gospel of Jesus Christ. Missionaries are sent away from their homes and families and are expected to learn to thrive in and understand the new cultures where they’re placed. France was a troubled place when Romney arrived there and provided some unnerving experiences for a young American man. There were riots, disrupted communication, and a government near collapse. Romney, who faced the hardship of trying to teach religion in a country filled with chaos, prepared later in his mission for a new challenge as assistant to his mission president. Even then he was consistently a leader. He worked hard and got results. He was ready for leadership. Things were not perfect on his mission, however. As Romney was driving the mission president, the mission president’s wife, and Romney’s missionary companion to an appointment, another car came speeding around a curve, missed a turn and swerved into their lane, hitting them. Romney was pronounced dead by police. Though he did survive, Romney had to overcome some injuries, not the least of which were pyschological and emotional: the mission president’s wife did die. Romney’s grief was intense. However, despite grief and the physical pains of the accident, Romney was not allowed much time to recover. His mission president left for a time to take his wife’s body home. Romney, who was only 21 years old, and his companion found themselves in charge of an entire mission, a task normally assigned only to much older men. They were responsible for overseeing 200 missionaries and assist in serving 3,000 church members. Another mission president, assigned to Geneva, was sent in to provide emergency training and support, but he quickly found the young men knew what to do, so he returned to his own mission. He said they were quite capable. Romney pushed aside his grief and pain and focused on the task in front of him. He was excited by the opportunity to learn to do something extremely difficult under difficult circumstances. The expectation was that Romney and his companion would do the minimum required to keep things functioning, a tremendous task in itself. However, Romney was not then—as he is not now content with doing the minimum. He decided that although they’d only baptized 70 people the first half of the year, they’d baptize a total of 200 for the entire year. He went around the mission, speaking to the young missionaries and getting them excited about this new goal. He learned to speak to large audiences, a skill which has benefited him greatly in his secular life. Mitt Romney’s mission introduced him to a life of unselfish service, of putting the needs of others before your own, even in the midst of great trials. This is one of the blessings that can come from a well-served mission.

Kindergarten Grad!

Last week my granddaughter Evalie graduated from Kindergarten!

Here's she is with her brother Evan and Aunt Noelle.  

(Sorry about the terrible cell phone photos)

What Has America Become?

This was posted online by Raymond1 today in response to President Obama's latest press conference, where he said the "private sector is doing fine".    Only to retract his statement just hours later, by saying that the economy is actually NOT doing fine, which is why he held the before mentioned press conference in the first place!

What has America become?

Has America become the land of special interest and
home of the double standard?
Let's see: If we lie to the Congress, it's a felony
and if Congress lies to us it's just politics.
If we dislike a black person,
we're a racist
and if a black dislikes whites,
it's their 1st Amendment right.  
The government spends millions
to rehabilitate criminals and
they do almost nothing for the victims.
In public schools you can teach
that homosexuality and lesbianism is ok,
but you better not use the
word God in the process.
You can murder a child in the mothers womb,
but it's wrong to execute a mass murderer.
We don't burn books in
America, we now rewrite them.
We got rid of the communist &
socialist threat by renaming them progressives. 
If you protest against Obama's
policies you're a terrorist,
but if you burn an American flag or George
Bush in effigy, it's your 1st Amendment right. 

You can have pornography on TV or the internet,
but you better not put a nativity scene 
in a public park during Christmas.  
In America, criminals are now called sick people.  
Parenting has been replaced with Ritalin & video games.  
The land of opportunity is now the land of hand outs.  

And how do we handle a major crisis today?
The Government appoints a committee to 
determine who's at fault, then threatens
them, passes a law, raises our taxes,
then tells us the problem is
solved so they can get back to
their reelection campaign.  

Crazy Boys!

Could these boys possibly be any cuter, crazy-er, or adorable?

Time Out for Women (and girls!)

Love, love, Loved it!  Great weekend, and we will do it again, asap!

Bike Hike

Lately, Isaac and I having been doing a little exploring at Farragut National Park.

 Jumped on our bikes and had a great time.

This creek is runoff from the mountains, headed to the lake.  Super, duper cold in April!
I know, I am late late late posting this!