mudder

Apparently my new name from the snot. It went from Ma-ma - Mommy - to Mom (Yeah, I didn't like this). Now, mudder, aka Mother, of course. She's southern. :-)

Slacking on the blogging lately. Just been super busy with the job, family, Halloween, and I just finished my drill weekend as well. It was only 3 wks between drills - not long enough. Too much... So, just got all caught up on everyone's blogs last night.

Our anniversary weekend was wonderful! On a last minute whim last Friday, we decided to ride up to Pretty Place where we were married and to show Grace. A few of you asked about where those pictures were taken so thought I'd share a little. We are in the upstate of SC, where I was born and raised. When I was showing David around the upstate before moving up here (from Charleston), I took him up to Pretty Place and he seemed to like it. So much so, on a visit up there later on he proposed to me. It's a YMCA camp, Camp Greenville and the chapel is called Symmes Chapel. Obviously, it's in G'ville county, but about an 1.5 hrs from our house, through my old stomping ground and on up the mountain. It's just gorgeous up there, very quiet, tranquil and breathtaking. You can see all the surrounding NC and SC mountains. It's also very spiritual. More pics of Pretty Place here. The only downside to going up there is the sick feeling in my tummy from the mountains and usually only happens on the return. Blah....

Halloween was fun. Grace actually understood more about it this year and really enjoyed it. She was running to the doors yelling "trick or treat". Here's my purple care bear.

My favorite - After the long evening, Grace ironically checking out her Care Bear movie.


Ya'll, my shins are killing me. I didn't do much exercise/running this week.

Tues - Run 2.4 miles - okay run, still feeling slow.

On my day off to get projects done around the house, friday, I attempted my run on the dreaded treadmill at the Y because winds were like 18mph. For a scheduled 5 miles, I had to stop at 1.8 miles in due to shin splints again. I seem to get them everytime I start running/training again. I didn't take that much time off, to go through this again. I hopped off and onto the elliptical and 12 minutes in, I really was aching to get back on the treadmill to finish my 5. I did so, only to get off again after 5 minutes. I just couldn't handle it. It hurt so much that sat morning when I got up, my first step out of bed - I felt the pain. After I got off, I was on my way out the door feeling disappointed not knowing when I could make it up, wondering if I should just attempt the outdoors that maybe it would be better. I saw that they were starting the spinning class and joined in. :-) I love the way spinning makes my legs feel strong, whereas running (lately anyhow) makes my legs feel weak.

Run 1.8 miles
Elliptical 12:00 .97 miles
Spinning 60 min

Tomorrow, I will be buying new running shoes, hopefully. :-)

Thank goodness Drill is done and not another one for 4 more weeks. They just exhaust me. I have a busy week at work this week with some specific projects, and some reviews I have to write up. Time to turn in for me, and it's only 9:17... Night night, and hope you all had a great weekend!