Happy Hollo-ween!

Don't have time to make a real post, but I just wanted to share mine and Jonathan's joint Halloween costume: Joan Holloway and Roger Sterling from Mad Men on AMC.



Hope y'all had a good Halloween!

Racing for the Cure

What, what?!?! Add .1 to that and you've got me after my first 5k!


So I survived my 5k! It was great, so much fun. I definitely recommend to anyone wanting to do a 5k to do Race for the Cure. It was so exciting, having people cheer you on! My friend Joy and I ran, while my mom, Joy’s mom, and my sister walked. We went back to cross the finish line with them when we got done. It took us 43 minutes, but that’s with an INSANE about of people at the starting point. There was no way to start running at the beginning. And there were so many walkers to dodge, not to mention the rain made it super slick and we were trying not to slip (I saw one lady fall and some one else run into a street sign, yikes!).




My sister and me right after the race




Autumn and me at the pink fountain (they’ve also changed out the streetlights for pink ones, not to mention city hall and the great Vulcan are pink for October, too!)




It was muddy…I had to give my kicks some TLC after the race




3.1 miles! And yes, the picture is flip-flopped. The phone I was using takes mirror image photos…weird. (I planned for it, though, the way we were holding our hands!)


I need to update badly, I know...soon!

What No One Ever Tells You About Losing Weight Health & Fitness: glamour.com

This story made me want to cry.

What No One Ever Tells You About Losing Weight Health & Fitness: glamour.com

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Race for the Cure

Hello all! I'm thinking of starting a team to run/walk the Birmingham Race for a Cure for the Susan G. Komen foundation. I'll post more later with details and information on how you can join my team or just donate. Let me know if you are interested; the race is October 10.

http://www.komenncalabama.org/

i'm a mad woman

So, I am OBSESSED with Mad Men on AMC. Specifically, I'm obsessed with Joan Holloway, played by Christina Hendricks. So sexy. I would love to look like this woman:



Meow, she is sexy. All the other characters are delightful as well, I just have a "thing" for the reds.

Anyway, I digress. So I want to be Joan. And thanks to madmenyourself.com, I can be:



This was my second go at my Mad woman. I liked the first one I did, but she just lacked some pizzazz I felt. Here's my first lady, featured with Jonathan's Mad man character:





Visit madmenyourself.com to make your own avatar. or should I say "Madvatar"?

decorating

I'm finally hanging my crap on the walls! (Not literally. Gross.)


Here's the series of things behind my loveseat. It was the main wall and it was all empty.



And here's the giant Chicago poster I got from my friend Catherine. It's HEAVY. I waited forever to hang it up bc I thought I needed help and stronger hooks. Turns out I had hooks and I didn't need anyone other than me, myself and I.

the strangest thing...

I was on my way back from dropping a friend off at the airport (6 in the am...it was earl-eye) when I saw the funniest thing.  There was a cat wandering around in the street, but obviously chasing something.  I thought it was a pinecone.  When I got closer, I saw the silliest, most animated-looking mouse.  No joke.  It looked like a teardrop turned on its side!  And it was moving on what looked like its tiptoes!  The mouse would move, then the cat would move, then the mouse would move again...I don't know what kept that cat from just pouncing!  There are pictures:



Here's the pair of them.


And the cat...


...and creepy mouse.